Chapter 684: Determination of the Three Months (Final)

When the Han army went ashore, then the rest of the matter was simple.

Don't look at the earth-shattering slogans of the South Vietnamese country, but its combat effectiveness is not at the same level as the Han army.

At the mouth of the river, more than 10,000 Han troops were ready to form a formation, and they easily defeated tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers and horses.

The Han army was well-trained, skilled in technology and tactics, and the various arms cooperated tacitly, and there were hundreds of elite cavalry of the Yulin Army in armor constantly rushing back and forth at critical moments, and the South Vietnamese army was invincible.

The dense rain of arrows overturned many unarmored South Vietnamese soldiers, greatly urging the formation, leading to chaos.

The Han army in formation, dressed in armor and resisting the rain of arrows, stepped forward and kept stabbing with spears like a forest, letting go of rows of South Vietnamese soldiers.

On the battlefield, those who can line up in front of the army are the bravest and most tenacious warriors, because if they are not warriors, they can't hold the battle line, and once they turn around and rout, the whole army will be defeated and flee.

But the warriors of the South Vietnamese Kingdom in the front row of the army array, the weapons in their hands were difficult to hurt the Han army wearing iron armor on the opposite side, and the rows of spears of the Han army on the opposite side kept stabbing over, but the leather armor on their bodies could not bear it.

The smelting technology of Nanyue is not high, and the steel production is very limited, so it is naturally dominated by leather armor.

Except for a small number of warriors wearing armor made of rhinoceros skin, most of the South Vietnamese sergeants basically had to fall to the ground as long as they were hit.

For those South Vietnamese sergeants who wore rhinoceros skin armor, the Han army was a jumper.

Directly rolled and crawled under the spear array in front of the forest, holding bone axes, iron hammers and other objects in his hands, and smashed his legs directly.

The defense of rhinoceros leather is indeed excellent, but it is difficult to resist in the face of heavy objects, even if the skin is not broken, but the bones inside will be broken and smashed.

When the warrior in rhinoceros skin armor falls to the ground, the jumpers pounce on him.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a man on top of a man, this is to suppress the opponent, and then raise the weapon in his hand and smash his face.

When the battlefield was cleaned up after the war, most of the corpses of hundreds of rhinoceros skin warriors were collected in this way with their brains smashed.

After the warriors in the front row collapsed, the South Vietnamese sergeants in the back were terrified and began to flee.

And once the flight begins, it means that the victory or defeat is decided.

Although the Han army only has a few hundred cavalry here, it is already a huge force in the South Vietnamese country, which lacks cavalry.

When the South Vietnamese Kingdom collapsed, the sons and daughters of the Yulin Army, who were continuously rushing into battle, could not take a break, and hurriedly changed their horses and began to chase and kill directly.

Just on the edge of the estuary, hundreds of armored cavalry continued to chase and kill tens of thousands of routs, which can be regarded as a spectacle.

The defeated troops of the South Vietnamese Kingdom broke and fled all the way, and finally fled back to Panyu.

In this battle, the Han army killed nearly 10,000 soldiers of the South Vietnamese State and captured more than 10,000 people.

You must know that only the enemy army with armor pierced on their bodies can be regarded as combat exploits and counted in the ranks of battle slashes.

Those who did not have armor did not count at that time, and almost no one counted the number of killings.

The victorious Han army, with high morale, followed the river with the cooperation of the fleet that provided supplies on the river, all the way to the city of Panyu.

The morale of the Han army was not short of supplies, Li Danghu's fleet was constantly flowing back and forth, with small sea ships of 200 materials carrying supplies from Deep Water Bay, and large sea ships of 400 materials carrying back the wounded, sick and booty from the south to the north, and then bringing grain, grass, military supplies and reinforcements.

Its efficiency is overwhelmingly superior to that of costly land transportation.

In the face of the siege of the Han army, the atmosphere in Panyu City began to become more and more tense.

In addition to those who had already died in the battle at the mouth of the river, many of the people who fled back had begun to change their attitudes and felt that surrender was not impossible.

After all, you can't beat it.

Now that even Panyu City is surrounded, how can this be fought?

These opposing voices were suppressed by Minister Lu Jia, and even did not hesitate to kill for this, slaughtering many families in the city who wanted to surrender, and even the lord Zhao Hu was also placed under house arrest in the palace.

This man is a staunch anti-Han faction, and the reason why he can have such a large power is also because he is a representative of the local indigenous forces.

When Zhao Tuo was alive, these natives naturally didn't dare to blow up the thorns.

But now that Zhao Tuo is dead, the natives want to turn the sky upside down, so naturally they will not surrender.

You must know that the emperor of the Han Dynasty will never give any preferential treatment to the natives in various places, and between being a submissive people who is not beneficial and being a soil emperor, of course, the latter is chosen.

It's just that Lu Jia also knows that simple suppression is useless, and everyone has to see hope.

