Chapter 656 Discussing the Importance of Review
"Your Majesty, I think that it is not a good idea to keep defending. The enemy has a country's population and can constantly replenish its troops. We repelled 3,000 siege troops before, and now 5,000 have arrived in a blink of an eye. If this trend continues, the enemy's siege will only become more and more intense."
In response to Zhou Xu's question, Bai Tu did not mention the giant skeleton beast.
Even though all the generals knew about the giant skeleton beast, they didn't mention it. There must be a problem.
If he goes to bring it up, wouldn't he be an idiot?
So Bai Tu changed his mind and simply discussed the problem from a different angle, from how to attack to whether it would be disadvantageous for them to continue defending.
Of course, according to this statement, he only put forward his own ideas, but did not say that he would attack. After expressing his ideas, what their king wanted to do was their king's business, and had nothing to do with him as a subordinate.
It has to be said that Bai Tu's words were a little beyond Zhou Xu's expectations.
[I thought he would mention the skeleton monster, but he didn't.]
It is not difficult to see from this that Bai Tu still has some brains. His intelligence with three-star potential, although not yet fully grown, has already shown a certain level of intelligence.
Just as Bai Tu had guessed just now, everyone knew about the existence of the skeleton monster, but no one mentioned it. There must be a reason for that.
Or are you the only one who is smart? You are the only one who thought of it, and everyone else has forgotten?
The fact is, Bai Tu's idea is correct.
Everybody knew it, but no one mentioned it, because they knew clearly that outside Huangsha City in the morning, among the massive army of skeleton beasts, except for Big Bone and Two Bone, the movements of the other armored dragon skeletons were maddeningly slow, and they could not keep up with their offensive rhythm when attacking the city.
When actively attacking and outnumbering the enemy, what matters is a quick victory. However, as long as the Shield Armored Dragon Skeletons are around, their attack rhythm cannot be accelerated, which is very fatal.
Of course, leaving this issue aside, there is a more important issue, which is consumption.
In a short period of time, their king would definitely not be able to withstand such a wave of trouble, so no one mentioned it.
However, the point raised by Bai Tu at this time is indeed a problem.
This made many generals and officers present start to think about it.
Zhou Xu, on the other hand, remained calm throughout the entire process.
"Our army launched the offensive in the spring, and now it is already autumn."
Hearing this, all the generals, including Shi Lei and Bai Tu, looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what their king was going to say.
"Your Majesty, are you trying to say that winter is coming? Winter is not conducive to war, and the enemy will not act rashly. If they make any further moves, they will have to wait until the beginning of next spring?"
After Shi Lei pondered for a while, he slowly expressed his guess.
Bai Tu, who was standing by, also nodded. Shi Lei's idea was basically the same as his.
Zhou Xu smiled and shook his head.
After all, the generals under his command had a very one-sided understanding of the war.
But there is no way around it. The previous rat people were special cases and have no reference value. Besides, their Great Zhou had never fought a serious war.
As for Bai Tu, Zhou Xu had also learned about him. He was not a professional soldier. His family was originally a butcher. The "Tu" in Bai Tu meant the butcher who killed pigs. It was not until the war in the later period of Weiguo became tense that he was conscripted into the army.
Under such circumstances, Bai Tu naturally had no chance to study properly. He had to rely entirely on his own exploration and, with his excellent talent, he became a centurion. However, the Wei State was destroyed, and he also lacked a lot of experience.
"Spring and autumn are the seasons of spring ploughing and autumn harvest, respectively. We sent troops from spring to autumn, and the other side continued to recruit soldiers during this period in order to respond. This practice will certainly affect spring ploughing and autumn harvest, and thus affect the other side's domestic grain harvest this year."
Those who are capable of being generals present are basically not stupid people. They were just trapped in the framework of thinking before and did not think about this aspect.
Now that Zhou Xu mentioned this, Shi Lei, Bai Tu and the others immediately showed a thoughtful look on their faces.
Zhou Xu, on the other hand, continued talking to himself.
"The grain harvest has been affected, and the reduction in grain production will inevitably lead to rising grain prices, and even a situation where domestic grain supply is insufficient."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu glanced at Bai Tu.
"And you also said before that Yan Sheng had been constantly provoking wars in the past few years and annexing neighboring countries. These people were dissatisfied with his rule. Now that a war has broken out on the border, his troops have suffered repeated defeats, and then there is a shortage of food inside the country."
"Under this situation, if he doesn't recruit soldiers, he can't do anything to us, and the more he recruits, the worse the civil unrest will be!"
Having said this, Zhou Xu paused.
"You guys think this soldier of his should be recruited or not?"
After listening to Zhou Xu's words, Bai Tu suddenly realized something! According to their king's strategy, even if they just hold on to Huangsha City without making any move, they can still put Yan Sheng in a dilemma! When he thought of this, Bai Tu became excited.
"Your Majesty is wise, I admire you!!"
Unconsciously, Bai Tu's emotions towards Zhou Xu had risen to a level of respect.
Bai Tu believed that he had some ability, otherwise he would not have been able to reach the position of centurion in such a short period of time and survive the war.
But now looking at Zhou Xu sitting in the main seat above, Bai Tu can be said to have deeply realized what it means that "there are always people better than you".
You know, before this, he only knew how to lead troops and command soldiers to capture cities, but he had never thought that there was such a method of attack!
Now he feels as if he has opened the door to a new world, and his excitement is too great to calm down for a long time.
The other generals did the same, joining in the discussion with the same excitement.
Zhou Xu did not say anything else, just listened to the generals discussing this new tactical idea.
Zhou Xu had actually already decided on this set of tactics in his mind. To put it bluntly, this was his original plan.
But he did not intend to pass on the matter in the form of an order.
If you dare to question my orders during a battle between two armies, I will kill you directly, there is no doubt about that.
But at other times, Zhou Xu liked to gather the generals together and let them review and discuss.
On the one hand, it is to train them and improve their abilities.
After all, as a king, with the development of their Great Zhou, the territory has become larger and larger, and the population has increased. He is also very busy. It is impossible for him to ignore internal affairs all year round and just lead troops to fight outside, right?
Then he would be a general, not a king.
He has many generals under his command who are capable of leading troops, but they all lack experience and need to grow up quickly.
On the other hand, Zhou Xu hoped that they could join the discussion and reach and agree with the result in the discussion.
The result of his own discussion was that they wanted to do this themselves, which was completely different from him ordering his subordinates to do things.
He would even be happier if he could come up with a better tactic during the discussion.
(End of this chapter)
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