Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 228 The army sets out for Hangu

Qin Palace.

A trace of panic flashed in Fan Sui's eyes, and he stood in front of the hall anxiously and waited quietly.

Battle of Handan.

The State of Zhao was severely damaged by the State of Qin, killing 20 troops and consuming countless amounts of food and grass.

But now, Zhao State unexpectedly gathered 30 troops again in such a short period of time, and even tried to unite the six countries to attack Qin again.

The four kingdoms alone already have millions of troops. If Chu alone has millions of troops, if they join the Qin State, they will be in danger, and there are also Qi's 60 troops.

Fortunately, Qi and Chu did not agree, otherwise Qin would have faced the armies of the six countries this time.

If it were placed before, Zhao's move would be tantamount to self-destruction.

The six countries each have their own selfish motives. Even if they unite, Qin will have a way to break them and has no fear of invasion from the other six countries.

However, the Qin State is short of food and grass at this time and the national treasury is empty. Even if the invasion from the four countries can be resisted based on the current situation, it may only be able to withstand it for more than a month.

More than a month later, the Qin State will face a situation where it has troops but no food. At that time, not only the soldiers but even the people in the city will fall into chaos.

After Ying Ji read the bamboo slip in his hand, his eyes were filled with anger. He held the bamboo slip tightly, as if his heart was burning with anger.

If it had been before, the Qin State army would have been sent to attack the Zhao State at this time, to eliminate the idea of ​​joining forces to attack Qin, and to deter other countries.

But don't talk about war in Qin now. I am afraid that if there is not a good harvest of food in a few months, not only the people, but even the soldiers will have to gnaw tree bark and eat Guanyin soil.

In order to help Qin overcome this disaster, Yingjun led his soldiers to attack the grassland and seize supplies for Qin. However, two months were about to pass, and no news about Yingjun came back from the grassland.

If Yingjun can conquer the grassland quickly, the rich materials on the grassland will be enough to resolve Qin's immediate crisis.

Thinking of this, Ying Ji took a deep breath, with a flash of worry in his eyes, and looked at Fan Sui: "Prime Minister Fan, has there been any news from the grassland recently?"

Fan Sui was slightly stunned. In the current national crisis, the king did not ask for a solution to the problem. Instead, he asked about Wang Zijun's situation first. This shows the importance of Wang Zijun in the king's heart.

But Wang Zijun has been in the grassland for almost two months. Even if he encounters difficulties, he should send a message back to his country. Besides, Yingjun only brought 1 horses with him. Is it possible...

At this moment, a guard at the door strode in, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Zizhu is at the door asking for an audience!"

"Who?"

Ying Ji was slightly startled and asked again in surprise.

When Ying Jun went to attack the grassland, he ordered Ying Zhu to go to assist Ying Jun. On the one hand, it was so that the two brothers could take care of each other.

On the other hand, let him learn more from Yingjun, and let him go to the grassland to hone his temperament. As the eldest son, how can he lag behind his younger brother.

Even if he cannot become the king of a country in the future, he can still be Yingjun's arm and provide the strongest help in the court. Only when the king and his ministers are united can Qin become stronger.

But why is he the only one back now?
"Prince Yingzhu!"

The guard knelt down on one knee and answered again.

A look of worry flashed in Ying Ji's eyes, and he said quickly: "Quick, let him in!"

"Here!"

The guard stood up and walked out of the hall.

Not long after leaving, Ying Zhu walked in from the door.

Ying Zhu strode up to Ying Ji, then bowed and said: "See you, Your Majesty!"

Ying Ji raised his hand: "Get up!"

Ying Zhu stood up, saluted to Fan Xiang beside him, and said, "Your Majesty, I have something important to report to you this time."

Seeing that Ying Ji had no intention of stopping him, Ying Zhu continued: "Your Majesty, Brother Jun has been in the grassland for more than a month and has already wiped out the Qiang clan and other small tribes. He even sent people to kill him in the grassland a few days ago. The supplies seized were sent back, here is the list of supplies, please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

As he spoke, Ying Zhu took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve, lowered his head and raised his hands in front of him.

Ying Ji ignored it, but walked to the map with a calm face and looked at the distribution map of grassland forces beyond the border of Qin State.

Since I didn't go to the grassland to explore, there were only the spheres of influence of a few major tribes on the map, and the specific strength of the tribes was not clearly marked.

Ying Ji's eyes were fixed on the territory of the Qiang clan, thinking deeply in his heart.

The Qiang clan is located outside the Qin State's Hexi territory. Although the map does not show the strength of the Qiang clan, based on years of experience in fighting, it can be seen from the territory's coverage alone that the Qiang clan has at least [-] soldiers and horses. .

Although the grassland is regarded as a foreign race with many tribes, in the eyes of Ying Ji, it is like the six countries in the Central Plains. Once the grassland faces a powerful enemy, they will inevitably unite to drive them out of the grassland or annihilate them to defend themselves. territory.

However, the hatred between the Qin State and the grassland has accumulated for decades or hundreds of years. Now that Yingjun has wiped out the Qiang clan, other forces on the grassland will inevitably form a temporary alliance to destroy Yingjun's team.

Now the Qin State is about to face the armies of the four countries. If Yingjun is recalled to the Qin State at this time, although it will play a great role in the Qin State's defense against the six countries, once the grassland aliens learn about the current situation of the Qin State, they will definitely take advantage of the Qin State. When the four kingdoms were at war, they attacked Qin's border.By then, Qin will not only be unable to resolve the crisis, but will also cause unnecessary trouble.

For the current plan, the only way to solve Qin's current crisis is to let Yingjun continue to attack the grassland aliens and continue to deliver supplies to Qin.

