Chapter 455: The Price of Greed

Zhao Yu's army was invincible, and did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and went all the way north along the Han River to Zhicheng. When the good news came, Zhao Huhaha, the king of Nanyue, laughed: "Sure enough, as the minister said, the Han people are already at the end of the canopy, and they can't do anything about Minyue, fortunately, we start quickly, otherwise such a good place will fall into the hands of others." ”

Lu Jia nodded: "Exactly, the minister has received a secret report, and Luo Yue and Xizhu have also sent troops to encroach on the land of Minyue from another direction, and the Minyue tribes were afraid of the Han people, and there was no resistance at all, now it depends on whose actions are fast, and one more step can occupy one more place." ”

Zhao Hu was full of confidence: "The herald ordered the Flying Tiger Army to speed up, and it must occupy Minyue before the Yuyue and Xizhu!" ”

Su Ren met Ah Xun in a small grove next to the folding ridge. In the past few months, Ah Xun has led the Tiangang Earth Demon to be active in the smoky land of Lingnan, and they have continued to pass back the news of the Yue people, which is the prerequisite for Su Ren to achieve a great victory in Fujian and Yue. Ah Xun looked thinner, but he was also strong, with bronzed skin, animal skins and linen pants, plus messy hair, how to look like a Yue person.

"The villain has seen the sir."

Su Ren nodded: "Talking, everyone else is okay, right?" ”

Ah Xun nodded: "It's all good, according to Mr.'s orders, they are all dormant." ”

"Hmmm! What is the recent movement of the Yue people? ”

"As Mr. expected, after the defeat of Minyue, the first to enter Minyue was Nanyue, and later Luoyue and Xizhu also sent troops one after another, and there is no action at present, they are trying their best to move forward, wanting to occupy more land in Minyue."

"Those original Minyue tribes didn't resist?"

"A few families resisted and were slaughtered by the South Vietnamese army, most of them remained calm and surrendered one after another, and now the Minyue ministries are still quiet, and there is no movement."

Su Ren frowned: "This is not a good thing, why are Yue people so obedient?" ”

Ah Xun said: "The Yue people have always been known for their shrewdness, they believe in the strong, as long as they can defeat them, they will be willing to submit, and after submission, they will also be single-minded, there are few defectors within the Yue people, and occasionally, they will be sentenced to death." ”

"Where have all the soldiers and horses of the three divisions arrived?"

"South Vietnam made the fastest move, and just arrived at Zhicheng yesterday, and it has no intention of stopping, and still continues to go north; Coming from the east, the Yue Yue was also approaching the city, and the places it passed avoided the control of the South Vietnamese; The west is the slowest, the soldiers and horses have just entered the territory of Minyue, and they have recovered three tribes, all of which are small tribes, and the strange thing is that they have stopped, and they don't know what they are waiting for. ”

Su Ren smiled: "Interesting, really interesting, there are still smart people in the end, since this is the case, let them watch the play first, act according to the plan immediately, remember that no matter what the situation, the safety of their own people is the premise." ”

"No! The villain understands. ”

After sending Ah Xun away, Su Ren returned to the camp and immediately sent people to tell the county commanders, school captains, and county lieutenants everywhere to pay attention to the fact that the Vietnamese refugees were coming, and everyone was in a state of combat readiness.

Zhao Yu led the army to run fifty miles in one day and one night, which was already the limit. The terrain of Lingnan is too complicated, all kinds of jungles are intertwined, and the roads are also intermittent, and it is a miracle that you can walk 50 miles over the mountains. Stopped the troops, sent people to the top of the mountain to check the situation around them, and after making sure that everything was normal, he ordered the whole army to set up camp and continue to hurry early tomorrow morning.

It has been half a month since they left Panyu, and everything has gone smoothly after entering the territory of Minyue, and now every time they take a step forward, the territory of South Vietnam will expand to the north. The news that Yue Yue and Xizhu also sent troops in was clear to Zhao Yu. But Zhao Yu didn't put those two sides in his eyes, he had 5,000 Flying Tiger Army in his hands, this is the strongest combat force in South Vietnam, and it is the most elite army in South Vietnam, no matter who he encounters, he has the power to fight.

After eating the snake meat caught by his subordinates, Zhao Yu turned over and climbed a big tree, and it was very dangerous to sleep on the jungle ground at night, which everyone knew. Finding a tree branch, Zhao Yu held the blade, wrapped the animal skin on his body tightly, and slowly closed his eyes. He had a dream, dreaming that the Minyue army was attacking Chang'an, and he himself had already attacked the city, and the Han army was frightened, and the Han emperor looked at him tremblingly, as if he was afraid of seeing the god of war.

"Commander!" Someone shouted softly under the tree, and Zhao Yu immediately woke up and jumped off the tree.

Looking left and right, it was pitch black in the woods, there were no torches, and the terrible cries of the night birds made people's hearts furious. It was the deputy general who shouted Zhao Yu, and without waiting for Zhao Yu to speak, the deputy continued: "Someone killed our people, and three sentries are missing." ”

Zhao Yuyi frowned: "Can you catch someone?" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The last general is incompetent, he didn't catch it!" ”

"What about people? How did he die? ”

"Please follow the last one, right over there, it's very strange to die, it looks like he fell into a trap, but the last general has carefully seen that it was a deliberate illusion."

