Crown Prince Chen Yu's face was extremely gloomy.
From the moment the first fire started on the battlefield, the prince and all the ministers cried out in surprise, and he never made another sound. Although people kept asking him about the next steps, such as whether to send reinforcements to rescue people, he completely ignored them.
But we are all smart people. The generals who came to ask for reinforcements were just following the regulations and did not want to be accused of "standing still when friendly forces are in trouble." If you really let him rush into the sea of fire, this guy will show you on the spot how many excuses a person can find when he is forced into a corner.
"Your Highness!"
No one answered.
"Your Highness!"
The person who was speaking raised his voice, and Chen Yu finally came back to his senses. He finally focused his eyes and realized that it was Wei Chen who was speaking.
"Master Wei, what do you have to say?"
"Your Highness, I do not think now is the time to be sentimental. We still have a large army in the rear camp. It would be better to transfer them to the front. Whether we want to attack or defend, we need talents."
"oh."
The prince's attention was completely distracted, and he just responded reflexively.
"Your Highness!"
Wei Chen raised his voice again. If it were any other day, speaking so loudly to the prince would obviously be a way to death. However, at this critical moment, everyone was hoping someone would speak, so naturally no one would have any objections.
After all, whoever speaks now has to come up with some ideas.
"Um, where is Zhou Shangwen?"
The prince, who had regained his composure a little, finally discovered something was wrong. As the chief of staff, especially the chief of staff who had said before the war that Qinghe had a small inventory of incendiary weapons, Zhou Shangwen had to say something now.
But the prince looked around and couldn't find him, so now everyone in the staff was looking at Wei Chun eagerly.
"Your Highness, not long ago, Lord Zhou said he felt unwell in his stomach and wanted to leave for a while. I guess he hasn't returned yet."
The eunuch beside him answered.
"oh."
What a coincidence! The prince cursed in his heart, it would be better for this old bastard to fall into the toilet and drown himself, so that I don’t have to order the execution of the old minister.
"Master Zhou left? Why didn't we notice?"
Wei Chun added a sentence at the right time.
Nonsense, of course he noticed it, otherwise he wouldn't have been the first to speak out just now. But when Zhou Shangwen left, he was indeed shocked by the sea of fire in Qinghe and didn't notice it. Otherwise, according to his habit, he would have sent someone to follow him and see what the old bastard was doing so abnormally.
"Probably, probably when the fire just started on the battlefield, Lord Zhou left."
The eunuch thought for a moment and said.
"Alright, send someone to rescue Lord Zhou from the toilet and tell him that the crisis Dachen is facing is more important than squatting in the toilet."
The prince said so.
Turning to the crowd, the Crown Prince calmed himself down as best he could, then tried to appear amiable and asked, "It seems the Qinghe people have quite a few incendiary weapons, and our army has suffered a minor setback. Do you have any good advice?"
Good strategy? Cool strategy is more like it.
No one dared to speak. Although the prince looked normal now, his constantly trembling eyebrows had completely betrayed him. This guy's emotions had reached the extreme, and it was nothing more than the habit of "looking like a wise ruler no matter what" that was suppressing him. If he said something wrong now, he would probably become the target of the prince's venting.
"Your Highness, I believe that the most urgent task is to consolidate our defenses. I just said that our army is large and well-equipped, with tens of thousands of soldiers in the rear camp. They should be quickly transferred to the front to strengthen the defenses along with the cavalry. Qinghe is a small place after all. Even if we can rely on advanced weaponry to show our power for a while, such weapons are certainly not cheap and are very expensive. As long as our army is determined to defend and wait for the enemy to be exhausted, we can counterattack and we will surely win."
Wei Chun said loudly.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
At this critical juncture, it’s good enough to have an idea. Who really cares whether the idea is good or bad?
Besides, what Wei Chun said was not wrong. It was not possible to take the initiative to attack now. The military spirit and morale were broken, and the most capable army was destroyed. The offensive capability of the Chen Dynasty was greatly reduced. But as long as they held on, the problem would not be too big. It would just be a matter of more deaths.
"Well, that's one way to do it, but the soldiers in the rear army were mostly hastily assembled, so their combat effectiveness might be a little lacking."
The prince nodded and said with some concern.
"No problem."
Wei Chen took a step forward and continued, giving the impression that he was turning the tide.
"Your Highness, there are only two ways for ordinary soldiers to become elite. The first is to have sufficient pay and rigorous training. However, the treasury is indeed in a tight spot right now, and we don't have time to train, so we can only resort to the second method."
"Oh? Is there any other way to build an elite division as quickly as possible?"
"That's to use enough soldiers to rotate the battles, eliminating the weak and preserving the strong. As long as a farmer fights a few battles, kills and sees blood, and survives, he can become a brave warrior who can charge into the battle. The Qinghe people are bound to attack anyway, so using this tactic we can quickly make up for today's losses."
Wei Chun's words were full of blood, but no one present raised any objection.
There doesn't seem to be much of a problem with this operation. There are at least 100,000 soldiers, civilians, etc. in the rear camp, and they can afford to die.
"Well, it's not impossible according to what Lord Wei said, but it seems that the losses are a bit too high, and there won't be many elite soldiers left."
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