Xu Fu's boat was getting closer and closer to the coast, and the people on the shore became more and more clear.
The sailors found that these people had strange patterns painted on their faces and messy hair on their heads.
These people were shouting at them, dancing and roaring like beasts in their throats.
No matter which way you look at it, these savages look vicious.
Some sailors involuntarily filled their bows.
Xu Fu cleared his throat and said to the sailors: "There is an order to banish immortals. We must convince people with virtue. We must be polite before fighting. Do you understand?"
The sailors responded and lowered their bows.
However, a few of them who were smarter were a little puzzled: Is there such an order to banish an immortal? When we were in the Japanese country, we always served with soldiers first and then with courtesy.
Suddenly, a sailor said to Xu Fu: "Sir, I see that the appearance of these people is very different from that of the Japanese. I am afraid we have not returned to the Japanese country."
Xu Fu looked at him speechlessly: "Did you always think that we returned to the Japanese country? There is no such coincidence in the world. A gust of wind blew us back the way we came."
Everyone laughed. The sailor lowered his head in embarrassment.
As a result, the moment he lowered his head, a sharp arrow flew past his scalp. There was a buzzing sound as nails hammered into the wood behind him.
The sailor was stunned for a moment, then flopped down on the boat and shouted loudly: "There are cold arrows."
People on the boat scrambled for cover.
Xu Fu hid behind a pillar and peeked into the distance. He saw the savages unfurling their bows and shooting arrows at them.
A sailor asked: "Mr. Xu, should we still be polite first and then fight?"
Xu Fu scolded: "Sure, tit for tat, shoot them for me. The crossbowmen are preparing to release arrows, and the others will use the cover of arrows to seize the beach quickly."
Everyone responded.
Seeing that the ship was about to dock, the crossbowmen began to fire arrows.
According to Xu Fu's plan, after the arrows were fired on the ship, the savages would definitely have to avoid them, and they would definitely be too busy to bother the sailors who landed ashore.
But what he didn't expect was that when these ferocious savages saw the arrows being fired, they dispersed and ran away.
Xu Fu was stunned: You are so weak in combat power, you still dare to challenge me? I really don’t know how much I weigh.
So all the sailors jumped ashore in a swarm, trying to catch up with the savages. But the savages were very clever. They got into the dense forest with bare feet and soon lost sight of anyone.
Finally, after much effort, the sailors captured a savage with an arrow in his calf.
Xu Fu straightened his clothes, took the posture of going to the court to ask questions, and asked very majestically: "Who are you? What is the purpose of this place?"
The savage babbled aloud, but no one present could understand it.
Xu Fu was a little helpless. He didn't know where he was. How could he return to Daqin?
At this time, a sailor came over cheering: "Sir, sir, there are people from Chu here."
Xu Fu was startled, then delighted, and asked, "Where are the Chu people?"
The sailor handed over an arrow: "The arrows they used just now are from the Chu people."
This sailor once worked as a servant in a wealthy family in Chu, and also went to the battlefield with his master, so he knew this kind of arrow.
Xu Fu breathed a sigh of relief: "The fact that Chu Arrow can be found here at least means that it is not far from Da Qin."
He grabbed the arrow and asked the savage: "Where did you get this thing?"
The savage was jabbering again, but no one could understand him.
Xu Fu was a little impatient and drew his sword and pointed it at the savage: "Are you deliberately pretending to have a language barrier?"
The savage was almost crying with fear, and he was gesticulating with both hands.
A sailor next to him looked at it for a long time, and then said hesitantly: "Sir, it seems that he wants to take us to find the owner of the arrow."
Xu Fu pointed at the arrow.
The savage nodded repeatedly and pointed in a direction.
Xu Fu said to the sailor: "Stop his mouth and let him lead the way."
The savage's mouth was blocked because no one could understand his language. Who knows if he might have given a secret code to his accomplices along the way?
A quarter of an hour later, Xu Fu led the sailors and followed the savages into a dense forest.
There are towering trees everywhere here. It's obviously broad daylight, but because of the cover of the leaves, it's gloomy, like dusk.
The sailors adopted the habit of marching, with outposts, left and right wings... They moved step by step and walked very carefully.
An hour later, the front suddenly opened up. It turned out that there was a river in the dense forest.
There is a large piece of flat land in the river valley, and there are many simple thatched houses on the flat land.
