In late July, at the court meeting of Zhangtai Palace, Qin Shi Huang ordered the confessors to read aloud the good news sent by Heifu, so that the ministers could listen to it and study hard!

"The Xiongnu attacked me in the east of the river with elite troops in Touman, engaged the two armies of Longxi and Beidi, and was defeated by General Li's cavalry, and was forced to be pressed by the soldiers, so he was defeated. At dusk, the wind rose, the minister and General Li surrounded Touman on the left and right wings, and Touman could not survive the battle as the Qin soldiers, so he fled alone with thousands of strong horsemen across the oil river, and the rest of the troops were scattered. It happened that the wind and sand were rising, and our army could not chase after it at night, so he returned, and General Li rode down the river with thousands of steps, wanting to chase a single Yu, and beheaded him and hung it in Lin Guang Palace......"

"This battle captured hundreds of miles of land at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain of the Huns, and relieved the siege of the county soldiers Baiyang, and beheaded the Huns 12,000 captives, Baiyang and other departments heard that the Huns were defeated, and they have surrendered to the wind, and the south of the North River is all Qin!"

After reading, Qin Shi Huang stroked his beard and said: "Drive a long car and step through Helan Mountain!" Great goodness! Only my two dogs and horses can do this heroic feat! ”

He glanced at the ministers and sneered: "Zhuqing, who wants to say that this is a witch's nonsense? Who wants to persuade that it will be unfavorable to destroy the Huns? ”

The ministers, especially the Confucian scholars and scholars, looked at each other.

A few days ago, when Qiang and Meng Tian pounced, the whereabouts of the main Xiongnu force became confused, and Feng Zheng was cut off from contact with the mainland for several days, they did not discuss the war in vain. Thinking that attacking the Xiongnu is to provoke the border in vain, even if the Huns are driven away, the income is far less than what is out, saying what "to get the Xiongnu land, Zelu, non-habitable".

At this time when the outcome of the war is unknown, if one is damaged and tens of thousands of people are killed or wounded, I am afraid that the opposition in the court will be noisy......

But right now, all the sounds have been suppressed by the great victory of Helan Mountain and the sentence of "stepping through the lack of Helan Mountain" by Heifu!

What's even more coincidental is that Qiang and Meng Tian, who were originally expected to be the main force, were stunned by the Huns Shan Yu, who were not found, and called Heifu and Li Xin to meet. After a big victory, who dares to say now that "White Horse Black Dog Xituo" is a nonsense that wizards say? The emperor, who was originally skeptical, was already convinced in his heart.

At this point, the reports of the armies from all sides have been transmitted back one after another, and the imperial court can finally sort out the complete process of this war.

Except for Heifu and Li Xin, who defeated Shan Yu's main force, the rest of the armies did not gain much.

Qiang, the veteran who led the most troops, waved his flag when he went north, and he was so powerful that he was scared to surrender along the way. They successfully crossed the river and recovered the ruins of Jiuyuan, but they did not find the Huns, only a tribe hiding in the forest. Killing all his men as beheading, but he only made up 500 levels, and there were 150,000 soldiers and soldiers, where is this 500 level enough? It's a bit ugly......

Meng Tian's department is slightly better, and there are many chariots in the clouds, although they are not equipped with experimental high-saddle stirrups, but they still have a certain combat effectiveness, and after finding that Shan Yu's royal court and Touman City are empty, Meng Tian ordered the rangers to scatter, and it doesn't matter if you can't find the Huns' army, find their herd first!

As a result, I really found a huge herd near Yinshan, which was the right big household of the Huns who did not retreat in time, and the result was needless to say, the Huns were defeated, and the Meng Tian army beheaded a thousand, and captured 50,000 cattle, sheep and horses!

As Meng Tian's deputy, Wang Li was not so lucky, he and a lieutenant of Shangjun were ordered to take 20,000 people to cross the river south, through Loufu, across Kujiesha to Henan, looking for traces of the Huns, but the result was lost, that is, lost, 20,000 people circled around the edge of the desert, and finally had to return to Loufu, the army has hundreds of people died of thirst or missing.

This little General Wang, the title of "Lost Captain", can't get rid of it.

Of course, compared to Feng Zheng, his loss was nothing, Feng Zheng was the real big defeat, 3,000 chariots were all lost to the Huns, and many foot soldiers were killed and wounded. Even in the decisive battle between the two armies of Beidi and Longxi and the Xiongnu, Feng Zheng also "watched from the wall", although he defended that he suspected that it was the plan of the Xiongnu and did not dare to attack rashly, but Qin Shi Huang did not intend to forgive him.

