I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 264 Ways to deal with South Vietnam

A ray of slanting sunlight brightened the hall, igniting the dust in the air and turning it into dancing orange-white light spots. There were two cauldrons of ambergris-burning incense burners beside them. The smell floating in the air was soothing.

Perhaps it was because Liu Bang did not plan to stay there for a long time. The interior of this room was simple and there were not many utensils, making it seem a bit empty.

Meeting a courtier on the bed is not a sign of intimacy, but an act of disrespect.

So Liu Bang put on his regular clothes, neatly arranged them, and sat in the center of the hall.

As soon as Chen Luo came in, he stood up and called out intimately: "Jiang Ning is here? No need to be polite, come and have a drink with me."

After saying that, Liu Bang pointed to the wine glass in front of him, his meaning was very obvious.

We are all our own people, there is no need to be rigid.

Just drink and chat and get things done.

However, Chen Luo still saluted. It was one thing for Liu Bang to say no to some things, but another thing for him not to do them.

Then he walked up and sat down, smiled slightly and said: "Greetings to Your Majesty, with your strategic support, the Huns in the north have been defeated, the border has returned to stability, and the Han Dynasty is prosperous."

"This is a blessing for the great man." Liu Bang laughed first, with a look of satisfaction on his face, and then waved his hands and said, "The key to victory in this battle lies in General Han, Prime Minister Xiao, and Jiang Ning. This and I don’t have much to do with it.”

He really wanted to acknowledge this contribution, but he wasn't that thick-skinned.

Liu Bang felt that the victory of this battle was not closely related to him. Even halfway through the battle, he who was supposed to be in charge of Chang'an ran to the south and personally conquered the South Vietnam Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, what you said is ridiculous." Chen Luo shook his head gently.

This is not flattery, but a sincere refutation of Liu Bang's views.

After thinking for a while, he said solemnly: "Without a wise monarch, a general who is good at fighting cannot exert all his abilities on the battlefield.

During the melee of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Yan Youleyi was unable to use it and missed the opportunity to conquer Qi; Zhao harmed Li Mu and abandoned Lianpo, and eventually died at the hands of the Qin people.

If you have excellent generals but don't know how to appoint them, and you have a strong army but you don't know how to deploy them, then no matter how powerful a country is, it will decline.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty has such a wise ruler as His Majesty, and the Han generals and military have the opportunity to display their talents. If they are replaced by a mediocre monarch, even if Bai Qi and Le Yi are with them, I am afraid that they will not be able to change the outcome of being defeated by the Huns. "

What I said is based on history.

The battles before the Han Dynasty were not convincing enough, but I knew that in later generations, the wars were completely defeated due to the cerebral hemorrhage decisions of the upper-level rulers, which perfectly explained that the emperor's inaction can be regarded as effective.

Wan Yangou's twelve gold medals destroyed the last chance of the Southern Song Dynasty's counterattack in one fell swoop, making a famous general like Yue Fei hate Fengbo Pavilion. He was the most worthy person to have a kneeling statue kneeling in front of Yue Fei.

This perfectly explains that if the ruler above is not good, then it will be useless no matter how good the generals below are.

The war god of the Ming Dynasty marched in the rain and controlled food and grass blindly, allowing 30 of the Ming Dynasty's elite troops to be destroyed outside the Great Wall, and the suppressive power shown in the early Ming Dynasty against the foreign races outside the Great Wall was almost lost.

This is another perfect explanation of the incompetence of the ruler above, and the army under his command is useless no matter how elite it is.

Therefore, when Liu Bang said that he had no merit, Chen Luo did not agree with it.

Compared with the likes of Zhao Gou and Zhu Qizhen, not to mention Liu Bang, even if it were Liu Chan, he could be called a wise and powerful warrior.

"Hahaha, then I take this seriously." Liu Bang raised his glass and took a sip happily.

Chen Luo also had a drink with him, and then said, "I heard that His Majesty is still ill, so is it okay to drink?"

"Oh?" Liu Bang, who was originally calm, put down his wine glass and squinted his eyes, "By the way, where did Jiang Ning hear the news about my unwellness?"

He seemed careless, but in fact he was completely focused.

Logically speaking, only Lu Pheasant or Xiao He who stayed in Chang'an knew about the news that he was seriously ill. After Chen Luo left the Han-Hungarian battlefield, he did not return to pass. If the news about his illness was known, So who would have tipped him off?
If Chen Luo had known about the situation here, what was his intention in coming?
For a time, countless thoughts and speculations popped up in Liu Bang's mind, and his eyes gradually became serious.

