"However, I don't know if the Yue Clan's change has anything to do with the Wu Clan, but this person will never approve of the general's expedition in his heart, and when using him, he must be prevented!"

Li Shiqi followed Chen Ping and put forward the same statement.

The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

Wu Shilu was able to become big in the Qin State as a businessman, and was praised by the First Emperor, making him a contemptible shepherd than a feudal monarch, and resisting all vehicles, why?

It is precisely because he can bring benefits to the Qin State, sell a large number of cattle and horses to Qin, and offer the treasures of the west to satisfy the emperor, so he can be noble in the world.

The reason why Wu Shilu was able to do this was that as a transit merchant between Rong and Qin, he made a difference in price by reselling all kinds of things, and obtained a lot of wealth.

It can be said that all his status today was bought with money.

Now the First Emperor wants to send troops to take Henan and defeat the Yueshi and the Xiongnu. This is naturally of great benefit to the Qin State, but for him Wu Shilu, it is simply to cut off the source of his wealth.

The Yueshi and the Xiongnu have been destroyed, and the trade objects are gone, how can he be a middleman to make the difference?

The Qin State owned the land of Henan, and even the land of the Yueshi in the west of the river, and the government itself could store cattle, horses, and livestock on the fertile pastures.

It was only because of the importance of wealth and foreign trade that he was given the treatment of a feudal monarch by the emperor, not a real feudal monarch.

It is completely conceivable that after the victory of the Northern Expedition this time, Wu Shilu will not only lose his way to make money, but his status in the Qin State will also turn straight down, and everyone will be unexpected.

Zhao Tuo thought of a sentence that was often said in later generations, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents.

In such a situation of self-interest, will Wu Shilu be indifferent?

He is a frontier man, will he sacrifice his interests for the sake of Daqin?

Zhao Tuo shook his head at Chen Ping and Li, and said in a deep voice: "What you are saying is that the Wu clan will probably not sincerely help my Great Qin, and it is very likely that he will secretly leak the military information to the Yue clan, and I don't know if the Yue clan cavalry that appeared outside the Great Wall is related to him." ”

"Mr. Li, send someone to the rear overnight to deliver a message, telling Wang Li that no one is allowed to approach and investigate during the escort of him, not even the county guards and county lieutenants of the northern land. Those in the army who dare to leak the role of the Three Treasures will be immediately beheaded. ”

"Obey the general's orders."

Li Shiqi was busy and promised to do so.

This time, Zhao Tuo took the lead and brought 5,000 guards to Beidi County.

In the rear, Wang Li led 5,000 men to escort a large number of Gaoqiao saddles, stirrups, horseshoes and other equipment, which were to be transported to Beidi County to equip the Qin cavalry.

The Three Treasures of the Cavalry is a sharp weapon made by Zhao Tuo to deal with the grassland peoples, and it is still in a state of secrecy.

Among them, it is not difficult to imitate Takahashi saddles and stirrups. Especially stirrups, you can understand its principle at a glance, even if there is no metal material, it can be imitated with wood, leather rope and the like.

Before the war, Zhao Tuo would never allow this thing to leak out, and even the cavalry in the army equipped with these things would be fully militarized and managed by him to eliminate the risk of leakage.

After instructing this, Zhao Tuo's mind turned back to Wu Shilu.

"No matter what Wu Shilu has in mind, he is very important to us. Without Wushi, we would not have been able to understand the situation in Henan. Mr. Li, this person will be handed over to you to deal with in the future, and in addition to being enveloped, listen to more information. ”

Seeing that the general handed over these heavy tasks of dealing with Wu Shiqi to Li Shiqi, Chen Ping felt a sense of loss in his heart, but he quickly returned to normal.

Although he Chen Ping was recruited by the general as a staff member, he only had the title of duke, and he was young, so he was naturally inferior to Li Shiqi in the face of an old Jianghu like Wu Shilu.

It's just that he Chen Ping is here to pursue wealth and fame, and he wants to follow the general to get ahead.

You have to show it!

Chen Ping said in a low voice: "General, Ping thinks that if the Wu clan really helps the Yue clan, it will be a good thing for us. Make good use of him, maybe it will be easier to kill the main force of the Yue Clan in Henan. ”

"What Chen Sheng said is very true."

Zhao Tuo nodded, a glint flashing in his eyes.

……

As for Wu Tuo's attitude towards this expedition against the Yue Clan, Zhao Tuo knew it the next day.

On the second day, the weather was good, and Zhao Tuo was going to the garrison of the cavalry of Zhujun, but he found that Wu Shilu was waiting outside his camp early.

"When the general first came to the Northland, I should be the guide and guide the way for the general."

Wu Shilu was very enthusiastic.

