Qin Jun's commander's tent.
The main seat is still vacant, and General Wang Jian has not arrived yet.
Veteran generals Feng Wuze, Qiang You, and other generals entered the tent first and sat down according to their titles.
Zhao Tuo's title was Zhonggen, and he was under Feng Wuze. He and Qiang Yu had no choice but to sit next to this Qiang-born general.
"Zhao Tuo, you are fine."
The one who spoke was Qiang Yu. He lowered his voice and was full of yin and yang.
Zhao Tuo turned his head and saw Qiang Yu with a sneer on his face and an unfriendly look on him, and he immediately understood.
The grudge between Zhao Tuo and Qiang Yu can be traced back to the time of the Conquest of Yan, when Qiang Yu and Li Xin fought. Zhao Tuo built a giant cannon and advised Li Xin to intercept and kill Qiang Yu from thousands of miles away. Very unhappy.
However, at that time, Qiang Yu held the position of general and did not pay attention to a small person like Zhao Tuo. Although he was unhappy, he only said a few words of disdain.
Who would have known that in the next few years, this little Zhao Tuo would soar into the sky as if he had a crossbow stuck in his butt.
In just over a year, he participated in two wars, and his title rose to the same level as his own.
It is impossible to say that Qiang Yu didn't care.
Not to mention that he clearly remembered that one of his tribesmen, Qiang Dagger, was killed by Zhao Tuo in accordance with military law during the conquest of Wei.
When Qiang Yu heard the news in Xianyang, he was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.
In this case, it's good that he, Qiang Yu, was able to hold back his anger and didn't fall out on the spot. How could he speak in a good tone?
Zhao Tuo didn't care. It was normal for the other party to have resentment. It would be scary if the other party greeted him with a smile.
He smiled and said, "Thank you, General Qiang Yu, for the compliment."
"Actually, I think General Qiang Yu is also very good. When he was in Yandi, Zhao Tuo always thought that General Qiang Yu was a brave, courageous, loyal and heroic man, and he always admired him."
"When we arrived in Wei, Zhao Tuo had no choice but to kill the general because he violated the military law. He was sometimes afraid that the general would be dissatisfied because of this. Unexpectedly, when we met today, the general ignored the previous suspicion and praised Zhao Tuo for doing this well. Well, General Qiang Yu’s mind is as broad as the sky, which Zhao Tuo admires very much.”
After saying that, Zhao Tuo actually bowed to this Qiang Hu.
"ah?"
Qiang Xuan's face turned red. Even though he was a brave warrior on the battlefield, he was at a loss when facing this situation.
He was clearly ridiculing Zhao Tuo, but he didn't expect that the other party would respond to him seriously and praise him in all kinds of ways. He was brave and courageous, loyal and heroic, and even said that his mind was as broad as the sky. These words made Qiang Tuo angry. How to answer?
Could he deny it in public?
Or get angry on the spot?
As a Qiang person, Qiang Yu was already poor at speaking. At this moment, he could only turn his head away with a blushing face.
General Pi Feng Wuze was sitting next to him. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but smile to himself.
He took a look at the young general with a smile on his face, and he already had the intention of making friends with him.
At this time, the curtain of the big tent was opened.
Wang Jian, who was over sixty years old, strode in. He was wearing a mighty armor, his hair was tucked under his crown, and he had a gorgeous long sword at his waist.
"I've met the General."
Zhao Tuo and all the generals stood up and saluted.
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Wang Jian nodded, walked to the main seat in a few steps, turned around and sat down.
He glanced at the generals in the tent with bright eyes, but they were not as frail and old as they were in Xianyang.
"Zhao Tuo, you did a good job in Yangxia, and you should be counted as a credit."
Wang Jian first glanced at Zhao Tuo approvingly and praised him for defeating Yangxia and taking the first place.
Then his expression became serious again and he said: "Now our army has arrived in Yangxia, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Huaiyang."
The generals sat upright with solemn expressions on their faces, knowing that the main event was about to begin.
"According to information from intermediaries and scouts, the Chu commander Yin Xiang Yan has stationed more than 200,000 troops in Huaiyang, and he wants to fight with our army there.
