Chapter 735 This old fox
"General, what are you talking about? How about the Qinghe Marquis?" The galloping Wang Li slowly stopped and turned to shout at Meng Tian.
Meng Tian also tied the reins and slowly slowed down. Finally, the two of them walked together.
"I just had an idea. If it weren't for Qinghe Hou's invention of making this stirrup saddle, I don't know when I, the Qin Dynasty, would have swept away Henan and Hebei..." Meng Tian rode on the horse and said in a sensational way at the prairie with endless flowers and plants in front of him.
"The general makes sense. The Queen of Qinghe is a disciple of the immortal family. The items invented and produced are extremely exquisite. Compared with other inventions, these saddle stirrups and horseshoes are really small and not worth mentioning!" Wang Li nodded with gratitude.
"Oh, does Marquis Wucheng know what other wonderful inventions and creations of Marquis Qinghe?" Meng Tian became curious in an instant.
"Cement that turns mud into stone, big iron mill driven by water wheels, divine thunder and fireworks, four-wheeled carriages that turn flexibly..." Wang Li began to say the same thing with his fingers, and finally said with saliva flowing all over his mouth, "In fact, what Qinghe Hou is best at is making delicious food, and each one makes someone unable to stop eating!"
"I have never seen and eaten the generals mentioned by Marquis Wucheng. It seems that one day I will go back to Xianyang and have a good look. I will go to the Qinghe Hotel opened by Marquis of Qinghe to taste it!" Meng Tian smiled and nodded repeatedly.
"Actually, these are all second-hand. What makes a memory most unforgettable is the Taiyi Divine Thunder and Taiyi Divine Musket invented and made by Qinghe Hou. The fire lights surged into the sky and was accompanied by the sound of thunder. When the Taiyi Divine Thunder exploded, there were no chickens or dogs in a radius of dozens of feet away, and the Taiyi Divine Musket took human life dozens of feet away like blowing ashes..." Wang Li said with a memory-filled expression on his face.
"I have heard of these two samples, but I only heard the name but didn't see it. It's a pity. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to escape by guarding the northwest. Otherwise, I would go to visit the Marquis of Qinghe to appreciate the power of these two kinds of immortal arts!" Meng Tian was very regretful.
"The General may have a chance to go back soon..." Wang Li said, and quickly closed his mouth, then pointed to a hillside in front of him with a horse whip and said, "General, we are nearly a hundred miles away from the pass, how about resting and drinking here?"
"good!"
Soon, a group of people rode their horses to the hillside. Looking around, they saw rolling green grasslands everywhere. The way they came was to see the faint mountains in the sky. The Great Wall Pass was no longer visible, and there was a stream below the hillside, which was winding for three or four miles and then poured into a small lake as smooth as a place.
Flowers are flourishing around the lake, hundreds of Huns' tents are sparsely scattered among them, and herds of cattle, sheep and horses are grazing on nearby streams and hillsides. You can still hear the singing of Hun girls from afar.
Just as a group of people got off the horse and sat on the hillside to rest and drink water and watch, they saw a group of people in the yurt around the lake quickly gathered and rode their horses. From a distance, they could still hear the shouts. The group of guards suddenly became nervous and began to take off the crossbow and prepare for the battle under the greeting of the guard leader.
"Don't be nervous. These Huns have been killed long ago. Why dare to attack our Qin soldiers again? Just sit quietly!" Meng Tian put down the water-filled bag in his hand and waved his hand and said.
But a group of guards still did not dare to relax their vigilance. Soon the group of people got closer and closer. The lead of an old Hun man wearing a fur coat and felt hat. More than a dozen people following him were all wearing shabby leather coats and did not carry any weapons, and his face was as unkempt and as savage as a savage.
The group of people rushed to the hillside and turned over and got off the horse and waited. Only the old man slowly climbed up the hillside, knelt on the ground several feet away from Meng Tian and others, and said in very stiff Central Plains words: "Pudan, the leader of the Tago tribe, welcomes the arrival of all the generals!"
"Get up!" Meng Tian nodded, and the old man slowly got up, tremblingly not daring to look up at Meng Yi, Wang Li and others.
"I'll go out for a hunting trip today, and I'll take a break by passing by. Your place is good. Let's go back and arrange a few young women to serve. We'll barbecue and drink here!"
"Yes, General, Pudan will go back and arrange it now!"
