When Gongzi Gao led the army to leave Lantian Camp and the border of Qin State, at the same time all the government offices in Qin State became busier than ever.
The royal city of Xianyang was lit up all night long, and county governors and magistrates were summoned in turn to Xianyang for secret discussions.
Similarly, the generals and soldiers in the border fortress were mobilized frequently, and the long black dragon hovered endlessly over the territory of Qin, with majestic momentum.
At this moment, all the civil and military officials in Xianyang Palace were present, especially Wang Jian who was in charge of Lantian Camp, Wang Bi who was in charge of Jiuyuan, and Meng Tian who was planning to go south.
Ying Zheng sat on the throne, looked at the civil and military officials, and said: "My dear friends, Prince Gao is leading an army to conquer the northwest. At this time, I am afraid that the Xiongnu will move out. What do you think about this?"
At this moment, everyone turned their attention to Wang Ben. After all, no one in charge of the civil and military affairs of the dynasty knew the Xiongnu better than Wang Ben, who was in charge of Jiuyuan.
Sensing the attention of everyone, Wang Ben raised his hand towards Ying Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, when I was in Jiuyuan, I received the news that General Ying would send troops to conquer the northwest."
"I have also heard about the situation above the northwest. Above the northwest, the original Qingqiang was the smallest, and it was conquered by the general Ying."
"Now there are the Rong Di, the Dayue clan, the Xiongnu, and our Great Qin. Now our Great Qin has sent troops to conquer the Rong Di and take a peek at the Dayue clan."
Wang Ben turned towards Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, the army in General Ying's hands is already too weak to conquer the Rong Di and Da Yueshi."
"Once the Xiongnu intervenes, it will make things worse. Moreover, when I, the Great Qin Dynasty, go out from the east, we must stabilize our rear. The Xiongnu must give us a one-time attack."
"My intention is to gather 200,000 troops to Jiuyuan County to attack the Xiongnu."
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"I second the proposal!"
Meng Tian was the first to nod, agreeing with Wang Ben's strategy.
"I second the proposal!"
Looking at the appearance of the ministers, Ying Zheng shook his head. Naturally, he knew why these people were acting like this.
This time Ying Gao led the attack on Rongdi. According to the news, all the descendants of high-ranking officials in the Qin Dynasty participated in this battle.
Not blocking the Xiongnu means that the risks in the northwest are better, and their heirs are more likely to die.
A bunch of shameless people!
These people always care about their own interests. Only when their own interests come first can the rest be for Da Qin.
The atmosphere in the study room of Xianyang Palace was solemn. After a while, Wei Liao cupped his hands towards Ying Zhengyi and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, military affairs have been subject to many changes, and strategic planning must be perfect."
“It’s better to be prepared but never need it, than to be unprepared when danger comes.”
"In the past, Zhang Yi encouraged the Chu State to destroy Yue and move his entire army southward. He failed to guard against the Qin army in the north, so our Qin general Sima Cuo led his troops to surprise Fangling and seize the Chu State's granary."
"Today the Xiongnu have unified all the barbarians in the grassland, and their power is growing day by day. If we go east to destroy the country and move south in a large scale, I am afraid that the border army of Zhao State and Li Mu will not be able to deal with it."
As a state captain, Wei Liao was considering the future eastward march. As the architect of Great Qin's strategy, he naturally had to focus on the overall situation.
In Wei Liao's view, even if the Xiongnu intervened in the northwest, an army of 250,000 and nearly 300,000 would be enough to suppress everything.
But Dongchu is different!
Only with proper preparations can Great Qin march out to the east unscrupulously. Otherwise, a fire in the rear will affect Great Qin's entire strategy.
Wei Liao's words made everyone excited and a little more solemn. The rise of the Xiongnu was already very obvious.
In time, the Xiongnu will definitely become the mortal enemy of Qin.
At this moment, Li Si stood up, bowed deeply towards Ying Zheng, and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, I thought that Great Qin was going to annex the six countries and establish a huge country."
"Then I, Da Qin, are the orthodox Chinese people. We should take the world as our own responsibility, and we will never teach the Xiongnu army to trample on the Central Plains!"
"If the Xiongnu really marched straight in, even if the Qin State unified the world, it would be ashamed of China!"
As soon as this proposal came out, Yingzheng was silent for a long time. The whole court was completely silent, both civil and military.
It must be the first time that such a voice has been heard in the Great Qin Court.
"Our Great Qin and the State of Zhao are mortal enemies. If the Xiongnu army holds back Li Mu's border troops and prevents them from going south, it will be easier for our Great Qin to destroy Zhao!"
The old general Heng Jue stood up and shouted to Ying Zheng and the Manchu civil and military forces, saying: "More importantly, the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Yan have always been the three northern armies in the Central Plains to resist the Xiongnu!"
"They have always fought independently. Whichever country the Xiongnu invades will be the one to fight."
"Now the Xiongnu no longer harass the powerful Qin, but choose Zhao and Yan to start the war. As a result, Zhao's most elite border troops are always entangled in the grassland and unable to escape."
"The Yan State was almost unable to fight back under the continuous attacks of the Xiongnu. The territory of the northern frontier was shrinking day by day, so they could only keep sneaking attacks on the Zhao State to save face."
"Now, once we increase the number of troops on a large scale, it will inevitably affect the overall situation - regardless of generals, units, equipment, food and grass, etc.!"
At this moment, Heng Ye looked directly at Li Si, with a cold tone, and said: "Tingwei, if a main force of our army goes north, the pressure on the Zhao army will be greatly reduced. If Li Mu takes advantage of this to go south to fight in the Central Plains, we, the great Qin warriors, will
How many people died?”
"snort!"
With a cold snort, Li Si was already at odds with the generals, and was a little angry at Heng Jue's aggressiveness.
He is not seeking benefit for himself, he is doing it for the King of Qin and the Great Qin.
"Your Majesty, colleagues, I, Li Si, am by no means ignorant. Li Mu's march south will indeed increase the casualties of our Great Qin warriors, and increase our resistance by moving eastward."
"However, your Majesty aims to annex the six countries and unify the world under Qin. In the future, I, the Great Qin, will unify the world, and the Great Qin will be the orthodoxy of the Central Plains."
"During the Spring and Autumn Period, the reason why Duke Huan of Qi united the nine princes was because he had great righteousness in hand when fighting against foreigners."
"Abandon civil strife and protect China. This is the reason why the entire Central Plains recognized Duke Huan of Qi as the overlord."
"Your Majesty, if Great Qin wants to become the orthodoxy of the Central Plains and be recognized by the people of the world, it must defeat the six kingdoms with an upright army."
"We must also express an attitude. Even if we unify the six countries later, even if we let the Zhao army go south, we, the Qin Dynasty, will still fight against the Xiongnu, and we will never let the Xiongnu set foot in the Central Plains!"
"Whoever dares to go south will be killed!"
Such murderous words, uttered from the mouth of a clerk, immediately silenced the entire study.
This is so unexpected!
The civil servants were stunned, as were the generals. For a moment, no one spoke.
"Um!"
Ying Zheng nodded and shouted categorically, "What Guowei and Tingwei said is true. Even if we destroy the Qin Dynasty, we cannot destroy China! Otherwise, we, our kings and ministers, will be eternal sinners!"