Chapter 3735 Emphasis on power over strategy
The little cutie looked down at Young Master Liu with a slight smile and nodded his head twice, then raised his mouth slightly and took a sip of the drink from the glass in his hand.
Immediately, while gently sipping the drink on her red lips, she turned slightly sideways and looked at Duan Dingbang, who was sitting in front of her right.
"Father, what Marshal Duan said before has indeed considered many things clearly. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has considered everything comprehensively.
Therefore, the child still agrees with what Marshal Duan said previously, based on the overall situation.
However, Yue'er has two slightly different views."
Liu Mingzhi smiled lightly and nodded, then peeled off a melon seed and threw it into his mouth.
"Hahaha, if that's the case, then Yue'er, please share your two slightly different opinions with me as a father and all my dear friends."
Duan Dingbang immediately put down the wine glass in his hand and bowed his hand to the little cutie with a respectful expression.
"Your Highness, please give me your advice without hesitation. I am all ears."
Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye, Wanyan Chiezha and other generals also stopped drinking or eating melon seeds and nuts, and all turned their heads to focus on the little cutie.
The little cutie felt the gazes of dozens of generals looking at her, and she took a small sip of the wine in the cup with a smile on her face.
“Father, as Marshal Duan said at the beginning, know yourself and your enemy and fight a hundred battles a hundred times.
Later, it was said that an arrogant army will be defeated, and underestimating the enemy's carelessness is a taboo for military strategists.
Regarding the two points made by Marshal Duan, Yue'er has no conflicting opinions."
As the little cutie smiled and spoke, he first glanced at the dozens of generals who were looking at him again, and finally his eyes fell on Duan Dingbang.
"If I remember correctly, Marshal Duan, before you said that a arrogant soldier will be defeated, and that underestimating the enemy's carelessness is a taboo for military strategists, you quoted a common saying.
When a lion fights a rabbit, it also requires all your strength.
Marshal Duan, you should be talking about this proverb, right?"
When Duan Dingbang heard this, he quickly hugged the little cutie.
"Go back to your Royal Highness, Princess. You remembered correctly. This is exactly what I said."
Listening to Duan Dingbang's answer, the little cutie smiled and nodded, then reached out and picked up a melon and popped it into her cherry mouth.
"After Marshal Duan quoted this proverb, he went on to discuss several thoughts in his mind at length.
For example, you need to face up to your opponents, such as weather, location, people, and so on.
When Marshal Duan was narrating these words before, your father and other ministers were all listening.
Therefore, Yue'er, I won't repeat it again."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a smile, glanced at the generals in front of him with a faint smile, and ate a melon seed to himself.
"Yue'er, please continue talking."
"Why."
The little cutie nodded her head twice with a smile on her face, then raised the wine glass in her hand and took a small sip of the wine with her slightly parted lips.
“When a lion fights a rabbit, you also need all your strength.
Marshal Duan quoted this proverb, and combined with the thoughts behind his words, it is quite a bit like the sage Han Xin, the military immortal in the early Han Dynasty.
The Immortal of Soldiers, Han Xingxin, emphasizes that the more, the better.
Marshal Duan's thoughts on the use of troops are quite similar to those of Han Xin, the Immortal of War.
Marshal Duan, what this princess said should be correct, right?"
Hearing the little cutie's inquiry, Duan Dingbang nodded solemnly.
"Back to your Royal Highness, it is indeed true."
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and picked up the tobacco bag on the corner of the table, slowly got up from the chair and walked towards the side.
Then, while he skillfully filled the tobacco pot with shredded tobacco, he happily looked back at the little cutie.
"Girl, from what I heard from your previous words, you don't seem to particularly approve of Dingbang's military skills?"
When the little cutie heard this, her beautiful eyes slightly raised her delicate eyebrows with a smile, and then she immediately turned her head and looked towards Young Master Liu.
"Father, Yue'er doesn't disagree with Marshal Duan's way of using troops, I just have a slightly different idea."
After Liu Mingzhi took a puff of dry smoke, he happily threw away the match in his hand.
