After Qin Shihuang sent Meng Tian to send troops to the north, he felt much relieved. One day, while he was handling affairs in Xianyang Palace, an urgent military situation suddenly came from the south. It turns out that in the far south, there is another general Ren Xiao, who is leading an army of 100,000 to conquer Baiyue. Baiyue is also called Baiyue. Their activity range is roughly in the vast area south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and they are composed of primitive tribes. Those living in the Wuyue area are called Ouyue; those living in central Fujian are called Minyue; those living in Lingnan are called Nanyue; and those in the far west are called Luoyue. These foreigners had contacts with the people of the Central Plains for a long time. As early as the time of the Three Kings and Five Emperors, they submitted to the royal power of the Central Plains. According to historical records: During the periods of the Shang and Zhou kings, people from all ethnic groups in Lingnan paid tribute to the royal family with pearls, tortoiseshells, ivory, rhinoceros, jade, etc. "The Book of Songs" also says: "From the frontier to the south, as far as the South China Sea." After Ren Xiao led the Qin army to capture Minyue, he established Minzhong County in Dongye. They then attacked South Vietnam. But while fighting South Vietnam, the Qin army encountered a sneak attack and suffered heavy casualties. General Ren Xiao had no choice but to send someone to Xianyang to report the situation.
When the emperor learned of the situation, he convened the ministers again for discussion. He said to everyone: "General Ren Xiao was ordered to conquer Baiyue in the south. Now he is blocked in Longchuan. What should you do?" Look at Lord Guowei. The First Emperor said unhappily: "In the past, when I discussed things with you, all of them offered up their own strategies. Now that the world is unified, can South Vietnam, a land of barbarians and a land of tattoos, be more powerful than the Chu people?" How does the general compare to Xiang Yan?" Seeing the emperor's anger, Wei Liao had to stand up and answer: "Although the people of South Vietnam are not as difficult to deal with as imagined, the terrain where they are located is complex, and the climate is changeable. Insects and snakes are rampant, and miasma is pervasive. Under such conditions, our army fights for a long time, and the food and grass cannot be delivered on time, the war is naturally not conducive to our army. However, An Neng can withstand the wrath of the Mantis. Che Yi. 'Qin dominates the world and its power is unstoppable. If your Majesty sends another general to send troops south, Baiyue will naturally be pacified!"
The emperor was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Your words are very much in line with my wishes. I have heard that the soldiers there are waiting for dawn, and their armor is infested with lice. They are extremely hardworking and fight to the death for their country. They are really good men of our Qin country! I have made up my mind. , and will mobilize an additional 100,000 troops to reinforce and serve as general. Which of you is willing to lead the troops south?" Suddenly two people stepped forward and said in unison: "We are willing to go." It turned out to be the general Zhao Tuo and the captain Tu Sui. The emperor was overjoyed and said: "The courage of the two generals is commendable! However, the roads in the south are rugged and crisscrossed by waterways. I ask you, how are you going to advance the army?" Zhao Tuo said: "Your Majesty, after we arrive in Jing and Chu, we will recruit a group of migrant workers there. , open the road first, and then launch the attack." The emperor said: "The army is going south, the road is rugged, and the lakes are crisscrossed. I will send a water conservancy expert to be your supervisor. Please consult with him when you encounter any problems." The second general claimed that it was true. The First Emperor ordered Shi Lu, the Prime Minister of Capital Water, to accompany the army.
The three men led the army to Linxiang, the capital of Changsha County, and stationed their troops and horses. Shi Lu said: "What our army is worried about is that the roads are impassable and food and grass supplies cannot be provided. We should recruit migrant workers as soon as possible to dig roads." Zhao Tuo and Tu Sui were responsible for recruiting strong men and summoned 300,000 migrant workers. The Qin State stipulates that all sons-in-law who marry into other people's families and small businessmen who do business are regarded as lowly slaves and must not be treated like ordinary civilians. Therefore, they were forced to perform corvées and ranked with criminals. Shi Lu inspected the route of advancing troops. He first came to Lingling and carefully surveyed the terrain. He believed that the distance between the Xiangjiang River and the upper reaches of the Lijiang River was short, and the difference in water levels was not very large. An artificial canal should be dug to solve the problem of food, grass and supplies. There is a transportation problem. After everyone discussed it, they divided the troops into three groups, each with migrant workers who opened the way: Zhao Tuo led the left group, heading south from Luling and Nanye; Down; Tu Ju took the road to Leiyang and attacked Wuling along the Huangshui River. He also contacted General Ren Xiao and marched from Longchuan to Boluo. The four armies of the Qin State, together with the servants who dug mountains and opened roads, totaling 500,000 people, launched a large march towards Lingnan. Five months later, soldiers from all walks of life invaded South Vietnam. The Qin army occupied Panyu, the royal city of the South Vietnamese, which is today's Guangzhou.
