Southern Xiongnu, Northern Xiongnu.

The same nation is gradually moving towards divergence because of different living conditions, although this difference is only a subtle gap from the current point of view, but with the passage of time, this gap will become bigger and bigger.

Advanced productivity.

First of all, it brought about the abundance of material life, as well as spiritual, cultural, entertainment, communication and other aspects of change, in the face of these changes and impacts, the Southern Xiongnu people were confused.

The Huyan tribe is in a dilemma. Whether to continue to follow Dadan Yu Maodun and adhere to the route of bloody expansion, or gradually change the living habits of a single nomadic herder and become a half-herding and half-farming group, the decision is so difficult that the always treacherous and slippery Hu Yanevil is unpredictable.

With them, there were some other tribes of the Southern Xiongnu, whose tribal form began to differ from the Northern Xiongnu due to frequent contact with the Central Plains people in the south.

The internal division and change of the Huns are both reasonable and unreasonable, but if the Qin army cannot achieve a decisive advantage on the battlefield, it is impossible for a slippery head like Hu Yanyi to betray Maodun, and Li Yuan also has a clear understanding of this.

The Qin army's blockade of the border and the alliance with foreign races like Donghu and Wusun were all countermeasures, and as for the undetermined elements of the Huns like Hu Yanxie, it would take one lesson after another to urge them to come to their senses.

Of course, it was not only the Xiongnu who needed to learn a lesson, and before the decisive battle with the Xiongnu, the Qin army first launched a fierce attack against the Dayue clan.

Lu Jia lobbied Wusun quite successfully, and King Wusun agreed to flank the Dayue clan with the Qin army from west to east, and the coalition forces of the Western Regions also formed a mixed army of about 8,000 people under the call of King Loulan, and Li Zhongxiang was appointed to serve as the commander of this coalition army again.

This time, Li Yuan would not give the people of the Otsuki clan any more chances. This cowardly nation, which should have disappeared into the long river of history, should have perished long ago.

March 15th.

Dunhuang City.

This oasis emerging city located on the bank of Mingsha Mountain, in a short period of time, a group of Qin soldiers from Hexi County, Longxi County rushed over, a Qin army composed of 5,000 cavalry, 10,000 heavy infantry is here to prepare for the trip, their destination is not the Xiongnu in the north, it is the Dayue people who are surrounded by Qin, Wusun, and the Western Regions on three sides.

The composition of this Qin army was different from that of Pingsu, the main force was a cavalry unit, and the infantry was only used as a transport team for supplies and baggage, which was the reason for this. Or because of the long distance in the Western Regions, and the Dayue clan, like the Huns, are all nomadic people, and with the words of the infantry, they are not only slow to move, but also easy to become the target of the Yueshi people.

The chief general of the Qin army on this expedition was the Qin general Luo Jia, who had been training cavalry troops in Longxi and Hexi, and at the same time, the command of the infantry army was handed over to Ji Bu, the former general of the Chu army. At the same time, Ji Xin, who had an outstanding performance in the war against Chu, served as a deputy general to assist the liaison between his brother Ji Bu's cavalry and the infantry army.

Other than that. In order to allow the infantry to have countermeasures when dealing with cavalry raids, Li Yuan carefully asked Peng Sheng, the second division of the military division, about the research and development process of the "Tianhuo", and decided to send 316 specially trained professional soldiers into battle. It can only be used if the troops are in serious danger.

This staffing, Li Yuan can be described as well-intentioned, like Ji Bu, a general of the Chu army. If it is idle, it is a waste of resources and talents, and if it is used to encircle and suppress Xiangzhuang, with Ji Bu's true temperament, it is very likely that Zuihou will open up the net and let Xiangzhuang have a way to live, which is not what Li Yuan wants.

Only on the battlefield against foreign enemies, Chu generals like Ji Bu and Zhong Liwu would go all out, they failed once in the conquest of Yandi, and naturally they were very eager to prove themselves again.

As for Cao Xin, who cried the most when he heard that Bai Guangji was dead, he was not activated by Li Yuan, not because there was anything wrong with Cao Xin's body, but because Li Yuan was worried that Cao Xin would have some radical behaviors in commanding operations and his attitude towards foreign races under impulse.

At the same time, most of the soldiers under Cao Xin's command came from the Xiaoyue clan who were attached to it at the beginning, and in terms of blood, the Dayue clan was related to the Xiaoyue clan, once the battlefield situation was delicate, it was guaranteed that there were Xiaoyue soldiers who would secretly communicate with the enemy and betray the information of the Qin army.

In order to appease Cao Xin, Li Yuan sent Luo Jia, Ji Bu and other troops to go out at the same time, summoned Cao Xin to return to Chang'an to report on his work, and at the same time, ordered the Qin general Gan Yong in Handan and Chudi to go to Hexi urgently, after Luo Jia and Li Zhongxiang's main force of the Hexi Army marched westward, guarding the safety of the Hexi Corridor is the top priority, Gan Yong is Li Yuan's rising star in the future, and he is also the main general when fighting against the Xiongnu in the future, and he is stationed in Hexi, which is to prepare for the next expedition against the Xiongnu.

Remnants of the Xiang clan in Jiangnan.

