Chapter 289: The Overlord's Choice (Second Update)

Others don't know Yinggao, Xiao He must still understand, what Yinggao is most worried about before leaving, isn't it the situation of this Huns?

Xiao He knew that what Yinggao was most afraid of was that the Xiongnu did his best to attack the Great Wall after learning that Yinggao led the army to Jiangdong to quell the chaos, although Meng Tian did not let the Xiongnu take advantage of it for so many years, but you have to admit that since the beginning of Man, the Xiongnu have been improving, from the harassment of stragglers of one tribe to the current establishment of a country, then the strength is definitely different from before.

And Meng Tian's defenders have gone from 300,000 to 150,000 today, at the moment when Yinggao and the army are not in Xianyang, if the Xiongnu really raise the strength of the whole country to fight Meng Tian, Yinggao's heart is really bottomless.

So as soon as Yinggao came back, Xiao He Daqin didn't talk about his own family, and directly told Yinggao about the Huns.

"If you want to take it first, you must give it first! I'm afraid that Zuo Xiang doesn't know about that Maoton...... This guy won't be able to become my Great Qin's henchman in a big trouble......"

"This ...... I have heard for a long time that those people outside the Huns are not very proficient in stratagem, and the king's worries are a little ......"

As soon as Yinggao said these words, Xiao He reacted to what Yinggao was worried about. But what kind of people are the Huns, Xiao He has also understood, of course he can't say that Yinggao's worries are superfluous, but this kind of chasing the wind and shadows is really a little different from the bold Yinggao he learned before.

As soon as Ying Gao heard this, he said in his heart, I can't tell you that this is what I saw in the history books of my previous life, and now the plot of the Huns is really developed according to the previous script.

So Ying Gao sighed slightly, and said slowly: "Before, the Zhu family reported after returning from the scouts sent by him, that Mandanyu's death did not seem to be an accident as the Huns claimed to the outside world, but it was very likely to be killed by Mao Dun, although we can't be completely sure of this matter, but I'm afraid that it is eight or nine not far from ten, that Man has indeed led the army to the foot of the Great Wall of my Great Qin before, but it is still difficult to take advantage of half a point in the hands of General Meng Tian. ”

Ying Gao's statement, of course Xiao He has to believe it, such a big matter, Ying Gao obviously will not guess casually, so Xiao He, who originally felt good about himself, also cast a shadow in his heart.

As the saying goes, hooligans are not scary, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

In the eyes of Xiao He and many other Great Qin generals, the previous Xiongnu were just some people who wanted to harass the borders of Great Qin by relying on their mobility, and by the way, they would take some resources from the people of Great Qin.

Such a problem is really not a problem for Daqin, whose territory is so broad, with Meng Tian sitting there, and in recent years, those villages scattered outside the Great Wall have basically been transferred to the Great Wall, and the losses caused by the Xiongnu to the people of Great Qin have become less and less.

But if Mao Dun is really like what Ying Gao said, then Da Qin Ke will have to pay more attention, the dog that bites people does not bark, Xiao He also understands this truth.

"The king's meaning is ......"

If this is the case, Xiao He's previous relaxed response with Meng Tian is obviously no longer available, and the decision-making in this general direction naturally has to be spoken.

"Inform General Meng Tian to double the dispatch of scouts to control the situation of the three adjacent forces of the Xiongnu, Yueshi and Donghu, especially between Donghu and the Xiongnu, according to what you said before, if the bullying of the Xiongnu by the King of Donghu has escalated again, I am afraid that there will be no peace between them......"

Ying Gao didn't elaborate, but through Ying Gao's expression, Xiao He had some thoughts in his heart, if there was any big war between the Xiongnu and Donghu, it would definitely be a situation that would never die, plus the Yue clan next to him, the strategy of Mao Dun was simply about to come out.

"Your Majesty, should we send troops to intervene in the situation in the north?"

"No, what my Great Qin lacks most now is soldiers who can fight well, if it is needless to lose tens of thousands, I am afraid that there will be trouble, you know, Xiang Yu is not dead......"

