Chapter 64 The final arrangement before the destruction of South Vietnam
Chapter 64 The final arrangement before the destruction of South Vietnam
A few days after Wu Jian's death, news about South Vietnam spread throughout the Qin Dynasty one after another. First, the prince of South Vietnam, Zhao Shi, returned to the Qin Dynasty, then the 80,000 South Vietnamese army was annihilated by Fusu near Sihui County, and then the South Vietnam army
The fact that the Prime Minister Wu Jian was sentenced to death by Zhao Tuo, and finally the fact that the South Vietnamese King Zhao Tuo moved east to Minzhong County, these news spread like crazy to all parts of the Qin Dynasty like having wings.
When these news spread to various parts of Jiangdong under the rule of the Xiang family, the entire Jiangdong land was covered with a faint layer of sadness. Both the officials and ordinary people in Jiangdong had a bit more sadness on their faces.
Officials worried that Jiangdong would be the next South Vietnam and that their careers would end with the destruction of Jiangdong, while ordinary people were worried that the Qin army's attack on Jiangdong would endanger their lives and property, especially those families with many heirs.
, they were even more worried that their descendants would be forcibly recruited by the Xiang family when the Qin army attacked Jiangdong.
As these news fermented, many rumors began to be mixed in the news. The most outrageous rumor was that Xiang Yu was going to surrender to Fusu. The rumor said that Xiang Yu had already negotiated with Fusu and wanted to imitate Zhao.
Then he led his troops back to Qin.
Fortunately, Xiang Bo in Jiangdong was wiser than Zhao Tuo and did not believe these groundless rumors at all. However, the people in Jiangdong were different. They could not tell whether these rumors were true or false for a while, which only increased the sorrow of many people.
Just when the people of Jiangdong were miserable, the situation of Xiang Bo, the lord of Jiangdong, was not much better. Ever since Meng Tian and Wang Li's army invaded Jiangdong, he had been desperately leading his army to resist the Qin army that invaded Lujiang County, although in the end
Meng Tian's offensive was blocked, but half of Lujiang County had fallen into the hands of Qin.
It is normal for the army to conquer and lose cities and cede territory, but the occupation of half of Lujiang County in the east of the Yangtze River by Meng Tian obviously cannot be measured by normality. Lujiang County faces the Yangtze River to the west and is the outpost of the east of the Yangtze River to resist the Qin army. It is also the western gate of the east of the Yangtze River.
If Lujiang County was completely in control, Jiangdong could rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to stop the Qin army. However, after half of Lujiang County was occupied by Meng Tian, the Yangtze River to the west of Lujiang County had become an inland river of the Qin State, and Jiangdong had no danger to defend.
What made Xiang Bo most uncomfortable was that the Qin army had already established a foothold in Jiangdong relying on half of Lujiang County. From then on, the land of Jiangdong was like the land of Qin in Fusu's eyes. Fusu could attack whenever he wanted.
You can attack from whatever direction you attack.
Xiang Bo also tried to compete with Meng Tian, but Meng Tian chose a steady and steady strategy. Every time he captured a city, he immediately built more city defenses, not giving Xiang Zhuang a chance to regain the lost land of Lujiang County.
Looking at Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang who were facing off against Wang Li and Ying Bu in Changsha County, their situation was slightly better than that of Xiang Bo. Since they withstood the power of Wang Li's army, Wang Li and Ying Bu were no longer there.
The two brothers got too many benefits from their hands, and the two sides have been in a state of confrontation.
The reason why Wang Li and Ying Bu did not choose to continue to attack Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang's army was because they received Fusu's order.
When Fusu learned that Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang had led their troops back to Changsha County, he immediately sent someone to convey an order to Wang Li: just hold back Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang's army, don't rush
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The reason why Fusu wanted to stop Wang Li and Yingbu and his two men attacked was because Fusu knew that Xiang Yu's combat effectiveness was not weak and did not want to increase the casualties of the Qin army. After the complete annihilation of South Vietnam, Fusu would let Peng Yue lead the army.
Invasion of Changsha County from South Vietnam and assisted Wang Li in retaking the entire territory of Changsha County.
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Just when people all over the Qin Dynasty were discussing Fusu's actions in South Vietnam, Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam who triggered this series of events, left 30,000 troops to garrison Nanhai County, and he led his troops to move to Minzhong County.
After hearing Tanqi's report about the King of Nanyue, Fusu nodded with satisfaction, and then watched a group of civil and military officials begin to make the final arrangements to completely annihilate Nanyue.
"Everyone, now that the King of Nanyue has moved eastward to Minzhong County, it is clear that he will rely on Minzhong County for his final struggle. Minzhong County is adjacent to Jiangdong. It seems that Zhao Tuo is ready to join forces with Jiangdong again.
, It depends on whether the Xiang family in Jiangdong dares to assist South Vietnam. If he does not send troops to Jiangdong to assist Zhao Tuo, then I will only take his Changsha County. If he dares to send troops to Jiangdong, then I will have to take back Jiangdong." Fu Su.
