South of Chu State, the land of Baiyue, the Kingdom of Minyue.
Nearly a hundred years ago, the Yue Kingdom, once a powerful overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period, was in a state of internal chaos and disputes after the death of King Gou Jian of Yue. The government was in chaos, political darkness, and social unrest. Three generations of Yue kings were killed.
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The hegemony of the Yue Kingdom in the past has gradually faded away.
Until the reign of Wujiang, the last king of Yue, the state of Chu took advantage of the chaos in Yue and sent troops to attack. The state of Yue collapsed, and all the old lands of Wu were lost. Wujiang lived up to his name and really lost his territory, and by the way he also lost his life.
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The Yue royal family fled in all directions and were scattered throughout Lingnan.
Since Wujiang has not established a heir, none of his sons are willing to submit to others. No one wants to be subordinate to others, so they simply establish their own kingdoms, either as kings or as kings.
Among them, the Minyue Kingdom was a country jointly established by Wujiang's eldest son and local tribes.
By the way, the original Baiyue Kingdom, also known as the Dongou Kingdom, which had been swallowed up by the Chu Kingdom, was founded by the second son of Wujiang.
Back to the topic, in the northeastern part of the Minyue Kingdom, a group of soldiers were cleaning the battlefield.
In the humid and hot mountain forest, there were about a thousand corpses lying scattered. The soldiers cleaning the battlefield plundered the valuable military supplies, and all the corpses were taken away and burned collectively elsewhere.
What is more surprising is that many of these corpses look strange. Some are colorful and seem to have been poisoned, some are swollen and white as if they have been soaked in water, and some are burned to a crisp.
, the death was tragic and bizarre.
Not far from the battlefield, on the edge of a stream, a military camp was being set up in full swing.
The military camp being built belongs to Tianze's troops.
After making the decision to go south, Tianze launched several more attacks and disruptions against the Chu army to confuse them, and after grabbing some useful military supplies, he led his army back to the borders of the Minyue Kingdom.<
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The national boundaries of the Baiyue Kingdoms are actually very blurry. After all, they don't even have a city, and they still have a political power structure governed by tribes.
It's basically a smaller version of the Zhou Dynasty.
Of course, they are also engaging in new things like centralized power that keep pace with the times. The power of the King of Minyue is relatively large, and he also holds absolute military power, but he has no control over the internal decision-making of each tribe under his jurisdiction.
Too much interference power.
Tianze's invasion process did not change the basic structure of the Baiyue regime.
He did not directly destroy all the tribes along the way, but gave them the choice of loyalty. As long as they were willing to switch to him, the new king, then everyone would continue to live and work in peace and contentment.
As for those ignorant tribes, Tianze would naturally not hold back and wiped them all out, in order to get a piece of land directly under his own control.
And his aggressive behavior naturally attracted the attention of Wu Zhu, the contemporary King of Minyue.
Naturally, Wu Zhu knew something about Tianze, the deposed prince of Baiyue who, like him, was a remnant of the Yue Kingdom, and knew that this guy had been at odds with the Chu Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, he gave up on the Chu State and started targeting Minyue.
If he just came here to plunder, Wu Zhu could still turn a blind eye. After all, there is no benefit in confronting this kind of guerrilla regime in exile.
However, Tianze's behavior is obviously intended to split the territory of his Minyue Kingdom, which cannot be tolerated.
He immediately sent out five thousand troops, vowing to push Tianze directly back to Dongou territory.
Then... it failed completely as expected.
However, the Baiyue people's army was indeed powerful. Wei Zhuang started with a great advantage of encirclement and surprise attack, but in the end he only captured more than a thousand heads, and several hundred more were added to his own side.
The main force of Wu Zhu's troops also managed to escape.
Overall, Tianze gained a lot from this first confrontation with the King of Minyue.
The most important significance is that he truly demonstrated his strength and showed that he has the ability to compete with others.
Only in this way can those tribes with wandering minds truly surrender to him, instead of surrendering on the surface while plotting to stab him secretly.
At the same time, with this battlefield as the boundary, about a quarter of the territory in the northeastern part of the Minyue Kingdom has officially fallen into Tianze's pocket.
By the way, a considerable part of this land belonged to the former Baiyue Kingdom, but after it was destroyed, the Minyue Kingdom took the opportunity to occupy a piece of it.
The value of these lands was not very high to the Chu State, so they did not care about it with the Minyue State.
Now it can be considered... the property has been returned to its original owner?
It doesn't matter, Tianze doesn't care, he never hides that his purpose is to seize the territory, which is an act of aggression without justice.
In the camp that has not yet been completely built, Tianze is holding a banquet to reward his troops.
However, Han Fei and others did not participate. Instead, they met together in a tent to discuss the matter of quicksand.
Han Fei, Wei Zhuang, Mo Ya and Bai Feng are all here.
"They say the Yue people are fierce, and they are well-deserved. Brother Wei Zhuang, you personally led the troops but you didn't even get a big advantage." Han Fei, wearing a thin silk dress that looked cool, was commenting on the previous war while drinking wine. p>
Although spring has just begun, the weather here is already hot enough that Han Fei is not even willing to wear a coat.
Wei Zhuang looked coldly and analyzed, "The combat effectiveness of the Minyue army exceeded my expectations."
"Although their armaments lag behind those of the Central Plains, they are mature enough, and coupled with their own bravery, they are enough to wipe out the heavily armed Tianze tribe."
Han Fei sighed lightly and added, "The most important thing is that the geographical location is not on our side."
"I now fully understand how bad the environment in Baiyue is!"
Snakes and insects, poisonous miasma, swamp undercurrents, and all kinds of dangerous environments can be seen everywhere in the Baiyue Land, and the farther south you go, the more harsh and unbearable the mountains and rivers become.
Even Tianze Buqu, who was born in Dong'ou, was influenced by this land of Fujian and Yue.
This was just the Minyue Kingdom, and Han Fei already felt that this was not an environment in which humans could survive. He could hardly imagine how the people of Nanyue, Xiou and other countries in Lingnan lived.
The environment can be said to be the core factor why Wei Zhuang failed to achieve sufficient results.
He couldn't even find a suitable enough ambush area.
After sighing, Han Fei smiled at Mo Crow on the side, "Thanks to the intelligence of Brother Mo Crow and Brother Bai Feng, otherwise this battle would be even more troublesome."
Mo Ya cupped his hand and said, "You're welcome, Ninth Young Master, Mo Ya is responsible for that."
Then he reported, "Baifeng and I have found out that the defeated army under the command of the King of Minyue has withdrawn to camp near a mountain range one hundred and fifty miles away."
"Their vitality is not damaged, I'm afraid they will regain their strength and make a comeback soon."
Han Fei swung his wine glass indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter."
"With Brother Wei Zhuang and Brother Mo Ya here, they will be defeated even if they come here ten times."
