Chapter 48 47 Bolangsha's iron vertebra

Qin Shihuang knew that when he destroyed the six kingdoms, the old aristocrats left behind by the six kingdoms might rise up against him at any time.He ordered that all 120,000 wealthy families in the world be moved to Xianyang to live in Xianyang, so that they can be controlled; A huge bronze man weighing 40,000 catties and a batch of big bells (a musical instrument).He thought that when the weapons were collected, even if someone wanted to rebel, it would be impossible. He also often visited various places. First, he came to offer sacrifices to famous mountains and great rivers, and asked the ministers to engrave words praising him on the rocks, so that future generations would know his achievements; a fear.

In the spring of 218 BC, he took a large group of people out for inspection.One day, when we arrived at Bolangsha (in today's Yuanyang County, Henan Province), when the convoy was slowly advancing, there was a sudden crash, and a big iron cone flew over, smashing the auxiliary car behind Qin Shihuang's car. The entire convoy stopped at once, and the warriors searched everywhere, and the assassin had already escaped. Qin Shihuang was really angry, and immediately issued an order to conduct a large-scale search across the country, and the assassin must be caught.After ten full days of searching, they couldn't find anything, so they had to forget it.

The name of the assassin was Zhang Liang.Both Zhang Liang's grandfather and father were ministers of South Korea.When South Korea was destroyed, Zhang Liang was still young.He sold his property and left his hometown, went outside to make friends with heroes, all he wanted was to avenge South Korea. Later, he made a friend who was a strong man.The big iron vertebra used by the Hercules weighed a full one hundred and twenty catties (equivalent to sixty catties today).The two discussed and planned to assassinate Qin Shihuang when he was out on a tour. They found out that Qin Shihuang was going to pass through Bolangsha, so they lay in ambush in a hidden place in the woods in advance.As soon as Qin Shihuang's convoy passed by, the Hercules smashed the iron pillars over.Who knows that the smash was not accurate, only one auxiliary car was hit.

After Zhang Liang failed, he concealed his identity and fled all the way to Xiapi (northwest of Suining, Jiangsu Province), and finally escaped the search of the officials of the Qin Dynasty.He stayed in Xiapi, studying the art of war while waiting for the opportunity of revenge. How did Zhang Liang learn the art of war?There is a bizarre legend. Once, Zhang Liang went for a walk alone, and when he came to a bridge, he saw an old man wearing a coarse coat, sitting on the bridge.When he saw Zhang Liang approaching, he retracted his feet intentionally or unintentionally, and one of his shoes fell directly under the bridge.

The old man turned his head and said to Zhang Liang very rudely: "Young man, go down and pick up my shoes." Zhang Liang was very angry and wanted to beat him up.But seeing again, he was an old man after all, so he held back his breath, walked under the bridge, picked up the shoe, and handed it to him. Who knew that the old man didn't even connect it, he just stretched out his foot and said, "Put it on for me." Zhang Liang thought, since he had picked up the shoes, he might as well be a good man to the end, so he knelt on the ground respectfully and took the shoes for him to put on.

The old man just smiled, stood up and left. This really stunned Zhang Liang, thinking that the old man is a bit strange.He stared at the back of the old man to see where the old man was going. The old man walked for a while, then came back, and said to Zhang Liang, "Young man, I am happy to teach you. Five days later, at dawn, you can come to see me again on the bridge. " Hearing his tone, Zhang Liang knew that he was someone with a history, so he quickly knelt down and agreed. On the fifth day, Zhang Liang got up early and rushed to the bridge.Who knew that when we got there, the old man would have arrived first!He said angrily to Zhang Liang: "You are dating the old man, you should come earlier, why do you tell me to wait for you?"

Zhang Liang had no choice but to admit his mistake.The old man said: "Go, five days later, come earlier." After speaking, he left. Five days later, Zhang Liang ran to the bridge as soon as he heard the rooster crowing.He hadn't even stepped onto the bridge when he saw the old man. The old man glared at Zhang Liang and said, "Come back in five days." Zhang Liang learned the lessons of the previous two times, and at midnight on the fourth day, he rushed to the bridge and waited quietly for the dawn. After a while, I saw the old man approaching step by step.When he saw Zhang Liang, he smiled kindly and said:

"That's right." After finishing speaking, he took out a book from his sleeve and wrote it to Zhang Liang, saying, "Go back and read it carefully, and you will be able to accomplish a lot in the future." Zhang Liang wanted to ask him again, but the old man stopped talking and left without looking back. When it was dawn, Zhang Liang took advantage of the morning light and took out a book to read. It turned out that it was "Taigong Art of War" compiled by Taigong Wang in the early Zhou Dynasty. Since then, he has studied the art of war assiduously, and later became a famous military strategist.