Starting from May, 400 miles of military newspapers in Lingnan were sent to Xianyang in an urgent manner.

The five armies commanded by Wang Ben of Tongwu Hou swept across Lingnan like a bamboo shoot, and countless Yue tribes surrendered or abandoned their villages and fled.

At the end of May, Ren Xiao occupied Panyu and captured the King of Nanyue. He received more than 30,000 surrendered tribes, and the Nanyue Kingdom was destroyed.

In early June, Zhao Tuo led a large army to capture Cangwu, the old nest occupied by Dongou. The King of Dongou kneeled down and surrendered with more than 50,000 tribes. The Dongou Kingdom, which had been entrenched in Lingnan for hundreds of years, was destroyed.

In mid-June, two armies under Wang Ben personally commanded captured the royal courts of Xiou and Luo Yue, and killed Luo Yue Wang Ligong, who had vowed to surrender to death. The Luo Yue tribe fled in scattered and most of them retreated to the deep mountains and ridges southwest of Qianzhong County. Due to the rugged and steep roads, Wang Ben dispersed his troops to occupy the Honghe Valley and set up county governments to migrate prisoners and local Yue tribes to garrison.

The King of Xiou was also unwilling to surrender. He fought with Wang Ben's army several times in succession and retreated. However, because he was familiar with the terrain in the southern mountains, wild beasts and tribes continued to raid the Qin army, causing considerable casualties in the Qin army. At the same time, because the climate in summer was hot and humid, diseases and plagues began to appear in the Qin army. Wang Ben decided to withdraw his troops temporarily and attack Xiou after autumn. However, before retreating, Wang Ben specifically asked Han Xin about his opinion.

Although Han Xin was young, he was smart and smart, familiar with military tactics, and had extraordinary knowledge of marching and fighting. He made many effective suggestions in the many battles conquering Lingnan and won many victories. Therefore, Wang Ben was not stingy. After each battle, he would always remember Han Xin's military achievements, and his identity was promoted from an ordinary follower to a military chief. He had the status and identity of truly participating in making suggestions and became a real official of the Qin Dynasty.

Since the general asked, Han Xin, who had already had his own opinions on marching and fighting, expressed different opinions, believing that although the Qin army is injured and unacceptable to the local conditions, the army is generally stable, with sufficient food and grass supply, and the morale of the soldiers is very high. In addition, once they retreat because they cannot defeat the enemy, the Yue tribe will inevitably be arrogant, and they may take advantage of the withdrawal of troops to launch sneak attacks. Therefore, it is recommended that Wang Ben concentrate the two armies, a total of 100,000 people, continue to forcefully oppress the Xiou Yue tribe, drive them to a certain place and then use the Taiyi divine thunder to carry out an unprecedented divine thunder bombing to completely shake off the Yue tribe's resistance.

Taiyi Divine Thunder is powerful, but Qinghe Marquis never allowed it to be used on the battlefield. I heard that Emperor Shi had asked if Qinghe Marquis could use it against the enemy, but was rejected by Qinghe Marquis, which was too harmful to the heavens. When Xianyang first released the divine thunder and fireworks, Wang Ben also asked the emperor whether he could use this terrifying immortal magic on the battlefield, but he was also rejected by the emperor.

But after seeing the power of Taiyi Divine Thunder to open mountains and explode stones, Wang Ben was naturally ready to move. However, these Taiyi Divine Thunders belong to the Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences is not affiliated with the Ministry of War, and Wang Ben has no right to command it, so he has always been very regretful.

At present, Wang Ben knew that the withdrawal of his troops was not the best time. After nearly three months of hard work, Xiou, the largest Yue tribe in Lingnan, was not conquered. After the retreat, the Xiou tribe would definitely make a comeback. At that time, it would take more trouble, and the consequences would still be difficult to predict.

The complex and changeable terrain and climate of the Lingnan areas far exceeded Wang Ben's expectations.

If it weren't for the Lingqu construction and the large amount of food and grass and medicine supply were continuously replenished, it would probably take at least one more year to achieve the current effect.

Therefore, Wang Ben naturally recognized Han Xin's plan and appointed Han Xin to contact the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences to see if he could use the remaining Taiyi Divine Thunder.

