Chapter 338

"A figure like this, with such influence, is a threat to any Emperor!"

"And as close ministers to such a figure, we and Young Master Prince Fusu have long been grasshoppers on the same rope; if one prospers, all prosper; if one falls, all fall!"

Tell Meng Wu sighed.

Once the words were spoken, General Meng Tian was filled with despair as well!

Tell Meng Wu continued:

"But actually, speaking of it, from start to finish we never had Facing Ying Su's chance to defect!"

"Many say that the first decree Facing Ying Su issued to us was the opportunity!"

"But... think about it, could we have accepted that first decree from Facing Ying Su back then? If we accepted the decree and led the army over, we would have faced certain death!"

"If we didn't lead the army over, we would still face certain death!"

"Speaking of further back, Facing Ying Su wrote to you three times, asking to borrow troops, but could you have lent them?"

"At that time, the court relations were complex; if you lent them, it would be disloyalty to Seeing Ying Zheng; if you didn't lend them, it would be offending Facing Ying Su!"

"Thus, we had to offend one side!"

"And when the situation was unclear, offending either side would lead to no good end!"

"So, there was no choice!"

"Now, although everything is laid bare, but... what can be done?"

"There is no turning back!"

"From the moment his decree was issued, from the moment we refused to accept the challenge, there was no turning back!"

"Now, we have only one choice: to walk this path to the end; if successful, there is still a sliver of a chance for life!"

"And if failed, then there is only the path of death!"

He spoke these words.

General Meng Tian sighed; at this moment, even he had no way out!

On the grasslands!

Mount Langjuxu!

In the Great Han of later generations, there was once an invincible, peerless fierce general!

His name was Huo Qubing!

This man was the first among all Han generals to fight to this place!

Therefore, he received the supreme honor, Feng Langjuxu!

In all later wars against the nomadic tribes of the grasslands, almost every general took this as their ultimate goal!

No one did not wish to obtain this supreme honor!

And at this very moment, Facing Ying Su is on this mountain!

He sat at the mountain peak, looking at the scenery below, recalling the various allusions from later generations about Feng Langjuxu, and finally, slapped Li Yuan's thigh:

"Mr. Zhang Liang, do you know how far it is from here to Changsha Commandery?"

Zhang Liang bowed down and said, "I don't know the exact distance, but I feel it should be six or seven thousand li!"

He spoke, and while speaking, he couldn't help but look again at Li Yuanba's Wanli Yanyunzhao horse!

This horse is truly fast; from Changsha Commandery to the Xiongnu, it took less than a day's merit!

To this day, it feels like he is dreaming!

Too fast, truly too fast!

He, Zhang Liang, has never experienced such speed!

Facing Ying Su laughed:

"Then does Mr. Zhang Liang know why I, the Sovereign, traveled these six or seven thousand li just to bring Mr. Zhang Liang from Changsha Commandery here?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and bowed, "I do not know!"

Facing Ying Su looked at Zhang Liang, "Truly do not know?"

Zhang Liang was stunned, then lowered his head, "I can guess a little!"

Facing Ying Su laughed, "Then just tell me what you guessed!"

Zhang Liang said, "Initially, Zhang Liang offered strategies to Your Majesty: stop building the Great Wall, stop building the Epang Palace, let the nobles pay taxes, thus saving the Great Qin!"

"Actually, there was danger within this!"

"That is... once the Great Wall construction stops, it might allow the Xiongnu to take the opportunity to invade the border passes, causing the people in the Great Qin border regions to suffer!"

"Actually, the best arrangement should be to resolve internal troubles first, and only after the internal troubles are resolved, deal with external threats!"

"But... Your Majesty insisted on resolving external threats first, then resolving internal troubles!"

"Such behavior is simply bold!"

"But... Your Majesty is Your Majesty; for such a bold matter, Your Majesty not only did it, but also intends to succeed!"

"Moreover, with only one hundred thousand men, he achieved results that no dynasty or country in two thousand years, with hundreds of thousands of men, could achieve!"

"This counts as achieving the greatest military results with the least cost!"

"And now, the Xiongnu will be destroyed, the Great Qin's external threats swept away; at this time, naturally, it is time to resolve internal troubles!"

"Therefore... Zhang Liang guesses that Your Majesty hurriedly summoned Zhang Liang here must be to resolve internal troubles!"

He bowed down and spoke, and hearing these words, Facing Ying Su couldn't help but praise, "The Strategist Sage is indeed the Strategist Sage!"

"My thoughts, you guessed correctly on the first try!"

Zhang Liang hurriedly bowed, "Your Majesty overpraises; Zhang Liang merely deduced based on the situation, stumbled upon it by chance, and just barely glimpsed a fraction of the Emperor's mind; it is far from guessing correctly on the first try!"

Hearing these words, Facing Ying Su laughed; this Zhang Liang!

Do you know why he is called the head of the Three Heroes of the Early Han?

Besides having strategy, he also possessed extremely high emotional intelligence and an understanding of human affairs!

After Liu Bang seized the world, everyone thought of being enfeoffed as a marquis or appointed as a general, yet only Zhang Liang retired after achieving success and left directly!

Do you think he did not want to receive the rewards?

Wrong!

It was because he saw that Liu Bang, for the sake of national stability, might kill meritorious officials.

Therefore, he left early!

Similarly, it was his extremely high intelligence and emotional intelligence that allowed him to achieve a good outcome!

And right at this very moment, his emotional intelligence received a perfect interpretation!

Having clearly stated his intentions almost entirely, he still claimed he had only glimpsed a little!

Clever!

Truly clever!

And similarly, this is why Facing Ying Su likes Zhang Liang so much!

Even if he had to treat the worthy with humility, or even use threatening methods, he had to get him over here!

This person truly possesses great talent!

Without this person, Liu Bang could never have unified the world!

He was the guiding light for Liu Bang to obtain the world; with his guidance, the Han army knew how to move forward, rather than like flies, bumping around aimlessly inside a room!

Facing Ying Su kept praising in his heart.

At the same time, he looked toward Zhang Liang:

"Then tell me, how should this worry be resolved?"

Zhang Liang pondered, "First distinguish enemy from self, then decide life and death!"

The moment the words were spoken, Facing Ying Su's eyes brightened greatly!

In that instant, he could not help but slap Zhang Liang's shoulder hard: "The Strategist Sage is, after all, still the Strategist Sage!"

His praise was boundless!

The great army continued forward!

Vast and boundless!

And after several days of travel!

Unknowingly, the Great Snow Mountain was nearly reached!

Standing here, in the distance, one could vaguely see a large quantity of tents erected!

Without a doubt, those were tents erected by the Xiongnu!

And seeing this, Facing Ying Su laughed, directly summoned Li Yuanba, and pointed at the tents over there, saying: