Thirty-fifth year of Qin Shi Huang, November.

Outside the original Xiou King City, the black Qin flag hunted in the wind, and two large armies came here and met here.

Because of the division of troops to stay at important strongholds along the way and to maintain the main communication routes, the Western Route Army that reached the vicinity of Wangcheng was about 25,000 people. The main force on the eastern route was about 65,000 men.

Ninety thousand Qin troops gathered here, and when they looked down from the sky, it was simply a black ocean, which was very shocking.

"The last general is arrogant, and I have seen the general."

As soon as Zhao Tuo got off the horse, Ren Huan, the chief general of the Western Route Army, came to visit.

There is a brotherly friendship between the two, and after a little reminiscence, Zhao Tuo went straight to the topic.

"General Ren, is it true that not even a single Yue person has been caught near this Ouren Wangcheng?"

Ren Huan shook his head and said: "When our army first went south, it defeated several Yue tribes, but as we went deeper into Xi'ou, the Yue villages we saw later were empty, all the way to their royal city. ”

Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed, and the situation that Ren Huan saw was the same as what their main force had encountered.

These Ou people are running quite fast.

Ren Huan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But General, although there are no living people in the royal city, there is a place where there are many corpses of Yue people. I saw that it was a little weird, so I didn't move and waited for the general to deal with it. ”

"Strange corpses?"

Zhao Tuo raised his eyebrows and said, "Go and have a look." ”

The Western Route Army had already searched the royal city inside and outside several times, and there were also soldiers guarding various intersections, and there was no danger inside.

Surrounded by generals and short soldiers, Zhao Tuo strode in, shaking his head while watching.

The periphery of the Xiou King City is a small and thin rammed earth wall, and the dwellings inside are dry-bar wooden buildings.

The overall scale is not as large as the previous Panyu city in South Vietnam, and it is said that it is a royal city, but it is actually not as good as a township in the Central Plains.

But thinking about the productivity level of these Ou people, it is also relieved, this is because of the royal city will have rammed earth walls, if it is in an ordinary Ou people stronghold, then there is simply a circle of wooden fences around.

The corpse that Ren Huan said was in a large wooden house with a strange shape.

Before Zhao Tuo could get close, he smelled a foul odor in the air.

The corners of his mouth twitched, so he wouldn't be infected with any viruses and bacteria, right?

As a military commander, Zhao Tuo must have all the suspicious intelligence, and some clues may help the commander to make better judgments and decisions.

After a little hesitation, Zhao Tuo asked Xiahou Ying to bring a clean silk cloth and cover his mouth and nose. At the same time, he instructed Fan Xu, Li Shiqi, Mei Li and other escorts to take some precautions, and strode in with bated breath.

In the dim wooden house, there are the corpses of the Yue people.

Zhao Tuo only glanced at it, and knew why Ren Huan didn't dare to deal with it easily.

Because nine out of these corpses were lying on the ground, their limbs spread out and twisted into strange shapes, which was strange to look at.

"Breaststroke stance?"

A word popped out of Zhao Tuo's head, because the appearance of these corpses really looked like big frogs lying on the ground.

But the most eye-catching thing is the corpse in the middle of the room.

The man was dressed in feathered clothes and wore a green hat on his head.

Compared to the other corpses lying on the ground, he was lying on his back, and he could see that it was an old man with a dark face.

The man's facial features were distorted, as if he had endured endless pain and torture and died.

This kind of scene is just that, most of the people who can enter this house are people who have seen a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood on the battlefield, and the Qin army will cut off their heads and pile them into a mountain after every battle, and they will not be afraid of any corpse pile.

What really frightened them was the faint sound of a faint sound in this silent and terrible room full of stench.

Wail!

It seems to be a frog calling, but there is no frog in the house, and if you look closely, you will lock into the stomach of the corpses.

From the corpses that had long since died, there were bursts of frog croaking.

Zhao Tuo understood the word "weird" in Ren Huan's mouth.

He felt that the breath in his mouth was about to run out, and he turned and strode out.

Everyone also hurriedly followed, and Fan Xu, who was known as the most courageous, followed the pace of the general closely, and seemed not to want to stay in the house for a moment.

As soon as he arrived outside the house, Zhao Tuo threw away the cloth covering his mouth and nose and took a deep breath.

"How can there be frogs in the stomachs of those corpses?"

Fan Xu, who is straight, couldn't wait to ask.

