Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 766 Expanding the results
  Mo Ya smiled and said nothing.

In front of Han Fei and others, he generally would not express his views or make suggestions, but would only report military information unless requested by the other party.

In fact, although the military strength of the Minyue King was good, the number of soldiers was always a flaw.

He only has a total of 20,000 to 30,000 troops, which is more than twice as many as Tianze's troops, and it is impossible for him to mobilize all his troops to deal with Tianze.

Even if there is a subsequent increase in troops, they will only send out another 5,000 at most, making up 10,000, which is basically the same as Tianze's strength.

Without an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, with Wei Zhuang's military skills and Mo Ya's intelligence support, it would be impossible to defeat the battle.

However, Han Fei and the others don't have to worry about the military, but they have to worry about other places.

Han Fei put down his wine glass and scratched his head, "The King of Minyue's army is nothing to worry about, but Liusha's finances are already stretched thin."

Liusha's current main source of income is Zilanxuan and Anxiang Pavilion.

The combined annual profit of the two is almost 30,000 gold.

Thirty thousand gold, compared to what Gu Xun usually grabs... No, in terms of the speed at which he makes money, it seems very slow, but in fact, there are probably not even ten merchants in the world who can make this amount of annual profit in total, no matter how many more they make. No more than twenty.

During this period of time, Liusha Lingling Zongzong had spent almost 50,000 gold on Tianze, emptying out all the working capital on hand.

Although it is inevitable that the initial investment will be large, the subsequent expenditure will be much less, but even with this much less subsequent investment, the quicksand is somewhat unbearable.

It is really difficult for a personal force to support an army with sufficient combat effectiveness.

Wei Zhuang clasped his hands on his chest and said in a deep voice, "Liusha's promise has been fulfilled, and now it's up to Tianze himself."

Liusha is just providing help, not being a nanny for Tianze. Now that he has occupied a piece of land, he should find a way to be self-sufficient and...preliminarily fulfill the agreement between them.

Han Fei raised his head, looked at the tent roof, shook his head and said in denial, "I'm afraid it's still a little short of it, we still need to work harder."

The current results have actually given Tianze enough capital to compete with the Minyue King.

However, the process may be quite stressful.

Han Fei hopes to annex the entire Minyue as quickly as possible, because only a complete Minyue can provide sufficient help to Liusha.

More importantly, the current purpose of Quicksand is different from the original one.

According to Gu Xun's original plan, he just wanted to grab enough money from Baiyue to support future armaments.

But after Han Fei and Gu Xun communicated, this purpose changed. They not only wanted to make money, but also wanted to leverage.

Baiyue's military strength is not weak. On the contrary, even compared with other countries in the Central Plains, it has its own unique features.

Han Fei felt that this point could not be wasted and must be utilized so that Tianze, who had grown up, could provide more substantial assistance to Liusha.

As for whether Tianze is willing or not... haha, it depends on who is smart.

Although this violated the agreement between the two parties, Han Fei, a legalist, was good at formulating terms and exploiting loopholes.

When Wei Zhuang heard Han Fei's response, he frowned, probably understanding his thoughts, "Do you want to... completely swallow up the army of the King of Minyue?"

Han Fei raised his hand and said with a smile, "Brother Wei Zhuang really understands me."

Then he picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "The people of Baiyue do not obey the king's discipline, do not know benevolence, justice and etiquette, and are afraid of power but not moral. Only absolute strength can subdue them."

"Brother Wei Zhuang repelled the first round of the Minyue King's attack neatly. Although he succeeded in frightening them, it was not enough. It needs to be... more thorough."

Tianze is not a reckless man who doesn't know how to govern, Han Fei admits this.

However, there will always be unscrupulous people in poor mountains and harsh waters, and unscrupulous people will only believe in the strong.

With Tianze's skill and ability, it is only a matter of time before he can completely control the Baiyue tribe in the current territory with this victory. But Han Fei just doesn't want to wait now.

It is undoubtedly the best choice to use a more complete victory to further put pressure on all the tribes in Minyue - whether it is the area occupied by Tianze or the area ruled by the King of Minyue.

It will also be of great benefit to Tianze to continue to invade Fujian and Yue.

Wei Zhuang did not object to Han Fei's decision, but calmly analyzed, "They have four thousand people left. If I want to annihilate them all, I will need at least eight thousand troops, even before reinforcements arrive."

To deal with four thousand people, twice as many troops had to be mobilized. It seemed that Wei Zhuang, a master of Guigu, was a bit weak. However, it was not so easy to win a battle with a small number to win a large number.

The right time, the right place, the right people, and all three of them are not related to each other. In order to eliminate them before the opponent's reinforcements arrive, they must fight quickly.

It's basically a forced battle of annihilation in the mountains and forests.

In this kind of battle, if you want to completely annihilate the opponent, let alone twice the number of troops, even three times or five times the strength may not be successful.

According to Wei Zhuang's estimate, even if this battle is won, at least 30%, or even nearly half, of the 8,000 people will be killed or injured.

However, there is one thing that Wei Zhuang likes about the Baiyue army, that is, it has a very tenacious will to fight and generally does not suffer a complete defeat.

For example, the armies of the Central Plains, even if they are elites from various countries, will inevitably show signs of retreat when their battle losses reach 20 to 30%.

Han Fei also understood the difficulty and was not surprised by Wei Zhuang's request.

"Eight thousand people...are almost Tianze's entire force."

"It seems that I still have to do some ideological work for Brother Tianze."

After Han Fei joked, he turned to Mo Ya and asked, "Brother Mo Ya, do you have anything to say?"

"Hmm..." Mo Ya pondered for a moment, then replied with cupped hands, "Judging from the information I have, near where the Minyue King's defeated army is currently stationed, there are many terrain areas suitable for General Wei Zhuang to carry out an annihilation war, but the Minyue King's army I’m familiar with the terrain, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to use.”

Han Fei nodded slightly, raised his wine glass towards Wei Zhuang with a smile, "It all depends on Brother Wei Zhuang's methods."

Mo Ya continued, "The second step is the reinforcements from the King of Minyue."

"I don't have the exact information yet, but according to the efficiency of the Minyue Kingdom's troop deployment that Bai Feng and I have discovered, it will take at least half a month for their reinforcements to arrive and join together."

"I think there is plenty of time left for General Wei Zhuang."

Of course, the premise is that this unit does not continue to evacuate to the rear, otherwise the time will have to be recalculated.

But they have already withdrawn.

Once they withdraw, it will be like losing their territory to Tianze.

Even if the leader of this army wanted to continue retreating, the King of Minyue would not agree.

Han Fei touched his smooth chin and said, "Well, it's quite a long time."

"So Brother Wei Zhuang, what do you mean?" Han Fei turned to Wei Zhuang again.

"Hmph!" Wei Zhuang snorted disdainfully.

Of course he will not back down. If he fights a war of annihilation, he will fight a war of annihilation.

　Let’s post a chapter first tonight, I won’t stay up late.

　　It's hot and the fan blowing makes my head hurt!
  　　This incurable disease... I will still have it for the rest of my life, how can I live with it!

　　
  　
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