Chapter 485: Ready (Second Update)
Lu Jia is still supervising the progress of the excavation of the mountain, but after such a long time, this project has shown the light compared to before, only to see that the place where it was knocked has been recessed into a large piece, Lu Jia and Han Xin will climb the height almost every once in a while to take a look, today, the two of them went to the high place to look at the mountain range, to see how far the mountain range can be chiseled.
"General, please look, from this point of view, the mountain range has been almost excavated, in my opinion, it is possible to chisel it in the next few days, the general should be ready, once this place is chiseled, I will send a fast horse to inform the king of the news here as soon as possible, and the order will come soon."
Although it was only speculation, Han Shin saw the progress of the mountain excavation by using the stones thrown by the two stone-throwing machines.
He knew that Lu Jia's guess must be good, he didn't have much time to train here, and according to the previous news, the person in charge of exploring the road to the Xiongnu had already sent back the news, they had already figured out the road, and now they were just waiting for Xiang Yu to reorganize his troops and horses and drive here.
At the same time, the first batch of grain and grass transported from Bashu has also arrived, and there will be a second and third batches next, but once this transportation path is opened, things will be much simpler in the future.
This progress shows that the pressure that had been on Lu Jia's shoulders before has gradually begun to shift to Han Xin's shoulders.
Once everything is ready, with an edict from Yinggao, Han Xin and Xiang Yu have to launch an attack on the Mauryan Empire at the specified time, everything on the other side of the mountain range is unknown, and it may be that once it passes, it will find that the army is already in battle, or it may be that after it has passed, it will find that it will have to pass through another barren land......
In short, Yinggao told Han Xin before Han Xin set off, and he couldn't judge what kind of situation they would be like when they got there, and there were only two things he could guarantee, that is, the land from there must be adjacent to the Mauryan Dynasty, and another point, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Peacock Dynasty's army was definitely inferior to the Great Qin army, but Yinggao also frequently reminded Han Xin that in that strange land, the fatal thing may not be the enemy's army, but the surrounding environment or climate.
What Yinggao said, Han Xin firmly remembered in his heart, and he still remembered Yinggao's last request, that is, once an unpredictable situation happened to them before, don't know that they are dead and move forward, leaving a chance to survive, and everything will be possible in the future.
On the fifth day after Lu Jia told Han Xin his speculation, after a trebuchet threw stones, the voice was several times louder than usual, and the sergeant operating the trebuchet was slightly stunned, and he didn't think much about it at the time, because they were operating the trebuchet every day, and they were already a little numb, so the voice was a little louder, and they didn't care much.
But at this time, there happened to be a group of cavalry under Han Xin's command riding their horses past the vicinity, and they were also attracted by this loud noise to look at the mountain range, but it didn't matter what they looked at, and a sergeant shouted at that time.
"That mountain range was really broken by my Great Qin's trebuchet!"
It didn't matter if this shout was heard, all the people who heard it rushed to the place where they were recessed, because after all, the mountain range was quite thick, and it was really impossible to see what the situation was from a general angle, so they could only see what was going on when they went to the vicinity of the mountain range.
Some of the sergeants moved relatively fast, and they rushed to the vicinity of the recessed place at once, they looked inside, and sure enough, there was a beam of light on the opposite side, what this meant, they naturally knew, because during this time, Lu Jia and Han Xin were studying what they were looking forward to every day, and every one of the more than 20,000 people had a number in their hearts.
After confirming this matter, just before the mountain range, there was a burst of cheers, this sound was loud, and finally alarmed Han Xin and Lu Jia, the two of them came out to take a look, and they guessed what was going on at that time, they had imagined what it would be like when the mountain was broken, and now, this time has finally arrived.
The two pushed away the crowd and waited, and went to the recessed place to investigate, and found that the opposite side had been shaken open a translucent place the size of a person's head, although it was not too big, but it was obviously passed.
"From this day forward, don't continue to use the stone thrower, rely on manpower to slowly dig here, and at the same time strengthen the mountain, and finally I want a passage where three or four horsemen and at least one carriage can pass side by side. At the same time, the stone thrower should not be idle, continue to dig at a distance from here, and strive to dig another passage before getting news from the king! ”
After checking it, Lu Jia gave such an order to less than a thousand people under his command, obviously, this was all planned by him a long time ago, after Han Xin heard it, he couldn't help but admire Lu Jia a little.
With his understanding of Yinggao, of course he knew that such detailed words were definitely not what Yinggao told him, but if he did this, in case the battle between Yiyi Yu and Han Xin over there did not go well, they would have one more way to escape back.
Moreover, Han Xin knew that Lu Jia would never be satisfied with just two such narrow passages, he would continue to dig after they had not gone or even their army had passed, creating more opportunities for them.
After arranging this matter, Lu Jia wrote a letter to Yinggao as soon as possible, reporting almost all the current situation here, and then showed it to Han Xin, and asked Han Xin if he had anything to reciprocate, and after seeing Han Xin shake his head, he carefully sealed the letter and sent a cronie who had already made two round-trips to send the letter back to Xianyang City.
In fact, he doesn't blame Lu Jia for being so cautious, he naturally knows the weight of this news, what this news is exchanged for will almost certainly be Yinggao's order when to attack the Peacock Dynasty, so there must not be any mistakes, although Lu Jia does not directly lead troops to participate in the battle against the Peacock Dynasty, but he also knows that Yinggao also has to balance the attack time of the other two naval armies, in case it is not arranged, if one of the people arrives too early, then I don't know how big the loss is.
