"Montenegro is young and has extraordinary knowledge. It's not complacent, the eight-hundred-mile urgent report I just sent is in harmony with you. The king of Qin had the world in mind and would not allow the Xiongnu to invade China. Four days at most, there will be a king's decision! Meng Tian praised.

Montenegro also expanded the Xiongnu westward for more than ten years, wiped out dozens of countries in the Western Regions, and told Meng Tian in detail about the slaughter of the entire country of Yilie, and the fact that he saved the prince and princess of Yile.

After hearing this, Meng Tian was filled with righteous indignation and said: "I have long heard that the Huns are cruel, but I didn't expect them to be so cruel!" Tou Man Da Dan Yu, Meng Tian swears to take your head. ”

After Montenegro and Meng Tian finished discussing official affairs, Meng Tian talked about Montenegro letting the soldiers learn to sing, and Montenegro immediately wrote several songs that the general often sang on the calf along with the staves, called Brother Ahei, and taught them how to sing music and songs. Meng Tian was overjoyed, and asked his subordinates to bring a zither with a clear and beautiful sound! The introduction said: "This zither is based on my modification of the guzheng, and the scale corresponds to your stave. In the future, staves and zither will be popular all over the world. ”

The three of them studied music and Zheng together, Meng Tian and Brother A Hei are both musical geniuses, and in just two days, they have become familiar with the staves. Montenegro searched the intestines and scraped his stomach, and silently wrote the words and scores of Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong". The two played a kite and sang a song to the score, and immediately sang "Man Jianghong" sonorously and powerfully.

The three of them were singing vigorously, and the military judge came to report: "This time I went out to behead eight hundred and five ranks, and captured six thousand five hundred and seventy-three war horses and nine hundred and three blades. Among the more than 100 carts of baggage, there are 20 carts of wheat grain, more than 2,000 pieces of rhinoceros horn and ivory, more than 3,000 pieces of daily necessities such as gold and silverware, 1,500 catties of spices, and 3 carts of seasonings. There are also twenty carts of thick fabric, and five carts of grain that I have never seen, I don't know what material, and I can't register! ”

"Let's go and see, what kind of strange things can't be seen in the Central Plains, where my land is vast and rich!" Meng Tian said, and walked towards the warehouse with Black Mountain.

The whole large warehouse, piled up with all kinds of trophies, Montenegro specially went to check the gold and silver objects that the military judge said, and when he got closer, he was disappointed, the so-called gold objects are all made of brass, and the craftsmanship is quite exquisite, and the silverware only has hundreds of small wine glasses and dozens of wine jugs, and there is no gold ware.

The military judge took the two of them to the cloth cart and said, "These twenty carts are all of this kind of fabric, which is quite thick and warm, but I don't know what material it is." ”

Montenegro looks, isn't this cotton cloth made of cotton? It's just that the weaving process is too poor, so it is simply supplemented into a thin layer, and then tied into pieces with needles and threads, and the lining of the clothes is just right. "This is cotton cloth, which is picked from the flowers of a crop called cotton, which is a good thing, it can be made into clothes, quilts, and it is very warm!" Montenegro introduced.

"You know this?" Meng Tian asked.

Montenegro was speechless for a while, this thing was all over the streets in later generations, but not in this era, everyone mainly wore arrowroot cloth clothes, and only a few rich and noble families wore silk. Montenegro replied in a hurry: "I have seen a book called "Xiyi Catalogue" in my teacher's library, which contains pictures of cotton and introduces its functions, and I will also look at it casually! ”

In one of the corners, more than 100 bags of grain were neatly stacked, and one bag was opened and placed on the ground.

"Corn!" Montenegro looks like a common dried corn kernel in later generations, but the grains are much smaller than those in later generations. "This thing is also in the book, but it is produced in the southwest, which is farther away from the Western Regions. How did it end up here? Could it be that the people of the Western Regions have also begun to plant and plant? ”

"You know that, too?" Meng Tian and Judge Jun were even more surprised by Montenegro's erudition.

"Corn is suitable for promotion and planting in the mountains of Shu and Nanjun in the south, and cotton is suitable for the cold and dry Shangjun and Beidi counties. Montenegro sighed!

