Lin Guo.
This is a small country in Tianwaitian, about the same size as Li Country.
Its country is connected to the Qian Kingdom to the north and the Zhou Kingdom to the east, extending in all directions. It is a strategic hub. The history of its country is naturally a history of blood and tears.
It is a country that has been bullied by big powers. It has been destroyed several times. The Lin family in charge of the Lin country has fled. But in the end, because the big country needed a buffer, the Lin country was rebuilt several times. In just over two hundred years, the Lin family has experienced Five times of destruction and reconstruction, there will be one every few decades.
Now, the Lin Kingdom was once again destroyed and became a place where the Qian Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom joined forces.
The army headed by Dou Changsheng, representing the imperial court, is uniting the princes to gather in Liguo, while the rebels of Qianguo and Chunguo are located in Linguo. The two sides are confronting each other. Each has begun to gather troops to prepare, and they have not taken the lead in launching a war, but Everyone knows that a war can happen at any time, and it may break out the next moment.
Flags with the word "Qian" were fluttering in the strong wind, and ships were arriving one after another. A soldier stepped down first and began to walk into the military camp. The number of rebel troops was also increasing day by day.
Prince Qianhou wears golden armor and holds a bag in his hand. The golden light highlights his majesty and sanctity, as if he is a high-ranking golden-armored god descending from the immortal realm.
After Prince Qianhou inspected the military camp, he returned to the Chinese army's tent. After opening the thick curtain, he could see that there were already people waiting in the Chinese army's tent.
A noble man with white hair, full of wrinkles and age spots, and another wearing scale armor. Each of these scales has been polished and has a mark on it. It seems messy, but the scales fit together. , after the densely packed scales form a whole, the scratches on it combine to form a beautiful pattern.
The scales are inlaid with gems, the satin cloak on the back is also full of luxury, and the sword worn on the waist is even more jewel-like.
Prince Qianhou glanced at Xiao Tianyou twice more, and the other party's aura leaked out, revealing the rules of the legal domain. This made Prince Qianhou know that Xiao Tianyou had completed a breakthrough. This situation was because he had just broken through and had not yet mastered the realm perfectly. This requires a period of retreat to stabilize the breath, but because of the start of the war, there is no such time.
Prince Qianhou put the bag on the table, sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice: "The latest news has come. The number of Taoist soldiers gathered by the government and army now totals 530,000."
"Most of them are low-grade Taoist soldiers, 80,000 mid-grade Taoist soldiers, and 10,000 high-grade Taoist soldiers."
"There are eight great masters, and there are many other masters."
"Regardless of the strength of the troops or the martial arts experts, the officers and soldiers have the upper hand, and they are still gathering troops. We have reached the limit, and there is not much power left to support us in the rear. It is time to take action."
Xiao Tianyou, who had half-closed his eyes, opened his eyes completely the next moment, and a pair of eyes glowed with cold light. At this moment, the light gathered, and the sharp eyes were like a pair of eagle eyes.
Leng Ran said: "It's time to take action long ago."
"Although the officers and soldiers are strong, they are too scattered. It is impossible to gather them together in a short time. Therefore, they seem to have many soldiers, but in fact they are just a mess. As long as they gather strength, they can defeat them individually."
"If we had taken action from the beginning, we would have defeated the official army now, and it would be impossible for them to gather 500,000 Taoist soldiers."
Xiao Tianyou's voice was cold, and there was resentment in his tone. It was obvious that Xiao Tianyou strongly disagreed with Prince Qianhou's recent behavior.
Looking at Prince Qianhou, his eyes were filled with contempt. What does a young boy know about fighting?
After such a long time to gather troops, if I were given a strong force, I would have defeated the official army long ago. First defeat a few official troops. By then, everyone will be in danger, how can they dare to come so unscrupulously to gather troops.
Then separate partial armies to sneak attacks on various vassal states. When their internal affairs are in turmoil, the front line will definitely be uneasy. With people's hearts fluctuating, there will be no way to fight. When the time comes, people will retreat. When the officers and troops retreat, they will take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. This will be a great victory.
This battle was really breathtaking. If we put ourselves in someone else's shoes and saw that our side had the absolute advantage, we would be able to fight such a dull battle.
Although Xiao Tianyou despises building a stronghold and fighting stupid battles, he also admits that this is the right way to go.
But since ancient times, people with strong strength have always done this because they don’t want variables to occur. But I have never heard of someone who is weak and then does this.
Today's method of gathering troops together and fighting a decisive battle together is too stupid.
Xiao Tianyou's demeanor did not hide it at all. Even if the other party was the direct descendant of gods and demons, such a reputation could not scare Xiao Tianyou. If it hadn't been for De Ze to have a fairy face, Xiao Tianyou would have cursed loudly by now.
