The total number of defenders at these two passes was about 100,000, more than one-third of the total strength of South Vietnam. However, the Qin army gathered more than 200,000 troops under the two passes, and since the defeat of Tuju, it has been attacking for half a year, and it has not been able to cross the thunder pond for half a step.

The transfer back of 30,000 troops seems to be insignificant, but in fact they are the backbone of the two passes. In an army of 100,000 people, in addition to the main force, there are more auxiliary arms and logistics personnel, and it is not bad to have 60,000 or 70,000 troops in real combat. If it weren't for the natural danger, such a small number of people would not be the opponent of the Qin army. Now that a large number of main forces have been withdrawn, if the Qin army suddenly attacked, the pass would inevitably be in jeopardy.

However, when the civil war began, whether it was Meng Heilong or Meng Qingshan, they had no time to estimate whether the Qin army would take advantage of the danger. Defeated by the Qin army, the Qin Emperor may still reserve the corresponding title for them in order to appease the people, and retire for the rest of their lives. If you lose to your blood relatives, there is absolutely no possibility of a good end!

Meng Qingshan's face was a little haggard. This vicious battle was even more cruel than he imagined, but the results were far less good than he imagined, according to the plan, this battle should completely destroy Meng Heilong's combat effectiveness, and even kill or capture his biological father. However, the results of the battle made Meng Qingshan very disappointed, in this war, his losses were even greater than Meng Heilong's. This means that in the next war, his advantage will be gradually lost, and he may eventually face annihilation!

"This old bastard! Why didn't the Qin people kill him?! How could this old fat pig escape! Meng Qingshan cursed his father viciously, gesturing anxiously at the map, calculating when Meng Heilong's border reinforcements would arrive. The calculated data made him even more uneasy. After pondering for a long time in front of the couch, Meng Qingshan gritted his teeth and said, "Now that the matter is now, I can only give it a go!" He immediately summoned the general, issued a military order, and immediately redressed and pursued Meng Heilong!

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The newly defeated Meng Heilong was not as depressed as Meng Qingshan, but was full of energy, as if he had won a big battle. Last night had been quite a success, and the vanguard of reinforcements could arrive within three days. In just three or five days, he could lead his army to fight Meng Qingshan to the death and regain everything that belonged to him.

Meng Heilong's optimism, Tian Peng expressed concern. In order to commend Tian Peng's loyalty, Meng Heilong appointed Tian Peng as the captain of his escort team, and followed him in and out. Tian Peng is also quite strategic, and from time to time he will give Meng Heilong some reasonable advice to help Meng Heilong balance the old subordinates who came to take refuge in him. Therefore, Tian Peng's status is rising more and more.

Tian Peng believed that if Meng Qingshan continued to be defeated, he might jump over the wall in a hurry and defect to the Qin army, attracting the Qin army to fight with Meng Heilong. The Qin army of Chen Sheng was still stationed in the territory of South Vietnam. If Meng Qingshan fell to Chen Sheng's side and led the Qin army to fight, then the battle situation would be dangerous.

Meng Heilong thought so. But I couldn't think of any good countermeasures. Tian Peng therefore admonished: "The Qin army's southern expedition was originally to make my Nanyue and the Lingnan Baiyue tribe submit. If the king can go to the Qin Emperor, say that he belongs to the Qin State, becomes a vassal, and is called a minister, the Qin army will definitely not support Meng Qingshan's traitor, and then we can calmly clean up Meng Qingshan and reorganize the mountains and rivers. ”

Meng Heilong pondered for a moment, thinking that this method was good. In fact, he also knew that Meng Qingshan had already negotiated with Chen Sheng and paid a huge price to let the Qin army retreat. From this point of view, the Qin State is actually already supporting Meng Qingshan, how can it still accept his surrender?

After Meng Heilong expressed his concern, Tian Peng didn't care, he said, "Don't forget, the king. The vassal states of the Central Plains have always attached importance to the relationship between monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons. The king is orthodox in South Vietnam, and he is a king. Meng Qingshan is a usurper, and Emperor Qin will definitely not want such a person to become the king of his vassal state. The main purpose of Qin Jun's negotiation with Meng Qingshan should be to put pressure on you, the king, so as to force the king to make a greater compromise. ”

Meng Heilong was silent. In fact, he didn't know that the Qin army had actually grasped the lifeblood of their father and son, and whoever the Qin State favored would be able to win the final victory in this civil war. It's just that even if you get a victory, the fruits of this victory will ultimately belong to you, or is it Qin's? Meng Heilong really didn't know the bottom in his heart. He didn't know Emperor Qin's personality, but he knew that Emperor Qin's appetite was very large, and it was difficult to say whether he was satisfied with paying tribute to his ministers or taking all the land of Lingnan into his pocket.

However, when this is the case, is he still allowed to choose?

After a while, Meng Heilong said faintly: "Send an envoy to contact the commander of the Qin army." It is said that the lone king is willing to pay tribute to the Qin state and become a vassal state of Qin. ”

Tian Peng reminded softly: "Ren Huan has already sent an envoy to our camp before and delivered the documents, saying that if we want to communicate with the Qin State, we only need to find Chen Sheng in Fujian." Chen Sheng is now in charge of all affairs in Lingnan. ”

Hearing the name Chen Sheng, Meng Heilong remembered that incomparably young face, and suddenly had an incomparably headache. He gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that the Qin State has changed its commander?!" Tian Peng did not answer. But if Ren Huan hears this, he will stroke his stiff beard and say, "This can be changed!" Chen Sheng blackmailed 250,000 gold from Meng Qingshan, allocated 100,000 to him, and gave Zhao Tuo 50,000. In addition, Minzhong County transported a large amount of military rations, which solved the urgent need of the army to lack food. Ren Huan was very satisfied with Chen Sheng's performance. He believed that if it were himself, he would definitely not get such benefits from the Yue people. So he simply waved his hand and gave Chen Sheng all the power, so that Chen Sheng could justifiably reach out and squeeze the South Vietnamese barbarians. Anyway, he also has a share of the benefits he gets, so why not do it?

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When Meng Heilong's envoy arrived at Chen Sheng's military camp, Meng Qingshan's army also pursued Meng Heilong's station, and the two sides fought fiercely again. This time, Meng Heilong no longer retreated, but relied on the dangerous terrain to fight Meng Qingshan to the end. The two sides had similar forces and comparable combat effectiveness, so the war fell into a stalemate.

In order to break the deadlock, Meng Qingshan kept urging the army to attack in turn, and the war was extremely tragic.

The military newspaper was delivered to Chen Sheng's hands in an endless stream. Whenever he saw the data of the heavy casualties of the South Vietnamese army, Chen Sheng blamed himself for the great bad conscience of the initiator, and at the same time sighed that because of the civil strife in South Vietnam, the Qin army could sacrifice fewer soldiers and the Qin country fewer orphans and widows to comfort his sinful soul.

Looking at the documents presented by Meng Heilong's envoy, Chen Sheng looked at them casually, casually threw them aside, and sneered: "The Black Dragon King is really a big deal!" ”