"Yanran, why are you here?" At the door of the Zuichun Building, Xiang Liang and the others had just been sent away, and Meng Tian didn't expect Zi Yanran, who was resting in the place where he lived, to come here.

Zi Yanran frowned when she saw the corpse in the Drunken Spring Building, then took out a strip of cloth from her cuff and handed it to Meng Tian. "This is the message I just received from Xianyang City, I saw that there was a unique battle situation mark of the Mengjia Army on it, and I didn't dare to delay finding here. ”

The communication of the Mengjia army is generally divided into two situations, one is the ordinary communication, such as the need for grain and grass, the replenishment of soldiers, etc., and the other is the kind of communication with a special logo that Zi Yanran took out, this kind of communication is used in the Mengjia army to transmit intelligence, the special logo for war, once there is such a communication, no matter what the situation, it must be reported to Meng Tian immediately.

Meng Tian did not hesitate, took the strip of cloth from Zi Yanran's hand, and then quickly opened it, there were only eight words on the strip: Hu people have invaded the border, and the Great Wall is in danger. Since Xue Bin led the people to the grassland to marry the Xiongnu princess, the Great Wall has been very stable for many years, and occasionally a small group of Hu people appear is not painful, but I didn't expect that this time Meng Tian received the news that the Great Wall was in danger.

"Go, deal with those people on the spot, and then quickly return to Xianyang City. Meng Tian put away the note and said to Tu Qin and Tian Fei beside him.

Tu Qin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Master, don't we still use those people to find out the master behind them?"

Meng Tian shook his head, and he said: "There is no time now, the northern border is in danger, and I don't have time to deal with these people, just deal with it directly." The aftermath here will be handed over to you, Tian Junshou, you must take care of it. ”

"No. Tian Fei and Tu Qin arched their hands and said.

Zi Yanran stepped forward to hold Meng Tian's hand and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Meng Tian put away the note in his palm, patted the back of Zi Yanran's hand, and then said, "Don't worry, it's nothing." It's just that we can't stop in Huiji anymore now, and we need to return to Xianyang immediately. ”

From Meng Tian's tone, Zi Yanran knew that something must have happened, she didn't speak, just nodded.

Tian Fei's work efficiency was not bad, and it only took half a stick of incense to handle the affairs of Zuichun Mansion properly, and according to Meng Tian's instructions, he prepared a few good military horses for them to use on the road.

In the middle of the night, the gates of Huiji City opened again, and five or six men galloped out of the gates on fast horses, and then disappeared into the night.

Xianyang City was as quiet and peaceful as ever, and the people in the city had already seen the signal of the border war from the beacon tower outside the city, and they were confident in the millions of heroes of Great Qin, but few people were too worried about the war. The only thing to worry about now is the civil and military ministers who are standing in the palace waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to ascend to the court, and before His Majesty the Emperor arrives, everyone is muttering about the war on the Great Wall of Northern Xinjiang.

"Prime Minister, an urgent report came from the Great Wall the day before yesterday, and the Hu people have been in the border for many days, and Your Majesty still hasn't made any decisions. Now that the Hu people are menacing, I'm afraid I can't wait any longer. A minister said beside Prime Minister Li Si, with a worried look on his face.

Li Si stood in the seat of the head of his civil office, closed his eyes and recuperated, as if he did not hear the words of his colleagues around him.

Seeing that the Prime Minister ignored him, the minister was stunned for a moment, sighed, and returned to his seat.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" Zhao Gao's shrill voice sounded in the main hall, and all the ministers tidied up their clothes, and then knelt down in unison and shouted long live.

Ying Zheng sat on his throne with Zhao Gao's support, and only said: "Zhongqing is flat." ”

The kneeling ministers all stood up, and Prime Minister Li Si came out and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music. ”

Ying Zheng covered his mouth and coughed, and then said, "What does the prime minister want to do?"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to join General Meng Tian. Li Si was shocked, and after he said that he was going to participate in Meng Tian, the entire hall was almost full of needles, and everyone was stunned by Li Si's words.

Ying Zheng was obviously a little confused by Li Si's words, he raised his head and looked at Li Si and asked, "What did the prime minister just say?

"Your Majesty. Li Si was unmoved, and continued: "The minister wants to participate in Meng Tian, because the general said that he would go to the Great Wall to inspect before leaving Xianyang City, and now the military situation at the border of the Great Wall is urgent, but there is no news of the general, so the minister wants to participate in Meng Tian's dereliction of duty, and the minister thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to quickly select a person who can command a thousand armies and lead the troops north to resist the enemy." "One hundred percent

There was an uproar in the hall again, everyone knew that Meng Tian went to the Great Wall to inspect, and many people were also wondering why the Hu people had fought the Great Wall, but they still didn't see the general send troops, could it be that the general had been killed?

