King of The Wall

2021-03-25

Chapter 642 "Weeding Program" (Part 2)
Good guy!
All the people present came to their senses one after another: No wonder the Prime Minister made it clear how difficult it was to fight Reach at the beginning of the game. It turned out that he was playing with the idea of "talking first": to say what others say, let others have nothing to do with it. It can be said that as long as you rush to pull out all the arguments that the anti-war factions can break up in advance and publicly execute them, you can gag their mouths!

However, while most people were speechless, there were still many clear-headed people in the room who were vaguely aware that under the seemingly seamless, self-consistent and rounded appearance of the "Weeding Program", there were still loopholes. of. That is: it is based entirely on an idealized premise that the Queen's army will win every battle.

How is this possible? Even when Aegon conquered the Seven Kingdoms, not every battle was won.

Instinct makes everyone intuitive that this is difficult to do, but Igor's brilliant victory record is there, and it's not okay to disagree. The person who can think of this level is either his defeated and has no right to question his ability, or he is a staunch main-fighting faction, who will not say it to cause bad luck... Under the circumstances, everyone has tacitly agreed. this status quo.

"Good plan, Mr. Prime Minister." Princess Arianne didn't think too much about it, she was stunned by the press forward strong imposing manner and ruthless ferocity displayed by this plan, and she clamped down. Rubbing her legs a few times to relieve the itching, it took a lot of willpower to suppress the burning desire in her heart, "But, at this pace, even if everything goes well, we may only be able to advance across Bitterbridge in a month. In the area of New Barrel and Cider Hall, even Highgarden can't be touched. Based on this calculation, it will take more than two months to win the entire Reach. However, the winter has passed, and another three months of fighting will inevitably delay the Reach, Riverlands and even Stormlands and Stormlands. Dorne's spring planting, which in turn affects the harvest of the first crops of the Seven Kingdoms in the summer... If there is a famine, I am afraid it will also be a big trouble. How do you plan to solve this trouble?"

Dorne has always If you don't deal with Reach, if this battle can be fought, Arianne will be happy to donate her private money. From a standpoint, she didn't want to give Igor a problem, but for some reason, she had a premonition that "nothing can stop the man in front of her" or a comprehension and expectation, eager to prove that this is not oneself This is the reason why he deliberately asked to see if this guy has a plan again, and can properly settle the real trouble God placed in front of him.

Igor smiled at dozens of curious eyes.

If the battle against Reach really drags on into the third month, not to mention the impact on the spring seeds, the gunpowder of the Land Granters will not be enough in the first place...

But how do you define enough? Of course, it doesn't have to blow open the gates of every castle in Reach to count - the living are not brainless wild beasts, and it is impossible to ignore the overall situation and fight to the last pawn. A certain island country with dozens of counties and a population of nearly 100 million people surrendered after only two mushrooms?
To win the war, you don't need to occupy all the enemy's land, destroy all the enemy's army... just break their will.

To do this, the existing gunpowder and one month's time can be used.

"It's really a hassle." Igor didn't hesitate, not even half a second, "but Princess Arianne, don't forget, delay the spring seed, we are in a hurry, the enemy is more urgent - the number of people affected by the war. Millions of peasants, although they are the Queen's subjects in the final analysis, are their property in the eyes of the Reach nobles. In terms of 'don't want to fight for a long time', the enemy and us are equal... Of course, so to speak It does not mean that we intend to use starvation as a weapon. In order to prevent the war from dragging into the point of affecting the resumption of production of Seven Kingdoms and causing both sides to suffer, the 'Weeding Plan' has auxiliary lines, or dark lines, in addition to the main line planning. "

"Bolton and Frey have 4,000 troops to guard Harrenhal, Queen Your Majesty leads more than 10,000 troops to settle in King's Landing and Crownlands, and I receive the land army, half of the Unsullied and Dorne and the main force of the Westerlands army in total. More than 30,000 people advanced to Reach, and pushed to Highgarden and Oldtown. This is the main line."

