I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 266 Attacking South Vietnam

Southeast of Changsha City.

The autumn breeze brings coolness, and the ground is rolled up to golden color.

There are mounds of earth separated from the east and west. Liu Bang is climbing up and looking into the distance, accompanied by Wang Ling and Li Cang, the Prime Minister of Changsha Kingdom.

"When is today the day when the army sets off for the expedition?"

Wang Ling, who was standing behind Liu Bang, replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, No. 20 has been here for three days."

"Then our army started to attack South Vietnam three days ago?" Liu Bang continued to ask.

After a pause, Wang Ling answered: "Your Majesty, it was the time for the messenger to send the news back to Changsha three days ago. It was already seven days ago that our army launched an attack on South Vietnam."

"Oh." Liu Bang patted his forehead and joked to himself, "I am getting old and I can't remember things. It's thanks to you guys who are here to remind me, otherwise I really don't know who to ask."

After all, he sighed.

"It is the duty of a minister to share your Majesty's worries." Wang Ling and Li Cang said in unison.

"But my eyesight is still good." Liu Bang laughed twice, then pointed into the distance with his finger and said, "Look over there, see if there is a messenger riding on a horse, delivering a message."

Wang Ling leaned his neck forward slightly, narrowed his eyes into a thin slit, and looked in the direction Liu Bang pointed. However, his vision was not good. The mountains and rivers in the distance were all overlapping, not to mention that the messenger was only a small dot.

"Your Majesty has good eyesight. It's true that I admire you greatly." Li Cang, whose posture was almost the same as that of Wang Ling, chose to praise him first.

"Then it seems that my archery will not miss the target now." Liu Bang rubbed his chin with satisfaction, and then a look of anticipation appeared on his face, "I can't wait now, I want to know what good news the messenger will send back today."

After Peng Yue and Chen Luo led the army to the expedition, Liu Bang ignored Wu Rui's dissuasion and moved directly out of Baisha Palace and lived in an unfinished palace on the outskirts of Changsha.

The reason he gave was "I cannot accompany the army on the expedition, but I care about the soldiers on the front line who are bravely fighting the enemy. If the news of the army's victory is not first known, then I will be very disappointed."

Before arriving in Changsha, messengers from the south would pass by this palace on the outskirts of the city.

Therefore, Liu Bang lived here these days, and would bring people here on time every day to wait for news, and be the first to learn about the war situation of the Han army's conquest of South Vietnam.

A quarter of an hour later.

Sure enough, a messenger with steam coming out of his head arrived, approached Liu Bang's team, reined in his horse and jumped down excitedly.

"Meet Your Majesty, good news!" The messenger waved the battle report in his hand and grinned.

……

The guard pushed aside a bush, turned around and said, "Master, be careful, this mountain road is uneven."

"Don't pay too much attention to me, just pay attention to yourselves." Chen Luo waved his hand, indicating that he was not old enough to walk on the road and there was no need to pay close attention to him all the time.

The guard frowned and said: "Master, this is not possible. You were injured when you fought in Shaoguan..."

"That little injury has healed long ago." Chen Luo smiled helplessly, "How about I jump a few times for you to see."

"No, no, no, no." The guard quickly stopped him, fearing that his master would show off.

You must know that Shaoguan is the gateway to South Vietnam. After Liu Bang led the Han army to break through it for the first time, they strengthened their defense here. The number of troops stationed doubled than before, and all kinds of defensive equipment were also used.

The Han army continued to attack for two days with no results. Chen Luo was not weak and secretly led an elite force to attack the city wall directly from the weak point.

It was just that he was hit by an arrow in his arm during the fight. Although it was covered with armor and only penetrated half a finger deep, he still withdrew for treatment as soon as the situation on the city wall became clearer, allowing his men to claim the credit for climbing first.

When the guards looked at him, their eyes were extremely respectful.

The Lord is mighty!

Breaking Shaoguan in three days was far faster than the time Liu Bang had spent on it, not to mention the version with strengthened defenses. Such a remarkable achievement is undoubtedly inseparable from our lord.

The team marched forward for a while. Chen Luo raised his head blankly and looked at a knife mark on the tree trunk at eyebrow level on his right. Judging from the degree of recovery, it occurred between three days and a week ago.

"Something's wrong." Chen Luo muttered secretly, and then called in a low voice to the guards in front, "Old Zhang, go and tell General Peng that there are footprints here. We are not sure whether they are Orions or South Vietnamese spies."

"only."

After the guards left, Chen Luo touched the knife marks on the tree trunk with his hand and took a deep breath.

