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At the junction of Hunan and Guangxi, there are two rivers that are famous all over the world.

One is called Xiaoshui, which originates from Jiuzhi Mountain in the south of Yongzhou. The Five Emperors Benji contains: "Shunnan patrolled and collapsed in the wilderness of Cangwu and was buried in Jiuzhi in the south of the Yangtze River. The nine peaks in the south of the Yangtze River in this record refer to the nine ridges of the mountains south of Xiaoshui.

The other is called Xiangshui, which originates in Xing'an County, Guangxi.

Xiaoshui and Xiangshui flow northward to the intersection of Yongzhou, because this area has been called Xiaoxiang since ancient times.

If I take a boat from Nanjing, can I go directly to Guangxi? The answer is yes.

After Qin Shi Huang swept through the six countries, in order to open up Lingnan, in the 26th year of Qin Shi Huang, he ordered Tu Sui to lead 500,000 troops to the south of the 5 armies to conquer 100 Guangdong, each army to occupy a major pass in Wuling, and occupy the mountain pass on the border of Hunan and Guizhou provinces, is one of the armies. At first, it was resisted by the local people, and the soldiers could not enter for 3 years, and it was difficult to transfer military salaries.

In the 28th year of Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang ordered Shi Lu to be in charge of military supplies, and supervised soldiers and people to build an artificial canal between the Xiang River and the Li River in Xing'an to carry grain and wages.

In the 33rd year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the Ling Canal was dug into the first artificial canal in Chinese history, which connected the Yangtze River and the Pearl River system, allowing the Qin State to quickly unify Lingnan.

From this record, it is not difficult to see the importance of the Xiangjiang waterway, this time the Qin army attacked Guangxi, and the logistics supply was still mainly dependent on the Xiangjiang waterway.

If Liu Tichun wants to win, the first task is to open up the Xiangjiang River, the lifeline into Guangxi, and both Qiyang and Yongzhou further south are the main cities that hold this lifeline.

Liu Tichun quickly broke through the fortifications carefully constructed by Gu Xiancheng on the south bank of the confused water, and surrounded Qiyang, which caused a great shock to Guangxi.

What Guangxi can rely on is by no means those cities with low and short walls, but the mountains and rivers are dangerous.

Like Qiyang, it relies on confusing water. Once the water is broken through, it means that the fall of Qiyang is only a matter of time.

The artillery of the Qin army was transported up the Xiangjiang River directly to the city of Qiyang, and twenty cannons were lined up under the city.

Before the Qin army could open fire, Gu Xiancheng saw this posture, and his bandit characteristics of bullying the weak and fearing the hard were committed again, and he immediately abandoned the city with 4,000 men and horses, and fled to Yongzhou.

The chief military officer Jiao Lian heard that the Qin army did not fire a single shot, and Gu Xiancheng abandoned the city and fled. was furious and wanted to take Gu Xiancheng for questioning. was informed by Gu Xiancheng in advance, but Gu Xiancheng did not come to Yongzhou anymore, so he was rerouted halfway and retreated to Quanzhou, Guangxi.

Jiao Lian was furious, but he couldn't help Gu Xiancheng for a while, so he had to urgently mobilize 10,000 troops to deploy at Xiangkou Pass outside the north gate of Yongzhou Mansion (that is, the east bank of the Xiaoxiang confluence).

Two days later, Liu Tichun's army reached the west bank of Xiangkou Pass, which was a river formed after the confluence of Xiaoxiang and Xiangkou. It is not comparable to a tributary like the Confused Water, the river is surging, and there are 10,000 enemy troops on the opposite bank, so it is very difficult to cross the river.

Qin Zuoming said to Liu Tichun: "General Liu." Why don't we divide our troops here, the general will lead the army to pretend to cross the river here, and the last general will lead a group of men and horses to attack the whole state, and send more people to spread rumors along the way. The enemy was unable to distinguish the true from the false for a while, and must have thought that Jiao Lian's army had been defeated. At that time, the people's hearts will be scattered, and the last general will take the whole state in one fell swoop. Yongzhou is lonely and will definitely be self-defeating. ”

Liu Tichun felt that this plan was feasible, and immediately allocated 3,000 cavalry to Qin Zuoming, and rushed along the official road on the west bank of Xiangshui to attack Quanzhou, Guangxi.

Like a plague, these rumors spread rapidly in Guangxi, causing panic among people.

Qin Zuoming's 3,000 men and horses were killed in Dong'an County at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi; The Ming army guard Xu Changzuo had the heart to resist, but his soldiers actually went into chaos first, and after wanton looting in the city, they scattered with a bang, Xu Changzuo himself was captured, and the last barrier in the state was also lost.

Gu Xiancheng, who retreated to Quanzhou, had friction with Bai Gui, the defender of Quanzhou, and almost fought, but fortunately, Qu Shiyun arrived in time and barely stabilized the situation.

When Qin Zuoming was attacking Quanzhou, Ma Liuliang took 3,000 men and horses, relied on his feet to cross the mountains and mountains, and it took five days to travel nearly 400 miles, from the original Wanglong Tusi (Wenshan City, Yunnan) in Shadingzhou, to the Gaoping territory of Jiaozhi.

