Chapter 20 1. Liu San's Dream Journey

In the winter of that October, Song Yi led his army north to rescue Zhao, and Liu Bang also set off, aiming at Xianyang.For Liu Bang, driving to Xianyang this time is quite different from when he took his slaves to Xianyang as a pavilion chief.King Huai of Chu said that the one who enters Xianyang first is king. Today, he wants to tell the whole world that Xianyang will no longer be a mirage in the eyes of ordinary people. . It's all over, count the romantic figures, and look at the present.Xianyang City, you wait, I'm coming. However, don't think that King Huai of Chu favored Liu Bang, so he sent him to Xianyang alone.In fact, Liu Bang was also a pawn on the chessboard of King Huai of Chu. From the dialogue between Song Yi and Xiang Yu later, it can be seen that King Huai of Chu had his wishful thinking. Secretly, he wanted to destroy Zhang Han, and then go west to Xianyang to establish the emperor's business.With Liu Bang's benevolence, even if he is named the king of Qin, he can handle it for a while.Unlike Xiang Yu, who is ambitious, God knows what kind of trouble he will cause.

There is another problem that needs to be paid more attention to. King Huai of Chu gave Song Yi all the elite troops, and what was left to Liu Bang was just an insignificant army.Therefore, Liu Bang's road to Xianyang is also extremely difficult. Qin II is not a relative of Liu Bang, and he can enter the city without waving.Back then, with Zhou Zhang's courage, more than 200,000 soldiers dared not enter Xianyang. Unless God helped, how could I, Liu San, be able to enter Xianyang City? Opportunity and adventure alike, the road to Xianyang is a road to purgatory, but also a road to emperors and generals.In a popular saying: the future may not be bright, but the road is tortuous.

That being the case, take a gamble.Life is a gamble, Liu San was born recklessly, with a dead life, I bet my youth on tomorrow, if I lose, I won’t be a vassal king, at worst, I will take my wife and children back to Dangshan to become a monkey king! Liu Bang set off from Dangshan in winter. His luck was not bad.After several battles, he won thousands of soldiers from the Qin army, and his vitality greatly increased.In spring, Liu Bang went to Changyi (now northwest of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province), and God sent him a real man——Peng Yue. Peng Yue, date of birth unknown, courtesy name Zhong, was born in Changyi.At first, Peng Yue made a living by fishing in the lakes around Changyi. Perhaps because the profit from fishing was not high, he became a robber part-time.When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, someone said to Peng Yue: "All heroes in the world have betrayed the Qin Dynasty. We can imitate them and do something earth-shattering."

However, Peng Yue just smiled lightly and said: Don't worry, the two dragons are fighting each other, let's wait for a while. The so-called two dragons fighting each other is the princes fighting against the Qin Dynasty. Peng Yue really deserves to be born in fishing.However, after he waited, more than a year passed, and the gang of teenagers who persuaded him at first couldn't sit still anymore. They gathered more than a hundred people to lobby Peng Yue and said: "What are you waiting for? Please be our leader quickly. Yes, a year has passed, and the day lily will be cold again.But what Peng Yue said to the teenagers was still the same: If you want to do it, do it yourself, I don't want to go to that muddy water with you.

Those young people became anxious as soon as they heard it. Why didn't you do it with us? Do you dislike us for having no hair on our mouths and not being able to do things well, or do you think the time has not yet come? In fact, it wasn't that the time had come. What Peng Yue was worried about was exactly what those young people were thinking. They were indeed a bunch of fools who talked about nothing and couldn't do things well, and they weren't expected to do big things at all. As the saying goes, people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. Peng Yue is a bandit, so he can't be a bandit on the water all his life.So, the group of teenagers strongly demanded Peng Yue to be the leader again, and they all said in unison: Uncle Peng, don't refuse, there is no one in Changyi who is qualified to be our leader except you.Besides, don't dislike us for being young and ignorant. The world belongs to you as well as ours. If you don't bring us up, who will we turn to?

Peng Yue was finally moved, and said tentatively: To be honest, I don't want to do anything with you, mainly because I'm old and I'm afraid of dragging you down.Since everyone is determined to choose me as the leader, let's make an agreement for everyone in the name of a leader. When the sun rises tomorrow morning, everyone must gather here on time, and those who arrive late will be killed. What do you think? As long as Peng Yue agrees to take the lead, everything is easy to talk about, and the group of young people said in unison, okay, we will do as you said, Uncle Peng. The next day, Peng Yue stood at the appointed place early and waited for the young people. When the sun had risen to the height of a long pole, a dozen or so people came to the scene one after another.Sure enough, Peng Yue was right to worry. This was just a bunch of disorganized and undisciplined guys who thought the rebellion was just a joke. If they didn't suffer a bit, these people wouldn't know what a real rebellion was.

Peng Yue had no choice but to wait and wait until noon, when more than a hundred people finally arrived.Peng Yue looked at the crowd with a gloomy expression, and asked, "Does what I said yesterday still count?" Young man: Of course. Peng Yue: Good.I said yesterday that those who are late this morning will be executed according to the order.But most of you are late, it's impossible to behead them all.I will behead the last latecomer to show off to the army. When the young people heard this, they burst into laughter: Uncle Peng, forget it.Just make sure we're not late next time.

Still laughing!Kill me immediately. Peng Yue immediately issued an order to kill the last latecomer, and then set up an altar to sacrifice to the sky, officially announcing the uprising.Everyone found that Peng Yue was serious, and they were all trembling, as if they were walking on thin ice, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads to look up at Uncle Peng. From then on, Peng Yue took this army, which was famous for being late at first, out to grab the territory.While fighting, he recruited scattered soldiers from various princes, and turned into an army of thousands of people.At this time Liu Bang came, and Peng Yue simply voted under Liu Bang's banner to help him attack Changyi.

Peng Yue voted for Liu Bang, just as Yingbo voted for Xiangliang back then, but his thousands of soldiers were indeed far behind the tens of thousands of soldiers when Yingbo voted for Xiangliang.But having said that, isn't Liu Bang a lot worse than the original Xiang Liang?For Liu Bang, Changyi is the hometown of Peng Yue. If there is such a free tour guide leading more than a thousand people to lead the way for you, where in the world can you find such a good thing? Needless to say, take down Changyi, and everyone will eat meat together.So Liu Bang joined forces with Peng Yue to attack Changyi. However, after fighting for a long time, they found that Changyi was not a piece of meat at all, but a piece of hard bone.Liu Bang has been fighting from Dangshan to Changyi smoothly, and has never met an opponent. How come Changyi's teeth are like stones and can't be knocked off?

Liu Bang was depressed. After much deliberation, Liu Bang decided to give up Changyi.Time is life, don't lose the big watermelon of Xianyang because of the sesame seed of Changyi.So, riding the wind of February, Liu Bang left Peng Yue and continued westward with his troops.Liu Bang's luck was really good. When he passed Gaoyang (southwest of Qixian County, Henan Province), God sent him two more people: Li Shiqi and Li Shang brothers. Li Shiqi, whose date of birth is unknown, was born in Gaoyang. Hobbies: Alcoholism and reading, known as Gaoyang Alcoholics, also known as Kuangsheng.

