Returning to his room, Zhang Shougui stared at the two model boats on the sand table for a while before giving the order. "Give the order. The five thousand men of the three regiments of the First Vanguard Brigade are to be sent ashore in small boats. Equip them with horses and send them along the coastal land route, moving side by side with the fleet.
The Second Vanguard Brigade is to send small boats forward quickly. Throw hooks and pull out all the fishing nets in the water. Send the hot air balloons into the air and fly as fast as possible toward Shicheng on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay. Enter Qiantang along the coast and monitor the situation in the surrounding one hundred square kilometers. "
Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao also returned to the room. As for why Zhang Xiaobao was able to stay with Wang Juan, it was because Zhang Xiaobao had arranged the logistics in advance. He had put the command center together with Wang Juan's command center.
In any case, the speed of information transmission was already very slow. Even if he split up, he wouldn't be of much use. It was better to stay in the same room with Wang Juan and discuss things on the spot.
"Weather," Wang Juan asked the messenger.
"Light rain," the messenger replied. This was the result of the dice in the center of the sand table. The season was autumn, and it had just entered autumn. The weather conditions were changed every day. Other than volcanic eruptions and hurricanes blowing up the mountains, all sorts of weather conditions could occur.
After a period of time, heavy snow was even allowed. Although it was said that the Jiangnan Circuit rarely experienced snow, and even if it did, it was not a heavy snowfall. However, previous records showed that the Jiangnan Circuit had indeed experienced heavy snowfalls.
Of course, it was impossible for the entire Jiangnan Circuit to be completely sunny on the first day and completely covered in snow on the second. That was absolutely impossible. Clouds had not yet flown in or formed.
Hearing the messenger's answer, Wang Juan nodded and said, "It's good that it's raining. In this season, when the Jiangnan Society plays dice, will there be more options for rain in the corresponding grid when counting points?"
"Of course. That is the actual situation. The Jiangnan Circuit is most prone to rain in spring and autumn. I am in charge of logistics and have already made the corresponding preparations. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."
As Zhang Xiaobao spoke, he pointed at Huanchun County in Muzhou, Jiangnan East Road. "I've arranged something here. I don't know if it can be used. Let's wait for more rain."
Wang Juan glanced around and did not ask Zhang Xiaobao for the details of the layout. Otherwise, it would be easy to be influenced, and the layout would revolve around that place.
He ordered the messenger, "My order, the main force in Hangzhou is to retreat. Call Commander Wang Yi of the Sniper Battalion of the 2nd Division's 1st Brigade over."
The smallest military unit in this sand table could be implemented as a platoon. If there was a need, such as arranging for a very powerful person to carry out a special assassination tactic, then he could even let him appear as a platoon leader.
In reality, they couldn't have too many detailed commanders. Otherwise, the main force of both sides would be 200,000. They couldn't arrange for one commander for each group of ten. That would require 20,000 people to carry out this military expedition.
The current scale was not small. In total, there were more than 3,000 people. This was the largest sand table military exercise since ancient times to the Tang Empire.
Battalion Commander Wang Yi had his own position. He ran over from the small house. Because his position in the military exercise was in the middle army and he was with Wang Juan, he was allowed to enter Wang Juan's house.
But according to his position on the sand table, it would take him an hour to come over. According to the ratio of 1/4, he would have to wait for 15 minutes before he was allowed to see Wang Juan.
After 15 minutes, the messenger guarding the door allowed him to enter.
"Commander Wang Yi of the Sniper Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division reporting." As soon as Wang Yi entered the door, he stood up straight and reported to Wang Juan.
"Commander Wang, our middle army will retreat immediately. Your battalion will be responsible for delaying the enemy's advance. This is the detailed plan of deployment. You can act freely to delay the enemy at any cost."
Wang Juan picked up a written battle plan and saluted to Wang Yi. Then she handed the plan to him with both hands.
Wang Yi took the plan solemnly and saluted back. He said solemnly, "I promise to complete the mission at any cost."
"The Sniper Battalion will be reserved for reinforcements. We will pass on the military spirit." Wang Juan said.
Zhang Xiaobao also stood up and saluted.
Wang Yi turned around and strode out.
The messenger knew that this was just a battle on the sand table, but he still respectfully sent Wang Yi out.
