Five hundred thousand Qin troops are marching south to conquer Baiyue. Can they move quickly?
Zhao Tuo stared blankly at the First Emperor on the imperial couch.
The good news is that the emperor is not satisfied with his suggestion and Zhao Tuo doesn't have to go to that hellish place in Baiyue.
The bad news is that Qin's history may be on its original path again.
As in the original history, the First Emperor came up with the idea of conquering Baiyue south with an army of 500,000 and quickly attacking and occupying it.
Zhao Tuo guessed that he most likely disliked that six years was too slow.
Six years.
Six years are too slow for you?
You can't wait for six years?
First Emperor, do you know that your army of 500,000 people who wanted to attack Baiyue quickly was killed by the Yue people until hundreds of thousands of them were bleeding and lying dead? Even the generals were killed by the Yue people.
In the end, it's up to me, Lao Zhao and Ren Xiao, to clean up the mess for you.
You think six years is too slow. In fact, if you use your quick-attack strategy, you will have endless troubles. You may not be able to win it in ten years.
Precisely because he knew the original history, Zhao Tuo knew that the pressing force of half a million troops would only encourage the Yue people of various tribes to unite and fight against the Qin people, causing the Qin army to fall into an endless jungle.
That's why he came up with the strategy of dividing the Yue people and defeating them one by one. Although this strategy takes a long time, it does not require sending too many troops, and it can be gradually encroached on, and the chance of success is much higher than that of a large army marching south.
Zhao Tuo felt a little disappointed in his heart.
Since the unification of the world, he has been favored by the emperor. He first dissuaded Li Si from trying to kill the three kings, and then relied on his foresight to dominate the discussion on the emperor's title and the system of counties and counties.
Later, he discouraged the casting of gold figures, made suggestions, wrote books, unified currency, papermaking and a series of other things.
The First Emperor did not say that he was obedient to Zhao Tuo, but he also obeyed his words, which made Zhao Tuo actually feel a little proud.
One person often even thinks that if the emperor can always listen to him, then the ending of the death of the second generation of the Qin Dynasty can be changed by him, and he will not embark on the original path of destruction.
But now, regarding the Baiyue matter, Zhao Tuo was suddenly awakened by the First Emperor's attitude towards his strategy.
The First Emperor was a man with strong opinions.
He had listened to Zhao Tuo before because what Zhao Tuo said was to suit him. Even if he tried to dissuade him from casting gold figures, he would still have money to transfer it.
Now the First Emperor wanted to conquer Baiyue quickly, and Zhao Tuo's strategy did not suit him, so he would naturally abandon it directly.
The heart of a single husband is becoming increasingly arrogant.
Zhao Tuo was silent, realizing the description in that famous poem handed down from generation to generation.
At this time, as the First Emperor declined Zhao Tuo's proposal, countless people in the hall had different expressions.
The emperor actually abandoned Zhao Tuo's strategy.
Surprise flashed in Li Si's eyes, but he didn't say a word.
Wang Ben, Xin Wu and other veterans sighed secretly.
Judging from their military literacy, they knew that Zhao Tuo's fighting style was the royal way of a military strategist. But looking at the emperor's appearance, they wisely chose to shut up.
Among the remaining generals, some stood up excitedly.
"The people of Baiyue are a barbarian nation. If I lead an army of 500,000 people and go south, within three years, I will be able to conquer the land of Baiyue and repay your Majesty's favor!"
Qiang Yu spoke loudly, turned his head and glanced at Zhao Tuo proudly.
He was born among the Qiang people, but he looked down upon the barbarian Baiyue in the south. In his opinion, it would not be easy for an army of half a million to conquer a group of barbarians who didn't even have a stomach.
Qiang Xu opened his mouth, and several other Qin generals responded, patting their chests and saying that if they led an army of 500,000 people to conquer Baiyue in the south, they would be able to pacify it easily.
Even Tu Sui, who had been intimidated by Zhao Tuo before, couldn't help but stand up and start fighting when he saw the generals competing for the lead.
In front of everyone, he revealed his plan to conquer Baiyue in the south.
"If I lead an army of 500,000 men to the south, I should divide it into five armies. One army will guard the ridge of Tancheng, one army will guard the Jiuyi fortress, one army will be at the capital of Panyu, one army will guard the border of Nanye, and one army will be left behind. The water...the army gathered, followed the trend south, and pushed across Baiyue!"
Tu Sui's voice was majestic and his tone was heroic.
Compared with the situation where Qiang Yu and others clamored for a southern expedition but did not even know the situation in Baiyue, Tu Sui was obviously prepared.
On the way back from Qidi, he had already set his sights on Baiyue's military exploits, listened to information, and thought about plans. If Zhao Tuo hadn't used Baiyue's hardships to scare him that day, Tu Sui would have written the letter himself.
Now that the First Emperor had made it clear that he wanted to conquer Baiyue, and with all the generals vying for such military success, he ignored what Zhao Tuo said and hurriedly stepped forward to offer his own strategy to pacify Yue.
After finishing speaking, Tu Sui looked at Zhao Tuo and grinned.
Brother Zhao, I have to do it.
Zhao Tuo looked helpless.
Sure enough, this was the case. If he remembered correctly, Tu Sui was the main general in the conquest of Baiyue in history. His strategy was to lead the army to attack separately and fight against Dong Ou, Min Yue, Nan Yue and Xi Ou at the same time.
An army of 500,000 people went south at the same time. The offensive was so fierce that all the people of Baiyue fled into the jungle and attacked the Qin army day and night. In the end, the Qin people were unable to support themselves, their food routes were cut off, and even Tu Sui himself was killed on the ground.
Zhao Tuo knew the final result of Tu Sui's strategy.
But Qin Shihuang didn't know.
The current First Emperor only felt that Tu Sui's strategy of all-out war was in line with his wishes.
That’s it!
With the force of thunder, an army of 500,000 people suppressed the territory in an all-out war and wiped out Baiyue!
Let the territory of Great Qin be exhausted from the south to the north, and let all the Yue people be Qin's ministers and concubines!
Only in this way can the majesty of Qin be shown and the tyranny of his emperor be revealed.
As Zhao Tuo said, dealing with the Baiyue barbarians is like dealing with the six kingdoms of Shandong. They have to engage in alienation and division, make friends from far away and attack close by, and use sea ships to attack from the sea. It is too high to look down on those barbarians.
The First Emperor still liked to push things flatly.
He looked at Tu Sui with satisfaction. It seemed that this veteran was well prepared and his strategy was far better than the others.
"Let Tu Sui and Feng Wuze cooperate with each other. Maybe within two years, we can capture the land of Baiyue and make the territory of Great Qin completely exhausted from the south to the north."
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