Zhao Tuo's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Then there is the Lao Wu clan." ”

Sima Liang personally led 5,000 soldiers and horses to escort him, and surrounded Zhao Tuo and Wu Shilu, and marched towards the cavalry camp more than ten miles away.

On the way, after chatting about some local customs, the two couldn't help but talk about the Yueshi outside the Great Wall.

"The customs of the Yue's family, quite the same as the Huns, their children can ride sheep and shoot birds when they are young, grow up and gallop on horses, all are grassland knights, its population is hundreds of thousands, and the people who control the strings are 1560,000, it is the overlord of Hexi, galloping across the grassland and desert, no one is its opponent, even the Huns have to retreat."

"General Wuguan's expedition, the cavalry in the north is only 20,000, if you defend the fortress of the Great Wall, the Yue clan will not be able to fight."

"But if you go out to fight, in that vast grassland, 20,000 horsemen and more than 100,000 foot soldiers may be a little difficult to defeat the Hu people. I thought about it, but I didn't know how to break the enemy, the general was a famous general of my Great Qin, and I thought that I had a strategy to break the enemy. ”

Wu Shilu was worried, and looked like he was worried about state affairs.

Zhao Tuo blinked, looked at Wu Shilu in front of him who was dressed in black Qin clothes and wearing a high crown, and secretly shook his head in his heart.

No matter how well he is dressed outside, it is difficult to hide his temperament from a Hu background.

This Wu clan is far from a master like Changping Jun.

Wu Shilu spoke directly, and as soon as he came, he asked about the strategy of breaking the enemy, what kind of calculation was in his heart, how could Zhao Tuo not see it.

But this is also normal, after all, he is just a contemptible shepherd who started by selling cattle and horses, although he has some wisdom, he is not as good as a real political master after all.

Zhao Tuo shook his head with a smile and said: "Wu Shijun asked early, I have just arrived, the army has not yet assembled, and I don't know much about the situation of the Yue Clan, how can I think of any strategy to break the enemy, and I want Wu Shijun to collect more information for me." ”

Wu Shi said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, General, I will send someone to collect the Yue's troops and deployment in Henan as soon as possible, so that the General will know." ”

Zhao Tuo nodded, he didn't look at Wu Shilu, but looked at the camps set up in the distance.

"But I think it's just like what Wu Shijun said, I have a lot of infantry and few cavalry, even if I gather the cavalry of each border county and recruit the cavalry of the Rong people, it is only 20,000 horses, which is far less than the number of cavalry of the Yue clan."

"If you fight on the grassland, the foot soldiers will not play a big role, and I am afraid that the head-on battle will be inferior, so I think it is better to attack separately and attack the weak with the strong."

Speaking of which, Zhao Tuo seems to have been inspired.

He turned his head to stare at Wu Shi Lu, and said with a little excitement: "Didn't Wu Shi Jun say that the Yue Clan in Henan is divided into two Xi Hou commanders?" ”

"We can use tactics to stir up division, the cavalry of the two Marquis of Xi adds up to sixty or seventy thousand, which is far superior to the cavalry of our Qin State. But after separation, the number of cavalry in each of their divisions will not be much, and then our army will be able to maintain superior military strength and defeat them individually, so that victory can be expected. ”

"This matter is Mr. Li's specialty, I will let him be in charge, and I am afraid that I will need the help of Wu Shijun at that time."

"The general is polite, fight more and fight less, win the victory, the general is really well versed in the art of war, this battle is useful to my Wu clan, although the mouth is."

Wu Shilu opened his mouth to promise, full of praise.

Zhao Tuo nodded, and saw that there was already a cavalry in the distance, which was the cavalry generals of the counties who came to greet him.

Before leaving, he said as if unintentionally: "What I am most afraid of is that the Yue people gather a large army, if they gather all the tens of thousands of cavalry under their command in one place to fight our army, on the grassland, it is difficult for the Qin army, which is dominated by foot soldiers, to defeat so many cavalry." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Tuo arched his hand to him, got out of the car and stepped forward, to meet the cavalry generals who had already dismounted and walked.

Wu Shilu instinctively wanted to follow, but was stopped by Li Shiqi with a smile and stretched out his hand: "The military camp is heavy, and it is all governed by military law, if there are guards who don't open their eyes and misunderstand Wu Shijun, it will be a little bad." ”

"I was reckless."

Wu Shilu smiled.

He is not a position in the army, and according to Qin law, he is indeed not qualified to enter the barracks.

His gaze was on the young general in front of him.

What came to mind was the general's strategy to break the enemy.

Stir up divisions, and each one is broken.

The Qin army has few cavalry, and what they are most afraid of is that the Yue clan gathers all the cavalry to fight.

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(End of chapter)