The spring is loose and tight.

Just like the situation on the battlefield, it is incredible.

With the advance of the southward Qin army from the left, center and right, the anti-Qin forces retreated step by step. The shrinking of territory gave them much room for maneuver, but they also made them more united.

On the contrary, the Qin army gradually lost the momentum of the initial crossing of the river due to the extension of the supply line. When the generals from the north penetrated into the jungle further south, their physical discomfort would increase little by little. Diseases, plagues and poisonous gases, which invaded the human body, would become more active with the arrival of summer.

April is about to pass.

As Jiangnan entered May, it began to enter the yellow plum rainy season, and the water volume of rivers began to increase sharply. For the Qin army, who was not familiar with the water conditions, the rainy season was the most desperate season.

Yuzhang City.

It was later Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province. In the pre-Qin period, it was under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County and was an important city built and developed on the Gan River by the clan.

As the Qin army continued to advance south, the rear base camp also moved from the six counties in Jiangbei to Yuzhang. Peng Yue, the commander of the Southern Expedition Army, was wearing a robe of gum cloth, rolled up his sleeves, and was sweating and focused on gnawing on the millet cake in his hand.

Hot high temperature.

It is not only testing the will of the Qin army soldiers, but also testing the Qin army's logistics support. Due to the continuous increase in temperature, the Qin army's food has also been replaced by meat that can replenish energy to millet that ordinary people eat, because meat will deteriorate and corrupt under high temperatures.

"General, General Ji's vanguard troops have reduced their troops to 3,000. If we continue like this, we are afraid that we will not be able to attack. Now, we have two choices. One is to continue to transport troops. Replenish the lost soldiers, maintain the vitality of the vanguard, and strive to capture the southern border in a short time and completely open up the north-south passage; the other is to order the retreat to Yuzhang, recuperate and rectify, and wait for the weather to cool down before marching. However, if we do so, the advantages we finally gained in the first stage are very likely to lose again-!"

Beside Peng Yue, deputy general and Sima Luanbu were analyzing the current military situation. The military situation from the front made the Qin generals not happy. But the soldiers fell in large numbers.

This is what Peng Yue and Luan Bu could have expected but unexpectedly beyond their expectations. Although Juyeze is also a water area of ​​Daze, it is in the north and the climate is not as humid as the southern jungle, so not many people are sick. However, when it comes to the south of the river, the situation is completely different.

Nearly 30,000 troops were sent to the war. Now less than 20,000 people were left, and the other soldiers could only be transported back to Yuzhang City by ships, waiting for doctors to treat them. What's more serious is that a considerable number of them were infected with a very contagious plague.

To deal with this disease unique to the south, in terms of the medical level of Qin, we can only use some herbs to enhance the resistance of sick soldiers. As for whether they can survive, they can only leave it to fate.

Peng Yue sighed and said helplessly: "Is there any good news from General Ji Bu? If you can take down Nanba City within half a month, even if you retreat, you can make the traitors be afraid of attacking the north without daring to attack the north by themselves-!"

Luan Bu shook his head and said, "The deepest part of the Wuling Mountains in the south is the old nest of the Meiyue tribe. It is too difficult to take it down. Moreover, General Ji's troops have severely reduced their troops and their combat effectiveness has dropped too much. If you want to take it down, you will rely on the mysterious troops sent by King Wu from Chang'an. However, I heard that if it rains all the time, the force will not be able to be able to show its strength-!"

"Wait a minute, Luan Bu, you will take another five thousand generals to support you. If you really can't capture the city, you can only stop the offensive momentum for the time being." Peng Yue calmed down and ordered.

Nanba.

Located at the southernmost end of Jiujiang County, on the northern extension of Yuling, one of the five ridges, in terms of later generations, it was in Ganzhou. At that time, the Kuomintang Wei Tu Sui led the army of southern expedition to fight against the Baiyue tribes, and used this as a supply area. However, as Tu Sui died in the battle with the Yue tribes and the Ou tribes, the Nanwu fell and finally became the base of the Meiyue tribe.

The Qin army advanced south along the Gan River, aiming directly to the south and captured this ancient city. In a military sense, it cut off the liaison between the east-west anti-Qin forces, and at the same time, it was also a critical battle to officially open up north-south communication.

Ji Bu was the vanguard of the Qin army in the middle.

This Jiujiang County Governor, the former Five Tiger General of Chu, has been very active since entering the south to fight. Whether it is to contact local clans or fight with Shengfan, he always leads the way and personally rushes to the front line. It is precisely because of his performance that the Central Army has almost never encountered any major trouble during the advance south.

However, diseases are more powerful than tigers.

