"Your Majesty, we have arrived at the point where Yushui enters the sea!"
Heifu walked out of the cabin of the ship and saw the gap between the green land and the blue sea.
After half a month of sailing, they finally crossed the "South China Sea" from Fujian to Guangdong.
The Pearl River Delta, the most prosperous region in China, where housing prices are sky-high in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, is now a wilderness. In Heifu's eyes, this estuary is like an Amazon, with rainforests and mangroves everywhere, quite like driftwood.
The big crocodile floated up to the water. After taking a look at the fleet of boats that were blocking the sky, it wisely got back into the water.
Because the land-building has not yet been completed, it is difficult to tell which is the river and which is the sea. Many areas in later generations are still in the sea. Zhongshan, Macao, and Zhuhai are one large island. The boatman passed by the right side of the island, and among the broken sandbars and
Travel between small islands and avoid dangerous reefs.
When the fleet sails here, we can find that although this place is wild, it is not virgin land. Thousands of years ago, the Vietnamese people lived here and began to plant rice. South Vietnam is a vast land with sparse people, and the water is cultivated by slashing and harvesting.
Two fires, burn once in spring, and burn again in another place after autumn. When the trees turn into white ground, pour water into it and mix it with plant ashes to make the best fertilizer. Sow seeds randomly and you can get harvest without intensive cultivation.
, although the yield per mu is far not as high as in the Central Plains, it cannot bear the hot weather and has two crops a year.
Therefore, the further inland you go, the more you can see the rice fields on the coastal plain in the distance, as well as the stilt-style huts of the South Vietnamese people.
At this time, the Yue people, wearing kapok skirts and harvesting rice in the fields, saw the mountain-like building boats approaching. They stood in the fields and were dumbfounded. It was not until the Qin soldiers landed on the shore that they quickly fled...
"Have you seen the South Vietnamese warships?"
Heifu asked his nephew Wei Yang.
"It's also strange, I haven't seen one yet."
Wei Yang was a little surprised. He heard that the "Jiao tribe" living near the estuary was famous for its large number of ships, and its water power was no less than that of Minyue. But when the boatmen arrived here, why didn't they see them coming to fight?
But Heifu knew why: "I have ordered Gong Ao and others to take the tens of thousands of troops from the Wuchang Camp to Sihui via Beijiang Road, set up camp, and build ships, as if they were going to cross the river and sea to attack. This area is nearby
All the ships of the Yue tribes, young and strong, have gone to Sihui to hinder the Qin army. On this coastal area, only the old and weak, women and children are left busy harvesting rice..."
In the last war between Qin and Yue, the Yue people had two ways of avoiding the war. One was to bully the Qin people who were not good at fighting in the mountains and forests and fled into the deep mountains and old forests. The other was to bully the Qin people who were not accustomed to water and rowed to the islands. They would probably do the same this time.
The old trick is repeated. But no matter what kind of food it is, enough food is needed. The Yue people plan to wait for a while, wait until the late rice is harvested, beat it into millet, and then escape with it. Otherwise, they will not be able to feed everyone just by fishing, picking fruits and hunting.
population.
But they never expected that there would be two Qin armies, attacking openly and secretly, like magic soldiers descending from the sky, coming from the sea. Because of the lack of information, they didn't even know that their neighbor Minyue had been captured by Heifu.
Heifu ordered Weiyang to raise the flag and ask Ren Xiao, Dongmen Bao, Wu Rui and other generals to come over for a meeting.
"After Yushui passed through Sihui, it divided into three rivers and entered the sea. Therefore, the army was also divided into three, each taking one path. Whenever they encountered Yue villages or strongholds, they sent land troops to capture them and capture their old, weak, women and children.
The boat master then charged directly at Sihui, and when the young and strong men on board the boats gathered together, he wiped them out in one fell swoop! All his efforts were accomplished in one battle!"
This is Heifu's plan. In this way, the most powerful Jiao tribe and Yang tribe in South Vietnam can be wiped out in one battle, saving them from having to go to the forest island to fight guerrillas again!
After the generals left as promised, they were ordered to carry thousands of people to raid the Yue people's hometown. However, Wei Yang, who abducted the old, weak, women and children, came to find Hei Fu and hesitated to speak...
Heifu immediately guessed what his nephew, who had experienced battles but was so obedient, was unaware of the dangers of the world, was thinking.
"Are you disgusted with what you're about to do?"
"I don't dare. I just feel that I would rather fight the main force of the Yue people than...rather than attack the old, weak, women and children."
Wei Yang was indeed hesitant. He had been in the navy for several years and had only fought one battle to destroy Lord Canghai. It was an attack to punish traitors and did not involve too many killings.
Now, Hei Fu was letting him do things similar to those of bandits and pirates without concealment. Wei Yang found it difficult to take over for a while, feeling that this was not what a "justice master" should do.
Hei Fu was a little more patient with his family. He asked Wei Yang to sit down and stopped Lu Jia who was about to leave:
"Sheng Lu, come here and tell us the story of Song Xianggong?"
Lu Jia had no choice but to stop and talk about the past events of the Spring and Autumn Period...
"Therefore, Song Xianggong refused to take advantage of the Chu army to cross the Hong River and attack him halfway. He said, "We are known as the troops of benevolence and righteousness. How can we attack while others are crossing the river?" Then he allowed the Chu army to arrange their troops and the two sides fought head-on.