Occupation: Gatekeeper of the Sub-district Office (the gatekeeper of the prison). Personal characteristics: Crazy, very crazy, so crazy that no one dares to bully Gao Yang hero casually. In fact, Li Shiqi, the prison guard, his job is similar to that of Zhang Er and Chen Yu in Chen County. , they couldn't wait to go to him.Similarly, Li Shiqi was also waiting for an opportunity to make his mark, but there were no less than ten princes and generals who passed by Gaoyang, and he didn't like any of them. In Li Shiqi's view, the princes who passed by his door were either self-willed, pedantic and ignorant, or not generous enough.That being the case, let's wait, the unit is not about being small, it's about being able to live up to your spirit, it's gold that will shine one day.Li Shiqi believed that when the sky was about to send a great mission to the people, he had to work hard on his will first, and one day, he would realize his great wish of jumping over the Dragon Gate. This day finally came. When Li Shiqi heard that Liu Bang was going to pass through Gaoyang, his sleeping eyes suddenly lit up, and his drunken head became very sober. His intuition told him that Liu Bang was the one he was going to follow in his life. There was an officer under Liu Bang, who happened to be a person on the street under Li Shiqi's jurisdiction. Li Shiqi found the officer and said: "I have been squatting in Gaoyang for so long, and there are more than ten princes passing by Gaoyang, but they are all Some nasty people, I didn't take a fancy to any of them.I've heard that Pei Gong is very arrogant in his dealings with others, but he is still very approachable and talented.Can I trouble you to tell him that I am willing to sell myself to him!Let me teach you how to advertise me in front of Peigong: There is an old man in my hometown who is over 60 years old and 1.8 meters tall (eight feet long).Everyone said he was crazy, but he himself said he was not crazy. Li Shiqi is indeed a master of advertising. There are two kinds of people who say they are not crazy: one is really crazy.Just like drunk people always say that I am not drunk, the same is true of lunatics, most of them are crazy and still say that they are not crazy.Another possibility is that someone who is an outsider can advertise for himself or is he a lunatic?He must be an expert who hides among the people. Now is the time for the princes to employ people. It would be strange if Liu Bang didn't summon him as soon as he heard it. However, the officer under Liu Bang kindly said to Li Shiqi: Uncle Li, you don't know something.Our family, Pei Gong, is not only addicted to alcohol and sex, he also particularly dislikes scholars.Once a scholar wearing a Confucian hat went to see him. Not only did Pei Gong not welcome him, he even took off his hat and used it as a urinal to urinate.I advise you, old man, not to provoke him. Li Shiqi, a well-meaning fellow, is right. Among the many occupations, Liu Bang hates scholars the most.Scholars always say, "Your head, let me see how far you go." But Liu San, don't classify all scholars in the world into one category. Li Shiqi is still good, because what he studies is not Confucianism or law, but vertical and horizontal techniques. The originator of Zonghengshu is Guiguzi, and there are two proud disciples under him, one is Su Qin and the other is Zhang Yi, and they all have a common characteristic, that is, they were born in a poor and humble background.Even Su Qin's early life was much more desolate than Li Shiqi's now, but if you are afraid of hardships, don't be a political strategist. As the saying goes, you can be a master if you suffer hardships. This is the great tradition of political strategists. But don't think that the strategists come from lowly backgrounds, so the classmates will cherish each other.On the contrary, the Strategists, like the Legalists, learned the art of the emperor and sold themselves to the emperor's family. For a common dream, they did not hesitate to abandon their classmates and smash each other's jobs.Zhang Yi smashed Su Qin's signboard, and Li Si took away Han Feizi's job. These are clear historical evidences. Well, what Liu Bang doesn't like are useless scholars, not strategists who are up for grabs, so Li Shiqi has 10,000 self-confidence to tell Liu Bang that it is your blessing, Pei Gong, to get me Li Shiqi, and lose It is the biggest loss in your life that I eat it. So, with great confidence, Li Shiqi said to his fellow officer, "Don't worry about how Peigong treats me, just do as I say." For the sake of fellow countrymen, the officer under Liu Bang had no choice but to tell Liu Bang what Li Shiqi said.Sure enough, as Li Shiqi expected, Liu Bang heard that there was a Gaoyang alcoholic who asked to see him. As soon as he arrived at the guest house of Gaoyang Post Station, he immediately sent someone to tell Li Shiqi to come to see him. When Li Shiqi went to see Liu Bang with excitement, he was sitting on the bed, enjoying a foot massage with his eyes closed, and two lovely little girls were doing his feet.Liu Bang's virtues are really exciting, and this is not an entertainment place. If you put on this posture, don't you think that I, Gao Yang, a drunkard, am a serious person? In this situation, if it were a sour Confucian, he might have