"No. Nomadic peoples are better at horsemanship than agricultural peoples. Getting saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes is like giving a tiger wings. We must never do such a thing."
Li Mu nodded as if it was a matter of course, and said, "Then what your Majesty said cannot be done."
"No, there must be a way to do it. There must be a way to use infantry to restrain cavalry."
Ying Chengjiao spoke with confidence, as if he already had a plan in mind on how to deal with the Huns.
Li Mu looked at Ying Chengjiao for a few breaths and said, "Your Majesty, although you are familiar with the art of war, you always crush the enemy with ten times the force. You have never commanded a battle of equal strength, and you have never been to the desert or the grassland. You don't understand the Xiongnu as well as I do."
I don't really know about the Huns, but I know history.
Meng Tian defeated the Huns in the north by relying on infantry. The main force of the Great Wall Legion was infantry.
I just don’t know how Meng Tian defeated the Huns. Why couldn’t Sima Qian write it in more detail?
"Records of the Grand Historian" records: After Qin unified the world, it sent Meng Tian with 300,000 troops to the north to drive out the Rong and Di people, recover Henan, and build the Great Wall. Taking advantage of the terrain and using dangerous places to build the Great Wall, it started from Lin Yao and ended in Liaodong, stretching for more than ten thousand miles.
Ying Chengjiao thought about the historical records and said with great certainty: "I don't know how to use infantry to clamp down on cavalry, but I can be sure of one thing. The Qin army, which is mainly composed of infantry, can still drive out the Xiongnu without cavalry."
"Your Majesty is unreasonable. If you want to use infantry to clamp down on cavalry, there is only one way, and that is to turn cavalry into infantry. Only when cavalry cannot run and charge can infantry rush forward and crush them in an organized battle formation."
"In the Central Plains, we can set up ambushes in dangerous places, using high terrain and low-lying land to restrict cavalry. Or we can choose to fight in the mountains and forests, where cavalry cannot run, to restrict cavalry."
"It's impossible to do this in grasslands and deserts where the view is wide and everything is visible. As long as the cavalry can run, the infantry will always be lambs to be slaughtered."
When it comes to the military field, which is his best area, Li Mu refused to give in and did not back down just because Ying Chengjiao was his lord.
Li Mu joined the army at a young age and led troops to fight for more than 20 years, and he had never been defeated by anyone.
His experience, his record, and his pride did not allow him to agree with what Ying Chengjiao said.
He had no intention of fighting against Ying Chengjiao. He was defeated by Ying Chengjiao's saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes, by Lian Po standing next to Ying Chengjiao, and by the unknown object covered with cowhide behind Ying Chengjiao, not by Ying Chengjiao's attainments in military strategy.
Ying Chengjiao really wanted to refute Li Mu, but he really didn't know how to refute.
After Ying Chengjiao was reborn, he read almost all the military books of the time out of boredom, but rote learning does not make one a famous general.
Especially when facing Li Mu, Marquis Wu'an of Zhao, who was the best at cavalry among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period.
The military books that Ying Chengjiao had read did not allow him to teach Li Mu about military tactics.
Ying Chengjiao once again complained in his heart why Sima Qian did not record more, and fell into a brief silence.
Han Fei, who had been listening to the conversation between the two without saying a word, saw the situation reach a stalemate.
Pick up the brush and start writing!
【If you want to do what your Majesty said, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. 】
Li Mu sneered.
Li Mu did not disbelieve that Han Fei knew how to lead troops in battle. The Legalist disciple was indeed well versed in military tactics.
For example, Shang Yang not only carried out reforms in Qin State, but also led a large army to wage war against Wei State and conquered the Shang land.
But Li Mu didn't believe that Han Fei understood military strategy as well as he did.
When it comes to marching and fighting, if he says no, then it means no.
"Can you lead troops in battle?"
Ying Chengjiao was full of doubts.
He had never seen Han Fei reading military books, nor had he read about Han Fei's experience in leading troops in history books.
