Ning Fan's understanding of the Great Wall in his previous life was quite superficial, and he had never even visited it in person. Now when he heard Uncle Zheng's words, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
The Great Wall we often call was actually not built by the First Emperor alone. The origin of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. By the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period), vassal states of different sizes had built Great Walls of different lengths for military purposes.
In the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor unified the world and began large-scale construction. Since then, all dynasties have repaired it.
"Uncle Zheng, I have a question that I'm very confused about."
"The Great Wall will stretch for thousands of miles in future generations. How many troops and horses will be needed to guard it? And after the border defense line is lengthened, who knows where the Hunu will enter the border?"
Hearing Ning Fan's question, Ying Zheng sneered: "Boss Ning, you don't think that building the Great Wall can keep all barbarians out, do you?"
"Well……"
Ning Fan thought for a while and felt that it was impossible, and Ying Zheng also took advantage of the situation and said: "The Great Wall is just a line of defense. You can use it to station troops, garrison, and even conduct trade, but it is not as invincible as many people think!"
"His real role is to delay the barbarians' time after occasionally breaking through one or two key points, or to set up ambushes, encirclement and suppression, or even use the Great Wall to garrison troops and attack from both front and back."
"The greatest function of the Great Wall is to resist the barbarian cavalry. As long as the barbarians do not destroy the entire Great Wall, then if they want to break through, they will have to abandon their horses or break through the key points."
"Even if the gateway is broken, they don't dare to break in!"
There was a hint of depth in Ying Zheng's eyes as he spoke: "The most important thing is that even though the barbarian cavalry can enter, their logistics still have to pass through the Great Wall!"
"Therefore, when they cross the Great Wall, they can only harass but cannot go deep!"
"Of course, this is without the Great Wall falling completely."
After Ying Zheng's explanation, Ning Fan also had a look of realization on his face. Although his command value was constantly improving, it had even reached the level of peerless.
But his command attribute is artificially high. In system terms, there is no order in the formation of troops, and his ability to reach the peerless world depends entirely on plug-ins!
From a strategic point of view, Ning Fan was not used to thinking about big-picture and deep-level things. Emperor Yu never taught him in this regard. Although Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia were extremely intelligent, they could not understand the rulers' intentions. Thought.
Now, with Ying Zheng as his personal advisor, Ning Fan is confident.
"Uncle Zheng, now I, Dayu's cavalry, are about to attack. Is it necessary to build the Great Wall at this time?"
"nonsense!"
“If you don’t build it when you can conquer it, why don’t you wait until others invade it and then build it?”
"Well!"
Ning Fan was gagged again and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Zheng, it doesn't hurt that you stand and talk all the time. Da Qin can collect corvees, but I, Da Yu, have to pay wages?"
"When you kid captured the barbarians and built the capital, why didn't I see you giving me wages?"
After waking up the dreamer, Ning Fan showed a smirk on his face and slightly raised his hands to Ying Zheng: "Thank you, teacher!"
"..."
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"Wen You, Wen He, the Great Wall must be built!"
"My lord, building the Great Wall is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the loss of money and food is astronomical. I, the Great Yu, may not be able to support it!"
"What are you afraid of!"
Ning Fan showed a sharp look on his face: "When you are short of food and drink, you go to the Hunu to rob you. If you are short of money and food, you go to the Hunu to get it. When you are short of people, it is even easier. There are thousands of barbarians in the Mobei Grassland and the Northland. "
"Well……"
Li Ru and Jia Xu looked at each other with a wry smile on their faces. What kind of banditry is this?
Moreover, His Highness seems to have become more and more proficient in this 'bandit' behavior. From arresting people at the beginning, to now directly 'taking and plundering'.
"Submit Huo Qubing, the barbarian army in Guxue City, and capture as many prisoners as possible. These are all selfless builders of my Dayu!"
"promise!"
After taking over the task of building the Great Wall, Ning Fan's face also showed a touch of excitement, Afang Palace!
When I memorized "Ode to Afang Palace" in my previous life, I heard its text: "It covered more than three hundred miles."
"Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to the pavilion"
"There will be more pillars supporting the building than there are farmers in the southern acres."
"There are more rafters building beams than there are working girls on board."
"The phosphorus on the head of a nail is more than the grains of millet in Yu"
"The seams of the tiles are uneven, more than the strands of silk all over the body."
I didn’t have a deep understanding of it in class, but when I entered the society and struggled to make ends meet, when I read these articles, it was like an enlightenment.
How fucking awesome!
Therefore, the significance of Afang Palace is by no means a simple palace. It is definitely richer than Dayu's treasury, and it contains the savings of the six countries, books, gold, silver, jewelry, etc.!
Therefore, Ning Fan was very greedy.
"System, check my merit and luck values!"
"Searching. Please wait!"
A curtain of light appeared behind Ning Fan's mind, with clearly visible golden words shining brightly!
"Merit value: 790090 points."
"Luck value: 210400 points"
After seeing his savings, Ning Fan almost grinned.
Merit points can be used to summon civil and military forces, while luck points can improve fertile fields, exchange for population, and even avoid disasters.
Merit points are obtained by killing enemies on the battlefield, while luck points can be obtained in many ways, including promulgating policies that benefit the country and the people, winning foreign military wars, population growth, and even directly exchanging merit points!
"Seven hundred and ninety thousand merit points can summon fifteen peerless heroes and seven peak talents."
"System, give me all your luck points to exchange for population!"
"Master, please choose a delivery location."
"Northern Territory."
"Male to female ratio."
"One to one!"
"Delivering..."
As a curtain of light flashed, Ning Fan could see that in the major cities in the north, there were more spots of light, coming out of various hidden corners, either in groups of three or five, or with families in tow.
"Niubi, Brother Tongzi!"
"The system summons peerless talents with 50,000 merit points, and summons peak generals with 100,000 merit points. What about summoning legends?"
"Master, the legendary general needs one million merit points!"
"Literature is a saint, martial arts is a legend!"
"After the system is upgraded, the master can summon outstanding people from the pre-Qin period to join the world."
After hearing the system's words, Ning Fan's face also showed a touch of excitement. He finally unlocked the pre-Qin section. So, will the talents of hundreds of schools of thought enter the world in a blowout?
"Let me think about it first. Summoning is an art!"
"Now I have no shortage of generals under my command. There is no need to summon them for the time being. As for civil servants, the only counselors I have with me are Li Ru and Jia Xu. Both of them are focused on strategy."
"But we lack an all-round military talent."
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