Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Southern Expedition Begins
Zhao Tuo saw that the army was about to set off, and he had not seen any trace of Li Tangshan for a long time, so he decided to go to Li Sifu to find Li Tangshan. The doorman said that Li Tangshan had been going to Li Wenji's mansion for several days, and Zhao Tuo hurriedly went to Li Wenji to find Li Tangshan. Li Tangshan soaked in Gentle Township every day, and almost forgot the time to return to the barracks. Fortunately, Zhao Tuo came to find him, and Li Tangshan happened to treat two beautiful women day and night, his legs were so tired that he was about to lift up, and he was a little unsteady when he walked.
Zhao Tuo saw Lu Pheasant and Li Wenji's faces flushed, and he knew what was going on, and hurriedly said: "Two sisters, Li Tangshan still has military affairs, and the troops are about to start the southern expedition!" ”
The two beautiful women nodded, they knew that men should put their careers first.
Li Tangshan was reluctant to say goodbye to the two beautiful women, and Li Tangshan barely climbed on the war horse with Zhao Tuo's help.
Zhao Tuo whispered to Li Tangshan, who was already tired and unadultly: "Brother-in-law, how do you feel about those two girls?" ”
Li Tangshan glared at Zhao Tuo and said, "It's wonderful! Wonderful! ”
Li Tangshan remembered the battle with Lu Pheasant, and after letting go, Lu Pheasant was completely one hundred percent**, Li Tangshan found that he was all sucked up by her, and Li Tangshan faintly felt that the desire for possession in Lu Pheasant's bones was too strong.
Li Tangshan rested in the barracks for two days before recovering from his senses.
When the 500,000-strong army arrived near today's Zhumadian in Henan, General Tu Sui convened military preparations to attack the Yangyue area.
However, the real war is never the romantic passion of the poet's pen, and after the high-spirited commander Tu Sui shouted his heroic words in the Xianyang Palace, what he will face next will be an extremely cruel road of life and death.
The so-called Baiyue, refers to the vast area and people south of Wuling, mainly by the local aborigines and the descendants of the Yue country who live in Lingnan, after nearly a hundred years of separation, gradually formed Minyue, Nanyue, Yueyue, Xiou and many other large and small tribes, so the name of Baiyue land.
Baiyue and the Central Plains, because of the Wuling Mountains as a barrier, has been rarely large-scale exchanges, so the Central Plains of the agricultural civilization has long been highly developed, Baiyue area due to the isolation and backwardness, is still in the primitive state of slash and burn.
On the one hand, the barrier of Wuling makes the Baiyue region unable to obtain the baptism of the advanced culture of the Central Plains, and on the other hand, it also makes it free from the intrusion of war in the troubled era of competing for hegemony.
However, tranquility is always relative, and the fact that the Qin army did not fight does not mean that it has never been fought. As early as when Wang Qian's army broke through the Chu State, he destroyed the Dongou State in the north of Lingbei nearby, put it as Huiji County, and then further launched an attack on Lingnan, but unfortunately the road was long and poor, the people were sleepy and tired, and they attacked several times in a row, but they failed to make substantial progress after all, and the elderly Wang Jian had to do it for the time being.
Ying Zheng is an emperor with great talents, he does not allow Lingnan Baiyue to be alone under his nose, in this regard, Tu Sui knows better than anyone else, so he also knows the significance of the success or failure of this expedition to himself.
The Great Qin Empire has always advocated force, and many famous generals became famous and made great achievements in history.
Among the main generals in the world, Meng Tian was born in a family of military generals, and three generations of a family are all famous generals of the Qin State, all of whom have outstanding military achievements. Another young and powerful general Wang Ben was also born in a family of famous generals, and over the years, he followed his father Wang Jian to conquer the Six Kingdoms, and made great achievements.
