Faced with the problem of the border, no one dared to underestimate it. The Hu Hu outside the border has always been a major concern for Qin, Zhao, Yan and other countries, which forced the three kingdoms to build the Great Wall in the border areas to resist the enemy. When the King of Qin learned that the Huns knocked on the border, went south to plunder Yunzhong, Yanmen, and even went deep into Dai and other areas, he couldn't sit still. This was simply slapping the King of Qin in the face.

When Zhao State was still there, the Hu people outside the Great Wall had not dared to plunder for more than ten years. As soon as Zhao State was destroyed, they rushed forward. This was obviously not taking Qin State seriously. The King of Qin was very angry and immediately summoned all the ministers to discuss the matter. The ministers led by Lu Buwei did not agree to send troops outside the Great Wall immediately. In the palace, the elderly Lu Buwei looked at the angry King of Qin with a crutch and persuaded:

"The enemy of Qin is Yan, Chu, and Qi. Now is the best time to defeat them and a king of the world... When the Three Jins are stable, General Meng Wu and General Li Mu can attack Yan, and Marquis Wu Cheng and General Wang Jian will attack Chu, these two countries will definitely be destroyed. As long as Qi is intimidated and bribed a lot of money, they may be able to obtain his land without bloodshed."

"Will that be easier for Qin to use the power of the world to attack the Hu people outside the Great Wall?"

Lu Buwei frowned, probably because he felt that he was getting weaker and weaker, and he became a little anxious about the goal of a king of the world... He wanted to become a virtuous prime minister who assisted the King of Qin to achieve a king of the world. As soon as Lu Buwei finished speaking, several ministers agreed with him, thinking that what he said made sense. Now he still had to concentrate on dealing with the remaining Three Kingdoms and complete the unification earlier. It would not be difficult to attack the enemies outside the frontier at that time.

Wang Jian, who was sitting opposite, stood up and glared at Lu Buwei in front of him. He said, "I heard: the most important thing is to respect the king and resist the barbarians. Now the Huns plunder three counties, kill my people, and plunder women and children, but you have to ignore it. What is the reason? How long does it take to defeat Yan, Chu, and Qi? During this period, will the Huns let the Huns do whatever they want in the border counties?"

Faced with Wang Jian's doubts, Lu Buwei shook his head and said, "I don't mean that. I heard that General Li Mu defeated the Huns in Yanmen and won more than 100,000 yuan. General Sima Shang defeated the Hu people many times in Yanmen, and the Hu people were frightened. These two generals have a high reputation outside the frontier. If they were allowed to continue to station in the frontier, the Hu people would not dare to go south easily. When the war in the Central Plains is completed, they will attack them. Is there anything wrong with this?"

Meng Wu stood up and said, "When my father was still there, he said to me: Hu people are cunning. If they don't fight back, they just passively defend, which will only make them worse and more frequent robberies. The Prime Minister is not allowed to attack now, and wants to intimidate the enemy through the two generals. This really confuses me. Some people say that the Prime Minister is old, and now it seems that what they say is right, you are indeed old."

"The State of Zhao can even take out a sword to attack the Hu people. Is Qin even worse than Zhao?"

"Your weak attitude will only encourage the enemy's majesty!"

Faced with Meng Wu's aggressiveness, Lu Buwei was not angry, but just looked at him calmly. The King of Qin came forward and warned Meng Wu seriously, "If you discuss the affairs of the country, you cannot treat your colleagues like this. Even General Meng Ao is very respectful to the Prime Minister, and you should not do this." Obviously, the King of Qin did not want Meng Wu to launch a personal attack on the old Prime Minister. After hearing this, Meng Wu calmed down and did not continue to say anything.

Lu Buwei had already discovered that he had fewer and fewer supporters. Even Li Si was silent at this moment. He refused to stand in the same array as him. He narrowed his eyes, looked at the irritable Meng Wu in front of him, and then looked at the calm Wang Jian. This is why Wu Chenghou valued Wang Jian more than Meng Wu. Lu Buwei looked at Li Mu and asked, "I heard that you defeated the Huns in Yanmen, is that true?"

Li Mu never spoke. After he came to Qin, his relationship with the local generals of Qin was not very harmonious, nor was he considered hostile. He just formed a group with Sima Shang, did not have any contact with other generals, and did not like to speak, and did low-key things... Lu Buwei suddenly asked a question, and Li Mu could not continue to be a transparent person. He nodded and said, "That's it."

