Only by knowing oneself and one’s enemy can one never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Although Zhao Tuo called himself King Wu, his military gaze was not as powerful as he thought. Since the performance of the Qin army in the first stage was not as eye-catching as imagined, Zhao Tuo mistakenly thought that the army under Li Yuan was only similar to Tu Sui's southern expedition army at most.

Under the misleading of this information, Zhao Tuo then made a series of wrong decisions such as joining the Yue to resist Qin, killing the envoys, establishing King Wu, and sending troops to aid Vietnam. Therefore, when the Qin army suddenly crossed the Yelang Kingdom and appeared near Guilin County, Zhao Tuo suddenly discovered that he could not send a new force to reinforce for a while.

The Qin army that went south one after another was claimed to have 500,000, but in fact, there were not so many. When Zhao Tuo broke the road and stood up, there were about 200,000 Qin soldiers stranded in Lingnan.

Where have these generals and soldiers been stationed?

According to the plan of Mitsukoshi to jointly fight against Qin, when the Meiyue people launched an attack in Changsha County, the South Vietnamese army stationed 50,000 troops in Nanba City according to the contract. On the one hand, it prevented the Qin army from invading in the middle, and on the other hand, it also served the purpose of preventing Wuzhu, a ill-intentioned ally.

In addition, due to Wang Changgong's rebellion, Zhao Tuo felt unstable in the army, so he directly quashed the local area on the ground for insufficient military expenditure. In addition, the scattered troops stationed in other places, Zhao Tuo could fight, namely nearly 10,000 people guarding Panyu. With this little man, Zhao Tuo really had no confidence to repel the Qin army's invasion.

King Zhao Guang of Cangwu was frustrated by the reinforcements, and he decided to surrender to Qin without any help.

For this powerless and powerful prince, instead of fighting with the Qin army, it would be better to conquer Qin and save his life. Fortunately, he knew the opportunity early and maintained a good relationship with the Qin delegation.

As soon as Zhao Guang surrendered, Yangshan Pass, at the junction of Guilin and the South China Sea, also fell into the hands of the Qin army. The fall of Yangshan Pass marked that the Qin expeditionary troops had entered the three counties of Lingnan in Zhao Tuo. Next, the Qin army only needed to go down the Xijiang River and reach Zhao Tuo's capital Panyu.

The Royal City of Nanyue.

A group of soldiers were nervously guarding the city tower and the waterway dock. The passing ships were strictly inspected. Any ships that went to or brought from Yelang Kingdom and Guilin County would be taken to a special inspection place and interrogated by personnel specifically responsible for spy reconnaissance.

The Qin army attacked.

The country of Nanyue was full of wind and panic.

When Zhao Tuo heard that King Zhao Guang of Cangwu had surrendered without a fight, he was shocked. He never expected that Li Yuan would have such a courage to send an army through the mountains and ridges of Guizhou and rush to Lingnan. He did not expect that his younger brother would suddenly abandon him.

Lu Jia, Lu Tai, and Dou Guangde, the general in charge of guarding Panyu City, all three Zhao Tuo's confidants were summoned to the palace to discuss countermeasures.

"King Wu, the Qin people are coming from afar. We are aggressive and our troops are mostly stuck in the Five Ridges and must be recalled immediately. Otherwise, the last general will not be sure whether Panyu City can be defended." Dou Guangde said worriedly. Like Wang Changgong, Dou Guangde is also a veteran of a hundred battles. However, unlike Wang Changgong, he swore allegiance to Zhao Tuo early.

Zhao Tuo had a gloomy face, nodded, and said, "Xiang Lu, this military situation is urgent. I decided to convene various troops to personally fight against the Qin army. Only by destroying this army can the situation in Lingnan stabilize. Therefore, please go there in Wuling and explain our difficulties to the Meiyue people."

Mei Juan, Wuzhu and Zhao Tuo formed an alliance in July and reached a consensus on jointly resisting Qin, including a joint proposal to use troops. After Mei Juan launched an attack on Linshenhe tribe, Zhao Tuo sent a heavy army to Nanzhu City from the direction of Longchuan to assist Mei Juan in blocking the attack of Peng Yue tribe of the Qin army.

"Wu King, in the direction of Nanzhu, if we withdraw, if the Qin army breaks through the Five Ridges, Meiyue, and Fujian Yue will be interrupted, and our north side will also face the threat from the Qin people directly." Lu Jia said hesitantly.

