Chapter 225: The Heart Is Higher Than the Sky
Lu Jia is a Yue person, his hometown is in Xiou, which is adjacent to Minyue, and he obeys Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, like many ordinary Yue people, and Zhao Tuo is a great legend in his eyes. ¢≤
However, Zhao Tuo is old, no matter how fierce the tiger is, there is a moment of old age, and the unambitious king of Nanyue is dedicated to cultivating his grandson Zhao Yuan, a middle-aged man who can only be ordinary in the eyes of the Yue people.
Thinking of the repeated entrustment before leaving, Lu Jia secretly pouted, Zhao Yuan was too timid, in the face of the Han people groveling and lowering his body to curry, he even did not hesitate to send his crown prince Zhao Yingqi to Chang'an City as a hostage, and the weak king was disappointing.
The Yue people hope to produce another Zhao Tuo-style Nanyue king, a Nanyue king who will resist the Han army and not fall behind, just like Zhao Tuo blocked the anger of Empress Lu a few decades ago.
"Forever Alliance, okay?"
The Han generals laughed.
"You don't think it's funny, the strength of the Han army is obvious to all, we can't beat the powerful Han people, but can your rule be stable? The kings of Nanyue are all in Panyu, and the emperors of the Han people are in Chang'an, how long can you manage it, the mountains and rivers take turns, and when the Han people are strong and strong for a while, there will be a decline after all, and we Yue people will still stand up. ”
Lu Jia finally showed his magnificent color.
The officers in the big tent were all furious, the arrogance of the South Vietnamese envoys stabbed the self-esteem of the Han generals, and it was simply crazy that a man who was about to lose dared to threaten himself.
"What a bold Yue person!"
"I advise you to cooperate with our king as soon as possible, otherwise you will definitely suffer the defeat of decades ago, and we will not be defeated." Lu Jia is not in a hurry or impatient, and seems to be dependent. His reliance was on millions of indigenous Yue people, and the powerful Qin people also succumbed before the Yue people. Not to mention a group of Han Chinese.
Cao Shi's face did not move: "Lu Jia, I remember your name." A Yue person, for the sake of the interests of the Yue people, let go of the courage to threaten the Han people, your courage is admirable, but the Yue people are not qualified to negotiate with me. ”
"Why?"
"Because you are the losers, you deserve to be dominated by the victors, and if you refuse to dominate, I don't mind purging the entire Yue tribe."
His face changed instantly: "You threaten me? ”
Cao Shi couldn't help laughing and said, "You are really interesting, in the end, you are full of confidence, or do you not know how to advance or retreat?" That's fine. Whatever you want to understand, please come back! ”
Lu Jia glared hatefully and retreated, even if his heart was higher than the sky, what could he do?
South Vietnam is a mud that cannot support the wall, and the 120,000 South Vietnamese troops are as vulnerable as chickens and dogs.
The attack of the Han army did not stop, and the next morning the 150,000 troops spread out all over the mountains, and the camp of the Sanyue coalition army could not stay, and retreated to Longchuan City to continue to hold on.
Longchuan is an inconspicuous rammed earth city, but even in an inconspicuous place, it is a city, not an ordinary earthen enclosure, let alone a large camp made of wood. In the early stage, after several fortifications were reinforced, the rammed earth wall was increased by seven feet, and the thickness of the city wall was increased by five feet, which was quite a bit of a strong city.
The three kings of the Yue people set up a position to hold on. The Yue people took advantage of the protracted war, and the Yue people firmly believed that the Han army would not hold out for long.
Zhao Wei didn't sleep all night, and listened to the battle report worriedly at breakfast. I heard that his son Zhao Yingqi had come to Longchuan City.
"Infant Qi, why are you here. Hurry back. ”
"Father, you're much thinner than before!"
"You shouldn't be here, listen to me and go back to Panyu. It's not safe here. ”
Zhao Yingqi shook his head: "Panyu's situation is not good, my great-grandfather is sick, and there is a mess in the palace, so Zhao asked me whether to withdraw to Panyu to calm people's hearts." ”
"Zhao Sui is messing around! He guards the important pass of Wuling, no matter what Panyu he returns! I don't even know what he's doing, is this bastard crazy? Zhao Yuan was very angry.
"Father, this war can't be fought, if it continues to fight, people's hearts will be scattered, the Yue people are very scared when they hear the prestige of the chariot general, and my great-grandfather also chanted a few times when he was seriously ill, you should surrender as soon as possible."
Zhao Wei kept his head silent.
In addition to sending Lu Jia, he sent three waves of envoys to the Han army camp to discuss the collegiate discussion, and the requirements put forward were also lowered again and again, just to stay in Panyu Yaozun the Son of Heaven, and continue to be a Taiping prince, the Han army just did not let go.
He felt that he had no way to retreat, even if he wanted to, there was no room to continue to retreat, he knew what happened to Yelang Wang Jinzhu, it was too insulting to go to Chang'an City to sing and dance for the emperor, he would rather die in Panyu than bear such an insult.
"The child's willingness to cooperate with Ding Gong is also forced to be helpless, you should not send people to support Ding Gong to hunt down and kill Pingyang Hou, whether he lives or dies, he will be severely punished by the Han people."
"I'm also dizzy, I regret that I shouldn't have been!" Zhao Wei sighed.
To this day, it is useless to say more, the Han people do not agree to the peace talks, blocking the only chance to give in, and the Yue people know that they can't fight hard.
At the moment when the father and son were talking, Dongou King Su Zhenfu quietly left Longchuan City and appeared in the Han army camp ten miles away.
"Dongou King Suzhen returns to see the general of the chariot cavalry."
"Don't dare, the arrival of the Dongou King is far away, please include more!"
