Chapter 215: The Axe
"Tell me Ah Weng, my title is rising quickly, and he can't grow too much land at home, so I'll go find more hired farmers, and we just sit and collect grain. Tell my mother, don't be stingy with money, eat and wear whatever she wants, buy it, and don't treat herself badly."
"And my bride, tell her not to talk to other men, not to go outside alone if she is fine, and to stay at home obediently and wait for Naigong to come back. Naigong has been promoted to knighthood this time, and she still has a lot of money, so when she goes back, she will get a big house, a bedroom with a sunny sun, and then buy a comfortable couch, spread a soft quilt, and then she can have a baby."
"And this letter was written to me by the military hou himself, so that she could keep it well, and she could take it to the tomb when she died......
"That's enough, that's enough."
Zhao Tuo glared at the black buttocks, how could this guy become more and more obscure the more he talked.
"I haven't finished yet, why don't I let me write it, I still have a lot to say later!"
The black buttocks are dripping, and they haven't been home for more than half a year, so they naturally have a lot to say. In addition, this is a letter written by the military hou to him personally, and those words hidden in his heart can't help but jump out sentence by sentence.
Zhao Tuo's face darkened, and he waved his hand to let the black buttocks get out, and there were still many people in line behind him.
"Next."
Zhao Tuo asked the soldiers who were lined up behind the black buttocks to come up.
This man has a dark face, a strong body, and wears a crown on his head that symbolizes the title of not changing, and he is a military commander.
"Thank you, Junhou, my name is Da Niu, and I am from Lantian."
As soon as the big bull came up, he lowered his head and spoke.
Zhao Tuo said gently, "Who do you want to write to in your family, take your time."
"My mother and mother are all deceased, and I only have a new woman who was married last year, and I want to write to her."
Da Niu lowered his head and pinched the corners of his clothes, looking a little shy.
"Don't be nervous, if you have anything to say, I'll write it for you."
Zhao Tuo encouraged.
"Tell me, we're still waiting!"
The soldiers in the back queue urged.
Da Niu's black face turned red, and finally he whispered, "I want to tell my housewife, I...... I want to sleep with her."
Hearing this, the soldiers standing behind burst into laughter.
Zhao Tuo was stunned.
Then he smiled and took up his pen to write these words on the wooden tablet.
This is what today's soldiers are thinking, and it is also the most sincere emotion suppressed in their hearts.
This time, Zhao Tuo not only asked the literate military officials in the army to write letters for the soldiers, but even he personally went into battle, set up eucalyptus ink, and wrote for the soldiers by hand. In this way, 5,000 people rejoiced, especially those soldiers who were personally written by Zhao Tuo, and they shed tears of gratitude.
Many people have enlisted in the army several times, and they have never seen such generals who really think about the low-level soldiers. Not to mention the past, even now, the surrounding parts, even the elite soldiers who were originally under Wang Ben's command, are all homesick, but they can't do anything.
Officers may be able to send messages home through private channels. And the small soldiers at the bottom, there is no channel to spread the message, and many people can't read a single word, even if they have a thousand words to tell their families, but they are helpless to be blocked by thousands of mountains and rivers, so they can only sit in the camp and cry. ….
In such a situation, Zhao Tuo is willing to think about what the soldiers think, and solve the pain of homesickness for the soldiers through his own ability. Really treat them as living people, rather than low-level soldiers who come and go when they are called.
Everyone can feel this kind of true feelings.
Zhao Tuo treated the soldiers like this, and the soldiers were naturally moved.
"I want to die in the service of the army!"
"What I want to say to my family, the military has written it for me, even if I die in this battle, I have no regrets!"
"I really want to be a soldier all the time, forever!"
……
This song, the originally low morale, was extremely invigorated on this day.
Zhao Tuo walked in the camp and saw every soldier
They all smiled from the bottom of their hearts and couldn't help but nod.
In this way, the military heart can be used.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless.
The reason why he did this was naturally to sincerely think about the soldiers, relieve their homesickness, and relax their spirits.
Second, it is also to boost morale and let the soldiers have the spirit of fighting.
Because of the next big war, he needs these people to die for him, and he can't have two thoughts in his heart.
