After Xiang Yu finished speaking, many leaders of the Hun tribe were not very convinced of this matter. After all, according to their understanding, it was quite difficult to open up a place that they had never been to before. In just half a year, such news was actually transmitted back, which really made these Huns incredible.

"With the ability of the Emperor of the Great Qin, I will definitely not deceive me in this matter. There are still five hundred cavalry of my Huns there. According to the Emperor of the Great Qin, even if there is a slight loss, it will be only a few. When the 500 cavalry of my Huns meet with Ben Shanyu, the matter will naturally come to light. If the Emperor of the Great Qin deceives me in this matter, he will not want me to attack the Mauryan Dynasty with him. In this way, wouldn't his 6,000 pieces of armor and weapons be washed away?"

Although the Huns were straightforward, they could really understand the general idea after Xiang Yu said this, and began to discuss it, because according to the previous agreement between Xiang Yu and Ying Gao, once the path to the Mauryan Dynasty was found, the Huns were divided equally with the Qin Dynasty. The leaders of these Hun tribes seemed to have seen the expansion of their tribe's territory exponentially.

"According to the agreement between the Emperor of Qin and this Shanyu, once they have a look at the passage, they will help us open up the road between the passage and the Huns. I think this period will not be too far. All tribes will select strong people to wait all the time. When there is news, you will explore it and must completely connect the territory of our Huns with that land!"

Although I don’t know why it is necessary to connect the territory of the Huns to that land, when these Hun tribe leaders heard that there was land and might be able to be divided into their own tribes, they were already very excited.

But no matter how excited they were, Xiang Yu knew that what he and the Huns had to face next might be an opportunity to change the entire Huns and their own destiny.

According to Xiang Yu's plan, if he really went to the Mauryan Dynasty this time, the commander must be personally appointed by himself. Before summoning the leaders of these Xiongnu tribes, Xiang Yu had already agreed with Long Qi and others that once the troops were sent this time, the 80,000 people would be led by himself and Long Qi, and Ji Bu and Yu Ziqi were in charge of the Xiongnu royal court.

At the beginning, this decision was strongly opposed by several of them. They all wanted Xiang Yu to guard the house in the Xiongnu royal court, and he led the 80,000 cavalry to the Mauryan Dynasty.

According to Long Qi, Ji Bu and others' ideas, although their 80,000 army plus the 20,000 elite cavalry of Daqin are already a force that cannot be underestimated, and there are tens of thousands of naval troops of Daqin on the sea to cooperate, that does not mean that this battle to attack the Mauryan Dynasty is almost certain.

After Xiang Yu returned from the negotiations with Ying Gao, he told them all that the Mauryan Dynasty was definitely not a big-faced existence. If it were a big-faced melon, the Qin Dynasty would have to send two naval troops directly to the ground. Why did he still have to take the Huns to participate in this and get a share of the pie?

Especially according to what Wu Sheng heard from Xu Fu's mouth, there were hundreds of cavalrymen in the Mauryan Dynasty with elephants as their mounts. They all knew how big the elephant was. Ordinary swords, guns, swords and halberds were difficult to kill elephants. If one hundred elephants were encountered, a thousand ordinary cavalry would not be enough.

Under such circumstances, Xiang Yu's confidants were unwilling to let Xiang Yu take this risk, not afraid of ten thousand, but fear of something.

They all knew that they could be so scattered in the Huns' territory, which was basically all due to Xiang Yu. If something happened to Xiang Yu, with the help of them, even if they could continue to say the final word in the Huns' court, it would have to be destroyed by the Qin Dynasty in less than a year or two.

But what they didn't expect was that Xiang Yu had no room for negotiation about this matter. He could only command the attack by himself. This matter was not negotiated in Xiang Yu's mouth. In the end, the few of them could only recognize Xiang Yu's arrangement.

Xiang Yu naturally had his own plans to go to the Mauryan Dynasty. Of course, he knew that because he was sending troops less than Daqin in attacking the Mauryan Dynasty, he would definitely suffer a loss when he finally distributed his credit. If he hadn't gone to the shock scene in person, he would have really become a job for Daqin in the end.

Xiang Yu was fully prepared for this battle, and Han Xin was also very well prepared. After leaving Xianyang City, Han Xin took the 20,000 cavalry he carefully selected and rushed to the land of Bashu. He held the letter written by Ying Gao in his hand. After Han Xin assigned the mission to the county magistrates of these two counties, he did not stay in places like Bashu. Instead, he took some soldiers' rations and cotton coats and went to the first contact point set up by Lu Jia in the barren land.

This contact point is not very far from the border of Daqin. Originally, Han Xin thought that according to the distance on the map sent back by Lu Jia, his cavalry did not carry any supplies and arrived in about a day of march, but he still greatly underestimated the power of this land.

In the end, the journey that was originally planned to arrive in one day was still leaving after the cavalry was lightly equipped with cavalry.

When it was the first contact point, Han Xin finally knew why Ying Gao attached so much importance to Lu Jia. This was because he had just arrived at the edge of this land. Han Xin had already felt the difference in the climate here. If it weren't for Lu Jia's reminder, Han Xin felt that he would probably have suffered some soldiers from this place.

