Great Qin's commoners were in an uproar.
"A seventeen-year-old general? That was impossible, right? This is unprecedented. When I was seventeen, I didn't even leave Xianyang City!”
"Seventeen? My son is already 18 years old today and has joined the army, but he's still far from being able to wield a knife or a gun. There's actually someone who can go to war at the age of 17? The opponent was still the strongest Xiongnu! This is unbelievable."
"But isn't this too risky? A seventeen-year-old child, no matter how talented he was in marching and fighting, had never participated in any large-scale war. In the end, he only knew how to talk on paper. Now that the enemy was the Xiongnu, it was said that they were all people who ate raw meat and drank blood like wild beasts. Could this general suppress them?”
People expressed their doubts, although they admired the courage of a seventeen-year-old boy who dared to lead troops to the front line.
However, this wasn't a battle of personal feelings.
It was a matter that concerned the glory of the country! How can you act on courage alone?
Ever since Great Qin had started the unification process, it had never lost a war, and it had even defeated the six Great Empires.
Although the Xiongnu were strong and ferocious, they were only nomads of the grasslands after all. They did not know etiquette and were just barbarians.
If Great Qin lost to them, then all of the fame that it had built up over the years would be gone!
People couldn't help but worry about the face and future of their country.
"It's fine to let a seventeen-year-old youth lead an army. After all, Great Qin has a ferocious army of millions of cavalry.
But this time, they only sent 800 people? This was…What is Your Highness trying to do!"
"Yeah, 800 people? How dangerous was the desert in the north of the desert? Not to mention eight hundred people, even eight thousand people could get lost. When the Qin generals were cleaning up the Xiongnu at the border, they got lost half the time. Many of the soldiers had nothing but skills.
However, he was trapped in a lost path and did not eat or drink for many days. He was trapped to death.”
"Is there such a thing? Then according to what you said, wouldn't they have a narrow escape?”
"Isn't that so? The northern and southern parts of the desert are all inhabited by the Xiongnu. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the wind and sand are everywhere. Even if there are tens of thousands of soldiers, they would still need to send out thousands of scouts to scout the way before they can carry out the next step. There might not even be enough scouts to scout the way!”
"That's right. In the path of the army, food and fodder should be given priority before the soldiers and horses move. Their 800 light soldiers probably don't even have the people to supply them with food and fodder. The desert is desolate and they lack food and water. They probably scattered before they even saw the enemy.”
Soon, the commoners had their own guesses.
Everyone knew that after the Thirteenth Prince ascended the throne, he was not welcomed. All the forces did not recognize his ability and did not want to see him inherit the throne.
Therefore, the people felt that Ying Mo must have been ostracized and bullied this time!
Why did he let a seventeen-year-old youth lead eight hundred soldiers to fight against the Xiongnu?
It must be because the military didn't send anyone for him!
It was very likely that the Grand Commandant did not cooperate with the Thirteenth Prince at all and deliberately embarrassed him so that he could not mobilize his military power and organize an army. Therefore, he could only scrape together 800 people!
Slowly, everyone accepted this statement.
This time, the people's anger rose to the sky!
Everyone was fighting for Prince Ying Mo, cursing the officials in the court.
"This group of useless bastards! He actually made things difficult for the Thirteenth Prince, forcing him to only let a seventeen-year-old general lead eight hundred men out to battle. This was simply too much, not giving anyone a way out!”
"None of these officials are good! Before the First Emperor went into seclusion, he asked them to assist the Imperial Prince and protect the country. In the end, they did this for their own selfish desires. Aren't they afraid that the First Emperor would settle the score with them after he came out of seclusion?”
"This is too much. The Thirteenth Prince is weak and has never formed a clique for personal gain or followed the law. In the end, they used this to attack him.”
"After the Thirteenth Prince took office, he sympathized with the people, taught the treacherous minister Zhao Gao a lesson, prayed for rain for the people, and killed the Dragon King. All of this was for the sake of Great Qin. These officials and the so-called experts of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy only cared about enjoyment and did not care about the lives of the people!”
In the court.
The civil and military officials were all livid with anger.
Especially Grand Marshal Wei Miao and Great General Wang Jian!
These military bigwigs were undoubtedly regarded by the people as the main culprits who had made things difficult for the Thirteenth Prince, so the people scolded them the most.
Grand Commandant Wei's face was about to turn green with anger!
He was a grand marshal of a country, one of the three dukes, and had the authority to manage the army. He had a golden seal and purple ribbon, and was the leader of the military officers in the world! Chief Military Minister!
Even the emperor had to go through the marshal's edict to send troops.
Even Prime Minister Li Si and Imperial Censor Feng Jie had to be polite to Wei Miao. Even Zhao Gao and the other great Confucians should not provoke him.
He did not expect to be scolded by the people at this moment.
Wang Jian was also so angry that he blew his beard and glared. His entire body was just short of emitting black smoke!
He was the current number one general of the State of Qin, the State Guarding General! In the battle where Qin Shi Huang wiped out the six countries, five countries were destroyed by Wang Jian. How mighty was that?
At this moment, he had actually become a treacherous official who did not care about his priorities and eliminated dissidents for his own selfish desires?
How could he accept this!
More importantly, Wei Taiwei and Wang Jian had been actively requesting to go to the border to suppress the Xiongnu.
Ever since the urgent report from the border, Wang Jian had never taken off this armor, ready to move out at any time.
They were so enthusiastic, but the Thirteenth Prince completely ignored their request and insisted on letting that seventeen-year-old general whom he had never heard of lead eight hundred soldiers to the North Desert.
What did it have to do with them?
In the end, the two of them were the scapegoats and were scolded by the people of the world.
One had to know that if they failed to resist the Xiongnu, Wei Miao and Wang Jian would be nailed to the pillar of shame by Great Qin's people. Their chastity would be lost and their names would be infamy for thousands of years!
This blame was simply too unjust.
Zhao Gao and Zhang Cang held back their laughter and felt pity for these two unlucky fools. In their eyes, this formation was bound to fail.
However, Wang Jian and Wei Miao did not have any temper. They did not dare to forcefully drag the Thirteenth Prince out. That would be even more difficult to explain.
Wang Jian was furious.
Fortunately, he had already sent Meng Tian to the front line secretly. Although the border guards were not as strong as the elites of Mount Li's camp, they were still much stronger than the 800 prefecture troops. He hoped that there was still time.
At the same time, the ministers were also discussing the war at the border.
Zhang Cang said,"
"The Xiongnu is just a small problem and will not become a big problem. Right now, the real danger for Great Qin is in Xianyang City."
The ministers were stunned for a moment, but they quickly regained their senses and nodded.
Outside Xianyang City.
An old man in a Confucian robe looked at the east gate and smiled indifferently.
"Is this Xianyang? You really have the signs of rejuvenation. Unfortunately, you're courting death."
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