Daqin Engineering Corps

"Isn't the Great Wall full of loopholes and dangers?"

Zhang Xuan immediately had nothing to say.

Defense is greater than offense, which is a deep-rooted thought of the ancients.

In fact, they can't blame them, because at least on the surface, defense is indeed greater than offense.

Even in the modern World War II, the French still thought so, so there was the Maginot Line of Defense.

Until the German army broke this myth with a highly mobile dynamic attack.

People in the world were shocked to discover that it turns out that offense is more often than defense.

Therefore, if Zhang Xuan abandons Shen Bing's "showing the enemy weakness" and adopts passive defense.

Then Qin Jun may really be over.

Chapter 18 Active Defense

The reason is very simple.

If the Qin army was stationed in a city, then the idea that Zhang Xuan's defense is greater than offense may be correct.

The three-to-one force ratio between the offensive and defensive sides is also correct.

After all, the size of the city is small, and the defenders' forces can be easily and timely mobilized.

However, this time the Qin army was stationed on the Great Wall, which was more than four hundred miles long.

Along the way, I passed the cliff on the dangerous mountain...

The mobilization of troops and supplies will become a big problem.

Even if it is calculated by marching [-] miles a day, it will take five days to walk from one end of the Great Wall to the other.

Five days!

This means that reinforcements cannot be provided in time during wartime.

Failure to reinforce in time is tantamount to not having one.

Therefore, what Zhang Xuan said is that defense is greater than offense, and the resulting comparison of troops is obviously problematic.

In this case, the offensive and defensive sides should not be evenly matched with a three-to-one ratio.

On the contrary, it should be that the offense is greater than the defense, and the ratio has to be reversed. Qin's army is three times that of Zhao's army and it is not bad to be able to defend.

Of course, it depends on the command.

If General Zhao is smart enough, he can use magnetic suspension today to bring Qin's troops here.

Then mobilize troops at night to raid other areas where the troops are weak the next day...

This tactic is unsolvable. If Zhao Jun uses it, the Qin Army with insufficient troops can almost be said to be defeated.

The root cause is that the Qin army's defense line was too long and had to disperse its forces, but Zhao army could concentrate its forces to attack a certain point.

There is no reason not to win by concentrating and dispersing.

Just when Yang Ting and Zhang Xuan were shocked by Shen Bing's question, Liu Xu, who had been standing beside Yang Ting, asked:

"Dare to ask the operator."

"What is this passive defense?"

Shen Bing touched his nose in embarrassment.

It's no wonder Liu Xu would ask, Qin Shi didn't have this word, let alone such a tactical definition.

"This is passive defense..."

"That is, as the two or five hundred masters said, our army is guarding the city wall and waiting for the enemy to attack."

"This means that our army has given up all initiative."

"All we can do is build walls in place, fill in gaps, and accumulate food."

Catkins couldn't help wondering:

"Isn't that right?"

"If we don't keep it like this, how can we keep it?"

In fact, these are what Zhang Xuan and Yang Ting wanted to ask.

It's just that one of them is a two-five hundred master and the other is a captain, even if they don't understand some words, they are embarrassed to speak.

Shen Bing replied without thinking:

"Of course it's active defense."

"As I said before, show the enemy weakness in Ci County and attract the enemy to attack."

Zhang Xuan hummed:

"How do you know that Zhao Jun will definitely come to attack Ci County?"

"What if Zhao Jun notices something different and attacks another place?"

"Didn't our army collapse without fighting?"

Shen Bing was a little speechless about Zhang Xuan's nitpicking statement.

"Two to five hundred masters!"

"War is sometimes about luck."

"We cannot assume that the enemy can see through all our schemes before the battle."

"This is a proper way to increase the enemy's ambition and destroy one's own prestige..."

Zhang Xuan originally wanted to say something, but he choked up when he heard the last sentence.

"you you……"

You don't know how to refute it for a long time, because it is true.

Liu Xu let out a "poof" laugh.

But after being glared at by Yang Ting, she forced her smile back.

