The thirty-seventh year of Qin Shi Huang, late May.

In the past, it was just a small township between Pingyu County and Mengqiu County of Chen County, with no more than 1,000 households and a very small city.

But now, Liyang is also well-known, because fourteen years ago, Heifu, who was still a hundred generals, was outnumbered here, broke the two feudal kings of the Chu army, and successfully broke through the siege, and that battle was touted by the Heifu henchmen as "the turning point of the Qin-Chu War".

Later, Heifu used hundreds of coffins to transport the corpses of the Qin soldiers who died in battle that day back to his hometown, which is really affectionate and righteous......

The local government will also come to the matter, and even set up the empty mound where the Qin soldiers and soldiers lived in the past as a pavilion, called "Zhongyi Pavilion", which has the meaning of currying favor with the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

But in the past few months, the plot has suddenly taken a huge turn, after learning the news of Wu Zhonghou's rebellion in the south, the townsman was very frightened, for fear of being regarded as a "black party", so he ordered the plaque of this pavilion to be taken down in a hurry, and cut off the firewood used to cook in the pavilion.

Recently, Zhongyi Pavilion has to provide a large amount of firewood for passing troops every day.

It is reported that the southern rebels, which have been renamed the "Northern Expeditionary Army", are storming the three passes of the underworld. The three passes are located at the junction of Nanyang, Nanjun, Chen County, and Jiujiang, and Yan County and Sui County, which are controlled by Nanyang County, were also raided, and the troops were insufficient, so they asked Chen County for support.

Unfortunately, under the siege of the "Huainan group of bandits", the precarious Jiujiang County is also asking Chen County for help. Because Jiujiang County's request for help arrived first, the five thousand soldiers of Chen County had already rushed to Xia Cai, and now Nanyang was in a hurry, thinking about "cold lips and teeth", Chen County Shou gritted his teeth, or tightened his belt, and sent all counties to Lu Zuo to support the garrison.

Located in the south-central part of Chen County, Liyang Township has become the only way for the soldiers to go south.

The smoke rose into the sky, and the pavilion chief was busy making food, and he couldn't stop urging the pavilion guards: "Today, there are two county lieutenants who want to escort the soldiers, passing by here, they must prepare japonica rice and meat for them, and the rest of the tun chiefs should also prepare pickles, move faster!" ”

After urging the lazy pavilion guards, the pavilion chief looked outside the pavilion, he not only saw the nine hundred soldiers walking slowly from the north, but also heard that this group of people was from Yangxia County, and also saw the dark clouds above their heads, thick as ink......

Among the soldiers, Chen Sheng, a native of Yangcheng who was temporarily appointed as the "Tun Chief", also raised his head, and this middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes smiled and said to Wu Guang on the side:

"Uncle Wu, look at that."

Wu Guang, a native of Yangxia, is also the head of the tun, he looked at the sky and was a little worried: "It's going to rain heavily!" We have been delayed on the road for a long time, and we have encountered rain on the way, but we don't know if we will be able to reach the doom in time......"

"It's going to be a storm, and I wish it would last five days and five nights."

Chen Sheng was not half worried, but full of expectation, looking at the nine hundred ragged Lu Zuo soldiers behind him, as well as the two county lieutenants who were sitting in the car safely and constantly urging the guards forward with whips, and clenched the bamboo spears in their hands.

"Only heavy rain and floods can sweep away the filth and wash out a clean new world!"

……

As Chen Sheng said, the 900 soldiers from Yangxia and Huaiyang have been trapped in Liyang Township for three days by the pouring rain of midsummer!

They were already poor Lu Zuo, and before they arrived at the garrison area, they did not even have armor and weapons, and they all wore clothes and shoes on the road, and walked two or three hundred miles, all of which were worn out. The two county lieutenants went to sleep in the township of Liyang by themselves, but they did not let the soldiers go in to take shelter from the rain, they could only live in broken sheds, suffering from dampness all day long, without enough food and clothing, and many people were sick, just like the station of a refugee camp, filled with the smell of feces and urine......

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were ordered to distribute today's little food and comfort the complaining soldiers, and then met again.

"Chen She, are you really planning to do something?" Wu Guangsu loves people, and most of the soldiers use it for him, and he is resolute, but when it comes to his life, he can't help but hesitate.

Chen Sheng said: "Uncle Wu, it will rain heavily, the road is not passable, the degree has been lost, and you are not ignorant of the crime of missing the time, and the law will be beheaded!" ”

"Isn't it just two guilders?"

When Wu Guang was young, he still had some land at home, he was still literate, and he knew some laws, at least the six characters of "Da Chu Xing ......" would definitely be written.

Chen Sheng shook his head: "That's ordinary conscription, we were conscripted as soldiers, and we rushed to the battlefield, so we have to count it according to military law!" Even if the soldiers are lucky, you and I, as the commanders, will be severely punished. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't punish you, think about it, who are we going to fight this time?"

Wu Guang said those three words with difficulty in his mouth: "Marquis Wuzhong......"

