Chapter 908

There is a reason why Seeing Ying Zheng chose to perform the Fengshan sacrifice after destroying the Xiongnu.

Historically, the Fengshan sacrifice has always been chosen in the prosperous age, after achieving a great cause, to sacrifice to heaven and earth to show his prestige.

Is the current Qin Guo a prosperous age?

Not entirely!

In the Central Plains, the country is prosperous and the people are at peace, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but in the border areas of the empire, the war has not yet stopped.

Earlier, when the Mirage had not returned, the Xiongnu in the northern border actually invaded the border of the Qin Guo on a large scale, killing the people of the border city of the Qin Guo and looting property, which made Seeing Ying Zheng extremely angry.

You must know that at that time, the Qin Guo had just destroyed Baiyue, which was just showing the prestige of the Qin Guo. As a result, before the Qin Guo could immerse itself in the joy of destroying Baiyue for too long, the invasion of the Xiongnu was equivalent to giving the Qin Guo a slap.

"430" At that time, Seeing Ying Zheng made up his mind that he must destroy the Xiongnu.

Over the years, the Xiongnu, Donghu, Dayuezhi, and many other barbarians outside the Great Wall have invaded the Central Plains from time to time, which can be considered a major hidden danger in the border.

Seeing Ying Zheng made up his mind a long time ago that he swore to let the iron cavalry of the Qin Guo step all over the world and conquer the whole world. How could he allow these barbarians to invade the Central Plains?

And in other words, the Baiyue in the south has been destroyed, why is the Xiongnu in the north still alive?

Because the main general he appointed for the Battle of Baiyue was Li Xin.

So for this war against the Xiongnu, Seeing Ying Zheng chose Meng Tian.

Meng Tian is also a young general with excellent ability.

Using Li Xin first and then Meng Tian, isn't this Seeing Ying Zheng's disguised reduction of the influence of the Wang clan?

Wang Jian and Wang Ben, father and son, destroyed five countries in the process of destroying the Six States, which can be considered excellent achievements. Even though Wang Jian returned to his hometown after the destruction of the State of Chu, the influence of the Wang clan still exists.

Seeing Ying Zheng does not want to do things like killing the dog after the rabbit is caught, and does not want to treat the Wang clan like King Zhao treated Bai Qi back then.

Compared to the Wang clan's high merit, there are actually other ways to reduce the energy of the Wang clan in the army, that is, to support other generals as much as possible. As long as there are several generals with equally excellent achievements in the army, the Wang clan will not be so conspicuous.

Facts have proved that Seeing Ying Zheng's idea is not wrong.

After the destruction of Baiyue, the influence of Li Xin and Tu Sui in the army rose straight up.

Before this, Li Xin himself was a famous general of the Qin Guo. In the process of Qin destroying the Six States, he repeatedly marched as a side general. This Battle of Baiyue was also the first time he served as the main general. He has had his own famous battle since then, and many people even compared him with Wang Ben.

After all, Wang Jian has retired. The only ones of the Wang clan in the imperial court are Wang Ben and Wang Li, father and son. Wang Li is just a young tiger and has not made any contributions for the time being, so let's not mention it. The person with the most energy in the Wang clan is still Wang Ben.

Although the land of Baiyue is not as vast as the Central Plains, it nominally has three countries. Li Xin destroyed Baiyue and helped the Qin Guo gain four new counties. In terms of merit, he can barely be compared with Wang Ben.

The influence of the Wang clan was reduced a lot because of Li Xin's rise.

But this is not enough. Therefore, after this Xiongnu invasion, Seeing Ying Zheng appointed Meng Tian as a general, ready to give Meng Tian a chance. At the same time, because he was worried that Meng Tian was inexperienced and could not deal with the Xiongnu, he specially invited Li Mu to come out of the mountain.

Facts have proved that Seeing Ying Zheng did the right thing.

Because the war situation between the Xiongnu and the Qin Guo exceeded his expectations.

After Li Mu, the old general of the State of Zhao who once defeated the Xiongnu, came out, Meng Tian led the Qin army, but it was still only barely deadlocked with the Xiongnu.

Is Meng Tian's ability insufficient?

No, Seeing Ying Zheng knows Meng Tian's ability very well, not to mention that there is Li Mu helping on the side. It can only be said that the trouble of the Xiongnu exceeded expectations.

Today, when Su Xuan proposed the "Fengshan sacrifice", although Seeing Ying Zheng was moved, he understood the urgency of the matter. Even if he wanted to perform the Fengshan sacrifice, he had to wait until after destroying the Xiongnu.

If the Xiongnu are not destroyed, performing the Fengshan sacrifice rashly is just forcibly whitewashing peace.

"Xiongnu!"

Su Xuan's eyes flickered when he heard Seeing Ying Zheng's words.

In original history, from Qin to Han, the Xiongnu were always the biggest threat and the biggest enemy of the Central Plains. In original history, although the Qin general Meng Tian repelled the Xiongnu and conquered the Hetao area, this was only temporary. Meng Tian's victory did not affect the national strength of the Xiongnu. When the Qin Dynasty perished and the Central Plains fell into chaos, the Modu Chanyu of the Xiongnu rose, destroyed the Donghu and other alien races, and the power of the Xiongnu reached an unprecedented level. In the early Han Dynasty, he even had the siege of Baideng against Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, which almost made Liu Bang fold there.

For several generations, there were also capable Xiongnu leaders such as Laoshang Chanyu and Junchen Chanyu. Until the time of Emperor Wu of Han, the Xiongnu were always the heart trouble of the Central Plains.

Later, although Emperor Wu of Han defeated the Xiongnu, the price paid was definitely not small, which can be called extremely militaristic.

'However, now, it is an excellent opportunity to destroy the Xiongnu!'

Su Xuan thought secretly in his heart.

The Xiongnu at this time, although their power is still huge, in fact, they have not reached the strength of the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty in original history. The turning point of everything lies in the period of Modu Chanyu destroying Donghu, annexing Donghu, Dayuezhi, and many other forces, which made the power of the Xiongnu soar.

And the Xiongnu today are actually not as good as Donghu.

However, in recent years, Donghu has also been gradually declining, which can be considered a turning point.

Su Xuan naturally will not let history go in the original direction.

Therefore, this opportunity must be grasped.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Su Xuan asked Seeing Ying Zheng, "Since I returned on the Mirage, I heard that the empire is at war with the Xiongnu. Can Your Majesty tell me about the current situation?"

Seeing Ying Zheng was slightly stunned when he heard Su Xuan's words, and then told Su Xuan about the direction of this war.

He first talked about the cause of this war.

At that time, the Qin Guo had just destroyed Baiyue. Perhaps the Xiongnu in the north determined that the Central Plains had just started a war and were unable to use the army, so they invaded the northern border of Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, and other places, looting property and slaughtering civilians.

Seeing Ying Zheng learned of this and could not bear it, so he let Meng Tian send troops to meet the Xiongnu, and at the same time, he invited Li Mu to come out and let Li Mu assist Meng Tian.

As a result, this war lasted for a long time, but the Qin army and the Xiongnu were deadlocked.