My brother is the most handsome man in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 426 Duke Meng’s grandson?Just like this?
The next day.

Ying Chengyu invited Meng Wu, and Meng Tian and his son got together.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

The three of them talked and laughed, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Ying Chengqiao put down his chopsticks, stood up and held his hands in his hands with a sincere look on his face.

"Uncle Wu, Meng Tian, ​​and Cheng Xi, please come with me and go deep into the desert."

Meng Wu stood up immediately.

"You don't need to tell me, Uncle Wu will go with you on the expedition. This time from Yanmen to Jiuyuan, I will not only give this boy a platform, but also accompany you. Mr. Cheng Yu, who has been silent for ten years, will you, Wu, win this prize?" How could uncle miss it?"

After he finished speaking, he saw that his son still didn't get up, sitting on a chair and drinking by himself.

Meng Wu slapped the wine glass out of his son's hand.

"Not getting up yet!"

The shattering sound of the wine glass falling to the ground almost echoed with Meng Wu's roar.

Meng Tian stood up, and his father's expression softened slightly.

Lord Jiuyuan raised his hands, and the stain on his right sleeve that was wet with wine was particularly obvious.

"Tian cannot go on an expedition with Lord Chang'an."

Before Ying Chengyu could react, Meng Wu's expression suddenly changed, his face filled with anger, and he slapped him in a round shape.

"Rebel!"

Meng Tian raised his arms to block him, his face expressionless.

"Father, you are going to destroy the Meng family.

"Going deep alone is a dead end. You have led troops for many years, don't you know?"

Meng Wu withdrew his arms angrily.

"You kid! Have you forgotten what I said to you yesterday! Forgot your eldest father! Your uncle Wang was once a deputy general!"

"I forgot that Lord Chang'an was guarding Handan's encirclement to call for reinforcements and trapped Li Mu to death! Finally, he took Lian Po with him and used saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes to ask Li Mu to surrender without a fight!
"When it comes to fighting! You are far behind!"

Meng Tian bowed his head in front of Ying Chengyu.

"I dare to ask Chang'an Lord, how will we fight this time when we go deep into the desert? Can we ask for the crown prince's support?"

Ying Chengyu responded sternly.

"No need, we will march straight ahead to support war with war.

"Take the barbarians as soldiers, seize cattle and sheep to use as food, and go straight to the court of the Huns."

Meng Tian didn't show any surprise.

Before Ying Chengyu came to Jiuyuan, he stayed in Shangjun for three days.

Before Ying Chengyu arrived in Jiuyuan, he had already received the flying pigeon letter from the prince.

The letter said that his uncle did not need supplies from the seven counties and wanted to go deep into the desert alone, so he must stop his uncle.

Meng Wu was shocked and turned pale. He took a step forward, causing the dishes on the table to tremble and rattle without realizing it.

"I have never heard of such a method of fighting! Xiao'er, don't think that you should despise the Xiongnu just because they fled seven hundred miles away! Fighting like this is a way to die!"

Meng Tian bowed his hands in half.

"Chang'an Jun stopped my father in the street and slapped him, which made Tian Bu lose face in front of the army. Tian would like to thank you!
"Tian has sent a message to the prince. If the Lord of Chang'an intends to attack the Huns, the seven northwest counties will start to conquer the civilians from now on, build a city [-] miles away from Jiuyuan, and station the Jiuyuan garrison.

"As long as Lord Chang'an advances steadily, he will not think about going deep into the army alone, and rely on the seven counties to open up and expand the territory. Jiuyuan will listen to Lord Chang'an's orders since Tianshi!"

Ying Chengyu refused without hesitation.

"The seven counties in the northwest have just started to improve, and the people have smiles on their faces, and there is enough food in their homes. At this time, we must not force the people to leave their homes, and the people's strength is our sympathies!
"The current priority of the seven counties is to recuperate and develop the economy, not to participate in war. To use the seven counties at this time is to resort to military warfare and the people will not be able to survive."

The seven northwest counties refer not only to the seven large cities, but also to the countless villages between the large cities.

There are more troops in the city than the people. These villages, large or small, are the gathering places for the people in the northwest and can represent the world of the northwest.

Before coming to Jiuyuan, Ying Chengyu changed into casual clothes and inspected the real situation in Guojian, a village in the northwest.

Misery!

The people outside the Great Wall are vigilant and tough.

