In the palace of Panyu, Zhao Huzheng was hesitant...,
On the other side, in Dongye City, the capital of the Minyue Kingdom, there was a different scene.
At this time, the powerful nobles and tribal leaders in Minyue gathered together.
"I am planning to attack South Vietnam today..." Luo Yue, the king of Minyue, said to the noble ministers in the palace: "This is our destiny!"
When the ministers in the palace heard this, they were all excited, and everyone raised their arms and shouted.
For the people of Fujian and Yue, the Heavenly Family of the Han Dynasty was their lucky star!
At the beginning, the four Yues were in a powerful position.
In this land of Minyue, in addition to the Minyue people, there is also a Yue kingdom, which is the Nanhai Kingdom.
Its king also came from the Luo family and was named Zhi.
This kingdom was registered by the Han Dynasty on the same day as Minyue and Donghai.
At the beginning, the Kingdom of Nanhai was located between Minyue and Nanyue. According to the edict of canonization by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, it also received Nanhai County in South Vietnam and part of the territory of Minyue now.
Although the strength is relatively small, just like the Dongou people in the past, they were purely created by the emperor of the Han Dynasty to monitor and intimidate the forces of Fujian, Vietnam and South Vietnam.
However, as time went by, the national power of the Nanhai Kingdom gradually increased and began to threaten the status of Fujian and Vietnam.
But at that time, the then King of Nanhai did a stupid thing to provoke the King of Huainan of the Han Dynasty, who was known as the "No. 1 Warrior in the World" at that time, and was pushed to the ground by the Huainan Army and beaten violently.
Huainan soldiers went straight into the territory of Nanhai Kingdom, destroyed the kingdom, and moved all its nobles and military leaders to Huainan territory.
At this point, the Nanhai Kingdom was destroyed, and its territory was annexed by Nanyue and Minyue respectively.
It was after eating the land and population of the South China Sea that Minyue's power could compete with South Vietnam and gain the strength of a regional hegemon.
Now, the emperor of the Han Dynasty wants to attack South Vietnam.
For the people of Fujian and Yue, this matter is like nectar from heaven!
All the Minyue nobles had only one idea in mind at the moment: follow the Han army, enter South Vietnam, grab money, food, and women. If possible, grab some territory for themselves.
"I have been ordered by the emperor to close all roads and checkpoints leading to South Vietnam!" Luo Yue said with a smile: "As long as Chang'an gives the order, I will lead my troops to personally conquer the Wudao Zhao family in South Vietnam.
Sir, are you willing to fight with me?"
Different from the centralized South Vietnam, when the Kingdom of Minyue was first established, its interior was filled with various hills.
There are even many powerful factions in the mountains, and they are also canonized by the Emperor of Chang'an.
For example, at the time of Yue Yanhou, Jianchou and so on, they were canonized by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. In addition, there were also mountains within the Minyue royal family. For example, the direct line of the ancestor Wu Zhu was once entrusted by Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty.
Lu Jia held the imperial edict and was granted the title of Lord Yao.
These powerful factions unite together and in Minyue, they can even ignore the royal family and do their own thing.
Therefore, in the Minyue Kingdom, even the king needs to have good relations with various mountains.
Otherwise, if people don't look down on you, you really can't do anything to these guys!
What's even more troublesome is that even if the royal family is powerful, it can suppress them and fight.
If you can't defeat him, you can run to the Han Dynasty and complain to the father of the Han Dynasty.
Looking back, the royal family still has to hold its nose and invite this old man back.
A typical example is the family of Yue Yanhou Wu Yang. His father was hung up and beaten by the late king. He couldn't survive, so he went to Chang'an to complain.
The late king was so embarrassed at the time that he had no choice but to admit his mistake and invite the old man back.
To prevent Fujian and Vietnam from repeating the mistakes of the South China Sea.
After the rise of Wu King Liu Bi, the power in Fujian and Yue became even more chaotic.
Some want to be self-reliant, some want to embrace the Han Dynasty, and some want to embrace Liu Bi.
These mountains fought with each other, and the king died from fatigue.
When Luo Yue became the king of Minyue, he learned the lessons of his predecessors and stopped fighting with these uncles. He concentrated on farming and developing the economy. In the past ten years, the power of the royal family has finally surpassed these mountains.
The King of Minyue can also live up to his name.
However, when it comes to sending troops to confront the South Vietnamese, the royal family still needs the support and cooperation of the mountaintops.