Hu Kuan and Shi Lu were in charge of the construction of the Ling Canal. Although the main canal of the Ling Canal has been built and the boats and boats can travel between the Xiang River and Li River, the traffic is not very convenient and smooth, because the water level of the Xiang River and Li River is too different. The water flows rapidly at the intersection and the turn is too rapid. If you accidentally enter the Ling Canal from the Xiang River, the boats will overturn. Therefore, even though the war to conquer Lingnan has been going on for several months, the army that built the canal did not evacuate. Instead, it continued to use 20,000 civilians and prisoners to build a secondary canal of approximately a mile long at the intersection to lower the water level and stabilize it, so that the boats and boats can travel.

In order to build this spiritual canal, Chen Xu asked the craftsmen in Nanshan Villa to make gunpowder continuously, and every month they had to transport several trucks to Lingnan to replenish. Now that the canal repair has come to an end, the explosives are naturally still there at the canal repair site. If they are endless, they will be transported back to Xianyang and handed over to the craftsmen in Nanshan Villa to count and seal them in the warehouse. Half a tael cannot be left.

Chen Xu is the most strict and careful in the control of gunpowder.

Without his permission, no one could get close to Nanshan Villa. The guards inside were now replaced by teenagers of the Musket Team. Any suspicious person would be shot dead when approaching. From beginning to end, only two mute slaves knew the formula and production methods of gunpowder. Other craftsmen could only use it but not make it.

Firecrackers, fireworks, grenades, bamboo tubes and so on were secretly developed in Nanshan Villa. More than a dozen craftsmen were working on developing muskets and cannons. Chen Xu would occasionally go to inspect and guide, but no one outside could know what was going on inside, and he didn't even know that there was gunpowder in Nanshan Villa.

The two dumb slaves made gunpowder in separate rooms, and the remaining craftsmen who developed gunpowder were in another yard. Successful gunpowder and qualified musket grenades would be held. There would be separate people responsible for putting them in the basement and ascending the throne into the book. The craftsmen did not know where to put them. The young men in the musket team were only responsible for safety and did not know how many bullets were stored inside. Every time they transport gunpowder and bullets, they had to hold Chen Xu's token and warrant, and the numbers must be completely consistent. After several inspections and point inspections, the carriage would be covered tightly.

Therefore, although Hu Kuan and Shi Lu are commonplace in gunpowder, all the craftsmen involved in blasting know the importance of gunpowder and also know the principle of confidentiality of gunpowder safety by Qinghehou. They generally never discuss any topics about Taiyi Divine Thunder in private. Once any words fall into Qinghehou's ears, the consequences may be unbearable.

However, this time Hu Kuan, Shi Lu and a group of craftsmen from the Academy of Sciences were in a dilemma.

Because it was not someone else who came to ask for gunpowder, but Han Xin, the younger brother of Hou Qinghe.

Although Han Xin's identity is only a nameless relative of the Queen of Qinghe, Hu Kuan, who is familiar with the situation in the Queen of Qinghe's mansion, knew that Queen of Qinghe's mansion valued the brother he had picked up from outside and also had high hopes for him. Otherwise, he would not have sent him to Tongwu Hou to learn marching and fighting so early. Moreover, he heard that Han Xin was smart and highly valued by Tongwu Hou. When the battle to conquer Lingnan ended, he would be rewarded by merits and would probably have won many merits. It would be not impossible for a young man to be a marquis like Queen of Qinghe in a few years.

Therefore, Hu Kuan was so depressed that he almost rubbed all his beard on his chin.

I agree. Once the Qinghe Hou knows it, he will have to take the blame himself.

But I don't agree. This is the younger brother of Qinghe Hou. In the future, you can wear small shoes in front of Qinghe Hou in just one word, and you still have no choice but to speak.

Han Xin was also very nervous.

This time, he followed Wang Ben to suppress the Xiang rebels first, and then commanded 200,000 troops to attack Lingnan. For him, he was definitely a major sublimation of his life experience. In just two years, he had completely erased all the bad habits of traveling with a group of boring classmates and playboys in Xianyang Quyuan. He was now seventeen years old. In addition to being much handsome and strong, his former tender face had a faint sense of maturity and coldness. He spoke and acted resolutely and began to have a certain military aura. He was wearing leather armor and a long sword on his waist, and stood quietly in front of Hu Kuan, which actually made Hu Kuan feel a huge pressure.