[Your Majesty wants Jiugui to drive out the Xiongnu in three months, so that he can implement the reform in the seven counties without interference from the Xiongnu. Is it right to ask the King of Qin to implement the reform in the whole territory of Qin based on the order of the reform? ]
Han Fei did not answer Ying Chengjiao's question, but wrote a question for Ying Chengjiao on a piece of paper.
Ying Chengjiao nodded.
Li Mu reached for the wine gourd, thinking of taking a sip.
Li Mu didn't know much about anything that didn't involve marching or fighting, nor did he care.
"Drink shit, drink after we finish talking, and keep writing if you stutter."
Li Mu still stretched his hand forward, thinking, what's wrong with drinking and talking at the same time?
Seeing this, Ying Chengjiao picked up the wine gourd.
He gulped it all down his mouth, drank it all, and stuffed the empty wine gourd into Li Mu's hand.
Li Mu: …
[Since Your Majesty wants to reform the whole territory, why don't you ascend the throne and implement it throughout the territory? Your Majesty...]
Ying Chengjiao held down Han Fei's wrist as he wrote very quickly.
"Okay, no need to write anymore. Drunkard, let's continue talking about how to guard against the Huns."
"What Jieba said makes a lot of sense. If Your Majesty declares himself king, won't all problems be solved?"
You advise me to rebel again and again. Can you people have a little bit of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in your heads?
"I'm not going to establish my own kingdom. The world is stable now because of my brother's majesty. Believe it or not, when I ascend the throne, there will be rebellions everywhere. I'll have a hard time suppressing the rebellion, so how can I have the energy to reform the law?"
Li Mu pointed at himself.
"With Mu here, it's not difficult to quell the rebellion."
With the most powerful Qin warriors in his hands, Li Mu looked down upon the remnants of the six rebellious kingdoms.
Ying Chengjiao sneered.
"How much do you despise Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Gong, Wu Shu, Meng Tian and others? How can you beat so many people by yourself?"
"They are all defeated by Mu."
Li Mu said calmly.
There was no trace of pride on his face or expression, as if he felt that defeating all the Qin generals was nothing to be proud of.
Ying Chengjiao was speechless.
It’s not because Li Mu is arrogant, but because what Li Mu said is the truth.
"The Qin army is under the control of my brother. How can I rebel without any troops?"
[Why do you need soldiers? With your martial arts, you can capture the King of Qin within ten steps. If you capture the King of Qin and call for help from a high place, the world will belong to you.]
Han Fei held up the paper, his face showing a hint of eagerness.
Ever since Ying Chengjiao had a dispute with him over magic and tactics, Han Fei became increasingly eager to make Ying Chengjiao king.
A monarch who has a clearer understanding of Legalism than Han Fei does is definitely a wise monarch in the eyes of Legalist disciples all over the world.
Ying Chengjiao looked at Li Mu and Han Fei speechlessly.
"With the two of you in this state, I dare not let you follow Fusu. I am afraid that you two will put my eldest nephew under house arrest and ask my brother to abdicate."
Li Mu's eyes lit up.
"That's a great idea!"
Han Fei frowned and thought.
Given the Qin King's personality, capturing Crown Prince Ying Fusu would be of no avail, right?
You two are really starting to think about this!
Did I raise a bunch of traitors?
Ying Chengjiao sent a note to Li Mu and said, "You, tell me how to defeat the Xiongnu!"
Then he pointed at Han Fei and said, "The Lord has told you in detail what the situation will be like after the reform. Think about how to implement it in the seven counties."
Da da da da da da da da da da~
A burst of rapid, loud horse hoofbeats sounded into the house.
The sound was not very loud, it could even be called faint, and Han Fei did not hear it.
Only Ying Chengjiao and Li Mu heard it, and their faces changed.
Ying Chengjiao looked ugly and surprised, while Li Mu was in disbelief.
They looked at each other, and after seeing each other's expressions, they knew they had heard correctly.
Han Fei saw this, and although he didn't know what was going on, his face became serious.
What happened?
Written by Han Fei.
"Eight hundred miles on a fast horse."
Li Mu said.
"It seems that there will be no peace tonight."
