After sending Li Xin, who was still shrugging when he walked, Chen Xu returned to the bedroom and lay down again, but just after closing his eyes, the doorman came to report again, saying that it was Yinshan Hou Jianghu and General Jiang Bu from Dashangzao who were visiting.

Chen Xu had no choice but to get up again depressedly to pick up the guests.

After welcoming Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu into the living room, greeting each other, and serving tea to the maid, Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu both stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Xu.

"Two generals, why is this?" Chen Xu could only stand up and return the salute.

"Hou Ye in the newspaper for our soldiers to fight a lot of publicity, into the construction of the martyr's shrine to sacrifice the dead robes, all of which made me and other soldiers fighting outside moved inexplicably, this matter to the northwest camps heard that the soldiers were even more excited, all of them praised the benevolence of the Hou Ye, if it were not for the Hou Ye, although this time although the attack on Hebei was victorious, I and the soldiers who participated in the exhibition may not receive such a rich reward, so today I specially came to thank the Hou Ye with Jiang Bu!"

"Don't thank me, the two generals led more than 2,000 horsemen to dare to raid the Hun royal court, and also killed the Huns and returned with a big victory, how to praise and reward this courage and bravery is not too much, Ben Hou admires and can only do his best to do something insignificant for the soldiers and dead warriors who participated in the war, if there is no bloody battlefield for you, how could I have such an unprecedented victory in the Central Plains, the two generals please bow to Xu!"

After Chen Xu finished speaking, he also bowed deeply to the end, Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu also hurriedly returned the salute again, the two sides sat down again, Chen Xu also began to ask about some things that happened at that time, and finally figured out the reason and the beginning and end of the raid on Hebei from Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu for the first time.

The process is similar, but the cause is definitely not the hatred of the Xiongnu by the soldiers of the Great Qin as advertised in the newspapers, but more of a desire for military merit.

But these are not important, in this era when the concept of the country is not solid, only need to use newspapers to slowly promote and guide the concept of the Great Qin and the concept of the Chinese nation, it is estimated that in more than ten years, the concept of the glory of the Great Qin will gradually take root in the hearts of the people, and the concept of the unification of the Chinese nation will slowly take shape, so that the Great Qin can truly become a unified country that has been widely recognized like the Han Dynasty.

And this process, which seems simple, is actually a long way to go.

After chatting for almost half an hour, when it was time to leave, Jiang Hu stood up and said: "Hou Ye's great kindness to my Jiang clan Jiang Hu will never be forgotten, but in the future, Hou Ye will not shirk if he is sent!" ”

Chen Xu knew that Jiang Hu was talking about Jiang Heng and Jiang Beiting, so he waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have been familiar with Jiang County Ling for a long time, and I also respect him very much, this time I can help, in fact, it is because you can make great contributions in Hebei, now this matter is over, Yinshan Hou is useless to take it to heart, I heard that in a few days the two generals will go out to Hun Hu again, Xu wishes the two generals and my Great Qin soldiers to be able to return again with a big victory, and then a certain person will celebrate you in the Qinghe Restaurant!" ”

"Haha, borrowing the words of Hou Ji of Qinghe, with the new horse equipment and sharp and durable steel weapons developed and built by Hou Ye, this autumn expedition will definitely be a complete victory, and on the day of my return, I will definitely present the captured Hun Hu goods to thank Hou Ye!" Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu clasped their fists together and laughed.

"Speaking of going on the expedition, Xu has one thing to tell the two generals, please come and see......" Chen Xu took a piece of hemp pulp paper and a graphite strip on it, and quickly drew a figure of the Yellow River in the shape of a few characters, and then roughly marked the names of several places, and then pointed to the figure and said: "Two generals, please see, this is the big river, at the moment the south of the big river is occupied by my Daqin, with this vast and rich pasture, in the future, my Daqin can get a steady stream of good horses every year, and I will not fall behind in the confrontation between Hun and Hu, However, there are more vast grasslands in the land west of the river, in addition to the Xiongnu, there are also Xirong, Linhu and Qiang people, although these miscellaneous hus are not a big threat to our Great Qin, but they also often harass our Great Qin borders and caravans, resulting in very little communication between my Great Qin and the countries of the Western Regions, and many good things cannot get my Great Qin......"

"Lord Hou, this part of the Western Regions is said to be the dog Rong tribe that was driven away from the Central Plains in ancient times, because the tribes are chaotic, so there are dozens of tribes of all sizes and Qiang people living together, and it is rumored that they often live and die with each other, barbaric and do not obey the king, so the Central Plains countries have never intended to conquer, my Great Qin was originally divided into Longyou, and then hundreds of years of exploration and conquered more than a dozen dog Rong tribes before slowly rising to become one of the great powers, and the Western Regions are all sparse grasslands and deserts, In addition, the rain is scarce and cannot be cultivated at all, so my Great Qin has always been expanding and infiltrating the Central Plains, and the Western Regions have basically not paid attention to it. After Jiang Hu finished speaking, he asked suspiciously

"Yes, Master Hou, the land of the Western Regions is dry and rainy, and the wind and sand are all over the sky, I heard that when it comes to the cold winter, it will accumulate snow for several feet, which is far less rich than the Central Plains, I don't know what good things will be?" Jiang Bu also looked at the map drawn by Chen Xu and was puzzled.

