General Qin

On a flat dam near the King's City of Xi'ou, the Qin army built a small city here as a permanent control center over Ou.

"Brother Tu, Brother Tu, ugh."

Zhao Tuo took the logistics documents in his hand and looked at them again and again, shaking his head and sighing.

The reason why he did this was because a new batch of baggage had just arrived from the north.

The Qin army stationed in Xiou now has no shortage of food, clothing and supplies, and has sufficient supplies of various materials. Most of this is due to Tu Sui.

Xiou is located on the edge of the Shiwanda Mountains. It is not a deserted area on earth, but it can be said that the mountains are continuous and transportation is difficult. It is not like the coastal cities like Nanyue and Minyue, which can allow the Qin army to supply ships from the sea. .

It stands to reason that under such conditions, if the Qin army wants to obtain logistical supplies, it can only rely on human and animal power to transport food over the mountains and ridges. It suffers a lot of losses along the way, and if it encounters an accident, it can easily fall into a crisis of food shortage.

Tu Sui solved all these problems for Zhao Tuo.

Tu Sui is a veteran on the battlefield. In order to conquer Baiyue and establish his achievements, he will naturally consider logistical issues.

During the five years he served as the governor of Changsha, Tu Sui recruited a large number of civilians to dig mountains and ridges near Lingling, and hewed out a north-south water canal nearly a hundred miles long, connecting the Xiang River in the north and the Xiang River in the south. Li Shui connected together.

In this way, the Qin army's boat division transporting grain and fodder could enter the Xiangshui River from the Jiangshui River, and then transfer from the Xiangshui River to Lishui through Lingqu (Lingqu), and transport the grain supplies to the nearby Qin garrison.

Tu Sui was defeated miserably in Zhengyue, and even died there, but it laid a solid foundation for Zhao Tuo to attack Xiou.

The digging of Ling Canal made the Qin army's logistics worry-free. Xi'ou, which was crippled by Tu Sui, lost the ability to resist the Qin army head-on and could only abandon the village and flee. In the end, Zhao Tuo occupied the entire territory of Xi'ou without any effort.

How could Zhao Tuo not sigh in his heart.

He put down the logistics documents and turned to look at the military reports sent from South Vietnam, Fujian and other places.

Although the two places are peaceful, they cannot be taken lightly. Even Zhao Tuo needs to pay more attention to it, but there cannot be any changes at this time.

At this moment, excited footsteps came from outside the house.

Zhao Tuo looked up and saw Li Shiqi, who was in charge of military intelligence.

Li Shiqi's face was full of excitement and he shouted as he walked: "General, I'm so happy, so happy!"

Zhao Tuo laughed: "Looking at the look on your face, sir, could it be a good news from Cao Shen?"

Li Shiqi said cheerfully: "The general is right. A military report came from Captain Cao, saying that they have defeated the Ou army and captured and killed Alamo, the king of Xi'ou. This Xi'ou is fixed!"

Zhao Tuo was startled, this was something he didn't expect.

He guessed that with the abilities of Cao Shen and Han Xin, they would probably be able to make great contributions, but he did not expect that they were so ruthless and actually killed the King of Xiou.

Zhao Tuo took the military newspaper from Li Shiqi's hand and opened it, his eyebrows lit up with joy.

"Cao Shen and Han Xin did a good job."

King Alamo of Xi'ou was killed, the main force of the Ou people was wiped out, and the remaining young men, old, weak, women and children could no longer reverse the situation.

A new question was placed in front of Zhao Tuo.

How should the Qin army deal with the Ou people in the mountains?

Should we take advantage of the situation to beat up the drowned dog and send troops into the mountains to drive out the remaining forces of the Ou people? Or should we let it fend for itself in the mountains?

Zhao Tuo not only announced the good news to the entire army, but also held a military meeting.

Some of the generals believed that the barbarians were capricious, especially since the tribes of Xiou had fought to the death with the Qin army. Two kings of Xiou were killed by the Qin army, and the Qin general Tu Sui also died at the hands of the Ou people. It can be said that the two sides have become a blood feud and it is almost difficult to reconcile. It is better to kill all the Ou people without stopping and then occupy this land in peace and contentment.