As a result, although the speed of the march was much slower due to the weather and terrain, fortunately, it did not cause any harm to the soldiers, which made Han Xin slightly relieved. Otherwise, if the 20,000 people had lost some before they could fight, Han Xin would not know how he would explain this to Ying Gao.

When Lu Jia set up this contact point, he obviously considered how many people he could accommodate once this place truly becomes the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

Not far from the contact point is a large lake, with the lake surface as bright as a mirror. Behind that lake is a large forest. Although it is not as lush as the forests in the hinterland of Daqin, it is also very rare in such a place.

Han Xin understood at a glance that it was more than enough to build some villages around the area with water and trees. Although he didn't know if he could plant some grains, it was still possible to do some grazing or breeding, and these were vigorously promoted by Ying Gao within the scope of the Qin Dynasty.

Now, this place is about to become Han Xin's temporary training place. Originally, Han Xin thought he would only rest at the first contact point, then continue to move forward, and stop to train after reaching the second or third contact point, but once he experienced the climate of this land, Han Xin changed his mind.

He will train troops here until the next news from Lu Jia came. He must let these soldiers of the Qin Dynasty adapt to the environment here before making plans for the next step, because these soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were not Huns after all, and did not have such strong environmental adaptability, so he must ensure that these soldiers are foolproof and then talk about other things.

The next news from Lu Jia did not make Ying Gao wait for too long. Less than a month later, Ying Gao received another letter from Lu Jia.

But unlike the good news that had been as good as before, this time the news was a bit disappointing. According to Lu Jia, he searched along the large mountain range for a long time, but he did not find a place that could easily pass through the road as they had expected before, and he did not find any mountain that could be opened with just a little force.

To be honest, this news disappointed Ying Gao. He always thought that in the strange nature, any kind of situation could happen. In such a long mountain range, there should always be some small gaps that can pass through the other end of the passage, right? It may be that people have not discovered it, or no one has ever looked for it.

Now, according to Lu Jia's return, his idea was obviously wrong. In this situation, it may be when he was about to open a road and fill a bridge when he encountered water. Fortunately, according to Lu Jia, he had climbed a high point opposite the mountain and observed it and found several places that he thought were not very thick. After sending back this letter, Lu Jia was still evaluating which of these places would be relatively easier to dig.

Obviously, according to Lu Jia's idea, he could only make a quick decision and not waste his time on endless searches. By digging a relatively weak mountain, if manpower and tools are complete, several months will be gained, because the space they need is not very large, and it is enough to accommodate one person, one ride and a carriage.

Ying Gao's worries were mainly concentrated in two aspects. The first one was naturally that digging the mountain was the most bulky method. Although there has been a legend about Yugong moving mountains since ancient times, it was definitely not the wisest method. What Ying Gao needs now is speed. According to his plan, the remaining time has only been more than four months. If there is no good news coming, let alone anything else, morale may be a small blow.

On the other hand, Ying Gao did not know the specific situation on the side of the mountain. Although it should be far from the hinterland of the real Mauryan Dynasty, what if there are any scattered villages there?

Once such a situation occurs, the excavated mountain will attract the attention of the locals. Such a situation will inevitably let the people of the Mauryan Dynasty know at the fastest speed that these 100,000 cavalry will not achieve the purpose of sneak attacks, and the losses will be very heavy. This is very inconsistent with Ying Gao's plan. Although most of the 100,000 cavalry are Xiang Yu's Huns troops, Ying Gao knew that after the end of this battle, Xiang Yu would truly regard himself as his ally, and in the subsequent battles, Xiang Yu still had a very important strategic position in Ying Gao's heart.

Now, it's time to make a choice. Ying Gao knew that he would definitely not go to that place in person to see if what Lu Jia said was reliable. At this time, he could only choose to trust the judgment of the person he appointed and give him firm support. Otherwise, this matter would be counterproductive.

After considering a lot of time, Ying Gao decided to agree to the plan proposed by Lu Jia, and immediately started immediately.

However, after agreeing to this plan, this matter has a lot of attention. Because digging a mountain is a very time-consuming project, Ying Gao decided that everyone could not wait for this matter stupidly, but should implement several other matters together, such as starting to explore the road between the land of the Huns and the mountains, and then let Xiang Yu take his 80,000 cavalry into the barren land as soon as possible to adapt.

Another problem is that if you rely solely on those 1,000 people, you don’t have any handy tools. If you just dig the mountain one after another, you won’t be able to finish this matter in the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month.

However, if you send additional personnel, especially those serving people, it is not certain that you can die before you reach the destination. In addition, if there are too many people, you will be very difficult to transport food and grass. The land is not like the dense forests in the Qin Dynasty. You can eat it if you pick some wild fruits, eat it if you fish in the river, and eat some wild animals if you catch some wild animals. There is not no such thing on this land, but the number of wild animals and birds is very rare. In short, it is almost completely impossible to rely on the heaven to make a living here.

This incident still made Ying Gao very confused. He did not want the people of Daqin to complain about him because of this incident. He did want Daqin to stand at the peak of the entire world, but he did not want to do something very radically like Emperor Qin.

After thinking about it, Ying Gao still thought of Zhang Kai, and at the same time, he also thought of a relatively special but well-known school during this period, that is, the Mohist school.

Relying on manpower is the stupidest method no matter what era it is. Only by relying on technology and machinery can we save all kinds of costs. Now, this is undoubtedly the case.
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