Looking to the future, it must be more important to be in the south, after all, the seafaring economy.

But now, the west is definitely 10,000 times more important than the south.

This is because the western part is almost a ready-made economic system, while the southern side is mostly pristine and undeveloped.

The tribal population is overly dispersed and mainly tribal, and it is difficult to develop in a short period of time.

So, go south with you, although there is no news yet.

But in fact, in the mind of the king who is not hungry, the south has returned.

It is impossible for Zhao Tuo to make any sense of resistance.

And this kind of thinking is not just because of pretense, but a result deduced from the reality after peeling off the cocoon.

One is that although Zhao Tuo has gained a firm foothold in the south, he has still been a little anxious by the local aborigines over the years.

The second is that after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, although Zhao Tuo was given a chance, it also cut off Zhao Tuo's back road.

Looking at the present, the people brought by Zhao Tuo at the beginning are gradually getting old.

In fact, now Zhao Tuo has encountered the same predicament as the Huns.

That is, there are not enough women to bear the next generation for them, and in this case, the local natives are extremely hostile to them, and normal intermarriage is absolutely impossible.

And the only way to solve it is to plunder the other party's women through war, and then give birth to offspring for yourself.

But even then, the new population is far from keeping up.

In fact, history is very simple, especially in ancient history, there is no pure righteousness at all.

There are only interests.

Why did Zhao Tuo submit to the Han Dynasty?

Because by this time, he already had to surrender.

Once the Han Dynasty was rejected, his South Vietnam would not have any way back.

As the older generation of soldiers increases, coupled with the harsh climate in the south, there will be subconscious damage to people's bodies.

Basically, it can be said that after the age of 40, most people of both men and women begin to develop various diseases.

After the age of 50, there are even more diseases.

If the migrants want to completely adapt to the environment of a place, it is not that they can adapt in one or two decades, but it takes two or three generations to complete the process of adaptation.

Or it takes several births to gradually optimize this part of the gene, so that he is more suitable for survival here.

Therefore, if Zhao Tuo does not return to the Han Dynasty, then the problem in front of him is very simple.

The Lingnan Legion, which is no longer able to lift a sword, and the next generation, whose numbers simply cannot keep up, will be attacked by the Lingnan natives.

And by this time, he had lost any chance to fight back.

In the end, the only way to end up is to lose the current territory, and then gradually shrink into a city.

Maybe you can survive here, or maybe you will be wiped out by the natives.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo's submission was not because the main force of the Han army could not go to Lingnan, but simply because he couldn't bear it.

This tiger skin of the Han Dynasty is needed to support him.

Therefore, whether it is Liu Bang's Han Dynasty, or the Han Dynasty when Wang is not hungry, or other people's dynasties.

At this critical point in time, just send someone over, as long as you can have a good chat with him, the result will not be bad.

At the same time, after a lot of hardships, Sui He finally came to Lingnan and Panyu County.

It is also Zhao Tuo's capital of Nanyue, and Zhao Tuo at this time is only more than forty years old.

Although he can already be called an old man at this age, Zhao Tuo is a very capable person.

has lived for more than 100 years in history, that is to say, even if it is a group of people born this year, maybe half of them will not be able to survive Zhao Tuo, a guy who has lived for forty years.

At this moment, Zhao Tuo put his hands behind his back, and his eyes kept glancing at the north.

He's waiting!

Although the environment of South Vietnam is harsh, it is not as good as that of the mainland.

But after all, this was built by his own hands, although the distant place has not been able to control, but the vicinity of Panyu has been completely controlled by himself.

Moreover, with the arrival of the Lingnan Army, a large number of means of production were brought here, and it can basically be said that the initial development around Panyu has been completed.

And what was the purpose of the emperor of the Han Dynasty who suddenly sent an envoy to Panyu?

For Zhao Tuo, this is already a self-evident thing.

"King, there's a result!"

"How?" Zhao Tuo asked with a calm face.

"I can't defeat ...... at all" The subordinate hesitated, and then said: "Judging from the process and results, the Han army seems to be more like the natives here, they are very familiar with jungle warfare, and they also have good cooperation, if it weren't for our people arriving in time, they would probably be served in a pot." ”

Zhao Tuo frowned tightly, this situation was a bit beyond his expectations.

What was it like when I first arrived?

It is known as an army of 500,000, but even if there is a little water, it is directly cut in half, and there are still 250,000 troops.

But what was my situation at that time?

Aren't you being chased and beaten everywhere by these local natives?

