Chapter 837: Planning
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At the junction of Longxi County and Beidi County, there is a rammed earth and wood and stone structure of the city has a rough prototype, tens of thousands of Xiongnu and convicts are working day and night to build it, and at the foot of the Great Wall of Longshan Section, thirty miles away from the west of this city, a huge military camp has also been formed.
This is the newly mobilized southern army camp of Great Qin for the conquest of the Yue Clan, with 10,000 new elite horsemen stationed there, and 3,000 ordinary soldiers who assist in defending the camp, all of whom are horse pawns.
The handsome tent of the great general Meng Tian is also among them.
In order to conquer the Yue clan, although the emperor eliminated the original nearly 300,000 troops, but the elite horsemen who remained were more fierce, divided into two military camps in the north and south, and the officer configuration was very high, the southern camp was led by Jianghu after Yinshan, and the northern camp camp was in Shuofang County outside the Hetao conquered the year before last, and the commander of the army was Li Xin, the marquis of Di Dao.
The two wars to exterminate the Xiongnu have made Jiang Hu and Li Xin the most ferocious and prestigious generals in the Great Qin Empire today, and the momentum of Wang Ben, the Marquis of Wu, will be suppressed, plus a Jingwu Marquis Meng Tian, it can be seen how luxurious this attack camp sent by the Great Qin Emperor, and the intention is self-evident, the emperor can't wait to capture the Western Regions and incorporate it into the imperial territory.
Since yesterday afternoon, a forbidden army came to the camp with a waist card to report that the envoy Yue's mission was attacked by the Qiang people two hundred miles away from the border of Daqin, and Meng Tian sent Yingbu to lead two schools of horses to meet urgently, and this trip was a whole day and a night.
Meng Tian summoned Jiang Hu and a group of generals of the battalion to urgently deploy and prepare soldiers, horses, and ordnance.
It wasn't until after midnight the next day that the sentry on duty on the beacon tower on the Great Wall came to report that a large number of torches were coming to the barracks in the distance, and Meng Tian, Jiang Hu and others breathed a sigh of relief.
After Yingbu escorted the mission and the guards escorting the King of the Yue Clan through the pass of the Great Wall and entered the military camp, the situation they saw also surprised Meng Tian and the others.
In addition to the heavy casualties of the Kaiyue Clan's guards, the escorted forbidden troops and missions were almost unscathed, and the casualties were almost negligible.
After a busy period of settling down, the doctors of the military camp re-debrided and bandaged the wounded again, including the Yue's guards, the seriously injured were properly placed and recuperated, and then Meng Tian summoned Li Shun and the guards of the forbidden army in the big tent to inquire in detail about the attack.
"General, the last general thinks that this is a plan by the king of the Yue clan to kill people with a knife, intending to provoke a battle between us and the Qiang people, so as to weaken our pressure on the Yue clan!" Yingbu still insisted on his point of view.
"General Ying's guess is reasonable, maybe it was really the Yueshi people who attacked the mission in disguise, and then blamed the Qiang people, but His Majesty did not have the idea of waging war against the Qiang people, so this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, but Lord Li's guess is also somewhat reasonable, since the king of the Yue clan arranged to protect the mission along the way, and also prepared a large number of gifts to send to Xianyang, it makes no sense for him to do this......" Meng Tian tugged at his beard and thought slowly, and then turned his head to look at Li Shun, "Lord Li sent the Yueshi envoy, did you find out any news in the royal court?" ”
Li Shun did not hide it, and carefully told everything about the way he went, the battle with the Yueshi people when he met, and what he saw and heard in the royal court.
"General, in fact, according to Shun's observation, the Yue's internal speculation is not monolithic, but many tribes have their own hearts, the king of the Yue clan is already old, and he doesn't seem to want to fight with our Daqin, and the king of Dongping is also a relatively moderate figure, but the leaders of some of the following tribes are not easy to say, according to the sudden escape of Mao Dun, there must be people within the Yue clan who don't want to see the Yue King compromise and retreat to our Daqin, according to the speculation of this envoy, this attack on the camp should not be the arrangement of the Yue King!" Li Shun finally insisted on his idea.
