Chapter 457 Active and Passive

On the surface, everything seems to be normal. The Fourth Army Corps at Story 13 is still stationed, while the Bonn Fortress in front seems to be inactive. Get ready for the coming war...however, the calm doesn't last even a day.

   "What did you say? The court acted?!"

   At noon the next day, before it was even time for lunch, Kriolev received this surprising news from his adjutant Karl.

   "Yes, my lord, according to the scout's report, the steel giant of the Inquisition, five steel chariots, and 5,000 Fourth Legion soldiers left Story 13 early this morning, and are heading towards Bonn Fortress!"

   "How long will it take to reach Bonn Fortress?"

   "It will take at least five days!"

"very good."

   Calculated, Kriolev nodded, five days is enough time for reinforcements from the Second Army to join them. Now that the steel giants have made some moves, they can rush through the Bonn Fortress with the converging reinforcements before the Iron Giants reach the Bonn Fortress, and then bloom in all directions! As long as the Iron Giant is separated from the Fourth Legion, then the next action will be much more convenient!

  However, just because Kriolev thinks so does not mean that other people think so.

"Report!"

   Kriolev had just finished his lunch when he saw a messenger rush into his room.

   "The order from Commander-in-Chief Kechak of the Council requires the First Army to keep the Fortress of Bonn at all costs, and there is absolutely no room for loss!"

  “………………”

  Hearing the other party's message, Kryolev suddenly felt that the food in his mouth was not delicious.

"Why………"

  Looking at the order letter handed over by the messenger, Kriolev sighed helplessly, and looked at the adjutant Karl beside him, who also shook his head.

   It wasn't their original plan, but it didn't work because it was an order from the commander-in-chief of the army, and they had to listen to it.

"What should we do now?"

   "The only way to go is to go to Bonn Fortress and hold there."

  Kriolev sighed silently. The order from the council was very clear, requiring the First Army to set off immediately to defend Fort Bonn. Reinforcements from the Second Army arrived shortly thereafter, and the First Army was required to hold Fort Bonn at all costs. Obviously, the Council also learned of the news of the Tribunal's actions, and their first thought was to protect themselves...

  Thinking of this, Kriolev was not in the mood to eat anymore.

   "Notify the whole army, get ready to go, send someone to inform Bonn Fortress, we will be in charge there from now on!"

   While the First Legion was operating, their actions were naturally reported by Suzume and Kanami who were in charge of the investigation.

   "I didn't expect...Kriolev could actually act..."

  Hearing the information brought back by the two of them, Kirti and Uluze were stunned and couldn't believe it. Especially Uluze, as Seth's strategist, she is also the best at planning in this area. Before the start of the operation, Uruze conducted a series of analyzes on Kriolev's opponent. In her opinion, this veteran is brave and courageous, and has a cautious personality. He should be able to master it by himself. Take the initiative, rather than handing over the initiative to others.

   It's not at all Kryolev's style to be led by the nose like this.

   "It's easy."

  Compared to the astonishment of Kirti and Uluze, Duanmuhuai seemed very calm.

   “Because it comes down to a political issue, not a military issue.”

"political issues?"

   "Exactly."

   Duanmuhuai nodded.

"You all think that Kriolev is our opponent, but in fact, Kriolev is just a general in the final analysis, the commander of the First Army, no matter how high his reputation in the army is, he is not the emperor. , not to mention the commander-in-chief. And our opponent is not Kriolev, but the council..."

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai picked up a chess piece and inserted it on the sand table.

"From the perspective of the council, what do you think they will think when they learn that our army is marching in? They will definitely be worried that the court of justice will come to the city and send them to heaven with a single shot. So they will definitely ask the First Legion to spare no effort Block our army at all costs. In this case, even Kriolev's talents are meaningless."

   "......how can it be like this..."

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's explanation, everyone present couldn't help being dumbfounded. All along, they instinctively believed that military affairs belonged to military affairs, and politics belonged to politics. But it is clear that Duanmu Huai has a different view on this.

  Facing the admiration and surprise gazes cast on him by other people, Duanmuhuai seemed very calm. Military is an extension of politics, and within human beings, in the final analysis, military is only a political means.

In history, there are countless examples of political influence on military strategy. For example, in the Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period, Zhao Guo used the veteran Lian Po as his commander, and he insisted on fighting with Qin State for several months. Later, Qin State sent people to spread rumors in Zhao State, claiming that Qin Jun was not afraid of Lian Po but Zhao Kuo. If Zhao Kuo were the commander-in-chief, then Qin Jun would throw away his armor and flee in less than three hours.

