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April 28th.

A team of powerful soldiers wearing black armor and black flags came from the north.

"Urgent military order, the blocker dies~~" The soldier rushed into Xianyang City with tokens, and then rushed straight to Xianyang Palace and the palace to the main hall.

"Report, Your Majesty, Hebei is a great victory. General Jiang Hu led two thousand horsemen to attack the Xiongnu royal court, beheaded Man Shanyu, captured the Yan clan and his two sons, captured Ding Ling, more than ten new plow envoys, more than 30 Xiongnu nobles, and countless killings. Now he has returned to Jiuyuan County..."

All the civil and military officials who were attending court were shocked by the good news, and Qin Shihuang was excitedly slapped the table after hearing this.

"Hahaha, okay, General Jiang Hu is worthy of being a powerful general of our Qin Dynasty. He killed Touman and destroyed his royal court. This is a peerless achievement and an unprecedented victory in our Central Plains. Li Xiang drafted an order to pass on my order to convey General Meng Tian, ​​and ordered Li Xin and General Jiang Hu to quickly escort the captives back to Xianyang. I want to see Touman Shanyu's head with my own eyes!"

"I obey the order!" Li Si stood up and bowed, but his eyes fell on the empty chair in front of him. His expression was indescribable emptiness and loneliness. It seemed that Qinghehou, the shit-maker, had not been in court for a long time.

"Send this victory report to the newspaper hall and quickly publish it in the latest issue of the Daqin Metropolis Daily. I want people all over the world to see how the Huns who had been plagued by our Central Plains for hundreds of years were shattered by our Daqin cavalry!" Qin Shihuang handed the victory report he had read in his hand to a essay next to him.

"Your Majesty, the news of this great victory has been written with military reporter Li Shun. I will bring it back from the military camp together. Please take a look!" The postman took out a stack of hemp pulp and paper from the bamboo tube he carried with him.

"Who is Li Shun, a reporter from Suijun? What position is he? Why have I never heard of it?" Qin Shihuang was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, I have heard of it!" Wei Liao, the commander of the Ministry of War, stood up and said.

"I'll ask you to help me solve my doubts!" ​​Qin Shihuang asked when he arranged for the messenger to go down to get the battle report from the postman.

"In the beginning of February, tens of thousands of sets of pawns were built. His Majesty ordered the transport of equipment to the Northwest Military Camp. At that time, the Marquis of Qinghe arranged for someone to send me a young man named Li Shun. He said that he was a reporter from the newspaper office and would specifically follow the pawns attacking Henan. He also wanted to record the process of the war and publish it in the newspaper. Because the Daqin Metropolitan Daily did not appear at that time, I did not take it seriously. After sending this person to the military camp, I told General Meng Tian to take good care of him..."

"So that's it. It seems that the Hou Qinghe thought carefully and had made arrangements. I wonder what the difference was between the war report written by the military reporter and General Meng Tian's military newspaper?" Qin Shihuang took the war report handed over by the messenger while speaking, but he was immediately attracted to it.

In the past, military newspapers were very simple, mainly because of the problem of writing carriers. Because of the difficulty in making and the output was seriously insufficient, the people did not wear enough clothes. In order to save fabrics and avoid wasting, the law stipulated that all government orders could only be made of bamboo and wood bamboo slips, and then tied and covered with the writer's mud seal. In order to avoid being too heavy, it is very simple to write whether it is a military newspaper or a public communication document.

For example, military newspapers usually only state simple information such as time, location, how many deaths and injuries are, and as for the details, they can only be learned more after the clerks and chief officials who followed the army come back.

Even though there is hemp pulp and paper at present, the habit of writing military newspapers has not changed much, especially the military camps are all rough men, and they are not used to writing and writing. If they win the battle, they can just write it clearly according to the past examples. They care about victory and military merits, and they don’t care about any passionate details of incitement. Therefore, the battle report by Qin Shihuang, a reporter from the military, and the military newspaper of Meng Tian, ​​that Qin Shihuang saw was almost completely different from that of Meng Tian.

The military newspaper just now was very simple: in mid-April, Jiang Hu's troops attacked Hebei, traveling thousands of miles, and queezing the Xiongnu royal court, beheading Tou Man, capturing his wife, capturing, etc. The content was extremely simple, and there was not a single piece of hemp pulp and paper, and even the name of Tou Man's son was not written.

The good news naturally made Qin Shihuang happy, but he felt itchy and uncomfortable, because what he wanted to know was how Jiang Hu could achieve such a great victory.

But when he took Li Shun's press release from the messenger, the itchy feeling in his heart was suddenly scratched by a pair of gentle little hands, as if it was scratching the soul, and it was easy to feel comfortable inside his bones, leaning on the dragon throne and watching it was overjoyed.

"On the night of March 20, the stars and moon were dark, and the night was dark. General Jiang Hu led 2,500 powerful soldiers to cross the river at night. In order to cover the sound, the general ordered the horse to wrap his hooves and hide in the reeds, and follow the Yin Mountains to the south into the valley. At dawn, he met the Xiongnu tribe. More than 2,000 iron cavalry swept by like a tide, killing more than 300 Xiongnu's mouths. Men, women, young and old, all of them were given heads and abandoned in the wild, and none of the soldiers were injured. At the hour of You, he met the Xiongnu again, beheaded more than 100 cattle and horses, and the soldiers slaughtered cattle and sheep for food..."

