At the end of June in the thirty-fifth year of the First Emperor of Qin, when Heifu led his army to Luling County, Xiao Tao, who came from Nanchang, also arrived.
Everyone once thought that he had died outside the mountain after being abandoned by Jia He, but they did not expect that he could come back safely. They were filled with emotions for a while. However, this slightly sad atmosphere was ruined by Hei Fu's words.
He looked at the haggard Xiao Tao and joked: "Look at your tan, you are darker than me."
Li Xian, Dongmen Bao, Ji Ying and others burst out laughing, and even Xiao Tao couldn't help but laugh. For a moment, everyone seemed to have returned to the happy time of checking in and fishing at work in Huyang Pavilion...
But the unknown soldiers in the past are now the mainstay of Qin Nan's army.
At this time, Dongmen Bao punched Xiao Tao: "Ji Ying said, you came back from Yugan, why did you go around in such a big circle?"
This was also Heifu's doubt. Li Xian had long written to complain to him, saying that Xiao Tao was too upright and often argued with Jia He, so he was sent to Dongjiang to build Longchuan City. When Lao Jia was defeated and retreated, Xiao Tao
The one thousand soldiers and two thousand civilians he led were unable to leave in time and were besieged by the South Vietnamese tribes in Longchuan for several months.
But when Anpu tried every means to send people to Longchuan to meet him half a year ago, the place was already deserted. I thought it was a brutal massacre, but after a careful search, I found that there were not many corpses. Even if the South Vietnamese are good at eating human flesh, they can't do it.
There shouldn't be any dregs left. The flags, golden drums, and even the kitchen cauldron were all taken away, making it look like they were evacuating safely.
Therefore, where Xiao Tao went has become a mystery, and it has not been revealed until today.
"We went... to the east."
Xiao Tao still stuttered, and it took him a long time to explain clearly how he had come around in such a big circle.
It turned out that after the Nanyue tribes besieged Longchuan for several months, they were still unable to break the city, so they withdrew one after another. Xiaotao and others also ate up all the grain in the city. Because of the nuisance of the Dongjiang Yue "Hornets Tribe", they did not plant rice at all.
Due to the possibility of farming, I finally decided to shift my strategy and find a way to return to Lingbei.
But the road to the west was blocked by the tribes of South Vietnam and could not be opened at all. To the north, there were high mountains and ridges, and there was no way to go. Xiao Tao had to lead his troops eastward. They stopped and went. A month later, they broke into Fujian.
The territory of Yue people...
However, the Minyue lords in that land showed hostility to the incoming Qin army. Instead, they gave food and clothing to Xiaotao and others and allowed Xiaotao and others to settle down in a mountain dam. After a few months, they offered to borrow a road.
Let Xiao Tao return to the Qin Dynasty via a small road from northern Fujian and Yue...
"So it turns out that the people from Minyue helped you, so you can take a detour to Minyue and return to Yuzhang?"
Heifu understood why Xiao Tao and the remaining thousands of people around him crossed Wuyi Mountain and suddenly appeared at the Qin-Fujian border in Yugan County.
Dongmen Bao didn't want to understand: "Isn't Minyue an enemy of Da Qin? Why would it help Xiao Tao?"
Xiao Tao stuttered and couldn't understand the complicated internal situation of Minyue for a long time. Heifu looked at Wu Rui who was standing aside: "Xiandi, your family has been separated from Minyue for generations, so you can explain it."
Wu Rui accepted the promise and said: "Although Fujian and Yue are called one country, they are not monolithic. They are divided into feudal states. This tradition has to be talked about from the time of Yue..."
It turns out that the "royal family" of Minyue are not the indigenous Min people, but the Yue country from Jiangdong.
One hundred years ago, King Wujiang of Yue, the sixth grandson of Goujian, was in power. The capital of Wu was destroyed by the Chu army. Wujiang died in battle, and the Yue Kingdom was destroyed.
Fortunately, the Yue Kingdom was a feudal state, and there were still many Yue lords living in the Kuaiji area south of the Qiantang River. But instead of working together to restore the country, they fought fiercely over who should be the new king of Yue, so maybe
To be called a king, or to be a king, is to be like a loose sand, and to be nominally subordinate to Chu.
