After returning from the steel mill, Ying Zheng, Meng Tian and other important ministers had a good time drinking and talking about border defense.
During this period, the things Fusu had done in Jiuyuan were mentioned inadvertently by Meng Tian. While Ying Zheng was greatly surprised, he also gradually recognized his eldest son in his heart.
Everyone has the right to choose the life they want. Although Fusu is destined to be extraordinary, with the appearance of Zhao Hao, Yingzheng's expectations for Fusu are not so high. Instead, he gets to know this man who was once considered ordinary again. He gave high hopes to his eldest son.
Perhaps it was because he wanted to cultivate a successor who looked like himself so much that he suppressed the original brilliance of his eldest son.
Now the eldest son is blooming again, and he suddenly realizes that there are no perfect and similar flowers in the world.
Just like there is only one First Emperor in the world, it is impossible for the next First Emperor to be born in the future.
Looking away from Fusu, Ying Zheng raised his glass and asked with interest:
"So, you and the others weren't originally prepared for a big fight?"
Just now Meng Tian reported to him the border war.
Starting from March this year, the Xiongnu's ambitions revived, and they united with the Qiang and Di to launch a massive attack on Qin. When Li Xin conspired with Weng Zhong, they led an army to ambush from Didao in Longxi and defeated the Qiang and Di.
When Touman Chanyu saw that the Huns had no hope of marching south, he fell ill from anger and was shot dead by Mao Dun, who had returned as hostage.
As well as Maodun's unreasonable move of sitting on the position of Chanyu and preparing to annex Donghu.
There was also the feat of Meng Tian repeatedly leading his army to fight bloody battles with the Xiongnu, forcing them to huddle near the Xiongnu River.
Ying Zheng laughed and was filled with satisfaction.
However, he saw Meng Tian with a stern look on his face, cupping his hands and saying, "Your Majesty, I have learned about your Majesty's eastward tour, and I planned to wait until your majesty's eastward tour is completed before making overall decisions;
The veteran thought that your majesty might slow down the Xiongnu war to attract the Xiongnu to attack the border in a large scale so that they could be destroyed in one battle.
Not wanting His Majesty to divert to Jiuyuan, the old minister had no choice but to contact Li Xin and ask Weng Zhong to contain the Da Yuezhi who were waiting for an opportunity to prevent them from going south to plunder while our Qin army was fighting with the Xiongnu;
Then Li Xin led the army to pursue the Qiang Di Feiqi, acting as a bait for the lone army to penetrate deeply. When the Xiongnu army ambushed Li Xin, the old minister went straight to the Xiongnu River and captured their lair;
Unexpectedly, Qiang Di Feiqi was afraid of Li Xin like a tiger and wolf, and did not dare to unite with the Huns to ambush him! "
Speaking of this, Meng Tian was a little bit dumbfounded, and then he sighed and said: "I have been on the battlefield for a long time, and I know that the victory or defeat of an army cannot be entrusted to one general. I don't want to be arrogant again."
"This is God's will. General Meng does not need to blame himself."
Ying Zheng laughed at the incident.
Li Si also laughed: "Qiang Di Feiqi was driven away by the Marquis of Longxi. The overall situation in Longxi has been decided, and Li Xin should be the first to take the lead!"
"Weng Zhong, who is beside the Marquis of Longxi, also contributed a lot. I heard that many Qiang Di Feiqi feared him like a god and fled in the wind!" Fusu wiped his mouth with a smile.
Hearing this, Meng Yi looked at Fusu and then at Meng Tian, and couldn't help but feel a little confused: "I've always heard that General Weng Zhong was brave, but I didn't expect him to be so brave. It's really a wonder in the world!"
"It's not surprising to say it's strange."
Meng Tian smiled and waved his hand: "Hu people believe in the witchcraft of gods. Seeing that Weng Zhongsheng is tall and mighty, unlike the Central Plains people, it is normal to fear him like a god."
"Hahaha, God has gifted our Great Qin with magnificent men. This is the true Great Wall of our Great Qin!"
When Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing and told Meng Yi;
"Meng Yi will fly to Xianyang tomorrow and send an order to Zhang Cang, the young master, to cast the collected soldiers from all over the world into twelve golden figures, with the image of General Weng Zhong, and the name of Weng Zhong engraved on them, to guard Xianyang forever!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
When all the ministers heard Ying Zheng's instructions, they immediately spoke in unison.
Ying Zheng smiled and nodded, and was about to raise a glass to drink together. At this moment, Li Yi, who had been standing silently behind Fusu, suddenly thought of something and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to do. I don't know. Say it right or wrong!"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng was stunned, turned around and said with a smile: "Although you have made mistakes, you have done a good job in protecting Fusu. I will not hold you accountable for your faults. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Li Yi bowed respectfully to Ying Zheng, then glanced at Fusu and said solemnly: "Back to your majesty, I saw that your majesty has such high regard for General Weng Zhong, and I don't want to hide it from your majesty. There is a man under the eldest son's command who looks exactly like General Weng Zhong!"
"oh?"
When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened.
