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At the junction of Longxi County and Beidi County, a city with rammed earth and wood and stone structures has taken rough shape. Tens of thousands of Huns and prisoners are stepping up construction day and night. At the foot of the Longshan section Great Wall, thirty miles west of the city, a huge military camp has also been formed.

This is the southern army camp newly mobilized by the Qin Dynasty to attack the Yuezhi. There are 10,000 new elite horses and pawns stationed, and 3,000 ordinary soldiers who assisted in defending the camp, all of which are pawns.

General Meng Tian’s general’s tent is also included.

In order to conquer Yuezhi, the emperor removed nearly 300,000 troops, but the remaining elite barracks were even more fierce, and divided into two military camps, and the officer configuration was very high. The southern camp was led by Hou Jianghu of Yinshan, and the northern camp was in Shuofang County outside Hetao, which conquered the previous year, and the general was Didao Hou Li Xin.

The two wars to destroy the Huns made Jiang Hu and Li Xin the most fierce and most respected generals in the Great Qin Empire today. Even the momentum of the King of Wuhou Wang Ben was suppressed. In addition, the King of Jingwu Meng Tian can see how luxurious the attack camp sent by the Emperor of Qin was, and the intention was self-evident. The emperor could not wait to capture the Western Regions and incorporate it into the imperial territory.

Yesterday afternoon, the imperial guards came to the camp with their waist cards and reported that the delegation on the Yuezhi mission was attacked by Qiang people two hundred miles away from the border of Daqin. Meng Tian sent Ying Bu to lead the two schools of horsemen to respond urgently, and this trip took a whole day and night.

Meng Tian summoned Jiang Hu and a group of generals from the camp to urgently deploy the preparation of troops and horses.

When the next night passed, the sentry guarding the beacon tower on the Great Wall came to report that a large number of torches were coming to the military camp in the distance. Meng Tian, ​​Jiang Hu and others breathed a sigh of relief.

After Ying Bu escorted the delegation and the guards escorted the Yuezhi King through the Great Wall Pass and entered the military camp, the situation he saw also surprised Meng Tian and others.

In addition to the heavy casualties of Yuezhi guards, the imperial guards and missions escorted were almost unscathed, and the casualties were almost negligible.

After some busy schedule, the medical staff in the military camp re-debroken and bandage the injured, including Yuezhi guards, and the seriously injured were properly placed and recuperated. Then Meng Tian summoned Li Shun and the imperial guards in the big tent to inquire about the attack in detail.

"General, the last general thought that this was the King of Yuezhi's plan to kill people with a knife, intending to provoke a battle between us and the Qiang people to reduce our pressure on Yuezhi!" Ying Bu still insisted on his point of view.

"General Ying's guess is reasonable. Perhaps it was the Yuezhi people who disguised themselves as attacking the mission and then blamed the Qiang people. However, Your Majesty did not have the idea of ​​launching a war against the Qiang people, so this matter still needs to be discussed for a long time. However, Lord Li's guess is somewhat reasonable. Since King Yuezhi arranged to protect the mission along the way, and prepared a large number of gifts to send to Xianyang, there is no reason for him to do this..." Meng Tian thought slowly, then turned to look at Li Shun, "Mr. Li was on his mission to Yuezhi, what news has ever been found in the royal court?"

Li Shun did not hide it, and he carefully explained everything he had passed and met with the Yuezhi people and what he saw and heard in the royal court.

"General, according to Shun's observation, the Yuezhi inside is like the Qinghe Hou guessing that it is not a solid piece of iron, but many tribes have their own worries. The Yuezhi King is already old and does not seem to want to fight with our Great Qin. The Dongping King is also a gentle person, but it is hard to say about the leaders of some tribes below. Judging from the sudden escape of Maodun, there must be someone in the Yuezhi inside who does not want to see the Yuezhi King compromise and give in to our Great Qin. According to the speculation of this envoy, this attack on the camp should not be the arrangement of the Yuezhi King!" Li Shun finally insisted on his own idea.

"General, I think Lord Li's words are reasonable. Another great possibility is that the leader of the Yuezhi tribe has long been dissatisfied with the elderly Yuezhi King and wanted to replace him. He took this opportunity to provoke a battle between the Qin and the Qiang people, and then took the opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne!" Jiang Hu said after hearing this for a moment.

"General, do you want to interrogate the guards of the Yuezhi King?" a captain stood up and bowed.

"No interrogation is needed." Meng Tian shook his head.

"What the general said is that if it was really a bitter plan arranged by the King of Yuezhi, these guards would be the ones who were ready to abandon them, and they would definitely be kept in the dark, so they would not be able to ask for any information!" Ying Bu nodded.

"General, Shun's mission to Yuezhi was considered a failure. Maodun did not ask for it, so it was not convenient to stay in the military camp. He still had to return to Xianyang as soon as possible to report the mission to the emperor!" Li Shun stood up and bowed and said.

"Mr. Li doesn't need to rush back to Xianyang. Now Your Majesty has set out to tour the southeast, at least three months, and at most half a year. There are only Feng Xiang and the princes in the court to assist in the administration. Even if you go back, you won't see Your Majesty. Feng Xiang will not immediately answer the matter of Yue Zhi. You can stay in the camp for a few days for the time being. There are still some things that need to be learned in detail about the Yue Zhi, especially the distribution of the Yue Zhi tribe and the mountains and rivers along the way. These are important information for future attacks on Yue Zhi!" Meng Tian said with a smile.

