Chapter 265

How can it be said that it will take another period of time?

"Father Emperor, this matter cannot be rushed; it might still need a few days."

"After all, the academy matter cannot be opened immediately just by saying so."

"It still needs some time to prepare."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng and the other were both a bit disappointed; they still had to wait three or five days.

But it didn't matter; three or five days would pass quickly, and waiting a bit longer wouldn't hurt.

The three of them discussed some big and small matters about opening the academy.

At this time.

A eunuch came to report.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from General Meng Tian in the north."

As he spoke, he presented a large bamboo tube with both hands.

"A letter from General Meng Tian?"

"I wonder what it could be about?"

Ying Zheng took the bamboo tube and waved the eunuch away.

He opened the bamboo tube and took out a piece of Xuan paper from inside.

When Ying Zheng saw the content on the paper, his face sank.

The relaxed and warm atmosphere from just a moment ago was swept away.

On the contrary, the atmosphere gradually became gloomy.

Zhang Han and Ying Ying Zi Ye looked at each other, both knowing that it was not good.

Looking at His Majesty's face, it was feared that something had happened.

"Your Majesty, what happened in the north?"

Zhang Han couldn't help but ask.

"See for yourself."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly.

Zhang Han took the Xuan paper in confusion.

When he saw the content written on it clearly, his face also became unpleasant.

"That group of damned Xiongnu people are simply bullying people too much!"

"If you ask me, we should lead troops to wipe them out!"

Zhang Han cursed and was filled with indignation.

Ying Ying Zi Ye was also curious and picked up the Xuan paper to read.

The content on it was simple.

It said that the Xiongnu in the north would harass Meng Tian's construction of the Great Wall from time to time.

They would often bypass them to plunder the common people and loot all resources.

As long as they fell into the hands of the Xiongnu people, life would be worse than death!

The men would be treated as two-legged sheep; when there wasn't much food on the grassland in winter, the captured Great Qin people would be slaughtered as food.

And the women would also have a life worse than death, being used as tools for the Xiongnu people to vent.

Therefore, once Great Qin people fell into the hands of the Xiongnu, there was almost no hope of survival.

Recently, this trend of plundering had become more frequent, coming to harass them every three or five days.

Because most of the Xiongnu people were cavalry, Meng Tian's infantry simply couldn't catch up with the cavalry.

Sometimes they could only stare anxiously; every time the Great Qin cavalry moved out, the Xiongnu people would immediately retreat deep into the grassland.

They didn't dare to chase; the grassland was full of crises, and once they were led into an encirclement by the Xiongnu people, there was only one outcome—death!

Great Qin's cavalry was too few, and precisely because of this, the Xiongnu people dared to be so arrogant.

They rarely fought head-on with the Qin Ruishi, always luring them deep into the grassland to find ways to kill them.

General Meng Tian mentioned in the letter that he wanted Brother Zheng to dispatch some more warhorses to the north.

At that time, they could also form a cavalry squad of one or two thousand people to kill the Xiongnu.

It would be best if they could lead troops to fight over and dampen the spirit of these Xiongnu people.

But without Brother Zheng's approval, General Meng Tian didn't dare to lead troops to war at will.

"Your Majesty, why not send troops to wipe out the Xiongnu!"

Zhang Han was a bit indignant and said so.

"Do you think I don't want to wipe out that group of Xiongnu people?"

"But tell me how to wipe them out?"

"Do you have a way?"

Ying Zheng glanced at Zhang Han.

These words made Zhang Han's old face flush red.

He was also angry for a moment, which is why he said that.

It wasn't that His Majesty didn't want to wipe out the Xiongnu people, but there was really no way to wipe them out!

It wasn't that they hadn't attacked the Xiongnu before, but these guys were cunning.

Every time they sent a large army to attack the Xiongnu, they would hide.

After luring the Great Qin soldiers deep into the grassland and reaching their territory.

There would be many powerful tribes constantly attacking and harassing them.

As long as they scattered the Qin Ruishi, they would have a chance to besiege them; due to the unfamiliarity with the environment, many soldiers would be slaughtered.

Once the Great Qin soldiers returned to the Great Wall, the Xiongnu people would constantly send cavalry to harass them again.

After repeating this many times, the Great Qin soldiers were also very helpless.

The Great Qin elites had the strength but lacked warhorses and couldn't catch up with the Xiongnu.

Relying only on those ten thousand warhorses, they didn't dare to go deep into the grassland.

The number of people was too small; once they entered the grassland, the risk was too great.

You hit them and they run; you stop and they come to harass you again.

This move by the Xiongnu made General Meng Tian and the border defense army extremely annoyed.

But there was no way.

Who told them that their warhorses were too few.

If Great Qin's warhorses were more numerous.

Would it still be the Xiongnu people's turn to be presumptuous?

They would have long been beaten into fleeing while holding their eggs.

Another reason was that Great Qin's grain and grass were insufficient, and the logistics couldn't keep up.

If the grain and grass were sufficient, as long as the large army brought grain and grass to the grassland, no matter how many Xiongnu there were, it wouldn't be enough to kill.

"Zhang Han, how much longer until the auspicious signs can be harvested?"

"The ones outside Xianyang City, plus the auspicious signs in other places, have a high yield."

"As long as we harvest once, when the grain and grass are sufficient, we will definitely be able to beat the Xiongnu!"

Ying Zheng's voice was like a voice coming from the cold winter, incomparably cold.

"Your Majesty, the time until the auspicious signs can be harvested is about one month."

Zhang Han's eyes lit up; he had almost forgotten this point.

As long as the auspicious signs could be harvested, wouldn't attacking the Xiongnu be easy?

"The time is still too long."

"I really want to send troops to attack the Xiongnu immediately!"

"This group of barbarians is always constantly harassing my Great Qin common people."

"It's simply bullying people too much!"

Ying Zheng was also a bit helpless.

He was just complaining.

Even if they were to fight, they would have to wait until the auspicious signs matured.

After all, human power has its limits, and there are things that cannot be reached.