Chapter 476: Hu Hai's Ambition (First Update)
After saying this, the big man opened his mouth, and finally did not find anything to refute him, so he could only bow his head in frustration.
But Hu Hai's words were obviously not finished, he said this, looked at the two people in front of him, and found that they seemed to recognize his words a little, his face became more ruddy, he took a few steps forward, and then continued to open his mouth.
"When the location of the Mauryan Dynasty is no longer a secret, it is our chance, we don't have to build such a huge warship, as long as we make a ship of the right size, and pretend to be a merchant ship when the time comes, taking advantage of the convenience that is not far from Nanhai County here, it is enough to send us to the Peacock Dynasty!"
Go to the Peacock Dynasty, this is the name that Hu Hai brought to Zhao Cheng, his idea gave Zhao Cheng a feeling of opening his mind, but after Hu Hai finished his whole idea, Zhao Cheng suddenly felt that this seemed to be much more effective than the years he had been hiding in Xianyang City.
But Zhao Cheng is not the gangster in Xianyang City back then, he has learned a lot of things over the years, and his ability may be much worse than Zhao Gao back then, so after thinking about Hu Hai's statement, Zhao Cheng still raised some questions.
"Just the three of us, and some Nanyue people, even if you have the identity of the prince of Great Qin, how easy is it to talk about it after you arrive in the Peacock Dynasty? Once your identity is revealed, you're afraid you'll be killed in an instant, right? ”
Over the years, Zhao Cheng has almost put his own survival first, so Hu Hai's slightly risky proposal is still a bit dangerous in his opinion.
After all, they are weak people, and people Yinggao will send tens of thousands of troops to the Peacock Dynasty, and I heard that there is also a Xiongnu Shan Yu Xiang Yu, in Zhao Cheng's opinion, such a thing is very dangerous.
But after Hu Hai listened, there was no expression of concern on his face, he looked at the big man beside him, through his conversation with Zhao Cheng before, he learned that this big man was a wrestler who was saved by Zhao Gao when he was young, and he has always been the most trusted person hidden by Zhao Gao, the original name is almost unknown to anyone, but he was given the name Zhao Hu by Zhao Gao,
"Since there is such a talent among the three of us, it must be used well, to the Peacock Dynasty, because of the war, there must be a chaotic situation, and the troubled times produce heroes, we and the other three should be able to pull up a team in the Peacock Dynasty, if we can first take a corner of peace, and when the time is ripe, why is it impossible for the land of the Peacock Dynasty to be included in our hands, the teacher's ideal is to destroy Daqin, but the current situation is this time and that time, Daqin is under the governance of the current emperor, and there is no flaw, If you still want to fight against Great Qin, you can only do so. ”
Speaking of this, Hu Hai's meaning is already very clear, he is telling Zhao Cheng that hiding in this dark place and dreaming in Daqin under the rule of Yinggao is no longer feasible, Hu Hai has observed Yinggao in Xianyang Palace for several years, he knows what kind of person Yinggao is, and he also knows what kind of ability Yinggao has, so he wants to snatch a piece of meat from Yinggao's mouth, there is no other way than to take the sword to the side.
Zhao Cheng and Zhao Hu were all speechless at this time, Zhao Cheng lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and finally said to Zhao Hu as if he had decided something: "From today on, we will always pay attention to the war between the Great Qin and the Huns against the Peacock Empire, once there is any news that we didn't know before, we will send it back immediately, and whether it is on the border of Nanyue or the three counties of Lingnan, but all those who hate the Great Qin Emperor will be summoned to our team, and the most important point, It's to see if we can find an uninhabited bay and find a way to build a reliable boat in a year's time! ”
Listening to Zhao Cheng's series of decisions, Hu Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he should have convinced Zhao Cheng, his ideal, only if he was not really killed by Yinggao, it was not broken, he and Yinggao were still young, so in Hu Hai's heart, he still had a chance.
Although Fusu wanted to know the matter between Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng, and had been investigating seriously since Yinggao left, Hu Hai and Zhao Chengcheng seemed to have disappeared from the land on the march, and they couldn't find it no matter what.
At this time, Fusu finally knew what Yinggao told him before leaving, what was the meaning of this would be a protracted battle, Fusu thought that when Sima Xin set off from Nanhai County with Daqin's navy, he would be able to live a quiet life for a while, but being so troubled by Hu Hai, he knew that he couldn't stop it.
After all, this kind of thing involves himself and Yinggao's younger brother, and he definitely needs to go out in person at a critical time, otherwise this kind of thing will be faked, and in the end, it will only be a shame for the Ying family.
And Yinggao, who had already felt that Hu Hai's matter could only be solved by waiting for when he wanted to come out in the future, found Han Xin as soon as he returned to Xianyang City, needless to say, what he wanted to know was the news of Lu Jia.
As he expected, Lu Jia sent back the news more than half a month ago, but fortunately, Lu Jia did not deviate from the route told by Yinggao before, so Han Xin did not write a new letter to help Lu Jia re-plan, but waited for Yinggao to come back and then write back to Lu Jia.
For Han Xin's awareness, Yinggao still appreciates it very much, after all, once Han Xin rashly replied to Lu Jia and gave the wrong news, then when Yinggao's next letter arrived at Lu Jia, it is estimated that the delay will be more than half a month.
According to Lu Jia's letter, they have traveled for several months, and although not all of them are intact, they have adapted because they are quite well prepared. And the biggest part of it is like Yinggao to determine whether the route they are traveling is correct, because according to the map Yinggao gave them, they are getting closer and closer to that place.
