si-mexico Chapter 412 I Want Both Morality and Benefits
Chapter 412 I Want Both Morality and Benefits
Shen Changgong's words had a clear meaning in the eyes of several women.
Yan Fuyao stood up directly, turned around and looked at the map of Kyushu hanging behind him.
In the imperial study, a map of the entire world was hung on the screen behind the empress.
Firstly, it allows the empress to get to know the distance between different places, as well as the terrain and other conditions.
Secondly, it also spurs her on to always remember her mission of unifying the world.
The empress looked at the map and read the strategy according to what Shen Changgong had said.
She drew her fingers across the map, and several lines appeared, which were the strategic direction of heading south.
"It is indeed feasible. We can divide our forces into two groups and simultaneously hold Qin hostage. Even if it is just to buy Guan Shouchang's troops half a month, we can let him eliminate some of the elite Qi troops first, and then the Qin army can go to support those Qi troops.
But...what if the Qi army retreats and Zhao Biao's troops attack the Qin army, making it more difficult for the Qin army to capture Xingqing Prefecture?
Don’t let Guan Shouchang destroy the Qi army by the time the Qin army has not yet captured Xingqing Prefecture. That would be disastrous.
Should we help Liang Kingdom at that time or not?"
Shen Changgong played with Tang Xinyi's little hand, smiled contemptuously, and said,
"There are still 600,000 people in Qi and Liang, including more than 200,000 Qi troops and more than 300,000 Qin troops.
Even if the Qi army withdrew, do you think that a small Zhao Biao could control the outcome of the battle against the more than 300,000 Qin troops?
Bai Wuan is a famous general. After the Qi army left, he commanded independently, which would not have much impact on the combat effectiveness.
On the contrary, letting Zhao Biao continue to harass the Qin army there can also delay the Qin army's speed in breaking through Xingqing Prefecture."
Shen Changgong put Tang Xinyi down from his lap, then stood up and pointed to the location of Xingqing Prefecture on the map and said,
"Now, the war on the western front, whether it's Xingqing Prefecture or the war between our army and the Qi army, actually doesn't require our concern. These nearly one million people can't influence the war situation. The real decision on the war situation lies in the east.
I won't care about Zhao Biao. If he wants to fight the Qin army, let him die, or escape with a group of defeated soldiers. It doesn't matter.
If Zhao Biao does not fight against the Qin army, but just harasses them to preserve their strength, it does not matter. He can just join us in counterattacking the Qin army in the future.
If Zhao Biao goes to help Lao Guan destroy the Qi army, then we will destroy the Qi army quickly, and Bai Wuan will also capture Xingqing Prefecture quickly. It doesn't matter.
We can be fast or slow, speed has no effect on us.
I, along with the King of the South, will lead the main force southward to attack the State of Qi. As long as the State of Qi is destroyed, the outcome will be decided.
As for the West, it is nothing more than the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves."
Yan Fuyao smiled and nodded, saying,
"That's a great strategy. Do these tactics have names?"
"Yes, it's called Tian Ji's horse racing and besieging Wei to save Zhao."
"Who's racing?"
curiously.
Shen Changgong immediately recounted the story of Tian Ji's horse racing.
The four women who listened nodded repeatedly.
Then Shen Changgong said,
"We will use a small number of troops to hold back the superior cavalry of Qi and Qin, and then our superior cavalry, that is, the main force, will destroy Qi as quickly as possible.
Then we will make every effort to destroy the Qi and Qin armies.
Our attack on Qi drew the Qi troops from Liang to Liang, and indirectly saved Liang. Of course, they still had to die in the end, but this tactic is called "Besieging Wei to Save Zhao."
Yan Fuyao curled his lips and said,
"Then it should be to besiege Qi and rescue Liang. Wei is in the south, and Zhao was destroyed by Wei decades ago."
"Just know what it means, don't dwell on it."
"So what tactics did you use on the grassland?"
"That's called removing the firewood from under the cauldron, besieging a point and attacking the reinforcements, ambushing from all sides, and gathering the enemy to annihilate them. We surrounded their tribe, attracted Wang Khan to come to the rescue, and then attacked Wang Khan. This is called removing the firewood from under the cauldron and besieging a point and attacking the reinforcements.
Wang Khan was not fooled and went to attack our country. This is called attacking and then rescue, also known as the tactic of changing home. It attracted our army to rescue and forced us to allow peace talks.
We set up an ambush along the way, surrounded them and annihilated them. This is called ambushing from all sides and surrounding the enemy to annihilate them."
Yan Fuyao looked at Shen Changgong and nodded curiously like a baby.
"I didn't expect there were so many tactics in military strategy. Que Ling, have you memorized them all?"
Tu Que Ling said quickly,
"I've remembered everything. I'll send it to the Imperial College so the students can study."
Shen Changgong said,
"If you want to learn, you can't just learn from us, you have to learn from the enemy too. For example, in this battle where the Qin army defeated the Liang army, can you tell me what tactics they used?"
The four women shook their heads.
Shen Changgong's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he said leisurely,
"The Qin army first feinted an attack on the Liang army, pretending they couldn't defeat it. This is called showing weakness to the enemy.
Then they took the initiative to retreat, which is called retreat in order to advance.
Attracting the Liang army to pursue is called luring the snake out of its hole. However, luring the snake out of its hole requires bait. The Qin army commander took advantage of the Liang army's lack of food and grass, and believed that the Liang army would inevitably counterattack the Qin army to seize its logistical supplies and food.
Then they lured the enemy into a trap and surrounded and annihilated them.
This entire set of tactics combined the right time, right place, and right people, even taking into account the enemy's logistics and national strength, to deploy such an excellent tactic and accomplish the feat of annihilating 400,000 enemies!"
"I learned it, I learned it. Teacher Shen teaches really well."
Tang Xinyi clapped her hands and looked at Shen Changgong with admiration in her eyes.
"Why don't you kiss me?"
Shen Changgong looked at him with a smile, his beautiful eyes full of smiles, which made Tang Xinyi's cheeks blush.
Tang Xinyi glanced at the others shyly and said,
"Oh, no, there are too many people here."
"Night then."
Shen Changgong continued,
"Tomorrow at the court, we will announce to the world that Qi has betrayed its allies by sending troops to attack its ally, Liang, and has refused to listen to our mediation efforts and has refused to negotiate. Our Great Yan, out of kindness and righteousness, will declare war on this treacherous nation, Qi, and seek justice for Liang.
Now Liang State has not been destroyed yet. The day after I came back, I declared war on Qi State. I wonder who would dare to say that I, Shen Changgong, am treacherous and deliberately put Liang State to death.
Of course, we did our best. As for whether Liang Nation lives or dies, that is their own fate and has nothing to do with us."
Yan Fuyao smiled and rolled his eyes at him, then said slowly,
"Lord Shen has really taken shamelessness to the extreme. You've taken all the good things for yourself, and now you want to take all the righteousness for yourself too.
But we have stood firm morally, and if anyone uses this incident to attack us in the future, we will have something to say."
"That's right, my princess understands me best."
"Princess? When did I become your princess?"
"Hahaha, I am the prince, so my wife must be the princess."
"Bah, I am the emperor, and you are my consort."
"you are mine!"
"Bah, you belong to me!"