Meng Nanxi did not fetch Jiang Chuan a map. Instead, she took him to the Command Room.
Upon hearing that the King of Jiangnan was going to personally step in and micromanage... formulate a battle plan, Xiang Taining, Zhao Zihao, and the others immediately could not sit still. They rushed straight to the Command Room.
"Jiang Chuan, King of Jiangnan, why don't you go into secluded cultivation instead?"
Watching Jiang Chuan have Meng Nanxi take notes, Zhao Zihao hesitated for a moment before finally speaking through gritted teeth.
"With the theater commander absent, as the highest-ranking officer, I naturally have to shoulder the responsibility. Since you're all here, I'll explain it to you. This time, we'll use a grand encirclement maneuver."
Jiang Chuan stared at the map as he spoke without even raising his head.
"Isn't that tactic a little outdated?" Ji Heng asked.
The grand encirclement maneuver had indeed been an excellent tactic in the past. But in an era with all manner of reconnaissance aircraft and even reconnaissance satellites, troop movements on such a massive scale could not possibly be concealed.
Thus, it was a textbook example of an obsolete tactic.
"Being outdated doesn't matter."
Jiang Chuan picked up two small flags of different colors and placed them on the northern and southern parts of the map.
"To the north lies a relatively flat plain, convenient for marching and favorable for mechanized troops to deploy. This southern route, however, must cross the Gray Rock Mountain Range and the Suman River Basin, making movement extremely difficult. If you were Demon Kings, what would you choose? You would definitely gather all the demonic beasts and attack the troops making the southern detour first."
"With the intelligence of a Demon King, they certainly won't just sit and wait for death."
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