Chapter 381 - Three-Year Plan (Second Update)
Xiao He's heart is naturally a lot more than Meng Yi and Han Xin, but he can't really let Yinggao's thoughts be revealed, because he doesn't know what Yinggao's ultimate goal is, and he doesn't know what Yinggao wants to achieve in the end.
"Indeed, what the princes said about sending troops is reasonable, but I don't know anything, and I hope that the captain or General Han Xin will tell me one or two."
This is another rare expression of Yinggao, Yinggao, whether as an emperor or as a companion, is still very sincere, except for sometimes in order to adjust the atmosphere is a little bit good, in general, he is still reliable to speak, and this time, in such a major matter, Yinggao said that he has something unclear, that should really mean that there is really something unclear.
"The king has been dealing with that Xiang Yu for a long time, what is there that I don't know?"
Han Xin, on the other hand, didn't know if it was because he became Yinggao's brother-in-law, so he didn't think about it so much.
"What I don't know is that to what extent can the Xiongnu be exterminated, can Xiang Yu die without a place to be buried, let the Xiongnu destroy the country and extinct the species, and never be able to invade the border of my Great Qin? If anyone can make a military order with me to achieve this, this expedition can be arranged tomorrow! ”
The Huns died and exterminated? Xiang Yu died without a place to be buried?
Originally, Han Xin almost blurted out when he heard it, just go by yourself! But after going through it in my head, I finally found that what Yinggao asked seemed to be a pit.
"Your Majesty, you...... What does this mean? ”
Meng Yi is still old and serious, he knows that Yinggao must be willing to destroy the Huns and kill Xiang Yu in his heart, these two things are indeed a bit difficult, but can he not, even he can't say it casually.
"What do you mean? Er and several others all said that now is the best time to attack the Xiongnu, but I have some doubts in my heart, my soldiers of Daqin are all extremely valuable wealth in my heart, Daqin's cavalry, not even 80,000, these more than 70,000 people, if they really poured out of the nest from Shangjun, in the end, they could not make the Xiongnu destroy the country and extinct the species, so that Xiang Yu died under the iron cavalry of my Great Qin, then a few years later, is there another time between my Great Qin and the Xiongnu? The lives of tens of thousands of my Great Qin soldiers died in vain? ”
More than 70,000 cavalry is indeed a little less, and Meng Yi and Han Xin both know what Yinggao means, that is, the Huns are widely distributed on the grassland, such alien races, if you want to completely exterminate them, the dead race is exterminated, it is basically impossible.
There will always be some tribes running to the corners of the north, and your army of Great Qin cannot be dispersed, and it is too far to involve the problem of grain, grass and baggage, so it is basically impossible to exterminate the Huns without any left.
There is also a reason for Xiang Yu, if people can't beat it, they still run, there is no complicated terrain on the Xiongnu territory, if you attack that, it is relying on hard power, and the role at the tactical level is not big.
"We can chase the remaining Huns to the west and north of the border, and my Great Qin occupies the large grassland of the Huns, so that it will no longer be possible for the Xiongnu to develop and grow in the future!"
Han Xin is still a young man after all, taking advantage of the enthusiasm of his daughter-in-law who has just married him. He stood up again and said a lot of bold words.
What Han Xin said was actually a bit beyond the scope of the war, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xiao He next to him grinning slightly, Han Xin guessed and knew that it was over, most of his previous words were flawed.
"What the general said is really not difficult to achieve. But let me ask you, do you know why my Great Qin chose to spend so much manpower and material resources to build the Great Wall, and not many years ago when the Xiongnu were still scattered and led the army to directly break the Xiongnu cavalry and occupy the land of the Xiongnu? ”
"Faith, I don't know ......"
Obviously, Han Xin usually spends all his mind on studying tactics, and he has never studied these things at all, and if he thinks about it again at this time, he can't figure it out.
Even Xiao He and Meng Yi didn't expect Ying Gao to say such a question, why did they build the Great Wall, in order to resist the Huns, why did they resist the Huns, because the Huns were brutal, so why didn't the First Emperor destroy the Huns? There is only one Meng Yi who has experienced that era, Meng Yi carefully recalled the situation at that time in his head, as if no one had asked why, for the Xiongnu, since ancient times, they have resisted, not to exterminate, and the construction of the Great Wall is just a way to resist.
"You can know that the people of my Central Plains live by farming, and we all feed on grain, and the Huns outside the Great Wall live a nomadic life, and we are used to living in our own homes, day after day, but the Huns are not like this, but where there is fertile water and grass, where is the home of the Hun tribe, the reason is that the territory occupied by the Huns cannot be cultivated, but can only graze!"
Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the three of them changed a lot, and Yinggao didn't say anything long, but just told them a fact that they almost all knew, but they often ignored.
"Zuo Xiang, if I let the people of the two counties of Daqin move to the Xiongnu area, they can't farm, they can only graze, and they have no fixed residence, and they can only hide in tents when the winter is cold, do you think the people of these two counties will be happy?"
"That'...... If this is the case, I am afraid that the people of these two counties will not be far from anti-Qin! ”
By this time, Xiao He had fully understood what Yinggao wanted to express, as the left minister, although he was not very familiar with the war, but he was good at the national economy and people's livelihood, the new deal is a higher level of things, but what kind of life the people want more, what kind of life the people can't bear, he still knows it in his heart as a grassroots cadre.
"In this case, even if my Great Qin occupies all the large territories of the Xiongnu, what is the use of my Great Qin, the final result is just to lengthen the battle line that my Great Qin needs to defend in vain, the territory of the Xiongnu is barren, and the grain and grass are not a small number, and besides, there is no danger to defend, how many soldiers' lives does my Great Qin need to make the useless Xiongnu land stable?"
