"My master. Are we really going to fight?" a young Hun with beaten hair asked the rancher in excitement.

"Yes. You are really going to fight, and we have discussed it. You will go with your companions from several other ranches. You probably have more than one hundred people." The rancher said over a drink.

The young Hun licked his lips at this time.

"Wow." The rancher threw a bottle of wine to the young Xiongnu.

"What kind of weapons do you like, tell me quickly. We can prepare for you. You don't have much time. Registering a **** company. It took too much time. Now the newspapers have reported that too many people are going to the Western Regions to make money. Up". The rancher said dissatisfied.

"It's better to give us those weapons, knives, bows, and muskets. It is better to give us short muskets. We are not used to the long ones." The young Xiongnu said while drinking wine.

"En. All these things are ready. When do you leave?" the rancher asked.

"Well, we also have a lot of horses, good horses. Everyone should have three horses, at least three horses, we need some women to follow us on the battlefield. We Huns go to the battlefield like this." The young Hun said .

"It's very difficult for me to do this." The rancher looked at each other embarrassedly, because the family members are a weapon to control the Huns.

"Don't worry. Master. We Huns do what we say, and we Huns and the whole family can go to the battlefield." The Huns youth said.

"En. Well, let them follow you, but they can only stay in the border area. I will find a way to fix the logistics materials for you." The rancher said.

"When can you leave?" said the rancher.

"En. Five days later, after five days we can leave." The Huns youth said.

"Okay. That's it. We will leave in five days." said the rancher.

"That's good. The sooner the better. When the weather gets cold, it's when we Huns start their hands." The Huns youth said excitedly. Most of the attacks by the Huns came from winter, because they lacked more supplies to survive the cold winter. Going out to rob has become their means of making a living. With the gradual loss of time, the weather is gradually getting colder. But Qin State did not intend to stop fighting. On the contrary, because of the absolute abundance of materials, it provided them with an excellent opportunity.

"As the winter approaches. The Western Regions will have greater challenges. This is a problem for us when we come. Fortunately, we have sufficient supplies. We can definitely withstand the consumption. On the contrary, the harassment of the Parthian nation is gradually increasing. It calms down, they seem to have withdrawn. Our line of defense can temporarily stabilize." Wei Liao said.

"En." Shang Wen nodded.

"Taking advantage of this gap, we can switch defenses, and General Wang Jian is also planning to establish a line of defense, and then adjust the Qin army as a whole." Wei Liao said. The transition zone between the military's opinions and Shangwen is Wei Liao. Wei Liao said to Shang Wen after attending the military meeting.

"However, we must first establish a line of defense. A stable line of defense." Wei Liao said.

"The line of defense is absolutely indefensible." Shang Wen said to Wei Liao. Just like the Great Wall defense, this requires a lot of resources. Shang Wen knew very well that if he did this, the State of Qin would dedicate more resources to it, and it is still unclear whether such an effect can be achieved in the end.

"En, but this is the opinion of the military. They want to set up a large number of artillery and machine gun bunkers near several defensive points, and then form a defensive circle. This problem can be solved." Wei Liao said. Advanced weapons can specifically use fewer people and defend a larger area. In this way, Qin can draw troops from these defense lines to reorganize.

"En. How many troops can be deployed in this way?" Shang Wen asked.

Even with advanced weapons that can defend more areas, the last column still needs manpower to defend. Shang Wen is worried that he won't be able to draw out many troops to defend.

"It has been calculated. There are only 30,000 people at most." Wei Liao said unoptimistically.

"We need more mobile forces. Thirty thousand people are obviously not enough." Shang Wen said.

"Yes. So, the military wants to expand several divisions. Form new reserve divisions to defend. Replace the elite combat forces there. If you defend for a long time, I think it will be very unfavorable to them." Wei Liao said.

"You also said that the army needs to transform. It's winter now. The opportunity is right." Wei Liao said.

"En. Prepare a new preparatory division. It can indeed solve the problem, but our situation is not very good either." Shang Wen said.

"I think about it." Shang Wen said to Wei Liao. The military wants to be able to deploy some troops back to defense before winter comes. However, these are too late. Newly formed divisions need a lot of time to set up, arm, train, and then let them use the battlefield. After completing this, Qin's military expenditure will increase a lot. Financial pressure has increased sharply.

