The Xiongnu were defeated, not only were all 400,000 string controllers wiped out, but the richest royal court was also sacked back to Xianyang by the Qin. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Looking at the Huns who were stretched on and under shackles, the Qin people along the way were all overjoyed.

In addition to the accident of going out to Mengwu, the empire fought against the Xiongnu, and the cost was almost negligible. When he went out to defend the city, he lost more than 10,000 people, and most of the others were material losses.

For example, the public loss of the public loss family has cried to Yingzheng more than once recently. Of the twenty heads and nine magata, seven or eight were scrapped, and the rest all needed to be repaired.

Of course, after seeing the horror of such war weapons, Yingzheng was not stingy, and all kinds of materials were opened to the Gongyi family.

Ying Zheng's small move, perhaps most people didn't care, just thought that Ying Zheng was purely compensating for the loss of the family. However, in the end, there are still people with bright eyes who detect the abnormality.

"Your Majesty, isn't it planning to go north to completely exterminate the Huns?"

In the palace, the national lieutenant Wei Yu, who has always been low-key, stood in front of Ying Zheng unexpectedly today and took the initiative to ask.

"What does Aiqing think?" Ying Zheng did not refute, but asked Wei Yu rhetorically.

"Although the Huns were defeated, their foundation was still on the grassland, and it was impossible to completely destroy the Huns without 100,000 cavalry. And the empire ......"

Wei Yi didn't continue, but the meaning between his expressions was already extremely obvious.

"Yes, compared to steppe people like the Xiongnu Donghu, the empire is indeed short of horses. However, after this war, the empire was given a loop of abundant water and grass.

Wang Ben ransacked the entire royal court for me, and the horse breed was no longer a concern. My Qin people started raising horses, it won't take long, on the Hetao, galloping will be my Great Qin Iron Horse! ”

"What Your Majesty said is good, but how to supply the logistics of the empire to the grassland in the north?" Wei Yu asked again.

The northernmost part of the empire is the Nine Wishes, the two counties in the clouds. In the previous life, in order to fight against the Xiongnu, Yingzheng built a large number of military fortresses based on the old Great Wall of the Yan, Zhao and Qin Kingdoms.

These fortresses stored a large amount of food and military supplies. Relying on the city wall, the Xiongnu could defend when attacking, and when the Xiongnu retreated, they could also pursue.

Therefore, the empire of the previous life always won more than lost on the northern battlefield.

However, all of this is built on one foundation, which requires a lot of manpower to build. Moreover, in order to make it more convenient to transport grain, Yingzheng had to build another straight road.

If you think carefully, the construction of the Great Wall fortress and the straight road will cost hundreds of thousands of manpower.

However, now that the strategy of assimilating the people has just begun, if there is a large-scale levy and forced labor as in the previous life, then the so-called assimilation will definitely come to naught.

Even, the role of Ying Zheng's recuperation in the past ten years will be greatly reduced. Such a deal is obviously extremely uncost-effective for Ying Zheng.

"What the national lieutenant said is right, without stable logistics and food supply, the hands of the empire really don't want to go deep into the grasslands."

Ying Zheng nodded, and there was indeed a hint of uncertainty in his deep eyes.

"Food is very important. But it's not just food that can satisfy you! ”

Wei Yi was slightly shocked, and there was a strange look in his eyes when he looked at Ying Zheng.

"Your Majesty wants to learn from the Huns and fight with cattle and sheep?"

"Can't you?" Ying Zheng asked rhetorically.

Wei Yi bowed his head slightly, wanting to persuade but didn't know where to start.

The world likes meat more than food, and most of the nobles even enjoy no meat. However, in the final analysis, meat is just a dish in China, and grains are the staple food.

Not cultivating the five clothes and not eating the five grains is the standard used by the Chinese people to belittle the four yi.

Now, Ying Zheng actually took the initiative to let go of the Chinese tradition and let the soldiers eat cattle and sheep as their staple food, which may attract a lot of criticism.

"Your Majesty, it is inevitable that there will be some ......," Wei Yu said, frowning, as if he could not find the right words to describe the thoughts in his heart.

"The national lieutenant thinks that doing this will damage Daqin's face?" Ying Zheng chuckled, but directly said what Wei Yi thought in his heart.

Wei Yi lowered his head, arched his hand and said, "The minister is embarrassed......"

Although from a military point of view, Wei Yi also thinks that such a method is excellent, but as a Chinese person, especially a person who grew up in the center of China such as Wei. Wei Yi still can't escape the pride of being born as a Chinese.

"Face, in the face of strength, is just a good-looking flower dress after all!"

"More than 100 years ago, the Shang monarch changed the law, and the Six Kingdoms despised Qin, but where are the pretentious Six Kingdoms now? Are their people still my people? ”

"King Zhao Wuling Hu Fu rode and shot, and the countries despised it, but what was the result? That powerful light cavalry, even if it is my Great Qin's cavalry, is it inferior, isn't it? ”

"Minister......

Although Wei Yi wanted to argue in his heart, however, in the face of ironclad facts, no matter how flowery the language was, it was powerless. What's more, Wei Yu is not good at dialectics at all.

"Just like those Jianghu people, only the sword in his hand and the profound strength can he be respected by others. It's the same with empires, only if you are strong, you can have face! ”

"Chen understands......" Wei Yi nodded silently and said in a low voice.

However, Aiqing doesn't have to worry. Although the Xiongnu were defeated this time, I was not arrogant enough to take this opportunity to destroy the Xiongnu in one fell swoop. ”

"Then why did Your Majesty want the Gongyi family to make a lot of those trap beasts?" Wei Yi frowned and continued to ask.

"Aiqing thinks where does the snake live?"

"The Cave of Darkness."

"Yes, but there is another point that Aiqing has forgotten. Snakes, too, can live among the woods! The dense woods will be their best cover. ”

Ying Zheng looked through the temple door and looked at the southern sky.

"Your Majesty!" Wei Yu was shocked, the war in the north had just subsided, and the civil strife had not stopped, could it be that he wanted to attack Baiyue again?

"Although the Xiongnu were defeated, the left and right Xian kings were not dead, and after collecting the remnants, they could cause heavy damage to the north of our empire at any time. Your Majesty is looking south at this time, it is really too risky! ”

"There are remnants of the Xiongnu in the north, but there are no in the Donghu? I don't believe it, the Huns are weak, and Donghu won't take the opportunity to bite twice! ”

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said confidently: "Besides, I have already asked Jun Jiuyou to take the cattle and sheep into the grassland first. First, it can strike at the Xiongnu and Donghu and make them flawless to the south, and second, it can also prepare for the empire to go north. ”

"What's more," Ying Zheng's face showed a strange smile, "Even if Jun Jiuyou's cattle and sheep are eaten, with his character, he will definitely become more fierce." ”

"Fighting to feed the war, but his best way of playing!"