The news here in Lingnan is still quite lagging behind.

They didn't even know that the Han Dynasty had established a barracks in Nanjun and placed 200,000 troops there.

Not to mention the war further north.

Of course, they did not know that the powerful Donghu had been annexed by the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu were beaten by the Han army and had to move west to avoid disaster.

The congestion of news is actually caused by insufficient manpower.

Although Zhao Tuo implemented a series of policies on his own in Lingnan, he was gradually stabilizing the place.

But there are still many forces in Lingnan who are very dissatisfied with them.

The natives in these places are like poisonous snakes in the dark, staring at Zhao Tuo and the others at all times. As long as they are less relaxed, they will immediately come up and bite them without any hesitation.

For Zhao Tuo's Lingnan Army, they can only support it now.

I hope that one day, they can gradually assimilate the indigenous people hiding in the mountains.

However, so far, this effect is not bad.

But the fundamental problem is that Zhao Tuo received too little support.

Even he himself cannot guarantee that this plan will be successful in the end. If there is support from the court behind it, then everything will not be a problem.

Of course, Zhao Tuo knew that his arms could not hold his thighs, so when he knew that the Han Dynasty envoy was coming towards Lingnan, Zhao Tuo began to think about the future.

Although Zhao Tuo's intelligence was not smooth, it was only smooth externally. Internally, Zhao Tuo still put a lot of effort into it.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhao Tuo to receive the news and make arrangements not long after the mission entered Lingnan.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo certainly has Zhao Tuo’s little thoughts.

I worked so hard and painstakingly to create a place, but you just say a word and I have to give way?

Why?

And this can also explain why Zhao Tuo wanted Sui He to speak first and why he acted like the King of South Vietnam.

In fact, the hint given by Zhao Tuo is already very obvious.

Of course Suihe also understood what Zhao Tuo meant.

But there is no use in reading it. The emperor has already made a decision on this matter.

"Let's put it this way, at the end of the second year of Jianyuan, there was a snowstorm on the grassland, and the Hu people suffered heavy losses. The Xiongnu tribe, which had just emerged in recent years, took the opportunity to raid the Donghu. The formerly powerful Donghu tribe had been completely annexed by the Huns."

"In other words? There is only one tribe, the Xiongnu, in the northern grasslands now."

"What???" Zhao Tuo's eyes widened? A newly rising tribe? It actually annexed Donghu?

What's going on?

What any force fears most is the unification of the enemy.

Because this means that the other party can conduct unified command and unified dispatch, thereby unleashing greater war potential.

During the Pre-Qin and Warring States periods, although the barbarians on the grasslands were also a headache, neither the Zhao State nor the Qin State allowed the grasslands to be unified.

And there seems to be an unspoken rule on the grassland. Every time there is reunification, you have to go south to sharpen your sword.

Maybe everyone knows that the south is a tough nut to crack? As long as we can win in the south, it will naturally shock the inside and make some people dare not be dissatisfied, let alone resist.

"Didn't the imperial court intervene?" Zhao Tuo couldn't help but ask.

It stands to reason that such low-level errors are impossible to occur.

But what? Nothing is absolute.

Through Sui He's description just now, Zhao Tuo basically saw that the unification of the northern grasslands cannot be stopped by anyone.

No matter how powerful the Han Dynasty was, preparations for war still took time to complete.

When the Xiongnu annexed Donghu, they took advantage of the snowstorm and took advantage of the heavy losses of Donghu to directly send troops to quickly defeat them.

In this case? Basically, the news has just reached Xianyang, and the fighting over there is already over.

By the time the imperial court sent troops there, it was already too late.

At this time, it is very practical to use one sentence to describe this matter: it is called forced to wipe out the ashes!

Well, until now, Zhao Tuo still believed that the capital of the Han Dynasty was Xianyang.

Although Suihe mentioned Luoyang more than once just now.

"How could there be no intervention? As early as when the Huns were just getting rich, His Majesty noticed this tiny force. Regardless of the objections of the ministers, he forcibly sent hundreds of scouts to infiltrate the Huns. After hearing the news about the snow disaster on the grassland in winter, His Majesty

I thought that the Huns would definitely cause trouble, so I immediately ordered the frontier cavalry general Han Xin to prepare for the expedition."

"At the same time, your Majesty sent Guan Ying, Minister of War, straight to the border, and at the same time stationed himself in the north. As soon as the news was received that the Huns were dispatching troops, the Han army immediately dispatched and followed the Huns all the way east."

"It's just a pity that this winter has dealt a huge blow to Donghu. Even though one hundred thousand Han cavalry rushed slowly and slowly, by the time they arrived, the battle was already over."

"And at this time, the two generals also learned the news that one hundred thousand Huns cavalry had gone south to Yuyang County!"

