"I fought against Gray Castle, and you defended Gray Castle. In the end, Gray Castle was defended. This can only be described as describing the facts, rather than explaining the purpose." Kino stretched out his hand and passed by on the sand table in front, "Grey Castle

It is just a small city, built on a plain, with no support inside or outside. It is an isolated city and has no strategic significance."

"Yes, you defended Gray Castle, and the battle damage was better than mine. Then what? In addition to the record, did you get any benefits? Can you make Gray Castle become a thorn in my side that hinders my march? Or should I say, Gray Castle

The fort has strategic significance like Fengyun Pass. Holding it can buy time for the rear to deploy? Or is it a city where supplies are stored and supplies must not be lost? "

"No, none. Compared with the vast territory, losing Gray Castle is equivalent to losing a hair. It is insignificant and will not affect the overall situation of the war at all. However, you invested heavily in resisting the attack and lost more than 7,000 soldiers.

People are almost equivalent to losing a full army, and in the end nothing was gained in exchange."

Solandel scratched the back of his head and tried to argue: "But I killed more than 13,000 of you with a loss of more than 7,000 people. This in itself is a process towards victory. Moreover, since you said that Gray Castle has no strategic significance, then you

And why are you attacking Graycastle? Aren’t you also wasting your troops here?”

Kino smiled slightly, as if he heard the important point: "Because my strategic goal has been very clear from the beginning. I want to consume as much of your vitality as possible, and at the same time use the vanguard force to buy time for the rear to open up the front line of the dynasty's mainland Desert Wind and Cloud Pass.

This strategic supply line allows the main force to arrive steadily."

“What do invaders in war fear most? Defense in depth. The territory of Doguland is so vast. Once there is any problem with the supply line, the invasion force will directly fall into the quagmire of war and be dragged to death by the huge combat area.”

"So for me, all battles have one purpose: to gain time to open up the supply line. For this reason, I will try my best to use the vanguard army to launch attacks on your land, and try my best to fight you into a pot of porridge, even if the battle loss is you.

It doesn’t matter how many times it is.”

“I told you before that at this time in history, Doguland lags far behind the Far Eastern Dynasty in both economic and military strength, so for you, every grain of food and every soldier you have is very precious.”

"But for me, as long as the supply line can be established to connect the dynasty's mainland with the front line, the huge national economy will bring me a steady stream of food supplies, and the prosperous population will also allow me to recruit a steady stream of new soldiers. When the time comes, I will

Fight however you want."

“So, the vanguard army is my abandoned son. Their existence is to gain time, and to use up your limited food, grass and troops to gain an advantage for the final decisive battle.”

“Even if 10 of my soldiers die to replace one of your soldiers, it will be a loss for Doguland, which lacks stamina, and a gain for the Far Eastern Dynasty, which has strong war potential.”

“Then the question is, my strategic goal is very clear, but you also choose to join forces with me everywhere and fight with great success. What is your strategic goal?”

These words left Solandel speechless. She wanted to say something several times, but the words reached her lips but could not be said. She could only purse her lips and stare at the huge sand table in a daze.

“I don’t know,” Solandel muttered after a long time, “I just want to hold on to the country and not give up an inch of it, because every time a city is lost, it means tens of millions of people are displaced and I want to save them.”

Chino: "Then I can understand that your strategic goal is to drive the invaders out while reducing the casualties of your compatriots."

 Solandel nodded heavily.

"But have you achieved this goal?" Kino took out the data after the deduction, shook his head and said, "In the early stages of the war, you did protect the people very well. However, after the decisive battle, the entire territory of Doguland fell, and everyone was

All the people you protected fell into my hands. You gave them hope, but that hope was shattered in an instant, so what’s the point?”

"As I said before, your food, grass and troops are very limited. If you fight a war of attrition with me, for one second, you will be one step closer to destruction. You think you are moving towards victory, but in fact every step is the opposite.

There are only tactics in your mind, but no concept of strategy."

“That’s why you win all the battles but lose the whole war.”

Solandel is 12 years old this year, and will be 13 in two months. If compared to other children of the same age, she should still be reading children's books at this age, and knowing some astronomy and geography is already considered very good.

But her talent is really very smart. She memorized everything Kino said in her heart and prepared to slowly digest it as a knowledge reserve. She also eagerly raised her own questions: "In your opinion, if I want to win the laurel flower,

What kind of arrangements should be made for war?"

Chino: "History has already told you the answer to this question. Your father faced this war back then, and the deployment he made seemed to me to be outstanding."

Kino looked at the sand table and pointed out the strategic coordinates one by one: "Back then, when the Fengyun Pass was also broken, your father did not choose to start a tug-of-war in any inland area. Those who could evacuate should evacuate in advance.

Leave, or give up strategically if you can’t withdraw.”

"This approach did cause a lot of innocent casualties in the early stage, and it also had a certain impact on morale, but what it gained was the strategic initiative not to hold on to the inland strongholds, which meant that he could attack the legions under his command.

Disperse, break them into parts, and use their familiarity with the terrain to launch guerrilla attacks in depth."

"The vanguard of the Far East broke into the inland and seemed to be invincible. They attacked and captured every city. However, all they occupied were isolated cities with no support from inside or outside. The food and grass inside had been vacated long ago. It was not feasible to send troops to defend them after the occupation.

, it doesn’t matter if you don’t keep it. It’s like plunging into a quagmire. The deeper you go, the greater the obstacles.”

“According to statistics, during the month-long defense in depth, the Royal Army only sacrificed hundreds of soldiers, killing and injuring twenty times its own enemies, and dragged hundreds of thousands of Far East pioneers to death.”

"Such battle losses make the Emperor of the Far East very anxious. If the vanguard army is delayed to death in advance and cannot buy enough time to consume Doguland's vitality, and just give it away in vain, the form of the decisive battle will be very unoptimistic for them.

."

"Therefore, the Far East was forced to send waves of light troops to help, hoping to use manpower to stabilize the occupied area, offset Doguland's deep defense, turn the cities occupied by the vanguard into frontline fortresses, and reduce the mobility of the royal army.

area."

"After a fierce battle, the goals set by the Far East were indeed achieved, but this also caused the front and rear fronts to be stretched sharply. Their supply situation began to lag behind the Kingdom's defenders fighting against the "Cardinal Province", and in the end they had to start a decisive battle in advance.

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Chapter completed!