"How many soldiers did you use when you fought with the Huns? How did you defeat them? How much food did you consume?"

Lu Buwei asked three questions in a row.

Li Mu said seriously: "I used 250,000 soldiers... I neglected my heart first and made him arrogant. After he entered Yanmen on a large scale, I cut off all his ways and forced them to fight me in the terrain that I was not good at, thus defeating them. The food consumption was very huge, and the accumulation of the three counties in eight years was used." After listening to Li Mu's words, Lu Buwei looked at the King of Qin.

"King, 250,000 soldiers, I still use strategies to lure the enemy into the depths before annihilation. This is still the food accumulated by the three counties in eight years."

"Now you are going to send a general out of the frontier to fight. How many soldiers do you need? How much food do you need? How much price will it cost?"

Ying Zheng's passionate heart also became calmer. He became a little hesitant. Seeing that the King of Qin was shaken, Lu Buwei looked at Li Mu and asked, "If you want to go to the Huns, how many soldiers do you need?"

"At least 200,000 soldiers are needed. I need enough cavalry. I need a large number of horses, a large number of bows, crossbows, and a year of food for the soldiers..." Li Mu said calmly. Meng Wu, who was standing in front of him, blinking at him, as if he wanted to tell him something, but Li Mu seemed to have not seen him and told Lu Buwei truthfully what he needed.

Hearing this, the ministers finally calmed down a little and didn't say anything.

Seeing the reactions of the ministers, Lu Buwei was very satisfied. He asked: "Of course, Qin State has the strength to send 200,000 troops. I can also make up for what General Li Mu needs, but if the enemy launches an attack at this time, how should Qin State respond?"

"Who dares to attack Qin State?"

"Of course it's Chu State!!"

Lu Buwei said loudly, and he said, "I sent an envoy to Chu State to test the attitude of the King of Chu, but he directly killed our envoy, bit his finger, and said that he would definitely avenge Qin State! Can he miss such a good opportunity? If the war begins, Qin State will be attacked on both sides, and Chu State can send at least 100,000 soldiers. If it is forced to conscript, he can summon 200,000!"

"What do you plan to do if that time comes?"

"What's more, this time the Hu people plundered was originally the plan of the King of Yan. I heard that the prime minister of Yan State was a talented man. He used a lot of money to make friends with Hu people outside the border and wanted to transfer Qin's goal from Yan Chu to outside the border. If we go to attack the Hu people, wouldn't it be that Yan State's plan? How can you do something to make the enemy happy?" Lu Buwei asked again.

Ying Zheng was not sure about it for a moment. He really wanted to start a war with the Huns, but he was a little worried, so he hurriedly ended the negotiation and ordered another talk tomorrow.

As soon as he walked out of the palace, several generals gathered together and started discussing loudly. Li Mu and Sima Shang walked together, while Zhao Kang followed them. Meng Wu stopped Li Mu angrily. He said, "Why are you saying a lot? Lu Buwei used your words to block our mouths. You shouldn't do this."

Li Mu frowned and said seriously: "The Hu people are good at riding and shooting, coming and going like the wind. All countries have no choice but to use the Great Wall to resist them. Now we have to take the initiative to attack them on the grassland. Is this very easy? As generals, we should not underestimate our enemies. If we are not prepared enough, we will hurry to take our soldiers to attack powerful enemies. This will only suffer failure. Don't you know this?"

After being scolded by Li Mu, Meng Wu turned red and turned away.

Li Mu was about to leave, but Wang Jian came to him at some point. Wang Jian was surrounded by Wei Liao, who had just become the Taiwei of Qin. He was responsible for military operations across the country. It can be said that he was the leader of the generals. Although Liao had never fought a war, he had great strategic vision and improved the system of the Qin army. He could not be said to be a general, but a military theorist.

"General Li Mu, please don't blame me... General Meng Wu's temperament is a bit anxious, most of Qi people are like this." Wang Jian made a joke. Li Mu nodded without saying anything, but Sima Shang said, "I still like him very much." Several people walked together, and Liao said, "I agree with sending troops. I think this is the Hu people's tentative attack. If we don't fight back, I'm afraid they will become more arrogant and the harm caused will be huge."

"Especially for the people of Zhao, Zhao can protect their safety, but Qin cannot, this..."

