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Chapter 1,479: Offense is the best defense

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    While the Northeastern Advancing Army was busy receiving assistance from the Soviet Union, the Jiujiu Army on the Suicha front line was not idle either. A large number of troops gathered and launched continuous attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei and Jinzhong.

    Although the scale of each attack was not very large, and most of them were controlled at the brigade level, and division-level troops were rarely dispatched, but even so, it made the North China Front very nervous.

    Since 1944, more elites of the North China Front have been transferred away, so that not a single one of the top twenty field divisions of the North China Front is left.

    Of course, the number of troops in the front army did not decrease, but increased a lot.

    Let¡¯s talk about the Japanese army first. Most of the independent brigades affiliated with the North China Front Army were upgraded to garrison divisions. Replenishment troops from China continued to arrive in North China, bringing the total strength of the North China Front Army to more than 380,000.

    At the same time, the Japanese army also carried out a large-scale expansion of the puppet troops who were cooperating with each other. After the expansion, the total strength of the puppet troops increased directly from the previous 120,000 to 210,000.

    At this point, the total strength of the entire North China Front Army soared to nearly 600,000.

    But the increase in the number of troops does not mean that the combat effectiveness is also improving. On the contrary, because a large number of elite troops have been transferred away, and the replacements are either new recruits or ungrown children, the Japanese army's combat is declining rapidly.

    Under this situation, Okamura Neiji couldn't sit still and constantly mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the defense zone.

    The purpose is not only to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, but also to use combat as training. They need to practice with the Eighth Route Army, which has worse combat effectiveness, to improve the unit's combat capabilities and build the confidence of those new recruits to win.

    However, these situations were seen by Li Guoyao, so Li Guoyao ordered Xu Hu and Wang Zhanhai, who stayed at the headquarters, to immediately formulate a combat plan to continuously penetrate into the Japanese-occupied areas and launch attacks on their forward troops.

    Like Okamura Neji, the reason why Li Guoyao ordered the troops to attack was not only to attack the Japanese army, but also to change the offensive and defensive posture of both sides.

    During this period, the North China Front Army transferred a large number of elite troops, as did the Ninth Army. Under Li Guoyao's order, a large number of elite troops were transferred from Chabei to the Northeast. Currently, the number has reached 80,000, and there are another 50,000 in the army.  Chabei Grassland is on standby.

    With so many elites being transferred away, it is impossible to say that it has no impact on the Jiuji Army.

    In fact, after these elite troops were transferred away, the original elite troops of the Ninth Army were only one-third of the original number, and the full number was only 50,000 or 60,000.

    Although the garrison regiments in various places were urgently upgraded to front-line field troops, their combat effectiveness was still severely reduced.

    Under this situation, Xu Hu and Wang Zhanhai asked Li Guoyao for instructions, hoping to shrink their troops and turn to the defensive.

    But Li Guoyao rejected their request and instead ordered them to continue attacking the Japanese and puppet defense areas.

    Xu Hu and others are very puzzled by this. After all, the most correct choice after the strength declines is to stick to it. What the hell is this offense?

    Li Guoyao¡¯s explanation for this is that offense is the best defense. Instead of passive defense, it is better to turn passivity into initiative.

    This trick was not thought up by Li Guoyao himself, but he learned it from Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period.

    Throughout the Three Kingdoms period, especially the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as an example, Zhuge Liang is definitely the main thread running through the entire text.

    In the Battle of Chibi, it was Zhuge Liang who appeared and helped the Sun-Liu coalition win the war.  From then on, in accordance with Longzhong's policy, Liu Bei marched westward to Yizhou and occupied parts of Liangchuan and Hanzhong, thus successfully establishing the Kingdom of Shu.

    But throughout the middle and late period of the history of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang has been in the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and to support the Han Dynasty. The specific action is "Six Expeditions from Qishan".

    Regarding Zhuge Liang's "Six Expeditions from Qishan", many people believed that Zhuge Liang was hollowing out the national power of the Shu Kingdom, and that the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains did not achieve substantial results at all, but instead accelerated the demise of the Shu Kingdom.

    Is this really the case? In fact, people who say such things have not clearly seen Zhuge Liang's true intention of leaving Qishan six times. Zhuge Liang is not for offense at all, but for defense.

    First, let¡¯s briefly review the six Qishan Mountains in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".  During the first Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang captured the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding and immediately rebelled against the Han and attached themselves to Wei; during the second time, he went back without capturing any cities; during the third time, both sides fought randomly and then went home.  ;The fourth time, Liu Chan fell into Sima Yi's counterintuitive plan.?Zhuge Liang could only return to the court with his troops, but he still killed the famous Wei general Zhang He; for the fifth time, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.

    Overall, Zhuge Liang¡¯s Northern Expedition to the Central Plains not only did not help Shu expand its territory and population much.  On the contrary, due to frequent troop dispatches, collection of grain and grass, war losses and other reasons, the six expeditions to Qishan became a "compensation-free business."

    With Zhuge Liang¡¯s title as the wise sage of China, is it true that he can¡¯t see clearly the truth behind it? Obviously not.

    "However, Zhuge Liang still persisted in his own way, and even lost his own life on the way to the Northern Expedition in Wuzhangyuan. Isn't this worth pondering?

    Looking at the map of the Three Kingdoms period, Shu can be said to be the smallest in terms of territory.

    Of course, it doesn¡¯t matter if the land is smaller, but considering that the Shu Kingdom is mainly located in today¡¯s Sichuan area, there are many mountains, and naturally there are not as many plains as the Wei and Wu Kingdoms.  In ancient times, when the agricultural economy was dominated by agriculture, the absence of fertile plains not only resulted in weak economic strength, but also led to a decline in population and productivity.

    Based on the summary of historical data: the populations of Shu, Wu, and Wei were approximately 940,000, 520,000, and 4.43 million respectively; their armies were approximately 80,000, 200,000, and 500,000 respectively.

    ??In other words, Shu is the weakest in terms of population size and number of troops.

    However, it is obvious that Zhuge Liang will not allow Shu to remain weak, so he will not be sorry for Liu Bei's loneliness in Baidi City.

    Therefore, he needs to use war to snatch land and population.  Since the overall policy of uniting Wu and resisting Wei cannot be undermined, the land in the south and west is not only desolate, but also has little population.  Therefore, he could only march towards the Wei State in the north.

    In addition to robbing people and land, it may also be women and gold and silver.  As a rare military genius, Zhuge Liang hoped to complete Shu's offensive defense against Wei through six expeditions from Qishan.

    Due to the huge gap in overall strength, Shu should be in a defensive posture against the powerful Wei.  However, Zhuge Liang knew very well that if conservative defense was adopted, Wei's population and economy would only grow faster and faster as time went by because the economic center of gravity at that time was still in the northern plains.  When Wei had enough to eat and drink, Shu could only sit back and wait for death.

    For this reason, adhering to the view that "offense is the best defense", Zhuge Liang not only left Qishan six times to make the Wei army exhausted and had no time and energy to prepare to attack Shu, but also allowed Jiang Wei to continue the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains after his death.  strategic policy, thereby achieving the purpose of prolonging the survival time of Shu.

    Think about it, if Zhuge Liang only settled in Sichuan and Shu, Wei only needed to gather his troops and advance to Chengdu step by step.  However, precisely because of Zhuge Liang's frequent attacks, the Wei army had been led by the nose, so they did not find a good opportunity to attack Shu.

    In the end, no matter whether it was the six expeditions to Qishan or the nine expeditions to the Central Plains, on the surface, they did not achieve much success.  But in essence, both are using offense to extend the life of Shu.

    Attack is the best defense. Zhuge Liang knows very well that offense is the best defense. He also understands that there is a huge gap in the overall strength between Wei and Shu. If a conservative defense is adopted, the economic center of gravity at that time is still in the north.  Plain, as time goes by, Wei's population and economy will only grow faster and faster.

    By the time the Wei Kingdom had enough to eat and drink, the Shu Kingdom could only sit back and wait for death.

    For this reason, adhering to the view that "offense is the best defense", Zhuge Liang not only left Qishan six times to make the Wei army exhausted and had no time and energy to prepare to attack Shu, but also allowed Jiang Wei to continue the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains after his death.  strategic policy, thereby achieving the purpose of prolonging the survival time of Shu.

    When Cao Wei saw that the Shu Kingdom still had the mind and ability to make the Northern Expedition, it was incredible. This thorn was more powerful than he thought. It would be better not to provoke this guy for the time being.

    Therefore, Cao Wei, who had been powerful for a long time, did not take the initiative to go south. Instead, he took a defensive position on the Hanzhong line. This defense lasted for decades, and it was not until Zhuge Liang's death that he turned to an offensive state.

    The current status of the Jiujiu Army and the North China Front Army is similar to that of Wei and Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. The strength of the North China Front Army is far greater than that of the Jiujiu Army. Especially with the continuous transfer of elites, the Jiujiu Army's situation is even more dangerous.

    Once Okamura Neiji realizes the weakness of the Jiujiu Army, he will definitely concentrate his forces to solve this disaster.

    But if the Jiujiu Army has maintained its offensive against the North China Front, it will be difficult for Okamura Neji to notice that the Jiujiu Army itself is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. Once the Jiujiu Army regains its strength, it will no longer worry about the Japanese attack.

    Therefore, under Li Guoyao's order, from the front line of Peiping to Baoding and then to Datong, the Ninth Army was in action, like a flat-headed brother on the African grassland, biting the North China Front Army very persistently, and Okamura Neji was a little worried.  .

    PS: Please give me a monthly ticket, please give me a monthly ticket!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)When we arrived in Datong, the ninth army was in action, like a flat-headed brother on the African grassland, biting the North China Front Army very persistently, which made Okamura Neji a little anxious.

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