General Qin

"Could it be, do you think the general is an old turtle in the pond?"

"With a heavy army in hand, you don't want to make progress, but shrink back to protect yourself. From the perspective of the future, this strategy is really ridiculous! The general will never do this!"

After Qiang Yan finished speaking, he laughed again, and the laughter was very carefree.

He had had a long-standing grudge against Zhao Tuo, and just now he was flattered by him, so he couldn't make trouble for no reason.

At this moment, when Zhao Tuo offered this stupid strategy, he laughed at him wantonly, which can be regarded as expressing his grievances.

Hearing what Qiang Li said, the two generals couldn't help laughing too.

Because the strategy Zhao Tuo said is really funny.

Under the order of the King of Qin, Wang Jian commanded 600,000 troops to attack Chu, and the menacing force threatened to flatten the Chu State in one fell swoop. Even Chu Ling Yin Xiangyan could only gather troops in fear and defend himself on the front line of Huaiyang.

Qin is strong and Chu is weak. Under such circumstances, instead of taking advantage of the large army gathered and the morale of the army available, you go down to Chu State at once. Instead, you propose to defend first and then attack, and build a wall to protect yourself. This idea is too ridiculous. ?

Please, our Qin army is the attacking side!

Amidst the laughter, Feng Wuze felt something was wrong, although he also felt that Zhao Tuo's strategy was rather negative and ridiculous. But as far as he knew, Zhao Tuo had always been favored by the king, and he was talented as a military strategist, so it was impossible for him to be aimless.

Feng Wuze glanced at Zhao Tuo, and saw that he was facing Qiang Li's ridicule, his expression was calm, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Looking back, I saw Wang Jian sitting on the main seat with a serious face, his face turned blue.

Feng Wuze understood most of it, General Wang seems to like this style of play.

Sure enough, amidst the bursts of laughter, General Wang Jian coughed and said with a cold snort: "Zhao Tuo's strategy fits the current situation and follows the art of war. It is very good. I think this strategy is very good. "

After Wang Jian's words fell, the laughter in the tent stopped abruptly.

Qiang Li opened his mouth wide, and instinctively squeezed out two dry laughs of "quack" from his throat, and he looked at Wang Jian in disbelief.

"General!"

Qiang Yan shouted: "How good is Zhao Tuo's strategy? Our army is 600,000, and Chu's army is only 300,000 to 400,000. The army will definitely defeat the Chu people. As long as Xiang Yan is defeated at that time, our army will be defeated." Drive straight in, sweep the Chu land, and within a year, the Chu country will be overthrown and return to the king!"

Wang Jian said coldly: "The fighter plane hasn't arrived yet."

"Although our army has a large number, the Chu army also has a large number. Moreover, the Chu people waited for work with ease, and the soldiers must fight bravely if they mourn for death. Even if our army can win, it must suffer heavy casualties. How can we talk about a complete victory. Just like Zhao Tuo said It is said that the way of war is "to be invincible first, and wait for the enemy to be victorious." Our army first uses defense as an offensive, and when the Chu army is slack, it reveals a fighting opportunity, then we can look for opportunities to move, and then win victory. Safe way."

Seeing Wang Jian's serious expression, the generals thought that the general himself was also a steady character, and it was normal to choose this strategy of defending first and then attacking, so they stopped talking.

Only Qiang Li was not convinced, if this strategy was proposed by others, it would be fine, but it happened to be offered by Zhao Tuo, then he would have something to say.

Then Qiang Yan shouted loudly: "Defend and defend! Our army has 600,000 troops, and we spend millions of stones in food and grass every month!"

"According to what Zhao Tuo said, instead of attacking, we will take a defensive position in Chu and fight against the Chu army. What kind of opportunity will we wait for? How long will it take?"

"If the fighters don't show up, wouldn't our army just have to spend forever? How much food, fodder and supplies our army will consume by then! Have you, Zhao Tuo, thought about such a huge loss!"

At the end, Qiang Li opened his eyes wide, glared at Zhao Tuo, and asked sharply.

Just talk when you talk, why are your eyes so wide?

Zhao Tuo complained in his heart. When he saw Wang Jian smiling and saying nothing, he knew that the other party wanted him to explain the reason.

Zhao Tuo cleared his throat, and then he said loudly: "General Qiang Li's words are wrong. Our army of 600,000 people consumes one million shi of food per month. Doesn't it mean that the Chu army will not consume it? They have nearly 400,000 troops , the food and grass consumed every month is not much less than that of our army!"

"My Qin country's cattle are plowing the field. Last year, Guanzhong adopted the method of retting and fertilizing. The grain production has greatly increased. The Ao warehouse in Xingyang has already been full of grain. In addition, there are grain and grass transfers from Bashu, Hedong, Hanoi and other places, which is enough for us. The army has eaten for nearly a year."

"Not to mention that the spring plowing has passed. The state of Qin is implementing the method of composting throughout the country this year. When the autumn harvest comes, the whole country will definitely have a bumper harvest. There will only be more food. Even if it takes until next year's autumn harvest, it will be fine!"

All the generals Zhao Tuo said nodded. For Qin, the food is indeed enough.

Last year when Li Xin attacked Chu, the Qin State stockpiled grains in the warehouses ahead of time, enough to feed an army of 200,000 troops for a year.

Unexpectedly, Li Xin was defeated in just a few months, and most of the food left in the warehouse was useless. Coupled with the continuous transfer and replenishment, the Qin army would not be short of food, at least in the short term.

Zhao Tuo raised his head and continued: "On the other hand, Jingchu, as far as the general knows, not only is its country much worse than our Qin State in terms of agriculture, but also has many lords, and most of the food in the country is in the hands of lords from all over the country. There is not much grain in the state treasury of Chu."

"This time when the Chu State sent troops, the clan soldiers of those clans were supplied by their respective lords. In such a situation, even if the Chu army is smaller than our army, it will definitely not be able to consume our army, even before the food is exhausted. In order to preserve their savings, those lords will clamor to withdraw their troops, and this is also one of the opportunities."

"What's more, although our army has come from a long distance, the food and grass need to be transported thousands of miles away. But in Huaiyang, our army can rely on the water transport of Honggou to transport food from Xingyang. The troops of General Shang Caiyang rely on Rushui and travel from Xingyang. Yangdi, Xinzheng and other places in Yingchuan County transported grain and fodder."

"My Qin army used boats to transport food down the river. Not only did the transportation time be short, but it also consumed very little. The Chu State did not have the advantage of water transportation and could not transport it upstream. It could only be transported by cattle, horses and manpower. An Neng Consumed more than our army?"

"So, this battle is based on defense and offense. The Chu army will definitely not be able to consume my Qin army. We only need to defend ourselves here, and we have already won half of the victory. When the Chu army runs out of food and grass, or there are internal problems, then This is when our army will achieve full success!"

"Such a strategy only consumes food and fodder, does not harm soldiers, and has no risk of overturning. It can destroy the enemy in one fell swoop and destroy Jingchu. Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhao Tuo finished speaking in one breath, and the words were impassioned, which shocked all the generals in the tent.

Because the strategy in his words has already detached from fighting on the battlefield, and focused on the overall situation.

Don't engage in any conspiracy and tricks, just confront Chu State openly, and directly use national power to consume the other party.

Not only all the generals fell into deep thought, even Qiang Li was too shocked to speak.

"Zhao Tuo's strategy is great."

Wang Jian clapped his hands and smiled, and said to the generals: "The strategy presented by Zhao Tuo is the best strategy for a military strategist, the strategy of prosperity, is it too much better to take risks and seek victory instead of Bill and other bloody battles on the battlefield? Our army attacked Chu this time, Then follow Zhao Tuo's policy."

When Wang Jian said it, all the generals bowed their heads in obedience.

Qiang Li gritted his teeth, blushing.

Zhao Tuo's strategy is well-founded, and it is a method of complete victory. Even the general and the other generals agree. Although he is not angry in his heart, he can only bow his head and agree.

But Qiang Lu still felt that they had the advantage in numbers, but they fought this battle so aggrievedly, how uncomfortable it was.

"Old turtle!"

"little turtle!"

Qiang Li scolded a few words in his heart, and suddenly felt a lot better in his heart.

Now that the strategy of attacking Chu has been decided, the generals will then finalize the specific operations and deployment matters.

After that, Wang Jian let all the generals go down, leaving Zhao Tuo alone.

"Your strategy just now seems to be for the old man?"

Wang Jian looked at the young man in front of him. He was like a worm in his stomach just now, and every word spoke to his heart. This kind of thing is by no means accidental.

Wang Jian was sure that Zhao Tuo's strategy was dedicated to himself, and he would definitely not say that if the general was changed.

Zhao Tuo laughed: "What the general said is true. The strategy of the last general just now is actually the method used by the general to destroy Zhao in the past."

Wang Jian was startled, he remembered.

A few years ago, Wang Jian led the Qin army to attack Zhao, but he couldn't defeat Zhao general Li Mu, so he simply led his soldiers to retreat to protect themselves, built walls and fortresses to defend themselves, and confronted Li Mu for half a year.

It wasn't until he bribed Zhao Xiang Guo Kai, and finally killed Li Mu with a divorce plan, that he found an opportunity to attack Zhao Guo in one fell swoop.

Seeing Wang Jian remembering this, Zhao Tuo said in a low voice: "In addition to the consumption of national power just now, our army can also use tricks to drive a wedge between King Chu of Chu and Lord Xiang Yan, and make them suspicious of each other. , then our army’s victory is certain.”

Wang Jian smiled.

He looked at the young general in front of him, and thought to himself that if this kid appeared, his old king would surely enjoy his old age in peace in the future.

Wang Jian walked over, patted Zhao Tuo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "What a Zhao Tuo, you have already won the essence of fighting in the battlefield."

Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked at Wang Jian.

One old and one young, two Qin generals.

In the coach's big tent, there was a tacit low laugh.

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