Chapter 212: The Battle of Western Ouyue
After the battle, Qin Mo was invited into Wuping City.
Then, the former King of the South China Sea, Wu Zhi, led a group of military generals and ministers of the South China Sea Kingdom, as well as influential tribal chiefs, and knelt down to kowtow to Qin Mo, formally establishing the hierarchy.
Although the barbarians are barbaric, there is one thing that Qin Mo admires very much.
They admit their defeat and stand at attention when they are beaten. They never do anything weird or cheat.
This is very rare.
It is precisely because of this that Qin Mo would resort to such an extreme method to suppress the Kingdom of the South Sea. If it were the vassal states in the Middle Earth, who knows what kind of chaos would have occurred.
…
In the reception room, Qin Mo met with Wu Zhi alone.
"Are you wondering why I didn't kill you?" Qin Mo asked.
"yes."
According to barbarian tradition, defeat means death.
Qin Mo smiled and said, "I said the same thing to Longchuan tribe leader Ao Lie before. Now, I will say it to you again. "
"Please go ahead." Wu Zhi was really curious.
"The reason is very simple. I don't want to be a regional overlord. Instead, I want to unify Baiyue and integrate a powerful barbarian army to compete for the Central Plains." Qin Mo said.
Wu Zhi looked strange, "I believe in unifying the Hundred Yue, but isn't it too exaggerated to talk about competing for the Central Plains? Even during the time of our ancestor, King Gou Jian of Yue, he was only a hegemon during the Spring and Autumn Period."
After all, he has seen a little of the world.
He knew very well that although the barbarians were fierce, they were not good at production and they did not cultivate their spirits. They were okay in internal fighting, but they could not be compared with other vassal states in the Central Plains.
Qin Mo said: "If I can provide a steady supply of food, weapons and equipment, would you still think I am bragging?"
"W ...what?" Wu Zhi was shocked.
"Otherwise, how do you think the South Vietnamese army was armed?" Qin Mo said lightly.
Wu Zhi immediately believed most of it, and all his doubts disappeared. He was a little excited, but his expression froze again. He smiled bitterly and said, "Even so, it will not work if we only rely on the army without the support of the monks."
Qin Mo smiled in his heart, thinking of Jia Xu's evaluation of the former King of the South China Sea.
Looking ahead and looking back…
To put it nicely, it's being cautious, but in fact it's just acting without courage.
It's difficult to achieve great things.
He may not be able to handle things on his own, but if he serves as a general under someone else's command, he will be a good general.
"As long as I want, I can immediately recruit hundreds of thousands of monks. Do you believe it?" Qin Mo said with a smile.
Wu Zhi's breathing immediately became heavier...
He was a little excited, and his blood began to boil. Noticing Qin Mo's deep gaze, he was moved and clasped his fists again, saying, "If that's the case, I'm willing to serve you."
It was not until this moment that Takeori truly surrendered.
"Very good." Qin Mo nodded with satisfaction, "Now, I have an important task for you."
"Speaking!"
"Lead your troops westward, advance into Western Ouyue, cooperate with the Nanyue army, and destroy Western Ouyue in the shortest time possible to remove the last obstacle to the establishment of the country. If you succeed, you will be a founding hero." Qin Mo said.
Calculate the time.
The 170,000-strong army commanded by Jia Xu should have already engaged in battle with the Western Ouyue army.
Although South Vietnam was inferior to Western Ou Yue in terms of military strength, and it was a long and arduous expedition without the advantage of time and place, Qin Mo still believed that South Vietnam could win this battle.
It’s just a question of how much it will cost.
In order to sweep through the land of Baiyue as quickly as possible, Qin Mo certainly hoped for as few sacrifices as possible.
At this time, if Wu Zhi, an ally of Western Ouyue, suddenly led a large army and penetrated the battlefield from the rear, it would inevitably deal a fatal blow to Western Ouyue.
The war situation will soon become clear.
Wu Zhi looked a little hesitant. Betraying his former ally so hotly was really against the barbarian tradition. If he wasn't careful, he would be criticized.
Seeing this, Qin Mo said calmly: "Before, you were the King of the South Sea , so you naturally had to keep your promise, which is understandable. But now you are a general under my command, but each of us serves a different master, so it doesn't count as betrayal, right?"
"I obey your orders!"
Takeori clasped his fists, knowing that he actually had no choice.
Qin Mo's existence was like an insurmountable mountain, pressing down on Wuping City, preventing anyone from having even the slightest desire to resist.
It’s really too strong…
"Very good, you train the troops immediately and set off with me tomorrow." Qin Mo said.
"You're going too?" Wu Zhi was surprised.
"Of course, I also have to take the head of Wu Gu, the barbarian king of Xiou Yue." Qin Mo said lightly.
Since Wu Gu claims to be the descendant of Gou Jian, the King of Yue, then Qin Mo cannot be allowed to stay. Otherwise, who will be the legitimate ruler of the Yue Kingdom that he is about to establish?
That would be a mess.
"Gudong..."
Takeori swallowed subconsciously.
He was very sure that when Qin Mo said this, it was obviously directed at him. If he did not obey, he would suffer the same fate as the Barbarian King Wu Gu.
…
Western Ouyue, Bushan City.
On the plain area twenty miles away from the eastern suburbs, the two armies had been facing each other for three days and three nights.
The flags are waving and the north wind is biting.
The barbarians had no tradition of defending cities, and their low earthen walls could not withstand the powerful barbarian army, so they were accustomed to decisive battles in the wild.