Su Zhenfu sat down nervously, he only brought a personal entourage to disguise himself and go out of the city gate, and even the cronies and generals around him did not do a word of notification, for fear that the news would leak out and there would be an uproar in the silverware, there were only 20,000 people in Dongou in the Sanyue Coalition Army, of which 10,000 were a rabble of people who came together to pull Zhuang Ding together, regardless of military strength and economic strength, Sanyue was at the bottom.
Dongou in Sanyue is the most pro-Han, followed by Nanyue, and Minyue, Su Zhenfu is like his ancestors who are friendly to the Han Empire, if it weren't for his son Dongou being kidnapped by Ding Gong and getting on the thief ship of Sanyue's rebellion in a daze, he is still a good prince king in Dongou Kingdom, he is the least active in rebellion in Sanyue, and has been looking for opportunities to report to the Han army.
The content of the report is very rich, the location of the camp of the Sanyue coalition army is in Longchuan, the character and ambition of the South Vietnamese general Zhao Sui, all kinds of gossip in the territory of South Vietnam, and the news that the South Vietnamese soldiers are scattered in the village He does not know, Zhao Wei regarded this matter as an internal affair and did not sue the king of Dong Ou, as long as everything he can say is told to the Han army.
Su Zhenfu is a pig teammate in the Sanyue Army, and he took out the two teammates early and sold them for a few dollars, anyway, Dongou has been bullied by the Minyue State for many years, and the brothers of the same clan are not as good as the foreigners of the Han Dynasty to their own people, he has long had the heart attached to the Han Empire as a Taiping prince, if it were not for the fierce opposition of the ministers in the country, it would have been promoted a few years earlier, because the suppression of the Minyue Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger, and the Su Zhenfu gradually can't resist the offensive pressure of the Minyue Army, it is better to take the opportunity to attach it more cost-effective.
Dealing with high-level spies, Cao Shi tried his best to appease him with kind words: "The king of Dongou has worked hard, and it is a last resort to let you go deep into the enemy camp, Your Majesty is very satisfied with your cousin, and promises to keep the best treatment for you and your people, and never let the Dongou people be bullied by the Minyue Kingdom again." ”
Su Zhen was grateful: "Thank you for your grace!" I don't have too many ideas, the Son of Heaven can take back my princes and kings, and it doesn't matter if I am a liehou, I just hope that my family and courtiers can obtain the title of Marquis of Guannei, and the Marquis of Guannei can be mentioned in the hope that my people can move to Yuzhang County and Huiji County, they are honest farmers and fishermen, and they will never dare to have the slightest disrespect for the Han family. ”
"Rest assured, you will see for another month at the latest."
Longchuan City is not easy to fight and is not in a hurry to fight, there are 100,000 Yelang servants in the 200,000 Han army, the combat power and morale are questionable, the main force of the Han army over the mountains and mountains to carry horses is already the limit, and the siege equipment is slowly made of materials.
The stalemate was in line with the thinking of the Sanyue coalition forces, but they did not expect that the slowdown of the offensive did not mean that the offensive would be stopped, and they immediately held a meeting to discuss the division of troops.
Cao Shi assigned the combat task in front of the sand table: "Don't count the Dongou removed, Nanyue and Minyue look like they are separated, we can send troops to attack Minyue, and force Minyue to divide his troops and divide the Sanyue coalition army, so I decided, Wei Wei led 30,000 Han troops, and 30,000 Yelang troops went north to Minyue to make an offensive posture, and Su Ying must hurriedly return to defend Minyue, as long as the posture of dividing troops is opened, the so-called stalemate will not exist." ”
"No problem!" Yu Qingzhai replied briskly.
"We can't stay in the jungle of South Vietnam for too long, the wet and cold environment here in winter is extremely unfavorable to our army, so we have to fight and solve the entanglement of the South Vietnamese army, Yu Lin Cavalry with scouts to wave your role, walk out to destroy the communication lines of the South Vietnamese army, I want to make Zhao Wei become deaf and blind, and completely cut off the news of Panyu."
"Whoa!"
Zhao Junyu's eyes were burning under the military salute, and it was finally the turn of Yulin Cavalry to show his skills.
As night fell, a bright moon rose high, and several horses galloped on the official roads of South Vietnam, who were messengers of the South Vietnamese army, and were ordered to convey the orders of Zhao Tuo, the former king of South Vietnam.
Every messenger was very familiar with this road, Longchuan was the frontline area against the attack of the Minyue Kingdom, and the Minyue Kingdom had attacked Longchuan City a few years earlier when the Minyue Kingdom invaded South Vietnam, and the feng shui turned into Minyue and South Vietnam joining forces against the stronger Han army.
It takes three days to cross the mountains and mountains from Panyu to the northeast to reach Longchuan City, and when you get there, you can also take a hot bath and sleep beautifully, and enjoy a rare comfortable life.
Walking at night in the bright moonlight is also very steady, he can't remember how many times he has walked at night, but he feels that today's moon is exceptionally bright.
Seeing a hill in the distance, the silver-white moonlight illuminated the earth, he could easily identify the difference between the road and the mountains, and after crossing the hill, he would walk more than ten miles to the territory of Longchuan, and it was not far from Longchuan City.
Suddenly I heard the whistle of the hunters.
The courier's mind flashed with the question: "In the middle of the night, there are more hunters hunting nearby?" ”
Consciousness did not react, only felt that the body was dark and bad, the horse lost its front hooves and fell out and fell on its back, the horse neighed in pain, and the heavy fall was lucky not to break the horse's hooves, but the fall and abrasions made the horse temporarily unable to run.
Several figures popped up on the side of the road, and they couldn't help but tie up the unconscious messenger, and seized a bamboo slip from him, and several young soldiers smiled. (To be continued!)
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