This situation persisted until 40 years ago, when Lord Chun Shen was granted the title of Jiangdong, and then all the Yue rulers south of the Qiantang River were collected and merged into the Chu Kingdom.
However, the descendants of King Wujiang of Yue who ran farthest were spared. They established the Minyue Kingdom in southern Zhejiang and Fujian. They named the Kingdom of Minyue after the first king, Wujiang, and named it the Zou family. It has been passed down for six generations. Because they inherited the
The system and etiquette of the ancient Yue Kingdom are the most advanced among the Baiyue people.
However, while inheriting the legacy of civilization, Minyue also inherited the custom of Yue: enfeoffment.
Wu Rui said: "The earliest Minyue kingdom has now divided into Dong'ou, and the two kings of Minyue and Yue are in charge of their own affairs. The Min king's state has successively divided its descendants. There are seven towns in total, known as Qi Min, and each town has its lord and king..."
Among them, the person who controlled the northern and southern Fujian areas in later generations was the younger brother of the King of Fujian Wuzhu, Zou Wuxie. It was he who helped Xiao Tao.
"No shirt?"
Hei Fu always felt that the name seemed familiar, but it was Yue. The most common name given by the Fujian and Yue people was Wux.
Speaking of which, the current "King of Minyue" Zou Wuzhu is really a man. His cousin, Lord Dongou Zouyao, has already surrendered to the Qin army, but when Zou Wuzhu heard that the Qin people wanted him to go
The king's title was changed to "Jun Zhang", and he rejected the envoy.
The main idea of the declaration is: I am a descendant of Gou Jian. At that time, I was the prince of Wujiang, the king of Yue. I could have surrendered to the Chu people and become the king of Chu. However, in order to retain the king's title, he came to Fujian from Kuaiji. Now,
Me too, if I lose my royal title, I would rather die!
In Wu Zhu's heart, he was proud of his deeds as a descendant of Gou Jian. Even if the Qin army was strong, he was unwilling to surrender. Just as the Qin army in the west route was defeated in the middle route, Yin Tong, the commander in chief of the east route, was cautious or timid and did not dare to advance alone.
This gave Minyue a chance to breathe.
But in this world, no matter where there are tough guys, there will be a party that leads the way...
Heifu asked Xiao Tao: "That Wu Shi City Lord, he helped you, what is his purpose?"
Xiao Tao said: "Zou Wu... Wu Xie said, brother Wu Zhu doesn't know the height of the sky and the earth is high. He tries to be an enemy of the superior country and will definitely be defeated. He doesn't want Goujian to cut off blood and food without borders, and is willing to help Qin defeat Wu Zhu. Afterwards, when
Surrender to Qin, but let him be the king of Fujian!"
"I promise him."
Heifu smiled. He was so sleepy that he couldn't help but feel sleepy. If there was a party leading the way, why would Minyue not be defeated?
"You can ask someone to cross the mountains on the same path and tell Zou Wuxie that if you can help me, you can inherit the throne of Fujian from generation to generation. I only need one city in Dongye, and the remaining seven, eight, and nine min
, Shi Min, give them all to him! The imperial court will not send a single official to the mountains, nor will it leave a single soldier!"
…
After the attack on Fujian became clear, Heifu made a series of arrangements for the center, which was temporarily on the defensive.
The "fake general" who led the Chenxian army was naturally the Xinyi captain who helped him kill Jia He. Xinyi was the son of the famous general Xin Sheng in the Unification War, and his title was not low. He could become a full-time official as long as Xianyang agreed.
He has only one requirement: to obey.
In addition, Heifu also used the rebellion at Pingyangshan Pass as an excuse to appoint An Pu, his old colleague and the guard of Huangxi Pass, as the "Captain of the Three Passes", and he assigned Yangshan, Hengpu and Huangxi Pass together with 10,000 soldiers and civilians.
Leave it to him to start hoarding food, logging and building ships, and prepare for the attack on South Vietnam next year.
Then, Heifu drew up an army to attack Fujian and Yue, and put all his old subordinates into it, and almost all of them were promoted.
Li Xian had always been stable, so Heifu asked him to supervise grain production in Nanchang and serve as the governor of grain management.