But Han Xin himself couldn't feel this pressure.

Because Hu Kuan is not an ordinary person, he was the first to follow his elder brother, Qinghe Hou. Although his title is not high now, he is just a junior high school doctor, and his official position is not high, and he is just an ordinary man. However, this guy is the vice president of the School of Engineering, the director of the experimental factory of the Academy of Sciences, the master of the construction industry, and the water wheel mills across the country are almost all built in Hu Kuan's hands. He is truly the right-hand man who is most valued by Qinghe Hou, and his status is comparable to Zhang Cang.

Moreover, Hu Kuan is the most loyal dog-legged man of his brother Qinghehou, and he is the only one who can tell the orders of Qinghehou.

Han Xin began to have great interest in the battle to conquer Lingnan, but after more than a year of stationing in Lingnan, he began to unable to bear it. The broken place of Lingnan is simply not a place for people to stay. The mountains are high, forests are densely packed with rivers, and the mosquitoes are piled up. Every day of stay is a torment, so he had long hoped that the sooner the war, the better.

The difficult dog bone in Xiou made him go back to Xianyang to eat, drink and have fun in advance. If Wang Ben commanded the army to retreat and launch another attack when the cool weather in August and September falls, the battle may be about to go to next year. And the more southwest attacks, the terrain becomes more and more complex. According to the habits and urination of the people in Xiou all over the mountains and fields, maybe the war will not end next year.

If that is the case, he will continue to stay in Lingnan for a long time.

Uncle can tolerate my aunt, and the piles of mosquitoes in Lingnan are even more unbearable.

Han Xin felt that since there was such a good thing as Taiyi Divine Thunder, why couldn't I take it out and use it? He had seen the power of muskets and grenades and could almost use his butt to think about the ending after using Taiyi Divine Thunder. At the moment, Xiou and Luo Yue, who were stubbornly resisting, would definitely collapse instantly with the roar of Taiyi Divine Thunder. The turtle barbarian chief Song would definitely be scared and frightened.

Therefore, the moment Wang Ben had the plan to withdraw his troops, Han Xin decided to drag the war into the decisive battle as soon as possible, and to completely pacify Lingnan, and then... he would never come to Lingnan again for the rest of his life.

Wang Ben finally decided to adopt Han Xin's plan after careful consideration, but the premise was that Han Xin could get the Taiyi Divine Thunder.

If anyone else could handle this in the entire Southwest Military Camp, there would be no one else except Han Xin.

Therefore, Wang Ben was also full of anxiety and expectation.

Although he was the military god of the Great Qin Empire, as one of the few marquises, he was also very good at the same time, Wang Ben remembered the repeated instructions of his father Wang Jian after accepting the imperial edict of the First Emperor to take charge of the southern army. He should not be proud of his contributions, do not act without orders, and do not be happy with merits. He would rather defeat the war than forcefully seize the merits, because the Wang family's three generations had already made too many contributions, so many that the emperor was afraid of.

But Wang Ben was always a commander who never gave up. It was impossible to defeat the war, and it was even more impossible to admit defeat. The six countries were wiped out by their father and son. Now facing the Xiou barbarians with only tens of thousands of people, if the conquest fails, Wang Ben feels that he is indeed a little embarrassed.

Although this retreat was helpless and was in line with my father's arrangement, Wang Ben was still a little resistant. This may be his last chance to serve the emperor in his life and the last time he led his troops to fight. He hoped to use a perfect final battle to put a perfect end to his military career so that he would not leave lifelong regrets.

But in the face of the cruel climate and complex environment of Lingnan, if you want to make a quick battle and make a perfect final battle, the best way is Han Xin's plan, using the Taiyi Divine Thunder to completely shake the courage of the Yue tribe in Lingnan, and then the various places in Lingnan can be easily conquered.

However, it is difficult to use the Taiyi Divine Thunder. Wang Ben himself had thought about it countless times before, but he finally gave up speaking because the Taiyi Divine Thunder was not willing to talk about it easily. This was the immortal method of the Hou of Qinghe. Without the permission of Hou Qinghe, if you use a forced action to offend the Hou of Qinghe, it would be more unsettling than offending the Emperor.

At present, Han Xin volunteered to jump out, which was actually exactly what Wang Ben wanted.
Chapter completed!