The number of troops mobilized by the Great Food Country this time reached about 200,000, which has never happened before in the history of the Great Food Country.
Moreover, the total military strength of the Great Food Country is now close to 600,000, which is unprecedented in the history of the Great Food Country.
There have never been so many soldiers and horses.
The production level and efficiency in ancient times were extremely low.
Even if the population of the Great Food Country reached 30 million, it would be almost unimaginable to feed such a large number of soldiers and horses.
It is conceivable.
We know how miserable the lives of the people in the country are.
The more troops and horses there are, the more grain, grass, supplies, weapons and equipment are needed.
With the productivity level of a big food country, to feed so many troops, the people have to endure extremely serious exploitation.
At the same time, the combat effectiveness of these troops and horses will not be high.
They don’t have enough food to eat, and they don’t have all the weapons and equipment.
How to ensure combat effectiveness?
This is why Zhao Ziliang dares to go to war with the Food Kingdom.
Even with the current comprehensive national strength of Western Qin, it is already enough to support 320,000 standing troops and 200,000 voluntary troops. is the limit.
Wang Can continued to introduce to Zhao Ziliang and the generals: "In the past wars between the Great Food Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire, there was only one battle in which the total force of both sides reached 100,000.
It was the first time that the Great Food Kingdom surrounded the emperor.
The battle of Constantinople ended with the defeat of the Food Kingdom.
There are several main reasons.
First, the city wall defense of Constantinople is indeed much stronger than other cities in the West.
This is because it Natural geographical advantages and high city walls The second is that although the long-term siege has damaged the vitality of Constantinople, it has also weakened the military strength of the Great Food Country.
Years of war have hollowed out the Great Food Country, and the Great Food Country can no longer be defeated; thirdly, the Great Food Country can no longer be defeated; It was the Eastern Roman Empire that used the mysterious weapon of Greek fire to almost annihilate the naval fleet of the Great Food Kingdom.
It can be seen that excluding the terrain advantages, strong city walls and Greek fire, the outcome of a war depends to a large extent.
It depends on the national strength of both sides."
"After the disastrous defeat of the Food Country, both sides had several border conflicts or small-scale battles almost every year.
However, it was relatively rare for both sides to invest more than 10,000 troops.
Most of them were four to five thousand troops. .
At that time, the total force used by the Food Kingdom to seize the entire northern Africa from the Eastern Roman Empire did not exceed 20,000 people.
The first time it was more than 4,000 people, and the second time it was more than 12,000 people."
"Based on the investigation and analysis of our Dongchang spy, we can draw some conclusions.
Although the Dashi Kingdom now has a total force of 600,000, the number of regular troops that have received formal training will not exceed 150,000, so the remaining four The 150,000 are untrained men.
Some of them have fought in wars but have not received formal training.
Some of them have neither fought in battles nor received formal training.
Of the 200,000 troops transferred this time, only 50,000 have received formal training and fought in battles.
The others are just strong men with weapons.
Many of them even have no weapons.
Only 50,000 are fully equipped.
However, the country of Dashi has always The folk customs are fierce, even ordinary strong men are brave, and if they really fight, they will not be afraid of death.
This is the current situation of the Dashi Army."
After Wang Can said this, he stepped aside.
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to the generals: "Okay, just now Chu Ge and Wang Can introduced the troop deployment of our army and the Dashi Army and the situation of the generals on both sides.
You all also heard it.
Now I want to know, this battle How should we fight?
Should we take the initiative or defend passively?
Let the enemy go deeper.
Please share your thoughts."
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In order to show off their military talents, some people naturally stood up to express their opinions first.
A general stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the general believes that we cannot lose our prestige and should take the initiative to attack."
Another general stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think taking the initiative to attack is the best strategy.
Our army's strength is half less than that of the Great Food Army.
It is really not suitable to take the initiative.
We should lure the enemy deep and launch a defensive counterattack."
In addition to these two people, some other generals with minor military positions stood up and expressed their opinions one after another, but what they said made Zhao Ziliang dissatisfied, and several generals did not speak up.
Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone, pointed at Zhao Hu and said: "Zhao Hu, what do you say?"
Zhao Hu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, passive defense has never been the main combat tactic of our army.
Our army has fewer troops than the Dashi Army.
This is our weakness.
Most of the three main legions of our army are cavalry.
There is only a small amount of infantry, which is putting the cart before the horse when used for defense.
Our advantage is that our army is all elite soldiers and has many cavalry, which is suitable for active attack.
If the enemy is like If they don't want to be surrounded in the city, they must fight with us in the wild.
If they give up fighting with our army in the wild and huddle in the city to defend, then they will be beaten passively.
They cannot be trapped in the city forever, and sooner or later they will need food.
If you eat it all, you will starve to death sooner or later without food, so Wei Chen believes that taking the initiative is the only option.
The key is how to attack."