"Now that you know the name, you have a record! You will work together with the meritorious service department, and the military Sima will draw up the total price of the seizure according to the market price, and reward the meritorious deeds! More than 800 heads were assigned by the Montenegrin generals themselves, report to me! ”

"No! I will then agree with Baturusa and report to the general. Montenegro replied, "I'm not very familiar with the exam, can you ask the general to go with me and provide some advice?" ”

"I'm just trying to get to know your men, so let's go and have a look!" Meng Tian replied and immediately walked towards the Chinese Shogunate.

"Immediately inform Baturu, Shi Fatzi, Na No, and Mu General to the Chinese Army Shogunate." Montenegro came out of the warehouse and said to Brother Ahei, who was waiting outside the warehouse.

"No!" Brother Ahi answered and went in a hurry!

As soon as Montenegro and Meng Tian entered the shogunate, several people hurriedly came to salute Meng Tian. Meng Tian motioned for everyone to sit down. The girl immediately poured a bowl of hot milk tea for each person, and then withdrew from the tent.

Montenegro spoke first: "We went out a total of one hundred and two people this time, and two died. Beheading the eight hundred and five levels, I convened you today to discuss the distribution of the first level, in this regard, Baturu is an old soldier, and he has experience, you can talk about your views first! ”

"According to the usual practice, the officers will be promoted to the rank of Yingrun, and if the whole army attacks, we can each be promoted by two ranks. But on this trip we went out one hundred and two, but there were two five hundred generals, one two hundred generals, twelve hundred generals, twenty commanders, thirty-four cavalry commanders, and only thirty-one soldiers. The number of officers is greater than the number of soldiers, and I don't know how to calculate it! Baturu said in embarrassment.

"Please, General, fight for us!" Montenegro doesn't know what to do either! I had to ask Meng Tian for help.

"According to the practice of the Qin army, the generals have never been promoted to the fifth level in the first battle, and the extra ones can be rewarded with money and goods. Montenegro is already the head of the left, and the court can only draw up a reward, Baturu can report the second-level knight, and the others can each report the fifth-level knight. The remaining more than 300 heads can be exchanged for each head level hardware and then distributed to each of the following people. As for the seized war horses and goods, I will report them to the court and decide on them! Meng Tian is familiar with handling such military affairs.

Everyone suddenly opened up, and everyone was happy! They all agreed to do as the general said.

"Your merits this time are so great, I can only confer the highest rank of non-change, and the doctor and above can only report to the National Captain's Mansion, and I, the general, can't be the master." Meng Tian smiled bitterly.

On the same day, Meng Tian sent the list of meritorious soldiers, the list of seizures, samples of corn and cotton cloth, and the original map sent by Li Mu to the Xianyang State Governor's Mansion for 800 li.

Outside the north gate of Xianyang City, a fast horse held high a black flag and went straight to the city gate along the wide straight road. The lookout on the arrow tower of the city gate saw the black flag from a distance, and immediately rang the big gong behind him, shouting loudly: "The black flag messenger enters the city, clear the way!" Two hundred paces away, a gong immediately responded: "The Black Flag Messenger enters the city, clear the road!" "All the way to the gate of Xianyang Palace.

On the street that was originally full of people, all pedestrians immediately flashed back to both sides, and the heavy wooden door of Xianyang Palace was immediately opened. The Black Flag Messenger galloped into the city, without the slightest slowdown, and went straight to the palace gate to the door of the government hall.

Guo Wei Wei is a shrewd and capable middle-aged man, took the brass pipe from Lang Guan's hand, skillfully opened it, took out the parchment inside, only looked at a few lines and already felt that the matter was important, immediately got up, and trotted towards the upper study behind the political hall.

At this time, the Xianyang Palace was built by Qin Xiaogong, which was simple and unpretentious, and it was not very large. King Qin Huiwen and King Qin Zhaoxiang greatly increased their national strength, and they wanted to rebuild Xianyang Palace several times, but they could only do it because of the prestige of filial piety and Shangjun, and they chose another site to build the magnificent Zhangtai Palace and Ganquan Palace. Several generations of Qin kings lived in Zhangtai Palace and Ganquan Palace for most of the time, and only held in Xianyang Palace when there were major court meetings to show solemnity. After King Qin won the government, the young King Qin was a typical workaholic, and he almost lived in Xianyang Palace to deal with government affairs, and Xianyang Palace became lively again!

