Through the tall bushes, the Qin soldiers, hiding in the woods, cautiously peeked at the South Vietnamese who were working in the fields in the distance.

There were only a dozen of these South Vietnamese people, and they were naked in a dry field wielding hoes to open up the wasteland, not noticing the Qin people who were peeping at them in the woods next to them. Occasionally, I would say a few words, and it vaguely sounded like the Central Plains, but I couldn't hear it clearly because of the distance.

A Qin soldier pressed his body, slowly moved to the side of a person dressed as an officer, and whispered in his ear; "Boss, why don't we go up, the brothers are all around to ensure that none of these South Vietnamese monkeys can escape."

Feng Tie, who was bent down, nodded and said in a suppressed voice; "Let the brethren cheer up, and let no one be left alone. Also, unless they flee, we don't let go of the arrows, so that we can hurt as little as possible. ”

"Don't worry, boss, you still can't trust our brothers' craftsmanship." That Qin Bing joked.

"Dry monkey, get me serious." Feng Tie reprimanded in a low voice, but seeing that he was still full of laughter, he had to shake his head helplessly, but he also knew that although the dry monkey liked to joke, he was surprisingly cautious in major matters.

Feng Tie is a hundred generals of the scout battalion in the Qin army, although his official position is low, but the courage on his shoulders is not light at all. He was the vanguard of the Qin army's southward march, responsible for scouting the military situation for the Qin army and understanding the situation in Lingnan.

Although Lingnan was once Qindi, it is far away in the wilderness, and the jungle is dense and the roads are impassable, so there are very few records about Lingnan in the maps of various places in Xianyang. Most of them are blurry, and some are even just brushstrokes.

Moreover, it has been four years since Lingnan broke away from the rule of the Qin state, and it has long been a matter of fact, and the rivers on the map may now dry up, and passes may be built on the flat land. That's why Han Xin sent Feng Tie, a highly skilled scout battalion, as the vanguard of the whole army, to investigate the situation in Lingnan first.

When the southern army of the Qin State marched south to Baiyue, it mainly followed the three roads of Chu. Although Bashu is connected to Lingnan, it is not suitable as an option for a large army because of the blockage of mountains and rivers. If the Qin State, which now occupies Bashu, wants to enter Lingnan along the old road, it must first go east to capture Qianzhong County, the territory of the Linjiang King, and regardless of the expedition of the labor army, even if it captures Qianzhong and occupies the old road, Zhao Tuo must be heavily guarded in the place near Chu, and if it is blocked by the pass, it will be a real dilemma at that time.

Therefore, Han Xin did not plan to go south along the old road of the year, but to dig a new road to Lingnan in Bashu. When the first emperor sent an army of 500,000 to the south, the requirements for the road were naturally extremely strict, but now it is different, the Qin army went south not to fight, but more to serve as a guide, to bring back to the Qin State those who were displaced in Lingnan and missed their homeland.

As for Zhao Tuo, Han Xin didn't want to meet him in battle, attacking the heart first, and killing the bottom.

The Qin State recruited 100,000 people in Bashu and cut down trees along the Hongshui River to open up new roads. Since it was only for the march and there was no baggage, the amount of work was greatly reduced, and it took only one month to hastily open up a road.

And Feng Tie's scout team was sent by Han Xin to investigate the reality of South Vietnam.

Feng Tie saw from a distance that his subordinates had surrounded these Yue people, so he waved his hand heavily and roared; "Up."

More than 100 bodies rushed out of the woods like rabbits, holding their swords high and killing them. These Yue people were obviously frightened, holding their hoes and being at a loss, the first few people to react hurriedly knelt down and shouted "Heroes spare their lives", probably thinking that Feng Tie and them were robbing bandits.

Seeing that it was so easy, Feng Tie put the saber back into its sheath, and it didn't matter if they understood it or not, he just said to the Yue people viciously; "You just have to answer my questions honestly, and I won't kill you, but if one dares to play tricks, and you don't expose it, I'll chop you up and feed you to the beast."

