Just after the hour, the morning of the main hall of the Xianyang Palace has been dispersed.

Qin Shi Huang changed into light civilian clothes and walked to another hall of Xianyang Palace under the protection of Xuanwu Wei.

This hall was originally reserved for the Taiwei Mansion, but the position of Taiwei has been vacant, so this hall has become a place to talk about military strength.

In the middle of the main hall was a huge wooden table, spread out on the table and placed a huge map, on which the rivers, mountains, and counties of the entire Great Qin were depicted, and around the map, several generals in leather armor and two scribes dressed in cloth clothes were pointing and whispering around the map.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing Qin Shi Huang coming in, everyone hurriedly saluted together.

"Excuse me, how are the generals planning?" Qin Shi Huang asked after nodding calmly.

"Your Majesty, the minister deduced for a few days, according to the current understanding of the situation in the Lingnan land, it is quite difficult to conquer quickly, mainly because the terrain and climate are not familiar, and the soldiers and generals who can fight well in Daqin are scattered throughout the country to monitor the remnants of the six countries, the time is not in me, the momentum is not in me, all the soldiers have won with the way, there are with the might, there is the force to win, and now the expedition of Baiyue Wei is more than enough and the strength is insufficient, not to mention the innocent and the sword, the Dao Que also, so the minister suggested not to rush to send troops, wait for three or five years later, It is not too late for us to train a large number of soldiers and generals who are familiar with the climate and topography of the south in Wuling, and then the soldiers will be strong, the logistics are sufficient, and the power will be at the same time, and it will be swept away in two years at most. A cloth-clothed scribe about sixty years old, with gray hair and slightly thin cheeks, said.

"I can't agree with the words of the national captain, Lingnan Baiyue, is a barbarian, a hundred tribes are like scattered sand, large and small ethnic groups live in the mountains and ravines, no permanent soldiers, no sharp weapons, no permanent victorious generals, no scheming, and no way to charge into battle, my Great Qin now has more than a million armored soldiers, sweeping the six countries for ten years of conquest, all of them are divisions of a hundred battles, and there are no hundreds of victorious generals, strong armor and crossbows are piled up like a mountain, Your Majesty and Tu Sui 300,000 soldiers, just a barbarian to pacify it within a year!" A general who looks like an iron tower also clenched his fists and said.

"I don't know the time, I don't know the location, and there is no one, Wei Yu doesn't know how General Tu Sui conquered the vast mountains and rivers of Lingnan with an army of 300,000 in a year, and it is a national policy to sweep away Baiyue. The old man twisted his beard to retort, although his face was calm, but his tone was extremely stiff and mean.

"You ......" Tu Sui was furious, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but not get angry, but saluted Qin Shi Huang again: "Your Majesty, Tu Sui is willing to make a military order, if he can't pacify the Lingnan lands within a year, he is willing to sacrifice his head!" ”

"Hmph, as a general, but you don't understand the national policy, only with the heart of courage and competitiveness, why waste a year, you just cut off the head now, otherwise it will damage my hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals in Great Qin!" Wei Yu snorted coldly.

"Wei Yipifu, don't think that you can write a volume of so-called military books in your eyes no one, you can be strong like Sun Binhu, strong like Sun Wuhu, a certain is also familiar with the six Tao three strategies, the art of war has words, with a strong attack on the weak like a stone to hit the ear, go all out like a flood swept away, there will be no eggs under the nest, my Daqin soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, strong bows and crossbows all the way through, Baiyue must have collapsed like rotten wood, when it was the benefit of Yanjing, I Daqin and Qiang Chu have fought for many years, and the land of Bashu is more poor than Lingnan. The strength of the Chu army is comparable to Baiyue, and in the end, it is not to pacify the two counties of Bashu and Bashu, and obtain the salt of Bashu, so as to eliminate the salt disaster of the Qi country. Tu Sui was furious and began to curse.

"Hmph, this time and that time, this time is no longer the same as in the past......"

"Stop arguing for now!" Qin Shi Huang listened all the time, his face was calm and there was not much expression, and when he heard the two of them arguing more and more, he had to interrupt the two of them.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!" Tu Sui and Wei Yu saluted at the same time.

"Both of them are my Great Qin Pillar Stones, don't hurt the harmony for this, just as the national lieutenant said, the conquest of Lingnan is a national policy, you must carefully plan carefully, and strive to decide on the first battle is the best policy, what do you think?" Qin Shi Huang's eyes swept over everyone in the palace.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the national lieutenant is an old man who holds a serious word, the army is dangerous, easy to send and difficult to collect, the Lingnan regions are different from the Central Plains and the northern counties, the time and place are not familiar, rash conquest will inevitably be timid, once it falls into a stalemate, it will be delayed for a long time, and it will inevitably waste huge manpower and material resources, so the minister suggests waiting for another two or three years, after being well prepared, plan and then act, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" After a brief silence, a middle-aged general clenched his fists and said.

"Your Majesty, we agree with General Li Xin's words, now that it is difficult to receive grain and grass in the country, it is really unfavorable to rush to send troops!" The remaining generals almost unanimously agreed that Lingnan should not be conquered immediately.

Although the Qin State is proud of its military achievements, it is mainly aimed at the low-level soldiers and generals, and the allocation of tax-free land and legal exemption is the most direct stimulus, and now a group of generals in the hall are already extremely popular, and military merits have no stimulating effect on them, such as Wang Jian's father and son, who have the most military achievements, in order to be able to die more stable, they are even more directly unarmed and return to the field and are unwilling to be involved in the military and politics, because Wang Jian has felt that if he can't retreat bravely, I'm afraid that sooner or later one day he will get the same fate as Li Mu, If the merit is too great, it will attract suspicion, and if the merit is too high, the lord will win the hearts of the army, which is the only way for the general to die.

