Wang Li thought for a moment, and somehow threw the question Huan He asked him to Xia Lan.
Hearing this question, Xia Lan was slightly stunned. Then, she shook her head and said,""General, forgive me for being rude. If I only knew these things, I wouldn't have chosen to attack any city.”
When Wang Li heard this, he looked at Xia Lan in confusion.""Why?"
Xia Lan smiled and squatted on the ground to draw a simple map.""The so-called warrior, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.”
"General, do you think that you can easily decide to attack a city just by knowing the number of guards in two cities?”
"How are the provisions in the city?"
"Who is the general of the garrison?"
"Are there any reinforcements nearby? When would the reinforcements arrive?”
"There are too many things to understand.”
At this point, Xia Lan did not continue.
Because Wang Li's expression was already very ugly.
After a long time-
Wang Li cupped his hands slightly at Xia Lan and said with some shame,""Thank you for your guidance, General Lan."
"To be honest, this question was left for me by General Huan He.”
At this point, Wang Li laughed at himself and said,"To think that at that time, Li thought that his analysis was correct and actually wanted to give an answer on the spot.”
"Now that I think about it…"
He shook his head and understood why General Huan He had stopped him from answering and asked him to come back and think it through before answering.
Now, it seemed that he was very wrong.
Hearing his words, Xia Lan hesitated for a moment and said,""General, if I may be so bold as to ask, which city would you choose to attack if the other circumstances were similar?”
"This…"
Perhaps it was because he had suffered a blow, Wang Li didn't know how to answer for a moment.
However, when he saw that Xia Lan did not look like she was going to laugh at him, Wang Li thought about it carefully for a long time and said,""Li will choose to attack Scarlet Beauty."
Seeing that Xia Lan did not speak, Wang Li continued,""Chili City is only 50 li away from the Taihang Mountains. After our army passes through the Taihang Mountains, we can rest for a while and take down Chili City in one fell swoop.”
"If we choose to attack Yi 'an, we will need to continue to attack for another two hundred li after passing Taihang Mountain. At that time, our army will be exhausted and it will be disadvantageous to attack the city.”
After analyzing this, Wang Li looked at Xia Lan with a questioning expression.
Even he himself did not notice that at this moment, he actually became a little eager to get Xia Lan's approval.
However, Xia Lan frowned and did not say anything.
"What's wrong?" Wang Li asked. Did Li say something wrong again?"
Xia Lan shook her head slightly and pointed at the square representing Yi 'an City on the ground.""I remember that this Yi 'an is close to the Northern Territory.”
Wang Li nodded." That's right. Yi 'an is only 80 miles away from the Northern Territory. So what?"”
Xia Lan pondered for a moment and replied," The northern border is bordered by the Xiongnu. As far as I know, General Li Mu of the State of Zhao leads an army and is stationed in the northern border all year round to resist the Xiongnu.”
"If we attack Yi 'an after taking Chi Li, what will happen if Li Mu leads the army to attack our rear?”
"If reinforcements arrive in the Zhao Country and the Yi 'an garrison leaves the city to cooperate with Li Mu's army, our army will be in a desperate situation.”
Hearing Xia Lan's words, Wang Li smiled.
"General Lan, you are wrong this time.”
"For this operation, General Huan He has already figured out the movements of Li Mu's army.”
"The Xiongnu in the north have been wandering around the border of Zhao recently. Li Mu's army doesn't dare to leave the northern territory easily.”
"As for the reinforcements within the country of Zhao, my grandfather has already personally led the army to attack the cities of the country of Zhao from the south. Most of the soldiers of the country of Zhao have probably gone to the south and won't be able to support them in time.”
"Moreover, with the bravery of our elite soldiers, it will take at most two days to attack a city like Yi 'an.”
"When our army occupies Yi 'an and Chi Li, that Li Mu probably won't dare to come back easily.”
Wang Li analyzed confidently.
Xia Lan pondered for a moment and said,"I hope I'm wrong."”
Seeing him like this, Wang Li seemed to have regained some confidence and left in satisfaction.
……
After the vanguard army of 100,000 troops rested on the west side of Taihang Mountain for a day, General Huan He gave the order to prepare to cross the Taihang Mountain!
Xia Lan did not let go of any opportunity to train her soldiers.
Because during this period of time, he understood a principle.
In a large-scale war, a person's ability was limited.
As the saying went, two fists were no match for four hands.
He needed a strong team to provide him with some help.
This way, they would have a chance to survive in the war.
After all, if a group of 100 people performed well, it was enough to affect the battle situation.
This was also why Xia Lan had been spending a lot of effort to train her subordinates.
Furthermore, the Qin laws clearly stated that the generals above the Hundred Generals did not just need to kill enemies to obtain military merits.
You also need to assess the death rate of your subordinates.
Simply put, if a hundred generals led a hundred men to kill eighty enemies, but all of their own hundred men died in battle, they would also be judged to have suffered a great defeat.
At that time, he would definitely be stripped of his title and punished.
If he killed fifty enemies and fifty of his own subordinates died, he would be judged as a draw.
This so-called peace naturally meant that this hundred generals did not gain any benefits from this battle.
Of course, even if this general didn't kill a single enemy, and his 100 subordinates killed 50 enemies with zero casualties, this was a great merit.
As a hundred generals, they could obtain most of the military merits.
Therefore, being a general was actually a double-edged sword.
While the vanguard army was crossing the Taihang Mountains, Xia Lan had been training her subordinates in their defensive formation.
A large-scale army battle was very particular about formations.
Of course, this array was not something illusory like in the fantasy world. It was a real battle array.
Xia Lan had studied many array masters and military geniuses in her previous life to come up with these array formations.
Regarding this matter, the soldiers under him did not have the slightest resistance.
In the past two months, the sixty of them could feel their own transformation and understood that Xia Lan's method could really help them.
Therefore, no matter how the other soldiers thought of it, and no matter how ridiculous Xia Lan's training method seemed, they silently followed it.
The 100,000 strong army took close to seven days to finally cross the Taihang Mountains and enter the border of Zhao.
At the same time, the court of Zhao was busy dealing with Wang Jian's attack on the southern front, but they did not expect a Qin army to appear behind them in the north.
For a moment, the entire State of Zhao was in a panic.
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