Chapter 414 Your bragging is ruined, why should you ask me to fix it?
"I don't want to worry about that much. If the prince wants to bother me too much, I'm afraid he will make a mistake.
"You predicted me, I predicted your prediction, you predicted my prediction of yours. If this continues, when will it end...
"Brother Huang has a bad temper, but he should be very tolerant of the prince. The prince's talents are enough to make him restrain most of his temper. As long as the prince does not rebel and seek death, his life should be safe..."
The sound became distant and quiet.
The alien black tiger followed behind, looking impatient.
The two horses in front walked so slowly that every step they took was very short, which was very uncomfortable. The black tiger felt like a human walking with his legs crossed.
The next day.
The convoy that had been parked for several days set off from Xiangxian County and rushed to Donghai County.
On the fifth day of march, the memorial sent from Xianyang caught up with the convoy and reached the hands of the First Emperor.
After the First Emperor finished reading, he called his younger brother into the carriage, threw the memorial, and looked unhappy.
"Before the end of the year, you insisted on going your own way and wanted to lead the army to the northern expedition to the Xiongnu. I have tried my best to say good things, and Li Mu has analyzed it thoroughly, but to no avail. As a result, there is such a mess today, and it is your turn to clean it up."
Ying Chengyu picked it up and looked at it, speechless for a long time.
The situation in the northwest war was completely beyond his expectation and did not proceed according to his will at all.
Meng Tian, whom he appointed, was indeed a good fighter against the Huns.
With the help of dozens of senior generals from the Meng family who resigned and went north, they led 50,000 cavalry and captured the Xiongnu for more than 700 miles. If the Qin State recruited civilians at this moment and built a city to the north, it would be able to expand the territory of at least three counties.
Such merit is second only to the achievement of destroying the country. If military merit is counted, it is enough to promote Meng Tian to the rank of Marquis of Guannei.
But with such high morale and fierce fighting mood, Meng Tian actually stopped fighting.
Meng Ao had ordered the generals of the Meng family to attack the Huns from the north. Meng Tian's actions now went against his father's wishes.
Not only did he not fight against the Xiongnu, he also imprisoned all the soldiers and horses of General Ying Lu in the border county to serve as the protective soldiers of the upper county. He spared the generosity of Ying Chengyu and the Chu nobles to escort the crown prince Ying Fusu.
The memorial was written by Lu Buwei. Lu Buwei did not clearly state that Meng Tian stopped the messenger, and the wording was very euphemistic.
[The Third Young Master sent several envoys, but they all got lost in the desert. Only when I personally rushed to Shangjun to express my wishes, did I know about this matter. 】
The two brothers Ying Zheng and Ying Chengyu understood what was going on at a glance.
It's normal to get lost in the depths of the desert.
However, in the section from Jiuyuan to Shangjun where Qin was lost, there were still several people lost in a row, and they were all soldiers fighting in the northwest. This was not normal at all.
Ying Chengyu suddenly said:
"Brother Imperial, you said that Meng Tian did what he did, did his eldest nephew teach him to do it, or did he do it on his own initiative?"
The First Emperor thought for a moment and said:
"It's been nearly a year since I left, and I haven't even come back for the wax festival. I really can't tell what Fusu looks like now. Oh, it would be a happy event if there really is a shadow of Fusu here."
He smiled unconsciously, then quickly suppressed his smile, put on an extremely serious expression, grabbed Ying Chengyu's wrist and said:
"When you go north this time, stay longer in Shangjun and take a good look at Fusu for me. Don't let this traitor run from one extreme to another and take the wrong road again!"
A cool color flashed across his eyes.
"If this traitor dares to harm Jiang Lu, take him back to Xianyang and choose another prince! I am not old yet, so this world can last for decades!"
Although scenes of fathers and sons killing each other and brothers killing each other were common in the royal family during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the First Emperor would not accept it. This was his bottom line.
After speaking, the First Emperor looked at Ying Chengyu, a look of regret suddenly appeared on his face, and he couldn't hide it at all.
"Oh, Afang is right. It would be great if you were my son. I don't have to worry about who will be the second emperor of Qin."
"Hey! That's too much!"
Ying Chengqiao raised his head in astonishment.
I regard you as my brother, but you actually want to be my father?! If you can, go and say this in front of my father’s memorial tablet!
It's not that the First Emperor never thought about brotherhood, on the contrary, he thought about it many times.
There are two reasons for not making Ying Chengxuan the crown prince:
1. Ying Chengyu refused to do anything and did not love the throne by nature.
Second, there is not much age difference between the two brothers, Ying Chengyu is only four years younger than him.
If nothing else goes wrong, when he died, Ying Chengyu was about to die, and he would not be able to sit on the throne for a few years. When he dies and replaces the new king, it will be another turmoil in the court, which is not good for stability, so it is better to do it once
In place.
"Too much? It's too much for you to ask Jing Ke to kill for that traitor? Such despicable methods should not appear on the king!"
The emperor, if he wants to kill his subordinates, should do so openly and openly. What is the point of assassination?
Ying Chengxiao smiled.
"No, I will ask Jing Ke to stop this time."
After he is sure that the person has a way to die, he can send people to kill him secretly. Since he doesn't want to sit on the throne, he doesn't need to care about worldly opinions, and it will be good to have peace of mind.
But Ying Fusu is really not suitable.
If an emperor kills his ministers by assassination, after the ministers know about it, it will only show his own incompetence and cause panic among his ministers, which will do more harm than good.
Regarding Ying Chengyu's rush to the northwest, the two brothers had a frank and detailed exchange - how to fight against the Xiongnu, the maximum extent to which the seven northwest counties could participate in the war, and after the battle, whether the Xiongnu land would be granted to Ying General or to Ying Fu.
Su various matters.
After everything was talked about, the First Emperor rubbed his cheeks to calm down the shock in his heart.
"If someone else tells me to beat the Xiongnu like this, I will definitely let him take twenty sticks to wake up. If he wants to die, I will help him without having to bring my soldiers with him.
"Reason tells me that your battle plan is almost impossible.
"I have been rational all my life, so this time I will be emotional. Don't let me down.
"I don't want to be Zhao Dan, and I don't want you to be Zhao Kuo.
"Whether you and I, brothers, will become second armchair warriors and make fun of future generations for thousands of years. Or whether we will make great achievements and be praised by future generations, it all depends on you."
The First Emperor had never heard of such a crazy battle plan.
Qingqi went deep into the desert, carrying only a few days' worth of food and grass, supporting the war with battle, gathering the surrendered troops and continuing the fight. This completely overturned all the military theories that the First Emperor had read.
There is no need to transport food and grass before the three armies move, and there is no need to recruit soldiers. The most important people in a war are all supplied by the enemy, and no one in the art of war in the past dynasties has even dreamed of doing this.
How can you, a lone army, penetrate deep behind enemy lines?
Why can we find the enemy before finishing the rations and still win the battle?
Why can the gathered surrender army immediately abandon the tribe that gave birth to and raise him and fight for you?
"Actually, I don't know if it's possible. If Meng Tian doesn't do something wrong, I really don't want to do it myself. Why don't you, Emperor, write a letter and let Meng Tian march on the army?"
"If you don't write it, your bragging is ruined. Why do you want me to fix it?"