Qin Official

In Linguang Palace, a huge map was placed in the center of the palace. This was a huge paper specially made by the Shaofu. It was not only thick but also strong. Qin Shihuang's two hunting tours the year before last and last year were not only for sightseeing, but also for the purpose of redefining the atlas. He asked craftsmen to draw the northwest territory of his empire on it, including the surrounding counties. As for the land outside the Great Wall, it was copied from the Xiongnu map presented by Heifu and Chen Ping last year.

On both sides of this huge map, there are many generals. Qin Shihuang sits in the north and faces south, and his eldest son Fusu is at the bottom.

While Heifu pretended to look at the map carefully, he was thinking in his heart, what was Qin Shihuang's purpose in letting Fusu attend the military meeting?

The first thing that comes to mind is: "Is the emperor starting to train a successor now?"

Madam Hei was in the North, but she had been paying attention to the court. As the eldest son helped Su come of age, there was a faint voice in the court to establish him as a prince.

But Heifu felt that the people making these noises were either bad or stupid!

Qin Shihuang is forty-one years old this year. Although he has symptoms of hearing loss in his left ear and poor energy and blood, he still stubbornly believes that he can live a hundred years, or even live forever. Establish a prince? He had no such idea at all, and Qin Shihuang was actually not very satisfied with Fusu...

Not only because it took Qin Shihuang ten years to slowly overthrow the Chu family's influence, but it was inextricably linked to the traitor Changping Jun.

It was also because Fusu was deeply influenced by Confucianism and Mohism and was naturally benevolent. In terms of political opinions, he often ran counter to Qin Shihuang, who was eager for quick success and instant benefit. Earlier, Qin Shihuang was dissatisfied and neglected when he cast twelve bronze figures, built a villa in the palace, and Fu Su bluntly advised him to stop these things that "wasted people and hurt money".

Such Fusu would inevitably leave the impression that he was "not like me" in the emperor's mind. When he went on a hunting tour, he would rather take his lovable youngest son Hu Hai with him than the eldest son who always made him unhappy.

However, he had just grown up, and his character and knowledge could still be slowly shaped, so Qin Shihuang put a lot of effort into Fusu's education.

Xian ordered Fusu to enter the school and learn laws and regulations from various legal officials, so that he could stay away from Confucian and Mohist people. Now after the crowning ceremony, Fusu was asked to come and observe the military affairs.

This has been an old rule since the Spring and Autumn Period. All aristocratic men take military service as their profession. They have the right to control the common people, and they also have the obligation to fight to defend the country. Since Shang Yang's reform, the Qin nobles' education for their descendants has been roughly divided into two steps. Before they were crowned, they practiced laws and regulations, swordsmanship, archery, and imperial skills. When they are strong, they will be made aware of military affairs and finally sent to the battlefield.

Because the law stipulates: "A clan cannot be a vassal without military merit." Even though the son of Qin Shihuang can enjoy fine clothes and food, if he does not achieve military merit, he will become an ordinary commoner two generations later.

Qin Shihuang asked Fusu to attend the war meeting against the Xiongnu. Even if it was not to pave the way for his successor, he wanted to use it to train him.

Of course, there is also the intention of taking the exam.

At this time, Qiang Xu had finished describing the military situation of the Qin and the Hungarians, and said: "As for the understanding of the Xiongnu, Beidi County once sent detailed merchants to go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and even met the Xiongnu Chanyu, and asked the Beidi County Lieutenant to Your Majesty will elaborate."

Heifu immediately stopped his reverie, stood up and bowed his hands to Qin Shihuang, Fusu and the generals: "Your Majesty, we already know the true and false status of the Xiongnu. Its territory is five to six thousand miles, but its tribe has only three hundred thousand people. It is only equivalent to a border county of Qin, but because its people can all ride horses and use bows to hunt, so excluding the old, weak, women and children, there are a hundred thousand people who can control strings."

"The land of the Xiongnu is roughly divided into three parts, one is Beijia, the other is Henan, and the third is Mobei."

