It has been almost two years since he traveled to the Qin Dynasty. Chen Xu has gradually adapted to this barbaric era. He gradually realized that many things cannot be accomplished by reasoning and thinking. Barbarism and rudeness are still the main way for people to solve problems. From emperors to gentry, from nobles to civilians, they advocate the most direct way of revenge. Even the law does not stop just revenge, which naturally contributes to the degree of barbarism.

In order to let out a sigh of anger, Meng Yi endured Ao Ping completely to death in one fell swoop, and aroused the emperor's anger to destroy the three clans. This ruthlessness forced Chen Xu to feel chilled. None of the people who could stand in the court and be ranked among the three ministers and nine ministers were easy to deal with, or no one was good. For their own family, power and status, they could kill their opponents by any means.

Zhao Gao must die both in public and private affairs.

Moreover, the last time the Qinghe Marquis found out that several servants and guards might have been the eyeliner that Zhao Gao'an had inserted. Although it may not be unfavorable to Chen Xu, it was just a matter of small fuss and news. Staying in the mansion is a disaster after all. The identities of these people are relatively complicated. Most of them are sent by the Inner History Mansion. If they have no excuses to deal with them rashly, it will inevitably make Inner History Qi Dang unhappy. If it is heard by the emperor, there will inevitably be more trouble. Therefore, Chen Xu also plans to take the opportunity to deal with these people together. After the manor outside the city is repaired, most of the people who have arranged in can arrange to go to the manor to do some chores, and the mansion can also summon some slaves to buy.

After arranging the matters in the mansion, Chen Xu started to go to and from work on time every day. In addition to telling Zhao Qing that he must submit new pawn equipment every two days, he summoned Zhang Cang, Hu Kuan and a group of craftsmen who were proficient in water conservancy and wood and stone building structures to design water trucks and run back and forth between the Academy of Sciences and the factory. Sun Shujiu became Chen Xu's full-time secretary. Every day, a gourd ink was hung on his waist, and a brush was in his hand and a folder was held. He was always preparing to record Chen Xu's orders.

At the end of November, good news came from several counties that released the imperial list, and steel smelting and pawn equipment manufacturing have entered a very skilled state.

In a county in Nanyang alone, the steel production is stable to 5,000 kilograms per day, and the mass production of weapons is more than 150 pieces. The average daily production of stirrup saddle horseshoes is more than 100 sets. Hedong and Shangdang counties are also mainly smelting steel. The number of weapons and stirrup horseshoes in the two counties is also more than 100 sets. As for the scope of the Neishifu and Hanzhong County, due to the lack of coal and iron ore, the main reason is that saddles are made more. Now there are two saddle production workshops outside Xianyang City, each of which is their own.

Hundreds of craftsmen and hundreds of helpers were gathered, and a large amount of leather and wood were transported to the workshop day and night, and then made into saddles, with hundreds of sets of output every day. All of these data were combined. More than 300 pieces of weapons were made every day, and more than 300 sets of saddles and supporting horseshoes and stirrups were set. This output may be increased a little over time, so it should be at most until the end of January. As long as nothing unexpected happens, ten thousand sets of equipment can definitely be fully equipped.

Although the cold weather is frozen and windy and snow block the road, these made equipment are continuously transported to Xianyang through prisoners and chariots and horses. After spring, these equipment will be transported to the north. The order to select 10,000 strongest war horses and the strongest brawls from the army stationed in the northwest has also been passed to the tent of General Meng Tian.

After receiving the order, Meng Tian quickly summoned his subordinates to discuss, and more than a dozen generals stationed in the Great Wall of Beidijun gathered in the tent.

The Meng family was a family of military generals, and Meng Tian was one of the few famous generals in the Qin Dynasty. His grandfather Meng Ao and his father Meng Wu were all powerful generals in the Qin Dynasty. Meng Tian also had outstanding military achievements in pacifying the six kingdoms. He participated in the destruction of Chu and Qi, and was named Dashu. After Wang Ben and his son retired, Meng Tian was entrusted with important tasks and led 300,000 of the most fierce soldiers of the Qin Dynasty to guard the northwest to attack the Huns. Together with his brother Meng Yi, one literary and one martial arts can be regarded as the two sea-stabilizing needles of the Qin Dynasty, and was highly valued by Qin Shihuang.

For military generals, there is no merit without fighting. Therefore, although the 300,000 army stationed in the northwest counties to resist the Huns and Hu people, they were not only frustrated when facing the nomadic peoples who were wandering and coming and going like the wind, not only Qin Shihuang but also Meng Tian, ​​but also frustrated as the border soldiers who were eager to get military merits.

