After the emperor issued an order to recruit cavalry from various border counties and form an elite cavalry force, Zhao Tuo knew that he would not be able to stay in Xianyang for long.
After the New Year, he will step down from his post as a young man, and as the commander-in-chief of the army, he will go to the border counties to participate in cavalry training. At the same time, he will wait for the 300,000 troops to gather and conduct a short training before launching a Northern Expedition.
Zhao Tuo summoned his old confidants who were still in Xianyang City to gather together. He was afraid that after the New Year, when the Qin State was preparing for the war, all the government offices would be busy and there would be no suitable opportunity to gather again.
"Do drunkards also want to go to the battlefield? You are a good doctor, why are you going to the battlefield? I heard that the Yue people are just like the Huns, they are all barbarians who eat skin and cheese, and they talk nonsense. You can't even If you don't understand the language, that tongue will be of no use on the battlefield."
At the banquet, Black Butt stared at Li Shiqi who was sitting opposite, with a somewhat disgusted tone.
Li Shiqi opened her mouth and said: "%￥*"
Black Butt looked confused, scratched his head and said, "What kind of bird language are you talking about?"
"Yueshi language. There are people in the Dian Kingdom who know the language of Yuezhi and the Huns. I have gone to learn it. When the expedition starts next year, I will not say that I am proficient in it, but at least I will have no problem in communication. Then I will go to the border. If the county hires a translator to help, he will surely be able to manipulate those barbarians between his lips and tongue."
Li Shiqi chuckled, turned to Zhao Tuo and said, "It's really meaningless to bicker with those Confucian scholars every day in the academy. It's better to follow the great concubine and go to the battlefield to win titles and perform meritorious services. That's one of the great pleasures in life. Good morning. I’ve been waiting for this day.”
"With your help, sir, it will be easier to attack the barbarians in the north this time."
Zhao Tuo smiled slightly, raised his glass to drink, and glanced at the pouty black buttocks on the other side, as well as the expressionless Shejian, Zhongli Mei, Lu Wan and others with disappointed faces, shaking their heads secretly in their hearts.
As Zhao Tuo's direct descendants and the great contributors to the annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, his old subordinates returned to the Qin State. In addition to being granted titles, they were naturally assigned to appropriate positions.
Like Hei Butt, who now serves under the lieutenant, with the rank of Zhong Sima, rank of Qianshi, and is higher in rank than Zhang Han's Examination Office Order and Zhao Gao's Zhongche Mansion Order, so he is truly distinguished.
However, as the military attaché under the lieutenant's office and responsible for patrolling the capital, Heiyi had responsibilities and could not follow Zhao Tuo in the Northern Expedition.
The rest of Shejian, Zhong Lizhen, Lu Wan and others also hold corresponding positions under the Taiwei or Lieutenant, and they are all unable to participate in this expedition. They will miss this military feast.
In response, Shejian, Heiyi and others told Zhao Tuo that they wanted to resign and ask for orders. They would rather not be those military attaches and would rather follow Zhao Tuo on the battlefield to fight.
After Zhao Tuo hesitated for a while, he still refused and appeased everyone, asking them to work hard in their original positions.
In the past, when Zhao Tuo's title was not high, he had tens of millions of men under his command. He could also use the relationship between Wei Liao and others to gather his old troops under his men and exert greater combat power. This was very important in the army. It's an unspoken rule, no big deal.
But now that Zhao Tuo is in a high position, he must learn to exercise caution.
A man as great as Wang Jian, who led a large army on an expedition, still had to commit suicide for the sake of his own safety, and his son Wang Bi and grandson Wang Li also had to stay in Xianyang.
Zhao Tuo was about to attack the Hu people in the north, and he had an army of 300,000 men. Several old generals who should not have joined the army at this time gave up their original positions and joined the army enthusiastically.
What does this mean?
If it falls in the eyes of interested people, it may become a reason to attack Zhao Tuo in the future.
Zhao Tuo knew very well that although the First Emperor favored him and was still his father-in-law, he was still essentially a monarch and an emperor who had been betrayed many times.
If Zhao Tuo does not know how to restrain himself from relying on his favor, he may have big problems in the future.
He is so tall and cold!
This is the way of life that Wang Jian taught him. These old cronies of his staying in Xianyang can reassure the emperor.
Of course, the impact of scribes like Li Shiqi resigning and joining the army would not be big. Compared with generals such as Shejian and Heiyi, Zhao Tuo did need a confidant and a clever lobbyist.
However, in the face of increasingly large-scale wars, Zhao Tuo felt that it might not be enough to defeat him with just one Li.
