Thirty-two years after the first emperor.
With Meng Tian as the commander, Ying Zheng led 300,000 Qin troops to attack the Xiongnu.
On the shore of the Yellow River, the Qin army, which was mainly made up of infantry, had a life and death battle with the Xiongnu cavalry.
The army led by Meng Tian was unstoppable. They defeated the Xiongnu troops upstream of the Yellow River, forcing the Xiongnu to flee 700 miles north of the desert.
This was because the Hu people did not dare to go south to herd horses.”
In just one battle, Meng Tian had dealt a heavy blow to the fierce Xiongnu, causing them to be utterly defeated and run around like wolves.
Meng Tian's achievements were extremely high. She led the army to guard Shangjun. In order to strengthen the defense line in the Hetao area, she built pavilions and castles north of the Yellow River.
As the Yellow River defense line's outpost.
After this battle, it brought more than ten years of stable social environment to the north, creating conditions for the development of the Hetao area.
Meng Tian fought bravely and won by surprise. The battle that defeated the Xiongnu was the greatest battle achievement in his life. People praised him as the " First Warrior of Yan Huang ".
But of course, this was not his work alone.
With Ying Zheng's great talent and strategy!
There was also the army of Qin that had unified the world after hundreds of battles!
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Then how strong was the Qin State that was able to unify the world and drive the Xiongnu army back thousands of miles?
Compared to the other civilizations of the same era, how much would they win?
First of all, Wu Zi's 'Managing the Army' recorded the specific training methods of the Qin army: "For example, if one person learns to fight, he can teach ten people; if ten people learn to fight, he can teach a hundred people; if a hundred people learn to fight, he can teach a thousand people; if a thousand people learn to fight, he can teach ten thousand people; if ten thousand people learn to fight, he can teach three armies.”
This was a method of training soldiers, and at the same time, it was also a kind of inheritance.
How long has the Qin Country been established?
Nearly six hundred years!
And how did they live these six hundred years?
The west and north were nomadic tribes.
The eastern countries regarded them as barbarians.
The State of Wei annexed the land of the State of Wei, as if it were eating sweet food.
Wei Wu suddenly rushed into the enemy's formation! It was like killing bandits!
The State of Qin had fought their way here like this.
With 600 years of war experience, one could imagine how valiant the people of Qin were back then!
How skilled was the Qin Country's army in the battlefield!
And this was only the most basic aspect of soldiers.
In terms of weapons.
During the period of Ying Zheng.
The system of "Wulele Gongming" had already been mentioned in Lu Buwei's "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals".
And Ying Zheng followed it.
" In the fourth year, Prime Minister Lu Buwei made the temple workers Long, Chengyi, Gongwo, and Ji.
Four years referred to the four years of the reign of the King of Qin, which was the time when the weapons were forged.
"Halberd" was the name of a weapon, and a halberd was a combination of a spear and a spear.
In other words, if there was a problem with the weapons used by the Qin army, the Qin army would be able to use them.
They could find someone to take charge at the first moment, so the craftsmen did not dare to slack off, naturally ensuring the quality of the Qin army's weapons.
Moreover, they were all standardized, especially the Qin crossbows.
Bronze parts could be dismantled, replaced, and used at will.
It was also easy to use, and it would not take long to master it.
Moreover, a large number of such crossbowmen formed an arrow formation.
He didn't need to shoot arrows at the sky!
They could make their enemies lose their way!
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In terms of military formations.
The Qin army used a gate formation.
The front and flanks were infantrymen, their main weapons were spears.
There are crossbowmen in the middle.
At the back of the formation, there were extremely mobile cavalry!
The role of the infantry was to protect the crossbowmen, while the crossbowmen would attack the enemy's formation. Every time a battle broke out, the enemy would first have to face their arrow rain!
When the enemy is tired, we will use cavalry to attack!
When the Qin army fought against the Xiongnu, they had even more powerful tactics!
It was to combine cavalry and crossbowmen!
