Thirty-third year of Qin Shi Huang, October.

As the time enters the new year of the Qin calendar, the weather is getting cooler and cooler.

The troops requisitioned from various counties have basically arrived, and the flat land near the entire county has become a huge military camp.

As far as the eye can see, black flags are fluttering.

Of the Qin army's forces on the Eastern Front, 15,000 supported Dongou under the leadership of Adjutant General Yin Tong.

In addition, there are more than 10,000 people guarding Nanye in the south of Lujiang County and near Wuyi Mountain on the border with Fujian and Vietnam to prevent the invasion of the Yue people.

Therefore, the actual total strength of Fan County, where Zhao Tuo is located, is about 130,000.

After more than a month of stationing and training, the Qin soldiers basically adapted to the local climate and environment, and there were few cases of unadaptation.

Water Gu and epidemics, under Zhao Tuo's means of epidemic prevention and insect control, are also very well controlled.

In addition, the weather is getting cooler and the more land enters the dry season, the probability of epidemic occurrence will be even lower, and everything is changing in a good direction.

During this period of time, Li Shiqi, a strategist, continued to carry out various propaganda work.

The first is to blame the reason for the defeat of the Qin army in the last expedition to Vietnam on the epidemic and water Gu.

He said that now the general has figured out the method of epidemic prevention and insect control, so the Qin army will not be trapped by this problem in this expedition, and the chances of winning will be greatly increased. These words boosted the morale of the Qin soldiers and weakened their fear of Yuedi.

Li Shi then reiterated Feng Wuxue's previous slogan to inspire Qin Pawn.

Go home after beating Baiyue!

The idea of going home gave the Qin soldiers a fighting spirit.

Of course, the one who can boost everyone's morale the most is their main general called Zhao Tuo!

Whether it is the Chu people, the Han people, the Wei people, the Qi people, or the old Qin people from Guanzhong.

Whether it was the old Zhao Tuo department, or the old soldiers of the Six Kingdoms who were enemies of the Qin army.

They know it all in their hearts.

The name Zhao Tuo is synonymous with victory in all battles in the land of China.

With martial arts Hou Zhao Tuo leading the army, why not win this battle!

With this name alone, the morale of these 130,000 Qin troops is like a rainbow, and the morale of the army is stable.

Some people have even begun to gear up to go to the south to kill the Vietnamese barbarians.

Heaven and earth and man are the three of heaven and earth.

The Qin army had two things.

It didn't take long for a messenger from Dongou to bring a military report from Adjutant General Yin Tong.

"When the Yue people heard that the general led the army south, they were frightened and had withdrawn to Fujian, and the siege of Dongou was lifted."

The combined forces of Minyue and South Vietnam withdrew from Donou.

While this news made Qin Jun feel excited, the Qin generals felt sorry.

"It's a pity, these Yue people are running really fast. Otherwise, the general's army will surround its rear and annihilate the elite of the Yue people in Don'ou, so that Minyue and South Vietnam will have the possibility of rapid decline. ”

Meng Tian smacked his lips regretfully.

The reason why the Qin army only sent Yin Tong with more than 10,000 people to Dongou instead of pressing tens of thousands of troops to relieve the siege as soon as possible. It is to use this partial division to drag the Minyue and South Vietnamese coalition forces there, so that the Dongou battlefield will be invincible and undefeated, and the two sides will be evenly matched and fight a protracted war.

Then wait until the newly recruited soldiers of the Qin army are familiar with the climate of Yuedi, and the time is almost winter.

Zhao Tuo can send troops and enter Fujian from Wuyi Mountain Road. The Qin army went around to the rear of the Yue coalition army and blocked it from the south of Dongou and cut off the rear road of the Yue people.

In this way, the Minyue and South Vietnamese coalition forces that were besieging Dongou could be besieged in the Oujiang River Valley.

If you're lucky, you might be able to catch the King of Minyue there.

It's a pity that these Yue people are not stupid.

They had been paying attention to Qin Jun's movements. After knowing that a large number of reinforcements from the Qin army had arrived, he decisively chose to evacuate and let the Qin army attack from behind, and the plan to catch turtles in the urn failed before it could be implemented.

Zhao Tuo was not disappointed.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, anything can happen, and it is normal for plans to change again and again.

