I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 104 I want Xiqiang to be completely desperate!
After a round of kneeling thanks that even Liu Ju himself found incredible.

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei were serious people after all, and they calmed down after a short while.

Then he pushed the small wooden blocks that had been placed on the map to the side, and then, one on each side, he invited Liu Ju to the front of the map, and said sincerely:

"Your Highness, I wonder what your opinion is on this battle. Could you please give me some pointers?"

"Achievements" have quietly turned into "brilliant ideas", which shows how the two people's mindsets have changed.

Anyway, no matter whether Liu Ju's next words had any practical significance, at least in their hearts, they no longer regarded him as a prince who would only cause trouble.

"I don't know anything about military affairs, so how can I have any advice?"

Liu Ju was humble again at this moment, and said with a smile,

"But since the two generals asked sincerely, I will put forward some immature ideas. The specific implementation will depend on the two generals to formulate a strategy based on the actual situation."

He was telling the truth. A person who doesn't understand military affairs really cannot interfere in the war.

After all, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Not understanding the actual situation and being keen on micro-manipulation will only put the front-line soldiers in an awkward dilemma, and the casualties caused may even be far greater than those of the enemy.

In this regard, his adoptive father Emperor Liu Che did a very good job.

Liu Che always gave men, horses and money, and then left the families of the generals in Chang'an to take good care of them, while he quietly waited for battle reports from the front line.

Most of the time, not even a military supervisor was sent, and the generals were left to their own devices to decide how to fight.

"Your Highness is too modest. I am all ears."

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei became more polite after hearing this.

Liu Ju finally stopped being polite with them, raised his hand and pointed at an irregular shape with the words "West Sea" marked on it to the west of the Qiang gathering place on the map and said:

"If the Qiang people are afraid of the Han army and want to flee, they can only flee to the west. Do you two generals agree with this?"

"That's right. The areas where the Qiang people gather now are Wuwei in the north, Tianshui in the east, and Longyou in the south. If the Qiang people don't dare to fight with the Han Dynasty, they will have no choice but to flee westward."

When talking about the war, Li Xi and Xu Ziwei's expressions immediately became serious and they nodded very solemnly.

Liu Ju thought for a moment and said:

"You two generals should also know that the Qiang people are mostly nomadic herders, but most of them herd sheep, so even if they flee, they are very dependent on water and grass, right?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei nodded again.

Xu Ziwei thought he had roughly understood Liu Ju's meaning, so he followed suit and asked:

"Your Highness means that the Qiang people must have passed through the West Sea when they fled, and they will most likely stop in the West Sea area to rest and recuperate. Can our army set up an ambush here to catch them off guard?"

Liu Ju laughed again when he heard this and shook his head:

"General Xu misunderstood."

"What I mean is, we should not give them the opportunity to rest and recuperate in the West Sea. We must make them realize the despair of never being able to reach the West Sea in this lifetime!"

"Where there is hope there will be resistance. Only complete despair can cause the Qiang people to fall into civil strife and surrender as a whole!"

"This will also reduce a lot of casualties for our army."

"Moreover, in my father's eyes, there is no difference between the heads of Qiang people and the captured Qiang people."

"Since the two generals and their soldiers have an easier and safer way to gain military merit, why do they have to take the difficult path?"

"..."

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei looked at each other, and their awe of Liu Ju increased even more.

Complete despair!
Although the prince claims that he does not understand military affairs, and judging from his age he may indeed not understand military affairs, he does understand how to attack people's hearts, which is more powerful, more vicious, and more frightening than military affairs!

As the saying goes, "When conquering a country, it is better to attack the heart than the city; it is better to win the heart than the army."

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei were the commanders of the troops, so there was no way they didn't know this sentence.

You know, you know.

Whether it can be used or not is two completely different things!

Anyway, they only knew how to attack cities before, and they didn't even know how to do it. Otherwise, how could they not be granted the title of marquis at this age, or only be granted the title of marquis of three hundred households?
So, is this the difference in perspective?
They only had this battle in their eyes and were thinking only of attacking the city.

