Chapter 11 4. Chen Shengwang

No one knows whether Daze Township is still under rain after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up.But it is certain that the hearts of the nine hundred garrison soldiers are over.Because they started a new life, with hope, and a future. All of this was unexpected. Indeed, the uprisings of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had many coincidences.For example, it happened that they were stationed in Daze Township, it happened that they encountered heavy rain, it happened that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang hit it off, it happened that the fortune teller was in favor of the uprising, it happened that the military leader was drunk, it happened that Wu Guang was popular, and so on.

So, if there were not so many coincidences, Chen Sheng would still succeed, Daqin would perish, and history would be rewritten? Will do. The uprising is full of chance, but its success is inevitable. Later failures, too. Let's look at the historical facts. After killing the leading army officer of the empire, Chen Sheng made himself a general, Wu Guang became a captain, and immediately captured Daze Township, where he was stationed.Then he attacked the county seat of Qixian County (Qi read like a machine, Qixian County is in today's Suzhou City, Anhui Province), which governed Daze Township, and took it again.Then he marched westward, attacking five counties in a row, and all five counties fell.

After winning the first battle, the invincible rebel army marched triumphantly and retreated along the way.By the time they approached the city of Chen County, there were six or seven hundred chariot soldiers (read as leftovers), more than a thousand cavalry (read like seasons), and tens of thousands of infantry. Chen County is located in Huaiyang County, Henan Province.When the rebel army arrived in Chen County, the sheriff of Chen County and the county magistrate of Chen County were not there. Only one deputy fought with the rebel army, but he was defeated and died. Chen Sheng entered the city easily.

The time has come to rewrite history. After Chen Sheng entered the city, he ordered the township officials and sages to come to discuss matters.The township officials and the sages agreed that the general should be the king by taking the lead in leading the soldiers, putting on the strong and holding the sword, defeating the innocent, punishing the Qin Dynasty, prospering and destroying the country, inheriting the peerless world, and making great achievements in the world. So Chen Sheng became king, known as "Chen Wang" in history. Wu Guang was called the "false king", which meant that he was the same king and could act cheaply on behalf of the royal power.At this time, it was less than a month before their uprising in Daze Township, so it just proved that "princes and generals have kindreds"?

certainly. The question is, is it possible for Chen Sheng to say this? Possibly, because it is a feature of the times.In fact, if the Spring and Autumn Period was the era of the aristocrats, then after the Warring States Period it was the era of the common people.It is not uncommon for a commoner to change from a commoner to a high-ranking official, rise to the top, and get rich overnight.Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Feng Huan, Mao Sui, all of them.Li Si, the current prime minister, also. The stories of these people's fortune must have been circulated among the people.After Chen Sheng joined the army, he probably heard about it in the army.It's just that most people treat it as gossip about fishermen and woodcutters after dinner, but Chen Sheng "downloads and saves it".So when his memory was activated by the thought of rebellion, the words came out of his mouth.

There is nothing wrong with that. His mistake was that he should not have acted too hastily. In fact, some people opposed Chen Sheng's proclaiming himself king.Those who objected were Zhang Er and Chen Yu.They are all from Daliang (in today's Kaifeng City, Henan Province), the capital of Wei Dynasty.After the fall of the state of Wei, the two took refuge in Chen incognito.Such two people, of course, strongly supported Chen Sheng's anti-Qin. But when Chen Sheng became king, they didn't take it seriously. Zhang Er and Chen Yu believed that the most urgent task was not to become king, but to revive and destroy the country.The advantage of restoring the six countries that have perished is "building the party for oneself and benefiting the enemy for Qin", that is, to make many enemies of Qin, and to form the broadest united front.At that time, it was not the title of king, but the title of emperor.

It's a pity that Chen Sheng couldn't listen. History has proved that Zhang Er and Chen Yu are right.Because those who achieve great achievements must be calm and make good connections.If you become king first, you will not be able to build a party for yourself, but will make enemies for yourself.Therefore, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, all the heroes rose together, and Zhu Shengwei's design for Zhu Yuanzhang was to "build high walls, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king". What was the outcome? Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded, but what awaited Chen Sheng failed. Zhang Er and Chen Yu had no choice but to set up another mountain.

