Between the 26th and 32nd years of Qin Shi Huang, Li You served as the county guard of Changsha for six years, and he was extremely familiar with this wet and rainy county.

In late February, when he arrived at Linxiang (Changsha City), the capital of Changsha County, with 10,000 Guanzhong soldiers braving the continuous rain, he found that this place seemed to have changed greatly compared with his previous impression.

His soldiers had taken control of the city, and the Changsha County Guard, Lieutenant, and Cheng greeted each other outside the door, while Li You looked down at the road.

The city is much cleaner?

In Li You's impression, once upon a time, Linxiang City was dirty, and the entire street was human dung, plus cow and horse urine, which continued unabated, heavy pollution and filth, mosquitoes and flies buzzed. In the summer, the smell evaporates and becomes even more disgusting, and it is not until the heavy rain has passed that the filth of the street flows into the river.

Li County is busy, to Zhang Luo national affairs, Changsha County is the edge of the empire, here the barbarians rebelled, there county officials were killed, but there is no time to care about these trivial things, so from him to him, six years, the appearance of the city has not changed.

But now, it is still clean, and there are even some county guards with red scarves in the streets and alleys patrolling, and it is strictly forbidden for the county citizens to be convenient anywhere, if they are caught shamelessly, in addition to a fine of one guil, they will even be given an insulting "scolding", that is, scolding in public in front of the official temple, and if the circumstances are serious, they will also be sent to the military camp dozens of miles south to serve hard labor......

Under the strict punishment and strict law of the government, coupled with the pamphlet "Common Sense" circulating in the market, the appearance of Linxiang City has become pleasing to the eye, almost comparable to Xianyang.

However, after seeing the signature of "Common Sense" and the two big characters of "public toilet" on the street corner, Li You frowned again.

"It's worthy of a black man, everywhere he goes, he repairs this thing to one place."

Needless to say, these changes in Changsha City are all due to the handiwork of Heifu, the general of the Southern Expedition.

Heifu is just a passing general, but his influence on Changsha has completely overshadowed Li You, who had been a chief here for six years.

Before coming to Linxiang, Li You caught some "bell doctors" with medicine baskets, straw hats, and brown clothes along the way.

As their name suggests, these bell doctors wave bells, walk the streets and alleys, and even go deep into the townships and villages to treat people. A silver needle and a handful of herbs, the treatment relies on silver needles, and the medicine is found in the mountains, and by the way, it also spreads the "Common Sense" written by Heifu, telling Changsha people how to prevent evil diseases and how to treat minor diseases?

As for the remuneration, he only received two meals, because the bell doctor also received a portion of the rations in the army, and the standard of the food officer.

These people were either scholars, witch ministers, or herb doctors, and they didn't even need to be literate, and they received three months of training from Chen Wuji in the barracks of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and after passing the various skills, they could go into the countryside.

While they won the praise of the people, they also spread the fame of Heifu to several nearby counties, and the story of "Changnan Hou Zhi Plague God" has gradually spread, although it may not be able to cure the disease, but the local people have a very good impression of Heifu and the Southern Expeditionary Army.

Look at these. Li You felt a wave of disgust in his heart, so he let the horse he sat down, pulled a lot of on the street, and as soon as he entered the city, he also ordered the Changsha County Guard:

"From today on, the so-called "Common Sense" will be included in the prohibition of the law of coercion, and those who dare to hide it will be guilty!"

"Doctor Ling, like a warlock and a light man, pretends to be a doctor, spreads rumors, disturbs the law, and if you see one in the future, you will arrest one!"

"Also, all the public toilets in the city have been demolished!"

A series of "perverse acts" made Linxiang chickens fly and dogs jump, and Linxiang people who were just accustomed to the above kinds of scolding were endless.

This is enough to show Li You's jealousy of Heifu.

Li You's feelings for Heifu are complicated, and he appreciated Heifu when he was young, but when he became famous, gradually surpassed himself, and was favored by Qin Shi Huang, Li You's attitude began to change to unwillingness and jealousy.

He once recommended Tu Sui, but Lao Tu betrayed the trust of the Li family's father and son in him, and he failed, and Li You was also implicated, losing the beauty of Sanchuan Shou.

But just after the upheaval in Xianyang, he finally regained the emperor's trust and got a chance to prove himself.

Li You is now Heifu's successor, with an axe cart behind him, which can kill all those who do not respect the emperor's orders, and also holds the tiger talisman given by Qin Shi Huang, and is ordered to go south and collect the military power of the battalions in Jiangnan and Lingnan.

In mid-February, after successfully getting 30,000 men from the Wuchang battalion to surrender their weapons, Li You came to Changsha without stopping.

As the son of Li Si, during this period, he also received the news of the death of Qin Shi Huangdi, and Li Si also issued a warning:

"The black man is cunning, or not dead, if you hear that Your Majesty has died, I am afraid that you will plot rebellion, be careful in everything!"

After all, he is the husband of Princess Qin, Li You is shocked and sad, but he has his own thoughts: "Although Your Majesty is not, Yu Wei is still shocked in the world, as long as the secret is not mourned, who dares to rebel?" ”

He knew very well that he was racing against time, and he must completely control the Southern Army in his hands before the news of Qin Shi Huang's death reached Lingnan, so as not to be robbed of the opportunity by Heifu!