It took Ying Gao and Xiao He a long time to discuss what strategy to adopt for the Xiongnu, and it was obvious that the news of the establishment of the Xiongnu empire was not only known to the court of Great Qin.

At this time, in the southwest of Daqin, is the land of Bashu, which is neither Guanzhong nor the old land of the six countries of Kanto before, and for Daqin, it can be regarded as a vast and sparsely populated place.

Moreover, the land of Bashu is mostly mountains, rivers and swamps, and it is very difficult for the people to survive, let alone march and fight here.

But it was in a place surrounded by streams between the mountains and rivers that a troop of men and horses was encamped, and in the largest of them, the topic of conversation was also related to the Xiongnu.

"What does the Father mean...... Shall I go to those alien races? ”

The name Xiongnu came out of the mouth of an old man who thought that his beard was white, and such an old man was none other than Fan Zeng, who was defeated in Shouchun a few months ago.

And the one sitting on the main seat of the camp tent has lost a lot of weight, but his figure is still burly, his armor is already polished brightly, and although there is a trace of stubble under his chin, he is still clean and tidy.

Since the day he was persuaded by Fan Zeng, Zhang Liang and others to lead the army to flee Shouchun, they have hardly stopped marching.

Although Great Qin is really vast, they are very familiar with the terrain of the south, and it is very easy to find a mountain forest that can temporarily avoid the Qin soldiers.

But Xiang Yu obviously has his plans, the matter of occupying the mountain as the king is not suitable for him now, he wants to continue to live and continue to find some discomfort for Yinggao, then he must find another way.

In this way, they did not stop at Nanhai County and Changsha, which had been controlled by Fusu, and walked directly to the west.

Sometimes, it is true that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the land of Bashu is really not very far from Xianyang, but Yinggao really didn't expect that Xiang Yu and his 10,000 army were almost walking a completely parallel route to himself, and if you go west, people will also go west.

Just after they had finally set up camp in a decent manner and rested for a few days in a place surrounded by mountains that were almost impossible to find, in the big tent of the Chinese army, where there were still more than 8,000 horses left, Fan Zeng proposed to Xiang Yu and the generals under his command the name Xiongnu, which was familiar but unfamiliar to them as Jiangdong children.

Xiang Yu, who has experienced this series of setbacks, is no longer as reckless as before, if he was a year ago, if he heard the slightest bit of Fan Zeng's intention to let them defect to the Huns, then he would have to blow up his hair at that time.

But now, although some of the eyes of the generals under him are already a little unkind, Xiang Yu just asked as usual.

Fan Zeng seemed to have known that Xiang Yu could ask this question, he smiled slightly, and touched his already snow-white beard. Then he looked at Zhang Liang beside him, and finally looked at Xiang Yu, who had a trace of pain in his eyes and a trace of expectation.

Zhang Liang and Long He only caught up with Xiang Yu and their large army after a full month, although they couldn't bring back any of their Jiangdong disciples, but they escaped unharmed with the people who came, and Xiang Yu was so happy that he didn't sleep much for two or three days.

After Zhang Liang returned, he soaked with Fan Zeng almost every day, and the whole wave of Daqin was such a big place, where to go, what to do, this is definitely a rather tricky problem for Xiang Yu with a goal of 10,000 people, which is not big but not small.

In the end, the two agreed that there is no place for Xiang Yu in the Central Plains, there is no impermeable wall in the world, no matter which county you go to with 10,000 people, you must develop, you must continue to grow, otherwise what is the point of you running out.

Therefore, if the ultimate goal is to oppose Qin, with the current situation of Great Qin, you can't be in the territory of Great Qin, otherwise when Fusu in the south of the people really controls the army of Nanhai County, once it is discovered, Xiang Yu will have no way to go to heaven and earth.

So the Central Plains couldn't stay, and the two of them still set their sights on Nanyue, Yelang, Xiongnu and Donghu.

