Thirty-fourth year of Qin Shi Huang, December.

After the king of Nanyue, Agus, gave up fighting with the Qin army and led his army to the west of the Dongjiang River, the entire area east of the river became owned by the Qin army.

Many of the Nanyue tribes living in this land either abandoned their villages and fled across the river with the Nanyue king, or they resisted to the end and were eliminated in the face of the Qin army, or they chose to surrender to the Qin army for the sake of their lives and children.

In short, the rebel forces in the area occupied by the Qin army were cleared, which greatly reduced the logistical pressure, and there was no longer any need to worry about the grain transport troops being attacked by the Yue on the road, and there was no longer any need to worry about the Qin army being attacked by the Yue when they camped at night.

During this time, in addition to settling in the rear, Zhao Tuo also sent people to try to cross the river.

Today, a small force was sent to cross the river from the upper reaches of the river, making it look like a stronghold was going to be built. Two days later, he made a move to build a bridge downstream so that the army could cross the river. Of course, every movement of the Qin army would be discovered and destroyed by the South Vietnamese just right, making it impossible for the Qin army to cross the river.

Such a situation made the South Vietnamese people on the other side of the river happy.

They felt that the decision of the great king Agus to abandon the land and withdraw to the west side of the river was really right.

As long as they can defend the Dongjiang River to the death, then the Qin people can only entangle with them here, and cannot threaten the hinterland of South Vietnam in the rear, and in the end it depends on who can hold on.

"Stay up! The rainy season is coming, and these Qin people from the north will not be able to stay in the jungle, and then we will be able to rush across the river and drive these hateful invaders back to their hometowns. Sons of Braltar, will prevail! ”

"Victory!"

In order to defend their homeland, the South Vietnamese had a strong will to fight and high morale.

Inspired by Agus, they could see that the dawn of victory was approaching as time passed.

The reason for such a situation is actually deliberately promoted by the Qin army.

The tug-of-war on the Dongjiang River was the cover for the Qin army to raid the royal city of Nanyue by the Lou Boat Division.

The more fierce the tug on this side, the less the South Vietnamese would expect the Qin army to make a surprise attack from the sea.

Since Yin Tong led the Lou Boat Division to sea, Zhao Tuo has been waiting for the news of victory to arrive.

Because of the distance, the king of Nanyue, Agus, knew the changes in the rear faster than Zhao Tuo.

It's just that the first bad news he received was not the fall of Wangcheng, but the loss of Lingbei.

"The old sheep was defeated by the Mei clan?"

"There are more of them than the Mei clan, and there are still the remnants of the Yellow Dog Clan who are there to help, how could they be defeated so quickly!"

"Could it be that the Qin people have sent a large army over the mountains?"

The leaders of the South Vietnamese tribes were shocked.

After crossing the Hengpu Pass controlled by the Qin army, the Lingbei Road could lead directly to the Nanye area of Lujiang County of the Qin State.

It stands to reason that the Qin army could actually cross the ridge and attack South Vietnam from the north. But in fact, because of the steep environment of the Wuling Mountain Range, it is not very likely that the Qin people will send a large army south from that road.

The mountain roads are rugged, and the more troops who cross the Wuling Mountains and go down, the more difficult it is to ensure logistics, and the army of several thousand people is almost at the top. If it is an army of tens of thousands, at least tens of thousands of people will have to be transported to meet the needs.

When Tu Sui thought about using an army of 500,000 to march south, he had imagined ordering the First Army to directly cross the ridge to attack South Vietnam, relying on more than one person.

Later, the emperor only gave him and Feng Wuxuan 200,000 people, and Tu Sui could only save a little and give up this passage.

The South Vietnamese also knew the difficulty of crossing the ridge, so they did not pay much attention to the defense of the northern part of the ridge, believing that the remnants of the old sheep and yellow dog troops stationed there were enough to ensure that nothing went wrong. Who knew that this time I received the news that two were broken by Mei's.

Two of the old sheep were killed, and only its leader escaped with the remnants.

"The army of the Qin State did not come over the mountains, and the only ones who defeated them were only a few hundred Qin troops except for the people of the Mei clan."

Argus's expression was cold, according to the messenger sent by the leader of the old sheep tribe, the reason why the Mei clan was able to defeat them was because of trickery.

Small troops sneak attack, night attack, provoke the people of the old sheep department and the yellow dog department, repeatedly pull, pretend to be defeated, lay traps, ambush, and attack around the rear......

Under the serial tricks, the old sheep department and the yellow dog department were not opponents at all, even if there were many people, and they were led by the nose all the time, and finally suffered a big defeat.

"Mei has been our slave for so many years, and she doesn't know these tricks. It seems that it is the trick of those Qin people, and these outsiders are really cunning. ”

Although Agus didn't know that it was Shi Hanxin, the commander of the Qin army, who commanded Mei's attack, he guessed that most of the battles were commanded by the Qin people, and he was very jealous in his heart.

As soon as the defense in the north direction of Lingbei is broken, then Mei's people can go all the way south.

Now the young and strong people of all ethnic groups have been transferred to the front line of the Dongjiang River to confront the Qin army, and most of the people left behind are old and weak women and children.

"Ah Tu Gu, you personally take the people of the Tiger Department to destroy the Mei clan. I want the heads of Mei Cai and the generals of the Qin people! ”

The king of Nanyue decided to send his own right-hand men to deal with this scourge.

But just two days after Ah Tu Gu set off with his troops, an even more terrible news came.