He looked at the civil and military officials and said.
"My lord, our Da Qin is about to conquer Nanyue. If we use the power of Nanyue's victory to annihilate Jiangdong, it will not be difficult. Why do we still delay our progress and only focus on the Changsha County of Jiangdong?" Peng Yue asked with some confusion.
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"Sir, I think what General Peng Yue said is true." Li Yan seconded.
"Two generals, we, the Qin Dynasty, do have the military power to completely annihilate the Xiang clan in Jiangdong. But after wiping out Jiangdong, how will we appease the more than three million people in Jiangdong? After the war, the people will be on the edge of poverty. By then,
The food, clothing, shelter and clothing of these millions of people have to be drawn from the treasury of Da Qin. Does Da Qin have the national strength? Although the treasury still has the money and food accumulated from issuing Da Qin bonds, it cannot withstand such a torment.
This expedition to South Vietnam has already caused huge losses, and our Qin treasury in Jiangdong is about to be at its bottom, so it is really not cost-effective to regain Jiangdong at this time." Fusu looked at Peng Yue, and Li Yan said.
"My lord, I understand your humble position." Peng Yue said.
Seeing the expressions of Peng Yue and Li Yan that seemed to understand, Fusu shook his head helplessly.
The reason why Fusu temporarily shelved the continued conquest of Jiangdong was because he was worried that the conquest of Jiangdong would use up the financial resources accumulated by issuing Daqin bonds and increase the burden on Daqin's finances.
The management of the Hexi region has just begun, and it will require huge investment in the later period. After the recovery of South Vietnam, millions of South Vietnamese people also need to be appeased. Even if there are financial means such as issuing Daqin bonds, they cannot withstand the consumption of more than three million Jiangdong people.
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Once the Qin Dynasty's finances collapse and the due Qin national debt cannot be redeemed, then the national credit of the Qin Dynasty will be completely exhausted. By then, Fusu's plan to build the land west of Hexi into a commercial center for the Qin Dynasty facing Central Asia may be over.
It became a bubble.
Compared with the Mauryan Dynasty that was to be destroyed in the Fusu plan, Jiangdong was just a scabies disease. If the rapid rise of Qin was delayed because of the land of Jiangdong, it would be a bit of a sacrifice to the last.
Regarding the recovery of Jiangdong and the counties under Hu Hai's rule, Fusu has already had an idea, which is to fight an economic war in advance, which can not only weaken the strength of Jiangdong and the counties under Hu Hai's rule, but also build a good place for Hexi.
Later, he used his economic advantages to completely blockade the Mauryan Dynasty and accumulated experience in economic warfare.
Fusu knew very well that to conquer the Mauryan Dynasty, the world's most powerful country with a population of 35 million and an area two counties larger than that of the Qin Dynasty, it was impossible to conquer the Mauryan Dynasty alone, and economic warfare was the best auxiliary.
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For Peng Yue and Li Yan, not to mention knowing about the Mauryan Dynasty on the other side of the Himalayas, even the theory of economic warfare was only heard from Fusu. All this is not because Peng Yue, Li Yan and others are ignorant, but because they have a difference of two thousand years.
The huge gap caused by knowledge cannot be bridged in a short time.
After a while, Fusu came back from his thoughts and saw Peng Yue and Li Yan waiting expectantly for him to make arrangements for the complete destruction of the South Vietnamese King Zhao Tuo.
"General Li Yan, except for the tens of thousands of troops in Minzhong County, the military strength in various parts of South Vietnam is already negligible. You should lead an army of 50,000 south to take back the various parts of Xiang County!" Fusu looked at Li Yan and ordered.
"Promise, I will take back all the places in Xiang County within one month." Li Yan promised with a serious look on his face.
"General Peng Yue, you can clean up the mess in Nanhai County."
"Sir, why don't you ask me to go with you to the Minzhong Army to deal with Zhao Tuo?" Peng Yue licked his face and asked Fusu for orders.
Peng Yue was really unwilling to let himself clean up the mess in Nanhai County. After all, annihilating Zhao Tuo was more interesting than cleaning up the mess. Even following Li Yan to clean up the remaining enemies in Xiang County was more interesting than cleaning up the mess in Nanhai County.
"Don't even think about going to Fujian and Yue. Aren't there Zhao Shi, Han Chuan and these brothers from Qingzhang Mountain?" Fusu pointed to Zhao Shi, Han Chuan and others standing behind him as bodyguards.
A brother from Qingzhangshan said.
Hearing Fusu mentioning him, Han Chuan and the guards behind Fusu couldn't help but straighten their waists, while Zhao Shi had a blank look on his face.
Seeing that Fusu didn't change his mind, Peng Yue had no choice but to accept Fusu's arrangement.
Three days later, Fusu left 50,000 troops with Peng Yue, and then led an army of 170,000 troops towards Minzhong County.