Because he knew that even if it was a real battlefield, Wang Juan would still make the same decision. And Wang Yi's Sniper Battalion would fight to the last person to delay the enemy's advance.
"Leave the Sniper Battalion. The middle army will retreat at full speed." Wang Juan gave another order.
When the people beside the sand table in the middle received this order, they immediately started to move the small model of the middle army represented by Wang Juan to the back. Weiwei moved a little, then stopped and moved a little more.
At the same time, they took out many smaller models to represent the Sniper Battalion that had left the group. The small flags had the word "Wang" written on them.
In the middle army, Yang Sixun was also giving orders.
"Order the whole army to press forward. Before we reach Hangzhou Bay, send out a brigade of 5,000 people to Wanghai Town."
After the messenger gave the order, he smiled and said to the other generals in the middle of the room, "I think Wang Juan will deploy a lot of troops in Wanghai Town. We'll use the lives of five thousand people to hold back their ambusher while the vanguard goes around them. Let's see how they can escape then."
The other generals laughed. One of them said, "General, you are indeed amazing. No matter how good Wang Juan is at scheming, even if there are 30,000 people here, we may not lose with 5,000 people. In terms of the rules of the game, we have an absolute advantage with our weapons."
Li Longji and the others, who were beside the sand table in the middle, heard the different conversations in the two rooms. They sighed and said, "Cuckoo won."
Chi De agreed. "I think so too. Cuckoo and Xiao Bao didn't treat this sand table simulation as a game. Their generals also treat themselves as real members of the battlefield.
The generals we are facing are still laughing and treating human lives as numbers. They don't care if 5,000 people will be ambushed by the middle army. Wang Yi's battalion only has 700 people. Cuckoo promised to leave a number. I believe that in a real battlefield, the Sniper Battalion will fight to the last person. "
The referees immediately gave Wang Yi's Sniper Battalion bonus points in the evaluation of morale. In other words, if they had the same number of people, the Sniper Battalion would win in hand-to-hand combat.
The generals didn't know that Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao were playing with them seriously, so the people below them were also very relaxed. They looked at the sand table and map in front of them and felt that it was very interesting.
"I believe that when they are moving forward, they will be vigilant of every mountain and will send a large number of special forces to scout ahead. So I want to leave people behind to harass every mountain that they may pass through, so that they can't judge the situation clearly.
This is the tragedy of backward technology. We can only use the lives of countless heroes to make up for it. Everything is for victory, everything is for the sake of not losing the country. "
After giving the order, Wang Juan had nothing else to do for the time being. She took a magnifying glass and looked at the terrain on the map while talking to Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao was also observing the terrain with a magnifying glass. He said, "We can choose Jiangnan Province. If we choose the northern part of Hebei Province, we can fortify the defense and clear the wilderness all the way. We can drag it out from autumn to winter, and their expedition will be over.
Now there are trees and rivers. Even if we can't transport food, we can hunt and dig wild vegetables. The horses can also eat grass. "
"Then we have to cut off their logistics. The rule is that they will arrive here in a month by sea. Every time we cut off their logistics, they will have to live without logistics for at least a month. The wild animals are not enough for 100,000 people to eat. If they eat wild vegetables, their physical strength will be greatly reduced."
Wang Juan walked along the map. When she stopped, she had already put the magnifying glass at the location of Dongting Lake. She said, "When they arrive here, our army is 20,000 less than theirs. It will be their win. Or they can beat our army to 3,000 people. I want to see how far they can go without supplies. You keep an eye on the logistics. Don't let them steal the food."
"Don't worry. They can't get it. Even if they get it, they won't dare to eat it." Zhang Xiaobao said confidently.
When the chief commander seemed to be a little idle, the people in the various battalions seemed to be busy. They were the lowest commanders and needed to make decisions at every step.
Orders were sent out and small models moved on the sand table.
Although the two sides had not made any actual contact, they were very careful, especially Wang Juan's people. They used cold weapons because they were afraid of being discovered by the enemy at a long distance. Then they would be attacked by guns and cannons.
So the sand table showed that one side was advancing slowly while the other side was retreating cautiously. One side suspected that there might be an ambush at every place but did not appear. The other side wanted to set traps everywhere but gave up hesitantly.