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"In the direction of Shangcai Pingyu, there are still more than 100,000 people from Chu State's right commander Ye Sheng stationed in a stalemate with General Yang Duanhe. The current situation is like this, how should we proceed in this attack on Chu? Do all the generals have suggestions?"
Wang Jian's voice was low. According to the practice of military discussions, after describing the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, the generals would express their opinions and propose various feasible plans and strategies. In the end, the general would make a choice or state his own strategy and decision-making. It will be implemented in the future.
Zhao Tuo lowered his head and thought.
Wang Jian said that Xiang Yan stationed more than 200,000 troops in Huaiyang. This sounds like a lot, but in fact, including a large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians, the real Chu army's soldiers are probably only about 100,000.
There are more than 100,000 people on the side of Ye Sheng, the right Sima of the Chu Kingdom. Calculated, there should only be 50,000 or 60,000 combat troops. The rest are also logistics personnel with low combat effectiveness or no combat effectiveness.
For example, the Qin Army claims to have 600,000 soldiers, but in fact more than half of them are logistics troops, and the real number of soldiers is close to 300,000. Otherwise, if there are really 600,000 soldiers, how huge will the number of logisticians and civilians required be?
At this moment, a general named Pi stood up to offer advice.
It was Qiang Yu who had been praised by Zhao Tuo just now and was quite embarrassed. He loudly said: "General, our army is more numerous than the Chu army. We should follow the correct way of war and press forward from the front to fight the Chu army in Huaiyang." , fight here."
"After Xiang Yan's troops are defeated and the Chu army is no longer able to resist and fight back, our army can take advantage of the situation and rely on water supply supplies to sweep across the Chu land and destroy these Jingchu barbarians! We must not imitate Li Xin. Leave the righteous path behind and go and launch some sort of surprise attack on Chudu, hmph!"
Qiang Xu's face was red and his neck was thick, and his words were full of anger. In the end, he even despised Li Xin's clever strategy when he attacked Chu.
Zhao Tuo's eyes were slightly cold, but he didn't say anything. Qiang Xu's words are not rough. Now that the Qin army has the advantage in strength, it is only right to press forward openly and openly. It does not mean that it will win steadily, but at least it will not have a huge risk of failure like Li Xin's strategy.
But in this way, hundreds of thousands of Qin and Chu armies will fight here, which will be a tough battle. Even if the Qin army wins in the end, there will be countless casualties.
After all, the Chu people were facing the danger of national subjugation and had no way out, so they must all fight bravely.
In addition, they also have geographical and climatic advantages. It will be very difficult for the Qin army to defeat the hundreds of thousands of Chu army in one fell swoop. Even if they win, it will be a tragic victory.
Therefore, instead of pressing forward from the front, other generals also put forward their own opinions.
For example, General You Pi proposed that Wang Jian would lead an army to confront Xiang Yan in Huaiyang, hang him here, and then send troops to reinforce Yang Duan and his southern army to attack Chu You Sima's headquarters. After Sima Guoyou is defeated, he can go around to the rear of Xiang Yan to encircle and attack.
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Among them, General Pi Feng Wuze also proposed a comprehensive attack strategy.
Since the Qin army is large and the Chu army is small, we can use the corresponding number to attack the enemy here and hold Xiang Yan back.
Then, taking advantage of the strength of the Qin army, they squeezed out tens of thousands of Qin troops, rushed in from the long border of Chu in the east, attacked Chu cities everywhere, burned, killed and destroyed them.
The main force of the Chu army was dragged by Wang Jian to the front line of Huaiyang and Shangcai. The country was empty and could not resist the tens of thousands of Qin troops that broke into its hinterland and rampaged.
In this way, the Qin army can cut off the Chu army's food and grass, burn its savings, kill its people, and make the territory of Chu full of smoke and warning everywhere.
The Chu army under Xiang Yan's command must have suffered a huge drop in morale when they heard this. Everyone was thinking about whether their relatives back home were suffering, so they had no intention of fighting. At that time, Wang Jian could seize this opportunity, defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop, and win a great victory.
As soon as this method was proposed, several generals cheered.
But Zhao Tuo felt that it was impossible for Wang Jian to adopt this method. Although it sounded good and combined the odd and the right, it was actually a variant of Li Xin's strategy, and there were certain risks.
