Chapter 324 Surprise Meng Tian
Xiao He went for several months. When Ying Gao saw the left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty in Xianyang City again, Xiao He had already lost at least ten pounds than before, but he looked energetic, obviously more capable than before.
But when Xiao He saw Ying Gao again, the emperor who had been resting in Xianyang City for several months seemed not as relaxed as he imagined, but had a look of melancholy on his face.
This made Xiao He's heart skip a beat. He thought that he thought that he would definitely be full of energy to welcome the problem I brought back in Xianyang. Now it seems that it is not the case.
According to common sense, Liu Bang's big trouble has been solved, and there is basically no problem within the Qin Dynasty. In addition, the test and production of stirrups and other weapons and equipment against the Xiongnu had to be put on the table, which was considered to be on the right track. Moreover, through the evening when Ying Gao's words and deeds were taught by Ying Gao, Feng Qing became more and more proficient in the use of another skill. However, at the moment when all this was developing towards a good place, Meng Tian hurriedly returned to Xianyang City a few days ago after Xiao He came back, and the news he brought back really made Ying Gao a little unhappy.
The news brought back by Meng Tian was naturally related to the Huns, but of course there were more or less parts related to the Qin Dynasty.
By the time Meng Tian returned from Shangjun, the battle between the Xiongnu and Donghu had lasted for more than five months, and this time the news that Meng Tian brought back in person was finally not very similar to before.
"Justice, the battle between the Xiongnu and the Donghu is said to have ended. The Donghu King was killed by Xiang Yu in the two armies. Almost all the Donghu tribes fled to the north. There were countless Donghu soldiers and women captured by the Xiongnu…"
When Meng Tian told the result of this battle, Ying Gao's eyebrows were already frowning tightly. The result was not beyond his expectations. What made him make this expression was the speed at which the result was passed to him.
"As far as I know, my Qin Dynasty has at least dozens of scouts on the territory of the Huns. Why hasn't the news of this matter been transmitted to Xianyang City before? But I have only learned about it now?"
Ying Gao said this, which was a bit of a rebuke to Meng Tian.
But Meng Tian also knew that Ying Gao, who was sitting in front of him, was no longer the same person as Ying Gao, who had gone to Shangjun to tell him about his plan to divide the troops. At that time, Ying Gao was just a young man who had no real power in his hands. Now, the power of the entire Qin Dynasty is in his hands, and his vision is no longer comparable to that of him at that time.
Moreover, Ying Gao was unhappy about this matter, Meng Tian had no temper at all. The entire Shangjun and Great Wall were controlled by himself, and everyone acted according to his instructions, so no matter what part of the Huns had problems, he was responsible for it.
"Your Majesty doesn't know that when the Touman Chanyu integrated the various tribes of the Huns, I sent nearly a hundred scouts to spread among the various tribes of the Huns, striving to find out the latest news about the Huns, but since Maodun became the Shanyu of the Huns..."
Speaking of this, Meng Tian's brows were tightened, and he took a breath and looked at Ying Gao. Seeing that he was still like that, he could only sigh, thinking that it was a blessing or not a disaster, but a disaster, and he spoke again.
"Since Maodun became the Shanyu of the Xiongnu, the news of our scouts in the Xiongnu has been reduced. Even when Xiang Yu came to the Huns, the leaders of the large and small tribes of the Huns learned about it before they were sent back to Shangjun. When the Huns fought with Donghu, we were extremely concerned about the situation in Shangjun, and we were helpless and did not dare to lead our troops out of the Great Wall. It was not until before we returned that we learned that there were only a few scouts in the Huns, and the rest were discovered and cut off by Maodun. Even the other few did not dare to do anything, so it led to the fact that our Qin Dynasty could not learn about the situation of the Huns in time."
Meng Tian is not the one who is hiding. If there is a problem with the scout, he does not know that Ying Gao will not know, but he knows in his heart that doing so will only make the problem bigger and bigger in the future.