In order to find out the real situation, Ying Chengyu changed into local rags every time and sneaked into the village bypassing the guard post at the entrance of the village to avoid being treated as an outsider.

You can sneak in, and you succeed every time, but you will be discovered every time you want to ask after observing.Because all the villagers knew each other, only Ying Chengyu was a stranger.

In these villages outside the Great Wall, there are only about a hundred people, and no more than five hundred people. They are all from the same village.

In order to conquer the Six Kingdoms, Guanzhong continuously recruited troops, and no matter how many people they had, there were not enough.

When Wang Jian defeated Chu, he sent an army of 60 soldiers, and more than a million people accompanied him to transport food and supplies!

There were only 500 million registered people in Guanzhong, Bashu and other places, and 160 million of them went to fight. On average, one out of three Qin people was a soldier.

The Qin State was focused on fighting within the country, and with such a high intensity of conscription, no more people could move outside the Great Wall to open up wasteland.

The law of reclaiming wasteland for one's own use has long been outlawed, and these villages have not had fresh blood from outside for more than ten years.

Hu people's plundering and heavy corvee resulted in the death of villagers far exceeding the number of new births.The big village becomes the middle village, the middle village becomes the small village, and the small village disappears.

During an unannounced visit, Ying Chengyu saw that all the houses in the villages were similar. They were civil structures and were very simple. They were made of straw and adobe bricks and had the most basic function of keeping out wind and rain.

There are almost no trees planted in each village, and it looks desolate as far as the eye can see.

The villagers have sallow complexions, thin muscles, short stature, and sunken eye sockets.In just a few decades, they have less obvious differences in appearance from the people in Guanzhong.

They are also more cheerful than those in Guanzhong, and they can talk about the shortcomings of their parents. They are very energetic when harvesting wheat, and they look forward to how much food will be left this year after paying taxes.

Since the prince came to the northwest, taxes have been reduced and exempted.

The Xiongnu were driven away seven hundred miles by Meng Tian, ​​and the barbarians did not come.

The lives of the people in the seven counties have just improved. Although this kind of life seems really bad to Ying Chengyu, in the eyes of these people, it is very good, much better than before.

In the past, there were endless Great Walls and passes to be built, and endless amounts of grain and taxes to pay.

The two accompany the people outside the Great Wall from birth to death.

Meng Wu and Meng Tian looked at each other, and the father and son went to the battle to do ideological work for Ying Chengyu.

Ying Chengyu also wanted to persuade the two of them and brought out the tactics he told the First Emperor.

But everyone in the Meng family's father and son's art of war can tell the difficulty in this as soon as they hear it.Meng Wu asked how he could use the Hu people for his own purposes, and Meng Tian asked how he could identify the direction in the desert and find the Hu tribe.

Ying Chengyu didn't just rush around these days, he had already prepared and answered them one by one.

however--

"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"

Meng Wu shook his head.

"You can't trust Chang'an Lord to fool the people."

Meng Tian sincerely advises.

The father and son have always believed that Ying Chengyu's tactics are not feasible and there are big problems. They insist that Ying Chengyu fights steadily and builds the city one step at a time.

Ying Cheng smiled angrily.

It's just a waste of words for me to say so much. If you don't believe me when I explain it, why do you still need me to explain it?

With a fierce wave of his hand, Qian Gang made a decisive decision.

"The Taotie Army belongs to me, and it can only follow my tactics. There is no need for negotiation."

Meng Tian held his head high and his chest high, his demeanor calm, and his aura was more than ten times stronger than when he first met Ying Chengyu in Chang'an Jun's Mansion.

Although the battle with the Xiongnu was not considered a military achievement, the result was a solid one, which completely allowed Meng Tian to wash away the shame of his defeat at Chu.

Today's Meng Tian is at the peak of his age, physical strength, and self-confidence, and his energy, energy, and spirit are all in one!

"Chang'an Jun insists on having his own way, Tian can't follow him."

"Why, are you going to deal with me the same way you dealt with juniors? Do you want to detain me from the Taotie Army?"

"Tian doesn't want to do it, but if Lord Chang'an insists on going his own way and wastes the country's power, Tian will only be offended."

The two people standing on guard outside the door were one of Mengtian's personal soldiers, Li You, and the other was actually the third son of Da Qin, Ying Jianglu.

