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"..." Li Zhi was also a little puzzled at this time. He didn't know why these generals were so excited.

But after thinking for a while, he suddenly understood and smiled bitterly: "I understand for my father!

Just now, my father just told them that the number of enemies was several times that we had, but he did not tell them that the enemy was not the mobs they used to be!

I’m afraid they thought the enemy was very weak and they would be defeated as soon as they fought, and regarded this battle as a battle for merit, so they were so excited.”

Li Zhi now fully understood that the reason why these generals were so excited was because they felt that the enemy was probably still a group of mobs as before!

If the enemy is just a mob, then not to mention hundreds of thousands of people, even more than one million people will not take it seriously!

Because they have not done anything to fight one million for 100,000, so they didn’t take it seriously!

But Li Zhi knew that this time was different from the past, and the enemy this time was very difficult to deal with!

After thinking of this, Li Zhi rubbed his temples with headaches and said to Li Zheng beside him: "Zheng'er, now you should tell the generals that the enemy is not a mob, but an elite army second only to us, so that they should not underestimate the enemy."

"No!" Li Zheng responded and was about to go, but was suddenly stopped by Li Zhi, "Let's wait!"

After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Zheng immediately stopped and asked in confusion: "What else does my father have to do?"

"..." Li Zhi pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't tell them first.

If you tell them that it will cause a burden in their hearts, it will probably affect the morale of the army.

So, let them maintain this mentality of "seeing the enemy in nothing"."

"This..." After hearing this, Li Zheng asked hesitantly: "Father, is this really good? What if they were careless because of underestimating the enemy and caught the enemy off guard?"

"It's okay" Li Zhi shook his head and said, "Weifu is the commander of this battle. When the war begins, Weifu is the one who commands the battle!

As long as the boss of my father does not underestimate the enemy, nothing big will happen.

The most important thing is that we are on the defensive position in this battle. Even if we underestimate the enemy, the enemy will not suddenly attack. Why is it unlikely that I will suffer a big loss?

Compared to suffering a little loss, I value morale more for my father, so let them be happy for the time being.”

"That's it..." Li Zheng heard this and thought for a while, he bowed to Li Zhi with conscience and said, "Thank you for your advice, my child has taught you."

"Well" Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction after hearing Li Zheng's words. Then he asked with the thought of taking the teaching exam: "Zheng'er, I'm asking you, if you are the head coach of this battle, how should you guard against the enemy?"

"This..." Li Zheng was silent after hearing this.

To be honest, since he came here with Zhao Lizhi, he has positioned himself as a general and a vanguard who charges, so he has not thought deeply about becoming the head coach and naval force to set up the formation.

Now when Li Zhi first heard about it, he didn't know how to answer.

But Li Zheng is a person who has experienced the battlefield and is familiar with the war routines.

After thinking for a while, he immediately replied: "The southern princes have only one way to attack Luoyang, that is, to come to Luoyang along Hulao Pass!

But Hulao Pass is now in our hands. If they want to attack Luoyang, they have to attack Hulao Pass first!

Therefore, if the child is the head coach of this battle, he will inevitably lead Hulao Pass to arrange heavy troops!

Hulao Pass is a famous pass in the world, and it can resist ten times the enemy outside the pass. Therefore, in this battle, we only need to guard Hulao Pass well."

After saying this, Li Zheng's eyes gradually lit up.

Because he found that this battle seemed to be not as serious as Li Zhi said!

Although there are many enemies, they are only four or five times that of them. As long as they defend Hulao Pass to the death, the enemy will not be able to attack!

"..." Li Zhi looked at Li Zheng with his eyes shining, and after a while, he suddenly asked: "What if they did not attack Hulao Pass, but instead crossed Hongnong County and attacked Luoyang from Tongguan?"

"This..." Li Zheng hesitated for a while and said tentatively: "Or I won't defend Luoyang if I wait. Wouldn't it be better to wait for the enemy directly at the border of Sizhou?"

"..." After hearing this, Li Zhi's eyes showed a look of disappointment, he rubbed his eyebrows softly, and asked with a wry smile: "Zheng'er, what do you think is the purpose of this battle?"

"Purpose?" Li Zheng was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why did my father ask this? Isn't our purpose to defend Luoyang?"

"Guard Luoyang?" Li Zhi shook his head, "No!"

"What?!" Li Zheng asked in shock after hearing this, "How could it be not?! Isn't Uncle Cao's purpose of sending his father here to let his father guard Luoyang?"

