Although he was very surprised that it snowed in Lingnan, Chen Qi knew that this rare heavy snowfall, the Yue people in the mountains would go down the mountain to a certain extent, Lingnan hardly snowed, animals and plants naturally had no ability to resist cold, plants withered in large areas, most of the animals froze and starved to death, the lack of food for the Yue people in the mountains was inevitable, and the scale of this year's Yue invasion may be unprecedentedly large.

Maybe the Yue people had already foreseen this snow, so they had prepared early? A thought flashed in Chen Qi's mind, but he shook his head again, it was just a coincidence.

Taishou Chen Shou had a deep understanding of the seriousness of the matter, issued an official document, and the local government began to organize the Han people outside the city to withdraw into the small city to hold on, and at the same time, the soldiers and horses under the command of Yue Zhonglang began to gather, and the county soldiers of various counties also began to gather to prepare to defend the city.

All these preparations have not been completely completed, the overwhelming Yue people came down the mountain, this time the Yue people did not divide their troops to rob, gathered together, surrounded several small cities near Wuling, there were 100,000 horses, the situation was very critical.

Of course, with 100,000 horses, the combat power of the Yue people is much stronger than the old and weak women and children of the red turban thieves, and the Yue people have lived in the harsh environment since childhood, and the deep mountains full of poisonous insects and beasts, fighting for their lives with the sky, each body is strong, brave and ruthless, and not afraid of death.

Getting the information of the Yue attack, Chen Shou breathed a sigh of relief, although the Yue people are numerous, but the technology is backward, there are almost no siege equipment, several small city walls are tall and strong, should be able to hold out until the Yue army rushes to the outside, the Yue army is not to worry.

Sure enough, when the Yue army was surrounded, the Shanyue army was defeated, but Chen Shou, who got the news, was not happy, but frowned.

"Teacher, this matter is very strange, the Shanyue army is mighty, why is it anticlimactic, this is very suspicious," the county shou Tian Hao said.

"That's true, there must be fraud in it," Chen Shou held his long beard and thought carefully with a frown.

"It's not good, it's a plan to blow the east and west, and divert the tiger from the mountain!" the two of them spoke at the same time.

"Quickly gather the young people in the city, Shanyue is likely to raid Guangzhou City. ”

It's a pity that I woke up a little late, and someone came to tell me that the Vietnamese army outside the city suddenly besieged the city, and the city was in chaos.

"Don't panic, the city wall of Guangzhou is tall, three years ago, the red turban thieves did not take it, just a savage in the mountains, what to worry about?" At the critical moment, Chen Shou was very calm, "Quickly send people to gather the young people in the city to go to the city, send people to appease the people, martial law and curfew in the city, and it is strictly forbidden to idle people." ”

"Send people out of the city, leave from Lishui by boat, gather the soldiers and horses of the counties, and inform the Yue army to come and meet. ”

After Chen Shou made some arrangements, the people in the Taishou Mansion settled down and did their own things.

"Yuanfeng, follow the old man to the city to check, the recent movements of the Yue people are very strange, if you don't see it with your own eyes, the old man is not at ease. ”

"Yes, teacher, the students also feel the difference, when did the savages in the mountains also learn the Central Plains Art of War. ”

Chen Shou and the two took their attendants to the city wall, and looked at the Shanyue camp outside the city through clairvoyance, and found that the Shanyue army camp stretched for more than ten miles, although it looked chaotic, but there were hidden rules, and the camps were arranged according to the rules, taking care of each other, and cooperating with each other to be vigilant, so that it was difficult for the enemy to sneak attack, and even if they were attacked, they could quickly organize a counterattack.

The clairvoyance is naturally Chen Qi's handwriting, but it is not glass, but transparent crystal hand-ground and given to Chen Shou as a birthday gift.

The two glanced at each other, and they both saw the heaviness in each other's eyes, it seems that there are really masters in the Shanyue army, and the camp is very in line with the essence of the art of war.

"Could it be that there are traitors who have taken refuge in Shanyue?" This is the first thought of the two, Shanyue is naturally impossible to learn the art of war, there must be traitors who have taken refuge and have been reused.

"Teacher, look, what is that?!" I don't know what Tian Hao saw, his voice trembled a little, which had always been calm.

"It's... This is the king's flag?!" Chen Shou couldn't believe his eyes, in the center of the Shanyue camp, a golden flag fluttered, embroidered with a four-clawed dragon, according to the etiquette system, the golden yellow is dedicated to the royal family, the four-clawed dragon represents the king level, and the king's flag is a golden tent, obviously a king's tent, and there are golden axes and other ritual weapons in front of the king's tent.

