The tribes in South Vietnam, under the leadership of Li Xuan, completely changed their fighting style.
Directly taking advantage of the nomadic tribe's advantages, attacking from all directions.
Moreover, they used the tactics of coming and going without a trace, and retreated before Zhou's army could gather.
Let Zhou's army be unable to capture anyone at all.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty also had cavalry, the cavalry was not the main force of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
And compared with the tribes who have been living a nomadic life in the south, the cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty is really not that powerful.
In other words, the cavalry of the Red Flame Army can compete with them.
But there are not many cavalry in the Red Flame Army.
Lizhu didn't dare to let it out easily, just in case she was trapped in a tight siege.
No matter how powerful the Red Flame Army is, they will probably be wiped out.
Lizhu doesn't want to gamble with her Red Flame Army.
But in this case, South Vietnam would have a considerable advantage.
It's completely a way of accumulating small victories for big ones. Every harassment will cause hundreds of casualties on Da Zhou's side.
If you do this several times a day, it will result in thousands of casualties.
If things continue like this, the casualties in the Great Zhou Dynasty will gradually accumulate to tens of thousands.
This is not a good thing for Dazhou.
What worries Lizhu the most is Li Xuan’s main force.
These days, Lizhu has not found Li Xuan's main force on the battlefield.
The people who fought against Lizhu and the others were all men from other tribes, and Li Xuan's main force seemed to have disappeared.
When the two sides fought, the opponent's main force disappeared directly on the battlefield.
This is definitely not a good thing.
Naturally, Lizhu immediately reported the matter to the court, and at the same time reminded the court to be careful about the internal affairs of the Zhou Dynasty.
Although due to the geographical location of South Vietnam, if you want to enter Dazhou, you can only take the frontal route.
Not only are there mountains on both sides, but the most important thing is that there are often monsters in the mountains on both sides.
It is not that easy to pass through such a dangerous zone.
Although it is said that if there is an expert leading the team, the risk will be less.
But if there is really a master leading the team, then the movement in the mountains and forests will definitely not be small.
In this way, Dazhou will naturally know their itinerary.
Lizhu has always had people monitor the situation in the mountains and forests twice.
There has been no movement until now.
Although there was no movement, Li Zhu was still worried.
For this reason, we have continuously submitted memorials to the court, hoping that the court can take this matter seriously.
Qin He naturally attached great importance to the memorial handed over by Li Zhu.
This was not just because Lizhu had beaten him, but also because Qin He knew Lizhu’s ability to lead troops.
Prince Yan’s ability to lead troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty is definitely worthy of being number one.
Now that Prince Yan is gone, Li Zhu is the well-deserved number one in Dazhou.
Especially when it comes to judgment on the battlefield, even Prince Yan praised Lizhu for being very talented and very forward-looking.
Many things can be thought of in front of Prince Yan.
Therefore, Qin He will definitely take the memorial handed over by Li Zhu very seriously.
Qin He directly ordered all the prefectures and counties near South Vietnam to be on strict alert and report any suspicious phenomena as soon as possible.
At the same time, all state capitals and counties must begin to strengthen their city walls.
Make sure that your city walls and the food in the city can withstand for at least three months.
Qin He indeed paid great attention to it, but those states and counties near South Vietnam did not implement it so well.
Especially when they knew about the great victory ahead, coupled with their inherent understanding and impression of South Vietnam, they felt that unless the front was broken, there would definitely be no problems in their rear.
It is this kind of laziness and lazy thinking that directly leads to big mistakes.
Li Xuan's army passed through numerous obstacles and fought directly out of the mountains.
Everyone who comes out of it is like a real savage.
I have been wandering around the mountains for more than ten days in a row, facing all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and ants every day. Food and accommodation can only be found in the mountains, unlike savages.
However, this kind of dedication has very obvious results.
They managed to get out, even though there were only 10,000 people.
But Li Xuan personally led the team of 10,000 people, and there was also Li Xuan’s teacher in the team.
