Both Qin and Chu were defeated.

In Nanba City, Mei Juan's life was not easy. Although under his strong supervision, the Mei Yue people regained the two city gates, the Changsha soldiers in Linshenhe did not put down their weapons. They rushed into the homes of the Mei Yue tribe soldiers and took hostages to make their final resistance.

In terms of ability, Changsha soldiers are much worse than Mei Yue people.

However, when it comes to scheming, Lin Shenhe was a little shameless. With his viciousness and schemes, he stood out among the crowd of riots and seized the opportunity to take the lead. Facing Mei Yue, a powerful enemy, it was the time when he showed his skills to everyone and was convinced and followed him.

Mei Juan threw himself into the mouse and was afraid of the weapon. In desperation, he had to send an envoy to negotiate with Lin Shenhe.

The negotiation process was quite arduous and long, until Jibu, the Jiang River outside the city, and when the news of Xiangzhuang's death was heard back to Nanba City, Mei Juan and Lin Shenhe were still bargaining for their respective interests.

During the first negotiation, Mei Juan was unceremonious to give the last spy to the opponent who had no idea who was the leader of the Changsha soldiers. If the hostages were not released immediately and the weapons were put down, the Changsha soldiers would be buried alive and executed afterwards, and they would also have to be lit with a sky lantern and cut into pieces by skinning alive.

If he changed a partner, he might be scared by Mei Juan, but Lin Shenhe was obviously not easy to deal with. Faced with Mei Juan's threat, he directly gave the heads of the two envoys, the envoys.

In desperation, Mei Juan had to take a step back and agreed that the Changsha soldiers would leave Wuling safely after releasing the hostages. Next, the two sides revolved over and over again whether to release the hostages first or let the Changsha soldiers leave first. Lin Shenhe bit the dozens of irrelevant women and children, and the other important elders and children should wait until they safely return to Lingling and Pang Yi before releasing them.

Due to the restraint of Lin Shenhe, Mei Juan could no longer pay attention to the movements of the Qin army's vanguard troops. After losing General Ji Bu, the remaining Qin army was about 2,700. With the support of Luan Bu, he slowly retreated from the Nanzhu line. On the hills of Ganshui, more than 3,000 Qin soldiers who died in battle were buried in this foreign land.

They shed all their blood.

They left their lives on this unconquered land.

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The setbacks of Ji Bu's army caused the Qin army's massive move south to set aside.

The summer is approaching in June.

That was the most difficult time for fighting in the southern jungle. After receiving the news that Ji Bu was killed, Peng Yue was sad and asked Chang'an to temporarily stop the war against the south.

Chang'an City.

At the gate of the Shenwu King’s Mansion.

Quietly, the guards' personal soldiers looked grim and patrolled the streets back and forth. Five or six war horses had already stopped at the place where the horses were leading at the door.

"General, the war in the south is not good. I heard that General Ji Bu was also killed in battle. Is this true?" A young soldier approached Yang Yu, the doctor who led the team, and asked.

"What are you guessing about the military and national affairs. The adults are worried about it. You and I just need to execute the orders seriously. If you talk too much, be careful to let you feed the horses." Yang Yu glared and shouted in a low voice.

Back from Hetao, Yang Yu and Zhou Ping did not leave like their previous personal soldiers, but continued to follow Li Yuan. On the one hand, their ability was unable to reach the point of leading troops independently. On the other hand, there was no major war in the northern border of Qin. In terms of the equipment on the Qin army's border line, it was enough to deal with other Xiongnu troops like Helianbi, Qiu Lijin and others.

In the palace.

Li Yuan was summoning important officials and generals who stayed in Chang'an to discuss the progress of the war in the south. Peng Yue reported that the Qin army was stubbornly resisted by the enemy on the Nanba line and the vanguard troops suffered a lot of losses. He had been sent to Chang'an City together with Ji Bu's ashes. Yesterday, Li Yuan personally participated in the ceremony of the burial of Ji Bu's remains and visiting Yuan Gaoqiu Mausoleum. There, Ji Bu would not feel lonely. There were so many Qin generals and soldiers who would accompany him to fight forever, sacrifice their lives and shed their blood.

