Chapter 296

“Why?”

“Why have you returned so quickly?”

Fan Zeng was absolutely furious!

Wei Zhuang sighed and said, “I couldn’t find Ying Su!”

“I couldn’t kill Han Xin or Wang Wang Jian!”

“Why!”

“Ah!”

Fan Zeng spat out a mouthful of blood!

Modun was equally desperate!

At this moment, it seemed they could only wait for death!

And in fact, that was exactly the case!

When night fell, it was the time when Li Li Yuanba and the others slaughtered most savagely!

And when the night of slaughter ended!

When he looked at the Xiongnu before him the next morning, Modun almost cried out!

One point five million!

Now... only 1.5 million Xiongnu remained!

These were all the Xiongnu left!

“Ah!”

Modun felt he was going crazy!

But just on the second day, a turning point appeared in this battle!

That was... the arrows were used up!

This meant that the army below could no longer slaughter them!

Relying solely on snowballs, it was fine to injure people, but wanting to kill them was not very realistic!

Moreover, even if they were injured, they were only minor injuries!

Even serious injuries were difficult!

After all... these were snowballs!

“Sigh! If only we had stones!”

Fan Kuai sighed as he spoke!

However, these words were just talk!

Because... on the snowy mountain, the difficulty of mining stones was simply too great!

But... Modun was excited!

Incomparably excited!

“Good thing!”

“Charge down!”

“Charge down immediately!”

“Forget the battle formation, forget everything!”

“Charge directly to the other side!”

Modun looked at the 1.5 million Xiongnu remaining before him and shouted loudly!

And he himself took the lead, charging directly downward!

On the other side, Han Xin also frowned upon seeing such a scene!

At this moment, he felt immense pressure!

Because... this was a decisive battle!

Yes!

The fighting before for so long could not be counted as a decisive battle!

Only this kind of head-on collision could be called a decisive battle!

And to be honest, Han Xin really disliked fighting this kind of head-on battle!

On one hand, the gap in numbers between the two sides was too large!

On the other hand, this way of fighting resulted in the most casualties!

He really disliked it!

He really liked this kind of battle!

But now, facing their charge like this, even Han Xin had no better way!

At this moment, he could only try his best to command the army to form a formation!

And Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao were placed at the very front!

In this way, he would try to avoid casualties to the army as much as possible!

He thought to himself...

But... the Qin Army did not think so!

At this moment, even with 100,000 people facing an attack of 1.5 million, not a single person was afraid!

They shouted one by one, actually insisting on charging in front of Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao!

They were all excited beyond measure!

Yes!

The opportunity to perform meritorious service had arrived!

The opportunity to show themselves had arrived!

Everyone remembered how Ying Su had once lowered his posture to issue an edict to Meng Wu and Meng Tian, begging them to come and help!

For this group of soldiers, this was a humiliation!

Everyone remembered this humiliation!

Now, let His Majesty the Emperor see clearly that even without Meng Wu and Meng Tian!

Even if they refused to come to reinforce!

We 100,000 people can still destroy the Xiongnu!

“Kill!”

“Do not fail the Emperor!”

“The new Emperor is far superior to the First Emperor!”

At that moment, everyone shouted!

Their blood was boiling!

On the grasslands, this final decisive battle was fought!

This battle would decide whether the Xiongnu could be completely annihilated!

But... in Great Qin!

In Xianyang City!

In the Xianyang Palace!

At this moment, a stove was placed in front of Ying Zheng!

And on the stove was an iron kettle, with water boiling inside!

In the purple clay teapot on the tea tray, tea leaves were brewing!

It must be said that the tea brewed in this kind of purple clay teapot tasted really good!

Compared to copper kettles, wine cups, and the like, it was much better!

Even the taste was different!

He praised it endlessly!

But... although this tea was good, it could not dissolve the sorrow in his heart!

Although that rebellious son Ying Su was not in Xianyang City, Zhuge Liang, Li Si, Zuo Zuo Zongtang, Fu Hao, and Xiao He still suppressed him tightly!

Although they had not really opposed him in court affairs, that obvious strength always made him hold his breath!

Originally, he had wanted to change this situation through Dai Xin's gunpowder!

But... with Dai Xin being transferred, he felt he had completely lost his chance!

But... how could he be reconciled!

How could he be reconciled!

Gurgle!

After drinking a mouthful of tea, he stood up and went to court!

Even if he was suppressed again, he had to go to court!

Only by going to court could he find an opportunity to counter Zhuge Liang and the others.

But... just after he arrived at the court, someone reported a matter!