The East Gate Leopard was brave and became the captain of the Hei Army and continued to be the vanguard general.
Xiao Tao was also a captain, but the remnant soldiers he brought back needed to be rested and reorganized. Heifu asked him to put his name on his name and planned to pacify the Minyue Hou. He asked Xiao Tao to go to Wuchang and rotate with Gong Ao. When it came to military training, Xiao Tao had more experience.
To be able to lead a group of remnants of defeated soldiers in a big circle, fight in a foreign land for hundreds of miles, and still survive half of them, especially with the establishment, is really a miracle, which shows what he is capable of.
Ji Ying, on the other hand, was appointed as "Postal Supervisor", which was a new official position, specifically in charge of postal and military information exchanges among various departments of the entire legion.
This can be regarded as one person attaining enlightenment. Chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. When there are no outsiders, Ji Ying happily says with a smile: "You see, the difference between the pavilion chief being the coach and not being the coach is simply the difference between a biological son and a godson. In the past, the father did not love the mother."
Don’t love me, but now, we are all promoted!”
Everyone laughed, but Hei Fu said to them earnestly: "You know, after the failure of the first expedition to Vietnam, everyone said that the south was a mess, but I took it resolutely. Why?
"
Ji Ying and Dongmen Bao were the first to shout: "It's because the pavilion chief misses us!"
Li Xian had the most on his mind: "The pavilion chief doesn't want us to be bullied by outsiders in the south."
Xiao Tao thought more deeply: "It's because...the pavilion chief is unwilling, the country's affairs have deteriorated, and his children have died."
Heifu nodded: "You are all right. Not only can I not let the country's affairs be corrupted, but I also cannot let go of my old ministry, Nanjun, and the children of Anlu. I have said before that I will take you home! This promise has not changed yet!"
"But, there is another reason why I dare to go south alone!"
All four of them looked at Hei Fu.
"You guys, do you still remember what happened in Huyang Pavilion, Humou Township, Qinan battlefield, and what happened in Yuzhang?"
"Remember them all!"
Xiao Tao, Li Xian, and Ji Ying nodded heavily, and Dongmen Leopard also said loudly: "How could I forget!"
That was their footsteps, step by step, walking hand in hand over the past fifteen years, although now, Heifu has stepped halfway up the empire, and they are still at the foot of the mountain.
Hei Fu gathered everyone together and said emotionally: "In these places, we face different enemies, either bandits or bandits, soldiers of the Wei State, elites of the Chu army, or remnants of the Jing State...
"
"But the same thing is that no matter where you are, you are the most trustworthy country party, the one who can turn your back to the other party!"
He clenched his fist and said: "While heading south in the wind and snow, I told myself that as long as there are Dongmen Leopard, Li Xian, Xiao Tao, and Ji Ying, as long as there are you, as long as we can reunite, then
Just like five fingers combined into a fist, nothing is impossible! As long as we work together, there are no enemy chiefs that cannot be killed and no country that cannot be destroyed!"
"Of course!"
The four people were moved, and they all put their hands over, stacked them with Heifu's fist, and said in unison:
"We are willing to overcome thorns and thorns for the pavilion chief!"
…
After regrouping the old troops and arranging everything before and after, when Heifu arrived in Nanchang County and prepared to march eastward, Ji Ying, who was the "Postal Supervisor", sent him a letter from Xianyang.
It was Ye Zijin’s family letter. It talked about a lot of family affairs, from her guarding Ye Teng’s grave to returning to Anlu to visit Heifu’s mother, and finally bringing her two sons with her.
My niece Xiaoyue went to live in Xianyang.
This time, I went as a hostage.
She wasted a lot of paper and ink, describing the new scenery of Lishan Mountain, the prosperity of Weinan Street, which has become popular in the capital, the fragrant pasta snacks, the majesty of the new palace in Shanglin Garden, and the children's first arrival in Xianyang
Various interesting stories followed: novel fruits and melons from the Western Regions, merchants from foreign lands with tall noses and deep eyes, and they also said that the city had changed too much and it was difficult to adapt: "We are like sons of a poor country entering the city."
It was not until the end that she told Hei Fu a political matter in an understatement.
Heifu glanced at those lines of words, and a flash of surprise suddenly flashed through his eyes:
