Episode 10 Chapter 514

Chapter 514

Yue Ze was stunned by Tang Yin's incomprehensible words, with a puzzled expression on his face and muttering in his heart: What is the fish scale array? What's the meaning?

However, Bai Qing's face showed admiration, and she raised her hands and said: "His Royal Highness Feng Wang has good eyesight. Huan Jun's main camp, branch camps, and fortresses are arranged according to the fish scale formation. It can be seen that Huan Jun wants to strengthen his defense... "

Before she finished speaking, Nie Ze sneered and said, "The fish scale formation is not just a defensive formation, it also has other wonderful uses."

Bai Qing frowned and looked at Nie Ze. The two parties had already had a brief introduction before, and she also knew that the person who was laughing at her was none other than Nie Ze, a famous general from Zhen Kingdom who switched to Feng Kingdom.

She suppressed her anger and asked: "The Fish Scale Formation is not for defense, why can't it be used for offense? It's a joke!"

Nie Ze didn't look at him, but looked down at the layout of Shapanhuan Camp, and said, "Who said that the Fish Scale Formation cannot be used for offense?" Bai Qing was about to speak, but Nie Ze continued: "I have used the Fish Scale Formation before. Offensive formation. However, there are conditions for using the fish scale formation as an offensive formation. Our side has an overall advantage and the enemy has an overall disadvantage. It seems that the Huan army is now ready to advance in an all-round way and annihilate your army in one fell swoop!"

He was just telling the truth, but it was extremely harsh in the ears of Bai Qing and other Anjun generals.

The Huan army on the opposite side has nearly 300,000 troops, but the An army has more than 200,000 troops, and it is still increasing. Comparing the two sides, they are equally powerful. Why does the Huan army have a comprehensive advantage? Advance?

Bai Qing said with a serious face: "Then let Huan Jun come, if they want to die!"

Nie Ze didn't pay attention to her angry words at all, and turned to Tang Yin and whispered: "Your Majesty, judging from the future, the number of troops deployed by the Huan Army on the border is probably far less than 300,000, and it is very likely that there will be a large number of troops. Hidden in the dark.”

Tang Yin frowned when he heard this and looked at the terrain shown on the sand table. The border between Huan State and Chizhou was indeed mountainous and had deep valleys and intertwined ditches, making it easy to hide troops. If it is true, as Nie Ze said, that the Huan army has a large number of troops hidden in the dark, once a battle begins and they are caught by surprise and unprepared, the seemingly powerful An army will fall apart in an instant. But, is there any general in the Huan army who is so good at using troops and so cunning? In Tang Yin's mind, Huan's army was only slightly stronger than An's army at best.

He pondered for a moment and asked Bai Qing: "General Bai, tell me what kind of person Lu Chen, the commander of the Huan Army, is."

At this time, Bai Qing was deep in thought. Nie Ze's words about hiding soldiers also startled her. She had never considered this before. If this was the case, the consequences would be disastrous.

Seeing that after Tang Yin finished asking, Bai Qing didn't answer for a long time, as if he had lost his soul, Yue Ze was anxious, frowned, glared at Bai Qing, coughed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "General Bai , King Feng is asking you something!”

Bai Qing finally came back to her senses, looked at Tang Yin, raised her hands and said, "What did His Highness Feng Wang just ask?"

Tang Yin smiled and asked again: "What kind of person is Lu Chen?"

Bai Qing straightened her face and said, "This man is a famous general of the Huan State. He is proficient in the art of war and good at strategy. Among the many generals of the Huan State, he can be regarded as the best." After a pause, she added: "Back then, the West The barbarians gathered an army of 400,000 to invade the Huan Kingdom, and Lu Chen led 200,000 troops to resist. It was a battle with huge disparity in strength, but the Huan army defeated the barbarians in the desert, and Lu Chen became famous with this battle! "

The national conditions of Huan and Zhen were similar. They were both located in the west of the Haotian Empire. Their western borders were adjacent to Fan states, and they were often invaded and harassed by Fan states.

Tang Yin and Huan Jun had many contacts. When Sichuan Zhen joined forces to defeat Feng, Huan Jun was one of the accomplices. As a result, he was beaten to a pulp by the Sanshui Army and the entire army was annihilated. Then during the battle against Zhen, Tang Yin He also fought side by side with the Huan Army. The Huan Army suffered heavy losses every time they faced the Zhen Army. After several battles, they were beaten to a pulp. Therefore, it makes sense for Tang Yin to think that the Huan Army was not strong.

In fact, the Huan army was not so vulnerable. Otherwise, it would have been invaded by the western countries long ago. How could it survive until now?

At the beginning, whether it was the Battle of Defeating Feng or the Battle of Exterminating Zhen, the Huan Army mobilized the country's elite divisions, but none of its well-known generals participated in the war. Therefore, in these two wars, Huan Army's battles were obviously Although he was very brave and had the determination to rather break the jade than to be destroyed, the command of the whole army was a mess, especially in the battle to destroy Zhen. The Huan army was directly commanded by Li Xin, but the monarch was greedy for life and fearful of death, and short-sighted. This directly led to a sharp reduction in the combat power of Huan's army.

The current situation is completely different from the previous two wars. The Huan Army under Lu Chen is also different from the previous Huan Army.