Meng Yi stood up behind Li Si and said: "Your Majesty, my brother is indeed on the Great Wall, but the Hu people attacked the border of our Qin State from Yumen Pass, and my brother is in Yandi at this time, even if my brother knows the plot in the northwest, he can't arrive for a while, please Your Majesty to investigate." ”

Li Si turned his head, looked at Meng Yi and asked: "Oh, in this way, Lord Meng is saying that the general is still on the Great Wall? At the beginning, the general said that after the Great Wall was built, no matter where the Great Wall happened, my Qin army could reach it in the shortest possible time, and now it has been two days since the border pass was reported, I don't know what the general is doing in these two days......?

"Your Excellency, please be cautious. Meng Yi interrupted Li Si's words in a cold voice, and he said: "The three generations of my Meng family are all my courtiers of Great Qin, and the Meng family is very much loved by Your Majesty and the previous king, and my brother is Your Majesty's personal generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Qin State, how can it be like what the prime minister said?"

Li Si's words made Ying Zheng also a little dissatisfied, Meng Tian was his most trusted minister, and he was his brother, he absolutely believed that Meng Tian would not betray him and betray the Qin State. "The prime minister's words are a bit heavy, I know better than you all who Meng Aiqing is. ”

Li Si bowed down and said: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the minister is also thinking about my Great Qin's country, and there is no other meaning." ”

"The prime minister has a heart, I have already ordered someone to pass the book to Meng Tian, asking him to return to Xianyang as soon as possible, I believe he should be there soon. ”

"Your Majesty, the general Meng Tian is asking to see you outside the palace. Outside the door, a little eunuch came in and knelt down to report to Ying Zheng.

Meng Tian came back, and everyone was still talking about him, why did he suddenly return to Beijing at this moment.

Ying Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Let Meng Aiqing come to the palace." ”

Meng Tian entered the main hall, he rushed from Huiji to Xianyang City non-stop on the way, only rested on the road for less than two hours, the rest of the time was on the road, after running and killing three horses, he finally arrived in Xianyang after leaving Huiji for a day and a night, and entered the city without even having time to change his clothes, so he went directly into the palace.

Meng Tian walked into the hall with his head held high, and knelt down in front of Ying Zheng, "Minister Meng Tian greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

"Meng Aiqing has worked hard all the way, please get up, come here, and set up a seat for Meng Aiqing. Meng Tian's clothes were dirty, his hair was a little mud-colored, and his whole person seemed to be recovering from a serious illness.

Meng Tian was also not polite, said thank you, Your Majesty, and then sat down on the seat of the head of the generals.

"I think Meng Qing already knows about the war on the Great Wall, I don't know what Meng Qing thinks?" asked Ying Zheng.

Meng Tian straightened his back and bowed his hand to Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, this time the Hu people invaded the territory, I'm afraid it is different from the past, in the past, the Hu people have never attacked the city in the northern border of my Great Qin, and every time they occupy a place, burn and loot before retreating." However, this time the minister received the news that the Hu people would occupy the city that had been attacked, and then attack the territory of our Qin State step by step, because the minister felt that the Hu people should have a detailed plan to attack my Great Qin this time, and they should fight the idea of fighting with my Great Qin for a long time. ”

"According to what the general said, is it a little difficult to resist the Hu people this time?" Li Si asked Meng Tian.

Meng Tian looked at Li Si, and then replied, "What the Prime Minister said is both right and wrong. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

Meng Tian said: "The Prime Minister said that it is difficult to resist the Hu people this time, which is true, but the difficulty is there, but it is not big. Your Majesty, the Hu people have always lived a life of herding on the grassland, although they also like to live in groups, but for the matter of defending the city, I think they are not our opponents of the Great Qin soldiers at all. In addition, the terrain in the north is flat, and there are no rivers and lakes, which is conducive to long-distance invasion by the Hu cavalry, and the reason why they can conquer the city in our Qin territory in such a short period of time is also such a reason. There is also our own reason, the cavalry of the Hu people is known to the world, but our soldiers still have to go out of the city to fight them, is this not clear that it is to give them war merits?"

Seeing that Meng Tian had said so much, Li Si asked, "Then how will the great general retreat from the enemy? If we don't retreat from the enemy, I'm afraid we will have to go to court under the noses of the Hu people in a few days." ”

All the ministers looked at Meng Tian, Meng Tian glanced at Li Si, and then continued to say to Ying Zheng: "Today's plan should be to immediately send an order to all the cities, strictly prohibit going out of the city to fight with the Hu people, and then the ministers will lead the troops to go out to drive the Hu people out of my Great Qin." ”

"This is naturally good, I immediately ordered that Aiqing will lead the troops to the battle, and all the generals and schools will be deployed by Aiqing, and the required heavy grain and grass must be done in the shortest possible time. In this expedition, all Aiqing needs to work together to defend Great Qin!" Ying Zheng stood up from the throne, waved his hand, and then said.

"No!"