From then on, the Qin cavalry could also shoot crossbows!
Of course, it wasn't a foot-stepping crossbow, but a light crossbow.
Although the power was not as good, it was still the same sentence: win with numbers!
Moreover, he could chase after the enemy!
In addition to Meng Tian's proper command, it went without saying how strong this Qin army was.
Of course, there were many more factors that could determine the outcome of a war.
"The troops have not moved yet, let's move the rations first."
They were competing for supplies and national strength!
This was especially true for an agricultural empire like this, which had gone out to fight against the nomads.
And the most beneficial measure to ensure the supply of Meng Tian's army was Ying Zheng's Qin Zhi Dao!
It was a straight road from the capital Xianyang to the border Jiuyuan!
It was more than 700 kilometers long!
The Qin Country's cavalry would be able to set off from Xianyang and reach the border in three days!
At the same time, it could also be used to ensure the timely transportation of grain.
At the same time, this Dao also benefited future generations. It made a huge contribution to the Central Plains 'resistance against the threat from the north!
It was also because of all this that the Xiongnu in the north did not dare to go south to herd horses!
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Then, let's take a look at the combat strength of the other ancient civilizations.
Only Rome could fight against Qin.
In fact, Rome was not at its strongest at this time.
This comparison seemed a little unfair.
Let's compare it to Rome during Caesar's time.
The Roman army during Caesar's era used a triangular formation.
In the front row were infantry, but the army was different from the Qin army. The Roman infantry were mainly equipped with short swords and spears.
The second row was archers.
The third row was a catapult.
Or arrange for a small number of chariots.
The Roman army's triangular formation looked perfect.
In fact, compared to the Qin army, they were really inferior.
Because the Roman army could not protect its flanks from enemy attacks.
Back then, Caesar was able to defeat Pompeii because he had surrounded the other party from the flank.
The large-scale military equipment in the rear greatly reduced their mobility.
As long as the infantrymen in the army were defeated, the Roman army could not guarantee that their main force would not be destroyed.
In other words, if the Roman army could not win in the first battle, they would not have a second battle.
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Then, there were Roman cavalry moving back and forth around the enemy.
However, most of the time, there were no cavalry or only a small number of cavalry.
Rome, even when Caesar defeated Pompei.
The cavalry of both sides added up to only about ten thousand.
In terms of equipment, they did not have the same level of quality control as Great Qin, and they could not guarantee the strength of their army.
They could only fight with the barbarians on their side and bully them because they were even more backward than them.
However, in front of Great Qin,
Then, when the Roman army harnessed horses, they put the reins around the horses 'necks.
As for the Qin army, they put it on the horses 'mouths. As a result, the strength of the Roman horses was only half of the strength of the Great Qin horses.
Therefore, even if they had the same number of people, they would not be able to fight.
As for who was better at fighting, Meng Tian or Caesar, that was a matter of opinion.
If Caesar was able to defeat Meng Tian despite being at a disadvantage, then it could only be said that he was indeed the number one person in war.
Finally, it was a competition of national strength and systems.
Both sides were at their peak. The number of troops that could be released after exhausting their national strength should be about the same.
Even after Hannibal had crossed the Alps and defeated their main force several times in a row.
They could still repeatedly recruit soldiers to resist.
But in terms of system and decision-makers.
Clearly, they were not as powerful as Ying Zheng and Great Qin.
Therefore, if the Qin State during Ying Zheng's time and the Rome at its peak were to become two neighboring countries, then the Qin State would be the most powerful country in the world.
Ying Zheng might not be able to swallow Rome, but at least on the battlefield, he would not let them gain any advantage.
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"Great Qin's military strength is so strong that even if you look at the history of ancient empires, it can be ranked, right?”
"At that time, it could be said to be the best in the world!”
"If you compare it to the weapons and tactics of the later generations, then it naturally can't be compared.”
"But under the current conditions, Qin could be said to have done it to the extreme, right?”
"After all, Meng Tian's attack on the Xiongnu could be said to be the first time in human history that an agrarian empire has won such a great victory over the nomads, right?”
