General Qin

In a fit of rage, Qin Wangzheng announced in public that Zhao Tuo, the chief general of the Qin army's conquest, would be executed.

Wang Ben, Meng Wu and other veterans showed such expressions as expected.

This result surprised many people, but after thinking about it, it makes sense.

This is the king giving Zhao Tuo a chance to completely cut off from the former country.

At the same time, the envoys of the Dai Kingdom who were expelled from the palace were expelled from the Qin Palace again, and were ordered to leave Xianyang immediately on the same day and return to Dai.

In the Pedestrian's Office, the representatives of the diplomatic missions were packing their bags, and each of them looked sad, with fear in their eyes.

The acting envoy had an audience, but was ordered by the king of Qin to get out of the Qin country. Anyone could see clearly what kind of meaning was expressed in this.

"Xiangbang, the king Goulian Huren, why don't I know?"

Zhao Xie looked terrified, thinking of Qin Wangzheng's anger and stern reprimand in the hall, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Zhao Jing smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty had no such intentions at all. Ju Wu, the Taifu of the Yan Kingdom, personally came to set up the line. In the past, he went north to Hudi for the sake of the Yan Kingdom, and wanted to marry the Xiongnu Shanyu. After the death of Yan, he stayed there. place."

"Now he is going south with Shan Yu's intention, and wants to help us fight against Qin. In fact, this matter has not yet been decided, and the king is still hesitating. I just didn't expect Qin's middlemen to be so powerful that they can even explore this matter." Arrived, alas..."

After Zhao Xie heard it, he sighed. Immediately afterwards, he remembered the voice of Qin Wangzheng heard from the hall when he was driven outside the hall.

"The king of Qin has decided to destroy our country. Listening to his words, it seems that Zhao Tuo is going to be the main general!"

Zhao Jing whispered: "If Zhao Tuo is really the general..."

At this point, Zhao Jing couldn't help showing bitterness when he thought about Zhao Tuo avoiding his visit and ordering the servants in the mansion not to accept gifts from him.

"Let's go, we can no longer gain a foothold in Xianyang, and we can make a long-term plan after returning to Daidi."

...

In the Qin Palace.

After the court meeting dispersed, Zhao Tuo was called to the side hall by Qin Wangzheng.

"Zhao Jia begged the widow on the surface, but secretly hooked up with the barbarians. Such behavior is very evil to the widow."

"After the spring plowing, the widow will take you as a general, go north to destroy the dynasty, and recover Liaodong together. How much do you think we should use this time?"

Qin Wangzheng did not lie, and directly asked Zhao Tuo how many people he wanted.

Zhao Tuo made some calculations and said in a low voice: "Dai is a small county with only a few cities and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. If the minister only destroys Dai, fifty thousand will be enough. But now that there are barbarians, just to be on the safe side, Seventy thousand people should be better."

70,000 people have a strong combat power, enough to stabilize the Dai Kingdom. And the number is not particularly large, and it will not cause a big burden on Qin's national strength.

"Well, you are like Marquis Wucheng, but you always seek stability. In this case, I will give you 70,000 people."

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly, and had no objection to this.

On the contrary, after a little hesitation, Zhao Tuo asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to attack Liaodong?"

Qin Wangzheng stared at Zhao Tuo with a teasing smile on his face.

"Didn't you say in the hall just now that the ugly captives of the country were destroyed and the barbarians were wiped out? Liaodong is the land of Yan. Although the widows destroy the land of Yan, the land of Liaodong will not be complete if it is not taken. Now it is in the hands of the Hu people. , How can the widow feel at ease, just to use your words to wipe out the Hu Yi in Liaodong."

Zhao Tuo was sweating on his forehead.

When he said sweeping Hu Yi, he clearly meant that if the Xiongnu went south to support Dai, he would kill them together.

Your Majesty can really draw inferences from one example.