Continuing to walk forward slowly, he became more sure of his inner thoughts.

Someone has definitely been here!

This hill is low and cannot hide a large number of ambushes, but it can easily hide three or five spies.

The most uncomfortable part of attacking South Vietnam is here.

You never know how many pairs of eyes are lurking in the darkness in the grass, shrubs, and mountains during the march and camp, staring at you silently, motionless.

During a war, it is very uncomfortable to have intelligence and action routes leaked.

If the enemy clearly knows the movements of our army, but our army cannot even detect the news ten miles away from the military camp, then it is equivalent to using the whole map to defeat the blind. How can the Flying Dragon Rider lose?
Previously, Liu Bang led his army deep into the territory of South Vietnam. Why was the opponent seizing the opportunity to attack him as soon as he fell ill? It was probably because the spies scattered around noticed the abnormality of the Han army, sent a message back, and led troops to attack.

What worries Chen Luo the most right now is that he doesn't know how many spies from the South Vietnam Kingdom are around him. After all, they have now entered the territory of the South Vietnam Kingdom. The terrain is quite incomplete and the map is quite incomplete, and everything around them is so unfamiliar.

The main reason was that he didn't know how many South Vietnamese spies were around, which made it even more troublesome.

After walking for a short distance without peace of mind, the guard who went to find Peng Yue had returned.

……

Large swaths of heavy clouds gathered over Changsha City, and a cool autumn wind blew by, bringing with it a hemping drizzle.

"Look at this day, it's raining in the east of Hedong, but you may see a bright and clear sky in the west of Hexi. The climate in Changsha is strange and strange." Liu Bang was still standing in his old position, with an attendant behind him to fight the beast for him. Big leather umbrella.

"There is a Xiang River in the middle, which separates the clouds. Therefore, there is rain in the east of the river and clear in the west. This is probably the reason." Chen Ping analyzed and guessed the reason.

Liu Bang nodded and discussed with Chen Ping with great interest. Li Cang on the other side didn't understand this and could only agree with their views with a smile.

Their discussion did not stop until the messenger arrived.

Liu Bang raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Let me see what good news Jiang Ning has sent back this time."

After taking the letter from the messenger and reading it for a moment, the corners of his mouth became wider and wider, even revealing seven or eight teeth.

"Okay." Liu Bang turned around suddenly, startling the two people behind him, and then handed over the silk book in his hand and said, "Come on, come on, you guys can take a look together, it's really a pleasure!"

After receiving the instructions, Chen Ping and Li Cang came forward, curious to see what kind of letter made Liu Bang so excited.

Halfway through, the two of them looked equally amazed.Good guy, you can just call him a good guy.

They instantly understood where Liu Bang's excitement came from.

It can be said that the achievements achieved by this Han army in more than a month have almost exceeded the results achieved in the previous nearly half a year.

Especially the news that came today is simply exciting.

After Chen Luo and the others discovered the traces of the spies, they did not choose a large-scale search to avoid alerting the enemy. Under Peng Yue's dispatch, the Han army deployed a larger encirclement on the outside and waited for the opponent.

The South Vietnamese army really couldn't stand it.

They chose to carry out a sneak attack on the Han army camp at dusk. Unexpectedly, they hit the iron plate, and groups of elite soldiers rushed out. In a head-to-head encounter, the South Vietnamese army could not gain the slightest advantage.

Their general was decisive and directly ordered a retreat.

As a result, Peng Yue's pocket array on the outside shrank at this time. Under attack from the front and back, countless South Vietnamese soldiers who were panicking rolled down the hillside and fell down the cliff.

According to simple statistics, the Han Dynasty captured more than 300 heads of South Vietnamese soldiers in this battle. Those who fell off the cliff were not counted, and there were about [-] people.

After this battle, those South Vietnamese spies basically disappeared.

Who knows whether the information he discovered is true or false? Those old spies were all killed when they returned.

With the lessons learned from the past, if I make another false alarm, the reward will be disproportionate to the loss of my head.

What's more, if you report that you can attack, the general may not listen.

The ambush of the Han army caused disagreements among many generals in the South Vietnamese army.

Some people think that this is just a strategy of the other side, and it cannot be effective every time. As long as they succeed once, the gains will be worth the losses of failure, and if they burn the Han army's food and grass, it will be a winner.

The opposition denounced generals who held this view as gamblers. If they failed three or four times, they would lose nearly [-] soldiers. There would not be enough troops to defend the city. How could they still fight the Han army?

