Chapter 762 Argus

Nanyue, a small city built by the river in the mountains where the Beijiang River passes through.

At this moment, the city and the outside of the city are bustling with people, and there are countless figures in the distance.

The leader of the Tiger Tribe, Atu Gu, pushed away the Nanyue warriors who blocked his way.

He squeezed to the riverside and shouted to a fat, middle-aged Yue man with a big belly and thick arms: "My king, the people of the Mei family and the Qin army have all run away. Their city is empty, and no one is found in the surrounding mountains and forests."

The Yue man called the king looked back, revealing a face with gold ornaments and a terrifying dragon pattern tattooed on his head, and his slender eyes were full of ferocity.

"Where did you run to?"

His voice was indifferent, and the coldness in his tone made Atu Gu shiver involuntarily.

Agus, King of Nanyue.

He was the leader of the Jiao Tribe of Nanyue. When he was young, he was the first warrior of Nanyue. He once fought a giant crocodile near the sea and became famous.

Agus's father, Kurada, was the previous leader of the Jiao tribe.

At that time, there were many tribes in Nanyue, and they were bullying each other. Kurada led the powerful Jiao tribe to conquer other tribes and established a Yue Kingdom comparable to Minyue and Xiou, so that other tribes would obey him as king.

In this war of conquest, Agus made a lot of efforts and could be called the first hero.

However, Agus's mother died early, and Kurada later favored other women and loved her son, and wanted to pass the position of Jiao tribe leader and Nanyue king to that woman's son.

Because he was afraid of Agus's courage and brutal character, Kurada secretly sent people to assassinate Agus, but the assassin he sent was not capable enough and was killed on the spot by Agus.

After discovering that the mastermind behind the assassination was his father, this fierce Nanyue warrior decisively led his confidants into the royal city.

In the chaotic night, Agus personally chopped off Kulada's head, killed all his brothers and relatives, and stuck their heads on the walls of Nanyue to intimidate all the Yue people in the Jiao tribe.

Because he hated Kulada's desire to kill him and pass the throne to his brother, Agus was furious and ate Kulada's meat in public to vent his anger.

Even though the Jiao and Tiger tribes in Nanyue had the custom of cannibalism because of their totems, Agus's practice was still very rare and fierce.

Under his fierce power, all the Yue people could only bow their heads and submit, and Nanyue entered the era of Agus from then on.

He was the king of the Yue people on this land.

Under his leadership, the Minyue in the east, the Xiou and Luoyue in the west had to respect the Nanyue people and dared not provoke them easily.

But now, the Qin people from the north not only occupied the neighboring Minyue land, but also sent people into Nanyue to join forces with the Mei family to destroy the Yellow Dog Tribe. Even the leader of the Yellow Dog Tribe was killed by them, which was a great shame for Argus.

He summoned nearly 30,000 warriors from the various tribes of Nanyue and came to the Mei family city in the Beijiang River Basin, ready to kill all the hateful Mei family Yue people and Qin people to avenge their hatred.

Who knew that the other party was greased on the bottom of the foot, and actually ran away one step ahead, leaving them only an empty city and... a terrible mountain of corpses.

On the bank of the Beijiang River, more than 2,000 corpses were piled into a small hill, compacted with soil, more than ten meters high. When mosquitoes and flies were flying, you could see the hideous heads exposed outside the soil, as well as black and rotten hands and feet.

The Jingguan of the Qin people.

Horrible and scary.

Standing in front of such a background, Argus's cold face was even more hideous and scary.

A Tu Gu lowered his head and said, "According to the signs left in the forest, the Qin army retreated to the east in the direction of the Min people. The Yue people of the Mei clan crossed the mountains and seemed to be heading for the Ganyue land in the north of the mountains."

"They ran away separately."

A cold light flashed in Agus's eyes.

The Yue people of the Mei clan crossed the mountains from Ganyue and migrated to the nearby area almost ten years ago. Their hometown is in the old Ganyue land in the north of the mountains, which has now been occupied by the Qin army.

It seems that the Mei clan has completely surrendered to the Qin army and wants to move the whole clan back to the north of the mountains.

A Tu Gu said hatefully, "If we knew that these people of the Mei clan were wild wolves that could not be tamed, we should have killed them all earlier! My king, otherwise we would take the warriors of our clan over the mountains and chase the Mei clan, killing them all!"

