Qin and Chu both suffered losses.

In Nanyi City, Mei Juan's life was not easy. Although under his strong urging, the Meiyue people retook the two city gates, Lin Shenhe's Changsha soldiers did not put down their weapons. They rushed in

They entered the home of a Meiyue tribe soldier and took hostages as a last-ditch resistance.

When it comes to ability, Changsha soldiers are much worse than Meiyue soldiers.

However, when it comes to scheming, Lin Shenhe is quite shameless. With his ruthlessness and strategy, he stood out from the crowd of rebels and grabbed the opportunity to take the top spot, facing Mei Yue, a powerful enemy.

, it is the time when he shows his skills to everyone and makes people convinced and follow him.

Meijuan threw himself into the trap and had no choice but to send an envoy to negotiate with Lin Shenhe.

The negotiation process was quite arduous and long. When the news of Jibu and Xiangzhuang's death on the banks of the Gan River outside the city came back to Nanyang City, Mei Juan and Lin Shenhe were still bargaining for their own interests.

During the first negotiation, Mei Juan unceremoniously gave an ultimatum to his opponent who had no idea who the leader of the Changsha soldiers' rebellion was. If the hostages were not released immediately and put down their weapons, all the Changsha soldiers would be buried alive and executed.

, and they had to be skinned alive, lit with sky lanterns, and cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.

If he had changed the target, he might have been frightened by Mei Juan, but Lin Shenhe was obviously difficult to deal with. Faced with Mei Juan's threat, he directly gave the envoy the heads of two elders Mei Yue.

In desperation, Mei Juan had no choice but to take a step back and agreed that the Changsha soldiers could safely leave Wuling after releasing the hostages. Next, the two sides negotiated back and forth over whether to release the hostages first or let the Changsha soldiers leave first.

, Lin Shenhe insisted on releasing only a few dozen unimportant women and children, while the other important elders and children had to wait until they returned to Lingling and Pangyi safely before releasing them.

Due to Lin Shenhe's restraint, Mei Juan could no longer pay attention to the movements of the Qin Army's vanguard. After losing General Ji Bu, the remaining Qin Army of about 2,700 people, with Luan Bu's support, came from Nanyi

The front line slowly retreated, and on the hills of Ganshui, on a high sunny slope, more than 3,000 Qin soldiers who died in the battle were buried in this foreign land.

They shed all their blood.

They left their lives in this unconquered land.

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The setback of Ji Bu's army set back the Qin army's momentum to move southward.

Summer is approaching in June.

That was the most difficult time to fight in the southern jungle. After Peng Yue received the news that Ji Bu had died in the battle, he was devastated. He immediately asked Chang'an for an order to temporarily stop the war in the south.

Chang'an City.

The entrance to Prince Shenwu's Mansion.

Quietly, the guard guards looked stern and patrolled the streets back and forth. Five or six war horses were already stationed at the door where they were holding horses.

"General, the war in the south is not going well. I heard that General Ji Bu also died in the battle. Is this true?" A young private soldier asked as he approached Lieutenant General Yang Yu who was leading the team.

"Guess what? The military and state affairs have to be taken care of by the adults. You and I just need to carry out the orders seriously. If you keep talking too much, be careful and let your kid feed the horse." Yang Yu glared and shouted in a low voice.

After returning from Hetao, Yang Yu and Zhou Ping did not leave like the former generals. Instead, they continued to follow Li Yuan. On the one hand, their abilities were not yet able to lead troops independently. On the other hand,

There were no major battles in Qin's northern border. As far as the Qin army's equipment on the border was concerned, it was enough to deal with other Xiongnu tribes such as Helianbi and Qiulijin.

In the palace.

Li Yuan was convening a meeting with important officials and generals who were staying in Chang'an to discuss the progress of the war in the south. Peng Yue's military intelligence report that the Qin army encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy at the Nanxi front line and the vanguard troops suffered heavy losses had already been sent along with Ji Bu's ashes.

They were sent to Chang'an City together. Yesterday, Li Yuan personally participated in the ceremony where Ji Bu's remains were buried in Leyouyuan Gaoqiu Cemetery. There, Ji Bu would not feel lonely. There were so many generals of the Qin Dynasty who would always accompany him.

Fight, throw your heads and shed blood together.

Xiang Zhuang’s death.