King Qin's study is a place where the three princes and nine kings often come! When the official Lang who was guarding the door saw the always steady lieutenant hurrying over, he knew that he had something urgent to meet the king of Qin, so he reported to the study: "The lieutenant asks to see the king!" ”

Wei Yu didn't stop and went straight into the study. The bookshelves around King Qin's study were filled with countless scrolls, and Zhao Gao had to tidy up the books every day, so that people would carry the approved chapters into the treasury and classify and seal them, and classify and place the government affairs book circles transferred by the three princes and nine kings every day in front of King Qin's case.

Seeing that the national lieutenant was hurrying over, King Qin Yingzheng asked with a smile: "What is the important matter of the national lieutenant, let's say it!" ”

"I just received an urgent report from Meng Tian for 800 miles, 1. The Xiongnu head Mandan Yu gathered 300,000 or 400,000 cavalry troops, and it is expected to go south after the spring is warm and snowy. Second, Zhao Guo will abandon the two counties of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong and shrink the defensive line. 3. It is possible that Li Mu led 200,000 border troops of Zhao State to the south to resist Qin. Wei Yu made a brief report while handing the sheepskin to King Qin with both hands.

"Summoning Wang Juan, Li Si, and Dun Weak to come to the discussion!" King Qin took the military report and gave an order while reading it. King Qin is twenty-nine years old, nine feet tall, with a long beard and a square face. Think while you look.

After a while, the three ministers arrived. After everyone saw the salute, General Qin personally handed it to Prime Minister Wang Xuan. King Qin waved his hand, and several chamberlains and palace maids who were serving in the study hurriedly bowed down and exited the door and closed the door.

"After reading the military report, what do you think?" King Qin asked.

"Zhao Guo's move is too vicious, give up the two border counties, not only will the three or four hundred thousand Hun troops who originally came at them be led to the Qin State, but also send 200,000 elite border troops south to deal with us, and my Great Qin will have five or six hundred thousand more enemy troops out of thin air. If the other four countries take the opportunity to join forces to attack, our Great Qin will fight on all sides, which is very dangerous! Wei Yi was well aware of the military affairs of various countries, and said worriedly.

"Tou Mandan raised troops on a large scale this time, with two purposes, one was to avenge the blood feud of being beheaded by Li Mu more than 200,000 yuan fifteen years ago; Second, recapture Henan, that is, the three counties of Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen. The minister thought that he could bribe Tou Mandanyu with a lot of money, and after withdrawing Zhao from Yunzhong and Jiuyuan two counties, he would return the two counties to the Xiongnu, and then agree with the Xiongnu to attack Zhao in the north and south, and after Zhao died, Yanmen County and Dai County would be returned to the Xiongnu. In this way, we can turn harm into benefit, and the Zhao State will be destroyed in the near future. He stroked his beard weakly and said proudly.

"Words of weakness are not to be done. The Qin State guarded the border for China for more than 800 years, and the west was subdued by Rong and the north was destroyed. We have the territory of today. After Zhao established the country, King Wuling of Zhao and Li Mu twice defeated the Xiongnu, beheaded hundreds of thousands, thousands of miles of land, and sang all over the world. Now Qin is strong and Zhao is weak, and weak Zhao is not ashamed to be with the Huns, and Qin Hu is strong? If this plan is carried out, although Zhao can be destroyed, the land of Zhao will be lost and the hearts of the people in the world will be left for 10,000 years. Wang Wan's hair and beard are gray, and he is upright, and he resolutely opposes the Zhao State with the Xiongnu.

"What does Li Yanwei think?" King Qin was noncommittal, and turned his head to ask Li Si's opinion.