These ten thousand people can be said to be the elite among the elite and the main force among the main forces.
One night attack successfully captured a county town.
In just one night's effort, a county town was captured by Li Xuan.
After conquering the county seat, Li Xuan only took away the supplies he needed. The remaining grain in the granary, as well as other food and utensils, were all burned by Li Xuan.
Li Xuan came with 10,000 people, not to occupy territory.
He brought these ten thousand people mainly for destruction.
Destroy these cities in the Zhou Dynasty as much as possible and burn all the grain and food.
Let Lizhu and his army on the front line be deprived of food, and at the same time cause a huge storm inside the Great Zhou Dynasty.
After the rescuers arrived, Li Xuan and the others had successfully captured a county town.
Still chose the same method, burning all the grains and grains in one go.
Everything that could be burned in the city was set ablaze.
For ten consecutive days, seven county towns were captured.
Seven county towns were captured, but not many people died.
But the impact was really huge.
All the cities were burned down by the fire, and not a single grain of food was left.
Directly turning all the people in the city into refugees.
Such a huge flow of refugees naturally disrupted the entire South Vietnam.
Lizhu heard such a report on the front line and was so angry that she smashed a table.
"Are these a bunch of idiots! The imperial court has ordered them to guard and defend the city. How could they be able to break through the city in just one night?"
"All county magistrates whose cities are captured should be beheaded!"
After venting her anger for a while, Lizhu also understood that venting like this had no effect.
Things have already happened, and there is no point in thinking about these things.
She now faces two choices. The first is to take her main force back to chase Li Xuan's main force.
But Li Xuan's main force only has 10,000 people, and now there are refugees everywhere, so it is not difficult for them to hide.
Moreover, these ten thousand people are all cavalry, and he must lead the cavalry to catch up.
But if you are weak and lead people away, then the next frontal battlefield, although it will not be a rout, will definitely become a situation where you lose more and win less.
If they are told that there is chaos in the rear, there may even be problems with their supplies.
It's only a matter of time before a mutiny breaks out.
Of course, there is a second way. The second way is for Lizhu to take his main force and take the initiative to attack now and sweep across the entire tribe in South Vietnam.
Although they still adopted guerrilla tactics, it was difficult for Lizhu to catch the opponent.
But they also have food and grass, and their tribes also have settlements and settlements.
Lizhu only needs to attack their footholds and settlements. Lizhu does not believe that their people will not come back to rescue them.
Although this method is a bit ungrateful, this is a battlefield, and it is not a place where martial ethics are important.
If we talk about martial ethics, the people of Zhou Dynasty may become the slaves of these barbarians.
By then, these savages may not be able to talk about martial ethics with Zhou.
And there is another advantage to doing this, that is, if Lizhu moves quickly enough.
Then Li Xuan will have to come back.
Without Li Xuan as the backbone of the South Vietnamese tribes, their defeat would only be faster.
After a brief decision, Lizhu chose to compete with Li Xuan in speed.
See who can destroy the other faster.
It is Li Xuan who can mix among the refugees and destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty faster.
It was Lizhu who led the main force and destroyed these tribes faster.
For this reason, Lizhu simply ignored the imperial court's order to send troops back for rescue.
I will not accept the order of the foreign king.
What's more, it was the military order given by Qin He.
Lizhu directly issued an order for a full-scale attack, and at the same time dispatched the Red Flame Army to directly attack the settlements of those tribes based on the information given by the spies of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As long as we can force those tribesmen to return for reinforcements, we will then use superior force to deal with those who return for reinforcements.
Now it's a competition of speed.
Just to see who can destroy the other faster.
After Li Zhu destroyed a tribe, Li Xuan also got the news.
After receiving the news, Li Xuan sincerely admired the courage of Li Zhu, a princess who was not inferior to men.
To be honest, Li Xuan himself has thought about what he would do if this was the case.
His choice is the same as Lizhu's.
