Chapter 7 5. Fenghuyunlong

At this time, the flames of the uprising in Daze Township spread everywhere, thieves and tyrants from all over the country rose up one after another, and the uprising troops of thousands of people in the original Chu area were everywhere. It is said in history that "Qin lost its deer, and the whole world pursued it." Qin Jia started from the East China Sea, Lu Chen from Xinyang, Xiang Liang from Kuaiji, Liu Ji from Fengpei, Zhao Tuo from the South China Sea... Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu State. Xiang Yan had stubbornly resisted the Qin army at the end of the Warring States Period. He was a great hero in the hearts of Chu people.After he died in battle, Xiang Liang then took his nephew Xiang Yu to hide among the people and fled to the distant Kuaiji County.From the perspective of age, Xiang Liang should also have participated in the Qin-Chu battle where more than one million troops were mobilized at the end of the Warring States Period, and he has considerable military experience.

When the First Emperor visited Kuaiji, Xiang's uncle and nephew also looked on coldly. Because of the natural hatred between the Xiang family and the Qin Dynasty, the young Xiang Yu blurted out: "He can be replaced!" This is a word that subverts the times!Therefore, it became the motto of the heroes in the troubled times of the next two thousand years.In the late Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Mr. An Chongrong, a Jiedu envoy, made a summary of these rhetoric-"Son of Heaven, those who are strong in soldiers and horses should do it, rather have a kind!" This Mr. An is a man who only knows how to ride and shoot. Old and rude, but this sentence really sums up the truth of the thousands of years of imperial rule in Chinese history.

Princes and generals are not born nobles, they can be replaced.Who can take its place?Whoever is strong and strong has this qualification. When Xiang Yu was young, his uncle Xiang Liang taught him to read and write.Xiang Liang was quite angry, but Xiang Yu said: "Books are enough to remember names. Swords are an enemy to one person, not enough to learn, but to learn to be an enemy to ten thousand people." In terms of culture, it is good to be able to write your own name, and swordsmanship is to deal with one or two people. If you want to learn, you must learn to be the enemy of thousands of people.So Xiang Liang taught him the art of war again. Xiang Yu was very happy at first, but after learning it for a long time, he became slack again.

But the records in these history books seem to be different from the facts.After all, Xiang Yu's bravery is known to everyone.At the Wujiang Ferry, Xiang Yu defeated the Han army with 5,000 chasing cavalry with 28 horsepower, which is an indelible legend in the history of Chinese heroes.In all the major battles between the Qin and Han Dynasties, as long as Xiang Yu was on the battlefield, he was almost invincible-the Battle of Julu and the Battle of Pengcheng are famous battles in Chinese history. It seems that although Xiang Yu's swordsmanship and art of war are not serious, they are definitely not bad.

And Xiang Liang, as the son of Chu general Xiang Yan, has considerable prestige in Kuaiji of the original Chu area. He usually pays attention to recruiting heroes, and often hosts some local social activities. Believe in love. After the incident in Chen Sheng's Daze Township, Yin Tong, the prefect of Kuaiji, also saw that the Qin Dynasty was coming soon, and discussed with Xiang Liang to raise troops, planning to use Xiang Liang and Heng Chu as generals.Xiang Liang falsely claimed that only his nephew Xiang Yu knew the whereabouts of Heng Chu, and asked Yin Tong to summon him.So Xiang Yu went straight in with his sword, beheaded Yin Tong, and seized his seal and ribbon. There was chaos in the Yamen, and Xiang Yu killed dozens of people to put it down.The elders in Kuaiji promoted Dai Xiang Liang as the leader, took Xiang Yu as the assistant general, recruited 8,000 soldiers, and crossed the river north to attack Qin.

Xiang Yu was only twenty-four years old at this time. This is not the case in Kuaiji alone, and the magistrate of Peixian County also saw that something was wrong. The county magistrates Xiao He and Cao Shen persuaded him, you are an official of the Qin Dynasty, and most of the policies of the Qin Dynasty that disturb the people are implemented by you. If you want to raise the flag, I am afraid that the appeal will not be strong.It’s better to call back those who fled because of anti-Qin. With this group of people supporting you, you will have the strength to revolt—for example, Liu Ji, the former head of the pavilion in Surabaya, pulled a small army to move around .

So Peiling sent Liu Ji's brother-in-law, Fan Kuai, the dog butcher, to call Liu Bang back to rebel.Liu Ji happily returned to his hometown with a team that had grown to a hundred people, but Pei Ling was afraid that he would lose his status after he came, so he repented, closed the door and refused, and planned to kill Xiao He and Cao Shen. Xiao and Cao escaped from the city and went to Liu Ji. They wrote a letter and shot it into the city, saying: "The world has been suffering for a long time. Although the fathers and elders are guarding Pei Ling, the princes have risen together, and now Tu Pei. Pei is now punishing the order and choosing his children. Those who can be erected should be erected to respond to the princes, and the family will be ruined. Otherwise, the father and son will be slaughtered, and there will be nothing to do." The elders in the city have long hated the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and they really ganged up to kill Peiling and open the city gate to welcome Liu Ji.

Both Xiao and Cao were clerks in the county. Although they were forced to rebel, they had many concerns, fearing that if things didn't work out, they would be wiped out.Liu Ji was already a bandit anyway, and he didn't care about another charge of rebellion, so everyone pushed him to be the leader. Because he was old, he was honored as "Pei Gong". This year, Liu Ji was forty-seven years old.