Through Time Chapter 190

After putting everything in order and finding that nothing had been missed

Zhao Lang then waited for Meng Tian’s orders.

He was ready to set off at any time.

From Liaodong to Jiuyuan.

The total distance is over a thousand kilometres.

In Zhao Lang’s opinion, it is not very far, in his last life it was only a matter of one or two hours.

But in the Great Qin, with an army, one wanted to travel such a long distance.

It was just an extremely long distance.

The distance an ordinary soldier could travel in a day was only a few dozen miles.

And if they traveled for days on end, they would be lost!

A few days later, on the road within Liaodong County.

An extremely majestic cavalry passed quickly.

And in their rear was a fast-moving Qin army.

At the head was a thousand-man general on a steed, followed by several centurions.

The thousand-man general was naturally Zhao Lang.

They had left the Great Wall yesterday and then travelled all the way.

And as the cavalry ahead of them was fast, they could only keep up with all their might.

“Brother Long, if we go on like this, many brothers are afraid we won’t last until Jiu Yuan.”

Li Shang said with a frown.

Zhao Lang looked at the slightly tired looking crowd and also frowned slightly.

If things went on like this, it was questionable whether half of these people would be left by the time they reached Jiu Yuan.

These were all his men!

“Let the brothers who can’t hold out go to the back of the convoy carrying supplies and take turns resting, I’ll go look around.”

With that, he spurred his horses and began to patrol the whole group.

After the patrol was completed, Zhao Lang couldn’t help but frown.

The situation was indeed not good.

Mainly also because many people, for the first time, were walking such a long distance.

When it was time to set up camp in the evening, Zhao Lang gave an account with the others and went straight to the front of Meng Tian’s camp.

Only after several layers of checks did Zhao Long arrive inside Meng Tian’s tent.

“Great General!”

Meng Tian, who was looking at something at the moment, asked indifferently

“What is it.”

“The last general would like to ask the great general to slow down his march a bit.”

Hearing this, Meng Tian gave Zhao Lang a look, but there was no good colour in his eyes, and said that

“Why?”

Zhao Lang returned that

“I’m afraid that the soldiers will find it difficult to withstand such a fast march by the Great General.”

Meng Tian said indifferently, the

“Do you know that a man who is thick but cannot be made to work, who is loved but cannot be ordered, who is in disorder but cannot be ruled, is like a proud son, and cannot be used.”

Zhao Lang froze for a moment, he indeed did not know this saying.

“The last general does not know. ”

“Unlearned, this is from Wu’s Sun Wu’s Book of War!”

Meng Tian could not help but say that

“It is naturally good to love your soldiers, but if you are too merciful! How can you lead an army in the future?”

“The soldiers you lead are all border troops from Liaodong, but their battle strength is not as good as the border troops who are always stationed in the north.”

“This long journey, even if there are some losses, it is normal, it is just time to choose the best.”

It turned out to be Sun Tzu’s Art of War, and it dawned on Zhao Lang, but he had a different view on this sifting and taking of

“Great General, the truth that mercy does not rule the army, the last general naturally understands.”

“It’s just that it’s not reasonable to use such a method, my Great Qin soldiers, even if they die, they have to die in a worthy manner.”

Meng Tian was slightly stunned and looked at Zhao Lang, coldly to

“You are questioning my general’s method of leading the troops?”

Zhao Lang saluted and said.

“The last general does not dare.”

“It’s just that the last general has a better way.”

Meng Tian sneered and

“You don’t dare? That is, you are still not convinced in your heart.”

“You have a better way, but this general doesn’t want to hear it either.”

“Zhao Lang, listen to the order!”

Zhao Lang saluted again to the

“The last general is here!”

“Now the military situation is urgent, this general orders you to lead the army to Jiu Yuan within one month! If you miss the deadline, you will be punished by military justice!”

“I am ordered to do so!”

“But I dare ask you, General, can I use all my means? ”

Meng Tian coldly arrived and

“As long as you arrive on time, this general does not care about the rest.”

“But think carefully, this place is nearly 2,000 miles from Jiu Yuan County, to arrive in 30 days, you have to travel at least 60 miles a day!”

“If you miss the deadline, the General will have to take away your title and military rank!”

The previous Qin army was already doing extremely well by travelling fifty miles a day.

To march sixty miles a day for a month straight was an almost impossible task that

Zhao Lang, however, returned at this point, loudly

“Please order the General!”

Seeing this deadly hard look on Zhao Lang’s face, Meng Tian wrote down the military order directly and handed it to him.

After Zhao Lang got the order, he tried to slip away, but he was called by Meng Tian and threw a roll of bamboo slips to him, saying that

“This is Sun Wu’s Book of War, you must read it diligently!”

“Many thanks, Great General.”

Zhao Lang answered and then flew away.

Meng Tian, however, could not figure out how the other party was going to accomplish this task, but was a little shaken by Zhao Lang’s confident look.

So to the leader of the guard beside him, he said

“Go, send one of your men to follow him and see how he can get to Jiuyuan within thirty days.”

“Yes.”

And at that moment, Zhao Lang had already returned to the camp with the military order, and several centurions immediately gathered around him.

“Brother Long, how is it? Has the great general promised to slow down?”

Li Shang asked with a bit of expectation.

Zhao Lang held out the military order and smiled as he said that

“The Great General orders that no matter what means we use, within 30 days, we must arrive at Jiu Yuan, or else we will be punished by military law!”

Hearing these words, the few centurion chiefs around them, were directly dumbfounded.

It was only after a while that Li Shang reacted and shouted that

“Brother Long, you’re crazy!”

“That’s two thousand miles! How can we possibly make it in thirty days!”

The others reacted at this time, and Hu Hai even howled outright to

“Brother Long, I’ve only got this centurion for so long, I don’t want to lose it!”

“Shut up!”

Zhao Lang interrupted Hu Hai’s howl without good grace and said that

“Bring the map! We’ll divide the two thousand miles into thirty sections of seventy miles.”

“Li Shang, go and see what towns there are along the way, take the Great General’s military orders, and the money, and go and recruit temporary folk to build tents a day in advance.”

“Hu, take the money and acquire cattle and horse carts along the way, the more the better, as well as cloth.”

Hu said, somewhat confused.

“Chief, I understand cattle and horse carts, but what do I need cloth for?”

Zhao Lang laughed and

“Buy the cloth and tear it into strips, you will naturally know what to use it for when the time comes.”

How could Zhao Long let go of such a historically proven and cheap weapon of mass destruction as a leg binding.

“Carry out as ordered.”

“Yes!”

All at once, everyone scattered in all directions as ordered.

Only Hu Hai, a centurion, was left looking at Zhao Lang with bewildered eyes.

“Brother Long, I…”

Zhao Lang said seriously at this time that

“You have a more important task.”

Hu Hai’s eyes lit up at once, and he heard Zhao Lang say that

“Don’t make a mess.”

“…”

Hu Hai’s eyes instantly sulked.

Just as Zhao Lang was preparing for a long run, inside the Xianyang Palace.

Qin Shi Huang was frowning at the two documents in front of him, the

“What is troubling Your Majesty?”

Zhao Gao, who was at the side, asked at the right time.

Qin Shi Huang swung the two parts of the paperwork around and said that

“Li Si and Kong Jia, both said to me that in a few months’ time, a debate on Legalism, and Confucianism will be held in Xianyang!”

Zhao Gao was slightly stunned that

“Why is that?”

“Hmph, it’s not because of the Mo family’s order to gather sages, so I will answer them all.”

Qin Shi Huang spoke coldly, and

“I’d like to see what these people want to do.”