Chapter 74: Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger
Since Fusu's expedition to South Vietnam, he had continuously attacked cities and destroyed strongholds, which made Zhao Tuo depressed. What made Zhao Tuo most worried was that his only son, the dignified prince of Nanyue, had all surrendered to the Qin Dynasty.
These events made the King of South Vietnam extremely annoyed with Fusu. At this moment, Zhao Tuo was secretly delighted when he learned that Fusu personally led an army of 120,000 people deep into the hinterland of South Vietnam.
Zhao Tuo thought day and night about defeating Fusu on the land of Nanyue, but he was never a match for Fusu. Fusu fled hastily to Minzhong County. Zhao Tuo thought he would never have a chance to take revenge in this life.
Unexpectedly, such a good opportunity came to his door right now, and the desire that had been extinguished in Zhao Tuo's heart became active.
Zhao Tuo glanced at the ministers excitedly and spoke with a sinister smile.
"My dear ministers, it is a rare opportunity for Fusu Xiao'er to personally lead an army of 120,000 people deep into the hinterland of our Minzhong County. I will use all my South Vietnamese soldiers to strangle Fusu Xiao'er in this Minzhong County. Sirs,
Do you have any objection?" Zhao Tuo said through gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty is wise, and I have no objections." The chief minister standing in the front row of the hall was the first to express his position.
"Your Majesty, I have no objections."
"The king is wise, and I have no objections."
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For a time, all the ministers agreed.
It's not that these ministers didn't know that Zhao Tuo's move was extremely risky, but that they were afraid of Zhao Tuo's power and did not dare to disobey Zhao Tuo. In the past, when Wu Jian was here, they dared to say some heartfelt words to Zhao Tuo.
Now Zhao Tuo is no longer the Nanyue King who could listen to advice in the past. Moreover, the Prime Minister Wu Jian is no longer here. Once Zhao Tuo is offended, who else can speak for them? So the ministers can only choose.
He succumbed to Zhao Tuo's power and refused to express any objections or simply chose to remain silent.
Seeing that there was no opposition from the ministers, Zhao Tuo's face showed the joy of victory, and he began to make arrangements with the civil and military officials to encircle and annihilate Fusu's army.
The next day, Xu Jian, the general of the South Vietnamese army, obeyed Zhao Tuo's order and left 30,000 troops to garrison Dongye. He mobilized 200,000 South Vietnamese troops and went straight to Fusu's army.
When 200,000 South Vietnamese troops left Dongye, a South Vietnamese "commoner" quickly left Dongye City and rushed towards a mountain a hundred miles away from Dongye. This person was sent by Han Chuan
A spy from Dongye City seeking information.
After Han Chuan learned that the main force of the South Vietnamese Army had left Dongye, he immediately sent hundreds of people to the nearby mountains to gather the scattered Huben Army and Yinglong Army.
In fact, Han Chuan had arrived near Dongye three days ago. Since there were many South Vietnamese sergeants patrolling near Dongye, Han Chuan had to break up all his soldiers and scatter them in more than a dozen places near Dongye.
in a large mountain to avoid patrols by the South Vietnamese Army.
Even after being dispersed, the Qin army with the largest number was only more than 500 people, which would never attract the attention of the South Vietnamese army, because there were many groups of bandits in the mountains near Dongye City, with the largest number being thousands, and few
There are also six or seven hundred people, and there are no less than seven or eight groups with a number of about 500 people. Therefore, the 500-strong Tiger Army will not easily attract the attention of the South Vietnamese Army, and all of this is due to Zhao Tuo's harsh rule.
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Three days later, the Huben Army and Yinglong Army scattered in the mountains returned one after another. When Han Chuan counted the number of soldiers, he was surprised to find that there were more than 10,000 more soldiers who had returned, and these 10,000 soldiers had voluntarily surrendered to the Qin Dynasty.
The bandits of the Qin army were all forced into the mountains to become bandits. Now that they saw the Qin army appearing in Dongye, they all found the Qin army closest to their stronghold and took the initiative to follow them.
These people had long heard about Fusu's benevolent policies in Guilin County and Nanhai County, and they had long been looking forward to the early return of Minzhong County to the rule of the Qin Dynasty. However, Zhao Tuo's rebellious behavior in Minzhong County forced them to go up the mountain.
They became bandits, but now that the Qin army appeared, they naturally chose to surrender.
"A harsh government is as fierce as a tiger!"
Han Chuan looked at the more than 10,000 "bandits" who had returned and sighed with a heavy heart. These people were in ragged clothes and had sallow faces and skinny muscles. It was obvious that these bandits were not easy to be taken!
"Commander Zhisu, immediately start a meal and let these martyrs have a good meal. These martyrs will not be allowed to participate in the attack on Dongye." Han Chuan ordered the military commander Zhisu.
"promise"
After receiving the order, Lieutenant Zhisu turned around and left to gather the soldiers to start a meal.
"General, why don't you let us attack Dongye City? Is it because you can't trust us?" asked a righteous man who looked like a leader.
"Brother, the reason why you want to go into the mountains to resist the tyranny of the King of Nanyue is to survive in these troubled times. Now that our Qin army is here, how can we let you worry about your lives again? Can you take the initiative at this time?
Surrendering to our great Qin is already a great achievement, how can I put you in danger again? I accept your kindness, but I won't bother you with the siege."
Han Chuan bowed and saluted the martyrs in front of him, and spoke to everyone in a sincere tone.
After hearing what Han Chuan said, all the righteous men fell silent. It turned out that they had misunderstood them. The reason why they were unwilling to let them participate in the attack on Dongye County was actually for their own sake.
After a while, the leader-looking righteous man spoke again.
"General, although we have become bandits in this mountain, we still know some principles. Don't worry, we have had many encounters with Zhao Tuo's officers and soldiers. We know their ways and will never lose them easily.
If you want to take this life, why don't you take us with you and we will protect ourselves."
"Brother, please don't make things difficult for me anymore. If you lose your lives under Dongye City, how should I explain to the young master? Please don't make things difficult for me anymore. Please don't discuss this matter anymore.
?" Han Chuan persuaded the bandits who had returned.
"Since you have difficulties, we won't force you anymore."
Seeing Han Chuan's expression of embarrassment, the leading righteous man had no choice but to give up and turned around and left.
When the leading righteous man turned around and left, several of his followers immediately chased after him and began to persuade him.
"Brother, please give me some more advice!"
"Yes, brother, why don't you tell the general again so that we can have a chance to participate in the war."
"Brothers, stop talking, let's fill our stomachs first!" The leading righteous man said to the few followers around him, but the flash of shrewdness in his eyes could not be concealed. Fortunately, Han Chuan
did not see.
At dawn the next day, Han Chuan and Zhao Shi led the Huben Army and Yinglong Army to set off, heading straight for Dongye City a hundred miles away.
At noon, 50,000 Huben troops and 2,000 Yinglong troops arrived at the foot of Dongye City. After resting outside Dongye City for half an hour, Han Chuan ordered all the soldiers to abandon their horses, change cavalry into infantry, and start attacking Dongye with ladders.
Yecheng.
According to Han Chuan's past combat experience, he would never use such an extreme tactics, because cavalry is different from infantry and is not suitable for the most direct tactics of attacking the city with ladders. Han Chuan is worried about Fusu's
In order to protect their safety, they had no choice but to choose this method of combat that was least suitable for cavalry but was the most direct. After all, only in this way could Dongye City be captured in the shortest time and join Fusu as soon as possible.
Because the Huben Army and the Yinglong Army switched from cavalry warfare to siege warfare, they had no time to adapt to the siege warfare mode, so many situations occurred during the attack; the attacks at each level could not be effectively connected, and there was a lack of effective
A great siege weapon.
Until sunset, Han Chuan still failed to capture Dongye City, and the casualties of Huben Army and Yinglong Army had exceeded 10,000.
Just when Han Chuan was at his wits' end, a "surprise force" appeared on the battlefield.
I saw 10,000 "bandits" who had surrendered last night, carrying ladders and crude weapons, appearing behind Han Chuan. Shouting, they rushed to the foot of Dongye City, took up the ladders and began to charge.
Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Huben Army and Yinglong were moved, and the corners of countless people's eyes became moist.
"Kill!" Han Chuan shouted and took the lead in launching a charge. All the soldiers followed Han Chuan and rushed to the foot of Dongye City.