"The Wei army cannot be completely trusted, so where can the soldiers come from?" Tian Dan continued to ask.
"Come out of the army!" Zhao Kuo said calmly: "The Danshui confrontation has been going on for many days. I think the Qin army has also discovered that Hanwang Mountain is where our army's elite is, and Daliang Mountain is where our army's supplies are, and there are many strong people there. also."
When Lian Po heard this, he didn't shy away from it. He nodded immediately and said, "The Qin army is investigating the matter day and night. I think this matter cannot be hidden from the Qin army."
Zhao Kuo then said: "That's good. What we want is for the Qin army to know."
Seeing that the two of them still didn't understand clearly, Zhao Kuo did not hide it and continued to explain: "After I arrived, I immediately decided to switch from defense to offense. It is inevitable to dispatch troops. At this time, General Lian Po will It is only natural that some of the general’s generals should be replaced by my own generals, and the Qin army will certainly not be suspicious, right?”
"Of course!" Lian Po and Tian Dan both nodded.
"The so-called soldiers and horses move forward before the grain and grass are moved. Since we want to carry out the offensive, I will send troops to escort the grain and fodder from the Daliang Mountain to the camp. Is this what it should be?" Zhao Kuo continued to follow the good instructions.
"That's natural!" Lian Po continued to nod.
"In this case, is it reasonable for General Lian Po's generals and his troops to be sent to transport food? At the same time, while General Lian Po's confidants are being slowly dispatched, this general will reorganize the army to To further eliminate the influence of General Lian Po, Lord Wu An must also be able to understand it?" Zhao Kuo continued.
After hearing this, Lian Po was about to continue agreeing, but suddenly a light flashed in his mind, as if he had thought of something, and then he looked at Tian Dan aside.
Tian Dan also nodded slightly, obviously having thought of Zhao Kuo's idea, and said slowly: "Li Daitao is stiff."
"Of course!" Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "When we left, we had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and when we returned, we mixed in half of the people. Even with the Qin army's ability to detect horses, it was not enough to just observe the clothes, and our army was mixed. After that, it will be even more difficult to detect. But in just three or two days, when we cross to the west, Tan Ma will focus on my army crossing to the west. As long as we keep a low profile in Daliang Mountain, we can hide for a month or two. It’s not a problem either.”
"It's just that, the fighting strength of the army crossing to the west has been weakened again. In the encirclement, I'm afraid..." Lian Po said with some worry, but before he finished speaking, he had already reacted - Ci does not control the troops!
Lian Po cut off the conversation and then continued to discuss the details of the troop exchange with Zhao Kuo. He had obviously acquiesced in Zhao Kuo's approach of "Li Dai Tao Zang".
Although there are less than 200,000 elite troops in the Zhao army, and the rest of the troops are considered average in combat strength, even ordinary troops, after three years of blood rain, are not comparable to ordinary young men. .
The difference between young soldiers and ordinary sergeants is almost visible at a glance, not to mention that Zhao Kuo obviously meant to use young soldiers to replace the truly elite army, and the loss of their combat power is evident.
Therefore, how to replace is a problem, and how much to replace is an even bigger problem.
If you change it less, you will take the huge risk of being discovered by the Qin army and falling short of the entire campaign. It is obviously not worth it, and it will not be able to influence the subsequent war;
But if there are too many changes, it will be easy to be detected by the Qin army, and the weak combat power will easily lead to collapse at the first touch. If this causes a chain reaction, it will be too late to regret.
Zhao Kuo, the "initiator", naturally understood it, and the two veteran generals Tian Dan and Lian Po knew it even more clearly. It is precisely because of this that the two have been arguing about this number for a long time.
"One hundred thousand!" Zhao Kuo said Wang Zha as soon as he opened his mouth. He had to pull out nearly half of the elite troops in one breath. If calculated in terms of combat strength, these 100,000 elite troops are almost one-third of the total combat strength of Zhao's army today. One of them. Once extracted, the impact on the entire front is not insignificant.
Zhao Kuo's decision was not a hasty action without aim. Zhao Kuo judged that in order to tempt him to go deep into the Danshui Barrier alone, Zhao Kuo judged that although the Danshui Barrier would be very fierce, the remaining elites would be enough to break it. After being trapped, his army would be besieged and face the crisis of running out of food. , the decline in combat power is also reasonable.
Of course, what's more important is that Zhao Kuo believes that less than 100,000 elites are not enough to determine the final victory.
As soon as these words were spoken, Tian Dan and Lian Po were immediately speechless. Aren't they trying every possible means to reverse a situation that was destined to fail? If it's not enough to make a final decision in the end, what's the point of these plans.
Thinking of this, Lian Po and Tian Dan stopped arguing and agreed with Zhao Kuo's decision.
The biggest issue has been discussed clearly, and what is left is the details. Of course, in this unprecedented war, any detail is worthy of careful consideration, and any detail is enough to determine the final outcome of this battle that affects the land of China. The ultimate direction of the war of belonging.
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A military discussion was held from the afternoon until late at night. Ordinary soldiers, even personal soldiers, were not allowed to come within three feet of the big tent. Even the meals were only brought in by General Xu Li himself.
This may be General Xu Li's greatest contribution in this military discussion.
Of course, hearing the quarrels between the three bosses also opened Xu Li's eyes. After all, when he followed Zhao She in the past, he almost always followed orders, but he had never experienced such an intense, complex and detailed discussion.
It can be said that Xu Li benefited the most from this debate-style military discussion.
And this is exactly what Zhao Kuo needs. After all, whether it is Lian Po or Tian Dan, even if he is truly impressed by himself, his age and qualifications are there after all. He may support him in important matters, but he will never worry about everything for him like a dog leg.
Obviously, Xu Li is now Zhao Kuo's number one horseman. Xu Li's improved ability can save Zhao Kuo a lot of things in the future.
Xu Li, naturally, would not let go of such a good opportunity. From the very beginning, he absorbed the strengths of the three of them like a sponge: Zhao Kuo's magnificent layout, Lian Po's exquisite and meticulous troop formations, Tian Dan grasped the timing just right.
Uncanny planning and down-to-earth arrangements are combined without any contradiction; familiar ideas and unexpected attacks are swayed on the sand table wantonly; arrangements are as detailed as tens of thousands, and are as vast as dozens The attack and defense on the inner front were also implemented on the battlefield almost at the same time.
The scenes in the military tent were like pieces of peerless military literature, arbitrarily washing away Xu Li's original experience - it turns out that war can still be fought like this!
And just as the three giants of Zhao State were carefully planning the direction of the Battle of Changping, under the moonlit night, a small group of black-clad soldiers and horses also quietly entered the barrier on the west bank of Danshui.