The ministers also looked at Fusu with curious expressions.
However, Fusu was shocked and turned around to scold Li Yi: "Shut up!"
"what happened?"
Seeing Fusu suddenly scolding Li Yi, Ying Zheng's face suddenly darkened and he asked coldly: "Fusu, why are you rude?"
"Father, son, minister"
Fusu opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
Ying Zheng snorted coldly and raised his hand towards Li Yi; "You continue talking!"
"this"
Li Yi was scolded by Fu Su in front of his face and couldn't help but show hesitation on his face.
At this time, Ying Zheng's voice came again: "Li Yi, do you know the crime of his king?"
"Your Majesty, this is what happened."
Li Yi originally wanted to help Su out of kindness, but he didn't expect Fu Su's reaction to be so big. But the words had been spoken in public, and he couldn't tolerate him not saying them.
It turned out that Fusu was driven out of Xianyang by the First Emperor and had been depressed for a long time. During this period, he led more than ten cavalrymen, disguised as merchants, and went deep into Langjuxu Mountain to prepare to find out the strength of the Xiongnu royal court.
Later, he was almost discovered by Huns scouts and died on the grassland.
However, Fusu, who survived the catastrophe, still did not give up. He established relations with the Hu tribe and became Qin's spy deep in the grassland.
Originally, Fusu made an appointment with a Hu tribe leader to exchange refined salt and silk for Hu horses, and agreed to pay the money and deliver the goods three days later in the afternoon.
As a result, three days later in the afternoon, the leader of the Hu tribe broke the appointment.
Fusu was let go by the barbarians. Meng Tian felt that it was damaging to the prestige of the Qin Dynasty, so he sent someone to persuade him to go back.
Not only did he not go back, he also said firmly that the leader of the Hu tribe was not the one who broke the promise.
As a result, a group of people waited with him at the agreed place for more than a month. They had eaten up all the food and grass, and were about to starve to death on the grassland. Fusu was still paralyzed and unwilling to leave.
It wasn't until Fusu himself was dying of hunger, and his subordinates were so hungry that they were chewing tree roots and eating grass, that the leader of the Hu tribe who had agreed with Fusu arrived at the agreed place with his scarred tribesmen.
This greatly moved the leader of the Hu tribe, who had delayed the agreement due to internal mutiny, and immediately led his tribe to submit to the Qin Dynasty.
However, Fusu refused.
His reason is that the Hu tribes are now submitting to the Qin Dynasty. They do not really want to submit to the Qin Dynasty, but they want to take the opportunity to take refuge.
Da Qin's acceptance of them now is equivalent to taking advantage of others' danger, and there will definitely be many conflicts in the future.
Therefore, he decided to support the other side for free and lead the army to help the other side suppress the rebellion. After the other side had completely settled down and was willing to sincerely submit to Da Qin, he would accept them.
When the Hu tribe heard this, they all burst into tears of gratitude and kowtowed to Fusu.
After a few days of rest and recuperation, Fusu Yiyan helped the Hu tribe put down the rebellion, and helped the leader of the Hu tribe to regain control of the Hu tribe.
Later, the leader of the Hu tribe, with more than 10,000 tribesmen, and more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses, rumbled to the outside of Jiuyuan County and threatened to defect to the Qin Dynasty.
And this leader of the Hu tribe was also a rare fierce general. He led the tribal cavalry many times to help Qin attack and kill the Huns cavalry.
After listening to Li Yi's story, not only Ying Zheng was shocked, but also Li Si, Feng Quji and other important officials of the empire were shocked.
For a long time, the people of Qin have believed in an iron rule in their hearts: Those who are not of our race will have different hearts, and barbarians and jackals cannot be subdued without fighting.
From Li Yi's narration, they seemed to see a force different from military conquest, which was both novel and unsettling.
What is new is that faith, as a spirit, can convince people.
What is disturbing is that faith, as a spirit, can easily lead to pedantry.
Fusu was able to subdue a fierce general by relying on faith, but the world is so complicated. If the country is governed by faith, wouldn't there be a looming battle of faith?
Just like human nature is good and human nature is evil, there is no way to tell!
Ying Zheng seemed to be aware of this problem. After being shocked, Ying Zheng fell into deep thought. Then he looked deeply at Fusu and asked Li Yi: "Where is the leader of the Hu tribe?"
"Return to your majesty, camp in the west of the city!"
"Okay, go and call him here. If you don't say that I summoned him, just say that General Meng Tian came to discuss military affairs with him!"
"Here!"
Li Yi agreed and respectfully left the living room.
About half an hour later, a tall and powerful Hu general wearing Qin armor appeared in front of Ying Zheng and others.
I saw him using the unique Hu etiquette to salute Meng Tian, and then salute Fu Su. When his eyes fell on Ying Zheng, he was slightly stunned, and was about to salute again, but heard Ying Zheng smile calmly: "Why do you salute?"
"Dear nobleman, Adal sees that you have outstanding temperament and are somewhat similar to the eldest son. You are also sitting on the throne. I venture to infer that you should be the current His Majesty!"