At this time, the emperor also approved Shi Lu's request to dig an artificial canal. Shi Lu and his assistants led a large number of migrant workers to the Xiang River and the places closest to the water to dig channels and build artificial canals. Three years later, this famous artificial canal was excavated. It was 30 kilometers long and became an important thoroughfare for water transportation. It also became a famous project that benefited EMI. In the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Lingqu.
At the same time, in the vast northern border, General Meng Tian was also brewing a large-scale war against the Huns. He made a lot of preparations for more than half a year: he only let the sergeants eat and drink all day long to compete in archery and wrestling. The crossbow used by the Qin army had a very long range, and the generals asked their sergeants to practice shooting every day. They shot from one place to another, and the sergeant in that place shot the arrowhead back. The practice was repeated back and forth in this way, and whoever shot farther would be rewarded with more wine. The soldiers were all very happy. Meng Tian secretly sent sergeants to pretend to be common people and sneak into the Huns to help them transport supplies, inspect the terrain, and where to garrison. Touman Shanyu challenged Meng Tian many times, but Meng Tian refused to fight. Touman thought that the Qin army was timid. As time went by, they gradually relaxed their vigilance. But Meng Tian already knew everything about the enemy at this time.
One day, Meng Tian suddenly hosted a banquet for the soldiers. He raised his wine glass and said with great pride: "Soldiers, how long have I let you drink wine all day long?" Everyone replied: "It's been about half a year." Meng Tian said: " We eat the royal food, but we have to work for the country, right?" The soldiers all said: "We are full of strength, but we have nowhere to use it." Meng Tian said categorically: "Defeat the Huns today! Touman Chanyu has Three hundred thousand cavalry, since you have the strength, you should wipe them all out. Are you willing to serve the country?" When the soldiers heard that a war was about to begin, they all jumped for joy, and everyone geared up, saying they wanted to fight with the Huns. Determine male and female. Meng Tian was very happy and ordered Wang Li: "General Wang, you immediately lead 50,000 fine cavalry and rush to Dahe Crossing at starry night. First burn the Huns' ferry and cut off Touman's return route. Then I will attack with all my troops." Great Wall, kill towards the Xiongnu camp. Touman will definitely not think that we are going to attack them, they will definitely be defeated. After Touman is defeated, they will definitely cross the river and be defeated. At that time, you and I will surround the enemy in the river Annihilate them all on the border!" After hearing Meng Tian's military strategy, Wang Li thought that he had learned it from his grandfather, so he accepted the order and led his troops to the river crossing overnight.
Touman was in his camp north of the Great Wall and sent people to inquire about the Qin army every day. These days, I suddenly received reports that the number of flags in the Qin army camp has decreased. Touman said happily: "This is Meng Tian's transfer of the Qin army. It seems that they will withdraw their troops soon. Hahaha!" That night, Touman was drunk and sleeping when suddenly someone came in and reported "Your Majesty, we suddenly saw a fire in the back camp!" Touman Chanyu asked where the fire was. The sergeant replied: "It seems to be the place where grain is stored." Touman was furious, so he angrily went out to check, and saw that dozens of granaries were all on fire, and the fire was getting more and more intense. Seeing this, Touman shouted angrily: "What's going on?" Someone reported: "This must be a fire deliberately set by someone!" Touman shouted: "Go put out the fire quickly! I want the guard to immediately Behead him!" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "whooshing" sound coming from above his head. Touman Shanyu looked up and saw the rockets in the sky shooting towards his camp like fireworks. In an instant, the Huns' camp was all on fire. Touman was shocked and immediately led his soldiers to the city. It didn't matter. He was so frightened that Touman felt like he was having a stroke. It turned out that the Qin army was holding torches on a dozens of miles long front and was killing them overwhelmingly. The shouts of killing were simply earth-shattering. Touman finally understood: The Qin army had launched a full-scale attack. Touman then ordered to fight hastily.
