On the fifteenth day of the first month, Qin Palace, Xianyang.

The high-spirited Qin Emperor feasted his ministers in the palace. After three rounds of wine, Emperor Qin said: Ladies and gentlemen, have you noticed the difference between the meat dishes and the Shangyuan Festival in previous years?

Ministers: No abnormal!

Emperor Qin was displeased. The CRRC Mansion ordered Zhao Gao to stride to the center of the hall, and announced in a low tone - steamed crocodile meat and fried squid are not served!

The ministers only cared about drinking, and when they heard Zhao Gao say this, they suddenly realized: "No, what Lord Zhao said is extremely true, why didn't I notice it?" ”

Prime Minister Li Si put down the wine jue and said in the prelude: Lingnan Xiou King Yi called on Song to have two hearts, and he no longer pays tribute since last year, so he should go all out to cut it down!

The crown prince Fusu immediately got up: "Great Qin attacked the Xiongnu in the north, conscripted millions of laborers to build the Great Wall, the people were poor, it is advisable to rest for a few years, and then try to Baiyue." Although Baiyue is a barbarian race, it should be educated with etiquette, and it should not be seen against each other. The other ministers began to express their opinions, and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.

Emperor Qin saw that Tu Sui, the national captain, did not say a word, but asked: "What does Tu Guowei think so?" ”

Tu Sui replied: Translating the actions of the Song Dynasty is really disrespectful to Your Majesty and contemptuous of our Great Qin Empire. “

"The minister heard that Lingnan is rich in products, and according to it, it can reach the South China Sea to watch Kunpeng. Your Majesty can raise the strength of the whole country to conquer, and the minister is willing to lead the army to level the hundred Yue. "Tu Sui

Who is the slaughterer? Tu Sui, is one of the many generals in the period of the first queen of Qin, powerful and greedy, a disciple of Zhao Gao, and followed the general Wang Jian many times to go on expeditions, and made great achievements, the first emperor worshiped as a national captain for 24 years.

At the banquet, the main battle faction and the moderates argued for more than an hour, and there was no distinction between them. Emperor Qin was not in a hurry at all on the dragon chair, in fact, he had already had an idea, he had his little Jiujiu, and he attacked Baiyue in order to go to the South China Sea to seek immortal medicine.

Shangqing Meng Yi admonished: "Your Majesty, Hu Ye, the deceased Qin." The Xiongnu are the primary enemy of our Great Qin, constantly harassing the northern border counties, containing more than 300,000 troops of our Great Wall Army, and now they cannot divide their troops in Lingnan. Besides, there is no sign of rebellion in Xiou, so it is not appropriate to face each other with swords, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice! ”

Emperor Qin was very unhappy, thinking that when he conquered Chu in the past, King Xiou led his troops to help Chu fight against the Qin army several times.

"I don't care about him anymore, and now I don't even deliver the tribute in time, it's too disappointing my interest, and I won't be happy if I don't destroy Xiou." Emperor Qin scolded in his heart.

The ministers were noisy, and two hours passed, and there was no result. Emperor Qin took the case, and suddenly the whole hall fell silent.

Emperor Qin stared at Tu Sui and asked, "Tu Aiqing, what are the odds of Kelingnan?" ”

"Thanks to Your Majesty's reliance, the more land is wider, the more people are stronger, if the grain and grass are sufficient, and the soldiers are 500,000, you can take it today next year! The day of the breakthrough of Baiyue is the time of His Majesty's southern tour. Tu Sui replied, the words were sonorous and powerful. What a megalomaniacal guy!

With the strong support of Zhao Gao and Tu Ju, Emperor Qin no longer hesitated, and immediately announced to his ministers: "Yue Zhi rhino horn ivory and jade beads are innumerable, and they should be included in my Great Qin territory." I have made up my mind, sweep away Baiyue, and show the prestige of my Great Qin Army. Officials in all counties and counties must collect good grain and grass, do a good job of recruiting troops as soon as possible, and do not delay them, and those who violate the order will be beheaded. When ready, Tu Sui can serve as the commander and lead the troops to Lingnan. ”

Two months later, on the outskirts of Xianyang, the banner was hunting, the chariots were rolling, the dust was flying, and people were neighing. Emperor Qin ascended to Hangu Pass and saw off the soldiers with wine. The soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Looking at this lineup, Qin Huang was drunk with a wine glass in his hand, as if the monstrous waves on the coast of the South China Sea were rushing to his face, and the fresh lychees seemed to be in front of him.

