When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 708 Chen Ping: I have the honor to personally lead hundreds of thousands of warriors to fight...

At the central military camp at Yanmen Pass, when Zhang Ji arrived here, the Qin army had just finished a battle.

The fortifications of the central army camp were still quite solid. Chen Ping used deep trenches and high ramparts as outer defense facilities, assisted by bows and crossbows. The successive attacks from the Donghu and the Xiongnu were repelled by Chen Ping one after another.

They are not good at attacking but are more than capable of defending. Moreover, there are many Mohist disciples in the camp to assist in the defense, so even ordinary black iron armored soldiers can easily defend.

The only problem was that Chen Ping lacked prestige and could not mobilize the army as he pleased. Whenever soldiers were rotated, the King of Donghu would seize the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

In fact, this flaw was not fatal, and could even be said to be insignificant, but it was always seized upon by the King of Donghu, who would send his soldiers to attack the camp at all costs.

Chen Ping and others speculated that Su Jiao burned down the Donghu King's court, which angered the Donghu King, so the Donghu King launched such a reckless attack. The Donghu King's subordinates also thought so. They all felt that the Donghu King had lost his mind.

It’s not that there were no one in Donghu who tried to persuade the King of Donghu, but the few who did were all executed by the King without mercy.

Although many tribal leaders had developed ambitions because all of the Donghu King's relatives and confidants had died in the Danhanshan Royal Court, this ambition was only a seed and was far from enough to give them the courage to rebel against the Donghu King.

At least now that the old wolf King Donghu is still powerful and the young wolf King Zuoxian has shown them his fangs, they still dare not put these ideas into practice.

Are you kidding? The royal court was taken down. Those who were there were only the elderly, the weak, women, children and a few thousand guards of the royal court. The real main force was with the King of Donghu. Who dared to disobey the orders of the King of Donghu? Do you really think this old wolf is a vegetarian?

Moreover, those who advised against it were all from the collateral branch of the Donghu tribe, not the blood relatives of the Donghu royal family or the Donghu king's confidants. Their relatives died in the Danhanshan royal court, and they also wanted revenge. Anyone who opposed revenge would be their enemy.

In this way, the King of Donghu united the two factions of royal blood relatives and confidants, while constantly eroding the strength of other tribes and consolidating his own royal power.

"Zi Ping, well done."

After returning to the camp, this was the first sentence Zhang Ji said when he summoned Chen Ping.

To be honest, it was my first time on the battlefield. I had no command experience and had only learned the art of war. It was already pretty good that I could fight like this.

The most important thing is that Chen Ping understands his own strengths and weaknesses, and he uses his own advantages while also humbly asking others for advice.

After Chen Ping, a military officer, temporarily took over the command of the central army camp, the first thing he did was to ask for help from the right Sima Teng.

With the support of Teng, a prestigious general, it became much easier for Chen Ping to command the army.

The second thing is to promote fellow townsmen from Dang County. Chen He, Kong Yu, Chong Da, Li Shiqi and Li Shang, as fellow townsmen from Dang County, will naturally help Chen Ping a lot.

If Chen Ping can achieve great achievements, they will naturally benefit from it.

Although it may seem a bit like forming a faction, it is understandable at this time.

Apart from his fellow villagers, it would be impossible for Chen Ping to command the people of the two factions of Pei County and Chen County so smoothly, so naturally he could only make use of his fellow villagers.

Even if it was Zhang Ji, if he had a choice, he would naturally use his confidants rather than others.

It was just that in order to quickly gain a foothold in the army and get rid of the reputation of being the favorite of the King of Qin, he showed goodwill to Wang Xi, Wang Jian, Meng Wu, Yang Duanhe and others, and made use of these sons of generals, as well as Li Xin and Qiang Wei, who were Ying Zheng's confidants. If he did not know that although there was competition in the Qin army, it would not be so unmoved when the friendly army was in trouble, and if he did not know from history that these people were not mediocre, how could he dare to boldly appoint them to command the army?