On the fourth day of Li Xin's arrival in Huaiyang, Zhao Tuo received his message and hurriedly rushed to the Chinese army camp.
As soon as he entered the commander's military tent, Zhao Tuo saw Li Xin sitting alone in front of the eucalyptus, looking at the slips and silk books on it with a happy expression.
"General." Zhao Tuo arched his hand.
"Your letters are gone?"
Li Xin's eyes still fell on the slip in his hand, and he didn't raise his head.
Zhao Tuo said: "Yes, I sent it away early this morning, a total of five cars."
Li Xin raised his head and smiled: "You Zhao Tuo quite understands the spirit of the army, I heard from several other generals that those soldiers under their command saw you writing letters for the soldiers, and they were also clamoring to write letters to their families."
Zhao Tuo smiled, if other tribes did the same, it would naturally be good news for the low-level soldiers.
Li Xin just asked casually, and then got down to business.
"The reason why I called you here is because the scouts sent out earlier have returned, and the people who were planted in the Chu State have also sent back information."
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo hurriedly sat down, this is a serious matter.
Li Xin threw the slip in his hand to Zhao Tuo's side, and laughed: "The state of Chu is really as I expected, thinking that I will definitely capture Xiangcheng, so now tens of thousands of Chu troops are all following Xiang Yan to concentrate in Xiangcheng. Even the soldiers in the eastern part of the Chu State who were recruited by the King of Chu are all heading towards Xiangcheng!"
"The Chu army intends to defend Xiangcheng to the death, but there are only 3,000 people guarding it on the Pingyu side. Pingyu City is small, I will raid with 30,000 chariots, and it will only take half a day to take it down!"
"According to the intelligence, there are not many soldiers in Bedqiu and Huyi after Pingyu, at most one or two thousand, and this number will definitely not stop my strange soldiers, which is enough for me to gallop all the way south. Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo, my strange strategy can be implemented, everything is as I expected, there is no deviation!"
Speaking of this, Li Xin became more and more excited, he stretched his neck forward, and said to Zhao Tuo as if showing off, "And didn't you say before that I led my strange soldiers deep into Chu, and I was afraid of the lack of food and grass? I tell you, there is no shortage now!" ….
"Changping Jun has colluded with important ministers within the Chu State for the past year, which has been quite effective. Now the Chu generals who guard Juyang have fallen to us. Although this person was promoted, he still misses the king of Chu who was killed by the negative soldier, and now we are asking for the negative under the banner of revenge for the envoy and Nanjun, and this person is willing to help us through the message of Changping Jun."
"Hehe, when the time comes, I will lead the strange soldiers through Yingshui, and I can ask him to bring me heavy grain, with such help, you said this time, is God helping me!"
Zhao Tuo was taken aback.
Juyang, this is a big city of Chu, before moving the capital to Shouchun, this city also served as the capital of Chu for a period of time. The Chu generals who were guarding this place defected and were enough to change the situation.
But is this news true?
In particular, this matter is still the information provided by Changpingjun.
Although he was worried, seeing Li Xin's more and more confident appearance after receiving the information, Zhao Tuo did not dare to open his mouth to question it. Li Xin was very confident before he was confirmed by the intelligence, and now he not only confirmed the feasibility of the strategy through intelligence, but also knew that Chu of Juyang was about to turn against him, and this time, Li Xin's tail could be completely cocked to the sky.
Zhao Tuo could only helplessly congratulate him.
Li Xin's smile became brighter and brighter.
"Tomorrow's military conference, I should declare this policy to the generals."
Zhao Tuo said tentatively, "What if General Mengwu doesn't agree?"
"Mengwu? Huh."
Li Xin sneered.
……
On the last day, all the generals above General Pi gathered in Li Xin's military tent
Even Changping Jun, who was sitting in Huaiyang, also came.
The upcoming military discussion will determine the next battle strategy of the Qin army.
Zhao Tuo participated in this meeting because of the "direct administration of Li Xin" and sat at the end of the tent.
Seeing that the generals sat down in order, the military discussion officially began.
According to the information sent back by the scouts and the intermediates, General Xin Wu first explained to the people in the tent the situation of the enemy and the enemy in front of him.