Guowei Tu led an army of 500,000 troops, divided into five routes, and set out from Xianyang to attack Baiyue. Along the way, they did not encounter much resistance, and soon conquered Dongou (now Wenzhou, Zhejiang) and Minyue (now Fujian) through Yugan (now Jiangxi), and set up Minzhong County.

The second road guarded the Da Yuling south of Nanye (now Kangjing, southwest of Jiangxi) to prevent the Yue people from advancing north. The three routes were appointed as the main generals and marched to Panyu (now Guangzhou, Guangdong).

Ren Huan was the fastest one of Tu Sui's attacks on the Lingnan Five-Way Army, and arrived in Panyu to establish the county seat of Nanhai County-Panyu City, which was also the earliest Guangzhou City, forming a siege of Xi'ou. The Five Routes attacked Rongcheng (in present-day Jingxian County, Hunan) and responded to Tu Sui's department.

Led by the commander of the four routes, Tu Sui, launched the battle of Qin Ou, led the army to cross the city ridge, through the Xianggui corridor, the Qin army was strong and strong, well prepared, the Yue people were repelled for hundreds of miles, and Tu Ju's troops were able to quickly control the passage of the Li River. The army of Jiuzhi (now south of Ningyuan County, Hunan) entered the area of Zhongshan and Hexian in present-day Guangxi along the ancient road, and joined forces with Tu Sui's troops.

Tu Sui held a banquet in the tent, and the generals above the army doctor sat in turn, and when the wine was drunk, the commander Tu Sui asked the deputy general Zhao Tuo: "With the majestic army of Great Qin, how long will it take to capture South Vietnam?" ”

Zhao Tuo is not a reckless man, he has his own set of marching and fighting, and he is not as blindly optimistic as Tu Sui, he was silent for a moment, but said: "Although South Vietnam is a wild place, there is no shortage of brave generals and strategists, which must not be underestimated. On the contrary, we should be cautious in dealing with the enemy in order to ensure the final success, and if we continue to advance, we will fall short. ”

Who is Zhao Tuo? Born in the seventh year of Qin Shi Huang (240 BC), a native of Zhending County, Hengshan County (now Zhengding County, Hebei, China), he was 21 years old, a general of the Qin Dynasty, and Ren Huan went south to attack Baiyue.

After Tu Sui heard this, he recognized Zhao Tuo as cowardly, greedy for life and afraid of death, and said angrily: "Shaft, lack and conspiracy!" "I didn't say anything more to Zhao Tuo, and I didn't talk about anything else.

Zhao Tuo saw that Tu Sui had no intention of continuing to discuss with him, so he had to let out a long sigh: "Tu Shuai relied on the battle of righteousness, did not pay attention to the deployment of the army, and relied on brute force alone, he did achieve a lot of victories, and the Qin army was in danger!" ”

The next day, the army continued to march.

In the days that followed, the Qin army captured a number of cities, and in each place they occupied, Tu Sui opened a massacre on the local resistance. Zhao Tuo advised Tu Sui not to kill, but Tu Sui, who was carried away by victory, disagreed: "Those who obey me prosper, and those who block me die!" If you are not satisfied, you can send a chapter to the emperor! ”

"The last general will not dare." Zhao Tuo arched his hand......

Because of Tu Sui's bloody violence and insistence on going his own way, the Qin army encountered even stronger resistance, and every step forward had to pay a heavy price. After entering the hinterland of Xiou, the south was hot, the humidity was very heavy, and the miasma was pervasive. Logistics and supplies were inconvenient, food and salaries could not be provided, and the pace of the offensive was forced to stop.

In order to solve the problem of supplying grain, grass and weapons, and quickly conquer Lingnan, Qin Shi Huang came to Hunan on his southern tour in the same year, and made a major decision to dig ditches to transport grain and go deep into the land. This arduous task was entrusted to the overseer Shi Lu and the three stonemasons.

