Great Qin world.

As the northern Huns fell apart, they suddenly lost their most threatening enemy. But to the south of it, to the south of the great river, the rule of the Qin state was far from reaching the point of tranquility.

Spring in Gangnam.

Always accompanied by bursts of drizzle, it is rare to have a sunny day, and the wildflowers in the mountains and forests will compete with each other, making people look relaxed and happy.

Wuyi Mountain Road.

On the mountain road from the hometown of Yue to the royal city of Minyue, an army under the banner of "Xiang Chu" was marching south, and in the ranks, a stout general with a beard raised his head and kept urging his soldiers to follow quickly.

Xiang Chu has been dead for a year.

At this time, the person who still carries the banner of Xiang Zi and insists on taking Chu as the national body is the hope of Xiang's Zuihou: Xiang Zhuang.

Since the southern crossing, Xiang Zhuang led a group of defeated generals to fight in Jiangdong, and successively reached a unified agreement with the leaders of many tribes such as Fan and Baiyue to jointly resist Qin, but this alliance collapsed and dissipated again and again in the face of the oppression of the powerful Qin army.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, from Xiang Yu's death and the fall of Chu to the present, more than a year has passed, Xiang Zhuang also went through some efforts and struggles after crossing the river and returning to Jiangdong, but with the continuous southward crossing of the Qin army, Xiang's foundation in Jiangdong also began to shake.

Late December.

Xiang Zhuang mustered up his courage and led nearly 10,000 soldiers of the remnants of Chu Zhouji to fight a decisive battle with the Qin general Jiang Yu on the shore of Taihu Lake since the Wu-Yue hegemony. This battle is a boat and water battle that Xiang Zhuang hopes for, Jiangdong's children are good, with this advantage, Xiang Zhuang wants to comfort Xiang Yu's soul in the sky with a victory.

However, the course of the war disappointed Xiang Zhuang greatly.

The number of troops participating in the battle reached an unprecedented 50,000 people, and more importantly, more than half of the Qin army that crossed to the south was the former Chu army that had just surrendered to Qin. Among these soldiers, there were even soldiers from Jiangdong. In addition to the soldiers, in the first level of generals, there are also former Chu Grand Sima Zhou Yin, generals Ding Gong, Huan Chu and others in the Qin army.

Among these people, Zhou Yin has been staying in Jiangdong for two years, and is quite familiar with the situation in the south, and Huan Chu is Xiang Yu's former cavalry captain, and his ability is almost on par with Xiang Zhuang, but later he lost the opportunity to become famous in the Chu army because of battle injuries. Only then did he listen to persuasion and become a first-class general in the Qin army.

Huan Chu was originally from Jiangdong, he was born in Shuikou, and he still has a relationship with the big thief Yingbu, and Xiang Zhuang's skills in water warfare are many of them learned from Huan Chu.

The result of the battle ended in another defeat for Xiang Zhuang, and the only thing that made him fortunate was that a reinforcement composed of Shengfanyue people recruited not long ago arrived from the Qiantang area, which just solved his predicament. In this battle, Xiangzhuang's troops lost more than 6,000 soldiers, including many brave men.

In desperation, Xiang Zhuang decided to lead the rest of his army to continue to retreat south, waiting for an opportunity to join Wuzhu, a descendant of Goujian, the king of ancient Yue, who was active in the Minyue area.

Wu Zhu is a descendant of the Yue King. In the past, when the Chu State destroyed Yue, Wuzhu's ancestors fled south with their clansmen to Fujian, and before the first emperor unified the country, Wuzhu had established himself as the king of Yue. But then he was directly and unceremoniously demoted to the rank of monarch by the first emperor, which accumulated in Wuzhu's heart for a long time, and also made him join the various princes who opposed Qin.

Of course. With Wuzhu's strength and position, it is almost impossible for him to really send troops to join the war in the Central Plains, at most, he will send some warriors from the clan to join the ranks of the anti-Qin princes. Four years ago, Mei Juan, the leader of the Wuling Yue tribe, led his troops to support Liu Bang, the king of Han, and fought a decisive battle with Li Yuan's Qin army in Jingnan.

And in his ranks, there were all the people. After Liu Bang's defeat, Wu Zhu, Mei Juan and other southern anti-Qin liliang chose to retreat south of the river to recuperate.

In desperation, Jiangdong was no longer able to gain a foothold, Xiang Zhuang had to go to Wuzhu. The taste of being under the fence is not pleasant, especially for a person with such an irascible personality as Xiang Zhuang, but now, he only has this one way to work, and the rest will face the next blow of the Qin army whether they defect to Mei Juan or to Wu Rui, the only prince who still has territory.

With Xiang Zhuang's understanding of Wu Rui's character, there is no guarantee that this two-faced guy will not betray himself, and when the time comes, he will mention Xiang Zhuang's head and ask Li Yuan for meritorious deeds.

The ninth year of the Qin New Calendar.

Spring.

Minyue King City.

Yue Wang Wuzhu, Mei Juan, the leader of the Meiyue tribe, and Xiang Zhuang, the general of the Western Chu State, these three shili who had a life-and-death hatred with the Qin State gathered in one place.

Wu Zhu occupies the vast territory of Fujian, the Yue people and the Huns, but also the whole people are soldiers, Wu Zhu ancestors for several generations here for many years, although Fujian is not suitable for people to reproduce, but the tenacity of the Min Yue people still makes Wu Zhu very proud.

Mei Juan's Wuling tribe, after being defeated by the Qin army in Jingnan, has been in a very low state, and now it is difficult to rest for nearly two years, Mei Juan has gathered about 20,000 Baiyue troops, this coalition army is now stationed in Lingnan, and continues to block the communication arteries between South Vietnam and the north.

Compared with the wealthy Wuzhu and Mei Juan, Xiang Zhuang's situation is much more down, all the way from Wu County to retreat, Xiang's attraction to Jiangdong's children is also weakening day by day, compared to the Central Plains, Jiangdong is a remote place, and compared to the more remote Minyue, Jiangdong is actually a paradise on earth, in this natural living conditions contrast, there are not many soldiers who are willing to follow Xiang Zhuang to Fujian. Now, Xiangzhuang has gathered more than 2,000 people all the way.

Among these 2,000 people, about 600 people are members of the Xiang clan, after Xiang Yu established Chu, the center of gravity of the Xiang clan also moved to Pengcheng as a whole, but in his hometown Wu County, there is still a root system, but these left Xiang clan people are mostly marginal branches, and their relationship with Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang is worse than that of Xiang Han and Xiang Ying.

In addition to the Xiang clan, there were also some soldiers who followed Xiang Zhuang, who were the families of the generals who died in the battle with the Qin State, on the one hand, they were afraid that the Qin army would come to kill them, and on the other hand, they also listened to Xiang Zhuang's encouragement and decided to go to the Minyue area to hide in the war.

The Wuyi Mountains in Fujian, many narrow and deep valleys, hundreds of people hide in it, you are in the middle of a mountain, and you can't find that there are people not far away.

Xiang Zhuang led the army into Fujian, along the way, saw the mountains and landforms around Wuyi Xianxia, and the depressed mood of repeated defeats was also greatly improved, in the mountains and dense forests in the south, the strengths of the Qin army will be greatly limited, and the anti-Qin Liliang, which is dominated by the Yue people, can use the favorable terrain to inflict heavy losses on the enemy. (To be continued......)