Fang Xiaoyu stood aside respectfully and said: "I don't know what the Marshal wants from me." Xia Jun said: "Xiaoyu, what do you think of the upcoming war between us and the Monte Empire?" Fang Xiaoyu frowned, he really
He never thought about the war against Mongolia. These days, he only focused on arranging things after becoming the lord. When Xia Jun asked, he realized that he was a little too ambitious. At the moment, he should fight the war against Mongolia first. Only by making meritorious service in the war
Only then can you become a leader.
Not hearing Fang Xiaoyu's answer, Xia Jun turned around and asked: "What? You haven't thought about the war against the Monte Empire?" Marshal Xia Jun asked this, and if Fang Xiaoyu didn't say something, he would definitely let him see it.
If it is low, once it affects your image in the mind of Marshal Xia Jun, it will be of no benefit to your future development.
Fang Xiaoyu thought about his words and replied: "This battle is not easy to fight." Xia Jun said in surprise: "Oh? Why? Now the DPRK and the Central Government are optimistic, and everyone thinks that our army can win easily. Even the army is full of people.
This kind of thinking.”
Fang Xiaoyu secretly thought nonsense. Historically, the farming peoples had taken the initiative to attack the grassland nomads several times and were able to defeat them. It would be strange if this was easy to fight. Although Fang Xiaoyu has not studied it, Fang Xiaoyu is still very familiar with the border terrain between Monte and Lanfang.
, he looked at the map on the wall and said: "There are five mountain passes at the junction of our country and the Monte Empire that can be used for attack. The smoothest and widest among them is the Helan Pass. If we fight defensively, we need to divide our troops into five places to fight the enemy.
The Monte Empire can concentrate its forces to attack all the way. I heard that the Monte Empire may send 300,000 troops this time. I think no matter how many troops the Empire sends, it is impossible to be five times the enemy. But we have to defend them all. If the Monte Empire
If the empire uses part of its troops to lure the enemy, and then concentrates its troops to break through from other mountain passes, we will be attacked from both sides."
Marshal Xia Jun looked at Fang Xiaoyu with approval. This world is different from China on the earth. There are not so many flexible and changeable tactics. Fang Xiaoyu casually took out some ancient military knowledge from the history textbooks when he was in school. Here he has already
It was very amazing, so Xia Jun was surprised by Fang Xiaoyu's keen vision.
In order to guide Fang Xiaoyu's thoughts, Marshal Xia Jun asked again: "What if we take the initiative?" Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Out of the mountainous area is the endless prairie of the Monte Empire. This is simply a natural battlefield for cavalry. With all due respect,
, If the opponent strengthens the walls and clears the country, lures the enemy deep, and at the same time uses a small group of cavalry to harass our logistics and transportation lines, what countermeasures does the marshal have?" Fang Xiaoyu became more and more excited as he talked, and he had forgotten who he was talking to.
Xia Jun nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, if you use the tactics you mentioned, this battle is really difficult to fight. If you were the commander-in-chief, how would you fight it?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "The firepower of the infantry has been greatly improved.
Previously, it was unwise to attack nomads with large numbers of cavalry. If I really want to attack them, there are two ways, fast and slow."
Marshal Xia Jun was surprised and said: "There are two methods, fast and slow? Then I have to listen." Fang Xiaoyu said: "The Monte Empire still lives a nomadic life. This lifestyle relies heavily on the environment. They must
Drive the livestock to lush pastures, use half a year to breed them, and then go to the overwintering areas to survive the cold winter." After hearing Fang Xiaoyu talk about the nomadic lifestyle, Marshal Xia Jun continued: "
What does this have to do with your tactics?"
Fang Xiaoyu said: "The quickest way is for us to dig deep trenches at Wulu Mountain Pass, build high walls, and send heavy troops to guard them, and then choose summer to gather all the cavalry to raid their pastures. We don't need to eliminate the opponent's men and horses, but only need to set them on fire.
Grass, and shooting a lot of livestock, always destroying them back and forth, makes them restless, their livestock cannot breed stably and gain fat, and they will only starve to death in winter. Once a large number of livestock die, the Monte Empire has only two options.
The first is to wait for death, and the second is to concentrate their forces and fight us to the death. When the time comes, they will rush into battle, and our defenders will wait for work, and they will have no choice but to die."
Xia Jun shouted: "What a good way to take advantage of the fragility of their way of life, cut off their food, and fundamentally eliminate them. However, such a strategy also takes a year. How can it be considered fast? Then
How slow is it?"
