Chapter 963 Raise your hands and decide the battle situation!
Han Mo's expression suddenly became cold, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, and Han Xuanling had already shouted coldly: "Han Cang, you are so bold, what place is this place, allowing you to talk nonsense." He said sternly: "Come, drag Han Cang down, and you will have twenty military sticks!"
All the generals in the tent did not speak. These people were all generals of the Northwest Army, so they naturally defended Han Mo. Han Cang spoke rudely and showed his arrogance. These people had no friendship with him, so they naturally would not plead for him.
However, Han Xuanling knew that the rift between the cousins appeared. In the war, he also had to do his best to safeguard Han Mo's prestige. He knew that this would make Han Mo embarrassed, so he took the initiative to stand up and blame Han Cang. First, he wanted to maintain Han Mo's prestige. Another reason was that he should actually alert Han Cang and remind him that this was not a brother's quarrel in his own mansion.
At this time, what is needed is that the whole army is united and orders are prohibited, and there must be no special characters.
Han Xuanling was originally the governor of the Donghai Pacification Army. He started to lead troops very early, so he naturally knew the ruthlessness of military law and the importance of military authority.
Even when two armored warriors came in from outside the tent, Han Cang smiled coldly and said lightly: "Is it just twenty military sticks? I think I'm going to chop my head!" He glanced at Han Mo and he was very happy to leave the tent to accept the military sticks.
After Han Cang went out, Han Mo ordered the generals to sit down and said with a smile: "Everyone, Nanyang Pass, Tingshui Pass and Eyang Ridge, we have all left troops to guard. These three places are the key to our army's food route. From the current perspective, there should be no other forces in these three places that can pose a threat to them. Therefore, our food route is relatively safe." After a pause, he said solemnly: "I am a general who surrounds the points to attack the Wei people, which is indeed a test for our country. But don't worry, our Dayan has been raising our energy for many years. Since the court ordered the dispatch of troops this time, it means that we have made sufficient preparations, and there will be no problems with logistics supplies...!"
"The general's clever plan is also to consider the lives of our brothers. We all thank the general for the general." Xiahou De said solemnly.
The other generals also nodded and called it yes.
Han Mo was not prepared to attack Kyoto City, but was preparing to fight attrition. This was actually fighting with national strength. This plan might make people who don’t understand the truth blame Han Mo for being cowardly, but it could also allow Yan army soldiers to die as few as possible in the battle of tough battles.
Since ancient times, the damage in the siege battle has been the most serious, not to mention a huge city like Kyoto. Moreover, several fortifications were deployed outside the Kyoto City. If you really want to attack, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
One general succeeds and thousands of bones are woven.
This principle is the same in ancient and modern times, but Han Mo still has great respect for human life in his consciousness. He puts his heart in his heart. When he is in a desperate situation and faces death, he always misses his family very much, thinking that there are still a large group of family members waiting for him to return.
He is like this, and this Yan army has tens of thousands of troops, and which one is not like this?
Poor bones by Wuding River are still people in the dream of spring boudoir.
Who has no relatives, and who has no relatives in his hometown?
Han Mo may be very cruel in some things, but he is not a bloodthirsty person after all. He naturally understands the principle of being kind and not being in charge of soldiers. He also knows the famous saying that one general can achieve his goal. However, if he only needs ten thousand lives to achieve his goal, he will never want to appear 10,010 corpses.
The generals understood that Han Mo surrounded him and did not attack, which would naturally cause a large amount of consumption of food and grass logistics in the cost of the country, and would probably face pressure from the court.
In fact, what Han Cang said just now is completely unreasonable. Once he enters a stalemate, although it will consume the grain in Kyoto City, it will also cause more serious consumption to Yan State.
In addition to the troops left along the way, the Yan army had 90,000 troops to the hinterland of Wei, and 10,000 war horses. Such a huge army was indeed quite expensive every day.
Although the Yan army is now full of food and grass, once a war of attrition is fought, it cannot withstand the large amount of daily consumption. The army must not be without food. Before this war is over, Yan State can only speed up the raising of grain and continuously transport food and grass to the front to ensure that the Yan army will not have a crisis due to the out of food. However, from Yan State to the hinterland of Wei, the road is nearly a thousand miles away and the long road is long. The manpower and material resources used will be extremely large. As Han Cang said, the court issued 200,000 stones of grain, which can be delivered to the front line will never exceed 100,000 stones, and the consumption along the way will be a huge amount.
