Chapter 8 6. The Destination of Xiacheng Father

After Zhou Wen was defeated by Zhang Han at Xiting, Cao Yang, who retreated to Hangu Guandong, persisted for two or three months, waiting for Chen Sheng to send reinforcements. At this time, Wu Chen and Han Guang were making trouble in the north, Zhou Shi was all about welcoming the King of Wei, Chen Sheng himself was in Chen Xiangle, and his old friend who was also a servant went to visit him, because the vulgar people didn't understand etiquette, and he killed several of them, Even his father-in-law went to see him, but he didn't have time to pay attention. Wu Guang led a powerful main force, but had no concept of coordination at all.Staring at the city of Xingyang, and Qin general Li You, but they couldn't attack the city.General Tian Zang and others persuaded him to besiege Xingyang with a small number of troops and personally lead the main force to go west to Caoyang to support Zhou Wen, but he also refused.

Although Zhang Han won the Battle of Xiting, his troops were not very effective.During these two or three months, he stuck to Hangu Pass, seized the time to reorganize the troops, and repaired and supplemented equipment.The Qin Dynasty, who had recovered, also dispatched Sima Xin, Dong Yi and several other troops to support him.After the rectification was completed, Zhang Han immediately opened Hangu Pass to attack and defeated Zhou Wenjun again in Caoyang.Zhou Wen retreated to Mianchi, where he fought a decisive battle with Zhang Han, defeated and committed suicide. The news of Zhou Wen's defeat and suicide spread to the city of Xingyang. Tian Zang and other generals couldn't bear Wu Guang's attitude of watching his allies be wiped out. When the army arrives, it will be defeated. It is better to have a small number of soldiers left behind, enough to defend Xingyang, and gather the best soldiers to meet the Qin army. Now the false king is arrogant, and he does not know the military power, so he cannot be counted. He must be punished, and the matter may be defeated." ("Historical Records Chen She's Family" "In "Zhou Wen" is used as "Zhou Zhang", just like "Chen Sheng" is called "Chen She")

So Tian Zang and others forced Chen Sheng to kill Wu Guang and gave his head to Chen Sheng to show that it was not a rebellion, but a plea for orders.Chen Sheng also had nothing to do with them, and gave Tian Zang Chuling Yinyin, thinking that he was an admiral, and expressed his approval of their actions.Tian Zang continued to besiege Xingyang with Li Gui and others, and personally led the main force to intercept Zhanghan to the west. The two sides fought in Aocang.After Zhang Han broke the siege of Xingyang, Li Gui and others also died in battle.The originally good situation was suddenly reversed.

The Qin army defeated the Chu general Deng Shuo at Yu Jia, and Zhang Han led an army to defeat the Chu general Wu Xu Yuxu. The two generals fled back to Chen. Chen Sheng was furious and killed Deng Shuo.Zhang Han took advantage of the victory to attack Chen, Cai Ci, Chen Sheng's pillar state, died in battle, Chen Sheng went out of prison to Zhang He's army stationed in Chenxi, Zhang Han attacked Zhang He, the Chu army was defeated again, and Zhang He died in battle. Chen Sheng withdrew from Chen and moved to Xiachengfu via Ruyang. It was already the twelfth lunar month of winter.Under the great momentum of the Qin army, the people around Chen Sheng also began to waver. He was assassinated by his own ruler Zhuang Jia, who then surrendered to Zhang Han.

Chen Sheng was buried in Dang with the posthumous posthumous title of "King Yin". "The Posthumous Posthumous Method" says: "The posthumous posthumous name is the trace of deeds; the posthumous posthumous title is the expression of deeds." Hidden." That's not a good word. Although Chen Sheng was the first to die in Qin Dynasty, he has a fatal flaw in his personality. When he was young, he said to his friends: "As long as you are rich and honored, you will never forget it!" But when he became queen, old friends went to visit him, but he put on a show, which scared the old guys to stick out their tongues: "Hey! The one who is king and heavy!" The old friends don't know etiquette, "or say that the king of Chen said: 'The guest is foolish and ignorant, Zhuan speaks nonsense, and despises prestige.' The king of Chen beheaded him. All the old friends of the king of Chen were taken away by themselves, because they had no relatives of the king of Chen. .”

As for the generals under him, "King Chen regards Zhu Fang as the upright, Hu Wu as the governor, and the chief minister. The generals will take advantage of the land, and those who order them to be wrong will be punished, and they will be loyal to strict inspection. Those who are not good, the officials will be self-governed. The king of Chen believes in him. The generals are not attached to them because of this, and this is why they are defeated." The word "hidden" is an appropriate evaluation of his life. Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty commented on him: "Chen Sheweng is the son of the rope hub, the man of the slave, and the migratory man. Set off a monstrous wave of questioning destiny!

Princes and generals, would you rather be kind? His accidental behavior opened up a possible path for the next two thousand years of history. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, he repaired the mausoleum for Chen Sheng and set up 30 families to guard the mausoleum. It was not until the great turmoil at the end of the Western Han Dynasty that the tomb was completely submerged in the grass and forgotten by history.Today, this mausoleum is still standing alone at the southern foot of Mangdang Mountain, 70 kilometers west of Xuzhou, and has been renovated in another era of great change.On the brand new tombstone is Mr. Guo Moruo's inscription "Tomb of Chen Shengzhi, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty", which does not seem to be an ancient relic.

Although an era is over, the ideas of the old and new eras are still in conflict and manifested in various ways—it’s just that people at that time may not understand it. The vicissitudes of life eventually turned into mulberry fields.