Chapter 966 - 418. The Alliance Hierarch takes initiative, offense and defense switch forms_2
Li Su’s position in the minds of the generals within the camp was initially not high.
After all, he was young and suddenly assumed the important role of adviser, holding a higher rank than them, which naturally made them uncomfortable.
But after the first skirmish with the Alliance Army, the generals no longer dared to underestimate him. Facing Zhao Yulong’s strategy of dividing troops among five cities while personally leading the central army to provide support at any time, the initial plan of Emperor Yuliang was to break the enemy by dividing forces, and the generals were all in agreement with this tactic.
After all, on their side, the army totaled fifteen million troops, splitting into five divisions to defeat the enemy meant three hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, even if Zhao Yulong supported one city, they still held an absolute numerical advantage in the other four cities.
Li Su vehemently opposed the plan and insisted on employing the tactic of a massive army push.
Initially, they did not understand, but once the battle commenced, they realized that the Alliance Army merged forces with surprising speed. Only then did everyone understand that Zhao Yulong’s early arrangement was precisely to lure Great Jin into dividing forces, something Li Su had foreseen. As the subsequent battle rolled out as Li Su predicted, the armies clashed in the wilderness, and the Alliance was absolutely no match for Great Jin, being pushed back across two prefectures. Despite not killing many enemies, the victory was solid and real.
Consequently, the generals began to take him seriously.
Li Su had just reassured Emperor Yuliang not to worry about the three allied forces, and the reaction among the soldiers was tumultuous precisely because they were never worried about them. The armies of Hexi’s Hou Clan, Jiangbei Alliance, and the Lu Family never appeared threatening in their eyes, with the exception of Hou Clan’s Red Flame Army, which they paid heed to—what they saw as a 13 million-strong army was of no concern to them.
The Sacred Army Code, Heavenly Army Code, and ordinary army—the major distinction among these is not cultivation but the military code. Soldiers trained with the military code are entirely incomparable to those untrained, just as the gap between the Sacred Army Code and the Heavenly Army Code is as deep as a chasm. In their eyes, apart from the two hundred thousand Red Flame Army, the rest of the allied forces looked like mere crumbling walls and tripping dogs.
Their concern was solely for the Alliance Army within the Shunkang City in front of them.