Qin Shi Huang said slowly: "The art of war, rewards and punishments should not be delayed, if the reward is not enough, it will be doubtful, and if the punishment is not enough, it will be sluggish, and the army will not be organized." Collect the army's rewards and punishments, discuss the merits of the generals to show off, and today, the ministers discuss the merits of the generals! ”

Ting Lieutenant Li Si supervised the army to the county, and the prime minister didn't care about this matter, and the post of Tai Lieutenant was no longer set up since the death of Wei Yu, so Qin Shi Huang raised his hand and directly ordered the imperial historian Feng to preside over the court meeting.

Feng Quji hurriedly came out and said: "The minister's unscrupulous son was defeated by Hu, and the loss of his teacher humiliated the country, and the minister, as his father, should avoid suspicion and should not discuss ......"

The emperor said: "Qi Huangyang is the captain of the Jin Kingdom, in charge of the prison and military affairs, and he does not avoid revenge on the outside, and he does not avoid his son on the inside." If he can do it, you can't do it? ”

Zhao Gao, who was standing at His Royal Highness, shrank his head, and understood that everyone could hear that the emperor was angry, and he was angry not for anything else, but for Feng Zheng's defeat, which made this war, which should have been a complete victory, more flawed.

Your Majesty the Emperor, I don't like blemishes.

Feng Quji had no choice but to obey the order, and said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, should the merit of the master be calculated by beheading and expanding the land?" ”

These were the two ways in which the Qin Dynasty calculated merit, beheading or capturing the city.

Qin Shi Huang said lightly: "Beheading is the main thing." ”

Feng Qujian immediately understood, and after talking with everyone in the Imperial Embassy for a while, he quickly made an assessment of the generals in accordance with the regulations on the promotion of meritorious lords in the law.

Beidi and Longxi beheaded 12,000 levels, of course, it is a great achievement, and it is more than twice as much as Ying, which is enough for Li Xin and Heifu to be promoted by two levels in a row; Meng Tian took the head of Manchester City, and as for Beihe, he beheaded a thousand and captured a large number of livestock, which should be regarded as a medium merit; Qiang Qi subdued Lou Fu, seized the Nine Plains Ancient City, and beheaded five hundred, which can only be regarded as a small achievement.

The king is out of the way, but no one stipulates when he must arrive and where to fight, which is not considered a missed date, a small mistake!

When it came to the most difficult to assess, the imperial historians peeked at Feng Quji, his face was serious, in front of the emperor's ministers, not only did he not dare to let his son go, but even deliberately increased the punishment!

After the agreement, Feng Quji was about to present the result to Qin Shi Huang, but a military report arrived!

……

"It's Li Xin's good news."

Qin Shi Huang took it and looked at it, Long Yan Dayue, since it was good news, let the confessor read it in public, and let the historian write it down quickly.

Li Xin, the captain of the minister's Longxi, said again, and the minister's light cavalry chased Touman and intercepted him from crossing the fertile field five hundred miles north of Helan. There are sudden horsemen on the land, boats on the water, 5,000 captives, and the left bone of the Huns is beheaded. Just as the soldiers in the clouds were about to encircle, Touman's remaining 30,000 horsemen did not dare to fight, so they broke and fled westward! ”

This note is also accompanied by a letter from the prison army Meng Yi, which has verified the number of Li Xin's beheadings!

At this point, more than half of the 60,000 people Toumandan Yu brought to Henan had been killed or wounded, and Meng Tian had also led his army to occupy most of the Hetao, rekindling the beacon fire of Gaoquesai......

When the battle reached this, the originally scheduled strategic goals had been achieved, but it was a pity that Touman ran too fast and failed to completely annihilate the Huns.

Feng Quji had to let the imperial historians calculate it again, and then said in the order of punishment first and then reward:

"Your Majesty, Feng Zheng has suffered more than 4,000 casualties, he has lost all his baggage, and the defeated army has humiliated the country, which is a big deal! When you are demoted to four levels in a row, you will be five doctors! Cut off the post of lieutenant of the county and return to the crime! ”

The ministers were silent, and many people felt sorry for Feng Quji. In recent years, the Wang family has been held high by the emperor, but he let Wang Jian tell him to grow old, and did not recruit Wang Ben to return to the dynasty, but gradually reused the Meng and Feng families, Feng Qujian is even a strong competitor for the prime minister, but after this incident, Feng Qujian is afraid that he will be affected by his son, and his status in the emperor's heart will be greatly reduced......

"Wang Li is demoted by one level and is the chief of the left!"

In this regard, everyone was expressionless, even if Wang Li was denounced as a concubine, Wang Jian did not have many years to live, according to the rules, after his death, because Wang Ben himself was a marquis, he could directly pass the marquis to his grandson Wang Li......

