Linyang City.
Luo Shuang sat in the first seat.
Everyone gathered.
Cao Lin looked down at the map and pointed the map stick in his hand to a location on the map: "Princess, Imperial Master, Lin Qing's 300,000 troops are resting in Luanling and are expected to arrive in Linyang City in five days. I think Lin Qing will divide his troops into three routes, two of which will attack Linjiang and Jiangbei, and the main force will attack Linyang. Once we divide our troops, we will definitely not be able to take care of both ends.
Even if we join forces, we don’t have enough strength to resist Lin Qing’s 300,000 troops. After all, we need to divide at least 50,000 troops to guard Dongling Pass to prevent the people of Qingwu Country from taking the opportunity to attack the pass and attack Lin Qing from both sides…”
"General Cao is familiar with Chongming Kingdom. Do you know how many masters there are in Lin Qing’s army?" Luo Shuang asked.
Under Doug's strict teaching, she has shed her childishness and has begun to show the demeanor of a queen, at least in front of outsiders.
As for when she was alone with Doug, she would make small mistakes from time to time so that Doug could hone his attributes.
That day, after Huangfu Yue came back from Linjiang and told her that Douge did not have any awakened skills, she became extremely concerned about the matter and made mistakes in various ways to make Douge hit her with the whip as many times as possible.
She even hinted to Duger several times that the Emperor could use water torture on her like he did to Huangfu Yue.
But Duger, who was loyal to his duty, remained indifferent. Using the whip to teach the princess a lesson was a derivative product of training. If he really used the Seven Holes Touch on the princess, it would be a clear violation of his superiors. His loyalty would be lost sooner or later. So, facing the princess who took the initiative to sell herself, he could only say, "Princess, please respect yourself."
but.
In recent days.
When Doug beat the princess with the whip, the princess would unconsciously make some strange noises, which made him suspect that the princess might have awakened some special habits under his influence.
If this trend continues.
Doug seriously doubts that one day the King Whip will really evolve into a derivative product, and who knows what strange effects it may produce!
"Three or four." Cao Lin thought for a moment and said, "Grandmasters have the ability to defeat ten thousand enemies. So, when it is clear that there are grandmasters in the enemy's army, the court will recruit grandmasters from the opposition to accompany the army to deal with the enemy's grandmasters. As long as the enemy's grandmasters can be delayed, the rest is just soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals. On our side, there are three grandmasters: me, the national master, and the imperial master. Therefore, there will be at least three or four grandmasters in Lin Qing's army."
"Three hundred thousand versus eighty thousand, and the other side also has a master..." Luo Shuang frowned slightly and looked at Douge, "Master, do you have any good strategy to resist the enemy?"
"Since we can't defeat him head-on, let's use guerrilla warfare against him!" Du Ge's fingers slid across several large rivers that crossed Chongming State, and said, "The mobility of 300,000 people is not as good as that of 30,000 people! General Cao Lin was able to lead 30,000 people to rush here, so we can copy General Cao's tactics and use the waterways to harass all the important towns in Chongming State.
Lin Qing is exhausted, either dividing his troops for defense or chasing us back and forth. He might even wear himself down with 300,000 troops. Besides, didn't the Great Chu send troops? Even if Chu is targeting us, Emperor Chongming probably doesn't trust Chu's 300,000 troops to wander around in Chongming!"
After becoming a master, Doug's ever-restless heart could no longer settle down. Why should he passively wait for others to attack him when he always had to beat others
"The Imperial Master's plan is indeed good." Cao Lin glanced at Du Ge and said, "But if we adopt the tactic of elite guerrilla warfare, as long as Lin Qing takes back Linyang City and the three passes, we will become real bandits, and one day we will be eaten away bit by bit. After all, we have a total of 130,000 troops, and only 30,000 can carry out long-distance raids. The remaining 100,000 people cannot defend the three passes and Linyang City without the help of the Grand Master."
Doug looked at Wei Tingjiang.
Wei Tingjiang shook his head: "Without the help of the Grandmaster, I really can't defend it with my strength. Moreover, the Fourth Princess's original intention is to fight for the world. If she fights for a piece of land and loses a piece of land, she will never be able to manage it."
"According to what you said, we can only fight hard in this battle and we will definitely lose?" Doug sneered.
