General Qin

"General Yin, is it really okay to just return the prisoners to the South Vietnamese?"

Fan Kuai stood at the top of Panyu City, watching the long line of South Vietnamese people being driven out of the city by the Qin army, and licked his lips unhappily.

Fan Kuai had done a lot of arresting people, but this was the first time he had released someone, so he was inevitably not used to it.

Yin Tong laughed and said: "If we don't give it back to the South Vietnamese, how can we still stay in the city to eat food? Wouldn't it be nice to drive the prisoners out and leave their stomach problems to the King of South Vietnam to worry about?"

The prisoners released from the city by the Qin army were basically the elderly, the sick and the weak, as well as women and children.

Some of them were driven out of the city by the Qin army, like dogs without a leash, running madly through the mountains and forests, for fear that the Qin army would regret taking them back.

Others turned back from time to time as they walked out, glaring with hatred at the black flag flying at the top of the city.

The Qin people let them go, but took away the royal city, the warehouses in the city, and the grain and property accumulated by each family.

This is Yin Tong's plan.

King Agus of South Vietnam returned with the main force of the Vietnamese. Under such circumstances, the South Vietnamese prisoners left in the city were a time bomb for the Qin army. If the prisoners riot when Argus leads his troops to attack the city, it will pose a certain threat to the Qin army.

It would be a good move to release them and hand them over to Argus.

When the South Vietnamese people are short of food, these old, weak, women and children will have a negative impact on the South Vietnamese army, causing a bigger gap in their already stretched food problem. In the end, no one will have anything to eat.

In the days before Argus arrived, the Qin army announced Qin's policy towards Vietnam several times to these prisoners.

The Qin army only killed the King of Nanyue and the tiger tribe Atu Gu and other anti-Qin leaders.

In addition to these culprits, other Nanyue tribesmen, no matter which tribe they belong to, as long as they are willing to surrender to the Qin State, can enjoy the treatment of Minyue and Dongou, get food to survive, and can continue to live in the land where their ancestors have survived for generations. on land.

Strategies of differentiation.

Yin Tong believed that the South Vietnamese were by no means monolithic. When they were clearly at a disadvantage, some South Vietnamese would definitely surrender to the Qin army in order to survive.

This is why the Qin army did not kill innocent people indiscriminately after occupying Panyu City. Instead, they kept the prisoners for a few days and then released them when Agus led his army.

They needed someone to promote appropriate policies to win over the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese.

Fan Kuai understood this, but still muttered: "But the barbarians in South Vietnam can eat people. You put these prisoners back. When they are short of food, they might just eat these people. How can I let them go?" Human actions are equivalent to giving them food.”

Yin Tong smiled and said: "It's better to eat. Among the tribes in South Vietnam, only the Jiao tribe and the Tiger tribe have the custom of cannibalism. Other tribes do not have this habit. Once that Argus starts cannibalizing, it will definitely bring consequences to other tribes." To panic, this is to help us win the hearts of the South Vietnamese."

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As Yin Tong expected, when a large number of South Vietnamese prisoners were driven out of the city by the Qin army, they found the army brought back by the King of South Vietnam. Whether it was the released prisoners or the clan members of the Jiao and Yu tribes, they were all extremely happy and cried with joy.

Some people say that the Qin people are too stupid to use these prisoners to threaten them. Some people also say that the Qin people are too naive and actually think that letting these prisoners go will make them surrender.

Soon, they discovered something horrifying.

The prisoners are back, but there is no food!

The South Vietnamese people did not have enough food to eat, but now there are a large number of old, weak, women and children. What should we do?

In particular, most of these prisoners were from the Jiao tribe.

Agus, the South Vietnamese king, was known to rule cruelly, but he mainly targeted other tribes. He still treated his own tribe very favorably. This was the basis of his rule.

The limited food supply of many tribes was once again deducted and distributed to the elderly, weak, women and children of these Jiao tribes, which secretly caused dissatisfaction among many tribes.

Argus knew this very well.

His solution was to send people to attack the city frantically.

As long as the royal city is recaptured, all food problems will be solved.

"If you want to eat, take the city back from the Qin people!"

Inspired by Argus, the South Vietnamese warriors launched an attack on Panyu City on the second day.

There were nearly 30,000 South Vietnamese troops gathered outside Panyu City.

Panyu is a small city, and the Qin army in the city has about three thousand troops.

A tenfold difference.

The Qin army really defended it.

Firstly, because the city is small, the defense surface is concentrated, which greatly adds to the advantage of the defender.

Another reason is the gap in equipment.

The Qin army's crossbows were very powerful and had full killing effect on the unarmored South Vietnamese.

As long as a South Vietnamese warrior is hit by an arrow in a vital part, he will be killed with one blow.

If a non-vital part is hit by two more arrows, it will still result in death or disability and loss of combat effectiveness.

Except for bows and crossbows, the South Vietnamese used simple equipment to scale the city wall and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Qin army, which also showed their disadvantage.

The Qin soldier held in his hand a hundred-smelted steel knife specially made by the Shaofu that was suitable for slashing. He slashed at the South Vietnamese whose defense was close to zero. Blood and flesh flew everywhere on the spot, with no harm done.