"General, I think that Lord Li is reasonable, and there is a great possibility that the leader of the Yue clan has long been dissatisfied with the elderly king of the Yue clan and wants to replace him, taking this opportunity to provoke a battle between the Great Qin and the Qiang people, and then take the opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne!" After listening to this, Jiang Hu pondered for a moment and said.
"General, do you want to interrogate those Yue Clan King's guards?" One of the lieutenants stood up and arched his hands.
"No interrogation." Meng Tian shook his head.
"What the general said is that if it is really a bitter plan arranged by the King of the Yue Clan, these guards are also people who are ready to give up, and they must be kept in the dark, so they can't ask for any information!" Yingbu nodded.
"General, Shun's envoy to Yueshi this time is considered a failure, Mao Dun did not ask for it back, so it is inconvenient to stay in the military camp, or return to Xianyang as soon as possible to report the envoy to the emperor!" Li Shun stood up and arched his hand and said.
"Lord Li doesn't need to rush back to Xianyang, now His Majesty has set off to tour the southeast, at least three months, at most half a year and a year, there are only Feng Xiang and the princes in the court, even if you go back, you won't be able to see Your Majesty, Feng Xiang will not give you an answer immediately, you will stay in the camp for a few days for the time being, there are still some things that need to be understood in detail about the Yue Clan, especially the distribution of the Yue Clan and the mountains and rivers along the way, etc., these are important information for attacking the Yue Clan in the future!" Meng Tian said with a smile.
"Yes, everything is arranged by the general!" Li Shun had no choice but to nod and sit down again.
"General, what should we do with those Yue Clan King's guards and gifts?" Ji Chuan, the captain of the forbidden army, stood up and asked.
This question made Meng Tian frown slightly, and the other people in the big tent were also silent, and after a while, Meng Tian spoke: "At present, we can only guess one possibility, that is, the king of the Yue clan does not want to be the enemy of our Great Qin as Lord Li said, then this matter must be done secretly by the leaders of other tribes, if the king of the Yue clan is kept in the dark, maybe there will be huge changes within the Yue clan after a few months, if the hardliners who are hostile to my Great Qin have the upper hand, my Great Qin will inevitably have a big battle with the Yue Clan, Although the victory or defeat will not be worried, but the art of war is said to be a military strategy, the Western Regions is now unfamiliar with the terrain, and the time and place are not the upper hand, unless they are forced to go to war, not to mention that His Majesty promised a year to plan the Yue Clan, I don't have to worry! ”
"What does the general mean......" Jiang Hu looked at Meng Tian suspiciously.
"Ben Jiang meant to arrange for some of the Yue Clan's guards to return to the Yue Clan's royal court as soon as possible and bring back the news of the attack on this mission. Thousands of people were mobilized to attack the mission camp late at night, and the location was on the border of Daqin, the time and place were all chosen just right, and most of the tribes of the Yue clan were far away from the border of my Daqin, if you want to gather so many people to arrange so cleverly, it must have begun to prepare after the mission arrived at the court of the Yue Clan, if the King of the Yue Clan is not old and confused, he will definitely be able to smell some clues if he escapes from Maodun, plus the mission is attacked, then he will inevitably be nervous, and my Great Qin Mission will be attacked on his Yue Clan's territory, Whether it is a Qiang person or a Yue clan insider, he must clear up his involvement before my Great Qin reprimands, so that he will inevitably send troops to suppress these ill-intentioned tribes......"
"Hehe, in this way, the Yue clan itself is in turmoil, won't we sit back and reap the benefits!" Many of the generals in the big tent showed joy on their faces at the same time.
