Qin Palace.

The First Emperor sat in front of the desk and looked at the silk paintings laid out on the desk.

Map of the territory of Great Qin.

"My world."

His eyes were fixed on Xianyang in the middle of the map, and then slowly moved north.

Great Qin Northern Xinjiang, as for Yin Mountain.

There are tens of thousands of Huns and Yueshi people in the vast grasslands, these barbarians who once brought disaster to the frontier are grazing cattle and horses for the emperor. And as the guardian dog of the northern part of the Qin State, he guarded the empire against the Hu people north of Yinshan.

The First Emperor's gaze turned to the west again.

Great Qin Western Xinjiang, wading in quicksand.

Hexi, which was once regarded as a wild and unstoppable place by Zhuxia, has been planted with a black Qin flag, and the long and narrow area is like an open arm, stretching out to the farther Western Regions.

The Yueshi people who live here have either been attached to the Qin State, or they have been beaten to the west.

This land has been subjugated to the rule of Qin.

The First Emperor tilted his head and looked to the east again.

Liaodong has been recovered, Donghu has been broken, and a group of Hu people raised by Li Xin are living near the Great Wall of Liaodong as household dogs guarding the northeastern gateway of Qin.

The peninsula to the south of Liaodong, although it is also wild. However, the two new counties named Haidong and Rizhao clearly show the world where the eastern frontier of Great Qin lies.

North, West, East.

The three sides are all Qin flags fluttering.

Only the South.

The eyes of the First Emperor finally fell on the vast area south of Changsha County and Lujiang County.

The four borders of the Qin State that he set in his heart were missing, and he was very uncomfortable.

But what is even more uncomfortable is that the invincible Qin army actually turned a big heel fight here.

Shame on you!

And the impact of that defeat is still expanding, and the news from the front line today makes this supreme emperor unbearable any longer.

"It's hard to recruit a hundred times, I know."

"Zhao Tuo's strategy makes sense, and I know it."

In the empty hall, the First Emperor suddenly began to talk to himself.

The Shang Shu Ling Zhao Gao and the eunuchs who were standing on both sides of the hall hurriedly lowered their heads.

They knew the emperor's mood, very bad.

The First Emperor's voice continued.

"I was originally going to give Zhao Tuo a year. According to what he said, wait until everything is ready, and then go to lay down Baiyue. But now ......"

The voice suddenly turned cold.

The First Emperor roared: "I gave Zhao Tuo time, but those Yue people didn't give me time!" ”

"Zhao Gao, immediately let the martial arts marquis enter the palace."

The words fell, and the angry slap slapped heavily on the area on the map that represented Baiyue.

Half an hour later, Zhao Tuo, who hurriedly changed into court clothes, walked into the Qin Palace.

"It's almost dusk, why is the emperor calling me in such a hurry?"

Zhao Tuo looked up at the sunset in the sky, and muttered a little in his heart.

Since the emperor cultivated immortals, he has begun to have a rule in both life and political affairs.

Generally, at this point in time, the courtiers will not be called into the palace, unless there is something urgent.

"There have been no problems with Shaofu's work recently, I think he wants to talk to me about the war in Baiyue. That's fine, when he's done, I can take the opportunity to propose a medical school. With the water Gu plague in the front, the matter of medicine will be safe. ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo's heart was a lot more relaxed.

As long as the emperor can agree to his strategy, one year is enough time for him to see the three departments of agriculture, industry, and medicine take root in Xianyang, so as to advance his big plan.

It's a pity that Zhao Tuo's relaxed mood disappeared instantly after entering the hall and seeing the First Emperor.

Because he saw the First Emperor sitting expressionlessly, he looked very unhappy at a glance.

Zhao Gao, who was accompanying him in the palace, gave him a cautious look at his little brother

Zhao Tuo sighed in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good.

"Minister Zhao Tuo, meet Your Majesty."

