Qin Official

(Small battles have no process, only results. This has been the case in the past and it will be the same in the future. Those who insist on reading a book without missing any details will express their opinions. In the future, I will add more chapters and cheat on the word count o(n_n)o~)

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After the Mei family claimed to be King Goujian of Yue, they belonged to the more civilized Yangyue. Unlike Nanyue and Xiou, they had begun to build towns and live in them. The center of the entire tribe was a small town called "Mei'an City", which was located in Between Shaoshi Mountain and Beijiang.

This is a remarkable Danxia landform, with occasionally beautiful peaks and ridges, some towering more than a hundred feet tall, or looking like animals, lying in the thick dense forest in summer. After walking along the winding stream for a long time, you can reach a small flat dam, beside the rice fields. It is Meiyuan City.

This city was once taken away by the Qin army. After their defeat last year, the Mei family recaptured it and recruited many deserters from the Chu region to join them. They also moved rocks and rammed the earth to expand the city, which can accommodate 2,000 people. Compared with the Yue people's small village, it can be called a majestic city.

But compared to most of the famous cities in the Central Plains, they are still very crude and full of flaws, so it is not difficult to break through them.

Especially if there is an insider!

In the evening, the battle that lasted for most of the day ended. The corpses were piled up outside the city, almost like a hill, and the prisoners were tied to the ground.

It was also Mei Yi who wanted to strengthen his strength and attracted the Qin army's deserters to cause trouble. Originally, when Yue people met, they would know what was right at the first glance. But now, the Mei family has mixed with Yi and Xia, and there are at least a thousand deserters from the Qin army. It is Zha. Whether the hair is bunned or cut off has become a sign of distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy.

This time, Heifu first sent Li Cang with more than a hundred short-term guards to pretend to surrender. Seeing that he had long hair and all spoke with a Chu accent, Mei Yi did not become suspicious because the Central Plains people attach great importance to their hair. , but those who cut off their buns are mostly determined to defect.

Little did he know that there was already an additional "Kun Army" in the newly arrived Southern Expedition General's camp.

A few days later, nearly 20,000 Qin troops from Huangxiguan, Hengpuguan, and Changsha counties raided the Mei family's territory from three directions. This advance was planned by Heifu for a long time. No matter where the Yue people came from, If they try to escape, they will encounter the Qin army, and the surrounding villages will fall one after another, and finally the city of Meiyuan will be surrounded.

Mei Rong has not yet recovered from this menacing blow. The hundred new soldiers who were grateful to him a few days ago have started killing people and setting fires in the city. , the city fell.

The short soldiers used their machetes to clear the way and remove the branches and shrubs in front. Hei Fu could ride his white mule calmly all the way. After arriving at Mei'an City, he glanced at the terrain here and asked about the casualties, especially as a vanguard. The eight hundred "pawns".

"How many of those eight hundred people are left?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, they risked their lives to charge and capture the city first. They suffered a lot of casualties, and there are still 500 left."

Heifu nodded and heard the military judge say that although these eight hundred people were either sick or injured, they were indeed very brave in battle.

He was also very trustworthy: "Restore the status of these eight hundred people as soldiers. The dead will be buried properly, and the living will be rewarded according to their beheadings. If they are willing, they can join my short-term personal guard!"

Compared with the casualties, the gains in this battle were somewhat small. No more than 500 people were beheaded and 2,000 prisoners were taken. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. The main force of the Mei family fled into the forest before the three armies closed the encirclement.

But what is surprising is that the enemy chieftain Mei Yi resolutely broke off and was unable to escape. He was forced into the city and was captured alive.

"If you don't leave first when you break out of the encirclement, a good commander...bring him up!"

As a general, Heifu made a great display. He had more than a hundred short soldiers on the left and right wearing armours. The strong men were given golden axes to hold. He had a crank umbrella to protect him from the sun, and feathers on the front and back were in full swing.

However, Li Cang and several others retreated in succession, and escorted a Vietnamese man to come and pin him down in front of Heifu.

But he saw that this man was very young, only in his twenties, with disheveled hair, black lines under his chin, and an ivory hairpin across the bridge of his nose. This was a Yangyue custom. Hei Fu was terrified when he saw it. …

He was dressed in a typical Yue style, but he was wearing the armor of a captain of the Qin army, probably captured in the past.

"Is this Mei Yi?"

Heifu asked and received a positive answer, but Mei Ao was dissatisfied and pursed his lips without saying a word.

"Can he understand Xia Yan?"

"Junhou, he understands."