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Actually, I don't agree with this quick method, because there is also the Cossack Empire in the north of the Monte Empire. If we use this method to drastically reduce the strength of the Monte Empire, we will definitely give the Cossack Empire a chance. Once the Cossack Empire
After annexing the Monte Empire, they will have a head-on confrontation with us. The Cossack Empire is different from the Monte Empire. They have a larger population and stronger national power. Moreover, they develop both agriculture and animal husbandry, and have strong industrial capabilities. To be honest, we
It will be very difficult to fight against the Cossack Empire, so I think the second method is better."
Fang Xiaoyu glanced at Marshal Xia Jun who was listening to his explanation attentively and then said: "This slow method only has two words, which is nibbling." Marshal Xia Jun said: "Nibbling? Like silkworms eating mulberry leaves, round and round.
Eat? Weaken the enemy bit by bit? How to achieve it specifically? "
Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said: "It's very simple, just build military stations on the grassland. The army advances slowly, recruits a large number of migrant workers to accompany the army, and asks them to build a fortress wherever they go. If conditions permit, trenches will be used to connect the fortresses. Between the fortresses
They communicated with each other by beacon fire, so that as long as the Monte cavalry was dispatched, the fortress could light the beacon fire and travel thousands of miles in an instant. There were trenches to block it, and there were many fortresses attacking them along the way. Although the cavalry was elite, it was difficult to move. If they chose to attack the fortresses one by one, the losses would be enough.
The Monte Empire will be severely injured. However, this strategy will take at least ten years to completely eliminate the Monte Empire. The advantage of this is that once the Monte Empire is eliminated, we can rely on a dense network of fortresses to resist possible attacks from the Cossack Empire."
Fang Xiaoyu really had no choice but to take out the method of dealing with the Mongolian cavalry from the online novel he read. However, seeing Marshal Xia Jun's approving eyes, Fang Xiaoyu knew that he could get the approval of Marshal Xia Jun, who had experienced hundreds of battles. This certain person
The tactics imagined by the master are relatively reliable.
Marshal Xia Jun nodded and said: "Very good, if this way we can once and for all get rid of the Monte Empire in the north, and maybe we can also get a large piece of grassland, enough to make our country's cavalry combat effectiveness even higher." Marshal Xia Jun is passionate about what Marshal Xia Jun is passionate about.
Fang Xiaoyu disagrees with the cavalry. As hot weapons mature, the role of the cavalry will become smaller and smaller. When the machine gun is invented, the glory of the cavalry will completely end.
Fang Xiaoyu believes that even today without mechanized transportation and tanks, at most some mounted infantry like dragoons are enough. As long as the mobility can be increased, a devil would be willing to ride a target as big as a horse and hit the muzzle of someone's gun.
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Xia Jun said: "Tomorrow at the court meeting, I will recommend your tactics to the emperor. If possible, I hope to increase your military exploits. In this way, when I make you a lord in the future, you can choose a good place based on your military exploits.
,I don’t know where you like it?”
Fang Xiaoyu said without thinking: "Of course it is one of the counties in the East China Sea." Marshal Xia Jun smiled and said: "The wealth in the counties in the East China Sea is an important source of finance and taxation for the empire. I think it is unlikely, and it is more likely to seal you.
To the Monte border.”
"So remote?" Fang Xiaoyu doesn't like to go to inland areas. In Fang Xiaoyu's thinking, in the current era of incomplete infrastructure and primitive land transportation, only relying on sea transportation in coastal areas is the best way to develop the economy.
Fang Xiaoyu tried to ask: "Can you find a place with an outlet to the sea?" Xia Jun smiled and said: "If you want to go to the southwest, you can go to Yulin County. Although there is no outlet to the sea, the nearest outlet is only a few hundred
Kilometers, it belongs to the weak Siam Kingdom and is very easy to occupy."
"Southwest?" Fang Xiaoyu almost choked with fright. He didn't dare to be a neighbor in the Cheng family's territory. Their trees were big and deep-rooted. He was a newbie here, and they could kill him by just playing tricks. Fang Xiaoyu stuck out his tongue and said
: "Then forget it and just go north."
Marshal Xia Jun walked back to his desk with a smile and sat down. He took off his reading glasses and put them on the table. Then he raised his head and looked at Fang Xiaoyu and said, "Why do you want to go to the sea?" Fang Xiaoyu said, "A strong force.
A powerful armed force cannot only be the army, which is like a person walking on one leg." Marshal Xia Jun smiled and said: "This is a good reason, but the navy is exclusive to the royal family. If you want to get involved, I am afraid the royal family will not agree.