Chapter Twenty-Three: New Chu's Determination
Xianyang capital, the majesty of the past is no longer crystal clear, the empire established by the thirty-three generations of Qin monarchs, under the fierce anger of the overlord of Western Chu, instantly came to naught, although Qin Shi Huang did not think that the end of the empire would be so bleak after his death, but the descendants of Qin have a heart like a tiger, but the regret of accepting the facts rationally.
Some people said: "The Great Qin Empire once dominated the Quartet, and now the majesty of the past is no longer brilliant, this is the regret of the old Qin people."
There are also people who said: "The decline of Qin, only because the second generation of the emperor is easy and inconsiderate, and he is not sympathetic to the people's feelings, today's result has been led to, we Qin people do not blame the emperor, after all, the emperor's ancestors are still good to our old Qin people, sealing the city and plundering the land, killing all directions, our Qin people have been rich and strong since then, but the only thing we hate now is not others, but those useless people in the upper echelons of the Qin State."
"Yes, it was they who ruined the world of the Qin people and ruined the foundation left by the ancestors" After a moment of words, a person with the surname Meng appeared, holding Tiege, threatening that Qin must rise again.
This person's name is Feng Mi, who is a person from Linyuan in Qianzhong County, and Feng Mi was originally a centurion under Meng Tian, because of his loyalty to the northern group army at the end of Qin and the awe of Meng Tian, the general of Zhenbei, Feng Mi changed his name to Meng Ying, which means that Meng Tian Yingling guides the Qin people.
Of course, at the moment, we will not rule out that Feng Qi is actually using the passion of the Qin people for his own private ambitions, and has a strategy to resurrect the soul by borrowing the corpse, so that he can have the way of righteousness, and at the same time, he can also achieve his own hegemony.
"Who are you?"
"Qin People"
"Qin people? Is our Qin Empire still alive today? β
"The Qin people are here, and the empire will live forever"
"Report your name," the people said.
At this time, Feng Qi suddenly seemed to see the opportunity, and felt that at this time, it seemed that he could get himself and the Qin people out of the sea of suffering, and suddenly, a plan came out in Feng Qi's heart.
"I am Meng Ying, the righteous son of General Meng Tian, who used to be a centurion under his banner"
"General Meng Tian's righteous son is actually just a centurion, who believes it?"
"It's sad to say" Suddenly, a seven-foot man burst into tears, and then said: "Back then, my father-in-law found out that the traitor Zhao Gao bewitched the emperor and gave the prince Fusu to death, and then manipulated the young emperor Hu Hai to use the entire power of Daqin for his own personal interests, destroying the dream of the first emperor's eternal inheritance, and now ......" The words feel really unspeakable, therefore, Meng Ying began to cry, and at this time, the people echoed in turn.
"Zhao Gao is a traitor who ruined the foundation of the old Qin people"
"Yes, don't blame the young emperor, the second generation of emperors is ignorant, and let traitors dominate the power, causing the wisdom and glory of my Qin Empire to disappear overnight, what should we do?" The words of the people happened to be in Meng Ying's heart, and then Meng Ying put away her tears, and then spoke proudly.
"Crying is not a man's thing, since Meng Ying is a famous general, he must shoulder the heavy responsibility of recovering the country, at this time, we need to form a restoration army, gather all the old Qin people, we can use the banner of the vassal state, follow the rebel army, we can play the banner of Qin, as a vassal state, called following the peasant army to overthrow the former Qin, in essence, in the combat power, looking for the descendants of the Qin Emperor Ying" At this time, Meng Ying used the slogan of awakening the Qin State and secretly raising troops to gather the old Qin people.
As we all know, the Qin people's combat power is visible to the world, and during the period of the Great Zhou vassal states, the Qin people were hard and simple, little by little with the poorest and most backward vassal states, against the barbarians of the sixteen countries, as well as the wolf eyes of the Central Plains princes, and finally like a tiger spreading its wings, sweeping Liuhe, such a spiritual strength, prompted the Qin people's tenacious fighting spirit.
Of course, in addition to the perseverance of the Qin people, there are also changes in the Hou Wei Ying, so that the simple old Qin people become obedient people, in addition to fighting is to obey the command, and the simple military benefits satisfy the simple hearts of the old Qin people.
