Chapter 6 4. Wang Gang unbuttoned

After the incident in Daze Township, Chen Sheng once sent Ge Ying to lead an army to conquer Qidong, captured Chen by himself, and proclaimed himself king in a hurry. But Ge Ying didn't know that Chen Sheng had made himself the king of Chu. After he arrived in Dongcheng, in order to increase his appeal, he made Xiangqiang the king of Chu.When he got the news that Chen Sheng became king, he killed Xiangqiang and rushed back to Chendi to apologize to Chen Sheng, but Chen Sheng did not forgive him, but killed him too.Chen Sheng used a small mistake to kill his old brother who helped him in the uprising, which was a big disappointment.

Chen Sheng's old friend, Wu Chen, was ordered to lead 3,000 troops northward to capture Zhao's land. Zhang Er and Chen Yu were the left and right captains, and Shao Sao was the guard.Wuchen's first army crossed the Yellow River at Baimajin. Heroes responded along the way, winning food and shadows, and soon withdrew tens of thousands of troops, attacked more than ten cities in Zhaodi, and called himself Wu Xinjun.However, his troops were not well disciplined, and he punished and killed them wantonly. Seeing this, other cities defended themselves and were unwilling to surrender. Fan Yangling Xu Gong of the Qin Dynasty was an official who "feared death and was greedy" - he wanted to surrender before the world surrendered, but he was afraid of being held accountable; he wanted to resist, but he was really not sure.It's been a pretty depressing time.Kuai Tong, a well-known lobbyist in Fanyang City, volunteered and asked to see Wu Chen to solve his problem.Mr. Kuai went to offer advice to the military officials, saying: "You will win with one step and then conquer the territory. If you conquer, you will go down to the city. I think it is too much. Sincerely listen to the minister's plan, you can surrender the city without attacking, conquer the territory without fighting, spread the message and make a thousand miles away." Huh?" Your military strength is strong, but your policy is wrong. You should use both military offensive and political strategy. The Qin Dynasty has lost the hearts of the people. Only a few people are willing to defend the city for Qin. You should win over the majority of people who are watching , Put an end to indiscriminate killing, buy people's hearts.The military minister is overjoyed, okay, I will do as you said!With a hundred chariots and two hundred riders, Hou Yin greeted Xu Gong.Seeing this, the officials of the original Qin Dynasty surrendered one after another in order to seek preferential treatment. More than 30 cities in the land of Yanzhao surrendered without a fight.

After Wu Chen entered Handan City, he got the news that Ge Ying was killed, and also heard that many old friends were killed for slandering and offending, and he began to panic.Zhang Er and Chen Yu were originally advocating the rise and fall, and at this time they took the opportunity to persuade the military officials to establish themselves as kings.Therefore, Wu Chen established himself as the king of Zhao in Handan, fighting against Chen Sheng in court. Chen Sheng was furious, and arrested Wuchen and other family members, intending to execute them all.Zhu Guo Cai Ci dissuaded him and said: "Qin is not yet dead, but the family of Zhao Wang will be punished. This life is also a Qin. It is better to establish it because of it." It is a fait accompli that military officials claim to be king.

Immediately, even worse news came again - Zhou Wenjun, who had already entered the pass, was defeated by the Qin general Zhang Han and withdrew from Hangu pass. Zhou Wen was originally the "Shiri" in the Chu general Xiang Yan's army. He participated in the Qin-Chu battle in the last years of the Warring States period. He is a rare military talent with actual combat experience in Chen Sheng's army.Chen Sheng also valued him very much, and sent him to lead a main force to bypass Xingyang and enter the pass to attack Xianyang.Zhou Wen did live up to expectations. His army developed quite rapidly, and the people along the way joined enthusiastically. When they entered the customs, it had developed into an army with thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of infantry.In early September, Zhou Wenjun attacked Xiting near Xianyang, which is near Lintong in Shaanxi today.

