"The reason why King Zuo Xian chose to station here is because there is water here, and the Wula Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack. You can also distribute your troops around in an echelon, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner! If you want to defeat them, you have to go north along the Yesai River
cut off its water source, and then penetrate directly into the general's camp from the rear, the enemy army will be in chaos."
"If you can trust me, the general is willing to bring 30,000 elite cavalry and make a surprise attack tonight under the cover of darkness. We will be able to defeat him in one fell swoop! In this way, even if the subsequent 300,000-strong army arrives, we will not be afraid."
Zhao Rui looked at the map with approval. From a tactical perspective, Shan Xin was indeed a rare genius.
According to his method, there is at least a 60% chance of defeating King Zuo Xian's army.
When the remaining 300,000 grassland coalition troops arrive tomorrow, they can be defeated before they gain a firm foothold.
As a result, the grassland alliance formed by the Xiongnu King's many efforts may collapse.
The northern border areas can also usher in more than ten years of peace.
But what Zhao Rui wants is permanent peace, and the northern grasslands can be completely included in the territory of the Great Shang, and can even be used as the rear area to conquer the world.
To achieve this condition, we need to win this war without bloodshed.
How to fight without bloodshed? Then you have to break through the Xiongnu royal court, wipe out the Xiongnu royal family in one fell swoop, and then promulgate the Great Shang's decree on the grassland!
Shan Xin felt a little unsure when he saw Zhao Rui didn't answer for a long time.
Could it be that you are not satisfied with the plan he gave?
"Master Zhao, you don't know my strategy..."
"Okay, very good!" Zhao Rui praised without hesitation: "It's just that fighting like this is still risky. If King Zuo Xian becomes cautious and sets an ambush at Wula Pass, your 30,000-strong army may be lost.
Return."
Shan Xin frowned slightly. There was indeed such a risk. How could we not take risks if we could go to war?
In his opinion, only by defeating King Zuo Xian's 150,000 troops can he better face the remaining 300,000 coalition troops.
"Then what is Mr. Zhao's advice?" Shan Xin still asked unconsciously.
Zhao Rui didn't give in. He stretched out his finger and drew on the map for a long time, and then stopped in an area in Mobei.
"Cross the grassland, go deep into Mobei, destroy the royal court of the Xiongnu, and completely conquer the northern grassland!"
Shan Xin couldn't help but take a breath, Zhao Rui's plan was so big that it was completely beyond his scope of cognition.
Such tactics have never been seen before!
Unlike the nomadic tribes on the grasslands, most of the armies owned by the vassal states in the Central Plains were chariot phalanxes and infantry, with very few cavalry.
People on the grassland grew up on horses, and everyone was good at riding and shooting. Their armies were best at long-distance raids and hard-fought field battles.
Therefore, when faced with these nomadic peoples, the countries in the Central Plains often choose to build high city walls and engage in defensive warfare. They will never go out of the city to fight with them unless absolutely necessary.
A strategy like the one mentioned by Zhao Rui would require running across tens of thousands of miles to attack the Royal Court of Mobei. No country in the Central Plains would be able to fight such a battle.
But if you think about it carefully, maybe now is the best time to use this tactic!
The Xiongnu and the other countries on the grasslands are almost in full force, and the rear area must be empty. If a strange army descends from the sky at this time, it will definitely achieve unexpected results.