What Lu Jia was worried about was actually what Yinggao had been thinking about, when Yinggao received Lu Jia's letter, although he was happy in his heart, but the matter of setting the date of the attack really made him worry for a lot of time.
How much time it takes to sail from the sea to the Mauryan Dynasty, and how much time it takes to attack the Mauryan Dynasty from land, are all estimated by him based on the experience of later generations, which is because of the wind and waves at sea and how far the Peacock Dynasty is on the other side of the mountain range, the errors caused by Yinggao cannot be estimated, so he knows that once his estimate is not much different from the real situation, the loss is the life of the soldiers of Great Qin.
But even so, now it is completely time for Yinggao to make a decision, the mountain range has been chiseled, Xiang Yu is about to arrive, and the chart has been sent back to him after a lot of hardships, under Yinggao's preliminary inspection, it is still very accurate, and where there are reefs, where the wind and waves are encountered, are marked.
All the chess pieces that Yinggao has scattered in the past two years have been recovered, and now, it is time for him, the chess player, to make another move.
After a lot of ideological struggle, at the same time, Yinggao sent three letters, the most important part of these three letters is three times, which are the three offensive times he set for these three teams, he knows that maybe in the near future, these three offensive times will bring him huge controversy, but he must make a decision, this decision is the root of his responsibility for Daqin in the future.
After all the three letters were sent, Yinggao did not rush to publicize this matter within the scope of Daqin, he naturally had to wait until these days were over, and after setting these three days, Yinggao still had something to do.
This matter, Yinggao handed it over to Xiao He, and after Xiao He saw this task, he could only smile helplessly, there was no other reason, but this matter was really a bit of a scolding matter.
What Yinggao asked Xiao He to do was to send away the bigwigs who had been on the pole to find Xiao He to do something for Daqin, and finally met Yinggao's various schools.
After the last time he was almost forced by Yinggao to agree to go to the Peacock Dynasty to preach and teach and solve his doubts, those people regretted how much they regretted in their hearts, but the wood was already in the boat, and they could only accept this matter, the only consolation was undoubtedly that this matter did not have to be done immediately, but could wait a little, according to their thoughts, this little wait should definitely be at least after more than a year.
But now less than two months have passed, Ying Gao informed Xiao He, and asked Xiao He to inform those who had left their names with him before, but all those under the age of forty had to go to the barren land and wait for the place where Han Xin and Xiang Yu led the army to leave, and once the good news came from there, they would enter the Peacock Dynasty under the escort of the sergeant as soon as possible, and explain the laws and policies of Great Qin to the people of the Peacock Dynasty in the place where they had been taken.
Although he knew that this must be a matter of scolding, Xiao He still had to do it hard, and he also knew that it would definitely be a lot of chickens and dogs, but Yinggao's order was that even if they were tied, they had to tie these guys to a barren land, of course, escorting them definitely didn't need Xiao He to participate, Xiao He's task was to get the heads of these people together.
After the order of this matter was issued, Yinggao knew that it was time for him to wait for the results, and he had already released it within the scope of Daqin, and all the scholars with a little status already knew that they had confidence in the victory of the Peacock Dynasty, and now the reluctant scholars were almost forced to be sent to a barren place to standby, and it was a kind of performance of breaking the boat, once the result was not good for himself, Yinggao couldn't believe that the public opinion in Daqin would have any bad impact on him.
"Zuo Xiang thinks that I should be content with the status quo after the rare peace of Great Qin, and maintain the stability of Great Qin in the position of the emperor, instead of spending a lot of troops and money like now, fighting for a result that I don't know what the result will be?"
This question was the first time Ying Gao said it in front of his courtiers, but in his own heart, he had already remembered it countless times.
Of course, he can make Daqin's own hands strong and the people of Daqin rich, but he can guarantee that this generation, the next generation, the next generation, in a place like the Central Plains, a little bad will be seized by a place like the Xiongnu.
The Tang Empire used to be so strong, what a realm of all nations coming to the court, but the rise and fall is only a matter of a hundred years or even decades.
Every time it comes to a special historical period, the development of some foreign races is indeed rapid, and the rapid development of the Mongolian cavalry makes the Southern Song Dynasty finally perish in the last breath, which is a clear proof, sometimes, you stand still is equivalent to regression.
In this context, Yinggao finally chose to start the pace of Great Qin's expansion in his time, he didn't know how far he could go, but he would do his best to let himself go far, even if it was, he still needed someone to understand.
"Since the monarch can stand out from the crowd of Great Qin princes, since he can know a lot of things that we don't know, it is enough to show that the wisdom of the monarch is absolutely beyond the reach of people, if the Great Qin remains unchanged, the peace of these decades is naturally stable, but when I get old, what will become of alien races like the Xiongnu and Nanyue, it is something that we can't predict, the monarch wants to leave an immortal inheritance for his children and grandchildren, it is really a respectable and admirable move, Xiao He can understand, and fully support the monarch."
For Xiao He's statement, Yinggao is still quite grateful, this is not Xiao He patting on the back, but Xiao He's heart really began to understand Yinggao, he put Xiao He in the very important position of Zuo Xiang, which is almost in the court of Daqin, judging from the current results, it is undoubtedly quite correct.
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