But he is different from Lizhu. Lizhu is the princess of Zhou Dynasty, and he is the king of South Vietnam.
As a king, he can make choices that do not go against his own heart.
But as the princess of Dazhou, Li Xuan felt that Lizhu had many things to consider.
The first is the issue of military orders. Disobeying military orders is a crime of beheading. Even the princess may not have an easy time.
Secondly, as the princess of Dazhou, she also has to consider the reaction of the people of Dazhou.
Although he wreaked so much destruction in the rear, he didn't kill many civilians.
However, the number of refugees caused has also reached an extremely destructive number.
But now the princess of Dazhou, even though she is clearly capable of rescuing, does not choose to rescue, but continues to fight in depth.
What kind of impression will such a princess leave on the people?
Based on the above two points, Li Xuan's judgment is that Lizhu will definitely return to defense.
But now Lizhu has made a completely different judgment than him.
"Speed up the speed. We must destroy at least one city in Da Zhou before Princess Lizhu." Li Xuan gave the order to his subordinates.
Counties are generally relatively small. An average county has a population of more than a thousand, which is considered very large.
But Fucheng is different. Fucheng has a population of at least tens of thousands.
If a city is destroyed, the noise will be really big.
But it is not easy to destroy a city.
No matter the height or the strength of the city walls of Fucheng, no county can compare with them.
In addition, there are not many defenders on the county side, but there are thousands of defenders on the Fucheng side.
Although Li Xuan has ten thousand people, these ten thousand people are cavalry.
Using cavalry to attack a city with tall walls is definitely asking for death.
If you don’t wait, you may have become a living target.
Therefore, Li Xuan's method is to drive away the refugees and let them seek asylum in Fucheng first.
Then when Fucheng opens the door, he will lead his troops and rush directly into Fucheng.
Of course, he didn't need to think about the refugees blocking the door.
It’s not like they are their people anyway, just rush in.
The city that Li Xuan chose is called Ding'an Mansion, and the current governor of this city is the spy leader who successfully brought back intelligence from South Vietnam.
Being able to become the governor of a government is absolute real power.
And it is still in such a border area, so it is even more of a position of real power among the real powers.
The most important thing is that now is the time when the two sides are fighting, and it is really easy to make meritorious deeds.
When the time comes, after you have made meritorious deeds, you will definitely rise to the top with your merits and rise all the way up.
Becoming Qin He's true right-hand man is only a matter of time.
Li Xuan didn't know this.
Under his operation, all the refugees were driven to the vicinity of Ding'an Mansion.
Under the leadership of Chen Tao, Ding'an Mansion had already re-reinforced the city wall in accordance with the imperial court's orders and at the same time stockpiled enough food for a year.
When seeing so many refugees appearing, the person responsible for defending the city was not good at making suggestions, but went directly to find Chen Tao.
When Chen Tao came to the city wall and saw so many refugees gathering underneath Ding'an City, he instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
Seven county towns have been captured. If there are refugees, they are probably about two to three thousand people.
And now there are two to three thousand refugees gathered at the gate of Ding'an City.
In other words, all the refugees have gathered here in Ding'an City.
If there is no problem here, then it is really a ghost.
Seeing a large number of refugees kneeling below, the captain guarding the city also asked Chen Tao if he wanted to allow the refugees to enter the city.
Chen Tao took a look at the seemingly quiet place in the distance, then looked at the refugees below, and said directly to the captain: "Pour the food off the city wall and tell them that Ding'an City will not open. Also tell all the refugees,
Let them scatter and flee for their lives. If they gather together, no city will open the door to them."
Although the captain didn't understand what Chen Tao was doing, Chen Tao was the chief official of this city, and he would do whatever he said.
According to Chen Tao, the captain led his men to dump the food off the city wall, and at the same time shouted to the refugees below, telling them that Ding'an City had been sealed off and would not be opened again.
The other is to let them spread out and escape. If they gather together, there will be no city for them to enter.