"It's summer now, and it won't be long before the wind season begins, when the sea is stormy and stormy, and Han'er's fleet will definitely not be able to bear it. They have no back-up food and grass, so they will naturally collapse without a fight! ”

This statement has been agreed by most people, and it has become the only motivation for them to persevere.

As for saying that even if the Han army ran out of food, it could plunder the four fields, or that people could still provide supplies by land, it had been selectively forgotten by these people.

For them, all they need is a straw to hold in their hands.

The development of things is also as these natives say, after entering the middle of summer, the sea is indeed stormy, and from time to time there will be earth-shattering wind wheals sweeping the sea and even the inland coastline.

For this reason, Li Yunze specially sent a message to Li Danghu here, asking him not to go to sea as much as possible when the storm was prevalent, which would lead to irreparable consequences.

On the surface, the storm did block the Han army's logistical supply lines.

But this is only a supply line at sea.

With the siege of Panyu City, the various parts of the South Vietnamese Kingdom have basically fallen into a state of fragmentation after losing their command from the capital.

In the case of being unable to assist each other, in the face of the offensive launched by the Han army everywhere, it is naturally powerless to resist.

The supply lines on the sea were indeed cut off, but the reinforcements on land were brought to Panyu City from everywhere with supplies and soldiers and horses.

Gongsun Ao, who had made a lot of preparations, especially Gongsun Ao, who had built a lot of siege equipment, was not willing to continue to wait, and simply launched a siege war.

This siege battle is different from the previous ones, because after years of attention and construction, Panyu City's city walls and city defense system are very perfect, and the defense is very strong.

Moreover, Panyu, as the capital of South Vietnam, not only has a large number of material reserves, but also has a lot of defenders.

Therefore, Gongsun Ao made extremely adequate preparations before launching the offensive.

Not to mention anything else, more than 100 large siege equipment were built.

You must know that these things are not long ladders that can be carried by a dozen people to the bottom of the city, but they are really big guys who need to be pulled by armored oxen and promoted by local natives who have been captured in large numbers.

For each such thing, the defenders had to pay a terrible price for every one destroyed, and the Han army had more than 100 units here.

With a large number of siege equipment such as many ladders, Luban, goose carts, siege engines, etc., appeared in the eyes of the defenders, the defenders in Panyu City showed fear.

The arrows are hard to hurt, the rod can't be pushed away, and the thunderstone and the like can't be smashed into it.

When it reaches the city wall, it can only fight with its life.

As a result of the defenders' fight, the head of Panyu City was broken by the Han army after a bloody battle for most of the day.

The soldiers of the Han army also knew that this was probably the last battle in the Battle of Dingsanyue that could achieve significant military achievements.

Therefore, whether it was the selected militia or the elite of the two armies of the north and south, they all launched a frenzied offensive during the siege war, and rushed to the city to fight the defenders without fear of death.

Those who can reach the top of the city first are the elite of the Han army.

Wearing iron armor, holding sharp weapons, not afraid of death, and even some people jumped from the city with the defenders in their arms after being wounded, this kind of bravery inspired the morale of the Han army, but also dealt a heavy blow to the defenders who had no foreign reinforcements.

For most of the day's bloody battle, the Han army conquered the city and broke a section of the city wall.

As more and more Han troops rushed in, the city of Panyu fell into the hands of the Han army before dark.

In the end, here in the palace, the desperate Minister Lu Jia first slaughtered all the children and grandchildren of Zhao Tuo, and then set fire to the palace, and rushed into the fire with a wild laugh, fulfilling his oath of not being separated from the Han Dynasty.

It's just that most of the people who shouted that they wanted to stand up to the Han chose to surrender.

After all, being alive is more important than anything else.

However, although they survived, they did not imagine that they would be obedient people, or even be able to mix up titles and even continue to be powerful and prosperous here in the South Vietnamese Kingdom.

Li Yunze sent envoys from Chang'an City, as well as a number of county guards and many officials.

Along with them were the people of Shaofu.

The main task of the people of Shaofu is to take down the local indigenous people, especially the local male indigenous people in South Vietnam, and transport them to the north by sea.

Their fate is very simple, to go to all kinds of large construction sites and important mines to do hard labor, not labor.

Under Li Yunze's rule, even if it was a levy and conscription, he had to pay wages plus food and housing.

However, the only end of these hard labor is to work to death.

After that, Li Yunze also recruited immigrants in various places, especially the remaining sons who had no land to share in their families.

Concentrate the surplus labor force in these families, and they are all groups of good boys, the kind who can't marry wives.

They also took a boat south to all parts of South Vietnam, especially the Indochina Peninsula, and gave them land, land, and houses.

In fact, most of the local men were taken away to do hard labor, and the remaining women became the daughters-in-law of these young men who could not marry daughters-in-law in their hometowns.

100 acres of land per person is the starting basis, and then every additional child in the family can reclaim 20 acres of land, and the more children there are, the more land will be given.

Li Yunze knows very clearly that it is meaningless to simply plant a flag and occupy an area, and it must be covered with people in order to be truly in control.

In this life, these lands will never have a chance to be divided again!