Among them, the closest to Bashu, where they are now, is Yelang.

But Fan Zeng knew that as early as a hundred years ago, King Chu Xiang of Chu State had sent a general to attack Yelang, but he originally thought that it would take a lot of effort, but the general had just led the army to Yelang's country, and Yelang surrendered directly.

After that, King Yelang was also a vassal and a tribute to King Xiang of Chu, and he completely became a vassal state of Chu, and before that, the people of the Central Plains did not know that there was such a country in the southwest of the Central Plains.

What does this mean, it shows that this Yelang doesn't matter whether he has national strength or not, it is a spineless country, where you Xiang Yu is going, it must be a place where you want to destroy Daqin, although Yelang has a good geographical location, but people don't even dare to call out the Chu State, let alone the now unified Daqin.

Fan Zeng believed that he didn't have much energy to care about him now, otherwise, he would be a bear who knelt down first without waiting for his soldiers to go to the city.

As for Yueshi and Donghu, the strength of these two places is not bad, and they are on both sides of the Xiongnu, and according to the geographical location, they also seem to be slightly stronger than the Xiongnu.

But the well-informed Fan Zeng knew that the people of the Yue clan just talked about their appearance, which was very different from the people of the Central Plains, and they were not a breed at first glance.

To say that the people in these two places are mainly different from the Central Plains people in terms of dress and customs, and there are some subtle differences in appearance, then the Yueshi is similar to looking at aliens in the eyes of people in that era.

Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Now although Xiang Yu is ready to take refuge in another race, he can't take refuge in a different race, so the Yue clan was also excluded by Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang.

The rest are the Xiongnu and Donghu, the reason why Donghu was called Donghu by the Central Plains is just because the previous Xiongnu called themselves Hu, and Donghu's territory was in the east of the Xiongnu, so they simply called Donghu.

Donghu's combat effectiveness, that is also quite okay, when the Great Qin was not unified, Donghu only had to invade the territory of Yan, and later Yan was unbearable, and the Great Wall was built at the junction of Yan and Donghu.

And now the Great Wall built by Meng Yi is to connect the Great Wall of Yan and other countries in one place, and when the time comes, whether it is Donghu or Xiongnu or Yueshi, they will all be able to enter and it will be over.

But there was one thing that made Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang decide to go to the Xiongnu absolutely.

In addition to the fact that the geographical location of the Xiongnu is slightly more convenient than that of Donghu, and the Great Wall in the territory of Daqin is directly opposed, the most important reason is that the Xiongnu are no longer a simple tribal form from the beginning of Mandanyu, but like Daqin, they established an empire.

As for Donghu, although there is also a king of Donghu, it is just the leader of one of the largest tribes, which is still very different from the Xiongnu's single Yu in essence.

In the eyes of Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang, such institutional reform is more advanced than Donghu, and if they take refuge in such a place, they will save a lot of effort in opposing Qin.

But the two of them discussed this matter simply, and after saying it, it was a little different in the ears of Xiang Yu and those generals.

"The young general doesn't know, if you want to oppose Qin, this Xiongnu is afraid that it is the only place for us to go now......"

After saying this, Fan Zeng analyzed many situations for Xiang Yu, and all the analyses revolved around one theme, that is, anti-Qin.

After Xiang Yu listened, a pair of sword eyebrows were tightly locked together, and he knew in his heart that in Jiangdong, although he was only called a major general, the previous Jiangdong was his territory, and he was the king of Jiangdong, which was not much worse than the status of the Huns.

And if he took refuge in Maudun with less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, he would no longer be a local snake, but a character who cowered under the eaves of others.

The two or three hundred thousand iron horses under the command of the Huns, that is not blown, if people recognize their own ability, and cooperate with themselves, then it is okay to say, if people don't look down on you at all, if the hot face is pasted with a cold ass, then it is not interesting.

During this time, the generals around him were waiting silently, and they all knew that Xiang Yu was about to make an extremely difficult decision, so he needed time and thought calmly.