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Chapter 619 Lingnan Weaknesses

Li You, Feng Zhiyan and Wang Xu couldn't wait to inspect the troops in Lingnan. In fact, they had to control these troops. The troops in Lingnan were composed of about two-thirds of the locals, and only one-third of the Han people.

Among them, the locals in Lingnan support the most is Feng Ang. Two thieves in Lingnan were in trouble. The two thieves were the thief commanders Gao Facheng and Xian Baoche. The two killed the officials, occupied the two states, and surrendered to Lin Shihong.

At this time, Feng Ang came back and killed Xian Baoche directly as soon as he came back... But Xian Baoche's nephew Xian Zhichen gathered troops in Xinzhou again, claiming to be the leader, and confronting Feng Ang.

Feng Ang led his army to fight. As soon as the two armies confronted each other, Feng Ang took off his helmet and shouted loudly: "Do you know me?"

What was even more surprising behind was that when the enemy soldiers saw that it was Feng Ang, most of these enemies actually threw down their weapons, took off their battle suits and exposed their upper bodies to bow to him, and the rebels' team disintegrated.

Feng Ang captured Xian Baoche, Xian Zhichen and others alive, so he occupied the territory of Guangzhou, Cangwu (now Wuzhou, Guangxi), and Zhuya (now Leizhou Peninsula, Hainan Island), and claimed to be the general manager.

This is Feng Ang's prestige in the Lingnan area, and this is why Li You must take down the Lingnan army as soon as possible. If he didn't take down the Lingnan army, Li You would feel uncomfortable if he didn't take down the Lingnan army.

Of course, this army that was not taken down by force was not by force. If it was by force, Li You was worried that it would rebound. If Feng Ang came out and shouted, then Li You would be worth the loss.

So when he was in Chang'an, Li You had already discussed with Li Shimin that taking down the Lingnan army would only increase the treatment of the army. The treatment of the Lingnan army is very low now. It is not that Chang'an does not want to comfort the Lingnan army, but that Feng Ann is unwilling to do so.

When Li Shimin saw that the Feng family was unwilling, he did not directly comfort him. After all, Li Shimin looked down on the army in Lingnan. Some people said, then you are not afraid that Feng Ang would become bigger if he had the army in hand. To be honest, it would be difficult for Feng Ang to grow bigger.

There was a reason why Feng Ang did not proclaim himself a country back then. Feng Ang himself knew that it was very dangerous to proclaim himself a country in Lingnan, because the Tang Dynasty was very strong at this time. If he proclaimed himself a country, it would likely attract dissatisfaction from the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang Dynasty had all its strength to attack, there would be more dangers in Lingnan.

Of course, it’s not that the soldiers in Lingnan are not bad. You should know that the soldiers in Lingnan have always been very powerful. Lingnan produces elite soldiers, but Lingnan has a fatal disadvantage, that is, the shortage of giving in the future.

This was confirmed in the Qin Dynasty.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he had to write the same text, the same chariots and tracks, the government orders were unified, and he was highly centralized, rather than governing the feudal system.

However, there is a small country called Baiyue. It is used to taking care of itself and has not received any cultural benefits from the Great Chu. It is all native people and wilderness, which is difficult to deal with. Qin led 500,000 Qin troops to pacify, but his life was not familiar with the land and the local conditions were not suitable for the local conditions. He was so shocked by the guerrilla warfare of these indigenous people... The problem is that the casualties and injuries suffered heavy losses, but Baiyue was not dealt with...!

The First Emperor was very unhappy, so he recruited the "Seven Certificates" (i.e., the fugitive, the son-in-law, the guilty official, the merchants with shops, the merchants who used to be businessmen, the parents who used to be businessmen, the grandparents who used to be businessmen, etc. The merchants were really unpopular under the Qin system) to replenish the troops in Lingnan. Since many of these people were originally from the six countries, they were brought to such a place, and it would be a damn good to be happy!

Finally, with absolute military strength, the Baiyue region was pacified.

In order to truly transform these territories into the Qin Dynasty, the Lingnan Legion established a colonial system that integrates troops and farming and fighting. Simply put, settle down on the spot. However, for these people, staying in a wild place like Lingnan was simply exiled in disguise! The general Ren Xiao was appointed as the commander of the Nanhai County, and controlled the three counties of Lingnan Nanhai, Xiangjun and Guilin.

In the end, Ren Xiao's Lingnan army grew to 500,000.

Later, because Qin Shihuang did not adopt the policy of resting and resting and refining martial arts, he gradually implemented the policy of building a large-scale construction and military force, which increased the burden on the people and aroused the dissatisfaction and resistance of the people. In response, Qin Shihuang did not listen to the opinions of the people, but used harsh laws to intimidate and punish the people.

The public was resentful and the people were in constant rebellion. After Qin Shihuang died, Qin II ascended the throne. In order to eliminate the rebel army in various places, Qin II appointed Zhang Han as commander when he was in power, and led a large army to kill Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang (Xiang Yu's uncle) and others, and once saw hope of eliminating civil strife.

But soon, Zhang Han was defeated by Xiang Yu in Julu, and was helpless and had to lead a 200,000 army to surrender. Zhang Han commanded 200,000 troops, which was basically the last "family" of the Qin Dynasty. Now it has been completely lost, and the situation has become precarious.

When life and death were at stake, Zhao Gao, the prime minister, couldn't help but think of the 500,000 troops stationed in Lingnan, so he sent an envoy to Nanhai County and ordered the county magistrate Ren Xiao to lead his army north quickly.

Ren Xiao was willing, because Ren Xiao was Qin Shihuang's confidant, and it was impossible for him to send him to the Baiyue, but just when he was about to go to the expedition, Zhao Tuo, a general from Lingnan, found Ren Xiao and told a problem.

What's the problem...?

It is logistics support. At this time, the Qin Dynasty was in chaos and fires were everywhere, allowing the court to provide military supplies? This is obviously impossible.

Just by accumulation in the Baiyue region? What kind of decent logistics can this remote country provide?

It is estimated that the difficulty of the march is comparable to that of the Long March, not to mention that the Baiyue Land was not completely stable at that time. If you transfer the army in front, you will have to catch a fire in the backyard. If you don’t stab you, you will be grateful!

He extinguished Ren Xiao's Heat, who saved his master, at once. Yes... Without logistics, how can he fight this battle? Later, Ren Xiao was seriously ill and gave up his seat to Zhao Tuo before his death.

Finally, please ask Zhao Tuo to take good care of Lingnan soldiers.

After Zhao Tuo accepted it, he immediately ordered the blockade of passes from Lingnan to Central Plains, cut off all plank roads, and then built three lines of defense from south to north, and gathered troops in Nanhai County to defend themselves. When the imperial court sent envoys to the south, he found that there was no way to reach Lingnan, so he had to return to the court and report after sighing repeatedly.

When Qin Ershi heard the news, although he wanted to cut Zhao Tuo into pieces, he had no choice but to do anything.

Feng Ann is very smart. He knows the shortcomings of Lingnan. Lingnan can be independent, but it is not a place where it can grow. Logistics is the eternal shortcomings of Lingnan. As long as there is this shortcomings, it can only rely on a big country. It is not realistic to establish an independent country and compete with a big country.
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