Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2639 Lone Phoenix's Advice: To Fight or to Defend?

Chapter 2639 Lone Phoenix's Advice: To Fight or to Defend?

Xingbei Road, Han Army Camp.

Xue Rengui sat in the central seat, flanked by a host of civil and military officials, including Guo Ziyi, Wang Changluo, Zhang Liang, Xing Tian, ​​Deng Jiugong, Huang Feihu, Huang Tianhua, Bi Zaiyu, Gongsun Zan, Gao Shun, and Ma Fang.

Jiang Qian regarded Xue Rengui's path as the direction for breakthrough. For the Han Dynasty, Xue Rengui's path was also the direction for breakthrough, and its importance was no less than that of Bai Qi's path.

For the Han Dynasty, whether it was Bai Qi breaking through Jiang Ziya's defenses and directly piercing the northern border of the Qian Dynasty, or Xue Rengui heading south to disrupt the eastern heartland of the Qian Dynasty, both would have put the Han Dynasty in a strategically advantageous position.

Xue Rengui's route was also the main breakthrough direction for the Han Dynasty, and its average quality of talent was the highest among the three routes.

There are two god-level commanders, Wang Changluo and Xue Rengui, while Guo Ziyi, a peak heaven-level commander, possesses a divine skill that makes him a god-level commander even though he is not a god-level commander.

With the addition of two god-level strategists, Wang Changluo with a base intelligence of 102 and Zhang Liang with a base intelligence of 104, this configuration is only comparable to Bai Qi's army.

"Ji Chengfu is leading an army of 400,000 to attack Nanhu County and Ju County. What a show of power!" Inside the central command tent, Xue Rengui, facing an enemy force twice his size, was not in a hurry at all, but instead spoke calmly.

No one in the tent responded, but the generals' eyes all sharpened; they did not truly relax despite Xue Rengui's relaxed tone.

Four hundred thousand, twice our strength, this numerical advantage is already terrifying.

Double is indeed not much, but if this number is applied to 200,000, it becomes terrifying.

Han Xin's crucial battle against the Eastern Yi was a decisive victory with 100,000 troops, defeating Yelü Abaoji's forces ahead of schedule, against an army twice the size of his own.

Even for Han Xin, this process was incredibly dangerous.

If Hou Yi hadn't shot and killed the Golden Wolf Guard's commander, if Deng Chanyu hadn't lured Kulin away, causing the Azure Wolf Guard to lose a sharp arrow, if the White Dragon Camp hadn't fought a desperate battle at the cost of 70% casualties, using their lives to delay the Azure Wolf Guard...

I'm afraid Han Xin might not be able to lead the Black Cavalry to break through Yelü Abaoji's central army before the left and right flanks collapse.

Even so, if Han Xin had been any slower, the left flank where Deng Jiugong and his men were located would probably have been unable to hold out.

“Nanhu and Juxian are the gateways to the northern route. If these two places are lost, Ji Chengfu can advance unimpeded. To the east, he can coordinate with Jiang Ziya, causing General Bai Qi to be attacked from both sides. To the north, he can use his superior forces to fight a decisive battle with our army.”

“This battle will be tough!” Zhang Liang, whose status was second only to Xue Rengui and Guo Ziyi, said.

Zhang Liang did not express his opinion on whether to fight or defend; he simply stated their current predicament as a way to elicit further discussion.

"General Xue, why don't we adopt a defensive strategy and hold onto Nanhu and Juxian?" Guo Ziyi suggested, following closely behind Zhang Liang.

Among those present, Guo Ziyi was considered a conservative, and his style of warfare was primarily based on stability.

The Great Qian's national strength cannot outlast the Great Han. If it drags on for a year or two, the Great Qian will collapse on its own.

Ji Chengfu, though only recently gaining fame, rose to prominence towards the end of the Han Dynasty's conquest of Song. However, his performance was commendable, whether it was fighting alongside Jiang Chaoyu against Yue Fei, battling Xuanxiao, or leading the campaign against Qi during the second Daqian conquest of Xuan.

It must be said that, based on the intelligence gathered by their network of intelligence on all the generals of the Great Qian Dynasty, apart from Jiang Ziya, who was a pillar of the state, this person was one of the few commanders that the Great Qian Dynasty could be proud of.

Fighting against such a person is not as risky as Han Xin did in the Eastern Yi. The situations on both sides are different, and the price to pay for taking risks is also different.

Han Xin already held an absolute advantage at that time, but even if he lost that battle, he still had enough troops to continue to win the war.

However, if Xue Rengui were to take a risk like Han Xin and lose, two of the three armies would be wiped out, and Xingbei Road would fall back into Jiang Qian's hands.

By then, this battle will have ended, if not completely ahead of schedule, at least halfway over.

"Mr. Changluo, what do you think?" Xue Rengui turned to Wang Changluo and asked.

Although this man was a defeated general who surrendered to the Eastern Yi after their defeat, no one present could underestimate him, as his record in the Eastern Yi was enough to prove his ability.

Even the Han emperor gave this prisoner all the benefits he deserved.

After the destruction of the Eastern Yi, the Wang family, one of the five major families of the Eastern Yi, surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Wang clan members used all their persuasive skills to convince Wang Changluo to surrender as well. In order to get him to agree to submit, Wang Yu had promised him many conditions when he was willing to surrender.

Of course, most of the conditions, such as treating the Dongyi people and the Yelü clan well, were things that Wang Yu would have done even if the other party hadn't mentioned them.

Even when the other party first entered the capital, although Wang Yu did not go so far as to hold a grand welcome that stretched for miles, he still greeted the other party outside the palace gates, in addition to the palace itself.

"To defend instead of attack, and to fight with the strength of the nation, this strategy is indeed fair and square, and almost certain to win," Wang Changluo said slowly after a moment of contemplation.

In war, the worst thing is when the other side doesn't play games with you and instead fights you to the death. Given the current state of both sides' national strength, once a battle breaks out, the Han Dynasty can almost certainly be said to be the one that wins.

However, when Wang Changluo said this, he clearly hadn't said enough, and then changed his tone and said, "However, our Han army, with its three armies totaling hundreds of thousands, is coming to attack in a mighty manner. This move is bound to be suspected of being cowardly and will dampen the morale of the army."

"Ding! Wang Changluo's Lone Phoenix skill effect four is activated. When devising strategies, his own intelligence increases by 2, and the intelligence of all opponents is reduced by 1 to 4 points."

Wang Changluo's intelligence increased by 2, with a base intelligence of 102, and his current intelligence has risen to 104.

"Secondly, although the Great Qian is fighting on two fronts, the country's strength will inevitably be exhausted if the war goes on for a long time. However, our Great Han also has enemies like Wu and Shuo, and the Ming Dynasty has the Li and Yu uprisings. If it is delayed for a long time, it is inevitable that something will change."

"Besides, the enemy of Ji Chengfu to the south may not actually have twice the strength of our army, and our army may not necessarily lack the strength to fight them head-on!"

"Generals, you should be able to imagine the significance of defeating Ji Chengfu's 400,000-strong army," Wang Changluo said meaningfully.