Now, Meng Ying's clever use of strength to fight force, soon gathered 20,000 Qin soldiers, of course, Meng Ying is not an idle person, summing up the defeat of Qi State, Meng Ying felt that if he fought with Western Chu, there was only a dead end, therefore, when the vassal states were resisting Western Chu in their hearts, Meng Ying chose to fully protect the face of the Western Chu army.
At this time, at the moment when Surabaya County and Nanyang County were occupied by the overlord, Meng Ying took the initiative to lead 20,000 horses to cut off the Western Chu army, and assisted Xiang Yu's overlord army to stabilize Hengshan County in the rear.
In the Western Chu camp, at this time, the overlord sat in the center, and there were ministers to pay homage: "My king, now Surabaya County and Nanyang County have been completely included in the territory of my Western Chu, and now there is a Qin army in our rear to help us break the queen, stabilize Hengshan County, and plant the banner of Great Chu" Xinwen Jundao.
Then Fan Lao said: "The world is big, there is no good for no reason, since it is the Qin army, I am afraid there is something else"
After the two opinions, Long He then paid homage: "King, it's hard to say whether it's an enemy or a friend, after all, Qin's demise is already doomed, so if you want to win us over Xichu now, it's impossible to say."
After Long Ji spoke, Ji Buyan said: "The king, the soldier, is ever-changing, on the battlefield, there is an instant of ten thousand breaths, and its changes cannot be summarized in a word."
Fan Lao Yinghe said: "What General Ji Bu said should mean that he is afraid that this Qin army will have a bad conspiracy."
"Master Fan's Mingjian"
At this time, two forces were instantly formed in the Western Chu camp, one was the opposition faction composed of Fan Zeng and Ji Bu, and the other was the support faction composed of Long He and Xin Wenjun.
The supporters felt that the Qin army that had been broken off at this time should belong to the meaning of surrender, while the opposition felt that the Qin army formed hastily not only supported the Western Chu army, but on the contrary, it should belong to the wolf's ambition and must be prevented.
"The Qin people have always been loyal, one is one, they never detour around the corner, and this surrender may also be sincerely submissive to my Xichu" Overlord's words, everyone seemed to think it was very reasonable, but then, the overlord said: "But then again, the Qin capital Xianyang was slaughtered by this king and killed in all directions, and the resentment of the Qin people had to be guarded against."
After the overlord's words, he was also hesitating, just when it was extremely difficult to decide, in fact, the overlord himself also understood that he had always attached great importance to martial arts and literature, so the ministers rarely had any thin knowledge, so at the moment, the overlord paid more attention to the thoughts of the warriors.
"Chifeng"
At this time, General Zuo Chifeng greeted: "The King"
"What do you think?"
"The last general thinks that he will take the lead"
"What do you mean?"
"The king drove a war horse to break into the Qin army's Forte by himself, killed General Zhao with his hand, and took the head of the enemy general in the million army, and became famous all over the world" After Chifeng's words, the overlord seemed to understand: "Oh, that is the record of this king in the past, it is not worth mentioning, but now that you mention it, what must be your opinion?" β
"Chifeng is willing to lead the army, take the lead, and explore the way for the army"
In fact, the overlord understands Chifeng's meaning very well, and also understands Chifeng's loyalty, of course, Chifeng's idea of throwing stones to ask for directions was quickly recognized by everyone, and at this time, the overlord wanted to know who Chifeng expected to accompany.
The word "Xiang Zhuang" came out, and in an instant, Major General Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up: "Chifeng, what did you say?" β
"The last general hopes that Major General Xiang can supervise the army"
In fact, in the recent campaign, Xiang Zhuang has been relatively low-key, and Xiang Yu seems to be more virtuous than pro-family, of course, there are many virtuous ministers, but they ignore his brother's thoughts, of course, brother discord is also Fan Zeng's concern, at this time, Chifeng's simple proposal, can not only meet Xiang Zhuang's long-suppressed meritorious heart, but also promote the unity between brothers, and at the same time pat Fan Zeng's sycophant, and it is beneficial to Da Chu, and there is one most important point, that is, the danger of the task is not high.
Chifeng himself actually thought about it in his heart, Xiang Zhuang's appearance represented the high-level of Western Chu, just like Xiang Yu came in person, if the Southern Qin army at this time was sincere and surrendered, it would definitely be treated with courtesy, if it was hypocritical, Chifeng could also see it.
