The night is getting darker.
Han Xin's cavalry was still running wildly, running twenty miles in one breath. It was not an easy task for the recruits he trained according to Zhao Hao's training methods.
Especially high-speed running, the load on the cavalry is simply unimaginable.
For a time, the cavalrymen who were jolted and sweaty on their horses all suffered from backache.
The originally biting cold wind felt no pain at all on their faces.
Because the greater pain has masked this pain.
As Han Xin's flying horse galloped, he took out a wine bottle from the side of the horse's belly, took a deep drink, and then asked the guide beside him: "How do you feel? How long does it take to reach Yangjiao Mountain?"
“Not bad”
The guide had no professional training and just followed Han Xin and others all the way. He was already exhausted and relied on his will to support himself. Now when he heard Han Xin's question, he said out of breath: "It's almost there. , there are still more than ten miles, as long as you go around the mountain in front, you can see the grain and grass camp."
"thump--!"
Before the guide finished speaking, he fell off the horse due to lack of physical strength.
"Master Hu! Master Hu!"
When Han Xin saw his guide falling off his horse, his expression suddenly changed. He was about to stop his horse to check, but the guard on the side quickly reminded him: "General! One rush of strength will fail again, and three will be exhausted. You can't stop!"
"this"
Han Xin realized in an instant that he had almost violated a military taboo. If he stopped now, these cavalrymen would immediately fall to the ground and no longer last as long as before.
"Leave one person to check on Master Hu, and the rest will rush with me!"
Han Xin immediately made a decision and shouted loudly: "Brothers, work harder, we will be there soon. As long as we annihilate the enemy, the young master will reward us heavily!"
"Roar!!"
The Qin army liked the word "heavy reward", and these new soldiers were no exception. They roared angrily, raised their whips, and beat them randomly.
The war horse was in pain, so it ran harder and faster, crossing the mountain in front of it like a bolt of lightning.
In the hazy night, the grain and grass camp in the distance was like the stars in the sky, twinkling with endless lights.
"Damn it! I finally caught up!"
Han Xin looked overjoyed and couldn't help but cursed.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his voice fell, the night sky was like magic, streaks of fire flashed through the air and rushed into the Qin army's camp.
Immediately afterwards, torches from the southwest suddenly lit up the night sky, and countless shouts of death resounded throughout the sky, deafening.
A group of light cavalry was like a wild horse running wild, running towards the camp at top speed.
"Brothers! Hurry! Follow me to kill the enemy!"
Han Xin was shocked and quickly ordered the cavalry behind him.
"Wind! Wind! Strong wind!"
The cavalrymen drew their weapons and swooped down from the mountain with shouts, sweeping away like a strong wind.
at the same time.
Zhao Hao and the First Emperor stood in the courtyard of Linchen City, studying the peacock presented by Zhao Tuo.
"Why doesn't this peacock open its tail?"
Zhao Hao turned to ask the First Emperor.
"Then you have to ask them."
The First Emperor put up the folding fan that Zhao Hao made for him in a funny way, and said calmly: "First, tell me your views on the South China Sea. Are you going to follow the previous strategy of enfeoffing the land of Baiyue, or do you have other plans?"
"Didn't my father not enfeoff the emperor?"
Zhao Hao said without looking back. Seeing that the peacock in front of him never opened his tail, he lost his patience. He walked to the table next to the First Emperor, picked up a coconut, took a sip of coconut juice, and said: " Since it’s not enfeoffed, you can govern it yourself!”
"How to govern?"
Ying Zheng asked curiously.
Zhao Hao thought for a while and said:
"The old general's idea is to move the people from the Central Plains to the South China Sea to promote national integration. I think it is not perfect enough. It is best to invade culturally!"
"Cultural invasion?"
Hearing this new vocabulary, the First Emperor showed an interested expression, folded his fan and said with a smile, "Tell me and listen!"
"Actually, it's nothing. The so-called cultural invasion is just like the thing in your hand!"
"You mean folding fan?"
"Father, what do you think of this folding fan?" Zhao Hao tilted his head.
Ying Zheng carefully looked at the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "The design is very clever, I like it very much!"
"Since my father likes folding fans, there is no shortage of people who like folding fans in the world. As long as more people like folding fans, my father's preferences will have a great influence!"
"What kind of influence?"
"The Celestial Kingdom's absolute influence on local areas!"
Zhao Hao said meaningfully: "People who do business want to come to the Central Plains, and people who want to learn also want to come to the Central Plains. This forms a good cycle and we can continue to export our culture."
"Then what?"
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but ask.
Zhao Hao shrugged and smiled and said: "Then they will think that as long as they are from the Central Plains, everything is good!"
"Wouldn't that make them covet our Central Plains even more?"
Ying Zheng frowned.
Obviously, he does not approve of this cultural export.
Because the culture of the Central Plains is obviously higher than other cultures, even if they recognize the culture of the Central Plains, they will resume war and attack the Central Plains because of greed and wanting more.
But Zhao Hao didn't seem to care.
But I heard him say: "Everything has two sides. As long as we are strong enough, why should we be afraid of their covetousness?"
"this"
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then realized and nodded: "That's true."
"In fact, as long as the people of the South China Sea are interested in our culture and give up their local culture, when they start to identify with our culture and speak our language, the South China Sea will cease to exist."
After hearing this, Ying Zheng finally understood: "What you are saying is that by then, the South China Sea will become an inseparable part of our Great Qin?"
"That's understandable!"
Zhao Hao thought for a while and then said:
"Of course, this is all a thing for later. In fact, as long as they are interested in the Central Plains, their people will come to the Central Plains to develop, whether it is selling coastal fishery products in the Central Plains, letting their children come to the Central Plains to study, or taking exams to enter the Central Plains. Officials will make them more and more inclined to us."
"For example, when building a port in the South China Sea, you don't need people from the Central Plains. You can just rely on them?"
Ying Zheng nodded with a smile, and then said: "I haven't thought that much before. I just hope to calm down the South China Sea and unify the South China Sea as soon as possible. Listening to what you say, I know better!"
"So now we should actively promote Central Plains culture and establish good relationships."
Ying Zheng pondered for a few times and then asked: "Did the old general tell you about building a port in the South China Sea?"
"Ports and military factories must be built, including colleges and hospitals."
"As for the military factory, it is better not to build it at the moment. Try to arm the Central Plains first. As for the academy and medical center, I am afraid we have to finish the construction!"
When Ying Zheng said this, he paused for a moment, then looked at the sky, and then said: "The South China Sea will not be peaceful recently, so we should stabilize the situation first."
"Okay, there's no rush now anyway."
Zhao Hao spread his hands and then, as if remembering something, teased Ying Zheng: "Father, when will you go back?"
"Why, do you think your father is bothering you here?"
Ying Zheng's face instantly darkened.
Zhao Hao was startled, waved his hands quickly, and then said with a smile on his face: "No, how can I do that? I'm just worried that if my father is away from Xianyang for a long time, the officials in Xianyang will have objections!"
"snort!"
Ying Zheng snorted coldly, obviously not believing Zhao Hao's words, and scolded: "Don't worry about me!"
"Oh, by the way, let's not talk about Xianyang. I almost forgot what you did in Xianyang. Tell me honestly, did you take action against the clan?"
"yes!"
"Um?"
As if he didn't expect Zhao Hao to admit it so readily, Ying Zheng couldn't help but froze for two seconds, frowned and said, "What do you want to do?"
"It's not what I want to do, it's what my father did, and I don't agree with it!"
Zhao Hao shook his head: "The so-called brothers fighting the tiger, father and son fighting in the battle, no matter how loyal outsiders are, they are still unreliable in the end. You have to be kinder to your own people."
"What one of our own?"
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes: "There's something in your words, kid."
He knew that the Ying Rong clan had taken refuge in Zhao Hao, and the thoughts of the Ying Rong clan were exactly the same as what Zhao Hao said.
Therefore, he was worried that Ying Rong would lead Zhao Hao astray.
After all, in his heart, Zhao Hao's plasticity far exceeds Fusu's.
However, Zhao Hao smiled noncommittally and said: "Father, there is no doubt about your greatness, but are the people around you really completely loyal to you?"
"Ah!"
Ying Zheng laughed when he heard this, and directly said the person Zhao Hao was talking about: "Do you think there is something wrong with Zhao Gao?"
"It's not just Zhao Gao."
"Who else?"
"Li Si has a strong desire to mediate and thinks too much of himself. If my father wants the Qin Dynasty to have long-term peace and stability, don't capsize the boat in the gutter."
"this"
Ying Zheng was stunned.
Yes, among the many sons, he instinctively liked Zhao Hao, and his temperament was more compatible with Zhao Hao. Only Zhao Hao could give him the truest father-son relationship as the emperor.
In front of Zhao Hao, he never concealed his emotions.
Zhao Hao never said a conciliatory voice in front of him. If he didn't like him, he just didn't like him. Even if he liked him, he liked him sincerely.
A strange feeling was that Ying Zheng was very pleased with Zhao Hao's true devotion to his father.