"However, the Huns were happy in vain after all. Since Your Majesty guessed that the Huns would take action after the beginning of spring, how could you not make complete preparations?"

"So, while ordering Guan Ying, Minister of the Ministry of War, to go to the northern border to take charge, he also ordered Wang Li, the commander of the Nanjun military camp, to go north to Yuyang County and lead 135,000 people to guard Yuyang County."

"When the main force of the Huns came, they found that this place had been turned into a piece of iron by General Wang Li. They attacked and left thousands of corpses behind, so they had to flee in a hurry."

"Of course, General Guan Ying, who followed up in pursuit, missed the target again."

"But General Han on the other side killed everyone."

"After this, the Xiongnu quickly moved to the west, planning to take advantage of the empty Yunzhong camp to make a splash for the imperial court."

"However, they miscalculated again. How could His Majesty make such a low-level mistake?"

"At this time, guarding Yunzhong Camp are more than 40,000 Imperial Guards led by General Zhang Buyi and more than 30,000 cavalry left by Han Xin Guanying."

"Guess what?"

"Inside and out, in this battle, the Xiongnu lost nearly 50,000 men, tens of millions of livestock, and more than 200,000 women."

"Some of these women have already been distributed to some bachelors, but your Majesty has left a group of them and plans to distribute them to the soldiers stationed in Lingnan."

"Now the Huns have been driven thousands of miles to the west by the Han Dynasty. Now His Majesty is preparing to sharpen his sword and march into the Western Region to completely defeat the Huns!"

Suihe once again boasted unceremoniously about the achievements of the Han Dynasty in the past few years.

Not to mention anything else, just solving the hidden danger in the north is enough for everyone to be proud of.

This is a problem that has not been solved for hundreds of years during the Warring States Period and the entire Qin Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty was resolved in just one war.

Although the solution is not clean and tidy, there are still many sequelae.

But how can this kind of thing be completely solved at once?

And Sui He's description gave Zhao Tuo a blow in the heart, and his hot heart was instantly poured with cold water.

Of course he understood the meaning. If you, Zhao Tuo, disobey, you will be the sinner of Zhu Xia, and you will be the kind of sinner through the ages.

As for whether everyone accepts Hun women?

This issue does not seem to need to be considered. In Lingnan, they even accepted indigenous women. What happened to the Xiongnu women?

No matter where she comes from, passing on the family lineage is the most important thing.

And I have to admit that the emperor's move was indeed very beautiful, so beautiful that Zhao Tuo had nothing to do.

Now that we are well, we are working together on many fronts. I would like to ask you if Zhao Tuo is afraid?

The main force of 200,000 in the Nanjun camp is on alert and may go south at any time.

The imperial court prepared women and planned to send them to the soldiers who stayed behind to settle down here, so that they would not have to worry about continuing the family line.

Their relatives at home missed them very much, which also caused their soldiers to miss their hometown.

In addition, the imperial court is also preparing to march into the Western Regions to continue fighting against the Huns. If Zhao Tuo makes some noise in the south at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to helping the Huns?

Zhao Tuo is a very shrewd person.

Smart people are difficult to deal with, but sometimes, smart people are the easiest to deal with.

Just like now, if he were a reckless man, he wouldn't think so much at all.

Do you want to abolish our South Vietnam Kingdom?

It's impossible, don't even think about it. If you have the ability, just come over and destroy me completely. Whoever is a coward is my grandson.

As for a smart person, he will consider more. He will definitely not be able to defeat him, and his military morale will be lost. If he refuses, he will be charged as a sinner for the ages.

Zhao Tuo had no doubt whether he would be charged with this crime if he refused. He knew that he would definitely do so.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether you are guilty or not. What is important is that even if you bear this crime, it will not help in the end.

He could not save South Vietnam, nor could he pass this country on to his descendants.

If Zhao Tuo still thought about becoming a vassal state of the Han Dynasty at the beginning, now this idea has basically been discontinued.

Sui He said so much, just telling Zhao Tuo that you have no choice in this matter.

Later, Sui He also told Zhao Tuo that the Han Dynasty did not have a king, and the highest title was that of Qi Wang Tiandan and Qi Marquis.

The king of a traditional powerful country was demoted to a marquis. Why do you, a young man who came to prominence later, be taller than him?

"Can you convince me?" Zhao Tuo seemed to have suddenly become much older, and even his tone was a little bit lost.

Between ideal and reality, he can only choose reality.

And facing the family business that he had worked hard for so many years to build without shame, he was also very reluctant to part with it.

But there is no way, really no way.

If you continue to resist, there will only be a dead end.

The Han army's jungle combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the local indigenous people. What about conventional land combat? These people under his command are no match at all.
Chapter completed!