Fortunately, there was no objection at all within Fujian and Vietnam when it came to attacking South Vietnam.
For the people of Fujian and Yue, unifying the Three Yues is their common dream regardless of factions or positions.
Even if reunification is not possible, it would be fine if we could eliminate South Vietnam, the competitor that competes with us for the right to speak among the Vietnamese!
Even if they take a step back, as long as they can create obstacles for the South Vietnamese, the Minyue people will be happy to do so.
So, not surprisingly, the troops of the Minyue Kingdom began to gather on the border of South Vietnam.
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South Vietnam, Royal Palace of Panyu City.
Zhao Tuo, King of South Vietnam, lay on the couch and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
As a politician who has gone through countless ups and downs, Zhao Tuo is still very smart despite his old age.
"Emperor of the Han Dynasty, this is Xiangzhuang's sword dance and his ambition is Peigong..." Zhao Tuo said to his prime minister Lu Jia: "Everyone in the country should not panic. As long as I am here, there will be no chaos in the country of Nanyue!"
Zhao Tuo still has this confidence.
He ruled South Vietnam for decades, benevolent to all the tribes of Baiyue, used swords and harems to win over and unite various factions in the country, and restrained officials with Qin laws, so that as long as he lived, the unity and stability of South Vietnam were guaranteed.
Even if the Han Dynasty really raises troops to attack, he is not afraid.
There are natural dangers in the Wuling Mountains and the climate is a big killer.
The elite of the Northern Kingdom of the Han army, no matter how many came, died.
At least they will get sick as many times as they come!
At that time, during the period of Empress Lu, the elite Han army commanded by the famous general Zhou Zao defeated the South Vietnamese army, but they themselves were also beaten by the heat and disease, and could only return to the court in despair.
Even back then, under Ren Xiao, he led the elites of the Qin Dynasty to open up the wilderness.
The heroic lions of Great Qin were also helpless against the local scorching heat and heat.
For a period of time, my comrades in the army fell ill at the rate of an entire unit.
It cannot be said that the emperor of the Han Dynasty could really cast a spell to change the yin and yang of heaven and earth and change the climate?
If that were the case, Zhao Tuo would have gone to Chang'an immediately without saying a word, hugging the emperor of the Han Dynasty's lap and offering all his loyalty.
Moreover, Zhao Tuo himself did not really believe in certain legends.
I always feel like there's something wrong here.
Think about how powerful the First Emperor was back then?
He really has millions of troops in his chest and his ambitions are as high as heaven and earth. Even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are inferior to him in terms of strategy and ambition.
Such an emperor could not drive ghosts and gods to communicate with heaven and earth, and he had to be played by Xu Fu.
How virtuous and capable is the current little emperor of the Han Dynasty, so that God and the gods can choose him instead of the First Emperor who once ended the melee among the nations, unified the world, made cars run on the same track, and wrote books with the same text?
Thinking of the First Emperor, Zhao Tuo also sighed.
Back then, he and Ren Xiao came to this barbaric land of Baiyue on the orders of the First Emperor to open up territory for the Qin Dynasty and establish counties and counties.
Unexpectedly, after Xianyang's resignation, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes.
First, the First Emperor died on the southern patrol road. Then Zhao Gao and Li Si teamed up to tamper with the First Emperor's edict and killed Prince Fusu. They also ordered the death of General Meng Tian.
Finally, the great Qin Dynasty came to an end.
As long as one of these two things did not happen, I am afraid that he is still a member of the Qin army.
Is it a general? Or a great general?
Yang may be like the Marquis of Wu'an. The rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, and the bird is hidden behind the bow?
Zhao Tuo didn't know.
Zhao Tuo stood up, looked at Lu Jia, and said: "I am only worried about one thing now..."
Zhao Tuo turned his gaze to the south.
That's where Minyue is.
"The Fujian and Yue people may take advantage of the situation and rob them. These thieves have always been so individual..."
Lu Jia also nodded when he heard this. It can be said that the South Vietnamese did not have the slightest favorable impression of Minyue, their neighbor.
It’s not because there was an emperor of the Han Dynasty suppressing the situation above, Fujian, Vietnam, and South Vietnam had already begun to attack.
At this moment, a eunuch hurried in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the border. The Minyue people have closed all checkpoints and roads, and have also mobilized troops to gather at the border!"
Zhao Tuo and Lu Jia were shocked when they heard this!
