Qiang Qin

Both Qin and Chu suffered losses.

In Nanyan City, Mei Juan's life was not easy. Although under his strong urging, the Meiyue people recaptured the two city gates, but Lin Shenhe's Changsha soldiers did not put down their weapons. They entered the home of Meiyue tribe soldiers and took hostages as a final resistance.

When it comes to ability, Changsha soldiers are much worse than Meiyue people.

However, when it comes to scheming, Lin Shenhe is quite black-bellied and shameless. With viciousness and scheming, he stands out from the crowd and grabs the chance to take the top spot against Mei Yue, a powerful enemy. , It was the time for him to show his abilities to everyone and make people follow him sincerely.

Mei Juan was wary, but had no choice but to send envoys to negotiate with Lin Shenhe.

The negotiation process was quite arduous and long. When the news of Ji Bu and Xiang Zhuang's death by the Ganshui River outside the city came back to Nanzhan City, Mei Juan and Lin Shenhe were still bargaining for their own interests.

During the first negotiation, Mei Juan unceremoniously gave an ultimatum to the opponent who did not know who the leader of the Changsha soldiers riot was. If the hostages were not released immediately and their weapons were laid down, all the soldiers in Changsha would be buried alive afterwards. , but also in the way of skinning alive, lighting sky lanterns, and cutting them into pieces.

If he changed his partner, he might be frightened by Mei Juan, but Lin Shenhe was obviously not easy to deal with. Faced with Mei Juan's threat, he directly gave the envoy two heads of elder Mei Yue.

In desperation, Mei Juan had no choice but to take a step back, agreeing that the Changsha soldiers could leave Wuling safely after releasing the hostages. Next, the two sides negotiated repeatedly around whether to release the hostages first or let the Changsha soldiers leave first. Lin Shenhe insisted on releasing only a few dozen insignificant women and children, while other important elders and children should wait until they returned to Lingling and Pangyi safely before releasing them.

Due to Lin Shenhe's containment, Mei Juan could no longer pay attention to the movements of the Qin Army's vanguard troops.After losing the general Ji Bu, the remaining Qin army of about [-] people, under the support of Luan Bu, slowly retreated from the Nanzun line, and on the hills of Ganshui River, a sunny high slope In ancient times, more than [-] soldiers of the Qin army who died in battle were buried in this foreign land.

They shed their blood.

They left their lives in this unconquered land.

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The setback of Ji Bu's army made the Qin army's momentum to move southward one of the setbacks.

Summer is approaching in June.

That was the most difficult time to fight in the southern jungle. After Peng Yue got the news of Ji Bu's death in battle, he was saddened.That is to say, he asked Chang'an for an order to temporarily stop the war against the south.

Chang'an City.

The gate of the Shenwu Palace.

Quietly, the guards' personal guards looked stern, patrolling the street back and forth, and there were five or six horses parked at the place where the horses were led by the door.

"General, the war in the south is unfavorable. I heard that General Ji Bu also died in battle. Is this true?" A young soldier approached Yang Yu, the lieutenant general who led the team.asked.

"Guess what, the affairs of the military and the country are for the adults to worry about. You and I just need to carry out the orders seriously. If you talk too much, be careful and let your kid feed the horse." Yang Yu stared and shouted.

After returning from Hetao, Yang Yu and Zhou Ping did not leave like the previous soldiers and generals.Instead, they continued to follow Li Yuan's side. On the one hand, their ability could not reach the point of leading troops independently, and on the other hand, there was no major battle in Qin's northern border.As far as the equipment on the border of the Qin Army is concerned, it is enough to deal with other tribes of the Huns such as Helianbi and Qiulijin.

in the palace.

Li Yuan is convening important officials and generals staying in Chang'an to discuss the progress of the war in the south. Peng Yue's emergency report on the Qin army's tenacious resistance by the enemy on the front line of Nanzhang and the great loss of the vanguard has been included with Ji Bu's ashes They were sent to Chang'an City together.Yesterday, Li Yuan personally participated in the burial ceremony of Ji Bu's remains in the Leyouyuan Gaoqiu Mausoleum, where Ji Bu would not feel lonely, and so many generals of the Great Qin Dynasty would always accompany him to fight together, throwing their heads together, Sprinkle blood.

Xiang Zhuang's death.

