Chapter 215 No more miracles
When Li Yang went on the expedition this time, he first went to Shangjun, met with Wang Li's troops, took over the military power of the 300,000 border troops in the Great Wall, and then continued to go north to the Xiongnu.
Xianyang reaches Shangjun, and the normal march is available for a few days.
So, in the next few days, Li Yang was busy marching and rushing, and he became lifeless along the way.
On the contrary, after Li Yang went to war, some ministers and ministers were in a mess!
It is not because of anything else, just because before the expedition, the emperor said that unifying the Huns and winning the triumph, and he was granted the title of monarch.
This is an uproar for many people.
If Li Yang really enfeoffed the king, then he would be the first person to enfeoff since the Qin Dynasty abolished the feudal system and changed the county system. This kind of favor and such noble status are no match for.
It is precisely because of this that some old clans who opposed the new policy were almost so angry that they vomited blood.
Originally, everyone recommended him to serve as a mission to the Huns in order to keep him away from the court, which led to the failure of the new policy. But who would have thought that Li Yang would ignore the success or failure of the new policy in this way, not only accepted the mission to serve as a mission to the Huns, but he also took the initiative to take over the major event of unifying the Huns.
Now, this guy not only has the power of military power, but also has the possibility of being a throne.
This is really something Feng Quji's party never expected in his dreams. It was a big departure from their original intention!
To be honest, they all regretted that Lian Ming recommended Li Yang to go on a mission to the Huns that day. This was not a cheating place. It was clearly like giving Li Yang a great contribution.
You know, Meng Tian has always been in charge of using troops to the Huns.
Although Li Yang, as the president of the State Council, is really responsible for the reform of the new policy.
Moreover, according to Li Yang's previous thoughts, he really planned to let Meng Tian go to the Huns. As a result...
Now, I was recommended by others, but I gave him the great opportunity to make contributions to the Huns. What's even more terrible is that I seemed to offend Meng Tian by the way.
The more I think about it, the more I feel the more I feel it is not worth it.
Just that night, Bai Zheng and the old clans ran to Feng Quji's mansion again and exuded their worries.
"Feng Xiang, we are really losing money. If we had known that Li Yang was so indifferent to the success or failure of the new policy, we shouldn't have recommended him to serve as a mission to the Huns. Now, he has really left the court, but... he will be entrusted with the lord soon! Alas, we have been busy for most of the day, but in the end we are busy making merits and gaining titles for him!" Bai Zheng was taken to the conference hall by Feng Jie. After seeing Feng Quji, he was so angry that he sighed.
No, to be more precise, it should be so anger that my liver hurts.
Another person also said: "Yes, this Li Yang really doesn't understand why he just let go. He dared to stay in the north for a winter to preside over the overall situation. This time... we are really wrong!"
Others nodded without worrying and said, "The emperor's favor for him is so jealous that he hates him! He is willing to enfeoff the king. This... If he really returns in triumph this time, once he is a captive king, it will be even more difficult to deal with him."
Speaking of this, everyone seemed to have eaten a fly, and looked like they were crying without tears.
To be honest, Feng Quji also regretted it. This time he did make a mistake.
This Li Yang, who knows what he thought, could even ignore the success or failure of the new policy.
Feng Quji was also very upset when he thought of this guy not playing according to common sense.
This is just not playing according to the routine, it’s so deceptive!
Looking up at everyone, they found that they were dead father-in-law expressions. Feng Quji sighed and said, "Although this time he made a mistake, it is unlikely... if he wants to enthrone the king."
"oh?"
When everyone heard this, they became interested and asked quickly: "Tell me quickly, why is it difficult for him to enthrone the king?"
Feng Quji chuckled and said, "If Li Yang wants to really enthrone the king, he must unify the Huns first. If he only won a few battles, this king would not be able to enthrone it, otherwise... Meng Tian and the others should also enthrone the king, so this is unreasonable, and it is really unfair!"
Everyone nodded. Indeed, if only a few victories were won, the emperor would not be able to be granted a title. After all, Meng Tian drove the Huns from Hetao to the north of Yinshan. If he wanted to be granted a title, Meng Tian would be the first to be dissatisfied.
only……
Thinking of this, everyone said, "But...what if he really unifies the Huns?"
"Unified the Huns? Haha, it's not easy to talk about. Do you think it's as easy as a game of chess?"
Feng Quji sneered: "Thinking back then, most of the main forces of the Huns were in the Yinshan area and the Helan Mountain area, and the power to go south to Henan was relatively weak. Moreover, the Qin State made many years of war preparations, and Meng Tian led a large army of 300,000. It took him a full year to capture the Henan area." ps: (Here, Henan area refers to the current south of the Uga River in Inner Mongolia and the Yikezhao League, which is not later Henan Province.)
