After being surprised for a while, Sun Jian frowned and said,
"Ruo Zhong, isn't it a little too hasty to want to settle River East in one battle?”
"When we were in the east of the river, didn't you tell me that it would take two to three years to take the east of the river?”
"And now, our army has only been in Huainan for less than half a year!”
"The land of River East is so vast, how can our army settle it?”
"Yes, sir!"
Sun Ce also added,
"Zhou Xin's attitude is unclear, and Wang Lang and Hua Xin have not responded to our army!”
"Only Sheng Xian responded, and he even said that the big thief was blocking the way and could not come!”
"It's obvious that the governors of the four southern counties have their own thoughts!”
"If our army goes all the way south, we won't be able to take care of the four counties. If we attack from all four directions, we won't have enough troops!”
"Furthermore, the terrain of Kuaiji and Yuzhang Prefecture is complex and remote. Even if our army can take down Danyang and Wu Prefecture, it will be a long journey if we want to attack the two prefectures in the south!”
"I'm afraid it's not beneficial to our army!"
Sun Jian and Sun Ce were both people who knew the art of war.
As soon as Baili Ming expressed his opinion, the father and son immediately spoke of the difficulties and strategic difficulties.
Like a string of pearls, a bunch of questions were thrown out, waiting for answers.
Listening to their conversation, Baili Ming smiled and stood up. He paced around the hall with his hands behind his back and said,"
"The problem you two mentioned does exist!”
"However, these problems are not a problem for our army!”
Without waiting for the two of them to reply, he said to Sun Jian,
"Back then, I did tell my lord that it would take two to three years to attack River East.”
"But what I said at that time was based on the judgment of our army returning to Wu County and attacking River East!”
"As the saying goes, this is the past, this is the present!”
"Our military strategy cannot be rigid. We must constantly judge the situation and make changes!”
"Now, the situation has changed greatly. The time to take River East can naturally be greatly reduced!”
"This... Military Advisor, please elaborate!"
Sun Jian frowned when he heard this. To be honest, he was first-rate in fighting a local war.
However, judging the changes in the situation and fighting such a large-scale battle was his weakness!
Seeing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,
"Alright, bring me the map. I'll analyze the reason for this for the two of you!”
"Good!"
Sun Jian responded and ordered someone to bring out the map of River East.
This map was much larger than the map of Huainan, but it was just as detailed.
As soon as the map was put down, Baili Ming walked forward slowly and said,"
"Look at this map!"
"Although River East is vast and rich in resources, the terrain is dominated by mountains and hills.
"Therefore, although the place is vast, most of it is uninhabited!”
"The population is mainly gathered in the cities on the plains!”
"The reason why I said that it would take two to three years to take River East was because if my army went south to River East, we would have to come to Wu County to develop!”
"At that time, our army had a total of 40,000 soldiers. In the early stages, it should not be a problem to take down a few cities!”
"But the population of a few cities can't support an army of forty thousand!”
"Thus, if our army wants to truly occupy the foundation, we have to occupy Wu County and use those 700,000 people to support this 40,000 strong army!”
"But even if our army wanted to attack the city, how could Shengxian and the bandits from Wu County allow us to take them?”
"This way, we will definitely defend the city!”
"What our army can do is to attack the city!”
"As the flames of war spread, the people scattered, and the hearts of the people were not united.”
"When our army takes down Wu County, Wu County will be completely crippled!”
"How many commoners will be left in that dilapidated Wu County?”
"How many troops can we raise?"
"Therefore, after our army is done fighting, we have to rest and recuperate first.”
"We can only attack the next area after the army has recovered and the rations have been replenished.”
"With this cycle, it's still conservative to say that we can conquer River East in two or three years!”
"Moreover, even if we conquer River East, what we get is a dilapidated River East!”
At this point, he changed the topic and said,
"But it's different for our army now!”
"Now that our army has seized Huainan, this place is even richer than Jiangdong!”
"Our army has a population of more than one million, a hundred thousand soldiers, and a strong army. We have sufficient money and food, and with this place as our foundation, we naturally don't need to attack city by city if we want to take River East!”
"In that case, I understand!"
Sun Jian nodded, indicating that he understood what Baili Ming meant.
Seeing this, Baili Ming smiled and said no more.
To put it bluntly, this problem was a problem with the logistics foundation.
A good foundation meant rapid development, but a bad foundation meant slow development!
The simplest example was the comparison between Cao Cao and the original Sun Ce.
When Cao Cao first started his army, he only had 5,000 soldiers. However, after taking over Yanzhou and subduing the Qingzhou Army, he immediately became heroic.
First he attacked Yuan Shu, then Tao Qian, then Lu Bu, then Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu.
He had fought for eight years in the Central Plains!
