"No."
Jia Yao shook his head: "I have already sent people to investigate, and there is no way out! Don't even think about going behind the enemy through the small path and cutting off their supply..."
As soon as Yun Zheng asked this question, Jia Yao guessed what he was thinking.
Not only is there no path there, it's even difficult to force your way over the mountain.
There are cliffs everywhere over there. Not to mention how to transport supplies, even if there is enough dry food to hold on, if 10,000 people are sent to cross the mountains, it would be good if two or three thousand people can survive.
As for those mountains over there, the cavalry certainly cannot pass through them.
We can only rely on the infantry.
Given the steepness of those mountains, if a large army were to go out, it might take even two months to climb over them.
Who could possibly carry enough dry food to last for several months?
In order to reduce casualties, Yun Zheng really tried every possible means.
...
...
After listening to Jia Yao's words, the little hope in Yun Zheng's heart was completely shattered.
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and asked Jia Yao, "The strategy you wanted to tell me just now, is it to send a group as bait?"
When Jia Yao heard this, his heart trembled for a moment, and then he smiled bitterly and nodded.
It seems that Yun Zheng had already thought of the strategy to defeat the enemy that he wanted.
Well, if I can think of a solution, how could he not think of it?
It’s not unfair at all that I was defeated by Yun Zheng time and time again.
Suddenly, Jia Yao seemed to be hit by Yun Zheng again.
"Bait?"
Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin looked at the two of them in confusion.
It sounds like they have a way to lure the enemy troops out of Turtleback City?
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and replied: "Withdraw the main force in the direction of Gule, leaving only a small number of troops to focus on the direction of Gule..."
The small number of people left behind must be able to withstand the attacks of the Gule enemy, but they cannot be too strong.
We must let the enemy see the hope of annihilating this group of people, and also let the enemy troops in the turtle back think that they are concentrating their main forces to attack Yiwu, and think that this is an excellent opportunity to eliminate this group of people.
In this case, Lou Yi would most likely send troops to attack this force from both sides.
They can hide their troops in advance and take advantage of the time when the reinforcements sent by Lou Yi leave the city to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
“Isn’t this good?”
Chen Luoyan was puzzled. "At least it's better to lure the enemy out to fight than to attack the city by force, right?"
“This is a gamble!”
Jia Yao took over the conversation, "We have a plan, but Lou Yi may not be fooled..."
They could clearly trap and kill the enemy troops in Gule.
Or they could concentrate superior forces to inflict heavy damage on the enemy troops of Gule when they break out, thus capturing the city of Gule in one fell swoop.
If the enemy troops of Gule were demoralized, they might even kill the stronghold guarding Gule and force them to open the city and surrender, allowing them to capture Gule without losing a single soldier.
It is obvious that Gule could be captured with fewer casualties or no casualties, but in order to induce Guibei to send reinforcements, more casualties would have to be paid, which is not cost-effective.
The key point is, if Lou Yi didn’t fall for it, those people would have died in vain!
She guessed that the reason why Yun Zheng thought of this plan but did not use it was because he was not sure that Lou Yi would be fooled.
"Yes."
Yun Zheng nodded gently. "I guess, with Lou Yi's current caution, he is very likely not to send reinforcements! For Lou Yi, if Gulu is lost, it's lost, but if Guibei is lost, the Dayue Kingdom will be doomed..."
It’s not that you can’t gamble.
War, sometimes, is a gamble.
But their chances of winning are too slim.
If you continue to do this, you will be sending people to die in vain.
There were only a few of them who came to set up camp outside Guibei City, and Lou Yi did not take the initiative to attack. It seemed unreliable to use this method to trick Lou Yi into coming out of the city to attack.
After listening to the two people's explanations in turn, Chen Luoyan and Miaoyin finally understood.
If you calculate it this way, it’s really not a good deal.
If Lou Yi doesn't fall for it, he'll be shooting himself in the foot.
Jia Yao looked up at the Turtle Back City in the distance, frowned and said: "But if we want to capture Turtle Back at the lowest possible cost, we still have to find a way to lure out some of the enemy troops to destroy them. If we can destroy some of them, the pressure of attacking the city will be less..."
If the enemy has 20,000 or 30,000 defenders, the price they pay for attacking the city will definitely be different.
“That’s true.”
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "If it really doesn't work, then concentrate the main force to attack Yiwu! As long as Yiwu is broken, Lou Yi will probably not defend the turtle back anymore..."
“That’s true.”
Jia Yao nodded gently, "By the way, in the previous battle, you captured so many prisoners, you should know how the troops in these three cities are deployed, right?"
Speaking of this, Yun Zheng felt depressed.
"have no idea."
Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Lou Yi had frequently deployed troops before, and none of the captives knew how the troops in these three cities were deployed. They only knew that the tribes in the western desert had lent 80,000 troops to the Great Yue Kingdom..."
"Eighty thousand troops?"
Jia Yao exclaimed, her eyes wide open stupidly.
Are the tribes in western Mo so generous?
However, Jia Yao quickly realized, "Among these 80,000 troops, half should be slave troops, right?"
It would be too exaggerated if the tribes in western Mo lent Lou Yi 80,000 elite troops.
With 80,000 elite soldiers, plus the troops of Dayue Kingdom, what else can Lou Yi defend?
I guess they have already started the attack!
Yun Zheng: "I'm not sure about that, but there must be quite a few slave soldiers."
Jia Yao frowned slightly and said worriedly: "If there are still troops from the Moxi tribes defending behind Yiwu, even if we capture Yiwu, the enemy troops in Guibei City may not retreat."
"This is indeed a troublesome matter." Yun Zheng smiled to himself, "So, Lou Yi's frequent deployment of troops before was indeed very useful!"
If they knew the specific deployment of troops in Guibei and Yiwu, it would certainly not be so difficult to make a decision.
Jia Yao nodded in agreement, "If possible, let's try to lure the enemy out of the city first! No matter what, we must first know how many defenders there are in Turtleback City."
"This bastard Lou Yi is still very cunning!"
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly, "I originally wanted to send some people to curse at the enemy, and when they cursed back, I would send more people to curse back little by little, and roughly judge the number of enemy troops based on the volume of each other's voices, but Lou Yi didn't give me a chance! Qin Qihu has been cursing since morning until now, and the enemy hasn't cursed back..."
Listening to Yun Zheng's words, Jia Yao couldn't help but be surprised.
Is this the real purpose of Yun Zheng sending people to curse?
Can you roughly judge the number of enemy troops by the volume of sound?
This is a good idea!
Although it is not very accurate, it is still possible to determine the approximate strength of the enemy step by step.
"Thank you for teaching me another trick."
Jia Yao looked at Yun Zheng with a complicated expression, feeling secretly moved in her heart.
Meeting such an opponent can sometimes be really despairing!
"No need to thank me, just help me think of a way to break into the city first!"
Yun Zheng smiled calmly and rubbed his head with a headache. "If we keep fighting the enemy all day, our food and grass will be under great pressure!"
A strategy to defeat the enemy?
Jia Yao smiled bitterly.
If Lou Yi doesn't want to think about anything else and is determined to defend, what else can we do except attacking violently?
After thinking for a while, Jia Yao replied: "If there is really no better way, think of a way to shake the enemy's morale! It is really not a good idea to just stand there all day and do nothing..."
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