"Your Majesty, Lord Marquis, if you continue to go down, you will reach the Hongfeng Basin. I suggest you not to rush into the army rashly and send more spies to find out the news."
In the Chinese army's tent, Mode came privately to meet with Li Yuanzhao and Fangzheng and one or two others.
To be honest, after watching Da Jing's army for so long, he really recognized the opponent's combat effectiveness.
It can be said that none of the several countries watching the game can compete with Da Jing one-on-one.
There are only one or two countries that can deploy 200,000 troops.
But now Da Jing seems to have been dazzled by the continuous victory, almost pulling the army to maximum speed and going deep into the enemy's camp.
Maude is considered experienced in many battles, and this is the first time he has seen such an unusually smooth situation.
Halfway through the journey, I became wary. If I continued to push forward, I always felt that something bad was going to happen.
It doesn't matter if the people of Dajing are unlucky. If there is really going to be some war, their group will also be involved.
The little escort he came with could do nothing on the battlefield.
"Oh? If General Maude has any other opinions, you can tell me." Li Yuanzhao glanced at Fang Zhengyi and asked.
Maude pondered: "I think your Majesty has met all the towns I passed by here. I wonder if your Majesty has noticed that the city is extremely poor and only the old and the weak are the only ones in the prime of life. It can be seen that the other party is desperate to raise military resources."
"Judging from this posture, excluding the manpower used to maintain the troops, their regular army is likely to be more than one million people."
"Right now, there are only 200,000 people in Dajing, and their strength is five times or more than Dajing. If we want to set up an ambush in Hongfeng Basin, I'm afraid..."
Maude stopped talking when she said this.
Fang Zhengyi smiled and said: "General, do you know Hongfeng Basin?"
Maud shook his head: "I have never been there, but the Taifu Sect originated from the west and continued to expand outward hundreds of years ago. The Hongfeng Basin has always been the thoroughfare for important parishes of the church. Many rebel forces have occupied it. The church has Many battles were won as a result.”
Fang Zheng nodded and said, "The information we know is generally the same. There were actually two generals before you who advised us to proceed slowly and plan carefully."
"However, we are not afraid of setting up an ambush. If their army dares to come, we Dajing will dare to fight!"
Li Yuanzhao nodded in agreement.
Maud twitched the corner of her mouth.
He had observed Fang Zhengyi for a long time, and it felt like he had been on the battlefield, but he definitely didn't have much experience.
Compared to him, he was just a loser, but the emperor seemed to have much more experience.
Both leading troops and organizing the army are very organized.
Now Emperor Dajing actually listened to the advice of a raw melon egg. Isn't this because he was dazzled by victory?
It's okay if they fall. The battle is too fierce, and 80% of them who are watching the battle will also be involved.
Maude looked strange and asked Li Yuanzhao: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. My guess that the opponent has a million troops is definitely not empty talk! Do you know what the concept of a million troops is?"
Li Yuanzhao scratched his face, looked at Fang Zhengyi and said doubtfully: "An army of one million... I know."
Fang Zheng scratched his head: "Really, a million-strong army, and then what?"
"That's a million-strong army! Regular army! Ever since the birth of this land, there has never been such a powerful military force!" Seeing the two people's understatement, Mod almost couldn't help roaring, "Da Jing's firearms are indeed It’s awesome, but the difference in strength is too big, and it’s impossible to win in a head-on confrontation!”
Did these two people become heartless all the way through the victory?
Did these two people drink too much in private in the military tent? After a few dishes, I drank like this!
Maud looked around for the flagon.
"I also have a million-strong army in Dajing. I still know that. Don't worry." Li Yuanzhao reassured.
"Huh?!" Maude was shocked.
"That's right, we have over 50 million people in Da Jing. Even if we squeeze a little bit, two million troops will be squeezed out. Don't worry, general." Fang Zhengyi added.
"Ah?!" Maude's neck shrank back, and a stupid hair seemed to pop out of her head.
"How many? Fifty million people! One country! And two million troops?" Maud completely lost his composure and screamed.
He knew that Da Jing was very powerful, but he never thought that he was so powerful!
He always thought that the more than 200,000 troops were more than half of Da Jing's strength, at least half.
Unexpectedly, there is not even one tenth?
"It seems that the outside world still has a serious lack of understanding of our Dajing." Fang Zhengyi said regretfully, "Of course it is, and the combined territory of Dajing is much larger than the six major dioceses."
"Then why did you bring 200,000 people?" Maud swallowed.
Li Yuanzhao suppressed his smile and pretended to be serious: "It's not because the church is too weak."
Maude: "..."
Fang Zheng burst into laughter: "Our soldiers are all brought by ship, and two hundred thousand people is already a lot. General, are you worried that if the war gets fierce, we will get you guys involved, and safety cannot be guaranteed?"
Mod quickly adjusted her mentality and said with a slight embarrassment: "I...we do have such considerations."
"Okay." Fang Zheng raised his hand and said, "Since you are guests who come to watch the battle on the battlefield, I, Dajing, naturally don't want you to get hurt, so I have made some arrangements in advance."
"What arrangement?" Maud asked curiously.
Fang Zheng smiled, turned around and rummaged through a box next to the military tent.
After a while, I pulled out several rolls of wide and long banners.
After unfolding it, Mo Deye couldn't help but be speechless.
【Battlefield Tour】
"Is this okay, Lord Marquis?"
"Don't be afraid. There are still a few pictures explaining your origins. The other side also knows that you are here to watch the battle. As long as you stay away from the battlefield, nothing will happen."
"Then what does this written in Da Jing characters mean?" Mod asked, pointing to a banner with Da Jing characters written on it.
Fang Zheng glanced at the white banner that read 'I surrender, don't kill me', and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this. It's always safer to be bilingual. Just take these things back with you when you follow our army. Raise the flag. You go and do your work first. Your Majesty and I still have some things to discuss."
"Then thank you Your Majesty and Lord Marquis. I'll take my leave first." General Maude picked up the banner and turned around to leave the tent.
Before leaving, he was mumbling something like 50 million, 2 million...
After the big tent returned to calm, Li Yuanzhao said: "These foreigners are so short-sighted! There are so many small countries, and no one wants to unify them?"
"The West has its own national conditions, so let's not worry about it. What's more, wouldn't it be good to disperse?" Fang Zheng said, "Your Majesty, it would be better to study how to advance troops first."
Li Yuanzhao nodded and said: "Indeed, the rapid march is too tiring. I am going to rest for a while before setting off this time. We also need to send more spies to understand the situation in Hongfeng Basin."
Fang Zhengyi hesitated and said: "As we get deeper and deeper, my heart is pounding. The King of Wu is extremely cunning... What if he keeps dividing his troops to harass and consume our army? How should we deal with this?"
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