Chapter 14 Chapter Three
Xiang Yu rebelled with his uncle Xiang Liang.
This is September of the first year of Qin II, which is two months after the uprising in Daze Township.At that time, the people around Qi County who got the news killed the sheriffs and county magistrates sent by the Qin Empire one after another in response to Chen Sheng. It was said in history that "all Jiangxi is against".
At this time, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were in Jiangdong.
Jiangdong and Jiangxi are two ancient concepts.We know that after the Wanli Yangtze River passes through Poyang Lake, there is a section (mainly in today's Anhui Province) that runs obliquely northward.As a result, from Jiujiang to Zhenjiang, a north-south waterway was formed.With this as the boundary, the two sides are called Jiangdong and Jiangxi respectively.Jiangdong refers to today's southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui (later southern Jiangsu is called Jiangnan), and Jiangxi refers to present northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui (later northern Jiangsu is called Jiangbei).The ancient Jiangxi has nothing to do with the present Jiangxi, just as the ancient Jiangnan is actually the present Hunan.
The Wu county where Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu are located is of course Jiangdong.
Wu County is now Suzhou, the capital of Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the prefecture of Kuaiji County in the Qin Dynasty (equivalent to the current provincial capital).After hearing the news that all Jiangxi was rebellious, the sheriff invited Xiang Liang to discuss matters.
Why did you invite Xiang Liang?
Because Xiang Liang is a local hero and a celebrity.
Xiang Liang's family was originally very dignified.Their family has been generals of Chu for generations, and they were sealed in Xiang because of their outstanding achievements, so Xiang is their family.Xiang, which is now Xiangcheng City, Henan Province.Yuan Shikai, the man of the hour more than two thousand years later, was from Xiangcheng.
Xiang Liang's father, Xiang Yan, was also a famous general of Chu State.In 224 BC, Qin general Wang Jian broke through Chu and captured the king of Chu.Xiang Yan appointed Lord Changping as king and organized the government-in-exile to fight against Qin in Huainan.In the second year, the government-in-exile was defeated, Lord Changping was killed, and Xiang Yan died in the line of duty.
Therefore, Xiang Yan has a high prestige in the hearts of Chu people.This is the reason why Chen Sheng wanted to use his banner in the uprising.
After Xiang Yan was defeated and died in the line of duty, Xiang's family also lived among the people.Because Xiang Liang killed someone, he took Xiang Yu to Wu County to avoid revenge, and soon became the most prestigious person in the area.Now that the world is in chaos, of course the sheriff wants to consult with him.
The sheriff's plan was to rebel.
It is not clear why the sheriff of Kuaiji County rebelled.Perhaps, he is well aware of how much the people hate the empire and its officials, and he does not want to end up like other county guards and county magistrates.Perhaps, he was soberly aware that the Great Qin Dynasty was exhausted and that a change of dynasty was imperative, so he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.Perhaps, he has both ideas.In short, the sheriff decided to raise troops, and hoped that Xiang Liang and another person would be his right and left hands.
It seems that Liu Zongyuan's statement that the world was in chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and there were rebels but no rebel officials, is really unreliable.At least, this one from Kuaiji County is.Moreover, if he was the first to betray the empire, he would still be the "first rebel", even if he failed.
It failed because Xiang Liang didn't intend to let him succeed.
Why did Xiang Liang refuse to support the sheriff?Not sure either.Perhaps in Xiang Liang's view, it is better for me to rebel than you to rebel.You call it treason, but I call it uprising.It just so happened that the other person the sheriff was looking for was probably a wanted criminal of the empire, who was hiding in deep mountains, old forests or rivers, lakes and swamps at the moment.
So Xiang Liang said, only my nephew knows where the man you mentioned is.
The sheriff asked Xiang Yu to come in.
As a result, after Xiang Yu came in, Xiang Liang only took one look at Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu drew his sword, and chopped off the sheriff's head with one blow.
Everyone was shocked and turned pale.
Xiang Liang laughed, because he knew too well who his nephew was.
Unlike Chen Sheng, Xiang Yu was originally qualified to receive a good education, and Xiang Liang also put great effort into Xiang Yu's training.It's a pity that Xiang Yu has no interest in any study.He first learned to write, and he stopped working in a few days.I switched to learning swords and stopped doing it in a few days.Xiang Yu said, I have learned to write, but I can write down other people's names, what's the use?If you learn swordsmanship, you can only defeat one person, so it is not worth learning.If you want to learn, learn what can defeat thousands of people.
Xiang Liang made sense after thinking about it, so he taught him the art of war.Xiang Yu was overjoyed at this moment, but he also tasted it briefly.So Xiang Yu didn't even finish learning the art of war.
However, Xiang Yu's talent is excellent.It is said that he is more than eight feet long (more than 1.84 meters), has extraordinary talent, and is capable of carrying a tripod (he can lift a tripod with one hand).The children of aristocratic families and gangsters in Wu County had to give him three points.
Xiang Yu is strong and courageous.In 310 BC, Qin Shihuang visited Kuaiji Mountain (in today's Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) on a southern tour, and Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang mixed in the crowd to watch.Xiang Yu, who was twenty-three years old at the time, was aroused by seeing it, and blurted out, "He can be replaced." Xiang Liang was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth.
Such a stunned young man, killing a sheriff is really a piece of cake.
Xiang Liang picked up the sheriff's head and hung the sheriff's seal and ribbon on his body at the same time.The seal is the official seal; the ribbon is the ribbon.The systems of Qin and Han were one official and one seal.Unlike later, new and old officials all use the same seal.But Xiang Liang was not an official of the imperial court, and no one cast his seal, so he had to use the old county guard's first.
With this official seal, Xiang Liang appointed himself the prefect of Kuaiji, and appointed Xiang Yu as a general (贴 is read like skin, and a general is a lieutenant general).At this time, Xiang Yu killed all of the hundreds of subordinates and attendants of the old county guard in one go; resisting the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty was the trend of the times and the people's will.So all the people in Wu County supported Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang's uprising succeeded.
Xiang Liang, who succeeded in the uprising, later made a very wise decision, which was to accept Fan Zeng's suggestion and make the grandson of King Huai of Chu the king of Chu.This happened nine months after they raised their troops, that is, in June of the second year of Qin II.At this time, the news of Chen Sheng's death had been confirmed, and another king of Chu established by Chen Sheng's subordinates was also defeated and killed.Xiang Liang's establishment of King Huai of Chu is equivalent to filling in the blank and taking over the banner.
The banner is the direction, and the banner is the strength.The anti-Qin cause has become more magnificent and powerful since then.
In fact, before that, Xiang Liang's team had been growing.The rebel troops and generals who had been scattered in various places also joined Xiang Liang's ranks one after another.Some of them have become all-powerful people who rewrite history.
Such as Yingbo.
Yingbu is a native of Liuxian (six reading Rulu, in today's Lu'an City, Anhui Province), originally a commoner.Later, he was punished by tattooing for breaking the law, so it was also called tattooing cloth.Yingbu led a bandit army, but he was brave and good at fighting.Yingbo himself was first named King of Jiujiang by Xiang Yu, then King of Huainan by Liu Bang, and finally killed by Liu Bang.
The joining of Yingbu is very important.
But the most important thing is Liu Bang.
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