Chapter 426: Desperate Survival
The soldiers are in a desperate situation.
There were strong enemies in front and behind, and the Qin envoys were silent, whether it was Lu Jia's entourage or the Qin generals who were responsible for protection, in addition to despair, there was also anger at the shameless deception of the South Vietnamese State.
Yang Yu looked at Lu Jia in a daze, biting his finger and writing blood on the placket.
"Although Jia was forced to surrender to Qin, after being the envoy of Qin, he was very proud-!" Lu Jia said word by word, his fingers trembled slightly on the placket, and he could see that his mood was not calm.
"Captain Yang-!" Time was pressing, Lu Jia hurriedly wrote, and was about to hand it over to Yang Yu, but saw Yang Yu pounce on one knee and said loudly: "Doctor Lu, the last general can't accept this bloody clothes, in today's battle, even if I Yang Yu die, I will die in front of you first, my strong man of Daqin, there has never been a precedent for escaping from the battle, there has never been before, and there will be no now." ”
Yang Yu said that, he stood up suddenly, raised his iron sword high, and shouted: "Brothers, do you remember what King Wu said when he was in Hetao? The warriors of Daqin would rather fall down from the sky than bow their heads, the men of Daqin, would rather shed their blood and protect the peace of their homeland, now, it is time for us to fight, draw out your swords, hold your halberds, and kill! ”
"Kill the barbarian, kill the barbarian!" Eight hundred Qin soldiers shouted in grief and indignation, and the cry of despair resounded through this strange mountain forest in the south.
"Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains, blood will not be drained, and death will not be truce!"
"There is Great Qin in the west, like the sun rising, -, Qin has sharp soldiers, who fights for power!" The desolate voice echoed in Yangshan Pass for a while, and many soldiers gradually stopped in the strange and familiar battle song of the South Vietnamese soldiers.
"Great Qin, Great Qin!"
"Hurry up and catch up, do you see it, kill these Qin dogs in front, and you will be able to make a great contribution." You will be promoted to an official and make a fortune, and you will be able to enjoy glory and wealth! Lu Tai shouted with a hideous expression, Lu Jia and Yang Yu were in front, and the opportunity to make meritorious contributions had finally come.
Splendor.
These four words, for Lu Tai, are all.
But for others, it is not necessarily the most important, especially those who have been wandering in a foreign land for many years, and they are more eager to return to their hometown in their lifetime. Zaijian went to his relatives, wife and children, and was able to fall on his knees and cry happily on the graves of his deceased parents.
The pace of the South Vietnamese soldiers became slower and slower, and once upon a time, they were also the same as the soldiers of the Qin State Mission in front of them, wearing armor of the same color, holding swords in one hand and cuffs in the other, chanting the war song of Great Qin. Rush to kill on the battlefield.
"You cowards, rush forward." Lu Tai raised his whip high and whipped the slow soldier like a vent.
"Lu thief, who do you say is a coward?" didn't wait for Lu Tai's voice to fall. In the South Vietnamese army, a burly general strode out, and behind him, five or six military marquis and low-ranking generals of the first rank followed closely.
"Wang Changgong. What do you want? Do you want to rebel? Lu Tai exclaimed.
Under Lu Jia's recommendation, Lu Tai had just been appointed by Zhao Tuo as the county lieutenant of Nanhai County, and it was the time when the spring breeze was proud. The prominence of his identity made Lu Tai, who had suffered enough, have a refreshing feeling of raising his eyebrows.
However, once a person has a will, it is often easy to get carried away.
Lu Tai didn't think about it, these South Vietnamese generals under his command were just temporarily assigned to his command, and there were almost no soldiers who were really impressed by him from the heart, and more importantly, the backbone of the South Vietnamese soldiers was mostly composed of the Qin army from the north back then, although many of these people had settled in Lingnan, but among them, there were also people who insisted on their hearts to the Qin State.
Wang Changgong.
Captain of the South Vietnamese Army.
Born in Linxia County, Guannei, he is forty years old, he is the first batch of generals to follow the national captain Tu Sui to the south, according to his qualifications, the position of captain is a little low, this is not a problem of Wang Changgong's ability, but he followed the wrong person.
In the southern army of Qin, the three generals of the army before and after were Tu Sui, Ren Huan, and Zhao Tuo, very fortunate and unfortunate, Wang Changgong was Tu Sui's cronies, when Tu Sui was in power, Wang Changgong was still young, and could only stay by Tu Sui's side to exercise, and when he was qualified enough, Tu Sui, the big backer behind him, fell.
After Tu Sui, Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo took the throne successively, and it was naturally impossible for Wang Changgong, a former cronie, to be reused. This time, it was also a matter of urgency, if it weren't for Lu Jia and Yang Yu's quick actions, Zhao Tuo had no choice but to use Wang Changgong's army to rest outside Panyu City.
Hearing Lu Tai's reprimand, the burly man's cold and dark face showed a bit of sarcasm, and said, "Rebellion, what? I, Wang Changgong, was originally a Qin person, and it was just an expedient measure to commit to South Vietnam, but now that Great Qin is strong, and the martial king is the master, if we are still obsessed, do we want to accompany Zhao Tuo to his defeat? ”
Those who know the practice are Junjie.
Wang Changgong is not optimistic about Zhao Tuo, in addition to his past grievances, but also because of his sober understanding of the productive forces and economic development of the Central Plains and Lingnan. No matter how much Lingnan develops, it is impossible to surpass the Central Plains, and with the momentum of the Qin State now unifying the world, as long as no accidents occur, Lingnan's reunification will be a matter of time.