The Taiwei Liao shook his head, looked at Li Mu, and said, "I want to know what Marquis Wu Cheng thinks."

"Marquis Wu Cheng agreed to send troops."

"That's good, then there is nothing to worry about. Please bring him tomorrow. With him here, the Prime Minister dares not say anything."

Meng Wu returned home angrily. As soon as he walked into the yard, he saw his two sons holding wooden swords and competing. The young Meng Yi was not his brother's opponent. Meng Tian crushed his younger brother in terms of height, weight, arm span, etc., so he could easily defeat his younger brother, making Meng Yi fall to the ground continuously. Xiao Meng Yi fell to the ground several times, with tears flashing in his eyes, but he refused to admit defeat.

Meng Tian kept mocking, "I think you should be an official in charge of taxation in the future. Don't think about fighting, just yours..."

Meng Wu looked at the two children who were playing tricks and couldn't help but snorted coldly and walked into the inner room. Meng Yi had no intention of complaining to his father. But after being knocked down by his brother many times, he finally couldn't help but sit on the ground and started crying. Seeing that his younger brother was made to cry, Meng Tian came to him helplessly and said seriously: "Okay, stop crying. Facing an enemy that is stronger than you, you can continue fighting unyieldingly. You can also be considered a warrior and can fight with me in the future."

Hearing his brother's comfort, Meng Yi stopped crying. He stood up, wiped off his tears, and asked, "Really?"

"Hahaha, of course it's fake! Do you think your enemy will show mercy like me? You were directly taken off the chariot when you went to the battlefield and you didn't have the chance to continue fighting! You should be a tax collector!!"

“Wow~~~~~”

Meng Yi started crying again.

Soon, Meng Tian, ​​who bullied his younger brother, was pinched by Meng Wu's ears to apologize to his younger brother. Meng Wu said angrily: "Don't be arrogant to his younger brother. If you have real skills, go and lead me to attack the Huns! The son of the Wucheng Hou family is only a little older than you. Look at him, he has made military achievements. What about you? He is just a captain, and he will only bully your younger brother at home!"

"If Li Mu wants to attack the Huns this time, you can be the vanguard for me!"

Meng Tian was pinched by his father's ears and grinned in pain. He shouted: "I understand, I understand!"

Seeing his brother's embarrassing look, Meng Yi couldn't help but applaud, "Beat him! Father beat him!"

A father is kind and filial, and a brother is kind and a harmonious brother. It is really a warm family.

When Zhao Kuo saw Zhao Kang coming home, he asked about the time he sent troops. When Zhao Kang said that the Prime Minister opposed sending troops and could not negotiate the result, Zhao Kuo also became a little irritable, and Zhao Kang hurriedly slipped away.

At the court meeting the next day, all the ministers saw Zhao Kuo who suddenly arrived. The ministers hurriedly paid homage to each other. Even Lu Buwei couldn't help but frown. Of course, he knew what Zhao Kuo's arrival represented. When the negotiations began, the King of Qin seemed to feel much more at ease, as if as long as Zhao Kuo was here, he would not worry about anything. The King of Qin once again mentioned the war against the Huns, and the ministers looked at Zhao Kuo and Lu Buwei.

"Marquis Wucheng, I think that for the sake of a king of the world, we should not send troops." Lu Buwei still insisted on his own point of view.

"For the sake of a king of the world?" Zhao Kuo's face was solemn, and he said loudly: "What is the purpose of a king of the world?! I proposed that the king of the world was to let the people of the world live a good life, so that they will not be bullied and killed! Now? The Hu people killed thousands of herders in the clouds of Yanmen, robbed their food, insulted their women, and robbed them as slaves!"

"If you cannot protect your people and your territory, then what kind of people will you be able to dominate the world..."

Zhao Kuo looked particularly angry, and Lu Buwei couldn't speak immediately. The ministers were quiet and no one dared to provoke the angry Zhao Kuo. Even the King of Qin was the same. Lu Buwei pondered for a moment and said, "If you go to the Huns and Chu takes the opportunity to attack, what should you do?"

"I'm not good at fighting outside the Great Wall, but I also know some ways to fight, so I'll send me to Nanjun."

"If the Chu State dares to send troops at this time, I will definitely catch their general and behead him."

Lu Buwei was speechless.
Chapter completed!