This proposal was echoed by many people.

Among them, Fan Kuai is the leader.

They believed that by massacring the Ou people and carrying out genocide, they could once and for all allow the Qin people to occupy this land forever.

Zhao Tuo was noncommittal and looked at the other people who had objections.

The opposition was dominated by Li Shiqi. This strategist refuted it in public: "Killing the Ou people seems to be an easy way to pacify the Ou land, but in fact it is just burying the root of the trouble. We will kill those Ou people and make Ou surrender to us." What should we do with the people? Should we also kill them together? If we kill them, they will inevitably get the reputation of repeated cruelty. If we don't kill them, then the Ou people under our army will also have hatred in their hearts. And we are in Xi'ou If there is a massacre, will Luo Yue still fight?"

Li Shiqi mentioned an important issue.

The Battle of Baiyue has not yet ended, and the Qin army still needs to capture Luo Yue.

If there was a massacre in Xiou, the Luo Yue people might fight to the death when they saw it.

Li Shiqi thought that it would be better to choose to recruit people, which could appease the people of Xiou. At the same time, it also gave a signal to the Luo Yue people, telling them that the Qin army was not cruel and unkind, and that as long as they surrendered, they could continue to survive on this land.

Fan Kuai immediately shouted: "I think even if these Ou people are really persuaded by you to surrender to our army, but the hatred has been planted, they are a threat. They might rebel while our army attacks Luo Yue, or I wanted to wait for the general to pacify Baiyue and withdraw to Guanzhong before rebelling. So I thought it would be easier to kill them all, and our army slaughtered those resisters in Xiou, which might also deter Luo Yue. Tell them, those who surrender will live, and those who resist will die. , I don’t believe that all Luo Yue people are not afraid of death.”

Just when the two factions of the Qin army were arguing with each other about what to do with the remaining Ou people, the envoy sent by Cao Shen ended the topic.

Zhao Tuo opened the military newspaper and looked at it, with a strange look on his face.

"Okay, there's no need to argue, the Ou people have made their choice."

Cao Shen reported that after he and Han Xin defeated the main force of the Ou people, they sent envoys to the remnants of the Ou people in the mountains, intending to use prisoners as bait to lure the Ou people to surrender.

Several of the small tribes chose to surrender out of fear, and the remaining Ou tribe was divided into two halves. One part fled into Shiwanda Mountain in despair, seeming to find their home again in the mountains far away from the Qin army.

The remaining part, led by Du Laokuda, went to Luo Yue in the south. This part of the Ou people was also the most determined resister.

When they go south, they will definitely join forces with Luo Yue to resist the Qin army's final conquest.

Now that the Ou people had made their own decision, Zhao Tuo no longer hesitated and sent Li Shiqi to deal with the surrendered tribes and prisoners. At the same time, he continued to implement the strategy of farming and infrastructure construction to prepare for the capture of Luo Yue next year. .

He will continue to do things steadily and never make any rash advances.

After issuing the order, Zhao Tuo wrote the news of pacifying Xiou into the document.

"Xiahou, please send someone to send the good news to Xianyang."

Zhao Tuo sealed the document he wrote himself, stamped it with his seal, and handed it to Xia Houying.

He will send an envoy to Xianyang to deliver this great news to the emperor.

Looking at Xia Houying's back as he took the order and left, Zhao Tuo suddenly had a strange feeling.

This time the Qin army attacked Xiou, which was probably the smoothest war to destroy the country since his southern expedition to Baiyue.

Except for Tu Sui who helped him lay the groundwork for everything, the two most important fierce battles were fought by Cao Shen and Han Xin, and it was not Zhao Tuo's turn to direct them.

"This is the feeling of having good subordinates. You don't have to go to the front line yourself. You only need to take charge of the overall situation and you can usher in victory. Cao Shen and Han Xin really live up to their names in history."

Zhao Tuo sighed.

Then he thought of the First Emperor sitting high in the Qin Palace.

"Your Majesty, Xi'ou has been leveled. You must be very happy, right?"