Agus snorted, "The Qin people built a towering pass on the mountains, can you get through it?"

Hearing this, A Tu Gu laughed dryly and stretched out his hand to scratch his butt in embarrassment.

At the junction of Gan and Nanyue, there is a steep mountain range called "Five Ridges" in later generations, which divides the two different regions of Lingbei and Lingnan.

When the Qin general Feng Wuze went south to conquer Ganyue, he took over the former territory of Chu State and occupied Dayuling, one of the Five Ridges. He built a pass on the ridge to control the traffic route, named Hengpu Pass.

Hengpu Pass is steep and difficult to attack. With the technological level of the Yue people, it is impossible to break through the fortress without siege equipment.

So once the Mei family Yue people crossed the ridge and returned to Lingbei through Hengpu Pass, they had no ability to pursue them.

Atugu said sternly: "Why don't we go to Min and kill all the Qin and Min people! They massacred the Yellow Dog tribe. If we don't fight back, we will no longer have any prestige in front of the tribes!"

Agus shook his head slowly and said coldly: "The armor and weapons of the Qin people are too good. We are not at an advantage if we take the initiative to attack their camps and fortresses. Moreover, they may set an ambush and wait for us to get in. Atugu, you must remember that a smart hunter cannot be led by the nose by the prey."

A Tu Gu rolled his eyes and said, "Does the king mean to wait for the Qin people to take the initiative to attack?"

"Yes, the weather is starting to get cooler now, and the dry season of the rain forest is coming. Those Qin people will definitely take this opportunity to attack from Fujian, so we don't have to fight, they will come over on their own initiative. You take people to the vicinity of Dongjiang River, Give me more traps. I will turn the entire jungle into a tomb for the Qin people. If the Qin people come in, they will not be able to go back!"

Argus whispered, his face filled with murderous intent.

…

Dongye City in Fujian Province.

When the field troops who had withdrawn from South Vietnam arrived, these expeditionary warriors were greeted with a grand celebration banquet.

Cao Shen led his army into South Vietnam. Not only did he successfully win over the Mei clan's Yue people as allies, he also defeated the Yellow Dog tribe and made considerable gains.

This is a good opportunity to boost morale, and Zhao Tuo will naturally not let it go.

He not only publicized this victory to motivate the soldiers, but also told them that the South Vietnamese were not strong. A field army of 5,000 people could defeat one of the opponents and then retreat completely. Wouldn't it be great if the Qin army attacked? South Vietnam can be easily defeated.

Outside Dongye City, bonfires were everywhere, and the aroma of meat and wine filled your nostrils.

The soldiers who made great contributions in this battle drank with each other to celebrate, and the laughter spread throughout the country.

For several months, they worked hard at night to remove their armor and never let go of their weapons. Now that they had finally returned victorious, they could finally let go of their tense nerves and sleep peacefully. Naturally, they were all happy.

What made the soldiers in Field Qu even more excited was that it was said that General Zhao Tuo would personally come to visit these meritorious soldiers.

"The general is coming. I'm so excited. He is the invincible martial arts prince of our Great Qin! Liu Bang, are you excited?"

A Qin soldier's face turned red with excitement and he asked Liu Bang next to him.

"Excited...excited, of course I am excited."

Liu Bang responded with a dry laugh.

But he comforted himself in his heart: "This Zhao Tuo must have never met Naigong. Even if he met face to face, he would not know who Naigong is. Moreover, Naigong has cut off his beard now, and usually pays attention to trimming it into a short beard. His appearance is different from before. It’s the same, I guess he won’t recognize it, just lower your head later, don’t be afraid, don’t worry.”

"Nai Gong is Liu Bang now, not Liu Ji!"

Opposite the bonfire, Xiang Yu was sitting on the ground with his head lowered, and the excited voices of the Qin soldiers could be heard in his ears because the general was about to arrive.

"Zhao Tuo."

Xiang Ji roared in his heart and clenched his fists tightly.

Zhao Tuo, the great enemy who had forced to kill his eldest father, forced to kill his father, and wiped out his Xiang clan, was finally going to appear in front of him.

"Zhao Tuo, I want to see what you, the evil thief, look like!"