"Hehe, it is precisely because everyone looks at the Central Plains, so they ignore the existence of the Western Regions, the Western Regions are not only rich in products, but also a large passage to the West, after passing through the Western Regions countries, you can directly reach an ancient civilization comparable to my China, where people take elephant beasts and peacocks as totems, and believe in a school that is very different from the Central Plains, called Buddhism, the school emphasizes reincarnation and cause and effect, the founder is called Siddhartha Gautama, and I am the Taoist sage Lao Tzu of the Central Plains about the same time, it has been more than 300 years ago, This country with elephant beasts and peacocks as totems almost a hundred years ago after driving out another powerful country called Macedonia in the west, established the Peacock Kingdom, set its capital in Fahrenheit, if it were not for the Western Regions countries and incomplete maps, a hundred years ago, the empire called Macedonia under the leadership of its king Alexander the Great could have been killed along the narrow corridor of the Western Regions to our Central Plains, and at that time, ......"

Chen Xu thought for a moment before he continued, "At that time, it seems that it was when King Huiwen of my Great Qin ascended the throne, changed the name of the country to Yuan, broke the righteous canal in the north of Xiping Shu, and resisted the rise of the Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains......

Chen Xu's words stunned Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu were completely speechless, and after a long time, the two of them slowly twisted their necks like wooden people, and their cervical vertebrae made a clicking sound, and finally they both looked at Chen Xu directly, but their eyes were empty and unfocused, and they felt like they were out of their bodies.

"Master Hou, aren't you joking? We have been stationed on the northwest border, how come we have never heard of these things you are talking about? Jiang Hu's body trembled slightly in the end, and his soul returned to his body.

"Hehe, I just said, because the Alexander the Great did not have a map to my Central Plains, and there was a 10,000-foot high mountain blocking it, and the passage to my Central Plains was extremely narrow, he didn't find it, he conquered the Mauryan Dynasty a few years after returning to his own country, and then the Peacock Dynasty rose, if the two generals don't believe it, after leading the army into the Western Regions one day, they will inevitably slowly hear the news of the Peacock Dynasty, by the way, the Peacock Dynasty has a very famous monarch, called Ashoka, Emperor Ashoka was eloquent and strategic, built the originally scattered Mauryan Empire into a powerful country, and built Buddhist temples on a large scale, and listed Buddhism as the state religion. ”

"Master Hou, which is more powerful than this Peacock Dynasty or the Macedonian Empire and my Great Qin?"

Although Chen Xu's words are incredible, he swears so much, and Chen Xu has the identity of a disciple of the immortal family, and even the emperor has to be respected as a prince, so even if Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu have ten thousand reasons to be suspicious, they have to force themselves to admit it, not to mention that as a military general who has just been crowned a marquis in the first war, he is more interested in the Peacock Dynasty and the Macedonian Empire in Chen Xu's mouth.

In the minds of Jiang Hu and many generals of Great Qin, all the Hu in the Western Regions are scum.

It's not that you can't win, but you are too lazy to fight, in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang and the Manchu civil and military, the land of wind, sand and bitter cold is not worth spending manpower, material and financial resources to attack.

Regarding Jiang Hu's question, Chen Xu pinched his chin and thought for a while and said: "Today's Great Qin may be a little stronger than the Peacock Dynasty, as for Macedonia, it is much stronger than my Great Qin, and his ruling area alone is several times that of my Great Qin, but it is not easy to compare, after all, my Qin army has not fought against it......"

"It's good to say that I haven't fought before, so I will go to Shangju now, and ask His Majesty to lead the army to kill all the Hus of the Western Regions first, and then wave the army to the west to fight with the Peacock Dynasty, as long as the Peacock Dynasty is killed, it will naturally be able to fight with Macedonia...... Jiang Hu's eyes lit up and he jumped up and grinded his palms.

"Don't be in a hurry!" Chen Xu grabbed Jiang Hu's arm and said: "I haven't told Your Majesty about this matter, if you go to say that Your Majesty will not believe it, if you ask Your Majesty to fight, Ben Hou will definitely not admit it?" ”

"Why?" Jiang Hu looked at Chen Xu with a demented face.

"Let's look at the map I drew first, and you'll know when I explain it clearly!" Chen Xu pointed to the Yellow River on the map again.

"At present, all the places in Henan occupied by my Great Qin seem to be like a lasso, so I call it the Hetao, after occupying the Hetao, I will confront the northwest Zhuhu across the river, plus the blocking of the border wall, the northwest border is very stable, but if the Xiongnu this great disaster is not completely swept away, my northwest will not be completely peaceful after all, and the Xiongnu will inevitably come back to disturb my border in a few years, so His Majesty sent troops to attack the Hun again in the autumn, just to completely kill the Huns and Donghu in one fell swoop. Decades no longer dare to go south to fight against the Central Plains, and after pacifying the northwest, His Majesty will free up his hands to deal with the Yue people in Lingnan, in short, Daqin is not appeased, and there is no proof from me, His Majesty will never send troops to attack the Western Regions, not to mention that my Daqin is not stable at the moment, the material is scarce, the people's livelihood is miserable, and I can't afford to launch a large-scale war against the countries of the Western Regions, I say this matter today, just to tell the two generals that once this war ends, there will be no more major wars in the northwest for at least ten years, It will be very difficult for a soldier to obtain military merits......"

"What Master Hou said is right, I'm afraid that this will be the most important opportunity for my Northwest soldiers to make great contributions!"

Jiang Bu nodded again and again, and at the same time there was apprehension and nervousness in his heart, if he couldn't fight the marquis this time, he might never have any chance in this life, but the Marquis of Qinghe now said that there is another world in the Western Regions and the Far West, this battle must not be finished, kill the countries of the Western Regions, and then kill the Peacock Dynasty, and then compete with the Macedonian Empire, among which the military merits that can be obtained are naturally endless, but if the emperor does not open his mouth, everything is in vain, and if the emperor believes that there is a sky outside the sky, only the Marquis of Qinghe must come forward.