"It should be. Before the Qin Dynasty, they brought such a powerful empire?”
"The previous empires would have to kneel when they encountered the nomadic Yarian!”
"Great Qin is invincible!"
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Qin Shi's strength was enough to make any Dragon Country proud!
It made people from other countries envious.
"The ancient times of the Dragon Country are too ridiculous!”
"It's fine if the emperor is strong, but he also has such powerful subordinates!”
"That's right! Wise ministers and wise rulers often appeared at the same time. How could others play with them?”
"The Dragon Country's father is too amazing! The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had done so many things together, yet he could still fight.”
"Not only can he fight, but he can also win. Moreover, he won so beautifully. This is simply unreasonable!”
"Build the Great Wall at the border and build the world's earliest highway on the ground! It can even dredge the waterway in the river!"
"This is simply too much!"
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The spiritual canal, known as the Qin canal in ancient times, was located in the territory of Gui. It was a man-made canal that connected the Xiang River and Li River.
It was ordered by Ying Zheng to be repaired.
After Ying Zheng had unified the six states, he had encountered a setback when he was pacifying Lingnan, and his logistics could not keep up.
He ordered Shi Lu to dig a spiritual canal to connect the Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River. This way, the Yangtze River system and the Pearl River system would be connected.
After the spiritual canal was built, the army and logistics resources were continuously sent to Lingnan through the waterway!
In the end, he successfully brought the entire Lingnan region into the empire's territory!
And it would forever become the territory of the Dragon Country!
The length of the spiritual canal was only over thirty kilometers, but it not only saved Ying Zheng a lot of time to transport military rations.
It allowed him to open up a vast territory, and at the same time, it was also very beneficial to the future generations.
It played a huge role in flood drainage and farmland irrigation.
It could be said that it laid a good foundation for the subsequent development after the conquest.
This was the wisdom of the ancients!
One canal with multiple uses, perfect!
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At the same time, it was also inseparable from Ying Zheng's continued hard work after unifying the world.
Never slack off in government affairs!
"Everything in the world, big or small, is decided by the top. The highest is to measure the book with a stone, and it will be presented day and night. If it is not presented, it will not rest."
It could be said that Ying Zheng would only feel at ease if he decided everything in the empire himself.
The bamboo slips and memorials that he dealt with every day were calculated in terms of " weighing stones ".
During the Qin Dynasty, each stone weighed about 120 Jin, which meant that the memorials that Ying Zheng read every day weighed at least 120 Jin.
Most importantly, there were many things to deal with.
Therefore, he couldn't sleep until he finished reading.
120 catties of bamboo slips a day, with hundreds of thousands of words!
Of course, Ying Zheng could not read it word by word like he did when he was studying.
He only needed to figure out the general situation and what the officials were asking for.
But this! It was tiring enough!
Therefore, Ying Zheng had almost no time to enjoy anything.
He could only be described as a workaholic.
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What would he do when he had time?
The answer was to patrol the east.
Of course, this was not for sightseeing.
It was fundamentally different from the emperors of the later generations who came to Jiangnan with great fanfare!
Although the Qin State had unified the world, the remnants of the six states had always wanted to restore the country so that they could divide the world again.
Therefore, the reason why Emperor Ying Zheng was going to tour the east was to spread the mighty might of the Qin Dynasty, and to deter the survivors of the six dynasties who intended to restore the country!
Ying Zheng had toured the east five times, just like how the Qin army had marched out of Hangu Pass, all for the same purpose, which was to unify the world!
Ying Zheng's first eastern tour was to Chengtou Mountain.
Chengtou Mountain, also known as Chengshan Corner, was located in the easternmost part of Ludi Peninsula.
This place was located in a remote area, thousands of miles away from the imperial capital at that time. Was it convenient for Ying Zheng to go there?
After Ying Zheng unified the world, he issued the order that all carriages should be on the same track. During the Warring States Period, the distance between the carriages of different countries was set at six feet.
