Xu Long’s face was slightly cold, after which he nodded, “A protracted war is indeed the only option at the moment, only in a constant tug of war can we regain control of the situation.”
“However, the enemy army has already taken advantage of our army three times. I’m worried that ……”
The head envoy naturally knew exactly what he was talking about, Xu Long meant that he was worried about what kind of crises would be encountered inside the tug-of-war when the time came, and in that case, the morale would also be further lowered.
“Han Sanqian that person, tricky, previous quick battle way we suffered a loss, took the defeat can still be attributed to us too risky.”
“But if we continue to suffer losses in a tug-of-war, then this will be a huge blow to our men.”
This was something that could almost be thought of.
“So if it’s going to be a tug-of-war, not only do we
design what we’re going to do next, but more importantly, we need to get some sweet spots in the middle of the fight.”
“We need to make it clear to our men that it is possible to follow us to victory.”
The head envoy and the other envoy glanced at each other, after which they both nodded their heads, which was something that they still quite recognised amongst themselves.
Having suffered too much from being a loser, to restore the heart of the army, then there was bound to be a need to come up with something that could boost morale.
Thinking of this, the head envoy thought for a moment, “Hall Master Xu, what good advice do you have?”
Hall Master Xu thought seriously for a moment and said, “At the moment, I think that the first thing we should do is to take back the troops and station them here afterwards.”
“We can thus cut off the enemy’s escape route, trapping them dead in which they cannot be effectively replenished.”
The head envoy nodded, and with a lift of his hand, the
Immediately, some of his men obediently went to do it.
“However, Hall Master Xu, these are but normal deployments and will not have any effect.”
These closing defences were indeed too ordinary to be ordinary.
“What we want, is an offensive strategy for later.”
Xu Long nodded and glanced at the graveyard as well as the frontline positions.
“Han Sanqian is defended by a mountain, and the falling rocks above him are complementary, so it can be considered easy to defend and hard to attack.”
“If we engage in a tug-of-war with him, he won’t be able to utilise these advantages well without a strong attack.”
Without taking a strong attack, the density of the population on the ground wouldn’t be very high, and then in the event of an encounter with the enemy’s falling stone attack, it would naturally be relatively much easier.
The important thing was how to consume Han Sanqian’s side of the population.
“Cut off the water source.”
The head envoy looked towards Xu Long, who believed that what Xu Long was about to say was this one core
point.
Xu Long nodded, “As long as the water source is cut off, it is the same as cutting off the food for the sailors, and the longer the time drags on, the more unfavourable it will be for them.”
“To a certain extent, if there is no more water, the sailors’ abilities will become increasingly weakened, and if time passes, they will even weaken into ordinary people themselves.”
“That is to say, the final outcome for this group would in fact be equivalent to ordinary people being cut off from their rations outright.”
“Even their troops can be expelled without a battle.”
Regarding this proposal, the head envoy naturally agreed, “In other words, as long as we really cut off their water flow, that would also be equivalent to attacking them. Very well, Hall Master Xu, please continue.”
Xu Long continued, “We’ll surround but not attack, but secretly cutting off their water source is one aspect. On the other hand, we have to tire them out.”
“Constantly attacking and harassing them, making them exhausted.”
“Especially the attack on top of the mountain.”
Looking above the mountaintop, the head envoy quickly understood Han Sanqian’s intentions.
Above the mountain tops, the boulders were indeed their biggest headache nowadays, but on the flip side, if they went to attack the enemy’s mountain tops thereafter, they could not only solve these headaches at the moment, but crucially, they could also launch a reverse impact on the enemy’s positions.
In the end, the top of the mountain is only a mere thousand people, this kind of place can’t actually stay many people.
Or rather, Han Sanqian’s current troop strength wasn’t enough to allow them to have many men up there.
“We can solve the problem of the water source on the mountain, and we can also pull out the soldiers pushing stones on the mountain in the process, for our side, killing two birds with one stone, but for Han Sanqian, I wonder, how should he be?” Xu Long laughed coldly.