Chapter 276: Restricting Xiou (two-in-one)
The banquet is over, Tu Sui and others have left. The aroma of the wine and food in the palace has not dissipated, but it is no longer as cheerful as before. The king of Xiou said: "Today's matter, everyone What do you think?”
Some of the leaders who were originally drunk have now regained consciousness, and they don’t look like they were drunk just now. They are just pretending.
He Lao sighed: "I knew that the people of Qin were greedy, but I didn't expect that they would be so greedy. They not only want to control us, but also want to control other tribes, and want to become the country above us. Well, Big ambition!”
He Lao didn’t finish what he said, but others knew what he said: The Qin people have great ambitions, but they are really possible!
Husuo asked aloud: "Is there a solution?"
He Lao shook his head and said: "No, now it is we who have requests from the Qin people, not the Qin people who have requests from us, and Even if we don't agree to the Qin people, there will always be someone who agrees..."
This is exactly the crux of the problem: first, they want something from the Qin people; second, the Qin people don't necessarily need them.
This is not only a problem faced by Xiou, but also faced by other Baiyue tribes, but it is almost impossible to solve it, because it requires the concerted efforts of all Baiyue tribes to advance and retreat together.
The Qin people clearly understood that the Baiyue tribe was loose and impossible to unite, so they specially formulated this plan.
After He Lao finished speaking, the palace fell into silence until King Xiou said: "No, there is another solution, that is, we become stronger than the Qin people and master the method of curing malaria!"
This It is indeed a way, but unfortunately it is also difficult to implement.
Because their territory is too small, their population is too small, and their skills are not as good as the Qin people, how can they become stronger than the Qin people?
Moreover, the Qin people will give them time to become stronger and let them learn advanced technology?
The words of King Xiou did not improve the silent atmosphere in the palace, but thinking about it, they are still better than other Baiyue tribes later. At least they can be the accomplices of the Qin people, and the Qin people will definitely treat them the same as other Baiyue tribes. The Baiyue tribe is different.
It is better to be an accomplice of the Qin people to persecute other Baiyue tribes than for other tribes to be an accomplice of the Qin people to harm them.
If Li Nian knew what these Xiou people were thinking, he would definitely shake his head: What accomplices and lackeys, that doesn’t sound good. This is called an agent. If you don’t want to be Da Qin’s agent in this area, then Da Qin had no choice but to support others ...
After King Xiou’s words, everyone was no longer interested in continuing the discussion. Even Husuo, who had always been active, did not want to talk. He even lost interest in the competition three days later, even if he won the competition. What about the people of Qin? It's not like I have to be tied up by the Qin people!
While King Xiou and the leaders felt heavy and depressed, Tu Sui and others also held a small meeting of three people at their residence to review what happened today.
Tu Sui said: "The task entrusted to us by Your Majesty and the Young Master has been almost completed. As long as the medicine to cure malaria is confirmed, we can put ropes on the people of Xiou. With this set of ropes, I want to Breaking free is not that easy.”
"It's just that I still don't understand why the young master has to let the people of Xiou accept the coins of the Qin Dynasty, and why they have to send people to Xianyang... to study abroad?"
Ren Xiao said: "The young master must be far-sighted and have profound meaning. This is also happening to the Xiongnu "It must be Young Master's move against them."
This is also quite new. It is a strategy they have never seen before to deal with other countries. They really want to know how far Young Master can use this method. What can the Xiongnu and Baiyue become?
Tu Sui said: "The people of Xiou are going to send an envoy to Xianyang to congratulate your majesty. This matter has not been explained by your majesty and the young master. It is a decision I made privately. If there is an accident, I will bear the responsibility alone."
Hearing this, Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo shook their heads: "Although this matter was decided by the ambassador, we believe that it is the most appropriate decision under the circumstances at the time. I will write to His Majesty later and tell the truth!"< br>
Although it is said that "the emperor's orders are not accepted when the envoy is outside", after all, the decision was made on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. Even if His Majesty the Emperor is magnanimous and does not care, there is always a hidden danger.
Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo were willing to tell him the truth, which weakened this hidden danger in disguise. Tu Sui saluted the two of them, "Thank you both!"
After saluting , Tu Sui said again: "The next two things are mainly to verify the medicine for malaria and to compete with the people of Xiou. We will wait for the people of Xiou to want to compete. They all know that they want to prove that they are not easy to bully, so they will send out the best soldiers in the clan."