They are not afraid of the Chinese soldiers because they have the two treasures of good location and good timing.
As the saying goes, the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.
Since ancient times, in battles, if the right time, place, and people are in place, you already have the capital to fight. If you get the second, you can create miracles. If you get the third, you will naturally be invincible.
Nowadays, compared with China, South Vietnam's national strength is naturally much inferior.
However, relying on the right time and place, defending according to dangers, and fighting a war of attrition, China will inevitably not be able to afford it, and the cost will be too high, so it can only withdraw its troops like Zhou Zao did.
The best thing to do is to apologize afterwards and give some more money and silk to make Emperor Chang'an look better.
But if the Fujian and Yue people join in, things will be very bad.
First of all, the Fujian-Vietnam army, like the South Vietnamese army, is not afraid of the scorching heat.
Fujian and Vietnam may be a little hotter than South Vietnam.
Secondly, everyone grew up in the mountains, rivers and rivers, so there is no problem of acclimatization or difficulty in marching.
Once the Fujian-Vietnamese army comes over, there is no need for the Han army to enter the battlefield. Chang'an only needs to be a good wet nurse from behind and keep brushing bu, and the Min-Vietnam army will be on par with the South Vietnamese army.
What is even more troublesome is that the military discipline of the Minyue people is extremely corrupt, and burning, killing, and looting are common.
If Fujian and Yue are allowed to invade, there will be no grass growing wherever they pass.
Even if Minyue is defeated afterwards, South Vietnam will still be in ruins.
Zhao Tuo spent his whole life farming in South Vietnam, building canals, digging wells, and digging roads in mountains. He was not there to be destroyed by the Minyue people!
Not to mention, it is impossible for the Han army not to end.
The fleet of building ships went down to Guangling, the soldiers from Changsha left Meiling and passed the five passes. The Fujian and Vietnamese came from the south and joined forces at the foot of Panyu City.
At that time, the Nanyue ancestral temple, the country, and the people will all fall into hell!
"Go and tell your grandson immediately and obey the imperial edict immediately..." Zhao Tuo said immediately.
"No!" The eunuch accepted the order and left.
Zhao Tuo looked at Lu Jia, who was somewhat unconvinced and reluctant, and comforted him: "Prime Minister, I know you are unhappy, but the current situation is like this..."
"The Prime Minister went down to prepare, pack the luggage for me, and then drafted a memorial to report to Chang'an. He said: Tuo, the great elder of the barbarians in South Vietnam, is fortunate to be wrongly loved by Emperor Gao. Emperor Taizong favors me. He does not treat me as despicable. He has repeatedly received favors and rewards. Now I will
The old man Tuo wants to tie a ring with grass in his head and go to the Emperor of Chang'an to visit the tomb of Emperor Gao, Emperor Taizong, and pay homage!"
"Your Majesty!" Lu Jia immediately jumped up and tried to dissuade him: "Your Majesty! The Longtan Tiger's Den in Chang'an, if Your Majesty goes, I may not be able to return my worries!"
Zhao Tuo laughed and said: "Prime Minister, there is no need to say more. Do you know that this is not the case? It's just..."
Zhao Tuo sighed: "Now the country is in turmoil, the mountains and rivers are in turmoil, and for the sake of the ancestral temple and the country, I have to do this!"
Zhao Tuo knew very well how powerful the enemy he faced was.
He is not blind, so he doesn't know what is going on. What kind of power is behind this incident?
He is a Qin general and is very familiar with this kind of power.
Back then, what did the generals of the Qin army not do in order to gain military glory?
If you say you are guilty, you are guilty!
I follow the king's orders to punish the people and abandon their weapons and surrender. I can protect my wealth!
Even most of the time, Qin Jun didn't even bother to find an excuse and just came to the door first. What can you do?
Fortunately, today's Han Dynasty is not Qin Dynasty.
No matter how much the Emperor of the Han likes war and expansion, he still has to care about face and appearance.
He won't be as dishonest as Qin. He insists on beating him to death even though he's already kneeling down.
and……
Zhao Tuo turned his attention to the north.
Where is his hometown. There are the graves of his clan ancestors.
The ritual said: The fox dies at the head of the hill.
Chuci said: When a bird flies back to its hometown, a fox will always be on a hill when it dies.
Among all the people of Xia, who has no desire to return to his roots after falling leaves?
He is over ninety years old this year, and it has been decades since he followed Ren Xiao, commanded the army to conquer Vietnam, and left his hometown and Xianyang for decades.
