"Even if our army takes the eastern front, if we want to attack the Eight Banners soldiers on the southern mountain from the flank, we need to cross the Xiaoling River first. The Xiaoling River is more than fifty feet wide, and we can only cross the river by laying a pontoon bridge. The key to attacking from the flank is to catch the enemy by surprise. Laying a pontoon bridge across the river will not only lose the meaning of catching the enemy by surprise, but also allow the Jiannu to attack halfway across the river."
"So the Jiannu have no flank on the eastern front, and for our army, there is no point in attacking on the eastern front."
Wu Sangui listened to Li Xingzhong's long speech with a gloomy face.
Li Xingzhong’s analysis does make sense.
For the Jiannu, the Eastern Front was not worth defending.
Otherwise, the Jiannu would not have directly handed over the entire eastern front to the defense of 20,000 Korean soldiers.
As for directly attacking Jinzhou from the eastern front, it is even more impossible.
To the northwest of Jinzhou is the Songling Mountains.
To the south is Nanshan Mountain, and to the northeast of Nanshan Mountain is Xishan Mountain.
If you want to attack Jinzhou from the east, you need to walk north for more than dozens of miles, bypass the West Mountain, and then walk southwest for dozens of miles to launch an attack on Jinzhou from the northeast.
Going deep behind enemy lines and attacking a city alone is definitely a bad idea!
Once the retreat is cut off, it is either surrender or defeat!
"Of course I know that there is no value in attacking the eastern front, but we still have to start from the eastern front." Wu Sangui began to explain: "Only if we make a big move on the eastern front will the Jiannu think that our main force is on the eastern front!"
"Although Jirgalang is old, he is not senile!" Li Xingzhong reminded, "No matter how much trouble our army makes on the Eastern Front, he will not dispatch troops to the Eastern Front!"
"It doesn't matter whether Jirgalang sends troops to the eastern front or not. What's important is to make him think that our army has dispatched troops to the eastern front." Wu Sangui said with a smile.
"I just said that there is no point in attacking the eastern front for our army!" Li Xingzhong emphasized: "You know, I know, and Jirgalang knows it too!"
"Since everyone knows this, Jirgalang will be even less likely to believe that our army will deploy troops to the eastern front, because it is meaningless!"
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