There was a war on the borderline, but most of the people on both sides were ordinary people. There was only one commander and one strategy. Fortunately, the Southern Alliance still had the strategy map sent by Chu Han. After He Feng's analysis, they had a general understanding of the war zone's command. However, it was difficult to operate it.
Duan Jiangwei was in a tent in the Duan Clan's camp. In front of him was a short table with a map on it. It was a copy of the strategy map.
Beside him sat Xing Ling and a few other core commanders. They were all frowning and thinking hard. The tent was eerily quiet.
Knock knock!
Duan Jiangwei tapped on the table and said, "Everyone knows where we are now, right?"
The commanders looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Duan Jiangwei remained expressionless and continued, "Did you all hear the strategy?"
The commanders nodded again, but no one said anything.
Duan Jiangwei helplessly took out a pen and drew a circle on the left side of the map. "Our stronghold is here. You didn't forget, right?"
Everyone couldn't help but start to discuss.
"But General, is it really okay to fight like this?
Aren't we being too passive? "
"And … it's such a waste!"
"We can use other strategies. We don't have to use General Chu Han's method, right?
He himself said that it's too aggressive and asked us to consider the situation. "
"Yeah!
Why are we using General Chu Han's strategy on all fronts in the end? "
"We can discuss it. After all, General Chu Han is not at the frontlines. Do you think he understands the current situation?"
Duan Jiangwei frowned and leaned back. "Alright, then tell me, how are we going to fight?"
His words silenced everyone in the tent once again. They really couldn't come up with a more comprehensive strategy in such a short time. After all, there were too many battlefields on the dividing line, and the battlefront was also long. The number of participants had reached more than a hundred thousand.
Even Chu Han's strategy had taken several days to come up with such a large-scale battle.
There were too many things to consider now, and there was not enough time. The Northern Alliance's 100,000 soldiers would not wait.
"If you can't figure it out, then what are you talking about?"
Duan Jiangwei became stern. "Hurry up and plan the route. We need to reach the war zone before the appointed time!"
"Yes!"
A situation similar to the Duan clan's battle group was also happening in different battle groups. Regardless of whether it was a large group led by a general or a small group led by a lieutenant general, all of them exploded with dissatisfaction towards this battle strategy.
But without exception, they were all forcefully suppressed.
Wen Qisheng, the commander-in-chief who made this decision, was under great pressure. He was very clear that the strategy formulated by Chu Han this time was to completely cut off their retreat.
One strike to determine the victor!
Just like that, the Southern Alliance, excluding the Wolf Fang Regiment, was divided into five groups and scattered around the five designated battlefields.
…
The Northern Alliance, on the other hand, still had a hundred thousand soldiers stationed in one place.
At this time, in the tent of Xu Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Alliance, a man wearing the simplest of clothes walked in. Xu Xin, who was originally discussing strategy with the other generals, suddenly smiled. "Jiang Yan, you're here."
Looking at this extremely young person who was unfamiliar to most people, many of the generals in the room frowned.
Jiang Yan only smiled lightly and sat at the most lower position without any stage fright, participating in this meeting in a low-key manner.
"You're really late."
A person spoke in a low voice, but everyone heard it clearly in the silence.
Immediately, many people looked at Jiang Yan with unfriendly gazes. He was definitely the first person to dare to be late at this time, but the key point was that Xu Xin was not angry at him and was even polite. If it was someone else, they would have stripped him of his military rank. This difference in treatment made everyone feel conflicted.
Xu Xin's expression changed. "If it wasn't for Jiang Yan, would we be able to gather so many people?
Our hundred thousand army was reduced by fifty thousand, and we only managed to gather seventy thousand with great difficulty. The remaining thirty thousand were all roped in by Jiang Yan! "
Hearing this, someone said unhappily, "Those thirty thousand are refugees. They don't make up an army at all. They eat and drink from us, and they don't even know any battle techniques. They don't count as thirty thousand people."
Hearing this, Jiang Yan's eyes flickered. "Refugees can be cannon fodder."
Such ruthless words caused the crowd to suddenly fall silent. Many people's lips trembled a few times without saying a word. Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, then his lips curled up strangely. "A man shouldn't be soft-hearted. Jiang Yan is right. We only have one chance in this battle. If we don't win, we'll all die here!"
Hearing Xu Xin's words, everyone straightened their backs. He was absolutely right.
Seeing that no one had any more doubts, Jiang Yan smiled and continued. "Also, I'm late because I had to rush to make this strategy map."
With that, Jiang Yan took out a map of the demarcation line. If the core members of the Southern Alliance were here, they would definitely be shocked. This strategy map was too similar to theirs, especially the few strongholds that they wanted to seize. All of them overlapped!
The moment they saw the map, the people who understood it immediately fell silent. They looked at Jiang Yao with a faint sense of respect in their eyes.
Of course, there were also people who scratched their ears and cheeks. "This map, what is it about?"
Xu Xin did not understand either, so he asked, "Jiang Yan, explain."
Jiang Yan coughed lightly and pointed at the map. "Do you see these five places I marked?
They're in a Z-shape across the entire demarcation line. "
"So?" Someone asked, puzzled.
"Z-shape, moving all the way down in a snake shape."
Jiang Yan's eyes shone with a strange light. "As long as we can occupy these five places first, we can follow this route to break through the bases in the south!"
With that, the crowd fell silent.
Jiang Yan's explanation was simple and clear. There was nothing special about the words, but when combined with the map on the table, especially the distribution of the bases south of the demarcation line, the power of this strategy could be seen.
The five strongholds moved in a Z-shape at the same time, forming an assembly line. If the first team at the front won, all of them would advance. If they lost, the second team would advance, and the rear would make up for it. This kind of sequential cycle also gave them more time to complete the logistics needs in the rear and for new members to join.
Everyone present was an intelligent person. Everyone immediately understood this incomparably domineering strategy. This also caused the way they looked at Jiang Yao to change abruptly.