The Xiouyue army camp, the central army tent.
The Barbarian King Wu Gu had a gloomy expression on his face. Over the past week, the development of the war situation had always been beyond his expectations.
First, Nanyue suddenly sent troops and used all its strength to attack Xiouyue, but ignored the weaker Nanhai Kingdom.
The Barbarian King Wu Gu's attempt to drag the South Sea Kingdom down with him was immediately shattered.
Follow,
After the South Vietnamese army advanced, the Barbarian King Wu Gu originally thought that with the home advantage, he could completely resolve the battle in the border area and repel the invading enemy.
The result was that the Western Ouyue army suffered defeat after defeat.
There are three reasons for this.
One is the gap in weapons and equipment, and the other is the gap in training between each other.
Not to mention the well-trained Black Water Army, the newly formed South Vietnamese Army alone has been training for more than half a year under the guidance of the military training master Gao Shun.
They have already completed the running-in with each other.
On the contrary, the Western Ouyue army was merely temporarily recruited from various tribes, with no training at all, and when they attacked they just rushed forward in a huge crowd.
Once the war goes against their will, they flee in all directions.
It would be strange if we were undefeated.
In addition, Jia Xu was an excellent commander and had many ingenious strategies, such as marching straight in, attacking by dividing and advancing together, luring the enemy deep into territory, setting up an empty city strategy, attacking by fire, or flooding.
The Western Ouyue army was in a state of disarray.
On the contrary, the South Vietnamese army won victory after victory, and its momentum was unstoppable.
In less than a week, the army fought its way to the heartland of Western Ouyue and arrived at the city of Bushan, forcing the barbarian king Wu Gu to concentrate all his forces for a desperate battle.
In the big tent,
The Barbarian King Wu Gu asked his general Mi Tu, "Is there any movement from the South Sea Kingdom?"
According to the prior agreement between the two parties, no matter which country South Vietnam attacks, the other country must unconditionally send troops to invade the heartland of South Vietnam and adopt the strategy of "besieging Wei to save Zhao".
If the situation is good, we can even attack from both sides.
The strange thing is,
It has been a week, and I haven't heard of any changes in South Vietnam.
The Barbarian King was extremely worried that the King of the South China Sea might have been cowardly and not abide by the agreement, but choose to stand by and watch. If that really happened, it would be too despicable.
"There is no news yet." Mi Tu said cautiously.
The land of Baiyue was actually quite isolated from each other.
Before Qin Mo's rise, there was little communication between Xiou Yue, Nan Yue and Nanhai Kingdom, and they would never think of sending scouts or spies.
It was not until the war broke out that we suffered from insufficient intelligence.
On the contrary, as early as half a year ago, Jia Xu had transferred a large number of capable and sly men from Heishui City, dressed them up as barbarians, and went deep into Xiouyue and Nanhai Kingdom to gather intelligence and draw battle maps.
This was also one of the important reasons why the South Vietnamese army won successive victories after advancing into Western Ouyangse.
otherwise,
Without reliable intelligence, even with Jia Xu's genius, he would not be able to use his strategy.
"I'm afraid we can't count on the Kingdom of the South Sea anymore. King Zhi of the South Sea is just a waste." A trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of the Barbarian King Wu Gu, with murderous intent hidden in his eyes.
He has decided that after he survives this ordeal and catches his breath, he will deal with the traitor, the King of the South China Sea.
At this moment, the sentry came to report: "Your Majesty, the enemy has begun to attack!"
The Barbarian King Wu Gu suddenly stood up, walked out of the tent, came to a high ground nearby, looked into the distance, and saw a black line gradually appearing on the distant horizon.
Flags are waving and swords and guns are standing tall.
Accompanied by the distant sound of a horn, the black line quickly crossed the horizon and instantly spread out across the plain, forming a huge black wave.
Overwhelming.
"Your Majesty, the enemy is about to launch a general attack." said General Mi Tu.
"Then let's fight!"
The Barbarian King Wu Gu was also a fearless man. Now that he had been forced into this situation, he had no other choice but to follow the entire army.
Fight the enemy to the death.
At this moment, any hesitation or cowardice may shake the morale of the army.
The Western Ouyue army had no place to retreat. Behind them was the royal city, where their children and families were. They had no choice but to fight to the death.
“Woo~~~~~”
The trumpets sounded and the drums of war beat, spreading throughout the land.
The remaining 160,000 Western Ouyue troops quickly gathered together and began to deploy outside the camp, forming one powerful phalanx after another.
It was the same dark mass with no end in sight.
However, compared with the neat and uniform South Vietnamese army, the Western Ouyang Vietnamese army position inevitably seemed a bit chaotic and noisy, with some people busy chatting, and others still eating meat patties.
There were even fights.
The tribal chiefs and hunting captains of each tribe were too lazy to pay attention. They were still chatting and laughing among themselves, talking about the wild horses they encountered last night.
The Barbarian King Wu Gu, who was standing on the high ground, saw this and his face turned black, but he could do nothing.
Compared to the powerful Yue Kingdom established by his ancestors, the current Western Ou Yue has completely regressed into a barbaric era and is no longer the powerful army it once was.
Thinking of this,
The Barbarian King Wu Gu took a deep breath, waved his hand, and actually gave the order to charge.
But it is also a helpless move.
Given the sloppy formation of the Xiou Yue army, if they really wanted to form a battle array and wait for the enemy to charge, they would probably be torn to pieces and in disarray.
Instead of doing that, it is better to take the initiative to attack.