In Gaoping, Ma Liuliang was warmly received by Mo Jingyu, if it weren't for the combat mission, Jiandehou really wanted to be the emperor in Gaoping for a few days.

Mo Jingyu had one hundred and twenty elephant soldiers, and was taken by Ma Liuliang at a glance, in order to curry favor with Daqin, Mo Jingyu had to endure the pain and cut his love, and handed over the one hundred and twenty elephant soldiers to Ma Liuliang's command.

These elephants can carry several people, and they can also be used to carry grain and grass supplies, cross mountains and mountains, and wade through forests and streams.

No, on the way to Longzhou, Guangxi, Ma Liuliang sat in a big bamboo basket on the back of an elephant and whistled easily.

Tang Yue reminded him: "Master Hou, in front of outsiders, please pay attention to your image, and don't forget that you are the Jiande Marquis of Great Qin." ”

Adjutant General He Jinan also quipped: "If you don't bring this book with you, it is estimated that some people have forgotten that they are the Hou Ye again." ”

When Ma Liuliang was just canonized, the interesting things that happened at the imperial banquet had already been known to everyone.

Wu Xiaoliu, Hou San and others immediately followed suit, "I think it's okay, this Hou Ye is not Hou Ye, it is still called Ma Tou'er kind." ”

"Kind! In order to be kind to you, Lao Tzu doesn't even want the marquis who exchanged his life for? Damn, Wu Xiaoliu, are you Xi Shi when you are? ”

What is this, the surrounding Qin soldiers heard this, and they all burst into laughter, and the more Tang saw him talking, he couldn't help but shake his head, it seems that this guy is like this in his life, even if he wears a dragon robe, he doesn't look like the prince.

He said to Ma Liuliang: "Jiandehou, we are about to enter Guangxi, as the commander of the army, we must not ignore the situation in Guangxi, Jiandehou can know"

"I don't know!" Ma Liuliang interrupted him very dryly: "Sour Xiucai, don't sell Guanzi, Ben Hou doesn't know, don't you still know?" A few days ago, we were tired and half dead from crossing the mountains and mountains, but now it's okay, this elephant is good, sit comfortably, and you can come quickly, what is the situation in Guangxi. ”

Ma Liuliang has already regarded Tang Yue as a knowledge base of "giving and taking", and he doesn't have to worry about not understanding anything, and he will ask Tang Yue when he uses it.

Tang Yue was also used to it, and he muttered: "In the Ming Dynasty, there were many Tusi in Guangxi, including four Tufu, forty-one Tuzhou, eight Tuxian, ten chief officials, more than 70 Tu Patrol Inspections, five Tuqian households, and more than 320 Tu Governors, Tu Zhi Prefecture, Tu Zhi County, etc.

Let's go east to Longzhou, which is about to enter, which is controlled by Zhao's toast, and then east is Simingfu toast. To the north is the Taiping Mansion, there are more than 10 large and small Tusi, after the Taiping Mansion, into the Nanning Mansion, is the rule of the Liuguan, our army wants to open up the area from Gaoping to Qinzhou, it is necessary to capture or control Longzhou, Siming, Shangsizhou, Jiangzhou and other large and small Tusi"

"Okay, okay, damn it, it's toast again, how can it be toast again." Ma Liuliang couldn't help but complain.

In Yunnan, he encountered the situation of the Tusi all over the land, and when he came to Guangxi, it was still like this, these Tusi were actually more difficult to deal with than the Ming army, they were self-contained, and they were very good at digging mountains and forests.

Tang Yue said: "Jiandehou, these toasts are really troublesome to deal with, but they can't talk about any loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, as long as we handle it well, not only do we not need to use swords, even if we get their help, it is not impossible, so"

"So you want Lao Tzu to pretend to be a grandson and beg them?"

Well, Tang Yue originally really meant this, I hope that Ma Liuliang will endure his anger, deal well with these toasts, and strive to make them fall to Daqin, for these toasts, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, the important thing is that you just ensure that their interests are not violated;

Therefore, it is not necessarily difficult to persuade them to fall to Great Qin, after all, although these toasts are self-contained, they also have to consider the general trend of the world, and it is not good for them to be enemies of Great Qin.

If you do it according to this, it will not be difficult to get through to this area of Qinzhou.

But judging from Ma Liuliang's reaction, let him, the freshly baked Hou Ye, pretend to be a grandson to please those toasts, one word: difficult!

Sure enough, Ma Liuliang immediately jumped up and said: "Damn, sour Xiucai, I've known you for so long, this is your most smelly idea, damn it, what kind of person is Lao Tzu, the dignified Hou Ye of Daqin, let me ask for those toasts, wouldn't that be a shame for Daqin, these guys dare to say no to Lao Tzu, you see Lao Tzu doesn't crush them into pieces!" ”

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PS: The end of the month is here, other people's monthly tickets have begun to soar, and it's the season of chrysanthemums, Haozi is here to bow to everyone, ask for monthly ticket support, brothers, really ask for a monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)