Chapter 179

"First, separate Han Xin's army from Li Li Yuanba!"

"Our Xiongnu army will be responsible for surrounding Han Xin's one hundred thousand troops, making it impossible for them to support Li Li Yuanba!"

"And you Central Plains experts will be responsible for dealing with Li Li Yuanba, making it impossible for him to support Han Xin's army!"

"In the military strategy of your Central Plains, this is called 'divide and conquer'!"

"Which of these two methods do you agree with more?"

He asked as he spoke!

The Mohist Leader frowned and said: "Based on my understanding of Li Li Yuanba, this man has a strength of forty thousand catties, uses dual hammers, and never knows fatigue!"

"And what this person is best at is group combat; charging into hundreds of thousands of troops alone is like cutting vegetables!"

"Precisely because of this, numbers have no advantage whatsoever in front of Li Li Yuanba; on the contrary, they become a burden!"

"After all... no matter how many people you have, the number Li Li Yuanba actually faces at any one time is only a few dozen, at most a hundred!"

"Any more, and you can't create an advantage; instead, due to formation issues, you'll just have crowding and trampling, and the army's advantage won't be realized at all!"

"Therefore, swarming him is definitely not the way; this not only limits the advantage of the Xiongnu army but also makes it difficult for us to utilize our own advantages!"

The Leader explained.

Xiang Yu nodded and said: "True, too many people will indeed limit our performance. After all, Li Li Yuanba is only one person, and when we are killing him, we might accidentally injure the Xiongnu army!"

"Furthermore, these people are cooperating for the first time, and it's inevitable that there is no tacit understanding between the two sides, so I also do not recommend the Xiongnu army and us Central Plains people joining forces!"

"Moreover, I believe that to kill Li Li Yuanba, the number of people should not be too high; ten thousand, fighting in echelons, would be best!"

"The more experts, the better!"

The two of them spoke together!

Upon hearing these words, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu couldn't help but admire!

There were indeed formidable figures among these Central Plains experts!

The arguments from the Leader and Xiang Yu were combat experiences summarized after many battles between their Xiongnu people and Li Li Yuanba!

Xiang Yu was one thing; at least he had fought Li Li Yuanba!

But the Leader had seen all this just through understanding.

At that moment, he couldn't help but bow to the Leader:

"Then according to your words, is it best to separate Li Li Yuanba from Han Xin's one hundred thousand troops?"

The Leader pondered:

"That is feasible, but the question is, how should we separate Li Li Yuanba from Han Xin's army?"

Xiang Yu said: "Military strategy says, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Xiongnu King, the biggest problem for us now is not just not knowing the enemy, but not knowing ourselves!"

"Currently, among us, who has the highest martial arts, who is good at what, and the terrain of your Xiongnu grasslands—we know none of this!"

"With this, how can we fight?"

"How can we separate Han Xin and Li Li Yuanba?"

"If we can't even separate the two of them, how can we kill Li Li Yuanba?"

"Therefore, the top priority now is to first gain understanding!"

Xiang Yu spoke.

When these words were spoken, the eyes of the Xiongnu King, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, shone once again!

At this moment, he couldn't help but look at Xiang Yu with new respect!

Before, he only thought that Xiang Yu had been defeated by Li Li Yuanba with four hundred thousand troops, so this person probably had no ability!

But... after truly coming into contact with Li Li Yuanba, he felt that Xiang Yu losing to Li Li Yuanba didn't seem shameful; he even felt a bit of admiration for Xiang Yu!

After all... he had broken out of the encirclement of Li Li Yuanba, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Wang Ben's three hundred thousand troops, and even brought out more than ten thousand men!

And after hearing these words from Xiang Yu, he was even more shocked!

This person was definitely not mediocre; he understood the way of leading troops!

But likewise, he didn't hesitate at all and immediately had someone bring out the map of the grasslands.

Furthermore, arrange for specialists to explain the current situation of both sides to everyone present!

As well as the important rivers, grasslands, mountain ranges, and grazing herds, etc.!

The people he arranged explained all this very clearly!

After Xiang Yu stared at the map for a while, he pointed to a place: "Here, the Chaqin Grassland!"

"This is definitely the place Han Xin wants to occupy!"

"Because... the slogan Ying Su is using this time is to exterminate the Xiongnu!"

"And to exterminate the Xiongnu, one must kill all the Xiongnu. The Chaqin Grassland is the largest grassland north of the Azagu River!"

"There are fully six hundred thousand nomadic people living here, and twenty thousand troops guarding it!"

"So, if I were Han Xin, my next step would definitely be to attack here!"

"And to separate Han Xin and Li Li Yuanba, it must be done here!"

He spoke, his eyes shining at that moment!

Even some Xiongnu generals felt shocked after hearing this!

Shocked?

Shocked by what?

Naturally, shocked that Xiang Yu had actually predicted Han Xin's direction of attack in advance!

Could it be... they had been fighting Han Xin for over a month, and hadn't made any predictions?

Of course they had, but to be honest, they couldn't predict it!

The reason for this is quite ridiculous!

Because... for hundreds or thousands of years, although the grassland tribes had fought the Central Plains people many times, and had been defeated, that wasn't the issue!

But... being invaded by a foreign enemy, being attacked into the grasslands!

This was the first time in history!

It had always been them invading the Central Plains to plunder.

When had the Central Plains people ever attacked into the Xiongnu?

This was simply impossible!

Because the grasslands were too vast, and the population was scattered; even if the Central Plains people attacked, there was nothing worth plotting for!

Therefore, throughout the dynasties, the Central Plains people had always focused on defense against the grassland tribes and had never launched any decent attacks!

But as it happened, there was a madman like Ying Su!

He not only wanted to attack the grasslands, he wanted to exterminate them!

Isn't that ridiculous?

And facing this unprecedented event, many Xiongnu generals were bewildered!

At first, they would still protect those lush water and grass areas according to past tribal disputes.

But after fighting for nearly two months, they discovered that Han Xin wasn't fighting for those places at all!

He was fighting for the rivers!

By cutting off the rivers, he forced you to fight in the territory he had occupied!

There was no way around this.

There was really no predictability as to where Han Xin would attack!

But now... Xiang Yu had actually deduced it!

"Amazing!"

"Truly amazing!"

The Xiongnu King, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, looked at Xiang Yu in front of him, his eyes truly shining!

At the same time, he couldn't help but start asking Xiang Yu what they should do now!

"Understand!"

"Understand the combat members and strength of both the enemy and ourselves!"

Xiang Yu said, and turning his head, he looked directly at everyone present:

"Gentlemen, let's all introduce our own signature skills!"

He called out.

However, among those present, not a single person paid him any mind.

Because... in their eyes, Xiang Yu was just a fallen noble, and had no qualifications to command them!