The Qin general Jian Lu (Shi Lu) mobilized his army to dig a Ling Canal in Xing'an (in present-day Guangxi) to connect the Xiang and Li rivers. He drew on the experience of Li Bing in building Jiangyan in Chengdu and Zheng Guo in building the Zhengguo Canal in the Weihe Plain in Guanzhong, and excavated it.

In 217 BC, the construction of the Ling Canal began. The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty and the local people worked hard to split the mountains and cut the cliffs, build embankments and canals, and introduce the Hunan water into the Li River, after three years, the 33rd year of the first emperor (214 BC) the Ling Canal was completed. Of course, that's another story.

The battle of Qin Ou entered the stage of stalemate, Tu Sui's army and the Xi'ou tribe's army attacked and defended each other, Tu Sui's army ruthlessly wanted to defeat the Xi'ou tribe in one fell swoop, realize the Haikou that he had boasted in front of the Qin Emperor, and save face for himself. However, the Central Plains was too far away from the Hunan and Guizhou battlefields, the transportation was inconvenient, the logistics supply was difficult, and the grain, grass and weapons were often insufficient.

Emperor Qin ordered Tu Sui to reclaim the land on the spot to solve the problem of food shortage, so a vigorous Qin army's "large-scale production movement" began on the vast mountains and fields of Yuechengling, the border of Hunan and Guizhou.

On the front line of the Li River, hundreds of thousands of troops led by Tu Sui killed all the tribes under the age of fifteen, regardless of gender, wherever they went, and all the tribes that encountered strong resistance. Jewelry, gold, silver, and other valuables, and food were all looted.

Then a fire burned down the tribe's house, and the poor people of Siou would starve to death if they did not freeze to death. Tu Sui's move was met with stronger resistance from more tribes. The Qin army suffered more and more casualties.

This news reached Xianyang, and Meng Yi wrote a piece of music asking for Tu Sui to be replaced. Zhao Gao suppressed this recital, reporting good news but not bad news, but Emperor Qin didn't know it, and continued to dream of his elixir......

Because of the occurrence of the Yue people sneaking into the land of Tuntian to burn grain, soon the Gutian area sent 10,000 additional Qin army elite soldiers to ensure the smooth progress of the large-scale production movement.

The farm tools collected from all over the country were transported to Gutian one after another along with the post road, and the swampy water meadows soon turned into large areas of fertile fields. Sorghum, wheat, millet, millet, etc. have taken root and sprouted here, and the growth is gratifying.

Seeing that the crops were getting higher and higher day by day, Zhao Tuo felt a lot more at ease, and then the Tuntian troops continued to reclaim the land around, expanding the cultivated area, and getting as much food as possible to supply the front......

After dredging the grain route, Tu Sui gathered all his mobile troops and prepared to launch a final offensive against the Yue, to drive them all out of Xiou. The Yue retreated into the jungle and fought with the Qin army to launch a guerrilla war, and the Qin army could not give full play to its advantages in the jungle and could not win for a while. Hundreds of thousands of troops chased after the Yue soldiers, exhausted and tired, always led by the nose to run, and helpless.

One day, Tu Sui led his troops to walk in the forefront, swaggering to the Sanluo area on the bank of the Xijiang River to inspect, passing through a large forest, the local natives had already been ambushed in the forest, suddenly a whistle, random arrows fired together, the Qin army was cut off.

Tu Sui swung his sword to block the grid, but there were many and dense arrows that he shot helplessly. The hidden arrows were difficult to prevent, and Tu Sui's cheeks and body were hit by two poisonous arrows, and the blood flowed profusely. These poisonous arrows were soaked in snakes and scorpions with severe poison, and when they saw the blood sealing their throats, Tu Sui fell from his horse on the spot and fell to his death.

Without a commander, the Qin army was in chaos, and the Yue people took the opportunity to chase and kill, killing hundreds of thousands of Qin troops. Fortunately, the adjutant general Zhao Tuo led an army of 100,000 to rush to the aid in time, the command was calm, and the soldiers fought hard to cover up and repel the crazy Yue people, so that the Qin army did not suffer a catastrophe.