Everyone was silent. "You forgot one thing. From the beginning to the end, it's not us who are afraid of losses, but Emperor Chongming." Du Ge pointed to the location of the capital. "As long as we always attack the enemy's place, Lin Qing will never have time to attack Linyang City. He dare not let us raid the capital..."
"Imperial Master, are we going to attack the capital?" Huangfu Xing frowned and said.
"We may or may not fight." Doug smiled, "It depends on the timing. It's much better than sitting and waiting to die in Linyang City."
"There are 200,000 guards stationed in the capital, and 30,000 people are not enough to take it down." said the national teacher.
Douge pointed his finger at the important towns one by one on the map and said, "As long as we take these cities, Emperor Chongming will be restless and want to encircle and suppress us. They will have to deploy more troops. If we make a few more circles, the capital may be empty."
"Emperor Master, if we do this, Chongming will surely suffer." Huangfu Xing frowned even more tightly, and he mustered up his courage, "You promised me that after defeating the Fourth Prince's conspiracy, you would turn to Qingwu. I think that the best strategy is to abandon Linyang City and the three passes and launch a counterattack against Qingwu. No matter how powerful Lin Qing's 300,000 troops are, they cannot catch up with Qingwu, and Qingwu will not expect that we will suddenly change the battlefield..."
Luo Shuang's eyes lit up: "Master, I think what General Huangfu said is right. Instead of dealing with Lin Qing here, why don't we really fight back to Qingwu Kingdom..."
Du Ge glanced at her and said, "First, we don't have enough food and grass. Second, the journey is too long. By the time we reach Longqing Pass, Duke Dingguo will have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops. By then, we won't even have Linyang City."
Luo Shuang wanted to stretch out her hand reflexively, but just as she did so, she subconsciously retracted it. In front of the important civil and military officials, if her master hit her with a whip and she made strange noises, the queen would no longer be able to convince the crowd.
"You are all generals. You should understand that there is never a perfect plan on the battlefield. It is enough to have a 30% chance of victory. And when I made this plan, the 30% chance has evolved into 100%. So, we will definitely win." Doug looked around at everyone and smiled.
"Emperor Master, you just said that there is no perfect plan on the battlefield." Huangfu Xing didn't know where Duger got his confidence from, and retorted subconsciously.
"General Huangfu, you have to believe in the judgment of the national teacher." Douge smiled, "General, as long as there are demons in this world, the chaos will never end. Only when one of us, Emperor Chongming, Da Chu, or Beihai has a demon that sweeps the entire world with absolute advantage, can people truly settle down. The fourth princess becoming the final winner is the best choice for the world."
"Why?" Huangfu Xing asked.
"It's destiny." Doug glanced at the Imperial Master behind him and said, "Because I won't die. As long as I don't die, the chaos will never stop..."
It seems that you are the source of the chaos!
Huangfu Xing and others looked at Duger and suddenly fell silent.
"Don't look at me like that." Doug smiled, "I'm just making an analogy. If I die, the other demons will continue to fight until the last one is decided. So, everyone, you'd better hope that I win, because I am the best for the people. The most important thing is that when your names of Tiangang Disha spread out, you have been bound to me..."
Everyone looked at each other, and there was silence again.
"General Wei, General Huangfu, General Gao, General Gou. I will leave 90,000 troops for you four to garrison Linyang City and the three passes. During this period, my Linyang Daily will not be discontinued, and you do not need to pay attention to what is published in the daily. In your spare time, promote the constellation culture throughout the year, and then force everyone to practice. These few days can raise the combat effectiveness of the army to a higher level."
Doug's eyes swept over the people in the hall and gave them an order to force them to promote the constellations.
With the examples of Huangfu Yue and Luo Shuang, Huangfu Xing and others had to believe that constellations were really magical. However, they had no say on the battlefield. Since their suggestions were not adopted, all they could do was to follow the arrangements.
Besides, a soldier's duty is to obey.
Douge passed by them and looked at the Imperial Master, Cao Lin, Huangfu Yue, Zhang Yizhi, Wu Chang and others. He pointed his finger at the largest city closest to Jiangbei and said, "The rest of you, organize your troops. Tomorrow morning, we will join forces with Linjiang, Jiangbei's Di Sao Army and Di Yi Army and march to Guicheng."
(End of this chapter)