"Father, even if you kill my son today, I still have to finish my words!"
Facing the First Emperor who was about to go berserk, Zhao Hao behaved very bravely this time, and even had the spirit of Chunyu Yue.
Well, it means treating death as if it were home.
Seeing his son dying to remonstrate with him, Ying Zheng's anger dropped by more than half.
He knew Zhao Hao's character, he could live quietly and would never fight desperately.
He is not even afraid of death, which is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the problem.
After a moment of silence, Ying Zheng suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly: "If you don't tell me why today, I will never let you off lightly!"
"Father, my son is risking his life to remonstrate with me because I don't want my old Qin people to sacrifice in vain. It's not because I'm worried that my father will punish my son!"
Zhao Hao said with a bitter face: "If the father punishes my son, I can exchange the lives of hundreds of thousands of old Qin people, and my son is willing to be punished!"
After the words fell, Ying Zheng's heart was shaken and he subconsciously looked at Wei Liao.
Wei Liao also looked surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Young master, you mean that our Qin country will definitely lose in this battle? And the losses will be heavy?"
"If we follow the old general's strategy, our Qin country will definitely be defeated."
Zhao Hao nodded solemnly.
"How can this be?"
Ying Zheng said with a look of disbelief on his face: "The old general is an important commander of our Great Qin. The great Qin can destroy the six kingdoms, and the old general should take the lead!"
"Father, there is no need to introduce the achievements of the old general to his sons. These sons all know it!"
Zhao Hao glanced at Ying Zheng with a faint expression and said solemnly: "What I want to say is that when trees wither and die and people are poor, no matter how powerful the old general is, there will inevitably be some ill-considered things!"
"Take a simple example. In the old general's condition, can he climb mountains and ridges? Obviously not!"
"Everyone knew it couldn't be done, but he decided to ask my father to do it. What does this mean?"
"If it is said that he is retreating in order to advance and is afraid that his achievements will overwhelm his master, then there is no need to do so. With my father's ambition, he will not do anything to the Wang family. But if it is not the case, then why?"
"Isn't he aware of his physical condition?"
"When a commander loses his judgment, he is not far from failure."
"this....."
When Ying Zheng and Wei Liao heard this, they fell into silence.
Zhao Hao continued: "Besides, the three generals chosen by the old general seem reasonable and reasonable, but in fact they are extremely stupid!"
"?" A question mark slowly appeared on the foreheads of Ying Zheng and Wei Liao. The latter frowned and said, "How can you be so ignorant?"
He had agreed with Wang Jian's judgment before, but when he heard Zhao Hao's remarks this time, he felt like he had been slapped in the face by Zhao Hao.
So he seemed a little unconvinced.
However, Zhao Hao asked him a question: "What do you think is the most important thing when the two armies are fighting?"
"Of course it's a matter of victory or defeat!" Wei Liao replied without hesitation.
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "Since winning or losing is the most important thing, what does the so-called political ability mean?"
"When two armies fight, victory is the foundation. If the battle cannot be won, what is the point of discussing government affairs?"
"You can't say that. The various tribes in Baiyue are in chaos. If we don't appease them, how can we stabilize our income?"
"The barbarians are afraid of power and have no morals!"
Zhao Hao said seriously: "The tribes of Baiyue are not our civilized race in the Central Plains. Their culture is very different from ours. It is basically impossible to conquer them and appease them at the same time!"
"Furthermore, how do you judge that the three generals can appease the Yue people? You know, although the Yue people tribes are scattered, they also have national monarchs. In the hearts of the Yue people, they are equivalent to traitors!"
"Imagine that one day the traitors from our Qin country came with a foreign army to attack our Qin country and persuaded my father to submit to the foreign country. What would my father do?"
"this...."
Wei Liao was speechless.
In fact, what Zhao Hao said is true.
Wang Jian in history, although he failed to conquer Baiyue, suggested that Ying Zheng give the commander's seal to Tu Sui.