, As a result, Song Xianggong was defeated and was shot in the leg by the Chu army, but he also said, I am a gentleman. I will not be seriously injured or capture two hairs. This is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. How can I do this to take advantage of danger?
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At this point, Lu Jia paused for a moment: "But Ziyu, the brother of Duke Xianggong of the Song Dynasty, said that winning a war is a meritorious service, and both sides will use all possible means. How can they pay attention to the way of a gentleman..."
Heifu looked at the thoughtful Wei Yang: "Who do you think is right, Song Xianggong or Ziyu?"
"Ziyu is right. Soldiers are deceitful and take victory as merit. As a general, you can't be unbearable..." Wei Yang was a little ashamed. He actually doubted Zhongfu's order.
Heifu said: "It's not that I don't want to be a gentleman and let the Qin army be an army of benevolence and righteousness, but because this is war. The Yue people do not have regular soldiers, but it can be said that all the people are soldiers. From the first time the Qin army went south, war has
Not only are the soldiers on both sides young and strong, but the old, weak, women and children are also extremely fierce and brave. Even half-grown children can use bows, arrows, swords, and wooden sticks to plot against the Qin army. If they are allowed to escape, there will be endless troubles."
He patted Weiyang, asking him to let go of his worries and get ready to set off, and said with a smile:
"Besides, I'm not asking you to kill them. As long as you lay down your weapons and stop resisting, I can spare their lives and force them to finish harvesting the rice and take them with them to join me in Panyu."
What to do after arriving in Panyu? Heifu didn't say.
After Wei Yang accepted the promise and left, Hei Fu stood on the boat with his hands behind his hands and suddenly asked Lu Jia:
"Lu Jia, Confucianism emphasizes 'education without distinction'?"
"Yes, this is what Confucius said. Their natures are similar, but their habits are far apart. Only the wise ones like kings and princes are the same as the fools who can't tell the difference between wheat and rice. As for ordinary people like us who live in the middle, the wise and foolish people are the same.
, can all be changed through education." Lu Jia was careful.
"Those Yue people."
Heifu pointed to the tattooed people on the shore who were tied to ropes by Qin soldiers: "Can they also be civilized?"
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Confucius did not say that it was possible, but only emphasized the defense of Hua and Yi, but Mencius seemed to have similar remarks.
Although he didn't like Lao Meng, Lu Jia thought about it and said: "Since there were people who transformed Xia from barbarians in ancient times, there were also some wise men among the barbarians, Rongdi, and Di, so they should be able to be enlightened."
Heifu said: "Oh? Can the cannibal Yi Di be transformed into a Chinese person?"
Lu Jia hesitated: "It is called Hua because of the beauty of its uniforms, and it is called Xia because of its great etiquette... This is indeed a bit difficult."
Heifu looked at Lu Jia, who had an uncertain face, and said with a smile: "There is no requirement to have the beauty of uniforms. After all, after arriving in Vietnam, even I and the four thousand short soldiers under my command were all in uniform. It doesn't matter whether we understand etiquette or not."
, Soldiers like us, who live in Guizhou Province, don’t know any etiquette?"
"But we do know for sure that we are from China. Qin, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qi. In the past, people from the seven kingdoms were hostile to each other, but they all regarded themselves as Xia."
Although this kind of understanding is still the preserve of intellectuals and nobles, this wonderful sense of identity is also the internal factor that promotes the unification of the seven kingdoms. After a long period of integration of the unified dynasty, a unified nation will be ready to emerge.
Heifu didn't want to discuss this issue in depth with Lu Jia here, so he directly stated his plan: "When we were in Fujian and Yue, didn't you suggest that we should carry out enlightenment in the local area? I rejected it there, but here, in South Vietnam, in Panyu
, I really want you to try it!"
He stretched out his hand as if to take the land into his pocket.
"I will kidnap the old and weak women and children of Yue people, and take away their children and boys from the arms of those mothers..."
This is undoubtedly an extremely evil thing, but in Heifu's words, it seems like he is doing a great good thing.
"I want to tell the Vietnamese that I will not turn their children into slaves, nor will I eat the children of the enemy like the vendettas between various tribes in South Vietnam..."
Heifu smiled and said: "I will send people to educate them so that when they grow up, they can understand Xia's words. In ten or twenty years, one generation or two generations will eventually use Xia to transform Yi!"
It sounds noble, but in reality? Heifu knows very well that the so-called civilization is just a thin coat to cover up the blood-stained barbarism.
Lu Xun once said that there are two kinds of eras in history: the era of being a slave but not being able to do so, and the era of being a slave for the time being.
Heifu doesn't know what kind of situation he belongs to at the moment, and he can't be sure that in the future, with his own efforts, the world, at least the Central Plains, will be sublimated into an era where people can be human beings...
But at least he knows that there are two types of slaves.
"A disobedient slave."
After being pushed down on the bank, Heifu continued to resist. The South Vietnamese woman who tried to bite off the Qin soldier's ear shook her head. Then she turned around and looked at Yang Yue, Wu Rui's men from Yuzhang and helping the Qin people row the boat.
The Yue people, this group of poor guys who were familiar with Xia Yan, had dull faces, and were rocking the oars, sighed: