Xiang County is located outside the two counties of Nanhai and Guilin. It is the southwestmost county in the Qin Dynasty. The county government is Linchen (later Chongzuo, Guangxi), which is close to the coastline.
It is certainly impossible for Zhang Han's 150,000 tiger soldiers to take a detour and pacify Xiang County first, and then turn around and attack Nanhai County. That's why Zhang Han sent 50,000 tiger soldiers from Ba County to Yan County where Mengkuo was stationed in Shu County.
road.
Meng Kuo will lead these 50,000 tiger and benign troops to set off from Yandao and go straight to Linchen.
In the pre-Qin era, in the entire southwestern part of the Qin Dynasty, including the Vietnam area, except for some indigenous tribes, which are also known as Baiyue barbarians, few Central Plains people set foot there. Most of these indigenous tribes were still in the era of eating raw hair and drinking blood. Because of the South China Sea,
A large number of Qin people came to teach farming and smelting techniques and gradually came out of ignorance. However, Xiang County was too far away from the center of civilization in the Central Plains. Therefore, except for Linchen where the first emperor sent officials to station in Linchen, most of the other places were.
Endless virgin jungle.
Conquering such a foreign land separated by vast virgin jungles and lofty mountains can be imagined. The hardships can be imagined. From Yandao to Linchen, it can be said that there is no road left by the predecessors at all. It is completely necessary
Meng Kuo and others opened a way out on their own.
This is why, for the sake of a small Linchen, Hu Hai asked Zhang Han to give Meng Kuo 50,000 tiger soldiers and even recruited nearly 30,000 Shu people from several counties to follow him into Xiang County.
These 30,000 Shu people are mainly responsible for transporting a large amount of food and medicinal supplies to the army. At the same time, the Huben Army of more than 10,000 people has changed from elite soldiers to heavy troops. Of course, they also serve as engineers. These more than 10,000 people carry
They are all professional tools cast by a large number of Shangfang, opening roads and building bridges.
Mengkuo's task of pacifying Xiangjun was actually just a side task. The most important task Hu Hai gave him was to explore and open up a clear pedestrian passage connecting Shujun to Xiangjun and even the Indochina Peninsula.
The road is not the main one. The important thing is that it is between Shujun and Xiangjun, which is actually Yunnan in later generations. After Yunnan is the Indochina Peninsula, Vietnam and other places in later generations. Indochina Peninsula, no matter how high the price is, Hu Hai will include it
Within the territory of the Qin Dynasty. Of course, the time for sending troops may be five years later, or it may be ten years later, but now the wild Vietnamese rice seeds are extremely needed by Hu Hai.
This is crucial to Great Qin. In the same way, only by occupying the Indochina Peninsula can Great Qin open up a long corridor to the west. Otherwise, it can only cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and enter the Indian Peninsula. Crossing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in this era, is basically equivalent to
Go to death. Many crops in the Indian peninsula are vital to the land of China, especially cotton, which is also something Hu Hai must obtain.
What Meng Kuo has to do now is to lead the 50,000 Tiger and Ben troops as an advance army to open up a road and go as far as possible into the Indochina Peninsula to explore the terrain. Make preliminary preparations for the Qin to send troops to the Indochina Peninsula in the future. This preparation can only rely on blackmail.
Ice Platform and Longwei Mansion cannot be completed by dead soldiers.
Because this was the pre-Qin era, there were no thermal weapons, no machine guns, no artillery, and no aircraft or satellites. Dozens and hundreds of Dragon Guards could only die if they entered the vast primitive jungle.
Of course, Meng Kuo's 50,000 Tiger Ben army was still followed by a full 200 Longwei Mansion dead soldiers. These dead soldiers were equipped with simple compasses made by Hu Hai using magnets. The 50,000 Tiger Ben army was their support.
And they are also the eyes and tentacles of the army.
Hu Hai gave Meng Kuo enough time to complete this matter. He was not needed at all in the Battle of the South China Sea. To rush to Nanhai County from Yan Dao under the current conditions, it would take at least three months if not half a year. More
The most important thing is to cross the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau where there are few human traces, dense miasma, and rampant beasts and poisonous insects. An army of 50,000 is not even enough to fill the gap between the teeth.
Even though he was exploring the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Hu Hai still didn't know how many of the 50,000 elite tiger soldiers could survive. This was beyond his control. He could only try his best to make adequate and complete preparations for them in terms of logistics.
But no matter what, even if 10,000 people can survive, then Hu Hai is worth it. Because these 10,000 people will be the masters of survival in this primitive jungle. With them as fire, Hu Hai can train 100,000 people.
, two hundred thousand elite troops adapted to primitive jungle warfare.
When Meng Kuo enters the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the governor of Shu County will be the logistics manager of Meng Kuo's army for the next long period of time. Because if Meng Kuo's army disappears in the vast forest, his head will be lost.
To land, these were the exact words Hu Hai told him.
In this era, any step towards the unknown will inevitably require countless people to shed their lives and blood.
It can be expected that this explored road, like the Ba-Qian-Guangdong Ancient Road that Zhang Han is walking now, will be paved with blood and bones.
However, the people of Lao Qin never lacked the courage to face death.
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Along the vast ancient jungle road, Zhang Han's 150,000 tiger and benign troops spent a different Spring Festival. Two days later, on the second day of October, Zhang Han's army finally arrived at the Ling Canal that the First Emperor had spent three years digging (
Later (near Xing'an County, Guilin).
Here, the Tiger Ben army, which had been holding back for a month in the vast jungle, took less than a stick of incense to wipe out the more than a thousand soldiers stationed by Ziying on both sides of Lingqu.