The competition with the Huns was initiated by Da Qin, but the competition with the Xiou people was initiated. The Xiou people pointed out that the choices of the two sides were also different. The Xiongnu sent a group of miscellaneous soldiers, while the Xiou people sent actual elites.
“This competition will not be easy. Although I have trained in the mountains and forests for a period of time before coming here, the time is too short, and the mountains and forests here are different from those in Daqin. They live here and are more familiar with them. I Waiting is strange.”
Tu Sui looked at Zhao Tuo, who was about to lead his army to compete with the Xiou people in mountain combat: "Before coming, the young master had anticipated that this would happen, and told him that it would be best if he could win. It doesn't matter if he can't win. This won't happen. Affects diplomacy towards Baiyue Strategy."
Zhao Tuo was not convinced. What do you mean by "it is best to win, but it doesn't matter if you can't win." Although it is a competition, everyone knows that this is a practice for the battle between Daqin and Xiou people in the mountains and forests. Of course he wants to win.
In a blink of an eye, three days later, the King of Xiou and the leaders looked unhappy.
Because in the various competitions that have been conducted, they only won in small games, and lost in all big games. They lost to the Qin people in the fighting, running, shooting, sword and gun skills without exception. .
Although I have long known that the Qin people are very powerful, and the Qin army who can accompany the Qin people's envoys is the elite of the Qin army, I did not expect that the Qin people would be so strong.
Those who competed with the Qin army were also the most capable warriors among the tribes they selected, but only a few could win in small battles.
This is actually normal. How many people are there in Da Qin’s army? How many are they?
The elites selected from the Great Qin Army are not said to be stronger than all the Xiou warriors, but they are also stronger than most.
This is not good news for King Xiou and the leaders. What they hope is to defeat the Qin army in various competitions. Small victories are not enough, but now they are defeated by the Qin army, which is even more difficult to accept.
This means that the quality of the Qin army surpasses them, so their victory in the last mountain combat competition is of little significance.
Because the quality of the Qin army is there, losing to them is just because they are not familiar with the mountains and forests, and they are not familiar with mountain warfare. However, they can gradually become familiar with these things. That is to say, as long as the Qin people are familiar with the mountains and forests and master the methods of mountain warfare, they will no longer have an advantage over the Qin people.
Some leaders are already thinking that maybe they should not propose a competition with the Qin people. If they don't compete, they will not be exposed. The competition will let the Qin people know their true identity.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange for the faces of King Xiou and the leaders to look good, but it is a pity that there is no turning back when they shoot their bows. Now they only have to win this last battle to make the Qin people afraid of each other.
This competition is led by Zhao Tuo and Hu Suo, each leading a hundred people to lurk in two mountains and forests. The winner is whoever is the first to eliminate the opponent's number or capture the opponent's flag.
The final result of the competition was that Husuo won, but he was not very happy, because although he won, it was not the complete victory or great victory he wanted, but he paid a considerable price and lost more than half.
If this is on a real battlefield, it means that to eliminate a Qin army of a hundred people, they will need to pay more than fifty casualties, which is difficult for them to accept.
First, there are few people in Xiou and many people in Qin, so they cannot support this kind of consumption; second, they have taken advantage of the geographical convenience, but they still paid the price. If they lose the geographical convenience, the price will be How high is it?
Third, only wooden weapons are allowed to be used in this competition. The restrictions on the Qin people are actually greater than theirs. The Qin people's armor and weapons are definitely better than theirs.
The combination of these aspects will evolve into a consequence. If they really go to war with the Qin people, even if they can win, it will definitely be a tragic victory.
The Qin State is larger than them, and the Qin people are more numerous than them. If they keep fighting, they will eventually be defeated by the Qin people. The country will not be destroyed, but there will definitely be countless casualties.
After getting this result from this competition, King Xiou and the leaders became even heavier. They were not afraid of the Qin people, but they had to admit one fact: they were really no match for the Qin people!
The Da Qin envoy was not happy either. Although they had expected to lose to the Xiou people, the defeat still made people feel disappointed. Even the six kingdoms were destroyed by them, but they lost to Baidu here. More barbarian?
Zhao Tuo led a hundred Qin soldiers to Tu Sui. Tu Sui patted Zhao Tuo on the shoulder and said to the one hundred Qin soldiers: "You have tried your best in the competition. The failure is not yours. Mistakenly.”
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"Master Li Nian once said, 'Failure is the mother of success.' After you go back, you can carefully recall and ponder this competition, draw lessons from it, and avoid failure next time!"
