Chen() County, is the southernmost county of Changsha County, the word "Chen" is a combination of the words "forest" and "yi" in the seal script, which means "city in the forest".

It is located at the northern foot of Wuling, in the upper reaches of Leishui, with overlapping mountains and rivers and many streams and rivers.

However, on both sides of the river, there is also a vast dam area, after cutting down the trees, it is enough to set up a city and build a military village, which can accommodate tens of thousands of troops.

After the failure of the first attack on Vietnam, the Lingnan road was cut off by the Yue people, and the army had difficulty in food and clothing, and the remaining 30,000 people of the Middle Route Army had to give up Panyu, Longchuan and other territories and retreat here to eat. During this period, under the order of the imperial court, while repairing and widening the road, the three passes of Yangshan, Hengpu and Huangxi were built in the south, and a small number of soldiers were sent to defend it in order to fight again.

At the beginning of May of the 35th year of Qin Shi Huang, a team came from the Changsha camp, surrounded by Heifu, the new commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and arrived at the Qin camp in Chenxian County.

"My subordinates meet the prince!"

Jia He bowed down on the side of the road, he was a general of the middle road army, and came to the intersection with several lieutenants to greet him.

"General Jia doesn't have to be polite."

Heifu was different from the legendary black-faced ferocious, very kind, and immediately got out of the car to help Jia He up.

This Jia He is very good at things, and said with emotion: "I have heard that the Marquis of Changnan has made outstanding military achievements and won a hundred battles, especially if he is good at fighting in the south, and the general is here, Jia can rest assured." ”

Heifu laughed: "General Jia, don't be humble, although I have conquered Yuzhang, but time has passed, and I am no longer familiar with the situation in Lingnan. It was General Jia, who first set a fire, which burned the Yue people and beheaded thousands. In Guilin and Cangwu, when the two armies were defeated and General Tu was killed, it was really commendable to bring back the main force of the Middle Route Army. ”

General Jia responded cautiously, his fire, really injured the enemy a thousand, self-damage 800, was set on fire by the Yue people set fire to several camps, and the thousands of beheadings, it was also good luck, after destroying the Yue stronghold, cut off the heads of the old and weak, and even took the heads of the Yue people to make up the number, and the water was very large.

The most terrible thing is that he was in too much of a hurry when he retreated, and threw Heifu's old Xiaotao in Longchuan, and his life and death are still unknown......

But today, Heifu didn't say a word, did he successfully cover up the past, or did he not trigger it?

After testing each other, Heifu didn't talk nonsense, and said with a serious face: "The supervising army chariot and horse will only arrive tomorrow, the military situation is urgent, General Jia, let's talk about what happened in Yangshan Pass in detail." ”

"That's right."

Jia He didn't dare to slack off, and said: "More than ten days ago, a thousand Chu soldiers who were ordered to garrison at Yangshan Pass actually killed their officials and rebelled!" ”

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There are hot springs in the south of Chenxian County, there are thousands of acres of fields in its downstream, often planted in December, the new valley will be on the board in March next year, three crops a year, so Chenxian County has an annual output of 200,000 stone of rice, enough for more than 10,000 soldiers to eat. With the addition of millet from Changsha and Nanjun, it can barely feed the 30,000 people here. However, if the army moves south and transports grain beyond Wuling, the consumption of grain and straw along the way alone will be doubled, so after the road is cut off and there is no Western Route Army to protect the flank, if the Central Route Army does not want to starve to death, it can only retreat. ”

Heifu smiled: "After all, not every general is like me, wherever he hits, he will be in Tuntian." ”

The next day, the prison army also arrived in Chenxian, with him, there are 1,000 soldiers in the Changsha battalion, after more than a month, this group of soldiers, has been the head of the black horse, after all, no general, captain, so concerned about the life of the sick soldier.

Heifu also patiently explained to Ziying the reason why the Middle Route Army could not be alone in Lingnan.

Without him, or the transportation is too inconvenient, and the food can't be helped, the reason why Zhao Tuo can stay in Guilin for a long time is because of the Lingqu, but what is here? It's just a few trails in the five ridges of the ravines.

"And the guards on these trails are three checkpoints, Yangshan, Hengpu, and Huangxi."

Among them, Yangshan to the south is Nanyue, that is, Guangdong in later generations, Hengpu is the only way to Yuzhang, and Huangxi is more in the south, close to the area where the South Vietnamese gather the most, Panyu.

"Zhou Li" cloud, outside Kyushu is called the country of Fan, Panyu, which means "the land of the barbarians", and this name is still taken by the people of Chu.

In short, the construction and control of the three passes is the premise that the Qin army can go south again, and the road between Hengpu Pass and Huangxi Pass has been cut off by Yangyue Mei's clan, and it has been impassable for a year, and it has not been opened for a long time.