Zhao Tuo didn't know where the emperor was unhappy, so he could only tremble and perform a standard etiquette, and truly experienced the feeling of accompanying the king like a tiger.

"Sit down."

The First Emperor spoke indifferently.

There was no chatting, and the First Emperor went straight to the point: "Zhao Gao, show the military report sent from the front line today to the Marquis of Wugong." ”

Front-line military newspapers?

Zhao Tuo was taken aback.

He understood a little in his heart, I am afraid that it was the new news from the southern Yue that made the emperor angry.

Sure enough, when Zhao Tuo took the military report and opened it, his brows instantly furrowed.

No wonder the emperor was unhappy.

The situation in the land is not good, and it is very bad.

On the side of the Western Route Army.

Since Tu Sui was ambushed, the South Vietnamese and the Western Ouyue people joined forces to attack the Qin army guards who occupied the strongholds of the Pingba in Western Ou, and the killing was called a river of blood.

The Qin army on the Western Road, which had lost its commander, reluctantly retreated to Changsha County under the organization of the deputy general Wang Bao.

The Qin army completely abandoned the occupied Xiouyue land in order to defend itself.

The Qin people retreated, but the people of Xiouyue did not give up.

The king of Xi'ou was killed by the Qin generals, how could the Yue people swallow this breath.

Only blood for blood, tooth for tooth can eliminate hatred.

They not only invaded the southern part of Changsha County, but also occupied the areas of Cangwu and Jiuzhi Mountain.

The new king of Xiou, Alamo, also took advantage of the defeat of the Qin army to send people into various parts of Changsha County to incite the local Vietnamese to rebel.

Changsha County was originally the location of Yangyue in the Hundred Yue.

Later, this place was conquered by the Chu State, and a few years ago, it was defeated by the Qin State and set up as a county.

There were many Yangyue tribes in Changsha County, and during their reign in Chu, the nobles did not take care of things because of the lax laws. It is enough to pay a small amount of taxes to the nobles of the Chu people, and the life is relatively leisurely.

After the Qin State came, not only did the taxes increase greatly on these Yue tribes, but they also had to send Yue people to serve in conscription.

When he was repairing the Zero Canal before, Tu Sui forcibly requisitioned a lot of Yue people to work.

It took five years to build a zero canal, and many Yue people were naturally exhausted in the middle.

Tu Sui's harsh rule caused the Yue tribes in Changsha County to complain against the Qin army, as exemplified by the rebellion of some people who had been instigated by the Song Dynasty.

Now the Qin army's expedition to Baiyue has been defeated, and even the main general is dead.

As soon as this news came out, the Yue people under the jurisdiction of Changsha County were suddenly moved, and then they were provoked by Alamo's faction, and the entire Changsha County instantly lit up everywhere.

The Changsha Yue people rebelled.

They frantically vented their long-accumulated hatred with the Qin people, attacking and slaughtering the local Qin villages and towns.

Because the number of rebelling Yue people is too large, there are Western Ouyue people in the south. In addition, the Qin army was newly defeated, the main general was killed in battle, and morale was on the verge of collapse.

The deputy general Wang Bao could only gather his military strength and gather in several large cities for defense, and did not dare to send troops to encircle and suppress at all, and sent people to Xianyang to report urgency.

What is now Changsha County.

To the west of Xiangshui and to the south of Xiangshui, it is no longer owned by the Qin State.

Compared with Changsha County, which was in chaos, the Qin army on the East Road in Minyue was not in good shape.

Previously, Feng Wuxuan raided Minyue and broke its royal city. The speed of victory is fast, but it also leaves a hidden danger.

King Wuzhu of Minyue fled to South Vietnam under the escort of the dead.

There is no such thing as a king of Minyue, who was beaten by the Qin people and fled in all directions, so he was naturally unwilling and full of resentment.

After he arrived in Nanyue, he contacted the tribal leaders of Nanyue to encourage the king of Nanyue to send troops against the Qin army.