The Qin army came from the sea, broke the Nanyue boat division, and after landing ashore, it broke through the Nanyue royal city of Panyu, seized all the savings in the royal city, and captured a large number of Yue people, old and weak women and children.

The prince of Nanyue, Abala, led the people of Jiaobu and Yubu to retreat into the mountains and forests, gathered the young and strong people of the nearby tribes, and counterattacked the royal city several times, but they were repelled by the strong bows and crossbows and strong armor blades of the Qin people.

The Qin army was not only powerful at sea, but also fought a positional battle ashore, which was not comparable to the Yue people.

The north direction of Lingbei was lost, and the Mei Yue people moved south.

The royal city of Nanyue was captured by the Qin army, and the nest was taken out.

Even if Argus is a ruthless character, he is stunned by these two serial bad news at the moment.

Intramuros.

His royal city is gone!

"Roar, roar, roar! Qin people, I'm going to eat you! ”

When Agus came to his senses, he let out a beastly roar, his eyes reddened, and he trembled.

The leaders of all the South Vietnamese tribes were shocked by this news, and they all felt sincere fear.

The Qin army was eyeing them on the other side of the river, and could attack across the river at any time.

Their rear points were captured by the Qin army's surprise soldiers, and the villages and clansmen left behind could be killed and burned by the Qin people at any time.

Every South Vietnamese who heard the news was horrified and worried.

"Great King, let's quickly retreat and kill all those Qin people and recapture the royal city!"

"King, we don't have enough food, if we don't hurry back, we won't have anything to eat in a few days!"

All the South Vietnamese were shouting to fight back, and compared to the horror caused by the fall of Wangcheng in the rear, the Qin army on the other side of the river looked less terrible.

Agus took a deep breath and made a decision.

He ordered the leader of the Hornet, Mo Tazhu, to lead his troops to defend the Dongjiang River, and as a suspicious soldier, he frightened the Qin army on the other side and prevented them from pursuing. The rest followed him back to the rear.

"Qin people, I will skin you, eat your flesh, and eat you all!"

The roar of Agus echoed through the forest, and the South Vietnamese retreated in the direction of the royal city.

The deployment of the Hornet's defense on the Dongjiang River blocked the Qin army for two days.

Two days later, Zhao Tuo received a message from Yin Tong.

The royal city of Nanyue has been breached!

"General Yin found a large amount of rice hoarded by the South Vietnamese in the granary of Panyu, and if they did not take it back, then there would be no food to eat in the following days, and Agus would definitely attack Panyu at all costs. Calculating the time, he is afraid that he would have withdrawn long ago. ”

"This Dongjiang River, it's time to cross!"

Zhao Tuo was in high spirits, and everything was going according to the original plan.

He did not hesitate, and when he received the news, he gave the order to cross the river in a big way.

Tens of thousands of Qin troops, who had been prepared for a long time, launched the battle of crossing the river from more than ten locations that had already been surveyed.

Sure enough, there were only more than 3,000 people left behind in the hornets, and they couldn't defend such a long front at all, and they were quickly broken through the defense line by the Qin army.

The leader of the hornet, Mo Tazhu, is a person who understands current affairs, and when he sees that the situation is not right, he immediately leads people and runs.

On the morning of the second day, all the troops of the Qin army crossed the Dongjiang River, and there was no barrier between them and Panyu, the royal city of Nanyue.

Meanwhile, after three days of galloping, Agus finally arrived near the royal city.

Standing on the mountain, looking at the city occupied by the Qin army in the distance and fluttering with black flags, Agus's face was difficult to see.

The leader of the fish tribe knelt behind and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "King, those fleets of the Qin army are too powerful, tall and big, our ships are not their opponents at all, and even the most powerful Ryu boats have been knocked into the sea."

Hearing that the leader of the fish tribe was shirking his responsibility, Abala also hurriedly said: "Yes, the weapons of the Qin people are very powerful, even if they go to the shore to fight, the warriors of our Jiaobu are shot into a sieve by the bows and crossbows of the Qin people before they rush in front of them, and they can't be defeated." ”

Agus looked back, staring at the two of them.

"It's not that the Qin people are too powerful, it's that you are too incompetent."

The two of them trembled under the eyes full of anger.

Fortunately, Argus changed the topic and asked the leader of the fish tribe: "How much food is left, enough for the warriors of the tribe to eat for a few days?" ”

The leader of the fish department said in a trembling voice: "Great King, the royal city is occupied by the Qin people, and the grain in our warehouse has been robbed by the Qin people. In the past few days, we can only collect food from the nearby villages and hunt wild beasts from the mountains to eat, and with so many warriors from all the tribes here, I am afraid that the food collected will not be enough for even two days. ”

Two days is not enough?

Argus's face darkened, he knew that what the Fish Leader said was the truth.

Because of the outbreak of this war, in order to supply food in a unified manner, he received all the grain of the nearby tribes to the warehouse of the royal city for unified planning.

This was originally a good thing to improve efficiency, but I didn't expect that the Qin people would come from the sea and directly occupy the royal city, and even their reserves of grain were gone.

"Incompetence! Rubbish! ”

The more Agus thought about it, the more angry he became, and his eyes turned blood-red.

He drew his dagger and, with the horrified looks of those around him, stepped forward and stabbed the fish leader in the neck.

Look at the appearance of the fish leader spitting blood blisters on the ground.

Agus giggled: "Grain, isn't this there?" ”

His fierce gaze scanned the trembling chiefs around him.

"Take back the royal city for me in two days, if you can't take it back, then let you become food!"

(End of chapter)