In Linguang Palace, a huge map was placed in the center of the palace. This was a huge paper specially made by the Shaofu. It was not only thick but also strong. Qin Shihuang’s two hunting tours the year before and last were not only for sightseeing, but also for re-opening.
Determining the purpose of the atlas, he asked craftsmen to draw the northwest territory of his empire on it, including the surrounding counties. As for the land outside the fortress, he copied it from the Huns map presented by Chen Ping, Heifu last year.
On both sides of this huge map, there are many generals. Qin Shihuang sits in the north and faces south, and his eldest son Fusu is at the bottom.
While Heifu pretended to look at the map carefully, he was thinking in his heart, what was Qin Shihuang's purpose in letting Fusu attend the military meeting?
The first thing that comes to mind is: "Is the emperor starting to train a successor now?"
Madam Hei was in the North, but she had been paying attention to the court. As the eldest son helped Su come of age, there was a faint voice in the court to establish him as a prince.
But Heifu feels that those who are making these noises are either bad or stupid!
Qin Shihuang is forty-one years old this year. Although he has symptoms of hearing loss in his left ear and poor energy and blood, he still stubbornly believes that he can live a hundred years, or even live forever. To establish a prince? He has no such idea at all.
In addition, Qin Shihuang was actually not very satisfied with Fusu...
Not only because it took Qin Shihuang ten years to slowly bring down the Chu family's influence, but it was inextricably linked to the traitor Changping Jun.
It was also because Fusu was deeply influenced by Confucianism and Mohism, and was born benevolent. In terms of political opinions, he often ran counter to Qin Shihuang, who was eager for quick success and quick success. Earlier, Qin Shihuang cast twelve bronze figures and built a separate pavilion in the palace. Fusu bluntly advised him to give up these "
Qin Shihuang was dissatisfied and neglected because of his "wasting people and damaging wealth".
Such Fusu would inevitably leave the impression that he was "not like me" in the emperor's mind. When he went out on a hunting tour, he would rather bring his lovable younger son Hu Hai than the eldest son who always made him unhappy.
However, he had just grown up, and his character and knowledge could still be slowly shaped, so Qin Shihuang put a lot of effort into Fusu's education.
Xian ordered Fusu to enter the office and learn laws and regulations from the legal officials, so that he could stay away from Confucian and Mohist people. Now after the crowning ceremony, Fusu was asked to come and observe military affairs.
This has been an old rule since the Spring and Autumn Period. The aristocratic men all take military service as their profession. They have the right to control the common people and the obligation to defend the country by fighting. Since Shang Yang's reform, the Qin aristocrats' education for their descendants can be roughly divided into two categories.
In this step, before you are crowned, you should practice laws and regulations, swordsmanship, archery, royal skills, and strength, so that you can know the military affairs, and finally send them to the battlefield.
Because the law stipulates: "A clan cannot be a vassal unless it has military merit." Even though the son of Qin Shihuang can enjoy fine clothes and fine food, if he does not achieve military merit, he will become an ordinary commoner two generations later.
Qin Shihuang asked Fusu to attend the war meeting against the Xiongnu. Even if it was not to pave the way for his successor, he wanted to use it to train him.
Of course, there is also the intention of taking the exam.
At this time, Qiang Xu had finished describing the military situation of the Qin and the Hungarians, and said: "As for the understanding of the Xiongnu, Beidi County once sent detailed merchants to go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and even met the Xiongnu Chanyu, and asked the Beidi County Lieutenant to
Your Majesty will elaborate."
Heifu immediately stopped his reverie, stood up and bowed his hands to Qin Shihuang, Fusu and the generals: "Your Majesty, we have already known the true and false status of the Xiongnu. Its territory is five to six thousand miles, but its tribesmen only have three hundred thousand people.
It is only equivalent to a border county of Qin, but because its people can all ride horses and use bows to hunt, so excluding the old, weak, women and children, there are a hundred thousand people who can control strings."
"The land of the Xiongnu is roughly divided into three parts, one is Beijia, the other is Henan, and the third is Mobei."
"I don't know the situation in Mobei. I only know that the land is vast and sparsely populated. There are many sand moraine, and maybe 20,000 ding can be produced. Beijie is the center of the Xiongnu, and Touman Shanyu is where the royal court is. There are rivers in the Hetao, and 50,000 ding can be produced. Henan
The land can be divided into five parts. At the foot of the Helan Mountain, the water and grass on both sides of the river are rich and can produce ten thousand ding. There are also four servant tribes called Loufan, Baiyang, Linhu, and Xuyan. The four tribes can produce two ding in total.