After May, the Qin army had to slow down. The reason for this difficulty was not the harassment of Mei Juan and Xiang Zhuang, but the disease.

One by one, the soldiers who were full of energy and were full of energy became a sick man who had to be thin and even had to be helped by walking.

After a team of full teams suffered continuous reductions, even if they had enough troops to gather a whole army, it became difficult for them to get a team of soldiers.

Although the Qin army had already estimated and prepared for the difficulties they might have suffered during the southern expedition, and although the doctors in the army were doing their best to treat them, as the temperature rose day by day and the weather was getting hotter, the Qin army lost more and more personnel, and the morale in the army no longer increased as before.

Nanzhu is right in front of you.

Should we continue to attack, or retreat to Yuzhang to wait for summer to pass?

Faced with this difficult multiple-choice question, both the main general Peng Yue, the pioneer Ji Bu and Luan Bu felt extremely difficult.

The source of Gan River.

It's right in the deep mountains of Wuling.

It was mid-May when Ji Bujun arrived here.

In front of him was Nanba City, which Mei Juan personally guarded. Ji Bu was indeed not sure whether he could take it down. What gave him some hope was the indomitable eyes of the Qin soldiers, the young soldiers recruited from Jiujiang County, and the Tianlei troops transferred from the north by Li Yuan to support the war in the south.

This is a small army composed of 300 thunderbolters. Due to the small number, it is mixed in the baggage team and does not attract much attention. I believe that Mei Juan, Xiang Zhuang does not know that there will be this killer force in the Qin army.

May 26th.

Ji Bu's army launched the battle to capture the ancient city from the north gate of Nanbacheng. Although the Qin soldiers looked tired, they still plucked up all the strength in their bodies, cutting down trees, creating ladders, hitting wood, and rushing to the car.

Amid the shouts.

Under the leadership of the captain, military marquis and teams, a team of black-armored Qin soldiers launched wave after wave of attacks towards Nanwucheng. At the same time, Mei Juan, who was defending the city and had no choice but to retreat, Xiang Zhuang also gathered almost all the combatable forces to deal with this life-and-death battle.

Wu Feng's Changsha army had been divided and annexed by Meijuan and Xiangzhuang. At the top of Nanzhu City, these cannon fodder soldiers from Changsha County were on the front line.

Join the army and fight.

It is very important to follow the right person. Wu Feng was very happy with merits and was incompetent. He not only lost his life and death to the Kingdom of Changsha, but also brought these soldiers under his command into the Purgatory of Life and Death.

On the top of the city.

The leader of the Five Ridges and the deputy commander of the Anti-Qin coalition, Mei Juan, looked ferocious and kept calling on the Meiyue warriors under his command to drive teams of soldiers to the city walls.

The city wall of Nanzhang City is completely made of bluestone, and its terrain is built along the Gan River. Under the erosion of the water, the city wall is too high above the ground outside.

Yellow plum season.

Under the continuous drizzle, the Qin army braved the rain and had been attacking the city wall for two consecutive days. During the attack the next day, Ji Bu pushed his position to a place less than a hundred meters away from the city wall. Under his instigation, teams of Qin generals sacrificed their lives and continued to launch waves of attacks without interruption.

"Daqin!"

"Prepare, let it go!"

"Don't die, and never fight bloody! There is the Great Qin in the west, and it is like the sun rising!"

The sound of war songs, the shouts of generals, and the wailings of soldiers injured by arrows intertwined inside and outside Nanzhu City. A cloud ladder, under the escort of several soldiers, struggled to climb the city wall at the corner. The first to climb the ladder was a short and sturdy Qin army marquis.

As soon as his head emerged from the battlements, a bamboo pole spear stabbed towards him.

"Bor!"

The sound of the bamboo tip piercing into the soft body made the Changsha soldier holding a gun ecstatic. Deputy Commander Mei Juan had already made a promise that if he could kill the Qin general, he would have a great reward.

The raindrops hit the face.

It was cool and hot, and a few drops splashed into the mouth, and there was a salty and bloody smell.

This is--.

In the midst of doubt, the dream of the Changsha soldiers ended. The Qin army's army Hou endured the strong pain in the flanks, flashed and climbed to the top of the city, and cut off the head of the neglected Changsha soldiers.

After a hard battle, the Qin army marquis finally occupied a small piece of land on the city wall. Behind him, the morale of the Qin army soldiers on the ladder was greatly boosted and they launched a tide-like attack on the enemy on the city.

"Banditman, suppress your opponent quickly!"

"Reserve team, go up, hurry!" Ji Bu looked at it clearly not far from the city and urged repeatedly.

Victory and defeat.

Just this is the most critical moment.
Chapter completed!