Of course, Tang Yin did not understand these situations. As far as the current Feng Jun was concerned, the only one who knew and was most familiar with Huan Jun was Nie Ze.

After Bai Qing finished speaking, Nie Ze continued: "In terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, the general does not think that Lu Chen is inferior to the general, but in terms of individual soldiers and overall combat power, the Huan army is indeed inferior to our army."

If it was just Bai Qing praising Lu Chen, Tang Yin would not take it seriously. Now that even Nie Ze has such a high opinion of Lu Chen, it has to arouse Tang Yin's vigilance.

He murmured: "Looking at it from this point of view, it is indeed possible that the Huan Army has hidden troops along the border."

"Based on my understanding of Lu Chen, this is very possible. Lu Chen has always been good at using suspicion tactics to make people confused." Nie Ze said with a shrug.

He said it easily, but Yue Ze on the side was sweating coldly.

The fighting strength of Huan's army already lies in An's army, and now they have such a powerful commander as Lu Chen. How can we be their opponent? He asked urgently: "General Nie, then... what good measures can our army take to deal with it?"

Nie Ze smiled and said: "Your Highness King An, don't worry. You only need to continue to increase the army and go to the border. Even if the Huan Kingdom hides heavy troops, as long as your army has enough troops, it will not be difficult to resist!" After a pause, he stopped smiling again. , said seriously: "But there is something I must remind His Highness King An. Now Huan Guo has made it clear that it is a national war with your country, not a local war. If His Highness King An cannot dispatch heavy troops to the border in time, If you still have the mentality of fighting a small battle, I’m afraid you’ll suffer a big loss!”

Hearing this, Yue Ze took a breath. He originally thought that the Huan army only had less than 300,000 troops on the border, and that his own army of 300,000 troops would be enough to deal with it. Now through Nie Ze's analysis, it seems that this is not the case at all. That's what happened.

He nodded repeatedly and responded: "Yes, yes, yes, what General Nie said is reasonable. I must immediately inform the capital and transfer the main force of the Central Army from the capital to Chizhou for defense..."

After a pause, he asked uncertainly: "Is this... going to be a bit of a fuss?"

So many Central Army troops left the fields around the capital and went to Chizhou to garrison. They spent a lot of money every day. If the Huan army did not hide troops on the border, wouldn't the money and food consumed by them be in vain? ?

"This is by no means a fuss. Even if all the available troops of your country are transferred to Chizhou, the generals will worry that there will be insufficient!" Nie Ze said: "After all, this battle will not end in a day or two or even a month or two. Your Highness Prince An will not be satisfied with just winning a war on the border. Sooner or later, your army will be transferred to the west, sooner rather than later!"

"Yes!" After hearing what Nie Ze said, Yue Ze also felt that it made sense. He nodded and said, "Just follow General Nie's idea!"

Listening to the questions and answers between the two of them, Bai Qingke was a little confused. Why is it not enough to win a war on the border? Will we continue to fight after the border dispute is resolved?

She looked at Yue Ze with a puzzled expression and asked, "Your Majesty..."

Yue Ze suddenly remembered that she was not clear about the previous discussion between him and Tang Yin, and grinned: "This time, I have already discussed with Brother Tang Yin, not only to defeat the Huan army, but also to swallow up the Huan country in one go and secure the country for me. Eliminate future troubles forever.”

After Bai Qing heard this, three black lines slid down her forehead. The fault of An Guo for this war was already caused, and now she wants to turn around and annex Huan Guo. Don't you think this is excessive and unethical?

It's just that she didn't dare to say these words, so she had no choice but to respond without saying anything else.

Based on the distribution of the Huan Army's camp, Nie Ze calculated that the Huan Army might take the initiative and attack Chizhou in an all-out manner. His strategy for the An Army was to increase the number of troops and hold on. Don't consider counterattacking the Huan Army for the time being. Wait for the Huan Army to attack first and defeat the An Army. After defeating the Huan army's attack, they took advantage of the situation and counterattacked, shifting the focus of the war to the territory of Huan State in one fell swoop.

Yue Ze, who didn't understand war, had no opinion, but he also understood that Nie Ze was a famous general and he was on his side. His countermeasures must be correct and must be beneficial to his own side.

Bai Qing also thinks that Nie Ze's tactics are good. He plays steadily and seemingly passively, but it is a good way to stop with silence.

After several days of military deliberations, Anguo finalized its tactics and first assumed a stand-alone stance to fight the Huan army within its own territory.

After that, Tang Yin will also return to Zhenjiang. After all, the mobilization of the Feng Kingdom army still needs to be handled by him personally.

With Tang Yin in Meicheng, Yue Ze had full confidence in his heart. Now that Tang Yin was leaving, it seemed as if his soul had been taken away with him. He felt empty in his heart, as if the Huan army on the border might attack the city at any time. Although Tang Yin had repeatedly expressed his attitude to him, he would be back soon and would not leave him and An Guo alone.

On the way to send Tang Yin back to China, Yue Ze grinned with a grimace on his face and sighed at Tang Yin: "My dear brother, please rush back to Chizhou as soon as possible. The Huan army is fierce. If my dear brother comes back late, I'm afraid... …It’s unclear whether we can see Brother Yu for the last time…”