At that time, Zhao Guoman's civil and military officials were in a panic. Even Zhao Kuo's mother went to King Zhao Xiaocheng personally and said that my son is a waste, and you don't want him to be a general. Lian Po, it turned out that the Qin army on the opposite side didn't talk about martial arts, and replaced Wang Yan with Bai Qi, and directly overthrew Zhao Kuo, who was talking about military affairs on paper, in one battle, and killed Zhao Guo's 200,000 soldiers. Grandma couldn't even cry out.

When reading this story in the later history books, everyone thought that King Zhao Xiaocheng was out of his mind, but in fact, the war between the two countries cost a lot of food and grass, and the rats in the granary would cry when they saw it. As an emperor, Wang must make a choice. Otherwise, if the consumption continues, Zhao Jun will win or not, and everyone will starve to death together.

  As a general, Lian Po only needs to care about the war, but as the emperor Zhao Xiaocheng must consider the whole country. At that time, Zhao Jun won the battle, and Zhao Guo starved to death a lot of people. What's the point? And if it continues, it is not certain whether it will win or not.

  So he simply took a gamble, since Lian Po was disobedient, he replaced Lian Po with the obedient Zhao Kuo.

   Just lost the bet.

  The same goes for Yue Fei. Song Gaozong did reuse Yue Fei at first, but after twelve gold medals ordered Yue Fei to return to the court, Yue Fei was naturally tragic. But it is not entirely correct to say that Song Gaozong just listened to Qin Hui's slander. In fact, in other dynasties, Yue Fei might not have encountered such a thing. . Now the fight against gold is not over, why is Song Gaozong so eager to cut Yue Fei?

  The reason is very simple, the Song Dynasty has lessons learned from the past!

As an anti-gold hero, Yue Fei had such a high reputation in the Southern Song Dynasty. Song Gaozong was afraid that Yue Fei would beat the Jin man away, and then one night his subordinates would pull him out of bed and put on a dragon robe or something... How did his ancestors become the king? The emperor's, can he not know?

   Why did the emperors of the Song Dynasty emphasize literature and suppress military affairs? Isn’t it the second Chenqiao mutiny that they were afraid of? With Yue Fei's prestige and status in the Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty at that time was the same as the Later Zhou Dynasty, people's hearts were floating. If Yue Fei really wanted to wear a yellow robe, wouldn't the Song Dynasty be over like Hou Zhou?

  So Song Gaozong had this concern in the first place, coupled with the treacherous minister Qin Hui telling the truth, and finally issued a series of stupid orders like this, playing himself to death.

In fact, many times, a careful study of various coquettish operations in history will reveal that there are objective conditions. In addition, the other party is hesitant, so slander by treacherous ministers or treacherous schemes is basically tantamount to a smooth push It made the other party finally make a decision that would appear to future generations to be stupid and brain-dead.

   If there are no objective conditions, then no matter how extravagant the talk is, it will be useless.

   As the saying goes, one general is incompetent and exhausts the entire army.

  However, no matter how powerful the general is, his arms are still weaker than his thighs. If the emperor gave an order, how can you still resist the order?

   In the final analysis, all military issues are political issues.

  Generals like Wu Qi, Han Xin, and Yue Fei are all like this. They are all top-notch in terms of leading troops in battle. It can be said that leading troops in battle is invincible in the world. Wu Qi was even an all-rounder in military and politics. It was because of his reform that Chu State became strong and became a tyrant in the Warring States Period.

   But what's the use?

  Wu Qi offended the nobles of Chu State because of the reform, and was shot to death by random arrows.

  Han Xin, who overthrew Xiang Yu, was conspired by Liu Bang's empress Lu and Xiao He, and was tricked into the palace to be assassinated with a sack.

   Not to mention Yue Fei, everyone knows it.

  So in the final analysis, no matter how fierce the general is, there is only one dead end in the face of political games.

   Therefore, in Duanmuhuai's view, no matter how awesome Kriolev is, he is the reincarnation of Sun Wu and the rebirth of Han Xin. As long as he seizes the council, Kriolev will only die!

   It doesn’t matter if Kriolev is not fooled, as long as the Council is fooled!

   It’s the same as Qin’s envoy back then, it doesn’t matter if you are not fooled, and it doesn’t matter if civil and military officials are not fooled, as long as the idiot King Zhao Xiaocheng believes it! Could it be that you, Lian Po, can turn against King Zhao Xiaocheng?

The same is true for Kryolev now. Due to the lessons learned from the Fourth Army's rebellion against the Qin King, the council must be afraid that the First Army will also come to the Qin King, so for Kryolev, he has only two options, or completely Obey the council's order, or simply rebel against it - it's better at that time, wouldn't it be happier to join the revolutionary team together?

  For Kriolev, from a political point of view, he has been completely checkmate.

   "Order everyone to prepare."

   Duanmu Huai sneered and stood up.

   "Since the First Legion is coming, let us give him a grand and warm welcome ceremony!"

  (end of this chapter)