Among them, Cao Cao's own ability aside, if not for his strong logistics support, he would not have been able to win every battle even if Han Xin had descended!
On the other hand, Sun Ce also had 3,000 troops, but he had fought for 6 years!
Cao Cao had fought for eight years and had conquered the entire Central Plains, while Sun Ce had fought for six years and had not even conquered Yangzhou.
Could it be that Sun Ce did not know how to fight?
Or was Sun Ce unwilling to fight?
Obviously, Sun Ce was neither. Not only did he want to fight, but he had almost never lost.
The difference was the foundation.
Using modern concepts as an analogy, the merger of large companies and the hard work of small companies were two different things.
If a big company merged with a company, they could immediately merge with other companies.
As for small companies, they could only fight with other small companies.
This was completely different.
Now, it was obvious that the Sun father and son had not realized the fact that they had become a big company.
He still wanted to be stingy and search for a small battle!
Of course not!
If they wanted to fight a war, they had to fight a big war!
He had to change the mindset of the father and son!
Seeing Sun Jian nod in agreement, Baili Ming continued,
"As for the second question, why must our army conquer River East?”
"Actually, there's no need to explain this question. I've already said that if we fight one city and one pond at a time, even if our army can take down River East, it will still be a dilapidated River East!”
"This is obviously not in line with the interests of our army!”
"Therefore, if our army wants to seize River East, we must seize a complete River East!”
"We won't let Jiang Dong become a burden to our army, but let Jiang Dong become our logistics base!”
Baili Ming had also considered this question.
In the original history, Jiang Dong's performance could be said to be extremely bad.
They had to solve the problem of harmony among the aristocratic families.
Facing the outside world, there was Shan Yue to deal with in the south, Liu Biao to the west, and Liu Bei to the west.
As for the north, Cao Cao was like a mountain suppressing them!
Do you really think Dongwu doesn't want to expand?
Of course not!
Even Sun Quan wanted to fight his way out even in his dreams.
However, in his life, other than the assassination of Liu Bei and the capture of Jingzhou, there were very few lands that expanded to the north.
Why?
It was very simple!
His foundation was insufficient!
Sun Ce had fought against Jiang Dong for six years, and he had also brought disaster to Jiang Dong for six years!
In these six years, Jiang Dong had long been crippled!
With the death of Sun Ce, who was the most capable of expanding, this completely blocked the road of Dongwu's expansion.
Now that he had brought Sun Jian back to life, he naturally couldn't let River East return to its original state!
Thinking of this, he said in a deep voice,
"Therefore, if our army wants to attack River East, we have to attack quickly and not watch the flames of war wreak havoc!”
"I see!"
When Sun Jian and his son heard this, they nodded repeatedly.
He now understood why Baili Ming had proposed the idea of conquering River East.
First of all, it was because they had the strength!
Secondly, it was because they had needs!
But now that he had both the strength and the needs, the problem was how to attack River East!
With that thought, Sun Jian stroked his beard and said,"
"I finally understand why Ruo Zhong said that 40,000 people are too few!”
"If our army is going to fight such a big battle, then 40,000 people are really too few!”
Then, he looked at Baili Ming and smiled."
"However, since Ruo Zhong can say such words, he should have a strategy in mind!”
"Of course!"
Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"Ming has already said that the time is ripe for our army to seize the entire River East!”
"Although the number of troops is small, it is not the key deciding factor!”
"Didn't Bo Fu say that Zhou Xin, Wang Lang, and Hua Xin didn't respond to the four counties in the south?”
"The only one who responded was Sheng Xian, and he even used the excuse of a big thief blocking the way!”
"In my opinion, it's not that these people really don't have the intention to surrender to our army, but that they are still hesitating!”
"To deal with these people, our army's strategy for this battle is to attack the city and attack the heart!”
"Use these 40,000 soldiers to break the hope of these people and force the four county mayors to surrender!”
"Attacking the city is the worst, but attacking the heart is the best?"
Hearing Baili Ming's words, Sun Jian pondered for a while before his eyes lit up.
"Advisor Jun's words are truly insightful. Attacking the city is below, but attacking the heart is above!”
"Just these eight characters have already explained the great plan to take Jiangdong in this battle!”
Sun Ce listened from the side and nodded. Then, he asked,
"Then in your opinion, how should our army achieve this strategy?”
When Sun Jian heard this, he quickly smiled at Baili Ming and said,"
"Since the military counselor has already said the strategy, then there must be a strategy!”
"Tell me quickly!"
Faced with the father and son's anticipation, Baili Ming didn't keep them in suspense. He smiled and said,"
"To achieve this strategic effect, our army's tactics can only be described in three words!”
"Blitzkrieg!"
"Lightning?"
Sun Jian and Sun Ce were stunned when they heard this.
What the hell was this lightning attack!
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