Let Canchu's last spiritual pillar no longer exist.

The obstacles to Qin's unification of the south were more concentrated on the Yue people. Among them, the Meijuan tribe in Wuling and the Wuzhu tribe in Fujian and Yue were the main opponents of the Qin army in the next stage.

"King Wu, our army suffered a setback this time. Firstly, it is not adaptable to the climate in the south. Secondly, multiple enemy forces have gathered together. Thirdly, the support from friendly forces is insufficient. During the period of Lu Jia, the Prime Minister of South Vietnam, in Chang'an

, had agreed to persuade Zhao Tuo to jointly send troops to attack Wuling after returning. However, these three months had passed, and the South Vietnamese Army had only increased garrison troops in the Longchuan area, and its troops had never set foot in Wuling. This allowed the enemy to

You can devote all your strength to attacking me——!"

When summarizing the war, both the Prime Minister Chen Ping, the Imperial Censor Li Zheng, as well as Zhang Han, Xin Sheng and other veterans who stayed in the court were all very indignant at the betrayal of South Vietnam.

Especially Zhang Han and Xin Sheng were furious. When Lu Jia arrived, he assured Li Yuan that Zhao Tuo was honest and upright and had the intention to return to the court. But now, it seems that they were all deceived by Zhao Tuo.

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Li Yuan was in a gloomy mood. Since the Qin army's southern expedition, he had never let go. The southern war was the first large-scale battle in which he completely let go of his subordinates to command the battle. In the first phase of the battle, Peng Yue should be said to be overall

The performance is still commendable. The only fault is that it was pushed too fast.

Eat a big fat man in one bite.

This is impossible. The Qin Army launched the southern expedition in March, and in order to end the war before the hottest weather at the end of June, all Qin Army units also rushed to prepare for the war. The vanguard troops even ignored whether the supplies and baggage at the rear could be supplied.

Following up, they continued to pursue southwards, which left a large gap between the front army and the central army.

The Battle of Ganshui.

The reason why Ji Bu's army fell into the predicament of fighting alone was because Peng Yue failed to rescue him and Luan Bu's reinforcements went all the way south. By the time they arrived at the battlefield five days later, everything had settled.

"King Wu, from the current point of view, the information we have about the South Vietnam Kingdom is far from enough. Zhao Tuo's intention, whether he wants to continue to be independent or to sincerely join us, Da Qin, needs to be clarified. Otherwise,

It is very likely that we will suffer a loss and be fooled again." Yan Le remonstrated with a gloomy face.

With the division of functions of the Military Intelligence Department, the matter of external intelligence spying has been handed over to Meng Hu. However, because the focus of the Qin State has always been tilted to the north, there is indeed a little less intelligence about the south, especially Lingnan, which has also caused

The Qin army had too few forces to rely on when fighting south.

"Lu Jia, please go to Lingnan again to find out what Zhao Tuo means. As for the reason, I, Li Yuan, am very angry and about to ask the South Vietnamese army why they have not launched an offensive against the Meiyue tribe.

, let’s hear Zhao Tuo’s answer. If Zhao Tuo avoids seeing you, don’t hesitate and just come back.” Li Yuan thought for a while and ordered.

Lu Jia nodded and said, "My subordinates will prepare the carriages and horses and set off early tomorrow morning."

Li Yuan turned to Meng Hu and said: "Meng Guowei, if Doctor Lu goes away, there may not be peace in South Vietnam. All your people must be mobilized to cooperate with this mission. In addition, for safety reasons, I

Let Captain Yang Yu lead a team of soldiers to escort Dr. Yu Lu and his party."

After the court meeting, all the officials left one after another. Li Yuan called Yang Yu in again and told him that safety was of paramount importance when he was on an envoy to another country. Lu Jia was now an important minister of the Qin State. He was on an envoy to Wusun and others.

He had also made great achievements among the countries in the Western Regions, and Li Yuan did not want to lose an effective subordinate because of a moment of negligence.

At the same time, Li Yuan still had a grudge against Zhao Tuo. When the Qin State was in danger, he only blocked the road for personal gain and refused to allow the southern Qin army to return to the Central Plains. He could not be classified in any way.

A type of people who are loyal and patriotic.

Back then, Zhao Tuo could betray Qin for profit.

But now, for his own selfishness, he will also disregard the Qin army's life and death.
Chapter completed!