Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

Seeing Gao Yao so excited, Han Xin was a little confused for a moment. He didn't even understand why Gao Yao was so happy.

After all, the perspectives of observation of the two are completely different. Modern people are used to inertial thinking and have played too many strategic games. Gao Yao is the same. However, no matter how exquisite the strategic game is, it cannot replace reality.

Gao Yao's previous conception of war was more of an overall one. In fact, apart from the southern border, there was an operation to sneak attack King Tuan's tent. In essence, these two battles were not real-scale wars.

The prerequisite for one is a sneak attack, and a long-distance raid. The other is to expand the territory and fight foreign wars. In fact, under Gao Yao's policy, it is more like suppressing the rebellion of some bandits in the mountains. What is more important is the construction work after the occupation.

This is not because of stupidity, but because the two armies have never fought in the true sense. Therefore, in the actual war, Gao Yao overestimated others and indirectly underestimated his own strength. Gao Yao's estimation was correct. If Yi Xiaochuan and Beiyanshanren took over the military power of Daqin, it would indeed be an army of more than 700,000.

But whether to use these 700,000 troops and whether they can be used to attack themselves is another matter.

"Han Xin, do you mean that we now have the strength to fight against the entire Qin?"

"no"

"then you......"

Hearing Han Xin's decisive reply, Gao Yao, who was just about to make a big move, suddenly lost his energy and stared at Han Xin helplessly. Han Xin was also helpless.

"My lord, what you said has prerequisites, right? It must be when His Majesty is no longer around, for this to happen, and it's absolutely impossible now."

"Why?"

"First, your Majesty's reputation is too great. Even if the lord shows favor to the southern border, the soldiers and civilians still respect your Majesty. If something like this really happens, it will take too much energy to defend the country and maintain internal peace. If we really want to have combat effectiveness, it would be good if we can gather 150,000 people who can fight. Add to that the defenses everywhere, and the number of people who can really be used for combat may be less than 100,000."

"Secondly, with Your Majesty here, all regions will not dare to disobey. The court does not even need to dispatch troops from the northern border. It can directly dispatch 100,000 imperial guards. In addition to the garrisons drawn from various regions along the way, there will be at least 200,000 troops by the time they reach the southern border."

"The third and most crucial point, my lord, although the southern border is easy to defend and difficult to attack, its shortcomings are also very obvious."

"what?"

"The southern border lacks decent cities that can resist attacks from foreign enemies, so the best option for the southern border is to attack instead of defend."

Han Xin's last point directly points out a very critical issue. In fact, this is also the influence of the necessity brought about by development. Under Gao Yao's management, the living standards of the entire southern region, and even all aspects closely related to life, are developing in full swing, even better than those in Kuaiji, Jiujiang and other places. The people live a rich life and have sufficient money and food.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. This development model that emphasizes economy and agriculture is bound to delay the original investment in military construction. In addition to the county seat, the rest of the counties in Daqin have at least seven or eight county towns, and some even have more than a dozen.

In the southern border, even in the Nanhai County, which was the best developed at the beginning, there were only five county towns besides the county town. The special form of villages and towns was indeed a new management model, but in combat, the defense of these villages and towns was very weak and could be destroyed effortlessly.

Gaoyao is indeed kind and its people live in plenty. However, once the enemy invades Nanhai County during a war, the villages everywhere will be like disguised supply points for the enemy. These villages can store at least 10,000 or 20,000 shi of grain and provide a place for rest. Therefore, it is impossible to fight a war in the southern border. If a war breaks out, the losses will be too great.

After hearing this, Gao Yao was silent. Gao Yao originally called Han Xin for a simple purpose. On the one hand, he wanted to see how knowledgeable Han Xin was, and on the other hand, he wanted to ask what methods Han Xin would use to defend.

Han Xin was originally depressed and dependent on others. He had to depend on others for his reading. However, Gao Yao gave Han Xin the right to read all kinds of books at will. As long as there were books in the southern border, he could read them freely. Even if there were books that were not available in the southern border, Gao Yao could ask people to buy them back. At the same time, there were also great talents like Xiao He and Cao Shen who could communicate and exchange ideas with Han Xin.

In addition to the authority to lead troops and the right to practice, Gao Yao's goal is naturally to make Han Xin a general who can stand alone as soon as possible. He even deliberately criticizes Han Xin when he makes mistakes. Now that the storm is coming, Gao Yao wants to test and see what kind of position Han Xin is suitable for now. After all, the subsequent things will only get bigger and bigger, and the world will be in chaos.

Gao Yao naturally had to plan ahead. This kind of planning was not only for the outside world, but also for the inside world. He had to consider whether Han Xin could become a great general and whether he had the qualifications to become a great general. If he could, Gao Yao could let Han Xin lead the army alone. If not, Gao Yao had to plan ahead for the issue of leading his own troops.

Now that the test was over, Gao Yao was not happy anymore. The ancients were not lying to him. It was no joke that Han Xin was called the God of War. With just a few inquiries, Han Xin was able to quickly explain the pros and cons, and even gave detailed opinions on military deployment, and proposed a defensive method of attacking instead of defending. This time, Gao Yao was really convinced.

Gao Yao's unhappiness did not come from Han Xin's strong ability, or from his own ideas being refuted. Gao Yao was not that proud. What made him unhappy was that he had been worrying in vain for so long. There was no way. Gao Yao had many things that he could not tell these people directly. He could not say that he was thinking about killing Qin Shi Huang every day.

"Han Xin, yes, you said it very well. It seems that you will be able to lead an army in the future."

"My Lord, are you really planning to..."

"I'm not that reckless. A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. This person cannot be us."

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were the first to start the uprising, and they were also the ones with the cleanest backgrounds among the subsequent uprisings. However, it was precisely because of this that they lost so thoroughly. Their backgrounds were too clean. The peasant uprising had no support from the nobles of the six countries, no talents to join, and no standardized weapons and equipment. How could they compete with the regular army of the Qin Dynasty? Failure was a matter of time.