Ying Chengjiao narrowed his eyes, with anger flashing in them.
Half an hour later, a palace driver rode a fast horse and went straight into the palace of Lord Chang'an.
"Your Majesty has ordered that Lord Chang'an and his retainer surnamed Li be summoned to the palace for an audience."
While the driver was reading out the imperial edict, horses were still galloping on the Xianyang Road.
Tonight, Ying Chengjiao was not the only one summoned.
More than half an hour ago, in Xianyang Palace.
A Qin army warrior with blood all over his face, wearing tattered armor, and breathing like a bellows.
The lights were green all the way, but one secret signal was wrong.
Zhang Han, who took over halfway, brought him to Zhangtai Palace and before the First Emperor as quickly as possible.
"The Xiongnu led more than 100,000 troops to attack Jiuyuan. Our army was defeated and Jiuyuan was lost. The Xiongnu have occupied Henan! They are about to cross the Yinshan Mountains!"
The First Emperor stood up suddenly and stood in front of the wounded soldier.
The ruler of the world who had conquered six kingdoms in battle had a blazing fire burning wildly in his chest, and his whole body exuded explosive anger.
Since the First Emperor ascended the throne, it has always been the Qin State that has attacked others. When will it be the turn of other countries to attack the Qin State?
"Call Xia Wuqie!"
The First Emperor issued the orders.
"only!"
The eunuch obeyed the order and went to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
"Tell me the details!"
"Yes! On the night of the third day, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves at Yanmen Pass..."
After hearing the report from the wounded soldier, the First Emperor's face looked extremely ugly.
After asking the gatekeepers to take the wounded soldiers away for treatment, the First Emperor continued to give orders.
"Go to the Council Hall."
"only."
"Ask Cheng Jiao to bring the retainer named Li to the palace to see me."
"only."
"Call Li Si, Wang Wan, and Fu Zikang into the palace."
"only."
"Summon Ren Xiao, Zhao Tuo, and Tu Sui to the palace."
"only."
After a series of orders were given, the sound of horse hooves broke through the darkness, and the Xianyang City, which had been quiet and peaceful in the night, began to move.
Being closely protected by Gai Nie, the First Emperor walked in the Xianyang Palace with a face darker than the night.
Inside the Council Hall.
There was a large desk in the center, with no chairs displayed.
There was a map of the world placed on the large desk, and the First Emperor looked extremely unhappy.
He leaned over the large desk, his eyes fixed on a certain part of the map.
This was the scene that Ying Chengjiao saw when he brought Li Mu into the council hall.
"What happened?"
Ying Chengjiao stepped forward quickly, and his voice arrived before he reached the First Emperor.
The First Emperor punched the map, and the place where his fist pressed was exactly the northwest corner of the Qin State.
"Yanmen Pass was breached, Jiuyuan was lost, and the Xiongnu occupied Henan! I haven't even fought him yet, and he dared to fight me! He also broke my Yanmen Pass and Jiuyuan!"
The First Emperor's voice was filled with anger.
Ying Chengjiao walked closer and looked at the northwest corner of Daqin on the map, with an unknown color flashing in his eyes.
"Yanmen and Jiuyuan, why were they breached? What did the defenders eat?"
How dare the Huns attack?
In history, only the Qin State attacked the Huns in the north. How could the Huns attack the Qin State?
How were the Huns able to conquer the border counties of the Qin State? Which history book says this?
Ying Chengjiao recalled the original history and tried to find out the reason for the Huns' attack.
In Ying Chengjiao's impression, the current Huns are far less powerful than they were in the early Han Dynasty, and their national strength cannot be compared with that of the Qin State.
“No wonder.”
Li Mu approached the two brothers and said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean by that, Wu Anjun?"
The First Emperor turned his head and looked at him.
Although he was filled with great anger, there was still an unavoidable look of admiration and amazement in the eyes of the First Emperor when he looked at Li Mu.
Wang Ben left Xianyang and headed for his fiefdom.
He once had a sand table exercise with Li Mu in front of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
In the Xuanniao Palace, he claimed that he had never been defeated. His father, Wang Jian, the old second general of Qin, suffered a great defeat and was beaten to the point of losing his confidence.
Li Mu in white looked coldly at the First Emperor, with no happy expression on his face, and did not answer the First Emperor's words.
"Hurry up and speak. Don't waste time."
Ying Chengjiao said impatiently.
This matter was beyond his cognition and control, which made him feel a sense of crisis for the first time.
Now Ying Chengjiao even wanted to ignore the original plan and directly let the secret departments all over the world work hard to produce saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes to destroy the Huns first.
If it costs money, then spend it. If you can't occupy the territory, then don't occupy it. If you want to postpone the reform, then postpone it. Get rid of the unstable factors first.
You dare to prevent me from lying down, right?
Die for me!
This guy is so murderous. After Qin was attacked, he finally got serious?
The First Emperor touched the goose bumps on his body caused by stress and waited for Li Mu to explain.
"The troops deployed by Qin at Yanmen and Jiuyuan were not enough to resist the Xiongnu's attack, so it was no surprise that they were defeated."
Li Mu looked at the First Emperor coldly.
"Qin's troops were all used to attack the six states. It was already good enough for them to defend their own border counties. How could they defend the border counties of Zhao?"
Yanmen County was originally a border county of the State of Zhao, where Li Mu fought against the Huns for more than ten years.
"Mr. Zhao Wuan's words are biased."
The three of them arrived at the entrance of the Council Hall. The one who looked older went in first and spoke in a deep voice.
He was wearing armor and had a calm expression. There was a mixture of admiration and anger in his eyes as he looked at Li Mu.
What they admired was Li Mu's achievements and reputation, and what made them angry was that Li Mu belittled the fighting power of the Qin army.
His name is Ren Xiao.
He is nearly ten years younger than Wang Jian and Meng Wu, and nearly ten years older than Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin, and Wang Ben.
He is a general caught between the old and new generations of the Qin Dynasty.
"What a joke! It took more than a few years to destroy your Zhao State. My Qin State has defended Yanmen and Jiuyuan for almost ten years. How can you, Li Mu, say that we can't defend them?"
The general, with a defiant look on his face and wearing armor, was led into the council hall by the eunuchs.
Before entering the palace, he heard words belittling the Qin army.
When he stepped into the council hall and saw Li Mu in white, he immediately retorted.
His name was Tu Sui, and he was a young general of the Qin army of the same generation as Wang Ben, Meng Tian, ​​and Li Xin.
"Yes, our great Qin warriors are invincible and have conquered all six kingdoms. How can we not defend against a tiny Xiongnu? Li Mu, do you think this is still your Zhao Kingdom?"
Another person followed Tu Sui in speaking.
He met Tu Sui on the way to the Council Hall, and entered the Hall at the same time as Tu Sui.
He was thin, less than seven feet tall, and was also wearing armor, dressed like a military general. He looked at Li Mu with hostility.
His name was Zhao Tuo, and he was also a young general of the Qin State.
Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo were not prominent at this time and were suppressed by Wang Ben, Li Xin and Meng Tian.
But in the original history, these three people were also very famous.
After Emperor Qin Shi Huang conquered the six kingdoms, he fought wars in the north and south.
The one who attacked the Huns in the north was Meng Tian, ​​while the ones who conquered the Baiyue in the south were Ren Xiong (the first generation), Tu Sui (the second generation), and Zhao Tuo (the third generation).
In order to expand his territory, the First Emperor first sent the experienced and prudent leader Ren Xiong to attack the Baiyue.
Ren Xiong attacked Lingnan in his first battle but failed to capture it.
The First Emperor was unwilling to accept this, so he appointed the second generation leader Tu Sui as the national commander and ordered him to lead the third generation leader Zhao Tuo to attack the Baiyue again.
Tu Sui led an army of 500,000 to the south to attack Nanyue and Xiou, dividing the attack into five routes.
Because it was difficult to transport grain to the land of Baiyue, they were in a stalemate with the Yue people.