Chen Luo didn't take it seriously and called the attendant to refill his wine glass.

He replied without raising his head: "When we were in front of the palace just now, Brother Chen Ping told me that His Majesty was ill, so I saw you drinking and felt worried."

"That's it." Liu Bang's inner guard was mostly eliminated in an instant, and he scratched his hand with some annoyance. He ignored Chen Ping's factors so much that he almost made a mistake and misunderstood Chen Luo.

He immediately pursed his lips and said with a smile: "There may be some unrealistic rumors out there that may cause people to misunderstand, but I'm fine and I'm fine."

After saying this, Liu Bang raised his hands, stood up and kicked his legs, showing that his physical functions had not declined. Even if there was a war horse outside the palace, there was no doubt that he would ride on it and take a walk.

Observing his actions, there was no hesitation at all. Chen Luo couldn't help but praise: "It seems that Your Majesty is still in great power and can still rule the Han Dynasty for several more decades and restore the peaceful living conditions of the people in ancient times."

"Maybe." After hearing this, Liu Bang sighed, "I'm getting old, Jiang Ning, look, my hair has grown on my sideburns, time is not forgiving. That's all, let's not talk about these orders. It’s a sad thing, Jiang Ning, do you have any ideas about the next conquest of South Vietnam?”

Speaking of this, Liu Bang's relaxed expression while chatting suddenly became serious, and his slightly lazy sitting posture straightened up instantly.

For Liu Bang, the failure of the conquest of South Vietnam was a shame!

Although that failure occurred when he was seriously ill and in a coma with a high fever and was unable to control the army, failure is failure, especially failure in military operations. Even if countless reasons can be found to excuse it, the result is already there.

If I want to wash away the shame of this defeat, I can only use victory, and use the following great victories one after another to make the South Vietnamese country fearful and Zhao Tuo to tremble when he hears the name of the Han army.

In this case, his short-term failure will no longer be a problem.

What's more, this matter was the purpose of Chen Luo's trip.

After defeating the Huns, he led a large number of Han troops without much rest and chose to go south directly. Wasn't it just to conquer South Vietnam?
Chen Luo nodded and said: "The purpose of bringing [-] elite soldiers here is to attack South Vietnam. Before that, I would like to ask His Majesty about his strategic purpose.

If you want to destroy South Vietnam, you will naturally have a strategy to destroy South Vietnam.

If it is to make South Vietnam surrender, there is also a strategy to make South Vietnam surrender.

If you just want to stabilize the border and prevent South Vietnam from invading, you will also have a corresponding strategy.

The direction of our next army movement needs to be carried out in accordance with His Majesty's instructions at this time. "After meeting Liu Bang, the highest commander of the Han army became Liu Bang, so he needs to decide the overall strategy. Chen Luo cannot make decisions on his behalf.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bang asked in a deep voice: "I won't choose the third option, because it would be too cheap for them. As for the first two options, Jiang Ning, please tell me."

If we just repel South Vietnam without eliminating this threat, we will undoubtedly leave the problem to future generations to solve.

Liu Bang doesn't want to gamble.

If his descendants are virtuous for two or three consecutive generations, then South Vietnam will not pose much of a threat. With the speed of the development of the Han's national power, it can easily level the South Vietnam country, which is lagging behind in the development of productivity.

But what if the following generations of emperors were like Hu Hai?

When the time comes, the South Vietnam Kingdom, which is unable to take care of it, will turn into a tiger that preys on people, devouring the territory of the Han Dynasty bit by bit, and finally...

Just thinking about it made Liu Bang feel scared.

Therefore, either the South Vietnam Kingdom should be destroyed directly, or the opponent should be maimed and injured, making it difficult for the opponent to recover, or the recovery speed would be obviously slower than the development speed of the Han Dynasty, even if there are successive generations of mediocre monarchs behind the Han Dynasty, There is no need to worry about southern Xinjiang being threatened.

Clearing his throat, Chen Luo began to introduce the two situations he mentioned to Liu Bang: "If you want to completely eliminate the South Vietnam Kingdom and erase their existence, then you need to eliminate the foundation of its existence.

After we conquer a city, we move the people in the city to the interior and disperse them to various places. Most of them lived in the Central Plains or the South during the Qin Dynasty and will not resist fiercely.

As for waiting for the people in the city to move out, we will set fire to the city, sprinkle salt on the cultivated farmland on the outskirts of the city, and plant thorn seeds.

