Chapter 448 Historic Meeting
Although this was expected, it was a good news. Ying Gao naturally summoned his right-hand man to Xianyang Palace. In the previous year, Ying Gao basically handed over the formation of the navy to Peng Yue, but he didn't reach out because he had already asked that he had already proposed it at the beginning, and as long as Peng Yue did as he would do it.
The reason why I handed this matter over to Peng Yue was because Peng Yue had almost never made any contribution under Ying Gao's hands. This time, I handed over the recruitment matter to him as a test of Peng Yue.
If you can't even do the recruitment, even if you paint this guy in the history of your previous life, you can't give him such a big deal of training in the navy, right?
But now, at least from the result, Peng Yue should be reliable. Ying Gao also expected that he would not dare to fill in the numbers when recruiting troops again, because he was an emperor. He felt that these people should still understand it. If they deceived him by using the method of filling in the numbers, the nature would have changed.
Everyone in the Qin court knew what kind of ending they would end up in the Qin Dynasty. Besides, according to Ying Gao's personality, if he was happy one day, he might fall from the sky. Therefore, working under Ying Gao's men must be honest in order to have a way out.
"Peng Yue is very rude. The nearly 60,000 naval troops were recruited by him for a year. How can he be willing to send a new naval general? How do you think?"
When Ying Gao said this, the meaning was already very obvious. He asked everyone that it was nothing else, whether Peng Yue was suitable for training the navy at this time.
Everyone looked at each other. Everyone knew what the navy was in Ying Gao's heart. It can be said that the navy commander's position in the Qin army will be unlimited in the future. So after hearing this, everyone did not say anything first, but looked at Meng Yi and Han Xin.
One of them is the leader of the three masters and the highest level of military officers, while the other, whether it is age, ability, or relationship with Ying Gao, is first-class. Ying Gao wants to appoint a commander who now controls 50,000 or 60,000 people and dozens of warships. In the future, it may even be possible that there are no more overturning troops. Others may not listen to their opinions, but their opinions are necessary.
"Peng Yue still has a lot of abilities. It is a good idea to try this in the training of the navy. If other generals are sent to train, they will probably apply the training of infantry to the training of the navy, which will probably backfire. Peng Yue has never trained the infantry of our Great Qin, so using him to train the navy may bring surprises to the emperor."
The person who spoke was Han Xin. Others may not really know Peng Yue, but because of the pretentiousness he had when he attacked Yelang Kingdom before, the young Han Xin can be considered half of Peng Yue's master. Therefore, for this young man who is not bad at heart, Han Xin still wants to make him good.
"What do you think the Grand Marshal think?"
"Since the king ascended the throne, Peng Yue is one of the few generals whom he personally summoned into the court. It would be nice to ask him to try it. After several months of training, I or General Han Xin can visit Jiujiang for a visit. Whether he has this ability can tell at a glance!"
Obviously, Meng Yi is open to the talents who are urging the younger generation. He has to take it out for a walk, right?
They both spoke, so naturally no reason for others to refute. Even if there are generals below who want to be the commander of this navy, they have to hold on. Who would have to let you not have the great achievements of Peng Yue in attacking Yelang Country with such a few soldiers?
At this moment, Ying Gao ordered Peng Yue to be temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the Qin Naval Army, but the position of the official commander was always empty.
Of course, this is because as a large army, the navy really needs a person who can get on the table to be the real commander. As for whether it is Peng Yue, it certainly depends on his performance.
After this incident, all the generals expressed their excitement to Ying Gao, including 50,000 or 60,000 naval troops and more than 30 warships. If these people really mastered the essence of naval combat within a year and a half, their combat effectiveness would certainly be self-evident.
Although it is impossible for 50,000 or 60,000 people to overturn an empire with a scale of similar size as the Qin Dynasty, after having these people, at least the Qin Dynasty would not have to be afraid of any threats from other places at sea.
After this incident, everyone thought there was nothing wrong, and they were about to leave. However, Ying Gao said another sentence that almost made everyone fall into trouble.
"For the appointment of the naval commander, just send a censor to take my edict. The most important thing for these days is to accompany me to Shangjun! Except for the Taiwei and General Zhang Han in Xianyang City just in case, the other major generals, please go with me if you have nothing to do!"
"Oh? I don't know why the Lord wanted to go to Shangjun. As far as we know, there has been no war between Shangjun and the Huns for a long time. The Lord went to Shangjun rashly. Once Xiang Yu of the Huns learned about it, it will probably trigger a great war between the Great Qin and the Huns. Now that the Lord has decided to focus on the establishment of the Qin army, don't break the current situation!"
Ying Gaoyi proposed to go to the county, but except Han Xin, everyone's eyes widened.
What Shangjun is used for? All the generals of the Qin Dynasty know, that is, the place where they resist the Huns, and it is also the weather vane of the Qin Dynasty's attitude towards the Huns.
If Ying Gao really arrived there in person, it would be almost impossible to hide it. Xiang Yu of the Huns would know it immediately. What consequences would this cause are unimaginable, so Meng Yi immediately expressed his doubts.
"I naturally don't want to break the current situation. On the contrary, Shangjun who went to this time met with the current Shanyu Xiang Yu of the Xiongnu. Before this, General Han Xin had already agreed to Xiang Yu when he was on the mission to the Xiongnu. The Taiwei didn't have to worry."
Ying Gao faced Meng Yi's words, but he waved his hand slightly, as if he had said something small.
But this matter is not a trivial matter, and Han Xin never talked about it to anyone after returning from the Huns. Now, suddenly Ying Gao said he wanted to go to Shangjun to meet Xiang Yu. I have to say that the shock caused to the people below was too great.
"But this is dangerous..."
