Dali Dynasty·Jingzhou·Jing'an City

Prince Qin Zhao Zheng stood above the city, looking at the apocalyptic scene of fireworks everywhere in the city, covering the sky and the sun, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah... millions of stones of food and fodder were burned to pieces like this! How great would it be if they could be brought back to Qin!"

As the king of a country, he was thinking about so much food and grass at the first time. If he could bring it back to Qin, how many people would he support!

But he also understood in his heart that how could so much food and grass be transported back to Qin in the enemy's territory?

Therefore, if you cannot take it away, it is better to burn it clean with a fire. Anyway, it is impossible to leave it to Dali in the slightest!

"Haha... King, this expedition has achieved merits, so there is no need to worry about this."

Military advisor Zhuge stood aside secretly and said with a smile.

"It's thanks to the military advisor's careful planning! Otherwise, how could this northern expedition to Dali... be so easy?"

Zhao Zheng naturally understood in his heart that although this northern expedition was said to be the commander of the Qin Prince Zhao Zheng, in fact, the strategic deployment was Zhuge Military Advisor, and General Gongsun was involved in the marching and war.

I am almost like a mascot, and it has no effect at all. It can be said that it only plays a role in stabilizing the morale of the army.

However, Zhao Zheng was happy to see this situation. He himself was not very versatile in military tactics and was not interested in leading troops in combat.

Now that he can complete the task assigned to him by his father so easily, he is already very satisfied.

"Don't let the old ministers be ruined! If the old ministers hadn't been wise and wise, and were in charge of the army, how could the old ministers make the merits of this expedition complete and great success?"

When Zhuge heard this secretly, he hurriedly bowed and said with a sincere expression.

It should be noted that his words are all from the heart, not just false compliments.

After all, as the saying goes, one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies!

It is not scary that His Highness of the King of Qin does not understand military affairs. What is scary is that he has no self-awareness and is blindly acting voluntarily, and he is unwilling to listen to the planning opinions of his generals humbly.

If you encounter such a commander, you may not be able to achieve such perfect merit today even if you exhaust Zhuge An to death!

But it is obvious that His Highness, the King of Qin, is not such a mediocre person, but a wise lord with a broad mind and a sufficient tolerance for others!

He never cared about his ministers being better than him in some aspects, he didn't care about showing his weakness in some aspects, nor was he confined to the so-called monarch's face.

On the contrary, His Highness the King of Qin was extremely happy that his ministers were smart and capable, and were very at ease to delegate power to the subordinates, and were broad-minded and tolerant, and were even more willing to listen to the pertinent advice of the ministers.

Therefore, the strategies he offered were adopted by His Highness the King of Qin and implemented almost without any modification!

If you meet such a monarch, wouldn’t it be a great blessing for a minister?

Therefore, Zhuge was diligent and hardworking, just for fear of letting down the king’s unreserved trust in him!

Fortunately, the counts were frequently released, but no missed. In the end, the merits were perfect and the victory was great!

"Hahahaha! Don't praise me for your military advisor!"

When Zhao Zheng heard this, he only thought that this was the military advisor’s praise for his business, and immediately shook his head repeatedly like he didn’t care.

When Zhao Zheng turned around and looked at the Li people who were moved to Qin like a long dragon and the wealth and food that could be taken away, he couldn't help but show some joy on his face.

"But this expedition was indeed a great victory! Not only did it surround Li to save the trip, but it achieved its goal of strengthening Qin and rich country, but it also took the opportunity to severely weaken the national strength of Dali. It was really a stone of birds, and it was accomplished!"

At this time, Zhao Zheng looked at the Li people who were moved to Qin and the huge amount of food and grass that had been burned in the city, and he couldn't help but feel relieved. This caused Dali to suffer heavy losses, and he said he was hurt!

"Haha... the king, it's more than that!"

Seeing that the king was so happy, Zhuge couldn't help but laugh, ready to add another joy to the king.

"Oh? What does the military advisor mean?"

Zhao Zheng was surprised and asked quickly.

"For Dali, our move is far from losing hundreds of millions of stones of food and fodder!"

