Chapter 350 Conjectures on the rear
Wesson newspapers and radios are reporting battle reports on the front line every day. It seems that battles are happening every day and the enemy is being defeated.
Compared with battle reports, battle lines can more intuitively reflect the situation on the battlefield.
Those who are interested discovered that since the encirclement was formed, the front line has not changed at all for several days. The enemy's attack was repelled, and Wesson's army did not go any further.
From the public park around the water tower to the wheat fields waiting to be harvested, from the tavern on the dock to the salon in the mansion, people who are used to Wesson's army's active attack are talking about this game, which is different from Duke Wesson's previous style. war.
The "quill pen military strategists" also became active, and some enthusiasts even built a large sandbox on the riverside lawn where they often went out and played. They gathered friends and friends to review the situation since the war began and speculate on the subsequent development with newspapers.
Fatih was invited in the morning and became the focus of everyone's attention during lunch time.
Last year, the war he launched against the Kingdom of Kush failed miserably because of Frederick's interference. His military capabilities were questioned by domestic warlords, and he lacked confidence.
Not long ago, Fatih suddenly had an enlightenment after reading in a newspaper that "the economic foundation determines politics, and war is the continuation of politics." He figured out many things almost instantly and gained a new understanding of war.
"We can't just focus on the encirclement." His Majesty the Emperor enjoyed the looks from the people around him because of his talent rather than his status. "It's like playing imperial chess, the encirclement is just If you want to understand the corner of the chessboard, you must look at the entire chessboard.”
"Let me first tell you the difference between strategy and tactics, so that everyone can easily understand what I am going to say next."
"Friends who have been emperors all know that a goal needs to be set at the beginning of a war , the entire war is carried out around it, this is strategy.”
“A huge strategic goal is composed of many small goals at different levels, and the strategies developed to achieve these goals are tactics.”
< br>"What do you think Duke Wesson's strategic goal is in this war?"
A group of people around him have not been emperors, but they are all factory owners and presidents of chambers of commerce, and they are managers. Some The principle is still the same.
They discussed in a flurry. Some people thought that Duke Wesson would ask the two defeated generals to pay a large sum of money for defeat and sign a trade agreement. However, they were immediately refuted by a plump-looking lady: " You underestimated Frederick. He has a big appetite and will definitely take over the territories of the Principality of Franconia and the League of Legens."
Fatih and a few others looked at it in surprise. To that noble lady, not many people in Wesson state dare to call Duke Wesson by his first name.
Soon, a local businessman introduced to Fatih in a low voice that this was Mrs. Eichstadt, the daughter of Duke Wesson’s grandfather’s sister, who helped the Duke occupy the territory eight years ago. After digesting the Eichstadt territory, he is now one of Wesson's leading timber merchants.
Fatih nodded, and then said: "Mrs. Eichstadt is right. Duke Wesson's strategic goal in this battle is to occupy these two countries in order to obtain maximum benefits."
Then he smiled and said: "I think we should call him Grand Duke Wesson in the near future. If he goes on, he may become an emperor like me."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. They had already figured out that they could only get rich by following Frederick. The higher his status, the wider his financial resources.
Amidst the happy laughter of everyone around him, Fatih continued: "After understanding the strategic goals, we can understand the current situation on the battlefield."
"Completely occupy a Areas are difficult, I know this very well.”
“Generally speaking, there are three methods of occupation.”
“If the occupied area is not hostile to the occupiers, If everyone submits to the rule of the new master, then you only need to replace the top people, and the rest will continue as usual. ""In some places, the nobles are dissatisfied with the occupiers, but the common people don't care who rules, so deal with the dissatisfaction. ”
"If everyone from the nobles to the common people in this place is dissatisfied with the occupiers, then use swords and blood to leave only satisfied people on the land."
His tone when he said the last part It was so eerie that people around him shuddered when they heard it, and things like massacres of cities were common.
Mrs. Eichstadt agreed: "Frederick was a kind boy and was unwilling to do unnecessary killing, so he would try his best to adopt the first method."
People around him Everyone nodded in agreement. After the "Six-Day Defense War" eight years ago, the enemy nobles who died on the battlefield were all placed in the family cemetery. All the surviving family members were sent out of the country as gifts. Those who abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side lived a good life.
In other words, employees in various local governments were tormented a lot, dispersed across the board, and then sent to work in other places.
At that time, some people resigned because they were not willing to put in the hard work. Unexpectedly, the income of public officials later increased with the development of Weisen State, and they became new people when they wanted to go back. "New people have new methods, and old people have the same old methods." Go take the Civil Service Entrance Examination.
Not to mention civilians, you can understand it just by looking at the number of people who come to work in Wesson State.
With examples in front of them, the bottom and middle-class people in these two countries can see that joining the Wesson State is beneficial to them and will not resist too much.
Fatih nodded and said, "That's true. I guess Wesson must be using this opportunity to lobby now."
"There is something important about persuading surrender. Like other negotiations, the key is how to break the other party's psychological defenses. There are many methods. You can slowly wear down the other party's patience, or you can use powerful force to break through in one fell swoop."
"I speculate that the main purpose of encircling the enemy coalition forces is to deprive them of food."
"Last year I was besieged by floods in the military camp. Compared to being hungry, I couldn't see the future. I was on tenterhooks every day. These days It’s very torturous.”
“Wesson will lobby the enemy towns at the same time. He doesn’t necessarily want them to agree first. He can let them have such an idea first, and this idea will become like dough after the coalition forces are defeated. "Fermentation."
He added: "The most difficult thing to fight in a war is a siege. Taking down a city requires a numerically superior army to besiege it for at least half a year. In history, more than half of the cities were actually It was attacked because we ran out of food.”
"Many accidents will happen in such a long period of time, such as the enemy's reinforcements arriving, one's own food being eaten up first, or even a plague occurring, which can completely change the situation of the war."
"In the distant Peach Blossom Stone, once A military sage once said that siege is the worst choice in war. "
The surrounding quill military strategists nodded like chickens eating rice, thinking that he deserves to be an emperor. , whose vision, knowledge and experience far exceed that of ordinary people like me. At least being surrounded in a military camp is not something that can be experienced casually. The Peach Blossom Stone Soldier Saint has never been heard of. He only knows silk from far away, red eggplant from near, and Plants such as golden beans and pumpkins were introduced from there, and I heard that a hollow tree has been introduced recently.
The remarks in these gatherings were quickly sorted out and sent to Frederick. Frederick read them over and just smiled and didn't care.
Fatih roughly guessed Frederick's strategy correctly, but he did not guess it completely. Wesson's army did not have the tradition of completely passive defense.
In the encirclement at this time, the coalition forces could still move out of the camp during the day, but after nightfall, it looked completely different.
(End of this chapter)