Qin and Chu were both defeated.

Although under his strong urging, the Meiyue people recaptured the two city gates, but Lin Shenhe's Changsha soldiers did not lay down their arms, they rushed into the homes of the Meiyue tribesmen, taking hostages, as a resistance to Zuihou.

In terms of ability, the Changsha soldiers are much worse than the Meiyue people.

However, when it comes to scheming, Lin Shenhe has some shameless skills, with ruthlessness and scheming, he stood out from the crowd of chaotic soldiers and seized the opportunity to sit on the top spot, facing Mei Yue, a powerful enemy, it is the time for him to show his skills to everyone and convince people.

Mei Juan threw a mouse trap, and in desperation, she had to send an envoy to negotiate with Lin Shenhe.

The negotiation process was quite arduous and long, until the news of the death of Jibu and Xiangzhuang on the banks of Ganshui outside the city was transmitted back to Nanqi City, Mei Juan and Lin Shenhe were still bargaining for their own interests.

During the first negotiation, Mei Juan unceremoniously gave an opponent who did not know who was the leader of the Changsha soldiers riot, and if he did not release the hostages immediately and lay down his weapons, the Changsha soldiers would all be buried alive and executed afterwards, and they would have to be skinned alive, lighting the sky lantern, and cutting with a thousand knives.

If he changed the object, he might have been frightened by Mei Juan, but Lin Shenhe was obviously not easy to deal with, and in the face of Mei Juan's threat, he directly sent the envoy two heads of Minister Mei Yue.

In desperation, Mei Juan had to take a step back and agree that the Changsha soldiers would leave Wuling safely after releasing the hostages.

Due to Lin Shenhe's containment, Mei Juan had no way to pay attention to the movements of the vanguard troops of the Qin army. After losing the general Ji Bu, the remaining Qin army of about 2,700 people, under the response of Luan Bu, slowly retreated from the Nanqi line, and on the hills of Ganshui, on a sunny high slope, more than 3,000 Qin soldiers who died in battle were buried in this foreign land.

They shed their blood.

They left their lives in this unconquered land.

——。

The setback of Ji Bujun's army made the momentum of the Qin army's southward march a setback.

The height of summer in June is approaching.

That was the most difficult time for the southern jungle operation, and Peng Yue was saddened after receiving the news of Ji Bu's death. That is, he asked Chang'an for an order, asking for a temporary cessation of the war against the south.

Chang'an City.

The entrance of the Shenwu Palace.

Quietly, the guards looked grim, patrolling the streets back and forth, and where the horses were led at the door, five or six war horses had been stationed.

"General, the war in the south is unfavorable, I heard that General Jibu was also killed in battle, is this true?" A young soldier approached Lieutenant General Yang Yu, who was leading the team. Asked.

"Guess what, the affairs of the military state, there are adults to worry about, you and I just need to seriously carry out the order. If you talk too much, be careful to let your boy feed the horses. Yang Yu glared and said in a low voice.

After returning from Hetao, Yang Yu and Zhou Ping did not leave like the previous pro-soldier generals. Instead, they continued to follow Li Yuan's side, on the one hand, their ability to lead troops independently was not enough, and on the other hand, there were no major wars in the northern border of Qin. As far as the equipment on the border line of the Qin army is concerned, it is enough to deal with the other Xiongnu troops such as Helianbi and Qiu Lijin.

In the royal palace.

Li Yuan was summoning important officials and generals who remained in Chang'an to discuss the progress of the war in the south, and Peng Yue's urgent report on the stubborn resistance of the enemy army on the front line of the Qin army and the heavy losses of the vanguard troops had been sent to Chang'an City together with Ji Bu's ashes. Yesterday, Li Yuan personally participated in the ceremony of Ji Bu's bones being buried in the original Gaoqiu Cemetery, where Ji Bu would not feel lonely, and there were so many Great Qin generals who would always accompany him to fight together, throwing their heads and spilling blood together.

Xiang Zhuang's death.

Let one of the spiritual pillars of the remnant zuihou no longer exist.

The obstacles to Qin's unification of the south were more concentrated on the Yue people, among which the Meijuan tribe in Wuling and the Wuzhu tribe in Minyue were the main opponents of the Qin army in the next stage.