Chen Ping, who was praised by Zhang Ji, also showed some joy and excitement. He suddenly gained such great power, it would be a lie to say that he was not excited.

Every man would want to lead hundreds of thousands of warriors to the north to fight against the Beiyang one day... ahem, to fight on the battlefield. However, when Chen Ping really got this tremendous power, he also understood the reason for Zhang Ji's daily laziness.

The heavy military duties were one thing, but what made Chen Ping uneasy was the mountain of pressure.

The lives of more than 100,000 soldiers in the central army were in his hands. Even if there was just one wrong order, at least hundreds of people would pay the price in blood.

"I don't deserve such praise from you, my Lord."

While Chen Ping felt relieved and moved, he still felt a little ashamed when he thought about the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives due to his command mistakes.

These are the prices that need to be paid for growth.

The success of a general is the result of the sacrifice of countless lives, and cultivating a talented person requires the sacrifice of countless lives.

For those who govern a local area, a wrong policy order may kill dozens or hundreds of people, and this is even more true for those who serve in the military.

"It's not bad to have such a performance in your first command." Zhang Ji patted Chen Ping's shoulder, helped Chen Ping up, and changed the subject, "But after the praise, it's time to criticize."

"Zi Ping, there is more to a defensive battle than just defense."

"Although you have made the main camp as solid as an iron wall, this camp is like a turtle that hides its head... it is too passive."

Zhang Ji commented on Chen Ping's deployment and also taught others.

"First, we need to confirm the military's food and fodder reserves. Otherwise, if we need to resupply food and fodder, even though the camp is as solid as a rock, the food supply route will be cut off, and we can only rely on the Suzaku machine to deliver food from the air."

"Secondly, we played too passively."

"If the enemy attacks, there is a cavalry outside, which can launch a surprise attack from behind at any time and defeat the enemy's offensive. Even if the enemy is prepared, it can tie down the enemy's forces. Anyway, the cavalry is idle in the central army camp, and we can't use them as infantry." "If I use troops, I will form a team of 100 cavalrymen, and divide them into groups. At midnight, they will beat gongs and drums outside the enemy camp and leave. After dozens of times a night, the enemy will naturally be exhausted. This is a strategy to tire out the soldiers."

"If the central army camp's defenses are about to collapse, the worst that can happen is that we can set this vast grassland on fire."

"what?"

Not only Chen Ping, but also Guan Ying, Fu Kuan and others were stunned. Kuai Che looked at Zhang Ji with surprise.

Oh my goodness! Setting the grassland on fire?
"When I set up camp, I ordered the Mohist disciples to use mechanical beasts to pull out the grass within a hundred steps of the tent and the surrounding area and build a wall. The fire attack could not harm the central army camp, but would only burn the grassland and the tents of the grassland wolf tribe one by one."

"besides……"

Zhang Ji casually listed more than a dozen strategies for attacking and harassing the enemy. Some of them, such as releasing corpses to spread the plague, made Chen Ping and Kuai Che, two poisonous warriors who prided themselves on their cruel and vicious methods, shudder.

Especially the evil plan of releasing corpses to spread the plague. If it really succeeds, there will probably not be many survivors in the entire grassland.

This was also the backup plan that Zhang Ji left for the Qin army. Even if he was really defeated on the battlefield, he could ensure that the grassland wolf tribe would suffer a more miserable victory than a loss.

If all else fails, just pollute the water source, poison the water on the grassland or dump animal carcasses into it, and everyone who drinks the water will die.

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There is also "gold juice", which was not invented as a traditional Chinese medicine until the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If it was used on the battlefield... the boiling gold juice would be spilled on the skin. Burns would be secondary, and bacterial infection would be the main cause.

