Facing the rebuke from the highest military officer, the Grand Commandant, one of the Three Dukes, the young general became stubborn and said, "Don't you have the courage to listen?"
The young general was quite clever and only said "your Excellencies" instead of "your Majesty". In fact, this sentence was addressed to the emperor who was high above him.
As expected, His Majesty the Emperor spoke, "What is your name?"
"Gu Zhaofei!"
"Tell me, what is your strategy? If it makes sense, I will reward you. If it is useful, I will reward you generously. If it is just mediocre (useless), I will forgive you."
Gu Zhaofei raised his head and said stubbornly, "Your Majesty, I think that the reason why other countries dare to invade us is that they think we are strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Therefore, we need a victory. After careful analysis, I think we still have enough ability to win.
First, we fortified our defenses in the north and cleared the fields, and the army retreated 500 miles to defend. We only defended and did not attack, buying time for the country.
In the east, Tang will not attack us for the time being, because Tang needs us to disrupt the surroundings, and Tang has not yet digested the old land of Cai. Therefore, all the garrisons in the east can be withdrawn.
West, I think we should take the initiative to attack, tonight. We don't seek merit, but we seek to avoid mistakes. We have only one goal, which is to tell Shunyang Kingdom in the east that we still have enough fighting ability. This way, we can at least buy ourselves five days.
The rest is the South.
I think we should defend against Cai State, attack Chen State with superior forces, and also use blitzkrieg to attack Chen State. As long as we defeat Chen State, the elite troops will immediately turn north and attack the border of Shunyang State. We will eat up the border guards of Shunyang State in one bite.
As long as this is achieved, other countries will see the weakness of Shunyang.
In fact, Shunyang is quite unfamiliar with arms and even rejects them. We will definitely win a great victory if we buy a large number of planes from Tang and directly attack Shunyang.
As long as we defeat the first wave of Chen's attack, Chen's morale and public sentiment, which are already low, will fall to a low point even if they don't collapse. In this way, Wu State, located to the east of Chen, is likely to send troops to attack Chen.
As long as things get to this point, the entire eastern part of Yingzhou will become a pool of muddy water. By then, we can slowly take action.
Finally, let me summarize: the purpose of all this is to drag all the surrounding countries into the quagmire of war, so that no country can stay out of it, and only then will we have a chance to turn things around. "
Not only military plans, but also political goals. Everyone looked at the young general in front of them who was talking eloquently and had a childish look on his face. This young general was a young general who was guarding the palace and his status was barely average. I didn't expect him to be so wise.
Everyone was silent for a while. Emperor Zheng praised loudly, "Okay! Gu Zhaofei, how about you be in charge of this operation?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I am afraid that I am not up to the task. On paper, I may be confident, but leading a million-strong army, fighting on the battlefield, and defending our country is beyond the capability of a young general."
The general turned to look at Gu Zhaofei, his eyes flashing with admiration. What a beautiful statement. "Your Majesty, I have recently been thinking about the idea of the Shang Kingdom to establish a military staff department, and I think it is very wise. The military staff department can provide the necessary military guidance to the generals on the front line and make up for the generals' shortcomings. I request Your Majesty to set up a military staff department, which will be supervised by Your Majesty personally and the best talents will be selected. For example, Gu Zhaofei."