"King Wu, this time our army suffered setbacks, one is that it is not adapted to the climate in the south, the second is that the enemy's multiple shili have gathered together, and the third is that the support of friendly forces is insufficient. During his stay in Chang'an, the South Vietnamese Prime Minister Lu Jia had agreed to persuade Zhao Tuo to send troops to attack Wuling after going back, but after these three months, the South Vietnamese army only increased its garrison troops in the Longchuan area, and its troops never stepped into Wuling, so that the enemy army could devote all its strength to attack us——! ”

When summing up the war, whether it was Chen Ping, Xiangguo, Li Zheng, Yushi Cheng, and Zhang Han, Xin Sheng, and other veterans who stayed in the court, they were all very indignant at the treachery of the South Vietnamese State.

In particular, Zhang Han and Xin Sheng were even more furious, and when Lu Jia arrived, they also assured Li Yuan that Zhao Tuo was honest and righteous, and had the intention of returning to the imperial court, but now, they were all deceived by Zhao Tuo.

Li Yuan was depressed, since the southern expedition of the Qin army, his heart has never been put down, the southern war is the first time he completely let go of his subordinates to command a large-scale battle, Peng Yue in the first phase of the operation, it should be said that the overall performance is still remarkable, the only thing that is inappropriate is that he is forced too quickly.

Eat a big fat man in one bite.

This is impossible, the time for the Qin army to launch the southern expedition was in March, and in order to end the war before the hottest weather at the end of June, the Qin army of all departments also hurried to prepare for the war, and the vanguard troops continued to pursue to the south regardless of whether the rear supply baggage could keep up, which made there a big gap between the front army and the Chinese army.

Battle of Ganshui.

The reason why Ji Bu's army fell into the predicament of fighting alone was because Peng Yue couldn't rescue him, and Luan Bu's reinforcements went all the way south, and when they arrived at the battlefield five days later, everything was settled.

"King Wu, the matter of Nanyue Kingdom, from the current point of view, the information we have is far from enough, Zhao Tuo's intentions, whether he wants to continue to stand on his own, or whether he sincerely belongs to my Great Qin, we need to figure it out. Otherwise, we are likely to be fooled again. Yan Le grimaced and admonished.

With the differentiation of the functions of the Military Intelligence Department, the matter of foreign intelligence spying has been handed over to Meng Hu, however, because the center of gravity of the Qin State has always been tilted to the north, the intelligence on the south, especially Lingnan, is indeed a little less, which also causes the Qin army to rely on too little Liliang when fighting in the south.

"Lu Jia, you go to Lingnan again to find out what Zhao Tuo means. As for the reason, let's just say that I, Li Yuan, were very angry, and I was about to ask why the South Vietnamese Army had delayed launching an offensive against the Mei Yue Army, and listen to Zhao Tuo's answer. If Zhao Tuo avoids it, don't hesitate to come back directly. Li Yuan thought for a moment and commanded.

Lu Jia nodded and said, "My subordinates will prepare the carriage and horses, and they will set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Yuan turned his head to Meng Hu and said: "Captain Meng, Doctor Lu is here, I'm afraid there will be no peace in South Vietnam, your people must all be mobilized to cooperate with this mission, in addition, for the sake of safety, I asked Captain Yang Yu to escort Doctor Lu and his party with a team of personal soldiers." ”

After the end of the court meeting, all the officials left one after another, Li Yuan called Yang Yu in and told him, when he went to other countries, safety was very important, Lu Jia was now an important minister of Qin, and he had also made great contributions in the envoy to Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions, Li Yuan did not want to lose a powerful subordinate because of a momentary negligence.

At the same time, Li Yuan still has a problem in his heart about Zhao Tuo, a person who blocked the road only for personal gain when the Qin State was in danger and refused to let the southern Qin army return to the Central Plains, no matter how he said it, he could not be classified as a loyal and patriotic person.

Back then, for the sake of profit, Zhao Tuo could betray the Qin State.

And now, for the sake of his personal selfishness, he will also ignore the life and death of Qin Jun.

As for Zhao Tuo Weishenme to do this, the mystery will not slowly be revealed until Lu Jia arrives in South Vietnam. (To be continued......)