Ren Baqian's doubts were quickly answered by his own conjecture and the reply from the frontline.
The Great Xia army received a batch of rations from Yushui City, which was enough to last them for half a month. After that, they left Great Xia's supply line.
As a result, their marching speed wasn't considered fast.
However, they didn't care because the army of the Protectorate of the North had no time to pursue them. They only needed to attack the other cities within half a month.
To put it simply, they were an isolated army.
They relied on the fact that the Great Xia army was holding up the other armies in the north of Dayao. Their rations were completely their own. If they were blocked outside a city and couldn't advance, they could only rely on Great Xia's supply line to deliver rations to them at great risk. Otherwise, they would collapse when their rations ran out.
However, they dared to let such an isolated army penetrate deep into the north of Dayao because they had something to rely on.
All the troops that Dayao could mobilize were pinned down.
In the interior of Dayao, there were only 200 to 1,000 guards in each town, which was completely unable to resist this well-armed army.
Needless to say, there were a large number of practitioners in this army.
Therefore, before the reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South arrived, Dayao was temporarily helpless against this isolated army in the interior.
What they had to do was very simple — destroy.
In addition to individual strength, Dayao's foundation in agriculture was already very weak. If they allowed them to destroy and a large number of refugees left the original cities, Dayao would collapse as long as the war dragged on.
One had to know that there were a total of more than 10 million aboriginals. Most of them were in the Sixty Thousand Mountains, and there were about three to four million aboriginals on the plains. At present, Dayao could barely sustain them. If the farmlands and livestock were destroyed, a large number of refugees would emerge. Under such circumstances, the imperial court of Dayao would have to empty the treasury to ensure that these refugees didn't starve to death.
Previously, Dayao couldn't even recruit 20,000 new soldiers with rations. After the war, they decided to recruit 20,000 new soldiers. From this, one could see how empty Dayao's treasury was.
As for whether these refugees lived or died? Don't forget that the refugees in Dayao weren't like those from ordinary countries who didn't have much fighting power. Dayao's civilians had considerable fighting power.
At that time, Dayao would be the first to fall into chaos.
Great Xia was also aware of this point. It would be best if they could advance in multiple directions. If they were stopped, they would definitely encounter a large number of aboriginal soldiers. There were only so many aboriginal soldiers. With a large number pinned down, the remaining Great Xia soldiers could move freely within Dayao's borders.
Other than a small number of news from the frontline, Ren Baqian guessed.
He didn't know whether his guess was accurate or not, but he knew that if he were in Dayao's shoes, he would do the same. Furthermore, doing so would cause considerable harm to Dayao. One had to know that the land in the north of Lan City was occupied by more than half of the aboriginals. At this moment, it was completely exposed to the other party's blade. If the production resources of this land were destroyed, the Dayao would have been lost.
However, there would Dayao would have Dayao.
Great Xia believed that with the stalemate of the war, the destroyed areas of Dayao would be unable to restore production, and the fragile ecological balance within Dayao would be broken. The more food was scarce, the more difficult it would be for Dayao's internal situation. The more prominent problems there would be, the weaker Dayao would become.
Just like a healthy person, if their immune system was destroyed, they would suffer from various diseases and eventually die.
In Ren Baqian's opinion, high-yielding crops like sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and potatoes would mature. Even though they couldn't be used as food for the army, they could still ensure that the refugees wouldn't starve to death. As Dayao's combat potential was unearthed, Dayao would become stronger and stronger.
Don't forget that Dayao recruited 20,000 soldiers. According to the ratio, Great Xia had to recruit 200,000 soldiers.
The aboriginals could be considered soldiers. Over 10 million aboriginals could recruit millions of soldiers. Could Great Xia do the same? Even though Great Xia's population was ten times that of Dayao's, their training was much slower than Dayao's.
Dayao only needed half a year, but Great Xia needed at least two years.
When these elite soldiers were exhausted, would Great Xia send farmers to fight?
Of course, there was a key problem. Sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and other high-yielding crops could fill their stomachs and stabilize Dayao. There were a few new crops that Great Xia didn't know about.
Furthermore, Dayao's biggest trump card was Ren Baqian. As long as there was enough ammunition and someone to stop the other party's experts, Ren Baqian felt that he could defeat 10,000 soldiers alone.
