Three Kingdoms: I choose to assist Sun Jian

Thinking of this, Sun Jian frowned and said:

"What Ruo Zhong said is indeed a problem!"

"But just resigning from office seems to be a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause!"

"What's your overall plan, Ruo Zhong?"

"If the overall plan is to be planned, it will naturally be about the general situation in our army!"

Baili Ming laughed and said:

"You can bring up the map, I want the whole picture of the big man!"

The whole picture of the big man!

Hearing this, everyone was shocked again.

Bai Liming's strategic start this time is obviously a little too grand!

First, he expressed his opinion of resigning from office, but now, he went directly to the whole map of the big man!

This is just a strategic idea?

Seeing this, Sun Jian hastily ordered:

"Come here, bring over the biggest map in my study!"

Amidst his words, after a short while, the soldiers under his command brought over a full picture that was more than one foot long and wide.

However, the map not only marked the states and counties, but also roughly drew the general territory of their army with various lines.

Seeing this, Bai Liming smiled with satisfaction, stepped forward and said:

"This picture is very good!"

"Look at this picture, everyone!"

"Now, our army's territory already includes most of Yangzhou, the whole of Jingzhou, most of Yuzhou, and the whole of Xuzhou!"

"The territory is thousands of miles, extremely wide!"

"But around the huge territory of our army, there are also a large number of enemies entrenched!"

"First of all, at the junction of our army's Wuling and Yizhou, there are tens of millions of Wuxi barbarians!"

"Secondly, in the south of our army's Yangzhou, Kuaiji, Yuzhang and other places, there are also millions of Shanyue barbarians."

"These barbarians have different customs and habits from our Han people. They are difficult to educate, and they are entrenched in deep mountains and old forests. They can be called enemies!"

"As for the north of our army, it is Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!"

"It's just that Cao Cao is the only one who directly borders our army, while Yuan Shao has no border for the time being!"

"In the west, it is Liu Yan who occupies Yizhou. I don't know his attitude now!"

"This is the current situation of our army!"

"From the obvious point of view, no matter whether it is Cao Cao, Yuan Shao or Liu Yan, our army will have no problem facing the previous family alone!"

"But if you face two or three at the same time, then there will be problems!"

"Because our army has many troops, but they are scattered everywhere!"

"Only defending against the barbarians and Shanyue will require no less than 15 troops!"

"In addition to the guards in various places, [-] to [-] soldiers and horses should be left in Jingzhou to guard against Liu Yan."

"In this way, the entire territory of our army will need no less than three 10,000+ troops to defend!"

"According to this statement, when our army is facing the Northern Expedition, if the total force is more than 70, then the actual force that our army can use is at most 40."

"That is to say, in the absence of a shortage of soldiers and military forces, the comparison between our army and the opposing two's military strength is likely to be equal, or even slightly different."

"Under such circumstances, can our army guarantee the possibility of victory?"

"no!"

Hearing this, Sun Jian said without hesitation:

"If there is not much difference in the strength of the two armies, it will be difficult to guarantee victory!"

As for Jia Xu, Liu Ye and the others upon hearing this, they also nodded and said:

"What the military master said is not bad!"

In ancient wars, especially large-scale battles, it mainly depends on the number of people and logistical support.

Winning more with less has always been an extreme situation in the past.

When the strength of the two armies is equal, no one can guarantee that they can win!

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help saying in a deep voice:

"Is this matter directly related to your resignation as a military advisor?"

"Of course there is!"

Bai Liming said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Zhang can think about it. Based on what I just said, if I continue to serve in the army, it will make it more difficult for our army to win!"

"Let our army's originally insignificant advantage become a certain disadvantage!"

For this situation, he thinks it is very likely to happen!

Because part of the reason why Yuan Shao lost to Cao Cao was because he took it lightly!

In the case of equal forces, the situation will be completely opposite.

For example, in the original process, Yuan Shao would pile up all the grain in Wuchao.

But now that he is facing him, Yuan Shao may stack the grain separately just to be on the safe side!

In this case, the key to deciding to occupy is no longer as simple as a place to pile up grain!