"Yue'er, continue talking."
After nodding her head with a smile, the little cutie slightly raised her white jade neck and drank the remaining wine in the glass in one breath. Then she lifted the wine bottle on the table and refilled herself with a glass of wine.
"Father, whether it is the sage Han Xin, the Immortal of War, or Marshal Duan, both of them rely more on power than strategy in their military tactics.
Sun Tzu's Art of War Strategy chapter says: attack an enemy unprepared and take it by surprise.
Over time, this is what we now call taking someone by surprise and attacking them unprepared.
Sun Tzu's Art of War, Military Strength Chapter has something to say.
The speed of the rushing water is called force when it comes to drifting rocks; the speed of birds of prey is called "knot" when it comes to destroying things.
Therefore, those who are good at fighting have a dangerous situation and a short attack. The attack is like an expanded crossbow and the attack is like a machine."
When the little cutie said this with a smile on her face, she gently turned sideways and looked straight at Duan Dingbang.
"Marshal Duan's emphasis in using troops is to suppress the situation with a large army, and to give the enemy a painful blow with all his strength. This idea is certainly a very good one.
As Marshal Duan said before, even when a lion fights a rabbit, it requires full strength.
However, Marshal Duan, when you focused on this point, you ignored one of the most basic issues.
That is, the problem of the equipment of the various Western Expedition armies of our Dalong Dynasty.
The most obvious point is that Marshal Duan only considered the situation of the troops under his command, but ignored the other two armies of the Western Expedition, as well as the troops of the Anxi Protectorate and the troops of the coalition forces of the Western Regions.
The horse is in good condition.
Marshal Duan has a hundred thousand troops under your command. The front, middle and rear armies are mainly composed of infantry battalions, crossbow battalions, artillery battalions, crossbow battalions and baggage battalions, supplemented by cavalry.
As far as this princess knows, the total cavalry of the two guards and horses of your second march to the west is only about 5,000 cavalry.
However, the other two armies of the Western Expedition, the soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate, and the soldiers and horses of the coalition forces of the Western Regions were different.
Zhang Shuai's left-hand westward expedition army included tens of thousands of cavalrymen from the three armies, including the formation, sharp soldiers, and hundreds of battles.
The western expedition army on the right under Nangong Shuai includes tens of thousands of cavalrymen from Polu, Futu and Fang armies respectively."
The little cutie smiled lightly as he spoke. He first raised his wine glass and took a sip of the wine to moisten his throat, and then looked at Young Master Liu with a bright smile.
"Father."
After Young Master Liu turned his head and blew out the smoke from his mouth, he happily looked at the little cutie who was looking at him.
"Um, girl?"
"Father, if I remember correctly Yue'er, before our Dalong Heavenly Dynasty's various Western Expedition armies set off, you gave a separate order to Uncle Zhang Mo and the allied forces of the Western Regions.
This order is for the soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate to form a separate army with the soldiers and horses of the countries in the Western Regions, and does not hold the position of commander.
Their main task is to make qualitative assessments based on the situation of the left and right armies of the Western Expedition.
Responsible for assisting, clearing, attacking, and encircling reinforcements and other troops sent by the barbarians of the two countries.
Father, Yue'er must have remembered this correctly, right?"
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly and took a puff of his cigarette, then nodded happily to the little cutie.
"That's right, that's what my father did when he sent the order to the Anxi Protectorate and the two armies of the Western Regions."
The little cutie nodded with a smile and then turned her eyes to Duan Dingbang again.
"Marshal Duan, you are also the one who leads the troops.
I shouldn’t need to say more about what kind of troop deployment the troops responsible for assisting, clearing, attacking, and encircling the enemy will need, right?”
After hearing the little cutie's question, Duan Dingbang frowned and pondered for a moment, then bowed his hands to the cutie with a serious expression on his face.
"When you return to Your Highness, Princess, you need to focus on cavalry."
The little cutie smiled softly like a bell for a few times, then slightly raised her white jade neck and drank all the wine in the glass.
To be continued...