Chapter 589: Hu Hai's Hind Hand (Second Update)
This time, Han Xin obviously accurately grasped Yinggao's thoughts, if he hadn't gone directly to Xiang Yu's city, of course, there would have been no such series of easy and neat operations.
According to Han Xin's original plan, it would be impossible for him to burn the fifty or sixty thousand horses of the White Tiger Dynasty at once, although he could almost wipe them out, but it was definitely impossible to be so easy.
But Han Xin still has a certain risk in doing this, in case Yinggao does not recognize Xiang Yu in his heart and does not want to maintain a good relationship with the Xiongnu, then he does this even if he touches Yinggao's backscales, but Han Xin still does it, and succeeds, this success has laid a good tone for the development of Daqin and the Xiongnu.
In fact, Yinggao has always maintained a good relationship with the Xiongnu is not his own will, having such a force under his nose is not a good thing for any emperor, but Yinggao has to do this, the reason is only known to him, and he thinks that at least now is not the time to inform Han Xin about this.
At the same time, in the mysterious dynasty that was far away from Great Qin, the major events that happened in the territory of the Peacock Dynasty were once again transmitted to the ears of this monarch.
"Oh? Great Qin sent 30,000 troops, almost bloodlessly destroyed a dynasty with less than 100,000 soldiers, and then donated the land to another small country and went back? ”
After hearing this, the mysterious monarch's eyes narrowed slightly, and his fingers tapped rhythmically on the table in front of him, and the official who reported to him knew that he was thinking seriously about the problem, and if he interrupted him at this time, his good days would come to an end.
After a long time, the monarch suddenly laughed a few times, and then said faintly: "It is rumored that this emperor of Great Qin is far from thirty years old, but in my opinion, this guy's wisdom is probably no less than that of a fifty-year-old conspirator. ”
"What do you mean by that?" It's not that this official deliberately held his own king to speak, but he really didn't understand what conspiracy could be explained by attacking a small dynasty, and he said in his heart that this was not Daqin showing off his strength? 30,000 horses can take down a dynasty with a scale of 100,000 people, and of course these forces around the Peacock Dynasty can only be honest in the future, is there any other purpose for this?
"This war seems to be that Great Qin is showing off their strength and deterring the surrounding dynasties, but even if they don't deter, these dynasties will definitely not dare to fight the idea of the Peacock Dynasty, so they must have other purposes, the sky around the Peacock Dynasty, I'm afraid it won't be peaceful for long, and the Seleuc, I'm afraid they won't be able to continue the glory they have created in the past two hundred years, and the sky over there will change color."
"What does the monarch mean is that this Great Qin is going to take action against the forces around the Peacock Empire?"
"Yes, they didn't know much about the forces around the Peacock Dynasty before, even if they sent troops, they could sweep them, but Daqin's losses would not be less, but after this battle, the situation was different, they planted a nail there, although the effect is not obvious now, but in less than a year, those dynasties around the Peacock Dynasty have no secrets to Daqin, and at that time, they can almost not waste troops, they can sweep it!"
"Huh? Then how can we watch this Great Qin become so big, it is better to send troops to the Peacock Empire, take advantage of their small number of troops in the Peacock Dynasty, and take it down! ”
This official is obviously also a belligerent person, and when he heard his monarch say this, a trace of blood red flashed in his eyes, and he said in his heart What's the use of saying that, wouldn't it be good to just do it to them?
But as he expected before, his monarch waved his hand at him slightly, and then said: "The reason why Great Qin can firmly control the Peacock Dynasty is because their territory is very close to the Peacock Dynasty, and they can even reach it directly, and we are different, even if we take the Peacock Dynasty in one go, the losses will be very heavy, and when the time comes, people will mobilize a large number of people from their own territory, the Peacock Dynasty is still the Great Qin, and it will be difficult for us to send troops again. What's more, there is a Xiongnu by the side of Daqin, the Xiongnu dynasty, there is nothing else, only cavalry, but it is this cavalry, which ordinary people dare not provoke, we just complete our great cause according to the original plan, and fight with Daqin, it is a matter of time and time, we must take advantage of the time and place, and we cannot rush to meet the battle. ”
Listening to his lord's words, the official couldn't help but sigh slightly, the matter of inquiring about the news of Daqin and the Peacock Dynasty has always been the responsibility of the secret agents under his command, although the more he inquired, the stronger he felt that Daqin's strength became, but in his eyes it was nothing, he believed that if he brought 100,000 iron horsemen, he would definitely be able to drive Daqin's army out of the Peacock Dynasty, and then take a large area of land of the Peacock Dynasty as his own.
But after thinking about it, he found that there was nothing wrong with what his lord said, it was indeed too far away from his dynasty, and there were still enemies in the middle that had not been eliminated, once the troops were sent in a hurry, there were still many uncertain factors.
After saying that there should be no haste to meet the battle, the monarch seemed to be a little sleepy, and closed his eyes there to recuperate, and the official saw that it was such a scene, and did not say much, and then left after giving a salute.
Ying Gao naturally didn't know what was happening here, but he knew that there was a danger in that direction, and he also knew that it was a mountain that he would cross sooner or later, as early as when he decided to attack the Peacock Dynasty, Ying Gao already knew what he would face in the end.
The Central Plains could have not been released so early, and the people of the Central Plains could indeed live peacefully and steadily under their own rule for hundreds of years, but Yinggao knew that in that case, future generations might be plundered sooner or later, so it was better to use his decades of prosperity and the thousands of years of things stored in his head to help China have a bumper harvest.