This is what Han Mo said, using the national strength of Yan to consume the national strength of Wei, which made Wei extremely weak.
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"It is a blessing to be able to reduce our casualties as much as possible, but I have also considered it differently." Han Mo's voice was low, he glanced at the generals and said slowly: "Don't forget that there is certainly a wolf ahead of us, but there is another wolf by our side!"
The generals looked at each other, and Han Xuanling said solemnly: "No, Qingguo!"
All the generals were relieved immediately.
Today's allies must be strong enemies.
"You should know that Wei Qing and our Three Kingdoms of Great Yan, Beiqing is well-deserved to be the best in terms of national strength. Beiqing's eleven counties are vast and vast, with a large population and extremely rich. If they have a good emperor and work hard to govern, they will have strong national strength." Han Mo said slowly: "But today, although Qing still has eleven counties, the king is incompetent, officials are greedy, officials are rich, and the people are poor, and the treasury is empty. It is just a huge paper tiger, and its national strength is far inferior to the beginning of its founding."
All the generals nodded slightly.
"It's just that the centipede insect dies without being stiff. The lean camel is bigger than a horse. If it conquers Kyoto City in the future, the Kingdom of Qing will definitely turn against our Dayan. At that time, today's allies will be stronger enemies in the future, so we must also prepare in advance to weaken the power of this potential enemy."
Kong Fei asked: "General, how can this be weakened?"
"Our army does not move, which means weakening the strength of Qing State!" Han Mo said with a smile.
Before everyone could understand, Han Xuanling stroked his thick beard and thoughtful.
Han Mo smiled and explained: "I have said that my emperors in Dayan worked hard to govern for several generations, and their national strength has been steadily increasing. For today's battle, I, Dayan, may have been prepared many years ago. Not only did I have the Northwest Iron Army, but I can also provide sufficient strategic materials to the front. This is our advantage. However, Qing State is different. Their treasury is empty every year and there is a shortage of money and grain. As far as I know, they are not ready to fight a big battle. Before my Dayan joined the war, Qing State had already suffered heavy losses. If Shang Zhongli had not prepared properly and hoarded food and grass, I was afraid that the Qing State would have been unable to support it. Although Qing State ceded land and negotiated peace with the Northern Barbarians, the Northern Barbarians were a country of barbarians, and the so-called contract was in him.
They don't think they are worth a fortune. As long as they find the opportunity, the barbarians will definitely tear up the contract and continue to invade and kill. Therefore, the Qing people dare not slacken in the northeast and will definitely defend heavily. Yuan Mu attacked in Wumu River, and Lin Chengfei's troops attacked from Suiding County. This is the three-way army. In addition, the southern army of Qingguo Town also needs to defend the border and beware of our Dayan. In short, the Qing people are four-way army. The money and food consumed by these four-way army is much higher than ours. Qingguo needs to support the four-way army. With their national strength, it will never last long... In other words, only Wei Qing and my Dayan can truly engage in a protracted war. Wei and Qingguo have no long-term support."
Han Mo said this inversely, with clear arrangement and thorough analysis, all the generals showed surprise.
In fact, everyone has been suspicious of Han Mo's military talents since they were at the beginning. They have become impressed after several wars. They are very impressed. At this time, when Han Mo said everything about the situation of various countries, they are all surprised and respectful. Han Xuanling also smiled and nodded in his beard. Looking at Han Mo, his eyes full of admiration.
"The people of Qing cannot fight a protracted war, but they are naturally unwilling to give up such a great opportunity, and they are even more unlikely to watch our Dayan occupy the capital of Kyoto, so they cannot confront us like this. They can only conquer the two armies and slowly waste it. They can only attack Kyoto from the right to seize the capital of Wei as soon as possible." Han Mo sneered: "This is their only choice, and the result of this road is that the people of Wei will fight against the Qing people on the right. They know that my Dayan will sit in the mountains and watch tigers fighting and fishermen benefit, but they can only fight... There is a loss to either side of the two countries, which will be of great benefit to my Dayan, let alone fighting each other." He sighed and smiled sly: "If possible, I am even willing to tell the emperor of Wei, so that he can deal with the Qing people with confidence. We will never attack both sides of the danger!"
