Daqin Engineering Corps

So when he heard that Xianmenzigao's apprentice had arrived in Xianyang, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Quickly, send more people and seal the city gate!"

"We must find him!"

Zhao Gao replied yes, and went back to work.

While Yingzheng was waiting anxiously, Zhao Gao finally brought this "apprentice" that night.

This person was dressed in a white shirt and was neat and tidy, and he looked extraordinary and refined.

Yingzheng was overjoyed and hurriedly asked:

"Are you really a disciple of the Immortal Elder? Is he still alive?"

The man in white shirt cupped his hands and said:

"My Majesty, the family teacher has been reborn, so the world doesn't know it."

"But even if Cao Min is his apprentice, it is extremely difficult to find him, so..."

Ying Zheng believed it a little more after hearing this, how can a liar say it can't be done as soon as he comes up?

Ying Zheng said:

"It's okay, I have plenty of time."

"You find the commander for me, I have something to ask!"

"If it can be done, I will reward you a lot!"

The man in white is still in a dilemma.

Under Ying Zheng's various benefits, he finally answered reluctantly:

"That's it, Caomin let's try!"

"But Caomin has said beforehand, whether he can find all the opportunities, Caomin can't guarantee..."

How could Ying Zheng care about this?

All the deceived people have a mentality: they would rather believe what they have than believe what they have!

3 Chapter Fifty

This alchemist in white shirt is Lu Sheng.

This wave of operations was too simple. Lu Sheng searched for Xianmen Zigao according to Yingzheng's order, but returned to Xianyang to report after half a month:

"Reporting to the emperor, it was a coincidence that Caomin met his tutor."

"Cao Min urged the tutor to come to Xianyang to help the emperor, but the tutor only replied with one sentence..."

Ying Zheng asked curiously:

"What?"

Lu Sheng hesitated for a while before replying:

"My teacher said, 'The one who died in Qin Dynasty is Hu Ye!'!"

Ying Zheng repeated this sentence twice, then frowned.

Secretly thought, isn't my country still stable?

If the country is unstable, then what's the point of talking about immortality?

It's no wonder that immortals don't want to come to Xianyang, and it's no wonder that Shen Bing is working so hard in the North...

Ying Zheng's thinking is correct, at least in the right direction.

If there are still people who can threaten Daqin's country, it means that Yingzheng's life may also be threatened by others.

If so, what if Ying Zheng got the elixir of life?

The elixir of life can only make Ying Zheng immortal, but it cannot guarantee that Ying Zheng is indestructible.

Even if Yingzheng is not old, one day the Xiongnu can defeat the Qin army and even come to the city and arrest Yingzheng and chop off his head... so what if they can live forever?

From the perspective of an immortal, if it is known that "the Hu people will perish in Qin", then it would be a waste of effort to refine the elixir for Ying Zheng.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng was glad that he did not transfer Shen Bing back from the Northland rashly.

He even thought to himself:

"This Shen Bing is indeed a lucky general sent by the immortal to help me!"

"Didn't he know early on that the troubles of the Great Qin are the barbarians from the north?"

"At this moment, I am doing my best to solve the problem of the Huns for the Great Qin and protect my country, but I want to transfer him back..."

"How stupid, how stupid!"

So Ying Zheng didn't say anything, but ordered people to give Lu Sheng many rewards, and asked him to stay in Xianyang to wait for his errands at any time.

On the other hand, of course, there will be no thought of transferring Shen Bing back to Xianyang.

Not only did he lose this idea, but he also hoped that Shen Bing could stay in the North and destroy the Huns for him, so he issued two orders:

One is to designate Shen Bing as the Great General of the Northland, commanding an army of [-] to attack the Xiongnu in the north... The [-] army is naturally Yingzheng's reinforcements for the Northland.

Another order is to build a straight road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan.

In this way, Daqin's follow-up reinforcements and supplies can arrive in the north continuously and quickly to support Shenbing to fight against the Xiongnu... In this way, see if your Huns can turn to the sky to destroy Qin?

This is just Ying Zheng's thoughts at this time.

As we all know, in history, Yingzheng asked Meng Tian to lead an army of 30 to attack the Huns in the north. Later, when he realized that it was difficult for the Huns to be completely defeated or even eliminated, he asked Meng Tian to connect the Qin, Yan, and Zhao Great Walls in the north to prevent the Huns from going south.

After Zhao Gao heard these orders from Ying Zheng, he was somewhat happy and somewhat sad.

rejoice that:

Ying Zheng finally dismissed the idea of ​​transferring Shen Bing and Fu Su back to Xianyang, and from this point of view, they will not be transferred back for a long time in the future.

The worry is:

Yingzheng's series of measures will probably accelerate the development of the Northland and make it stronger.

But this is also impossible.

There is a saying that there are gains and losses. If you want to keep Fusu in the Northland, you have to find some excuses, and making excuses can only make him sit up...

The lesser of two evils, it is better not to take it for granted.

After Shen Bing received these orders from Ying Zheng, he was also somewhat happy and somewhat sad.

