After much hardship, the Qin delegation arrived in Chang'an on July 10.

Lu Jia, Yang Yu, and Wang Changgong went to the Shenwu Palace, after a little repair, they went to the Shenwu Palace, and along the way, Wang Changgong kept asking Yang Yu nervously, acting like a child who was about to meet his parents, Yang Yu had a tense face, posed like a senior brother, and taught Wang Changgong a lesson and nodded.

Lu Jia walked as quickly as he flew.

The haggard look on his face was fully revealed, and the envoy who traveled thousands of miles came back again, and this trip to South Vietnam made Lu Jia's always conceited lobbyist suffer a heavy setback.

"Even a foreign country like Wusun in the Western Regions has achieved success, but he capsized in the gutter of Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Tuo, a thief, is really hateful, and Lu Jia, I didn't expect to be a ruthless person." Lu Jia felt too much resentment in his heart, which made him start to lose confidence in his abilities.

Wuwang Mansion.

Li Yuan was discussing the situation in the south with the four giants of military intelligence, Meng Hu, Prime Minister Chen Ping, Zhijing Si Yan Le, and Yu Shi Cheng Li Zheng.

"You're back, it's been a hard trip." As soon as Li Yuan saw Lu Jia and Yang Yu coming in, he stepped forward quickly, patting the shoulders of the two of them with concern.

"King Wu, subordinates this time-!" Lu Jia choked up and replied, but halfway through the words, he only felt that his eyes were sour, and he couldn't say any more.

"The last general thinks that he will never see you again." Yang Yu slammed into one knee on the ground, grabbed the bluestone ground tightly with both hands, and burst into tears.

"The warriors of Daqin, if you have tears, don't flick, get up!" Li Yuan picked up Yang Yu, turned to Wang Changgong, who was at a loss, and said, "This is General Wang, a man from Linxia." Sure enough, he is a good man in a pass. ”

Wang Changgong was praised by Li Yuan like this, Gou Shu's expression began to relax, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The last general, Wang Changgong, the captain of the infantry army of the Great Qin Southern Expeditionary Army, see His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

Captain of the Infantry Army.

It was Wang Changgong's military position when he was Tu Sui's subordinates in the past, and the entire Southern Expeditionary Army was still under the leadership of the First Emperor at that time, as for the time of Qin II, because the two commanders of Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo were out of the jurisdiction of the central government, and the official positions appointed at that time were naturally not counted.

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Captain Wang." In order to commend your merits this time, I have instructed the Prime Minister's Mansion to verify the merits of your officers and soldiers one by one, and I believe that there will be new appointments in a while, and I hope that in the next war, you will still have outstanding performance and show the blood of an old Qin person. ”

Wang Changgong called himself the captain. After a little thought, Li Yuan understood his thoughts, this forty-two Qin army general was obviously not satisfied with just returning to his hometown, and then disarming and returning to the field. As an elder who is bathed in the morning sun and dew every day, he still wants to continue to serve in the army, and he also wants to make military achievements and win the opportunity for promotion for himself.

For people like Wang Changgong who are willing to contribute to the army. Li Yuan has always opened the door and welcomed them to join, and this was the case for Peng Yue, Ji Bu and others back then. Wang Changgong, who was born in the Qin military system, will not be an exception. Of course, as for whether Wang Changgong can get ahead after joining the New Qin Army, it depends on his own ability.

"The last will obey." Wang Changgong was excited for a while and bowed down.

I have heard for a long time that Li Yuan is approachable and has no shelves, but Wang Changgong is finally uneasy in his heart, and now when he sees it, he finds that Li Yuan is just like Yang Yu said, and Wang Changgong's heart is finally relaxed.

"Wang Duwei, you have returned thousands of miles, and the generals are exhausted, and besides, you haven't returned to your hometown for many years, so let's reunite with your family these days. As for the supply baggage in the army, let Captain Yang lead it to the munitions warehouse to receive it. Prime Minister Chen Ping stepped forward and said.

"Prime Minister Xie instructed, and the end will go down to settle down." Wang Changgong said gratefully. These subordinates of Wang Changgong have been excluded in the South Vietnamese Army, and the weapons they use are still the equipment of more than ten years ago, and the equipment of the New Qin Army is much better than that of the South Vietnamese Army, and they are two times ahead of Wang Changgong's soldiers anyway.

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Wait for Wang Changgong and Yang Yu to retreat.

Li Yuan has calmed down from the initial news of the attack on the Qin State Mission, this era is the era of the jungle, the era of heroes and heroes, you can't expect others to give up their territory, and if you want to unify the south, you must make greater efforts.

After the first phase of the battle, Peng Yue's Central Route Army, Feng Xuan's Western Route Army, and Jiang Yu's Eastern Route Army each withdrew to their garrisons on the south bank of the Great River.

July, August.