Let the last spiritual pillar of Crumpy no longer exist.

The obstacles to Qin's unification of the south were more concentrated on the Yue people. Among them, the Meijuan tribe in Wuling and the Wuzhu tribe in Minyue were the main opponents of the Qin army in the next stage.

"King Wu, our army suffered setbacks this time. Firstly, it did not adapt to the southern climate; secondly, the enemy's multiple forces gathered together; thirdly, the support from the friendly army was insufficient. During the period when Lu Jia, Minister of the South Vietnam State, was in Chang'an , has agreed to go back and persuade Zhao Tuo to send troops to attack Wuling together. However, these three months have passed, but the South Vietnamese army has only increased the garrison in the Longchuan area, and its front has never stepped into Wuling. You can use all your strength to attack me——!"

When summarizing the war, whether it was Xiangguo Chen Ping, Yushi Cheng Li Zheng, or several veterans such as Zhang Han and Xin Sheng who stayed in the court, they all felt very indignant at the treachery of Nanyue Kingdom.

Especially Zhang Han and Xin Sheng were furious. When Lu Jia arrived, they assured Li Yuan that Zhao Tuo was honest and upright and wanted to return to the imperial court. But looking at it now, they were all deceived by Zhao Tuo. up.

Li Yuan was in a gloomy mood. Since the Qin army marched south, he had never let go of his heart. The southern war was the first large-scale battle in which he completely let go of his subordinates to command the battle. The performance is still remarkable, the only problem is that it is too urgent.

Eat a big fat man in one bite.

This is impossible. The Qin army launched the Southern Expedition in March, and in order to end the war before the hottest weather at the end of June, the various Qin armies also rushed to prepare for the battle. Keep up, and continue to pursue southward, which leaves a big gap between the front army and the middle army.

The battle of Ganshui.

The reason why Ji Bu's army fell into the predicament of fighting alone was that Peng Yue's rescue was not in time. Luan Bu's reinforcements went all the way south, and when they arrived at the battlefield five days later, everything was settled.

"King Wu, from the current point of view, we do not have enough information on the matter of the South Yue Kingdom. Zhao Tuo's intention, whether he wants to continue to stand on his own, or whether he wants to be loyal to my Great Qin, needs to be clarified. Otherwise, We are very likely to be fooled again." Yan Le remonstrated with a sullen face.

With the division of the functions of the Military Intelligence Department, the spying on foreign intelligence has been handed over to Menghu. However, since Qin's center of gravity has been tilted to the north, there is indeed a little less intelligence on the south, especially Lingnan, which also caused This meant that the Qin army had too few forces to rely on when fighting southward.

"Lu Jia, go to Lingnan again to find out Zhao Tuo's intentions. As for the reason, let me say that I, Li Yuan, was very angry and was about to ask why the South Vietnamese Army did not launch an offensive against Meiyue's troops for so long. , and listen to Zhao Tuo's answer. If Zhao Tuo avoids seeing him, don't hesitate, just come back." Li Yuan thought for a while and ordered.

Lu Jia nodded and said, "This subordinate will prepare the chariot and horses, and set off early tomorrow morning."

Li Yuan turned his head and said to Meng Hu: "Lieutenant Meng, if Doctor Lu is going, there may not be peace in South Vietnam. You must mobilize all your people to cooperate with this mission. In addition, for safety reasons, we Let the school lieutenant Yang Yu lead a team of personal soldiers to escort Doctor Yu and his party."

After the court meeting ended, all the officials left one after another. Li Yuan called Yang Yu in again and told him that safety is of the utmost importance when going on an envoy to other countries. Lu Jia is now an important minister of Qin State. He also made great achievements in the countries of the Western Regions, and Li Yuan didn't want to lose a capable subordinate because of his negligence for a while.

At the same time, for Zhao Tuo, Li Yuan still has grudges in his heart. A person who blocked the road for personal gain and refused to let the southern Qin army return to the Central Plains when the Qin State was in danger, can't be classified in any way. A kind of people who are loyal and patriotic.

Back then, Zhao Tuo could betray Qin for profit.

But now, for his own selfishness, he will also disregard Qin Jun's life and death.

As for why Zhao Tuo did this, the answer to the mystery will not be revealed until Lu Jia arrives in South Vietnam. (To be continued..)