Before entering Wuling, Tu Sui summarized the latest reports of various scouts, and learned that the troops in the Baiyue region were mainly concentrated in the Xiou and Yangyue tribes, so as long as Xiou and Yangyue were solved, most of Pingyue's task would be completed.

In view of this situation, Tu Sui decided to redistribute his forces: he personally selected 200,000 elite soldiers from various armies to form a vanguard force, mainly attacking Xiou and Yang Yue, and the remaining 300,000 troops, led by the remaining four generals, continued to advance along the original route.

Tu Sui's practice of rushing forward in such a way immediately caused a riot among the generals and officers of the army, and the commander of the Third Route Army shouted out against it: "Now that the battlefield is approaching, the general has suddenly withdrawn all the elites of the whole army, so how can I wait for you to fight?" ”

His words were immediately supported by several other generals, who expressed their dissatisfaction, and the atmosphere was tense and awkward for a while.

Tu Sui ignored the chatter and noise of the others, just looked at Ren Huan, who was over the age of sixteen and had half-white hair, and said coldly: "If the old general thinks that the battle can't be fought, hurry up and return to the field now, so as to save you this old bone in vain!" ”

Although Ren Huan's military rank is not high, and after all, he is also a veteran who has been fighting for many years, but he didn't expect to be so beaten by the fledgling Tu Sui, and he was so angry and angry for a while. Just as he was about to have an attack, several other generals saw that things were not good, so they hurriedly pulled up and persuaded them, and in desperation, they had to throw their hands and return to their own army.

But Tu Sui did not relent, and continued: "Where is the military commander Sima? ”

A small military official only obeyed the order, and Tu Sui said loudly: "The old general Ren is not old, let him attack the most labor-saving Minyue, and his third route army will be under the command of the former Minyue general!" ”

As soon as this order came out, Tu Sui could not tolerate any objections from others, so he led the vanguard troops and plunged into the vast mountains in front of him......

Soon after, Tu Sui led an absolutely superior force to easily take down the three tribes of Wuyue, Dongou and Minyue, and there was no Ren Huan, Zhao Tuo and Li Tangshan in his eyes. No advice was heeded.

Li Tangshan led a 20-man detachment to continue westward and came to the Yangyue and Ganyue areas, and found that the people in Yangyue and the Ganyue areas were fierce, and the mountains were high and dense, which was not conducive to large-scale operations. Li Tangshan also found that the ancestors here were basically Chu people, not only advanced science and technology, developed economy, large population, not at all the history books described the southern barbarian land, the sphere of influence can be as far as today's northern Guangdong.

Li Tangshan complained in his heart: "History is written by the victors, which shows how unreliable our history is." ”

The existing historical documents have little record of Baiyue, but with the progress of science and technology and the deepening of archaeological excavations, a large number of cultural relics such as ceramics, bronze, ironware, jade and other cultural relics have been unearthed by archaeology, witnessing the Baiyue civilization and filling the gap in the history of Baiyue. In ancient times, the ancient Yue people created a brilliant high civilization, and its smelting and casting technology, agriculture, pottery, textile and shipbuilding industries were quite developed.

Archaeological research shows that the original civilizations south of the Yangtze River, such as the ruins of Straw Shoes Mountain, Hemudu, Liangzhu, Qihedong and Lingnan, are no less than the northern civilizations of the same period, and even more brilliant than the northern civilizations of the same period. In the archaeological discovery of Baiyue Liangzhu, the scale of the ancient city of Liangzhu in Baiyue area is much larger than that of the Yellow Emperor City in the northern Central Plains of the same period. Among the major sites of China's pre-Neolithic civilization, the Baiyue Liangzhu site is the largest and the highest level.

Wu Rui said to everyone: "Although I am a descendant of Baiyue, I also know very little about Baiyue. I didn't expect that our Baiyue people were brave and good at fighting, and they were not inferior to our regular army of Great Qin. Tu Sui is so violent, let's talk about it! “

Shi Lu scolded: "Zhao Gao, Tu Sui's bunny boys, none of them have a good thing." “

Ma Yuan thought for a while and said to Li Tangshan: "Lord Li, we should send the information here to General Zhao Tuo as soon as possible. “

Li Tangshan nodded and said: "Ma Yuan is reasonable, we have just entered the Yangyue area, and we found that the actual situation is much beyond our expectations. I think it's very important for us to go deeper into the small countries and city-states of Baiyue. “

Li Bo and Yu Mengwei also nodded.

Li Tangshan led the soldiers to disguise themselves as exiles and blend into the exiled tribes of Wuyue, Dongou and Minyue. Enter Yangyue and Ganyue.

Li Tangshan's soldiers came from the Jin'e Mountain in the east of Dongting Lake, and they could look down on the "Baling (Yueyang) City, look at Dongting Jun Mountain, and overlook the Yangtze River." The mountains are stacked and green, the streams are circulating, the green trees are shady, the trees are towering, the winding paths are secluded, and the mountain loops turn. Li Tangshan looked at the water of Dongting Lake from afar, like a mirror, the sky and water are the same color, and the vastness is boundless. Li Tangshan couldn't help but read out Liu Yuxi's Dongting Lake: "The lake and autumn and the moon are harmonious, and the surface of the lake has no wind mirrors and no polishing." Looking at the green mountains and rivers of Dongting from afar, there is a green snail in the silver plate. ”

Wu Rui sighed: "It's so beautiful, when I become famous, I must have a fief here!" ”

Li Tangshan patted Wu Rui and said: "Boy, if you meet a person named Liu Bang in the future, you will be the king of Changsha, and this is your fiefdom." ”

Wu Rui glanced at Li Tangshan and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Li Tangshan was very embarrassed and said: "When did I miss my prophecy? I learned from Guiguzi...."

Wu Rui saw that Li Tangshan began to talk nonsense again, and he didn't take Li Tangshan's prediction seriously at all, shook his head and said, "Li Tangshan, you are the leader of our group, can't you be serious?" ”

Li Bo didn't want to listen to Wu Rui and Li Tangshan, the two eight princes, bragging about it, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Everyone should think about it, how did we enter Baling City today, we haven't had a good meal for many days." ”

Yu Mengwei nodded and added: "Baling is also the place where Qu Zi threw himself into the river!" ”

Li Tangshan took over: "A person is not even afraid of death, what else can't be done." I didn't have the courage to commit suicide, and everyone gave me a good life. ”

Ma Yuan looked at this shameless leader and said: "That is martyrdom for the country, and that is national integrity." ”

Shi Lu also scolded: "Li Tangshan, do you feel itchy today?" How do you feel particularly underwhelmed! ”

Li Tangshan saw that the situation was not right, he didn't want everyone to target him alone, so he quickly opened the topic and said, "You are all far away, how can you go into the city today?" Is there anything you can do? Cao Er, you are usually the most scheming, and you are responsible for finding a way to get me in. ”

Cao Er was unhappy when he heard it: "I'm a neutral, why do you want to hit me alone?" ”

When Wu Rui heard Cao Er's words, he was particularly upset and said: "Our policy is to crack down on the wall-riding faction!" Li Tangshan, right? ”

Li Tangshan nodded and said, "Little friend, we agree on your point of view. ”

Cao Er suddenly found that none of the people around him were doing things according to the rules, and they were all unreliable compared to himself.