Chapter 623: Aftermath
After listening to Hu Hai's words, Yinggao's nose was sour at the time, Hu Hai had realized this, indicating that after such a long time of ups and downs, he finally saw what kind of person he was, but now it's too late.
"I hope so, if I can really get what I want, I still want to be brothers with you, after all, such brothers are real brothers."
Ying Gao also said such a sentence, which is also what he really thinks in his heart at this time, the reason why Hu Hai has become like this is because they were born in the emperor's family, if it were an ordinary people's family, it would naturally not be like this.
After finishing speaking, Yinggao felt that the fate between him and Hu Hai should really end here, not to mention the next life, since he has embarked on the road of hegemony in this life, he can't stop, and all this is no longer related to Hu Hai.
"Brother, Zhao Hu and Qi Yi should have run together, there must be some personal affairs between them, and when we established our own forces in the territory near Seleuc before, it was always Zhao Hu who showed up, he still has a certain ability in that area, I suspect that he took away thousands of the most elite people, these people, will still be a trouble, he and Zhao Cheng have been hiding since Zhao Gao's death, and it is undoubtedly very difficult to catch him, and I hope my brother knows, Hu Hai is all he says!"
After saying this last sentence that might be of some use to Daqin and Yinggao, Hu Hai bowed to Yinggao a few times, and then he returned to his position, calmed down his emotions, and stopped looking at Yinggao.
After Yinggao returned to his main hall, his heart was also very low, and his words were also good. is talking about Hu Hai at this time, but Ying Gao also knows that if Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng succeed, Han Xin and the Romans will be defeated in the battle, and Seleu will fall into his hands, he will not think so.
As for Zhao Cheng, who was arrested with Hu Hai, Ying Gao didn't even have the interest to ask, Zhao Cheng was being imprisoned in Xianyang City at this time, Ying Gao thought about it, summoned the Zhu family in, and said to the Zhu family with a fierce face: "You pass the order, Zhao Cheng will be executed in Xianyang City tomorrow, how Zhao Gao's three clans were executed, how he should be executed." ”
"Your Majesty, don't you wait for Prince Hu Hai, and then put them to death together?"
"No, Hu Hai is a member of my Ying clan, even if it is executed, it cannot be executed for Zhao Gao's clan, and Hu Hai can have a full corpse, but Zhao Cheng cannot have a full corpse."
As soon as Yinggao said this, the Zhu family understood, this was Yinggao's anger at Zhao Cheng for colluding with Hu Hai to oppose Qin when he was in Xianyang City, so he couldn't tolerate Zhao Cheng for a day.
The next day, as Zhao Cheng's crime was announced, the people of Daqin hated Zhao Gao's younger brother who had been hidden in Xianyang City, so much so that Zhao Cheng had been beaten half to death by the debris thrown out by the people who watched the excitement of Daqin before he could be executed.
When Zhao Cheng was executed, Ying Gao also informed the people of Daqin by the way that Hu Hai would not be sentenced to death with Zhao Cheng because he was the son of the first emperor, but five days later, Hu Hai could not escape death.
As the current emperor of Great Qin, it is a big deal in public opinion to want to execute his brother, but in Yinggao, he has won unanimous support, and almost all the people of Great Qin think that Hu Hai's death is not a pity, and Yinggao can not execute him like Zhao Cheng, which has already given him great respect.
Before Hu Hai died, according to his own requirements, Yinggao let him live the life of the Great Qin Gongzi five days ago in his previous palace, with wine, meat, and the company of dancing girls, and even in the end, Hu Hai drank the last glass of wine in his life before pouring it on the table in front of him.
Hu Hai died, it can be regarded as a piece of Yinggao's heart, and now Daqin is Daqin, and without Daqin's son, it is impossible for other forces to use this weakness to attack Daqin.
And Hu Hai reminded Yinggao's Zhao Hu before the temporary, Yinggao did not ignore it, at that time, Yinggao wrote a letter to Meng Tian, who was guarding over there, because Yinggao knew that Zhao Hu was the one who assassinated him twice before, this guy must be a bold person, and he was very familiar with Daqin's Xianyang City before, once it was excavated by the Romans or even Philip V's people, it had to be said to be a big threat to Daqin.
The fact is exactly the same as Hu Hai's guess, Zhao Hu and Qi Yi have long had a personal relationship, but these two people are hidden quite deeply, even Zhao Cheng is kept in the dark, and Hu Hai is still very useful to them, so they don't treat Hu Hai badly, which makes Hu Hai never find out.
When Meng Tian and Han Xin's army attacked their territory, Zhao Hu, who was in charge of city defense, learned about the situation as soon as possible, but Zhao Hu also knew that they were running for Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng this time, and if they went to inform Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng now, they would basically not be able to escape.
So Zhao Hu weighed the pros and cons at this time, and took Qi Yi away as quickly as possible, and then took five thousand sergeants who had always been very loyal to him, and quietly left through the back door before Han Xin and Meng Tian broke the city, and at the same time, he also sent someone to leak the news of Hu Hai and Zhao Chengcheng in this city to the besieging Daqin soldiers, so no one paid attention to him at all, and he and Qi Yi ran away like this.
After the two of them ran away with 5,000 men and horses, of course Zhao Hu also knew that it would be difficult for these 5,000 men and horses to achieve anything big in this realm where the weak and the strong eat.
So Zhao Hu took 5,000 people to a place farther away from Seleuc, and seeing that Daqin's men and horses did not chase after him, he found a small force with only one city, and relied on his own skills and 5,000 elite soldiers to join them, and began to live incognito in this place.