After persuading Chen Sheng to be ineffective, Chen Yu suggested sending troops to occupy Zhao's old land.This suggestion was adopted by Chen Sheng, so he made Chen Renwuchen the general, Zhang Er and Chen Yu the left and right captains, and led the troops to the north. At this time, another influential figure appeared on the stage. This person is called Kuai Tong. Kuai Tong was a native of Fan Yang and a political strategist.The ability of a strategist is "a three-inch tongue can defeat a million-dollar teacher".Later, Kuai Tong went to lobby Han Xin, and almost turned the struggle between Chu and Han into the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.However, although he ran into a wall with Han Xin later, this time he made a small test, but he was a big success.

The situation at that time was that Wuchen's army set out from Chen County, crossed the Yellow River from Baima (in today's Hua County, Henan Province), relied on the support of gentry and sages from all over the country, attacked the city, and penetrated to Fanyang (in today's Dingxing County, Hebei Province) ). Of course, the dozen or so county magistrates who resisted the rebels along the way were all killed. When Kuai Tong heard the news, he went to meet Xu Gong, the county magistrate of Fanyang. Mr. Xu asked, "What advice do you have, sir?" Kuai Tong said: First, to express condolences, and second, to congratulate.

Xu Gong said: Why condolences? Kuai Tong said: Because my lord is about to die. Xu Gong said: Then why come to congratulate again? Kuai Tong said: Because my lord met Kuai Tong. Xu Gong understood what Kuai Tong meant, so he sent him to ask Wu Chen to surrender; Wu Chen was persuaded by Kuai Tong and made Xu Gong a Marquis.Mr. Xu was able to receive this treatment, of course because he was the first to surrender (congenital descent), so he was regarded as the "first surrender".Both the first surrender and the first righteousness are the first, and the first will always take advantage.

However, the rebels' policy of "hand in your guns and don't kill them" has since become known to the world, and more than 30 counties surrendered without a fight.Liu Zongyuan said that the world was in chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and there were rebels but no rebel officials. It seems that it is not entirely true. At least, there are descendants. At this time, the military officials had many people and a vast land, with strong horses and strong soldiers.He already has forty or fifty cities, and even Handan, the capital of Zhao back then, has fallen into his hands.Instigated by Zhang Er and Chen Yu, Wu Chen proclaimed himself King of Zhao. In this regard, Chen Sheng, who was so angry that his seven orifices were smoked, had nothing to do.He could only face the reality, send people to congratulate Wuchen, and at the same time order him to attack Qin from the west.How can the military officials who are already the king of Zhao still listen to Chen Sheng's command?Not only did he not attack Qin, but he went north to attack Yan and continued to expand his territory. The history that followed was equally dramatic. It was Han Guang who was sent by Wuchen to attack Yan.After Han Guang obtained the land of Yan, he also imitated the practice of the military officials and established himself as the king of Yan.Han Guang learned from Wuchen in this way, and Wuchen was helpless.Moreover, since the Warring States period, morality has long declined, and everyone is only interested in profit.What Han Guang did will not be condemned. What is different is Zhoushi. Zhou Shi was from Wei, so Chen Sheng sent him to attack Wei.However, after Zhou Shi captured the land of Wei, he did not hand it over to Chen Sheng, but set up another king of Wei.It's just that he didn't set up himself, but set up Jiu, the son of Ningling Lord of the original Wei State.At that time, Prince Jiu was with Chen Sheng, and Zhou Shi's envoys went back and forth five times before he was able to welcome him back to the state of Wei. So in the world at this time, apart from Emperor Qin II, there were at least five kings: Chu Wang Chen Sheng, Zhao Wang Wuchen, Yan Wang Han Guang, Wei Wang Wei Jiu, and Qi Wang Tian Dan (read Ru Dan).Tian Dan has nothing to do with Chen Sheng.He became king in Qi after Chen Sheng's uprising.In addition, two other people who did not claim the title of king have also revolted, they are Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. These two are Qin's real gravediggers. So, how does the court of the Great Qin Empire feel about this?

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Notes: Volume 7, the uprising in Daze Township took place in July of the first year of Qin II, and Chen Sheng's subordinate military official claimed that King Zhao was in August, so it can be inferred.