"In Xiangcheng, there are at least 50,000 Chu troops, led by Xiang Yan, the Shangzhu State of Chu. Reinforcements from the eastern part of the Chu State are still coming, and according to our intelligence, it won't be long before the number of Chu troops gathered in Xiangcheng will be close to 100,000."
As soon as these words came out, Meng Wu, Yang Yuan and others all looked solemn.
The 200,000 troops of the Qin State went south, and the King of Chu was naturally frightened, knowing that the Qin State was really going to destroy him this time. Hurriedly mobilized all the troops in the country to resist, intending to use Xiangcheng as a battlefield and wrestle with the Qin State here.
This is to have a general battle in Xiangcheng!
"Xiangcheng has been reinforced, even if we have the help of a giant cannon, if we want to break the city, I'm afraid it will take more than half a month."
"Half a month is too long, and it won't be long before the reinforcements of the Chu army arrive, and the number of people will be the same at that time, even if the city is broken, it will not be of much use. It is better for us to besiege the city with a part of the army and trap Xiang Yan in the city. Then send the army to ambush on the road where the Chu army must be reinforced, first destroy the supporting Chu army, and then turn back and slowly attack Xiangcheng. As long as the main force of the Chu army is eliminated here in Xiangcheng, the battle will be easy to fight in the future."
Zhao Tuo, who was sitting at the end of the tent, couldn't help but light up when he heard the words of a general.
This is a siege point to send reinforcements.
Just like when Wang Ben destroyed Wei, he first surrounded Daliang, destroyed the supporting Wei troops one by one, and finally slowly collected the Wei cities. ….
One by one, the battle plans were put forward by the generals, and Zhao Tuo listened while observing the reactions of the people in the tent.
Meng Wu's face was calm, listening to the generals' speeches, and nodding from time to time to express approval.
Li Xin sat on the main seat, although he had a smile on his face, he was actually quite impatient.
There is also Nachang Pingjun, who still has a peaceful smile on his face, quietly listening to the strategies of the Qin generals, so that people can't see his thoughts.
After a while, the generals said almost that.
"It's all an old way."
Zhao Tuo nodded straight when he heard this, these Qin generals were able to climb to the position of General Pi, naturally they all knew the art of war and geography, although the strategies they proposed were slightly different, they were generally planned around how to pull out Xiangcheng.
Or they want to break through Xiangcheng as soon as the reinforcements of the Chu army arrive, and then meet the reinforced Chu army.
Or they want to use the siege of Xiangcheng to send reinforcements to eliminate the living force of the Chu army.
Or advocate reinforcing the Chu army to join Xiang Yan in Xiang City, and then fight a super conference battle to break the main force of the Chu army in one fell swoop.
In short, the core point is that Xiangcheng must be pulled out, and only in this way can the Qin army go south along Yingshui.
According to the procedure, after the generals have proposed a strategy, it is up to the Lord to make decisions and select the final plan, or the Lord will propose the plan himself for the generals to implement.
Adjutant General Meng Wu said: "The generals have expressed their opinions, and I ask the generals to make decisions."
"Please also ask the general to decide."
All the generals arched their hands and said, looking at Li Xin with expectant eyes, they all hoped that Li Xin could choose the suggestions they put forward, which was a very face-saving thing, and they could also get a great merit of advice.
Changping Jun also turned his head to look at Li Xin, and he also wanted to know what choice Li Xin, a proud general, would make.
Only Zhao Tuo's eyelids jumped, and he didn't dare to look at the next scene.
"Your plans are good. It's just ......."
The next moment, under the gaze of those countless pairs of eyes, Li Xin patted the eucalyptus, stood up, and said aloud to everyone in the tent, "It's just that these strategies are too slow! If we follow your way of fighting, how many years and months will it take us to destroy the state of Chu and capture the king of Chu alive and sacrifice him to Xianyang!"
Except for Zhao Tuo, everyone in the tent was stunned.
Li Xin's anti
It should have greatly exceeded their expectations.
Changping Jun looked at Li Xin with interest, this young general was really different from ordinary people.
Meng Wuze's brows furrowed, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.
He said in a deep voice, "General Li said that the generals' proposals are too slow, could it be that the general has a strategy to capture Xiangcheng?"
"Capture Xiangcheng?"
Li Xin laughed.