Li Si's triangular eyes kept turning, in the past, King Qin had informed him in advance of such major events, so that everyone could go back and think twice, and then make a decision after discussing with the court! Today's incident happened suddenly, and there was no time to figure out King Qin's thoughts. But everyone else has spoken, and if they don't answer, it seems too unassertive. Xin Yiheng said: "Prime Minister Wang Cheng's words are wrong. The winner is the king and the loser is the thief, the war has always been all-encompassing, only to hear that in the past, Song Xianggong did not hit the soldiers of Bandu and laughed at the world, and did not hear of its benevolence and righteousness to pass on to future generations. The strategy of weakening is greatly beneficial to Qin, and Si thinks that it is feasible. ”

When King Qin heard this, he laughed. He turned his head and bowed his hand to Wei Yuzi: "The national lieutenant is in the dark military affairs, there must be a strange strategy to solve this crisis, win the government and ask for advice!" ”

"Wei Yu didn't dare to accept the gift of King Qin. I have two strategies, please ask me to judge them. Seeing that the King of Qin actually saluted him, Wei Yuzi hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The best policy, urgently recruit 150,000 Ding Zhuang to go north, so that Meng Tian deep ditch high fortress refused." Then pick tens of thousands of elite light cavalry to disturb the rear of the Huns. Then he ordered Yang Duanhe and Fan Yu of the southern front battlefield to return some of the newly captured county towns, build a defensive line, and hold on to the danger. The Xiongnu were unprofitable and would turn to attack Zhao Guodai County and Yanmen County, and Zhao saw that the Qin army in the south only defended but did not attack, so he would transfer Li Mubian's army to the north to resist the Xiongnu. When both sides are tired, send Meng Tian to lead 300,000 elites to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, and the battle can be won. Then lead the victorious army to attack Zhao from north to south, and then lead the army of Sanchuan County to attack Handan City with Wang Jian led by Wang Qian, and the Zhao State will be killed if it is attacked from the north and south. Such a big Qin can gain fame and fortune. It's just that the people of Zhao Guoyan and Dai two counties will be slaughtered! ”

"The national lieutenant is really knowledgeable, and this strategy is very good!" King Qin praised it, "I want to hear the second!" ”

"The second policy is that the minister agrees with the words of Prime Minister Wang, Qin wants to go down in one day, first take the world as his responsibility, the Xiongnu swept dozens of countries in the Western Regions, and everywhere they passed, there were no people and animals, and their explosion was outrageous. Today, the Xiongnu raised 300,000 or 400,000 troops to the south, and the troops were in full swing. Among the three kingdoms in the north, Zhao Yan was weak and only Qin was strong, and Qin Dang took the protection of Huaxia as his responsibility, recruited the country's Ding Zhuang, suspended the use of troops against Zhao, fully defended it, and then transferred 200,000 elites to the north under the command of Meng Tian. The veteran Wang Jian led 100,000 elites to sit in Sanchuan County, and the Kwantung countries would not dare to act rashly. If the main force of the Xiongnu can be destroyed in one battle, it can not only ensure that there will be no boundless trouble within 20 years, but also relieve the worries of the future, and also threaten the countries. At that time, the north and south roads will attack Zhao, and then go south to Wei Qichu. The reunification of the world is just around the corner. Wei Yizi said impassionedly, his eyes staring at King Qin, he wanted to see how King Qin reacted.

After listening to Wei Yuzi's words, King Qin paced back and forth in the study, pondering, and muttered to himself: "If Qin wants to go down for a day, he will first take the world as his ......."

Li Si saw that King Qin was biased towards Wei Yu Wangwan, so he turned his mind and said, "One strategy is the most beneficial to Qin, and the cost is the least." After the Yan and the people were plundered by the Huns, the Qin State swept away the Huns with a thunderbolt, and the Yan and the people of the Dai Dynasty will be grateful to Dade. If the two strategies are used, the Qin State will have to pay a big price and face the Xiongnu soldiers, and the people of Zhao will not know that Qin is blocking the disaster for them! The gains outweigh the losses! ”

Wang Juan, as a Confucian scholar, has many disagreements with Li Si's political views of Legalism. After listening to Li Si's words, he immediately objected: "Since the King of Qin has the world in his heart, he should regard the people of the Six Kingdoms as the people of Great Qin. The minister thought that he could quickly send people to Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dai four counties to spread the Huns' attack on the attack. Then he ordered the sparsely populated Shang County and Beidi County to do their best to take in Zhao Min, who had fled. When the time was ripe for a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, he sent people to the four counties of Zhao to publicize the benevolence of the Qin king, and could not bear the death of the people of the four counties under the iron hooves of the Xiongnu, so he decided to raise the whole country's troops to fight against the Xiongnu. Then order the pedestrians to send envoys to the five countries, and invite the five countries to send observation missions to the battlefield to watch the battle! Such a war not only won the hearts of the people in the border areas, but also shocked the monarchs and ministers of the five countries.

