General Qin

"Of course, I don't know if the change of Yuezhi has anything to do with Wuzhi, but this person will never approve of the general's conquest in his heart. When using him, we must take precautions!"

Li Shiqi followed Chen Ping and made the same argument.

The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Wu Zhiluo was able to grow up in Qin as a businessman, and he was praised by the first emperor, who made him a humble shepherd and compared him to the emperor, and he was courteous and resisting Wancheng. Why?

It is precisely because he can bring benefits to Qin, sell a large number of cattle and horses in Qin, and present rare treasures from the west to satisfy the emperor, so he can be distinguished in the world.

The reason why Wu Zhiluo was able to do this was that, as a transit merchant between Rong and Qin, he earned a lot of wealth by reselling all kinds of goods to make a profit.

It can be said that all his status today was bought with money.

Now the First Emperor wants to send troops to take the land of Henan and defeat the Yuezhi and Xiongnu. This is of great benefit to Qin, but to Wu Shiluo, it is like cutting off his source of wealth.

Both the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu were wiped out, and the trading partners were gone, so how could he still earn the difference as a middleman?

Qin State owns the land of Henan, and even the land of Yuezhi in Hexi, so the government can raise cattle, horses and livestock on the fertile pastures. There is no need to buy cattle and horses, so there is no use for him.

He, Wu Zhiluo, was bestowed by the emperor with the treatment of being a feudal monarch only because of the importance of wealth and foreign trade, and he was not a real feudal monarch.

It is entirely conceivable that after the victory of the Northern Expedition this time, Wu Shiluo will not only lose the way to make money, but also his status in the Qin State will be reversed, and he will be wiped out by everyone.

Zhao Tuo thought of a saying often said in later generations, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

In such a situation where his own interests were at stake, wouldn't Wu Zhiluo be indifferent?

As a frontier Rong, would he sacrifice his own interests for Daqin?

Zhao Tuo nodded to Chen Ping and Li Shiqi, and said in a deep voice, "What you are saying is that Wu Shiluo might not sincerely help Daqin, and might secretly leak military information to the Yuezhi, and he didn't know about those who appeared outside the Great Wall. Is the Yuezhi cavalry related to him?"

"Mr. Li, send someone to send a message to the rear overnight, telling Wang Li that no one is allowed to approach him to investigate during the escort, not even the governors and lieutenants of Beidi. There are those in the army who dare to reveal the effects of the Three Treasures. Slash."

"Follow the general's orders."

Li Shiqi hurriedly handed over his promise.

This time Zhao Tuo took the lead and brought five thousand guards to Beidi County.

In the rear, Wang Li led 5,000 people to escort a large number of Gaoqiao saddles, stirrups, horseshoes and other equipment, which were to be transported to Beidi County to equip the cavalry of the Qin Army.

The Three Treasures of the Cavalry is a sharp weapon that Zhao Tuo created to deal with the grassland people, and it is still kept secret.

Among them, it is not difficult to imitate Takahashi saddles and stirrups. Especially the stirrup, you can understand its principle just by looking at it. Even if there is no metal material, it can be imitated with wood, leather rope and the like.

Before the war, Zhao Tuo would never allow this thing to leak out. Even the cavalry equipped with these things in the army will be fully militarized by him to prevent the risk of leakage.

After giving this order, Zhao Tuo's thoughts turned back to Wu Shiluo again.

"No matter what kind of plans Wuzhilu has in mind, he is very important to us. Without Wuzhi, we would not be able to understand the situation in Henan. Mr. Li, I will leave this person to you to deal with in the future. , Listen to more information."

Seeing that the general handed over the important task of dealing with Wu Shiluo to Li Shiqi, Chen Ping felt a little disappointed, but he soon returned to normal.

Although he, Chen Ping, was enlisted as an aide by the general, but he only had the title of Duke and was young, so he was naturally not as good as Li Shiqi in the face of an old world like Wu Shiluo.

However, Chen Ping came here to pursue wealth and fame, and to follow the general to get ahead. If Li Shiqi suppressed him in all aspects, how could he get ahead?

Performance is a must!

Chen Ping said in a low voice: "General, Ping thinks that if Wu Zhiluo really helps the Yue Clan, it will be a good thing for us. By making good use of him, it may be easier to kill the main force of the Yue Clan in Henan. .”

"What Chen Sheng said is true."

Zhao Tuo nodded, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

...

As for Wu Zhiluo's attitude towards the conquest of Yuezhi this time, Zhao Tuo would know clearly the next day.

The next day the weather was fine, Zhao Tuo was going to the camp of the cavalry of the various counties, but he found Wu Shiluo waiting outside his camp early.

"The general came to the Northland for the first time, and I will act as a guide to lead the way for the general."

Wu Shiluo was very enthusiastic.