Such an approach will naturally attract all kinds of abuse, but this is the order of the chief officer, and the captain can just follow it.
Li Xuan, standing in the distance, saw the situation below Ding'an City through his copper clairvoyance.
I also find it a bit tricky.
The chief official of Ding'an City is obviously different from what Li Xuan thought.
This chief officer is clearly a very alert person.
If you don't open the door at all, your cavalry will not be able to play any role at all.
And look at the directions in which the refugees who received the food dispersed and escaped.
Li Xuan also understood that if he did not take action at this time, his careful calculations would be ruined by Chen Tao alone.
"Attack."
Li Xuan decisively issued the order to attack.
Firstly, of course Li Xuan didn’t want to see his plan ruined, and secondly, Li Xuan didn’t have time to wait.
It was originally time to compete with Lizhu again. If he continued to delay, he would definitely lose.
Ding'an City is already his best target.
What Li Xuan wants to see now is to see if the chief official of Ding'an City is also a cold-blooded and ruthless person.
With the appearance of Li Xuan's cavalry, the refugees who had originally fled in all directions crowded crazily near the city gate, crying for the city gate to be opened.
The captain saw the cavalry appearing in the distance, and quickly asked all his men to enter their positions for defense.
But the refugees down there are also a big problem now.
Chen Tao, who has not yet left the city wall, also discovered the same problem.
The captain looked at Chen Tao, because only Chen Tao could do this order.
Chen Tao looked at the refugees below. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Shout to the refugees below and tell them to disperse and run away. Ding'an City will not open the city gate. Tell them that there is still a chance of survival if they run away now. If they don't run away, they will only be able to survive."
I can die here!"
When the captain heard Chen Tao's order, his expression couldn't help but change.
Even if these refugees start to run away now, their chance of survival will not be too high.
There is no way they can outrun a four-legged horse.
Moreover, Ding'an City is surrounded by plains on all sides, without any obstruction.
Running in such a wilderness is a living target, and there is no possibility of survival.
"Lord Fu Yin..."
Before the captain finished speaking, Chen Tao said in a deep voice: "If I let them enter the city now, not only will I not be able to save their lives, but I will also harm nearly 100,000 people in the city.
Do you want your family to be like them?"
Chen Tao's words undoubtedly directly broke the captain's heart.
The captain's family are all in the city. If the door is opened now, his family may become like the people below.
This captain is not a person with noble moral sentiments. In front of others and his own family, he will definitely choose his own family to survive.
"The purpose of executing my order is that if something happens, I will take full responsibility for it!"
Chen Tao said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" The captain agreed with the same loud voice.
Then the captain looked coldly and ordered to the people on the city wall: "When those savages come over, beat me hard.
If you don’t want your family to become like the people under the city, then use all your strength and give me a hard beating!"
The same method was used by the captain on his own soldiers.
Soldiers like him have already married and established businesses in the city, so naturally they don’t want their families to become such refugees.
"Yes!"
Everyone responded loudly.
Then the captain shouted to the people in the city: "Escape for your lives each. Ding'an City will not open the city gate. Even if you die here, Ding'an City will not open the city gate. If you run now, you may still have a chance to survive. Otherwise, you will only be able to survive."
A dead end!"
This naturally resulted in all kinds of curses.
But the captain ignored it at all.
Of course, the refugees below have no intention of running away. They still feel that they are all people from Dazhou, and they will not be so cold-hearted that they will not save anyone.
But Chen Tao has already made up his mind, so naturally he will never save him until death.
Chen Tao stood on the city wall, fearing that if his captain's heart softened, he could stop him with a stone heart.
Li Xuan's cavalry quickly arrived at the city gate.
The cavalry went on a rampage, trampling the refugees below into a lake of flesh and blood.
Looking at the tragic situation below, both the captain and the soldiers guarding the city felt their hearts trembling.
At this moment, Chen Tao loudly ordered: "Aim at those savages and shoot arrows!"