After listening to Tu Sui's words caused Zhao Tuo to let out the suffocation in his chest. If he were not in the mountains and forests, Husuo would not be his opponent at all. He said: " There won’t be a next time!”
Having seen some of the strength of the Qin army in the competition, King Xiou and the leaders became more “welcoming” to the Qin Dynasty, waiting for them to find someone who had malaria. After the tribesmen were cured by the medicine brought by the mission, they became even more "enthusiastic" and had almost no objections to the conditions proposed by Da Qin.
The news of the successful mission to Xiou was sent back to Xianyang by Tu Sui.
In Zhangtai Palace, Li Nian took the document sent by a chamberlain and browsed it quickly. Before he could speak, Prime Minister Wang Wan smiled and said: "Li Shangshu has contributed a lot to this matter. Without Li The method proposed by Shangshu to treat malaria cannot restrain Baiyue."
"The Baiyue are different from the Xiongnu. They are not afraid of the Great Qin. They want them to open the country and be influenced by the Great Qin. In the past, it was difficult to do it except for direct conquest. Now, the troubles in the south of the Great Qin have been temporarily alleviated, and they can rest and recuperate. develop Domestic!”
The other important ministers in the hall nodded, and without even a single soldier, they tied a rope to Xiou, the most powerful person in Baiyue, and made him a minion of Great Qin to help him. Da Qin dealt with other Baiyue tribes.
Wei Liao said: "But the Baiyue people are not stupid. They know that they have suffered a loss and will not always want to be tied up by Da Qin. They will definitely find a way to get rid of it, such as sending people to Da Qin to secretly learn from Da Qin. Skills are like connecting in private and agreeing to fight against Qin together..."
Li Si continued Wei Liao's words: "That's true! In the short term, Da Qin can use reasons to avoid teaching them skills, but as time goes by, they will no longer accept these excuses and will only think that Da Qin wants to tie them down forever, and they will become rebellious. "
Li Si looked at Li Nian and said, "The master of the Baiyue strategy comes from the minister. Does the minister have a way to solve it?"
The essence of this problem is how to effectively control the vassal state in the long term so that the vassal state cannot rebel against the control of the suzerain state.
Li Nian did not answer immediately until the First Emperor said: "Li Nian, tell me what you think!"
Li Nian then said: "What you are worried about will definitely happen. The actual question of this question is how to effectively control other countries in the long term so that it is difficult for other countries to resist Da Qin."
"To solve this. Problem, the best way is to turn other countries into the land of Great Qin and let the people there become the people of Great Qin."
"There are two ways to do this: one is to use force. , to conquer them forcefully through Da Qin’s military power; the second is to assimilate, making them want to become Da Qin’s subjects.”
"However, if you conquer them by force, even if they are defeated and frightened for a while, it will only be done verbally but not in heart. They will be afraid of the power of Qin for a period of time, but when this fear subsides, they will still rebel against Qin."
Everyone knows this. Just like the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, Great Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms with its strong military strength, but the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were not convinced and still had the idea of resisting Great Qin.
“Conquest by force will eventually return to assimilation, unless Great Qin can always maintain absolute military power over the conquered people, or Great Qin will wipe out all the locals when conquering those places, there will be no People naturally have no contradictions and conflicts."
"Always maintain absolute military power and do not say whether it is possible. Doing so does not actually stabilize the local area, but can quickly suppress local resistance. As for wiping out all the local people, it is also difficult to achieve. Even if Da Qin can do it, it will have to pay a price. "
In a place like Baiyue, if the people of Baiyue go deep into the mountains and old forests to fight guerrillas against the Qin Dynasty, even if the Qin Dynasty wins in the end, it will be a headache.
Hearing this, Wang Ben asked with great interest: "Does Shangshu believe that conquest based on military strength is not advisable?"
Li Nian smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, military strength is the foundation. If military strength cannot Being stronger than others, no matter how strong you are in other aspects, it is just a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.”
Wang Ben didn’t speak anymore, and Li Nian continued: “Therefore, we must also rely on military strength. In addition to military strength, deepen control of other countries in other ways , Only then can it last long. Jiao Li, Chen Ping and others sent envoys to the Huns, and Tu Sui, Zhao Tuo and others went to Baiyue, which already had certain purposes. In the trade with Baiyue, it is stipulated that Da Qin’s products must be used. As a settlement currency, it seems like nothing, but in fact it is a means of control."
Li Nian raised a question to the ministers at the right time: "You can think about what the coins are used for. ?”
(End of this chapter)