The heavy rain in South Vietnam in the 34th year of Qin Shi Huang was much heavier than in previous years, and almost swept most of the Lingnan region.

When the torrential rains stopped and the floodwaters receded, the low-lying areas of South Vietnam were in shambles.

This is a bad thing for Qin Jun.

It means that a large number of roads they built before are unusable, and they need to reopen roads, which will cost a certain amount of manpower and material resources.

But in a sense, this is another good thing, and it is also a great good thing that is conducive to the rule of the Qin state.

"The general is really a master of manipulating people's hearts, taking advantage of this big water to harvest the hearts of the people with food. I have heard that the South Vietnamese people sighed at the kindness of the general after receiving the relief food. ”

Li Shiqi walked into the tent and saw that Zhao Tuo was reading the military report from the west from the main seat, and slapped it with a sycophant.

Zhao Tuo raised his head and said: "There is a sentence in "Lao Tzu", which is a curse, and blessing depends on it; Blessings lurk in disguise. This torrential rain and flooding are a disaster, but if handled properly, it can turn a disaster into a blessing. Although our army suffered a lot of losses in the water, it also helped me to regain the hearts of the people, and when we attacked Xiou in winter, this place should be much more stable, and there were fewer hidden dangers. ”

Speaking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth.

Previously, most of the grain of the South Vietnamese tribes was stored in the warehouse of Panyu City, and later the Qin army came across the sea to seize this place and mastered the granary of the South Vietnamese people.

When Yin Tong led thousands of people to defend the city here, he ate and drank a lot every day, which consumed a lot of stored grain.

Later, the South Vietnamese tribes surrendered, and Zhao Tuo, in order to show leniency, sent out most of the grain in the city.

The limited amount of grain sent to them, coupled with the fact that the war delayed the South Vietnamese people's farming and hunting in the first half of the year, caused them to have insufficient food and could only satisfy their hunger with fruits, vegetables and wild vegetables. The heavy summer rains have hit them even harder.

Grain stocks are insufficient, crops in the fields are flooded, and mountains, forests, and lakes are hit by floods, making it difficult to hunt and fish. Many tribes were plunged into a state of famine in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Some tribes really couldn't hold it anymore and had the courage to come to the rescue of the Qin army.

At this time, some generals in the Qin army suggested that they ignore these Nanyue people and wait until they were almost starved to death, and then send them to the rescue, so that they could eliminate a large number of Yue forces, which would be beneficial to the future rule of Qin.

Zhao Tuo refused.

The current situation is that the Yue people have no food and the Qin army has food, especially after the Qin army occupies the city of Panyu near the sea, food and equipment can be transported from Jiangdong by boats. Not only is the speed of taking the waterway much faster than crossing mountains and mountains, but also the manpower required and the loss along the way is less, and Zhao Tuo is not short of food at all.

He asked people to summon the leaders of South Vietnam such as Adu of the Buffalo Department and Shark En of the Fish Department, and said with a righteous face: "Under the Putian, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Now that you have joined our Qin State, they are the Qin people under the emperor's rule, and they are no longer the barbaric South Vietnamese people of the past. When the Qin people are short of food, I, the Great Qin General, should help them! ”

Adu, Sha En and other leaders were shocked by Zhao Tuo's words.

If they had encountered this kind of food shortage and famine in the past, the king of Nanyue, Agus, would not only not give them food to tide over the disaster, but might also snatch the remaining living food from their tribes, where would they give them food to tide over the difficulties like the Qin army.

"We are Qin people."

For the first time, they experienced the benefits of being Qin people.

After learning the brutality of the Qin army's force and punishment, the South Vietnamese felt the kindness of the general in fear.

Zhao Tuo gave them a little sweetness after being crippled and scared.

Grace and power are applied at the same time, and punishment and virtue are used at the same time.

The leaders of these Nanyue tribes immediately knelt on the ground and thanked them in the manner of the Qin people.

They are really in awe and respect for this Qin general now.

Zhao Tuo took the opportunity to open the warehouse to release grain, and hyped up the concept that everyone is a Qin person, and asked every Yue person who came to receive grain to call himself a Qin person.

This is precisely to subtly change the concept of these South Vietnamese people.

Let them gradually abandon the old identity of the Yue people and accept their existence as Qin people, which is very beneficial to the Central Plains regime to assimilate the southern wilderness.

At the same time, in order to form a sharp contrast, Zhao Tuo also hinted that those South Vietnamese leaders should promote the tyranny of Argus when they preached the kindness of the Qin army.

He wanted to tell all the South Vietnamese that the Qin army had not come here to invade them, but to rescue these poor South Vietnamese from the brutal Argus, and that the Qin army was going to give them a new future.

Agus eats people, but the Qin army does not eat people.

Agus grabbed grain, and the Qin army released grain.

Under these measures, the attitude of the South Vietnamese towards the Qin army has indeed changed greatly.

In particular, some South Vietnamese who had enmity with Jiaobu and Hubu were really too deeply influenced by the propaganda of the Qin army, and thought that it was indeed a great favor for Zhao Tuo to lead a large army to rescue them from the tyranny of Agus.

They did not understand the concept of "emperor" in the Qin population, and in their thinking, they thought that "king" was the most honorable title.

Therefore, some South Vietnamese secretly used "king" to refer to the general of the Qin state.

Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue!

Zhao Tuo didn't know what the South Vietnamese people called in private, he just felt that the most intuitive advantage of doing this was that it could win over the hearts of the Yue people, so that he could attack Xi'ou with peace of mind in the dry season.

At this moment, the torrential rain and floods have receded, and the land of South Vietnam has stabilized, so he put all his energy on how to deal with Xiou.

The military intelligence report sent back by Cao Shen from Xi'ou is very important.

"The Southern Barbarian War Elephant. Hehe, as expected, Luo Yue people still came to participate in the war. ”

Zhao Tuo handed the military report in his hand to Li Shiqi and shook his head.

Xiou was probably near Guilin, Guangxi in later generations.

The scope of Luo Yue is from Nanning, Guangxi to the Red River area of Vietnam in later generations.

The battle behind this is really going to go to the country.

General Li Shiqi read the military report in his hand twice, and said to Zhao Tuo: "Congratulations to the general, Cao Junhou defeated the Yue coalition army, not only frustrated the morale of the Yue people, but also found out the enemy's intelligence for our army. ”

As he spoke, Li Shiqi laughed again: "I thought that the elephant was a giant beast, powerful and fierce, and it was difficult for a hundred people to be defeated, but how did I know that it was really restrained by the cloud-piercing arrow made by the general, it was really unexpected." In this way, Luo Yue's strongest army was restrained by our side, and this battle was worry-free. ”

"As long as there is weakness, there is no real difference between strength and weakness."

Zhao Tuo said lightly, looked down at the map in front of the case, and raised his hand to land where Xiou was.

"Send a messenger to Changsha County to inform General Ren Huan that this expedition will start in October!"

"Our army marched from two roads and destroyed Xiou in one fell swoop!"

(End of chapter)