Thinking so, Bai Liming continued:

"Originally, my idea was that after returning this time, I would gradually retreat to the second line and let Bofu come out to deal with the current situation."

"But after knowing Yuan Shaojun's strategy this time, I think it's better to use the strategy!"

"Because the enemy army will come up with this strategy, it has a certain expectation."

"Once this strategy succeeds, the enemy will take it lightly!"

"Similarly, because of this strategy, I can completely go behind the scenes and fade out of the perspective of these people."

"Ruozhong, what do you mean, are you going to plan behind the scenes?"

Hearing these words, Sun Jian understood Bai Liming's meaning.

In other words, Bai Liming's resignation did not mean that he would never return, but that he hid himself and waited until the decisive battle to come out?

He thought, and couldn't help but said in a deep voice:

"But does this strategy really work?"

"My lord can't ask me about this matter, but ask you all!"

Bailiming smiled, looked at the crowd and said:

"If you are enemy strategists and receive this news, do you think it is true?"

Following Bai Liming's question, Zhang Zhao frowned and said:

"If he hears this, Yuan Shaojun will probably believe it!"

"But Cao Cao may not believe it!"

"I have the same opinion as Mr. Zhang!"

Liu Ye nodded and said:

"Since Yuan Shao will come up with this plan, of course he will believe it."

"But Cao Cao probably won't believe it."

"What does Mr. Jia think?"

Bai Liming looked at Jia Xu and said:

"Jia Gong thinks, will the enemy believe it?"

"I think both will believe it!"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes, saying:

"Because the key to the strategist's strategy is that the enemy army doesn't know the master's mind, nor the strategist's mind!"

"So their only way is to judge from the appearance."

"According to the military division, the military division should really be resigning, so once they find out about this, it's hard for the two families not to believe it!"

"I think it's better to cover it up, so that it's not easy to see on the surface, but let them guess!"

"In this way, it will be hard for them not to believe!"

"However, even if you believe this, judging from their level of defense against the military division, if you believe it in your heart, your subconscious mind may still be on guard!"

When Sun Jian heard this, he looked at Bailiming and said:

"According to Wen He's argument, what's the use of Ruo Zhong's plan?"

"The enemy army is dubious, so they may not take it lightly!"

"According to Cao Cao's suspicious temperament, it may increase his suspicion!"

"It doesn't matter!"

Baili Ming laughed and said:

"Cao Cao's belief is not important to our army, the key is Yuan Shao's belief!"

"Because our army is going to make a northern expedition, Yuan Shao is the most important enemy!"

"Under the two alliances, as long as one is completely defeated, then our army has won!"

"As for the role of this strategy, it is also closely related to the grand strategy of our army's Northern Expedition."

"Letting Yuan Shao underestimate the enemy is the first step for our army!"

"In addition to this, the second step of our army is to comprehensively reform and greatly enhance our army's combat power!"

"That's what I want to do while I'm leaving office!"

"Significantly increase the combat power of our army?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian was immediately curious and said:

"Ruo Zhong, what are you going to do during your resignation?"

"Teaching and educating people, innovating technology!"

Baili Ming laughed and said:

"Because there is still a shortage of talents in our army, during the period of my resignation, I am ready to fulfill my responsibilities and return to the academy to serve."

"So that the enemy army can completely relax."

"As for improving the combat power of our army, we must look at it from three aspects!"

"The first is to obtain war horses for our army!"

"Speaking of which, you don't know, but now our army's sea ships can go directly to the land of Liaodong, and we can buy war horses for our army!"

"With the horses, our army can form a large number of cavalry!"

"Second, it is the equipment in the Revolutionary Army!"

"During my investigation during this period of time, our army discovered a new resource called coal mine!"

"This kind of resource can greatly increase the temperature of iron smelting, so that our army can train harder weapons!"

"Similarly, according to the current tactics of our army, I also plan to study more strategic weapons."

"Third, continue to vigorously develop the navy, and prepare to achieve a breakthrough from the unexpected direction of the enemy's naval warfare!"

"As long as we can do this, our army will be able to accumulate a large number of talents for the next war and improve the overall combat power of our army!"