readx;?? Zhang Jiashi, who was chatting with the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi in the backyard of the Mengfu Mansion, of course, did not know that Ying Zheng would "eavesdrop" in a room in the front room, but he was now very attentive to communicating with the Mengshi brothers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info [first release]

For Zhang Jiashi, Meng Tian, as the current general of Great Qin, was the highest-ranking military official in Great Qin after the death of the former national lieutenant Tu Sui.

Because now Daqin does not have a captain, and there is also no national captain. The generals who are second only to the two, in the entire Qin army, can be said to be under one person.

Of course, if Ying Zheng had a crown prince, the situation might be a little different.

And Zhang Jiashi was very interested in the battle of Hetao in which Meng Tian defeated the Huns a few years ago.

After sitting down with the Montessori brothers in the backyard pavilion of the Montessori Mansion, a maid had already set up a table of wine in the pavilion.

As the master's Meng Tian, after letting the maid leave, he poured Zhang Jiashi and his younger brother Meng Yi, who had separated from the family, into the wine lord in front of him, and then poured wine for himself.

"Please. Meng Tian, who was not wearing military armor but still couldn't hide his fierce aura, held up the wine lord in front of him.

Zhang Jiashi and Meng Yi then also raised the wine and drank it.

After putting down the wine, Zhang Jiashi looked at Meng Tian, who was slowly pouring the wine again, and asked, "...... the general go back to Xianyang this time?"

"Oh, my father asked me to come back from Kami-gun. Father said that something big was going to happen to us in Mongol. Moreover, His Majesty's herald messenger also arrived at the barracks, and I returned directly to Xianyang from the straight road. ”

Meng Tian didn't stop what he was doing, and then he asked Zhang Jiashi: "Captain Zhang, do you know how much your subordinates spend?"

Zhang Jiashi didn't understand why Meng Tian asked like this, but Xiao He had always been responsible for the income and expenditure in the army, and he was relatively clear about this, so he said a figure that he thought was normal: "It costs about 30,000 yuan a month." ”

In Zhang Jiashi's eyes, on average, two Yi per person, such a cost is naturally not too much.

However, Meng Tian stopped pouring wine slightly because of Zhang Jiashi's number.

And Meng Yi looked at Zhang Jiashi very normally, and said after a while: "Zhang Duwei, do you know that after the first Zhang Duwei took over the position of Afang Duwei, Yi was in the last court, but every time he heard someone impeaching Zhang Duwei for wasting Daqin's money. However, His Majesty has always helped you to stop this matter. Otherwise, we wouldn't have seen the outstanding performance of Zhang Duwei and the warriors under his command in the first battle of Yongdu. ”

Although Meng Yi did not agree with Zhang Jiashi's use of such a large amount of money to train a force. If he hadn't known that he had been supporting Zhang Jiashi, he might have joined in the fun.

This is not to say that Meng Yi has a bad feeling for Zhang Jiashi, but that as a court lieutenant, he supervises and tries lawless Daqin officials, which is one of his duties.

He said this paragraph in the hope that Zhang Jiashi could know that everything Zhang Jiashi has now is the result of Yingzheng's strong support.

Zhang Jiashi naturally didn't know such a thing, but Meng Yi, as a court lieutenant, didn't joke with him, so Zhang Jiashi quickly thought of a core question, that is, how much money would a large Qin army about the same size as him consume in a month?

He glanced at the Montessori brothers, and finally decided to ask this question: "General, Captain Mengting, well, how much does the cost of our other troops in Great Qin generally cost?"

Well, this time it was Meng Yi's turn to be shocked, he looked at Zhang Jiashi who seemed a little embarrassed in disbelief, knowing that the other party's expression was not pretending, but really didn't know, after Meng Yi and his brother Meng Tian glanced at each other, he looked at Zhang Jiashi and said:

"Captain Zhang may not know that your cost is much higher than that of Lang Zhongling's corps, the most elite and best-equipped commander in Great Qin. Since the Zhonglang generals under the command of Zhonglang Commander, Zhonglang, the monthly expenditure of thousands of people is less than 7,000 on average. ”

Daqin's Lang Zhong ordered the command of about three or four thousand people, who were responsible for the work of the Praetorian Guards in the palace, so it was necessary to call it a Praetorian Guard. And this kind of expenditure, although it also reached the cost of one to two, but, you must know that Daqin's Lang Zhongling Corps can be said to be all officers, and if a Zhonglang is placed outside, then at least he can become a low-level officer at the rank of chief.