What's more, all the people on the hall of today's Lingnan land have long understood, the terrain is extremely complex, the climate changes rapidly, and the downpour and hail are coming, for the generals, if the time and place are not good, they are basically hanging, and those who remain are brave and good at fighting and proficient in military law.

The corner of Qin Shi Huang's eyes jumped slightly, and his gaze slowly moved to the north on the map, where a large river in the shape of a few characters was finally fixed on a clearing between the Great Wall and the great river.

"Your Majesty, do you want to conquer Henan first?" The eyes of a group of people also moved north to the Yellow River area, and Wei Yu asked with a more solemn expression.

"The Xiongnu in the north, the Baiyue in the south, a south and a north will be sandwiched between my Great Qin, if these two hidden dangers are not calmed down, the longer it drags on, the stronger it will be, the more difficult it is to conquer, when the Six Kingdoms are not destroyed, the Xiongnu are blocked by the Zhao State, and the Baiyue is resisted by the Chu State, but now after my Great Qin swept Liuhe, the north and south have become the enemies of my Great Qin, and they must all be pulled out to make me feel at ease. The terrain in the south is narrow but rich in products, facing the sea on three sides, once conquered, my Daqin no longer has to worry about the future, you can slowly map the northern Xiongnu, this is the first easy and then the difficult policy, I have been thinking about it for a long time, the generals' military performance in recent days is also in line with my expectations, if the Lingnan war falls into a stalemate for a long time, and the northern Xiongnu have troubles, my Daqin is bound to suffer from the enemy and ......."

Qin Shi Huang looked at the map quietly, and after a long time, he pointed to the map and said: "The north is vast, the products are poor, there is no natural danger to defend except for the big river, the Xiongnu have grazed in the big river basin for thousands of years, and there is no fixed place to live by water, coupled with the vulgar and barbaric, at the beginning, the Great Qin and Zhao also had to build the Great Wall to set up passes to block it, but now the times are changing, the disaster of the Xiongnu must be pulled out as soon as possible, since you all feel that Lingnan is not easy to conquer, then can you first expel the Xiongnu, stabilize the north and then turn around to deal with the Baiyue in the south, What do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, no!" It was Wei Yu who was the first to stand up against it.

"Why?" Qin Shi Huang asked lightly.

"As Your Majesty said, the north is vast and there is no danger to defend, and the Huns do not cultivate and live in a fixed place, and if they are driven away, they will disperse and gather, if they can't defeat their main force at one time, capture or even kill their king and make them cold, it will inevitably become a disaster within a year or two, like quicksand, it is difficult to attack and defend and return, and it is far better to rely on the danger of the Great Wall to block it for the time being, and wait for a few years until my Great Qin soldiers are well fed, and after the plan is complete, it will be decided to directly recover the land of Hebei, and the soldiers, there is no sky in the sky, No land in the bottom, no owner in the back, invincible in front, no plan and move, not invincible, but impermanence victory, treat the Huns, the minister thinks that it can not be like the Central Plains city offensive and defensive battle, must concentrate tens of thousands of strong horses and soldiers to chase and fight, when the benefits of Mo evil, the strength of the rhinoceros, the people of the three armies, there is a strange right, then the world should not be its battle. Only in this way can the scourge of the Huns be uprooted, and there will be no more troubles of the Huns in my Central Plains! Wei Yi explained his objections in a long speech.

"What do you think the captain said?" Qin Shi Huang looked at the remaining group of generals.

"Guowei word Zhuji, at that time the old Cheng Bingguo said, the Xiongnu is the descendant of the Xia Hou clan, fled to the north and the mountain dog Rong Zhuhu mixed together, all are dressed in the left side, barbaric and unbearable, can not be reasoned with, only to completely cover up and kill it to avoid the disaster, but the north is vast, a cold winter will be covered with snow for several feet, there is no strong to defend and no danger to station, if you go deep into its realm, you have to tens of thousands of strong horses, now there are a lot of horses in the Great Qin, but the health of the horse is lacking!" It was Li Xin who stood up for the second time.

"The plague of the Huns has invaded my Central Plains for thousands of years, I have already sworn that I will clear this disaster in my lifetime, a few days ago I talked to General Wang Jian about Lingnan, he gave three strategies!"

"The best policy is to postpone it for a few years as the generals said, and then take Lingnan after being well prepared, but I think that the land of Lingnan will not be slow or not, and Baiyue will never be weakened by half a point, and the time and place are not in me, and the mountains and rivers will not become a thoroughfare in a few years, and it is still difficult to attack, so I will not take it!"

"In the middle policy, first the north and then the south, first take the land of Henan, build a city and put the county according to the river and guard, then I Daqin can get a large number of cattle and horses, and at the same time can also get a large area of horse grazing ground, this matter may take two or three years, and then take Lingnan after pacifying Henan."

"The next policy is what General Tu Sui said, the army went out of Wuling to forcibly capture the Lingnan lands, although this strategy is the next policy, but I think about it the most."

After Qin Shi Huang finished speaking, his eyes slowly swept over the generals, and his face became extremely majestic, "No matter what kind of strategy, I want to completely pacify Lingnan and the Xiongnu within five years, you are all my Great Qin brave and good fighting generals, my Great Qin generals are also experienced in a hundred battles, the South Barbarian and the North Yi are not afraid, continue to deduce, I want to see the most detailed plan!" ”

"Oh~" All the generals in the hall hugged their fists and promised.