Several large ships docked on one side of Ling Canal were captured.
Naturally, a few large ships cannot be used by Zhang Han's 150,000 troops, not to mention that Zhang Han has far more than 150,000 men. There are also tens of thousands of laborers, a large amount of food, grass and baggage.
Seeing these buildings and ships in Lingqu, Zhang Han would have too many sighs in his heart. At the same time, his resentment towards Zhao Tuo and Ziying would not stop soaring.
The excavation of the Ling Canal played an extremely important role in the Qin Dynasty's efforts to pacify the Lingnan region. Because through the Ling Canal, ships from Bashu and Xianyang could reach the South China Sea relatively quickly.
Let's take a look at the march route of the Daqin Navy heading south to the South China Sea after the construction of Ling Canal.
The Daqin Tower Boat departed from Xianyang, along the Han River (Han River), and went southward to Xiakou (Wuhan in later generations, where the Han River entered the Yangtze River). From Xiakou, it went southwest along the Yangtze River to Dongting Lake in Changsha County.
From Dongting Lake (where the Xiangjiang River enters the lake), follow the Xiangjiang River to the south, along the Xiangjiang River, to Lingqu.
From Lingqu, it flows westward and enters the Dayong River (flowing from north to south); it flows southward and enters the Lijiang River section, directly enters the Guijiang River section, and reaches Guilin County Zhibu Mountain (later Guiping, Guangxi) and Zhongliu County (later Guiping, Guangxi)
Wuxuan County, Guangxi). From Bushan, if you go east, you can enter the Xijiang River section of the South China Sea and reach the Pearl River (formerly known as the Guangdong River). The mouth of the sea is at Panyu, Nanhai County; if you go upstream, you can go west, enter the hinterland of Xiangjun and reach the county.
Linchen.
Not only is the time greatly shortened, but except for some specific sections of the river, it is basically downstream. If it were not for the construction of the building boats, it would be difficult to complete in a while, and the number of building boats needed to go south to quell the chaos is naturally not a small amount.
In addition, Xiang Liang of Chu State lay across the center, so there was no way Hu Hai would let hundreds of thousands of troops travel thousands of miles across mountains and rivers by land.
Of course, there is also an advantage to taking the land route, that is, you can sweep away all the rebels like a bulldozer. At the same time, you can also make a geographical map of the southern territory of Da Qin. This is also a rare opportunity.
With this detailed map, Hu Hai can find out which places were once the big cities of later generations, and can carry out targeted development and immigration.
After interrogating the prisoners, it was learned that Ziying and Zhao Tuo seemed to have not received any news of the Qin army's large-scale arrival, which was undoubtedly good news for Zhang Han.
After nearly a month of torture, they were finally able to take a breather. Zhang Han's army rested for three days by the Ling Canal. On the sixth day of October, the 150,000 Tiger Army, whose morale and mental state of the soldiers had reached their peak, left the Ling Canal and continued southward.
More than a thousand soldiers were left garrisoned near the canal. After all, if Ziying jumped over the wall and sent people to destroy the Lingqu, the loss to Da Qin would not be calculated in terms of money and food.
As for the two cities in Guilin County, Zhang Han didn't pay much attention to them. After all, as long as the foundations were cut off and the South China Sea was pacified, these two cities were just a piece of cake. Maybe they had already surrendered without even having to send a large army.
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On October 25th, the first year of the Second Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gang, who had been wandering on the sea for more than a month, finally returned from Kuaiji to the fishing port of Panyu in Nanhai County.
Looking at the hazy dark land in the distance, dozens of ships suddenly burst into cheers. Even Zhao Gang, who had always had a cold face, now had a smile on his face.
"Master Zhao, are we here yet?" A weak male voice suddenly came from the open cabin. Following this voice, several footsteps sounded. In a moment, three figures appeared at the door of the cabin.
Two people dressed like servants in soap coats were supporting a scrawny young man in a green robe.
Who is this young man, Zhang Liang, who gave up Xiang Yu and ran away alone?
It's just that at this moment, Zhang Liang might not be able to recognize Xiang Liang if he didn't look carefully.
The originally plump and round handsome face has completely collapsed at this moment, causing the two cheekbones to bulge. The two originally swollen and sunken eye sockets are even more obvious, like a humanoid skeleton. The back has always been straight.
At this moment, Zhang Liang was stooped, and he was out of breath for a long time after walking a few steps. If it were not for the support of the two servants around him, Zhang Liang would not even be able to stand up at this moment.
Zhang Liang looked as if he was seriously ill.
But it can indeed be called a serious illness. From the moment Zhang Liang boarded Zhao Gang's ship in Kuaiji, Zhang Liang, who had been living in the Central Plains since childhood, tasted the feeling of riding a ship for the first time.
Seasickness, vomiting, seafood, vomiting again, vomiting without vomiting, vomiting again, Zhang Liang even doubted whether he had vomited out all his internal organs. And this torture lasted for more than a month. If he hadn't jumped
He would definitely die if he went down. If he was too unwilling, Zhang Liang might have been willing to jump into the sea to understand himself.
Therefore, Zhang Liang, who was resting in the cabin at the moment, heard the noise from the surrounding ships and immediately ran out impatiently. He really didn't want to stay on this ship for a moment. If he could do it again, Zhang Liang would definitely
He would not choose to follow Zhao Gang to the South China Sea, but would choose to wait for death in Kuaiji, or just find a place to hide for the rest of his life. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piaotian Literature Registered Member to recommend this work