"Yes, Shun follows the arrangements of the general!" Li Shun had no choice but to nod and sit down again.

"General, how should those guards and gifts of the Yuezhi King be dealt with?" Ji Chuan, the Imperial Army Captain, stood up and bowed.

This question made Meng Tian frown slightly, and the others in the tent were silent. After a while, Meng Tian spoke: "We can only guess one possibility now, that is, as Lord Li said, he did not want to be an enemy of our Great Qin, then this matter must be secretly done by the leaders of other tribes. If the King of Yue Zhi is in the dark, it may happen to a huge change within the Yue Zhi. If the hardliners who are hostile to our Great Qin have the upper hand, our Great Qin will definitely have a big battle with the Yue Zhi. Although we are not worried about the victory or defeat, the military strategy is called the superior military strategy. The Western Regions are not familiar with the terrain, and the right time and place are not the superior. We must not start a war. Besides, your Majesty has promised to plan for the Yue Zhi for a year, so we don't have to worry!"

"What the general means..." Jiang Hu looked at Meng Tian in confusion.

"I mean to arrange some guards of the Yuezhi King to return to the Yuezhi King's Court as soon as possible and bring back the news of the attack on the mission. Thousands of people were used to attack the mission camp late at night, and the location was on the border of the Great Qin, and the time and place were selected just right. Most of the Yuezhi tribes were far away from the border of our Great Qin. If we wanted to gather so many people, we must have started preparing after the mission arrived at the Yuezhi King's Court. If the Yuezhi King was not confused, he would definitely smell some clues when he escaped from Maodun. In addition, the mission was attacked, then he would inevitably be nervous. My Great Qin mission was attacked on his Yuezhi territory. Whether it was the Qiang people or the Yuezhi insider, he must clear the relationship before our Great Qin asked him, so that he would inevitably send troops to suppress these tribes with ill intentions..."

"Hehe, if Yuezhi's own civil strife is in turmoil, wouldn't we be able to reap profits?" Many generals in the tent showed joy on their faces at the same time.

For all generals, fighting is naturally an opportunity to gain military merit, but there are many ways to do so. Taking advantage of the enemy's civil strife, the chances will be much better and the casualties will be smaller.

"General, since the Yuezhi civil strife, there is still a plan for the last general!" Ying Bu stood up.

"Haha, General Ying, please speak!" Meng Tian nodded with a smile.

"According to what Lord Li said just now, Yuezhi was originally planning to attack the Qiang people, but because there were tribes within the Yuezhi that were not ruled by the Yuezhi King, why don't we tell the Yuezhi King to pretend to send troops to attack the Qiang people to avenge the mission, and ask him to summon tribes to attack the Qiang people, and then use the excuse to help him eliminate internal troubles. When the two factions within the Yuezhi attacked each other, our Qin suddenly attacked the Yuezhi King's Court..."

"Yes, General, if the attacker was not arranged by the King of Yuezhi, he would inevitably be anxious to express his innocence to suppress the tribes that were dissatisfied. As long as the King of Yuezhi's army leaves the royal court, we will attack the royal court directly, and Yuezhi is at his fingertips!" Several lieutenants stood up with excitement on their faces.

"But didn't the emperor attack Yuezhi a year later?" Another general questioned.

"The military strategy is very fast, and the general is not allowed to be in the foreign king's order. The time is rare. As long as we plan a fight in the Yuezhi, we will wait for an opportunity to act. As long as we break through the Yuezhi royal court, Your Majesty will definitely not blame him. What's more, we can also send messengers to Xianyang to explain the details. Now that Your Majesty is traveling southeast, and when Feng Xiang sends the news to the emperor, we may have succeeded!" A general retorted.

"What do you think of this plan?" Meng Tian turned to look at Jiang Hu.

Jiang Hu pondered for a moment and clasped his fists and said, "I think General Ying's strategy is feasible!"

"Okay, since the Marquis of Yinshan also agreed, I thought this strategy was feasible and that the opportunity should not be missed, and the generals obeyed the order..." Meng Tian stood up with a majestic expression.

All the generals in the tent stood up.

"All the captains will return to the headquarters immediately to prepare, and the general will complete the planning and start the action!"

"God of General!"

After all the commanders surrendered, they quickly left the tent, leaving only Jiang Hu, Li Shun and Ji Chuan, the commander of the Imperial Army.

"Mr. Li, Master Ji, you will tell me what you saw and heard in detail again. At the same time, you will draw all the terrain and morphology of the places you passed along for reference. The Yinshan Hou will quickly interrogate the Yuezhi King's guards and ask them to draw the location of the Qiang people who attacked the Yuezhi tribe..."

"Here~"

Jiang Hu also held his fists and left the tent. Ji Chuan and Li Shun began to tell Meng Tian about the detailed journey again, and said that they would use paper and pen to draw the routes and mountains and terrain of the journey. It took half an hour to come out of Meng Tian's tent. One hour later, Meng Tian summoned Jiang Hu and Ying Bu and other chief generals to discuss in the tent. Until the afternoon, two teams of more than ten soldiers rushed out of the camp, one went to the Xidaying in Shuofang County, and the other went to Xianyang.

The next morning, a group of Yuezhi King guards who were not seriously injured also set off to return to the royal court to report the news. The remaining ones who were seriously injured followed Li Shun's mission to Xianyang after several days of recuperation in the military camp.

When things got to this point, they basically had nothing to do with Li Shun.
Chapter completed!