Chapter 66 Meeting the Yue people for the first time
Just when Orion led Yinglong's soldiers into the mountains to find a secret way to sneak into Minzhong County, a group of South Vietnamese envoys secretly went to Jiangdong under Zhao Tuo's instructions to ask for help.
A few days later, the South Vietnamese envoy arrived at the Jiangdong Army camp in Lujiang County, and Xiang Bo also guessed the intention of the South Vietnamese envoy.
Due to Mengtian's continuous offensive, Xiang Bo had to temporarily move the Jiangdong government to Lujiang County. All affairs in Jiangdong were also sent to Xiang Bo's frontline military camp in Lujiang County, so Xiang Bo chose to receive the South Vietnamese envoys in the military camp.
Xiang Bo's choice to receive the South Vietnamese envoys in the military camp also had another meaning: he wanted the South Vietnamese envoys to see Jiangdong's situation and make them understand that Jiangdong was indeed unable to help South Vietnam.
When the South Vietnamese envoy explained his purpose to Xiang Bo, Xiang Bo was silent for a while.
It's not that Xiang Bo doesn't understand the meaning of lips and teeth, but Jiangdong himself is trying his best to resist the two armies of Meng Tian and Wang Li, and there is really no spare force to help South Vietnam.
Looking at the South Vietnamese envoy with an expectant look on his face, Xiang Bo did not try to coax him, but reluctantly chose to tell the truth.
Just when the Jiangdong envoy returned to Minzhong County with Xiang Bo's wishes, the group of Yinglong soldiers, led by Orion, found a trail in the Wuyi Mountains that could sneak into Minzhong County.
Half a month later, Yinglong's soldiers who were exploring the road in Wuyi Mountain returned to the Qin Army's camp at the border of Minzhong County with the news of the secret passage.
Fusu looked at the sketch of the secret passage drawn by Sergeant Ying Long and nodded with satisfaction.
Because these Yinglong soldiers had systematically studied map surveying at the Daqin Military Academy, the maps they drew were already very accurate.
After reviewing it, Fusu put away the map in his hand and looked at Han Chuan and other generals.
"Han Chuan, why don't you lead 3,000 Yinglong troops and 5,000 Huben troops to sneak into Minzhong County first and open up a passage for our army to enter Minzhong County?" Fusu said while looking at Han Chuan.
"No, I humbly accept the order." Han Chuan accepted Fusu's order excitedly.
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The day after Fusu issued the order, Han Chuan led 3,000 Yinglong troops and 5,000 Huben troops to leave the camp and headed for Minzhong County along the secret road that had been explored previously.
When Han Chuan and his party were about to leave Wuyi Mountain, they were unexpectedly blocked by a simple pass built with stones.
Han Chuan took out the map and studied it, and then looked at the soldier who was exploring the road in confusion, wondering what was going on at the pass in front of him. The soldier shook his head blankly, obviously he didn't know what was going on.
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The pass in front of us should have been built within ten days after Yinglong's army explored the road and returned, so Yinglong's soldiers did not know about it.
Han Chuan looked at the soldiers moving at the pass and shook his head in confusion. It was obvious that the soldiers at the pass were not Zhao Tuo's South Vietnamese army, because they were dressed differently from the South Vietnamese army, and the biggest difference between them and the South Vietnamese army was that they were all
Bare feet.
Han Chuan did not go down the mountain rashly, but led his soldiers back to Wuyi Mountain, then sent several Yinglong soldiers to disguise themselves and then went down the mountain at night.
At night the next day, the few Yinglong troops who came down from the mountain returned to Hanchuan's army in Wuyi Mountain under the cover of darkness, and told Hanchuan in detail the news they had learned from down the mountain.
The people guarding the pass at the foot of the mountain turned out to be indigenous Yue soldiers from Minzhong County.
Since the Qin Dynasty implemented Jisi rule over Minzhong County (a ruling model in which barbarians controlled barbarians, similar to the chieftain system in later generations), Minzhong County had no specific county government except Dongye, the administrative center. Many areas in Minzhong County were
Ruled by Yue leaders one after another.
It turns out that there were no Yue people living in the Minyue area near Wuyi Mountain, but in order to guard Minzhong County, Zhao Tuo went so far as to allocate a large area under Wuyi Mountain to the Yue people, just to let the Yue people help him resist the Qin army.
The reason why Zhao Tuo wanted to exchange land for the Yue people to resist the Qin army was because Zhao Tuo knew that the Yue people were brave and good at fighting. As a general under Ren Xiao who conquered Baiyue in the south, Zhao Tuo had a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the indigenous Yue people in South Vietnam.
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The reputation of the Yue people in South Vietnam for their toughness has lasted for thousands of years. From the bravery of the Guangxi wolf soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War, we can see how strong the Yue people's combat effectiveness was during the Qin Dynasty.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to the fierceness, bravery and fighting skills of the Yue people, they often plundered the Central Plains countries close to South Vietnam. For a time, they almost became a shadow in the hearts of Chu State and other Central Plains countries.
After the Qin Dynasty wiped out the six kingdoms, Qin Shihuang launched an army of 500,000 to attack South Vietnam and fought a fierce battle with more than 50,000 South Vietnamese soldiers. It took ten years to bring all South Vietnam under the rule of the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin army also paid a huge price for this.
, resulting in nearly 300,000 casualties.
This time, Zhao Tuo asked the Yue people to resist Fusu's army because he wanted Fusu's Qin army to suffer similar casualties as when he conquered South Vietnam. After the Yue soldiers caused huge casualties to the Qin army, he would lead his army to kill him again.
Go out, drive the Qin army out of South Vietnam, and then take advantage of the momentum to recover the lost counties in South Vietnam.
When he heard that the people guarding the pass at the foot of the mountain were Yue soldiers, Han Chuan's face became serious.
During his time in South Vietnam, Han Chuan had a detailed understanding of the situation in South Vietnam. Han Chuan also knew about the bravery and skill of the Yue soldiers.
Although the combat effectiveness of Han Chuan's 3,000 Yinglong Army and 5,000 Hu Ben Army was not weak, Han Chuan did not want to rashly use the lives of these soldiers to test the combat effectiveness of the Yue soldiers.
Facing the Yue soldiers at the foot of the mountain, Han Chuan ran out of ideas for a while. While looking for a way to deal with it, he repaired the book and sent someone to Fusu.