Zhao Tuo didn't answer, but asked everyone to retreat a hundred meters away with him, until there was no longer a wafting smell of corpses in the air, and then he looked at Mei Kai.

The teenage boy looked frightened as he walked into the house, as if he knew something.

Sure enough, Mei Kai immediately replied: "This is a curse!" The corpse in the middle should be the great witch of Xiou, he and those Ou people are sacrificing their lives to the frog god and cursing us! They're going to make us all die here! ”

Although the beliefs and tribes are different, they still have some understanding of some basic rituals such as sacrifices, curses, and divination.

Everyone's faces changed suddenly.

Even Ren Huan, Li Shiqi, Fan Hao and other characters who have seen big scenes are also eyelids.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

In the late Warring States period, Qin and Chu fought fiercely for hegemony. The king of Qin once prayed to the great gods Wu Xian, Ya Camel and Da Shen Juqiu, and engraved three articles of Chu Wen on the stone, cursing the defeat of the Chu State.

Even the mighty King of Qin had to curse the enemy with inscription prayers, and the most important thing was that the State of Chu was really defeated now, which proved that the curse of the King of Qin was successful.

The King of Qin did this, do you say ordinary people believe it or not?

Zhao Tuo's expression was calm.

Curse?

These Ou people couldn't be defeated by force, and they all began to engage in occultism.

Compared to this, the germs produced by the decomposing corpses should be more terrifying, and if not handled properly, they will also cause plague.

"Xiahou, let someone go and burn the whole house together."

Zhao Tuo gave an order lightly, and said to everyone: "The Ou people know that our Qin army is pressing the border, and the stubborn resistance is not an opponent, so they dare not fight against our army, so they can only come up with these methods, which is really ridiculous." If the curse had been useful, I'd have been killed by the kings of the Six Kingdoms a hundred times, a thousand times! ”

When Li Shiqi heard this, he laughed and said: "Ranye, I heard that the general led his troops to conquer the Chu capital Shouchun in the past, and the king of Chu asked Wu Zhu to ask the gods to come down at the head of the city to destroy our army, but the general smashed it with a giant cannon. What gods, witches, and wishes, in the face of the general, they have to retreat! The king of Chu can't do it, just this small state of Ouren, what kind of wind and waves can he afford. ”

Ren Huan, Fan Xu and others also heard Zhao Tuo's deeds of Chu and showed relief on their faces.

Only Mei Kai, the Yue person, was still a little afraid, but seeing that everyone looked calm, he didn't say much.

Zhao Tuo glanced at Li Shiqi appreciatively, this sharp-tongued person is good, and a few words stabilized the army's heart.

The more you care about this kind of thing, the more scared and panicked the people below become. It's better to ignore it directly, be confident, and the people below will naturally stabilize.

"In addition to using a curse, the Ou people should have two paths. The first is to gather all the clans to follow King Luo to the south of Luo Yue, and the two clans will gather together to resist our army. ”

Zhao Tuo said: "The second is to escape into the mountains, relying on the vast mountains as a cover, if our army enters the mountains to encircle and suppress, not only is it difficult to search in the mountains, but it is easier to fall into their ambushes and traps." If, like General Tu, no matter how they go south to attack Luo Yue directly, then our rear may be attacked by him. ”

Hearing Tu Sui's name, Ren Huan frowned and said, "If this is the case, how should our army deal with it?" ”

Zhao Tuo said lightly: "Tuntian." ”

"Send troops to guard all the main transportation routes and Ouren villages, and grow grain in the fields to replenish military supplies. At the same time, roads were built to ensure that the troops and horses of the various units could quickly provide support. ”

Zhao Tuo's voice fell.

Li Shiqi slapped his palms and laughed: "Wonderful! If the Ou people go south to take refuge in Luo Yue, we will ignore them first, and according to the previous method of governing Minyue and South Vietnam, it will take a year to completely control the main roads in Xiou, and at the same time grow grain in the fields, and finally capture Luo Yue in one fell swoop when they are ready. ”

"It would be even better if the Ou people were hiding in the mountains. Their tribal population was so large, with many old and weak women and children, that their daily food needs were very large, and the wild beasts and fruits in the mountains and forests were not enough to meet their consumption. In the case that the farmland and the water lake are occupied by our army, the food storage of the Ou people will not last long, and when the time comes, without the attack of our army, I am afraid that most of the people will have starved to death in winter, and the remaining Ou people are even less afraid. ”

"The general's strategy, high, really high!"

(End of chapter)