For all generals, fighting a war is naturally an opportunity to gain military merits, but there are many ways to send troops when the enemy is in civil strife, and the chances are bound to be much better, and the casualties will be smaller.
"General, since the Yue clan is in civil strife, the last general still has a plan!" Yingbu stood up.
"Hehe, General Ying, please speak!" Meng Tian smiled and nodded.
"According to what Master Li just said, the Yue clan was originally going to attack the Qiang people, and because there were tribes within the Yue clan who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Yue Clan, why didn't we inform the Yue Clan King, pretending to send troops to attack the Qiang people to avenge the mission, and let him also gather the tribe to attack the Qiang people, and then use the excuse to help him clear the internal troubles, and when the two factions within the Yue Clan attacked each other, my Great Qin suddenly attacked the Yue Clan's royal court......"
"Yes, General, if the attacker is not arranged by the King of the Yue Clan, he will inevitably be eager to show us his innocence and agree to suppress the disobedient tribes, as long as the army of the King of the Yue Clan leaves the royal court, our army will go straight to the royal court, and the Yue Clan will have it at your fingertips!" Several lieutenants stood up with excitement on their faces.
"But didn't the emperor attack the Yue Clan a year later?" Another general questioned.
"The art of war Yun Bing is very fast, and Yun will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, the opportunity is rare, as long as you plan to let the Yue clan fight inwardly, we will wait for the opportunity to move, as long as the Yue clan royal court is broken, Your Majesty will definitely not blame, not to mention that we can also send a messenger to Xianyang to state the details, and now Your Majesty is touring the southeast, waiting for Feng Xiang to send the news to the emperor, maybe we have succeeded!" Some generals retorted.
"What does the Marquis of Yinshan think of this strategy?" Meng Tian turned his head to look at Jiang Hu.
Jiang Hu hugged his fists and said, "I think that General Ying's strategy is feasible!" ”
"Okay, since the Marquis of Yinshan also agreed, Ben Jiang also thought that this strategy was feasible, and the opportunity would not come again, and the generals would listen to the order...... Meng Tian stood up with a majestic face.
All the generals in the tent stood up.
"All the lieutenants will immediately return to the headquarters to prepare, and when the plan is completed, the plan will start to act!"
"Honorable General's Order!"
A group of lieutenants all left the big tent soon after giving them up, and in a blink of an eye, only Jiang Hu, Li Shun and Ji Chuan, the captain of the forbidden army, were left.
"Master Li, Captain Ji, you once again tell in detail what you have seen and heard on this trip, and at the same time draw the topography of the places you pass along the way for reference, and the Marquis of Yinshan will quickly go to interrogate the guards of the Yue Clan King, and ask them to draw the location of the Qiang people who attacked the Yue Clan tribe......"
"喏~"
Jiang Hu also left the big tent with his fists, Ji Chuan and Li Shun began to tell Meng Tian the details of the trip again, and said that they also used paper and pen to draw the route and the terrain of the mountains and rivers in the future, and it took half an hour before they came out of Meng Tian's big tent, and an hour later, Meng Tian once again summoned Jiang Hu and Yingbu and several other generals to discuss in the big tent, until the afternoon, two teams of more than ten soldiers rushed out of the camp on horseback, one went to the west camp of Shuofang County, and the other team went to Xianyang.
Early the next morning, a group of Yue Clan's royal guards, who were not too seriously injured, also set off to return to the royal court to report the news, while the remaining seriously injured continued to Xianyang with Li Shun's delegation after recuperating in the military camp for a few days.
Things have come to this point, and basically they have nothing to do with Li Shun.
Although Mao Dun did not ask for it back, he also knew that Mao Dun was just an excuse to send the Yue Clan, if Meng Tian's strategy succeeded this time, the Yue Clan might be able to calm down soon, then it would naturally give him and everyone in the mission a great credit, then the mission of this mission could be regarded as a successful achievement.
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