Chapter 61: Zhao Tuo intends to move eastward
When the defenders on the tower of Sihui City saw a group of cavalry rushing towards Sihui City, they picked up the bows and crossbows in their hands and watched vigilantly as the cavalry under the city approached quickly.
"Whoosh, whoosh"
I saw the cavalry under the city raise the bow and crossbow in their hands and shoot a few arrows at the city tower, and the sound of several arrows breaking through the air clearly reached the ears of the city guards, and there were a few more crossbow arrows flying from the city tower in front of them.
When the soldiers on the tower were about to return fire, the horsemen on the tower had already beaten their horses and left.
Two guards of the city came to the place where the arrows were inserted.
"Hey, there's a letter on it." One of the guards said in surprise.
I saw a letter tied to the arrow near the arrow, and then I looked at several other arrows, all of which were also tied to the letter.
In the hall of the Sihui County Ya, Zhao Shi was reviewing the letters handed over by the guards of the city.
"Jia Heng, you go and find this Han Chuan mentioned in the letter." Zhao Shi said and handed the letter in his hand to Jia Heng.
"Yu Shizi, Han Chuan is waiting outside the mansion at the moment."
"You go and call him in," Zhao Shi instructed Jia Heng.
Just when Jia Heng was about to go out to invite Han Chuan, Zhao Shi stopped Jia Heng again.
"There is one more thing, you should not call me the son of the world in the future." Zhao Shi said to Jia Heng and his entourage.
A moment later, Han Chuan was led by Jia Heng to the Sihui County Ya Hall.
"You are Han Chuan," Zhao Shi asked after carefully looking at Han Chuan.
"Yu Shizi, below is Han Chuan, the centurion of the Great Qin Yinglong Army." Han Chuan replied without humility or arrogance.
"Let's take a look at this first," Zhao Shi said, picked up the letter on the desk and handed it to the guard beside him, Han Chuan took the letter from the guard's hand and read it quickly.
"Yu Shizi, after receiving the letter from the Shizi yesterday, he sent a fast horse to my Daqin Gongzi, but the South Vietnamese army under the city came too quickly, so that the prince lost his judgment on the situation in the Sihui City. Now that the prince has hung up my Qin State Daxu at the head of this Sihui city, the prince has already known the intention of the prince to return to Great Qin, and the reason why the prince publicly sent me a letter shows that the prince has believed in the heart of the prince to return to Qin, and also asks the prince not to doubt the sincerity of my son, and to go to the city tower to contact my Qin army. ”
Han Chuan informed Zhao Shi of his analysis without reservation, and hoped that Zhao Shi would understand Fusu's caution.
"Jia Heng, you will accompany Han Chuan to the city tower to contact Gongzi Fusu, and you must protect Han Chuan." Zhao Shi ordered Jia Heng.
When Han Chuan obtained Zhao Shi's permission, he immediately drafted two letters to Fusu, tied them to the crossbow arrows, and then climbed the Sihui City Tower with Jia Heng.
When the last rays of the setting sun fainted from the hills west of Sihui County, Han Chuan still did not see the trace of the Qin army appear under Sihui City.
"Han Zhuangshi, why don't we go back?" Jia Heng said stupidly.
"Mr. Jia Heng, why don't you go back first, I'll wait and see."
Jia Heng had no choice but to wait on the city tower with Han Chuan.
While Han Chuan and Jia Heng were waiting, a full moon in the distance slowly rose, plating the land of Nanyue with a faint layer of silver, and the houses of the people in Sihui City shimmered with a little light, as if echoing the bright moon in the sky.
Looking at the moonlit Sihui City, Han Chuan felt a little homesick, and Han Chuan and Jia Heng leaned on the city wall and chatted with each other.
"Mr. Jia, do you say that the moon in Nanyue is the same as that in Qindi?"
"It should be the same!" Jia Hengmu replied.
"Mr. Jia, it's been a few years since you left Qindi, have you ever thought about returning to Qindi?"
"At the beginning, I really thought about returning to my hometown in Longxi, but after staying in South Vietnam for a long time, my homesickness has faded a lot, and now I can't tell whether I am a Qin or a South Vietnamese."
After listening to what Jia Heng said, Han Chuan was silent.
