Chapter 419 The Western Expedition and the Western Regions
When Bai Xueyi was about to go to Xianyang on Ying Zheng's 30th birthday, Li Mu was also thinking about the same thing in a military fortress under the Qilian Mountains in the extreme west.
"General, if this is the time for you to return to Xianyang, then your attack on the Western Regions this year may be postponed." In a small courtyard in the fortress, a general said to Li Mu, the governor of Longxi County, Qin.
"It should not be delayed, and even if it is delayed, it is not a problem." Li Mu said.
"General?"
"Zhao Huan, I know your concerns. Summer is the season we need to avoid in the next conquest of the Western Regions." Li Mu said.
"But you also need to understand that the Western Regions are not comparable to these uncivilized barbarian tribes in the Qilian Mountains. In the Western Regions, they have cities and civilizations. Now with our strength, we can be invincible in field battles, what if we attack the city?" Li Mu asked back.
"The Western Regions are mostly small cities, and it is not difficult to capture those cities." said the Qin general, who was called Zhao Huan by Li Mu.
"It's just not a difficult thing, but there are still some difficulties. Behind the difficulty are the lives of our soldiers." Li Mu said.
"If we can reduce the difficulty of siege within our ability, why don't we do it?" Li Mu continued.
"So, is the general back to Xianyang this time also to seek help from the king?" Zhao Huan asked.
"Yes, we have been in the west for several years. In these years, the domineering mechanisms of the Gongshuoists must be even more domineering. If we can have such a powerful weapon in our hands, we will undoubtedly reduce many casualties when siegeing the city." Li Mu explained.
"After that being said, domineering mechanisms are the most important weapon of the country. Will the king really give it to us?" Zhao Huan said skeptical.
The power of the domineering mechanism was deeply experienced by the former Zhao State border cavalry. It was precisely because the domineering mechanism was too powerful that the domineering mechanism became an army alone and received direct control from Ying Zheng.
Only when a real war occurs will the domineering mechanism join the army that goes out to fight and appear on the battlefield as a killing weapon.
But can this Western Expedition Legion under Li Mu really gain full trust from Xianyang?
"Zhao Huan, you have to understand that your ability to live now is all because of the king's trust." Li Mu warned.
"I naturally believe in this, but it is precisely because of the king's trust that we must do things that can make the king trust." Zhao Huan said.
"These things are not something you should worry about. You just need to do your own things well." Li Mu said.
"Yes." Zhao Huan responded. From Li Mu's words, he could tell that Li Mu no longer wanted to say anything more to him.
In the Western Regions where Li Mu and Zhao Huan were talking to each other, a girl appeared on the street in a daze in a small town where she didn't know when it originated or how long it had existed.
"Where is this? Who am I? Why am I here?" The girl looked at everything in front of her blankly, feeling a little familiar, but she could not find the relevant memories for a while.
"Xiao Li, why are you still here? The sandstorm is coming soon. You have to go home quickly." In the confusion of the girl, a young man hurriedly ran past her and turned around and said to the girl.
"So am I Xiao Li? Which one is the only one? Jiu Li?" Amid the girl's doubts, a name suddenly appeared in her mind.
Jiuli?
Loulan?
What else will be?
Will it be the beginning of another story?
Xianyang, as time passes, time has entered the first month of the 14th year of the Qin King Zheng.
In Xingle Palace, Zhao Ji, who was lazily leaning on her seat, looked at Ying Zheng with a sad face and said, "When I was a child, I was looking forward to my birthday every day, because on my birthday, I could get what I wanted. When I grow up, I hate birthdays again, because every time I celebrated my birthday, it means I was one year older."
"What about now?" asked Ying Zheng, who was standing in front of the window and enjoying the picture of the handsome mother in the yard, who was admiring the picture of the girl being taught by the stern mother in the yard.
"Moderns are already afraid of birthdays, because every birthday means that people are one step closer to death." This time, the person who answered Ying Zheng was not Zhao Ji, but another person in the hall, came to visit Zhao Ji's Empress Dowager Huayang.
"Yes, what people of our age are most afraid of is birthdays." Zhao Ji echoed the words of Empress Dowager Huayang.
"Death is indeed the most terrifying thing." Ying Zheng said.
"I don't know who will be the one who celebrates his birthday twenty years later?" Zhao Ji said inexplicably.
"Twenty years later." Ying Zheng pondered.
In this world full of unknowns and fantasy, twenty years later, it will be a big and small shadow for Ying Zheng.
"By the way, I remember Zheng'er, you don't like your birthday, why are you so arrogant this time?" Zhao Ji took the initiative to change the topic.
Although her sorrow comes inexplicably, she will also go inexplicably, just like now.
"The mother doesn't know the reason, I think the grandmother Queen Mother should know, right?" Ying Zheng did not directly answer Zhao Ji's question, but threw Zhao Ji's question to the Empress Dowager Huayang.
"The birthday of the Lord of a country is not just a personal matter." Empress Dowager Huayang was a little surprised when she saw Ying Zheng ask him, but she didn't think too much, but directly told the answer to the question.
"Can this even rise to state affairs?" Zhao Ji said suspiciously.
"Of course, birthdays can tell the existence of the King of Qin to the entire Qin State. At the same time, the people of Qin State will also look forward to my birthday very much." Ying Zheng said.
"Looking forward?" Zhao Ji asked, obviously she still didn't understand.
"The king's birthday is a celebration for everyone. At this time, tax exemptions and amnesty are inevitable, so the people are of course looking forward to it." Empress Dowager Huayang explained to Zhao Ji.
"If that's the case, Zheng'er is losing money?" Zhao Ji said.
"This matter cannot be understood in this way." said Empress Dowager Huayang. "In this matter, the more important thing lies in the spread of royal power. Through this matter, the people in the world will clearly feel the existence of the king. For them, the king really exists, not just a special symbol far away in Xianyang."
"And, I did not lose money in this matter. It is not only the property in the treasury that belongs to the orphans, but the people in the world are the same. Since they all belong to me, tax reduction and exemption are just putting the property in my left hand into my right hand." Ying Zheng added.
"That's right." Zhao Ji said suddenly. She seemed to understand, but she didn't seem to understand.