And Zhonglang General, no matter how bad it is, is also the position of five hundred masters, and some Zhonglang generals can be said to be the county lieutenant of a large county, and it is not a problem to be in charge of two or three thousand people.

As for Lang Zhongling, in terms of official position, he is Jiuqing, and if he talks about official position alone, Meng Tian, the general, is one level lower than the other party.

And Zhang Jiashi's subordinates, although there are no high-ranking officers, but because of this, Zhang Jiashi's expenses will be even more surprising.

And Meng Tian raised his head at this time, looked at Zhang Jiashi, and asked a question that made Zhang Jiashi a little surprised: "Captain Zhang, what is the main cost of your troops?"

This question is not so easy to answer, but Zhang Jiashi also has a clear conscience, because he has not filled his pockets, and in less than a few seconds, Zhang Jiashi said some of his measures in the barracks.

And after Zhang Jiashi finished speaking, the Meng Tian brothers glanced at each other again, and they could both see the surprise in each other's eyes:

"This guy's subordinates are treated too well. ”

The treatment under Zhang Jiashi's command, except for the two or five hundred officers of the main rank, most of the other officers were uniformly promoted to the standard of one level.

And the grassroots soldiers can enjoy the treatment that only the senior or the low-level soldiers with military merits can enjoy, and every meal has bean soup or other simple dishes.

You must know that the other troops, even the Great Qin Northern Army under Meng Tian, can manage every meal.

It can be said that in a certain sense, they understand one of the reasons why the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi's command has improved so much.

And Meng Yi immediately remembered that the person who had roared several times during the court meeting wanted to hang Zhang Jiashi, a bastard who knew how to spend money indiscriminately, at the gate of Xianyang Palace.

He then looked at Zhang Jiashi deeply: "No wonder Your Majesty would tolerate this young man's actions. His Majesty has long known that this person's expenses are not indiscriminate. Rather, it's used where it's worth the expense. If it weren't for that, His Majesty, who did what he said, would not have been so lenient with this young man. Maybe it has really been hung in front of the main gate of Xianyang Palace several times. ”

Thinking of Meng Yi here, he picked up the wine and drank it all.

And Meng Tian was also very emotional in his heart. To be honest, unlike Meng Yi, he can be said to have more or less resentment towards Zhang Jiashi.

Not because of anything else, but because the three thousand elite cavalry under his command were transferred to Zhang Jiashi's command. Zhao Miao and Lu Guang also muttered to Zhang Jiashi more than once because of their outstanding strength.

But Meng Tian knew very well that his majesty did this in the hope that Daqin would have a small but elite fighting force.

After he saw that Meng Yi's wine was empty, he poured Meng Yi's wine wine full again.

At this time, Meng Tian heard Zhang Jiashi suddenly ask a question: "General, can you tell me about the Battle of Hetao?"

Meng Tian nodded, and a smile appeared on his resolute face: "Of course this is okay, Meng Mou knows everything." ”

Meng Tian, who put down the flask, recalled the Battle of the Hetao that had taken place a few years earlier, in 214 BC.

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The Battle of Hetao in 214 BC was almost a life-and-death battle for Daqin and the Great Troubled Xiongnu in the north.

Before the war began, Meng Tian only had a force of more than 200,000 people and a team of civilians. The people who are responsible for transporting grain and supplies are about twice as many troops as they can fight. Therefore, the combat power that Meng Tian could use in his hands was less than 100,000 people.

The Huns can basically be said to be all soldiers, except for the old women and children who went south with the middle-aged men, the Huns concentrated more than 300,000 people in Touman.

It can be said that this time it was a battle with a very small chance of winning. And Meng Tian could only rely on a few rudimentary fortresses that had been built as the core, arraying to resist the growing army of the Huns.

In fact, Meng Tian had no confidence in victory at all. Even the people in several fortresses were sent weapons by him, ready to be sent to the front at any time to fight.