Li Yuan has been completely handed over to Zhou Yin, Ding Gong and other Chu generals, although Xiang Zhuang is tenacious, but there is not enough financial resources, he can only hide in the mountains to fight guerrillas, can not make any big waves, as long as the Qin State continues to implement the policy of low taxes and people in Jiangdong, the Chu people will not resolutely support Xiang Zhuang, and the next thing is the time to pass.

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The Qin army marched westward.

Li Yuan, the king of Shenwu, sat in Chang'an and unified the five important passes bordering the Huns, namely Yanbei, Jiuyuan, Gaoque, Didao and Gaizang.

The Da Yue clan was not a strong enemy, and the real opponent of the Qin State was the Huns, the fierce and murderous Maudun. Li Yuan can conclude that Mao Dun must be waiting for news from the secret agents from Chang'an City at this time, Mao Dun will not care about the life and death of the Da Yue Clan, if he can exchange the Da Yue Clan for Li Yuan's personal expedition, Mao Dun will definitely be ecstatic.

Spring is coming.

When the tender grass on the grassland began to rise, the Huns who lived by the grass were staring at the hungry and thirsty eyes, as long as the Qin State showed the slightest flaw, they would pounce like wolves and kill to the south of the Great Wall.

Don't give the Huns a chance. In the competition of comprehensive national strength, the Qin State was much better than the Huns.

Li Yuan wanted to use economic, diplomatic, political, and military means to comprehensively suppress the Xiongnu, which was also the most advantageous means for the Qin State at present.

The Qin State was moving towards revival step by step.

A powerful Qin state is terrifying and awe-inspiring the alien races around it, as is the case with the Huns, as is the kingdom of Nanyue, which is located south of the Great River.

In the eighth year of the Qin New Calendar, in the spring of April.

An envoy from Panyu City, South Vietnam, traveled upriver from Lingnan, passed through Yelang, Wuyi, Jumachi, Yunnan and other countries, and then entered Ba County and Hanzhong County of Qin State from Wuchi Road, and arrived at Chang'an in Guanzhong.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, all the heroes rose together, and wars were frequent. Because of the 500,000 elite Qin troops stranded in Lingnan, the domestic military Liliang was extremely weak, and in order to quell the rebellion, the general Zhang Han could only fight with prisoners as soldiers, and it was the selfishness of Zhao Tuo, the commander of Nanyue County, who caused this dilemma.

The territory of the Nanyue State is equivalent to the jurisdiction of the three counties of Nanhai, Xiangjun and Panyu established by the Qin State, and it is bordered by Wu Rui's Changsha State in the north, east and west respectively, Minyue in the Shanyue people in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yelang State in the west, and borders the South China Sea in the east and south, with an area of more than 10,000 miles from east to west. Zhao Tuo, who had hundreds of thousands of troops, was also called "strong in the north and strong in the south" with Mao Dun of the Xiongnu in the north.

However, eight years later, the Qin State unexpectedly revived under the leadership of Li Yuan, and quickly quelled the rebellion of the Kwantung princes, and even the overlord Xiang Yu of the Yongguan Three Armies was also destroyed.

Hostage.

This is a very popular practice among the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to win the trust of other countries, Zhao Tuo did this, but also to show that he is willing to recognize the Qin State, and accept the leadership of the central government of the Qin State, of course, after a long period of secession and enjoy the benefits of power, whether Zhao Tuo is really willing to accept the jurisdiction of the Qin State, there is still unknown.

However, compared with the hostile Xiongnu, the conciliatory posture shown by the South Yue State still made Li Yuan feel gratified, the army without a fight is the essence of the art of war, the main enemy of the Qin State at the moment is the Huns, if it can solve the problem of South Vietnam in a relatively peaceful state, it is naturally the best choice.

Lu Jia and Zhao Zhongshi were ceremoniously received by Li Yuan in Chang'an City, Chen Ping, Li Zheng, and the old ministers Zhang Han and Xin Sheng who had gradually faded out of the court also came out to greet each other, Lu Jia was also an official promoted by the first emperor back then, of course, his official position was relatively low, and it was basically impossible to intersect with the big names in the court, which also allowed him to avoid Zhao Gao and Hu Hai's big farce of misconduct and pointing to the deer as a horse.

To this day, a group of Qin officials sit in the hall of the new governor of Chang'an City, surrounded by lit lanterns, brightly painted bucket arch pillars, and the burning water under their feet, these new changes have opened the eyes of Lu Jia and Zhao Zhongshi who came from afar.

They didn't expect that in Chang'an, in the north, the temperature in the hall was only more than ten degrees lower than that in Lingnan, and it was not as cold as the north wind outside.

"King Wu, a genius in the world, a pillar of the Qin State, is not such a person, and he can't solve Qin's predicament." Lu Jia and Prime Minister Chen Ping sat next to each other, sighing while drinking.

"Ping heard that Zhao Yuanjun also established himself as a martial king in Lingnan, so Lu Xiang might as well talk about Lingnan in detail, so as to open the eyes of those of us in the north." Chen Ping said with a smile.

is also a martial king.

The names are the same, but each other's status and strength are very different, Chen Ping only lightly broke Lu Jia's flattering technique, and at the same time, Chen Ping also lost no time in revealing the edge of a great power. (To be continued......)