Chapter 20: The Arrival of the Yue's Messenger

When Captain Huben brought Yu Ji's news back to Xianyang, Fusu was excited, and the hanging heart finally landed. During this period of waiting for Captain Huben to bring back news from Yu Ji, Fusu's heart has always been very worried, fearing that Yu Ji will refuse his arrangement or return to Jiangdong.

Seeing that his relationship with Yu Ji had come to fruition, Fusu seized the time to start preparations for the conquest of the Xiongnu. According to the report of the spies planted in the Yue Clan, the Yue Clan is about to be unable to support it, and it is estimated that it will not be long before they will ask Daqin for help.

People are in good spirits at happy events, since Yu Ji accepted his love. Fusu began to make preparations for the dispatch of troops to the Xiongnu in high spirits. First of all, he took advantage of the convenience of papermaking and printing to organize the military theoretical knowledge he had mastered into written materials and used them as teaching materials for the Daqin Military Academy. Although the knowledge that Xu Yun mastered before crossing into Fusu was only the surface of the military theories of later generations, it was undoubtedly of epoch-making significance in an era when military theories were not yet complete in the Qin Dynasty.

Whether it is the discussion of new war modes such as trade wars and diplomatic wars, or the in-depth analysis of the theory of cavalry deep running, they are all exquisite in the eyes of a group of strategists and generals. For a while, Han Xin and other famous generals in the world were admired.

On this day, Fusu came to the Daqin Ordnance Institute and handed over a drawing to Xiao He. This is a sketch made by Fusu based on the steel crossbows used by European crossbowmen in the Middle Ages. When the surprise attack on Jiangdong was in the past, because of the urgency of time, the manufacture of the Great Qin Steel Crossbow was not put on the agenda. Now that Jiangdong and other internal troubles have been calmed down for the time being, the envoys of the Yue clan have not yet arrived. This gap was just used to prepare the Great Qin Steel Crossbow.

Thanks to the steel smelted by the Great Qin Ordnance Academy, Fusu was able to manufacture the ceiling of this individual bow and crossbow in the Cold Weapon Era a thousand years in advance. Although the Great Qin army at this time was already equipped with a powerful Qin crossbow. However, due to the constraints of the winding method, the Qin crossbow has not been suitable for cavalry use.

Because when the Qin crossbow is wound, it needs the soldiers to sit on the ground and stare at the crossbow machine with their legs. On the other hand, the European steel crossbow is much easier to wind. Because the front end of the steel crossbow machine is equipped with a semi-circular iron ring for winding and pedaling, and the tail is also equipped with a more labor-saving winch winding machine. This made it easy for the cavalry to wind up on their horses.

Five days later, the craftsmen of the Daqin Ordnance Institute made a sample of the Daqin steel crossbow according to the drawings given by Fusu. After hearing the news, Fusu came to the Daqin Ordnance Institute, and after some inspection, he rushed to the Lishan camp with a steel crossbow. After returning from Nanjun, Fusu placed the Great Qin Tiger Army in the Lishan camp. The purpose of Fusu's trip was to let the soldiers of the Tiger Army evaluate the performance of the steel crossbow and see if there was any room for improvement.

Seeing Fusu's arrival, a group of tiger soldiers excitedly crowded in front of Fusu's chariot. After experiencing the events in Jiangdong, Fusu has become the belief in the hearts of these tiger soldiers.

Fusu stepped out of the cart and quickly blended into the group of Tiger Sergeants who were in the middle of the stroke. The group walked towards the school yard with a smile and a smile. Wang Li, Han Xin and others saw Fusu and the Huben soldiers together, so they did not rush to Fusu, but silently followed behind Fusu and his party. Because they could fully understand the love of these Tiger Ben soldiers for Fusu, they deliberately left these Tiger Ben soldiers more opportunities to be with Fusu.

The group soon arrived at the school grounds. Under Fusu's instructions, Han Xin found several knights and asked them to test fire the Qin crossbow and the steel crossbow respectively. When Han Xin, Wang Li and other soldiers saw the shooting effect of the steel crossbow, they were directly stunned, and they all showed incredible expressions. Because they saw that the arrows shot by the steel crossbow actually landed on the arrow target two hundred and fifty steps away, and what was even more terrifying was that the entire arrow had been submerged in the wooden target. Later, Fusu asked these soldiers to test the shooting effect of the steel crossbow on the horse, which was obviously not inferior to the effect of shooting under the horse.

Seeing such a good crossbow, Peng Yue couldn't help but test shoot, and didn't reluctantly put down the steel crossbow in his hand until the arrows ran out.

After Fusu returned to Xianyang, he immediately ordered the Daqin Ordnance Institute to start manufacturing Daqin steel crossbows and special arrows in batches. After the steel crossbows were manufactured in batches, Fusu also specially sent people to send hundreds of them to Meng Tian's army.

Two months later, at the turn of spring and summer, the envoys of the Yue clan finally came to Xianyang in Fusu's longing waiting.

In the Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace, Fusu was sitting and waiting for the envoys of the Yue clan to meet him.

A moment later, a middle-aged bearded man with a full beard was led by the guards to the Qilin Hall court.

"In Xia Weixi, he was ordered by Hu Wei Sejia, the king of the Yue clan, to meet the prince of Great Qin," Wei Xi bowed.

"Excuse me, I don't know what happened to your envoy who came thousands of miles to my Great Qin?" Fusu asked, pretending to be confused.

"The prince of Great Qin, my Yue clan was attacked by the head of the Xiongnu Mandan, fortunately my Yue King is wise and powerful, has blocked the Xiongnu army in the Zhaowu area of Hexi, my king knows that Daqin and the Xiongnu have always had a dislike, and do not want to enjoy the credit of exterminating the Xiongnu alone, I hope that Daqin can send the Tiger Ben army to Zhaowu to exterminate the Xiongnu with my king, which can not only solve the crisis of my Xiongnu, but also promote the prestige of the son of Daqin. Our king is willing to leave this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge to the Great Qin Tiger Army. Make the Great Qin Iron Cavalry famous all over the world," Wei Xi said solemnly.

