Chapter 441 War Plan
Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping just arrived in Guanghan County this morning.
Also coming with them were Xu Suisui and Shen Ran.
Ning Yongnian has now opened warehouses across the country to release grain, attempting to lower grain prices by using the large amount of imperial grain reserves.
Wei Changtian would certainly not let him succeed easily, so Ying Fengsheng ate the food again openly or secretly.
As a result, Xu Qingwan and Lu Jingyao were naturally very busy, so they both stayed in Shuzhou City.
Of course, even if they were not busy, Wei Changtian would definitely not bring them to such a dangerous place.
In fact, Xu Suisui didn't want to take him with him.
But the former used "revolutionary friendship" as a threat, saying that "comrades" should advance and retreat together. In the end, Wei Changtian had to reluctantly agree to her.
As for Shen Ran, "Since the teacher is going to Guanghan, the students should follow."
These are his exact words.
Wei Changtian didn't know why Shen Ran had been convinced by Xu Suisui in just a few days, but he didn't bother to care about it. As soon as he arrived in Guanghan, he went into the meeting room with Chu Xianping and Liang Zhen to start the military exercise, which has lasted for four hours now.
The so-called military exercise, whose full name is "war game simulation", is a simulation of the war process conducted on a sand table that requires combining the military strength of the two warring parties and various objective conditions.
In the past, due to the development of technology, military exercises were mostly completed with the help of computers.
Although there are no computers now, there are also no strategic weapons such as airplanes, aircraft carriers, and cruise missiles that require complex calculations.
Therefore, constantly improving one's own combat strategy according to the results of military exercises is still a necessary task before going to war.
What's more, Wei Changtian now has the enemy's complete battle plan in his hands, and the results deduced based on it are of great reference value.
Of course, given his "military qualities", he is definitely not qualified to personally conduct military exercises.
Fortunately, there are Liang Zhen and Chu Xianping.
The two had just conducted the first round of military exercises. Liang Zhen led an army of 300,000 to suppress the rebellion, and Chu Xianping led the Shu army. As a result, the Shu army won a great victory.
Now the two sides have switched positions, Chu Xianping plays the enemy chess piece, and Liang Zhen plays the Shu chess piece.
The second round of military exercises is already halfway through, but the situation is not as clear as the first round. In fact, the balance of victory and defeat is already tilting towards "Daning".
The reason is that Chu Xianping did not deploy his troops according to the "established strategy" leaked by Han Zhao.
“.”
"Brother Chu, do you think Ning Yongnian might take over midway?"
Frowning, Wei Changtian stopped the military exercise and decided to get the matter cleared up first.
Their previous battle plan was formulated entirely in accordance with the battle plan of the imperial army.
This means that as long as Han Zhao "performs" strictly according to the plan, he will definitely win.
But now Chu Xianping is not conducting the military exercise as planned, which means that he feels that the development of the war situation may go off track.
In Wei Changtian's opinion, if this situation really happened, then there would only be one possibility -
That is, Ning Yongnian personally took over the command of the army from Han Zhao.
That's why he asked.
However, Chu Xianping obviously considered more.
"Sir, Ning Yongnian taking over midway is just one of the reasons."
Shaking his head, Chu Xianping slowly put down the small red flag in his hand: "Although General Han will not betray you, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. In addition, there are several deputy generals in the imperial army. Sometimes General Han may not be able to control himself."
"So we can't rely too much on General Han. We need to be prepared to respond to changing circumstances in advance."
“Adapt to circumstances.”
Wei Changtian stared at the green flag on the sand table that was faintly surrounded by red flags and remained silent for a long time.
According to previous plans, this war could be divided into nine major steps.
1. The imperial army, hoping to win a quick victory, would launch a fierce attack on Guanghan County as soon as it arrived in Shuzhou. The Shu army would be "defeated" after five days, break through the weak link intentionally left by Han Zhao, and retreat towards Shuzhou City.
2. The imperial army that captures Guanghan City will certainly not leave too many people to garrison. Most of the troops will "pursue the victory" and follow the Shu army straight towards Shuzhou City.
3. The Tengu Army hidden in the Shiwan Mountains appeared and recaptured the weakly defended Guanghan City in one fell swoop, cutting off the logistical routes of the imperial army.
4. The sudden appearance of the "mixed army of humans and demons" is bound to shock the imperial army. Although they are now surrounded by enemies from both sides, they still have an absolute advantage in numbers, so Han Zhao will make a very "reasonable" decision to continue to attack and directly attack Shuzhou City.
5. Then they will enter Niutou Mountain, the only natural barrier in Shuzhou, where they will fall into the huge "trap" set by Wei Changtian long ago, and will be fiercely blocked by the Shu army that suddenly turns back.
6. After this battle, the imperial army will conservatively lose at least one-third of its troops, and its supplies will be almost exhausted. Although the army still has the advantage in numbers, its morale will be low, and it will be caught in a dilemma.
Either continue to advance and catch up with the Shu army which has also suffered heavy losses before the supplies run out, and then capture the Shuzhou city which has few defenders left.
Either retreat, retake Guanghan where the defense is weaker, reopen the logistics supply route, and make long-term plans.
7. After weighing the pros and cons, Han Zhao will choose the latter. However, on the way back, 100,000 monsters will rush out from the west in the form of a beast tide and deal them a fatal blow.
8. At this time, the imperial army would only have 20% to 30% of its strength left, and was facing a situation with the Shu army behind, the Tengu army in front, monsters on the side, and no supplies at all.
9. The war is over.
“.”
Although the whole plan sounds simple and crude, the completed version is much more sophisticated.
Wei Changtian and the other two have been fully prepared for almost every step, which will "force" Han Zhao's choices at every key point to appear very "reasonable".
And now with an additional 100,000 Dali reinforcements, the fault tolerance of this plan has been greatly improved.
Therefore, Wei Changtian thought that this battle might be very brutal, but the outcome would not be very suspenseful.
Well. The premise is that Chu Xianping’s bad luck will not work.
Rubbing his forehead and looking helplessly at the intricate little flags in the sand table, Wei Changtian really didn't know how to "adapt to the situation" if any unexpected event occurred.
A battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people gathered was too complicated and obviously far beyond his capabilities.
Fortunately, Liang Zhen still kept a clear head.
"Mr. Chu."
He suddenly looked up and asked Chu Xianping: "Where do you think an accident is most likely to happen?"
"Here, Niutou Mountain."
Chu Xianping pointed to a mountainous area on the sand table without hesitation.
"The Battle of Niutou Mountain is the most important battle, and also the one with the most variables."
"The trap that you set is indeed very powerful, but no one knows whether it can achieve the desired effect."
"And if we fail to inflict heavy damage on the enemy here by then."
“.”
Chu Xianping looked at Liang Zhen and Wei Changtian with a serious expression, then stretched out his hand and drew a line backwards on the sand table.
With the sound of "rustling", all the small green flags along the way fell down.
Immediately afterwards, a city that looked extremely huge even on the sand table shattered.
(End of this chapter)
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