After Meng Tian said this, Ying Gao did not get angry as Meng Tian had imagined before, but lowered his head and pondered for a while before looking at Meng Tian again.
"This matter should have nothing to do with the general. Don't blame yourself. But when I discovered this situation earlier and sent it back to Xianyang, I will come up with a solution. Xiang Yu came to the Xiongnu, and Maodun was a very rigorous person. He would definitely not let a large number of scouts from our Great Qin appear in the territory of the Xiongnu. Therefore, it is reasonable to clear the scouts of our Great Qin. After the general returns, I will send a team of secret magic teams to the general, who are specifically responsible for obtaining information from the Xiongnu and transmitting it back to the Great Qin. What do the general think?"
"Meng Tian, thank you!"
Meng Tian understood that Ying Gao didn't blame him much this time, but after equiping him with the elite of the secret magic team, if the Huns' information could not be transmitted back, Meng Tian would know his situation would be a bit unpleasant.
Later, according to Meng Tian's introduction, after this battle, Donghu would probably not be able to form a force to compete with the Huns in the next ten years. They were directly chased by the Huns to a barren land that was more north than the territory before Donghu. Many of the war horses and pastures of the Donghu people before were returned to the Huns.
Although Meng Tian didn't say what this meant. Ying Gao understood that if this was the case, the survival pressure of the Huns would be greatly reduced and the source of food would be more sufficient. In addition, the number of Donghu women captured at most will increase this time. In short, this battle will bring endless benefits to the Huns.
If Maodun could wait for more than ten years, Ying Gao believed that the Huns would definitely become the enemy of the Qin Dynasty for a lifetime and would not be destroyed by then. However, Ying Gao knew in his heart that although Maodun was young, he probably wouldn't be able to wait for that time, and Xiang Yu beside him would never let him wait until that time.
Ying Gao did not make too many demands on Meng Tian. After all, the current military strength would be insufficient according to the strength of the Huns. You can't let Meng Tian lead less than 100,000 troops out of the Great Wall to destroy the Huns. That would be simply unrealistic.
Ying Gao knew that the person who should sit firmly between the Qin and the Huns was himself. If the Huns' fire attack made him anxious, he would be brought to the rhythm of others. What Ying Gao had to do was to maintain his own rhythm and then quietly wait for the day when Maodun and Xiang Yu couldn't hold on.
Meng Tian ended this report to Ying Gao. Not only did he not be blamed by Ying Gao, but he also won 50 elites in the secret magic team. This made Meng Tian feel very surprised when he returned to Xianyang this time, but he did not expect that the surprise that Ying Gao really wanted to give him was not yet taken out.
The day before Meng Tian was about to return to Shangjun, Ying Gao took him alone to an armory in Xianyang City, and Zhang Kai was also accompanying him.
Meng Tian, who had been guarding Shangjun, was not very familiar with Zhang Kai. He was also confused when Ying Gaoneng took him to the armory personally, and he didn't understand what was going on. Until Zhang Kai took out a set of armor and weapons from some corners of the armory.
Meng Tian is all very clear about what kind of person Meng Tian is? He has been fighting with the Huns in Shangjun. What kind of armor and weapons the Huns use.
So when he saw the long swords that Zhang Kai took out and the Qin crossbow with a strange size, a string in his heart was tweaked for a moment.
"Your Majesty, this is..."
"I used to send the general back a set of weapons and armor used by the Huns. During this period, I have studied it thoroughly. This set of equipment was made. Whether it is weight or length, the weapons were all used to restrain the weapons manufacture of the Huns. Almost all of the cavalry of the Qin Dynasty were in Shangjun. The general took the lead in bringing back several sets of equipment to test it. If it could really suppress the equipment, I would send back the news that I would rush to produce 50,000 sets to allow all the elite cavalry of Shangjun to equip this kind of weapons. Once a war broke out with the Huns, it would be possible that the soldiers of our Qin Dynasty would no longer have so many casualties."