At present, there is another accident at Yangshan Pass, which means that the Qin Dynasty's road to South Vietnam is completely cut off, not to mention re-advancing, and when contacting those Jia He and withdrawing troops, the Qin army camps that were lost in various places, even the 3,000 people stationed at Huangxi Pass were also isolated and isolated in a foreign land......

"In this way, Yangshan Pass must be recovered immediately."

Ziying also realized the seriousness of the matter, no wonder Heifu was on the way to Lingqu, and when he heard about it, he immediately turned around and galloped this way.

According to Jia He's statement, the group of Chu conscripts and prisoners who were ordered to widen the road in the Wuling Mountains were all extremely vicious criminals, who did not obey the control, and even colluded with the Yue people, intending to rebel, so they killed the officials and seized the pass.

Jia He believes that this move is unforgivable, and he should immediately send troops to take down that group of traitors and behead them!

It sounded fine, but Heifu shook his head: "I'm afraid that the worry of the army is not in Yangshan Pass, let alone South Vietnam, but within this Xiao wall!" ”

Ziying was stunned: "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

"Didn't the prison army find out?"

"Found what?" The child is unknown.

Heifu smiled and asked the emperor Sangmu to take people to guard outside the house, not to let anyone get close, and then asked Ziying: "The prison army just entered the camp, how do you think this place is different from the Wuchang camp and the Changsha camp?" ”

"What's the difference?"

Ziying groaned, thinking about it carefully, it was really a bit strange, such as the camp was not very regular, and the soldiers he saw along the way were all depressed, even if they were told that the court gave everyone a first-class knighthood, no one cheered.

In short, there was a gray pessimistic atmosphere in the camp, which could not be seen in the two battalions of Wuchang and Changsha, which had been rectified by Heifu.

Heifu solved the puzzle: "The ancients were full of energy, two and two, and three exhausted." The soldiers of the Wuchang battalion were newly recruited, so they were a drum and their morale was high. The soldiers of the Changsha battalion have been in the local area for a long time, disturbed by the disease, and there are many people who have been cured by taking medicine recently, and the soldiers have seen hope, and their morale has been slightly boosted, so when the second drum, the morale is declining and not exhausted, and it is still available. ”

"Only this Chenxian battalion, which has been stationed in Lingnan for a whole year, has been repeatedly attacked by the Vietnamese, and the casualties are not small. When the Western Route Army was defeated and the grain route was cut off, they had to retreat, and the losses were even heavier, with tens of thousands of dead and wounded. After returning to Chenxian, he was told that he could not return it, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and the old teachers were resentful. ”

"An army with depleted morale can't fight, if it is forcibly controlled by severe punishment and strict laws, let their generation open mountains and build passes, and go south to fight to the death with the Yue people, since it is death to advance and retreat, there will only be two."

Heifu clapped his hands: "Either break up and flee, or trigger a backlash, just like the conscription mutiny in Yangshan Pass." In my opinion, if this Chenxian camp continues like this, I'm afraid there will be chaos! ”

"No...... Don't stop there. ”

Ziying broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, there are more than 20,000 people stationed in the Chenxian battalion, and they are still here, once a mutiny is triggered, the consequences are unimaginable!

Heifu said: "Why not, when Gongzi Fusu was a general, didn't there also be a camp mutiny?" The current situation is much more serious than that. Overseer, you and I are sitting on a firewood pile that can be lit with a little spark! ”

Ziying was terrified, for a while, he really felt that his ass was hot, he had the courage to drag the sick body, walk around with Heifu, and do a good job of supervising the army, but it did not mean that he wanted to die in the south for no reason.

At this moment, the door of the house was pushed open with a creak, startling the child!

Fortunately, it was the mulberry wood guarding outside.

"Junhou, Licang is back."

"Let him in!"

Licang, who was arranged by Heifu to do things, walked in, and said: "Junhou, supervising the army, I walked in the camp in the name of distributing grain and sacrificing the army, and sure enough, the morale was low, not only the Chu people complained endlessly, but even the Qin soldiers from Guanzhong were also quite dissatisfied, shouting that they had obviously been guaranteed by the government and could return in one year, but now they have served for two years, and the war has not ended, and the robe Ze is still suffering from illness, death and injury......"

After briefly talking about what he had seen and heard, Li Cang said:

"During this period, there was another person who secretly grabbed me and said that he had something important to report to the general and the prison army!"

"Is it Qin?"

"No, he is a Chu man who is a little scholar, and he just gave me food for the conscription, and his eloquence is good, and I have brought him back."

Heifu nodded: "Bring it in, just listen to it, this Chenxian camp, what else is unknown." ”

After a while, a tall and thin man like a bamboo pole, dressed in a soap coat walked in, looking at his age, slightly younger than Heifu, but quite bold, after standing still and looking at Heifu and Ziying, under the urging of the soldiers, he smiled slightly, bowed down, and his voice was a familiar Huainan Shouchun dialect.

"Villain Lu Jia, meet Changnanhou!"