"While the main force advanced along Roseroad and advanced to Reach, two adults Robb and Edmure led the North-Riverlands coalition force 10,000 lightly to the south. Entering Stormlands, while gathering and subduing the original House Baratheon vassals, advancing towards Nightsong along the border between the two places, waiting for an opportunity to cross the border and enter the rear of Highgarden in the area of Jiaoling by Reach; at the same time, I learned that there is a guard force with a size of about 10,000 people in the Westerlands to stay behind Lanisport. , so I have to ask Lord Tyrion to write back and mobilize this army to go south and station in the ancient Oak City area. There is no need to attack or surround it. In the ordinary sense, branching into the army will only give them the opportunity to defeat them one by one. Therefore, it needs to be emphasized that the two groups of troops and the main force do not go hand in hand and act as horns of each other, but the primary and secondary cooperation in which the inside and the outside cooperate and echo each other. What the two troops have to do is, first of all, not to go deep into the enemy's territory, be prepared to retreat and move at any time, and avoid a frontal engagement of any scale - on the premise of protecting themselves, and then spread the Queen's tax policy on the periphery, Create riots and pressure, obstruct the military and logistical support of the southern and northern reaches of the Reach to the heartland, and prevent the production of the places within the enemy's territory beyond the reach and reach of the main force of our army.> "It's just an army marching in and steadily advancing, the Reach princes may be able to deal with it calmly, calm down and dispatch their troops. Will, trade space for time to start the entire war machine. However, the simultaneous attack in the three directions of east, south and north will bring huge oppression to the enemy's command level, disrupt its established thinking, and cause differences within the enemy, making them lose ground in advance and retreat. Under the circumstance that the harassing troops on the north and south fronts can flexibly switch to battle without meeting force with force, the enemy wants to retaliate or change tactics to break the predicament, and there is only one choice left: stake all on one throw, come and find the main force I lead , bet to win. In a nutshell: two auxiliary lines, like a sheep shepherd, will not only force the enemy's bronze oneself to seek a decisive battle, but also make them unable to gather their full strength even Final Struggle! "

"It does take more than a month to march from King's Landing to Highgarden, but as long as we cooperate properly, I am sure that the war will be over before our army reaches the capital of Reach. "

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Both the Queen and the Prime Minister have already finalized their strategies. How can the nobles who have just joined the team and have not made great achievements have any room for objection and doubt?
The arrangement for the Reach operation was thus determined, but what Igor did not say was that the arrangement of the two harassing forces was not all tactical. Lanisport's Westerlands army was too far away, so let them attack from the west. , this is out of frustration; and the reason why the North-Riverlands troops led by Robb and Edmure were sent to the south was actually more "spending them".

Because of the existence of the Greater Crownlands plan , after leading the main force into Reach, oneself may have to do a lot of operations that violate the unwritten rules of war between nobles and make the lords of North and Riverlands feel uncomfortable. It is better to have quarrels, unhappiness and even conflicts when the time comes. Separating early will allow them to do some chores that have to be done by someone else, but also to be quiet.

The name of the battle meeting is actually the end of the high-level meeting of the mission, and everyone goes home full of thoughts, Igor Declined Princess Arianne's invitation to "talk further", and accompanied Tyrion to the temporary Master of Coin office. After settling in an old friend's board and lodging and having a chance to have dinner to talk about the future prospects of Seven Kingdoms , Satisfied with food and drink, he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the escort of the guards satisfied.

Before entering the gate, he learned from Myrcella that Nina was waiting for oneself in the study, and after entering the house, Seeing her expression, she knew that it was not a good thing. She took off her coat and threw it on the hanger, and sat down calmly in the chair.

"What's the matter, it looks like the sky is about to collapse? ”

The female head of the Night's Watch industry stood in the middle of the house, her face uncharacteristically cramped: "In the afternoon, a letter was delivered to the industrial park, and the cover stated that it would be handed over to you for personal initiation... This procedure is a bit It's not normal, so I followed the instructions you gave earlier, and took a look at it first. ”

“en.” Igor did say so, but now that he is the Hand of the Queen, the letter should be sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Why is it sent to the Industrial Park? No wonder Nina was going to say it wasn't normal, "Write what? "

He believes that he acts magnanimously, unless the secret of poisoning the Queen's two royal fronts is revealed, otherwise there is really nothing to fear of being known.

"The letter said, The Reach people already know the mystery of the formula of gunpowder. If the adults insist on leading the army to attack, they will arm the whole army and make it public to the world. ”

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(end of this chapter)