The Qin army rushed to the Great Wall, erected ladders and stormed the Great Wall. The arrows fired from behind were as dense as raindrops. Those Huns soldiers who were not burned to death hurriedly climbed up the Great Wall to fight, and some of them had already fled in panic. The two sides fought fiercely all night, and the Qin army crossed the city wall and fought with the Xiongnu soldiers. An hour later, the Huns soldiers retreated one after another. Touman Chanyu and his generals saw that they could not control the situation, so they had no choice but to retreat with the flow of people. It turns out that the Huns fought only for immediate benefits. If there was no profit, they would flee for their own lives and would not rescue each other, so they were defeated across the board. In just one night, more than half of the 200,000 Huns defending the Great Wall had been burned, shot, killed, and trampled to death. The rest followed the big Dan and fled in panic. After Meng Tian razed the Xiongnu camp, he led his army to continue hunting down the remnants.
Sure enough, Touman Chanyu ran towards the Yellow River crossing. He fled all the way and accepted the 100,000 troops behind him. One evening, the Xiongnu soldiers came to the edge of the Yellow River and found that the ferry had been burned by the Qin army. They shouted: "I have been running various ministries for decades, galloping across the desert, and have never been defeated. I don't want to be defeated by the Southern Barbarians today!" I heard that in the art of war, there is a saying that 'put yourself to death and then survive'. Now if our army of 100,000 fights to the death, the outcome is not yet known!" Before he finished speaking, a drum sounded, and the sound of killing shook the ground. I saw the war horses Xiaoxiao, and countless Qin cavalry armor rushed out from the front, surrounding Touman's army. The handsome flag facing him had a big word "王" written on it, which was Wang Li's army. At this time, the sergeant behind also flew to report: "Your Majesty, what's wrong, Meng Tian is coming from behind to kill!" Touman Shanyu was frightened and shouted angrily: "Meng Tian is so cunning, he will cut off my return first." Lu, he came to pursue him again. He is really despicable and shameless. Let’s fight with him! Kill!” The soldiers from both sides started a fierce battle on the edge of the Yellow River. A big battle. After Meng Tian and Wang Li reunited, Meng Tian ordered the Qin army to withdraw from the northwest. Wang Li was confused and wanted to surround him and chase Touman alive. Meng Tian said: "Don't force the poor aggressors, keep the net open wide, otherwise they will fight tooth and nail when they see that they are bound to die. This is a taboo in military use." Wang Li admired his wise words.
The Xiongnu soldiers were attacked by three times the Qin army, and another bloody battle began. Touman Shanyu was about to order a fight to the death and die with the Qin army. Suddenly someone came to report that there was no Qin army in the northwest corner. Seeing that there was a glimmer of hope, Touman led everyone to break out to the northwest. Meng Tian saw that Tou Man really just wanted to escape, so he led the Qin army to pursue him hard. This pursuit only killed the Xiongnu corpses all over the field, their blood flowed into rivers, and the water of the Yellow River turned red. Under the protection of the generals, Touman finally escaped from the battlefield. This battle was just as General Meng Tian expected. The Huns did not fight to the death, so the Qin army won a complete victory and captured countless trophies.
Touman led the remaining soldiers and defeated the generals and fled westward for a night. He was relieved when he saw that the Qin army did not pursue him. At daybreak, they came to the river, with only a few thousand men and horses left, and all of them were wounded. Touman looked for a boat along the river. When he saw the vast river and there was no boat to cross it, he had to look at the river and mourned. Suddenly he pulled out his sword and was about to wipe his neck. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly stopped and said: "If the Southern Barbarians don't come to chase us, it's because God won't let us die! If the king sends sailors across the river to tell the tribesmen the news of the defeat, the tribesmen will row boats to save us. We won't die yet." Ah!" Tou Man said: "I have been defeated and I have no face to see my elders again. How dare I trouble them?" The generals all said: "Winning or losing is a common matter for military strategists. What's more, the king and Ying Zheng are both born great saints, and they will make a comeback in the future. We don’t know yet, how can you lose your fighting spirit?” Touman then turned his worries into joy and quickly sent sailors across the river to contact the tribesmen.