Later, Shi Lu dug the Lingqu Canal to solve the problem of grain transportation, and Tu Sui defeated the Nanyue Kingdom, becoming the first famous general in Chinese history to defeat the Yue Kingdom.
However, because Tu Sui was extremely murderous, he killed all the resisting people of the Baiyue, leaving no prisoners and killing innocent people indiscriminately, which led to fierce resistance from the Baiyue people.
Once when marching in the mountains, he was hit by two poisoned arrows and fell off his horse and died on the spot.
The First Emperor attacked Baiyue for the third time. Perhaps considering that Ren Xiong was familiar with Baiyue, he reinstated Ren Xiong and ordered him to lead the third generation Zhao Tuo to attack Baiyue.
Finally, Lingnan was pacified and the entire Lingnan was incorporated into the territory of Qin.
The Lingnan area, in today's terms, is equivalent to the entire Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and the Red River Delta area of ​​Vietnam.
Late Qin Dynasty.
When the first generation Ren Xiao was dying, he told the third generation Zhao Tuo.
The Qin State is too cruel and unjust. The whole world wants to rebel against it. Don't go out and try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. Our Lingnan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. You can just establish yourself as the king.
Zhao Tuo then established the Nanyue Kingdom, which covered more than 10,000 miles from east to west, and became the King of Nanyue. He lived to the Han Dynasty and ruled Nanyue for 81 years.
The White Horse Alliance of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty - Anyone who becomes king except a member of the Liu family will be attacked by the whole world.
Until the death of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, the King of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, was still alive and well.
Li Mu ignored what the three people said and turned a blind eye to them.
Since Ying Zheng told him Li Mu's name, he still dared to speak so arrogantly . He is just three arrogant people who don't know their place.
Seeing Li Mu's arrogant attitude.
Tu Sui, who was the most violent by nature, was furious and was about to curse Li Mu.
Zhao Wu'an Jun is useless, he is not Qin Wu'an Jun! Try to fight with me, Tu Sui? It's just a boastful reputation!
A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
Ying Chengjiao's face was filled with impatience and murderous intent that even someone as murderous as Tu Sui felt was too strong.
One hand pinched Tu Sui's neck, and the internal force in the palm rushed into Tu Sui's body, disrupting Tu Sui's accumulated internal force, making it difficult for Tu Sui to resist.
Ying Chengjiao grabbed Tu Sui's neck with one arm and lifted him up.
The palm felt like an iron clamp, and the intense feeling of suffocation caused Tu Sui's face to become red and his eyeballs to bulge slightly.
"Are you qualified to debate with Li Mu?"
Ying Chengjiao spoke coldly.
He didn't want to hear any nonsense now, he just wanted to know what was going on.
Why did the Huns, who in his impression would not rise suddenly until the Han Dynasty, suddenly become powerful at this point in time?
Ying Chengjiao felt uneasy as he couldn't figure out the matter.
He was afraid that a Liu Xiu would emerge among the Huns, and he was afraid that he would become another Wang Mang.
Bang!
He threw Tu Sui to the ground and walked back to the map with murderous intent.
Tu Sui was lying on the ground, bent over and coughing violently like a shrimp.
Although he wanted to get up and kill Ying Chengjiao at this moment, he had to finish coughing before killing him.
Physiological reaction, difficult to control.
All this happened in an instant, so fast that neither Ren Xiong nor Zhao Tuo had time to react.
It was not until Tu Sui fell to the ground with a loud bang that the two men woke up and came to their senses.
The mature and prudent Ren Xiong and the young and energetic Zhao Tuo both changed their expressions. They had a comradeship with Tu Sui as they fought side by side, and they had close contacts in private.
Ren Xiong immediately went to support Tu Sui.
Zhao Tuo gathered his strength and looked angry, ready to step forward and fight Ying Chengjiao to seek justice for Tu Sui.
Even though he knew he was no match for Ying Chengjiao, Zhao Tuo was not afraid. This was the style of Qin generals.
You can die, but you cannot be afraid.
"Don't move rashly!"
The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Tuo who was about to take action and gave an order.