"You know, my Great Qin suddenly made efforts at that time. The Huns were not prepared, and most of the Huns in Henan were scattered tribes, so they were defeated one after another. Meng Tian took the Henan territory. Then, it took Meng Tian another year to drive the Huns to the north of Yinshan Mountain. In this way, it took two years to completely take Henan territory back to the Great Qin."
Speaking of this, Feng Quji looked up at everyone and said, "It took Meng Tian two years to drive the Huns out of Henan. Let me ask, Li Yang plans to use one winter time to unify the Huns?"
At this moment, everyone was stunned.
Yes, Meng Tian only drove the Huns out of Henan for two years, and how could Li Yang, in one winter, unify the Huns?
You should know that everyone who can get on horseback is a war-free soldier. In one winter, it is difficult to achieve a plan to unify the Huns, not to mention the possibility of unifying the Huns, or even sweeping the Huns' livestock.
After all, if you send a large army to sweep away other people's livestock, they will definitely organize the main force to resist you.
It would be nice to be able to fight a big battle with the Huns in one winter.
To try to sweep the entire Hun grassland, and to make it impossible for the Huns to survive the cold winter, it is simply whimsical.
"So, Li Yang has almost no chance of winning this Northern Expedition?"
Thinking of this, everyone was overjoyed.
Feng Quji said thoughtfully: "It is impossible to unify the Huns, but it is not difficult to lead our 300,000 troops into the grasslands to win a few battles, so this military achievement is indispensable."
When everyone heard this, they nodded.
Bai Zheng said: "So, Li Yang should have seen this point correctly. As long as he goes, he will definitely be able to make military achievements. In this way, his position in the army will be greatly improved. It can be said that there are only benefits and no harm."
"That's probably true."
Feng Quji nodded and then smiled and said, "Do you remember when you went out to war, the emperor said to Li Yang that he would be the king when he unified the Huns, but Li Yang was not excited at all. Why? If the original image was not wrong, Li Yang actually knew in his heart that it would be impossible to unify the Huns in one winter, so he would be as calm as water and without any turmoil when he heard the emperor's promise."
Everyone nodded with great enlightenment and praised: "Feng Xiang should understand the matter thoroughly."
Feng Quji smiled and said, "It is so difficult for my ministers to enthrone the king. If the Huns are so easy to unify, then this enthronement of the 'jun' will be too easy."
At this time, one of them said with a little concern: "But, this Li Yang cannot be viewed by common sense. Half a year ago, he only took five hundred soldiers for three days to capture Pei County and retreat to the two cities of Xiang. It would be a miracle. This time, if he creates another miracle, wouldn't it..."
"You're thinking too much!"
Feng Quji chuckled and said, "In the quelling of the rebellion half a year ago, Li Yang's resourcefulness did create a miracle. Within three days, he conquered two cities. However, the battle between the Huns was comparable to the rioters? Such a miracle would never happen again."
Speaking of this, Feng Quji said with a certain expression: "If you want to unify the Huns, there is no possibility of unifying the Huns for more than five years! Not to mention unifying the Huns, even if Tu Sui led more than 500,000 troops to five routes to move south, it took him five years to unify."
Everyone nodded again, feeling that Feng Quji's words were very reasonable.
Baiyue, at least they have cities and villages. If they want to fight Baiyue, they can still attack each city and village.
However, the Huns were nomadic peoples and were extremely mobile. They often attacked when they had opportunities and had no chance of winning, and escaped, leaving you with no choice.
If you want to fight the Huns, you have to use a large number of troops to surround them and retreat first to force their troops to fight to the decisive battle. Otherwise, even a strong battle would be difficult to achieve.
It is precisely because of this that Meng Tian only drove the Huns out of the north of Yinshan Mountain back then, and was unable to annihilate the Huns' army like Baiyue.
At the same time, this is why Qin Shihuang would rather spend five years to send Tu Sui to lead more than 500,000 troops to five routes to unify the Hundred Yues. Meng Tian, who was expeditioning the Huns in the north, only recovered Hetao, ended the war and instead used the whole country's strength to build the Great Wall to resist the Huns. This is the reason.
To sum up, it’s just a sentence: The Huns can be driven away but cannot be destroyed!
Li Yang wanted to unify the Huns in one winter, just dreaming. Even if he was a god, it would be impossible.
Seeing that everyone had let go of these unnecessary worries in their hearts, Feng Quji said: "As long as we can make the new policy fail, even if Li Yang won several victories in the Huns, what does it matter? After all, the new policy is the arena for us to fight him!"
Everyone nodded, and there was no more worry in their hearts.
On the contrary, they can already vaguely think of the future ending.
Li Yang fought with the Huns and made some military achievements.
However, when we returned to the court, the new policy was in name only. At this time, spring was about to begin, and the new policy could no longer be done. In the end, the land reform of the new policy failed. The old clans, gentry and new nobles rose up to attack. For the sake of the Qin Dynasty, Your Majesty would inevitably punish Li Yang!
Li Yang fell, and the government was in charge of Feng's hands again, and the overall situation was decided!
Chapter completed!