But so what about frustration? I can only hold it in, because it has just been two years since the six countries were wiped out, and the military was insufficient, especially the few war horses suitable for long-distance raids. They could not gain much advantage in the pursuit of the Huns. They disperse with one blow and retreat. The army could not defend on the flat grasslands, so they did not dare to station for too long. If they were accidentally caught in the siege of the Huns. Therefore, although they fought with the Huns many times every year, most of them returned without success, and they were negligent.

The Huns would also pass through mountain paths through defense belts to harass the people on the border of the Qin Dynasty, massacre the people, rob food, and plunder women. Therefore, Meng Tian adhered to the emperor's will, mainly to supervise the surrendered slaves of the six kingdoms to build the Great Wall, connect the original Great Wall of Qin, Zhao and Yan, build passes to block the attacks of the Huns, and at the same time isolate the transaction between the Central Plains and the northern grasslands, and control the output of metal and grain. However, this was forced to do so. After more than ten years of construction, the Great Wall has basically been completed.

Although the Xiongnu's journey to the south was blocked, the 300,000 army and a million surrendered soldiers from six countries were not very useful in gathering in the northwest counties, and there was no suitable opportunity or sufficient ability to complete the emperor's plan to wipe out the Xiongnu in Henan. Therefore, Meng Tian also lived a life of torture every day.

Judging from the various news from Xianyang before, Emperor First Emperor had summoned military generals several times to deduce the conquest of Lingnan. He heard that he had mobilized the southeastern counties to prepare food and grass, but unexpectedly, things suddenly changed and changed to attacking the Huns first. Judging from the order to select 10,000 horses and elite horses, His Majesty was preparing to build an elite soldier to attack the Huns.

But what can ten thousand pawns do?

Meng Tian sat on the big chair in the center of a large tent made of wood, stone and leather. Looking at the imperial edict placed on the desk, she frowned.

To wipe out the Huns in Henan, not to mention ten thousand horses and bars, even 350,000 horses and 30,000 horses and 30,000 horses and 30,000 horses will not be successful. First of all, the war horses raised by the counties in the northern region are not as strong and tall as the Huns, and they cannot gain any advantage in the pursuit. The second is the issue of riding. The Huns are nomadic peoples, both men, women, young and old, and have been skilled in bows and horses since childhood. If they cannot raid, they are simply a group of wild wolves, coming and going like the wind can only follow behind the butt to eat soil. The only advantage that the Qin army has is the weapons, armor, bows, crossbows, swords and swords that both scare the Huns.

According to Meng Tian's idea, he would first build the Great Wall so that the security of the Central Plains could be ensured. Then he planned an encirclement from Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun, Yunzhong and Jiuyuan. After full preparation, he attacked from the five counties at the same time, directly cut off the retreat route of the Huns along the river, and then gathered hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers and 200,000 Qin troops to surround all the Huns in Henan and wiped out all the Huns in one fell swoop, so that Henan could be completely pacified.

But the plan has not yet begun. He had just successfully conceived and did not report it to the emperor. However, the emperor was impatient to form an elite pawn. What is the meaning? Is it because His Majesty is dissatisfied with me?

However, the ideas of some of the following generals are different from those of Meng Tian. They are not considering purges Henan, but considering whether there is a war. They can get military merits as long as they fight. How good is the Huns? They can fight every year. Kill a few small leaders of the Huns and get military merits. The family can be divided into land, real estate and slaves. Maybe they will fight in ten or eight years, and they will be lucky enough to kill a big and small Shanyu, and maybe they can be the general like General Meng.

Therefore, although Meng Yi frowned, the more than ten generals sitting below were all smiling happily, one of them stood up and clasped his fists and said, "General, it seems that Your Majesty has changed his previous plan and is ready to attack the Huns in advance. This is the best news we have been waiting for in the past two years."

"Yes, General, all these 10,000 pawns can be selected from the last general's tent, ensuring that they are all brave. As soon as the order of His Majesty's Majesty arrives, the last general will lead the cavalry out of the pass and sweep across Henan..."

"General, the pawns are of course the most powerful thing I have to guard Hengshan Pass. In September this year, we also fought with the Huns in Shuohe. A tent under the throne killed more than 200 Xiongnu and won hundreds of cattle and horses. These 10,000 pawns were naturally selected from Hengshan Pass."

"General, choose from my Yuyang Guan..."

"General, choose from my Shenmu Pass..."

"General, choose from my Hongliu Pass..."

"You have only five thousand men and horses in Hongliu Pass, and only one thousand pawns. Even the horse's hooves are not enough to gather together. Why join in the fun!"

Several generals in charge of the large passes rolled their eyes at the young general who had just stood up and spoke, and kept ridiculing them.

"Hehe, although Hongliu Pass is small, all the soldiers are worth ten. Last year, nearly 300 Huns were killed!" The general in his thirty years old, wearing armor, said with a dry smile.

"Quiet~" Meng Tian, ​​who was sitting in the center, spoke in the noisy voice. He suddenly became quiet in the tent, and everyone looked at Meng Tian with eager eyes.

