General Qin

"After General Tu trapped and killed Yi Xu Song and captured Xi Ou, he directly sent troops to attack South Vietnam, regardless of the Ou people who had fled into the mountains and forests. As a result, many people in the army were infected with the disease while we were still halfway there. Alas, You don’t know that when we were driving in the mountains and forests, every mile we walked there would be people who couldn’t hold on and fell down.”

Peng Yue said this with a look of fear on his face.

All the Qin people gathered around took a breath of cold air.

Compared with being killed after fighting with the Vietnamese, the scene of an epidemic in the army and one person being killed in a while is more terrifying and frightening, because you have no idea whether you will be the next to fall.

A Qin soldier under Liu Bang whispered: "Fortunately, we followed the general. The general has great supernatural powers and came up with medicines that can treat epidemic diseases and water poisonous poisons in advance. He also isolated the infected people in time, so there was no appearance. It’s such a blessing that the disease is spreading everywhere.”

Peng Yue glanced at him enviously. From the brief conversation just now, he already knew that the leader of this new Qin army was the famous martial arts lord Zhao Tuo, and he was filled with envy and jealousy in his heart.

After feeling envious, Peng Yue sighed again and said: "As soon as we entered South Vietnam with General Tu, we encountered an ambush by the South Vietnamese. Coupled with the disease problem, our army suffered consecutive defeats and many people died. General Tu gave up and continued. Attack South Vietnam and order to withdraw to Xiou."

"I just didn't expect that we would be ambushed by those Ou people again on the way back. General Tu was killed by the Ou people. Our army was in chaos, and there were South Vietnamese chasing after us. In order to save our lives, we had no choice but to escape into the mountains and forests. To avoid being chased by Yue people. I have been hiding for more than two years!"

Speaking of this, Peng Yue couldn't help but shed tears.

His dozen or so robes also began to cry loudly.

From the thirty-second year of Qin Shihuang, when Feng Wuze and Tu Sui led the army to conquer Baiyue, to the thirty-fourth year of Qin Shihuang, two full years have passed.

These Qin people have survived for more than two years in the mountains and forests surrounded by Yue people, and they have not been killed by the Yue people, nor have they died due to the environment. It is simply a miracle.

Such a scene made even Xiang Ji, who had a cold face, be moved by it and praised: "You are all such strong men!"

"It's not our ability, it's all Peng Yue's power! Without Peng Yue, we would have been buried in the wilderness of Yue like other Pao Ze."

Those Qin soldiers who survived spoke one after another, and almost all of them put the credit on Peng Yue, who took the lead.

As they narrated, various scenes of these Qin soldiers struggling to survive in Yue were also sketched in the minds of Xiang Ji and Liu Bang.

It turned out that the Qin army was ambushed in Xiou and was surrounded by the South Vietnamese. Some of them, led by deputy general Wang Bao, retreated back to Changsha County along the way.

However, many Qin soldiers fled into the mountains and forests to survive in the chaos and were separated from the army.

Or maybe they fell into a lost state after losing their guide, and ended up stranded in the mountains and forests.

At that time, the large forces of the Qin army had withdrawn. Firstly, they, the Qin soldiers, could not find their way back. Secondly, the strongholds in the front and rear had been reoccupied by the Yue people, and the return route was cut off.

They had no choice but to stay in Yue to survive, hoping to survive until the Qin army invaded Yue again.

These Qin soldiers who survived said that their army initially consisted of six to seven hundred people, led by two leaders of two to five hundred, and guarded a hilltop.

It didn't take long for the Ou people and the South Vietnamese to surround them and fight with them in the jungle.

Because the Qin army suffered a new defeat, everyone's morale was low, and almost all supplies were lost. They were besieged by thousands of Yue troops and were quickly defeated.

Two of the two five hundred masters were killed one after another, and the rest of the Qin people fled for their lives.

Most of the Qin soldiers were farmers in the Central Plains. They had little ability to survive in the mountains and forests of the south. After their disastrous defeat, they were either treated as prey by the Yue people and hunted down one by one, or they died of disease or lack of food.

Only more than thirty people, led by Peng Yue, escaped the pursuit of the Yue people.

