"What did you say?"

In the emperor's study, Hu Hai heard Ying Yi read the letter from Meng Tian from Jiuyuan and exclaimed.

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Taibao wrote that more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry betrayed the Huns barbarians under the leadership of Mo Huer, the new leader of Donghu who had joined the Xiongnu, and wanted to serve my Great Qin and be loyal to Your Majesty." Win an excited way.

Great Qin was canonized as a prince, because he lived in the land of Guanzhong, whether it was talent, education and academic development, Qi, Zhao, Wei and other countries living in the Central Plains could not be compared.

In the last years of the Warring States Period, even when the other six countries could work together to fight against Great Qin, the vassal states of the Central Plains also looked down on the Qin people and regarded the Qin people as barbarians. Of course, it was not only Great Qin that was regarded as barbarian by the vassal states of the Central Plains, but the state of Chu was also regarded as a barbarian land by the vassal states of the Central Plains.

This view of the vassal states of the Central Plains. The State of Chu has always been unrecognizable, although Daqin doesn't say it, but he knows his own affairs. At that time, the Qin State was indeed scarce in talent and education was not prosperous.

So, in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Qin. Great Qin has been recruiting talents from all over the world to enter Great Qin on extremely favorable terms, and Shang Ying, Li Si, Lü Buwei and other people who have left a strong mark in the history of Great Qin are actually not Qin people. Today's national lieutenants and Taishi lieutenants are also not Qin people. Among the three princes and nine ministers of Great Qin, more than half of them were not natives of Qin, and they were all people from the rest of the vassal states who came to serve Great Qin.

And because of this, Great Qin can be said to be the most tolerant country among the many vassal states. It has always been the consensus of the government and the opposition of Great Qin to embrace all rivers, absorb talents from all over the world for the use of Daqin, and reduce talents without sticking to one pattern.

In the process of the First Emperor destroying the Six Kingdoms and unifying the world, the First Emperor set up a special contribution to this purpose. Good Qin, as the name suggests, is to have good intentions or dedication to Great Qin.

Although the unification of the world by Great Qin is ultimately due to the strong national strength, the establishment of the Good Qin Gong has allowed Great Qin to reduce the casualties of at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers, which has greatly promoted the process of Great Qin's unification of the world.

After Great Qin unified the world, all the magnates of the Six Kingdoms who served Great Qin received the high titles and even official positions of Great Qin as promised. In the more than ten years since the First Emperor ascended the throne, Great Qin has expanded the scope of Shanqin to tens of thousands of miles of foreign races on the frontier.

However, in the past ten years, there were only more than 3,000 people from the largest alien race who had surrendered to Great Qin. The rest are mostly small clans of dozens or hundreds of people. The rest of the large clans, such as the Yue clan, the Qiang clan, and the Donghu clan, although they rarely came to intrude on the borders of the Great Qin, there was never a precedent for joining the Great Qin, and even the alien races with tens of thousands of people rarely attached to the Great Qin.

If the second emperor is willing to accept the surrender of the Donghu clan this time, then this will be the clan that has attached the most to Great Qin since it became a vassal state, and this clan is still a great clan that once dominated the northeastern frontier of Great Qin.

Let's not talk about how much benefit these nomads can bring to Great Qin after they join and serve Great Qin. Just by nearly a million alien races, how much can the entire Great Qin be enhanced? It also added a strong stroke to the political achievements of His Majesty the Second Emperor.

However, to Win Yi's surprise, His Majesty the Emperor did not seem as excited as he imagined when he heard the news.

"Go and invite Master Taishi. Later, the two prime ministers, Lao Zongzheng and Changshi Mengyi, will be invited. Hu Hai said in a deep voice.

Meng Yi had already arrived in Xianyang three days ago. With Meng Yi arriving in Xianyang, basically the entire Great Qin Dynasty already knew that Taibao and General Meng Tian had left Xianyang to defend Jiuyuan.

Not surprisingly, with the return of Meng Yi, the position of the emperor's study chief who had been vacant after Sima Xin's case immediately had the emperor edict Meng Yi to take the appointment, and Meng Yi was also officially knighted as Marquis Yi.

"No!"

Half an hour later, the lieutenant was the first to arrive.

"The old minister has seen Your Majesty." The lieutenant bowed to Hu Hai, who was staring at the map.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be polite." Hu Hai turned around and raised his hands, and then went straight to the point: "On the way, if you win a report, you can report the letter from Lord Taibao from Jiuyuan to Lao Aiqing?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Win has already informed the minister."

"Then how does Aiqing think this matter should be handled?" Hu Hai nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty mean?" The lieutenant hesitated and asked.

Hu Hai heard the words of the lieutenant, raised his eyes and looked at the lieutenant for a moment and said: "The Donghu clan has the heart to serve my Great Qin, and they should take it in, and there should be no doubt about this matter." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" When the lieutenant heard Hu Hai's words, the essence in his eyes flashed, and he first gave a small sycophant, and then immediately said: "Your Majesty can send an edict to Lord Taibao, and order General Wang Qian to lead the elite cavalry of the Suzaku Army and 100,000 Donghu people from Jiuyuan to the north to attack the Xiongnu barbarian holy land Wolf Juxu Mountain. With the combat strength of the Suzaku Army, I think it will definitely be able to rescue the Donghu people who were detained by the Xiongnu barbarians in Wolf Juxu Mountain, and they can also teach the Hun barbarians a lesson. ”

"Huh?" Hu Hai let out a soft sigh and said, "Why didn't Lao Aiqing let Lord Taibao lead the army to attack the wolf Juxu Mountain?" Also, how is it good for the Vermilion Bird Army and 100,000 Donghu people to go north, and the lone army goes deep into the grain and grass supply reform? ”

When the lieutenant heard Hu Hai's question, a look of relief flashed in his eyes. He knew very well that the emperor obviously thought of going with him, and the reason why he let himself say it was precisely to show that the emperor had matured.