Chen Sheng bowed his head: "That's right, Marquis Wuzhong, a famous general in the world, this Liyang is the place where he became famous in a war, since then for more than ten years, he has been invincible, and he has taken everything, I heard that he can take thousands of people to crisscross Nanjun, and he is still in Jiangling, and he has destroyed hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court!" ”

"I don't believe that Chen County, Nanyang County, and our group of soldiers can stop Wu Zhonghou! Not to mention, there was also a rebellion in Jiujiang County, and it is said that the young general of the Xiang family has defeated Shouchun City! I see that this fire is about to burn to Chenjun! Even if we fled, we would not be able to escape. ”

He gritted his teeth and patted Wu Guang on the shoulder: "Uncle Wu, I always thought that you, like me, were all unwilling to be birds, are you willing to die worthless?" ”

"The world has been suffering for a long time, instead of being pushed to the front line of the battlefield by Qin officials to fill the ravines and send them to death in vain, instead of waiting for the fire to burn over and turn us into ashes, we should also learn from the Marquis of Wu Zhong, learn from the young general of the Xiang family, and take the lead in raising fire in Chen County, and it is also the opposite!"

"I listen to you."

Wu Guang thought for a long time, and bowed his head heavily: "But if we want to do something, we can't be nameless, now there is the Northern Expeditionary Army of Marquis Wu Zhonghou in the southwest, and the banner is Jingnan Northern Expedition." In the southeast, there is a major general of the Xiang family in Huainan, and the banner is the revival of Great Chu. The two armies are only more than 200 miles away, if we make a big plan, whose banner should we raise? ”

Wu Guang is considered a talent among the leaders of Qian, but at the moment he only thinks about taking refuge in the strong, after all, the name of Shouyi has long been robbed by Heifu, and the name of reviving Great Chu has also been exalted by Xiang Yu.

Chen Sheng had his own plans, he smiled: "I have thought about it, Chen County, Nanyang, Jiujiang and Biling, who of the two armies will send a large army to take Chen County in the future, especially I don't know, if one side is singled, it is easy to be attacked by the other side, it is better to ...... Both sides! ”

Wu Guang scratched his beard: "How do you do it simultaneously?" On the one hand, he still calls himself a Qin official, but on the other hand, he has revived Dachu, which is like a nest of snakes and rats, and it can't be combined at all. ”

Chen Sheng was a little clever: "We can not clearly respond to the Chu army or the Northern Expeditionary Army, and only raise the banner of two people." ”

Wu Guang asked, "Which two?" ”

"One is Xiang Yan, not far from the north is Xiang County, General Xiang Yan is quite popular in Chendi, as long as he raises his banner, not only can people follow, that Xiang Ji Major General, should not be embarrassed with us."

"The other person is Gongzi Fusu!"

"A few days ago, when I was on the streets of Huaiyang, I heard people preach that the second emperor was a young son, and he should not be established, but the person who should be established is the son Fusu. Fusu was admonished by a number of reasons, and the generals were envoys, and the people heard more about his virtues, but they were suddenly expelled, or thought they were dead, or they thought they were dead, if we held high the banner of Gongzi Fusu, and wanted to come to the Marquis of Wuzhong, who claimed to be in the Northern Expedition, we would not send troops to attack ......"

Wu Guang bowed: "Okay, I'll go find some reliable people to discuss major matters together!" ”

"Wait!" Chen Sheng grabbed him, Wu Guang turned his head, but saw Chen Sheng, who had just blindly instigated himself to raise a big thing, and under his resolute appearance, he also hesitated:

"This is a big deal, or ask the good culprit first, you and I will take the opportunity to enter the city to buy rice on the order of the county lieutenant, and find the diviner to calculate."

"Diviner?"

Chen Sheng bowed his head: "That's right, I heard that in the east of the township, there is a blind Chen, who is very effective!" ”

……

The next day, the heavy rain was a little lighter, in the east of the city, in an alley, Chen Shi and Wu Guang squatted in the home of a famous local diviner, which was full of grass and turtle shells used for divination, and the air was filled with a smell of wormwood.

"Ask about the big thing? What is the big deal, and you don't want to say it? ”

As a diviner and diviner, Chen was blind in one eye, and his left eye, which was usually covered with a cloth cover, was only revealed during the conjuring ritual - it is said that this dead eye could see ghosts......

After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang asked a lot, Chen Blind thought for a while, but laughed.

"As the commander of the garrison, did you see that you had lost your deadline and wanted to rebel, but you still hesitated, so you came to me to count the good luck?"

Chen and Wu were shocked, Chen Sheng immediately leaned his back against the door behind him, and Wu Guang also took out the dagger in his arms, and was about to kill this diviner!

In the face of Wu Guang's dagger, the diviner was not afraid.

"I heard that when the First Emperor died, the world was going to be in chaos, and there were many people like you who had the same thoughts. You're looking for me, you've found the right person! ”

Chen and Wu looked at each other, and finally let him go.

Blind Chen took off the cloth cover, revealing his left eye, which looked like a hollow, staring at the two of them, as if he had seen through everything, and bragged:

"I don't hide it from you, more than ten years ago, when Marquis Wu Zhonghou was trapped in Kuiyang, and when he wanted to deceive him to break through the siege, he was also hesitant and uneasy, and came to me to avoid asking from the table, and he counted the good luck!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening