General Qin

For or against?

On the king's couch, the first emperor's eyes were piercing.

In the main hall, all the ministers looked at each other.

Unless Zhao Tuo wanted to fight hard against the first emperor and fight against those military generals around who were eager for military achievements, otherwise he could only have one choice for his answer.

"Your Majesty, the land of Baiyue is rich in products and boundless. If soldiers are sent to conquer, we can extend the territory of Great Qin to the south and north. This is an unprecedented achievement in three generations."

Zhao Tuo opened his mouth and first expressed his support.

The First Emperor nodded slightly.

From the south to the north, this word is very suitable for him.

All the ministers in the palace had such expressions as expected.

Qiang Yan showed disappointment on his face, and said in his heart: "This Zhao Tuo has reached the rank of Dashu, and he is only one step away from becoming a marquis, but he has not been able to find an army that has made great contributions. Now that the battle of conquest will start, he is afraid You have to ask yourself to lead the army to conquer Baiyue, and then you can become a Marquis when you come back."

There are not many people who think like Qiang Li, and many generals look at Zhao Tuo with envy, and sigh secretly in their hearts.

Zhao Tuo conquered the Yue people too much, he has combat experience against the Yue people, and he is young, so he is a suitable candidate for the general.

In addition, he has the ambition to be a Marquis, as long as he speaks, the first emperor, as the father-in-law, will definitely let him be the chief general, and it is impossible for others to compete with Zhao Tuo.

Among the generals, Tu Sui rolled his eyes.

What a brother Zhao, the other day he told me how terrifying the land of Baiyue was, so he wanted to prevent me from submitting a letter to ask for a fight.

Li Si who was standing beside Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up.

Zhao Tuo has a talent for governing the country, and he has won the emperor's heart for a few consecutive suggestions and suggestions, plus the technique of papermaking and printing. Having this son stay in Xianyang inevitably overshadowed Li Si's brilliance.

So it's better for Zhao Tuo to go out to fight, so that Li Si can show his strength in Xianyang.

In the minds of different people.

What Zhao Tuo said had a turning point, and he began to talk about the situation in Baiyue.

"Baiyue should be conquered, but according to what I saw during the southern expedition, the land of Baiyue is not the same as the Central Plains. It is hot and humid, with many mountains, forests and swamps. The mountains and forests are densely covered with miasma, and poisonous insects, snakes and ants are rampant."

"Furthermore, the more land there are, the less the city walls, and the more people live in the mountains and valleys, and they all rely on forest trails to get in and out. Those places are impassable for vehicles and horses. If the army enters the mountains, forests and swamps, it will be difficult to pass, but the more people are more sensitive."

"If my Great Qin wants to attack Baiyue, we must not take it lightly. We should formulate corresponding tactics according to the situation in Yuedi."

Zhao Tuo talked eloquently, and told about the situation in Yuedi in front of the first emperor and the officials and generals.

The west of the Central Plains of Qin State is not connected to Yue, and the previous offensive wars were basically fought against the six kingdoms of Shandong. At most, the surrounding Di, Qiang, Rong and Di were added, but the areas where those Di and Qiang were located were close to Guanzhong, and the climate and environment were actually similar, far less different than Yuedi.

Many Qin generals in the palace only knew about Yuedi from hearsay. Now that they heard Zhao Tuo's detailed description, all of them frowned like Tu Sui before.

In addition to the difficulties in the geographical environment, at the end of Zhao Tuo's speech, he also said something that made the generals feel terrified.

The hotter the land, the more the mosquitoes and the water gu are rampant. Once the army enters the forest, they may encounter epidemics.

blight!

In this era of underdeveloped medicine, it is something that everyone talks about.

The Qin army was far away from their homeland, so they were suspected of being dissatisfied with the environment. If they were unlucky and the epidemic really caught up, let alone conquering the land of Baiyue, it would be a question of whether half of the people would survive.

Shi Huang narrowed his eyes.

The hall fell into silence.

Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.

He was right.

Faced with the desire of the first emperor and many generals, recklessly opposing would only make him hostile and even anger the emperor.

If you want to persuade, you can't say anything to appease the head of Guizhou and save people's power.

For the superior emperor, the common people at the bottom of Guizhou are not worth mentioning, they only exist as tools. Even the emperor may have the intention of using up war to consume those rangers in the land of the princes.

Zhao Tuo could only present the actual problem of conquering Baiyue.

What he said were all facts, and he hoped to scare off the conquest of Emperor Shi Huang and those generals.

Zhao Tuo wanted them to know that the land of Baiyue was not an easy bone to gnaw, and Qin's army marched south. If they were not careful, their teeth might break.

After a moment of silence, Ting Wei Li Si spoke.

He looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile, and said: "Young Mansion Zhao, you are a famous general of our Qin Kingdom, and you know Baiyue so well, so you must have a good plan to help us conquer Baiyue."

"Yes, Young Master Zhao must have a good policy, we will listen carefully."

Wang Wu and other ministers also reacted and followed suit.

Xin Wu and other generals followed up and said: "We are also willing to listen to Zhao Shaofu's plan to destroy Yue."

Reminded by Li Si, they also guessed the intention of Zhao Tuo's words.

The emperor was ambitious, and it was imperative to conquer Baiyue, so it was naturally impossible for Zhao Tuo to object.

So he openly talked about the difficulty of conquering Baiyue in the main hall, probably because he wanted to put on a posture that Baiyue is difficult to conquer, and who else can I, in order to scare off the generals, and then make himself the leader of the conquerors that everyone expects.

Zhao Tuo had this motive.

He is the head of the great concubine, and after conquering Baiyue, he will definitely be able to become a Marquis with this credit!

A man lives in the world, he is a marquis when he is born, and he is a temple food when he dies.

Everyone has heard these words. Now that they have seen through Zhao Tuo's thoughts, they can't compete with each other after thinking about it.

Just wait for Zhao Tuo to tell his good strategy, and then the big guys will logically support Zhao Tuo as the leader, so that it will be a good deal.

Hearing everyone's words and those eyes that seemed to see through his thoughts, Zhao Tuo guessed their thoughts just by thinking about it, and suddenly felt dumbfounded.

The First Emperor seemed to think the same way. He glanced at Zhao Tuo jokingly, and said lightly, "You can say that."

Zhao Tuo was speechless. He talked about the difficulty of conquest of Baiyue for a long time, and finally the problem was thrown back to him.

Fortunately, he was prepared for this.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Tuo said, "I believe that if your Majesty wants to conquer Yuedi, he should use the technique of attacking from a distance and attacking from a distance, just as he did before destroying the six kingdoms."

"The land is so vast that it is not one clan or one country, but it is occupied by countless tribes, among which the largest ones are Dong'ou, Xi'ou, Minyue, Nanyue, Luoyue, etc."

"These big Yue people are like the Shandong princes in the past. They are not monolithic. For example, Nanyue often fights with Minyue, and Minyue often conflicts with Dongou, fighting and attacking each other. I, Daqin, can take advantage of this."

"We can send merchants and envoys to bring money to win over the various races of the Yue people, and to instigate dissension, so that these Yue people will fight each other and start a big war. When the Yue people are both defeated, our Great Qin will send troops to attack again. Save effort and get all the work.”

As soon as Zhao Tuo started, Wang Ben, Xin Wu and other veterans nodded their heads.

Long-range friendship and short-term attack, alienation and instigation, wooing and division, and finally defeating each one.

They are familiar with this. This is how the Shandong Six Kingdoms were killed. In war, this is indeed an old-fashioned and convenient method.

Moreover, those merchants and envoys can also undertake the duty of spying on intelligence, which is in line with the art of war's principle of knowing yourself, knowing your enemy, and invincible in a hundred battles.

Zhao Tuo continued to talk freely.

In addition to the policy of alienation, Zhao Tuo also suggested that Qin should first build roads, one from Yuyue to Dongou, one from Jiangxi to Nanyue, and even build canals in other places depending on the situation. Guarantee the logistics of the Qin army, so that the chariots and horses can travel in the mountains and forests.

When building roads, the Qin army can also send small groups of troops along the roads to attack the surrounding areas, subdue the small tribes of Yue people in the surrounding areas, and gradually nibble away.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo also suggested training a strong sea-going boat division. At that time, the boat division can be sent from the land of Jiangdong into the sea, along the coastline, and cooperate with the land army. Arriving directly at the rear of South Vietnam, they flanked the army and caught the Vietnamese by surprise.

Relying on sea transportation can also transport grain and fodder, which is much more convenient than going over mountains and mountains by land.

In terms of specific tactics, the Qin army can attack the weakest Dongou first, and then join hands with Nanyue to jointly attack Minyue.

After carve up Fujian and Vietnam with the South Vietnamese, and then change hands to provoke and attack South Vietnam, generally speaking, it is to weaken and weaken the strength, to break down one by one, and not to make the Yue people unite.

As for the epidemic, as long as there is not a large army gathering, even if a small group of troops get sick, the damage will not be too great.

To sum up, Zhao Tuo's conquering strategy is mainly to ensure the road logistics, and at the same time use tactics to instigate the Yue people to fight, make friends from a distance and attack from a short distance, slowly nibble away, and finally achieve the goal of annexing the land of Baiyue.

This is a replica of Qin destroying the six kingdoms.

Such a tactic, Wang Ben and other veterans naturally nodded in agreement, because it was very stable.

But the first emperor on the emperor's couch was expressionless.

After Zhao Tuo finished speaking, he asked indifferently: "I don't know how long it will take to imitate the strategy of destroying the six kingdoms and conquer Baiyue as you said."

Zhao Tuo replied: "The policy of destroying Yue that I said may take six years."

six years.

Most of the time is spent on building roads, training boat masters, provoking spies, and buying Yue tribes. As long as these pre-works are done well, it should not be a big problem for Qin to destroy Yue.

At the same time, six years is enough for the Qin army who marched south to adapt to the local geographical climate, and no major epidemics will occur.

Of course, after conquering Baiyue, the Qin army still needs to appease the local Yue people, to control the Yue people, to win over the upper nobles of the Yue people with benefits, and to prevent the Yue people from repeating themselves, so that they can last for a long time, instead of falling into an endless war In the quagmire.

Counting all the time, Zhao Tuo estimated that it would be impossible to handle it in less than ten years.

The reason why he said six years was because he felt that the first emperor could not wait ten years.

Secondly, it is Qin Guoshang Liu, and he hopes that this number will bring luck.

It's a pity that Emperor Shi Huang, who loved Liu on weekdays, felt dissatisfied today.

"Six years?"

Emperor Shi Huang's face was not good-looking.

It took him less than ten years from the start of the war to destroy South Korea to the conquest of the six countries in Shandong.

The six kingdoms of Shandong are so powerful and huge, among which Zhao, Chu, Qi and other countries are even more powerful countries with hundreds of thousands of armored countries. It took less than ten years for the Qin army to destroy them.

Baiyue in the south, without the power of armored soldiers, lives in the mountains and wilds, just like barbarians, but you have to let the supreme emperor spend six years to conquer.

This is not allowed by his pride.

too long.

too slow.

Did Zhao Tuo overestimate the people of Yue and underestimate his Daqin?

The First Emperor nodded to Zhao Tuo first.

"Your strategy is very good."

He turned his head and spoke again in front of all the officials in the palace.

"I want to send an army of 500,000 troops to the south to attack Baiyue, but can I go down quickly?"