Xiang Zhuang's death.

Let the last spiritual pillar of Can Chu no longer exist.

The obstacles to Qin's unification of the south were concentrated on the Yue people. Among them, Meijuan tribe on Wuling and Wuzhu tribe on Minyue were the main opponents of the Qin army in the next stage.

"King Wu, our army was frustrated this time. First, it was not adapted to the climate in the south. Second, it was that many enemy forces gathered together. Third, it was that friendly forces did not support enough. During his time in Chang'an, the Prime Minister of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, Lu Jia, had agreed to persuade Zhao Tuo to jointly attack Wuling. However, these three months have passed, and the South Vietnamese army has only added garrison troops in the Longchuan area. The front of its troops has not stepped into Wuling, which has allowed the enemy to devote all its strength to attack me-!"

When summarizing the war, whether it was the Prime Minister Chen Ping, the Censor Li Zheng, or the veterans who were left in the court, Zhang Han and Xin Sheng, were very indignant of the South Vietnamese treason this time.

Especially Zhang Han, Xin Sheng was even more furious. When Lu Jia arrived, he promised Li Yuan that Zhao Tuo was honest and righteous, and that he wanted to return to the court. Now, they were all deceived by Zhao Tuo.

Li Yuan was in a deep mood. Since the Qin army marched south, he had never let go. The war in the south was the first large-scale battle he completely let his subordinates command the battle. In the first phase of the battle, Peng Yue's overall performance was still remarkable. The only thing that was wrong was that he was too impatient.

Eat a big fat man in one bite.

This is impossible. The Qin army launched the war in southern China in March. In order to end the war before the hottest weather at the end of June, various Qin troops also prepared for the war. The vanguard troops even ignored whether the supply and supplies in the rear could keep up and pursued the southward continuously, which gave a lot of room between the front and the central army.

Battle of Ganshui.

The reason why Ji Bu's army was in the dilemma of fighting alone was because Peng Yue was unable to rescue, Luan Bu's reinforcements headed south all the way. By the time they arrived at the battlefield five days later, everything was settled.

"At present, the information we have is far from enough. Zhao Tuo's intention to continue to be independent or sincerely submit to our Qin Dynasty must be clear. Otherwise, we may suffer another loss." Yan Le advised with a gloomy face.

With the differentiation of the functions of the Military Intelligence Department, the external intelligence spy has been handed over to Meng Hu. However, since the center of Qin has been tilted to the north, there is indeed a little less intelligence in the south, especially Lingnan, which has also caused the Qin army to rely too little when it goes south to fight.

"Lu Jia, go to Lingnan again to explore what Zhao Tuo means. As for the reason, it is said that I, Li Yuan, was very angry and was about to question why the Nanyue Army had not launched an offensive against Mei Yue troops for a long time. Let's hear how Zhao Tuo answer. If Zhao Tuo avoids him, don't hesitate too much, just come back." Li Yuan thought for a while and ordered.

Lu Jia nodded and said, "I will prepare my carriages and horses and set off early tomorrow morning."

Li Yuan turned to Meng Hu and said, "Meng Guowei, Doctor Lu will probably not be peaceful in South Vietnam. Your people must mobilize them all to cooperate with this mission. In addition, for safety reasons, I ask the lieutenant Yang Yu to escort Doctor Lu and his party with a team of personal soldiers."

After the court meeting ended, all the officials left one after another. Li Yuan called Yang Yu in and advised him that security was crucial to the mission to other countries. Lu Jia is now an important official of Qin and has made great contributions to the Western Regions such as Wusun. Li Yuan did not want him to lose a capable subordinate due to temporary negligence.

At the same time, Li Yuan still had a grudge against Zhao Tuo. A person who blocked the road for personal gain in the time of crisis in Qin State and refused to allow the Qin army in the south to return to the Central Plains could not be classified as a loyal and patriotic type of person.

Back then, for the sake of profit, Zhao Tuo could betray Qin.

Now, for his personal selfishness, he will also ignore the life and death of the Qin army.
Chapter completed!