Because as mentioned before, the only army that Shen Bing can really control is the more than 20,000 Pu Lei troops led by Yan.
Other armies are unknown.
If the Western Region Alliance knew that Da Qin and Shen Bing had turned against each other, they might collapse. King Youxian might take the opportunity to fight with the Yuezhi in an attempt to recapture Dragon City. The Yuezhi would then have nothing left to deal with King Youxian.
Therefore, how could more than 20,000 cavalry troops confront Da Qin?
Therefore, Shen Bing certainly cannot let Ying Zheng have problems at this time.
But the result was that Ying Zheng was furious.
He immediately wanted to go back to Xianyang to punish those sorcerers.
Later, Shen Bing found out that after Ying Zheng returned to Xianyang, he did not simply kill the warlocks in one go. Instead, he heated the cinnabar and force-fed the warlocks three meals a day to observe their reactions.
Sure enough, various symptoms appeared just as Shen Bing said, and then they died suddenly one by one.
Only then did Ying Zheng really believe what Shen Bing said, and he even believed that Shen Bing knew the "recipe for the elixir."
Then Ying Zheng killed hundreds of warlocks in one breath, and even the imperial physician was not spared.
In Ying Zheng's words, "If you are a doctor but you don't know the symptoms of poisoning, what's the use of you?"
The death of the imperial doctor was unjust, because Ying Zheng wanted to take the elixir himself. The imperial doctor did not know the ingredients and did not dare to make irresponsible remarks. How could he know that it was mercury poisoning? Even if he knew, he would not dare to doubt the elixir. If you go up there, you're afraid that Ying Zheng will kill you if you say anything.
Shen Bing could actually predict these consequences. Ying Zheng grew up in the fear of death. He would never spare the person who wanted to kill him, even if he killed him by mistake.
But Shen Bing was also helpless. He could only do this, otherwise he would most likely die.
Before Ying Zheng left, he also hoped that Shen Bing could return to Xianyang with him.
Shen Bing quickly replied:
"Your Majesty, there are still many matters in the Western Region and the grassland that need to be handled by my subordinates."
"What's more..."
Ying Zheng said "Oh":
"My dear, you want to find a recipe for elixir for me, but I forgot about it!"
Shen Bing could only claim that it was.
Ying Zheng praised Shen Bing again, and then named Shen Bing the general of the expedition to the west. Then he gave Shen Bing a reward of a hundred taels, and then hurried back to Xianyang with his people.
Only then did Shen Bing breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed another level.
In order to avoid a long night and many dreams, Shen Bing did not dare to stay in Wuyuan for a long time. He stayed for one more night and rushed back to Longcheng with his personal guards early the next morning.
At this time, at least two people in Longcheng were waiting nervously for Shen Bing.
One is Fusu, and the other is Xunxu, the king of Youxian.
Fusu was nervous because he knew the inside story.
King Youxian made a special trip to express his gratitude to Shen Bing last time and actually returned to the Yanran Mountain camp, but he became nervous again when he heard that Shen Bing had been recalled by Emperor Qin.
Then after thinking about it, he rushed to Longcheng again to wait for the news.
All of King Youxian's subordinates thought this was not a wise move, but in fact King Youxian was the smart one.
He knew that the only hope at this time was Shen Bing.
If that's the case, then simply don't hide or evade, and just give your life to Shen Bing with all your heart.
At this time, the two of them couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Shen Bing coming back safely.
Shen Bing first had a secret talk with Fusu. After all, Fusu was the prince and the future Emperor of Qin, so Shen Bing certainly did not dare to neglect him.
After listening to Shen Bing's account, Fusu was completely relieved and said:
"I don't want my father to be so confused that he would trust a magician to take pills."
"Is your father in good health?"
His words were full of concern.
Shen Bing nodded secretly, not forgetting his family ties at this moment, I'm afraid it's only Fusu.
Shen Bing comforted Fusu for a while, and then went to see King Youxian:
"Don't worry, King Youxian, the emperor has withdrawn his order, and Shen Bing has full authority to handle all affairs in the grassland and the Western Regions!"
The Western Regions actually have nothing to do with King Youxian. The reason why Shen Bing added "Western Regions" is to let King Youxian understand who is the person who can speak to the Western Regions and the grassland.
Of course King Youxian knew this, and he said with great joy:
"Congratulations, General, for winning the Emperor's trust."
"I will remember the life-saving grace of the general. From now on, as long as the general gives an order, I will place tens of thousands of cavalry troops in front of me and wait for punishment!"
Shen Bing was not sure whether some of King Youxian's words were true or false.
Because in this era, no one dares to trust the promises they make at any time.
To be more precise, the promise made by King Youxian at this time may be true, but one day if Shen Bing loses power, this promise may not be true.
What's more, the Xiongnu have never been a nation that keeps their promises. Like savages, they are more interested in interests... They will follow whoever is more beneficial to them.
Not only the Xiongnu, but also the Western Regions.
In addition, there are the Quli family, Tuoba family...
This is a kind of law of the jungle, and it is also determined by uncivilized people who do not know benevolence and righteousness, let alone keeping their word.
But there are exceptions.
For example, Yabian talks about loyalty, and there is also Ge Yu.
The incident of Ge Yu took place more than ten days later.
After Shen Bing talked with King Youxian, he carried out the previous relocation plan step by step.
According to the plan, the Qin army would return the war horses to Ge Yu, give them food, water, and even some camels, and then send the 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry to the east of the grassland to join King Youxian.
But Ge Yu did not do this.
Ge Yu withdrew most of his horses and ordered his army to stand by, leaving only a few dozen horses and a few personal guards who rushed from Jiaohe to Longcheng to meet Shen Bing.
As soon as he saw Shen Binggeyu, he knelt down and said:
"Ge Yu is willing to serve the general, and I hope the general will fulfill his wishes!"
It's not surprising that Ge Yu would do this to Shen Bing, because King Youxian killed Ge Yu's entire family.
Although King Youxian also made a helpless move under Maodun's order, it was King Youxian who gave the order after all.
Later, Shen Bing found out that this was not the reason for Ge Yu...
The Huns take family ties very lightly. They don't have a strong concept of family like "parents who care deeply about you" and "nurturing grace"...
The concept of family will be stronger in farming peoples, because farming peoples often engage in production based on the family unit, such as what the elderly do, what the young and strong do, what women do, etc.
The nomads are more organized into groups and tribes.
For example, children are piled together and everyone takes care of them together, and everyone sits in a pile around the fire to eat together.
In this way, parents are not that important and the relationship will not be deep.
The reason why Ge Yu wanted to follow Shen Bing was because when he crossed the river, he was thinking that Shen Bing must use this to influence him to surrender, and even took the ten thousand soldiers to surrender with him.
Therefore, Ge Yu enjoyed Jiaohe with peace of mind and always maintained his position.
Then, the last thing he heard was that Shen Bing let them go to the east of the grassland to join King Youxian... At that moment, Ge Yu was stunned.
Only then did Ge Yu realize that he had been judging a gentleman with a villain's heart from beginning to end, so he knew who he should follow.