After Tu Sui conquered Xiou, he wanted to conquer Nanyue, so the king of Nanyue decided to join this anti-Qin war immediately.

South Vietnam sent troops to attack Qin, and after helping Xi'ou break through the Tu Sui Department, they turned around and rushed to the direction of Minyue.

As the Qin army on the Western Road was defeated by the Yue, the news of Tu Sui's ambush spread to Minyue.

Feng Wuxue, the commander of the Qin army, vomited blood and died in anger, which caused the morale of the Qin soldiers on the eastern road to drop greatly and the army's morale was unstable.

King Wuzhu of Minyue took the opportunity to publicize the great victory of the Yue people in Xi'ou and the good news that the South Vietnamese had come to support. Echoing the rebellion of the Minyue tribes against the rule of the Qin army, they recaptured the land that belonged to them Minyue people.

In this case, the various tribes of Minyue naturally responded to each call, which made the Qin army, which had just conquered Minyue, suddenly fall into a crisis.

Adjutant General Yin Tong saw that the friendly army was defeated and the main general was killed, and the situation was very critical.

He immediately decided to lead the army to withdraw from Minyue and withdraw to Lujiang County, in order to retain the army and wait for the arrival of the new general and reinforcements sent by the emperor.

As soon as the Qin army withdrew, the morale of the Vietnamese coalition army was greatly boosted.

They did not harass Lujiang County, which had a large Qin garrison, like Xi'ou. Instead, he was ready to continue the eastward invasion and destroy Dongou that was attached to the Qin State and returned to the Qin people as a vassal army.

Compared with the Qin people, the Yue people who took refuge in the Qin people were more hateful.

Dongou was originally a weak person in the big country of Baiyue, and he was often bullied by his neighbor Minyue on weekdays, so he had the idea of taking refuge in Qin.

Originally, the people of Dongou Yue were counting on this time to follow the big brother of Qin to destroy Minyue and Nanyue, so that they could raise their eyebrows and get the field back.

As a result, who knew that the eldest brother he had just recognized was so useless, not only did he fight and overturn, but Minyue and Nanyue had to fight again to destroy themselves.

Dongou Jun was so frightened that he frantically asked Yin Tong of Lujiang County for help, wanting to involve the Qin army.

Yin Tong didn't dare to mess around, so he could only send 5,000 people to support Dongou while strictly guarding Lujiang County, and at the same time complaining to the imperial court.

"Hoo ......"

Zhao Tuo closed the military newspaper and let out a long breath, with helplessness between his eyebrows.

War, it's dynamic.

The more you Qin Guozheng loses the battle, those Yue people naturally want to fight back.

It's impossible that if you hit someone else, they won't fight back.

He originally hoped that with the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Qin army, he could strictly defend the two counties of Changsha and Lujiang after withdrawing from Yuedi.

Wait until next year, when he has everything in place, before starting a big war.

But I didn't expect the situation to deteriorate so quickly.

The Yue people in Xiou seized Cangwu and Jiuzhi Mountain, and the Yue people in Changsha rebelled everywhere, and the entire Changsha County was burning.

Don'ou, the youngest brother of the Qin State, was even more under the city by the Minyue and South Vietnamese soldiers, and was in danger of destroying the country, and urgently called for the eldest brother of the Qin State to come to the rescue.

In this case, can you wait?

Zhao Tuo raised his head and stared at the First Emperor speechlessly.

Look at this, not only will the Xi'ou and Minyue lands that have been beaten down all have to be spit back. Now that half of Changsha County has been lost, Dongou may also be destroyed.

What a battle this is!

The more you fight, the more you lose.

The First Emperor also stared at Zhao Tuo, and when he saw the expression on Zhao Tuo's face, his expression became more and more cold.

"Go back and get ready."

"My southern Xinjiang needs you."

(End of chapter)