"Is there any explanation in it?" Meng Ao immediately frowned and asked.
"If it is a war, short-term requirements will naturally be fine, but..." Wang Hao paused briefly before continuing: "Now our army's strategy is to defend the city. If the timing is easily changed, I'm afraid the whole army will complain."
"Qin's law is serious and the Qin army has orders. How can you complain about getting up an hour early?" Meng Ao immediately objected, holding his neck, like a young fighter passionately defending the dignity of the law.
It's a pity that there is never love without reason, and there is no hatred without reason. The reason why Meng Ao valued Qin Fa so much and even risked his life to protect Qin Fa was because, under the protection of Qin Fa, he and his family rose to the middle level of the Qin army, and even moved towards the Qin army. The top brass launched a charge.
As a vested interest in Qin Law, of course, we must maintain the existing rule system. What's more important is that Meng Ao's current position is at a critical moment when he is transitioning from the middle to the top.
At this time, Meng Ao not only needs to make huge contributions to the outside world and show sufficient ability to the top leader of the Qin State, but also needs to consolidate the consistency of the Qin State's legal system internally to express his support for the Qin State. Qin's loyalty.
For what may exist at the bottom
"Complaints", in Meng Ao's view, are undoubtedly a provocation to Qin's legal system and even Qin's existing set of rules. Naturally, Meng Ao will suppress them mercilessly.
However, Wang Hao, as the real upper echelon of Qin State and the real rule maker, naturally has different views from Meng Ao.
As a person in a higher position, his attitude towards the lower level is actually much gentler than that of the middle level. The reason is very simple. There is a middle layer between the upper level and the lower level. To put it bluntly, people at the bottom cannot threaten the upper level.
At least until the sun and moon hang upside down don’t happen
This was what it was like before the "accident". Without threats, the upper levels will naturally not have much resistance and defense against the lower levels.
In fact, the upper class is not only not hostile to the bottom class, not only because the bottom class is the engine of the entire society, but also because the upper class needs them to curb the middle class.
Give the bottom class a certain hope of becoming the middle class, let them see a glimmer of light in the dark days, and then fight to the death around this glimmer of light.
It doesn't matter if we fight hard, the entire national machine will rumble to a new level. This is the driving force behind the entire Qin State's continuous annexation of other countries.
Of course, every year, the upper class will actually let a few bottom layers become the middle class. In this way, those at the bottom who are encouraged will continue to attack the middle level. This will make the people who are already in the middle level nervous and fearful, and also make the people in the middle level more obedient: " You have to be obedient, otherwise there will be countless people behind you at any time to replace your current position." Therefore, facing the so-called
"Complaint", as a middle-level person, Meng Ao wants to suppress, but as a superior, what Meng Ao wants is to ease.
after all
Too many “complaints” will only affect the driving force behind the progress of the country and society. This has nothing to do with the level of the two, but more to do with the different positions they are standing on.
However, Meng Ao was the successor of the Qin army selected by Wang Lu, and he was also one of the future superiors of Qin. Wang Lu must teach him how to look at the problem from the perspective of a superior as soon as possible.
Patting Meng Ao's shoulder, Wang Hao said with a smile: "If it were you, you would be happy to shorten your sleeping time by an hour for no reason?"
"No matter how strict the Qin law is, it can't control what the soldiers are thinking!" Wang Lu continued to explain: "In the long run, an hour of training may not improve combat effectiveness much, but the disunity between soldiers can. Much more foresight." Hearing this, Meng Ao nodded reluctantly.
Wang Lu wasn't angry at all. If he was so easily persuaded, he wouldn't be the one he chose.
Moreover, it is precisely because of such a stubborn person as Meng Ao that Qin Fa's unquestionable and absolute authority is guaranteed.
With a slight smile, Wang Hao then continued: "There are two more points. First, not everyone can call on the soldiers. Once such a random order is announced but not executed, the general will lose. Secondly, reducing one hour of sleep time and adding one hour of training may seem to have no harm at all, but in fact, human energy is limited, and if it is overused, it will be exhausted, and it will be consumed by food. To make up for it. This is why during a fierce battle, the soldiers' food needs to be supplemented by three or even four meals. If Zhao Jun's strategy is followed, either the combat power will be reduced, or more food and fodder will be needed. The army is only tens of thousands. And I have more than 200,000, and the gain outweighs the loss." Hearing this, Meng Ao suddenly realized, and said: "Zhao Jun is so vicious, he wants to use this plan to waste our army's food and grass. Fortunately, the general saw through it, otherwise, we The army will definitely fall into his plan." Listening to Meng Ao's words, although Wang Hao nodded slightly, he had deep doubts in his heart.
In the end, did Zhao Guo really just waste food and grass to induce our army to follow suit? Or is it that Zhao Jun is already so wealthy that he can provide three meals for the entire army without any pressure?
If it's the former, it doesn't matter, it's nothing more than an unsuccessful strategy by Zhao Jun; but if it's the latter, it means that Zhao's national power is no longer what it used to be.
Although it is not as good as Qin in terms of military strength, in terms of real national strength, it may be very close to Qin.
This is definitely not good news for Qin. Undoubtedly, Wang Hao hoped that the real situation would be the former, but there was a voice in Wang Hao's heart that told him that the latter might be more likely.