This time, the Donghu clan turned against the water and joined Daqin, which not only announced that Morton's intention to go south to seize the Hetao Plain and consume the last hundreds of thousands of young men of the Donghu clan was frustrated, but also gave Hu Hai, who wanted to take this opportunity to teach the Xiongnu barbarians a lesson, a heaven-sent opportunity.

The lieutenants knew better than Hu Hai what the combat power of Meng Tian's Jiuyuan Army had, and after Meng Tian returned to Jiuyuan, the combat power of the Jiuyuan Army would be doubled. Even without the assistance of the Suzaku Army, relying only on the 200,000 Jiuyuan Army, if it was just to defend the Jiuyuan City, there would be no problem at all.

The reason why he supported Hu Hai to transfer the Suzaku Army, which was supposed to be stationed in Guanzhong as a mobile force, to Jiuyuan, and at the same time transferred Xin Sheng's Longxi Army to Jiuyuan to help, was precisely because of His Majesty the Emperor's insistence. And then the conscription of laborers to transport grain and grass to Jiuyuan was also for this purpose.

At the beginning, due to the lack of accurate information, Hu Hai and his lieutenants thought that all the people who went south were Huns. This time, Meng Tian's letter was reported, only to learn that Morton only brought no more than 200,000 Hun cavalry to the south, and the rest were all Donghu people who had joined the Xiongnu.

Hu Hai's previous preparations were just to leave all of Morton's 500,000 Huns in Jiuyuan, at least most of them in Daqin. Now, with the surrender of the Donghu clan, it is obvious that the comparison of the strengths of Daqin and Morton is already worlds apart. Great Qin already had enough troops to carry out some plans that he had not thought of before. For example, whether it is to take the opportunity to destroy the Xiongnu.

After the destruction of the Xiongnu, Meng Tian, who has now reached the highest official position and high morality in Jiuyuan, is obviously the best candidate.

However, although the strength of the Meng's military in Great Qin is second because of the establishment of the Five Great Legions, it is still one of the best forces in Great Qin. It is not the elite of those who intend to restore the rabble of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms.

A large number of Mongol people in South Vietnam joined Ziying, who had already established himself as emperor. If Meng Tian's attitude changes, then the great achievement of destroying the Xiongnu will not only not bring good news to Great Qin, but will bring endless disasters to Great Qin.

Even if Meng Tian still chooses to be loyal to Hu Hai, with the prestige of Meng Tian, who now has the power to shake the master, if coupled with the great merit of destroying the troubles that have plagued the Great Qin for hundreds of years, whether Meng Tian wants it or not, it will inevitably seriously impact the prestige of Hu Hai, the Great Qin Emperor, in the hearts of the old Qin people and the soldiers of the army.

The destruction of the Xiongnu is the same as the suppression of the rebellion and restoration of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. It can only be done by Hu Hai, who is the emperor, and cannot be handed over to others, or to put it more bluntly, it cannot be handed over to Meng Tian.

Obviously, it was when Hu Hai saw or realized this that he asked the lieutenant like this.

"Your Majesty, Lord Taibao is very old, this time he returned to Jiuyuan from Xianyang, he was even rushing, if he led the army north to go thousands of miles deep into the grassland north of Yinshan, I am afraid it would be ......" The lieutenant said lightly, and the rest of the words were not finished, but the meaning was already very clear.

That is, he was worried that Meng Tian's body would not be able to bear it, and the Huns did not see it, so he hung up first.

"Well, Aiqing is reasonable." Hu Hai nodded.

Although he and the lieutenant both knew why they didn't send Meng Tian to take this opportunity to uproot the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, it was obvious that the superficial kung fu had to be enough. Obviously, this excuse made by the lieutenant can be said to be just right.

"As for the food and grass needed for the army to go north. Your Majesty, in the vast grasslands, there are countless Huns grazing. In the past, I didn't know the roots of the Huns, but now that the Donghu people are leading the way, it is naturally different from the past, and the Donghu people naturally know where the Huns are grazing. Now at the time of the autumn harvest, I am afraid that the cattle and sheep are fattening, and the cattle and sheep raised by these grazing Huns can be used as food and grass for the army. If you add the supplies that the army carries with you, the matter of food and grass will be solved. ”

Speaking of this, the lieutenant paused and said: "Acting like this can not only relieve the army's food and grass difficulties, but also weaken the foundation of the Xiongnu barbarians." Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

"Good!" Hu Hai clapped his hands and praised, and then seemed to remember something, "Although I can't eradicate the Xiongnu in one fell swoop this time, I must also teach Namorton a lesson, let him know that my Great Qin is not a place where he can come and leave when he wants." ”

Hu Hai was very unwilling, so he let Morton return to the grassland. If he personally led the army this time, no matter what the price was, he would inevitably choose to leave Morton in the territory of Great Qin.

As mentioned earlier, the Huns could not be handed over to Meng Tian to eradicate, and Morton could not let Meng Tian kill or capture him alive.

There are many things in life that you want to do but can't, and that's fate.

(To be continued)