Chapter 4 Snake War

On the night when the South Vietnamese army was defeated, volunteers led tens of thousands of remaining soldiers to retreat at night by secret paths and avoid Guilin!

The next day, after hearing the news, Fusu immediately launched a large army to advance to Guilin, intending to win the Siou first and then to other troops!

Ancient Guilin (not what is now Guilin) ​​is a small town built on the south bank of Tanshui. In fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is a large tribal gathering area than to say it is a large tribal gathering area. Because it is just a big mountain village gathered by a circle of fences, its scale and elegance are far from comparable to the Central Plains city, and even far inferior to the capital village of the Minyue Kingdom!

At this time, since the Xiou tribesmen in Guilin had already evacuated to the south of the Tanshui the day before yesterday, there were basically no people in the city except for tens of thousands of soldiers from the three tribes of Nanyue!

In the evening, in Guilin City, in the palace of Oulong, the King of Xiou (actually dozens of larger bamboo buildings), the volunteers of the King of Nanyue were waiting anxiously!

Since being defeated by the Qin army five or six days ago, the king of Xiou Ou, Oulong, disappeared into the vast forest with the crazy battle elephant, and there was no news for a while! Without Oulong, it was very difficult for volunteers to command the various troops of Xiou, and it was a bit unfair and unsatisfactory to command the people of Ouyue to continue to evacuate the war. Therefore, as soon as the volunteers retreated to Guilin, they immediately sent a large number of people to search for Oulong's traces!

Unfortunately, after searching for a few days, there was still no news. Instead, some soldiers died in the vast forest! For a moment, the volunteers couldn't help but feel a little frowning, and even had the intention to completely give up the land of Xiou and retreat to the Nanyue tribe to continue fighting!

Now, the Qin army has approached Tanshui and may advance to Guilin within two days. So if there is no news about Oulong today, the volunteers will order to retreat to the southeast early tomorrow morning and avoid the vast forest to deal with the Qin army!

Seeing that it was getting late, the volunteers were almost desperate. They were about to order whether the soldiers and civilians in Xiou were willing to follow or not, they should be prepared to retreat south. At this moment, a South Vietnamese soldier came to report excitedly: "Report to the king, Xiou king has found it!"

The volunteer was overjoyed and said, "Where is it?"

"Just outside, I was slightly injured, and the witch doctor is bandaging him!"

The volunteer hurried out of the bamboo house and saw a group of Xiou warriors surrounding Oulong, and a witch doctor was using herbs to treat his wounds.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for several days. Have you made me worry so much! Are you okay?" Yi hurriedly came forward and asked with concern!

Seeing this, Oulong quickly struggled and said, "Mong King was worried! That day, the war elephant went crazy and drove Xiao Wang for dozens of miles, rushing into the forest. At that time, Xiao Wang had only two trusted guards around him, and he did not dare to retreat with the primitive primitives. He was afraid that he would meet the Qin army, so he had to grop in the jungle and move towards the southwest! Although there were occasional obstacles along the way, he finally came back safely!"

"It's okay if my brother's injury is wrong?" The volunteer couldn't help but worry when he saw that Ou Long had scars on his arms and legs!

Oulong shook his head and said, "Fortunately, an arrow wound has not been penetrated into the flesh, and he was bitten by poisonous insects in the forest, and some scratches have been treated with herbs. There is nothing serious. You can recover after a few days of rest!"

The volunteer shook his head and said, "It's good if you have nothing to do! But the Qin army has approached the pond and see that it's about to cross the river and go straight to Guilin. I can't stay here anymore. I'm just trying to continue to retreat south, but the military and civilians of Xiou don't obey my orders, and I'm a little embarrassed!"

Ou Long hurriedly said, "Xiao Wang ordered my 200,000 troops in Xiou to retreat south with the king! Alas, Xiao Wang originally thought that it was easy to defeat the Qin army with the help of the war elephant. Unexpectedly, the Qin general Fusu was so powerful that he came up with a solution in just a few days! It seems that when we fight head-on, we are not his opponents, so we retreated to the jungle, use the advantage of the geographical advantage to deal with it, and then look for an opportunity to defeat the Qin people!"

The volunteer nodded solemnly and said, "I think so too! My brother has a good rest tonight. The army will set off tomorrow morning!" Oulong nodded and rested under the escort of the guards!