After opening his mouth for a long time, Meng Yi didn't come up with any sufficient reason to stop Ying Gao. When he finally said these few words, he felt that Ying Gao would not listen at all.
"Don't worry, when I had not ascended the throne before, I was safe and sound in the face of Chen Sheng's anti-Qin army or Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew. How can I lose now when facing a mere Xiang Yu? If you don't say that I haven't lived enough yet, how can I take my life easily?"
Meng Yi had long discovered that Ying Gao's eloquence was quite impressive. Even if people like Xiao He and Lu Jia were arguing with Ying Gao, they would definitely not be the opponent. Moreover, Ying Gao is the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, and he decided to get it, and he could not stop him casually.
At this time, Ying Gao decided to go to Shangjun to meet Xiang Yu. It was something Han Xin didn't expect, because in less than a year, the role of going to the Huns had already appeared. After Xiang Yu annexed the territory of Donghu and Yuezhi, although he did not continue to advance west or north, he did not have any bad intentions to the Qin Dynasty to go east.
During this period, there has not even been a small dispute between Shangjun and the nearby Xiongnu tribes, which was completely unimaginable before.
Others don’t know, but Han Xin knows that such a result is almost certainly Xiang Yu subtly influenced the Xiongnu tribe, making them no longer regard the Central Plains people as enemies. In addition, Xiang Yu, as the Xiongnu Shanyu, is a Central Plains people, so this is really not difficult to do.
In fact, the meeting with Xiang Yu was not something Ying Gao had just started. When Wu Sheng was captured by Ying Gao and found out from his mouth that Xu Fu had really joined the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, Ying Gao had this idea.
What he asked Han Xin to tell Xiang Yu was that if he had evidence to directly prove the existence of the Mauryan Dynasty, he would have arranged for the two to meet. At that time, Xiang Yu agreed happily about this matter in front of Han Xin.
Wu Sheng was able to prove the existence of this matter. Although what he said was a little bit mysterious, Ying Gao believed that Xiang Yu had the ability to distinguish between true and false.
Another point is that Peng Yue's recruitment is very smooth now. With these naval armies and warships in the Qin Dynasty, although it cannot be brought to Xiang Yu's eyes for him to take a look, Ying Gao, as the emperor of the Qin Dynasty, completely disdained to lie on these things. He believed that Xiang Yu could understand this.
So, at the same time as receiving the news from Peng Yue, Ying Gao made this decision.
The Huns royal court, the Huns who had not experienced war for more than half a year, have to say that they had spent a very happy half a year. Because there was no war, they almost devoted their entire experience to raising livestock.
Nowadays, with a large area of grassland, their ability to accommodate livestock has been greatly improved. There is no need to slaughter many poorly growing animals in winter to protect the grassland from being destroyed.
The benefits of adequate food are obvious. In the past six months, the number of children born by the Huns will catch up with the number of the past year. If this momentum continues, Xiang Yu knows that within five years, the number of soldiers who can fight in the Huns will increase at a snowball-like rate. At that time...
On this day, a letter from Shangjun was delivered to Xiang Yu, which shocked him a little.
The letter he received was written by Ying Gao himself, and the content of the letter was very simple. Ying Gao stated that he had already obtained evidence to prove the existence of the Mauryan Dynasty and wanted to talk about cooperation with Xiang Yu.
The meeting place was set thirty miles away from the gate of Shangjun. Both sides could carry troops to protect each other. When they met, Ying Gao would not have more than five guards, but Xiang Yu could not have the guards. According to Ying Gao's words, the intention of guarding others was necessary. The five people in charge were not Xiang Yu's opponents. He believed that Xiang Yu could understand this matter.
The Emperor of Daqin really dared to meet me?
This was Xiang Yu's first reaction when he received a letter from Ying Gao. When Han Xin said this, although he also answered with a smile, he did not believe that Ying Gao, who was powerless, dared to meet him directly, so he did not take this matter seriously.
But just over half a year later, Ying Gao slapped Xiang Yu in the face with this letter. Faced with such a thing, he had promised him, so Xiang Yu naturally would not admit defeat.
What's more, from the time, place and method of meeting proposed by Ying Gao, it is very fair to Xiang Yu. In Xiang Yu's opinion, Ying Gao's risk is greater than himself.
So, Xiang Yu agreed to this matter at that time. According to Ying Gao's statement, when Xiang Yu's reply arrived in Xianyang City, Ying Gao would set off. When he arrived in Shangjun, he would naturally make an appointment with Xiang Yu for a meeting time.
"The Emperor of the Qin Dynasty is really a greedy person who is afraid of death. He even has to bring five people to protect him, but he does not allow the major general to carry his guards. Isn't it a fraud here?"
When Xiang Yu informed several generals under his command about this matter, he had already replied to agree to Ying Gao's meeting this time.
When a few people saw Ying Gao's letter, they didn't pick out Ying Gao's fault. It was the matter of how many guards they brought, which made them feel very unfair. Of course, they thought Xiang Yu and Ying Gao also brought five people just in case.
"I am the emperor of the Qin Dynasty and have always had a grudge against me. I have naturally made up my mind to take the risk of meeting me outside Shangjun. If I bring five more martial arts guards, wouldn't it be a matter of a moment to put the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty to death? Is it necessary to be guarded against others. The Emperor of the Qin Dynasty said nothing about this. Except for Yu Ziqi leading five thousand my personal guards to stay in the Xiongnu royal court, they all followed me. The elite cavalry of the Xiongnu also brought 20,000. There is no need to provoke at that time. Just let the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty see the strict military discipline of my Xiongnu cavalry."
Ying Gao did not ask Xiang Yu to wait too long. After ten days, when the news of Shangjun came again, it was already decided to meet in five days.
Chapter completed!