Such a small place is really not something that Meng Tian can find casually, Zhao Hu knows that now without the constraints of Hu Hai's identity, he can start to develop his own power, in fact, the change in his thinking began when they went to the territory around Seleucus to establish power.
Before in Daqin, he has always been Zhao Cheng's appendage, no matter whether Zhao Cheng really can't support the wall or not, he has to be assisting Zhao Cheng all the time, of course, the etiquette of the Central Plains is required to do so.
But it's different here, it's a world of the jungle, in this chaotic realm, if you have the ability, you can have soldiers, you can have cities, you can have people, in other words, you can have everything.
From the moment he knew this, Zhao Hu began to feel that following Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai was simply living up to his own ability, his age was not small, if he followed them for five or eight years, his life would be wasted.
Zhao Hu saw many people whose abilities were much worse than his own, there were two or three cities on this territory, tens of thousands of soldiers, eating and drinking spicy food and spicy food in the cities under his jurisdiction every day, Mei Ji was also one by one, they could live such a life, Zhao Hu naturally believed that he could also live such a life.
And the first step to change himself is to hook up with Qi Yi, who is very beautiful in Zhao Hu's opinion, and first talk about the enjoyment that he can enjoy around him, right?
Since Zhao Hu was already quite experienced in this area when he was in Xianyang City before, it didn't take him long to take down Qi Yi, who was already quite familiar with him.
After taking Qi Yi, Zhao Hu has been looking for an opportunity, he originally wanted to break away from Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng and go it alone, but before he could make any moves, Han Xin and Meng Tian's army had already appeared under their city.
In fact, for Zhao Hu, this gave him a chance to be with Qi Yi openly and stand on his own, although he is now committed to a small force, but his ultimate goal is big.
Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng defeated Rome, and Seleuc officially became part of the territory of Great Qin, and this major event spread throughout the land of Great Qin during this time.
This rhythm made the people of Great Qin really a little unable to react for a while, especially many people who had experienced the period of the previous reign of the First Emperor or even the end of the Warring States Period, and their worldview suddenly had a huge subversion, and what brought them all this was their current emperor, Yinggao.
After taking down Seleuc, Yinggao knew that Daqin had reached a crossroads again, those small forces around Seleucus and the Peacock Dynasty were densely packed, and there were two roads in front of Yinggao, one was to let Meng Tian take people and Xiang Yu together to destroy all these forces one by one, and the other was to leave them alone for the time being, and they didn't dare to delay anything Daqin did.
On this day, after the court, Ying Gao, Han Xin, Xiao He and a few younger officials were studying how to do this matter together.
Yinggao first asked Han Xin to introduce to everyone what the small forces around Seleuc were like, and then asked him whether these forces should be taken down.
"Your Majesty, since we have taken down both the Seleucus and the Peacock Dynasty, those small forces don't care, let them be my Great Qin's subordinates, they are naturally very willing. Otherwise, once we start to exterminate these forces, and finally let many small forces unite against my Great Qin, it will be worth the loss! ”
This is Xiao He's opinion, although Xiao He is not a person who does not support the war, but he is still very happy to fight a little less war, especially for those forces that have no challenge, whether they can fight or not, in Xiao He's opinion, it is meaningless for Daqin's hegemony.
In particular, Xiao He knew that according to Yinggao's statement, the territory in this world was very large, and with the population and strength of Great Qin, although he could conquer all the places, he did not have the ability to occupy all the places.
"Zuo Xiang's words are wrong, since my Great Qin has taken all the Seleuces, those forces will just scare the city and the people away, rather than let unreliable people manage those cities, it is better to put them in the hands of my Great Qin, if the king thinks that the elite cavalry of Great Qin is a waste to attack these forces, I am willing to lead a team of men and horses to conquer those cities for the king, if it is not good, I am willing to be dealt with by Qin's law!"
After listening to this person's words, Xiao He shook his head with a smile, and then even Yinggao laughed, yes, these young people were selected by Yinggao in the imperial examination this time, and they were willing to go to the surrounding areas of Seleuc.
They were obviously different from what Xiao He thought, and they would not let go of any opportunity for Great Qin to make contributions, especially when attacking foreign cities.
But obviously, whether it is in Yinggao's eyes or in the eyes of Xiao He, who has been refuted by them, they are just some newborn calves, and they are not the same as Yinggao and Xiao He.
"It is true that you will go to the territory of Seleuc, but what you are saying now is just a piece of paper, I ask you, have you asked General Han Xin or other generals who have returned from Seleuc about the situation of the forces around Seleuc before you say this, and if you go, what kind of methods will you use to attack them?"
Under Yinggao's question, these young people looked at each other, obviously not doing their homework, but relying on their own enthusiasm and feelings for Daqin to say such things.
"After you arrive in Seleuc, you will each control the city on the border of Seleuc, and naturally there are defenders in the city, you can use the defenders to spy on the surrounding news, and you must understand the situation next to Seleuc, after a while, you will look at the question I said today, and naturally you will have different answers."
When these young people saw that the emperor had said this, they naturally stopped proposing to attack these forces casually.
"I will tell General Meng Tian to keep an eye on the forces around the Seleuces at all times, and see if any of them are close to Philip V or the Romans, and if there is really any force related to the Romans, then it will definitely not be merciful."
As soon as Yinggao said this, everyone knew that for a long time in the future, the Romans would be the main enemies of Great Qin, not Philip V, which was very similar to the previous Warring States.