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Although the Great Qin Empire was indeed quite weakened by the civil war, the military strength of the Great Qin Empire was not greatly affected by the civil war, which can be seen from the crushing defeat of the troops in the northeast of the Great Qin Empire by Zuo Xianwang's troops last year.

The fiasco of King Zuo Xian was of course due to many objective factors, such as the Qin people tearing up the alliance between the two sides without credibility, aiding the Donghu people, and declaring war without declaring war.

After King Zuo Xian suffered a fiasco, this incident caused a great repercussion in the upper echelons of the Xiongnu. If it weren't for the fact that he suppressed these tribal leaders and thought that he needed to concentrate on the Great Qin Empire to carry out new and old hatreds together, it is estimated that a large-scale war had broken out between the Great Qin Empire and the Xiongnu last year.

In this respect, Mao Dun did not think that the military strength of the Great Qin Empire had declined, on the contrary, he could make Zuo Xianwang's troops lose in field battles, and I am afraid that even the main force of Shan Yuting under his command could not do it. At the very least, the casualties reached fifty or sixty thousand in one day, even in the history of the Xiongnu, that is, in the worst defeat experienced by his father Tou Mandanyu, the Battle of Yinshan.

Therefore, Mao Dun knew very well that if he really engaged in a full-scale war with the Great Qin Empire, it was very likely that the Xiongnu themselves would not have the consciousness of a great loss of vitality.

Maybe the Great Qin Empire will lose the war due to the influence of some aspects, but this will not make Mao Dun feel easy, because even if the Great Qin Empire is not good, it is very likely that most of the tribes of the Huns will have a lot of personnel losses along the Great Wall under its control.

Although there are many problems in the direction of the Great Wall, a few years ago, the Donghu people stormed a Great Wall in Yuyang County, and after paying a certain price, the defenders of the Great Wall were defeated, and a large number of Donghu people invaded the hinterland of Yuyang County and plundered the population and property of the Great Qin Empire.

Mao Dun did not think that the price paid by the Donghu people in this offensive would be very small, on the contrary, it is very likely that the Donghu people could even maintain a "balance of payments" in this military operation is a very serious problem.

Moreover, in the bloody battle of the Great Wall in 208 BC, the Donghu people had even their sharpest teeth knocked out, and if it weren't for this, if the Donghu people still had enough strength and didn't even fall into a state of chaos, then he would not have planned to launch a large-scale attack on the Donghu people directly.

And the Great Qin Empire later came to the aid of the Donghu people and chose to send troops and fight without declaring war, which is actually nothing to be angry about for Mao Dun. Because if the Great Qin Empire chose a normal way of negotiation, it would be a strange thing.

Because by that time, the iron hooves of the Huns had already trampled the bones of the Donghu people to pieces, and completely enslaved the surviving Donghu people.

It is normal for the Great Qin Empire to choose this approach, and with the choice of King Zuo Xian himself, he has to think that the other party is the main reason for the fiasco.

The legion in the northeast of the Great Qin Empire has a lot of troops, and it is one of the elite troops of the Great Qin Empire at the moment, King Zuo Xian chose to delay the other party and use the main force to defeat the remnants of Donghu, which seems to be no problem, but he chose a wrong direction.

If it were the other way around, Mao Dun didn't think that King Zuo Xian would necessarily succeed, that is, defeat or repel the legions of the Great Qin Empire that aided the Donghu people, but he would not lose so many troops. And if it was his own choice, he would simply choose to retreat temporarily, anyway, in terms of the military force dominated by the infantry of the Great Qin Empire, in the entire desert grassland, as long as they were not stupid, they would not choose to pursue deeply. Because if you do this, you may not only fail to achieve the corresponding results, but may even fall into a situation where the whole army is trapped or even annihilated.

It's a pity that King Zuo Xian made the wrong choice, not only failed to destroy Donghu, but even lost almost half of the military force of King Zuo Xian.

If it weren't for the fact that King Zuo Xian was loyal to him, and for his considerable prestige in the area under the control of King Zuo Xian, Mao Dun would have planned to replace this fool a long time ago.