Instead of being tied to a sunken ship by Zhao Tuo, it is better to defect to the Qin State early, in that case, maybe you can get some meritorious opportunities in the war to pacify Lingnan. Of course, if the Qin army was to conquer a distant foreign country south of Xiangjun next, Wang Changgong and his brothers would have more opportunities.
Lu Tai was furious, shouting for the personal soldiers around him to take down Wang Changgong, he couldn't see that the fruits of victory were in front of him, but he was destroyed by a group of insignificant miscellaneous soldiers.
Within the South Vietnamese army, they fought each other in front of the Qin State mission, this change made Lu Jia and Yang Yu stunned for a while, but fortunately, after only a while, Lu Jia took the lead in coming back to his senses and hurriedly shouted to Yang Yu: "Captain Yang, go and help those people." Hearing Lu Jia's reminder, Yang Yu, who had woken up from the huge gap, finally slapped his chest, shouted and led his own soldiers to rush towards Lu Tai.
Dealing with a Wang Changgong, Lu Tai asked himself if he could deal with it, after all, the real courage to stand up in the South Vietnamese army was only some of Wang Changgong's hardcore brothers, and more people were holding a wait-and-see attitude, but now Yang Yu's group of fierce tigers pounced, and Lu Tai couldn't resist it even if he had three heads and six arms.
After trying his best to block for a while, Lu Tai was finally defeated, and he finally struggled out of the dangerous situation of death, and he still had too many expectations for his future, so he didn't want to die in Yangshan Pass like this, he had to live, and as long as he lived, then there would be a chance for revenge in the future.
The Lütai army was defeated.
Witnessing the turmoil of friendly forces, and then being killed by the Qin army and fleeing in embarrassment, the Xiou people were terrified at the pass, the weapons of the Qin army and the South Vietnamese army were much stronger than the Ou people, and in terms of the number of troops, after integrating more than 3,000 generals of Wang Changgong's army, the Qin envoy suddenly changed from a weak small army to a strong force with considerable combat effectiveness.
After weighing the gains and losses, the Xi'ou people fled without a fight, for them, even if they worked for Zhao Tuo, they had to find a target to bully, and the mixed army of the Qin State Mission in front of them was obviously not a suitable target.
The Qin mission was in a desperate situation.
After occupying Yangshan Pass, Yang Yu and Wang Changgong went all the way to the west, continuously defeating the South Vietnamese guards who were blocking the front, and finally successfully entered Cangwu at the end of June.
Lu Jia and others, who thought that Zhao Guang, the king of Cangwu, would be waiting for him, unexpectedly found that Zhao Guang not only did not block the waterway and set up checkpoints, but on the contrary, he opened the waterway and escorted Lu Jia and others out of Guilin County all the way.
"If one day, when the light is absent in Guilin, can you come north?" Zhao Guang's words revealed his deep worries and disappointments about the current situation.
As Zhao Tuo's younger brother and deeply affected by his brother's kindness, it is impossible for Zhao Guang to make a move to surrender to Qin on the surface, but in private, Zhao Guang hopes to use his actions to release some goodwill to the Qin State and leave a way back for himself in the future.
Lu Jia had a depressed face, and arched his hand at Zhao Guang who saw him off, without saying a word, at this time, there were many people, and the words could not be changed as soon as they were spoken, so it was better not to say anything, after this thrilling mission, Zhao Tuo's ambition was completely exposed.
The previous alliance with the new Qin, and the pretense of sending envoys to the Qin State to pay tribute, behind all this conspiracy, was just to cover up his ambitious heart to become the martial emperor of Lingnan. Lu Tai is just a chess piece, and his lobbying is only a reference for Zhao Tuo, and he cannot change the most fundamental insistence in his heart.
on the pinnacle of power.
There is always only one person standing, not two or more.
After tasting the glorious fruits brought by power, how could Zhao Tuo be willing to give up the Lingnan hegemony that he had built up with great difficulty to the New Qin State.
"Li Yuan, it's just Li Si's illegitimate son, if it weren't for fate, if it weren't for my Zhao Tuo not participating, how could the world of this Qin State be surnamed Li?"
Zhao Tuo's mentality, as Xin Qin became stronger day by day, became more and more unbalanced, if Lu Jia came to discuss the alliance, he still held an equal alliance and brotherhood, now, even if Lu Jia didn't say it, Zhao Tuo also understood that with the strength of his Nanyue Kingdom, it was no longer possible for Li Yuan to regard him as a brother.
However, the situation of Nanyue is different from the Meiyue people in Wuling, the Xiou people in the Xiangjun area, and the descendants of the Yue King in Fujian, Zhao Tuo, a northerner, was able to gain a firm foothold in Lingnan, relying on the more than 300,000 Qin soldiers who were stranded in the south that year.
Supporting people who are loyal to him, co-opting middlemen, and cracking down on dissidents, over the years, Zhao Tuo has gradually consolidated the foundation of Lingnan, and most of the dissidents like Wang Changgong have been marginalized, and at the same time, Zhao Tuo's goodwill to the Qin State in diplomacy has almost blinded everyone, if it weren't for this Qin army's setback, Lu Jia came with Li Yuan's questioning, and Zhao Tuo's delaying strategy would continue. (To be continued......)