Looking at that expression, it seemed to be a smile but not a smile, it seemed that he had endured very hard.

For this reason, she gave Shen Bing a blank look, as if blaming him for talking nonsense for making her lose her composure.

Of course, Shen Bing would not wait for Zhang Xuan to organize his speech, and continued:

"What's more, I can still make some arrangements."

"For example, plant straw men and banners on weak parts of the Great Wall."

"Another example is to let a small number of troops run back and forth on the top of the city."

"Use this to confuse the Zhao army so that they don't know what our army is."

"Secretly dispatch troops to concentrate the troops in Ci County..."

Yang Ting nodded in agreement.

"This plan is very good."

"If Zhao Jun falls for the trick, at least our army will not face tens of thousands of Zhao Jun with a mere few hundred people!"

"If it's a one-on-one match, what if there is no natural danger from the Great Wall?"

"I, Daqin, will be afraid of Zhao Jun?"

This is Qin Jun's domineering.

Since Shang Yang's reform implemented the system of [-] military merit titles, the soldiers of the Qin army treated them like wolves and tigers, and the army of the six countries was like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Zhang Xuan was so angry that his face turned red, but of course he would not let it go, he cupped his hands towards Yang Ting:

"Captain, this subordinate thinks it's impossible."

"Even if I wait for the Zhao army to attack Ci County, sooner or later I will find that the main force of our army is here."

"If Zhao Jun turns to attack elsewhere."

"Isn't my Great Wall full of loopholes..."

Speaking of Zhang Xuan, he stopped talking, and he realized that he had unknowingly quoted Shen Bing's words.

Liu Xu couldn't help but let out another laugh like a silver bell.

Yang Ting wanted to stop it, but when she saw Zhang Xuan's embarrassment, even she couldn't help hiding her face and sniggering, so she had no time to scold Liu Xu.

However, what Zhang Xuan said made some sense.

Zhao Jun is not a fool, they know how many troops Qin Jun has.

If the Qin army has many soldiers and generals in Cixian County, it means that other positions must have weak defenses.

At that time, it only needs to turn the front of the soldiers...again, it is a game of concentration and dispersion.

But of course Shen Bing had thought of this.

Just kidding, although Shen Bing is usually a little confused, he still has some foresight.

"That's why we have to take the initiative to defend." Shen Bing said.

Perhaps to divert her attention, Yang Ting immediately asked:

"How can I take the initiative to defend?"

Shen Bing replied:

"My subordinates believe that we should deploy spies in the area around Ci County in advance."

"As the saying goes, intelligence is the forerunner of war."

"Without accurate information, we are blind and deaf!"

"Of course you can't win a war knowing nothing about your enemy."

Yang Ting nodded her head like pounding garlic when she heard this.

Although what this guy said was old-fashioned, his words were not rough.

Sun Tzu said: "Small! Tiny! There is nothing to use (meaning spies)."

Isn't that what I said?

Of course, Shen Bing didn't know that his modern vernacular was considered "old-fashioned", so he continued:

"Once we have accurate information, we will know when Zhao Jun will turn."

"Or how many troops turn around."

Zhang Xuan didn't take it seriously.

"so what?"

"Am I waiting to stick to the Great Wall?"

"Could it be impossible to counterattack Zhao Jun?"

Seeing that Shen Bing didn't speak for a long time, he just looked at him blankly.

Only then did Zhang Xuan react:

"Don't you really want to counterattack Zhao Jun?"

Shen Bing bowed deeply to Zhang Xuan, pretending to admire him:

"The subordinate is just trying to say that I can take advantage of the division of the Zhao army and then counterattack the Zhao army."

"At that time, the Zhao army was not well prepared, and with the division of troops elsewhere, how could it be our army's opponent?"

"Two to five hundred masters are as good as gods, and the subordinates admire! Admire!"

Zhang Xuan looked at Shen Bing, then at Yang Ting, the corner of his mouth twitched as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say anything.

For a while, the surroundings were so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.