"On March 25, the army detoured more than 700 miles and then left Yinshan Mountain. There were flat and vast grasslands in front of us. It was endless and it was trembling. Twenty miles outside the mountain pass, I met a group of Xiongnu, with a population of more than 10,000 and a few thousand soldiers, but I didn't know that my Iron Cavalry of the Qin Dynasty suddenly arrived. A fight was like a wind swept away the clouds. I slaughtered the leader of the Xiongnu, and beheaded more than 7,000 women and children, and seized a thousand horses..."

"On March 26, I met the Xiongnu tribe again, with a population of 3,000. The army swept by without leaving any one, and I took over six hundred horses..."

"On March 27, the Xiongnu clan Yizhihun was attacked at night, and more than 8,000 mouths were killed and more than 8,000 soldiers were captured. Seventy soldiers were injured and killed and more than a hundred bows, crossbows and horses were damaged. The commander Chen Tong said that the soldiers were tired and the wars were probably exhausted. The general gathered to discuss matters, saying that it was not easy to fight for a long time. Some people retreated, some people advanced, and all the noises were undecided. Remembering the words of the Qinghe Hou, the Xiongnu strife in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, disturbed my borders, slaughtered my people, and robbed my women, and let me get into the trap.

It turns out that countless compatriots' families have destroyed people. This is an irreconcilable hatred. Only by completely crushing the Huns can we make our borders peaceful and stable. Therefore, someone said: A real man should return with a horse and a corpse on the battlefield, why not be afraid of retreating? Two thousand sons of my sons have achieved unparalleled achievements. This is the time! The general and all the commanders all strode their hands and say good! After the plan was made, they would make plans, and they would surround them when they encountered the strong, and they would attack them when they encountered the weak. The soldiers should quickly attack and go deep into the north to find the traces of the Xiongnu royal court..."

“March 28th…”

“April 1…”

“April 3…”

"On April 5, the army had penetrated the north for more than 2,000 miles, wiped out more than ten Xiongnu tribes, beheaded countless soldiers, and suffered more than 100 casualties. On that day, the Hun royal family Nadumo captured Nadumo, and said that the royal court was eight hundred miles west, but when they entered the north, all the soldiers were exhausted and almost exhausted. The general discussed with the commanders for a long time and decided to go around the desert and attack from the north..."

“April 7th…”

“April 8…”

"On April 13, under the guidance, the army traveled for more than a thousand miles in the desert. Finally, it bypassed dozens of Xiongnu tribes and broke into less than a hundred miles away from the royal court. The general ordered the soldiers to hide in the barren mountains, drink water and eat well. At night, the bright moon was in the sky, two thousand iron cavalry set out, wrapped their hooves and stalked into the royal court, and the soldiers divided into five groups to attack the royal court tribe at night. The Xiongnu fled in all directions. They were caught off guard and fled in all directions. They dared not fight in the night. The sons were like tigers coming out of the forest, and the dragons entered the abyss. The lights lit up the Xiongnu camps. The Huns all had fires in the hundreds of miles of the Xiongnu royal court. In the melee, Touman was killed by the Duwei Jiang Bu. A fight was till dawn, and the dead bodies were in full bloom, but they were afraid that the Huns would come, so the general ordered the Xiongnu people who were dressed in a beautiful dress and retreated..."

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"On April 23, the general led two thousand Erlang to walk around Hebei for more than two thousand miles and break into the Donghu, breaking away from the encirclement and blocking of the Hun army, crossing Yinshan and entering Jiuyuan County. It took more than two thousand five hundred when he left, and 2,018 people returned..."

The battle reports recorded by Li Shun were extremely detailed, and they were written clearly almost every day according to time. Every battle was also recorded. This detailed battle report completely attracted Qin Shihuang, as if he had transformed into a Qin army soldier and went deep into the Hebei grasslands. He chased and fought to slaughter the Huns that had plagued the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Therefore, while looking at it, Qin Shihuang's face was sometimes surprised, sometimes serious, sometimes smiling, sometimes glaring, and his mood was completely intoxicated by the unprecedented battle with the Huns.

All the civil and military officials in the court were waiting quietly.

The court changed drastically a few days ago, and the entire Xianyang is still in panic. Every day, middle and low-level officials are arrested by the Ministry of Justice and the Supervision Province. The sequelae of Zhao Gao's rebellion continue to ferment. In addition, Princess Qingning passed away, Qin Shihuang has had a very irritable temper these days and has punished several second-rank ministers in the court. Although he only verbally scolded or paid a salary, this terrifying aura almost made everyone breathless.

Therefore, the civil and military officials in the court have been very restrained these days. Everyone in the court was embarrassed and dared not speak nonsense. Even the memorials were afraid of writing too extreme words, for fear of angering the emperor and losing his face.

The emperor was fascinated by the viewing, and no ministers dared to disturb him, so they could only wait obediently. It took nearly half an hour to wait, and Qin Shihuang finally finished reading the thick stack of diary-like battle reports.

"Okay~" Qin Shihuang was in a great mood, with an extremely comfortable and happy smile on his face. After packing up the battle report in his hand, he said: "The military reporter arranged by the Hou Qinghe was indeed extraordinary. He quickly sent the battle report to the newspaper office to type and school print!"
Chapter completed!