The big difficulty is not false in the distance, but the small difficulty is not far away, Han Xin's most important thing when he left the ancient temple country is actually to let the monarch of the ancient temple country look for the existence of Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai in the foreign dynasties of the Peacock Dynasty.
And the monarch of the ancient temple country, who is already over fifty years old, really takes this matter as a thing, and has sent out a lot of secret agents to investigate this matter, but it is very regrettable that the shadows of these two Great Qin people have not been checked, and the secret agents sent by the monarch of the ancient temple country have disappeared a lot inexplicably.
The monarch of the ancient temple country is not a fool, he knows it after a little thought, the two people who have not been found by the people of Daqin will definitely not be easy to find characters, if it is really easy to find, the people of Daqin will obviously find these two people, where can they still use themselves.
When he failed for a period of time, although he was still looking for it, he didn't pay much attention to it, because he knew that he couldn't find these two people in such a small country.
In fact, Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai are always concerned about the situation of the ancient temple country, but the secret agents sent by the monarch of the ancient temple country are not dealt with by the two of them, but the people sent by Antiochus III, after all, if this matter really falls into the hands of Daqin, the real first unlucky person must be Seleu, the person is called in by Seleuc, and Seleu must be responsible for it to the end.
But Antiochus III actually didn't know that for more than a year, Zhao Hu, who had been claiming to be inquiring about news in the territory of the Mauryan Dynasty, was actually not really inquiring about the news, but was assigned by Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng to do a very important thing.
Zhao Hu took a thousand soldiers and horses, almost all the forces in this land, and finally found a piece of land and city that was abandoned because it could not be planted and grazing, and the surrounding area was a small country where two poor people could not be poorer anymore, and other countries were too lazy to attack, after that, Zhao Hu secretly stationed these horses in this already very barren city, and then secretly began to rebuild this city.
Of course, this was Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng's strategy, and the reason why they had such confidence was because when they went to the Seleucid realm at that time, they hid more than half of the wealth brought by the high-ranking castes of the Mauryan Empire.
Although the wealth they handed over to Antiochus III was already a great surprise to Antiochus III, it was obvious that Antiochus III still let them fool them, and the real big heads were secretly kept by Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng.
Now, these riches are completely useful in Zhao Hu's hands, and while rebuilding the city, Zhao Hu used his wealth to lure many nearby homeless people to join in the construction of the city.
Because the homeless people all want to have a home, and there are almost countless riches in this city, at least they can't starve to death, and they still have a place to live, which makes them worship Zhao Hu like a god.
In less than a year, there have been thirty or forty thousand people gathered in this small city, although these people are still not enough to support a city, but this secret base established by Zhao Hu is unknown to anyone except Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng, and this city is already well-known in the vicinity, attracting many homeless people who can't stay in their own country.
This is almost a copy of the Qin laws of Great Qin to manage, but it makes many oppressed displaced people feel a sense of belonging, and Zhao Hu got a lot of Great Qin crop seeds from the territory of the Xiongnu, and taught these people to cultivate on the barren land around this city, in the end, although he did not bring as many harvests as the fertile land, he could still provide food for these people.
It is not for nothing that several surrounding countries come to look for trouble, but with Zhao Hu here, almost every time they are beaten, their heads are broken.
In this way, the Seleu city where Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng were located was just an empty shell, and they used more than a year to transport the wealth here little by little to the place that really belonged to them, and even the tens of thousands of mercenaries transported nearly 10,000 people back and forth, and these, Antiochus III never paid attention to.
On this day, Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng sat together again, the door of the house they were in was closed, and there was not even a maid outside the door, obviously what they were going to talk about was a very important matter.
"Childe, the last time Zhao Hu came back and said, we already have nearly 30,000 soldiers in that city, and the matter of Tuntian is also going very smoothly, and a person from the previous high-ranking caste of the Peacock Dynasty has been introduced as the city lord on the face, everything is going very smoothly, I don't know what we can do to get rid of Seleuc, if you and I have been trapped in this Seleu city, what can our plan be realized?"
After Hu Hai listened to Zhao Cheng's words, his face also showed a slight look of expectation, but he still shook his head and said: "Now and when it is not time, now that Great Qin or the Xiongnu have no intention of starting a war with Seleucus, we can't disappear from here for no reason, there are still our soldiers and horses, as well as our wealth and those from the Peacock Dynasty, they are all our wealth and must be taken away." ”
"Do we have to wait for the Seleuc to fight with Daqin or the Xiongnu, I don't know if we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey Ma Yue, although Zhao Hu is in charge over there, but it is not a long-term plan, if the son wants to achieve a great cause, he must stand up!"
Zhao Cheng was obviously a little anxious, in his opinion, because of Antiochus III's surveillance of them, they could only stay in this city honestly, which was a complete waste of their time, although Zhao Hu was brave, but he was not a person who could manage a city for a long time, and that city did continue to be managed by them.
"It's a certain thing to stand up, but there are no conditions now, and if things continue to develop like this, we can only create our own conditions." As Hu Hai spoke, there was a gleam in his eyes, obviously, he had other plans in his heart for this matter.
"How do you create the conditions yourself?"
"Sir, don't you know that this time Han Xin led an army of 30,000 to capture the White Tiger Dynasty, he gave all the territory of the White Tiger Dynasty to the Gusha Kingdom, and then the Gusi Kingdom began to send people to find you and me, this is obviously the task given to them by Han Xin, and now Antiochus III doesn't know how many of their spies have been secretly killed, and this matter has not yet been discovered, but if this matter is revealed, what kind of effect do you think it will be in the ears of the Great Qin generals?"