In this way, this city will be completely destroyed. There are only six or seven cities in South Vietnam that can gather more than 5 people. If they are all destroyed, it will be equivalent to setting the national power of the entire South Vietnam back for more than a hundred years.

Such an approach would completely eliminate their existence.

Whether it is ruins, people or traces of civilization. "

If a timid person hears such a statement, they may be frightened and unable to sleep peacefully.

No matter how glorious a civilization once was, it will all turn into ruins after such a combination of skills. Only the sporadic "relics" discovered by archeology thousands of years later can barely reproduce their former brilliance.

The method Chen Luo said was actually a merciful version. He chose to move those people away instead of killing them all in the city and leaving no trace behind as the fire burned them.

Liu Bang took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head.

"This is indeed a once-and-for-all solution." He pursed his lips, "But South Vietnam was the territory of China during the Qin Dynasty. Instead of being able to rule, I, the Han Dynasty, chose to destroy it. How could it make sense? If I do this, what will happen in the history of Qing Dynasty? How can I record my actions?"

As a unified dynasty, it should inherit the territory of the previous dynasty and then expand outwards. Only then can it be called a qualified unified dynasty.

The Qin Dynasty conquered Baiyue and established counties in the south. Will the Han Dynasty lose this territory?

When Liu Bang was the pavilion chief of Surabaya, he probably wouldn't have cared about this, but now that he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, how can he give up his inner pride again!
So he answered calmly and said: "Jiang Ning, please continue to talk about the second way, how to make South Vietnam surrender."

Chen Luo nodded. He actually felt that the first method was not a good idea.

There is no need for the Han Dynasty to use such extreme methods to deal with the South Vietnamese country. The preservation of such a cruel history is not conducive to the unity of future generations.

Instead, they will use the method of surrender to slowly assimilate the people of South Vietnam, and they will have the legal principles "since ancient times".

He spoke slowly and spoke in a deep voice about the second method and how it should be implemented: "If our goal is to make South Vietnam surrender, then we must beat them hard and scare them!
Only when they bleed and know the pain can they remember this feeling and become afraid.

Fear makes people surrender.

The South Vietnamese Kingdom was afraid of the Han Dynasty, so Zhao Tuo just chose to surrender and become our vassal state. "

After Chen Luo expressed his thoughts, his eyes gradually became firmer.

South Vietnam is like a vicious wolf, it will not learn a lesson if it is not beaten.

If Liu Bang chooses this method, then he must practice it by winning several battles.

Liu Bang touched his chin and already thought of the key.

So he tapped the document on the wine glass with his fingers and asked: "I like this plan. But its difficulties cannot be ignored. There is no problem in a local war better than South Vietnam, but it is not easy to make them fearful."

With a comprehensive plan, the corresponding problems cannot be ignored.

When he led his army to attack the South Vietnamese country, it can be said that he had achieved considerable results. He had invaded the opposite country and penetrated hundreds of miles.

Was South Vietnam panicking?
Maybe, but they have absolutely no fear.

After the Han army showed its flaws, the South Vietnamese army counterattacked decisively without any hesitation.

A lot can be seen from this situation.

Zhao Tuo obviously did not give up on his plan to go north; his generals were probably also dissatisfied, so they chose to use that counterattack to prove themselves; the soldiers of South Vietnam were still courageous and dared to use their weapons.

The next Han army is going to make these people who are still angry feel terrified!

"So we need to select a suitable general to lead the army to fight this war with South Vietnam." Liu Bang said slowly, turning to look at Chen Luo, "Jiang Ning, who do you think is the most suitable general?"

If it were another emperor, Chen Luo would think that the other emperor's words were for the purpose of using the emperor's technique.

He had to put forward various suggestions that seemed reliable but were actually not the best option, and then were repeatedly rejected. In the end, he said "I am stupid, please make it clear to your majesty", and then the emperor personally selected the suitable candidate in his heart.

Liu Bang may play political tricks in court, but he is never ambiguous on key points.

Historically, when Han Xin asked for a leave of absence as King of Qi, Liu Bang suppressed his anger and directly rewarded him with the title of True King of Qi for the sake of the subsequent decisive battle.

Although the attack on South Vietnam is not as critical as the Chu-Han War in history, it is definitely impossible to say that it can be settled easily. After all, Liu Bang himself had just lost the battle, and he still knew something about it.

Therefore, he is now asking Chen Luo who is the most suitable general to serve as a general. He is really asking, not testing or trying to engage in power-based checks and balances.

(End of this chapter)