After Xiang Yu finished speaking, many leaders of the Xiongnu tribes were not very able to believe in this matter, after all, according to their understanding, it was quite difficult to open up a wasteland in a place that they had never been to before, and it was only half a year that such news was sent back, which really made these Huns unbelievable.

"With the ability of the Great Qin Emperor, he will definitely not deceive my Huns in this matter, but there are still five hundred cavalry of my Huns, according to the Great Qin Emperor, even if it is slightly damaged, it is only a few, when the five hundred cavalry of my Huns and this Dan Yu meet, the matter will naturally come to light, if the Great Qin Emperor deceives me in this matter, that is, he does not want me to wait with him to attack the Peacock Dynasty, in this way, his six thousand pieces of armor and weapons are not all lost?"

Although the heads of the Huns are upright, but when Xiang Yu said this, they can really understand a rough idea, and they began to discuss, because according to the previous agreement between Xiang Yu and Yinggao, once the path to the Peacock Dynasty is found, then a large piece of land, the Xiongnu are divided equally with Daqin, and the leaders of these Xiongnu tribes seem to have seen the expansion of their tribe's territory exponentially.

"According to the agreement between the Emperor of Great Qin and Ben Danyu, once they have an eyebrow in finding the passage, they will help us to open up the road between the passage and the Xiongnu, and this time will not be too far, you and other tribes will choose a strong person to wait at all times, and when there is news, you will go and explore, and be sure to completely connect the territory of my Xiongnu with that land!"

Although I don't know why it is necessary to connect the territory of the Xiongnu with that land, these tribal leaders of the Xiongnu have already been excited as soon as they heard that they have land and may be able to divide it into their own tribes.

But they were excited, but Xiang Yu knew that what he and the Huns would face next might be an opportunity that could change the fate of the entire Huns and himself.

According to Xiang Yu's plan, if he really goes to the Peacock Dynasty this time, this commander must be served by himself, before calling the leaders of these Xiongnu tribes, Xiang Yu has already told Long and others that once the troops are dispatched this time, these 80,000 people will be led by himself and Long He, and Ji Bu and Yu Ziqi will take care of their homes in the Xiongnu royal court.

This decision was also very strongly opposed by several of them at the beginning, and they all wanted Xiang Yu to watch over the family in the Xiongnu court, and he led the 80,000 cavalry to the Peacock Dynasty.

According to the ideas of Long Ji, Ji Bu and others, although their 80,000 army plus Daqin's 20,000 elite cavalry is already a force to be reckoned with, and there are hundreds of thousands of Daqin's sailors on the sea, it does not mean that this battle against the Peacock Dynasty is already secure.

After Xiang Yu came back from the negotiation with Yinggao, he told a few of them, the Peacock Dynasty is definitely not a big melon-like existence, if it is a big melon, then the people Daqin himself will directly send out the two water armies, why do you have to pull your Huns to participate in this piece of the pie.

Especially according to what Wu Sheng heard from Xu Fuzui at the beginning, the Peacock Dynasty still has thousands of cavalry with elephants as mounts, how big an elephant is, they all know, ordinary swords, guns, swords and halberds are simply difficult to kill elephants, if you encounter a hundred elephants, a thousand ordinary cavalry is not enough to do anything.

Under such circumstances, Xiang Yu's cronies were unwilling to let Xiang Yu take this risk, not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

They all know that they can mix so well in the territory of the Xiongnu, basically all of it is the credit of Xiang Yu alone, if Xiang Yu has any accidents, just rely on a few of them, even if they can continue to say in the Xiongnu court, it will be less than a year and a half to let Daqin be destroyed.

But what they didn't expect was that Xiang Yu really had no room for negotiation about this matter, these 80,000 people could only be commanded by himself to attack, this matter was not negotiable in Xiang Yu's mouth, and in the end, several of them could only approve of Xiang Yu's arrangement.

If he wants to go to the Peacock Dynasty in person, Xiang Yu naturally has his own plans, of course he knows that because he has sent a lot less troops to attack the Peacock Dynasty than Daqin, in this way, when the credit is finally distributed, he will definitely suffer, if he doesn't go to Zhenyi in person, he will really become a part-time worker for Daqin in the end.

For this battle, Xiang Yu's preparation is sufficient, Han Xin's preparation is also very sufficient, after leaving Xianyang City, Han Xin with his carefully selected 20,000 cavalry rushed all the way to the land of Bashu, holding the letter written by Yinggao himself, Han Xin assigned the task to the county guards of these two counties, and did not stay in a place like Bashu for more, but according to Lu Jia's instructions, he brought some soldiers' rations and cotton clothes to Lu Jia's first contact point set up in the barren land.

This contact point was not very far from the border of Great Qin, originally Han Xin thought that according to the little distance on the map sent back by Lu Jia, his cavalry did not carry any baggage, and the march would arrive in about a day, but he still greatly underestimated the power of this land.

In the end, the distance that was originally planned to be reached in one day was still carried out by the cavalry with light equipment, and it took almost three days to arrive.

When he arrived at the first contact point, Han Xin finally knew why Yinggao attached so much importance to Lu Jia, this is just to the edge of this land, Han Xin had already felt the difference in the climate, if it wasn't for Lu Jia's reminder, Han Xin felt that he would have to have some damage to the soldiers.