Qin II is a rare foolish emperor in Chinese history. When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started in Daze Township, and the world was already in a state of turmoil, he still didn't believe it was true.A visitor returned to Xianyang and truthfully reported the banditry in the Kanto region, but was sent to prison and punished. Since then, no one has dared to tell the truth.But the second emperor still likes to talk to people who have returned from other places to understand the situation. Everyone is frightened and fearful, so they can only choose what he likes to talk about: "The group of thieves, the county guard and Wei Fang chased them down. We have all we have now, so there is nothing to worry about." Head, um, good!A World Without Thieves……

Zhou Wenjun's progress so smoothly has a lot to do with II's incompetence. But when Zhou Wen's hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Xiting, the sound of the war drums of the perishing Qin was already filling the ears. At this time, even if the second generation was confused, the ministers and workers of the Qin Dynasty had to think about their own wealth and life.After all, the Qin Dynasty has only been established for more than ten years, and its skeleton is still alive. There are still many famous heroes who destroyed the six kingdoms. Once she is mobilized, her military strength and organizational ability cannot be underestimated.

Qin Shaofu Zhang Han believed that Zhou Wen's army was close at hand, Guanzhong was empty, and it was too late to send troops from other places.The only way at present is to pardon Lishan prisoners and other young adults and form a new army to resist.Qin II approved his plan and appointed him in charge of planning the resistance.Zhang Han immediately pardoned Lishan criminals and slaves to give birth, and quickly organized a new army, which historians call the "Punisher Army". This move, no matter how you look at it, is a bit like the Battle of Muye more than 800 years ago - King Shang Zhou had no time to mobilize the main force, and hastily armed 700,000 slaves to fight against King Wu of Zhou in Muye, but the slaves turned against each other. The merchant army was defeated.

But history is not repeating itself.Although Zhang Han is lamentable at the late age, he can still be regarded as a famous general in Chinese history.In this battle, the soldiers of both Qin and Chu could be regarded as mobs—the prisoners who were temporarily pardoned on the one hand, and the common people who joined along the way, all lacked training and were similarly poorly equipped. The advantage of the Qin army is that most of the officers at all levels have actual combat experience. Many of them participated in the battle of destroying the six countries, and some of them participated in the battles of the Huns in the north and Baiyue in the south.Since Xiang Yu burned the Qin court later, most of the ordinances were lost, so there is no trace of Zhang Han's first half of his life.But judging from his age and superb commanding skills, he is probably also an old guy who participated in the Battle of the Six Nations.

Old soldiers don't die, they just wither.These old guys who once made great military exploits for the establishment of the Great Qin Empire probably never imagined that in just over ten years, they would go into battle again and face a war that overturned the times once again.The veterans of the Qin Dynasty once again defended their honor in Xiting.Although the hero is old, but before the god of war Xiang Yu descended on the Julu battlefield, the Qin army was still an invincible army! As for Xiang Yu, in the five thousand years, how many people can be called the "God of War"?

Although Zhou Wen has some actual combat experience, he cannot compare with "God of War" Xiang Yu.He fought in Xiting with the prisoner army led by Zhang Han, and was defeated.Fortunately, although Zhang Han's army has good officers, the soldiers are also a mob after all, and they were not able to deal a fatal blow to the opponent.Zhou Wen was able to achieve defeat without chaos, withdraw from Hangu Pass, stick to Cao Yang in Lingbao, Henan, and ask Chen Sheng for help. Under the strong pressure of the Qin army, Chen Sheng reluctantly sent envoys to congratulate Zhao on the one hand, and on the other hand detained the family members of Wu Chen and others as hostages.He also named Zhang Ao, Zhang Er's son, the Lord of Chengdu, and asked him to go to Handan to urge the Zhao army to enter the pass and attack Qin.This Mr. Zhang is not an idler. His escape indirectly led to the Hundred Years War between the Han and the Huns.Why?You have to find out the reason from his marriage relationship... He is the first son-in-law of the future Han Dynasty, and he happened to marry Lu Zhi's daughter, Princess Lu Yuan.