This was Ying Chengyu's intention to train the two of them, just like how King Qin Zhaoxiang, King Qin Xiaowen and King Qin Zhaoxiang took him with him in everything they did.

His ability to grow to this point was mostly due to the training of the three kings.The three kings died young, but the teachings were not discontinued and were continued in Ying Chenglong.

"Brother Li, what do you think my uncle will do? I guess my uncle has the imperial decree in his sleeves."

Ying Jianglu whispered.

In Jiuyuan, Meng Tian, ​​who has absolute military power, has no solution.

With the tiger talisman in hand, if he wants to make the Jiuyuan Army switch sides, it will not work unless the First Emperor comes in person, and even the Prince comes.Only the First Emperor can suppress Meng Tian.

"Won't.

"Yesterday Lord Chang'an scolded you and was very disappointed in you. He clearly thought that you should free yourself from the general's restrictions instead of relying on external force like Lord Chang'an.

"Mr. Chang'an is facing the same predicament as you today. If you come up with His Majesty's imperial edict, wouldn't this be an external solution to the evil? Why did you say that to you yesterday?"

Ying Jianglu pouted.

"You don't understand my uncle. He has always been like this. The title of Shuzi is not for nothing.

"If you question him afterwards: 'Isn't it just an external force that brought out the imperial edict?'

"He can reply to you with a look of surprise on his face: 'What kind of external force is this? The imperial edict comes from me, it doesn't fall from the sky. If I can get it, it's my ability. If you have the ability, you can get it too? I Are your hands tied?'"

Li You was speechless for a moment and said:
"Then you could have said yesterday: 'I can ask you to come because of my ability. If you have the ability, don't come!'"

Ying Jianglu sighed lightly.

"I can not.

“He would beat me up and throw me back to Xianyang.

"There are some things that only he can say. He is such a double standard."

What is double standard?What does this word mean?
Li Yougang wanted to ask, but a voice came from the hall at the right time, making him suddenly realize that it was so simple.

His good brother was stunned on the spot.

In the hall, Ying Chengyu stopped Meng Wu who was about to speak, smiled and said to the domineering Meng Tian:
"Okay."

it is good?
Meng Tian frowned, confused.

Does this mean you can let me take it?This tone does not sound like he is giving in.

"If General Meng wants to fight, Cheng Yu will accompany him."

Aren’t you going to fight the Huns?Where am I going to fight?
Meng Tian didn't understand for a moment.

"I don't know whether I can defeat the Xiongnu or not, but I will definitely defeat Jiuyuan."

Meng Tian raised his head in shock!

He finally understood that Ying Chengyu wanted to use [-] Taotie troops to fight against him, Meng Tian!
Meng Tian opened his mouth and wanted to say, "How dare you do this! You are treason!"

The Jiuyuan Army is a registered regular army of the Qin State, and the Taotie Army is a private army.

If a private army attacks the regular army, it is treason.

But when the words came to my lips, the words changed when they were spoken.

"...Tian is joking."

"Haha, Cheng Xi is also joking."

The two brothers on duty outside the door didn't take it as a joke.

Ying Jianglu lowered his head and suddenly slapped his mouth on his face.

Li You watched silently without stopping.

The Taotie Army listened to Ying General Lu before he arrived.

The First Emperor would not be angry if he detained the Taotie troops to guard the border, and would be happy to see the results. If nothing happened, everything would be fine.

But what if something goes wrong?
He, General Ying, was the third son of the Qin Dynasty, and he had soldiers and horses at his disposal. How could a general named Meng Tian suppress him?
If the two sides are fighting, can Ying Zheng send out a large army to kill his son?He's so scared!

"The Taotie Army belongs to Lord Chang'an, not the general."

Meng Tian said in a deep voice.

There are 7000 people who need to be coordinated by officers, and it is impossible for the general to command them all.

The officers of the Taotie Army were all former members of the Meng family. They were generals from the Qin Dynasty who resigned from their posts and came to join the army under Meng Ao's order. Many of them were generals.

Without officers, Ying Chengyu could not defeat the Xiongnu alone.

Ying Chengyu still stopped Meng Wu and said with a smile:
"Is this a joke?"

"No."

ten days later.

An isolated city on the frontier, green land in the desert.

Outside Jiuyuan County, a veteran general led a group of veterans to put their horses in front of the pass.

The veteran's armor has scratches made by sharp swords and dents made by blunt instruments.

He galloped forward.