"Why did I take Xiangcheng? Your gaze is too rigid to one city and one place, you must know that we are here on the order of the king to destroy Chu and capture the king of Chu! Our mission is to destroy the Chu Kingdom for the past 800 years, not to waste time for the sake of one or two cities!"
Without giving everyone time to react, Li Xin stood up, pointed to the unrolled map, and said loudly: "Wait and look here, the small city of Pingyu is located on the flank of the Chu State, if I lead the army, ......
Zhao Tuo saw that Li Xin's face became redder and redder the more he spoke, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became, while Meng Wu's face became darker and darker, and the two eyebrows on his eyes were almost squeezed together. ….
At this time, Li Xin finished talking about the extermination strategy in his chest.
Just like Zhao Tuo, who heard about this strategy for the first time, there was silence in the entire military tent, and everyone was stunned.
What a General Li, he was able to come up with such an amazing scheme!
"If my plan can succeed, break Shouchun, and capture the king of Chu in the city and the clan ministers of the Chu State, then who else dares to resist us in these thousands of miles of Chu land, and when the time comes, they will not all surrender when they hear the wind, and the eight hundred years of the Chu State will fight down, wouldn't it be faster than you said that one city after another! In this way, we can show the prestige of my Qin Kingdom!"
"What do you think of this?"
Li Xin held his head high and glanced at the people in the tent.
Xin Wu, Yang Yuan and other generals looked at each other, they had the heart to admonish, but looking at Li Xin's appearance, they still wisely stopped their mouths, and everyone looked at Meng Wu.
[Stable operation for many years, comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, old bookworms are using.]
The generals in the tent were dumbfounded.
Why didn't the war start yet, the main general and the deputy general did it.
Zhao Tuo smiled slightly, applauding General Mengwu in his heart. ….
He was very glad that he had persuaded Qin Wangzheng to replace Meng Tian with Meng Wu.
Only such a stable veteran dared to argue with Li Xin face to face and suppress his unrealistic ideas. If it was replaced by Meng Tian, I am afraid that Li Xin would have been suppressed and would not dare to speak.
Sure enough, Lao Tzu is more reliable than his son.
Li Xin became more and more annoyed when he saw that Meng Wu did not give him face, and he glanced at the tent and saw that all the generals were silent, not daring to participate in the argument between him and Meng Wu.
The more Li Xin thought about it, the more angry he became, if his plan was vetoed by Meng Wu in front of his generals, then he would have no prestige at all, and how to command the 200,000 troops in the future, I am afraid that the generals in this account would even laugh at him behind his back, thinking that his Li Xin's words were not as effective as a deputy general of Meng Wu.
At this time, Li Xin saw Changpingjun.
He saw that this prince was nodding with a smile at him, although Changping Jun did not speak, but the gentle eyes and warm smile all revealed his encouragement to Li Xin.
Seeing it, the prince is supporting himself!
My plan has been approved by the prince, otherwise how could he smile and nod at himself?
Li Xin was greatly encouraged, and when he saw Meng Wu's angry glaring at him, the arrogance and anger in his heart surged up together.
I, Li Xin, am the chief general of the war Chu appointed by the king.
And you, Meng Wu, are just a small lieutenant general, and your responsibility is only to assist me, and you dare to question my orders in public, and dare to say that you don't agree.
Outrageous!
I, Li Xin, do things, do I still need your Meng Wu to agree?
"That's enough!"
Li Xin roared, picked up the axe that was placed on the shelf next to him, and snapped it on the eucalyptus in front of him.
The sharp blade of the axe instantly cracked the wooden eucalyptus in half, and even the map on it was also cut by this axe.
"I have the king himself to give me the axe, and I have full authority to fight Chu!"
"There are no two orders, and those who have two orders will be punished!"
"Who dares to question my order, and be killed on the spot according to military law!"
Li Xin scanned the military tent with the handle of the axe.
At this moment, he was full of enthusiasm, domineering and exposed, and his eyes were shining with a terrifying light.
He stared at Meng Wu coldly.
"General Meng, you can follow my military orders."
Meng Wu glanced at the axe in Li Xin's hand that reflected the light, and then at Li Xin's cold face.
He sighed softly and bowed his hand.
"Meng Wu, I am willing to obey General Li's orders."
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