I switched allegiance to Zhang Han and rebuilt the Qin Dynasty; Liu Bang was heartbroken.

Wang Ben felt his whole body burning up.

He once led 100,000 elite Qin soldiers on the battlefield, but was forced to disband his last northern army after the fall of Qin and return to the Wang family to leave the land that nurtured him.

Wang Ben was already on the verge of a mental breakdown!

Countless times, during nightmares, he would wake up with a start, filled with guilt, upon seeing the First Emperor's gaze that promised him great responsibilities.

This is the Qin Dynasty of the Qin people; how could he possibly forget it?

He has let down the Qin Dynasty!

Now, being able to fight for the Qin Dynasty again would make even a lowly soldier, let alone the governor of Shangjun, ecstatic.

I am willing to use the sword in my hand to make up for all my guilt and carve out a bright future for the Qin Dynasty.

At this moment, Zhao Long asked with some curiosity, "Does Father know about the military strength in the north? Doesn't the Great Wall Legion have 300,000 troops?"

Wang Ben sighed: "At its peak, the Great Wall Legion did indeed have this many people, but they were stationed in the northern part of the entire world, including the northern part of the former Zhao and Yan states."

"After the chaos that ensued, apart from the Great Wall army in the Yunzhong area, the soldiers of Zhao and Yan lost contact with each other. Many of these soldiers originally belonged to these two states, and they were probably no longer willing to fight for Qin."

"The last 100,000 elite troops in Guanzhong, led by Wang Li, suffered a great defeat at the hands of the Zhao state..."

The pain of losing his son in middle age once made Wang Ben feel like he was suffocating.

After Zhao Long and Wang Ben calmed down and listened to his slow narration, they understood even more clearly the fate of the Great Wall Legion.

The Great Wall Legion had to defend against a terrifying defensive line that stretched for more than 10,000 miles.

A map showing the Qin and Xiongnu facing off along the Great Wall.

To ensure convenient resupply, soldiers along the northern Great Wall defense line of the Qin state were mostly native Qin people from Guanzhong.

Most of the soldiers in the Great Wall Legion in other places were also locals.

After Meng Tian's death, the soldiers from Zhao and Yan, who were not part of the Qin state, began to maintain a distant relationship with the Qin.

Until the world descends into chaos, they may join the forces of various feudal lords and never have any further connection with the Qin Dynasty.

The old Qin army of the Great Wall in the north of the former Qin state was controlled by Wang Ben and his son Wang Li. When Wang Li went south to suppress the rebellion, he took them all with him, and they were eventually defeated and killed.

The annihilation of this 100,000-strong army meant that the elite of the Great Wall Legion was completely wiped out. Wang Jian realized that something was wrong and promptly called on the Wang family members in the north to return.

The once glorious Qin Great Wall army, which had recovered the Hetao grasslands, had its last troops disintegrate after the Wang family left.

Zhao Long couldn't help but sigh, "The Second Prince is truly a bastard!"

If Meng Tian hadn't died, and with his power still intact, the Great Wall army would never have collapsed.

How could the Xiongnu in the north possibly seize the opportunity to rise up and launch the largest cavalry war in history?

During the siege of Baideng, Modu amassed a full 400,000 cavalry!

It was the most powerful cavalry force ever seen in a single battle in human history!

Zhao Long gritted his teeth and said, "After Father returns to Shangjun, he can immediately recruit soldiers and train 10,000 cavalry."

Wang Ben sighed helplessly: "Soldiers can be gathered. Many people who migrated to the north from the Qin Dynasty can ride horses, and there are also many veterans among them. They can quickly form a fighting force."

"There are no warhorses."

After Wang Li's death, the Great Wall Legion was already defunct in name only. When Wang Ben left, there were still some scattered soldiers, and it would not be difficult to gather them up again now.

There are no cowards among the people of Qin!

Fighting for one's country is an honor in everyone's eyes.

However, when Wang Li went south, he took all the cavalry with him.

When Guanzhong was breached last time, Xiang Yu took all the warhorses from the horse farms in the Shangjun area.

Without warhorses, who would the cavalry ride?