Huo Kan stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I have different opinions.
Although it is a good idea to take the initiative to attack, our army's strength is only half of the enemy's.
It is not the best choice.
The general believes that we should use the method of luring the enemy deep and defensive counterattack.
The strategy is to deploy all the cavalry and hide them in the wild, and let the infantry defend the city.
When the enemy goes deep into our territory to attack our city, our cavalry will take the opportunity to make a surprise attack or cut off their food routes, leaving the enemy defenseless."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge and asked, "Chu Ge, what do you think?"
Chu Ge stood up and clasped his fists and said: "General Zhao Hu and General Huo Kan have said good methods, but Wei Chen tends to take the initiative to attack."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Tell me the reason."
"Yes" Chu Ge agreed and immediately said: "General Huo's method is actually very good.
We have natural geographical and human advantages in fighting on the mainland, but the disadvantages are quite big, that is, all the damage of the war will be borne by us, and Taking the initiative can inflict the damage of war on the enemy.
The greater the damage caused, the harder it will be for the enemy to In order to restore the situation, General Wang also said just now that although the enemy's total strength this time is 200,000, most of them are untrained rabble, with only 50,000 elites.
If we defend passively, then they can attack the enemy to the maximum extent.
They can exert their strength advantage, but if our army takes the initiative to attack, their strength advantage will no longer exist.”
Chu Ge's words clearly explained the pros and cons of the two methods of combat.
The other generals and officials in the big tent nodded their heads after hearing this.
Zhao Ziliang saw the reactions of others and said: "It seems that the Zhuqing family has no objection to adopting the active attack strategy.
So how to attack?"
There are so many ways to attack.
Some people propose that the troops should be divided into separate groups to attack, which can weaken the enemy's strength advantage to the greatest extent.
Some people also propose to concentrate the troops to capture Mulu City, the capital of Khorasan Province, because it can be supplemented there.
With a large amount of grain and grass supplies, the logistical pressure will be greatly reduced; some people have proposed concentrating forces to directly attack Kerman and start a decisive battle with Mansour.
Each of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Zhao Ziliang was not very satisfied after hearing this.
When the generals saw that he was silent, they knew that none of these attack plans satisfied him, so they did not say much.
Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and looked at the cities and routes on the ground.
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The biggest disadvantage of fighting on other people's territory is that they are not familiar with the terrain.
You must find a guide when marching, and the desert is no better than other places.
The terrain in the desert often occurs. changes, and the routes are mostly fixed Definitely, this is the experience of countless people who piled up corpses for future generations.
An army walking randomly in the desert can easily be defeated by the harsh environment, or even be wiped out.
Even the most experienced desert guides would not dare to Running wildly in the desert, let alone an army, the greater the number of people, the higher the risk.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Zhao Hu, you lead the second legion to fight Shulgaz with me."
Zhao Hu immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said: "I obey my orders."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and then said: "Order Huacizimo and Ogus to send 10,000 troops each to accompany Wei Meng's fifth army to attack Guchang and Mashad from north to south."
As a marching commander, Liu Dan stood up and agreed: "Yes"
Zhao Ziliang turned around and said to Chu Ge and Huo Kan: "You two will lead the eighth legion to stay in Jiling City.
If the food army from Mulu City goes north to reinforce Mashad and Guchang City, you will lead the army to attack Mulu City."
The food army from Chengruomu Deer City has entered our country and attacked our city, and your targets are them."
The two clasped their fists and agreed: "I obey."
"Okay, all the ministers will go back and make preparations.
The second legion will set off with me in three days."
After the generals left, Zhao Ziliang walked up and down the tent with his hands behind his back.
None of the officials moved.
They all stood in place.
However, Zheng San had already gone out to prepare food, grass, ordnance supplies for the army.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time and said to Du Fu: "Du Fu, please prepare an edict for me, and order Zhao Lei to immediately lead half of the plateau army from Tianzhu.
The Tianzhu Protectorate is temporarily represented by Li Boqin."
Du Fu was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hands and agreed: "Yes, Wei Chen will draft the edict here."
Zhao Lei has served as the Protector of Tianzhu for three years.
His performance in all aspects is pretty good, and he has almost the same experience in this position.
What Zhao Lei lacks is the experience and qualifications of commanding troops in combat.
Du Fu understands that, Zhao Ziliang was deliberately cultivating Zhao Lei.
Although the laws of the Western Qin Dynasty clearly stipulated that Zhao Lei was the first heir, in Zhao Ziliang's view, Zhao Lei had obviously not yet met his requirements.
The edict was quickly written.
Zhao Ziliang read it over, made some modifications, and then ordered someone to copy it again.
After stamping the seal, he sent someone to the Tianzhu Protectorate.
Zhao Ziliang specifically pointed out in the edict that Zhao Lei and Zhamu should lead fifteen divisions of the Plateau Army and a total of 50,000 people to come quickly
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