Seeing that no one took action, Chen Tao said loudly: "If you don't shoot arrows, won't they die? If you shoot arrows now, you can kill the savages who are approaching and avenge them!"
"Fire the arrow!"
After listening to Chen Tao's words, the captain decisively issued the order.
Although the sergeants on the city wall have been very careful to target the savages, accidental shooting is still inevitable.
But for the 100,000 people in the city and for their own families, they must shoot the arrow.
Standing in the distance and using his clairvoyance to watch the scene happening in Ding'an City, Li Xuan knew that he had lost again this time.
The chief official in Ding'an City is more hard-hearted than he thought.
"Retract your troops, don't let our people die in vain." Li Xuan said to his men.
After listening to Li Xuan's order, his subordinates immediately blew the horn to withdraw troops.
Upon hearing the clarion call to withdraw troops, the cavalrymen who were attacking the city retreated directly.
As they retreated, they left corpses on the ground.
Although there are these savages, more of them are refugees.
Among the refugees, there were still some who were lucky enough to survive, but they still suffered a lot of injuries.
Naturally, they wanted to curse the people in Ding'an City even more loudly. At the same time, they threatened that they would go to Beijing to complain, and they must kill all those who refused to save them.
But at this moment, Chen Tao was very calm: "Those who are allowed to leave the city must leave now.
After a while, pour the kerosene down and burn all the bodies below.
We must prevent those corpses from contaminating water sources and causing epidemics."
The captain now absolutely obeys Chen Tao's words.
No matter what happened in the past, now the captain at least knows that because of Chen Tao's order, their Ding'an City has been saved and their family will not become refugees.
As for the future, let’s consider it later.
Li Xuan was very depressed.
Continuous errors in judgment have caused them to lose their last chance.
The time spent in Ding'an City definitely gave Lizhu a lot of opportunities.
I am afraid that more tribes in South Vietnam have been eradicated by Lizhu using the same method.
The current situation in South Vietnam is probably very unstable.
South Vietnam, which Li Xuan finally integrated together, may soon fall apart.
Li Xuan looked at Ding'an City and said with some regret: "If we in South Vietnam also have such city defenders, we in South Vietnam will not have to worry about big things happening."
The subordinates said to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, we can also ask Master Gu to take action."
Li Xuan shook his head and said: "This is the inside of Dazhou. If the teacher takes action, the forces of Dazhou will never sit idly by.
At that time, the Jianghu forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether they are willing or not, must cooperate with the Great Zhou court.
In that case, we will be under too much pressure."
Li Xuan is right, the world of Da Zhou also wants to save face.
The forces of the barbarians have taken action directly in the interior of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The political forces of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether for their own face or for other reasons, must unite with the Great Zhou court.
This is something Li Xuan doesn't want to see.
After a pause, Li Xuan's eyes shone with light and he said: "But if the teacher's injury recovers, then even if Dazhou's Jianghu takes action, we should be able to do it without fear."
The subordinates looked at the light in Li Xuan's eyes and were not sure where their king's confidence came from.
How powerful that mysterious ancient master is, the king has never told outsiders.
However, the king obviously has great confidence in the ancient master. This confidence transcends everything.
"You should return to South Vietnam immediately. I want to go out with the teacher." Li Xuan ordered his men.
The subordinate did not ask for the reason, because he was not qualified to know the reason.
He just needs to follow the orders.
Next, Li Xuan's main force withdrew from the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, crossed the mountains and ridges again, and returned to the territory of South Vietnam.
But at this time, the tribes in South Vietnam had really been beaten to pieces by Lizhu.
Li Zhu really doesn't care about martial ethics. She just used the same trick to kill tens of thousands of South Vietnamese troops.
All the decline was solved by Li Zhu with one move.
And now because Li Xuan is not here, the voices of dissatisfaction with Li Xuan are very loud.
The situation in which South Vietnam and Vietnam have managed to come together may collapse at any time.