"With more people, there is more power. Three Stooges are more powerful than Zhuge Liang. Maybe we can recruit some more staff and have a few powerful amateurs around us, so that people won't be afraid of them."
Zhao Tuo thought about a few capable people whose origins he knew and who were famous in history. He decided to send people to Guandong to invite and conquer after the banquet.
The old department is too conspicuous, and it is time to cultivate a new group of cronies.
After thinking about this, Zhao Tuo became in a very good mood. He appeased everyone at the banquet and exchanged glasses of wine. After the banquet, the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves.
But at the end of the banquet, when listening to Hei Butt and others talking about their longing for war, Zhao Tuo inexplicably thought of another war in his mind.
The autumn harvest has come to an end, maybe the southwestern barbarians are also taking action?
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The mountains and forests south of Shu County.
The yellow leaves in the forest were rustled by the autumn wind, and from time to time there were fallen leaves flying in the air.
Lieutenant Li You of Shu County was fully clothed, riding on a tall horse, silently staring at the mountains and forests ahead.
Behind him were eight thousand fully armed Qin soldiers.
This is a large army recruited from all over Shu County after the autumn harvest.
After a while, several people came out of the forest, came forward and bowed down to Li You, and reported: "Jun Wei, those Zhe tribes have been invited, and they are all gathered in the mountains here, waiting for the county to come."
Lieutenant went to discuss it."
"Okay, it's fitting that they should die like this."
Li You nodded, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Beside him, County Commander Ma Batang hesitated and said: "Commander, do you really want to do this? I think these Zuo tribes are asking for a high price, but if we know their interests and threaten our Qin army, we can negotiate the price.
, it is possible to conquer it.”
"Oh, then what? I surrendered to these little Zuo people here and bribed me with a lot of money. It was still more than a thousand miles away from the Dian Kingdom. I don't know how many Yi tribes there were in the middle. They all imitated these Zuo people and asked for me.
Money, goods, how much wealth can I give?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li You sneered and whispered: "The six countries in Shandong are so powerful. They were not destroyed by our Qin Dynasty. Now our invincible Qin army wants to
In order to open the road to the Dian Kingdom, I bribed these barbarians. If this matter reaches the ears of the emperor, what image will I, Li You, look like!"
"I, Li You, earned my title by fighting for it, not by buying it!"
Faced with the rebuke from the county captain, the county commander Ma was obedient and did not dare to say anything.
Li You turned his head and looked at the mountains and forests ahead.
He entered Shu in March, when spring plowing was about to begin and troops could not be used. Li You used this time to familiarize himself with the environment, train soldiers, understand the intelligence of the southwestern barbarians, and think about the tactics of this battle.
Not long after, his old father Li Si sent a letter from Xianyang, saying that a veteran general suggested to him that when Li You attacked the southwestern barbarians, he could adopt a strategy of co-opting and dividing the barbarians, using the barbarians to control the barbarians.
Li You thought this was feasible, so he sent people to win over the Yi tribes.
This matter was relatively smooth at first. Several small tribes of Yi people near Shu County, faced with the threat of powerful troops from the Qin army and the temptation of some wealth, naturally surrendered immediately.
However, there are many tribes of barbarians in the southwest, and there are some large tribes with thousands or tens of thousands of people. They either disdain to submit to the Qin army because of their strength, or they dislike the lack of goods given by Li You, so they eventually refused.
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Li You is not good at dealing with this kind of problem. Faced with this situation, he is very headache.
Just at this time, he received another letter from his brother.
Li You immediately lost patience with these Yi tribes who did not surrender, and did not want to spend any more time trying to persuade them to surrender.
"Agree to my terms and surrender to Da Qin, and then the entire tribe will be preserved."
"Anyone who dares to bargain with me will die!"
Li You looked cold.
He had people pretend to trick the few tribes of Zhe people who were bargaining with him to come here, claiming that everything was easy to negotiate and originally intending to give a high price, but in fact they had hidden murderous intentions.
Li You looked at the mountain forest in the autumn in front of him. He saw fallen leaves flying, vines and grass withered, and the trees that had lost their moisture were very dry. They looked like good fuel at first glance.
It's a dry day and it would be a waste not to set fire to it.
"This fire is enough to break the courage of the barbarians in the southwest, and let them know what kind of person I, Li You, am! Let my reputation, Li You, spread throughout the southwest!"
Thinking of this, Li You's eyes flashed, and he thought of his past experiences in Nanjun.
A unique pleasure spread throughout his body, causing his body to tremble.
Li You turned around and gave an order to the soldiers holding torches behind him.