Since the day he received the decree, Li Lao locked himself in the door of his room and never went out.

And Li Jiang and the others didn't bother, because they all knew in their hearts what Li Lao was doing in the room.

On the other hand, Qin Shi Huang finally launched a war against the Xiongnu, and this long-standing thing in his heart has already become a thorn in his heart, and war is a matter of time.

Of course, it was General Meng Da who received the order, and when Meng Tian heard Qin Shi Huang's order, he was not surprised in his heart, as if it was an ordinary thing.

In fact, Meng Tian has long understood the attack on the Xiongnu, this battle is inevitable, and it is also what he must do as a general, and the meaning of his existence is to expand the territory for His Majesty and complete the hegemony of unifying the world.

In the battle of the Xiongnu, Qin Shi Huang and Meng Tian have been discussing for a long time, and all the preparations have been almost completed.

Although the Xiongnu were a very small barbarian land, they lived in the steppes, and both men and women were good at riding and shooting, so it was more difficult than all the countries that Meng Tian had attacked before.

In the end, Qin Shi Huang decided that Meng Tian would lead 300,000 troops and set off to attack the Xiongnu a month later, which also decided that Li Lao must complete Qin Shi Huang's request within a month.

As we all know, Li Lao is good at the art of mechanism, but he has never seen Li Lao shoot for which king, so everyone is very curious, what kind of magic weapon will Li Lao make in this legend?

After Li Lao retreated for half a month, Li Lao finally came out of his room, and Li Lao handed Li Jiang the book in his hand and said nothing.

Li Jiang saw that his father had lost a lot of weight, and he felt distressed for a while, and he also understood that his father was still far from it.

Li Jiang asked Qishan and Shi Ming to invite Meng Tian to come to the Li Mansion, and Li Jiang handed the book to Meng Tian and said, "This is my father, let me hand it over to you." ”

Meng Tian took the book handed over by Li Jiang, opened it directly, and slowly the expression on his face became a little surprised, and then came to appreciation, and finally Meng Tian looked up at Li Jiang and said with admiration: "Li Lao is not a loss, Li Lao, if this thing is built, it will be invincible and invincible." ”

"If you can help Brother Meng, it would be great over there." Li Jiang saw the excited look in Meng Tian's eyes, and knew that Meng Tian liked this thing very much, and finally felt that his father's hard work was worth it.

"I'm going to report it to Your Majesty, and I believe Your Majesty will be very satisfied after reading it." The joy on Meng Tian's face was not concealed at all, and he even lost some of his temper, even his usual etiquette was gone.

Seeing Meng Tian happily striding and leaving in a hurry, Shi Ming said thoughtfully: "It seems that General Meng is very satisfied, and he didn't even notice that he had lost his temper. ”

Li Jiang also showed a smile on her face, she had never seen such a Meng Tian, on weekdays, Meng Tian was not smiling, and her whole body revealed majesty from time to time, which made people feel that it was not easy to get close.

At this time, Meng Tian was as happy as a child who had just gotten his beloved toy, which was really unexpected, just like two people.

Meng Tian didn't know how much difference his performance was from usual, but he just wanted to quickly present this bamboo slip to Qin Shi Huang, and Meng Tian believed that if Qin Shi Huang saw this calligraphy, he would definitely be happy.

Meng Tian hurried along the way, and Meng Tian stood up when he saw Qin Shi Huang

That is, he respectfully presented the book in his hand, and said in a tone that could not hide his excitement: "Your Majesty, this is a weapon that Li Lao has made." ”

"Oh?" Qin Shi Huang saw the excitement on Meng Tian's face, this was the first time Qin Shi Huang had seen Meng Tian look like this in so many years, so he opened it with curiosity.

There was a picture drawn on the book, and there were annotations next to it, Qin Shi Huang looked at it seriously, and slowly, Qin Shi Huang's face also appeared with a look like Meng Tian.

Finally, Qin Shi Huang put down the book, and there was a hearty laugh in the study, Qin Shi Huang said to Meng Tian: "Meng Aiqing, this is really ingenious, if you have this thing to help, you will definitely be able to help Meng Aiqing sweep away the Xiongnu in one fell swoop." ”

"Really, Your Majesty." Meng Tian could already imagine that when this thing was created, it must be like divine help.

"But this thing, although there are drawings and annotations, it must be difficult to build, and Meng Aiqing will lead the troops to set off after half a month, what should I do?" Although Qin Shi Huang was very satisfied, he suddenly thought of another problem.

Although this thing is good, it must be difficult to build, and this thing is huge, and it must be very inconvenient to move, which will affect the itinerary of the army.

"This ......" Meng Tian listened to Qin Shi Huang's words, and his mind suddenly realized, he had just ignored this problem because he was too excited, and the problem raised by Qin Shi Huang was indeed a difficult thing to solve.

"I remember that Elder Li accepted a few disciples, so it is better for them to accompany Meng Aiqing to set off together, and after arriving at the border, they will immediately make it, killing two birds with one stone." Qin Shi Huang suddenly remembered a few disciples accepted by Li Lao, so he said to Meng Tian.