Of course, there is another good thing about taking Xiang Zhuang there, that is, Xiang Zhuang is not like Xiang Yu, compared to his brother, Xiang Zhuang is more of some immature rebellion, so that you can know whether the army is loyal or not, of course, there is Chifeng, a strong military general who has been with Han Xin for a while.
At this time, in Yi County, Hengshan County, Meng Ying led the Neng Chen to line up to welcome the arrival of Xiang Zhuang, the ambassador of Western Chu, who was solemn and enthusiastically embraced, and Xiang Zhuang, the brother of the overlord, was arrogant and awe-inspiring, and seemed to not care about everything in front of him.
Of course, it can also be seen from this point that Xiang Zhuang's feeling is very naΓ―ve.
But Chifeng seems to be completely different, he doesn't like to smile, he smiles strongly, and has a harmonious bearing, riding forward.
Sandwiched into the ushered people, Chifeng regarded them as civilians who surrendered to Western Chu, but now, a strange scene seemed to have happened, that is, among the people, the voice of welcome came from the northwest, Chifeng suddenly trembled in his heart: "Why are there Qin people among the people, is it that General Ben heard it wrong, or is it ......?"
Chifeng is not very old, but it can be regarded as a deep calculation on the battlefield, such a subtle feeling, it suddenly made Chifeng think: "There are Qin people among the people, one may be the people of Qin who migrate, or ......."
In an instant, Chifeng had a strange feeling, he felt that the warm welcome of the people might be a false phenomenon, it was likely that Meng Ying mixed the Qin soldiers in it, and deliberately made a welcoming drive, so that there would only be two possibilities, one is that the Qin soldiers are here, and they did not bring peace to the people, and the people are not happy in their hearts, and second, pretending to be like this, it is likely that it is just to cater to the happiness of the Western Chu army, too enthusiastic, there must be fraud.
At this time, with questions, Chifeng and Xiang Zhuang came to the Qin camp position, a table of delicious wine and food, the smell of wine in the face, at this time, Xiang Zhuang said expressionlessly: "It is said that General Meng Ying is a descendant of Meng Tian, I don't know if it's true or not."
"Major General, everything in the world, true and false, false and real, why care too much"
"Oh? That your army helped me to break off the Hengshan Mountain in Western Chu, and planted the banner of my Western Chu, is it also in the falsehood, truth, truth, and falsehood that the general said? Xiang Zhuang's words were very direct.
And General Mengying's general, Chen Qi said: "Major General, you are talking too much here, is there no fear?" β
"Haha...... Joke, since my Xiang Zhuang accompanied my brother Xiang Yu to fight, I have never known what a fear word is, it is a big deal to die, it is better than the whole army falling into the hands of traitors" Xiang Zhuang's words, Meng Ying understood well.
Then Meng Ying smirked: "The young general misunderstood, General Chen Qi is also a rough man, since everyone is complicit in the world, don't think about trivial things, such as today, the Ming Lord is very clear, it must be the overlord of Western Chu, why don't we obey the will of heaven?" β
Xiang Zhuang was about to speak, but at this time, Chifeng grabbed Xiang Zhuang, and then said to himself: "Why does the Qin army want to submit to my Xichu? β
"Submission?"
"Isn't it?"
"It's rare that General Chifeng understands the reason, and he can't hide it, the Qin army really wants to return to Western Chu"
"Is there a condition?"
"Zhang Han and other traitors, traitors to seek glory, I will raise troops to kill, I hope the overlord can ignore this matter" Meng Ying said directly.
And then Xiang Zhuang mocked: "Joke, Zhang Han, have you ever beaten it?" β
Meng Ying was silent for a while, and Chen Qi spoke: "Zhang Han'er, what are you afraid of?"
"Zhang Han is also a famous general, your father-in-law Meng Tian beat Zhang Han is almost the same, of course Meng Tian is not here now, it is estimated that only my eldest brother Xiang has beaten Zhang Han, just you, hum can't help himself" Xiang Zhuang's words were aggressive, and at this time Chen Qi was very angry, and threatened: "Young General, Chen Qi wants to learn martial arts with you, I don't know if it's convenient?" β
"What does General Chifeng think?"
In fact, at this time, Meng Ying knew very well that it was more sincere and true to show the sword appropriately, and it was not good to cover it up too much, so Meng Ying supported Chen Qi to challenge Xiang Zhuang.
"Of course, friendship is good, but what does the major general think"
In an instant, Xiang Zhuang jumped up and said loudly: "Okay, of course it's good!" β