On the king's couch, the First Emperor's eyes were bright.
In the main hall, all the officials looked at each other.
Unless Zhao Tuo wanted to stand up to the First Emperor and go against the generals around him who were eager for military glory, he could only have one choice in his answer.
"Your Majesty, the land of Baiyue is rich in products and vast. If we send soldiers to conquer it, we can make the territory of Great Qin reach the north and south. This is an achievement that has not been achieved in three generations."
Zhao Tuo opened his mouth and first expressed his support.
The First Emperor nodded slightly.
The term "south ends in north" suits him very well.
All the ministers in the palace had such expressions as expected.
Qiang Xuan showed disappointment and thought: "The title of Zhao Tuo has reached the level of concubine. He is only one step away from becoming a marquis. However, he has not been able to find an army that has made great achievements. Now that the war against Yue will begin, he is afraid that
You have to ask yourself to lead the army to conquer Baiyue, and then you can be made a marquis when you come back."
There were many people who thought like Qiang Yu. Many generals looked at Zhao Tuo with envy and sighed secretly in their hearts.
Zhao Tuo conquered Yue, had combat experience against the Yue people, and was young, so he was a suitable candidate for general.
In addition, he had ambitions to become a prince, so as long as he opened his mouth, the First Emperor, as his father-in-law, would definitely make him the general, and it would be impossible for others to compete with Zhao Tuo.
Among the generals, Tu Sui rolled his eyes.
What a good brother Zhao, the day he told me how terrifying the Land of Baiyue was, it turned out that he wanted to stop me from writing a letter to ask for war. You can go on your own. You are such a good brother.
Li Si, who was standing next to Zhao Tuo, his eyes lit up.
Zhao Tuo had a talent for governing the country. He made several suggestions and suggestions in succession, and he also developed the art of papermaking and printing, which early won him the emperor's heart. Having this son stay in Xianyang inevitably overshadowed the glory of Li Si.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo had better go out to fight, so that Li Si could show off his talents in Xianyang.
In everyone's different thoughts.
What Zhao Tuo said took a turn, and he began to talk about the situation in the Land of Baiyue.
"The Baiyue should be conquered, but according to what I saw during the southern expedition, the land of Baiyue is not the same as the Central Plains. The land is hot and humid, with mountains and forests and swamps. There is dense miasma in the mountains and forests, and poisonous insects, snakes and ants are rampant."
"Moreover, there are few cities in the Yue region, and the Yue people live in mountains, forests, and valleys, and they rely on forest trails to get in and out. Those places are inaccessible to vehicles and horses. If the army enters the mountains, forests, and swamps, it will be difficult to pass, but it is not as agile as the Yue people."
"If we, the Qin Dynasty, want to attack Baiyue, we must not take it lightly. We should formulate corresponding tactics based on the situation in the territory."
Zhao Tuo talked eloquently and told the situation in Vietnam in front of the First Emperor and all the ministers and generals.
The west of the Central Plains of the Qin State is not connected to the Yue region. The previous offensive wars were basically fought against the six kingdoms of Shandong. At most, the surrounding Di, Qiang and Rong Di were also included, but the areas where the Di and Qiang were located were close to Guanzhong, and the climate
The environment is actually similar, not as different as Vietnam.
Many Qin generals in the palace only knew about the Yue region through rumors. Now that they heard Zhao Tuo's detailed description, all of them 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 general feel frightened.
The temperature is high in the country and mosquitoes and water bugs are rampant. Once the army enters the mountains and forests, they may encounter epidemic diseases.
Disease!
In this era when medicine is still underdeveloped, it is something that everyone talks about with disdain.
The Qin army was far away from their homeland, and they were already acclimated to the local environment. If they were unlucky and encountered an epidemic, let alone conquering the land of Baiyue, it would be a question of whether half of the people could survive.
The First Emperor narrowed his eyes.
There was silence in the main hall.
Zhao Tuo breathed a sigh of relief.
He did indeed do the right thing.
Faced with the desires of the First Emperor and many generals, rash opposition will only make oneself hostile and even anger the Emperor.
If you are admonishing, you can't even say anything to appease the head of Guizhou and save people's energy.
To the emperor who is above the throne, the common people at the bottom of Guizhou Province are not worth mentioning, they only exist as tools. The emperor may even have the intention of using war to consume the knights in the vassal land.
Zhao Tuo could only lay out the practical difficulties of conquering Baiyue.
What he said was true, hoping to scare off the First Emperor and those military generals from their desire to conquer the country.
Zhao Tuo wants them to know that the land of Baiyue is not an easy bone to chew. If the Qin army marches south, their teeth may be broken if they are not careful.
After a moment of silence, Tingwei Li Si spoke.
He looked at Zhao Tuo with a smile and said: "Master Zhao, you are a famous general of our Qin State, and you know Baiyue so well. I think you must have a good strategy to help our Qin Dynasty conquer Baiyue."
"Yes, Mr. Zhao must have a good plan. We will listen carefully."
Wang Wu and other officials also reacted and started to cheer.
Xin Wu and other generals then said, "We are also willing to listen to Zhao Shaofu's plan to destroy Yue."
After being 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, so it was naturally impossible for Zhao Tuo to object.
Therefore, he publicly talked about the difficulty of conquering Baiyue in the main hall. I am afraid he wanted to show that it was difficult to conquer Baiyue, so who else would it be? In order to scare off the generals, he would then become the popular general who conquered Yue.
Zhao Tuo had this motive.
He is a great concubine. After conquering Baiyue, he will definitely be able to become a marquis based on his merits!
A real man lives in the world, and when he is alive, he will be a prince, and when he dies, he will be the food of the temple.