Ying Gao said this, while looking at Meng Yi and Han Xin, the whole process, these two people were all frowning tightly, obviously, Ying Gao said something, they didn't know how to refute, or there was nothing to refute at all, this is not because Ying Gao is the emperor They don't dare, but because Ying Gao said everything is reasonable, and the two of them have nothing to say.
What Yinggao said, in fact, is not too profound, but they just didn't think of it before, that is, they simply thought that if the territory of the Xiongnu was occupied, the Xiongnu would be finished, but now it seems that the Huns, especially now that the number of people is very small, it is very likely that they are not afraid of you occupying other people's territory, according to Yinggao, if the Xiongnu also know this, if they attack them, it must be such an ending, that is, the Xiongnu retreated directly, If you chase to a certain extent, you can't chase anymore, because you can't afford it!
"Your Majesty, it seems like this, what should we do?"
Now, Meng Yi has no idea in his heart, the Huns suddenly became a slippery loach, even if you win a big victory, what can you do, in the end, as long as you leave a fire for the Huns, after a few years, they are a good man, and it seems to be very difficult to completely exterminate the Huns.
It's not fighting, it's not occupying, Meng Yizhen doesn't know what to do, I didn't know what Yinggao wanted to do before, but at this time, I finally changed my thinking, and I knew that it wasn't Yinggao who was finding fault with them, but that this matter was really not easy to do.
"If you want to solve the problem of the Huns once and for all, with the current national strength and military strength of my Great Qin, it is tantamount to a fool's dream!"
Yinggao finally made up his mind, and he showed no mercy to his dynasty.
Indeed, Yinggao thinks so in his heart, especially when he received a letter from Xiang Yu to himself in private, Xiang Yu's letter does have some elements of showing off, but Yinggao knew that Xiang Yu didn't know if he could suppress the leaders of the Huns at that time, and he also had the possibility of dying, the reason why he wrote that letter was actually his respect for Yinggao's opponent after untying the knot in his heart, of course, if it was like now, he succeeded, For Inco, it's a threat.
If the Xiongnu's Shan Yu was not Xiang Yu, Ying Gao really wouldn't have thought of it so much, but now, the situation is different, since Xiang Yu dares to write a letter, he is not afraid that you Daqin will send troops to attack, which is already on the surface.
"Alas!"
After listening to Yinggao's words, the three of them all sighed, seventy or eighty thousand cavalry is really not enough, and it can't form a huge advantage at all. Not to mention waiting until the territory of the Xiongnu was conquered, the hands guarded all fronts.
"Then I don't know if you have a long-term solution?"
Daqin is a behemoth for the Huns, and he can't just admit it, not to mention that he just won a big battle against the Huns, and killed the Huns' Shan Yu, anyway, Han Xin is not convinced, he always feels that this thing shouldn't be!
"Be kind to the people, recuperate, implement new policies, change the customs of the people, and then recruit and train troops, within three years, get 300,000 cavalry, and solve the problem of the Huns once and for all."
It was such a short and concise sentence, but it made the eyes of the three of them light up, and Yinggao's short sentences have already pointed out the direction of the future development of Daqin.
Indeed, from Yinggao's ascension to the throne to the present, the only thing he has not moved a little is conscription.
Does Daqin need soldiers, it must be needed, and it is very needed, otherwise Han Xin would not have to take the risk of a sneak attack with him from outside the Great Wall, but this opening is in Yinggao's hands, Yinggao does not squeak, but there is a lack of soldiers, and they dare not say it, so they can only make good use of the existing resources.
Today, Yinggao finally pointed out why he didn't recruit soldiers.
Being kind to the people, recuperating and recuperating, and implementing the new policy, only when all these three articles are done well can the conscription be conscripted, which is obviously the premise stipulated by Yinggao for conscription, and the premise that cannot be surpassed.
"Three years of time, isn't it a little tight, the Qiantou have just experienced the anti-Qin war that swept most of the Central Plains, and if they want to completely recuperate, it is estimated that it will take at least five years!"
Xiao He still agrees with Yinggao's few steps, but even so, he still thinks that Yinggao is in a hurry, and it is a bit too much to do so many things in three years.
"The time to recuperate is only two years, and the next year is to train an invincible cavalry."
"Huh? This ......"
Xiao He is really a little speechless about Yinggao's statement, it is really a bit difficult to make a fundamental change in Daqin's folk customs in two years.
"Since I ascended the throne, I have been creating the soil for change for my Great Qin, almost everything I do, will consider whether it will be beneficial to the implementation of the new policy in the future, now the new policy is already in its infancy, this matter can be published within two months, after the release, I will implement some detailed measures, when I can make the life of my Great Qin Qianshou a little different, besides, there is only so much land that the Xiongnu can graze, in other words, we just don't care about the Huns, they were more than 200,000 cavalry in their heyday, And I assert that in three years, they will definitely have less than 200,000! ”
By this time, Yinggao's fangs were finally exposed, and Yinggao didn't know how far the Huns could eventually develop, but their upper limit Yinggao knew.
And everything he said before is because Daqin does not have enough soldiers and not enough food, if he has all of these, he may not dare to encroach on the territory of the Xiongnu little by little.
"Since you have said this, after three years, I will definitely prepare a cavalry for you that is enough to crush the Huns!"
The emperor's thinking is so clear, of course he has to express his position as a general, Han Xin heard Yinggao's three-year plan, and said in his heart that if he can't completely defeat Xiang Yu and the Huns, he doesn't have to be a general.
"What the three of us said today, there is no need to tell anyone else, as for General Meng Tian, he will continue to train troops in Shangjun, control Xiang Yu's movements in the Xiongnu, and beat the Huns from time to time."