The land of Liaodong is the land of the Hu people in the past. Because Yan Zhixian led Qin Kai to break the Donghu, and opened up thousands of miles of land, it belonged to the Yan Kingdom. When the Qin army destroyed the country of Yan before, because of continuous campaigns against Yanzhao, the soldiers were exhausted and the logistics were not continuous, so they did not expedition to Liaodong.

It is different from the history that Yan Wangxi led his elite troops to protect Liaodong, and let the Yan people continue to keep it there.

In this time and space, because of Zhao Tuo's plan to intercept and kill, Li Xin wiped out all the nobles and elite soldiers of Yan Kingdom halfway, and King Xi of Yan disappeared, leaving Liaodong without soldiers to defend.

Under such circumstances, the Donghu, Gaoyi, Yi, Ji, and even the Koreans on the peninsula who were originally suppressed by the Yan soldiers all poured into Liaodong together to divide and occupy that vast land again.

In history, Wang Ben's attack on Liaodong was mainly because Yan Wangxi and Yan State Sheji were still there, so the Qin army had the motivation to go on an expedition.

Now considering that the Yan State is dead, the Hu people are rebellious and difficult to tame, and the Liaodong Road is far and difficult to travel. The court of the state of Qin has never paid much attention to the capture of Liaodong.

Even when some generals proposed to attack Liaodong, the right prime minister, Kui Zhuang, objected, saying that it would be a foolish waste of national power to go to war with the Hu people only for the remote and bitter cold land.

Qin Wangzheng has never said anything about this, so who knows that he will say it together with the matter of Daidi at this time.

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Zhao Tuo secretly complained in his heart.

From the sentence "finally incomplete" in Qin Wang's political speech, we can see the king's intention to attack Liaodong.

He reckoned that it was Qin Wangzheng who felt uncomfortable when he saw the lonely northeast territory on the map and was not in Qin's territory.

Just like the piece of Jiangxi land near Baiyue at the southernmost tip of Chu State, no matter how far and poor that place is, Qin Wangzheng has to hold it in his hands to have a sense of accomplishment.

That's why this time, he was going to let Zhao Tuo take down Liaodong and Dai together, so that in the world, except for Qi, all the territories of the princes would be in the hands of Qin.

Seeing that Zhao Tuo's expression was slightly different, Qin Wangzheng raised his thick eyebrows, and said displeasedly: "Why, you Zhao Tuo are just like the prime minister, don't you want to take Liaodong for the widow?"

Zhao Tuo hurriedly said: "Since Liaodong used to be a part of the land of Yan and belonged to Zhu Xia, the king wants to take Liaodong, so I am willing to serve him. However, I feel that after the eradication of the dynasty, the most important thing is to attack Qi. If it involves Liaodong, the road It may be difficult to travel far, and it may miss the opportunity to destroy Qi."

"And I think that there is another person in the court of Qin who is more suitable than me to conquer Liaodong, expel the Hu people, and guard the frontier for the king."

Qin Wangzheng frowned and said, "Who is it?"

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and replied: "General Li Xin is good at fighting with chariots and cavalry. His attacks are as fierce as fire and as fast as thunder. In the land of Liaodong, he will be invincible when attacking Hu people with chariots and cavalry. He is one of the members who conquered Liaodong. Moreover, General Li has been devastated since he conquered Chu, if the king can give him a chance to conquer Chu, he may be able to return to being a brave general."

"Li Xin..."

Qin Wangzheng closed his eyes.

"General Li is strong and brave, and his words are true."

That was what he boasted to Li Xin when he chose to destroy Chu as the coach.

Li Xin was the most trusted and favored general of Qin Wangzheng.

"Go down."

Qin Wangzheng spoke calmly.

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed and left.

Before he left, seeing Qin Wangzheng lost in thought and memory, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Depending on the situation, the king has listened to his recommendation.

Zhao Tuo thought that after he came back this time, he would visit Li Xin again, but the other party still didn't want to meet.

"If he can do meritorious service on the battlefield, the former General Li may come back again."

...

