The soldiers who escaped from death and returned to Xianyang City recounted their experiences in the past few days in front of all the ministers, causing everyone to take a breath of cold air.
Zhao Tuo was planning to openly become an enemy of the imperial court. He didn't even want to deal with the envoys sent by the imperial court, so he directly killed him!
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead an army to Nanhai County to capture the traitor who is using the army for his own purposes!"
After understanding the ins and outs of the whole thing, General Li Xin was the first to step forward and ask for help.
Great Qin is proud of military achievements. If he can achieve a military achievement at this time, his voice in the court will be even greater in the future.
"General Li has led numerous troops and has a lot of experience. He is indeed a good candidate!"
Li Si nodded in agreement.
After all, he is on his side, so it is a good thing to gain more military exploits!
"That's right, General Li is young and will definitely defeat Zhao Tuo and come back victorious!"
Feng Jie followed closely and spoke in agreement.
"Although I am young and have just entered the court, I have already heard of General Li's reputation. If General Li takes action, this battle will be won!"
At the end of the ceremony, a young man in court uniform stood up and presented his report.
He is Lu Wan, a distant relative of Zhao Cheng, who was transferred to the court a few days ago. As a result, Zhao Cheng was seriously injured and had no one to protect him, so he planned to fight with Li Si and Li Xin.
After all, he is the prime minister and a general, and he had a good relationship with Zhao Cheng before. As long as he expresses his feelings, he will definitely take care of him!
"Um……!"
After listening to everyone's opinions, Ying Zheng nodded and began to think.
"Pfft..."
At this moment, a burst of laughter suddenly burst out from above the court.
Everyone looked around and saw the little shot covering his chubby mouth with his little hand, and his shoulders were still hunching.
Obviously, it was the laughter that came from this kid!
"Why are you laughing, young master? Do you think I, Li Xin, can't beat Zhao Tuo?"
After being laughed at, Li Xin immediately became unhappy.
"Haha, I don't know if I can beat you. I'm afraid that the general will be like he did when he attacked Chu. The two hundred thousand troops didn't even get past you!"
At this question, the young lady simply stopped snickering and just sat on the chair and laughed loudly, her two little feet hanging in the air and kicking randomly.
"Ahem...haha..."
"Huh...? Haha..."
After hearing what the young lady said, all the ministers present burst into laughter.
Some even tried to cover it up with dry coughs, but they couldn’t!
Li Xin's old face turned red!
This incident was a stain on his life. Although the ministers would murmur about it behind their backs, he was the only one who spoke openly about it!
"you……"
"I just fell into the trap, and now I'm defeated!"
Li Xin said angrily.
"Haha, you see, I didn't say anything. Why is General Li so excited? I'm just curious, how many troops does General Li plan to bring this time?"
Xiao Zhengtai asked, showing a mocking expression.
"Three hundred thousand is enough!"
Li Xin held his head high and answered confidently, "The Lingnan area is full of our Daqin soldiers. As long as I lead my troops there, there will be soldiers who surrender, and I will capture Zhao Tuo with minimal casualties!"
"Well, General Li is right. Nanhai County is indeed garrisoned by Da Qin soldiers, and he can make them stand on his side. So why do he need 300,000? But when he attacked Chu, he only needed 200,000? Is that difficult? Could it be that General Li was bitten by a snake one year and was afraid of well ropes for ten years?"
Xiao Zhengtai smiled slightly sarcastically.
At that time, Wang Jian once said that an army of 600,000 was needed to attack Chu, but Li Xin laughed at Wang Jian because he was old and only needed 200,000 to win the battle. As a result, the army was defeated, and Ying Zheng had to beg Wang Jian to defeat him. Xiang Yan captured Chu State!
But when he went to attack his own people, he actually asked for an army of 300,000 men!
"Pfft...! The young master is right, Li Xin is scared!"
"But no, it takes an army of 300,000 to go to the Lingnan area. He didn't even bring that many when he attacked Chu!"
After hearing what Xiao Zhengtai said, the ministers snickered and started discussing.
"I……"
Li Xin was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"General Li is well prepared!"
Li Si made an excuse for him.
Little Shota has sharp teeth and a sharp tongue, which can't be compared to that rough guy like him. In the end, it will be the old fritters like them in the court!
"It's a good idea to be prepared, but the national treasury is tight, and there is no spare money to implement a retirement system. General Li needs an army of 300,000 to be prepared. Do you know how much food and grass are needed for this 300,000 army to travel?"
Little Shota jumped down from the chair, like an old man, and scolded with his little hands behind his back.
"Food and grass are of course important, but our Great Qin's Nanhai County, Guilin County and other places are even more important. Those were purchased with the blood of our Great Qin soldiers!"
Feng Jie also stood up to refute.
"I'm afraid that General Li went with an army of 300,000 people and killed half of the soldiers before he even saw Zhao Tuo's face!"
Xiao Zhengtai shook his head, showing a helpless expression.
When Li Xin heard this, he couldn't hold back his anger on the spot. He pointed at Xiao Zhengtai and yelled: "Nonsense. Could it be that something unexpected happened to me while I was waiting on the way?"
"You're really right...!"
Xiao Zhengtai nodded firmly and said loudly: "There are many miasmas in the forests in Lingnan area. If you break in rashly, someone will definitely vomit and have a fever, which is difficult to treat. Moreover, there are many mosquitoes there, carrying germs. If one person can't do it, , and you will also be infected with the epidemic!”
"In addition, the terrain in Lingnan is difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Zhao Tuo must have set up his own people at various checkpoints at this time, and will not give you a chance to instigate rebellion!"
"This won't work, that won't work either. Does the young master know which woods have miasma and which ones don't? And can he prevent mosquitoes from biting him?"
Li Xin rolled his eyes and replied.
He didn't believe it. After all, he was an adult who had experienced many battles. Would his experience be inferior to that of a baby?
Even if this kid has some clever ideas, after all, his life experience is nothing compared to him!
"Since I said it, of course I can identify where there is miasma, and I can prepare a potion that can be applied to the body to make mosquitoes and flies bypass it and stop biting!"
Xiao Zhengtai smiled proudly.
It's a small sample. He came from a later life. How could he not know the formula of toilet water?
That stuff was a common fixture in the homes of later generations.
When he was a child, his family was poor, so his grandma would use toilet water prepared by herself to repel mosquitoes for him, and the effect was amazing!
That is, when I got rich and was too lazy to do anything, I went to the supermarket to buy the finished product!
The effect is not as good as grandma’s homemade recipe!
After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's analysis, many people began to shake their heads.
"General Li wants to lead the army, but he doesn't even know the climate there. If he doesn't keep it together, what the young master said will happen. He will lose half of his army before he reaches Nanhai County!"
"No! The 300,000 troops are all good men of our Great Qin, and they must not be compromised easily!"
"Yes, our Daqin is developing rapidly, and we must not lose 300,000 people for no reason!"
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