The Lingnan Yue rebelled, the road was blocked, and the messengers were blocked back? Okay, then collect the soldiers of Jiangnan first, and wait for Feng Wuxuan to go south to converge, and then ask for it with the emperor's order, break the three levels, and punish the traitors!

However, after coming to Linxiang, Li You learned of an unexpected thing.

"Last month, there were many people who worked hard, and a group of thirty or fifty people passed through Changsha to go north to Wuchang Camp for several days?"

"Five days ago, dozens of ships of the Lingqu Boat Division came from Chuting, did not accept the checkpoint search, and rushed directly downstream?"

Li You frowned.

"On the way from Wuchang Camp, I have never seen any people and boat masters!"

The first thing is that, the Ling Canal was built during the first southern expedition, and it is the only waterway between Changsha and Lingnan, but it is generally transported to Lingling County by land, and then transported to Guilin by boat, how can it be possible for the boat master to run directly to the hinterland of Changsha?

These two incidents were full of suspicions, and Li You immediately sent scouts to search north, and returned to Wuchang Camp and Yicheng to report the news, and he was sure to find out the whereabouts of those "people's husbands" and boat masters.

But it is impossible for him to turn around, and the most important task now is still to collect the troops of the Changsha battalion.

The Changsha camp was originally built near Linxiang, but two years ago, Heifu moved the camp south to Chuting (Zhuzhou), 150 miles away, on the grounds that Linxiang was an "water Gu" epidemic area and that a long-term stay would cause the army to lose its combat effectiveness.

Only by occupying the pavilion can you get in touch with Lingnan, who has been interrupted for half a month.

Li You asked the lieutenant of Changsha County: "In the past few days, have there been any soldiers from Chuting?" ”

The county lieutenant reported: "No, but ten days ago, his generation suddenly blocked the pass and cut off the news from several counties in the south of the county. I sent several groups of messengers to inquire in a row, but there was no return, and three days ago I received an order from the general, and knowing that something was wrong, I sent 500 men to investigate, and found that the Chuting battalion had privately demolished the pontoon bridge on the Hunan River......"

"Sure enough."

Li You sneered: "Heifu, Heifu, you really want to rebel!" ”

He thought that Heifu was still in the south, and planned to raise an army to make a rebellion in several counties in Lingnan, divide one place, and fight against the imperial court.

But Li You was not too afraid: "Most of the Wuchang battalion are the longest-serving veterans, while the Chuting battalion takes in more disabled soldiers and soldiers who transport grain, although there are 10,000 people, they are vulnerable. Heifu did not have the courage to directly rebel, otherwise, the Lingnan army would go north, and the Chuting battalion would not close the camp and defend itself, but could not wait to attack Linxiang, which was close at hand. ”

Li You's confidence comes from the elite 10,000 Guanzhong soldiers under his command, they are all the elite of the lieutenant county, with sophisticated weapons and armor, strict discipline, and the miscellaneous army in Lingnan, 20,000 is not enough.

With this kind of thought, Li You immediately made a decision and decided to seize the Chuting camp before Heifu's division went north!

Before leading his division to leave Linxiang, Li You also sent a succession of envoys to the military camp.

"I only hope that the other generation can get lost and know how to return, and it will be decided!"

……

Li You was lucky, and he always hoped that the south would be able to pass on the news, but the Chuting camp disappointed him.

The messenger sent still has not returned, it seems that the Chuting camp is planning to resist to the end, but Li You is still patient and sent another one.

When Li You arrived fifty miles north of the Chuting camp, the second messenger's horse came back barebacked, and the pocket around the horse's neck still contained a bloody ear!

Li You was a little annoyed, and asked his own long history: "Who is guarding the Chuting Battalion?" ”

"His lieutenant's name is Tao."

"That's it, Xiao Tao."

Li You's face showed contempt: "It's just a stuttering hundred-hundred-long man under Heifu back then, a fool from a hooligan background, who can also be a captain and a general?" It's a ridiculous joke! ”

He smiled again: "However, it is appropriate to stutter to control the cripple and the powerful!" ”

When Li You's army marched ten miles away from the Chuting camp, in addition to learning that the Chuting camp refused to meet the new general, he heard another piece of news.

"General, nearly 10,000 people have just arrived from the south and settled in the Chuting Battalion!"

Li You immediately became serious: "Who is the newcomer fighting?" ”

Will it be the dragon flag and the word Wei? Could it be Heifu? He finally couldn't bear it anymore and came back from the dead?

The scout said, "It's Han ......"

"Han?"

After Li You thought about it, he looked at Changshi again, and Changshi also looked through the roster of the Southern Expeditionary Army for a long time this time before he found a possibility:

"General, probably the newly promoted Sima of another department...... Han Shin. ”

"Han Shin? Haven't heard of it. ”

Li You shook his head, he didn't take it to heart, as long as it wasn't Heifu, he was fearless.

"It seems, it's a nobody!"

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