A sharp arrow shot from top to bottom, one step away from the war horse, and half of the arrow was inserted into the soil.

An old defender on the city covered the sun with his hands, narrowed his eyes and shouted.

"Common name!"

The veteran immediately took off his helmet, his white hair flowing.

"Wang Ye! Ask Meng Tian to come and see Mr. Naigong!"

The sound was like thunder.

There was no movement in the city.

After a while, the city gate opened.

Two black lines spread crazily outward from the Jiuyuan City Gate!
First came the phantom cavalry with their horses and iron running out, followed by the infantry with two legs tightly slumped, the horse and foot matched each other, never ending.

The cavalry galloped, splitting into two sides a hundred paces in front of the veteran, each making an arc, wrapping the veterans in it like making dumplings.

The war horses snorted restlessly, shook their heads and tails, extremely dissatisfied.After finally letting him out and running for a while, just this little distance?What about wrapping them with iron ladders?not enough!
The Qin sword in the hands of the infantry was unsheathed, its sharp edge revealed, and the reflected light seemed to blind the sun!
The two long columns are curved and do not form a single character, and are arranged in a row.

In the midst of this, Meng Wu and Meng Tian galloped.

The horse sprinted twenty steps in front of the veteran, and they both dismounted and walked to the veteran.

Meng Wu, the dignified lord of Yanmen County, and Meng Tian, ​​the lord of Jiuyuan County, did not dare to ride their horses to the veteran general!

It stands to reason that if you are wearing armor, it is inconvenient to perform full rituals. Even when you meet the First Emperor, you can dispense with some of the rituals.

But the two men in full armor raised their hands, bent deeply over ninety degrees, and gave a full salute that could not be more perfect!

"Nephew meets uncle!"

"Meng Tian has met the prince!"

The veteran sat on his horse and looked at the two men, thinking of the Qi people who broke a leg on the battlefield and defeated the enemy for ten miles.After only one stop, Qi Ren, who was originally a pawn, fell into the eyes of Wang Yan, the captain of five hundred, by virtue of his bravery.

From then on, that Qi man fought with Wang Jue. The two of them were promoted along the way based on their military exploits. They won and lost in battles, but overall they won more than they lost.

Ten years later, both of them became generals, and the title of Qi Ren was even higher than that of Wang Yan.

Wang Ye shouted that the sky was unfair, but in his heart he always felt that it was right.

This Qi man who is illiterate, ignorant of the art of war, and full of foul language is even more of a Qin man than Wang Jue, a Qin man, on the battlefield!
If he conquered more cities than Wang Jue and killed more people than Wang Jue, his title should be higher than that of Wang Jue. This is the principle of the Qin State.

Moreover, that Qi man respected King Qin more than anyone else.

If there hadn't been that Qi man in the Changping battle, the massacre of Bai Qi would have gone to Handan!
"Naigong is not from Qin, but Naigong is from Qi! Naigong wants to stand firm in Qin! Naigong must respect the king! The king is wrong! Naigong is wrong!"

That Qi man seemed to have a distinguished life, scolding the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and even dared to slap the table when he saw the King of Qin.

In fact, he never had his own opinion in his life, just like the shadow of the king.Whatever the king wants to do, he will do.

When Lord Wu'an died, Wang Yan felt dissatisfied, so he resigned and returned home, ignoring the king's orders.

The Qi man was also unhappy, but he endured his grief and accepted the king's order to persuade Wang Yan to return to the army.

If you don't live up to the king's mandate, you will have to live up to your true heart and Wu An.

When they arrived at Wang Jie's house, the Qi man didn't say a word. He just sat there for two hours and then left.

Given the choice, that Qi man failed him Wang Ye.

He originally wanted to slap Meng Tian on the face with a horsewhip, so that the skin would be torn and his face would be bruised by the veteran, but in the end he just snorted coldly.

"Go away!"

The men on horseback stood up, the father and son dispersed, and the veteran galloped past.

"The three armies obey the order! Follow me into the city to meet the general!"

"only!"

The sound of thousands of people drinking together was not loud, only mute and old, and it didn't sound as loud as Wang Ye's voice alone.

The person who responded is an old man who doesn't have much life left, so how can he be so loud?

One after another, the war horses rushed past Meng Tian in an orderly manner, and the glances down at him were full of coldness, contempt, and hostility...

Grandson of Duke Meng?Just like this?
(End of this chapter)