At this thought, Qu Bing immediately decided to discuss it with You Ye. After all, You Ye was the person most familiar with this place, so he ought to seek his opinion.
"Uncle You, I just thought of a battle plan. Come listen and tell me what you think. I'm planning to send troops along three routes. One force will ambush the Hunting Ground to the east, another will seize the Cannibal Tribe's salt pond and force them south, and then we'll station part of our force here to cut off their route south."
Qu Bing pulled You Ye aside and explained all his ideas. Only then did he stare at You Ye and ask, "Uncle You, do you think this will work?"
You Ye thought for a while before saying, "It will work, but do you have enough troops? Your Shence Guard only has a little over two thousand men in total, and you'll have to deploy them in three places. Won't they be too spread out? I think it would be better to attack bit by bit, concentrating our strength on one place. At the very least, we won't suffer losses that way."
After hearing this, Qu Bing grinned. "That's not a problem. Our Shence Guard may not have many soldiers, but there's absolutely no issue with our combat power. Losing is impossible. The only question is how much we can earn."
"Besides, before I came, the Chieftain told me that with an army like the Shence Guard, we need to use our forces flexibly. There's no need to put everyone in one place. Sending out one platoon each time is enough to complete many missions. We happen to have three battalions of fully organized troops, each with more than seven hundred men and more than seven hundred