Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Return of South Vietnam
The next day, Han Chuan did not care about Zhao Shi and let him handle the funeral of the king of Nanyue, and Han Chuan left 5,000 men and horses to clean up the mess in Dongye City.
After arranging these things, Han Chuan led the remaining more than 30,000 people to the southwest of Dongye City to support Fusu.
Just when Han Chuan was fighting at the head of Dongye City, Fusu was also entangled with 200,000 South Vietnamese troops, because the South Vietnamese army had an advantage in numbers, Fusu did not choose to fight with the South Vietnamese army on a large scale, but retreated while fighting, intending to drag the South Vietnamese army as much as possible and create an opportunity for Han Chuan to take Dongye City.
Three days later, I saw a South Vietnamese army intercessor from Dongye City rushing into the South Vietnamese army camp and going straight to the Chinese army tent where Xu Frame, the commander of the South Vietnamese army, was.
"What, you said that the king killed himself." Xu asked with a shocked expression.
The signal soldier from Dongye nodded weakly.
"Report, there are 30,000 Qin State Iron Cavalry coming towards my station, and its forward is already less than ten miles away from my camp."
When Xu Frame was immersed in the blow of Zhao Tuo's suicide, another scout rushed in to report to Xu Frame the news that Han Chuan's army was approaching from behind.
"What's going on?" Xu Frame looked at the half-kneeling Tanqi in front of him and asked.
"General, half an hour ago, a Qin State Iron Cavalry suddenly appeared in the northeast of my camp, with about 30,000 people, it seems that it should be the Qin State Tiger Army." The scout cavalry reported the situation of the approaching tiger army to Xu Frame.
It was only at this time that Xu Jian completely believed the situation in Dongye City that the previous soldier said, and Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, might have really committed suicide.
"Stand down," Xu Frame said to the previous interrogator and the newly arrived scout.
After the two left, Xu Frame paced back and forth in the big tent worriedly.
"I was ordered by the king of Nanyue to lead the army, but now the king of Nanyue has committed suicide, what is this called, and what should I do? Fighting to the death with the Qin army, for whom? It was for the king of Nanyue before, but now for whom, for the sake of the son, the family has long since surrendered to the Qin State. If you lead a large army to surrender to Fusu, it seems that you are sorry for the dead king of Nanyue. ”
Xu Frame racked his brain to think about what to do, but helplessly found that he suddenly had no choice.
At the moment when Xu Frame was entangled, the Tiger Ben army led by Han Chuan had already arrived three miles away from the South Vietnamese army camp.
A tiger army scout rode a horse to Han Chuan and reported to Han Chuan about the situation of the Fusu army.
That night, when Han Chuan took Dongye City, he immediately sent a team of scouts out of Dongye City in the starry night, rushed to the location of the Fusu army, and reported the situation of the Dongye War to Fusu.
At this moment, the scout in front of Han Chuan was one of the scouts sent by Han Chuan that night.
"General Han, there is no danger in Gongzi's department, Gongzi asked me to tell the general, let the general not rush to see him first, and let the general temporarily move behind the South Vietnamese Army to deter the South Vietnamese Army. Gongzi also asked the humble official to tell the general not to contact the South Vietnamese army for the time being, and to see how the South Vietnamese army reacted after learning of Zhao Tuo's death. ”
Listening to what Tanqi said, Han Chuan nodded thoughtfully.
In the days that followed, the South Vietnamese Army halted all offensives, and the Qin Army did not take advantage of the South Vietnamese Army's cessation to counterattack.
During the truce between the South Vietnamese Army and the Qin Army, the news of Zhao Tuo's suicide began to spread wildly among the South Vietnamese soldiers.
At first, Xu Frame still wanted to block the news from him and hide the news of Zhao Tuo's death from the soldiers, but when all the South Vietnamese soldiers and soldiers were discussing Zhao Tuo's suicide, Xu Frame had no choice but to let these news circulate among the soldiers.