Yue's land is vast and full of mountains and forests, but the number of Yue people in Western Ou is not large. As long as these Qin soldiers do not move around in the core residential areas of Ou people, it is still easy to hide their whereabouts.

"I used to be a fisherman in Juye Ze, and I know some survival skills in the wild, so I can help everyone survive. But this southern Yue land is different from Ju Ye Ze. The people who followed me into the woods died later. There are more than a dozen, and the rest can barely survive until now. Fortunately, we met you, otherwise we might not be able to survive for long."

Faced with praise from everyone, Peng Yue spoke modestly.

Liu Bang clicked his tongue and said in amazement: "You can actually lead so many people to live in the woods of Yue for two years. Your ability is really admirable. If it were me trying to survive in this forest, I probably wouldn't be able to last even half a year."

Compared to Liu Bang's praise, Xiang Ji stared at Peng Yue with bright eyes and said, "Since you have been in this forest for more than two years, are you familiar with the surrounding mountains and rivers, as well as the distribution of Yue people?"

Peng Yue was stared at by those double pupils and felt a little scared. He thought to himself: "Such scary eyes. Why does this guy look so strange?"

Complaining in his heart, Peng Yue replied: "Come back to your superiors, we often go to and fro in the mountains and forests for food. I have kept in mind the general terrain of dozens of miles around. We have also watched some Yue villages from a distance, and we know the general terrain." Location."

"good!"

Xiang Ji was overjoyed and said, "Follow me back quickly, the great work is coming!"

…

The Qin army is in the temporary camp.

General Cao Shen frowned and read the map in his hand over and over again.

The situation is not good.

As a special force to explore the way for the army and investigate the movements of Xi'ou, the five thousand of them entered Xi'ou and first had a fight with a tribe of Xi'ou people, revealing their traces. This is all secondary. Atu Gu of the South Vietnamese Tiger Tribe led his people to Xiou. The Yue people in Xiou had long been on guard against the Qin army's invasion. It was only a matter of time before Cao Shen's whereabouts were exposed.

This is nothing at all. If the Ou people send a large army to attack, they can just retreat to the direction of South Vietnam.

But they didn't expect that the rainy season in South Vietnam was far more terrifying than they thought. When the floods come during the flood season, the roads behind them will be flooded directly, making them impassable. Even reinforcements and logistics cannot come. Depending on the situation, it will take at least half a month or even more. It will take a month for the road to be reopened. And it's just a possibility, after all, no one knows whether it will continue to rain heavily in the future.

This put the Qin army led by Cao Shen into a very embarrassing situation. There are a large number of Ou people in front, but the road to retreat to South Vietnam in the rear is cut off due to the flood season. If the Western Ou army besieges them, they will have no way to retreat.

In addition, they are also facing a food shortage crisis.

The amount of food consumed by an army of more than 4,000 and nearly 5,000 people every day is not a small amount.

"What should I do next?"

Just when Cao Shen lowered his head and thought hard about how to break the situation, there were brisk footsteps outside the tent.

Cao Shen looked up and saw Han Xin, whose face was full of joy.

"Brother Cao! Happy event, great happy event!"

Cao Shen looked over in confusion.

Before he could speak, Han Xin had already said in rapid succession: "Brother Cao, just now a team of our army went out to look for food and met the old soldiers who followed General Tu in his southward expedition to Xiou! They have been living here in Vietnam for two full years! "

"A veteran from two years ago?"

Cao Shen was surprised and said: "It's amazing that there are people from Qin who can support Yue for two years without being killed by those Yue people."

"Brother Cao, this is not the point!"

Han Xin said excitedly: "The important point is that these people have accompanied General Tu on his southern expedition and know the geographical information along the way. They have lived nearby for two more years and know the landscape of dozens of miles around and the distribution of Yue villages. They will lead the way. , we can attack those Yue villages and snatch things from the Yue people to eat!"

…

Outside King Xiou City.

King Alamo of Xiou was dressed up, with a green hat that resembled a frog on his head, and a spotted feather coat on his body. He waited patiently with a group of Xiou nobles.

Next to the Alamo, there was a group of South Vietnamese with tiger stripes on their faces looking into the distance hopefully.

Soon, a huge roar came from that direction.

If a person lies on the ground, he can still feel the trembling sound coming from the earth.

It seemed like a giant beast was approaching.