A group of Yue people hurriedly nodded desperately on the ground, but they all understood Feng Tie's words. But a Yue Ren raised his head violently, looked at Feng Tie with wide eyes, suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand, and grabbed Feng Tie with a cry of "ahhhhh Feng Tie was taken aback, and subconsciously pulled out his knife to cut it, but the Yue people didn't notice it, and still stared at Feng Tie as if he had been evil.

Feng Tie looked at the man looking at him and there seemed to be no malice in his eyes, just when the blade was about to fall on the man's neck, his heart suddenly moved, the blade quickly turned around, and the back of the knife slashed at the man, slashing him to the ground.

Feng Tie drew his knife in his hand, and the blade pointed directly at the man and said sharply; "Stand still, or the next knife will cut off your head."

The man got up from the ground with a thud, and stammered, not knowing the pain; "Qin ...... Qin, I'm from Qin. ”

Feng Tie was stunned and said with some suspicion; "Are you Qin?"

The man nodded again and again, and pointed desperately at himself; "I'm from Qin, I'm from Qin, I'm from Weixian County, Longxi, I'm from Qin."

"Then where are you from the county?"

"It is said that the county is from Baihe Pavilion." The Yue people replied without thinking, Feng Tie glanced at a soldier who was also from Wei County, and saw him nod, so he was completely relieved. Then he smiled and said to the man; "I am from Feng County, Longxi, Feng Tie, a hundred generals of the Qin Army Scout Battalion, we are also fellow villagers, what is your name?"

"My name is King's Sin."

"My lord, I'm from Sanchuan County." A thin and weak Yue man stood up and said equally loudly.

"I'm a member of the party."

"I'm from Bashire."

The two of them took it up, and said with excitement on their faces. Although the people of Shangdang Sanchuan and Bajun were not old Qin people, they had been occupied by the Qin State for a long time before the Unification War, and the people there could also be counted as Qin people, so they were not worried about being killed by the Qin army at all. However, the faces of the nine people squatting on the side were complicated, some were happy, some were excited, and more were really panicked, it was obvious that they were not Qin people.

Seeing Feng Tie's gaze sweeping over those who were still kneeling on the ground, Wang Sin hurriedly said; "My lord, these people are all good brothers of ours, although they are Chu Qi people, but like us, they miss the Central Plains very much, you don't have to worry that they will leak the news, I can use the head to vouch."

Feng Tie suddenly felt a little embarrassed, this time he was just a scout team of 100 people, used to investigate the military situation in South Vietnam, if there were only a few Qin people, it would be easy to do, just send someone to send them back to the general. But if there are too many people, the road is not easy to walk, in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to escape and leak the news of the arrival of the Qin army, it will be difficult to leave.

But looking at the faces full of sincerity, Feng Tie couldn't be ruthless. They have been away from their homeland for nearly ten years, and they have finally waited for the army that can take them back, and if they are killed, I am afraid that it will chill everyone's hearts.

Feng Tie hesitated, and asked about the king's sin a little strangely; "Zhao Tuo treats you badly, why don't you want to stay in South Vietnam."

Wang Sin shook his head, "It's not like this, in fact, the king, oh no, it's General Zhao who is actually very good to us." Give us the land, and exempt us from our taxes, and although life is a little harder, we can still fill our stomachs. ”

"Then why do you want to get out of here so much?" A soldier next to him interjected curiously.

Wang Sin sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly; "Who wouldn't want to go home, we were forced to come to this hellish place in the first place, and who would come here willingly. I was able to fill my stomach here and live, knowing that my parents and brothers at home were still alive, so I didn't have so many worries. But now, people who fled from the north say that the war over there is too miserable, and they often die one by one, and who doesn't have a heart that grows in flesh, and who doesn't worry about the safety of their families. ”

"But General Zhao didn't let us talk about our hometown, and even set up checkpoints to prevent us from going home, we can only be lonely ghosts here, poisonous arrows may fly out of the jungle around us at any time, and we can only go home when we die."

Several people on the side nodded one after another, and the expressions on their faces did not look like fakes. Feng Tie asked a few more questions, Wang Sin and the others all knew everything, and said everything, but it was a pity that they were civilians after all, and they didn't know much about the situation, and they all had their own subjective guesses, and sometimes the situation was even very different.