Thinking of this, Ying Ji turned around and walked to Wang Zizhu, took the bamboo slips from his hand, looked at the supplies on it, his eyes flashed with a light, and his face showed a look of joy, and then he took the bamboo slips in his hands. He handed it to Prime Minister Fan Sui and said to Wang Zizhu:
"Just one Qiang clan can seize so much supplies. If all the supplies from the entire grassland are transported back to Qin, our Great Qin will be unrivaled among the six countries!"

"If all these grassland war horses are trained and equipped with Great Qin's world-famous crossbows, then our Great Qin will have an invincible iron cavalry."

"Any Hufu cavalry and archery, any Zhao cavalry will become the dead souls of the Qin cavalry!"

"Six Kingdoms...are at your fingertips!"

Hearing this, Ying Zhu nodded heavily, his eyes filled with excitement.

These words were exactly what Yingjun said to him before.

It was precisely because of this that he returned to Qin State and returned to the Shandan Army Horse Farm to take up the post of raising and training horses without any dissatisfaction in his heart.

If all these war horses are trained, Da Qin will become invincible.

Wherever the Great Qin cavalry passed, it was Qin's territory!

The look on Ying Ji's face suddenly became determined, and he decisively ordered: "Send the order, order Wu Weijun to seize all the supplies on the grassland and transport them back to Qin no matter what!"

Hearing this, Fan Sui quickly rolled up the bamboo slips in his hand and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, think twice. Now the four countries of Han, Wei, and Yan headed by Zhao have formed an alliance and are about to lead a million-strong army to invade Qin. This It’s time to transfer Wang Zijun back to Qin to face the enemy!”

"With the strength of Wang Zijun and his soldiers, we only need to defeat the Zhao army, and the other four countries will naturally withdraw their troops."

The whole country of Qin, including retired soldiers and common people who can go forward to fight, only has 100 million people. Facing the same number of armies of the four countries, even if the old Qin people are brave and good at fighting, they can't compare with the millions of soldiers of the four countries.

What's more, the Qin State is short of food and grass. If the war cannot be fought quickly and the six kingdoms are quickly defeated, once the Qin State runs out of food and grass, the soldiers will be unable to fight anymore. The only way is to transfer Wang Zijun back and use the strength to force the four countries to withdraw. Qin State The crisis can be resolved.

Ying Zhu stepped forward and said with determination in his eyes: "Xiang Fan, if Brother Jun is allowed to withdraw from the grassland at this time, those foreign races will definitely not give up and pursue and invade the borders of our Qin Kingdom. By then, the Qin Dynasty will be troubled internally and externally, and the people in the city will be in panic. , will inevitably affect the morale of the military, have you ever thought of this?"

Fan Sui took a deep breath and said confidently: "With Wu'an Jun Baiqi stationed at the border and guarded by the Great Wall, how can those foreign cavalry enter our Daqin territory! Wang Zizhu is exaggerating."

Wu'an Jun fought in Changping, and his reputation shocked everyone.

Especially after Bai Qi was dispatched to the border, the offensive of those aliens dropped significantly, which proved that the aliens on the grassland were also afraid of them.

Ying Zhu didn't think so. Although Wu'an Jun Bai Qi's reputation was there, it was because the Qin State had no time to take care of their foreign tribes in recent years. Since Prince Jun had destroyed the Qiang clan this time, other tribes on the grassland would definitely not give up. , once the troops withdraw, they will definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue them.

Besides, Wang Zijun has already invaded the depths of the grassland and is fighting against the Yuezhi clan. If he retreats, all his previous efforts will be wasted!

Thinking of this, Ying Zhu stepped forward and said with a firm face: "Father, Jun brother's generals not only transported food and grass back to me this time, but also told me Jun brother's plan. Judging from the time, Jun brother should have and The Yue clan is fighting, and I believe that in a few days the Yue clan will be eliminated from the grassland."

hiss--!
Fan Sui took a breath of air and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

In less than two months, the two major tribes on the grassland were eradicated.

This……

Wang Zijun actually has such strength!
Not only Fan Sui, but also Ying Ji, who had seen Ying Jun's abilities, twitched his lips and was slightly stunned, feeling amazed in his heart.

If Yingjun really attacked the Yuezhi clan, then only the Xiongnu and the Donghu people who were far north would be left on the entire grassland.

Those other small tribal forces pose no threat to Qin at all.

They didn't even have the courage to invade Qin's border.

"But……"

Just as Fan Sui was about to speak, he was interrupted by Ying Ji.

"okay!"

Ying Ji raised his hand to interrupt the argument between the two, turned to glare at them, and said sternly: "I have made up my mind, no need to say more!"

"Great Qin has never been afraid of the alliance of the six countries. Their countries have united to attack our Great Qin again and again, but what is the result? Not only did they not destroy our Great Qin, but they made our Great Qin soldiers stronger and stronger."

"Now that Wang Zijun has wiped out the two major forces in the grassland, he naturally cannot give up halfway."

"Send the order, let Wang Jian and Meng Ao reorganize the army, march to Hangu Pass, transport all grain, grass, arrows, and equipment to Hangu, leaving only some supplies in other places."

"I ordered Wang Zijun to do his best to capture the grassland. After capturing the grassland, he immediately returned to the defense with supplies."

As long as Yingjun captures the grassland, the supplies on the grassland will be enough for Qin to wait until the first wave of food harvest.

With the first wave of food, Qin's food crisis can naturally be solved!

When Yingjun returns to Qin, it will be the day when our Qin country repels the armies of the six countries!

(End of this chapter)