Ying Gao's words were underestimated, but Meng Tian is not a novice who doesn't know anything. Of course, he knows how much effort it takes to consume in the short sentence that Ying Gao just said.
According to Meng Tian's idea, it was almost impossible for the Qin Dynasty to destroy the Huns recently, especially when the Huns had just destroyed the Donghu, which was almost impossible even if they were on the northern grasslands. Now all they can do is to try to guard the Great Wall, the lifeline of the Qin Dynasty.
The reason, in Meng Tian's opinion, was that the Qin Dynasty had just experienced the lack of military strength, from the lack of progress in the late period of the First Emperor, which caused almost the entire Qin Dynasty to react, and then Ying Gao spent all his efforts to wipe out these anti-Qin forces one by one. The instability of the people's hearts and the loss of war, the lack of military strength is certain, and it is not a problem that can be solved in a year or two. Therefore, Meng Tianxin said that after he returned, he used the personal hands in his current hands to defend the Great Wall, which would be considered a victory, and other thoughts would not be available within at least five years.
But just what Ying Gao said before, coupled with the real objects that Zhang Kai handed him, seemed to have opened a door again for Meng Tian in an instant.
It turns out that this method can be used to improve the combat effectiveness of our Great Qin soldiers!
This was the only thought that Meng Tian had in his heart. After that, he looked at these weapons and armor up and down, inside and out several times, and then he wanted to put them on and go out to find a Hun cavalry.
In Meng Tian's eyes, although these weapons and armor have not been tested by war, Meng Tian almost dared to conclude that as long as he fights with the Hun cavalry, uses the ability of the soldiers under his command, and uses a short period of time to familiarize himself with the use of these weapons, according to what Ying Gao said, if a Qin cavalry of 50,000 people is equipped, it can be used as a cavalry of at least 100,000 people before.
What does this mean? Ying Gao directly sent another cavalry of 50,000 people to Meng Tian!
You know, this is the most difficult group of cavalry to train in the world. Meng Tian still has many elite soldiers in Shangjun, but those elite soldiers are infantry. When fighting against the Huns, they can only do some auxiliary work. This is either that the Qin Dynasty does not have so many war horses, or that these infantry do not have the talent and ability to become cavalry. It is like if you don’t have wings, you can’t fly in the sky and can only be infantry for the rest of your life.
Therefore, Meng Tian really valued the more than 50,000 cavalry in advance. Even if he lost dozens of them in a small-scale battle, it would make Meng Tian feel distressed and unable to sleep all night. Now, he can breathe a long sigh for a while.
In the end, Meng Tian grinned and carried these weapons and armor, and rode his horse to Shangjun, which showed where he was thinking.
"Your Majesty, why don't you talk about stirrups and show General Meng Tian a little more than 50,000 cavalrymen in the county?"
His design made Meng Tian happy like this. Zhang Kai was quite proud, but he was still a little itchy because his most proud design, stirrup. Ying Gao never mentioned it to Meng Tian at all this time.
Zhang Kai knew that the stirrups would be used sooner or later on the cavalry of Shangjun. Since Meng Tian was clamoring that there were not enough cavalry, why didn’t he use the stirrups quickly? What’s more, there were already 30,000 ready-made stirrups in this warehouse. Meng Tian even stood next to the box containing the stirrups before, but unfortunately, he did not see this magical object.
"Steps are my Qin Dynasty's killer weapon. It must not be revealed easily unless you have to. If you keep talking about the word stirrup, I will punish you. How are the armor and weapons used to deal with the Huns? In March, General Meng Tian will send someone to take it. If you can't hand over 50,000 pieces in full, I will punish you for one year's salary!"
For a simple person like Zhang Kai, this trick is very useful. When Zhang Kai heard this, he hurriedly said goodbye to Ying Gao and went to work on the 50,000 sets of equipment.
Chapter completed!