In this way, although the speed of the march was much slower due to the weather and terrain, fortunately it did not cause any damage to the soldiers, which made Han Xin slightly relieved, otherwise, if the 20,000 people had lost some before the battle, Han Xin didn't know how to explain this matter to Yinggao.

When Lu Jia set up this contact point, he had obviously already considered the question of how many people could be accommodated once this place truly became the territory of Great Qin in the future.

Not far from the contact point, there is a large lake, the surface of the lake is as bright as a mirror, and behind that lake, there is a forest of considerable scale, although it is not as lush as the woods in the hinterland of Daqin, but in such a place, it is also very rare.

Han Xin understood at a glance that where there is water and trees, at least it is more than enough to build some villages around here, although I don't know if I can grow some grains, but it is still possible to do some grazing or breeding things, and these are all vigorously promoted by Yinggao within the scope of Daqin.

Originally, Han Xin thought that he would only rest at the first contact point, and then move on, and stop to train after the second or third contact point, but after experiencing the climate of this land, Han Xin changed his mind.

He will train here until the next news from Lu Jia comes, he must let these Great Qin soldiers adapt to the environment here before making the next step, because these Great Qin soldiers are not Huns after all, and they do not have such a strong ability to adapt to the environment, so he must ensure that these soldiers are foolproof, and then talk about anything else.

Lu Jia's next news did not make Yinggao wait too long, and less than a month later, Yinggao received Lu Jia's letter again.

But unlike the good news as before, this time the news was a bit unsatisfactory, according to Lu Jia, he had been looking along that large mountain range for a long time, but he did not find a place that could be easily passed by a person and a rider as they had expected, and they did not find any mountains that could be opened with a little force.

To be honest, this news made Yinggao a little disappointed, he always thought that in the strange nature, any situation could happen, such a long large mountain range, there should always be some small gaps from this end of the passage to the other end, right? It's just that people didn't find out, or no one looked for it at all.

Now through Lu Jia's return, it seems that his idea is obviously wrong, and the current situation may really be when it is time to open the road and fill the bridge in the mountains, fortunately, according to Lu Jia, he once climbed a high point on the opposite side of the mountain range to observe, and found a few places that he thought were not very thick, and after sending back this letter, Lu Jia was still evaluating which of these places would be relatively easy to excavate.

Obviously, according to Lu Jia's idea, he can only make a decision immediately, don't waste time on endless searching, through the excavation of relatively weak mountains, if the manpower and tools are complete, a few months should be able to gain something, because the space they need is not very large, and it is enough to accommodate one person and one horse and one carriage.

Yinggao's worries at this time are mainly focused on two aspects, the first is naturally to dig the mountain is the most cumbersome method, although there is a legend of the fool moving the mountain since ancient times, but that is definitely not the most sensible method, not to mention that now Yinggao needs speed, according to their own plan, the remaining time has only been more than four months, if there is no good news to come, not to mention anything else, that is, morale may be a small blow.

On the other hand, Yinggao didn't know the specific situation on that side of the mountain range, although according to common sense, it should be far from the hinterland of the real Mauryan Empire, but what if there were any scattered villages there?

Once that situation occurs, the excavated mountain will attract the attention of the locals, and such a situation will inevitably let the people of the Mauryan Dynasty know as quickly as possible, so that the 100,000 cavalry will not achieve the purpose of the sneak attack, and will suffer very heavy losses, which is very inconsistent with Yinggao's plan, although most of the 100,000 cavalry are Xiang Yu's Hun troops, but Yinggao knows that after the end of this battle, Xiang Yu will really regard himself as his ally, and in the subsequent campaign, Xiang Yu still has a very important strategic position in Yinggao's heart.

Now, it's time to make a choice, Yinggao knows that he definitely can't go to that place in person to see if what Lu Jia said is reliable, at this time he can only choose to trust the judgment of the person he appointed, and give him firm support, otherwise, this matter can only backfire.

After a short period of thought, Yinggao decided to agree to the plan proposed by Lu Jia, and it was immediately, immediately.

But after agreeing to this plan, this matter is also very particular. Because digging the mountain is a very time-consuming project, Yinggao decided that everyone should not wait for this matter stupidly, but should carry out several other things together, such as starting to explore the road between the land of the Xiongnu and the mountain range, and then let Xiang Yu take his 80,000 cavalry into the barren land as soon as possible to adapt.

Another problem is that if you just rely on those 1,000 people and don't have any tools at your disposal, if you dig the mountain at once, then this thing will not be done in the year of the monkey.

But if you send more people, especially the people who serve, it is not certain how many people can die without waiting for the destination, and then there are more people, and the transportation of grain and grass is very difficult, that land is not like the dense forests in Daqin, you can eat some wild fruits casually, you can eat them when you fish in the river, and you can eat them if you catch some wild beasts. The land is not without these, but the number of wild beasts and birds is very scarce, and in short, it is almost completely impossible to feed on the sky.

This matter still made Ying Gao very entangled, he didn't want the people of Daqin to complain about him because of this matter, he really wanted Daqin to stand at the top of the whole world, but he didn't want to be like the First Emperor, very radical to do something.

After thinking about it, Yinggao still thought of Zhang Kai, and at the same time thought of a relatively special but well-known school in this period, that is, the Mo family.

Relying on manpower, no matter what era is the most stupid method, only by relying on technology, relying on machinery, can all kinds of costs remain, and now, undoubtedly, this is the case.