Zhao Tuo's face was filled with grief and anger, and all his strength was gone.
Ren Xiong tapped Tu Sui's back lightly and swallowed back what he was about to say.
Tu Sui, continue coughing.
"Why did the Qin State defend the border counties without any problems for ten years, but suddenly lost them tonight? If the Xiongnu had such strong fighting power, why didn't they send troops when the Qin State attacked the six kingdoms?"
According to common sense, the Huns should have sent troops to seize Yanmen, Jiuyuan and other places when the Qin State attacked the six states, instead of waiting until the Qin State unified the world.
Before the Qin Dynasty unified the world, the Huns sent troops to attack, but the Qin State was too busy attacking the six kingdoms to take care of it.
Now that the world is unified, if we send troops to attack Qin at this time, wouldn't we be waiting for an all-out war with Qin?
Ying Chengjiao stared at the map and asked.
Although he did not mention anyone by name, everyone knew that he was asking about Li Mu.
What is your Majesty afraid of?
Li Mu had never seen Ying Chengjiao so irritable. In Li Mu's memory, Ying Chengjiao always looked indifferent.
Ying Chengjiao's attitude made Li Mu, who had originally not cared much about the matter, become cautious, and he immediately told him everything he was thinking.
"The Xiongnu did not attack Yanmen in the past ten years because they were afraid of Mu's reputation. Ten years ago, Mu wiped out more than 100,000 Xiongnu in one fell swoop, so that the Xiongnu would not dare to invade."
"When I was summoned by the king to lead the army back to Handan, the troops left in the border counties were not enough to resist the full-scale attack of the Xiongnu. But the Xiongnu did not know that Mu had left, so they did not dare to attack."
"After Zhao was destroyed, Qin took Jiuyuan and Yanmen. If Mu's guess is correct, the troops the King of Qin sent to these two counties should be based on the number of our Zhao border troops, just a little more."
The First Emperor nodded.
"Mr. Wu'an's prediction is correct. I will dispatch the border troops of Yanmen and Jiuyuan, and 30% of the troops of the Zhao army in Shaoyuan."
"After the failure of the first attack on Chu, I drew troops from the border army and incorporated them into Wang Jian's army. The troops left in Yanmen and Jiuyuan were reduced to 50% of the original Zhao army."
Qin, with its own strength, marched eastward to attack the six states.
If we want to win, we must mobilize the entire country. It is impossible to keep so many soldiers in the border counties.
"The troops I left behind are not enough to stop the Xiongnu invasion. Even if the Qin army is strong, how can it resist with only half of its strength? "
Ying Chengjiao's expression eased a lot. He could understand and accept this reason. It was not beyond common sense.
"Then why are the Huns attacking now?"
Li Mu did not answer immediately, but looked at Ying Chengjiao intently.
Your Majesty has lost his mind?
Otherwise, why would you ask such questions?
What is your Majesty afraid of?
"Maybe he heard that Mu is no longer here."
Li Mu turned his head and glanced at Ren Xiong, Tu Sui and Zhao Tuo with a sneer on his lips.
"Or perhaps, the new generation of Xiongnu people thought that Mu's achievements were all exaggerated. Ten years later, the new generation of Xiongnu people have forgotten how Mu killed their fathers and the fire that burned their father's body for a whole day and night without being extinguished."
I remember.
At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty in history, Henan did not belong to the Qin State, but to the Huns.
Ying Chengjiao let out a long sigh, and his troubled mood calmed down.
His eyes fell on the map again, on Henan, located in the northwest corner of Daqin.
The Henan area in the Qin Dynasty was not the current Henan, but in Inner Mongolia.
In central Inner Mongolia, there is a Yinshan Mountain Range with an average altitude of 1,400 to 2,300 meters.
The altitude here is not too high, but the southern slope of Yinshan Mountain drops steeply and directly falls on the Hetao Plain, with a drop of one thousand meters.
This special terrain leads to a large difference in climate between the north and south of Yinshan Mountain.
The area north of Yinshan Mountain is dry, rainless and has low temperatures.