Even if there are no wounds on the body, as long as they are burned by the boiling gold juice, even with the treatment of a doctor, the mortality rate is definitely higher than six. And if these grassland wolves are burned, 99% of them will die!
The bodies of people who died after being infected by bacteria were extremely prone to plague. The first to be affected were the wounded soldiers in the infirmary, followed by the healthy soldiers.

If they want to play dirty, the "reincarnation of Jia Wenhe" in later generations have come up with many dirty tricks.

It's OK if it harms the harmony of nature but not the harmony of the people in the Central Plains of China!
After listening to the vicious schemes that Zhang Ji casually told, Kuai Che couldn't help but sigh that Zhang Ji was the real vicious man!
He had always been worried that Zhang Ji would dislike such a vicious person as him, and he was still nervous even when returning to the camp with Su Jiao in glory.

I didn't expect that Zhang Ji was much more vicious than him.

If his age wasn't the right one, he would have wanted to kowtow to Zhang Ji and ask him if he would accept him as a disciple.

"My Lord, do you want to challenge the Prairie Wolf Tribe to a battle?"

Just as others were lamenting the horror of Zhang Ji's vicious schemes, Teng, the retainer who had followed Zhang Ji the longest, quickly figured out the reason why Zhang Ji told everyone about these vicious schemes.

Boost morale!

Yes, it's ridiculous, but it is indeed a disguised means of boosting morale.

It's like saying, let's go have a fight, just fight to the death, if you lose it's my responsibility, I'll cover you!
Win the game and get a lot of wealth and gold tickets!

If this method is used in a country like Qi, where soldiers receive no reward if they win and lose their lives if they lose, the soldiers might just give up, thinking that the outcome will be the same and they don't have to take any risks.

But for the Qin State, which had a system of military merit, especially when Ying Zheng ordered that the grassland wolf tribe would not be covered by the "Volunteer Army System", that is, under the premise of one head for one military merit, Teng, as an old Qin man, believed that once the news was announced, the morale of the army would instantly rise.

After all, the Qin army also believed in profit theory. Even if they won the battle but their casualty ratio was too high, they would still be punished. Similarly, if they lost the battle with a low casualty ratio, they would not gain anything.

The current situation is that Zhang Ji told everyone that no matter how they fight, they will win in the end, it just depends on how many heads they can chop off and whether they can achieve more military merits.

To be honest, Teng himself was a little moved.

Over the years, he has learned a lot of skills in commanding the army and governing the people from Zhang Ji. He is no longer the commander of the vanguard who only knew how to fight. But sometimes he still misses the days when he didn't have to use his brain and only needed to be responsible for killing.

"My Lord, why don't you let me be an envoy and deliver the declaration of war? It can be regarded as a gift to me. I can take advantage of your glory and have a chance to go down in history."

As Zhang Ji's first retainer, Zhao Gao, who had been sent to the school by Zhang Ji to study earlier and had therefore followed Zhang Ji for less time than Teng, naturally was not willing to lag behind.

Zhang Ji glanced at Zhao Gao and pointed at him from a distance.

It is no wonder that Zhao Gao was so valued by Ying Zheng. In addition to Zhao Gao's own abilities, he was also very good at speaking.

With Zhao Gao's identity and status, he would either be remembered in history or infamous in the future. However, with Zhang Ji's longevity and him keeping an eye on Zhao Gao, Zhao Gao's fate would only be the former.

He said that he was asking for a favor and a chance to go down in history by taking advantage of Zhang Ji's fame. In fact, wasn't he just saying that he would definitely be able to defeat him in one battle?

"That's not necessary."

"Barbarians have no knowledge of etiquette. If you are killed by them, it would be like losing an arm of mine."

Zhang Ji helped up the kneeling Zhao Gao, not because he wanted to suppress Zhao Gao, but because he was really worried that the grassland wolf tribe would not abide by the rule of "two countries at war should not kill envoys."

Although Zhao Gao had already entered the realm of a master, in the enemy camp, except for a master like him who had cultivated both internal and external skills, all the masters would undoubtedly die.

(End of this chapter)