"We can't fight today. Let's sleep for a while." Zhang Xiaobao could guess the current situation without looking at the sand table. Wang Juan did not intend to fight for the beach when the enemy had just come ashore or not.
The enemy had many places where they could come ashore and also had artillery support. Sniping at the beach would not be a big threat to the enemy and would instead cause more losses to their own side.
In this way, they could not fight at all today. With four to one time, waiting for a day would only count as four days. So he looked at the map again and found that there were no other dangers. He nodded and said, "Then let's sleep. Sleep here. Get someone to quietly bring in some blankets."
When the sun was about to rise, Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao lay down and fell asleep, telling others that they would not be eating breakfast.
Li Longji yawned and stretched. "I am also sleepy. Let's go back to the palace. Ancestor Chi De, you go back to your room. Lishi, prepare the carriage."
Gao Lishi arranged for a carriage and suggested to Li Longji, "For example, go to Savant's Restaurant to have some porridge before returning."
"Fine." Li Longji nodded in agreement.
The members of the adjudicators did not sleep well last night and were also called out from their beds. When the sun was about to rise, they had breakfast and passed the content of last night's recording to the people who came to take over the shift. They then went to the Hibiscus Garden to sleep.
At this time, the generals were having a hard time. They did not rest well last night. Now, other than the few shots fired by the vanguard, there was no other sound of gunfire. In other words, they could not find the enemy.
So they were always on tenterhooks, guessing where Wang Juan put the soldiers, making people feel that there was a hidden poisonous snake waiting for the right time.
They hurriedly freshened up and looked at the map while eating breakfast. When they saw that there was no movement for a long time, they could not bear the sleepiness and fell asleep one after another. They even told the messenger to wake them up if something happened.
The generals at the various positions below, Wang Juan's side knew what was going on. They slept peacefully, but the battalion commanders and captains on the other side were worried that their troops would be surrounded, so they did not sleep peacefully either.
Just like that, a day passed. Li Longji slept during the day and came to the Hibiscus Garden full of energy.
He walked around and looked. The generals had already woken up in the afternoon and were still sleepy now. They all had dark circles under their eyes and were still guessing where Wang Juan's men were.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had just woken up not long ago. They asked someone to bring them a temporary portable bathroom. After bathing, they were eating.
Li Longji looked at the generals on both sides and began to feel sad for them. If they did not adjust, they would lose people before the martial arts competition ended.
He then said to Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao, "Cuckoo, Xiao Bao, do you want to find an opportunity to fight a few rounds? If you keep retreating and don't accept the challenge, the generals will not be able to hold themselves back."
"Being impatient is a taboo for generals. If they can't even handle this, how can they be generals?" Wang Juan said as she took a bite of the fried egg.
"They won't go so far as to deal with others, but their current opponent is you. They keep thinking that you will suddenly scheme against them." Li Longji defended the generals.
"They are scheming from the start. How can a war be fought face to face? I feel that they don't seem to care. We have to think of a way to stimulate them and make them put in more effort."
Zhang Xiaobao put down his chopsticks and made sarcastic remarks.
Li Longji admitted, "They really don't take the sand table for real. They just want to win against you. They don't care how many people die, they only care about defeating you. Logically speaking, you are not wrong.
But I think that if they encounter a place that they need to conquer, they will lose a lot of Great Tang's soldiers in order to win. How will the Great Tang's people live? I don't want to hear every family cry after a battle. You have to think of a way to get them to put in more effort. "
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan heard something else from these words. So that's how it is. Their condition really isn't good. That's good.
Zhang Xiaobao pretended to be serious and thought hard. He even stopped eating. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "There is a way. I will ask the Ministry of Works to speed up the production of something related to the military. When the time comes, this kind of thing will be distributed according to their performance. Those who do not perform well, those who have many dead generals will not get it."
"Good idea. We will tell them right now." Li Longji clapped his hands and was about to tell the generals.
Zhang Xiaobao hurriedly dissuaded him, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be anxious. Wait for the thing to be produced in a few days. Seeing is believing."
"That's reasonable. Then let's wait a little longer. You all eat, I will go elsewhere to take a look." Li Longji excitedly left.
Zhang Xiaobao watched as Li Longji left. He smiled and said, "They will be exhausted in a few days."
"I think so too." Wang Juan agreed.
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