But at this time, Han Xin, who was a member of the general's staff, stepped forward.

This young man who went to the battlefield for the first time was full of excitement and made a suggestion to Zhao Tuo.

"General, although the Yue people have withdrawn, this siege strategy is not impossible. The art of war: Those who are good at moving the enemy, the form, the enemy will follow it. ”

"Although the Yue people go, then we will create an illusion, mobilize it, and reproduce the situation of attacking from behind."

Saying that, after getting Zhao Tuo's nod, Han Xin began to analyze the situation in front of him and his strategy.

Fujian has always been mountainous, and in later generations, it was known as "eight mountains, one water and one field".

Except for the coastal areas, which are mostly plain, almost all other places are steep mountains. Especially in this undeveloped era in the south, the road conditions are very poor.

It is not easy for the army to enter Fujian.

The Qin army attacked Minyue, and in addition to the sea boat division, there were only two routes of march.

One is to go south from Lujiang County, follow the Wuyi Mountain Road opened up by Feng Wuxue before, enter Fujian, and kill the Minyue Wangcheng in the Minjiang River Valley.

The other is to go south from Dongou (Wenzhou, Zhejiang) in northern Fujian and follow the old road of the Yue people to the Minjiang River.

The last time Feng Wuxue marched from these two roads at the same time, supplemented by the sea boat division, he won the Minyue Royal City in a short period of time and won a big victory.

The same tactics only work best the first time, and now that the Vietnamese people are on guard, there will definitely be more vigilance on both roads. If the Qin army marches on both sides at the same time, I am afraid that they will encounter stubborn resistance and have no advantage.

This is also the reason why Meng Tian asked Yin Tong to drag the Yue coalition army before, and wanted to besiege and kill them from another way.

With the retreat of the Yue people, this strategy has become useless.

Han Shin suggested that they could create a false impression.

Let the Qin army in the direction of Dongou pretend to open up roads, raise more flags, and disguise the main force, and at the same time, the Lou Boat Division also echoed on the coast.

Then the news was transmitted to Minyue through the Yue people, saying that the Qin army was going to attack from the direction of Dongou this time.

At the same time, the Qin army reduced its forces in the direction of Wuyi Mountain, which confirmed the fact that the Qin army only attacked from the east road.

The purpose was to make the Yue people misjudge, and when the Qin army launched an attack from the east road with great fanfare, the Yue people would be misled and send the main force to entangle with the Qin army.

In this way, the defense in the direction of Wuyi Mountain will definitely be greatly reduced.

The main force of the Qin army can kill from the Wuyi Mountain Road when the fierce battle on the East Road is in full swing, directly steal the opponent's royal city, and then carry out a back attack.

Go to Dongou in the open and cross Wuyi in the dark.

As soon as this policy came out, the generals led by Meng Tian nodded and praised.

Li Shiqi slapped his palm and said: "Han Changshi's strategy is good, most of the Yue people are barbarians, not good at thinking, and only rely on the jungle to win. With this style of play, you will definitely be able to hit them by surprise. ”

Hearing everyone's praise, Han Xin's face turned red with excitement.

He looked at the general expectantly.

"Well, it works."

Zhao Tuo's head made Han Xin more and more excited.

This is the first time he's been giving advice.

However, the general's words soon sounded: "Although Han Changshi's strategy is good, only when he knows himself and his opponent in the art of war can he not be defeated in a hundred battles." Before this expedition, it is better to send a few envoys to explore the situation of the Yue people, so that nothing goes wrong. ”

The generals nodded and sent people to investigate the enemy's situation, which was exactly what the military should do.

Li Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to ask for orders: "General, it's better to let the contemptible people go, and it will definitely bring the situation of the Yue people to the general." ”

Zhao Tuo hesitated slightly, and finally shook his head.

Li Shiqi's skills in vertical and horizontal shutting are very high, and even the Xiongnu Shan Yu can flicker and lame.

But the Yue people in the south are different, compared to the Yueshi and Xiongnu on the grassland, they are more primitive and barbaric.

It is said that the South Vietnamese have the custom of headhunting and cannibalism, which is eating human flesh, which is far more cruel than the Xiongnu.

Now they are at war with the Qin army, and they have a blood feud with each other, and it is easy to encounter danger if Li Shiqi goes.

"Send a few clever messengers."

(End of chapter)