King Qin was overjoyed when he heard Wang Juan's words, and praised: "The prime minister and the national lieutenant all have the mind of the world, and the great Qin is also lucky." As for the second strategy, the national lieutenant is responsible for formulating the soldiers and generals who will go north, recruiting recruits and people, etc.; The prime minister is responsible for the heavy distribution of grain and grass, and the north is bitterly cold, and a bowl of spirits per soldier every day is indispensable. Dun Qiao was responsible for sending people to the four northern counties of Zhao State to vigorously publicize, especially the two counties of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong, and the people of the two counties must know that it was the safest choice to withdraw to the northern counties and upper counties of the Qin State. It is also necessary to appease the Zhao people who entered the two counties. From now on, Zhao Guo Ding Zhuang, who moved into the two counties, will be given a knighthood, and if the whole family moves in, they will be given housing, farm tools and three acres of land. Sent a letter to Yao Jia and ordered him to send envoys to the five countries, no matter what method was used, he must ensure that the five countries would not go to war with the Qin State before the Xiongnu were defeated. ”

In the study of King Qin, the fate of the Xiongnu and Zhao was decided in less than half an hour. The king of Qin made a big decision on the Xiongnu and Zhao on the spot, and arranged the duties of the ministers.

When Li Si walked out of King Qin's study, his heart was very uncomfortable! It's not just that Jin Yan has not been adopted, but even more so, the ministers have their own responsibilities, only him, and the King of Qin has not arranged anything for him.

In the evening of the same day, a team of light horsemen had already set off from Xianyang Palace, went straight out of the north gate, and traveled north day and night. This team of men and horses is the envoy sent by the king of Qin to Shangjun, composed of the Langguan of the king of Qin, led by a handsome young man in his early twenties, the grandson of the fake general Wang Qian, and the son of Wang Ben, the commander of the infantry army.

Langguan is definitely a dazzling profession in the Qin State, on the surface it is a guard to protect the King of Qin, but in fact, it is a shortcut for the children of princes and noble families to enter the official career, and some of them are the children of civilians who have performed well in the army, and they were personally selected by the King of Qin as Lang Guan. After being elected as a Lang official, it would take as few months or as long as three or five years, and the King of Qin would give each person different titles according to their talents. Then he was sent to various places or annual teams to serve as officials and military officials. For example, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Li You, Li Xin, etc. all have the experience of being lang officials.

Wang Li entered the palace as a Lang official at the age of seventeen, and now he is already a sixth-level official in his early twenties, and he has also served as a Lang official secretary. He often went to various places as an envoy of the king of Qin to read the king's book.

This time, he received an order from the King of Qin and set off overnight with twenty Lang Wei, and arrived at the shogunate of the big camp city of Montenegro in less than two days.

When the envoy of the King of Qin arrived, how dare he be lazy, Meng Tian took Black Mountain and waited at the door to greet him. At the gate of the shogunate, twenty horsemen came, just dismounted, all of them stamped their feet vigorously, shook off the snowflakes on their bodies, and twenty high-headed horses had been taken over by the soldiers on duty of the shogunate, and each one was sweating profusely. Twenty sergeants, all brightly armoured and dressed in expensive mink cloaks, though all dusty and slightly tired, were still heroic and proud. Compared to them, the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the shogunate are simply a group of Hanako!

Meng Tian led everyone to the door, bowed solemnly, arched his hands and said, "Fake General Meng Tian, meet the envoy of King Qin!" ”

"The general hasn't been seen for months, don't come unharmed! Enter the shogunate and reminisce about the past, there is a king book to announce! The white-faced young man who spoke was none other than Wang Li.

Meng Tian led everyone, the stars held the moon and the earth, and Wang Li walked into the shogunate. Wang Li stood in the middle of the hall, full of pride. Meng Tian led everyone to bow solemnly and saluted, and said, "Fake General Meng Tian, respectfully ask the royal envoy to read the king's book!" ”