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For Mao Dun, there is one thing that he is very helpless about, that is, even if he really decides to start a full-scale war with the Great Qin Empire, he does not have a plan that can be regarded as a real victory with a high chance of where to use as the main direction of attack, or how to fight the Qin people.

And in Maudun's mind, there is a good chance that such a plan does not exist. Because the defense system of the Great Qin Empire is not an existence that the Huns can break through if they want to.

He also sent a number of small works to infiltrate the northern borders of the Great Qin Empire to collect corresponding intelligence, and this practice had already begun after he had traded with the Great Qin Empire and concluded an alliance.

Although the information that Maudun was able to obtain was not too small in this regard, there was not much really valuable content. Because the vigilance of the Great Qin Empire for some areas has even reached the level that even if you break by mistake, you have to take off a layer of skin.

If the patrols of the Qin people found out that these people who mistakenly entered the corresponding area were intentional, then they didn't need to do anything, and they would often be killed directly by these patrolmen.

And for this kind of thing, the patrol personnel of the Qin people seem to be the corresponding personnel of the army to make too detailed distinctions, because there are many Qin people who have been carefully bought or deceived, and they will also be severely punished, or even killed directly.

And under this premise, not to mention the Huns, who had difficulty concealing their identity, the punishment they suffered was often even more cruel.

It is said that the Huns who were killed directly were a relatively good result.

Mao Dun naturally did not take this situation lightly, because his intuition told him that the more heavily guarded the place, the more important the place for the Great Qin Empire.

And what these places were, Mao Dun didn't know, but he knew one thing, that is, the number of these places was not too small, and it could even be said that they existed in many areas south of the Great Wall.

Mao Dun did not let Xi Zuo buy some border officers and soldiers of the Great Qin Empire, but the possibility of this approach succeeding is very small, and even if it succeeds, these are more Qin officers and soldiers who are small people, and there are not many things that can be known.

In a sense, this is more of a talk than nothing.

Therefore, in some cases, Mao Dun had a feeling that it was very likely that his understanding of the Great Qin Empire might not be as good as the understanding of the Huns that the young man he had met once.

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For the young man who had only met once, that is, Mao Dun later knew that the other party was Zhang Jiashi, who was currently the regent of the Great Qin Empire, he had to admire this person very much.

Mao Dun knew about Zhang Jiashi, and it was more about some of Zhang Jiashi's deeds that were circulated in the border area or in Xianyang, the capital of Qin.

For this commoner, he didn't have any background, and followed a hermit to live in seclusion in a certain area of the Great Qin Empire, Mao Dun had to think that his fortune was more due to the luck of the other party, like many people.

But Maudun doesn't think that a person's luck is useless, on the contrary, he is very convinced of luck after experiencing a lot of things.

At the very least, it wasn't anything else, just from the fact that before the Yueshi people planned to kill him, he was detected and fled, and on the way back to the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, his luck can be said to occupy a considerable part of the success factor.

Therefore, Mao Dun believes that Zhang Jiashi's luck is a manifestation of his strength.

And for what happened after Zhang Jiashi's career, Mao Dun had a kind of jealousy. Who Zhang Jiashi's master is, no one knows, and Zhang Jiashi has no word on this matter, even in the Great Qin Empire, it is a mystery that people yearn for.

But the point is not this, but Zhang Jiashi, under the teaching of his master, was able to become a good military talent, which was most importantly reflected after he was appointed by Yingzheng as the captain of Afangdu.

Captain Afang is a core official position, which Mao Dun can also hear the corresponding statement, and Zhang Jiashi, who was appointed to this official position, did not disappoint Yingzheng with his ability.

The other party quickly succeeded in controlling one of the troops that was considered the core legion of the Great Qin Empire, and after doing a lot of things, he did not let Ying Zheng kill it angrily, it is conceivable how much Ying Zheng trusted him.

Maybe there is still a big gap between this position and the official positions such as the internal history of the Qin people and the prime minister, but he heard that the Afang Duwei army is responsible for the escort force of the Afang Palace, where the political core of the Great Qin Empire is located in the future, and based on this alone, Mao Dun can think that the importance of this position may be higher than that of the high-ranking officials of the Qin people such as the internal history.

