The temporary retreat of the Huns was also good news for other cities on the border, and it was even better news for Heishui City and Rock City. In the city invaded by the Huns, the battle in Heishui City was the most, including the early resistance to the Hun vanguard army, and the small group of invaders who intercepted the Huns in the back, as well as the later battle of the Heishui Battalion and the defense of Heishui City, after these battles, the loss of men and horses in Heishui City has been close to 10,000, and the number of wounded soldiers has more than doubled.

After receiving the casualties reported by other cities, Meng Tian became even more determined to build a great wall to defend against the Huns. During these days, he wrote two successive war reports to His Majesty the Emperor, asking Ying Zheng to agree with his idea and build the Great Wall as soon as possible.

The proposal to build the Great Wall was quickly adopted by His Majesty the Emperor, and the benefits of building the Great Wall were that as long as a long-term person could see the benefits of the future, rather than losing the lives of soldiers every time he fought with a foreigner, it was better to build a high wall to block the hooves of the Huns, once and for all.

But it is not so easy to build such a great siege city, although His Majesty the Emperor has allowed the construction of the Great Wall, but how the Great Wall is built and how to build it, this needs to be counted by Meng Tian himself. After all, it is no longer the time for the four vassal states of Qin, Wei, Zhao and Yan to face the attack of the Huns, and now these are Qin's own problems.

On this day, Meng Tian gathered everyone in the tent, and in front of him was the border defense map of the present-day Qin State. Meng Tian hung the map on a wooden shelf so that everyone in the tent could clearly see the markings on the map.

"As you must know, General Ben asked His Majesty the Emperor for instructions before setting out on the expedition, hoping that the northern frontier of our Qin State would connect the Great Wall built by the former Wei State, Zhao State and Yan State, so that we can resist the attack of the Huns, and we can also block the entry and looting of small groups of Huns. Now His Majesty the Emperor has acceded to my request, so I have summoned you here today to ask for your opinions on how this Great Wall should be built. ”

It was not the first time that Meng Li had heard Meng Tian's idea from his mouth, and the generals maintained different opinions on this idea.

Meng Li stood up and took the lead in speaking: "General, the last general thinks that this Great Wall certainly has its benefits, but it is not necessary, no matter how long the Great Wall is built, it needs to be defended, it is better not to repair it." Anyway, we need the soldiers of Daqin to guard the border, so why do you need to do more?"

After Meng Li's words were finished, many generals in the tent nodded frequently, and Meng Tian also felt that Meng Li's words made some sense, but the truth was not such a theory.

"Brother Meng, according to what you mean, we need our soldiers to defend anyway, so why do we need to build a city wall? Isn't it okay to just use the soldiers' bodies to block the attack of the enemy's cavalry?" Meng Tian asked rhetorically.

Listening to Meng Tian's words, Meng Li was speechless for a while.

Meng Tian looked at the people in the tent and continued: "If you have any opinions, just say it, after all, this is a matter related to the lives of millions of soldiers in our Qin State, I hope you can speak freely, this is a military camp, not a court, everyone can say whatever they have." ”

"General. It was Xue Bin who stood up and spoke this time, "I agree with the general's opinion, although there are disadvantages in building the Great Wall, I think it has more benefits." The first is that we don't have to worry about the Hun cavalry that will cause us the most damage. Of course, as the general of the cavalry of the Mengjia army, I may have slapped myself in the face when I said this, although this is the case, but I still have to say this, if the cavalry of our Mengjia army and the cavalry of the Huns are one hundred against one hundred, our Mengjia army soldiers will win. 1,000 against 1,000 people, the number of wins and losses is five or five. If this number is raised to 10,000 or even tens of thousands, the cavalry of our Mengjia army is not the opponent of the Hun cavalry, after all, the Huns have grown up on horseback since childhood, which is their innate advantage, and the existence of the Great Wall can just make up for our shortcomings. General, I'm done. ”

Xue Bin said so many words, although he was a little ambitious and destroyed his own prestige, but in the ears of many generals in the handsome tent, everyone still agreed with what Xue Bin said.