"I don't know the situation in Mobei. I only know that the land is vast and sparsely populated. There are many sand moraine, and maybe 20,000 ding can be produced. Beijia is the center of the Xiongnu, where Touman Shanyu's royal court is, and there is a river in the river, which can produce 50,000 ding. Henan The land can be divided into five parts. At the foot of the Helan Mountain, the water and grass on both sides of the river are rich and can produce ten thousand ding. There are also four servant tribes, namely Loufan, Baiyang, Linhu, and Xuyan. The four tribes together can produce 2 ding. Ten thousand. Now Lin Hu and Xu Yan have surrendered to the Qin Dynasty, a thousand Xiongnu troops from Helan were beheaded in the north, and general Li was severely wounded south of Qingshan Gorge. One-third of the Xiongnu troops in Henan have been lost!"

"One hundred thousand people." Qin Shihuang understood and looked at the generals.

"How many men are needed to defeat the Xiongnu and seize the false lands in Henan and North?"

While the generals were discussing, Wang Li, a young and energetic man, stood up first and said, "I would like to win a hundred thousand men and march wildly among the Xiongnu!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.

Feng Jie secretly thought to himself that you are a child with the lowest seniority and nobility. How can it be your turn to speak?

Qiang Yu also looked at this young man, feeling a little disappointed. Although Wang Li also practiced military affairs since childhood, he was far behind his eldest father and father.

Hei Fu also understood in his heart that although Qin Shihuang would let Wang Li go on an expedition this time, he would never be allowed to take charge alone. The reason is very simple. If you, Wang Li, are not capable, you may lose your army and overthrow your generals, which will harm the national affairs. If you are really capable, rise rapidly and achieve great achievements, do you want the Wang family to become one of the three nobles?

Perhaps due to the pressure of the general, Wang Li always wanted to make meritorious deeds on his own, to prove that he was not relying on the protection of his father or ancestors, and that the tiger father had no sons. In desperation, Wang Jian asked Tian for wisdom, but his grandson forgot about it. .

Sure enough, Qin Shihuang smiled and said: "This little general Wang is very brave." But he did not comment on his request for battle, and looked at the white-headed general Li Xin.

"Li Qing, what do you think?"

Li Xin stood up and said tactfully: "Outside the wall is not as good as the inner county. If you use too many troops, it will be difficult to supply, but if you use too few, it will be difficult to divide the troops and seize the territory. Therefore, we have 150,000 soldiers and 150,000 civilians. It is appropriate to go out with 300,000 troops."

It seemed to be exactly the same as the proposal to attack Chu a few years ago, but this time, it was Wang who was radical and Li who was cautious.

Qin Shihuang turned his consulting eyes to Qiang You again, and the old Qiang You said slowly: "That's good, what Lieutenant Li said."

Wang Li sat down in shame, so he decided to recruit 300,000 troops for the Northern Expedition. Then came the details: how many routes to send the troops, and how many soldiers each led?

Qiang Xu, who had commanded large corps in battle, had already calculated:

"We will divide our troops into three places, and the main force will come out from Shangjun. There is a straight road built by Zhang Han in Shangjun. It will be basically completed after the beginning of spring. Neishi's army will go north from the straight road, with Lin Hu as a guide. They can break through the building and cross the river to threaten Jiuyuan!"

"The second one is the three counties of Daibei Yunzhong, Yanmen and Dai. From Yunzhong to Toumancheng, it is all grassland, without the obstruction of mountain passes. We should mainly use chariots and cavalry to contain the Xiongnu Chanyu, and wait for the main force of the princess to cross the river. Let’s fight the Huns together!”

"The third one is Beidi and Longxi. The two counties are closest to Helan. Longxi can go down the river and then block the Qingshan Gorge. Beidi will use Yuyan as a stronghold and camp step by step. They will continue to approach the river bank to the west and then meet up with the Longxi army. , capture Helan together!"

"In this way, the Xiongnu's holidays in Henan and North can be decided!"

To defeat the Xiongnu, it is impossible to divide the troops. Just calculate the distance from Longxi to Daijun.

"A front spanning two thousand miles..."

Even in the battle to destroy Chu, the battlefield was only limited to Huainan and Huaibei, thousands of miles away.

"Only a unified empire can have the determination and ability to fight such a war!"

After that, the distribution of troops and civilians in the three main battlefields was negotiated. Generally speaking, soldiers were recruited from the border counties and civilians were recruited from the interior.

Shangjun was the main direction of sending troops, with soldiers and civilians at a one-to-one ratio, totaling 150,000 people, with Qiang Yu as the main general and Feng Jie as the assistant general.

