When the defenders on the Sihui City Tower saw a group of cavalry rushing towards Sihui City, they all picked up their crossbows and watched vigilantly as the cavalry below the city approached rapidly.
"Whoosh, whoosh"
I saw the knights under the city raising their crossbows and shooting a few arrows at the city tower. The sound of several arrows piercing the air clearly reached the ears of the city defenders. Several more arrows appeared on the city tower in front of them.
Crossbow arrows flying from the city.
When the soldiers on the tower were preparing to fight back, the cavalry below the tower had already driven away.
Two city guards came to the place where the arrows were inserted.
"Hey, why is there a letter here?" A soldier guarding the city said in surprise.
I saw a letter tied to the arrow near the arrowhead. Looking at the other arrows, they also had letters tied to them.
In the Sihui County Government Hall, Zhao Shi was reviewing the letters handed over by the city defenders.
"Jia Heng, go find the Han Chuan mentioned in the letter." Zhao Shi said and handed the letter in his hand to Jia Heng.
"Your Majesty, Han Chuan is waiting outside the mansion right now."
"Go and call him in," Zhao Shi ordered Jia Heng.
Just when Jia Heng was about to go out to invite Han Chuan, Zhao Shi stopped Jia Heng again.
"One more thing, please don't call me Crown Prince anymore." Zhao Shi said to Jia Heng and his entourage.
After a while, Han Chuan was led by Jia Heng to the Sihui County Government Office Hall.
"Are you Han Chuan?" Zhao Shi asked after looking at Han Chuan carefully.
"Your Majesty, I am Han Chuan, the centurion of the Yinglong Army of the Great Qin Dynasty." Han Chuan replied in a neither humble nor arrogant tone.
"Read this first," Zhao Shi said, picking up the letter on the desk and handing it to the guard beside him. Han Chuan took the letter from the guard and read it quickly.
"His Majesty, after receiving the letter from the Crown Prince yesterday, I sent a fast cavalry to my Master Da Qin. Unexpectedly, the South Vietnamese army from the city came too fast, causing the Master to lose judgment on the situation in Sihui City. Now the Crown Prince is here
The great banner of our Qin State has been hung on the top of the city of Sihui. The prince already knows the prince's intention to return to Qin. The reason why the prince publicly sent me a letter shows that the prince has believed the prince's intention to return to Qin and invited the prince to do so.
Don’t doubt my young master’s sincerity, I will go to the tower to contact our Qin army right now.”
Han Chuan told Zhao Shi his analysis without reservation, and hoped that Zhao Shi could understand Fusu's caution.
"Jia Heng, you will accompany Han Chuan to the tower to contact Young Master Fusu. You must protect Han Chuan." Zhao Shi ordered Jia Heng.
When Han Chuan obtained Zhao Shi's permission, he immediately drafted two letters to Fusu, tied them to the crossbow arrows, and then boarded the Sihui Tower with Jia Heng.
When the last rays of the setting sun faded from the hills west of Sihui County, Han Chuan still saw no trace of the Qin army appearing under Sihui City.
"Master Han, why don't we go back?" Jia Heng said angrily.
"Mr. Jia Heng, why don't you go back first and I'll wait and see."
Jia Heng had no choice but to accompany Han Chuan and wait on the tower.
While Han Chuan and Jia Heng were waiting, a full moon in the distance slowly rose, coating the land of South Vietnam with a light silver, and the houses of the people in Sihui City shone with little rays of light, as if they were peaceful.
The bright moon in the sky echoes.
Looking at Sihui City in the dim moonlight, Han Chuan felt a little homesick. Han Chuan and Jia Heng leaned against the city wall and chatted.
"Mr. Jia, do you think the moon in South Vietnam is the same as the moon in Qin?"
"It should be the same!" Jia Heng replied dully.
"Mr. Jia, you have been away from Qin for a few years. Have you ever thought about returning to Qin?"
"At first I really thought about returning to my hometown in Longxi, but after staying in South Vietnam for a long time, my homesickness has faded a lot. Now I can't tell whether I am from Qin or South Vietnam."
After listening to what Jia Heng said, Han Chuan fell silent.
