When Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, moved to Minzhong County, he immediately blocked all roads in and out of Minzhong County and built passes in steep mountains and rivers in an attempt to prevent the Qin army from attacking Minzhong County.
Especially the west and north of Minzhong County;
To the north, Zhao Tuo not only controlled Baoquan Mountain on the north side of Minzhong County, completely blocking the Qin army's access to Minzhong County from Jiangdong, but also stationed 50,000 troops at the foot of Baoquan Mountain.
As for the west side, it is even more heavily defended.
Because Fusu's army was in Nanhai County to the west, Zhao Tuo deployed most of his troops to the west of Minzhong County. Zhao Tuo ordered people to completely block several roads from Nanhai County into Minzhong County.
Passes have been built in almost all dangerous places, and there are elite soldiers and generals guarding these passes.
After Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, completely blocked the Qin army's access to Minzhong County, he implemented the recruitment system of "one from two young men (if there are two young heirs in the family, one will be drawn)" in Minzhong County, which was a forced recruitment system.
Di Qiang recruited 150,000 new soldiers, plus the 80,000 horses he brought from Nanhai County, and he just managed to gather 230,000 troops.
Because so many soldiers and horses had to be supported, the taxes of the people of Minzhong County also increased significantly.
The most ridiculous thing is that Zhao Tuo directly sent troops to assist local officials in collecting taxes regardless of the lives of the people in Minzhong County.
For a time, people all over Minzhong County complained. Some people who could not afford the taxes had to form a group of poor people like themselves to resist the taxes. However, Zhao Tuo did not understand the difficulties of these tax resisters at all, and directly sent troops to suppress them brutally.
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In just half a month, Zhao Tuo had already made people angry in Minzhong County.
Since the prince returned to the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo seemed to have become a different person and began to become moody. After the death of Wu Jian, the prime minister of the country, Zhao Tuo completely "let go" of himself.
After Wu Jian, three courtiers died one after another under Zhao Tuo's tyranny.
Just as the people in Minzhong County were struggling to support themselves under Zhao Tuo's tyranny, Fusu's army entered the boundaries of Minzhong County. Since the South Vietnamese army blocked all roads entering Minzhong County, the Qin army was forced to attack Nanhai County.
Stopped at the junction with Minzhong County.
On this day, the exploration cavalry brought back the news that the road ahead was blocked by a new pass built by the South Vietnamese Army.
Fusu decided to investigate for himself.
When Fusuma came to the pass Tanqi mentioned, he was shocked by the sight before him.
I saw a newly built pass embedded in the cliff of the stone valley in front of Fusu, blocking the Qin army's way into Minzhong County, and there was an aura of "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand people can't open it".
Looking at the cliffs on both sides of the pass, they have been cut into cliffs by the South Vietnamese army. I am afraid that even apes cannot cross them.
Looking at the pass in front of him, Fusu shook his head helplessly. Due to the tight construction time, this pass was somewhat crudely built. Even so, it was enough to block Fusu's 170,000-strong army.
Although Fusu had already seen the hundreds of thousands of mountains in Guilin County, he was still shocked by the mountains outside Minzhong County.
I saw Minzhong County in the middle of the continuous mountains, and there are only a few roads into Minzhong County. The most terrible thing is that these roads have been blocked by the South Vietnamese Army, and the dangerous parts of the road have been blocked by the South Vietnamese Army.
Layers of passes were built.
"Han Chuan, can your Yinglong Army help my army enter this Minzhong County?" Fusu asked, looking at Han Chuan.
"Sir, it would not be difficult for me to infiltrate Yinglong's army. If these hundreds of thousands of troops are to enter Minzhong County, there is nothing I can do for you." Han Chuan said helplessly.
After hearing what Han Chuan said, Fusu frowned slightly and glanced at the people behind him with a melancholy look.
"Governor Zhao, you are the lord of South Vietnam, why don't you tell me what to do?" Fusu turned his attention to Zhao Shi next to Han Chuan.
Seeing Fusu taking the initiative to ask him, Zhao Shi pretended to think for a while and then shook his head dully.
"Oh, Zhao Shi, it seems that you are really a heir apparent who doesn't care about current affairs." Fusu looked at Zhao Shi and teased with a smile.
When Zhao Shi saw the flash of contempt hidden in Fusu's smile, he lowered his head with some disappointment and reluctance.
After a moment, Zhao Shi looked at Fusu firmly and spoke.
"Sir, when I was the heir to the Nanyue King, I heard from an Orion that there was a trail that could sneak into Minzhong County, but I don't know if the ancient trail that the Orion mentioned can still be found today."
The reason why Fusu wanted to tease Zhao Shi was because he wanted to give it a try and wanted to elicit some useful information from Zhao Shi. After all, among him, Han Chuan, and Zhao Shi, only Zhao Shi knew Minzhong County best.
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As for teasing Zhao Shi, it was because Fusu saw that Zhao Shi had no interest in conquering Minzhong County. In fact, Fusu could understand this. After all, it would not be anyone else's fault to follow others to beat his own father.
How interesting it would be.
The reason why Zhao Shi followed Fusu to Minzhong County to annihilate Zhao Tuo this time was because of Fusu's coercion.
Fusu knew that Zhao Shi was not interested in conquering Minzhong County, so when he asked how to enter Minzhong County, he did not ask directly. Instead, he chose to tease Zhao Shi with words, just to provoke the former prince of Nanyue.
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Fusu originally had no hope for Zhao Shi, but he never expected that Zhao Shi would give such a good suggestion.
Just when Fusu was excited about Zhao Shi's plan, Zhao Shi spoke.
"Sir, I think that the hunter's words are not trustworthy. Let's not say whether the secret passage can be found. Even if it is found, it will definitely be guarded by elite soldiers and strong generals."
When Zhao Shi told Fusu about the trail into Minzhong County, he immediately understood that he had been fooled by Fusu's stimulation, so he quickly spoke with regret, trying to prevent Fusu from using his suggestions to make plans.
, after all, it was too much torment to make suggestions for Fusu to destroy his father.
Hearing Zhao Shi's attempt to disrupt his judgment, Fusu smiled knowingly. He was both laughing at Zhao Shi's poor acting skills that tried to cover up, and was pleased that Zhao Shi still knew how to protect his father.
"Sir, I think this plan is difficult to implement..." Zhao Shi was still unwillingly trying to prevent Fusu from using his plan to sneak into Minzhong County.
"Han Chuan, you immediately send someone to look for nearby hunters to see if anyone knows the secret route into Minzhong County that Zhao Shi mentioned." Fusu ignored Zhao Shi and directly ordered Han Chuan.
Using secret passages to sneak into enemy countries is a common and one of the most effective methods in the history of world wars;
During the Second Greco-Persian War, three hundred Spartan warriors successfully blocked the 20,000 Persian army at Thermopylae. In the end, a rebellious farmer led the Persian army to bypass Thermopylae through a secret passage, resulting in the death of the three hundred warriors.
All died in battle.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Deng Ai invaded Shu through the Yinping Trail. Wei Yan also gave Zhuge Liang the "Ziwu Valley Plot" and wanted to use the Ziwu Valley to sneak into Chang'an secretly, but unfortunately Zhuge Liang did not listen.
For Fusu, the use of secret passages was already familiar. Whether he had sneaked into Jiangdong or sent Yinglong's army to start an uprising in South Vietnam, there was no shortage of secret passage strategies.
Two days later, Han Chuan returned to the army with two hunters who knew a little bit about the secret path mentioned by Zhao Shi.
The day after Han Chuan returned to the army, the two hunters entered the mountain with more than a dozen Yinglong soldiers.