However, Meng Tian never expected that the Huns would directly attack on a large scale, instead of using his most fearful and helpless wandering attack method to fight.

As a result, during several days of fighting, the Huns suffered very heavy casualties. The officers and soldiers under Meng Tian and the Minfu troops. The losses are likewise quite numerous. But the Huns could not hold it out in the first place.

At this time, Zhang Jiashi interrupted Meng Tian's memories, and said, "General, how did you fight at that time?"

"Shoot at the opposing shock troops. Meng Tian said this sentence very directly, which made Zhang Jiashi stunned.

After Meng Tian saw Zhang Jiashi's appearance, he showed a helpless wry smile: "If the soldiers under my command couldn't even maintain the formation at that time. It simply could not stop the onslaught of the Huns. There were so many Huns that on several occasions they even directly broke up the infantry lines of several thousand men that I had placed on the front line. I don't think I need to say much about what happened to these people. ”

Zhang Jiashi nodded, having experienced the Battle of Yongdu, he was very aware of a situation, that is, once he was besieged by a large number of enemy troops, there was often only one end.

Meng Tian looked at Zhang Jiashi's expression and continued:

At that time, Meng Tian was unable to send chariots to kill the enemy, and in the dense onslaught of the Huns, no matter how good these light charioters were, they could not hide a weakness, that is, the war horses covered with leather horse armor could not effectively resist the rain of arrows from the Huns.

Therefore, these chariots could only be used directly as crossbows, and under the protection of the shield bearers, they could shoot at the Huns together with the crossbowmen of the Qin army.

In this case, Daqin's sophisticated equipment is extremely advantageous. The knights of the Huns simply could not approach the dense Qin army without paying a large number of casualties, let alone break through the Qin army's frontline defenses.

After several days of fighting, the Huns left a large number of corpses and wounded on the battlefield, and retreated in disarray.

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Although Meng Tian said very briefly, Zhang Jiashi learned several very important things from Meng Tian's words, which are very different from historical records.

The first: The Qin army is considered to be the strength of emergency support in the back, and the regular combat troops do not have 120,000 people. A large number of civilians were also sent to the battlefield. But it is clear that more than 300,000 troops gathered in the Hetao area to fight the Huns, such a thing...... Later generations recorded that the people were also included.

The Northern Legion had 300,000 to 400,000 men, but this figure was after the construction of the Great Wall. And it is very important that these troops were originally scattered on the border from Longxi to Liaodong. It is impossible for Ying Zheng to be unaware of the tactics of the Huns and the Donghu people, and to transfer garrisons from other places for the sake of one Hetao area at the expense of the other.

Second: Although in terms of the main combatants, the number of troops under Meng Tian's command is at an absolute disadvantage. However, with the terrain advantages of mountains and hills, the huge gap in equipment between Great Qin and the Xiongnu, and playing positional attack warfare with the stubbornly defended Qin army, Touman Danyu's abacus was obviously wrong.

Under such a premise, Tou Mandan's big defeat and loss can be said to be completely self-inflicted.

Third: The Qin army's arrow array was not composed of simple Qin military crossbowmen, but was composed of light and strong crossbows of chariots, crossbow horse archers of knights, and crossbowmen of Qin army.

Perhaps, in the siege battle, the power of the Qin army's arrow array was not very good. But in the case of field warfare, the Huns were killed and wounded, which is the best witness.

Fourth: In the Battle of the Hetao, Meng Tian's use of chariots was used as a fixed point of fire. It is obvious that the impact of the Huns with a chariot will only lead to a miserable death.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiashi was about to ask Meng Tian in detail about some details, when a servant from the Mongolian Mansion came over and said, "The head of the family, the second master, Zhang Duwei." The old man invites you to go to the front room. ”

After Zhang Jiashi and the three of them heard this, they glanced at each other, stood up and left the pavilion.

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Zhang Jiashi, who returned to the front room, was surprised to see more than a dozen officials in the front room.

He didn't understand why these people were in the Mongol Palace. However, he also saw that Fusu and Hu Hai were there, and after nodding to him, Zhang Jiashi smiled slightly, indicating that he had said hello.