Many nights, he dreamed back in the middle of the night, dreaming of the peach trees in his hometown blooming and the willows fluttering. He couldn't help but burst into tears and took a long breath to cover his tears.
At this moment, Zhao Tuo's homesickness was growing like wild weeds in midsummer.
"After I left, the Prime Minister tried his best to assist his descendants, govern the country, recuperate, and work hard to govern!" Zhao Tuo held Lu Jia's hand and said: "In the mountains and rivers of South Vietnam, I have entrusted you to the Prime Minister. I hope that the Prime Minister will remember him for decades.
The love of a monarch and his ministers, taking care of his descendants and the country for me!"
Lu Jia listened, with tears streaming down his face. He knelt down and kowtowed three times and said: "Your Majesty's kindness in knowing you will never be forgotten for the rest of my life. Although I am not a Chinese, I know that the so-called scholar dies for his confidant. Your Majesty has treated me as a national scholar for decades."
, I must report to Your Majesty as a national scholar. Emperor Yu is above, and the ancestors of Baiyue have jointly testified: I, Lu Jia, am willing to look after the country of South Vietnam for Your Majesty from generation to generation. Even if I die a hundred times, I will not regret it. Even if the sea is dry and the rocks are rotten, I will not change my original intention. No matter who, if you want to
To subvert the South Vietnamese state, you must first step over the corpse of your minister!"
Looking at Lu Jia, Zhao Tuo was silent for a while, and then said: "I have to meet my beloved. This life is enough for me..."
Then, Zhao Tuo gave an order to the attendants on the left and right, saying: "Transmit the order, first the king's coffin and the generals' coffins..."
He looked to the north and said, "I want to take them home!"
Seventy years ago, he and Ren Xiao, together with 500,000 soldiers, generals and immigrants, came here to open up the wilderness under the orders of the First Emperor.
Now, all the brothers and sisters from back then are dead.
The last Sima of the Qin Army died twenty years ago.
Zhao Tuo tried his best to return the coffins of these people to their hometowns through various channels in accordance with their last wishes.
However, the coffins of hundreds of people are still parked in the cemetery, with no day to return home.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raised an army, I repaired my spear and spear. I share the same hatred with you..." Zhao Tuo whispered in Qin opera and sang this military song that they sang when they went on the expedition:
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I am in the same boat with you. The king raised an army and repaired my spear and halberd. I will work with you..."
He seemed to see the crown of the First Emperor in the main hall of Xianyang, moving in the calm wind, and the black dragon flag of the Qin Dynasty fluttering in the wind.
"I order you to serve Baiyue from far away and expand the southern frontier!" The voice of the First Emperor was so loud and confident that all the officers and soldiers who heard it felt admiration in their hearts.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I wear the same clothes as you. The king raised his army and repaired my armor. I went with you..."
He remembered that evening.
The messenger from Xianyang brought the bad news.
"The First Emperor passed away..."
The army was in disarray, and the soldiers and civilians were in tears. To the conquering army at that time, the death of the First Emperor was as if the sky had collapsed.
He recalled that when the first captain was dying, he held his hand and said: "Chen Sheng caused chaos and the country was overthrown. The second generation is too stupid to be a master. Xiang Yu and Liu Ji are heroes in the world. After I leave, you will bear the responsibility of this expedition."
The lives and fortunes of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the larger army are very important. We should act immediately and cut off the roads and canals to stop the Chinese military chaos. Moreover, Panyu has to bear the dangers of mountains and seas, thousands of miles from east to west. If you can get it, you may become the lord of a state, or even aspire to the throne.
The world is also unknown..."
"Cultivation of my armor..." Zhao Tuo murmured, "Come with me!"
The military song was loud that day, but now only one person is left
"It's time to go home..." Zhao Tuo said in a low voice in a certain direction: "Xian Duwei, Huang Tu's hegemony, the hero of the world, in the end, is just a cup of loess. Did Xian Duwei have already
Did you expect this result?"
"It's ridiculous that I haven't seen through it until now..."
"Now, Zhao Tuo is going to take you home..." (To be continued.)
ps: I feel like this chapter is well written.
Of course, Zhao Tuo has been beautified.
But this is normal, because I personally like this ancestor who opened up Guangdong and Guangxi and brought Chinese civilization to the local area.
In my opinion, his historical status should be the same as Jiang Taigong. For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piotian.net