What if, according to what Feng Wuze said, the Qin army that broke into Chu encountered strong resistance from the Chu people?
They went deep into the Chu territory, and there was a lack of food and fodder behind them, so they relied on looting to survive. If something went wrong, they would easily collapse in the Chu territory. When this army is defeated, Wang Jian and Xiang Yan will be equally powerful.
It will probably be even more difficult to defeat the Chu army.
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Moreover, the Chu people are not motionless dead people. If Wang Jian sends the Qin army to break into Chu territory in a detour, then the strength of Qin and Chu troops in Huaiyang will be almost the same.
It is very likely that Xiang Yan will turn from defense to attack and fight the Qin army in a decisive battle. If something goes wrong and the main force of the Qin army is defeated by Xiang Yan, the Qin army that detoured into the Chu territory will be useless.
In short, this method is too risky. Based on Zhao Tuo's understanding of Wang Jian, it is impossible for him to choose it.
After all, when the soldiers of the empty country go out, they must not be careless.
Sure enough, when Wang Jian faced the generals' suggestions, he just smiled indifferently without any nod of approval. Until he saw Zhao Tuo sitting next to Qiang Yu who had not said a word, he couldn't help but become curious.
"Zhao Tuo, all the generals have offered their suggestions, but you haven't spoken yet. Do you have any good strategies in mind? Come and listen."
As Wang Jian's voice fell, all the generals in the tent turned their attention to Zhao Tuo.
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.
Zhao Tuo made great achievements in Li Xin's battle against Chu. He sat side by side with them and other generals at a young age. Naturally, he had some skills. The generals were also curious about what strategies he would come up with.
Qiang Yu was praised by Zhao Tuo just now, and his anger was reduced a lot, but he still harbored hostility. He couldn't help but sarcastically said in a low voice: "What kind of strategy does this kid have? Maybe he is just like Li Xin, thinking of taking the lead again." How about sending a surprise force to attack the capital of Chu? After all, he has been there once and is familiar with the route, but this time the King of Chu may have been prepared."
General Youbi nodded, and many people thought the same way.
After all, whether Zhao Tuo led a surprise attack on the Chu capital alone or defeated the Chu army in a last-ditch battle, he used dangerous tactics. Judging from this, Zhao Tuo may be as curious and adventurous as Li Xin.
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Facing the gaze of those pairs of eyes, Zhao Tuo thought for a moment and then said: "The last general once heard what Sun Tzu said, in the past, those who were good at fighting first became invincible, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. Invincibility lies in oneself. The victory lies in the enemy. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can be said to be invincible, and those who cannot defeat the enemy must be victorious. Therefore, it is said that victory can be known, but cannot be achieved."
"Now the Chu army has gathered on the front line of Huaiyang, and its morale is high. Our army has no chance of victory. If we attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. According to the art of war, 'the invincible should be defended.' Your Majesty, the general can let our army in Yangxia As for the line up to Cai, build a wide range of fortifications and barriers to repel the Chu army."
"Build the wall high, store up grain widely, and slow down the scale...Slowly build the fortress and walls, renovate and train the soldiers, so that they can wait for work. When the morale of the Chu army is exhausted, the soldiers want to return, and when the upper and lower forces are separated, our army's fighter planes will appear. when."
"At that time, the general can lead the army out, defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop, and achieve complete victory. This is what the art of war says. If the defense is insufficient, the attack will be more than enough. Those who are good at defending will hide under the nine places, and those who are good at attacking will move. It is above the nine heavens, so it can protect itself and achieve complete victory."
On the main seat, Wang Jian had a look of surprise on his face. Every time he heard Zhao Tuo say something, the look of surprise in his eyes became more intense.
Why does this kid think the same as me?
Just then, a burst of laughter sounded.
Then he saw General Pi Qiang Yu laughing loudly and sarcastically saying: "What a good general Zhao! Our Qin army has 600,000 soldiers, but the Chu army only has 300,000 or 400,000 soldiers. Our army is large and the enemy's army is few. We attack and The enemy is defending, under such a good situation, you don't want to defeat the Chu army in one go and achieve the great victory of destroying the country. Instead, you want to build some barriers and walls in Chu land and huddle inside to eat food and train troops. It's really ridiculous."
"Could it be that you think the general is an old turtle in the pond?"
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