Everyone has heard this before. Now that they have seen through Zhao Tuo's thoughts, they can't argue even if they think about it, so naturally they all follow suit.
Just wait for Zhao Tuo to tell you his good strategy, and then everyone can naturally support Zhao Tuo to the top. In this way, he can still be in a good position.
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 he felt dumbfounded.
The First Emperor seemed to think so too. He glanced at Zhao Tuo teasingly and said calmly, "You can tell me."
Zhao Tuo was speechless. He talked about the difficulty of conquering Baiyue for a long time, and finally the problem came back to him.
Fortunately, he was prepared for this.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After thinking for a while, Zhao Tuo said: "I think that if your Majesty wants to conquer Yue, he should use the technique of distant friendship and close attack as he did when he destroyed the six countries before, and slowly plan it.
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"The vast territory of Yue is not one tribe or country, but is occupied by countless tribes. The largest ones include Dong'ou, Xi'ou, Minyue, Nanyue, Luoyue, etc."
"These large Yue countries are just like the Shandong princes in the past. They are not monolithic. For example, South Vietnam often fights with Minyue, and Minyue often conflicts with Dongou, fighting and attacking each other. We, the Qin Dynasty, can take advantage of this."
"We can send merchants and envoys with goods to win over the various tribes of the Yue people, and instigate discord, causing these Yue people to fight with each other and launch a war. When the Yue people are both hurt, we, the Qin Dynasty, will send out troops to attack again. That's it.
Save effort and get full results.”
As soon as Zhao Tuo started, Wang Bi, Xin Wu and other veterans nodded.
Make friends from far away and attack from close quarters, instigate discord, win over and divide, and finally defeat them one by one.
They are very familiar with this. The Six Kingdoms of Shandong were killed in this way. This is indeed a mature and convenient method in war.
Moreover, those businessmen and envoys can also assume the responsibility of spying on intelligence, which is in line with the art of war. Knowing yourself and your enemy means you can fight without danger.
Zhao Tuo continued to talk.
In addition to the strategy of alienation, Zhao Tuo also suggested that Qin build roads first, build one from Yuyue to Dongou, build one from Gandi to Nanyue, and even build canals in other places depending on the situation.
It ensured the logistics of the Qin army and allowed the chariots and horses to travel through the mountains and forests.
When building roads, the Qin army could also send small groups of troops to conquer the surrounding areas along the roads, conquer the surrounding small Yue tribes, and gradually encroach.
At the same time, Zhao Tuo also suggested training a powerful sea-going navy division. At that time, the navy division could be sent into the sea from Jiangdong, along the coastline, and cooperate with the land army to attack Dongou and Minyue in the near distance and in the distance.
Arriving directly at the rear of South Vietnam and engaging in a pincer attack with the army, the Vietnamese were caught off guard.
Relying on sea transportation, you can also transport grain and fodder, which is much more convenient than traveling over land over mountains and ridges.
In terms of specific tactics, the Qin army can first attack Dongou, which is the weakest, and then join forces with South Vietnam to attack Fujian and Vietnam.
After carving up Fujian and Vietnam with the South Vietnamese, they then turned to instigate attacks on South Vietnam. Generally speaking, they were to weaken and weaken the strong, defeat them one by one, and prevent the Vietnamese from uniting.
As for epidemics, as long as a large army is not gathered, even if a small group of troops is infected by the disease, the damage will not be much serious.
To sum up, Zhao Tuo's strategy for conquering Yue was mainly to ensure road logistics, and at the same time use strategies to provoke the Yue people to fight, make friends at a distance and attack close by, slowly encroaching, and finally achieve the goal of annexing the land of Baiyue.
This is a replica of Qin's destruction of the Six Kingdoms.
Wang Ben and other veterans naturally nodded in agreement with this tactic because it was very stable.
But the First Emperor on the imperial couch had an expressionless face.
When Zhao Tuo finished speaking, he asked indifferently: "I don't know how long it will take to follow the strategy of destroying the six kingdoms and conquer Baiyue."
Zhao Tuo replied: "The strategy to destroy Yue mentioned by me may take six years."
Six years.
Most of the time is spent on building roads, training boatmen, provoking spies, and buying off Yue tribes. As long as these preliminary tasks are done well, it should not be a big problem for Qin to destroy Yue.
At the same time, six years was enough time for the Qin army in the southern expedition to adapt to the local geography and climate, and no major epidemics would occur.
Of course, after conquering Baiyue, the Qin army still needs to appease the local Yue people, use Yue to control Yue, win over the upper-class nobles of Yue people with benefits, and avoid Yue people from repeating themselves. Only in this way can it last for a long time, instead of falling into an endless war. In the quagmire.
Calculating all the time, Zhao Tuo estimates that it won't be possible in ten years.
The reason why he said six years was that he felt it was impossible for the First Emperor to wait ten years.
Secondly, it is also the number six of the Qin Kingdom. He hopes that this number will bring luck.
It's a pity that the First Emperor, who usually loved Liu, felt dissatisfied today.
"Six years?"
The First Emperor looked unhappy.
From the time he launched the war to destroy Korea to the conquest of the six countries in Shandong, it took him less than ten years.
The six kingdoms of Shandong were so powerful and huge. Among them, Zhao, Chu, Qi and other kingdoms were the most powerful countries in the world with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. It took the Qin army less than ten years to destroy them.
The Baiyue in the south has no armored soldiers, living in the mountains and wilderness, full of barbarians, but you want the supreme emperor to spend six years to conquer it.
His pride wouldn't allow it.
too long.
too slow.
Did Zhao Tuo think highly of the Yue people and underestimate his Qin people?
The First Emperor nodded to Zhao Tuo first.
"Your plan is very good."
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 men south to attack Baiyue. Can I do it quickly?"