"Oh..." Li Zhi sighed and shook his head and said, "Zheng'er, it's up to the situation. Don't just focus on one side. This battle is a decisive battle of the whole. Luoyang is only a small part of this battle, so the victory or defeat of Luoyang is actually not important. What is important is whether I can hold the southern princes. As long as we delay the southern exit, after Brother Meng De defeats Dong Zhuo, even if we have no troops in our hands, we will not be at a disadvantage in overall strategy. How can we hold the princes? Then we must introduce the princes into the interior of Sizhou so that he cannot interfere with Brother Meng De's attack on Dong Zhuo, so it doesn't matter if Red Dragon County and other counties don't. It's only a temporary momentum to let them fight the war zone be. As long as Meng Dexiu wins, we can retake these places at any time after returning!"

"..." After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Zheng murmured blankly: "In this way, Sizhou is actually not important, even Hulao Pass is not important, Luoyang is the most important?"

"That's right!" Li Zhi nodded with relief after hearing this, and said, "Luoyang is indeed the most important and the least important.

It is important because as long as we firmly attract the soldiers of the southern princes to Luoyang, they will not be able to interfere with Brother Meng De.

He is not important because no matter whether we win or lose in this battle, brother Meng De who defeated Dong Zhuo could calmly deal with the princes in the south.

So I don’t care about those edges and corners now, even if the entire Sizhou is invaded, it doesn’t matter. As long as I attract the southern princes to Luoyang, I will be successful!

In other words, the capital Luoyang is not our strategic purpose, our strategic purpose is to hold the enemy back!"

"..." After hearing this, Li Zheng frowned tightly. After a while, he let out a long breath, nodded with a serious face, and said, "I remember it, but..."

Speaking of this, he frowned and asked, "But can we really attract the enemy's army of 400,000 or 500,000 troops?

What if they sent 200,000 people to attack us and the rest would attack Uncle Cao?"

"Haha!" Li Zhi sneered after hearing this, then took out a map from his cuff, pointed to Chang'an, and pointed to Luoyang, saying, "I have been prepared for this matter long ago!

If the enemy really dares to divide the troops, then Brother Meng De will also divide the troops!

He would leave 50,000 people to guard Chang'an and guard Dong Zhuo, while he would take the remaining 150,000 to deal with the southern princes who were divided!

By then, we can no longer defend the city, and we will directly cooperate with Brother Meng De to attack the southern princes!

Although there are many people in the southern princes, there are also quite a few people waiting for us, and they are even more elite than them!

In addition, they are fighting in different places and there are many naval forces. Once we attack from front and back, we will definitely be able to defeat them at an extremely fast speed!”

Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, "Of course, the princes in the south are not fools. They actually know that their actual combat power is not high, so they will not foolishly divide their troops to deal with us and brother Meng De at the same time.

At most, they were about to annihilate Dong Zhuo by Brother Meng De, and they divided up 10,000 or 20,000 troops to harass Tongguan or Chang'an, making Brother Meng De feel uncomfortable.

If they really let them divide their troops and kill them, they wouldn't dare to do so!"

"So that's it." After hearing Li Zhi's words, Li Zheng nodded suddenly and said, "In this way, although this battle is difficult, it is not impossible."

After saying this, he lay in front of the map and watched carefully for a long time. After curling his lips, he pointed to other places except Luoyang and said, "Since our purpose is to lure the enemy and drag the enemy down, there is no need for us to defend Luoyang rigidly!

After that, I can arrange scattered troops in all places except Luoyang to block the enemy.

Of course, we should not move around the 100,000 elites in our headquarters!

I can organize the local county soldiers and let them cause trouble for the Southern Alliance.

There is no need to be a big deal. It’s a big deal. Even if they are asked to dig a piece of stuffed horse pit, cut off the road in a certain place or cut off a certain bridge!

Anyway, there is only one thing, as long as it can delay the enemy's marching speed!

In this way, the time for the southern princes to come to Luoyang will inevitably be greatly extended!

Moreover, even if they come to Luoyang, they will inevitably be exhausted.

At that time, we will get a lot of cheaper if they are not yet firm in their footholds!”

"Hahaha..." After Li Zhi heard Li Zheng's words, he immediately laughed to the sky.

The reason why he just took the exam to teach Li Zheng was to cultivate Li Zheng's military literacy.

After all, he could see that Li Zheng had planned to take root in the military.
Chapter completed!