Before Lu Jia finished speaking, Lu Tai, who had been silent, suddenly sneered and said, "Mei Juan has been fighting the Changsha soldiers for nearly a month, but he only fought for one to lose both sides. Who is the one who is going to blame? My Nanyue Army guards the Five Ridges for so many days, and it is worthy of him. As for whether the Qin army will come south on the northern route, we don't have to worry too much. With Longchuan, the Qin army cannot penetrate deep into the heart of our South China Sea even if we come. Besides, the King of Minyue will not sit and watch the Qin people ride on his neck-!"

When Lu Tai said this, Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up and he nodded, "Person Lu is worthy of being a noble prince and noble, and has extraordinary experience. Mei Juan, a incompetent guy, let him die on his own. This time I decided to fight in person, and Person Lu can go together."

"The last one will obey the order." Lu Tai said happily.

From being the coachman of Lu Jia to now being in the eyes of Zhao Tuo, it took Lu Tai only less than half a year, and the speed of his rise is unique in the history of Nanyue Kingdom.

Watching Lu Tai's back following Zhao Tuo, Prime Minister Lu Jia was filled with bitterness. It was difficult to deal with the mission of Mei Yue. Mei Yue was famous for being a ruthless person. This time, Nanyue broke the contract. If Mei Juan got angry, it would be a little bit more to say whether Lu Jia could save his life.

However, what made Lu Jia feel regretful and bitter was not only the mission, but also because he misread Lu Tai.

I thought I was a junior of the same surname, but I looked pitiful and gave me some support and took care of it, but I didn't expect that Lu Tai would actually cross the river and demolish the bridge this time, pushing him into the fire pit.

"Lu Xiang, let's go, you and I are old, all heroes are younger generations. Lu Tai is attracted by King Wu." Dou Guangde sighed and comforted him.

Zhao Tuo transferred back to the main force of the Nanyue Army from Wuling, and then led his troops to fight in person.

The Qin and South Vietnamese armies encountered the Sihuihui of Guilin County. In terms of the strength of the two sides, the South Vietnamese army had the advantage, but at this time, the momentum of the Qin army had completely increased. Under the influence and instigation of Wang Shang, Yelang Wang Zuoluze launched all the warriors of the tribes in the ten directions and formed a Yelang army of more than 20,000 people, and attacked the South Vietnamese country from the Xiangjun area.

The two sides confronted each other several times, and the force was evenly matched. Seeing that they could not defeat the Qin army in a short time, Zhao Tuo retreated to Nanhai County and defended the four main cities of Boluo, Longchuan, Jieyang and Panyu, and gave up the rest. As a result, although the Nanyue Army lost a lot of territory, its main force was still there. More importantly, after shrinking its troops, Zhao Tuo may turn the defense into an offensive at any time, cutting off the Qin army's increasingly long retreat.

After seeing this layer of danger, Wang Shang also made steady progress. He handed over the remote places like Xiang County to the Fangguo coalition forces of Yelang Kingdom to occupy. The Qin army continued to advance east along the Xijiang River, heading towards Zhao Tuo's old nest Panyu.

Seeing that the Qin army was not deceived, Zhao Tuo was furious and had to lead his army to the Luofu Mountains in Boluo area again, in order to use the continuous mountainous situation here to block the Qin army's advance eastward.

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While Wang Shangyuan's expeditionary army broke into Lingnan, the Peng Yue army located in the middle road was also advancing south by beating drums and launching another offensive against Nanzhu City.

This time, Peng Yue was full of confidence and directly pushed the Central Army camp to Yudu.

Yundu is Ningdu County, the red capital of later generations. It is less than 60 miles away from Nanzhu. Peng Yue's central army had nearly 40,000 troops. In addition to the more than 10,000 baggage troops left by Yuzhang, the Qin army in the middle was strong and strong. The generals and soldiers of each army even supported and cooperated to approach the five ridges step by step.

Before the Nanyue Army entered Nanyue, Mei Juan drew a large number of troops from Nanyue City due to the Lingling War, which made the troops at this critical pass less than a thousand. After Zhao Tuo ordered the retreat from Wuling, Nanyue became an empty city. Because of this, Peng Yue's army encountered almost no resistance when advancing south.

October 2nd.

Hu Chi, the vanguard of the middle of the Qin army, captured Nanzhu in one fell swoop, opening the door to the hinterland of Wuling. When he learned that the Nanyue army retreated without fighting and the rear of Wuling was in danger, Mei Juan, who was fighting with Feng Xuan's army in Pangyi area, was almost fainted.

After losing Nanbacheng, the Meiyue people's territory was left in Meiling. On the east, west and north sides of the Meiyue people, Qin troops are now forcing them. Their only way to survive was to escape to Nanhai County. In that case, the life and death of the Meiyue people would be controlled by Zhao Tuo, which Mei Juan was unwilling to see.
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