Ying Zheng knew very well that it was not because Zhao Hao truly admired him as the emperor and worried about the country, but because of his son's concern for his father.
It is very, very difficult for a monarch to truly make his son admire him and sincerely think about himself without any hint of flattery.
In Ying Zheng's memory, everything Zhao Hao did and every national policy he said were all considered for him and never for himself.
Including what Zhao Hao did in Xianyang was also to solve hidden dangers for him.
When it comes to the relationship between father and son, the two spend the shortest time together and have the deepest relationship.
However, there were still many things that Zhao Hao rarely mentioned to Ying Zheng.
It's not that Zhao Hao doesn't trust Ying Zheng enough, but that in Ying Zheng's position, the things to consider are far beyond what Zhao Hao can imagine.
No one knows his true attitude towards Zhao Gao or Li Si.
What Zhao Hao saw was only the result of history, not the real history. Perhaps if the First Emperor in history did not die, it would not be Zhao Gao and Li Si's turn to take the throne.
Just because Zhao Gao and Li Si came to power, it cannot be concluded that the First Emperor fully trusted them.
After all, the First Emperor died suddenly and violently.
However, Zhao Hao now mentioned Zhao Gao and Li Si, and Ying Zheng had to reconsider why Zhao Hao was so afraid of them. Could they really bring disaster to Da Qin?
As the saying goes, you don't need a heavy hammer to ring a drum. With the wisdom of the First Emperor, he would definitely understand what Zhao Hao meant.
After being silent for a long time, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh and murmured: "Throughout the ages, monarchs have been in disgrace, ministers nearby have made trouble, and internal troubles have outweighed foreign troubles. My son is right, I have written it down."
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled slightly, faced the evening breeze, and closed his eyes.
After a moment, Zhao Gao came running from a distance and hurriedly raised his hands: "Your Majesty, General Zhao Tuo and Captain Ren want to see you!"
"What's the matter?"
Ying Zheng frowned in displeasure.
He didn't like to be disturbed when talking to Zhao Hao.
However, when Zhao Gao heard Ying Zheng's inquiry, he burst out crying: "The old general is gone!"
"What!?"
Ying Zheng was shocked, and the folding fan in his hand fell to the ground with a thud. He felt dizzy and his eyesight turned black.
"His Majesty!"
Zhao Gao saw that Ying Zheng was on the verge of collapse and quickly stepped forward to help him.
Zhao Hao slowly opened his eyes, frowned and said, "Let Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao come in!"
"Um?"
Zhao Gao was stunned and thought to himself, His Majesty is already like this, so it’s okay for you to be indifferent, but you actually dare to give me orders in front of His Majesty, who do you think you are? Crown Prince? !
However, just when Zhao Gaoyi was filled with anger, Zhao Hao repeated what he had just said again and said coldly, "Send Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao to come in!"
"you"
Zhao Gao widened his eyes and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
At this time, Ying Zheng, who had just stabilized his mind, barely stood up and waved his hand towards him.
The meaning is very simple, follow Zhao Hao's instructions.
"promise."
Zhao Gao reluctantly agreed, and at the same time his fear of Zhao Hao reached its peak. A prince who could exercise the power of the First Emperor in front of the First Emperor was simply terrifying to the extreme.
If Zhao Hao wanted to kill him in the future, he would die without a burial place without the First Emperor opening his mouth.
no!
I must not keep him!
Having made up his mind, Zhao Gao's eyes flashed with a ruthless light, which disappeared in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao rushed to Ying Zheng with expressions of grief and anger, choked with sobs and raised their hands: "I will pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"What's going on? How could the old general do this?"
Ying Zheng waved his hand to signal the two of them to excuse themselves, and said feebly: "How could something happen?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know who leaked the news that the old general returned to Shoying. The Xiou Kingdom sent five thousand soldiers from Xiou to rob and kill the old general's convoy. General Tu Sui tried his best to stop the enemy, but he failed to protect the old general Zhou Quan."
Ren Xiao's eyes were red and he was sobbing.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead a large army to conquer Xiou, and I will definitely pay for it with blood!"
Zhao Tuo handed over his hands angrily.
Ying Zheng glanced at Zhao Tuo, then at Ren Xiao, and then said to Zhao Hao, "What do you think, my son?"
"General Zhao Tuo is right, blood debts must be paid with blood!"
Zhao Hao said loudly.
"good!"
Ying Zheng waved his sleeves and immediately gave the order: "Zhao Tuo, Ren Xiao, I order you to lead an army of fifty thousand and rush to reinforce Tu Sui. The Yue people from Xi'ou who sneaked up on the old general will be wiped out!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao both handed over their hands.
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