Zhao Long said with a smile, "Father may not be aware of the Qin-Wei Pingyang Treaty. Father, you may have come to see it for yourself."

Zhao Long immediately took out a piece of cloth. This contract was one of the trump cards he had brought with him, intending to use it to persuade Wang Jian to return to Qin.

This means that the Qin state was no longer a place where it could be bullied at will.

The people of Qin have risen up once again!

The first battle of Qin's resurgence was once again to crush the unfortunate Wei state and obtain an extremely rich spoils of war.

"so much?"

After reading it, Wang Ben gasped in shock.

This contract is practically selling out the very foundation of the Wei Kingdom.

"Twenty thousand warhorses, three hundred thousand bushels of grain, and five hundred craftsmen!"

This is no contract; it's clearly a one-sided exploitation and extortion of the State of Wei.

However, Wang Ben really liked the contract; this was the kind of domineering power that the Great Qin should have.

Anyone who opposes Qin should be met with immediate and decisive action from Qin, defeating the enemy before considering anything else.

Wang Jian's pupils were also deep and unfathomable. Even though he had guessed that the price Wei had paid this time was high, he still hadn't expected it to be so terrifying.

Wangshibao City is not far from the ferry crossing, and they already knew about the large-scale migration of people from Hedong to Guanzhong.

Zhao Long not only ate and took, but also tried to extort a portion to take with him.

"With these things delivered, it is indeed enough for ten thousand cavalry."

Wang Ben excitedly said, "Food, craftsmen, warhorses—it can be said that the logistics system for a 10,000-strong cavalry force has been fully equipped."

"Within a year at the latest, these 10,000 cavalrymen will be trained into the elite cavalry of the North!"

Wang Ben clenched his fists excitedly. Being able to lead the Qin cavalry across the battlefield once again made him feel that he could die without regrets!

"A year is too long. At the latest, this cavalry must be ready for combat within three months."

Zhao Long spoke in a deep voice, "With Wang Ben's prestige in the north, the most important thing is to quickly assemble cavalry to deal with the Xiongnu."

This was one of the reasons why, before the founding of the nation, he had to win over the Wang clan, the military family of Qin represented by Wang Jian, and bring them back to the court.

They were wary of the Xiongnu.

Modu Chanyu, the greatest Chanyu in Xiongnu history, established a vast Xiongnu Empire spanning thousands of miles, assembling the largest cavalry force in human history. The northern wolves and tigers oppressed the early Han dynasty for decades, leaving it unable to breathe.

After the large-scale marriage alliances of the Han dynasty, which created a shameful precedent for marriage alliances throughout history, the Han dynasty survived for several decades before Emperor Wu of Han was fortunate enough to be born, bringing forth the twin pillars of the empire and gathering all the resources accumulated in the early Han dynasty to defeat the Xiongnu.

However, the people of the Han Dynasty in that era were also unfortunate. They were burdened with a huge amount of taxes, and the entire Han Dynasty was slowed down by Emperor Wu's great achievements. The social contradictions in the later years of Emperor Wu's reign had already put the empire in an endless crisis.

All of this was due to the rise of Modu and the establishment of the peak of the Xiongnu.

This powerful Xiongnu ruler rose to power while the Qin Dynasty was embroiled in internal strife and unable to attend to matters in the north.

Now, the Qin state is once again displaying its power, and it is not only the feudal lords of the world who are panicking, but also the Xiongnu.

They would not want to see a Qin army as terrifying as the Great Wall army during Meng Tian's time.

They were driven far away, not knowing how to fight back.

Wang Ben could naturally imagine how powerful the emerging, terrifying steppe empire in the north would become after the collapse of the Great Wall Legion.

"Is it because of the Xiongnu?"

Zhao Long nodded: "The news from half a month ago indicated that the Xiongnu had already reached Fushi."

Wang Ben suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with endless coldness.

This means that large tracts of territory in northern Qin, such as Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Shangjun, as well as the Hetao grasslands that had been occupied by the Great Wall army, were completely lost and turned back into the Xiongnu's horse racing grounds!

The Xiongnu have already thrust out a sharp sword, hanging over the head of the Qin state in Guanzhong!