Moreover, all the traffic routes were centered around Xianyang, which provided favorable traffic conditions for Ying Zheng's eastern tour.
At the same time, it was also his wish to bring the benefits of unification into the lives of the people!
He had come to Qitou Mountain in Lu to intimidate the old nobles of Qi State!
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During the second eastern tour, Mount Tai was held.
The third time, he was assassinated by Zhang Liang.
The fourth time he went to Jieshi to patrol the border of the Great Qin Dynasty.
Then, Emperor Ying Zheng thought that the southeast had the aura of a Son of Heaven, so he made a final inspection tour of the old land of Chuyue, in order to deter the remnant of the Three Chu tribes and consolidate the Great Qin Empire!
Emperor Ying Zheng went to the Cloudy Dreamy Swamp and solemnly paid his respects to Emperor Shun.
Emperor Shun was a noble person of the Ying clan. He gave the Qin people the surname Ying and predicted that the Qin people would rise to power in the world.
The purpose of Emperor Ying Zheng's grand memorial ceremony to Emperor Shun was to announce to the world that it was the Sage's prediction that the Qin people would obtain the world, and that it was the destiny of the Qin Dynasty!
At the same time, they also wanted to spread the news to the world that they were all from the Yan Huang Race, so they should rule the Yan Huang Race together and not have any internal strife!
After that, Ying Zheng went to Min Province, where he specially went to pay his respects to King Yu the Great.
It was also during this process that Xiang Yu saw Emperor Ying Zheng's imposing manner and said with hatred," He can replace him!"
As the leader of the Yan Huang Race, Yu the Great had contributed greatly to the Yan Huang Race.
At the same time, Yu the Great was unfair to the Qin people. He abdicated to Bo Yi, the leader of the Ying tribe, but he nurtured his son Xia Qi's power. In the end, Bo Yi was killed by Xia Qi.
However, as the descendant of Boyi, Qin Shihuang still paid homage to Yu the Great, expressing that the great righteousness of Yan and Huang lay in unifying the country and not denying it with personal hatred!
His mind is really big!
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"Xiangyu! Old acquaintances!"
"With this comparison, you were really sh * tty when Ying Zheng was around!”
"Indeed, I liked Xiangyu very much.”
"But after understanding Ying Zheng, this kind of liking faded.”
"He should not have burned down the Qin royal palace!”
"Moreover, when the First Emperor was around, he only dared to hide far away and say vicious words!”
"Why doesn't he dare to fight with the First Emperor?”
"He's brave, not stupid! With the Ancestral Dragon and Meng Tian in the world, even if he was a dragon, he had to coil up. Even if he was a tiger, he had to nest!”
"Our old scoundrel Liu Bang is really lucky. From the very beginning, he did not treat Ying Zheng as an enemy, and instead, he seemed to be magnanimous.”
"Now, three king tiers are gathered in one place! This could be considered a historical scene, right?”
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Ying Zheng had finally eliminated his relatives and became the sole queen.
They decided that the Qin Dynasty would not have an empress or a crown prince.
The monarch would choose a virtuous person from his many sons so that the new monarch would not be controlled by the Empress Dowager and Empress, nor would he be coerced by his relatives.
Therefore, Ying Zheng had neither an empress nor a crown prince, but he knew that his son, Fu Su, would be the successor of the Great Qin Empire!
Ying Zheng was seriously ill when he arrived at Pingjin during his fifth tour of the east. He knew that he did not have much time left, so he had to decide on the candidate for the second monarch of the Qin Dynasty as soon as possible.
Fusu was the most outstanding among the sons. He believed in people and was brave, resolute and benevolent.
Ying Zheng had high hopes for Fusu, and the name Fusu was proof of that.
"There is Fusu in the mountains, lotus flowers in the marsh."
Although Qin had unified the world, there were still undercurrents surging in the world. Fu Su was benevolent and did not understand battle formations. Hence, he had specially sent Fu Su to Meng Tian's army. He was called an army supervisor, but he was actually tempering himself!
