The Era of Generals

Chapter 190 - The Coach's Decision

The head of Bo'an city.

Looking at Zhang Chengwang, who was drinking vigorously, all the generals were silent.

The finger just now made them understand Zhang Chengwang's purpose.

In other words, Zhang Chengwang has been arranging a plan to keep Zhu Yan's army alive.

From the very beginning, maybe their commander-in-chief never thought of breaking through the city gate on the side of Anluo province... No, maybe he also thought about it, but it was just a temptation. When the Bo'an army came to their senses, After blocking the road, breakthrough is no longer possible.

But Zhang Chengwang's ultimate goal was to find the outer city gate facing Nantes province.

Compared with the huge army of Bo'an, the troops stationed at the outer city gate will eventually be less.

But when the battle first started, Zhang Chengwang couldn't reveal his purpose.

What he thought of was also what Chen Ze and Hua Lao had considered.

Given the size of Zhu Yan's army and the lack of food and grass, the enemy army at the outer city gate didn't need to confront him head-on, but only needed to turn the apparent army into an ambush, chasing after Zhang Chengwang's ass Fighting will inevitably cause them heavy losses.

So what Zhang Chengwang was doing was the result that everyone wanted to see, using his superior force to confront the equally large Bo'an army head-on.

So, what is the purpose of doing this?

Reduce... Troops!

No one wants to admit this, but it is true.

Zhang Chengwang sent a large number of troops to storm Zheng Yuanyun's barracks. On the one hand, it was a desperate blow. On the other hand, and the most important point, he wanted to... reduce the troops!

The strength of more than two million troops is too large, and it is a terrifying force at other times, but under the current situation, it has become a huge burden.

There is not enough food.

Even if the general's food supply is halved, Zhang Chengwang's current food and grass can only support an army of more than two million for six days.

After six days, what should I do?

Killing horses for meat or raw throat bark?

But this is just a method of killing the chicken to get the egg, and it doesn't help at all.

Delay is not good for Zhu Yan's army, so Zhang Chengwang had to cut through the mess quickly and make a cruel decision!

Exchange human life for food and grass.

An army of more than 2.6 million people can consume food and grass for six days. What if it is only consumed by a million people?

Half a month or twenty days?

Zhang Chengwang didn't go into detail, but he knew very well that this time was enough time for Zhu Yan's army to return to Nantes Province.

It's not the kind of evacuation that is always worried and fearful, lest it will be ambushed by the enemy and severely injured.

Instead, he took it easy and kept one million elite soldiers who could fight bloody at any time and retreated to Nantes province.

This is one of them.

Second, compared with more than two million troops, one million troops will not be too large and bloated. When an enemy attack occurs, they can respond more quickly and prevent ambushes from taking advantage of it, so there will be no danger. On the way to retreat, he was consumed crazily.

Third, the army stationed at the outer city gate is about 500,000, and since this period of time, the opponent is also used to the battle at the inner city gate, so there is no guarantee that they will not relax. Not as good.

Furthermore, although Zhu Yan's army suffered heavy losses, they still had millions of people, and they still had an absolute advantage in numbers compared to the half a million or so people stationed at the outer city gate.

Attacking the unprepared, and the number of people who have the upper hand may not necessarily make things impossible!

Fourth...

As Zhang Chengwang said, this opportunity was bought by those brothers who died in the city of Bo'an with their flesh and blood.

His desperate attack, even now that Zheng Yuanyun is pressing heavily, still makes the opponent dare not act rashly. All along, he has been using long-range methods such as catapults, flying arrows and fire feathers to consume Zhang Chengwang's troops.

As a result of doing so, as you can see from the city, the road out of the city has almost been blocked by stone throwing and the corpses of Zhu Yan's soldiers.

It is true that it is difficult for Zhu Yan's army to send people out of the city to charge, but why not Zheng Yuanyun's side?

Even if they really want to attack the city at this time, the first thing to do is to clear a road for the army to charge.

Zhang Chengwang would not be so stupid as to send someone out to clean up the battlefield at this time, but Zheng Yuanyun should not have recovered his senses at the moment, and his thinking is still on strict defense, so he is naturally happy to keep these things that hinder Zhu Yan's army from leaving the city. obstacles, preventing the opponent from charging so comfortably.

Unexpectedly, this is Zhang Chengwang's purpose.

With the inertial thinking that the enemy will come out of the city to attack, coupled with the blocked roads, it is not easy for Zheng Yuanyun to find that Bo'an City has been emptied.

Perhaps by the time Zheng Yuanyun reacted, they might have broken out of the encirclement.

This plan cannot be announced before, otherwise it will definitely cause army riots!

It is the duty of every soldier to obey the commander's orders and fight desperately, but this does not mean that they are willing to be treated as abandoned children, or even...to be treated as a stone blocking the way!

Once Zhang Chengwang's plan was leaked ahead of time, how could the soldiers who thought they were abandoned be brave enough to risk their lives for the almost impossible existence?

So only Zhang Chengwang knew about this matter from the beginning to the end, and when the time is right now...

Zhang Chengwang lightly pointed his finger in the direction of Nantes province, making all the generals present understand his intention immediately.

But there is another problem.

Just like when they attacked the city before, although Bo'an City was completely retreated, there were still defenders paralyzing the opponent.

It is the same now.

Even if Zheng Yuanyun couldn't see clearly, the empty city tower could still be seen, so someone must stay here as a bait.

So who is it?

After thinking about Zhang Chengwang's arrangement, everyone worried about this issue again.

However, Zhang Chengwang realized what they thought of.

Without making everyone entangled for too long, Zhang Chengwang raised his head, the red light in his eyes might just be stimulated by alcohol.

When he opened his mouth, his voice became hoarse: Why don't you go?

My lord...

The chief of the military aircraft hesitated, We are waiting for your order.

Do you still need orders?

Zhang Chengwang smiled casually, glanced at the generals present who followed him to attack Bo'an City, and sneered, Without me, you wouldn't be able to fight?

this……

Hearing these words, the vague guesses in everyone's minds seemed to be confirmed, but this result was something no one wanted to see.

My lord, do you want to...

The intelligence officer who had followed Zhang Chengwang the longest looked hesitant, and even had a trace of reluctance.

But he knew very well that once Zhang Chengwang made up his mind, no one could change it.

So Zhang Chengwang's decision is...