Daibei was on the flank, with Meng Tian as the assistant general and commanding 100,000 people, and Wang Li as the captain, commanding only 10,000 people.

After hearing this, Wang Li couldn't help but show a little disappointment.

Longxi and Beidi are corner battlefields. Li Xin and Heifu each serve as assistant generals. Li Xin will have 40,000 people and Heifu will have 30,000 people.

"I accept your order!"

Heifu stood up and accepted the order, and immediately looked relieved.

This detail was noticed by Qin Shihuang, and he asked: "Why is Mr. Hei looking happy?"

Heifu looked honest and honest, and responded: "I am afraid that your Majesty will give me too many people..."

Young Master Fusu, who had been listening silently and carefully, looked surprised, while Qin Shihuang felt amused: "Oh? Other generals only think that the number of soldiers and horses they are assigned is too few and it is difficult to perform meritorious service. Why do you like to have less and fear more?"

Heifu said: "The abilities of all generals vary greatly. Some are capable of leading generals, some are capable of assisting generals, some are capable of captains, and some are capable of thousands of men, hundreds of men, or tens of thousands. I ask myself that I am not a military genius, but a middle-class talent. It’s just a posture, you can only learn it while fighting on the battlefield. I believe that the wood will be straightened by the rope, and the gold will be sharpened by sharpening. At any rate, from the commander of the village to the commander of another department, the number of soldiers he led ranged from 50 to 3,000."

"In October, I led 8,000 people out of the fortress, and I was lucky. At that time, I realized that it was easy for me to lead 3,000 people in the past, but I was barely competent with more than 10,000 people. Tens of thousands of people might be a bit difficult. Now, although I have After being trained on the battlefield outside the Great Wall, I am still only able to recruit tens of thousands of talents. If Your Majesty hands too many men and horses into my hands, I may find it difficult to control them and ruin the national affairs."

Hearing this, Qiang Yu, who had many years of experience in leading troops, couldn't help but praise: "Hei Fu is self-aware." Indeed, the ability to lead troops has to be developed slowly. I have never heard of anyone who can lead hundreds of thousands of people. .

Li Xin was also greatly moved and sighed: "If Xin had had the self-awareness of the Beidi Commandery in the past, he would not have used the method of generaling tens of thousands of people to command 200,000 people, only to lose his troops and lose his territory."

Feng Jie nodded, feeling a little disdainful.

As for Wang Li, who had received the post of captain, but felt that it was not enough, he was a little embarrassed.

This was a face-to-face admission of his shortcomings in front of the emperor. Young Master Fusu couldn't help but look at Heifu twice, and his impression of him slightly changed.

"Xunzi said, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't build a river or a sea. A horse can't reach ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten steps, but the merit lies in perseverance."

"Everyone understands this truth, but not many people can admit that they are fools."

It once seemed to Fusu that Heifu was very similar to Li Si.

They were all from Jingchu, but they were part of Qin's court system. They could not only figure out the emperor's thoughts and come up with ideas to please their father, but they also had some ability to make suggestions on state affairs.

But today, Heifu made Fusu realize the difference between him and Li Si.

Li Si would never show his weakness, and kept silent about his humble past as a minor official in Chu State, and he also kept secret about the past when he served Lu Buwei.

This is not the case with Heifu. Even though he is in a high position, he has not been busy changing his name or surname. He still uses the name "Heifu" he had in Guizhou, and he still doesn't even have a surname. It was as if he was not ashamed of his humble origins, but rather proud of them, and he was not ashamed to admit his limitations.

"No wonder my father likes him so much, or maybe it's because the things Hei Fu does for others can make people feel a little sincere..."

Fusu looked at Qin Shi Huang, but at this moment, Qin Shi Huang made a decision because of Hei Fu's words.

"Each army has its own supervisory force. The imperial censor Feng Quji supervises the Shangjun army, Shaofu Cheng Zhang Han supervises the Daibei army, and Zhonglang general Meng Yi supervises the Longxi army..."

He looked at his son: "Young Master Fusu, supervise the army in the north! Wood will be straightened if it is roped, and metal will be sharpened if it is sharpened. That's right! Young Master Wen Zhi entrusted him to supervise the army and followed the northern army to attack the Xiongnu. When he saw a Seeing the hardships of war, I should also learn from Commander Heifu’s self-study skills!”

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