Meng Tian and Ying Zheng grew up together. Although they were monarch and minister, they were brothers.
Therefore, Emperor Ying Zheng sent his son, Fu Su, to Meng Tian's army to find a strong backer for his son. As long as Meng Tian supported Fu Su, Great Qin would not fall into chaos.
Even if Fusu was benevolent, if the Six Nations were to make a comeback, with General Meng Tian around, they would definitely be able to win.
If Fu Su stayed in Xianyang, he would inevitably be involved in the power struggle. Therefore, Emperor Ying Zheng sent Fu Su to Jiuyuan for the purpose of protection and tempering.
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When Ying Zheng was dying of a serious illness, he did not return to Xianyang directly.
Instead, he went north to Zhao. Actually, he wanted to go to the Nine Plains to pass the throne to Fusu and entrust Meng Tian.
Although Li Si and Zhao Gao respected the Emperor, he could still feel that something had changed in the two of them, so he had specially left General Meng Yi behind to listen to his orders.
In the end, the Emperor went to the sand dune and felt deeply regretful for not appointing Fusu as the Crown Prince in time.
Therefore, he issued a decree for Fu Su to be buried in Xianyang with the funeral. He wanted Fu Su to return to Xianyang to preside over his own funeral. In fact, he wanted Fu Su to take charge of the Qin country.
If Fu Su came back and he was still alive, he could pass the throne to Fu Su in time.
If he died, then Fusu could be the successor of the Qin Dynasty monarch with his identity as the host of the funeral.
However, Ying Zheng might have been standing at a higher position for too long, which led to him underestimating the ambition and desire of his subordinates.
In the end, Great Qin was forced into the worst possible situation.
However, he could not be blamed for this. For this emperor who died at the age of 49, it could be said that he was exhausted to death.
The last thing he did before he died was also for the sake of the world!
To awe the Three Chu! For the Great Qin, to establish a future ruler!
Until the last time he closed his eyes, he was still working hard for his great cause!
However, his experiences had made him successful.
However, she still harmed him in the end.
He had harmed Great Qin.
He did not make Fusu the crown prince in advance.
If it was as he had expected, he could naturally take precautions against his relatives.
But the final result was that Huhai succeeded the throne and Qin II died.
"The Hu who destroyed Qin" also became a prophecy.
Great Qin's glory and glory had also left with him.
After him, it was later generations who slandered him in all sorts of ways.
It was the return of the scholarly faction!
However, it was also a unification that lasted for more than 2,000 years!
According to the rules of the West.
The Great Qin Empire that he had built had not been destroyed!
He was like a bright comet that flashed across the sky.
Although it was short, what followed after him was a sky full of stars!
After him was the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties!
It was a civilization that had always maintained unity and disguised itself as a country!
The foundation of eternity was built in his hands!
He had already illuminated the path of the future.
Therefore, Ying Zheng was the first emperor in history!
The top ten human emperors!
He deserved it!
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"Take care, First Emperor!"
"Your life is worthy of being remembered forever!”
"Your dream of unifying the world will be passed down forever!”
"The top of the Human Monarch Board, you are the ceiling of the Monarch Board!”
"The First Emperor's decision to not ask for a posthumous title was absolutely right!”
"Because no posthumous title is worthy of his achievements!”
"The reason why you and I can communicate in the same language today is because of him!”
"We have traveled from the south to the north because of his achievements!”
"What kind of country and what kind of people are invincible?”
"That is unity!"
"When you have doubts about this, why don't you turn around and look at Europa!”
"Look at how they slander and oppose each other!”
"You will realize that we are lucky to have the First Emperor!”
"As for them, when faced with other countries that are so much bigger than them, they can only sigh in despair!”
"Civilizations with him are fortunate to have him, but civilizations without him are helpless!”
"I advise those idle Confucians to curse the First Emperor less!”
"Why don't you take a look at yourself and see if what you write is the language that he unifies!”
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