The next morning, the three tribes of the South Vietnamese army abandoned the ancient Guilin City and began to retreat to the Hongshui River (part of the Pearl River). There was a vast jungle and a paradise for the people of South Vietnam!

Two days later, the Qin army captured Guilin without bloodshed. After a little rest, they began to send out rebels everywhere to detect the enemy situation. In an instant, countless geographical and military information began to gather in a row to the general's tent. Ren Xiao, who was familiar with the situation in South Vietnam, began to work hard to classify and summarize for Fusu's reference!

At noon that day, Fusu, who was occupying the magpie's nest, and the generals were drinking spicy spirits in Oulong's spacious and gorgeous bamboo house, while eating fresh wild game. The browned and crispy meat fragrance filled the entire bamboo house, making the Qin soldiers who were guarding outside the door drool a little!

Fusu used a sharp dagger to cut open the roasted wild boar in front of him, chose the fattest part and ate it in big mouthfuls, and the other generals were also greedy for the delicacies in front of him. Of course, the eating style may not be very elegant, but for the soldiers, extensiveness is beautiful!

It was estimated that the generals were about to eat, but Fusu burped and said loudly: "Dear generals, is there anyone who is not sure about the enemy situation now?"

The generals shook their heads and said in a whimper: "No!"

Qiang Wei said angrily: "Those Nanyue people are cowards. Before the general recovered from his injury, they all hid in the forest!"

Li Xin was happy and said with a smile: "In the past, the people of South Vietnam had war elephants as their basis, so of course they were not afraid of us. Now the war elephants have been dispersed by the Lord. When will these South Vietnamese stay if they don't run away? You can't stand stupidly and let you beat them with a stick!" The generals laughed!

Qiang Wei also smiled a little disappointed and said, "That's true! But I really can't get out of this tone in my heart!"

Fusu wiped the dagger with the oil cloth beside him, regaining his shiny light, and smiled and said, "Why do you have to be angry with General Qiang Wei? You are afraid that there will be no chance to take revenge in the future!? Don't worry, the people of Nanyue hid in the jungle and didn't come out, so they thought I had no choice but to see how I would deal with them well!"

Ren Xiao also put down the dagger in his hand and said, "Your Majesty already has a clever plan? Why don't you tell me and let me wait!" Fusu smiled and said, "The South Vietnamese army wants to lead our army to the jungle to fight decisively. This is not the director of our Qin army. Fighting against him will inevitably suffer a great loss, so we must never be deceived! My intention is to immediately order the rest of the four ridges to mobilize 80,000 troops to form the Eastern Army, and cross the five ridges to attack Panyu. Panyu is the nest of the Nanyue tribe of the main body of the Nanyue Kingdom, and volunteers cannot not worry. Although the Nanyue tribe

There are at least 50,000 to 60,000 South Vietnamese troops left behind in the territory. By looking at the favorable terrain, our army may not win, but this army will at least make the volunteers anxious and gradually develop the idea of ​​a decisive battle with our main force. In this way, as long as our army is patient enough, we should be able to gain strategic initiative. This is the first move! The most important thing about this move is who should be the head coach of the 80,000 raids, so that it can not only ensure that the momentum is done big enough, but also not be defeated by the South Vietnamese army in a slight dilemma! Are there any suitable candidates for all generals?"

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this and began to ponder: "This requirement is not low. This general of the commander should at least have the ability to stand on his own, and must be bold and meticulous!"

Ren Qi frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, "Yes, I will recommend one person! This person's surname is Zhao Tuo. Although he is just a captain, he has never been a lie under his command and has a deep understanding of him! This person is young, brave, full of wisdom, and extremely patient in his work. It is most suitable for him to be the commander of this amazing soldier!"

"Zhao Tuo!?" Fusu was shocked: "In history, this person broke out in the Central Plains in the late Qin Dynasty. After Wu Guang's uprising, he followed the order of the Nanhai Wei Ren Xiao to block the Five Ridge Passage and held 500,000 elite Qin troops to be king according to Lingnan. He neither worked for the Qin Empire nor did he go against Qin! This person should be said to be a very talented, extremely independent, and never foolish and loyal person! He can indeed be used with it!"

While Fusu was thinking carefully, Li Xin frowned and said, "General Ren, Zhao Tuo is unknown and very young. He is a mere lieutenant. It is extremely inappropriate to let him serve as the commander of the 80,000 army! I'm afraid everyone will be dissatisfied!"