Wan. Now Linhu and Xuyan have surrendered to Qin, a thousand Huns from Helan were beheaded in the north, and General Li was severely wounded south of Qingshan Gorge. One-third of the Xiongnu troops in Henan have been lost!"
"One hundred thousand people." Qin Shihuang understood and looked at the generals.
"To defeat the Xiongnu and seize the false lands in Henan and the north, how many men are needed?"
While the generals were discussing, Wang Li, a young and energetic man, stood up first and said, "I would like to win a hundred thousand men and march wildly among the Xiongnu!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
Feng Jie secretly thought to himself, you are a little boy with the lowest seniority and nobility, so why is it your turn to speak?
Qiang Xu also looked at this young man and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Although Wang Li had also been practicing military affairs since he was a child, he was far behind his eldest father.
Hei Fu also understood in his heart that although Qin Shihuang would let Wang Li go on an expedition this time, he would never let him take charge of it alone. The reason is very simple. If Wang Li has no ability, he may be defeated and overthrow the general, which will harm the national affairs. If he really has the ability, he will rise rapidly.
, after making great achievements, do you want the Wang family to become one of the three nobles?
Perhaps due to the pressure from the general, Wang Li always wanted to make meritorious deeds on his own, to prove that he was not relying on the protection of his father or ancestors, and to prove that the tiger father had no sons. In desperation, Wang Jian asked Tian for wisdom, but his grandson forgot about it.
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Sure enough, Qin Shihuang smiled and said: "This little general Wang is very brave." But he did not comment on his invitation to fight, and looked at the white-headed general Li Xin.
"Li Qing, what do you think?"
Li Xin stood up and said tactfully: "Outside the wall is not as good as the inner county. If you use too many troops, it will be difficult to supply, but if you use too few, it will be difficult to divide the troops and seize the territory. Therefore, there are 150,000 soldiers and 150,000 civilians. It is appropriate to go out with 300,000 troops."
It seems to be exactly the same as the proposal to attack Chu a few years ago, but this time, it was Wang who was radical and Li who was cautious.
Qin Shihuang turned his consulting eyes to Qiang You again, and the old Qiang You said slowly: "That's good, what Li Junwei said."
Wang Li sat down in shame, so he decided to recruit 300,000 troops for the Northern Expedition. Then it was the details: how many routes to send the troops, and how many soldiers each led?
Qiang Xu, who had commanded large corps in battle, had already calculated:
"We will divide our troops into three places, and the main force will come out from Shangjun. There is a straight road built by Zhang Han in Shangjun. It will be basically completed after the beginning of spring. Neishi's army will go north from the straight road, with Lin Hu as a guide. They can break through the building and cross the river to threaten Jiuyuan!"
"The second one is the three counties of Daibei Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dai. From Yunzhong to Touman City, it is all grassland, without the obstruction of mountain passes. We should mainly use chariots and cavalry to contain the Xiongnu Chanyu, and wait for the main force of the princess to cross the river.
Let’s fight the Huns together!”
"The third one is the Northland, Longxi. The two counties are closest to Helan. Longxi can go down the river and then block the Qingshan Gorge. The Northland uses Yuyan as a stronghold and camp step by step, constantly approaching the river bank to the west, and then rendezvous with the Longxi army.
, capture Helan together!"
"In this way, the Xiongnu's Henan and Northern holidays can all be decided!"
To defeat the Xiongnu, it is impossible to separate the troops. Just calculate the distance from Longxi to Daijun.
"A front spanning two thousand miles..."
Even in the battle to destroy Chu, the battlefield was only limited to Huainan and Huaibei, thousands of miles apart.
"Only a unified empire can have the determination and ability to fight such a war!"
After that, the troops on the three main battlefields and the distribution of the civilians were agreed upon. Generally speaking, the soldiers were sent from the border counties and the civilians were recruited from the interior.
Shangjun was the main direction of sending troops, with soldiers and civilians at a one-to-one ratio, totaling 150,000 people, with Qiang Yu as the main general and Feng Jie as the secondary general.