After asking for a long time, Feng Tie only asked a rough idea. The place where he stands now is Hengxian County of Guilin County, and the county seat is twenty miles away. They are the inhabitants of the city, who have been ordered by the county to come to open up the wasteland, and their wives are in the city.

Feng Tie of this Hengxian County knew that it was established during the period of the First Emperor of that year, and it was also marked on the map, but the specific seat was unknown. Listening to them now, it seems that this Hengxian County is at the exit of the road that the Qin army is struggling to excavate, so the stakes are very high.

Feng Tie's heart suddenly moved, and he asked again; "Is there a garrison in the city?"

Wang Sin was stunned, shook his head, and said; "Yes, yes, but I don't know how many villains there are."

Feng Tie's face couldn't help but show a look of disappointment, and at this time, a thin man suddenly raised his hand and shouted; "I know, I know."

Feng Tie looked at this person with interest and asked; "How do you know?"

When the man saw Feng Tie looking at him, he immediately panicked, and clutched his sleeves for a while before speaking; "I have done miscellaneous work in the army, and I have worked as a cook, and there are more than 5,000 soldiers in Hengxian County."

Hearing that there were five thousand people, Feng Tie couldn't help but turn pale. Five thousand people, fifty times as many as oneself, that would be almost impossible. It seems that he has no choice but to return to the general, and it is up to him to decide.

Seeing that Feng Tie's face sank, the thin man who had just spoken suddenly kicked in his heart, and couldn't help but say after enduring it for a long time; "But general, you don't have to worry, most of the troops in this city are Qin people, including generals, and many of them are resistant to Zhao Tuo, so they were beaten down to this more remote place."

Feng Tie asked carefully, the thoughts in his heart became clearer and clearer, and a bold idea jumped out of his mind, and he sank into it out of control.

……

In Hengxian County, the county lieutenant Huo Shan looked at a group of people in the city with mixed feelings, but he didn't know how to deal with these people after a hundred battles.

He had been drinking and having fun in the house. Since being exiled to this remote place by Zhao Tuo, although his official position has not changed, he has changed from a prominent general to a remote county lieutenant, just because he and several people jointly advised Zhao Tuo to go north to attack Chu and strive for the recovery of Qin. These ideas naturally could not be tolerated by Zhao Tuo, so he transferred these people from important positions, and Huo Shan also became the county lieutenant of Hengxian County, and the task given to him was to guard against a possible invasion of Shu.

The problem is that such a weak and small country as Shu is still not enough to protect itself, how can it be possible to invade South Vietnam, not to mention that the road is not passable, so he has completely become an ornament.

This made it unbearable for him, who was arrogant, no matter what. That's why he drinks and has fun in the house all day long, and doesn't pay any attention to political affairs. It was only when the pro-soldiers came and gasped breathlessly that there was an enemy army attacking Hengxian, Huo Shan remembered that he was a general, hurriedly threw down the wine jar, and hurried to the city wall.

On the city wall, it was already full of soldiers with wide-eyed eyes. I saw in the distance, a group of more than 100 troops was lining up in a neat phalanx, striding towards the city gate. They wore the same armor as the South Vietnamese army, but it looked newer and less tattered than the South Vietnamese soldiers.

What's more important is that the battle flag held high in the team of visitors is the Blackwater Banner that they were once very familiar with, the Blackwater Banner that symbolizes the six-hundred-year-old Qin!

Once upon a time, the Heishui flag was planted all over Lingnan, and under the banner, it was the land of Daqin. But Zhao Tuo was called the queen, but he ordered the removal of the Heishui flag, which made most of the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army feel bad in their hearts, as if they had betrayed their former beliefs.

Today I saw the flag again, from the hands of the unknown army outside the city. Above the city, everyone was thoughtful in their hearts, and unconsciously, the archers put down their bows and arrows, and the halberders also let go of their halberds, and they all looked at this small group of troops with the banner of the Qin army in a daze, guessing where they came from.

Feng Tie's throat was dry, he swallowed his saliva raw, raised his hand to stop the advancing queue, and strode out of the queue. Looking up, he saw that the city was densely packed with guards, and he had no doubt that as long as the guards gave an order, the defenders would be able to shoot more than 100 of them into hedgehogs.

