The two parties sat around the square table and discussed for about a quarter of an hour.
Then they each sent representatives to arrange their respective forces and handed them over to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming silently remembered the arrangements of both sides, glanced at the two sides who were eager to try, coughed dryly and said:
"Qin already knows your arrangements well. I would like to reiterate the rules. This deduction is to understand the siege of Lanzhou."
"The time limit is twenty days. If the red team can relieve the siege of Lanzhou within twenty days, it will be judged as a victory, otherwise it will be a loss."
"In addition, the two warring parties need to inform Mr. Qin in advance every time they mobilize their troops. When the two sides come into contact, Qin will put out the corresponding clay figurines."
"In addition, if the opponent guesses the layout of our own troops, clay figures will also be placed."
"..."
"Do you all understand the rules?"
Li Shimin, Li Jing and others nodded.
Seeing this, Qin Ming stopped the smile on his face and said seriously:
"Xinhua officially announced that the military exercise has officially begun."
As Qin Ming finished speaking, Qin Ming took out a stack of paper and wrote a big word on the top one.
Soon Qin Ming took off the first piece of paper, then the second, the third...
As the pages were taken off one by one, small clay figures, black or green, were placed by Qin Ming outside Lanzhou City, Yuzhong County, Lintao County, and outside the city.
It wasn't until Qin Ming turned to the eighth card, that is, on the ninth day, that the little red clay figurine appeared thirty miles outside Yuzhong County.
The vanguard army led by Yuchi Jingde was traced in advance by scouts sent by Xue Wanche's troops stationed in Yuzhong County.
Next, as Qin Ming continued to take off the pages, the time on the sandbox passed day by day.
More and more small clay figures of various colors appeared on the sand table.
A small number of clay figurines have notes stuck on their fronts.
Both sides continued to test, attack, and then test again.
The pages turned slower and slower, and the expressions on both sides became more and more solemn.
At the same time, the frequency of their visits to Qin Ming became more and more frequent.
Li Jing stared at the sand table with a serious look on his face.
At first, he just regarded this deduction as studying with the prince, but as the battle unfolded, his own side was still unable to figure out the position of the main force of the red side, and he became angry.
I couldn't help but put myself into the role.
He took a look at the known troop deployments of both sides, and asked the three people around him:
"Where do you think the opponent's main force is? Why didn't Chichi Yuzhong County and Lintao County find the red side's main force?"
Li Daozong glanced at the sand table, suddenly pointed at Xiaguanying Town in the north of Yuzhong County and said:
"Coach, do you think they took a detour and came from Xiaguanying Town in the north of Yuzhong County?"
Li Jing stroked his long beard, pondered for a while and said:
"Hurry and inform Qin Ming that our army will send two hundred additional scouts."
"Go to the Xiaguan Camp in the north of Yuzhong County and Mapo Town in the south to find out the main force of the enemy."
Li Daozong did not dare to delay after hearing this, and hurriedly found Qin Ming to explain the arrangement.
Qin Ming nodded. After Li Daozong returned, Qin Ming immediately looked at Li Shimin and others.
"Does the red side still need to make adjustments to its deployment today?"
Li Shimin crossed his arms across his chest and smiled lightly, looking confident.
Qin Ming nodded and took out another piece of paper.
The time has come, the sixteenth day.
Qin Ming coughed dryly and said:
"Yesterday, Black's scouts discovered the main force of the Red Army in Mapo Town. Now, the main force of the Red Army has reached fifty miles southwest of Lanzhou City."
"It's expected to take half a day to reach Lanzhou City."
"In addition, yesterday evening, General Yuchi led his troops to raid Yuzhong County."
"At the same time, General Xue predicted in advance that General Yuchi's sneak attack ended in failure, with more than half of both sides killed or injured."
"In addition, Hou Shangshu's troops discovered a small group of enemy troops thirty miles outside Lintao County last night and sent troops to attack. In the end, the Tang army was strangled by General Hou's Dangxiang light cavalry."
"..."
As Qin Ming narrated, several little eunuchs beside the sand table hurriedly used clamping sticks to adjust the positions of the various small clay figurines and the words on the papers on their bodies.
…
After Changsun Wuji finished listening to Qin Ming's narration, he said to Li Shimin:
"Your Majesty, our main force has been discovered by the opponent. The enemy may use cavalry to harass our main force next."
"Should our army get out of the car early and put into a defensive formation?"
Li Shimin murmured:
"As expected of a pharmacist, he discovered it so quickly."
Then he stroked his short beard, thought for a while and said:
"We are now only fifty miles away from the enemy's camp. Inform Qin Ming that the army will advance another twenty miles and then set up camp in Yinshan Town."
"In addition, three hundred scouts were sent to Lanzhou to spy on the enemy's strength."
"Jingde, keep an eye on Xue Wanche's troops. Once you find out that the other party is returning for reinforcements, immediately send troops to pursue them."
Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Gong cupped their hands and said:
"Here."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards Qin Ming.
…
Half an hour later,
This unique military exercise ended successfully with the victory of the red side.
The counting rice paper in Qin Ming's hand stopped at the number nineteen.
Li Shimin, Chang Sun Wuji, Duan Zhixuan, and Yu Chigong all had smiles on their faces.
On the other hand, Li Jing, Li Daozong, Xue Wanche, and Hou Junji all had sad faces, as if they were mourning their heirs.
As the referee, Qin Ming felt relieved the moment the result was announced.
The whole person was limp and weak, sitting on an official hat chair.
The job of refereeing is not easy at all.
Qin and Ming not only needed it, but also constantly changed the formations of both sides on paper.
It is also necessary to calculate the battle losses of both sides on paper based on their different arms types, strength, and attack methods.
This is a great test of calculation ability. Qin Ming wrote several formulas specifically for this purpose.
They are all formulas for calculating the battle loss ratio under various circumstances.
Of course, for generals with stronger abilities, or those who dare to visit the battlefield in person, the ratio of one's own battle losses to the enemy's battle losses will be reduced or increased accordingly.
This is just like the team halo of certain heroes in League of Legends, which can strengthen your own team or weaken the enemy.
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