Chapter 332: Talking about War on Paper (2)

However, according to Zhao Dongting's estimate, the Yuan army should not attack in too many ways.

They already have an absolute advantage in military strength and attack the city in multiple ways. Wouldn’t that be stupid?

You should know that siege is much more difficult than defending the city, and requires at least several times more military force.

If the Yuan army divided into multiple routes to attack the city, it would be equivalent to eliminating their own military advantage.

Even if there are 500,000 troops, and they will attack more than ten cities with ten thousand people stationed together, how many can they capture?

After Zhao Da left, Zhao Dongting settled in Xinyi with the remaining Feilong soldiers and the Wuding Hall enshrined.

Except for Liu Hongyi's food and grass, it should have not been transported to the remote Wuli, Taiping Town and other cities, the Song Dynasty can now be said to be ready.

At night, Zhao Dongting Xuan came to Qin Han and Dongheli, and Zhao and Luo were discussing matters in the room.

The table in the house is a map of Guangxi and Guangnan.

However, the map of this era will naturally not be too detailed, it only indicates the rough direction of mountains and rivers and the location of the city.

On the map, all the cities stationed by the Song army have been marked with circles by Zhao Dongting.

Judging from the picture, the iron barrel defense line has been established.

The tiger general Zhang Jue personally took charge of Xuanhua and coordinated the defense of the five cities of Yongding, Xuanhua, Wuli, Taiping Town and Liuzhou.

Wen Tianxiang was in Pingnan and coordinated the military affairs of the six cities of Hanjin, Pingnan, Xunzhou, Shimen, Yulin and Ningpu.

Zhao Dongting himself is currently in charge of the military affairs of Xinyi, Wuzhou, Cenxi, Gaozhou and other cities.

In terms of pressure, Zhao Dongting is undoubtedly the biggest one now.

He only had 60,000 troops, but what he had to face might be Boyan's army of more than 200,000.

Zhao Dongting pointed at the map with his finger and said, "Do you three think there are any omissions in my arrangement?"

Dongheli said: "The emperor has arranged a defense line that lasts nearly two thousand miles long, connecting the city and echoing each other from afar. I don't think there are any omissions."

Zhao and Luo had just arrived, looking at the map and pondered without saying anything.

Qin Han pondered for a few moments and said, "If Yesuer and Boyan join together, which city can block its edge? The emperor's arrangement seems to be without omissions, but if the Yuan army tore the crack open, the entire defense line will be broken. Especially if the Yuan army chooses Cenxi, Xunzhou, and Xuanhua as the breakthrough place, when the city is broken, our army will have no worries about the head and tail. If the formation is like a long snake, if it is caught seven inches, it will not be flexible."

The Cenxi, Xunzhou and Xuanhua he mentioned are the three cities in the middle of the three lines of defense.

When Donghe heard Qin Han's words, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Zhao Dongting could hear that Qin Han still did not agree with his military deployment. Although he did not object, he was probably still stubborn in his heart.

Zhao Dongting himself is a person who is difficult to persuade others, but Qin Han is a genius and arrogant, so naturally the same is true.

Who doesn’t think that their method is the safest?

Zhao Dongting's eyes flashed slightly and said, "With the current military deployment of the Yuan army, Boyan could not go to Xuanhua. His food and grass could not be supplied so far, and there was a risk of cutting off the food and grass by our army. Yesuer might have gone from Kuizhou to Jinghu North Road or the border between Jinghu South Road and Guangxi South Road, and then echoed with Boyan. He was in these two places, and the Yuan Dynasty provided his food and grass for him more conveniently."

Qin Han said: "What if they don't merge together, but do their best to attack Xuanhua, what about Cen Xi?"

Zhao Dongting curled his lips, "I have distributed so many firearms among the various armies. Can they easily attack?"

He had the confidence of Qin Han at this time, "As long as I can hold on for two or three days, my reinforcements in the rest of the city will arrive. At that time, it will be just a decisive death with the Yuan army. The Yuan army mobilized a large number of troops. No matter how the situation develops, it is inevitable that our army and them will die together."

Qin Han stopped talking and looked at Zhao Dongting with a slight surprise.

He probably didn't expect that Zhao Dongting could speak very well on military matters in just less than two years.

He just deliberately did not tell the issue of supply of food and grass in the Yuan army, but he was still thinking of asking Zhao Dongting to change his mind again, but he never thought that Zhao Dongting could find the key and refute it so quickly. You know, even the veteran Dongheli did not think clearly about the key in such a short time.

In fact, what he didn't know was that it was not how powerful Zhao Dongting was, but that he had been thinking about this question all day long.

He may not be able to ask him to lead his army to fight, but he still has one in terms of the overall situation.

It can also be said that Zhao Dongting has the ability to talk about war on paper.

When Qin and Han dynasties were silent, Zhao Dongting said again: "What I am worried about is that Boyan and Yesuer gather at the junction of my defense line with Wenjun and I. At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops will attack Wuzhou, Hanjin, or Cenxi. If our army wants to rush to rescue, it may not be too late."

Although the mountains and rivers are spread outside Wuzhou City, Wuzhou is nothing in such a battle circle today.

Whether it is Boyan or Yesuer, they can completely bypass Wuzhou. However, there is no natural danger like Wuzhou to guard against.

The Wuzhou corner is the strongest corner in Zhao Dongting’s defense circle, but at the same time, it can also be said to be the most fragile corner.

If this problem arises, it will be really difficult to save the reinforcements from other cities.

A strange light flashed in Qin Han's eyes and said, "The emperor personally led the Tianxian army to prevent Wuzhou from being destroyed, right?"

Zhao Dongting nodded and said with a long sigh: "First see what arrangements the Yuan army is making, and then our army will mobilize as appropriate!"

After all, everything we say is just speculation. War will not follow their speculation.

Afterwards, the three of them discussed in the room for a long time, but even Qin Han could not tell how the Yuan army would attack.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides started a war, which was no longer possible for human resources to fully anticipate the situation of the war, even if it was a genius.

When fighting against Ali Hague, Qin Han was able to plan his own strategy because his territory was small and the Song army was attacking and taking the initiative. He just wanted to think about what the Yuan army would do. But now, it was the Yuan army attacking and the Song army defending. If the Yuan army did not take action, he could not think of how the Yuan army would fight.

This is two chess games. They just started and the other party has not yet made a decision. Who can predict how the other party will go first?

Time passed a few more days.

Gradually, more and more information is sent to Xinyi.

Yesuer led an army of 220,000 and had arrived in Anyi County, Sizhou, in Kuizhou, not far from Jinghu North Road.

Boyan's army reached Zhaoqing Prefecture with 200,000 troops, and was only separated from Guangnan West Road by Deqing Prefecture, and was only 200 kilometers away from the Song army's defense line.
Chapter completed!