Meng Yi glanced at everyone, and finally said with a serious expression: "Yanmen, Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, Shangjun, Northland, Longxi, a total of six counties, 18 passes, 36 garrisons, 300,000 soldiers and 1 million surrendered soldiers, of which only 80,000 horses and 100,000 war horses can be used to rush into the battlefield. In the cold winter, heavy snow blocks the road, so it will be difficult to draw 10,000 horses from each pass, and there will be chaos, and there will be fears that the Huns will take the opportunity to cause chaos. Therefore, all of these 10,000 horses will be selected from our camp. In addition to sending the emperor's orders, we should also remind you that after returning, we will pass the beacon immediately, notify you to close the passes and passages, and not allow anyone to have any contact with the Huns and Qianghu in Henan, and cut off business travel. This news must not be revealed."

"Here~" More than a dozen generals stood up and clasped their fists together.

"General Jiang Hu stayed first, and the others dispersed!"

"Here~"

More than a dozen generals in the tent walked out of the tent with confusion, and then rode their horses and guards back to the pass they defended. They were all generals from Beidi and Shangjun, defending more than a dozen passes. Moreover, these two counties had the longest border with the Xiongnu in Henan. Although they were not the main battlefield with the Xiongnu, the defense area was the largest. They had to fight with the Xiongnu more or less every year, and there were wins and losses, but most of them beat the Xiongnu and cried to their parents. But if they wanted to continue to expand the results of the battle, they would be a bit dreaming in the daytime. Once they attacked Henan, they were all vast grasslands, with no danger to defend and no city to rely on. The entire Huns were soldiers, and no men, women, young and old could ride horses to fight. Without sufficient troops, they were surrounded, and they were like loose sand, and they could not catch up, let alone kill them all.

Therefore, when all the Qin generals mentioned the Huns, they had nowhere to vent their fire. They had long since brought the eighteen generations of female ancestors of the barbaric Huns into their horses' belly.

"General, I wonder why the last general is staying?" Jiang Hu, who stayed alone, was a little excited and nervous.

"General Jiang, you and I don't need to be polite. You have always followed me when you attacked Chu and Qi. You fought bravely on the battlefield. You attacked Chu and killed five lieutenants of Chu army, and killed three lieutenants of Qi and killed three lieutenants of the chief lieutenants of the chief lieutenants of Qi. You are all famous and famous. Then you followed me to the northwest to resist the attacks of the Huns and have made many military achievements. Although you are still the position of a chief lieutenant, you are already a general. I decided to hand over the ten thousand elite barons that Your Majesty asked to be transferred to you for the time being. Are you willing?" Meng Yi said with a smile.

"Really?" Jiang Hu couldn't help but kneel on one knee after being surprised, "Thank you, General, Jiang Hu will definitely live up to the general's high hopes!"

"Okay!" Meng Tian stood up, and helped Jiang Hu up with both hands and said, "You should immediately return to the Hongliu Pass with my order, and hand over the matters to the deputy general. After the arrangement is made, come to my camp to perform his duties. If I guess well, Your Majesty may make a big move after the spring. Maybe this is a great opportunity for you to make achievements. If you can wipe out the Huns in Henan, your title will at least reach the Grand Prix, and you will be able to lead the army alone and be called the General!"

"Thank you for your cultivation, General!" Jiang Hu was very grateful.

"Haha, there is no need to be so. My brother sent a letter from Xianyang, saying that the Jiang and Meng tribes are working together to make porcelain. Your family may earn millions of dollars next year. This is a benefit of one. Now Your Majesty has destroyed the six countries, leaving only Lingnan and Northwest. If these two places are also conquered, there will be almost no war in the future. It is almost impossible to rely on military achievements to be appointed as a marquis and generals in the future. It is definitely not your turn and I and the soldiers in the northwest to conquer Lingnan. Therefore, the battle to wipe out Henan is almost one of the few opportunities. You must seize this opportunity." Meng Tian said with a smile.

"I also learned the news from my brother's letter. I heard that it was given by the Marquis of Qinghe. I wonder if the general knew the details?" Jianghu asked curiously while excited.

Meng Tian nodded and said, "Yes, but my brother has never said it carefully. Let's learn more carefully when he returns to Xianyang in the future. You must practice the matter of these ten thousand elite soldiers at present, so don't be careless!"

"Don't worry, General, I will definitely practice carefully!"

"Hold my orders, go!" Meng Tian picked up a copper talisman from the desk and handed it to Jiang Hu. After Jiang Hu walked out of the tent, he shouted loudly and several guards came in.

"There are all the subordinate generals, chief lieutenants and lieutenants of the camp, and select 10,000 elite horsemen from the five guards within three days, and go and do it immediately~"
Chapter completed!