For or against?

On the king's couch, the first emperor's eyes were blazing.

In the main hall, all the ministers looked at each other.

Unless Zhao Tuo wants to have a hard top with the First Emperor and go against the generals around him who are eager for military exploits, his answer can only have one choice.

"Your Majesty, the land of Baiyue is rich in products and vast, if you send soldiers to conquer, you can let me make the territory of Great Qin end in the south and north, which is an unprecedented feat in three generations."

Zhao Tuo opened his mouth and first expressed his support.

The First Emperor bowed slightly.

The south ends in the north, this word is very much in line with his heart.

All the ministers in the palace had such expressions.

Qiang Yan's face showed disappointment, and he said in his heart: "This Zhao Tuo's title has reached the length of the palace, and he is only one step away from being a marquis, but he has not been able to find an army that has made great contributions." Now that the battle of conquering Yue is about to start, he is afraid that he will ask himself to lead the army to conquer Baiyue, and then come back to be a marquis. ”

There are not many people who think like Qiang, and many generals look at Zhao Tuo with envy, and sigh secretly in their hearts.

Zhao Tuo conquered the Yue people, had combat experience against the Yue people, and was young, so he was a suitable candidate for the main general.

In addition, he has the ambition of being a marquis, as long as he speaks, the first emperor, as the old father-in-law, will definitely make him the main general, and it is impossible for others to compete with Zhao Tuo.

In the military generals, Tu Sui rolled his eyes.

Good Brother Zhao, that day I told me how terrible the land of Baiyue was, it turned out that he wanted to prevent me from going to the book to ask for war, you are good yourself, but you are really a good brother.

Li Si, who was standing beside Zhao Tuo, was bright-eyed.

Zhao Tuo has the talent to govern the country, and he has made several suggestions and suggestions in a row, coupled with the skills of papermaking and printing, which has already won him the emperor's heart. Having this son stay in Xianyang inevitably covered up his Li Si's brilliance.

So it's better for Zhao Tuo to go out to fight, so that he can show his strength in Xianyang.

In the minds of all the people.

What Zhao Tuo said came to a turning point, and he began to talk about the situation in the land of Baiyue.

"Baiyue should be conquered, but according to what he saw when he went to the south, the land of Baiyue is not the same as the Central Plains, its land is humid and hot, many mountains and forests are swampy, and there are miasma between the mountains and forests, and poisonous insects, snakes and ants are rampant."

"And the more land and less cities, the more people live in the mountains, forests, valleys, and rely on woodland trails to get in and out. Those places are impassable, and if the army enters the mountains, forests and swamps, it is difficult to pass, but it is not as sensitive as the Yue people. ”

"If I, Great Qin, want to attack Baiyue, I must not take it lightly, and I should formulate corresponding tactics according to the situation in Yuedi."

Zhao Tuo talked eloquently and told the situation in Yuedi in front of the First Emperor and the generals of the ministers.

To the west of the Central Plains of the Qin State, it was not connected with Yuedi, and the previous offensive wars were basically fought with the six countries of Shandong. At most, there are also the surrounding Qiang Rongdi, but the region where those Qiang are located is close to Guanzhong, and the climate and environment are actually about the same, far less different than Yuedi.

Many Qin generals in the hall only knew about Yue Di by rumors, and now when they heard Zhao Tuo's detailed description, they all frowned like Tu Sui before.

In addition to the difficulties in the geographical environment, Zhao Tuo also said something at the end of his words that made the generals feel frightened.

The higher the heat in the land, the mosquitoes and water Gu are raging, and once the army enters the mountains and forests, I am afraid that it will encounter an epidemic of epidemics.

Epidemic disease!

In this era when medicine was not yet developed, it was something that everyone talked about.

If the Qin army is far away from its homeland, it is suspected of not adapting to the water and soil, if it is unlucky, it really encounters an epidemic of epidemics, let alone conquering the land of Baiyue, whether it can survive half of the people is a problem.

The First Emperor narrowed his eyes.

There was silence in the hall.

Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He did the right thing.

Faced with the thirst of the First Emperor and many military generals, rash opposition would only make oneself hostile and even anger the emperor.

If you advise, you can't say anything to appease the head of the Qiantou and save the people's resources.

For the emperor who was high above, the people at the bottom of the Qianshou were not worth mentioning, but only existed as tools. Even the emperor may have the intention of using war to consume the rangers in the land of the princes.

Zhao Tuo could only put out the practical problems of conquering Baiyue.

What he said was the truth, hoping to scare off the First Emperor and those generals from conquering the city.

Zhao Tuo wanted them to know that the land of Baiyue was not a bone to gnaw on, and the Qin army was marching south, and if they were not careful, their teeth might be broken.

It was only after a moment of silence that Tingwei Lisi spoke.

He looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile and said, "Zhao Shaofu, you are a famous general of my Qin State, and you know Baiyue so well, you must have a good plan to help me conquer Baiyue in Great Qin." ”

"Yes, Zhao Shaofu must have a good plan, we will listen to it."

Wang Wu and other ministers also reacted and cheered.

Xin Wu and other generals followed: "We are also willing to listen to Zhao Shaofu's strategy to destroy Yue." ”

Reminded by Li Si, they also guessed the intention of Zhao Tuo's words.

The emperor was ambitious, and it was imperative to conquer Baiyue, and Zhao Tuo was naturally impossible to oppose.

Therefore, he openly talked about the difficulty of conquering Baiyue in the main hall, I am afraid that he wanted to put on a posture that Baiyue is difficult to conquer and who else is to scare off the generals, and then make himself the main general of the expedition to Yue.

Zhao Tuo has this motive.

He is the chief of the great concubine, and after conquering Baiyue, he will definitely be able to be a marquis with this merit!