In troubled times, how many people can die in their homeland? Take the tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers under the Sihui City, most of them came to South Vietnam from all over Daqin with Ren Huan, and how many of these people can finally return to their homeland?
Just when Han Chuan was immersed in homesickness, several tiger soldiers lurked under the tower of Sihui City and were seen by a sharp-eyed soldier on the city tower.
"Lord Bookkeeper, do you see those people in the city who are waiting for you?" The soldier looked at Jia Heng and asked.
"Where," Han Chuan asked eagerly.
"Right there," said the soldier, pointing to a dark place under the walls.
Han Chuan rubbed his eyes and carefully observed the place pointed by the soldier.
After a long while, Han Chuan could see a few dark shadows moving in the dark.
Han Chuan pulled out a torch from the city wall behind him and waved it against the darkness.
A moment later, I saw several soldiers move from that dark place to the city wall directly below Han Chuan, and shoot an arrow tied to the letter onto the city tower.
Han Chuan took the letter and read it according to the torch.
"Captain Han Bai, how is the situation in the city?"
The Chinese characters of the letter are followed by Ying Longjun's proprietary identification pattern.
Seeing the contents of the letter and the mark behind the letter, Han Chuan was sure that the soldiers under the castle tower were sent by Fusu, so he shot the arrow he was carrying with the letter under the city wall.
Half an hour later, Han Chuan rushed to the Sihui County Government with the letter and handed the letter to Zhao Shi.
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Just two days after Zhao Shi replaced the head of Sihui City, Zhao Tuo, who was far away in Panyu, learned the news of Zhao Shi's surrender to Qin, and fainted in anger for a while.
Half a day later, Zhao Tuo woke up under the treatment of the medical officer.
"You go and summon Wu Guoxiang in," Zhao Tuo instructed the guards beside him.
When Wu Jian followed the guards to Zhao Tuo's bed, he saw Zhao Tuo angrily pointing at Wu Jian and scolding.
"It's all your bad idea, now it's okay, right? forced Shi'er to surrender Daqin. ”
Seeing Zhao Tuo angry at himself, Wu Jian could only accept it with a bitter face.
"Obviously, it was your own suspicion that forced the son of the world to have a disobedient heart, and in the end, you have to blame me for my bad idea." Wu Jian couldn't help but discuss Zhao Tuo's belly in his heart.
When Zhao Tuo was almost scolded, Wu Jian spoke.
"King, the old minister knows that the matter of the prince is wrong, but how to deal with the matter of the prince of the world surrendering to Qin at the moment, and how to settle the 80,000 troops under the Sihui city, whether to continue to encircle and suppress the county seat of Sihui, or to withdraw?"
Zhao Tuo glanced at Wu Jian reluctantly, then lowered his head and thought about how to deal with it.
"Don't let the people of South Vietnam know the news of the prince's surrender to Qin. So far, our South Vietnamese army is useless under Sihui City, so let's withdraw it. Zhao Tuo said to Wu Jian with a melancholy face.
"Your lord, there is still one thing that the king needs to make a decision as soon as possible: now it is a matter of time before these Sihui counties are annexed to the Qin State, and the king needs to prepare for a decisive battle with the Qin army in advance."
"Wu Guoxiang, you are serious, I still have three counties in South Vietnam, more than 100,000 troops, and it is not yet the time for a decisive battle, and the widow thinks that my top priority in South Vietnam should temporarily avoid the edge of the Qin army, move the South Vietnamese court to Minzhong County, block Huangxi Pass, and use Nanling to delay the offensive edge of the Qin army."
"O king, are you still thinking about running for your life? If the Qin army finally breaks through the Huangxi Pass, where else can you escape? ”
"Shut up, the widow thinks of your hard work and achievements, and does not know you, but you humiliate the widow several times, what is your intention? Stand down. Zhao Tuo opened his mouth directly and expelled.
Seeing that Zhao Tuo was so stubborn and self-serving, Wu Jian could only leave the Nanyue Palace in resentment.
When Wu Jian walked out of the Nanyue Palace, he reluctantly glanced back at the Nanyue Palace, and then looked up at the sky blankly.
"God, do you really want to destroy my Nanyue Kingdom?" Wu Jian sighed sadly.