If nothing else, according to Lu Jia's estimate, when Yinggao's reply letter arrives in his hands, he should be about to arrive at that place, and he also promised Yinggao that he has established enough contact points on the way, as long as he finds the contact points he set up one by one, he will definitely be able to find his team in the fastest time, and he will inform Yinggao as soon as he arrives at that place, because according to Yinggao's previous statement, it is very likely that it is blocked by lofty mountains. Relying on the more than 1,000 people brought by Lu Jia, it may really be a little impossible to solve it.
The exploration of Tibet in the future must be a very difficult thing in Yinggao's opinion, but since Lu Jia set off, he has rarely raised difficulties, but every time he reports back is good news, Yinggao does not know whether the current Tibetan terrain is not as terrifying as that of later generations, or Lu Jia's methods and methods are quite appropriate.
If Yinggao saw Lu Jia at this time, he might know the answer in his heart.
When he set off, Lu Jia had Daqin sergeants, Hun sergeants and craftsmen under his command, and the number was about 1,300 people, and now, according to Yinggao's instructions, Lu Jia and his party, who had approached the destination, only had seven or eight hundred left.
Of course, there were still two or three hundred people left by Lu Jia in the various contact points, but they had already lost more than three hundred lives just because of the weather and the elusive beasts in this place without suffering any enemy troops.
This is very terrifying in Lu Jia's opinion, the climate here is very different from almost all the counties of Tita in Daqin that Lu Jia has walked, I don't know why, sometimes they even have a very difficult time breathing, and the temperature difference between day and night here is simply beyond their imagination.
The Jiangdong soldiers who have been fighting on the territory of the Xiongnu for several years are still a little more adaptable, but many soldiers and craftsmen of Daqin have fallen ill because of such weather, and in such an era and on such a territory, falling ill is almost equivalent to death.
In such a situation, Lu Jia didn't want to waste any time, he tried his best to reach that position according to the nearest distance, so that the loss would naturally be the smallest, and he didn't tell Ying Gaoxiao about the people who lost.
In his opinion, this kind of difficulty can be regarded as the smallest difficulty compared to what he imagined before he set off, even if he is the only one left, if he can find the entrance to the Peacock Dynasty for Daqin, it will be regarded as a great achievement.
At this time, Lu Jia was walking on a ground covered with a thin layer of snow, and all of them had already taken off their armor and put on the thick cotton clothes that Yinggao had prepared for them before.
At this point, they all know that the biggest enemy in this land is not a large group of people and horses that may stand in your way, but a cold snap that will roll in at any time, and a large beast that will emerge from the darkness at night if you are not careful.
Lu Jia knew that as long as enough contact points were established along the way, and then some immigrants would be carried out after these territories became the territory of Great Qin in the future, when you knew what the weather was like here, everything here would no longer be mysterious, just carry more grain, grass and baggage when marching through here.
These few days are very important to Lu Jia, because he knows that if what Yinggao said is not wrong, in these few days, some mountains will appear in front of them, blocking their journey, if they really get to such a place, then his first stage of the task will be completed, but it will also mark the second stage of the more difficult one.
The so-called second stage is that they have already found the mountains that block them, and they go along these mountains to find the possibility of getting through.
According to Yinggao, this possibility must exist, because he can be sure that the side of the mountain range is still a certain distance from the place where the real Mauryan people settled, and the Peacock people must have never envisioned such a thing.
Because in this era, the barrier of nature is an insurmountable gap, no one will have such an idea as Yinggao, a rare person like Lu Jia with such an idea, if there is no support from a big man like Yinggao, it is also in vain, except for making others think that there is water in the head, there is no second possibility.
In this season, no one can say what the climate here is like, the most headache for Lu Jia is the wind and snow they are encountering now, simple snow is actually difficult for Lu Jia, and it is even more difficult for the soldiers of Daqin and the Huns, but there is basically no simple snow here, all the snow comes with the wind.
In such weather, Lu Jia didn't dare to let the team move too fast, and from time to time he would personally look back at the footprints they had just walked, and see if he had deviated from the original direction before they were covered by the wind and snow.
Lu Jia was in the middle of the team, and a few miles away, there was a small group of scouts composed of the most elite Great Qin and Xiongnu warriors in the group, and if there was any danger ahead, they would come back and inform Lu Jia as soon as possible.
And now, when Lu Jia was thinking about how long this snowstorm might delay them, a scout in front of him rode his horse back, and when he arrived at Lu Jia's identity, Lu Jia looked up at his face that had turned red because he had been on such a plateau for a long time, and found that his face was full of excitement, which had never been seen before.
"Observer, I waited less than ten miles ahead and was blocked, what blocked us was a group of mountains that the king often mentioned in his letters, although now the wind and snow are blowing, but after I waited for a while, I was sure that this is the mountains we were looking for, Observer, we have arrived!"
These months of travel, for these soldiers, it is more difficult than fighting with the enemy, they do not know where their end is, and from time to time there are companions around them fall, which makes them physically and mentally exhausted, and they are looking forward to reaching their destination as soon as possible.
After hearing this, Lu Jia's eyes finally radiated a fine light, if he could really find the location of that layer of barrier at this point in time, his first stage of the task would not be delayed.
In such a situation, even if the task in the second stage is difficult, he can send a letter to Yinggao, asking Yinggao to send some service personnel over, even if it is to open the road in the mountains, the time is still enough.