The eldest husband lives in the world, is born as a marquis, and dies as a temple food.

Everyone has heard this, since they have seen through Zhao Tuo's thoughts, they can't compete for it, so naturally they are on the road one by one.

Just wait for Zhao Tuo to say his good strategy, and then the big guy can naturally support Zhao Tuo to take the position, so that he can still settle down.

Listening to everyone's words, and the eyes that seemed to see through his thoughts, Zhao Tuo guessed their thoughts just by thinking about it, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

The First Emperor seemed to think the same way, he glanced at Zhao Tuo playfully, and said lightly: "Qing can be said." ”

Zhao Tuo was speechless, and he said that it was difficult to conquer Baiyue for a long time, and finally this problem was thrown back to him.

Fortunately, he was prepared for this.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Tuo spoke: "The minister thinks that if Your Majesty wants to conquer Yuedi, he should use the technique of distant friendship and close attack like the previous destruction of the Six Kingdoms, and slowly plan it. ”

"The land is vast, not one clan and one country, but occupied by countless tribes, among which the largest ones are Dongou, Xiou, Minyue, Nanyue, Luoyue and so on."

"These Yue people are like the princes of Shandong in the past, not monolithic, for example, Nanyue often fights with Minyue, and Minyue often conflicts with Dongou and fights with each other, which I can use in Daqin."

"We can send merchants and envoys to carry goods and goods to win over the Yue people and all ethnic groups, and carry out discord and instigation, so that these Yue people will fight each other and start a big war, and when the Yue people are both defeated, our Great Qin will send troops to attack, so that we can save effort and get full success."

As soon as Zhao Tuo opened, he let Wang Ben, Xin Wu and other veterans nod their heads.

Distant and close attacks, discord and instigation, co-optation and division, and finally each break.

They are familiar with this, this is how the Six Kingdoms of Shandong were killed, and this is indeed an old and convenient method in the war.

Moreover, those merchants and envoys can also assume the duty of spying on intelligence, which is exactly the right thing to know in the art of war.

Zhao Tuo continued to talk eloquently.

In addition to the strategy of discord, Zhao Tuo also suggested that the Qin State should first build roads, from Yuyue to Dongou to build one, from Gandi to Nanyue, and even in other places to build canals depending on the situation, only by getting the traffic first, can the logistics of the Qin army be guaranteed, so that the chariots and horses can travel in the mountains and forests.

When building roads, the Qin army could also send small forces along the road to attack the surrounding areas, subdue the surrounding small Yue tribes, and gradually encroach.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo also suggested training a powerful sea boat division, which could then be sent from Jiangdong to the sea, along the coastline, with the land army, close to Dongou and Minyue, far to the rear of South Vietnam, and flank with the army, to catch the Vietnamese by surprise.

Relying on sea transportation, it can also transport grain, which is far more convenient than taking the land route over the mountains and mountains.

In terms of specific tactics, the Qin army could first attack the weakest Dongou and then join forces with South Vietnam to attack Minyue.

After dividing up Minyue with the South Vietnamese, they then turned hands to provoke and attack South Vietnam, generally speaking, it was to attack the weak and the strong, and break each one, so as not to unite the Vietnamese people.

As for the epidemic, as long as it is not a large army gathering, even if a small group of troops is sick, the damage will not be much.

To sum up, Zhao Tuo's strategy of conquering Vietnam was to ensure road logistics, and at the same time to provoke the Yue people to fight, attack from afar and closely, and slowly encroach, and finally achieve the goal of annexing the land of Baiyue.

This is a copy of Qin's annihilation of the Six Kingdoms.

With such tactics, Wang Ben and other veterans naturally nodded in agreement, because they were very stable.

But the first emperor on the emperor's couch was expressionless.

After Zhao Tuo finished speaking, he asked indifferently: "What Qing said followed the strategy of destroying the Six Kingdoms and conquered Baiyue, I don't know how much time it will take." ”

Zhao Tuo replied: "The minister's strategy to destroy Yue may take six years. ”

Six years.

Most of the time was spent on building roads, training boatmen, provoking spies, and buying off the Yue tribes, as long as these pre-requisites were done well, it should not be a big problem for the Qin State to destroy the Yue.

At the same time, six years is enough for the Qin army in the southern expedition to adapt to the local geography and climate, and no major epidemics will occur.

Of course, after conquering Baiyue, the Qin army also needed to appease the local Yue people, control the Yue with Yue, win over the upper nobles of the Yue people with interests, and avoid the recurrence of the Yue people, so that they could last for a long time, instead of falling into the quagmire of never-ending war.

After all the time calculation, Zhao Tuo estimates that there are no ten years that cannot be done.

The reason why he said six years was that he felt that the first emperor could not wait for ten years.

Second, it is also Qin Guoshangliu, and he hopes that this number will bring luck.

It's a pity that the first emperor, who loves six on weekdays, feels dissatisfied today.

"Six years?"

The First Emperor's face was not good-looking.

It took him less than ten years from the beginning of the war to destroy Korea and the conquest of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.

The six countries of Shandong are so powerful and huge, among them, Zhao, Chu, Qi and other countries are the world's powerful countries with hundreds of thousands of armor, and it took less than ten years for the Qin army to destroy them.

The Baiyue in the south, without the benefit of armor soldiers, inhabited in the mountains and wilderness, living and free, but you have to let the supreme emperor spend six years to conquer.

This is not allowed by his pride.

It's been too long.

It's too slow.

Did Zhao Tuo look down on Yue Ren and underestimate his Daqin?

The First Emperor nodded to Zhao Tuo first.

"It's a good idea."

He turned his head and spoke again in front of all the ministers in the palace.

"I want to send an army of 500,000 to attack Baiyue in the south, but can I go down quickly?"

(End of chapter)