Meng Tian nodded and said: "You are right, our cavalry equipment is better than that of the Huns, but for horse archery and horse combat, we are still a little worse than the Huns, and after the Great Wall is built, we no longer have to engage in large-scale cavalry battles with the Huns, which is indeed a benefit." "Free Chinese

The yellow leopard also stood up, although he was not a member of the Mengjia army, but he had been stationed on the border for so many years, and he had dealt with the Huns not once or twice, so this time Meng Tian also invited him to come.

The yellow leopard saluted Meng Tian with a fist, and then saluted to the other generals of the Mengjia army in the tent, and then said: "The general and General Xue Bin are right, the last general has been stationed in the Heishui camp for more than ten years, and he doesn't dare to say that he doesn't know anything about the ability of the Huns, at least he knows eight or nine points, and he is convinced by the Huns' ability to fight immediately." The general said that the former cities of Qin, Wei, Zhao and Yan would be connected with bricks and stones, and the last general felt that this idea was good and could be implemented. ”

Zhang Kui had accepted Meng Li's invitation and officially joined the Meng family's army, but his duty was still to garrison the border. If the Great Wall is built, then he can save a lot of trouble.

Zhang Kui stood up and said: "It is indeed a good thing to build the Great Wall, so that we don't have to defend against the attack of the Huns day and night." ”

After listening to these people talk about the benefits of building the Great Wall, Meng Li also felt that it was indeed necessary to build the Great Wall. So he stood up and said to Meng Tian: "General, I didn't think about it well just now, but now that I have listened to the opinions of these brothers, the last general also feels that it is imperative to build the Great Wall. It's just ......"

Meng Li also agreed with his idea, Meng Tian was very happy, he asked, "But what?"

Meng Li stood up and walked to the topographic map hanging on the wooden frame, he used his finger to trace the route of the original city of the Four Kingdoms on the map, and then said to Meng Tian and everyone in the tent: "Have you ever thought about this problem, this Great Wall is now going to be built from the westernmost to the easternmost part of our Qin State, how much distance is there in between? I think it should be no less than ten thousand miles away." On the border of our Great Qin, how many places need to be trimmed, and where are the passes to be built, and there are not only plains but also high mountains and dangerous mountains on this line, how to build these places? Finally, I have another question. ”

"What's the problem?"

"That's the manpower that built the Great Wall. Such a project is no longer possible for hundreds of people or thousands of people to complete, and in my opinion, tens of thousands of people may not be able to complete it. There are so many people, where are we going to find them?" Meng Li looked at everyone and then asked his own question.

These questions raised by Meng Li are indeed the most critical issues, and if you want to build the Great Wall, you can't avoid these problems at all, and these problems are also the most headache for Meng Tian at present.

Everyone in the tent was silent, Meng Tian looked around, he sighed, and said slowly: "Brother Meng is right, these are indeed problems, but compared to sacrificing the lives of our soldiers, I don't think these are problems. Originally, I was going to inspect the frontier of my Great Qin after defeating the Huns this time, and determine the place where the Great Wall was to be built, so the first problem raised by Brother Meng was solved. ”

"As for the second question, if I didn't unify the world, it would be a problem, but now it's actually nothing. Now that my Great Qin has obtained the world, and all the people in the world are my Great Qin people, since I want to build the Great Wall to protect them, I think that the people who built the Great Wall should also recruit some civilians, as well as prisoners from all over the country, so that the people who built the Great Wall will be found. ”

Meng Tian said his own way, and everyone in the tent had no reason to object, and everyone chose to agree.

"Okay, I'll write a recital to ask His Majesty the Emperor, and ask him to issue an order to recruit the people, start building the Great Wall, and protect my Great Qin!"