In the next few days, Meng Tian led an army to expel the remnants of the Huns and destroy all strongholds. Wang Li followed Shanyu. One day, they came to the edge of the Yellow River. They were also tired of people and horses, but they didn't know where Touman had fled. They were about to send someone to search for his whereabouts. Suddenly, a military detective came to report that Touman was crossing the river not far ahead. Wang Li asked the Huns how to cross the river. The military detective said: "Some people from Hebei came to rescue them, and dozens of large boats were prepared to ferry them back and forth." Wang Li hurriedly led his army to the river. When he saw that the Huns were rushing to cross, he led a large group to rush forward. When Touman saw the sudden arrival of the Qin army on the south bank, he quickly boarded the boat and left. All the remaining sergeants were washed away by the river. After Shanyu climbed ashore, the tribesmen all prayed for long live the Shanyu. There was a little boy among the tribe who looked unusual. He was the young prince of Touman Chanyu, named Modu. At this time, seeing that Shan Yu was in a very embarrassed state, he said to Shan Yu: "Father, when I grow up, I will definitely avenge you!" When Shan Yu saw his son, he seemed to feel a lot of comfort in his heart, and he hugged him lovingly. Then he pointed to the other side and said, "If this revenge is not avenged, I will never die with my eyes in peace!" Everyone gathered around Touman and ran towards Touman City in the clouds. When Wang Li saw that Touman Shanyu had escaped, he felt extremely regretful and had no choice but to report to Meng Tian. From then on, all the land south of the Yellow River was included in the territory of Qin.
The First Emperor was overjoyed when he received the good news, so he rewarded the soldiers and ordered Meng Tian to cross the Yellow River to continue to conquer the land. Meng Tian lived up to his expectations and led his army across the Yellow River, captured Gaoque, Beijia, Yinshan and other places, and built a beacon tower beside the Yellow River. Touman Chanyu heard that the Qin army had crossed the Yellow River, so he abandoned Touman City and continued to retreat to the north. This is what Jia Yi later said in "On the Passage of Qin": "He made Meng Tian build the Great Wall to the north and guard the fence, but the Huns were more than 700 miles away. The Hu people did not dare to go south to herd horses, and the scholars did not dare to bend their bows and complain." if. General Meng Tian established Yunzhong County and Jiuyuan County there, and added thirty-four additional counties. At this time, General Mengtian saw that there was desert wasteland everywhere and there was no danger to defend, so he wrote to the emperor to build the Great Wall.
The First Emperor received the report, and after careful consideration, he summoned his ministers and said: "King Zhaoxiang of Qin destroyed Yiqu and built the Great Wall in Longxi, Beidi and Shangjun to resist the Hu people. King Wuling of Zhao defeated Linhu and Loufan in the north, and from generation to generation The Great Wall was built from Di to the foot of Yin Mountain, and Gaoque Pass was also set up to defend against the Xiongnu, so Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun were all safe. Yan State also built the Great Wall from Zaoyang to Xiangping County, so Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping The counties in western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning are not afraid of the Huns' invasion. The Huns' habit of migrating and wandering will not change. I want to connect the Great Walls of the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Yan. It is called the "Great Wall". It will It is a military barrier across the north to prevent the Hu people from advancing south. What do you think?" Li Sidao said: "Your Majesty, it is impossible!" The First Emperor asked why it couldn't be done. Li Sidao: "In the past, when the State of Qin built the Great Wall in Longxi, Beidi, and Shangjun, it spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and it took three years to complete. Now your Majesty wants to connect all the Great Wall in the north, from Longxi to Liaodong, as long as It is more than 10,000 miles, and there are many mountains and valleys in the land. When can such a difficult project be completed? This will be a waste of people and money. Please think twice!" The First Emperor smiled and said: "In the past, the Great Wall was built because of manpower. Not enough, now that the world is unified and everyone is used by the Qin Dynasty, why worry about not being able to build it? With people united, Mount Tai will move. As long as everyone works in sections, nothing can't be done. Moreover, the Great Wall is due to the strength of the mountains, and not all of it will be built. Once it is built, this military Barrier, how dare the Hu people come south to herd horses?" All the ministers shouted long live.
Subsequently, Qin Shihuang ordered people to immigrate to the north to jointly reclaim wasteland and guard the border. From then on, the soldiers and civilians of the Qin State built counties, built roads, built cities, and cleared wasteland. The emperor also reorganized the officials across the country and sent all corrupt and incompetent officials into the army. Those who live in the north will build the Great Wall, and those who live in the south will develop Lingnan and build the country together. The Qin State established Nanjun, Xiangjun and Guilin County in the south, and carried out large-scale transportation construction in the Lingnan area.
