Chapter 218: Suzaku Goes North
Meng Yi was on the way back to Xianyang, and Meng Tian was on the way to Jiuyuan. Today, the 200,000 Jiuyuan Army can be said to be leaderless.
Hu Hai really wanted to scold his mother.
Is there a fine annihilation in Daqin? How could the timing be so good?
Meng Tian still has at least three days to reach Jiuyuan, and the combat power of the Jiuyuan army will naturally be greatly reduced when there is no main general. I just don't know if they made arrangements when they received the news that the Xiongnu were heading south.
Hu Hai had already asked Long Jiao to send out the edict that he ordered the highest-ranking person among the remaining generals of the Jiuyuan Army to act as a general and transfer troops on his own to deal with the southbound Xiongnu army.
However, even if Shintaka wanted to come soon, he would not be able to reach Kuhara until evening. At that time, presumably the Maodun army had already been killed outside the Great Wall.
Hu Hai only hoped that his edict was still in time.
"Lord Meng Yi is now guarding Jiuyuan, and Jiuyuan should be okay for the time being." Yao Jia comforted the ministers in the hall and said.
These three princes and nine secretaries in the council hall, except for Wei Yu, Feng Quji, and Li You, the rest of them didn't know that Meng Tian was already on the way to Jiuyuan, but Meng Yi had already left Jiuyuan on the way back to Xianyang.
"Meng Yi Aiqing is no longer in Jiuyuan, presumably he is almost in the territory of Neishi County now. Lord Taibao said yesterday that he had just left Xianyang and rushed to Jiuyuan, and he was afraid that he had just left the boundary of Neishi County! When Hu Hai heard Yao Jia's words, he didn't look back.
Meng Tian should have been sixteen years old, like Meng Yi, one returned to Xianyang, and the other left Xianyang. However, in order to participate in the formation ceremony of the five legions, Meng Tian postponed it for two days, and Meng Yi naturally went further than Meng Tian.
"Ahh When Yao Jia heard the emperor's words, he immediately screamed.
The ministers in the hall looked at each other.
They all thought of a terrible fact, Meng Yi was not there, Meng Tian had not arrived, so the 200,000 troops stationed in Jiuyuan were not leaderless? None of them have the right to dispose of the troops?
That's how it can be good. The ministers in the palace talked a lot.
"Your Majesty, you can order the first general of the Jiuyuan Army to lead the general authority and transfer troops to deal with the Hun barbarians." Wei Yu didn't worry about what to do like the rest of the important ministers in the palace, but first thought of the point.
"My edict has been issued. The Huns are not hindered, even if those generals can't defend the enemy outside the country, it is not so easy for Mao Dun to take Jiuyuan and occupy the Hetao, I have ordered the Longxi general Xin Sheng to lead 50,000 Longxi elite cavalry to Jiuyuan to help. Hu Hai looked back at Wei Yudao.
"Your Majesty Shengming!" When Wei Yi heard Hu Hai's words, he bowed down and saluted first.
"Captain Lao Aiqing, I want to order the Vermilion Bird Army to go out of Xianyang and take the Jiuyuan Gallop Road, and go straight into the Jiuyuan!" Hu Hai's finger swiped on the map from Xianyang to Jiuyuan, a murderous road.
When Wei Yu heard the young emperor's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The emperor's simple stroke formed a semicircle, and Wei Yu immediately knew that the emperor obviously did not just want to stalemate with the Xiongnu in Jiuyuan and keep Jiuyuan and the Hetao Plain intact, but to give the Huns a hard blow.
"Your Majesty, the Vermilion Bird Army is out of Xianyang, and the three armies of Xuanwu, White Tiger, and Qinglong are going south today, and there is a danger of emptiness in all parts of Guanzhong, if there is anything wrong with Your Majesty's personal expedition......" Wei Yu did not finish speaking, but the meaning was already self-evident.
Indeed, the 600,000 troops of the Bashang battalion have left Guanzhong, the 200,000 Tiger Ben Army have all been transferred to Bashu to deal with South Vietnam, and the Qinglong, White Tiger, and Xuanwu armies have all gone south.
Originally, there were guards, but the guards were basically killed and wounded after Wang Li's battle, and the rest were directly incorporated into the Tiger Ben Army, and now the Xianyang guards, which should have been full of 100,000 people, have already existed in name only, and if the guard captain Yang Ruihe is not a part-time lieutenant, I am afraid that he is already a bare-gun commander.
The army has left, and there is no army in Guanzhong, which is the foundation of Great Qin, if something goes wrong, it will be over.
"Aiqing don't have to worry, I have already issued an edict to order the Xuanwu Army to leave 50,000 heavy armored cavalry in Xianyang, anyway, there are still 30,000 people in the Xuanwu Army who do not have suitable war horses, these 30,000 people can be used as heavy armor foot soldiers, I will leave 20,000 heavy cavalry, and then order the Vermilion Bird Army to leave 20,000 foot soldiers behind, and the 10,000 cavalry of the White Tiger Army will also stay in Xianyang, so that there will be 80,000 troops in Xianyang, and 50,000 of them are Xuanwu troops with extremely high combat power, and all parts of Guanzhong should be fine!"
Hu Hai is confident.
Hearing Hu Hai's words, Wei Yi thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, in this way, General Weng Zhong's Xuanwu army only has 50,000 heavy armored foot soldiers left, will the 50,000 army be too weak to form its own way?" ”
Hu Hai smiled and said: "Lao Aiqing doesn't have to worry, I think that when I was in Chengwu, the tens of thousands of troops who killed two thousand heavy armor foot soldiers had no power to fight back, and now the fifty thousand heavy armor elites will be able to fight back even if they face two hundred thousand troops!" ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
The ministers in the hall said in unison.