gone away long ago.But Li Shiqi had his own tactics to deal with it. He even avoided the usual salutes from his subordinates to his superiors. He just cupped his hands and said to Liu Bang in a stiff tone: Are you here to help the Qin State fight the princes, or to help the princes fight the Qin State? of? This remark was really lethal. When Liu Bang heard it, he was furious on the spot, patted the head of the bed and shouted loudly: "Stinky old nine, the world was bullied by Tyranny Qin, and the princes united to fight against it, but you said that I helped Qin to fight the princes, you Is there water in the head? Li Shiqi smiled arrogantly, then cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Peigong, I have a very good head. Since you are the leader of benevolence and righteousness, you should not hurt the elders with such a bad attitude." . When Liu Bang heard this, he suddenly woke up.He really shouldn't be meeting guests in this scene, so he hurriedly sent out the two little girls who were pressing the soles of his feet, put on his clothes, and respectfully invited Li Shiqi to take a seat. Li Shiqi smiled smugly again, a child can be taught.Since he is here to apply for a job, then just accept it when he sees it. Li Shiqi has prepared a self-recommendation letter, but this letter of recommendation is not a written material, but an oral material. It is about his professional knowledge: vertical and horizontal surgery. Liu Bang was happy and excited to hear Li Shiqi's eloquent vertical and horizontal skills, which he had never heard of before. Liu Bang finally understood that there is a kind of scholar in the world, and his name is the vertical and horizontal family. With great appreciation, Liu Bang set up a table of good wine for Li Shiqi, and he asked Li Shiqi: "Look at me now, is there any good way to teach me?" Li Shiqi took a sip of his wine and was already reeking of alcohol. He said: "To be honest, what you have gathered in your hands is just a gang of mobs, and the number is not more than ten thousand. Just relying on such a small number of people, you want to break into the Qin State." , that is tantamount to sticking your head into the tiger's mouth." Liu Bang was taken aback, I treated you to drink all the wine, I managed to grab thousands of people, and you still said it was a mob? Li Shiqi seemed to have seen Liu Bangzhi's displeasure, but he still went his own way and said: In my opinion, you must grab an important site at present, and it is Chenliu (now southeast of Kaifeng City, Henan Province).Chenliu is located in the center of the world, connecting all directions, and there is a lot of food in the city.I have a good relationship with the county magistrate Chenliu, please let me help you persuade to surrender.If he doesn't surrender, I'll kill him. If we cooperate internally and externally, Chen Liu will definitely be taken down by us. What a combination of inside and outside!The gloom on Liu Bang's face was swept away, and he promised Li Shiqi on the spot that as long as Chen Liu is taken down, I will make you an ambassador. Li Shiqi smiled with satisfaction, smelling of alcohol, one was willing to contribute, the other was willing to be named an official and knighted, and the business was concluded. Therefore, Li Shiqi set off with a dream of confidence. He met the county magistrate Chen Liu and said that resistance was useless, and that rebelling against Qin was the only way out of the political theory.However, after listening to the county magistrate Chenliu, he only uttered four words to Li Shiqi: Surrender, no way! There is no other way, since you want to die, let him be fulfilled, kill!Li Shiqi drew his knife without any explanation, chopped off the head of Chenliu county magistrate, and threw the head outside the city. Liu Bang outside the city picked up the head of the county magistrate of Chenliu, and shouted to the soldiers on the city: "The magistrate of Chenliu has been killed by us. If you don't open the city, we will attack and even cut off your heads." The general situation was over, Chen Liu had no choice but to surrender in Kaesong. At this time, Li Shiqi lobbied his younger brother Li Shang again, so Li Shang brought four or five thousand people from nowhere and defected to Liu Bang.As expected, Liu Bang fulfilled his promise and granted Li Shiqi the title of Emperor Guangye, in charge of diplomacy; and the title of Li Shang as a general, responsible for guarding Chenliu. In this way, Li Shiqi, a high-yang alcoholic, endured humiliation for many years, and with his courage and talent, he finally embarked on the road to prosperity.From now on, whoever dares to call me a stinky old nine, whoever dares to call me a shabby settler!The world laughs at how crazy I am, and I laugh at the world's inability to see through. Do you really understand me now, Li Shiqi? At this time, the spring breeze is blowing through Liu Bang's smug chest, it seems that this romantic spring will end his dark years.Tomorrow, tomorrow tomorrow, the world will change because of Liu San!Come, world, I am not too old, I have only just learned to sing.I know that my future is not a dream, and I will seriously cherish every opportunity. Xianyang City, I am getting closer and closer to you, and my future will slowly become a reality.