Chapter 486: The Real Main Force (First Update)
In fact, even if Xiao He can't understand himself, Yinggao will not change his way of doing things casually, but the understanding of one more person is still quite important in the hearts of people like Yinggao, who are basically alone in a foreign land.
"If I tell Zuo Xiang that after the attack on the Mauryan Dynasty, my footsteps will not stop, how does Zuo Xiang feel?"
Ying Gao thought about it, and said in his heart Since you can understand me, then why don't I talk about my plan so much, so that next time there is such a thing as fooling others to preach and receive karma to solve doubts, Ying Gao will not have to go out in person, just hand over these things to Xiao He, of course, the premise must be that Xiao He knows what kind of purpose Ying Gao has in doing this.
At this time, Xiao He's eyes shrank significantly, he blinked his eyes a few times quickly, obviously something had come to his mouth, but he didn't say it, and finally Xiao He didn't answer Yinggao's question immediately, but paced slowly on the ground, obviously thinking about what Yinggao's words meant.
Xiao He's mood at this time, Yinggao can understand, people in this era are originally difficult to imagine that there will be such a large piece of land outside such a vast territory as Daqin.
And Ying Gao instilled the Peacock Dynasty to the officials and people of Great Qin, it was also a long time, although Xiao He was a high-level intellectual in this era, but it was obviously very difficult for him to draw inferences about this matter.
"What does the king mean...... In the vicinity of my Great Qin, in addition to the Peacock Dynasty, are there other dynasties? ”
After walking on the ground several times, after thinking for a long, long time, when Xiao He looked at Yinggao again, he finally asked such a sentence.
Although in the eyes of later generations, such a reflection arc is really a bit long, but in this era, this is a subversive thing, so Xiao He can think of this layer in such a long time, Yinggao already feels that it is quite difficult, so he hurriedly went to Xiao He to take his words.
"That's natural, although I can't tell Zuo Xiang how I found out, but in my heart, a force like the Peacock Dynasty has never been the real enemy of my Great Qin, but just a touchstone for Great Qin, if even the Peacock Dynasty can't be defeated, even if Great Qin develops for another five years, ten years, I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve my previous thoughts, if I can take down the Peacock Dynasty, I will naturally inform Zuo Xiang of my next step, as long as Zuo Xiang knows, the real enemy is definitely stronger than my Great Qin, But my Great Qin still has a lot of potential to explore, and after successfully taking down the Peacock Dynasty, the development of Great Qin will enter a very fast stage, and the Peacock Dynasty is also a barrier for my Great Qin, which can allow us to know the existence of distant dangers more quickly. ”
For Xiao He, Yinggao explained that he was still very patient, and after confirming the existence of other dynasties besides the Peacock Dynasty from Yinggao's mouth, and even the fact that he might be much stronger than the Peacock Dynasty, he was able to understand Yinggao's thoughts.
"In this case, the king's approach is still quite reliable, and after my Great Qin conquers the Peacock Dynasty, the king can temporarily put his mind at ease and develop the national strength of Great Qin in case of emergency."
People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. Xiao He naturally knows this truth, and now it has been determined that he can enter the territory of the Peacock Dynasty from the barren land connected to the Great Qin and the Xiongnu, and even if the Peacock Dynasty is not destroyed by the Great Qin, it is possible to be destroyed by the larger dynasty, this is Xiao He's idea, and it is also the idea that many Great Qin officials who know about this matter will have.
The reason why they think this way is because they have all experienced the era of the Warring States Period, and in the era of the Warring States Period, it is a typical era of mutual conquest whenever they have time, until there is only one Great Qin left in the entire Central Plains, and the endless war is over.
Since you are like this in this small range, then sooner or later the Peacock Dynasty and Great Qin will have to meet, if there is another war when both sides are fully prepared, it is not certain how much Great Qin will lose, and at this time, Great Qin will attack the Peacock Dynasty by surprise, and the effect that can be achieved can definitely only be better than that time.
Since Xiao He understood the problem in this general direction, Yinggao also told Xiao He about the necessity of sending some powerful lecturers from the land of Great Qin to the land of the Peacock Dynasty to preach and teach and solve doubts.
In this way, Xiao He obviously also feels that this job is also quite necessary, if those people stay in Daqin's lecture hall to teach children, it is easy, but it is indeed overused, if they can really make the people of the Peacock Dynasty who don't even understand the language recognize the rule of Daqin in a short period of time, then they really have quite ability.
This time, Ying Gao didn't tell Xiao Heshen, nor did he reveal what kind of behemoth he would encounter after killing the Peacock Dynasty, because it was useless to say these things now.
Ying Gao and those who were a little dissatisfied with him and eight were dissatisfied with him, and expressed his confidence in this expedition to the Peacock Dynasty, which was a deterrent to them, but for Xiao He, there was no need for this, and the top priority now was to wait for the results of the three-way army, but to prepare for all the results in Daqin's country.
After all, if this attack succeeds directly, it's fine, but if it fails, the biggest consequence is that the Peacock Dynasty knows about the existence of Great Qin, then the next time it may be someone to attack your territory.
Although this possibility is very small, of course, Yinggao can't 100% believe that he will definitely win, his arrival has been a earth-shaking change for Daqin, although he feels that it will not change the Peacock Dynasty that is so far away from Daqin, but this possibility must still exist.
After Xiao He left, Yinggao once again arrived in front of the map, and deduced the situation he imagined over and over again.
According to his prediction, the two groups of men and horses at sea should reach the Mauryan Empire within a month and a half to two months if there is no mistake in the route of the voyage, and after landing, the war will begin.