There are men skinning and washing wild animals, while a group of women are collecting wild fruits.
Xu Fu took out his telescope and looked at it. He suddenly discovered that the man who was skinning the beast was holding a sharp sword in his hand. This kind of sword was probably only owned by the nobles of Guchu.
Now the savage was clumsily cleaning the guts of a fish with his sword. It was really funny.
Xu Fu chuckled: "It's really weird."
He looked at the sailors beside him: "Take them down alive. But... if they want to hurt others, shoot them without mercy."
The sailors all agreed, and some quietly surrounded the river valley, while others lined up and rushed in.
The savages in the river valley were suddenly in chaos. They had little fighting spirit and quickly surrendered.
Xu Fu came over and said loudly: "Does any of you understand the Central Plains language?"
No one answered.
Xu Fu repeated it again.
Finally, someone said cautiously: "I understand."
Xu Fu looked over curiously and found that this man was somewhat different from the savages around him.
Although his clothes were relatively tattered, at least they still had some shape. There were no patterns on his face, and his hair was tied up reluctantly.
Xu Fu asked: "Who are you?"
The man was silent for a moment, then suddenly showed an expression determined to die: "Xiong Hai."
Xu Fu said in confusion: "Xiong Hai? I've never heard of it."
Xiong Hai was stunned for a moment, and then said: "My eighth generation ancestor is the King of Chu."
Xu Fu almost burst out laughing: "My hundredth generation ancestor is still Yao and Shun. Eighth generation ancestor, how thin is your bloodline? Looking at your appearance, I'm afraid you are not your legitimate son, right?"
Xiong Hai sighed and lowered his head in embarrassment.
Xu Fu guessed correctly. Xiong Hai is indeed not the legitimate son. Seven generations of concubines, by his generation, he was already just a small rich man.
Although such a rich person will not suffer from cold or hunger at home, he still has to live a careful life, so he is not considered a figure at all in Chu Di. Basically no one knows anyone outside the village.
But in Xiong Hai's heart, he always remembered that he was a descendant of the King of Chu. Whenever he was frustrated, he took out this identity and told himself that he was a descendant of the royal family and had noble blood...
Later, the capital of the Chu State was breached, and the Qin soldiers marched in and occupied the Chu land. Xiong Hai knew that his great Chu was gone.
He did not have the ability to lead troops to fight, nor did he have the courage to join the army and kill the enemy. After thinking about it, he simply left Chu Di and headed south to South Vietnam.
With the intention of not eating Zhou Su, he vowed never to set foot on the land of Da Qin.
In fact, there were many people who came to South Vietnam that day. But most of those people were of noble status and had some retainers with them.
After those people arrived, they quickly conquered the nearby tribes. As for Xiong Hai, he was alone. Let alone conquering the tribes, it would be better if he was not killed.
He didn't want to be driven by his fellow villagers who were like mountain kings, so he hid in Tibet all day long. Finally, by chance, he found this most backward tribe. Other tribes were already farming and weaving, but this tribe was still hunting and gathering.
It was precisely because of their backwardness that they did not drive away Xiong Hai. Because Xiong Hai is a man after all, he may be able to help when hunting.
Xiong Hai took out the sword handed down from his ancestors and won the favor of the tribe. He also took out the arrows he picked up from the battlefield and gave them to the savages here, gaining their trust.
Later, he stayed in this tribe.
After hearing this, Xu Fu suddenly realized: "It turns out that we were blown to South Vietnam by a gust of wind. It seems that we can return to Daqin by walking north from here."
After hearing this, Xiong Hai shook his head and said to Xu Fu: "Although this place is collectively called Nanyue, there are many tribes. The territories of those tribes are intertwined. If you pass between them, you will definitely be attacked. Therefore... go north, It’s a dead end.”
Xu Fu asked: "How many people are there in those tribes?"
Xiong Hai thought for a while and said: "The big one has one or two thousand people, and the small one has two to three hundred people."
Xu Fu smiled: "Even a large tribe of one or two thousand people, excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, is only a few hundred people. These hundreds of people are still a mob. I have hundreds of elite soldiers, but I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat them. ?"
Xiong Hai was silent, and then whispered: "Although your soldiers are elite, they are too few in number. Once these hundreds of tribes unite and share the same hatred, you will not be able to escape."
Xu Fu said: "Then don't let them unite. These tribes must have conflicts with each other, right?"