Fusu suddenly smiled and said seriously: "I have always trusted Ren Qing! Since Ren Qing said that Zhao Tuo is available, it must be correct! It doesn't matter if I am young, didn't I lead the troops to fight in my teens? It doesn't matter if the military post is low. I'll be even promoted to him two levels to become a commander! This is my order. I believe that all the generals of the Eastern Army will dare to accept it. In the future, when Zhao Tuo shows his abilities, the generals will not be dissatisfied!"

Ren Xiao was stunned when he heard this and said movedly: "Your Majesty trusts Ren Xiao so much, will the last general be unable to repay you!" Fusu said earnestly: "You and I are the masters, and I am the minister. In fact, I regard you as my friends, so why should you say these polite words!"

When the generals heard this, they were very moved and suddenly bowed and said, "I wish you to be tragic and die without any resentment!"

Fusu was secretly happy, but said hurriedly on his face: "Good up quickly, please, why should you be so polite! That's how Zhao Tuo was appointed as the general of the Eastern Army! " "Here!"

The generals returned to their seats, and Fusu smiled and said, "In addition, it doesn't matter that the South Vietnamese soldiers hid in the jungle. They always have to eat. To eat, they need food! As long as we seize the granary of the Xiou tribe, I see how long these South Vietnamese can stay hungry in the jungle!"

When the generals heard this, they were secretly happy and said to themselves: "The ideas we, the general, have come up with are really worse than the other!"

Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Even if the granary in Xi'ou is taken away, will the Nanyue people and Luoyue people quickly replenish supplies?"

Fusu smiled and said, "Don't worry about this! The Nanyue tribe was attacked by 80,000 troops from the east. I don't believe that they can transport much grain to the battlefield safely; let alone our army's troops far exceed those of the Nanyue people, wouldn't they rob along the way? In addition, the Xiou granary that our army is about to seize is called Longgu (Nanning Valley). This is a huge valley with beautiful mountains and rivers and abundant resources. It is the main grain producing area in Xiou. Moreover, the Longgu granary is facing Luo Yue across Xiangshui. As long as we seize this Longgu, Luo Yue will not be able to transport the grain if he wants to transport it!"

The generals were overjoyed and said, "Then we should set off immediately without further ado!" Fusu nodded and said, "It is not easy to seize the Dragon Valley. Please look at the sand table: From Guilin to Long Valley, from the south, it is not only a thousand miles away, but there are dense jungles everywhere, and there is also a big river - Hongshui River. This is the place where the three tribes of the South Vietnamese army appear. If our army passes through directly, it may be attacked by the South Vietnamese people. Not only will it be difficult to ensure safety, but its own food channels will also be cut off. In this way, the enemy will not starve to death, and we will starve to death first!"

Ren Xiao nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right, you can't pass through the forest! Finally, I thought that although the Xiou land is densely covered with mountains, the places close to the water flow will be flat and safer. Therefore, I did not recommend that the army can go south along the pond water, cross the Hongshui River, cross the place called Daming Mountain and attack Longgu! This will be much safer!"

Fusu nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too! Although the South Vietnamese army hiding in the nearby dense forests will not let us live, but after all, it is much safer than directly crossing mountains and forests; and part of our army's food and grass can also be transported from the pond water, while the other part can be replenished from the Hongshui River and the pond water. Although our army is a little troublesome, the food and grass will not be too dangerous. After all, it is safer to have a water army escort on the water!"

Li Xin nodded and said, "In this way, the South Vietnamese army hiding in the dense forest has only two choices: either watch our army swaying southward to attack Longgu, or show up obediently to fight our army! However, I think the South Vietnamese will not let our army move south with peace of mind, and I am afraid there will be no less trouble along the way!"

Fusu said lightly: "Let them take advantage of it! Anyway, it only takes half a month to complete the thousand-mile road at most. As long as we endure this half month, it will be our turn to show our might!" "Here!" The generals took the order!

Three days later, Fusuliu 30,000 troops guarded Guilin, strangled the Nanyue army to attack Lingqu, and then led more than 200,000 troops down the Tan River and headed straight for the Hongshui River.

