In the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shi Huang, at the end of June, when Heifu led the army to Luling County, Xiao Tao, who came from Nanchang, also arrived here.

Everyone once thought that he had died outside the mountain after being abandoned by Jia He, but they didn't want to be able to come back safely, and they were full of emotion for a while, but this slightly sad atmosphere was destroyed by Heifu's words.

He looked at the little pottery that was described as withered, and quipped: "Look at your tan, you are darker than me." ”

Lixian, Dongmen Leopard, Ji Ying and others laughed, and even Xiao Tao couldn't help laughing, and for a while, everyone seemed to have returned to the happy time when they were in Huyang Pavilion, fishing and checking in at work......

But the nobodies of the past are now the mainstay of the Qinnan Expeditionary Army.

At this time, Dongmen Leopard gave Xiao Tao a punch: "Ji Ying said, you came back from Yugan, why did you go around in such a big circle?" ”

This was also Heifu's doubt, and Lexian had already written to him to complain, saying that Xiao Tao was too upright and often argued with Jia He, so he was sent to the Dongjiang River to build Longchuan City. When Lao Jia's troops were defeated and retreated, Xiao Tao's 1,000 soldiers and 2,000 people did not have time to leave, and they were besieged in Longchuan by the South Vietnamese tribes for several months.

But half a year ago, when Anpu tried his best to send someone to Longchuan to pick him up, the city was already empty. I thought it was a tragic slaughter, but after a careful search, it was found that there were not many corpses, even if the South Vietnamese were good at eating human flesh, there should not be no scum left. And the flags, the golden drums, and even the kettle in the kitchen were all taken away, and it was completely safe to evacuate.

So, where Xiao Tao went, it became a mystery, and it was not revealed until today.

"We're going...... Went to the east. ”

Xiao Tao still stuttered, and it took him a long time to explain how he had come full circle.

It turned out that after the South Vietnamese tribes besieged Longchuan for several months, they were still unable to break through the city, so they withdrew one after another, and Xiao Tao and they also ate up the grain in the city, because of the nuisance of the "hornet" of the Dongjiang Yue people, there was no possibility of planting rice in the fields, and finally decided to transfer the strategy and find a way to return to Lingbei.

However, the road to the west was blocked by the South Vietnamese tribes, and it was impossible to get through at all, and the north was steep in mountains and mountains, and there was no way to go. Xiao Tao had to lead his troops eastward, they stopped and stopped, and a month later, they broke into the territory of the Minyue people......

However, the Minyue lords of that land showed hostility to the arriving Qin army, and instead gave them food and clothing, and let Xiao Tao settle down in a mountain dam. After a few months, it was proposed that Xiao Tao could take the road from northern Fujian and Yue to return to the Qin Dynasty by the trail......

"In this way, it was the people of Minyue who helped you, so that you could make a detour to Minyue and return to Yuzhang?"

Heifu can understand why Xiao Tao and the remaining more than 1,000 people around him crossed Wuyi Mountain and suddenly appeared on the border of Qin and Fujian in Yugan County.

Dongmen Leopard didn't understand: "Isn't Minyue an enemy of Great Qin?" Why would you help Xiao Tao. ”

Xiao Tao stuttered, and couldn't understand the complicated situation inside Minyue for a long time, Heifu looked at Wu Rui on the side: "Brother Xian, your family has been facing Minyue across the mountain for generations, you can talk about it." ”

Wu Rui promised and said: "Although Minyue is known as a country, it is not monolithic, it is divided, this tradition has to start from the time of Yue......"

It turned out that the "royal family" of Minyue was not the indigenous Min people, but the Yue country from Jiangdong.

A hundred years ago, the sixth grandson of Gou Jian, the king of Yue Wujiang reigned, the capital Wu was broken by the Chu army, Wujiang was killed in battle, and the Yue country was destroyed.

But fortunately, the Yue country is a feudal system, and in the Huiji area south of the Qiantang River, there are still many Yue lords who are still struggling to survive. But instead of working together to restore the country, they fought hard for who was the king of Xinyue, so they either called the king or the king, and the sand was scattered, and the court was nominally subdued to Chu.