In addition to a few bronze swords, the weapons of the South Vietnamese also include many weapons made of wood, bone and even stone. These equipment hit the Qin army's armor, and their power was very limited.

If a South Vietnamese warrior pokes a Qin soldier five times, the opponent will not necessarily die.

The Qin soldiers slashed the South Vietnamese warriors twice, and they were basically hopeless.

The gap in equipment determines the direction of this war.

One Qin enemy is ten Yue.

The South Vietnamese’s nightmare scenario emerged.

When the sun went down and the day's fighting was over, the corpses left on the ground by the Yue people receded like a tide.

Fear and despair spread as the night falls.

"We can't beat them. The Qin people's weapons are too powerful. They are guarding the royal city and we can't get in at all."

"Yes, unless we lure the Qin people into the mountains and forests, we have no chance of winning."

In the daytime battle, the Vietnamese suffered heavy casualties and the attack was so weak that Agus and many South Vietnamese leaders fell silent.

In the jungle battle, they were evenly matched with the Qin army.

If it is delayed until the rainy season, they may even have an advantage.

In a city offensive and defensive battle, their chances of winning were almost zero.

Even the Qin army with a mere few thousand men couldn't defeat it. How could they fight head-on with the Qin army?

Thinking that the Qin army blocked on the opposite side of the Dongjiang River would definitely take the opportunity to advance in force, Agus's head felt swollen.

But the first thing he has to consider is food.

In the dark night, the South Vietnamese went outside Panyu City in the dark.

Looking at the burning torches on top of the city and the Qin soldiers standing ready with weapons in hand, they knew that the possibility of a night attack on the royal city had been ruled out.

Fortunately, they came here not to attack the city, but to carry away Bai Ri's body.

This is the food that Agus found for the tribes of South Vietnam.

The bodies of those warriors who sacrificed their lives heroically during the day will also contribute to their people.

Such a move caused great panic among the various tribes in South Vietnam.

Except for the Jiao tribe and the Tiger tribe, all other tribes do not eat humans, and they do not have the custom of eating their own people.

The leader of the buffalo tribe, Adu, and several other tribal leaders asked Agus for mercy, hoping to give them the remaining rice.

The Jiao tribe and the Tiger tribe cannibalize people, so other tribes can use other food to satisfy their hunger.

In response, Agus just sneered and said: "Don't know how to eat? A Tu Gu, teach them how to eat."

Under the order of the King of Nanyue, A Tu Gu, who was tearing off a leg, smiled ferociously, walked up to A Du and several leaders, had people hold them down, and then forcefully stuffed the meat in his hands into the mouths of the leaders inside.

Look at the frightened looks on their faces.

A Tu Gu laughed loudly: "Look, you won't be able to eat this. Eat, eat, and let your people learn to eat too. Then there will be no food shortage."

Such behavior made the leaders of the tribes feel extremely frightened and hateful when they returned to their clans.

"I...cannibalized?"

A'du was swaying, and after returning he kept picking at his throat, hoping to spit out what he had just eaten.

His people were horrified when they heard what had happened.

The Buffalo tribe transcends people, just like the totem they believe in. They advocate farming and like to eat rice grown in the fields and fruits and vegetables in the mountains and forests. They have always been afraid of and stayed away from the terrifying customs of the Jiao tribe and the Tiger tribe.

Now that Argus was forcing him to do such a perverted thing, every Yue man in the Buffalo Department was furious.

"Obviously there was rice and other grains, but Argus gave them all to the elders, women and children of their tribe, leaving us to eat the warriors who died in the battle. Damn it!"

"Fight bravely, and you will be eaten by them even if you die, so why should we fight against the Qin people!"

"Run away, let's leave here, take the tribe to Xiou, and let Argus and the Qin people fight!"

When all kinds of comments were filled, Adu's son quietly came over and said to his father: "I heard from the Yubu people who were released by the Qin army that the Qin people did not kill them. When they were prisoners in the city , the people of Qin also gave them food to eat."

"The Qin people also said that they came here for revenge, not to kill us all. They only killed Agus, Atu Gu and others. As long as we surrender to the Qin army, we can live like the Fujian people. !”

Hearing these words from his son.

The eyes of Adu and the two elders around him were shining.

Before the battle, the Qin army sent people to recruit people to surrender, but they would not listen.

The Nanyue people won the last battle between Qin and Yue. How could they surrender to the Qin people who were not the same race as them before the fight started?

But now, after several consecutive battles, they have a deep understanding of the Qin army's combat effectiveness.

In the jungle battle, because of the help of the Minyue and Dongouyue people, they had no advantage.

In the battle of city attack and defense, they are no match for them.

Now that the Nanyue Royal City was captured by the Qin army, they were even more panicked about food shortages.

The situation of this Qin-Yue war has become obvious.

Their hearts were moved.

The next choice will determine the future of the entire tribe.

Scenes like this also occur in other tribes that do not have the habit of cannibalism.

The South Vietnamese under the dark night are undercurrents.