Meng Tian listened to Qin Shi Huang's words, although he knew that this was the best way at the moment, but on the battlefield, the sword had no eyes, and Gao Mu and the others had never been on the battlefield, if there was any accident, how should he explain it to Li Lao?

Thinking of this, Meng Tian opened his mouth and said to Qin Shi Huang: "Your Majesty, several disciples of Li Laoshu have no experience in going to the battlefield, and the ministers are afraid that they will ......."

But before Meng Tian finished speaking, Qin Shi Huang interrupted Meng Tian's good words, and Qin Shi Huang said with a majestic face: "Isn't that one of the Great Qin soldiers arrogant and inexperienced on the battlefield?" As a good man of Great Qin, how could he retreat because he had never been on the battlefield, if everyone was like this, Great Qin would have already become a meal on the plate of other countries. ”

Meng Tian understood the meaning of Qin Shi Huang's words, and knew that he couldn't refuse, because once Qin Shi Huang had already made a decision in his heart, it was difficult to change it.

So, Meng Tian respectfully saluted Qin Shi Huang and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Okay." Qin Shi Huang said with a hearty laugh.

After Meng Tian came out of Xianyang Palace, his originally excited mood suddenly became a little dignified, obviously a very ordinary thing, but as soon as he ran into Lebanese, Meng Tian felt that he couldn't think about it.

In fact, the bamboo slip given by Li Lao is painted with a catapult, although the object is a little large, the method seems to be very simple, but there are several exquisite mechanisms, if it is not for the people in the industry and exquisite craftsmanship, it is difficult to make.

And Li Lao also commented on the method of construction and use on the side, on the battlefield, if you can get such a long-range attack, like a tiger with wings, it is difficult for the enemy to get close at all, even if you force it close, it is already more than half of the dead and wounded.

Li Jiang and the others saw Meng Tian leaving happily, but came back in a depressed mood, thinking that Qin Shi Huang was dissatisfied with the book, so they asked worriedly: "Brother Meng,

What did Your Majesty say? ”

"Your Majesty is very happy when you see this bamboo slip." Meng Tian said.

Isn't that a good thing? Why did Brother Meng look like this? Listening to Meng Tian's words, Li Jiang and the others were confused, since Long Yan was happy, why did Meng Tian really look like this?

"Your Majesty, Long Yan Dayue, is very satisfied with this thing, but ......" Meng Tian said with some hesitation.

"But what? Li Jiang saw Meng Tian's hesitant expression, thinking that something big had happened, so he asked.

"The catapult cannot be built by ordinary people, and after half a month, I will lead the troops to the expedition, and it will not be able to be built within half a month, so His Majesty ordered that Li Lao's disciples must follow the expedition this time." In the end, Meng Tian still spoke slowly.

"General Meng's expression is so heavy about this?" Shi Ming on the side listened, and said with a smile: "When General Meng entered the palace, we knew that there would be such a result, and we were already prepared, General Meng didn't have to worry about it. ”

In fact, when Takagi, Shi Ming and Mu Qi saw the contents of the bamboo slips, they knew the result, and they were already ready to go out with the army.

"You ......" Meng Tian looked at the people in Loei, not knowing what to say.

Takagi, who had rarely spoken, stepped forward, saluted respectfully to Meng Tian and said, "General Meng doesn't have to worry about it, it is natural for him to go to the battlefield as a man." ”

"Good, good." Meng Tian looked at the crowd and felt that they revealed an iron-clad momentum, Meng Tian felt that he had not fully understood them before, so he couldn't help but say three good words and looked at them with appreciation.

Half a month passed quickly, and on the day of the expedition, Gao Mu, Mu Qi, Shi Ming, Qishan and Xiaobu, who had been in military uniforms all their lives, followed behind Meng Tian, with majesty on their bodies, as if they had changed people.

When they set out on the expedition, Li Lao and Li Jiang did not appear, this is what Meng Tian and Zhao Gao meant, although everyone did not understand, but they agreed.

Before leaving, Li Lao, Li Jiang and Xiaobao saw them off in the Li Mansion, and Li Jiang put the peace charm in their palms one by one, trying not to show worry in their eyes.

Li Lao looked at everyone in military uniforms, and didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse for him to accept them as disciples? But at this time, Li Lao could only say slowly: "Come back safely." ”

"Yes." Takagi and the others respectfully saluted Li Lao, and then turned to leave.

Li Lao, Li Jiang and Xiaobao stood at the door of Li, looking at the back in the distance, and after a long time, Shanshan entered the door.

After the army set off, Shi Ming looked at Mu Qi, who was worried, and asked, "We set off with the army, can you inform your family?" ”

Everyone understands the relationship between Mu Qi and his own people, although everyone usually doesn't say it, but it doesn't mean that they don't care in their hearts.

"No problem." Mu Qi just shook his head, and then said lightly.

In fact, the day before the expedition, Mu Qi came to Mu Men, and Mu Qi stood at the door for a long time, but in the end he still did not enter.

Mu Fu only has a son of Mu Qi, Mu Qi only has a sister, this year is just the year of the year, Mu Fu only has one son of his own, his own son does not inherit his father's business is already unfilial, and now he goes out with the army, although he is not charging into battle, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, life and death are up to the sky, Mu Qi really does not know how to say to his father.