Ren Baqian looked back at the ammunition boxes on the backs of a few fork-horned cows and continued to write and draw in his notebook. What he wrote was his analysis and conjecture of the current war.
Ren Baqian felt that, based on the current situation and his conjecture, if the war continued, Great Xia might cause considerable damage to Dayao, but it would be difficult for them to completely defeat Dayao.
Unless, Great Xia still had other trump cards that they hadn't used.
As for whether his conjecture was correct or not, it would be clear just by looking at the movements of the Great Xia army in Yusheng City.
If the other party was really as he had imagined, then what they would do next was to disperse and sweep the wilderness. Then, they would combine to attack the city and repeat the cycle.
"What are you writing?" Lin Qiaole asked while swaying on the back of the fork-horned cow.
She had been swaying and dozing off for three days, but she didn't fall.
As for the reason, it was because she was completely tied to the back of the fork-horned cow by the ropes.
Ren Baqian didn't know how useful such a tightly tied expert would be during an attack. He assumed that she didn't need to slowly untie the ropes. Otherwise, by the time she untied the ropes, his bones would have already turned into ashes.
"Some conjectures," Ren Baqian said as he closed his notebook.
"Oh." After hearing what he said, Lin Qiaole couldn't be bothered to ask further.
"There are no more candies!" Lin Qiaole said expectantly.
"Don't look for me when you have a toothache." Ren Baqian took out a pack of White Rabbit Creamy Candies from the backpack on the fork-horned cow and threw it to Lin Qiaole. She immediately beamed with joy and squinted her eyes.
The news spread very quickly. On the second day, there was news from the frontlines that the Great Xia army that was attacking Yusheng City had split up and were advancing in different directions.
After hearing this news, Ren Baqian immediately knew that the other party was probably as he had guessed. Thus, he explained his conjecture of Great Xia's attack strategy through the radio.
"Sir Ren, what do you think is the possibility of this?" Hong Wu's weak voice came from the radio.
"After eliminating all the impossible reasons, there is only one truth." Ren Baqian adjusted his sunglasses. "War isn't just about killing the enemy's strength. Destroying the enemy's economy and production is also an effective method."
"Furthermore, Great Xia doesn't only have these 80,000 soldiers. Don't forget that Great Xia still has 200,000 soldiers. It is entirely possible that a portion of them will converge with the Great Xia army outside Liao City while the other portion will continue to advance."
"Cough cough! Protector General Li, what do you think? "Hong Wu asked.
"I think it's possible," Li Qianqiu said after remaining silent for a while.
"I also think it's possible," Hong Wu said softly.
In Liao City, the empress listened to the contents of the radio. She gently tapped the armrest of her chair with her fingers and asked faintly, "What do you think?"
Hong Wu and Li Qianqiu frowned and thought hard.
"I have an idea," Ren Baqian immediately said.
"Speak!" The empress nodded even though Ren Baqian couldn't see her movements.
"In addition to the few cities that are currently embroiled in the flames of war, there are 16 other cities north of Lan City that are defended by 4,600 soldiers from the Protectorate of the Center.
What if he mobilized these 4,600 soldiers? Given the current situation in each city, it will be very difficult for them to resist the attack of the Great Xia army. They can only delay for some time. Since this is the case, why don't we transfer these soldiers to one place? Instead, it will cause more trouble for them. Otherwise, even if 5,000 reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South arrive, it will be very difficult to stop over 80,000 Great Xia soldiers and those practitioners from the martial arts world. "
"In that case, the area north of Lan City will be completely defenseless. The other party doesn't need to unite their troops and just needs to attack separately." Hong Wu shook his head slightly and felt that Ren Baqian's idea was too simple.
"We can set up a militia regiment. In the past, the military was affected by ordnance and rations. Now, the problem of ordnance has been solved. As for rations, during wartime, every aboriginal should contribute to defend their homeland. Furthermore, they can also receive a steel saber as a weapon. I believe that many people will be interested in it.
At that time, the meritorious deeds during the war will be recorded and the rewards will be distributed after the war. "
"Tell me in detail!" The empress's interest was piqued. The term "militia regiment" was refreshing to her.
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