Chapter 7 heroes of troubled times

In 207 BC, King Huai of Chu saw that Xiang Liang's army had been defeated and was afraid, so he moved the capital from Xuyi to Pengcheng, and combined the armies of Lu Chen and Xiang Yu under his own leadership.Liu Bang was appointed as the prefect of Dangjun, and he was named Wu'anhou to lead the troops of Dangjun.Xiang Yu was granted the title of Marquis of Chang'an, known as Duke of Lu.Lu Chen served as Situ, and his father Lu Qing served as Ling Yin. As mentioned above, Zhao Guo asked for rescue several times, and King Huai appointed Song Yi as the general, Xiang Yu as the second general, and Fan Zeng as the last general.And make an appointment with the generals, whoever enters Hangu Pass first to pacify Guanzhong will be made king in Guanzhong.

At this time, the Qin army was strong, and often took advantage of the power of victory to pursue and defeat the fleeing enemy. None of the generals thought it would be beneficial to enter the pass first.Only Xiang Yu hated Qin's defeat of Xiang Liang's army, was very angry, and was willing to go west to pass with Pei Gong. The old generals under King Huai all said: "Xiang Yu is quick and brave, but he is also cunning and hurtful. Xiang Yu once captured Xiangcheng, and none of the soldiers and civilians there survived, and they were all buried alive by him. Wherever he passed, there was no one. Not to be destroyed. Besides, after many attacks, King Chen and Xiang Liang were defeated before, it is better to send honest and honest people, practice benevolence and righteousness, lead the army westward, and explain the truth to the fathers and brothers in Qin. Brothers and fathers have suffered for a long time because of the tyranny of their monarch. Now if there is really an honest and honest person who will not oppress the people, Qin will be subdued. Xiang Yu is only quick and brave, and he cannot be sent. Now only Peigong He has always been honest and honest, you can send him there."

In the end, King Huai did not agree to Xiang Yu, but sent Liu Bang to lead an army westward to seize land, collecting scattered soldiers from Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang along the way.Pei Gong arrived at Dayang by way of Dang County, and confronted the Qin army in Gangli, and defeated the two troops of the Qin army.The Chu army sent troops to attack the Qin general Wang Li again, and Wang Li was defeated. Liu Bang led his troops westward and met Peng Yue in Changyi. Peng Yue was from Changyi. He used to fish in the Juye Lake and bandits with a group of people, similar to the people in Liangshanpo.

When Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang rose up, some young people said to Peng Yue: "Brother, many heroes have turned their banners; with your ability, you are no worse than them. Let's follow their example!" Peng Yue was extremely calm: "The two dragons have just started fighting, so let's wait!" After more than a year, more than a hundred young people in Zezhong gathered to follow Peng Yue and ask him to be the leader.Peng Yue refused at first, and solemnly declared: I don't want to work with you.But I still couldn't stand the pleas of these people, and finally agreed, and made an appointment with them to meet when the sun came out the next day, and those who were late would be beheaded.

When the sun came out the next day, there were more than a dozen people who were late, and what's more, they didn't come until noon. At that time, Peng Yue said regretfully: "I'm old, you insist on making me the leader, and I can't refuse. Now, there are so many people late for the appointed time, we can't all beheaded; just kill the last person. "So he ordered the person in charge of punishment to kill the last latecomer. Everyone was laughing and laughing, why bother, I just don’t dare to be late again in the future.However, Peng Yue was unmoved and directly killed the last person who arrived.Then set up an earthen altar, use human heads to worship, and order everyone who belongs to him.Everyone was shocked, and no one dared to look up at him.

From this, Peng Yue established his prestige and began to lead everyone to seize land and collect soldiers who had fled from the princes. The strength of the team grew rapidly. In the past, when Liu Bang attacked Changyi from Dangbei, Peng Yue led a team to help.Changyi was not captured, Liu Bang led his troops westward, and Peng Yue also led his troops to stay in Juye Lake.When Xiang Yu entered the pass and established himself as a prince, he turned a blind eye to Peng Yue.At that time, Peng Yue's army had grown to more than 10,000 people because of the incorporation of Wei's stragglers, but they had not been incorporated into the regular army.

When Qi Wang Tianrong rebelled against Chu, Peng Yue showed his skills and defeated the Chu army.Later, Liu Bang took Wei Wangbao and other five princes to attack Chu together, and Peng Yue led more than 30,000 people to join him in Waihuang.After Peng Yue conquered more than ten cities in Wei, he was eager to establish a descendant of Wei State; Wei Bao was the cousin of the former Wei King Wei Jiu, and he was the real descendant of Wei State, so Liu Bang appointed Peng Yue as the Minister of Wei State. Specialized in military power and pacified Liangdi.