It was the hottest season in the south of the Yangtze River, and for the Qin army, the difficulty of adapting to the climate increased exponentially, and the next suitable time for southward expansion should be at the end of September and October. When the northwest wind blew across the south of the river, the Qin generals had a deeper understanding of the topography and cultural environment of the rivers and lakes after a summer of adaptation.

In addition, in order to strengthen the Liliang of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Li Yuan has decided to recruit soldiers from the counties south of the Great River again, as the second batch of reserves, with the acceleration of the unification of the Qin State, this group of newly recruited soldiers has a better sense of belonging to the Qin State than the first batch of former Chu army soldiers, and in terms of discipline and will to fight, it is also much more malleable.

Since the rapid attack could not be accomplished, Li Yuan decided to fight steadily and steadily, compressing the living space of the three vietes by squeezing again and again, and the main force of the first-line field battle did not seek to advance very fast, but to occupy and consolidate one place, and to deploy a second-line heavy army group along the river as a supplement for the first-line troops and baggage.

In this way, even if the battle at the front is tight, the Qin army can quickly draw fresh troops from the second line to support the front line, and will not let Ji Bu's vanguard force fall into a long-term and bitter battle without help, as in the first stage.

In comparison, Li Yuan's strategy is quite a bit of a imitation of Jiang's fortress policy during the five encirclements and suppressions, the Qin army not only oppressed Sanyue Shili from the north to the south, but also south of Ba County, Li Yuan was also preparing to send another detachment to directly descend the river from the upper reaches of the Xijiang River to threaten the hinterland of the Nanyue Kingdom.

In this way, Mei Yue, Min Yue, and South Vietnam, which one of them may face the threat of the Qin army, if they want to unite, they must first measure whether their rear is stable or not, and for the Baiyue Alliance, which has its own thoughts and appearances, they must first consider their own security, and then support their allies, and with this layer of selfishness, the Qin State has the possibility of breaking through.

September 2nd.

The first cold snap from the great northwest arrived on the bank of the great river as scheduled, although its momentum was far from reaching the point of cooling down the entire south on a large scale, on the surface of the Pengze water, several warships were practicing the team, and a group of shirtless Qin army strong soldiers were practicing the tactics of dividing and attacking together under the command of the captain and the captain.

Peng Yue was tanned, shouting again and again in a dumb voice, his spirit looked very good, and from his wide eyes, he could see a momentum of not admitting defeat.

By Peng Yue's side, Luan Bu and Hu Yu's two old subordinates commanded the left and right fleets respectively, and Hu Yue had already been transferred to the Hetao area to garrison, this time Peng Yue asked Li Yuan to once again let this once powerful subordinate return, so that Peng Yue's middle route army had a brave general when attacking.

"Daqin dominates the world, and there has been no real defeat, but this first defeat has made me Peng Yue encounter, if I don't be ashamed, even if I Peng Yue is dead, I will not be blind." When sending Ji Bu's ashes back to Chang'an, Peng Yue personally wrote a letter in blood and asked his cronies to bring to Chang'an, fearing that Li Yuan would remove him from his position because of the setback of the Qin army's offensive.

However, Peng Yue's worries are unnecessary.

As for the result of the defeat of Ji Bu and Xiang Zhuang, Li Yuan saw very clearly that in the first stage, the Qin army still made the mistake of advancing rapidly from the general strategic level, and this mistake was not due to Peng Ze's command problems, but from the mistakes made when formulating the plan at the beginning.

In other words, there are mistakes at the decision-making level, even if Peng Yue is at fault, it is not the most important thing, and fighting in the southern jungle area, the Qin army does not have an obvious advantage in terms of strength, and it is normal to fight for a match.

In Huiji County of Koto.

In the past two months, Minyue Wang Wuzhu had sent a small force to the north dozens of times, trying to snatch the supplies and grain in the area of Huiji and Wu County, but was ambushed by Jiang Yu in August, and after the Minyue people lost more than 4,000 people, they hurriedly retreated to Xianxialing and could not defend it.

After the repulsion of the Minyue people, the Jiangdong people's trust in the Qin army was enhanced, and the news of Xiang Zhuang's death came, the Jiangdong people had no idea of the Chu state, and the Qin state's rule in Jiangdong's Huiji and Wu counties became more and more stable, which created the possibility for Jiang Yu to recruit soldiers.

By September, the Jiangdong Army of the Qin State formed by Jiang Yu had reached nearly 50,000 men, more than double the more than 20,000 men when he had just crossed the river, and this also excluded the loss of troops in Ding Gongzhong's ambush.

The enhancement of the strength of the Qin army on the eastern front made the generals of the Qin army who had held back their strength high-spirited, and Huan Chu and Zhou Yin even asked Jiang Yu for orders again and again, asking for orders to attack the hinterland of Minyue.

Of course, Jiang Yu still has to protect and encourage Huan Chu and Zhou Yin's positive offensive attitude, especially Huan Chu, who is in the prime of life, this young Qin general is very much loved by Jiang Yu and has been cultivated as the successor of the Jiangdong Army. (To be continued......)