Tu Sui does not have a prominent family background like them, since he joined the army at the age of 15, whenever there is a battle, he will charge forward, but it was not until the year of his establishment that he was fortunate to be appreciated by Zhao Gao and began to get ahead. Now that the Six Kingdoms have been decided, the world will be peaceful, there are fewer and fewer wars, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to be knighted, if he wants to grab a place in the Qin State, which is full of famous generals, he must firmly grasp the last battle of this empire.
When he first set out on the expedition, Tu Sui was so happy that he almost got carried away, he felt that the time that belonged to him was finally coming, you know, even the great general Meng Tian only commanded 300,000 troops, and he, a fledgling general Lou Chuan, actually had the command of 500,000 troops at once.
Tu Sui said: "Zhao Tuo, Li Tangshan, we are the majestic army of Great Qin, and it will not take many days to capture the Nanling region and return to the dynasty in triumph." “
Zhao Tuo and Li Tangshan were shocked in their hearts and said: "The boss underestimates the enemy, and he will definitely be defeated!" “
Zhao Tuo said worriedly: "The general is the dragon and phoenix among the people, he studied under Zhao Gao Xiangguo, and helped General Wang Jian for many years, so it is natural to capture the Southern Barbarians." However, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army, and it is difficult to make up for the ....."
"Zhao Tuo, Li Tangshan, you and others are greedy for life and afraid of death, see us quickly take Wu Yue back, so that you and others are shameless." Tu Sui said angrily to Li Tangshan and Zhao Tuo.
At this banquet meeting, Zhao Tuo and Li Tangshan were blasted out by Tu Sui. Zhao Tuo and Li Tangshan both felt that Tu Sui was a great man who was greedy for merit, and he couldn't let the sergeant die unnecessarily.
However, it didn't take long for him to discover an extremely serious problem. Although Meng Tian only has 300,000 troops, they are all elite cavalry of the empire, who have been galloping in the desert steppe for a long time, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and his so-called 500,000 army, except for the old troops left behind when Wang Jian attacked Chu, most of the rest are tired and weak generals who have been scraped together, and many of them are still farmers who have been temporarily recruited!
Under this strong and weak, the difference in combat power is more than doubled.
This is true, but this is not a child's play that Ying Zheng regards the war, and to this day, he is powerless. Because in the decade-long war of annihilation, the elite soldiers and strong generals of the Great Qin Empire have almost been exhausted, and the six countries have just been incorporated into the territory of the Great Qin Empire.
Tu Sui can't complain about anyone, and he is not qualified to complain about others, as the commander of the South Road Army, he must take full responsibility for the battle situation, Ying Zheng and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military talents, regardless of whether he is a strong general or a weak soldier, all they need is a result, a result of leveling Lingnan and sweeping Baiyue.
Zhao Tuo found General Ren Huan and Li Tangshan to discuss how to reduce losses.
Li Tangshan looked up at Zhao Tuo and Ren Huan and said, "I have an immature suggestion? ”
Ren Huan nodded and said, "Please speak?" ”
Li Tangshan also nodded and said: "The main forces in the Wuyue region are mainly the Wuyue, Dongou and Minyue tribes, all of whom are the descendants of Goujian, the king of Yue, who live a rich life and are not strong in battle. So we're going very well! At present, we have almost zero intelligence on all parts of South Vietnam, and the losses of such a high-flying attack will be enormous. I propose the creation of a special unit dedicated to the collection of all types of intelligence. ”
Li Tangshan remembered the Delta Force of the United States, and he trained Uncle Zhuo as a special worker, and he also experimented with the scrap material unit in Daqin, and the results were also good.
Zhao Tuo knew what Li Tangshan wanted to do? So I nodded in agreement!
Li Tangshan explained to General Ren Huan: "I need 20 elite forces to use the temporary special forces training during the 10-day preparation period before the war. Since these Qin soldiers have been fighting for many years, have rich experience and have experience as scouts, we originally had 10 people under our command who could use it. ”