According to Lou Jing, an expert on international relations at the time, in his White Climbing Plan, the princess should have married Modu—in this way, the future Xiongnu Shanyu would be Han Gaozu’s grandson.What is there to fight between grandson and grandfather?This is an imperialist strategy to invade alien races by blood. However, history cannot be assumed... We only know that Mao Dun, who failed to marry Princess Lu Yuan, was very dissatisfied, and later wrote a rather straightforward love letter to Lu Zhi himself: I heard that your husband passed away, I am also currently a bachelor, how about the two of us!The Empress Dowager Lu almost died of anger, only her brother-in-law, the strong man who slaughtered dogs, jumped out and said that if you give me one hundred thousand soldiers, I can run amok among the Huns.In the end, he was criticized again by Ji Bu, who was rich and promising: When Gaozu led an army of 400,000 to enjoy the snow on Baideng Mountain, you were always there. Why didn't you say such cruel words at that time? This is another story. After Zhao Wangwuchen received the news from Mr. Zhang, he convened a meeting of generals and came to the conclusion: "The king, Zhao, is not Chu's intention. Chu has already punished Qin, and he must add troops to Zhao. There is no better strategy than to use troops from the west. Let the north lean on the land of Yan to expand itself. Zhao Nan occupies the great river, and the north has Yan and Dai. Although Chu defeated Qin, he dared not control Zhao. The world." Thinking that Chen Sheng just wanted to use Zhao Guo and had no good intentions, it is better to take advantage of Chen Sheng and the Qin army's stalemate, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and actively develop their own strength. So Zhao Wang Wuchen sent the former Shanggu soldier Shi Han Guang generals to the north to go to Yandi, Li Liang to go to Changshan, and Zhang Wei to go to the party. After Han Guanglue decided on the land of Yan, the local nobles and heroes said to him, since Chu and Zhao have already established their own kings, although our Yan land is small, it is also a country of ten thousand chariots, why don't you just call it king?Han Guang is still humble, my mother is still a hostage in the hands of Zhao Wang Wuchen... The big guy is happy to hear this - Chen Shengzhi is strong, and he dare not harm the family members of Wuchen and others. You have to beware of the Qin army, and Nan has to beware of the Chu army. How dare you harm your old mother?Han Guang thought about it, so he took pictures of cats and tigers and called himself the King of Yan. The power of role models is infinite. Zhao Wang Wuchen was also angry like Chen Sheng. He took Zhang Er, Chen Yu and Chen Bing to Yanzhao border to prepare to take military action against Han Guang.But his luck was really bad. One day he went out of the camp and was captured by the wandering army of Yan State.Han Guang was overwhelmed with joy when he got this rare product. After thinking for a long time, he said that we are all acquaintances, and now we don't mention old debts, so please ask Zhao Guo to give me some land?Zhang Er and Chen Yu sent envoys to ask for them, and Han Guanglai killed each of them, and he would never pay another price.Zhao Yingzhong was in chaos, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu had nothing to do—agree, the price the other party asks is too high; don’t agree, they will definitely not come back... One of the servants laughed and said, let me help you get him back!He ran to the Yan army camp and said, why are you so stupid?Han Guang fainted, I want to change, what's wrong? Xiaobing: You are wrong, what do you think Zhang Er and Chen Yu want to do? Han Guang: What do you want to do?Don't you just want to return to Wu Chen? Pawn: Even you want to be king. Zhang Er, Chen Yu and Wu Chen conquered the land of Zhao together. Their contributions are so great and their prestige is so high. Do they want to? Han Guang: ...I'm afraid I think so too. Pawn: If you kill the military officials, the Zhao Kingdom will have no king... Whose turn will it be to be the King of Zhao? Han Guang: This... Pawn: Wu Chen, Zhang Er, and Chen Yubi, who is more capable? Han Guang: Zhang Er and Chen Yu are much stronger. Pawn: You are struggling as a military official, but Zhang Er and Chen Yu are the kings of Zhao, and you have a vengeance against the king... You are very dangerous! Han Guang: I will release him immediately for free, and I will also send a nice car to King Zhao to scare him... So the pawn drove Zhao Wang Wuchen back in his chariot. In return, Wu Chen also sent Han Guang's old mother back to Yan, and reluctantly recognized Han Guang as King of Yan. While Zhou Wen was waiting for help in Cao Yang, Chen Sheng was acknowledging the self-proclaimed princes and kings everywhere.This is also forced. At present, none of the generals from this gang can be controlled.Not to mention the military ministers and Han Guang in front, Zhou Shi invaded the Wei land in the north and entered the border of the original Qi state.Di Ren Tian Dan killed Di Ling, proclaimed himself king of Qi, and attacked Zhou Shi. Zhou Shi's army was defeated and returned to Wei.Under the tide of self-proclaimed kings in various places, he also wanted to make Wei Jiu, the descendant of the Wei State Ningling Lord, as the King of Wei. At this time, Wei Jiu was still in Chen Sheng's hands, Wei's hero planned to make Zhou Shi king, but Zhou Shi refused to do so.He sent envoys five times to find Chen Sheng's dignitaries. Anyway, Chen Sheng couldn't control these people anymore, so he decided to make himself the king of Wei.