Fusu looked at Wei Xi in front of him, but he didn't know what to say. From an evenly matched situation to the current battle to defend the royal city, he is embarrassed to come to Daqin to fool himself. He even brazenly said that he wanted to give me the opportunity to exterminate the Xiongnu to Daqin. Although Fusu was unimpressed by Wei Xi's clumsy acting skills. But I still pretended to think about it.

Since you, Wei Xi, dare to act in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, Fusu naturally has to accompany him to the end. Fusu followed suit in style, instantly turned on the drama spirit mode, and accompanied Wei Xi to act.

"What your envoy said is extremely true, it has not been a year and a half since my Great Qin was invaded by the Huns, and I also want to take revenge for this. It's just that the land west of the river is thousands of miles away from my Great Qin, and there are many Gobi Deserts, but I am afraid that the kettle of my Great Qin Iron Horse will not be able to withstand the erosion of the scorching sun and wind in the west of the river, so that my Great Qin Tiger Army will not be able to reach Zhaowu safely. In my opinion, it's better to forget about sending troops to attack the Huns, I only hate my Great Qin Huben for having more than enough heart and not enough strength. If everyone in my Great Qin Huben has a sheepskin water bladder used by your Yueshi people, this time I will definitely send troops to strangle that Mandanyu in Zhaowu, in order to avenge the Huns' repeated offenses in my northern border" Fusu pretended to be unwilling after speaking.

After listening to what Fusu said, Wei Xi fell into thought, because he couldn't judge the truth or falsehood of what Fusu said. It stands to reason that Daqin Tiger Ben should not be trapped by a mere water bladder, but the water bladder is indeed a problem. Wei Xi had seen the bamboo kettle used by the Qin people before, and he also knew that the bamboo tube containing water could not withstand the scorching sun exposure in Hexi. Wei Xi thought about it for a while and finally decided to help Daqin solve the problem of the water bladder.

"My son of Qin, my Yue clan is willing to assist tens of thousands of water bladders in your country to help your country's tiger army cross the land west of the river to exterminate the Huns," Wei Xi said seriously.

"It's so good, but I don't know if your envoy can be the master of these tens of thousands of water bladders," Fusu said excitedly.

"Da Qin Gongzi, I will dare to do it for my king, and after I go back, I will give me a letter of Wang Xiu, and ask him to send tens of thousands of water bladders over," Wei Xi said with a firm face.

Although I don't know if Fusu lied to him, Wei Xi is still willing to try. What if he succeeds in using tens of thousands of water bladders to trick Daqin Huben into Zhaowu! For this reason, Wei Xi still deliberately paid attention to Fusu's eyes in the court, and it seemed to be very sincere.

When the court meeting was over, Wei Xi immediately returned to the pavilion and sent a letter to the Yueshi to repair the book.

Fifteen days later, more than a dozen wagons loaded with water bladders arrived at the Lantian camp. After Han Xin received the water bladder, he ordered more than 50,000 of them. Han Xin immediately ordered the quartermaster to distribute these water bladders, and all the Tiger Ben sergeants happened to have one each, which was the envy of the other soldiers in the camp for a while.

The next day, Wei Xi came to the Qilin Hall with an excited face.

"Great Qin Gongzi, the 50,000 water bladders that my Yue clan has sent to your country yesterday to arrive at the Lantian camp, I don't know when Gongzi plans to send troops to exterminate the Huns," Wei Xi said with a look of anticipation.

"Alas, it's hard to put into words, I originally planned to send troops this morning, but I didn't want to be opposed by Prime Minister Li Sicheng and other courtiers, so I really can't handle myself." After Fusu finished speaking, he put on a distressed look.

Seeing Fusu pull himself into the water, Li Si had no choice but to sing a double reed with Fusu.

"Chen Li Si resolutely opposes sending troops to crusade against the Huns, my Great Qin is undecided, how dare I raise a sword again, since the Yue clan has the ability to exterminate the Huns, how can we rob others of the credit?"

"Prime Minister, the king of the Yue clan has sent 50,000 water bladders, how can we not believe what we say?" Fusu pretended to retort.

"Childe, since people have supported so many water bladders, my Daqin can't take advantage of other people's Yue clan in vain, and it is also appropriate to give a few and a half taels of money for each water bladder." Li Si looked at Wei Xi and said apologetically.

Wei Xi looked at Li Si with a resentful expression, a few and a half taels, is your Daqin's half tael coin inlaid with gold or silver.

"Chen Mengyi is also against sending troops, what good is it for us to attack the Huns from afar, this is an internal matter of the Yue clan itself, what is the matter if we meddle rashly. I think it's really inappropriate."

"Minister Zhang Liang also does not approve of sending troops, my Great Qin has always been known for his faithfulness, seeing that the Yue clan is about to annihilate the Xiongnu, and then go to rob them of the results of their hard work, is this like a word? Is it still worthy of the word faith? ”

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Fusu watched the hard performances of the ministers who were possessed by the drama, and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

"Your honor, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that I'm embarrassed about this matter. Besides, the ministers don't agree, and I can't just go my own way. Why don't you go back first, and we'll talk about this matter another day. ”

Fusu ignored Wei Xi and got up and left the Qilin Palace.

If Wei Xi couldn't see Fusu's routine at this time, it would not be a matter of mental retardation. I'm afraid I just don't have a long brain. I could only reluctantly slander myself: "Just as if these 50,000 water bladders were robbed by thieves."