When the King of Nanyue received the head of General Bushan Camp, Fusu, who was far away in Xianyang, had already received the report from Peng Yue. In the next two days, the reports from Zhang Liang and Wu Guang were also sent to Fusu in Xianyang Palace.
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After receiving the report from Wu Guang at the court meeting the next day, Fusu informed the ministers of the news that Peng Yue and others had recovered the three counties of Guilin County. For a time, the entire Qilin Palace was filled with joy.
"Master, I congratulate you on taking back the three counties of Guilin County in South Vietnam. Most of Guilin County has come under the rule of our country, the Qin Dynasty. I think it will be much more difficult to defend the three counties of Guilin County than to capture these three counties. We, the Qin Dynasty, should immediately dispatch a large army
Enter Guilin County and assist Yinglong's soldiers to establish a foothold in South Vietnam. Once our Qin army has Guilin County firmly in our hands, our Qin army can attack South Vietnam at will. The veteran suggested that Meng Tian's 200,000 troops be transferred to South Vietnam.
, help Peng Yue stabilize the situation in Guilin County." Li Si stood up from his seat and said.
The reason why Li Si was able to sit on a chair and participate in the court meeting was all because of Fusu's compassion.
When Fusu saw that the elderly Li Si had to endure the pain of kneeling when meeting in court, he asked craftsmen from the Daqin Ordnance Institute to build a chair with a backrest for Li Si.
Because there was no custom of using chairs in the Qin Dynasty, Fusu had to draw a sketch himself and let the craftsmen of the Daqin Ordnance Institute make several chairs according to the sketch.
After the chair was ready, Fusu told Li Si that he could sit down and attend court meetings. At first, Li Si was unwilling to accept Fusu's sympathy, so Fusu had no choice but to issue an edict that he would sit down and attend court meetings as Li Si assisted two generations of Qin kings.
After receiving the award, Li Si had no choice but to reluctantly accept Fusu's arrangement and began to sit down and participate in the court meeting.
"Prime Minister Li, you do have far-reaching plans, but I don't think it's time to use Meng Tian's army yet. I think Meng Tian's army is more of a deterrent if it doesn't move than if it moves. As the war in South Vietnam gradually advances, we, Daqin, are bound to have a full-scale confrontation with South Vietnam.
If the war starts, then we are afraid that the Jiangdong Xiang clan will send troops to assist South Vietnam. If Meng Tian's army does not move, the Jiangdong Xiang clan and Nadang County Liu Ji and other forces will never dare to act rashly." Fusu said to Li Si.
"Sir, Zhao Tuo's South Vietnamese army has 300,000 troops, and most of them are the warriors who followed Ren Xiao to attack South Vietnam. If we only rely on a mere 3,000 Yinglong troops, we will definitely not be able to defend them.
If we don't use Meng Tian's army, how can we stop these 300,000 South Vietnamese soldiers?"
Li Si was worried that Fu Su had misjudged the South Vietnamese military strength, so he quickly explained.
"Prime Minister, I know you are worried that I will underestimate the enemy, but don't forget that I, Da Qin, still have 70,000 soldiers hidden in the three counties of Guilin County." Fusu said to Li Si with a mysterious face.
"Sir, all the soldiers, horses and food of our Qin Dynasty are stored in the belly of the old minister. How can I still not know how many soldiers there are in South Vietnam? There are only 20,000 soldiers in the Yinglong Army of three thousand, even including the rebellious South Vietnamese Army.
Where are the 70,000 soldiers you mentioned?"
"Prime Minister, if I say yes, there will be. How about we make a bet?"
"Sir, please don't lie to me anymore. I really don't know where the 70,000 soldiers came from. Please tell me clearly."
Li Si racked his brains and couldn't figure out where the 100,000 troops Fusu mentioned were, so he had no choice but to ask Fusu for an explanation.
"Prime Minister Li, there are 200,000 people in the three counties of Guilin County under the rule of Da Qin. If I issue an edict to the people of these three counties, anyone who assists Da Qin in defending their respective counties will be exempted from taxes for three years. There will be
How many people helped me to defend the three counties of Guilin County in Great Qin. If I add one more thing, all those who help me in Great Qin to defend their respective prefectures and counties can receive two dan of food from the court every year. How many people will help me in the Qin army?
Guard the three counties of Guilin."
After hearing Fusu's statement, Li Si felt a little unbelievable for a moment.
"Sir, even if we add 200,000 civilians, we can't withstand the 300,000 South Vietnamese troops?"
"Prime Minister, I don't expect that 200,000 people will come to help me resist the South Vietnamese army. As long as 120,000 people are saved, it will be enough. The fighting power of the people is naturally not as good as the soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. I only follow the soldiers.
Calculating 60% of the combat strength, 120,000 civilians can support 70,000 strong troops. Add in the Ying Long Army and the South Vietnamese Rebel Army, and the entire South Vietnam already has a strength of 100,000 troops."
Fusu looked at the courtiers and explained. In fact, there are many successful cases in history of mobilizing the people to defend the city. In the Handan Defense War during the reign of King Qin Zhaoxiang, the Qin army besieged Handan for two years. The Zhao people mobilized the whole country, and the people even came to Yizi.
And Shi Zhizhi finally defeated the Qin army.
"Sir, one hundred thousand soldiers can't stand up to three hundred thousand South Vietnamese troops!" Li Si said worriedly.
"Prime Minister, although the South Vietnamese army claims to have 300,000 troops, they may not be able to be deployed on the battlefield in Guilin. If Zhao Tuo can send 150,000 South Vietnamese troops to attack our three counties in Guilin during the war, even if Zhao Tuo can
The country has been managed well. South Vietnam is full of bandits, and Jiangdong is eyeing. Does Zhao Tuo dare to mobilize all 300,000 troops to Guilin County? As long as I send 10,000 tiger soldiers to circle around Nanhai County, then Zhao Tuo will
Obediently transfer 40,000 to 50,000 South Vietnamese troops back to Panyu. Based on this calculation, Zhao Tuo can only send 112,000 South Vietnamese troops to attack our three counties in Guilin County."
After listening to what Fusu said, Li Si understood the basis for Fusu's plan. After thinking about it, he believed that everything Fusu said was reasonable, so he no longer worried that Fusu would underestimate the enemy and joined the other courtiers in expressing support.
Fusu's point of view.
"My lords, if we attack the three counties of Guilin County with almost the same number of troops and well-defended cities with 112,000 troops, the South Vietnamese Army will definitely be at a disadvantage. As long as our city defenders can strengthen the defenses of each county and stockpile enough
There is enough food and supplies to defend the city even for a year or two. I intend to allocate one million shi of food to Guilin County, which is enough for a hundred thousand troops to use the defense weapons for two years, so that our soldiers and civilians in Guilin County can defend the city.
What do you think?"
"Master, we think your plan is very good, and we have no objection."
Seeing that the ministers no longer had any doubts about his decision, Fusu asked Meng Yi to start allocating grain, grass and weapons to Guilin County according to his plan.
A month later, when Zhao Tuo was preparing to send troops to Guilin County, the three counties of Guilin County under Fusu's rule had already accumulated enough grain and armaments to support a year of high-intensity war.