The meaning of reducing troops and increasing stoves is actually very simple. It means evacuating soldiers from the camp little by little, but in order not to let the enemy see the tricks, the soldiers withdraw but need to add stove fires.

After all, the more stove there is, the more people there are, the more people there are. In ancient times, this is an important basis for judging the number of enemy troops.

This is what Heichi Chang said about reducing troops and increasing stoves. On the one hand, they pulled 100,000 cavalrymen out of the barracks, but on the other hand, they had to continuously increase the number of stoves.

The Japanese were right opposite them. It was impossible to ignore their 100,000 troops in confrontation. They would definitely send spies around the camp. This would lead to more and more fires that would cause misjudgment from the Japanese and think that the Tang army was coming to support.

The 100,000 troops have made it difficult for the Japanese to deal with. If there are reinforcements, the Japanese will probably collapse. Therefore, Hei-Tooth Changzhi judged that the Japanese would send their main forces to launch a raid on them after they discovered this situation.

If the Japanese really launch an attack, it will be like exposing their tails, and the 100,000 Iron Cavalry of the Michigan can take the opportunity to rush forward and completely eliminate the Japanese.

In fact, he had used this method once when dealing with Dae Jo-young, and achieved great results, which gave Hei Ya Changzhi enough confidence.

Qin Ling was also a smart person. He immediately understood the meaning of Black Tooth Changzhi when he heard the 'reducing troops and increasing the stove'. He smiled and tapped him with his fingers a few times: "You are pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. You obviously have an idea but don't say it. You have to be so tight that you will reveal a few words."

"Don't blame the Grand Commander, this is the last solution. If this doesn't work, the Miao general will have no tricks." Black-toothed Changzhi said with a chuckling.

"Okay, don't talk about those useless ones. I think your method is very good and feasible. However, the specific details need to be considered again." Qin Ling waved his hand and signaled that Heiqi Changzhi should not think too much.

In his opinion, there is nothing good or bad about the method, only practical or not. The black-toothed Changzhi's method is very good. Although it is a bit old-fashioned, it is enough as long as it can lead out the Japanese army.

You should know that with the already powerful strength of the Tang army, if reinforcements continue to join, this will also be a considerable pressure on the Japanese soldiers. If the Japanese do not respond as soon as possible, then it is very likely that their soldiers will collapse before they can fight.

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In fact, Qinling and Heiqiu Changzhi's speculation was not wrong at all. The Japanese indeed hid a vanguard with a population of more than 200,000. These people were equipped with Tang Dynasty equipment, including fitted leather armor, sharp swords and countless long bows and short crossbows.

This is a powerful force that can determine the outcome of the battlefield. Since the attack on the Japanese island, neither Shanbei nor Qin Jisheng have used this force again.

Now the two armies are united, and they are used as the skeleton to supplement hundreds of thousands of old, weak and disabled soldiers, so they are not without the power to fight.

However, the black-toothed Changzhi's reduction of troops and increased stoves pushed Qin Jisheng and Shanbei's eldest brother to the edge of the cliff. The two were also a little panicked after hearing the spy's reward.

Especially Brother Shanbei who has handed over the military power, this guy has already blocked everything about him. If he is defeated this time, he doesn't care about Qin Jisheng's life or death, but he himself has to face the risk of losing everything.

This is something that Brother Shanbei cannot accept no matter what. If he has paid so much, if he still cannot change the fate of Japan and his own, then what is the meaning of his previous struggle?

"General Hattori, this war cannot be delayed anymore. I think we should take the initiative now and catch them off guard when the enemy is not yet firmly established." With infinite worries, Brother Shanbei found Qin Jisheng and urged him to send troops as soon as possible.

However, Qin Jisheng did not object or agree as he thought, but showed a sad face: "Your Majesty, you don't need to urge me. I also want to fight the Tang army. Ye Changmengduo's words were not only found in the Tang Dynasty."

"But think about it, what if all this is fake? The Tang Dynasty's military strategy is incredible and cannot be measured by us. How should we deal with it if they used the method of increasing the stove? Or what should we do if this is the ambush of the Tang army? Your Majesty, we cannot only consider what we see in front of us. Those who have not seen are the most important!"

I have to say that Qin Jisheng has already fully understood the military tactics of the Tang Dynasty. Even if Brother Shanbei tied ten or eight of them together, he was not his opponent.

But sometimes the situation is stronger than that of a person, and this cannot be compensated by personal intelligence. It is like a person cannot fly like a bird.

Of course, Brother Yamabe also thought about the problem mentioned by Qin Jisheng, but the current situation could not tolerate them thinking so much. The Japanese emperor, who had no military power in his hands, sighed quietly after a moment of silence: "General Hattori, I think what you said makes sense, but even so, we still have to send troops. After all, we know that this may be a trick of the Tang army, but our soldiers don't know it."

"If you continue to wait like this, do you know how much psychological pressure the soldiers need to bear? How much influence will their morale be? Besides, what if all this is true? What if the Tang army really has support? The Tang Dynasty's maritime military power is no longer comparable to that of us. They are fully capable of sending another twice or even ten times the force."

"If this is the case, we can only dig our own grave if we continue to wait. Have you ever thought about these questions?"

Qin Jisheng stopped talking and seemed to be making a very difficult decision.

Send troops or not? Bet on the future of Japan or your own? How should you choose?

This is not the choice of buying things on the street, whether to buy one or two pounds, but the choice of survival and death.

With a "bang", the head of the Matsu clan clan slapped Qin Jisheng's table hard: "Hatsuke, what are you still thinking about? Can you win if you wait? What is the difference between dying one day earlier and dying one day later?"

"Yes, fight, it doesn't make any sense to drag on it. If the Tang people gain the upper hand in momentum, we really can't fight this battle." Qin Jisheng's generals also began to yell.

All of them have seen the matter clearly and know that whether it is to fight or not, Japan has no hope. In this case, it is better to bet once, kill one and earn two.

(End of this chapter)
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