Because there are primeval forests everywhere, and the soldiers of the Qin army are not good at jungle warfare, they did not suffer from this at the beginning.

The elite Qin army was beaten around with wooden and bone equipment, and even if it was a pursuit, it must not be left behind, otherwise it would not be able to get out.

They suffered a lot at the beginning, why is it so easy for the Han army now?

"Tell them, keep your mouth tight, if you dare to leak this matter, this king will not spare them!" Zhao Tuo warned in a flat tone.

……

The attack was a few days ago, and then Zhao Tuo's army just arrived, and the two sides stopped fighting for a while.

Although the other party was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say anything.

Sui He took the mission and followed Zhao Tuo's army all the way to Panyu.

It was terrible weather, wet and hot, but the rain was abundant.

In addition, Sui He also discovered a key point.

That's the grain here, which can be harvested three times a year.

Although it doesn't taste as fragrant as the north, who cares if you are fragrant or not these days?

What does it mean to have three crops a year?

It means that the imperial court can have a better choice.

It was this road condition that made him very anxious, although he was well prepared for this trip, but in fact, this road also suffered a lot of twists and turns.

If this is really developed, it will not be easy to transport grain back.

"Do you see anything out of the ordinary?" In a courtyard, Sui He looked at Han Jin, the captain of his mission.

"There must be anomalies, I found that there are a lot of indigenous contacts in Panyu City, it seems that Zhao Tuo has a close connection with them, and the other thing is the incident of the day, the more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong, and I always feel that this is not like an accident." Han Jin said.

Sui He smiled slightly and said, "You finally remembered, this incident was not an accident in the first place!" ”

"Why did the envoy say that?" Han Jin was stunned.

"It's very simple, our route that day, did not deviate from the road, if those natives attacked us in the name of robbery, it would not make the old man suspicious, but they just said that we crossed the line, although the road is not obvious, but there are traces of people often passing by, walking on the road can be said to be out of bounds? Besides, these two days of observation seem to be the main way! Sui He still said with a smile.

"What does the envoy mean? Does this matter have anything to do with Zhao Tuo? Han Jin came to his senses.

There are quite a few natives in Panyu City, and some of them have obviously purchased real estate here, so it may not be possible for them to live here like ordinary people.

But as a liaison, it's still quite possible.

In addition, Sui He also observed that in some villages outside the city, there seemed to be indigenous figures.

This means that Zhao Tuo has gathered a group of natives, let them move into the village willingly, and start to live according to the Han lifestyle.

"Not bad! Exactly! Sui He nodded, and then continued: "In fact, when Zhao Tuo's army appeared, the old man was suspicious, we crossed the line, didn't they cross the line?" Why did the natives start fighting without saying a word when they saw us, and they explained it clearly in the past? Is it just because of the language barrier? I'm afraid not! ”

When the signs are in front of you, the answer is obvious.

This was a purposeful attack, or it could be seen as Zhao Tuo's tentative attack on them.

As for the purpose?

Sui He probably has a number in his heart.

Sue him?

There is no need for this, so it will inevitably seem that he is too petty, which is not conducive to his own negotiation.

But even Sui He has to admit that in fact, Zhao Tuo's temptation has helped him a lot.

With just one mouth, it is difficult to make Zhao Tuo believe what he said.

And in such diplomatic situations, it is often the fist that works best.

Now that the two sides have shown their swords, and Zhao Tuo should have some count of the combat effectiveness of the Han army, so from this aspect, this is actually conducive to his next plan.

Han Jin is from the Nanjun camp, and all his subordinates are from the Nanjun camp.

The Nanjun camp is an army specially trained for the jungle environment of Lingnan, and Wang Li has worked training before.

It is common to go into the mountains and forests, cross swamps, and stay for ten days and half a month without any food or water, and basically everyone has to experience this kind of life two or three times a year.

And the efforts made by the Han army are not only these, their weapons are also very different from those of other places.

Each person was equipped with two knives, one was the main combat knife that was half the length of the palm of the hand shorter than the cavalry knife, and the other was a wide and thick machete to open the way or something.

In addition, they were not equipped with bows and arrows, but had a crossbow in their hands.

The hand crossbow has to be smaller, and the length of the crossbow arrow is shorter, but in the jungle environment, it doesn't need to be too long, just short and powerful.

Han Jin thought about it for a while, and said very seriously: "If you want to fight, you can fight, if you look at it now, after our main force comes, they may not be our opponents!" ”