In the city of Xianyang, the envoys of the Dai State were repelled on the spot, and the Qin Wangzheng announced that Zhao Tuo was the acting general.

Nanjun of Qin State, Yidao (now Yidu City, Hubei Province).

Li You, the new county lieutenant, also quickly became familiar with his position, and after installing his cronies, he set his sights on the mission of his trip.

Conquer the rebellious barbarians who colluded with the Chu people when the Qin army attacked Chu last year.

"Junwei, the Yidao County Lieutenant has recruited 500 soldiers, plus the 500 sharp soldiers we brought, a total of 1,000 people can be dispatched by the county lieutenant. If you wait for half a month, wait for the soldiers recruited by other counties Hurry up, there should be three thousand people."

Gong Ao, the new Zuo Bing Cao envoy, bowed his hands and reported to the county lieutenant Li You.

Li You was wearing exquisite leather armor, pointed cloth shoes, and a crown symbolizing the status of a high-ranking general on his head. His posture was very mighty.

He stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "Before I came, the county guard said that spring plowing was coming soon, so it would be better to delay the war against barbarians after spring plowing. Affection."

"However, your Majesty's decree, we can't delay. I told the county guard that I will attack the barbarians this time, and I will finish it before the spring plowing, so I can't wait for a moment."

"One thousand sharp soldiers, plus the Yidao county captain's knowledge of the local barbarian situation, is enough for me to go up the mountain and wipe out a few small tribes of the barbarians. After half a month, 2,000 soldiers from other counties arrive, plus I wipe out the local barbarians. If the power of the two combined, the rest of the barbarians would tremble and dare not fight."

"In this way, I can let him surrender, offer a tribute to the king and stop the battle. This matter can be completed before the spring plowing."

Li You looked confident, and when he saw that Gong Ao was about to speak, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, we even fought against the tens of thousands of troops of Chu's You Sima in the battle against Chu, so why are we still afraid of this remote place?" A mere savage?"

"These barbarians have no soldiers and no armor. They are few and don't know how to fight. Their settlements are scattered all over the mountains and forests. When they encounter our surprise attack, they must be difficult to gather in a hurry. If they can resist our Qin soldiers, what fear do they have?"

"Gong Ao, hurry up and get ready. Tonight we will feast on the soldiers, and tomorrow morning, we will lead our troops into the land of the barbarians!"

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Seeing that the county lieutenant had made up his mind, Gong Ao sighed and bowed his hands to leave.

Seeing Gong Ao's figure disappear into the distance, Li You smiled faintly.

Barbarians?

A group of tribal barbarians are nothing more than a unified country with no political power, and they are not even as good as the Yue people in the land of Yue.

Zhao Tuo could easily subdue the Yue people, could it be that Li You couldn't even deal with a few Yi people?

Early the next morning.

Thousands of Qin troops in armor and holding swords, under the leadership of the county lieutenant Li You, stepped into the forest where the barbarians lived, intending to wipe out several tribes and deter the remaining barbarians.

At the same time, a postman was galloping on the road leading to Yidao on a fast horse.

On the body of the postman was carrying a letter from Ting Wei Li Si.

...

As time goes by, spring is getting darker, and spring plowing in various parts of Qin has come to an end.

With the end of spring plowing, food, grass and supplies began to be transferred and dispatched, and the soldiers who had been conscripted were also gathering.

Qin Wangzheng also officially issued an edict to raise troops and destroy the dynasty.

"In the past, Yandan, the thief, used assassins to rebel against Qin, and the widows used soldiers to fight against him. Zhao Jiachou fled to Daidi, and the widows did not confiscate him. He didn't think about Qin's kindness, so he sent troops to help the Yandan traitor. Yu Yi Water resists Master Wang."

"The people of today's generation sent envoys to Xianyang to beg for surrender from Qin, but in fact they secretly collude with the barbarians in the north, hoping to follow the example of the Marquis of Shen in the past. His actions are despicable and contrary to the way of heaven. I will punish them with soldiers and rectify the Xia. Wind!"