A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 140 Pre-War Meeting
The relatively detailed information brought back by the intelligence unit was of great help to Lin Yao.

After understanding that most of this team were private soldiers of powerful landlords, he decided to severely damage these forces and expand his sphere of influence in one fell swoop.

"Everyone, most of this army are untrained private soldiers of big landowners. And most of us are new recruits who have just been trained for a short time, and the training is not enough.

At present, there should be no more than a thousand elite soldiers, and some of them have been sent to the countryside to expand the power of farmers.

The opponent has five thousand regular soldiers. With the same training level, one thousand versus five thousand. This seems like we are at a huge disadvantage. "

Saying this, Lin Yao smiled and looked at everyone present.

"But this is only one-sided. I believe you are also aware of the shortcomings of the Song Army. It either fails to meet the required training or lacks armaments.

In this battle, we took the initiative to catch them off guard and at the same time protect the results of the countryside.

Finally, we will wipe out this effective force and completely expand our sphere of influence to the two Zhejiang roads. "

Lin Yao expressed his own views and proposed the idea of ​​not defending the city but directly facing the enemy.

Many officers attending the military meeting were also thoughtful.

The rebel army currently has a maximum of 1 combat troops at its disposal, which seems to be insufficient compared to the [-] and supposedly [-] Song troops.

We also had to defend the enemy outside Suzhou to prevent the people from being persecuted by these ruffians.

Although the officers felt that the Song Dynasty had a great cause and could casually attack 3 people, they did not feel the slightest fear in their hearts.

They all believed in Lin Yao and the soldiers under his command who were training hard.

According to Lin Yao's general policy, a group of people gathered around the topographic map of the Liangzhe Road and looked left and right, and started a series of ideas.

The officers expressed their opinions and discussed the feasibility of their own tactics, but they were overturned one after another, and everyone thought that this was too low cost performance.

Only Su Xinghe's proposal of "annihilating the enemy troops, marching directly to Hangzhou, echoing each other from afar, and thoroughly clearing the two Zhejiang roads" was widely agreed upon by everyone.

"Yes, since the Song Army still despises us, we must take this opportunity to expand rapidly and capture this sacred land.

By uniting all the farmers here, they can have the power to compete with the big landowners and gentry of the entire Song Dynasty. "

Lin Yao pointed at Suzhou and Hangzhou, then circled the entire two Zhejiang roads, then clenched his fist and said.

"Those who are good at fighting can cause harm but not harm others. Take the initiative. Since the wealthy gentry around Suzhou have gathered, let them come and go without any return."

Immediately afterwards, Feng Asan, the sixth disciple of Su Xinghe, stood up and reported on the current military supplies reserves of the rebel army.

At present, the arsenals of the rebel army are all small workshops, which can only produce materials with low technical content. They are not able to produce various military materials on their own like the Song Army.

Most of the weapons currently in use were either captured or produced by Lin Yao in other worlds. Once the two Zhejiang roads are captured, they will start to climb the technology tree.

"Two thousand sets of armor, several types of leather armor, three thousand sets of divine arm crossbows, and more than six thousand other bows. There are sufficient reserves of all kinds of arrows, so there is no problem."

Lin Yao nodded and said again.

"The weak has never defeated the strong, it has always been the strong defeating the weak. It is not the strong who wins, but the victor who becomes stronger. Cut and encircle local battlefields with more to attack less, and the advantages accumulate to become a victory."

The officers all said yes, indicating that they would keep it in mind.

At this time, Wu Yazi frowned and stopped talking.

This was noticed by Lin Yao.

"Senior Wuyazi, if you want to say anything, just say it. This is a military meeting to discuss various possibilities. You can speak freely."

After receiving Lin Yao's affirmation, Wu Yazi, who had no mother-in-law and no mother-in-law, nodded. "Xiao Yao, Sun Tzu said, 'Don't worry about victory, think about defeat first'. Most of the army are new recruits with little battlefield experience. It's fine if everything goes well, but if something unexpected happens...do we need to be there to hold the battle?"

When this question was raised, everyone's expressions became serious.I thought deeply about the questions raised by the old-timer Wu Yazi.

What he said made sense. Most of the soldiers under his command were only in initial training, and he was afraid that these people would not be able to withstand the pressure and would collapse easily.

Without sophisticated training and certain combat experience, it is difficult for soldiers to withstand the terrible impact of the death of their teammates.

Except for the backbone of the 1000 rebels, some of them had only been in force for less than a month.Facing ordinary city defense soldiers and landlords' private soldiers, they can win, but if they encounter the regular army of the Song Army...

There was also the involvement of the Black Shadow Corps in the previous battle, and the true combat effectiveness was not reflected.

The officers looked at each other and finally turned their attention to Lin Yao.

Lin Yao looked at the map and was silent for a while.

"The rebel army has only been established for a short period of time. Almost all of them are new recruits. The formal training is not complete. I am fully aware of these disadvantages. But this time I feel that they have goals and beliefs and do not need too much from us at all. Intervene.”

Lin Yao nodded to Wu Yazi.

"Senior Wu Yazi, we can't bear everything. This way the army will never grow up. This battle will be their transformation battle."

For a time, the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely heavy. The officers were a little worried about living up to Lin Yao's expectations and did not dare to boast.

"I believe them. Only in this way can everyone truly stand up."

Before Lin Yao finished speaking, all the officers looked at him with bright eyes.

“The path we have chosen is a ground-breaking path, and we must allow the strength of unity to grow.

This time the Song Army is the first opponent our army has faced in a real sense, and there will be countless threats after the victory.

The Song army with five thousand regular soldiers is nothing at all. It can only achieve combat effectiveness by fighting tough battles.This country of scholar-bureaucrats claims to have an army of millions, and the rebels want to put them to death. "

Lin Yao's words were like heavy rocks hitting the hearts of the officers, making them feel extremely heavy.

They understood that without Lin Yao's leadership, they might have been completely crushed very early.

But Lin Yao quickly raised his right hand, which he slowly clenched into a fist.

“We should believe in the soldiers under our command, we lead them to stand up, and they focus all their efforts to protect the results.

Let everyone have land to cultivate, and there will no longer be bullies and evil gentry usurping farmers' land, and there will no longer be corrupt officials who allocate taxes at will so that the common people under their rule cannot pay enough even if they sell their children or woo their daughters.

Farmers cannot be targeted and bankrupt in a good year.We cannot allow farmers with only a few acres of thin farmland to be counted as wealthy households and pay a large sum of taxes. We will liquidate the sins of the Song Dynasty one by one and make all those who exploit and oppress pay the price.

I know that you have not forgotten who caused your family to be ruined and to embark on this path.

I believe that if possible, you would rather not have everything you have now and live a peaceful life with your family, but that is not possible.

As long as the soil of exploitation and oppression exists and people can do whatever they want, no one can even think about living a stable life for the rest of their lives.

So hold on to the knife in your hand, strengthen your faith, fight to the death, and never retreat!This is the best gift we can leave for future generations. "

Lin Yao glanced around, emphasized his tone, and said solemnly: "Everyone, let's encourage each other!"

The officers' breathing became rapid and they said in unison.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)