But the prince's eyes are on the entire Western Qiang, so he wants to win over their hearts and strive to conquer the 100,000 Qiang people at the lowest cost, so that there will be no more Western Qiang in this world!

But...what's with this feeling that the prince is leading them to betray his father, the Marquis?

"?"

Even Gongsun Jingsheng, who was completely unable to get a word in, couldn't help but tremble in his heart at this moment. He looked at Liu Ju with a chill on his back, and felt a sense of empathy with the Qiang people.

Complete despair...

My cousin is so vicious and ruthless when he does things...

Although he still didn't understand how he had offended Liu Ju, Gongsun Jingsheng felt that he was doomed this time and could go back and ask his father to prepare a banquet!
How could anyone who was targeted by Liu Ju have a good ending?
Cousin, you are my brother, okay?
Just tell me the truth, how have I wronged you? Just tell me, and I will change.

If I really can't change, can you send me to death?

"So I think we should set an ambush here!"

Liu Ju naturally didn't know what Li Xi, Xu Ziwei, and Gongsun Jingsheng were thinking. He moved his finger from the West Sea to the east, to the west of Xining City in the future, and continued,
"The two generals will only bring 20,000 soldiers each to ensure that our army is invincible on the front line, but do not put too much pressure on the Qiang people."

"As for the remaining 60,000 troops, they will be hidden and divided into two parts, north and south."

"One group secretly crossed the mountains and headed south in Wuwei County in the north, and the other group secretly crossed the mountains and headed north in Longxi County, and finally they met here."

"Although the markings on the map are not very clear, the two generals should be able to see that the place I am pointing to has several horizontal mountains, which just happen to cut this place into three throats."

"Our army of 60,000 soldiers will be divided into three groups, each guarding a key road. With 20,000 soldiers on each road, we will still have an advantage against the Qiang people."

"If our army uses local materials, such as stones and trees, to build temporary fortifications, when we encounter the Qiang people fleeing westward, we can just hide behind the fortifications and shoot them with our strong crossbows. Then it will be the Qiang people's turn to attack the city. You should know how big the gap between the attacker and the defender is in a siege. Our army's advantage will only be further expanded, making the Qiang people even more helpless."

"Now the two generals can reunite and march westwards to achieve our goal!"

"When that time comes, whether you two generals will deliberately leave a gap to lure the Qiang people into surrender, or use other methods to end this war, it will all depend on your own decisions."

"The merit has already been earned by the two generals and their subordinates. How about that?"

Speaking of this, Liu Ju also felt that he was simply a genius.

Of course, this is also due to the time traveler's advantage of anticipating the enemy.

However, the specific implementation still needs to be controlled by Li Xi and Xu Ziwei. He really doesn't understand these things at all.

"..."

After listening to the strategy formulated by Liu Ju, Li Xi and Xu Ziwei were shocked again.

If this strategy is implemented, not only will none of the 100,000 Qiang people be able to escape, but at least 80,000 of them can be killed or captured.

Such a heavy loss was enough to make the Qiang people who managed to escape cry at night when they heard the Han army, and there was no more Western Qiang from then on!

However, the two of them stared wide-eyed and looked carefully at the location Liu Ju pointed at on the map, and they still had some doubts in their hearts:

"Although there are indeed mountains marked in that area, why can't we tell whether those mountains are horizontal or vertical, and why can't we see that these mountains cut the area into three throats?"

Seeing that their reactions were not what he expected, Liu Ju thought that the two guys had made up their old habit of not wanting to make progress again, and immediately frowned and said unhappily:
"I told you I don't know anything about military affairs, but the two generals insisted that I speak."

"Now I have said it all."

"If the two generals abandon me, I won't be happy at all!"

"???"

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei came to their senses instantly after hearing this.

The look that was supposed to be full of doubt towards Liu Ju gradually revealed a look of fear.

This eyebrow!

This eye!

This one!

This nose!

This look!
picture!
so similar!
This is another replica of the current emperor!
The only difference is that the current emperor would only say these last few words in his heart.

You have to guess with your heart, you have to measure with your heart, and if you guess wrong you have to bear the consequences.

But this prince would say such words directly, saving them the step of guessing the emperor's intention!

(End of this chapter)