First of all, the biggest and most direct benefit is the [-] reinforcements.

Moreover, the [-] reinforcements were Hanoi soldiers led by Yang Duanhe, veterans who fought all the way from Xianyang to Chu State!

What could be more exciting in this world than getting a veteran soldier?

Shen Bing's Northland was short of troops, so he sent troops here if he didn't want Ying Zheng.

The second is the straight road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan that Ying Zheng said.

Shen Bing was worried about the inconvenient transportation in Jiuyuan and needed to build roads to clear the way, so Ying Zheng came up with a "straight road plan".

This straight road crosses the Yellow River from Jiuyuan and goes directly south to Xianyang, with a total length of more than 700 kilometers, 61 meters at the widest point and 12 meters at the narrowest point.

In addition to its military value, it also has great commercial value. The products produced in Jiuyuan and Yunzhong County can go directly to the richest place in Qin State...Xianyang through this road.

Although Xianyang is not yet the richest place at this time, it will soon be.

Because after Qin unified the world, he implemented a policy that he moved all the rich people in the world to Xianyang.

Ying Zheng thinks so:

Generally, those who rebel are rich people, because they have money to buy equipment and food to organize an army.

Therefore, if all the rich people in the world are concentrated in Xianyang, wouldn't it be impossible for the people with only a few copper coins to rebel?

Another related policy is to confiscate civilian weapons and even metals except for the Qin army.

Because he felt that if the people did not have metal in their hands, they could not make weapons, and they could not rebel without weapons.

From the current point of view, these are obviously unrealistic.

Even so, the peasant uprisings in the late Qin Dynasty were still everywhere. From this, it can be seen that the ideas of the ancients were sometimes very simple and direct.

If one day, Xianyang becomes a gathering place for the world's rich, while Beidi is a highly autonomous industrial area with a 700-kilometer-long "highway", then what will happen to Beidi?

Does it mean that it is easy to want any resources and sell any products?

Coupled with the fact that Jiuyuan is close to the border and the Western Regions, it is a proper "import and export company".

However, Shen Bing still frowned deeply.

Fusu even felt a little uncomfortable, because he didn't understand why Yingzheng suddenly paid so much attention to Beidi, adding [-] troops at once, and sending Yang Duanhe's Hanoi soldiers.

Shen Bing understood why.

It is because of the phrase "Hu Ye, who died in Qin Dynasty".

This is obviously a lie, because Shen Bing knew that it was not the Huns who perished in Qin Dynasty.

This is just an excuse for those alchemists to find an excuse for Ying Zheng... The countries in the Central Plains were wiped out one by one, and now the only ones who can become Qin's opponents are the Huns in the north.

So if you want to find an opponent who can "destroy Qin" to intimidate Yingzheng, shouldn't it be the Huns?

What Shen Bing was worried about was that Ying Zheng wanted to order the Northern Army to destroy the Huns...

When Meng Tian did this, he had 30 Qin troops in his hands.

How come I only have [-] Qin troops plus about [-] Beidi troops in my hands?

The 12 troops went north to the grasslands to fight against the 30 to [-] Huns cavalry. I'm afraid they are going crazy, right?

Is this to exterminate the Huns or to die?

On the other hand, Yang Duanhe's Hanoi army is in Handan at this time, and it will take about a month from Handan to Jiuyuan, and the army will go north by then.

In other words, the preparation time left for Beidi may only be one month.

Chapter 351 Dilemma

There are two rows of generals on both sides of Shen Bing.

On the left is the infantry led by Wei Wei, and on the right is the cavalry led by Wang Ben.

As soon as Shen Bing said Ying Zheng's order, there was a complete silence.

If before this, the Daliang Army and the Shenwu Army were full of confidence because they did not know the Xiongnu, then they became more cautious after fighting a few battles at this time, even though these battles were all victories and they were big victories.

This is actually the difference between recruits and veterans.

The recruits are "laymen watching the fun", and after a few victories, they don't know where they are, so they take it for granted that the Huns are nothing?In the first battle of Jiuyuan, only more than [-] Beidi troops were able to defeat tens of thousands of Huns, and even their Shanyu was beheaded... What's so difficult about beating Shanyu's son?

Coupled with Yang Duanhe's [-] elite soldiers, wouldn't it be easy to fight against hundreds of thousands of Huns?

But experts like Wang Ben and Wei Wei know that this is not the case.

Wei Wei is because he is old and steady, and he can objectively analyze the pros and cons of the enemy and ourselves in terms of thinking.

As for Wang Ben, because the Shenwu Army has been pursuing the same riding and shooting skills as the Huns, the more he learns, the more he feels that the Huns are not simple.

After a long silence, Shen Bing asked:

"What do you think?

He stood up and said:

"General, the emperor only ordered me to go north, but where can I go north?"

"The Xiongnu have no fixed place to live, it's not like there are some cities in the Central Plains that cannot be moved."

"If he learns that our army has retreated to the north, where can we find it?"

He is well aware of the habits of nomadic peoples, so he got to the point in just a few words.