"The Shangji Mansion immediately ordered a total of 80,000 Suzaku troops to leave Xianyang and rush to Jiuyuan within two hours. In this battle, I want to make that Mao Dun no longer dare to speak of going south! Hu Hai waved his arm heavily, and his eyes were full of murderous energy.
"Your Ministers obey!"
"The rest of the provinces are closely cooperating with the armies to change their defenses. Don't disturb the people! Let's go, two hours later, a big court meeting will be held in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, and I have something to discuss. The affairs of the Huns must not be leaked! Hu Hai strode up to the main hall, turned around with his hands behind his back.
"Whoa!"
…… In an hour and a half, the 80,000 troops who were ordered by the emperor to stay in Xianyang, except for the 20,000 foot soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Army who were originally going to stay in Xianyang, the rest of the 50,000 heavy armored infantry soldiers of the Xuanwu Army and the 10,000 cavalry of the White Tiger Army have been replaced.
The 80,000 light cavalry of the Suzaku Army, equipped with saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, and 75,000 light cavalry, all of them carried enough simple dry food and dried meat from Shangfang to eat for five days, and the remaining 5,000 heavy armored cavalry left Xianyang with nearly 1,000 large box carts of heavy grain and grass, and embarked on the gallop road to Xianyang to Jiuyuan.
Seventy-five thousand light cavalry galloped, and the entire Xianyang City seemed to tremble.
Fortunately, today's army mobilization is extremely ordinary, the Qinglong, the White Tiger and the Xuanwu army have all left Xianyang, plus the 200,000 tiger army that left Xianyang to the west in the first two days, the people of Xianyang are not too surprised by the 80,000 Vermilion Bird army, and some are only proud of the prestige of the Great Qin army.
Only a few well-intentioned people noticed that the Suzaku Army was not going south but north.
When the huge bronze bell rang in the main hall of Xianyang Palace, the 500,000 cavalry of Maodun were already less than 150 miles away from the Jiuyuan Great Wall.
"Your Majesty!"
Hundreds of officials at all levels of the Great Qin bowed to Hu Hai who walked up to the main hall, and shouted in unison. The huge sound reverberated in the main hall of Xianyang Palace.
"All the ministers are flat!"
Hu Hai, who was wearing a black and gold woven imperial robe and a balance crown on his head, slowly sat on the huge emperor's throne with a wave of wide robe sleeves, and looked down at the dense crowd of ministers under His Highness and said in a deep voice.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The ministers spoke in unison, and then sat down one after another.
"Today, there are a few things that I need to discuss. First, the rebellions in various parts of Shandong have long been quelled, and all the original officials in the counties of Shandong are no longer hired, and many officials need to be replenished. These officials, you love to discuss it.
Second, in dozens of counties north of Dang County, the Shangji Prefecture immediately selected and sent officials to various places to rectify the people's livelihood, and the Imperial History Office sent officials to each county to investigate the merits and demerits of the county officials in detail. These officials, you love to discuss it.
Third, the Shangji Prefecture has now opened official offices in various parts of Guanzhong, and it is time to implement it in many counties and counties across Shandong. You Aiqing discussed that those counties should be the first to implement it.
Fourth, there is still fifteen days to be the queen of the book, and before that, I want to marry a concubine. Zongzheng Mansion and Fengchang Mansion are immediately prepared. The day before the post-canon, I will marry Yu Ji. Yu Shi Cheng Miao can be in? ”
Hu Hai said this, paused and glanced at the top of the main hall.
These first four points have been discussed with Hu Hai many times, and now it is imperative to strengthen the control of dozens of counties in Shandong, and Hu Hai is about to conquer himself, so he also needs to find something to do for these officials in the court.
Otherwise, I will know that the intrigue climbs up every day.
"Your Majesty is here!"
A personable thin middle-aged man stood up and bowed to Hu Hai in response.
"Now that dozens of schools in Neishi County have been set up, and all the school-age children in the families of the people of Neishi County have entered the school, it is time to promote it to the counties outside my Guan. Before that, I want to simplify the small seal that I am currently using in Great Qin, and after the court meeting, Lord Cheng can go to the study to see me. ”
Hu Hai stared at Cheng Miao for a while, and then said lightly.
A whisper suddenly sounded in the hall, and now the official and folk fonts of Daqin are not unified. The official documents of the DPRK and China are generally small seals designed by Li Si and Cheng Miao, and there are many people, especially the bereaved people of the Six Kingdoms, who use most of the scripts originally used by various countries, and there are many types.
To truly achieve unity, there must be cultural unity! The text must be unified.
"Your Majesty obeys!" Cheng Miao was originally just a Yunyang prison officer, and later because of the tyranny of Qin Zheng, and was ordered to prison by the first emperor, in prison for ten years, Cheng Miao finally wrote a good calligraphy, and later the first emperor ordered Li Si to prepare to unify the text when he found the small seal written by Cheng Miao, so Cheng Miao was released and promoted to the imperial history.
"Silence!"
Standing on the side of Hu Hai's seat, Wang Yan keenly saw that the emperor frowned because of the whispers in the hall, and hurriedly cleared his throat and shouted.
Hearing Wang Yan's sharp shout, the ministers in the hall who were whispering because of Hu Hai's five things in a row were suddenly silenced! (To be continued)