The old man learned the etiquette of the Central Plains and bowed down and left. After going down the mountain, he took a group of people away in a flash. Soon after, he saw a burst of scolding near the yurt in the distance. Soon he saw someone bringing a few women over and carrying a few bundles of firewood on horseback.
"Haha, as the general said, these Huns were killed!" Wang Li couldn't help laughing as he looked at the Hun man who left Chai Cao and several Hun girls behind him and ran away with his head in his arms.
"In the two wars, the two generals Li Xin and Jiang Hu killed tens of thousands of adult men in the Huns. These Hu Man were already few. At present, there were almost no adult men in the Hun tribe who could shoot arrows. How dare you fight against us..."
When Meng Tian spoke, he waved to a few trembling Xiongnu girls to come over, let them ignite the firewood and make a fire. Then he arranged a few guards to ride around to search for prey, and shoot a few rabbits or yellow sheep to come over to barbecue.
Shortly after the guards left, the leader of the Tago tribe Pudan came with two tribe members, not only sending two slaughtered and peeled sheep, but also sending several bags of horse milk wine.
Wang Li opened his skin and frowned when he smelled a fishy smell. Then he took a sip and sprayed it out with a puff. He threw the skin and stood up angrily and pulled out the iron sword from his waist and pressed it against Pudan's chest. He was furious: "It's sour and sexy, so bad, is it that you want to poison me to death?"
Pudan and the two tribesmen were so scared that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, "General, please spare me, this new milk wine is the best thing we can entertain guests..."
"Don't get angry at Wucheng Hou. In the two wars last year, these Humans should have no good things!" Meng Tian stood up and stopped Wang Li, and then said to the old man, "We are not used to drinking these horse milk wines, so you should take them back. We have our own wine!"
"Hmph~ If the general hadn't pleaded for you, I would have killed your dog's head!" Wang Li withdrew his sword and choked it and inserted it back into the scabbard, then took out a bottle of wine from the Fan's Winery from the bag on the horse's back, opened it and spit it on the ground.
Seeing Wang Li spewing out a mouthful of red liquid, Pudan was so scared that he almost fainted.
"Huh, grape wine is the real fairy wine. These Human wines are harder to drink than urine!"
Wang Li seemed to finally get out of breath, raised the wine bottle and drank a few big sips, sat down with his mouth, and then ordered a few girls to set up the two sheep to barbecue.
Soon a smell of barbecue was emitted. Pudan and the two tribesmen knelt on the ground and did not dare to leave. Wang Ben and Meng Tian ignored them. They talked about some interesting stories published in the Daqin Metropolis Daily while drinking and waiting for the mutton to be cooked.
Half an hour passed, several hunting guards turned around, carrying three rabbits and a wild deer, with long arrows and crossbow arrows inserted into their bodies, and blood dripped all the way.
Peel and open the cauldron without washing. A group of guards put the prey on the wooden sticks and roasted it on the fire. While baking, they also brushed some sauce and salt on it.
Wang Li brought dozens of bottles of wine, and the five of these guards also distributed a bottle, sat around drinking and laughing.
"Gudong~"
Smelling the aroma of barbecue floating in the air and the clear wine of wine, Pudan and his two tribesmen couldn't help but start swallowing.
Meng Tian took out a bottle of wine and threw it in front of Pudan and said, "This is the grape wine I made in the Central Plains. I will give you some gifts, go!"
"Thank you, General!" Pudan excitedly hugged the exquisite ceramic wine bottle, kowtowed and stood up and led the two tribesmen away.
"Why should you waste a bottle of grape wine, the Hu Man is only worthy of drinking horse urine!" Wang Li shook his head disdainfully.
"Haha, in the battle of destroying the country, we will be subdued by virtue. These Humans now seem docile, but in fact they are extremely cruel inside. Once they have the strength, they will rebel again. We have already defeated them now, but if we want to be stable for a long time, we must still win their hearts and supplement them with education. At that time, Zhongshan Kingdom was built by the Baidi Xianyu tribe. The king worked hard to learn the culture of our Central Plains, resisted Yan Dai in the north, resisted strong Jin in the south, and fought against Zhao in the west, and surrounded us in the Central Plains. During our prosperous period, we carried hundreds of thousands of armor and nine thousand chariots, and fought with the princes of the Central Plains. They were really strong enemies!" Meng Tian said with a smile.
"Zhongshan Kingdom is indeed powerful, but it was still destroyed by Zhao. The general suddenly said what was the meaning of this?" Wang Li asked in confusion.