Tu Sui led an army of 500,000 people and divided his troops into five groups to conquer Baiyue.
The first half was overwhelming, and the second half was eager for quick success and massacres in the land of Baiyue, arousing strong resistance from the Yue people.
They united around the monarch of Xiou Kingdom, "Yi Xu Song", and fought to the death with the 500,000-strong army of Tu Sui.
This led to the Qin army's first phase of conquering Baiyue and returning with a disastrous defeat.
Ying Zheng's expression changed, and he said solemnly: "According to what you said, you don't approve of them leading the army?"
"You can be a deputy general, but you can't be a chief general!" Zhao Haoyan replied concisely and comprehensively.
"Then who can be the commander-in-chief?"
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up.
"I understand my father's thoughts, but I still say that it is not appropriate to conquer Baiyue at this time!"
Ying Zheng's eyes darkened.
Wei Liao glanced at Ying Zheng, frowned and said, "I have considered the logistical supply issue that the young master mentioned. How about taking the water route?"
"The waterway is not working!"
Before Zhao Hao could speak, Ying Zheng pointed to the map and said: "The old general has long sent people to survey the waterways. To the north of the five mountains, all waterways can lead to Hunan, and to the south of the five mountains, all waterways can lead to Guangdong. There are two waterways. Parallel to the sea, there is no way to enter the Guangdong River from the Xiang River!"
"That's it." Wei Liao nodded suddenly.
"Actually, that's okay."
Zhao Hao said thoughtfully: "As long as a spiritual canal is built, the Xiangshui River can be connected to the Guangdong River, thereby adding a logistical supply line!"
"Wonderful!"
Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly brightened up and he smiled: "This is a good idea. If we can open a waterway, we can save a lot of manpower!"
"Such a feat, most people may not be able to accomplish it..." Wei Liao murmured to himself.
Ying Zheng rolled his sleeves and laughed: "If it were someone else, maybe it couldn't be done, but Old Zheng Guo, have you forgotten?"
"Old Zheng Guo? That's right!"
Wei Liao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Old Zheng Guo presided over the construction of the Zheng Guo Canal and Jiankun Water Conservancy. He is the leader of Qin's hydraulic engineering!"
"hehe."
Ying Zheng smiled sadly, waved to the black armored guard and said, "Stop, drive to Xianyang immediately and bring old Zheng Guo here!"
"promise!"
The black-armored guard named Dunruo responded and prepared to turn around and leave.
Zhao Hao quickly stopped him: "Wait a minute!"
"Um?"
He paused for a moment, looked at Zhao Hao with some confusion, and then looked at Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "What else can my son do?"
He is now very satisfied with the strategy proposed by Zhao Hao, so his attitude has softened a lot.
But Zhao Hao still said with a solemn expression: "Father, building the spiritual canal is certainly a feasible strategy, but could it be that father has forgotten one thing?"
"What's the matter?" Ying Zheng was stunned.
Zhao Hao solemnly said: "The construction of the Ling Canal is definitely not a one-day effort. If when the Ling Canal is being excavated, the people of Yue know that our Qin army is short of food and grass, and send people to sneak attack, what should we do?"
The massacre of Sui in history was when the grain road was cut off, and the First Emperor was told to build the Ling Canal. Then during the construction of the Ling Canal, he was attacked by Yue people at night, resulting in heavy casualties to the army.
Even Tu Sui himself died from the poisonous arrow.
Although this strategy is correct, there are also some first-come-first-served strategies, such as building the Ling Canal first and then conquering Baiyue.
In this way, Da Qin would have time to recuperate and prepare, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.
But Ying Zheng was very dissatisfied with this, and immediately said with a stern face: "After all, I still advise you to give up the southern expedition to Baiyue!"
"If the South is uncertain, how can I say that I will unify China?!"
Hearing this, Zhao Hao and Wei Liao couldn't help but look at each other, looking at each other.