The two factions were quarreling fiercely, but because there was no outcome from the dispute, the plan to continue attacking the Han army could not be carried out.

The South Vietnamese spies on the front line were fishing, and the South Vietnamese generals on the rear were quarreling. The Han army became extremely comfortable and the speed on the road accelerated a lot.

Looking at such results, how could Liu Bang not be happy.

Just smiling, he felt inexplicably emotional in his heart.

Why is this battle situation different from what I encountered?
The South Vietnamese army was now much less difficult to deal with. The originally elusive enemy army was instead tricked by our own side.

After thinking about it, he concluded that Peng Yue and Chen Luo were more suitable for the battlefield in South Vietnam.

Liu Bang's conclusion is correct.

Chen Luo took the lead in the siege. As long as he found the weak areas on the city wall, he could basically declare that the city had been breached.

Peng Yue was fully responsible for the field battle. He became more and more skillful in fighting. Privately, he occasionally boasted to Chen Luo that if the terrain of his Linjiang country was so suitable for his command, even ten Han Xin would not be able to invade.

Chen Luo just smiled and responded. It seemed that General Peng was still very upset about being beaten by Han Xin in all directions.

I still choose to agree, after all, he is the commander in chief of the army now.

When Peng Yue's complacent state passes, he will naturally wake up and understand the value of "ten Korean letters".

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at the same time.

After capturing Shaoguan, the Han army moved south along the Yangtze River.

They adopted a steady and steady strategy in order to create enough oppression for South Vietnam. After all, cutting flesh with a dull knife is the most terrifying thing.

Such tactics are effective, but they also have limitations.

Unlike a quick march, which involves directly plundering a city's grain as a reserve after capturing a place, a steady and steady attack tends to maintain the supply of grain to the rear without interruption.

Along the way, the Han army used water transportation. Except for two incidents where the ship capsized due to strong currents, there were no major problems in this regard.

Therefore, they have now arrived at the junction of the hills and plains of Guangdong. Not far away is Zhongsu County, the gateway to Panyu City.

After Chen Luo's exploration, there were two places suitable for the Han army to stay.

One is Lianjiangkou and the other is Yuxia Gorge.

Lianjiangkou is a plain area, which can perfectly accommodate the army's encampment. In addition, it is close to the water source and the flow rate is gentle, which is also convenient for shipping and transporting supplies.

If Chen Luo had not inspected Yu Gorge, this would naturally be the first choice place to camp.

But after passing through Yu Gorge, he had other thoughts.

The terrain of Yuxia is dangerous and the terrain is extremely undulating. Although it is inconvenient for the army to camp in one place, if they camp on the mountain with Beijiang on the side, there will be no classic scene like "Ma Su guarding the street pavilion".

It's really easy to defend and hard to attack.

Chen Luo judged that 30 troops were stationed to guard this place. As long as there was enough food and grass, [-] troops would attack, and none of them would be able to defeat them in a year and a half.

The only thing about Yuxia is that it is relatively remote. If the Han army is the defender, it would be a waste to place a soldier here, but they are the attackers. Stationing troops about two hundred miles away from Panyu City is tantamount to attacking the opponent's head. Hanging on it is the Sword of Damocles.

When a discussion was held in the army, Chen Luo finally used strategic purpose as the core reason to convince the generals who wanted to station themselves at Lianjiangkou.

If the Han army camped at the mouth of the river, they were seeking a final decisive battle with the South Vietnamese country, and victory or defeat would be decided in one battle.

After the Han army won, they would take over the entire former Nanhai County and gradually the entire South Vietnam; Zhao Tuo could only flee to the original Xiang County and the original Guiyang County.

If the Han army was defeated, it would have to bear a very heavy price. The soldiers who entered the territory of South Vietnam would probably not pay back one for five. Zhao Tuo had completely consolidated his rule in South Vietnam.

But no matter what the situation is, there will be a large number of casualties among soldiers in the decisive battle, even if it is a victory.

The plan formulated by Chen Luo and Liu Bang was not willing to see such a situation. They hoped to defeat the enemy without fighting.

They can achieve this goal by garrisoning troops in Yuxia.

After confirming this plan, the Han army moved forward like the wind, carrying a large amount of food and grass without stopping. They quickly found a suitable open space in Yuxia and, under Chen Luo's instructions, cleared away the surrounding bushes and trees. , to avoid being burned down by South Vietnam.

One hundred thousand Han troops, connected to the sky and the earth, were so majestic that they shook Panyu like a hurricane on the sea.

(End of this chapter)