"The reason why Hu Man is difficult to win his heart is that he does not understand etiquette and does not obey the king's transformation. Zhongshan Kingdom envies my Central Plains culture, so he becomes very powerful after studying hard. However, after being strong, he will inevitably be assimilated by my Central Plains. In the end, no one can distinguish between each other. Those who understand the truth can conquer, but those who do not understand the truth can never conquer. The Hu Hu is wild and difficult to tame. If he does not educate, he can only conquer with force. Unless his tribe is destroyed, he will only rekindle again and again. This is also the reason why the hundreds of years of war between the Hu people in Central Plains and the Hu people cannot be calmed down. Therefore, I, Daqin and Yanzhao, can only continuously build city walls to block the harassment of these Hu people. I will supervise millions of surrendered soldiers to build and connect the border city walls for several years. It seems majestic, but now it has become a decoration, which has no meaning. It is far less than the pawn equipment and steel weapons invented by the Hou of Qinghe."
Meng Tian sighed with a depressed look on her face, and she had nowhere to vent her depression, so she had to drink a lot of wine.
"The military strategy says: Those who are invincible are guarding; those who are able to win are merit. If you are inconsistent, you will have more merits. Those who are good at guarding are hidden under the nine lands; those who are good at mobilizing are moved above the nine heavens, so they can protect themselves and win completely."
Wang Li looked at Meng Tian and smiled and pointed at the rolling mountains on the border of the Qin Dynasty and the grassland in the distance. "The military strategy says that defense is the safest way. If you don't seek victory, you can only strengthen your defense. At least the Great Wall built by the general blocked the Hu Man's attack. Now our Qin Dynasty's troops are unparalleled. It is natural that defense will be invincible with attack instead of defense. As long as this city wall is here, even if the Hun and Hu make a comeback again, our Central Plains will still be safe!"
Meng Tian nodded slightly, "Marquis Wucheng is proficient in military tactics, and his words are reasonable!"
"Haha, Li is very happy to be praised by the general!" Wang Li was very excited.
Looking at Wang Li's proud look, Meng Tian couldn't help but sighed slightly in his heart and stopped talking.
The mutton on the fire had already been roasted and started to be browned. Several Hun girls knelt on the ground to add firewood and fire to roast the lamb. The air was filled with a strong fragrance.
"General, you can start eating!" Wang Li pulled out the sharp iron sword from his waist and cut off a piece of barbecue.
Meng Tian also drew out his long sword and cut his flesh and started to eat it.
Drinking and eating meat, soon after the two of them ate a few pieces, Wang Li waved his hand and asked several Hun girls and the guards around to leave.
"What does Marquis Wucheng mean?" Meng Tian asked with a little puzzled question.
"General, today Li invited the general out of seclusion and travel, but there was actually one thing I wanted to ask!" Wang Li put away his long sword and wiped his mouth and said.
"Marquis Wucheng, please tell me. If I know, I will not hide it!"
"Thank you, General. Today Li received a letter saying that the Grand Secretary Jiang Bu asked His Majesty to abolish the Northwest Army in the court, and also received the support of the Marquis of Yinshan and Marquis of Di Dao. What do you think about this?" Wang Li looked at Meng Yi seriously and seriously.
Meng Tian nodded after a long time, "I just obtained this from the letter sent by Xianyang. The disarmament will naturally be decided by Your Majesty's words. We can only obey the order..."
"As the head general of the northwest, the future of the 300,000 border guard soldiers is in the hands of the general. Can't we write to His Majesty to refute the strategy of disarmament?" Wang Li said dejectedly.
"Marquis Wucheng is so serious. I am just controlling the Northwest Army for Your Majesty. I will not have any idea of whether to dismantle the 300,000 troops. Moreover, the Hushang and Hu have been pacified at present. These 300,000 soldiers are useless. Their best destination is to remove the armor and return to the fields and enjoy peace. I also took the opportunity to ask Your Majesty to allow you to return home to enjoy your family and enjoy the joy of family!"
After Meng Tian said that, he stood up and looked forward to the vast grassland with flourishing flowers and plants. After a long time, he waved to his guard and led the horses.
"Marquis Wucheng, thank you for the wine and meat treat today. I will be a little tired and go back to the camp first, so I will say goodbye!" Meng Tian turned over and bowed to say goodbye.
"I'm so proud to see the general!" Wang Li was obviously a little surprised. After bowing, he watched Meng Tian take the horse away with dozens of guards, and then he thrust his face hard for a few times.
Chapter completed!