Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 268
"I really didn't expect that His Majesty would think of such a good idea. In this way, I, Daqin, may no longer be short of cattle!"

Beside Wang Ben, Li Xin watched the huge herd of cattle slowly heading south, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

Although they are both generals in the army, both Wang Ben and Li Xin know that in this world, everything is possible only when there is food.

Soldiers like them, when marching and fighting outside, can't always eat compressed military rations. That thing is only for raids and pursuits. Most of the time, they still need to eat food.

The soldiers who are now fighting on this grassland have all experienced the era of conquering the six countries. In fact, most of the soldiers are from poor people, and they understand the suffering of the people best.

The reason why they are working hard now is to hope that their next generation will not have to be like them now.

Now Daqin is also developing in a better and better direction. Last year, His Highness the Crown Prince created potatoes, which greatly changed Daqin's grain production and varieties.

In addition, the prince also created the Quyuanli, which made the cultivation of the land in the world less efficient than before.

Now His Majesty the Emperor has found and domesticated the untamed beef cattle into farming cattle, and distributed them to every military household who has made meritorious service. This gave all the soldiers hope for a better life.

In this way, the hardships of the expedition beyond the Great Wall were swept away in an instant, and all the soldiers did not need Wang Ben to issue orders, but began to search every inch of turf on the grassland spontaneously, vowing to transport all the cattle that could be seen back to Daqin.

After resting in place for ten days, Wang Ben led his army to attack the depths of the grassland again.

But the Xiongnu Shanyu and his remaining tens of thousands of cavalry seemed to have disappeared, and they could not be found no matter what.

But now it is September, and the grassland is about to enter winter in one month. Wang Ben can only send urgent documents. Please Yingzheng decide whether to continue exploring the grassland.

In the imperial study room, after reading Wang Ben's handwriting, Ying Zheng cast his eyes on the topographic map of the grassland behind him.

Li Si read Wang Ben's handwriting, and took the lead in analyzing: "Your Majesty, General Wang and the others have been searching for the Xiongnu Shan on the grassland for half a decade, but they have found nothing. Now the area where the Huns were active before has been controlled by our army."

"My minister thought that General Wang should quickly return to the court. They went deep alone. If the Huns and Yuezhi people unite and cut off our army's retreat, once the grasslands enter winter, the consequences will be unimaginable."

What Li Si was worried about was also what Ying Zheng was worried about at the moment, but Ying Zheng felt a little unwilling to do his best at once.

"Order the scouts to send a message to Wang Ben. If Wang Ben still fails to find the Xiongnu Chanyu when the messenger arrives in the army, he should immediately return to the court with his troops."

"Observe the order!" Upon hearing Ying Zheng's words, Li Si immediately wrote the letter by hand and handed it to the messenger.

At this time, Shi Sima Xin, the head of the Dianke Mansion, came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, I just got the news that King Yueshi is willing to make friends with us, Daqin, and accompany General Wang Ben to attack the Xiongnu."

"It's really interesting!" Ying Zheng sneered when he heard this, "Li Si just said that the Yue clan might join forces with the Huns, and the Yue clan expressed their desire to make friends with us, Great Qin, and join hands to send troops. It seems that He is ambitious!"

Hearing what Ying Zheng said, Sima Xin immediately fell to his knees: "Your Majesty, I have committed a crime, please punish me!"

"Huh? What's going on?" Ying Zheng was slightly startled, his eyes fixed on Sima Xin.

"I have already received a letter from King Yuezhi last month, saying that I want to form an alliance with Daqin, but the price of the alliance is that Daqin will give them ten thousand catties and one hundred steelmaking."

Sima Xin lowered his head and said: "The Yueshi King's letter said that if Daqin is willing to form an alliance, they can help Daqin suppress the Huns. If not, they will form an alliance with the Huns."

"Wei Chen thought that King Yuezhi was too rude at that time, so he refused their request. At the same time, he stated that if they dared to form an alliance with the Xiongnu, the Yuezhi would be wiped out sooner or later if our Qin army moved forward."

"I didn't report this matter to His Majesty, but now King Yuezhi wrote again, I know I was abrupt, please punish me."

Ying Zheng frowned, and looked at Zhao Yi who was beside him. He knew very well that the reason why Sima Xin dared to refuse King Yueshi's request must be at Zhao Yi's instigation. After all, the real pianist is the prince!
"Get up, it seems that you, Dianke Mansion Chief Shi, have done a good job!" Ying Zheng smiled meaningfully, "It seems that the crown prince is about to step down as Dianke to Sima Xin."

When Sima Xin heard Ying Zheng's words, he was taken aback, but Zhao Yi remained calm, as if he was deaf to Ying Zheng's words.

Seeing that Zhao Yi was not up to the trick, Ying Zheng didn't bother to get entangled in this matter, and continued casually: "Masters, now that King Yuezhi has sent a letter, what do you think should be done?"

After hearing this, Feng Quji and Li Si stepped forward one after another to express their opinions, but Ying Zheng did not listen to them, because at this time, Zhao Yi's inner voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

[The Yuezhi people are really thick-skinned. When the Huns were strong, they formed an alliance with the Huns. When the Great Qin became strong, they formed an alliance with us! 】

[Rarely, these prairie barbarians are all thick-skinned, but if they are willing to be Daqin's dogs, they can make good use of them. 】

【Wang Ben can't catch the Xiongnu Shanyu now because he is not familiar with the terrain on the grassland, but he doesn't have that kind of problem with the Yuezhi people. 】

[The Yuezhi people want to form an alliance with me, Great Qin, yes, if they capture the Xiongnu Shanyu, I will agree, otherwise we will not talk about it! 】

Is this a certificate of submission?Ying Zheng took Zhao Yi's opinion very seriously, and it coincided with his own thoughts, so Ying Zheng didn't bother to listen to Feng Quji and others' nonsense anymore.

"Li Si, hold off on writing to Wang Ben. Sima Xin, immediately write to King Yuezhi, saying that I agree to form an alliance, but there is one premise, that is, their army must obey Wang Ben's orders. If not, don't be blamed. I am heartless!"

"Observe the order!" Sima Xin immediately agreed, but Feng Quji, Li Si and the others were stunned, not understanding why Ying Zheng suddenly changed his mind.

When King Yueshi received Da Qin's reply, he immediately dispatched Wang Ting's cavalry to contact Wang Ben without any hesitation, and then handed over the command of Wang Ting's cavalry to Wang Ben without hesitation.

The reason why King Yueshi can't wait to unite with Daqin is indeed because of his selfish motives.

In today's grassland, without Donghu, the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu are the only two big families. Once the Xiongnu is destroyed by the Great Qin, the grassland will be the Yuezhi's world, so the Yuezhi wants to form an alliance with the Great Qin to destroy the Xiongnu.

As a result, on the grassland, another bloody storm broke out...

(End of this chapter)