This situation persisted until forty years ago, when Chunshenjun was sealed in Jiangdong, which cleaned up the Zhuyue monarchs south of the Qiantang River and incorporated them into the Chu State.

But the farthest Yue Wang Wujiang descendants, but was spared, they in southern Zhejiang, Fujian area to establish the Minyue country, with the name of the first generation of Wang Wuwu surname, the number of the family, has been passed down for six generations. Because they inherited the system and etiquette of the ancient Yue Kingdom, the Min people are the most advanced among the hundred Yue.

However, while inheriting the legacy of civilization, Minyue also inherited the custom of Yue: separation.

Wu Rui said: "The earliest Minyue Kingdom has now divided the two kings of Dongou and Minyue, each with its own government. The state of the king of Fujian, and successively divided the descendants, a total of seven yi, known as seven Fujian, each with its own lord and monarch ......"

Among them, the one who controlled the northern and southern Fujian regions in later generations was the younger brother of the King of Fujian, who was the one who helped Xiao Tao.

"Shirtless?"

Heifu always felt that this name was familiar, but it was not named by Yue and Min Yue people, and there was no X, which was the most common.

Speaking of which, at present, the "King of Minyue" Su Wuzhu is really a man, and his cousin, Dongou Jun Su Shao, has already thrown himself into the Qin army, but as soon as Su Wuzhu heard that the Qin people wanted him to go to the king and change his name to "Jun Chang", he rejected the envoy.

The gist of the declaration is: I am the descendant of Goujian, when the first monarch was Wuxi, but the prince of Yue Wang Wujiang, he could have surrendered to the Chu people and became the king of Chu, but in order to retain the king's title, he came to Fujian from Huiji, and now I am the same, if I remove the king's name, I would rather die!

In the heart of Wu Zhu, there is the pride of the descendants of Goujian, even if the Qin army is strong, they are unwilling to submit, just the defeat of the Qin army on the west road and the middle road, and the commander of the east road, Yin Tong, is cautious, or timid, and does not dare to advance alone, so he gave Minyue a chance to breathe.

But in this world, no matter where you are, if there is a tough guy with iron bones, there will be a leading party......

Heifu asked Xiao Tao: "That unsympathetic city lord, he helped you, what is the picture?" ”

Xiao Tao said: "There is no ...... Wu Xian said, brother Wuzhu does not know the height of the sky, vain attempt to be the enemy of the kingdom, will be defeated, he is unwilling to goujian, borderless cut off blood food, willing to help Qin break Wuzhu, afterwards, should surrender to Qin, but let him be the king of Fujian! ”

"I promise him."

Heifu smiled, he was really sleepy and came to the pillow, if there is a leading party, why should Min Yue not break it?

"And you let people go over the mountains the same way as they came, and tell Wu Wuxian that if you can help me, you can inherit it as the king of Min for generations. I only need one city in Dongye, and the rest of the seven, eight, nine, and ten Fujian will be given to him! The imperial court will not send a single official to the mountains, nor will it leave a single soldier! ”

……

After the matter of attacking Fujian was cleared, Heifu made a series of arrangements for the middle lane to temporarily maintain a defensive position.

The "fake general" who commanded the Chenxian soldiers was naturally the captain of Xin Yi who helped him kill Jia He, Xin Yi was the son of Xin Sheng, a famous general in the Unification War, and his title was not low.

In addition, on the grounds of the Pingyang Shanguan Rebellion, Heifu's old colleague Zhuo Ba, the guard of Huangxi Pass, made Anpu the "Captain of the Three Passes", handed over the three passes of Yangshan, Hengpu, and Huangxi, together with 10,000 soldiers and civilians, to him, and began to hoard grain, cut down wood and build ships, and prepare for the attack on South Vietnam in the coming year.

Then, Heifu drew up an army to attack Minyue, and stuffed all his old subordinates into it, and almost all of them were promoted.

Lixian has always been steady, and Heifu asked him to supervise grain in Nanchang as the governor of Su.

Dongmen Leopard is brave, as the captain of the heel army, and continues to be a forward general.