Zhao Tuo's eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a smile: "Then there will be Mr. Lao Wu."

Sima Liang personally led five thousand soldiers and horses to escort Zhao Tuo and Wu Zhiluo to the cavalry camp more than ten li away.

On the way, after the two chatted about some local customs, they couldn't help but talk about Yuezhi outside the Great Wall.

"The customs of the Yue clan are quite the same as those of the Xiongnu. Their children could ride sheep and shoot birds when they were young, and when they grow up, they can gallop on horses. They are all grassland knights. Their population is hundreds of thousands, and there are 150,000 or 60,000 people who control strings. The overlord of Hexi, galloping across the grasslands and deserts, no one is his opponent, even the Huns have to back away."

"I think the general's conquest this time, the cavalry in the northern region is only 20,000 people, if they defend the fortress of the Great Wall, the Yue clan will be invincible."

"But if you go out to fight, on the vast grassland, 20,000 cavalry and more than 100,000 infantry may be difficult to defeat the barbarian. I think about it, but I don't know how to defeat the enemy. The general is my famous general in the Qin Dynasty. I think there is a strategy to defeat the enemy."

Wu Zhiluo was worried, and he seemed to be worried about state affairs.

Zhao Tuo blinked, looked at Wu Shiluo in black Qin clothes and a high crown, and shook his head secretly.

No matter how well he was dressed outside, it was hard to hide his disposition of being a barbarian.

This Wu Shiluo is far from a master like Mr. Changping.

Wu Shiluo spoke directly, and asked about the strategy of defeating the enemy as soon as he came, and Zhao Tuo couldn't see what kind of calculation he had in mind.

But this is also very normal, after all, he is just a humble shepherd who started by selling cattle and horses, although he is a little witty, he is not as good as a real political master after all.

Zhao Tuo shook his head with a smile and said, "It's too early for Mr. Wushi to ask. I'm new here, the army hasn't assembled yet, and I don't know much about the situation of the Yueshi. How can I think of any strategy to defeat the enemy? I need Mr. Wuzhi to do more. Gathering information for me."

Wu Zhiluo said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, General, I will send someone to collect the strength and deployment of the Yuezhi troops in Henan as soon as possible, and report to the General."

Zhao Tuo nodded. He didn't look at Wu Shiluo, but at the tents set up in the distance.

"However, I think it's like Mr. Wuzhi said, we have many infantry and few cavalry in the Great Qin Dynasty. Even if we gather cavalry from all counties and recruit cavalry from the Rong people, there are only 20,000 cavalry, which is far less than the number of cavalry from the Yue clan."

"If you are fighting on the grassland, the pawns will not play a big role. If you fight head-on, you will be at a disadvantage. Therefore, I think it is better to attack separately, and it is better to attack the weak with the strong."

Speaking of this, Zhao Tuo seemed to have an inspiration.

He turned his head to stare at Wuzhiluo, and said with a little excitement: "Didn't Mr. Wuzhi say that the Yuezhi in Henan is divided into two divisions to rule?"

"We can use tricks to instigate division. The cavalry of the two Xihous add up to 60,000 to 70,000, which is far more than our Qin cavalry. But after they are separated, the number of cavalry in each of them will not be much. At that time, our army will We can maintain our superior military strength and defeat them one by one, so victory can be expected."

"This matter is Mr. Li's specialty. I will let him take charge. I am afraid that Mr. Wuzhi will be needed to help."

"General, you are being polite. You can win by fighting more and fighting less. The general is really well versed in the art of war. This battle can be useful to me, Wu Zhi, just say so."

Wu Zhiluo promised, full of praise.

Zhao Tuo nodded, and saw cavalry approaching in the distance, they were the cavalry generals from various counties who came to greet him.

Before he left, he seemed to say unintentionally: "The most fearful thing is that the Yuezhi people will gather a large army. If they gather all the tens of thousands of cavalry under their command in one place to fight our army, on the grassland, they want to fight with infantry. It is very difficult for the main Qin army to defeat so many cavalry."

As he spoke, Zhao Tuo bowed his hands to him, got out of the chariot and stepped forward to meet the cavalry generals who had dismounted and came.

Wu Zhiluo instinctively wanted to follow, but Li Shiqi stretched out his hand to stop him with a smile: "The military barracks are all governed by military law. If there are guards who don't open their eyes and misunderstand Lord Wuzhi, it will be a bit bad."

"I was reckless."

Wu Shiluo smiled.

He is not a member of the army, and according to Qin law, he is indeed not qualified to enter the barracks.

He looked at the young general in front of him.

What came to mind was the general's strategy to defeat the enemy.

Instigate differentiation and defeat each other.

The Qin army had few cavalry, and the most feared thing was that the Yue family would gather all the cavalry to fight.

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