Living in troubled times, how many people can live in their homeland forever? Take the tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers under Sihui City. Most of them came to South Vietnam from all over the Qin Dynasty with Ren Xiao. These people
In the end, how many people can return to their hometown?
Just when Han Chuan was immersed in homesickness, several Huben soldiers lurked under the Sihui City Tower and were seen by a sharp-eyed soldier on the tower.
"Master Chief, do you think those people below the city are the people you are waiting for?" The soldier looked at Jia Heng and asked.
"Where?" Han Chuan asked eagerly.
"It's right there," the soldier said, pointing to a dark place under the city wall.
Han Chuan rubbed his eyes and carefully stared at the place pointed by the soldier.
After a while, Han Chuan finally saw a few black figures moving vaguely in the darkness.
Han Chuan pulled out a torch from the city wall behind him and waved it into the darkness.
After a while, a few soldiers were seen moving from the dark place to the city wall directly below Hanchuan, and shot an arrow with a letter tied to the city tower.
Han Chuan took down the letter and looked at it with a torch.
"Centurion Han, how is the situation in the city?"
Ying Longjun’s unique identification pattern is drawn after the Chinese text in the letter.
Seeing the content of the letter and the mark behind the letter, Han Chuan determined that the soldiers under the city tower were sent by Fusu, so he shot the arrow with the letter tied to him under the city wall.
After a while, Han Chuan rushed to the Sihui County government office with the letter and handed the letter into Zhao Shi's hands.
…
Just two days after Zhao Shi replaced the big banner at Sihui City, Zhao Tuo, who was far away in Panyu, learned of the news of Zhao Shi's surrender to Qin. He was so angry that he fainted.
Half a day later, Zhao Tuo regained consciousness under the treatment of medical officers.
"Go and call Wu Guoxiang in," Zhao Tuo ordered the guards around him.
When Wu Jian followed the guards to Zhao Tuo's bed, he saw Zhao Tuo angrily pointing at Wu Jian and yelling.
"It was all your bad idea. Is it okay now? It forced Shi'er to surrender to the Qin Dynasty."
Seeing Zhao Tuo getting angry at him, Wu Jian could only accept it with a grimace.
"Obviously it was your own paranoia that forced the prince to be disobedient, but in the end you still blamed me for the bad idea." Wu Jian couldn't help but have some inner discussions with Zhao Tuo.
When Zhao Tuo had finished scolding him, Wu Jian spoke.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has realized that he was wrong about the prince, but how should we deal with the prince's surrender to Qin? How should we arrange the 80,000 troops under Sihui City? Should we continue to encircle Sihui County, or should we withdraw?"
After Zhao Tuo glanced at Wu Jian reluctantly, he lowered his head and thought about how to deal with it.
"Don't let the people of South Vietnam know about the crown prince's surrender to the Qin Dynasty yet. Now that the South Vietnam army is under Sihui City, it will not help, so we should withdraw it." Zhao Tuo said to Wu Jian with a melancholy look on his face.
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing that requires your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible: It is only a matter of time that these Sihui County towns surrender to the Qin State. Your Majesty needs to prepare in advance for a decisive battle with the Qin army."
"Xiang Wu, you are serious. We still have three counties in South Vietnam and hundreds of thousands of troops. Before the decisive battle, I think that the top priority for South Vietnam is to temporarily avoid the Qin army and move the South Vietnam court to Minzhong County.
Blockade Huangxi Pass and use the Nanling Mountains to delay the Qin army's offensive."
"Your Majesty, are you still thinking about escaping now? If the Qin army breaks through Huangxi Pass in the end, where can you escape?"
"Shut up, I appreciate your hard work and merits, and don't recognize you, but you humiliate me over and over again. What's your intention? Just step aside." Zhao Tuo said directly to expel him.
Seeing Zhao Tuo being so stubborn, Wu Jian could only leave the Nanyue Palace angrily.
When Wu Jian walked out of the Nanyue Palace, he reluctantly glanced back at the Nanyue Palace, then raised his head and stared blankly at the sky.
"God, do you really want to destroy our South Vietnam country?" Wu Jian lamented sadly.