South of the Yin Mountains, the temperature is slightly higher and there is more rain.
In addition, the Yellow River here is relatively flat and the river water is easy to irrigate. The Hetao Plain south of the Yinshan Mountains is suitable for farming and grazing. There is a saying that "the Yellow River has nine bends, but only one is rich in abundance."
It is suitable for both grazing and planting.
It became the frontier of competition among the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains and the nomadic forces of the Mongolian Plateau, and everyone wanted to obtain it.
The Xiongnu's seizure of the fertile Henan region was equivalent to driving a nail into the northwest corner of the Qin Empire.
If the Xiongnu were allowed to take over the Yinshan Mountains, the northwestern gate of Qin would be opened to the Xiongnu.
It's like a stunning beauty opening her heart and exposing herself to a sex-hungry ghost.
Without Jiuyuan, Yanmen border county would be constrained.
The Huns will use guerrilla warfare and looting tactics, fighting to support war, and will deal a huge blow to the northwest corner of the Qin Dynasty.
The Xiongnu would use Henan as their base and launch a large-scale attack, breaking up into numerous small cavalry groups.
Cast a wide net, catch more fish, and plunder the northwest villages, people, and livestock of Daqin.
This is because Shangjun, an important frontier county in the northwest of the Qin Dynasty, was established here.
If the Huns attack again and Shangjun is lost, the losses will increase by more than ten times.
Ying Chengjiao originally wanted to use the seven northwestern counties as a pilot to make the First Emperor understand the benefits of reform.
But his spokesperson Ying Fusu had not yet arrived in the northwest, and two of the seven northwestern counties had been lost.
The First Emperor said that the seven northwestern counties would be under wartime management and would obey Ying Fusu's orders, and his words came true.
Now, even though Ying Chengjiao knew that it was not a great magician who dropped from the sky, he was still in a terrible mood.
In Xianyang, Zhao Ji had been removed from the clutches of the First Emperor and was no longer an excuse for him to shirk his political involvement.
Wen was appointed as Prime Minister An, and Wu was appointed as the National Commandant, two positions that outsiders coveted.
For Ying Chengjiao, it was a burden that could not be any heavier.
He asked the Yue girl to go back tonight and pass on a message to Zhao Ji, hoping that Zhao Ji could put pressure on the First Emperor under his intimidation and let him continue to have free time.
Ying Chengjiao was still waiting for the good news from the Yue woman tomorrow. Tonight he planned to instruct Han Fei and Li Mu to build up the seven northwestern counties.
In this way, when the First Emperor saw the prosperous scene, he would be able to carry out reforms on his own without being urged by him.
Everyone is good, that is the real good.
Ying Chengjiao didn't want to live his whole life in the Qin State, a country with militarized management and no fun except playing with birds.
Of course, Ying Chengjiao only wanted to instigate the First Emperor to carry out reforms, and it was absolutely impossible for him to do it himself.
Ying Chengjiao has no interest in working. He is only responsible for providing ideas and thoughts, but not for the specific implementation.
He had no interest in posthumous fame; he just wanted to live happily and freely while he was alive.
In Chang'an Junfu, as soon as the topic of governing the seven counties started, the first step was suppressed by Li Mu.
Ying Chengjiao always thought that it would be a piece of cake for Li Mu to defeat the Huns, but he never expected it to be so troublesome.
Before the difficulty was resolved, a horse galloping 800 li arrived in an emergency.
In Han, there was no good news sent back by Lu Buwei, and it seemed that progress was not so smooth.
All these things piled up together, causing Ying Chengjiao's urge to overturn the table, which he had just suppressed, to rise again.
Reality is not like playing games. Most of the time, you don't beat a boss, get equipment and experience points, kill monsters, and then beat the next boss when you are at a high enough level.
Usually when you are least prepared, the bosses of the ten levels are already in front of you, spewing flames and releasing lightning and rushing towards you.
Why is everything so unlucky for me lately?
Ying Chengjiao was so angry that he punched Henan.
"Your Majesty, destroy the Huns!"