Sure enough, as Fusu expected, the South Vietnamese were hiding during the day and attacking at night! Although the Qin army was closely guarded and sharply bowed and crossbowed, the South Vietnamese still made the Qin army uneasy at night with the help of familiar geography and flexible tactics. The Qin army was controlled by the general order and could only defend the camp at night and was never allowed to pursue, so they were all filled with evil fire!

In this way, under the constant harassment of the South Vietnamese soldiers, the Qin army headed straight to Longgu without any trouble or losses. The South Vietnamese army had no naval army, so they could only watch the Qin army's grain team continuously replenish the Qin army from the Tanshui and Lishui, watching the Qin army attacking its confidant-Longgu under its harassment!

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By the Hongshui River, in a dense forest at the foot of Heshan, tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers were stationed beside the stream, busy having a picnic.

Under an ancient tree with two people in the forest, volunteers, Ou Long and Luo Ying were besieging and discussing matters!

The volunteer said with a worrying look: "Brother Oulong, the original intention of the Qin people is now very obvious. They must have attacked Longgu! Longgu is now the main supply area for our army's military rations. If Longgu is lost, not only will our army lose most of the food and grass, but Luo Yue's food and grass will not be delivered. Relying on the transportation of our Nanyue tribe alone will not relieve the near thirst! Our army is in danger!"

When Ou Long heard this, he said angrily: "These Qin people are so cunning. They didn't even go into the jungle to fight with our main force. Instead, they just looked at our military food and grass and took the important places!"

Luo Ying sneered and said, "Where is a war? There is no reason to say! Now we are the Qin army and you are the ones who fight you. I am the ones who fight me. We must change this situation, otherwise our army may lose this war!"

The volunteer frowned and said, "We can't stop the Qin people by just harassing them. Brother Luo has always been resourceful, can we have a clever plan?"

Luo Ying thought for a while and said, "The only way to do this is to abandon this dense forest and find an opportunity to fight the Qin people!"

Ou Long sneered when he heard this: "Now our army has only 70,000 or 80,000 troops. We are fighting a decisive battle with more than 200,000 Qin people. Wouldn't we seek death?"

Luo Ying did not argue with Ou Long, and directly looked at the volunteers and said, "Big King, Xiao Wang's intention is this: our army will no longer harass the Qin people. The main force immediately moved south quickly to cross the Hongshui River, and then enter the Daming Mountains. The Daming Mountains are the only place for the Qin people to attack Long Valley. The terrain is dangerous, with high mountains and dense forests, so you can hold on! And now winter is about to pass, which is a great opportunity for snakes and insects to wake up from hibernation. At this time, snakes and insects are hungry and must be extremely cruel. Then Xiao Wang used the secret method of ancestral inheritance to drive a large number of snakes and insects to siege the Qin army, so that the Qin people will not be able to cross the Daming Mountains!"

The volunteer was overjoyed when he heard this, "There is only this method to keep Long Valley safe. Brother Oulong, what do you think?" Although Oulong has never dealt with Luo Ying very much, there is no better way now, so he had to nod!

The volunteer stood up and said, "Okay, come here, immediately order the army to go out of Heshan, cross the Hongshui River, and seize Daming Mountain. We will fight with the Qin people there!" "Oh! The king will win! The king will win..."

On this day, more than 200,000 Qin troops also advanced along the Tan River to the vicinity of Heshan. When they were about to build a bridge to cross the bridge, a sudden rebuke came to report: "I have found a large number of traces of crossing the river ahead. About two or three days ago, at least tens of thousands of people had just crossed the Hongshui River!"

"Oh! I'm going to order me, and the army immediately began to build a floating bridge and sent heavy troops to guard the surrounding area! Fang Tuo, please come and discuss matters!" "Here!"

After a while, Ren Xiao, Li Xin, Shi Lu, Qiang Wei and others arrived one after another. Ren Xiao said, "Your Majesty is summoned urgently, is there any important matter?"

Fusu nodded and said, "Just just now, I have reported urgently that two or three days ago, tens of thousands of people had just crossed the Hongshui River to the south! What do the generals think?"

Li Xin Daxu said, "So that's it. I said why did you calm down a lot in the past two days? There were not many South Vietnamese soldiers harassing you. It turned out that they were all going south!"

Ren Xiao frowned and said, "Have the enemy crossed the river and went south? Then he must have understood our army's intentions! It seems that he wants to intercept our army's way on the line of Daming Mountain and decide the outcome with our army!"