Xiao Tao is also a captain, but the group of remnants he brought back needs to rest, Heifu asked him to name, planning to pacify Minyue, let Xiao Tao go to Wuchang and Gongao to rotate, on training, or Xiao Tao has more experience, can take a group of remnants of the defeated soldiers, go around a big circle, fight in a foreign land for hundreds of miles, and survive half of it, and the establishment especially exists, it is really a miracle, it shows that it can.

Ji Ying, on the other hand, was appointed as the "Post Superintendent", a new official position that was in charge of the military communications of the entire corps.

This can be regarded as a one-person Tao, when the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, and there are no outsiders, Ji Ying said with a smile: "You see, the pavilion chief is the boss and not the boss, it is simply the difference between his own son and his godson, in the past, the public did not love the mother, but now, we are all promoted!" ”

Everyone laughed, but Heifu said to them earnestly: "You know that after the first defeat of the Yue, everyone said that the south was a mess, but I resolutely took it, why is this?" ”

Ji Ying and Dongmen Leopard were the first to shout: "It's because the pavilion chief wants us to wait!" ”

Lixian thought the most: "The pavilion chief doesn't want us to be bullied by outsiders in the south. ”

Xiao Tao thought deeply: "It's because ...... The pavilion chief was unwilling, the state affairs were corrupted, and the children died. ”

Heifu nodded: "You are right, not only can I not let the state affairs corrupt, but I am also reluctant to let the old ministry go, reluctant to the children of Nanjun and Anlu, as I once said, I want to take you home!" This promise has not changed to this day! ”

"However, there is another reason why I dare to go south alone!"

All four looked at Heifu.

"You wait, do you still remember in Huyang Pavilion, in Humu Township, in the Qinan battlefield, and in this Yuzhang?"

"I remember everything!"

Xiao Tao, Lixian, and Ji Ying bowed their heads, and Dongmen Leopard also said loudly: "How can you forget!" ”

That was the footsteps of the past fifteen years, step by step, hand in hand, although now, Hefu had stepped halfway up the Empire, and they were still at the foot of the mountain.

Heifu asked everyone to gather and said emotionally: "In these places, we face different enemies, whether it is thieves and bandits, or Wei soldiers, or the elite of the Chu army, or the remnants of Jingbang......

"But the same thing is that no matter where you are, you are the most trustworthy township party, and you are the robe that can be handed over to the other party!"

He clenched his fists and said: "When I braved the wind and snow to go south, I told myself that as long as there are Dongmen Leopard, Li Xian, Xiao Tao, and Ji Ying, as long as there are you, as long as we can reunite, it will be like a five-finger fist, and there is nothing that cannot be done!" As long as we work together, there is no enemy chief that cannot be killed, and there is no state that cannot be destroyed! ”

"Yes!"

The four of them were moved, put their hands over, stacked them with Heifu's fists, and said in unison:

"We, we are willing to overcome all obstacles for the pavilion chief!"

……

regrouped the old department, arranged everything before and after, and when Heifu arrived in Nanchang County and was about to move eastward, Ji Ying, as the "superintendent of the post", sent him a letter from Xianyang.

It is Ye Zijin's family letter, which chatters a lot of family routines, from her guarding the tomb for Ye Teng, to going back to Anlu to visit Heifu and his mother, and finally taking her two sons and niece Xiaoyue who accompanied her to live in Xianyang.

This time, it was as a hostage.

She wasted a lot of paper and ink, described the new scenery of Lishan, said that the prosperity of Weinan Street had swept the capital, the fragrant noodles and snacks, and the majesty of the large new palace in Shanglinyuan, as well as all kinds of interesting stories about the children after they first arrived in Xianyang: new melons and fruits from the Western Regions, high-nosed and deep-eyed foreign merchants, and said that the city had changed too much to adapt: "We are like the sons of the poor country entering the city." ”

It wasn't until the end that she told Heifu a political matter, to put it mildly.

Heifu's eyes swept over the lines, and a hint of surprise flashed suddenly:

"Your Majesty, it's changed!?"