At the edge of the woods, the moon can shine in. A corpse was leaning against a tree, with two arm-thin wooden sticks stuck in its chest and lower abdomen. One end of the stick pierced deep into the woods, and the other end was dripping with blood, which was especially terrifying in the moonlight. The man was also a sentry, and his tongue had been cut out before he died, so he didn't cry out when he was tortured like this.

Circling around the corpse, Zhao Yu's eyebrows twisted together: "Is there a tribe nearby?" ”

"There is one on the left, it is the millipede tribe, they have already announced their surrender to us at noon today, and their big leader has also accepted the canonization, it shouldn't be them! The other tribes are far away, and it is impossible for them to follow us all the time without being discovered. ”

"Go get me the millipede!"

"General, according to the practice of our Yue people, millipedes have been loyal, that is His Majesty's people, are you not ......" Before the deputy general's words were finished, Zhao Yu's cold eyes looked over, and the deputy general hurriedly swallowed back the second half of the sentence, hugged his fists and said: "No, the last general will go." ”

As soon as the adjutant general turned around, he saw a group of black shadows not far away coming towards him, and hurriedly drew his blades and ordered everyone to be on guard. Hearing the movement, the black shadow also stopped. The two sides confronted each other for a while, and there was a ** shout on the opposite side: "Are the people from the Flying Tiger Battalion on the other side?" We are millipedes, and we have come to report important things to the Grand Commander. ”

The adjutant general glanced at Zhao Yu, and seeing that Zhao Yu didn't say anything, the adjutant general asked, "What's the matter, tell me first, I'll report to the commander." ”

The other side shouted again: "Just now we found three corpses outside the stockade, all of them wearing the clothes of the Flying Tiger Battalion, so we sent them over." ”

"It's our sentinel!" The lieutenant general looked at Zhao Yu again. Zhao Yu kept his face dark, holding his hands in front of his chest: "Let them come over and send our people over." ”

The lieutenant shouted, "Come here!" ”

It was the three missing sentinels of the Flying Tiger Battalion, who had already been unrecognizable, and they couldn't tell from anywhere else that they were once a person, except for the tattered clothes on their bodies. Zhao Yu lowered his head and looked at it twice: "Who did it?" ”

The people from the millipede tribe hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the head of the leader shook like a drum: "Hey, general, we don't know." ”

"Huh!" Zhao Yugan laughed twice, and said lightly: "Kill!" ”

The adjutant general was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Yu's eyes immediately glared. The lieutenant quickly drew his scimitar, waved it lightly, and rolled out with his head grunting for a long time. The people of the millipede tribe were almost stupefied, looking at the headless corpse in disbelief. The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Battalion gathered around, and none of them ran away, and in a burst of exclamations and screams of pain, more than a dozen men turned into corpses.

Returning the sword into the sheath, the deputy general looked at Zhao Yu and wanted to speak. Zhao Yu turned around and left, and said as he walked: "If one of our soldiers dies, there must be ten people to accompany the funeral, remember my words!" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly nodded: "No!" ”

Zhao Yu said again: "There are not enough people here to die, and I don't want to see that disgusting bug of the millipede tribe tomorrow." ”

That night was destined to be an extraordinary night, the wind of slaughtering the millipede tribe blew to all parts of Minyue in an instant, whether it was the tribes conquered by Zhao Yu, or those tribes who were watching or had other plans, everyone's hearts had different changes. The reason why the soldiers surrendered without blood was all for the sake of life, or rather, for the sake of living. But in the end, the road was blocked, and the thoughts of the various tribal leaders increased.

The adjutant returned to the camp before dawn with a bloody body, and stood under the big tree where Zhao Yu was resting for a long time and did not leave. The smell of blood stimulated Zhao Yu's sense of smell, he just opened his eyes slightly, saw the vague figure of the lieutenant, and turned over and continued to sleep. Zhao Yu is not good at talking, and he doesn't want to explain anything to the deputy general. What South Vietnam wants is the land of Minyue, but not the population of Minyue. Zhao Yu knew very well in his heart that for hundreds of years, the tribes had fused with each other, and in the end, there were four tribal alliances left, and in fact, it had been announced that the second fusion was no longer possible.

The surrender of the Minyue tribe does not mean that they want to become South Vietnamese, but they want to survive. The ultimate goal of surviving is to prepare to re-establish another Yue on this land, if it is still called Minyue, it is just the same name.

The adjutant general stood for a long time and walked away with his head down. Zhao Yu watched the lieutenant general walk away, then got up, stretched his waist, jumped down from the tree, stretched out his hand to take the water bag handed over by his own soldiers, and asked while washing his face: "Can you find out, who killed our guards?" ”

The pro-soldier shook his head: "I don't know yet, but it's definitely not the millipede tribe." ”

Zhao Yu laughed: "That's right!" "I didn't say anything else, I continued to wash my face. He had other things to do, and there was no need for Lang to experience such a small thing. After washing his face, he had breakfast, and ordered his troops to assemble, and today's goal was to march another thirty miles, and strive to meet with the soldiers and horses of Luo Yue before dark, and defeat Luo Yue to win the first hand for the next battle while the western attack had not yet moved.