The Era of Generals

Who dares to withdraw from Bo'an City at this time?

Although Chen Ze used the word "dare" to show disrespect to these generals whose military rank was much higher than him, everyone could not deny that no one dared to withdraw from Bo'an at this moment!

After waiting for a long time with no answer, Chen Ze said: "So this is the disadvantage of losing the time!"

"We all know that the Zhu Yan Empire may retreat if its plan fails, but who can act recklessly at this time?"

"The reinforcements who came to Bo'an City, and the reinforcements that are coming, can only stay in Bo'an City before it is clearly known that the Zhu Yan Empire is retreating!"

Everyone is silent.

Even the city master Qiu Ding who was facing him was speechless at what Chen Ze said.

Yes, although we know that the situation of the battle is developing in our favor, none of you here dare to leave when the Zhu Yan Empire still has more than two million troops stationed outside Bo'an City.

Even if you want to leave, you can't. If you leave, you will offend Zheng Yuanyun. How will you mess around in Anluo Province in the future?

"Then don't withdraw!"

City Lord Qiu Ding was bored for a while, but still he said unwillingly: "So what? If they don't leave, we don't move, there is no difference!"

"have!"

Chen Ze immediately retorted: "Of course there is a difference!"

"Our purpose is very clear, which is to defend Bo'an City. Because of Bo'an City, more than 2 million troops inside and outside the city have been left in the open at this moment. Get out of this city!"

"But what about the enemy army?"

"We are in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. Without intelligence information, it means losing harmony. We don't know the deployment of Zhuyan Empire's troops!"

"Suppose the Zhuyan Empire dispatched 500,000 troops to go around the west of Anluo Province, use 500,000 troops to forcibly rush to the border line where there is no reinforcements to speak of, start from the poisonous mist forest and then take Xiyun City, and then How about advancing all the way and attacking Bo'an City from the rear?"

"Assuming that the Zhuyan Empire also dispatched another 200,000 troops at the same time, they forced their way in from the steep mountain to the east of Anluo, began to attack the city from Zhangning City, and eventually the troops from the rear approached Bo'an City, and then How about it?"

How about two in a row, beads of sweat rolled down the forehead of City Lord Qiu Ding.

If this is the case, Bo'an City will be over.

Regardless of whether it is an army of 500,000 or 200,000, it is not realistic to attack Bo'an City, which has a total force of over 2 million, but it is no problem to cut off the entire six supply lines.

If this is the case, the danger of ambush and food shortage that Bo'an City has just lifted will be repeated again.

That's right, using a large army to attack the east and west places is not like the small-scale ambushes before. You can try your best to avoid the eyeliner sentries all over the Anluo province.

But at that time, it was unnecessary to expose the violence, and hundreds of thousands of troops attacked in, which was far from what those cities that had lost most of their garrison strength due to support could deal with.

Want to say that Bo'an City also sent troops to annihilate the enemy?

How much is that pie appropriate?

Whether it is 500,000 or 200,000, they are all numbers that Chen Ze casually mentioned. How many are actually there can only be judged based on the information at that time.

But in the case of being crushed by the army, how accurate are the intelligence sent by the scouts?

In order to be on the safe side, this issue must be taken into consideration when dispatching troops. If you want to annihilate the enemy troops who invaded Anluo Province with one blow, when Bo'an City sends troops to support, it must be more than the number stated in the intelligence. It's time.

The opponent has 300,000 people, so sending 500,000 would be a relatively safe number.

But in this way, the troops of Bo'an City itself will be dispersed in large numbers, and the troops on the frontal battlefield will be even smaller than those of the Zhuyan Empire!

With such a push and move, if the Zhuyan Empire sends 800,000 troops, then Bo'an City will have to go between 1.4 million and 1.6 million!

How can the city be guarded?

After being startled for a while, City Lord Qiu Ding's momentum was obviously weaker, and he said firmly: "Then we can also make arrangements early to prevent him from doing this!"

Chen Ze shook his head, "Just like what your lord said just now, Bo'an City is in a situation where the enemy will not retreat and we will not move."

"Without the exact knowledge of Zhuyan Empire's large troop mobilization, the troop strength of Bo'an City cannot be moved rashly."

"But after the intelligence system is cut off, we can only determine the opponent's strength through three methods."

He snapped out a finger, and said in a deep voice: "One, stand on the top of the city and directly observe the size of the opponent's army, but this is not accurate. After all, the place is so big. Looking from the front of the city, is the opponent a million or more? There is no difference between two million, and all you can see are densely packed human heads."

"two!"

Chen Ze stretched out his second finger, "The size of the camp can be judged by the number of tents, but tents can be faked, so what if two million people set up a tent with four million people?"

Then came the third one, "Third, when the enemy soldiers buried pots for cooking, they could judge the number of stoves built by the rising smoke columns, and then infer the number of soldiers."

"This is even more inaccurate!"

"The food problem for more than two million people cannot be solved at the same time, but can only be done in batches. Then the number of stoves has to be a question mark."

"What's more, like the second point, it is also possible to forcibly expand one's own scale through fraud."

After saying so much in one breath, Chen Ze stopped and waited quietly for a while, while observing the thoughtful expressions of the generals including Zheng Yuanyun and Naluo Zongbing.

After reckoning that it was almost done, he said again: "So we actually don't know how many people the enemy has outside, so how can we take precautions in advance?"

"Divide troops in advance to support various places. In case the opponent doesn't leave at all, Bo'an City's temporary emptiness of troops may lead to a complete loss!"

"If you don't leave, what about the enemy leaving?"

"They rushed to the planned location first. After launching the attack, the city that was attacked may have information sent back. Only then did Bo'an send troops to support it. The delay on the road was too long."

"This will cause our army to be led by the nose all the time. After holding back this part of the reinforcements, when the main force of the enemy who stays in the front launches a siege, does your lord still have the heart to drink a cup of tea at the top of the city?"

"you!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Ze made fun of him at this moment, and the city lord Qiu Ding's face suddenly turned pale, and he said angrily: "This is just your guess, if the Zhuyan Empire wants to do this, why did you do it earlier?" went?"

"Then according to what you said, the previous plan to ambush is simply superfluous!"

"No!"

Chen Zefu said: "There is nothing wrong with the plan to ambush, it should be the original plan of the Zhuyan Empire, and the possibility mentioned below could not be realized before, because the general situation at that time was not yet achieved!"

"In the early days, there were not so many troops fighting against each other. If the Zhuyan Empire divided its troops, it would not be able to continue to exert strong pressure on Bo'an City, forcing the troops of Anluo Province to gather."

"And at that time, the troops of Anluo Province were not concentrated in Bo'an City. If they wanted to storm the border, the price they would pay would be extremely high, and there might even be a risk of failure."

"And now, the general trend has come!"