Li Cang pushed Mei Yi: "The Marquis of Changnan is asking you something!"

Mei Rong glared at Li Cang, hating this villain for pretending to surrender. Then he spoke. He spoke in Yuzhang dialect, and his pronunciation was quite clear. He probably learned it from his mother who came from Yuzhang: "Changnan Hou...are you the prince of Qin and the new general?"

"I am."

Heifu said: "You rebelled against the Qin Dynasty and blocked the Beijiang Road. You have caused trouble for a long time. You are captured today. What else can you say?"

Mei Ao's eyes widened: "This is where my tribe has lived for generations, and I have promised to give way to you. You are rude, slaughtering my tribe members, taking them as slaves, insulting my ancestral spirit, and invading my land. Mei Ao If you can't bear it any longer and fight back, can this be called rebellion?"

"That's the past."

Heifu knocked on the scabbard and said: "Jia He did something wrong indeed. Now I have beheaded him. I came here to recruit the Mei family again. I heard that the Mei family has six thousand soldiers. Now that the city has been destroyed, we can only capture If you live with the old, weak, sick and disabled, are you willing to let them come out of the woods and surrender to our army?"

"Let them walk out and die?"

Mei Xuan shook his head: "I am the leader of the Mei clan. I will not let my clan members die just to save my own life. If you want to kill me, I will kill you."

"So, you still refuse to surrender?"

Mei Wei stared at Heifu's bun-cut hair and sneered: "I don't accept it. As a general, you actually used such deception. Doesn't it mean that Qin people regard buns as an honor? Since you will abandon honor. , How can I obey you?"

Hei Fu held up his palm and said: "Okay, this way, I won't use any tricks, and you won't run into the forest to avoid the battle. Don't cheat on either side. Then assemble the army and horses to fight the male and female together. You send people to call out all the tribesmen in the forest. How about coming out and facing off against three thousand of our troops outside the city?"

In terms of formation battle, how could the scattered Yue people be the opponent of the Qin army? Mei Rong knew that Hei Fu was trying to provoke him, so he immediately kept silent to avoid being fooled.

"It won't work either this way or that way."

Heifu showed a joking smile: "Do I have to put you back and have you captured and raped seven times before you are willing to accept it?"

Mei Yi was a little stunned and didn't understand at all. Hei Fu stopped talking to him and waved his hand:

"Take him down and lock him up first. He is such a good leader. He will not betray his own people. But I wonder if your people are equally loyal. If they see that you are about to be executed, will they rush out of the forest to save you?"

"you!"

This was to use him as bait on the fishhook. Mei Hao's eyes bulged and he was furious. After being dragged a few steps away, he shouted loudly:

"You black-faced man, if you want me to surrender, just hold swords and compete with each other without even wearing an inch of armor! If you can defeat me, I will surrender!"

Sword fighting is an ancient custom of the Yue people. In the land of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period, almost everyone carried a sword. If they disagreed, the two blades would intersect and fight to the death. The Mei family, like Dongou and Minyue, all claim to be the king of Yue, and they also have this custom.

It is said that the same is true in Jiangdong. Historically, Xiang Yu, who grew up in Kuaiji, once challenged Liu Bang to a duel...

King against king, general against general, it sounds fair, but if you think about it carefully, it is not embarrassing for a strong young man under thirty to fight against an old man in his fifties who is weak!

In the Central Plains, there is no such romance. Those who survive to the end are all old men.

Hei Fu and Lao Liu had the same reaction, laughing as if they had heard a joke:

"Qin is different from Yue. There are laws and regulations. If the official beheads, he will move. If the official is like this, what's more, as a prince? So I can only fight with your wits, not your strength."

Li Cang and others also sneered: "Of course, the general's rich body, how can he fight with you, a barbarian?"

Mei Yan couldn't stand the challenge. After being dragged down, his voice echoed in the distance:

"Are there no warriors in the Qin army?"

"Young barbarians dare to speak nonsense here. Who said there are no warriors in the Qin army!? You are so blind that you didn't see Naigong!"

A loud shout rang out, and someone strode over from outside the city. He was a great man eight feet tall. Even though he was a "Sima of the Other Department", he still had a double halberd on his waist, a beard all over his face, and a red birthmark on his face. When he was angry, , more and more obvious!

When Li Cang saw this person, his legs immediately trembled and he stepped aside.

The big man saw no one else in his eyes, so he walked forward, knelt on one knee in front of Hei Fu, and said loudly:

"Ting chief, let Ah Bao kill this rude piggy for you!"