But this thought was quickly suppressed deep in Wang Lu's heart. Because for him now, how to win the war in front of him is the most important thing.
"However, Zhao Jun's move also exposed two problems of their coalition." Wang Hao seemed to be talking to himself, but also seemed to be considering Meng Ao beside him.
When Meng Ao heard this, he immediately reacted.
"The general is saying that there is discord and mutual distrust within the coalition forces?" Meng Ao replied immediately.
"This is natural." Wang Hao nodded, and then said: "Since the Zhao army and the main force of the coalition forces have been advancing in separate camps, this situation has been almost obvious."
"However, the general has never understood why Zhao Jun wanted to go out of his way and take his troops away from the main force of the coalition, even exposing his internal conflicts to our army?" Meng Ao asked with some confusion.
"Isn't this the reason?" Wang Hao pointed to Zhao Jun's barracks where shouts of killing could be heard in the distance, and said slowly.
"What do you mean by the general?" Meng Ao seemed to have understood as he looked at the camp, which was full of excitement and quiet at the same time.
"Dragon does not live with snakes!" Wang Lu did not let Meng Ao continue, but said it to himself: "Zhao Jun would rather expose his shortcomings than be controlled by others; he would rather face our Qin State with a small number of troops. With an army of more than 200,000, we don’t want our elite troops to be infected by idiots!”
"Perhaps, only an army and a country like this are worthy of being our opponent of Qin." Standing on the top of the city, Wang Lu said with emotion.
"What the general said is true." Meng Ao nodded and sighed with emotion. Obviously, the Qin State, from top to bottom, had already set the Zhao State as its only and biggest imaginary enemy.
Only this time, Qin Jun saw another side of Zhao Jun that was more tenacious.
"However." Wang Hao changed the topic after listening to Meng Ao's words, and then said: "This is not surprising, and it is not a cause for concern for the time being. What is more important is the second point exposed by Zhao Jun."
"The second point?" Meng Ao lowered his head in thought.
"It's very simple." Wang Hao said with a smile: "I'm afraid the Zhao State coalition forces are just like us and want to fight a protracted war."
"Protracted war?" Meng Ao still didn't quite understand.
"Yesterday's battle can be regarded as a test between the enemy and ourselves, and our army is slightly inferior to the coalition forces." Wang Hao said immediately.
"But." Meng Ao hurriedly answered: "The commander yesterday was the junior general. If it were commanded by the general, with the strength of our army, we will definitely have the advantage!" Wang Luo shook his head again and said : "Lian Po and I have known each other since the Battle of Changping. During the three years of confrontation, we have used every strategy we can, and I can't say that modestly. : Lian Po and I are evenly matched, and we can’t defeat him at all.”
"The abilities of the generals are almost the same. In terms of combat power, our infantry is superior and the enemy's cavalry is superior. In terms of troop allocation, our army is also slightly inferior to the coalition forces. With such mutual offsets, the actual battle is extremely difficult. It is possible that the scorching war will happen again, just like the three-year confrontation in Bieshui." Wang Hao continued.
"Therefore, both our army and the enemy's army are in urgent need of new ideas and new methods to defeat the enemy. Let's talk about our army's method first. It is actually very simple. Since four people cannot defeat it, then concentrate on defeating one person. And think The only way to concentrate on attacking a country is to wait. Wait until the coalition forces’ consumption increases, wait until the discord between the countries continues to amplify over time, wait until the coalition forces finally begin to have their own internal conflicts. plan."
"What about the coalition forces? Since it is not good for them to delay, why is Zhao Jun training troops at this time instead of taking Luodu directly?" Meng Ao asked with some confusion after hearing this.
"This is a good question." After a few words, Wang Hao finally heard a high-quality question and immediately praised it.
"Actually, time is also a double-edged sword for our army. If it is used well, the four-nation coalition will collapse without a fight. If it is not used well, I am afraid that Daqin will also be severely damaged." Wang Lu then continued: "We have to face four countries!"
"What does the general mean?" Meng Ao thought of something decisively and said, "Food?"
"Yes." Wang Hao nodded and continued: "Although our Qin State is vast and rich in resources, it is still not the power of the four countries. What's more, our army's food needs to be transported from Guanzhong and even Shuzhong; and among the coalition forces, Except for Chu, there is no need to transport military supplies from other countries, especially the three kingdoms of Zhao, Han, and Wei, which belong to the Three Jin Dynasties. There is almost no distance between them and the Zhou Dynasty. There are still roads to connect them, so it won’t cost much at all." Hearing this, Meng Ao quickly understood what Wang Lu meant.
To put it simply, in a short period of time, the two armies will definitely not be able to tell the difference between victory and defeat. The enemy wants to drag our army until we are short of food and supplies, and our army wants to drag the other side into internal strife.
But, was it the Qin army who caused chaos first because of lack of food and grass? Or will the coalition fall apart first due to discord and cracks?
Meng Ao obviously didn't know the answer. A pair of longing eyes immediately looked at Wang Lu. However, this time, Wang Hao did not give Meng Ao an answer.
It all depends on people. He will not sit still and wait for death. I believe that the Lianpo of the coalition will not do it either, and neither will the kings behind them.
War is never just about fighting on the battlefield. Fighting outside the battlefield is often more thrilling than inside the battlefield.
Then come and see who is in charge of this world!