And what made Mao Dun more concerned was that the other party, with an army of about 5,000 people, broke out a fierce battle with the Qiang people who raided Yongdu City, and successfully delayed the main force of the Qiang people until the arrival of the main army of the Qin people.

It can be said that if it weren't for this person's ability, I am afraid that even if he doubled the troops, he would not necessarily be the opponent of the Qiang people.

He also didn't understand why the Qiang people could suddenly appear in the hinterland of the Great Qin Empire, but there was no doubt that this was enough to catch the Great Qin Empire off guard.

In this battle, the Qiang people were also a big defeat, and there were not a few Qiang people who were really lost in the hands of the Qin army, but the biggest loss of the Qiang people was not the personnel and strength, but the control of the Western Qiang tribe over the Qiang people was greatly weakened.

If it weren't for this fiasco, I'm afraid that even if he wanted to face the Qiang people head-on, he would not have gotten the results of the battle he had done a few years ago to destroy the Qiang people and control the Hexi Corridor.

The combat effectiveness of the Qiang people may not be very strong, especially in the plains, and they are basically regarded as the Qiang people with the fishing and hunting people as the main body, and they cannot fight the Huns or the Qin people head-on. But in the mountains, whether it is the Huns or the Qin people, when facing the Qiang people, they may even pay a very heavy price if they are not careful.

Maudun can be said to have a deep understanding of this.

Therefore, Mao Dun knew that Zhang Jiashi's influence among the Huns may not be as great as Meng Tian's, but his real strength was not too far behind Meng Tian, even among the best.

Mao Dun knew that he might be overestimating the other party by elevating Zhang Jiashi to the level of Meng Tian, but he had to say that overestimating an enemy was not a bad thing strictly speaking.

After that, Zhang Jiashi seemed to be jealous of Yingzheng and was sent to the border, and Meng Tian was in charge of the military and political power in the northern part of the Great Qin Empire.

He didn't think this statement was reliable, because Mao Dun knew that Zhang Jiashi, who could become Yingzheng's double son-in-law, had not yet reached the point where Yingzheng needed to be afraid.

And the appearance of the other party in the northeast region of the Great Qin Empire is likely to be deliberately arranged by Ying Zheng.

Moreover, after Zhang Jiashi arrived in that area, in addition to defeating the Donghu people and making the Donghu people weak, the degree of his governance of the place also shows that the other party is a passing leader.

Before the Qin people fell into chaos, the other party even opened up the territory with the power of one place and annexed Jizi Korea.

It can be said that the other party's vision is very unique, because the frontal threat to the Jizi Joseon behind its territory can basically be ignored, especially the Donghu people, it is impossible to risk another crushing defeat by the other side, rashly send troops to attack a place where it is difficult for them to give full play to their own advantages.

After the Qin people entered a period of chaos, they decisively sent troops to the west, which is not something that a person without courage can do. Maybe Jizi Korea as a country seems to be stronger, but in fact, Jizi Korea is the weakest in the north, except for the Sushen people in the east of the Donghu people, I am afraid that it is the Donghu people, if you really want to cut a piece of meat from the other party, it is far safer than attacking the Qin people.

Mao Dun thought of this, and had a feeling in his heart that the other party would not easily succumb to the iron hooves of the Huns.

Because in many cases, the situation experienced by the other side was even worse than the upcoming Qin-Hun war.

And more importantly, the other party has done a lot more than he has experienced a lot of things. And the other party's preparations are undoubtedly targeted, especially the fiasco of King Zuo Xian, which is the key to the other party.

Mao Dun didn't think he would be worse than Zhang Jiashi, but at the moment, he was not confident enough to achieve the final victory.

He didn't know why he had such thoughts, but he knew that if he had such thoughts, it showed that he valued Zhang Jiashi's existence.

"I don't know, are you afraid of me too?"

Maudun said this, and smiled with an incomprehensible smile. [To be continued.] ]