As soon as this was said, everyone in the tent burst into laughter.
At this time, they finally understood that Han Mo proposed the strategy of siege but not attacking, and his purpose was to have a profound meaning.
It can be said that the biggest damage brought to the Yan army by siege without attacking is the burden of logistics supply, but the benefits obtained are much more than strong attacks.
Han Xuanling laughed and said, "The General's plan is indeed very good."
Han Mo said to Han Xuanling: "Governor Han, after entering Wei County, our army will have the following things to do. First, from the left side of the army approaching the city, it puts pressure on the Wei people on the left side, and even a few small attacks can be carried out at the beginning, so that the Wei people can feel the pressure we bring to them, keep them nervous, and the main force of the army is ready to confront the left side of Kyoto City. Second, we send people to collect food and grass in Wei County. Wei County is the largest county in the Wei Kingdom with a huge area. In addition to Kyoto City, there are more than ten small cities.
The troops of these cities have gathered at the capital of Kyoto, most of which are empty and defenseless. Although the Wei court urgently raised grain and grass to stock up in Kyoto, I estimate that the grain and grass in various parts of Wei County may not be raised, and there must be a lot of grain and grass scattered everywhere. We must collect these grain and grass as soon as possible. The granaries of each city and town must be cleaned up, and the mansions of the local tyrants and gentry in each town must have hidden food. They must be searched and concentrated in our army's grain team."
Qin Luo hurriedly said, "General, it's natural that it's right to collect food and grass from all over the place, but... if you really take all the food, the people of Wei County outside Kyoto City will be in trouble..."
Han Mo smiled and said, "I have already thought about collecting those food and grass, not to prevent the people of Wei from eating, but to prevent these food from flowing into the capital of Kyoto... In fact, it is not accurate to surround the site to fight aid. We must surround the site and cut off the aid. When the food and grass are collected, we will open a special porridge shop. The people of Wei County can get food in the porridge shop every day, and they will never starve to death." After a pause, he said, "Our own grain team must be heavily guarded and patrolled day and night, and there must be no mistakes. Qin Luo!"
"The last one is here!" Qin Luo immediately stood up.
Han Mo said solemnly: "I will entrust the responsibility of the food guard team to you. This is the lifeblood of the entire army. It is the top priority. No mistakes can be made. I will say ugly words ahead. If there is any loss of food and grass, your head will be decided!"
Qin Luo knew that this was Han Mo's great trust in him, so he bowed: "Don't worry, General, a piece of food was destroyed by the Wei people. The last general came to see you!"
Xiahou De suddenly asked, "General, how should we arrange for the Wei army to search for food? If the troops are too small, I am afraid that the Wei army defenders in Kyoto City will divide their troops to rescue them!"
Han Mo smiled indifferently and said, "Split the troops to save it? It's great. If he dares to divide the troops, I dare to eat him. The Emperor of Wei is important to protect his life. Don't worry, even if something big happens in other places, he will not divide the troops to save it. What he thinks now is to defend Kyoto City to the end, so that we can't capture it for a long time and have to retreat...!"
Xiahou De stood up and bowed, "General, the last general is willing to lead his troops to search for food and cut off the grain route in Kyoto City."
Han Mo said: "I will divide a 20,000 army to do two major things. One is to search for grain in Wei County, and the other is to cut off the connection between Tianshui County and Kyoto City and block their food channels. Whether it is open or dark, I will not allow a piece of grain to enter Kyoto City." After a pause, he reached out to signal Xiahou De to sit down and said: "As for the candidate, I will consider it again."
Xiahou De was a little disappointed, but he still sat down.
Han Mo pondered for a moment and said again: "I have one last thing to do..."
All the generals looked at Han Mo, not knowing what the last thing he said was.
"Persist in surrender!" Han Mo said lightly: "I will send someone to persuade Wei State!"
The generals looked at each other, all a little surprised.
The Wei State gathered 100,000 troops to defend the enemy, and the Wei people were still very tenacious in their bones. How could they surrender?
But everyone knows that this young general was deceitful and said he was trying to persuade him to surrender, but he was probably planning to do something else.
Chapter completed!