The other men and horses who went up from the land, that is, the 100,000 cavalry led by Han Xin and Xiang Yu, because they didn't know what the situation was on the other side, it was possible to find the enemy within a few days after crossing that mountain range, or they might need to walk for more than half a month to see the people of the Mauryan Empire.
In addition, Yinggao also considered a very critical issue, that is, in terms of combat ability, the combination of Xiang Yu and Han Xin will undoubtedly be much stronger than Peng Yue or Sima Xin.
Even if there is only one of them, it can create miracles, and now that the two of them set off together, Yinggao knows that they must have a very high spirit for attacking the Peacock Dynasty, and it is only possible to kill the enemy, and it is impossible to have any internal strife on the way, so in Yinggao's heart, he still hopes that Xiang Yu and Han Xin's team will take more responsibility.
Of course, there is another reason hidden in Yinggao's heart, that is, after such a long voyage, the combat effectiveness of Daqin's naval army is estimated to be four or five percent when it lands, if they are allowed to serve as the main meat shield to attract a large number of troops of the Peacock Dynasty first, the losses caused will definitely not be small, and their mobility is not as good as the cavalry led by Han Xin and Xiang Yu.
After so much thinking, Ying Gao finally decided to use the cavalry team as the main force on the frontal battlefield, although there are only 100,000, but Xiang Yu and Han Xin's ability is there, if the 100,000 army can't make the effect of 200,000, then the fame and ability of the two of them will basically fall to the ground with this battle.
In the letter to Lu Jia and Han Xin, Yinggao did not hide it, but informed Han Xin of his thoughts and purposes, and said in the letter that whether to tell Xiang Yu the truth or not, the choice is up to Han Xin.
After all, Xiang Yu sent 80,000 troops in this team, accounting for the majority, in case Xiang Yu knew about this, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't think that Yinggao wanted to treat his Hun cavalry as a wronged leader, if this was the case, then Xiang Yu would not be able to follow Han Xin in this battle, and it would have a very big impact on the effect of this battle.
When this letter arrived at the mountain range at the end of the barren land, Lu Jia and Han Xin had just received the news, and Xiang Yu's men and horses had already traveled more than half of the distance, and they would be in place in ten days.
And at this time, in front of Han Xin's cavalry, there were already two passages carved in the mountain range that could accommodate two war horses to move forward side by side, and under Lu Jia's order, the two trebuchets were still in full swing to dig the third passage, which was also the last passage in Lu Jia's plan.
After discussing with Han Xin, they decided to temporarily dig three passages on this mountain range, which could not only make the speed of the army's entry and exit faster, but also block the three passages in time when a bad situation occurred, which was a situation where the advance could be attacked and retreated.
After all this, Lu Jia's task is far from over, according to Yinggao's letter, Lu Jia is still waiting for the arrival of the mainstays of the various schools that are very slow.
When they arrived, let them adapt to the climate here, and then escort them and wait for Han Xin and Xiang Yu to send back news, once Han Xin and Xiang Yu were able to occupy some places steadily, they had to pass through the passage and carry out their work in the occupied places under the protection of Han Xin's cavalry.
When Han Xin learned about this, he also had a bitter face, he was a general, what he wanted was to fight heartily on the territory of the Peacock Dynasty, and now Yinggao obviously sent him a lot of oil bottles, and in the letter, Yinggao also ordered Han Xin to do his best to protect these rare intellectuals in this era, such scholars, that is really one less to die, although Yinggao is still quite ruthless when he scares them, but he also knows the preciousness of these people, He could let them know that he didn't take them too seriously, but the truth was that he had to take them seriously.
"The king didn't want to treat our group of people as surprise soldiers, but wanted me and Xiang Yu to make a certain attraction to the army of the Peacock Dynasty, and then use the navy army as a surprise soldier......"
After thoroughly comprehending Yinggao's meaning, Han Xin finally understood why this task with Xiang Yu fell on his head, he originally thought that he was cooperating with the water army, but at this time he reacted, whether this battle can achieve the desired effect is not in the water army, but in what kind of effect he and Xiang Yu can play in this battle.
"According to the king's intentions, the general should decide for himself whether to inform Xiang Yu of the king's true thoughts, I don't know how the general wants to come? Once Xiang Yu felt that the king's move was to save my Great Qin's troops and push the Huns to the front line, what should Xiang Yu do if he retreated? ”
Yinggao's meaning Lu Jia naturally saw it, and seeing that Han Xin had just learned how important his role was, he couldn't help but start worrying about Xiang Yu's thoughts after Xiang Yu knew about it, if people came with 80,000 people happily to carry out a sneak attack, it turned out that you wanted to let the family be a death squad, and no one would be happy about such a thing.
Han Xin frowned and pondered for a while, then shook his head slightly.
"Although Xiang Yu's temperament has changed a lot since he became the Shan Yu of the Huns, but that is just what he did in order to be the Shan Yu of the Huns, in his heart, he should still be the young man who refused to admit defeat in Jiangdong at the beginning, even if he knows the true intentions of the king, with me, the husband of the king's sister and the 20,000 elite men of Daqin to accompany him, he should also put his mind at ease."
Lu Jia really didn't understand the war, and he hadn't dealt with Xiang Yu, and he didn't know what kind of person Xiang Yu was, so when he heard Han Xin say this, he had nothing to refute, so he could only nod silently.
More than ten days later, with the neighing of war horses from far and near, the 80,000 cavalry of the Huns finally arrived under the mountain range, and Yinggao and Han Xin imagined before, the person who led the troops was the Xiongnu's Shan Yu Xiang Yu, he came in person, with the dragon and.