Is there a prince of the imperial court in the army of Shanyue? This is obviously impossible.

"Could it be that someone has unified the various ministries of Shanyue and has already called the Wang system?" this was the only possibility that Chen Shou could think of.

"Well, this is the only possibility," Tian Hao nodded, "In this way, the strange movements of Shanyue have been explained recently, this person obviously admires the Central Plains culture very much, and the etiquette of the king is all imitated in the Central Plains." ”

"It's a big deal. Chen Shou smiled bitterly, the scattered mountains are not to worry about, but the Yue people have completed the unification under his nose, and some people call the Wang system, and the matter is serious. First of all, the anger of the imperial court is certain, and secondly, the unified Shanyue is too much of a threat to Lingnan. The war between the Han people and the Vietnamese was a struggle for living space, a struggle for life and death, there was no right or wrong, and there was no room for compromise.

Shanyue camp, king's tent.

The protagonists in Chen Shou and Tian Hao's mouths are sitting on the throne, watching the leaders of their subordinates, eating meat, drinking wine, and letting loose their bones.

This is a white-faced man in his thirties, looking very thin, with a somewhat cold expression, wearing a blue Confucian robe, but wearing a crown made of white bones, looking very nondescript, but no one in the big tent dares to laugh, and everyone occasionally sweeps his gaze with deep fear.

He is the leader of the Guli tribe, Hu Guli, and now the king of all the Yue people. Hu Guli is just the name of the leader of the Guli tribe, in fact, he was born to a Han girl who was rushed up the mountain by the Yue people, and was considered to be miscellaneous. species, the status is similar to that of a slave, and naturally there is no name. He was bullied since he was a child, but he found an opportunity to escape, and fell next to a private school under hunger and cold.

The teacher of the private school was an old Confucian student who was exiled from the Central Plains, and out of compassion, he took him in, and taught him to read and write, and named him Qin Yuan. The old Confucian was pardoned and returned to the Central Plains, and he also followed, living in the Central Plains and Jiangnan for many years, until the old Confucian died, his identity was accidentally exposed, and he had to flee back to Wuling Mountain.

After returning to the Guli tribe, Qin Yuan was respected, it turned out that the Guli tribe has gradually been sinicized under the leadership of the current leader, and when he met a clansman who had lived in the Central Plains for many years, he was naturally very respectful, and the leader valued him very much, and even accepted him as a righteous son. But he was not willing to be lonely, secretly wooed the clansmen, accumulated strength, and finally found an opportunity to raid and kill the leader, and became the leader of the tribe himself.

Of course, after the leader, Hu Guli continued to promote the sinicization of the Guli tribe, learned the advanced planting and breeding technology of the Han people, solved the problem of food shortage in the tribe, learned the advanced medical skills of the Han people, and improved the birth rate and survival rate of infants and young children.

Especially three years ago, the remnants of a red turban thief fled into the mountains and were taken in by the Guli tribe, they brought advanced smelting technology, and the Guli tribe began to open the mountain to extract ores, smelt steel, and build armor and weapons.

Because Hu Guli knew the Han people very well, was very vigilant against the Han people, covertly monitored all the merchants entering the mountain, strictly sealed the news, coupled with the high mountain and the long road, the transportation was inconvenient, in the past three years, the Guli tribe has conquered all the tribes of Wuling Mountain and Yue, but nothing is known outside the mountain.

"King, when are we going to attack the city?" a tribal leader asked in a loud voice, his tone was a little disrespectful, thinking of the gold, silver, jewelry, grain, silk, and beautiful and lubricated Han women in the city, he was a little impatient.

Although Huguli conquered all the tribes of Shanyue, many tribes were intimidated by the strength of the Guli tribe and bowed their heads, Shanyue is now similar to a tribal alliance, with Huguli as the mainstay, and many tribal leaders still have a lot of power.

Qin Yuan also wanted to establish a unified dynasty similar to the Central Plains, but unfortunately although the Guli tribe was strong, it did not reach the level of crushing, killing a thousand enemies and losing five hundred. Therefore, Huguli could only use powerful force and brutal slaughter to deter the Shanyue tribes, ordering them to surrender and serve him as the master.

"Don't be in a hurry for the time being, the city wall of Guangzhou is tall, and it's not too late to attack after the ordnance is built. Tiger Guli frowned and glanced at the leader.

As if sensing the unkindness in Huguli's eyes, the leader shrunk his neck and did not speak.