Chapter 98: Bloodless Battle【Subscribe】
"Your Majesty, let me, Wang Ben, lead the jungle army to destroy Baiyue!" Wang Ben stood up and asked for battle.
"Your Majesty, I, Han Xin, am willing to conquer Baiyue. I promise to minimize the losses of the Qin army and Baiyue!" Han Xin also stood up and said.
Although Wang Ben was a Tongwu Marquis and had made great contributions to the establishment of the Qin Empire, Han Xin still wanted to compete with him.
Han Xin was eager to prove himself through the war of annexing Baiyue so that he could gain greater military power later.
Han Xin was an ambitious and ambitious person.
He wanted to help Your Majesty conquer a vast territory and let all important colonies of the Qin Empire have his figure, so that he would be famous for thousands of years!
Peng Yue and Zhang Han did not compete.
They felt that they could not compare with Wang Ben in terms of merit and Han Xin in terms of talent.
The two big guys were already competing, and they would be overestimating their own abilities if they got involved.
Ying Zheng looked at the two powerful generals under his seat, vying to lead the army to conquer Baiyue. A smile appeared on his face. He stood up and said majestically: "Wang Ben, Han Xin, listen to my order!"
"Minister, I am here!"
The two looked stern and clasped their fists to the emperor.
Ying Zheng said in a deep voice:
"I order you two to lead 100,000 jungle troops each and a small group of light artillery to conquer the same number of Baiyue tribes and states from the left and right!
Whoever conquers all these tribes and states at a faster speed and with less sacrifice (including the sacrifice of the ancient Yue people) will be the first to make a contribution!"
The 200,000 jungle troops were specially set up to conquer Baiyue and other jungle states and tribes.
"Yes!" Wang Ben and Han Xin clasped their fists excitedly.
With the detailed intelligence information provided by the gentleman and the recipe of the medicinal soup that can avoid the invasion of miasma, they are confident that they can conquer Baiyue at the lowest cost and the fastest speed.
Ying Zheng ordered: "You all follow the prescription given by the master and prepare medicine for all soldiers to swallow!"
"Yes!" Han Xin and Wang Ben said respectfully.
After speaking, the two super commanders left the central army tent and headed for their respective jungle army corps.
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The ancient Yue people were divided into many tribes and states.
Among them, the famous ones are Wu Yue, Yang Yue, Han Yue, Dong Ou (Eastern Yue), Min Yue, Nan Yue, Xi Ou (Western Yue), Luo Yue and many other branches of the Yue people.
Han Xin and Wang Ben collected enough medicinal materials for boiling medicine soup and boiled the liquid medicine for the jungle army to take.
They led their own 100,000 jungle army and a small group of light artillery to start the journey to conquer Baiyue.
With the secret recipe of precious medicine given by the master, the jungle army no longer had to fear the terrible miasma in the mountains, swamps, hills and gullies of Baiyue.
In addition, with the detailed information provided by the gentleman, Wang Ben and Han Xin also had a clear direction guide for their expedition to the land of Baiyue.
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Wuyue State, Capital, Palace Hall.
The King of Wuyue and his ministers were discussing the Qin army's attack.
"Your Majesty, it is said that Ying Zheng is extremely cruel. If we Wuyue return to Qin, there will be no good end!"
"Your Majesty, our Wuyue land is mountainous and dangerous, filled with miasma and poisonous insects. Even if the tyrant Yingzheng sends hundreds of thousands of troops, he may not be able to conquer our Wuyue!"
"Your Majesty, we Wuyue will fight with the Qin army. As long as we can withstand the first few waves of Qin army's attacks and make them suffer heavy losses, Yingzheng will retreat!"
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Even though they knew that the Qin army was huge, the Wuyue ministers were not afraid and still fought against it with the determination to die!
The ancient Yue people cut their hair and tattooed their bodies, and were famous for their bravery and martial arts.
They were unwilling to succumb to the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty.
This also happened in history. Tu Sui was ordered by Qin Shihuang to lead an army of 500,000 to conquer Baiyue in the south. He attacked for several years but failed to conquer.
In the end, even Tu Sui himself was killed by the ancient Yue people, and the Qin army suffered casualties of 300,000!
On the Baiyue side, more than 50,000 casualties!
The tragic casualties were unprecedented for the Qin army, which was invincible in the Central Plains!
This shows the bravery and warlike nature of the ancient Yue people!
If the population of Baiyue was not small and there were too few warriors, it would be uncertain who would win or lose in the Qin Dynasty's southern expedition to Baiyue!
Seeing that his ministers were angry, the King of Wuyue did not want to succumb to the Qin Dynasty. He stood up and said in a deep voice: "My Wuyue will fight to the death with Qin!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers shouted in unison.
"Your Majesty, the purpose of the Qin army this time is not just to conquer Wuyue, but to conquer all the Baiyue countries!
So I suggest to unite with other Baiyue tribes and states to fight against the Qin army!
Although there are grievances between the Baiyue tribes and states, they need to unite to fight against the Qin army!
I believe that the leaders of the major tribes and the kings of the states also know this!" The prime minister of Wuyue suggested.
The King of Wuyue nodded and said:
"The Prime Minister is right. I will send envoys to the surrounding Yangyue, Hanyue, Dongou (Eastern Yue), Minyue, Nanyue, Xiou (Western Yue), Luoyue and other ancient Yue tribe states and tribes to unite with the people of Baiyue to fight against the Qin army!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" said the prime minister.
In the following time, the King of Wuyue sent envoys to visit.
And sent messengers to pass on the generals stationed in the major camps of Wuyue.
Order these generals to lead the army and set up ambushes at the main roads where the Qin army attacked Wuyue.
Give the Qin army a head-on blow!
Let the Qin army know that the land of Baiyue is not the Central Plains, and it is not a place for the Qin army to run wild!
What the King of Wuyue did not know was that several major military camps of Wuyue were about to encounter an unprecedented crisis!
The sun went down, and the night fell, covering the mountains, valleys, rivers, and lakes. The mist and miasma gradually rose, and many poisonous insects that hid during the day and came out at night also appeared in the mountains and forests.
As time passed, the night gradually deepened.
Wu Yue State, a large camp.
After dinner, the soldiers went to rest early, leaving only a group of soldiers responsible for night patrols who did not sleep, sitting by the campfire and keeping watch.
"Enemy attack!"
Suddenly, a soldier on night patrol heard the sound and shouted in a deep voice.
But it was too late.
I saw a large number of torches lit up around the camp, and the entire Wu Yue State camp seemed to be surrounded by a huge fire snake.
There were countless Qin troops, appearing around the camp, bending their bows and arrows, and aiming their cold arrows at the camp.
As long as the commander gave an order, they would shoot the people in the camp into a hornet's nest.
At the same time, a tall and handsome general wearing silver armor, a scarlet cloak on his back, and a sword on his waist, riding a handsome white horse, led a large number of Qin soldiers who were as fierce as wolves and tigers into the camp.
This general was Han Xin.
As the night patrol soldiers just now shouted, all the Wuyue soldiers and generals who had fallen asleep woke up from their sleep and wanted to put on their armor and fight the enemy.
However, as soon as they opened the door of the barracks, they found that they had become turtles in a jar.
The enemy was several times larger than their own, and they were prepared to attack without preparation.
Han Xin glanced at the Wuyue soldiers majestically and shouted in a deep voice:
"I am Han Xin, a general of the Qin Dynasty. I am here to conquer the Wuyue countries by the order of His Majesty the Great Qin!
You are now surrounded by my Qin army. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately. I will spare your lives!"