Chapter 881: The Commander as a Scout (Part 2)

Pay attention to logistics and intelligence before the war starts, and still pay attention to logistics and intelligence after the war starts.

When you have inexhaustible supplies and the intelligence to know exactly how many grains of wheat the enemy has, you are not far from victory.

Of course, after you have inexhaustible supplies and clear intelligence on everything, you also need an army that can win the battle.

After all, you don’t even have the troops to win the war. Even if you have endless supplies, even if you know all the information about the enemy, what’s the use?

——Su Cheng/During a chat with Deng Jiaer

The total strength of the vanguard force is only more than 10,000, so there are not many senior generals in the army enough to participate in this military meeting.

Including Deng Jiaer and Samuel, only seven people participated in this military meeting.

As soon as everyone arrived, Deng Jiaer went straight to the point and told everyone present the intelligence collected so far.

"There are about tens of thousands of reinforcements from the Holy Hiran Empire."

"According to intelligence from a day ago, they are now located in a wilderness 80 miles east of us."

"Of course, because this is information from a day ago, we don't know exactly where they are now or whether they have moved. We have to wait for new information from the scouts."

"But regardless of whether they have moved or not, the reinforcements of the Holy Hiran Empire are now very close to us - this is an indisputable fact."

80 miles - this is not a very close distance on the battlefield, but it is not a very far distance either.

After Deng Jiaer briefly shared the intelligence collected so far with everyone present, Samuel frowned and said:

"The Holy Hiran Empire has sent tens of thousands of reinforcements this time. If we want to face an enemy of this size, our current strength is really a bit reluctant."

"So, I propose - withdraw the troops immediately."

"Join the main force led by the regimental commander and gather all the combat power of our Eastern Route Army to fight against the reinforcements from the Holy Hiran Empire - this way, our chances of winning will be better."

Although it has not been found out how many reinforcements there are from the Holy Hiran Empire, according to the descriptions of the scouts, there should be at least 40,000 reinforcements from the Holy Hiran Empire.

Their vanguard troops fought all the way here from the Chupol Fortress. Every time they captured a city, they assigned some soldiers to guard the newly occupied city.

Under such continuous division of troops, the total strength of their vanguard force is now only a little over 10,000 people.

Using 10,000 people to fight an enemy army of at least 40,000 people - anyone who has learned a little bit of arithmetic can figure out which side has the advantage and which side has the disadvantage.

Therefore, Samuel's proposal is currently the best strategy - to join the main force in the rear, and then gather the entire combat power of the Eastern Route Army to face the reinforcements from the Holy Hiran Empire.

So as soon as Samuel finished speaking, almost everyone present nodded and expressed their agreement with Samuel's proposal.

However - only one person did not nod.

That is Deng Jiaer.

Deng Jiaer stared at the map in front of him seriously.

Seeing that Deng Jiaer had no response, Samuel couldn't help but asked Deng Jiaer:

"Coach?"

"!" Deng Jiaer was awakened by Samuel's voice, and then quickly turned his head to Samuel and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Coach, are you thinking about a strategy to defeat the enemy?" Samuel asked in a half-joking tone.

"Yeah." Deng Jiaer scratched his hair with a look of shame on his face.

"That's right...but the current information is too little. We don't even know how many enemy troops there are."

"With this amount of information, it is impossible to come up with any feasible and reliable strategy."

"We are in urgent need of information now, all kinds of information."

After listening to Deng Jiaer's words, Samuel smiled bitterly and said:

"Coach, I understand how you want information."

"But the scouts will not deliver information so quickly."

"So now it's better to wait slowly for the scouts to send back the information one by one."

"..."

Deng Jiaer fell silent.

After being silent for a long time, Deng Jiaer suddenly said loudly:

"Okay! Let's do it!"

"?" Everyone present, including Samuel, cast doubtful glances at Deng Jiaer.

"Coach." Samuel asked Deng Jiaer, "What should I do?"

"I want to personally serve as a scout." Deng Jiaer said seriously, "I want to personally go close to the enemy's base camp to detect intelligence."

"?!" Samuel... no, it should be said that everyone present was so shocked by what Deng Jiaer just said that they almost fell off their chairs.

"Coach!" Samuel exclaimed, "Do you want to go and find out the information yourself?"

"That's right." Deng Jiaer said seriously, "Isn't it too slow to wait for the scouts to pass on the information? Not only is it fast enough to detect the information yourself, but you can also use your own eyes to personally identify which information is usable. of."

"That's right." Samuel said anxiously, "But how can any commander personally approach the enemy camp to gather information? It's very dangerous."

"Coach, please forgive me for being rude - as far as I know, your fighting skills are just mediocre, right? It's really hard for you to carry out such a dangerous reconnaissance mission with your level of fighting skills..."

Soldiers who can serve as scouts to detect the enemy's situation are the elite in the army.

Not only must you be able to identify directions, but you must also be smart, especially good at arithmetic. After all, if you can't even estimate how many flags and tents there are in the enemy camp, how can you pass on military information to the commander?

In addition, because you have to go deep into the enemy's territory, it is common to encounter the enemy in the wild. Therefore, scouts who approach the enemy camp to explore the enemy's situation must have good riding skills and skills.

Because being a scout requires extremely high qualities, those who can become scouts are definitely the elite in the army.

Facing the dissuasion of Samuel and others, Deng Jiaer said impatiently:

"Don't worry, I will be a sufficient guard."

"I have made up my mind, don't persuade me."

"I am in urgent need of intelligence now, and I can't wait for the scouts to slowly send back the intelligence."

"As for whether to withdraw troops and join the main force, or to rely on our own strength to fight against the reinforcements of the Holy Xilan Empire - let's wait until I get enough information."

"Now continue to besiege Fuka City."

"Mr. Samuel, during the time I am away from the camp, I will ask you to command the vanguard troops."

"Time is tight, I will leave first."

"I will try to go and come back as soon as possible."

After that, Deng Jiaer took her knight sword placed aside and left the tent in a hurry.

Only Samuel and others were left sitting there in a daze.

After a long while, Samuel finally showed a helpless smile:

"I really have an incredible commander..."

"She and her sister Vivian are really alike, both are very courageous, they are indeed sisters, not only look alike, but also have similar personalities..."

After sighing silently, Samuel said to the few people who were still there:

"Did you hear what the commander just said?"

"During her absence, I will be your new boss."

"Today's military meeting ends here, let's all disperse."

"Then wait for our commander to bring back the useful information himself."