Chapter 496: The best strategy is to attack the enemy’s strategy, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan’s big

Chapter 496: The best strategy is to attack the enemy’s strategy, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan’s big

"Through this method, we can cleverly make these two forces strongly dependent on our southern border's food and grass. In other words, whether to provide food and grass is entirely decided by our southern border. In this way, these two parties will naturally not dare to attack our army easily, and can only helplessly become our army's subordinate forces to some extent."

After Zhang Liang finished explaining slowly and clearly, Han Xin, who had been listening carefully, finally understood the deep meaning behind his words. In short, this is actually to take advantage of the food shortage and turn it into an advantageous position for the Southern Border Army to firmly control the food supply. If they want to go to war with the Southern Border Army, then the Southern Border Army can easily cut off the food supply of the two counties, thus putting the enemy in trouble.

"This strategy is indeed brilliant, but...if one day in the future these two counties receive strong support and assistance from other princes, wouldn't they be likely to betray our army at will? In this case, wouldn't it be equivalent to our army's hard work supporting a group of enemies?"

Although he had roughly understood the core points of the plan, Han Xin, who was a careful thinker, quickly realized the potential risks and did not hesitate to raise his doubts to Zhang Liang. After all, nothing can have only advantages without disadvantages.

On the surface, it seems that the Southern Border Army has successfully seized the enemy's food and grass lifeline, but if you think about it more deeply, you will find that this may still be a losing deal. As long as the actual control is not in Gao Yao's hands, it cannot be ruled out that it will cause some problems.

"General, you can relax! As long as we have the food and grass in our hands, will those people dare to disrespect us? By the time they try to rebel, I'm afraid they will be powerless and unable to turn the tide!"

Han Xin's worries were not groundless, but Zhang Liang had his own unique considerations. As the Art of War says: To defeat the enemy without fighting is the best strategy. The best way to use troops is to use strategy, followed by diplomacy, and the worst is to resort to force.

"Well... Prime Minister, I still hold a different opinion on this matter. If the Prime Minister has made a decision, I will definitely obey your orders."

Even though Zhang Liang had explained it in such detail, Han Xin still insisted on his own opinion. After all, as a general, his way of thinking and focus were different from those of civil officials and counselors. For generals, there was no need to think too much about the strategy of governing the country. Their only mission was to win the final victory of the war.

Gao Yao did not object to Han Xin's statement. As a general, he had the responsibility and position to understand Han Xin's reservations. On the battlefield, things change rapidly and life and death are at stake. Generals must make decisive decisions, move forward bravely, and defeat the enemy with thunder and lightning. Zhang Liang, on the other hand, considered the overall situation, weighed the pros and cons, and tried to solve the problem through wisdom rather than pure force to achieve long-term stability of the country. Although the two had different views, they were both loyal and responsible for the interests of the country.

While they were talking, they had already returned to the village and were having dinner in the village. There was no shortage of seafood here, and all kinds of seafood were basically served on the table. For many ancient people, they dared not try many things for fear that they might be poisonous or cause trouble.

But for Gaoyao, these are all good treasures, lobsters, oysters, and various shellfish. Many ancient people just didn't know how to eat these things. Once they knew how to eat them, they can be said to be natural foods with very low costs, and most of these things can be fried, boiled, or deep-fried without any problems.

At this moment, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan in Sishui County has already started to act. He led all his troops without hesitation and marched towards Julu. After a fierce battle, Yi Xiaochuan's troops not only successfully captured Julu, but also quickly occupied the land.

Immediately afterwards, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan did not stop his expansion, but continued to march forward without stopping, aiming directly at Hengshan County and Dai County. As his military strength gradually recovered, his combat effectiveness became stronger and stronger. On the battlefield, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan often led the way, fearless of death, and even dared to rush into the enemy's formation alone to fight bravely.

Even in a field battle, when he had only 5,000 soldiers, he could still easily defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops. Compared with his performance in the southern border, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan at this time seemed more impulsive and radical.

One of the reasons for this change is that when attacking the southern border, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan, as the commander of the three armies, had a heavy responsibility and had to take decisive and powerful actions to ensure the victory of the army and the expansion of the territory. But on the other hand, it was because the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan had many plans in mind. He wanted to eliminate the forces of the southern border in one fell swoop, and wanted to kill Gao Yao, and at the same time he also hoped to cause a certain degree of damage to the court army at the same time.

Unfortunately, Gao Yao's true strength far exceeded the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan's expectations, which ultimately caused his plan to fail.

With the failure of the expedition to the southern border and the fall of Xianyang City, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan could clearly feel that he had been greatly affected and his body's recovery ability was not as good as before.

However, Gao Yao's extremely strong fighting power made the assassination methods that the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan often used almost completely fail. The mysterious Yi Xiaochuan knew that if he continued to allow Gao Yao to continue to develop like this, when Gao Yao really unified the world, he would most likely fall into death without the need for the other party to take action.

Moreover, Gao Yao already knew about Tianxing, which meant that the other party might also attack Tianxing. Under normal circumstances, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan would not be worried, but now Gao Yao knew the existence of black gunpowder. Although he had already started to create it, the progress was still relatively slow.

With the existence of black gunpowder, if Gao Yao really insisted on his own way and completely flattened the Mausoleum of the Emperor of Mount Li, he would also die at that time. There was no way to avoid this. Therefore, the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan was very anxious, so he made such a big move, almost using all his strength to capture Julu County, and then continue to attack to the north and capture Dai County. Only in this way can he absorb the original Northern Border Army.

This can be said to be a force that absolutely cannot be abandoned, and it must be used to become the key force for him to clamp down on the north. That is why the mysterious Yi Xiaochuan is so anxious to keep attacking northward.