On the issue of recruiting troops, Guanzhong is not an ideal place for recruiting. Several other states are not ideal places either. In Shang Wen's mind, he didn't want to recruit troops to expand military strength at this time. In Shang Wen's view, the size of about 250,000 troops is already very reasonable.

But in the eyes of the generals. Defending such a large area with 250,000 troops is simply not enough. This is the contradiction between politics and the military. Both sides have their own considerations and their own unique perspectives.

"This military issue, I think, should be put on hold. This year and next year's military spending cannot be given to the military too much. Their weapons and equipment have been replaced too much. If too much is replaced, our financial pressure will be too great. "Shang Wen said to Wei Liao. This is where Shang Wen worries the most.

"However, this is a military issue." Wei Liao said.

"Yes, I know, this is a strategic security issue for homeland defense." Shang Wen said.

"However, maintaining a huge military expenditure is not what we want. This is not good for the economy." Shang Wen said.

"Maybe we can use other methods to solve it." Shang Wen said.

"For example, we can use the method of hiring to hire Zhao Guoren to defend these areas." Shang Wen said.

"Such expenses may be the least, and it is also the most beneficial to us." Shang Wen said.

"Employment. Use the method of employment to defend. No, no, no." When Wei Liao heard Shang Wen's solution, she felt very reluctant, because the line of defense for employment was very unstable. First of all, do the people of Zhao Guo really defend, or do they really defend the gate of Qin State? Wei Liao thinks Shang Wen's idea is too much.

"Such an idea is absolutely impossible. Hiring, the line of defense, Jedi cannot be hired. We would rather put tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line than use mercenaries to defend. This is a big blow to us." Wei Liao said.

"It's enough for us to put it in any position. Such a thing can't be done. Nor can it be done." Wei Liao said seriously about the problem.

"Okay. I respect your opinion, but, in this case, our soldiers will stay in their defensive positions on the issue of the New Year this year, because we really can't find someone who can replace them." Shang Wen said To.

"Boom." At this moment, Meng Yi knocked on the door of the room.

"Am I bothering you?" Meng Yi asked.

"No. No." Shang Wen replied.

"Well, you'd better look at this. The telegram from South Korea, they hope, we can help them with some things. To solve the problem of Wei and Qi, they want to make some achievements in this regard. ." Meng Yi handed Shang Wen a telegram.

"Someone wants to invest in railways so soon," Shang Wen said while looking at the telegram.

"Yes. It is certain that the demand for railways will be great in the future, because trade can bring huge taxes and wealth." Meng Yi said.

"It's true." Shang Wen said.

"Wei, Qi's problem. I think we should join Chu's problem." Shang Wen said.

"Trade in various regions requires a lot of railway construction. But now there is no nobleman who has actually benefited from this. And they don't have money. This problem is very big. I can't solve it." Shangwen said.

"This." Meng Yi shrugged, he didn't expect Shang Wen to reply like this.

"Yes, I can't solve it. I need to think about it. Just now our Minister of Defense threw me a problem. I can't solve it. Now, our deputy prime minister has given me another one. I can't solve it. "Shang Wen said.

"So, now, what I think is, why don't we gather together, talk about the problem, and think of a way to solve it." Shang Wen said.

"What do you mean?" Meng Yi asked.

"After the year, we are going to Handan, we can discuss where to go." Shang Wen said.

"There, we can solve more problems." Shang Wen said.

"There seem to be too many problems recently." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"We should sort it out. It's easier to solve the problem. We need a lot of ways to solve these problems." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"Check it out?" Meng Yi asked.

"Yes. To sort it out, we should summarize the problems and see if there is any connection between them. If these problems can be solved well. We are naturally willing, but if we can't solve them, we can also see clearly. What is the essence of the problem. Are you right?" Shang Wen said.

"In this case, is there a meeting of the DPRK to be held?" Wei Liao said.

"I think, maybe." Shang Wen said to Wei Liao.

"But before we do, we should summarize our own affairs well. Summarize the problem, just a summary of the year before. Looking forward to next year's work." Shang Wen said optimistically.