Daibei was on the flank, with Meng Tian as the assistant general and commanding 100,000 men, and Wang Li as the captain, commanding only 10,000 men.
After hearing this, Wang Li couldn't help but look a little disappointed.
Longxi and the north are the corner battlefields. Li Xin and Heifu each serve as assistant generals. Li Xin will have 40,000 people and Heifu will have 30,000 people.
"I accept your order!"
Heifu stood up and accepted the order, and immediately looked relieved.
This detail was noticed by Qin Shihuang, and he asked: "Why is Mr. Hei looking happy?"
Heifu looked honest and honest, and responded: "I am afraid that your Majesty will give me too many people..."
The young master Fusu, who had been listening silently and carefully, looked surprised, while Qin Shihuang felt amused: "Oh? Other generals only think that the number of soldiers and horses they are assigned is too few and it is difficult to perform meritorious service. Why do you like to have less and fear more?"
Heifu said: "The abilities of all generals vary greatly. Some are capable of leading generals, some are capable of assisting generals, some are capable of captains, some are capable of thousands of men, hundreds of men, or more. I ask myself that I am not a military genius, but a middle-class talent.
It's just a posture, you can only learn it while fighting on the battlefield. I believe that the wood will be straightened by the rope, and the gold will be sharpened by sharpening. At any rate, from the commander of the village to the commander of another department, the number of soldiers he led ranged from fifty to three thousand."
"In October, I led 8,000 people out of the fortress, with no luck. At that time, I realized that it was easy for me to lead 3,000 people in the past, but I was barely competent with more than 10,000 people. Tens of thousands of people may be a bit difficult. Now although I have
After being trained on the battlefield outside the Great Wall, I am still only capable of commanding tens of thousands of talents. If Your Majesty hands too many men and horses into my hands, I may find it difficult to control them and ruin the national affairs."
Hearing this, Qiang Yu, who had many years of experience in leading troops, couldn't help but praise: "Hei Fu has self-awareness." Indeed, the ability to lead troops has to be developed slowly. I have never heard of anyone who can lead hundreds of thousands of people.
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Li Xin was also greatly moved and sighed: "If Xin had had the self-awareness of the Beidi Commandery in the past, he would not have used the method of generaling tens of thousands of people to command 200,000 people, only to lose his troops and lose his territory."
Feng Jie nodded, feeling a little disdainful.
As for Wang Li, who had received the post of captain but found it particularly inadequate, he was a little embarrassed.
This was a face-to-face admission of his shortcomings in front of the emperor. Young Master Fusu couldn't help but look at Hei Fu twice, and his impression of him slightly changed.
"Xunzi said, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't build a river or a sea. A horse can't reach ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten steps, but the merit lies in perseverance."
"Everyone understands this truth, but not many people can admit that they are fools."
It once seemed to Fusu that Heifu was very similar to Li Si.
They were all from Jingchu, but they were part of the Qin court system. They could not only figure out the emperor's thoughts and come up with ideas to please their father, but they also had some abilities and could make suggestions on state affairs.
But today, Heifu made Fusu realize the difference between him and Li Si.
Li Si would never show his weakness, and kept silent about his humble past as a minor official in Chu State, and he also kept secret about the past when he served Lu Buwei.
This is not the case with Heifu. Even though he is in a high position, he has not been busy changing his name or surname. He still uses the name "Heifu" he had in Guizhou, and he still doesn't even have a surname. It's like he is not ashamed of his humble background.
On the contrary, he is proud of it, and he is not ashamed to admit his limitations.
"No wonder my father likes him so much, or maybe it's because the things Hei Fu does for others can make people feel a little sincere..."
Fusu looked at Qin Shi Huang, but at this moment, Qin Shi Huang made a decision because of Hei Fu's words.
"Each army has its own supervisory force, so Feng Quji, the imperial censor, is responsible for supervising the Shangjun army, Shaofu Cheng Zhanghan supervises the Daibei army, and Zhonglang general Meng Yi supervises the Longxi army..."
He looked at his son: "Young Master Fusu, supervise the army in the north! Wood will be straightened if it is roped, and metal will be sharpened if it is sharpened. That's right! Young Master Wen Zhi entrusted him to supervise the army and followed the northern army to attack the Xiongnu. When he saw a
Seeing the hardships of war, I also want to learn from Commander Heifu's self-study skills!"