Xiong Hai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "They often attack each other."
Xu Fu said: "That's right. I just need to form an alliance with one party, defeat the other party, and then repeat the same tricks..."
Xiong Hai said with some doubt: "This kind of thing is extremely complicated, can it be done?"
Xu Fu said with a smile: "Yes, I can definitely do it."
The sailors behind him also smiled and said: "I have been using this trick in the Japanese country. It has been tried and tested. Now, don't the tribes in the Japanese country be kept obedient and mine for us?"
Xiong Hai was a little confused: "Japanese country? I haven't heard of it. Has the Central Plains changed again?"
Xu Fu shook the sword in his hand and said to the sailors behind him: "This time, we will follow the Japanese approach. For extremely stubborn tribes, we will unite with their enemies and eliminate them. But be careful, when using troops, let The South Vietnamese can just rush in front, we just need to be strategists and come up with ideas, and try to avoid casualties."
"For tribes that are not so stubborn, control their leaders and let them be used by us."
"For tribes whose leaders are stubborn and whose subordinates have a favorable impression of us, we will assassinate their leaders and support their subordinates with shallower foundations to rise to power. The new leader will not have support within the tribe, so we need us even more."
The sailors all smiled and agreed.
Xiong Hai looked on and was dumbfounded: "Qin people, are they already so cunning?"
Originally, Xiong Hai thought that Xu Fu was going to conquer the South Vietnamese all the way, but the more he heard, the less that was the case.
Xiong Hai thought about it carefully and felt that Xu Fu's plan might really succeed.
South Vietnam has high mountains and dense forests. If there is a war, the Vietnamese people will break into pieces, gathering and scattering, and I am afraid that they will not be able to calm down for a year or two.
But Xu Fu's method sounds very complicated, but in actual implementation, it is much less difficult.
Xiong Hai couldn't help but sigh, thinking: If the Qin people are so cunning, it's no wonder they can dominate the world.
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In Xianyang City, Zhao Tuo led his troops on an expedition. Before leaving, Li Si came to see him off.
Zhao Tuo naturally knew that he was able to receive this job because of Lord Tingwei's recommendation from the court, so he was grateful to Li Si.
Li Si patted Zhao Tuo's shoulder affectionately: "This time, we must make a contribution."
Zhao Tuo nodded seriously: "Don't worry, Sir, Wang Heng only has 500 men. We can take him down in one battle."
Li Si hummed and then said, "Huaiguzi, have I given you Wang Bing's contact code?"
Zhao Tuo said: "It has been handed over. With Wang Bing's secret message, Wang Heng has no place to hide."
Li Si said with satisfaction: "Go ahead, I will wait for your triumphant return."
Zhao Tuo responded and led three thousand men and horses, like a gust of wind, towards Peixian County.
It took them an hour to run dozens of miles.
During the break, one of the generals said: "Sir, should we detach some troops and go south in a roundabout way to block Wang Heng's way in advance, lest he receive the news and flee to South Vietnam."
Zhao Tuo thought for a while and shook his head: "In that case, we need to go in a big circle to avoid alerting Wang Heng. This method will waste too much time. Soldiers are very fast, so we can just attack directly."
"This time, Sir Tingwei has placed high hopes on us. We must reciprocate his kindness and repay him with a quick victory."
The general laughed and said, "Even if we delay for a while, we can still win the battle and repay Lord Tingwei. If we are greedy for merit and let Wang Heng escape to South Vietnam, the situation there will be complicated. I'm afraid it won't be possible. It’s easy to clean up.”
Zhao Tuo said calmly: "I have three thousand people, they are as fast as the wind. Even if Wang Heng wants to escape, how can he escape? I have made up my mind, you don't need to say any more."
The general just responded and retreated.
In fact, Zhao Tuo was anxious to capture Wang Heng, mainly because he felt that Li Si was competing with Huaiguzi, and Li Si was already at a disadvantage.
Zhao Tuo was determined to join Li Si, so he wanted to catch Wang Heng as soon as possible and let Li Si win the game. This kind of thing cannot be postponed. If it is delayed for a long time, the effect will not be good.
Zhao Tuo breathed a long sigh of relief: "Master Tingwei, I am an important minister in the court. If this thing is done well, I will definitely be able to rise to prominence. Maybe one day, I can be the second Wang Jian. Bah! It should be the second Li Xin. .”