The reason why these news were able to spread so widely among the South Vietnamese army was naturally indispensable to the covert operation of Fusu. The reason why Fusu wanted the news of Zhao Tuo's death to spread wildly among the South Vietnamese Army was to break the fighting spirit of the South Vietnamese Army.
On this day, when Xu Frame was patrolling the camp, an old soldier chased after him and blocked Xu Frame.
"General Xu, everyone is spreading the news about the king, can you tell us the truth, is this news true?"
Looking at the old pawn in front of him, Xu Frame was speechless, he didn't know what to say, if he continued to lie to these people, it didn't seem to make much sense, if he told the truth, the hearts of these 200,000 soldiers would be scattered.
Xu Jian looked at the old pawn in front of him, frowned, and thought about how to answer the old pawn's question.
"General Xu, I understand my humble duties." The old man looked at Xu Frame and said seriously.
Xu Frame was about to die of depression, and he didn't say anything, but the old man understood, which really made Xu Frame a little confused.
These days, these soldiers saw that the war between them and the Qin army had stopped, and the Qin army did not take the opportunity to fight back, so they naturally had doubts, and these abnormal signs naturally caused the soldiers to be puzzled, and Zhao Tuo's death just happened to explain these anomalies, so some smart people among the soldiers began to guess the authenticity of Zhao Tuo's suicide, just like this old pawn.
According to common sense, if Zhao Tuo was still alive, Xu Frame would definitely be furious when the old pawn asked this question, but today's Xu Frame's reaction was too calm, so the old pawn had verified the truth of Zhao Tuo's suicide from Xu Frame's performance.
"You wait a minute"
Just as the old pawn was about to turn around and leave, Xu Frame stopped the old pawn.
"General Xu, I don't know what else is going on?" The old pawn asked with some trepidation.
"Now, I don't want to hide it from you anymore, the king has indeed collapsed." Xu Frame said to the old man in front of him with a firm gaze.
"I've guessed this is the end"
The old pawn glanced at Xu Frame and said calmly.
"Now that the king is gone, I wonder what you soldiers think."
I saw that the old man slowly lowered his head and thought about what Xu Frame asked.
After a while, the old pawn raised his head suddenly, glanced at Xu Frame, and then knelt down in front of Xu Frame.
"General Xu, since you asked about the humble position, the humble position will tell the truth, we were originally Qin people, and followed General Ren Huan to this South Vietnam, after the king got up, he followed the king to conquer everywhere, and it can be regarded as worthy of the king, and now that the king is gone, we want to return to the Great Qin."
After listening to what the old man said, Xu Frame nodded silently.
"Get up," Xu Frame said, helping the old pawn up.
"I wonder if returning to Daqin is your idea alone or everyone's?"
"General Yu, all the old Qin's Wufu have the idea of returning to Qin." The old man said to Xu Yan conclusively.
"I see, you go down first."
Looking at the back of the old pawn leaving, Xu Jian already had a plan in his heart.
Two days later, Xu Jian left the South Vietnamese army camp with a few relatives and went straight to the Fusu headquarters.
It was not until dusk that Xu Frame and his entourage returned to the South Vietnamese Army camp.
Early the next morning, white flags were hung up in various parts of the South Vietnamese army camp, expressing their willingness to accept the Qin army's incorporation.
When they saw tens of thousands of Qin troops walking into the South Vietnamese army camp, countless South Vietnamese army veterans left tears of excitement, they had fantasized about returning to Great Qin countless times, but they never had the opportunity, when they thought that they would never be able to return to the homeland of Qin in this life, they ushered in such an opportunity.
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Half a month later, Li Yan sent news from Xiang County, and Xiang County and Luo Yue were all recovered.
At this point, the land of the four counties of Nanyue, which had been divided for three years, returned to the rule of Great Qin, and the prestige of Fusu also reached a new height.