Meng Tian looked worried, and said: "What's more, the Xiongnu have retreated hundreds of miles, and there is no fighting around, so I don't know where your Highness will send troops?"

"Naturally, the northern Hu bandits will be expelled!" Ying Ziyi smiled, and said slowly: "Before coming to Yunzhong, the emperor gave me the responsibility to defend the northern Hu bandits. This king feels that the retreat of the Huns at this moment is not far enough! "

"Your Highness, going out to pursue Beihu is a matter of great importance. Just after the war, all the focus of the empire is on building the land of Henan. [-] cavalry will spend a lot of money to fight, and I'm afraid it will not be approved by the ministers."

"It's okay, all the needs of this battle will be borne by this king."

Meng Tian was taken aback for a moment, he forgot that Ying Ziyi had his own fiefdom.Moreover, the taxes collected from the commercial roads and the tributes from the countries of the Western Regions every year are astronomical figures.

Except for a part of the money that was paid as a tribute to the court, the rest belonged to the prince.

"From Wuchecheng to Fuping County, and then to Jiuyuan and Beidi counties. The main roads have been built one after another. Once connected, they can be used for war preparations. The west end of Beidi County, north of Fuping County, Helan Mountain There is a vast field in the east, with lush water and grass. The king has ordered several horse farms to be built around to raise war horses for military supplies. At that time, the king rashly rode [-] out of the clouds and attacked the Xiongnu in the north."

"Your Highness!" Meng Tian looked around, took a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Before coming, His Majesty will give you a secret decree, or you will lead an army of [-] to defend His Highness the Crown Prince at a critical moment. At this moment, the empire seems to be peaceful. In fact, there is an undercurrent. The terrain in the north of the Great Wall is complicated, the roads are difficult to distinguish, and the transfer of grain and grass is even more difficult. The army is light, and it is difficult to look at the head and tail!"

"For hundreds of years, the frontier generals of all dynasties in various countries have relied on the mountains to resist the Hu bandits. General Meng Tian, ​​why is this?"

"Most of the Hu people ride bows and move quickly. Their people live by water and grass, and they are skilled in horsemanship. It is easy to transport thousands of miles. The north of the Great Wall is desolate and cold, and it is easy for the Hu people to come and go, but we and the Chinese people are easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"That's right." Ying Ziyi nodded and said, "For this battle, the king wants the general to select ten thousand warriors who are skilled in bows and horses, and to ride lightly and simply follow me out of the fortress. The purpose of attacking the Xiongnu in the north is to clearly tell Those barbarians, the vast wilderness, is no longer a place for them to retreat and avoid disaster. Kou can go, so can I!"

Ying Ziyi walked slowly towards the tent door, his voice echoed in the big tent, and said: "This battle, this king is going to make known to the people of the world. From now on, our Great Qin and the Xiongnu will change their offense and defense! "

"The last general obeys orders!" Meng Tian said with a firm tone, with waves rising and falling in his chest.

……

In the tent, Tian Yan sat quietly on the step, flipping through the bamboo slips boredly.

Ying Ziyi opened the big tent and walked into it.Tian Yan's expression changed, he ignored Ying Ziyi, and pretended to be buried in the bamboo slips.

"The hall master has always been poor and weak, why is he braving the wind and cold to come to this frontier?"

Ying Ziyi approached the desk, picked up the jug on it, poured a glass of wine into his wine bottle, and picked it up to drink.

Tian Yan put down the bamboo slips and said, "Isn't His Highness afraid of being poisoned by a concubine?"

"Shen Nong is not dead! So what if poisoned?" Ying Ziyi ignored Tian Yan, smiled, and drank the wine from the bottle.

Tian Yan frowned, as if he didn't like Ying Zi's playful attitude towards her.It was as if she was a weak woman who couldn't do anything in front of him.

"I went to the north and found that His Highness has not been as idle as he appears to be in the past few years. He has built troops and built cities, raised war horses, and expanded trade routes. Isn't His Highness afraid that I, the eldest son, will be informed by his staff?"

"So what?" Ying Ziyi drank another glass of wine and said, "Even if he knows, can he stop me?"

Tian Yan was taken aback, but then became even more angry in his heart, and said angrily: "Ying Ziyi, you are my father-killing enemy, you'd better kill me, otherwise my farm family will definitely seek revenge from you in the future."

Ying Ziyi didn't care about it at all, drank a glass of wine, approached Tian Yan step by step, and said with a smile: "The army that attacked the wedding banquet was not sent by the king."

Tian Yan was taken aback for a moment, and when she regained consciousness, Ying Ziyi was already in front of her eyes.The smiling face was only a few feet away, and Tian Yan's heart flustered uncontrollably.

Chapter Seventeen

Jiuyuan City.

The carriage slowly stopped beside the alley in the city.

The outer walls of the carriages are poorly decorated, just like ordinary passenger cars.However, the difference is that the groom in front of the chariot, although dressed in common clothes, has a strict demeanor and profound cultivation.

The coachman got off the shaft and put on the running board.Then he opened the door behind him, and said respectfully to the woman in plain clothes, "Girl, we're here."

"Thank you."

Tian Yan nodded, got out of the carriage, got out of the carriage along the steps of the carriage, and said to the driver beside him, "Thank you, brother, for sending me here!"

"Don't dare!"

The coachman bowed and bowed, jumped onto the shaft, and drove the carriage away.

Looking at the carriage going away, Tian Yan remembered that night in the barracks, and his thoughts were drawn to nowhere.

With a rosy glow on his face, Tian Yan shook his head, took a deep breath, smashed the shameful scene, and walked slowly into the alley.

Tian Yan wore a thick white fur-trimmed cloak, entered the alley, and waited quietly for a while.

Soon, several peasant disciples appeared in the alley, knelt beside Tian Yan, and said, "I will see the hall master."

"Get up!"

Among these farm disciples, the leader is Mei Sanniang.She was worried about Tian Yan's safety, and she had been waiting at the contact point of Lieshan Hall for the past few days.It just so happened that today I was waiting for Tian Yan.

"Master, where have you been these days?"

Mei Sanniang asked.She activated all the secret lines of Lie Shantang in Jiuyuan, but she couldn't find Tian Yan's whereabouts.Not only that, but even the identity of the original owner of the carriage was unknown.

When asked about this, Tian Yan thought of the absurdity of the past few days again in his mind. Fenxia rushed to his face and said, "Now is not the time to talk about these things. Follow me to the Jiuyuan sub-helm, I have something I need you to do."

"Yes, Hall Master!"

Mei Sanniang is a rough person, without the delicacy that a woman should have, but Tian Yan's maid, Xiaolan, is different.When she saw Tian Yan who came back, she noticed the subtle changes in Tian Yan at a glance.

Xiaolan was surprised in her heart, but her face didn't change much.

Tian Yan chatted with him for a while, waiting for the arrival of Lie Shantang and the others.

"Master!"

In the huge main room, a dozen or so farm elders walked in sparsely. When they saw Tian Yan, they bowed and said, "See the hall master!"

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