Zhuge said inwardly, stretching out his feather fan and pointing at the thick smoke in the city that was as thick as the sky and the sun, and continued to smile.

"It is important to know that millions of troops, people eat horses and chew them, and long-distance transportation... The daily food and fodder need more than astronomical figures? If there is no logistics supply, the army will inevitably collapse within ten days!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zheng naturally nodded repeatedly. After leading the troops to fight, he naturally knew how huge the impact of the late baggage on the front-line army was.

Otherwise, the military advisor would not have had such a big effort, and the virtual and the real are in harmony to cut off the Jing'an grain road.

"Therefore, the front-line army must have only two ways to go! First, withdraw the troops immediately and open up the food channels again! Second, eat from the enemy and fight to support the war!"

Speaking of this, Zhuge smiled secretly with his beard, but he asserted on the spot without thinking!

"With the style of Ao Pai, the Marshal of the Dali Nanzheng, since he had chosen to disobey and not obey, he turned to complete the strategic goal of occupying the entire Jeju territory, no matter what... he would never choose to withdraw his troops!"

When Zhao Zheng heard this, he naturally recognized what the military advisor said and said it was reasonable.

For the current commander of the Southern Expedition, Ao Pai, Jing'an's fire would undoubtedly force him to a dilemma of riding a tiger!

It’s not just to withdraw troops, nor is it not to withdraw troops. Then the only thing he can do seems to be eating from the enemy and raising the war with war!

But when it comes to this, Zhao Zheng became a little curious.

"But the military advisor... The current Dali million-strong army Chen Shishi Jeju is already eating from the enemy and fighting to support the war!"

Even if Zhao Zheng thought about it with his butt, he could understand that with such a long front line and so many mouths that need to be filled, how could Ao Pai not be stupid and not be foolish about Jeju and rely on transportation only on the rear?

So why did the military advisor say this?

"King, Ao Pai is indeed eating from the enemy in Jeju, but he is just like our army, just plundering the treasury of the city's treasury! But he has never robbed the people of the big store!"

Zhuge shook the feather fan lightly and explained patiently.

"What is the reason? Because Dali wolf's ambitions, attacking Daxing is a false crime! His ambitions are really to annex Daxing! Therefore, it will never disturb the people. On the contrary, it must treat the people well and prepare for the future rule of the Daxing on this land!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zheng finally realized what the military advisor said meant.

But this is "just eating from the enemy", not that is "just eating from the enemy"!

"The current Dali wants to occupy Jeju in full, and it is to rule Jeju and make all the people of Jeju surrender to Dali! This is the core strategy of Dali!"

Speaking of this, Zhuge An waved the feather fan again, pointed to the thick smoke everywhere in the city and said with a smile.

"However, our army cut off its food route and force a million troops from Dali to force the people, and even kill the rich and rob the poor! Otherwise, how can one million soldiers be supported in the enemy territory?"

After saying that, Zhuge looked south in secret, and seemed to see the millions of Dali army burning, killing and looting, and the land of Jeju was thus trapped in a tragic situation of bloody war...

In such a situation, how easy is it for Dali to rule the people of Jeju?

After a long silence, Zhuge An spoke again, but sighed in a faint sigh.

"At that time, even if Dali occupies Jeju, he will dominate the four prefectures! However, Jeju will not only not be used by Li, but will instead be like a quagmire, deeply trapping Dali in it, and it will be difficult to extricate itself for a hundred years!"

As he said that, Zhuge turned around and looked at His Highness the King of Qin, and immediately bowed and said respectfully.

"In this way... it is a real killer move to damage the national strength of Li! After this battle, Dali will no longer be the most powerful country in the past!"

Speaking of this, Zhuge An inadvertently looked at His Highness the King of Qin, and said as if he had a point of view.

"And the changes in the competition for hegemony in the Jiuzhou Continent... have just begun!"

...

"In the first year of Tianci, Qian Man brutally destroyed the alliance, his troops went out of the Huzhu, and attacked the land in my heart.

Later, I secretly escaped from Jing'an, cut off my food route, and burned the food and fodder for tens of millions of stones!

Alas, how sad! Jingzhou is exhausted and the people are hungry, all given by the Qianman!”
Chapter completed!