"Captain Zhang, stand here. Meng Tian whispered to Zhang Jiashi.

And Meng Wu deliberately coughed a few times, looked at the full hall of court officials, and gradually quieted down, Meng Wu said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Wu invited you to come this time, mainly to announce a matter. ”

Meng Wu naturally continued to speak: "That is, Wu saw that Zhang Jiashi, the captain of Afangdu, was a talented person in the army, and out of some of Wu's thoughts, I hope you can witness it." That is, Wu hopes to accept Zhang Jiashi Duwei as the righteous son of the moth. ”

The ministers present, who is not a human spirit, who is behind this matter, they all know very well, otherwise, they would not have appeared in this place.

However, compared to this, many people have different thoughts in their minds.

Prime Minister Li Si, who was sitting at the head of the left, looked at Meng Wu with a congratulatory smile, in fact, he could be said to be a little dissatisfied with Zhang Jiashi. That's because of Fan Chong's thing.

Fan Chong had already been sentenced to behead by the Tingwei Mansion, but this incident also had a great impact on him, because Fan Chong was originally his protégé, and he was even recommended by him to the position of Shanglin Supervisor. When something like this happened, it was true that Fan was to blame, but he also fell into the criticism of an unknown person.

He counted all this on Zhang Jiashi's head, because he knew very well that if Zhang Jiashi directly killed Fan Zhong at that time, he would not have so much trouble, at most he would be reprimanded.

Compared with Li Si, who was smiling and hypocritical, Fusu smiled very peacefully. Because he knew very well that Zhang Jiashi would not join his faction because of this.

In the eyes of others, the Meng family is his hardcore supporter, so Zhang Jiashi is naturally no exception. However, Fusu knew very well that Meng Tian and Meng Yi were loyal to his father. It's like Mengwu.

And Hu Hai's expression was not so relaxed. In his smiling face, he was still thinking about whether he would invite Zhang Jiashi to the mansion for a banquet to further deepen the relationship between the two.

Of course, Hu Hai didn't know, because of the records in the history books, Zhang Jiashi could be said to treat him as a thief.

It is no wonder, because soon after Hu Hai ascended the throne, all his brothers and sisters died, and only one son Gao was able to save his family.

In other words, does this mean that he, Zhang Jiashi, also had to be killed by Hu Hai?

Although Li Youke lived to the day when Rongyang was captured, Zhang Jiashi couldn't either, and couldn't watch Yingxi and Ying Lian being killed by Hu Hai.

Under the influence of this idea, Zhang Jiashi decided: "Cherish life and stay away from Huhai." ”

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What should start will still start, under the witness of more than a dozen Great Qin ministers and two sons, when Meng Wu asked: "Zhang Duwei, I don't know if you are willing to become Wu's Yizi?"

Zhang Jiashi walked directly a few meters in front of Meng Wu, then half-knelt on the ground, and bowed to Meng Wuna: "Father-in-law, please accept the child's worship." ”

"Okay, good!!" Meng Wu was very happy and said three good.

And more than a dozen people in the hall also congratulated Meng Wu in unison: "Congratulations to Mr. Meng for receiving a heroic." ”

"Hahaha, Wu Xie has thanked the two sons, my lords. Meng Wu said happily, then stood up, walked to Zhang Jiashi, and helped the other party: "Child, my father-in-law has no other gifts, only a treasure bow, I hope the child will not dislike it." ”

"Thank you for the reward from my father. ”

At this moment, a strong man walked out of the side door, holding a plate in his hand, on which was placed a bow of unknown material, but with a pitch-black body.

Zhang Jiashi knew that he took over the bow, which was the nominal righteous son of the Meng family. However, since he has already decided, he will not regret it until now.

Therefore, after Zhang Jiashi took the cold, heavy metal bow with tentacles with both hands, he half-knelt on the ground again and said:

The boy thanked his father-in-law for the bow. ”

Meng Wu nodded, smiled and helped Zhang Jiashi up.

Although this is a scene, no one in the audience will know that history will be changed because of this.

Zhang Jiashi didn't know that he couldn't save his two brothers-in-law, nor his father-in-law.

But he let the Mengshi clan, who should have been wiped out, and his own bloodline continue.

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