“Zheng He has returned!”

“Now, he is about to arrive at the Weihe!”

157. Population over 100 million? Shock! Ying Zheng was stunned!

“Who?”

“Zheng He?”

Once these words were spoken, many people were stunned!

They couldn't help but start searching for the name Zheng He in their minds!

Some people were even more confused.

They turned to each other and started asking those around them:

“Zheng He?”

“Who is Zheng He?”

“What official position does he hold in the imperial court?”

Yes!

Even now, few people in the imperial court knew who Zheng He was!

Even though Ying Su had introduced Zheng He to many people back then.

But!

It had been almost a year, and no one had mentioned him; who still remembered Zheng He!

Everyone searched carefully in their minds!

But suddenly, someone slapped their thigh!

“Going to sea!”

“At that time, Ying Su sent him to sea and wanted all of us to go to the ferry to see him off, but we didn't pay any attention to it!”

Finally, someone thought of this matter.

Someone from the Inner Palace Department said: “At that time, he needed large ships to go to sea, and it was so urgent that I had no way, so under Ying Su's coercion, I transferred twenty large ships to him from elsewhere!”

Everyone spoke one after another.

Soon, everyone remembered this matter!

They remembered Zheng He wandering around Xianyang City and all over Great Qin, collecting all kinds of things!

Recalling it time and time again!

Finally, many people remembered!

But... after remembering, they still shook their heads!

“I wondered who it was; he's just someone who went to sea, right? He's back now!”

At that moment, many people spoke!

And the implication of their words was that they felt this was no big deal!

To put it bluntly, was such a trivial matter worth reporting in the imperial court?

At that moment, many people felt bored!

Some people were even preparing to report other matters!

But... before they could speak, Ying Zheng's face turned gloomy, and he shouted directly:

“Transmit my edict: all civil and military officials are to go to the ferry to welcome Zheng He!”

“What?”

“All civil and military officials are to go to the ferry?”

“To welcome... to welcome Zheng He?”

At that moment, everyone's brains were buzzing.

They really didn't understand why!

He was just a Zheng He, neither a noble nor a descendant of a famous family, and he didn't have a single position in the imperial court, yet they had to welcome him?

Just because he went to sea once?

It wasn't as if no one in Great Qin had gone to sea!

Ying Zheng himself had sent several batches of people overseas to find the elixir of immortality!

But he hadn't welcomed them, had he?

Everyone was very confused!

But Ying Zheng's eyes were shining brightly!

Zheng He!

At first, he was like everyone else and didn't take Zheng He seriously!

Thinking, didn't he just go to sea?

But... after thinking carefully, he felt there was something tricky about it!

The timing was wrong!

Ying Su was crazy, letting Zheng He go to sea on the day he ascended the throne?

For Zheng He's departure, he even made all the civil and military officials see him off!

In the end, even though no one in the court paid attention, he and Li Si went to see him off personally!

Although he didn't know what tricks were involved, he instinctively felt there was something going on!

There must be something!

How could there be nothing if he was valued to such an extent by that rebellious son?

Zheng He must have brought back good things from his voyage!

And it must be something Ying Su was thinking about day and night!

Something he was thinking about day and night?

Could it be... the elixir of immortality?

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and without any delay, he started asking for the specific arrival time and location!

“He has now entered the Yellow River, is traveling north along the Yellow River, passing through Sanchuan Commandery, Yingchuan Commandery, and Fengling Ferry, and is expected to arrive at the Weihe ferry in two days!”

“Good!”

“Transmit the edict: now, everyone go back and prepare to accompany me to the Weihe ferry to wait!”

“Li Si, you prepare the relevant matters!”

After he finished speaking, his eyes were shining brightly!

Of course, Li Si had nothing to say and bowed directly!

Zhuge Liang and Zuo Zuo Zongtang had even less to say!

Because... the person who reported this matter was someone they had promoted!

And the reason for reporting it was to make all the civil and military officials welcome Zheng He!

They had even prepared a lot of rhetoric for this!

They had even prepared Ying Su's edict for this!

If Ying Zheng didn't agree, and the officials didn't agree.

Then they would bring out Ying Su's edict and force everyone to welcome Zheng He!

In Ying Su's words, Zheng He had worked hard to go to sea, risked his life, survived nine deaths, and brought back things that could truly strengthen the country and enrich the people, leading Great Qin to prosperity.

What was wrong with letting these masters go out to welcome him?

Moreover, he had also orally conveyed a death edict!

No matter who it was, after explaining the situation, whoever did not obey the edict would be executed for resisting the edict!