He was taking risks, risking his own lives and the lives of all his brothers. At first, my head was hot, and I had no scruples, but now I am a little scared, but I also know that there is no way back, so I can only continue with my head.

What he gambled on was the status of the word "Qin" in the hearts of Qin people.

Feng Tie strode forward, raised his head hard, and shouted loudly; "On the order of the King of Qin, I am here to recall the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army."

There was a sudden silence on the head of the city, and it was so quiet that everyone looked at each other, and a bold soldier opened his mouth and asked aloud; "Didn't the Qin State perish?"

"Whoever makes a rumor, according to the laws of Qin, should punish the nine clans." Feng Tie roared angrily.

"When did my Great Qin perish, when did Zhao Gao's rebellion have been killed by the King of Qin. Now that the Qin State has recovered Guanzhong and Bashu, it is preparing to send troops to Guandong to reunify the world. You and the others are all the people of Great Qin, why don't you open the city to welcome the king. ”

Feng Tie's words made the city wall boil suddenly, and a small officer said excitedly and loudly; "I'll just say, our Qin State is so powerful and powerful, how can it be defeated by a group of mud-legged people and annihilated the country. How is this possible, it must be Zhao Tuo's bastard who deceived us, the Qin State is still there at all, and we are not the people of the country at all. ”

The petty officer's words provoked a response. Among the 5,000 soldiers, more than 3,000 are Qin people, and the rest are also veterans who have served in the Qin army for more than ten years, and they have long been accustomed to their identity as Qin soldiers.

Facing the surging emotions of the soldiers, Huo Shan did not say a word. On the one hand, he was very willing to believe that what Feng Tie said was true, not only did the Qin State not perish, but it had already risen and sent a large army to recover Lingnan. On the other hand, he was full of suspicions, if what Feng Tie said was true, then how could the Qin State only send such a small team to recover the city, what if it was to defraud the city?

So he hesitated, never making up his mind. But the soldiers beside him couldn't wait, everyone looked at him, and one couldn't help but urge; "My lord, you have an idea of what we are going to do."

Huo Shan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, he was in a hurry, stood up and said loudly at the place where he stomped on the wall; "Since you said that the Qin State is still there, where is the army now?"

Feng Tie laughed. "The army is on the way, the general has personally ordered to dig the road from Ba County to Guilin, the fastest ten days, the slowest fifteen days, my Qin army will come to the city, at that time it is a battle or surrender, it is up to you."

"If you stand in the way, you are complicit in rebellion. According to my Daqin rate, if you plot against you, you should be punished for rebellion, and you will really want to rebel? ”

Huo Shan still didn't dare to make a judgment lightly, and asked again: "Then let me ask you, can my Great Qin have the defeat of Julu?" ”

Feng Tie nodded calmly; "Yes, the main force of our Qin army was completely lost in the Battle of Julu, and Xiang Yu and Liu Bang took advantage of the situation to attack Guanzhong, and 600,000 troops surrounded Xianyang. Fortunately, thanks to God's blessing of Great Qin, General Han Xin stood up at the critical moment of Qin's survival and saved the national fortune of my Great Qin. defeated Xiang Yu and Liu Bang one after another, and recovered Guanzhong and Hanzhong. Later, he defeated the Xiongnu and killed the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun, so he concentrated on going south to attack Bashu, just to pick up you, the people who were left behind in Lingnan. ”

Huo Shan saw that Feng Tie did not deny the defeat of Julu at all, and he believed a lot in his heart. He saw Feng Tie talking eloquently, it didn't look like he was making things up, and his words had already moved many soldiers, making the idea of returning to Great Qin in their hearts stronger and stronger, and they all turned their heads to look at themselves, just waiting for their own orders.

Huo Shan gritted his teeth and thought in his heart: "It's a big deal to guess once, if you lose, you should lose all your light." ”

So he commanded loudly; "Lay down your weapons, open the gates, and greet the envoy. Anyone who disobeys orders can be killed. ”

Raise your arms and shout; "Let's go back to Qin, go home!"