The prince is already in his twilight years, but he does not have the confidence and pride of Xiao Tianyou. Xiao Tianyou has been on a smooth journey since he was a child. He unexpectedly attacked the Human King's court and made unparalleled achievements. His achievements were shining and shocked all races. He was a famous general in the world.
I was only in my thirties at that time, which was a great time.
He is extremely proud in his heart, and there are very few people in the world who can catch his eye.
But the prince is getting old, and the heroic spirit in his heart has long been polished away by the long time, but he took the initiative to smooth things over, and used this to ease the atmosphere at the scene and said: "Now that the situation is mature, it is time to take the initiative to attack." , defeat all Dou Changsheng’s delusions.”
"Let him know that this is the outer world, not a human realm. This is not a place where he can be cruel."
Prince Qianhou withdrew his cold eyes from Xiao Tianyou and suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart. He knew that this was not the time for conflict. Now he had to focus on the overall situation. After defeating Dou Changsheng, Xiao Tianyou would not know how to praise him. Someone would naturally teach him when the time comes. How he behaves.
Prince Qianhou did not care about Xiao Tianyou's attitude and did not approve of Xiao Tianyou's risky behavior. At the beginning, he raised his troops to attack. This was to fight deep behind enemy lines. If the war went well, it would be fine. If the war did not go well, he would encounter enemies from all sides. The risk of joining forces for encirclement and suppression is too great.
Both sides have their own opinions. If Xiao Tianyou has a large army in his hands, then Prince Qianhou will dare to take a bold risk, but what does Xiao Tianyou have?
Although his strength is not weak and he has a few confidants, he has not been on the front line in person for many years, so he rashly hands over the army to him and can he win the war directly?
This is absolutely impossible. Every army has different situations and different strengths.
If this were a large army within the Zhou system, there would not be much difference. The key point is that Qianguo and Zhenguo are both vassal states in the sky. Their military systems are roughly similar to the human realm, but they are definitely not exactly the same. What do the soldiers think of them? The Cavalry General didn't agree either.
Xiao Tianyou was able to achieve unity by airborne, which is pure fantasy.
Xiao Tianyou just needs the recognition of the generals and the status of his soldiers, but they need a running-in period. In the final analysis, Xiao Tianyou does not have his own soldiers and cannot control the army with this as the core.
Prince Qianhou was purely kind-hearted, but Xiao Tianyou was unruly. He said this situation more than once, but Xiao Tianyou didn't agree with it at all, thinking that it didn't matter. He was a famous general, so this was a small problem.
I don’t know how many famous generals suffered disastrous defeats in their later years, and their reputations were ruined.
The main reason is that in the early years, those who took charge of the army were the troops they had built. In the later years, they used it as life-saving medicine, as if after an accident, they could win by pushing famous generals forward.
Completely ignoring the bad situations such as losing the general and not knowing the soldiers, the soldiers not knowing the generals, and the subordinates having different ideas.
This battle is crucial. Prince Qianhou has already discussed it with Lao Qianhou and many generals and military advisors of Qian Kingdom and formulated a complete plan.
After a moment of silence, he suppressed the strange emotions in his heart, looked at Xiao Tianyou and said, "Now the officers and soldiers are confronting us. There are many officers and soldiers, and there are more than 500,000 Taoist soldiers gathered here."
"With so many soldiers and horses, the consumption of food and grass is extremely serious. In addition, the officers and soldiers are scattered among many vassal states. The food roads to transport food and grass are very long. It is difficult for the officers and soldiers to supply them."
Prince Qianhou pointed to the hanging map of Tianwaitian, and he had been drawing lines one after another. One red line appeared from each vassal state, and finally converged in Li State. After all were drawn, at a glance, the dense red lines were intertwined with each other. Together, they were twisted directly into a twist.
Xiao Tianyou's eyes were cold, his expression did not change at all, and he spoke calmly: "Is this the strategy that the prince has decided upon after discussing it for so long?"
"First station troops for confrontation, and wait until the army's strength reaches 500,000. This will cause serious consumption of food and grass, leaving the army itself with this serious flaw, and then attack the army's food road."
"This kind of strategy is not very clever. The officers and soldiers must have noticed it. The protection of food and grass must be the top priority."
Prince Qianhou looked solemn and spoke in a deep voice: "The strategy doesn't need to be profound, as long as it works."
"To support such a huge force, the government and army consume a lot of food and grass. No one princely state can support it, nor is it capable of taking responsibility. Therefore, a large number of princely states must provide food and grass together."