"I didn't expect that a barbarian who has always been forthright can also understand people's words and emotions?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Adal returned to Qin, not because he was afraid of Qin's power, but because he truly believes in the righteousness of the eldest son!"
"Adar must not be rude!"
Fusu was startled when he heard Adal's neither humble nor arrogant words. He quickly shouted at him and confessed to Ying Zheng: "Father, please forgive me. Adal has just returned to the Qin Dynasty and does not understand the etiquette of the Qin Dynasty. Please forgive me, my father." For Adal’s meritorious service to Qin, forgive him for his guilt!”
"Ah!"
Ying Zheng snorted and said coldly: "Fusu, in your mind, do I think I am a person who cannot distinguish between right and wrong?"
"I don't dare!"
Fusu was startled and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.
Upon seeing this, Ying Zheng snorted coldly, then turned his gaze to Adal and said solemnly: "You just said that surrendering to my Great Qin is not because you are afraid of my Great Qin's power. Are you telling the truth?"
"this"
Facing Ying Zheng's sharp, arrow-like gaze, Adal subconsciously glanced at Fusu who was kneeling on the ground, with a hesitant look on his face. After a while, as if he didn't want to go against his own conscience, Adal still answered bravely; "Yes. sincere"
Bang!
Before Adal could finish his words, a sound like thunder suddenly reached his ears, along with a burning smell that filled the air.
"Father——!"
Fusu suddenly raised his head when he heard the noise.
Ying Zheng was seen holding a firecracker with billowing smoke, looking coldly at Adal in front of him.
"this"
Adar's pupils shrank suddenly, like a magnitude 9 earthquake.
He took off his helmet in a daze, only to see a ferocious hole suddenly appeared on it, and when he touched it lightly with his fingers, it felt hot.
What the hell is this?
Was he struck by lightning just now? !
My respected Changshengtian, what mistake did Adal make? Do you want to strike me with thunder?
The next moment when Adal was at a loss, Ying Zheng's voice came again:
"I ask you again, are you sincere in what you say? Are you really not afraid of the power of my Great Qin?"
"I"
Adal opened his mouth and was about to speak when he heard another thunder sound in his ears.
This time he really saw it clearly.
It wasn't some thunder from the sky at all, but the loud noise made by the pipe in Ying Zheng's hand.
Without any time to hesitate, he looked at the helmet in his hand, and another terrifying hole appeared. Adar's huge body suddenly knelt down and cried:
"Your Majesty, spare your life. Adal knows he was wrong. Adal didn't know that Da Qin had mastered the power of God. What he said just now offended His Majesty's divine power. Please forgive Adal's disrespect. Adal is willing to follow Da Qin to the death!"
He never expected that Da Qin would master this kind of power.
A kind of divine power that does not belong to the human world.
In the past, when he submitted to Great Qin, in addition to being convinced by Fu Su's faith, he also borrowed Great Qin's power to temporarily avoid the sharp edges of the grassland.
The previous rebellion was because Moton sent people to win over the Donghu tribe. His tribe was bribed by Moton, launched a rebellion, and almost killed him.
He knew that the grassland would usher in a large-scale war.
The winner of the Donghu and Xiongnu will unify the grassland.
No matter who wins, most of the victims will be small tribes like him.
Therefore, he must lead the tribe, find a strong backer, and then choose the opportunity to act.
Da Qin is the best choice.
When the time comes, with his relationship with Fusu, he can ask for more from Da Qin, strengthen the tribe, and maybe he can return to the grassland.
As for his statement that he was not afraid of the power of Qin, he actually wanted to show off in front of the First Emperor and give Fusu some face.
As a result, the First Emperor stunned him with two shots.
He didn't expect Da Qin to have such power and dare to take advantage of the opportunity, so he knelt down directly.
"snort!"
Facing Adal's surrender, Ying Zheng remained expressionless and said calmly and majesticly: "I don't care why you surrender to the Qin Dynasty, and I don't care who you believe in. The power of the Qin Dynasty cannot be underestimated by barbarians like you. As long as there are Seriously, I want your whole family to be wiped out!"
"Yes Yes Yes"
When Adal heard Ying Zheng's words, he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and respectfully made a Zhongyuan salute: "Adal is in awe of the power of Qin and will never dare to have second thoughts!"
"Get down!"
"Here."
After watching Adal accept his promise and retreat, Ying Zheng put away the gun with a calm expression, looked around at the ministers and said, "What are you doing in a daze? Let's continue drinking!"
"Well"
The ministers twitched their mouths, thinking that His Majesty was becoming less and less virtuous in martial arts.
Ever since Ying Zhenghui used the fire blunderbuss, he frequently showed them the famous scenes of killing assassins during his eastward tour, which made them almost numb.
Fortunately, the ministers were not surprised and did not make any sound of surprise, so the banquet went smoothly.
But Meng Tian and Fu Su were so shocked that they seemed to not recognize the First Emperor in front of them. They were dumbfounded the whole time and almost distracted as they accompanied Ying Zheng to finish the reception banquet.
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