Fusu nodded and said, "I think so too. I just heard that the Daming Mountain is steep and there will be a fierce battle! If you win, you will severely damage the South Vietnamese army, take all the land of Xiou, and threaten the flanks of Luoyue and the South Vietnamese tribes. If you lose, you may not be able to cross the line!"

Shi Lu smiled and said, "Our army's strength is probably three times that of the Nanyue people. There should be no problem in capturing Daming Mountain!" Fusu nodded and said, "I hope this is the case!"

In Guangxi, more than three-quarters of the area is mountains and hills, with many rivers and few plains! This Daming mountainous area is the west wing of the central Guangxi mountain range. The straight line between the east and west is more than 100 kilometers, the straight line between the north and south is more than 20 kilometers wide, and about two or three hundred miles south is the Longgu Basin. The mountains along the way are really high, dense forests, and extremely steep!

At the Daming Mountain Area, at the foot of Longtou Mountain, more than 200,000 Qin troops were camping at the foot of the mountain!

The sharp voice appeared again: "I am Luo Yue Wang Luo Ying, who you Qin people want to get it faster! Poor Qin people, don't you know that you have stepped into the dead? If you want me to come out, you will talk to my treasures first and see if they agree!" As soon as the words fell, a sharp flute sound suddenly came from the miasma fog, and then there were no one knowing how many flute sounds were around the Qin army. Then the Qin army suddenly saw pink smoke rising everywhere in the green miasma fog!

Ren Xiao was shocked and said, "Please note that the red fog may be poisonous, don't get close to it!" In fact, it goes without saying that the Qin army also instinctively felt that the pink smoke was not a good thing, so they quickly avoided it and tightened the weapons in their hands nervously!

When humans face the danger of knowing the truth, their fear is completely instinct!

Just as the Qin army was extremely nervous and gradually retreating, a rustling sound suddenly came from the green miasma surrounding it. The sound was so strange that it suddenly made the Qin army feel a little uneasy! Then a strong fishy storm floated from the air, implying a powerful murderous aura!

When Ren Xiao heard this, he realized that something was wrong and shouted: "The whole army should pay attention to the feet and retreat according to the same path!"

Then, it was already late, and a few shrill screams suddenly sounded on the periphery of the Qin army: "Ah, poisonous snakes, so many poisonous snakes! Oh! Help!"

"What!? Viper snake!" The Qin soldiers were suddenly confused. When they thought of the terrible animals crawling all over the ground, the soldiers were a little worried! Immediately afterwards, a terrible scene that made the Qin soldiers wake up in their dreams appeared: in the blue miasma, large areas of quickly wriggling poisonous snakes rushed over from all directions, covering the entire ground. The colorful markings strongly declared to the Qin army that they were highly poisonous snake species!

For a moment, the vicious snakes were squirming happily, "Swirl..."

"Many poisonous snakes! Run!" Facing the enemy, the Qin army was brave, but facing these boundless poisonous snakes, the Qin army collapsed instantly and fled like crazy!

Qiang Wei was also numb. Originally, even if there were beasts like lions and tigers, Qiang Wei was not afraid at all. However, facing the poisonous snakes crawling all over the ground, Qiang Wei couldn't help but panic and said hurriedly: "General Ren, what should I do?"

Ren Xiao hurriedly said, "What else can I do? Escape quickly. Whether you can escape depends on our luck! Give it! This is the medicinal wine passed down by my family to avoid snakes and insects. This is the detoxification pill. Swallow it quickly!" Ren Xiao was also panicked and quickly pulled out a small gourd on his waist, sprinkled medicinal wine on himself and Qiang Wei, then stuffed a pill on each of them, and ran away under the escort of his personal soldiers!

"Hiss--!" Qiang Weifang didn't run two steps, and suddenly a green snake head poked out from the tree branch beside him, and rushed towards Qiang Wei's throat as fast as a flash!

The top of this snake is green, with a vertical pupil, a red neck, a clear neck, a grass-green back, and white lines on both sides of the body. It is one of the most famous poisonous snakes in China Z. White lips, bamboo leaves, green!

Qiang Wei was shocked. With his hands and eyes fast, he swung the mace and made a stick, which immediately smashed the white-lipped bamboo leaf green, the snake and the branches!
To be continued...