"So a flaw appears. Even if there are official and military protection, because there are too many vassal states, the official and military cannot cover everything. There must be weaknesses. This requires Xiao Piao to take action."
"With Xiao Qiaoqi's ability, even Human Wangting can find a flaw, so that he can hit it with one hit and achieve unparalleled achievements, let alone Dou Changsheng."
"No matter how subtle Dou Changsheng's arrangement is, it will still be invisible to Xiao Qiaoqi."
Prince Qianhou paused for a moment, suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, and continued to speak against his will: "Xiao Huqi plundered food and grass and attacked various vassal states. When the time comes, the army will be short of food on the front line. When the army cannot hold on any longer, they will take advantage of the situation and choose to retreat. If you attack, you will definitely win.”
"The strategy is simple and the probability of success is not high, but with Xiao Qiaoqi, this strategy is perfect."
"The first achievement in this battle was made by Xiao Huiqi."
Xiao Tianyou burst out laughing, and he also saw the demeanor of Prince Qianhou against his will, but this kind of words are very useful. When it comes to arranging troops frontally, and a decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, Xiao Tianyou naturally has this ability, but Xiao Tianyou is famous for his thousands of attacks, his courage to attack the Human Royal Court, and his return victorious.
This ability of running thousands of miles is what Xiao Tianyou is best at. This strategy is not subtle, the key lies in the person who implements it.
Xiao Tianyou stood up, put one hand on the handle of the beam sword, the silk cloak behind him shook, and said loudly, "Don't worry."
"Tianwaitian is similar to the Human prairie in the past. It is extremely empty. It is not a beautiful place with high mountains and deep waters and continuous mountains like the human realm. The human realm is densely populated, especially the key places. Fortresses have been built for a long time. It is based on the city. If the city is not removed, driving in from a long distance will easily lead to being attacked from both sides."
"But the sky is different. There is no city here for thousands of miles. It can be said to be extremely empty. People are gathered in the city instead of scattered in various places. It is best to hide your whereabouts."
Prince Qianhou personally delivered the tiger talisman to Xiao Tianyou's hands, watched Xiao Tianyou leave at a snail's pace, and watched Xiao Tianyou's back disappear.
The purpose of suppressing Xiao Tianyou during this period is to let Xiao Tianyou continue to get familiar with the generals, to control the army that unexpectedly attacked the grain road, and to eliminate the barriers between the two sides. The most important thing is to let Xiao Tianyou know the combat power of this army, so as to Have an accurate position in mind and know what to do and what not to do.
In order to win the battle against Crown Prince Hou, it can be said that he was heartbroken and put in so much effort.
Looking at the prince, he said: "Xiao Tianyou is responsible for cutting off the grain road, and we have to confront Dou Changsheng here, but we don't have to do nothing."
"Tomorrow we will raise troops to attack Li Guo and take the initiative to attack the government troops."
"The sources of officers and soldiers are too messy. With so many vassal states gathered together, they must be a mob. It is common for them to blame each other. In order not to engage in direct battle with us, which will cause casualties to Dao soldiers and reduce the national strength, they must still There is an infighting.”
"In this aspect, we need the prince. The prince is old and well-informed. He must be well aware of the situation in the vassal countries. He is also related to many people. You can contact them privately. I don't need them to defect in front of the battle. I just need to go out to work. If we don’t contribute, we won’t attack them.”
"If we can pass on the message, we are willing to act as knives and kill their enemies."
The prince nodded repeatedly, praised and said: "Your Majesty, this move is so quick."
"They can't hide from the gathering of troops this time, so they all came, but they definitely don't want to lose the strength of their troops. If they can not lose the strength of their troops, but still kill the enemy, I believe they will never miss it."
"As long as they cooperate a few times and consume the real fighting strength of the official army, and then launch a large-scale attack, the rest will be just grassroots. The outcome is self-evident."
Prince Qianhou said solemnly: "Don't place all your hopes on them. Xiao Tianyou is the key. We must attract the main force of the army and create opportunities for Xiao Tianyou."
"As long as Xiao Tianyou can cut off his food routes and then send his troops north to attack Li Guo, we will definitely win a great victory if we attack from both front and rear."
"Dou Changsheng dares to call himself a millionaire."
"Then let Dou Baiwan's shameful name accompany him throughout his life."
"Let him know that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world."
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They say this is water, but that’s not the case. It’s good to read many chapters in a coherent manner. This is related to the next plot. The link between the past and the next is not water, but there is no next one. I don’t want to type words today. I will update more tomorrow. Some of them, the ones that connect the plot, can be regarded as a small climax. I will finish them all, and I feel very interesting.