But the weight of the marquis earned by military merit and the marquis inherited is very different.

Then came the reward and punishment of Qiang, and he was able to rise to the next level, to the head of the chariot! This is still Qin Shi Huang's preferential treatment of veterans, and after this battle, Qiang will also die old.

Feng Quji continued: "Meng Tian and Heifu are second, and Meng Tian is promoted to the head of the carriage by two levels. Wei Heifu is promoted by two levels, at least on the top! ”

Meng Tian became the head of the carriage, which was expected by everyone, but it was Heifu, who has made continuous meritorious contributions in recent years, leapfrogged and promoted, and the climbing speed is amazing!

"Twenty-seven-year-old young man, Ye Neishi really found a good son-in-law......" everyone thought so in their hearts.

Finally, the much-anticipated drama is here......

"Li Xindang is the first credit! Straight up to the great building! ”

"Great Creation!"

The expressions of the ministers are different, some are surprised, some are sighing, the great is made, this is Li Xin's title when he was in his heyday!

After Li Xin's defeat in Chu, he was pushed to the end by Qin Shi Huang, became a fifth doctor, and went to Daibei to be a captain, he was ashamed and ashamed, and his head turned white overnight.

But Li Xin did not fall silent, he seized every opportunity, re-made meritorious service, and never failed again, and now he has fought against the Huns, fought two big victories, and was ashamed!

"In the past, there were three defeated generals of Mu Gong, and now His Majesty has raised General Li again. Meng Ming swore an oath to cross the river to break the Jin army, and General Li swept the Huns with thousands of light horses! ”

"Yes, General Li, it is really today's Meng Mingshi!"

"General White Horse Fei!"

The praise was endless, and the ministers all felt that after this battle, Li Xin would once again become one of the most highly regarded generals by the emperor.

Qin Shi Huang was also quite pleased, Li Xin, Li Xin, finally lived up to himself.

The rewards and punishments have ended, and after a big war, the military of the Qin Dynasty has undergone drastic changes, some people have fallen into the deep valley, some people have been mediocre, and some people have stood out......

"Meng, Li, and Wei, these should be the three most important generals in the northern Xinjiang of Great Qin in the next ten years!"

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In mid-August, the news of rewards and punishments reached Helan Mountain, causing a sensation.

In the congratulatory voices of the subordinates, there was a trace of dissonance.

"If the general listens to me and leads the army north to chase Shan Yu, I'm afraid it will be a big deal now!"

Because of the bravery of the two battles last year and this year, Gong Ao, who has become a "public doctor", is full of it, and he is sorry for the black man.

Heifu just treated it indifferently, without the slightest jealousy of Li Xin, and even secretly rejoiced: "Thanks to Li Xin for blocking the gun for me." ”

His wife had already persuaded Heifu that he was young and ambitious, and it was not a good thing to be too sharp, and the faster he climbed, the worse he would fall.

So in this war, many times, Heifu hid behind the light of Li Xin.

Therefore, Heifu did not rush to fight for the first prize, but set up camp at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, built a city, and ordered the soldiers and men to open up some fertile fields, dig ditches, and plant wheat.

Right now, there are two heavens of joy outside: the Qin soldiers are cheering, relying on the beheadings of those who killed the prisoners, the 30,000 soldiers of the two armies of Beidi and Shangjun were rewarded, and each of them was promoted to the first level, and went north with Li Xin to pursue Shan Yu's cavalry, and it was two levels per person!

The people were a little stunned, and in the face of the court's reward, they were mixed and silent.

It turned out that the emperor came with the soldiers and the meritorious lords, as well as Qin Shi Huang's reply to Heifu and Fusu's proposals, and the emperor may have been happy with the victory this time, but he was as good as a stream, and agreed to share the merit with the people.

"Great Qin Shenggong, Ze and cattle and horses, all of them are not virtuous, let alone Qianshouhu?"

Therefore, the deceased of the people gave a pension, just like the death of a soldier, and allowed to be buried in the local cemetery of the loyal soldiers, and after the establishment of the county, the government worshiped on time.

As for the living, the emperor strictly observed military discipline and considered it inappropriate to bestow knighthoods, but he could grant fifty acres of land to those who had no land according to the law.

But the problem is that the fields granted are all at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain!

"A wife who has a family shall be allowed to return to his place of origin at the end of his service...... Those who have no wives and children will settle down in Helan Mountain, and the government will marry local white sheep and Lou Fu Hu women as wives! ”

When he saw this, Heifu was stunned for a moment, and then muttered secretly:

"Who did the single dog recruit and who messed with whom?"