Fortunately, Li Xuan's elite main force returned in time and stabilized the situation.
Lizhu's side also gave in when things were good, and did not continue to press forward step by step.
Now that Li Xuan is back, the two sides can continue the stalemate.
What Lizhu didn't know was that Li Xuan did not return to South Vietnam.
Only his men and his elite troops returned to South Vietnam.
Li Xuan and his teacher are currently looking for something that can heal his wounds in Da Zhou.
Through the channels of the Zhenyue Sect, Li Xuan did obtain the medicine that could help his teacher recover.
However, Li Xuan also paid a heavy price for this.
That is, our own South Vietnam has almost fallen apart.
The passage from Nanyue to Dazhou was opened with the help of the Zhenyue Sect.
The Zhenyue faction asked Li Xuan to bring his people to cause trouble within the Great Zhou Dynasty, hoping to bring down the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
But the result was very unsatisfactory. Not only did they fail to defeat the Great Zhou Dynasty, but their South Vietnam was now entering a moment of collapse.
Of course, Li Xuan can accept this. Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists.
There are losses and there are wins, this is very normal.
Although they lost, the Zhenyue Sect also gave Li Xuan medicine as required.
At the same time, the Zhenyue faction also made a second request to Li Xuan. They asked Li Xuan to take the masters behind him to deal with Qin Che in the black office.
As long as Qin Che is dealt with, the Zhenyue Sect can provide them with another medicinal material on their list.
After Li Xuan brought the needed medicinal materials back to his teacher, Master Gu, whose face was covered with tattoos, nodded and said: "I can agree to their request. This first portion of medicinal materials is enough for me to fully recover. The second portion
Medicinal materials can help me break through.
If I can make further breakthroughs, then the world of Da Zhou will no longer be fearful.
Except for those unborn sects and those mysterious aristocratic families, even the first-rate sects of the Great Zhou Dynasty are nothing to fear."
Since the teacher has agreed, there is nothing hard for Li Xuan to agree to.
And the teacher also said that from Zhuang Xiao's point of view, Qin Che, the black yamen's strength, was mediocre.
You cannot compare yourself with the teacher who has fully recovered.
In this case, Li Xuan thinks he can do this kind of business that is sure to make money without losing money.
Li Xuan agreed to the request put forward by the Zhenyue Sect, and the Zhenyue Sect was naturally very happy to achieve such cooperation.
Through the list of medicines provided by Li Xuan, the Zhenyue Sect has already determined that the mysterious powerhouse behind Li Xuan is at least a top powerhouse who has reached the third level of Tongtian.
Just because of various reasons, he should be seriously injured.
Now with these drugs, he should be able to recover.
As for how much it can recover, the Zhenyue Sect can't speculate.
But if such a person can be allowed to target Qin Che, combined with the fact that he once defeated Zhuang Xiao with one palm.
With such a person, it should be relatively safe to deal with Qin Che.
So they threw out the second bait and let Li Xuan and the masters behind him bite their own bait.
After deciding on this matter, Li Xuan also took his teacher and began to recover in secret.
Next, as long as he waits until his teacher fully recovers, he can take his teacher and go directly to Qin Che.
The location of the Black Yamen is still very easy to find. Now the whole world knows that the Black Yamen is in Daoshan City, and Qin Che’s training place is in Daoshan City.
Knowing these two locations, it is really easy to find them.
Although Li Xuan also knew that if he did not go back for such a long time, his South Vietnam might have bigger problems.
But as long as his teacher wins and gets the medicine that can lead to a breakthrough.
After his teacher breaks through, what will happen even if the entire South Vietnam is defeated?
If you can unify South Vietnam for the first time, you can unify South Vietnam for the second time.
Such a thing is not difficult for Li Xuan.
On the contrary, your teacher only has one chance to recover. If you miss it, you may not have the chance.
After his teacher breaks through, even the world of Dazhou will be nothing.
When the time comes, sects like the Zhenyue Sect can only surrender under their own feet.