Volume 16 The Great Chaos in the World Chapter 7 The Wind and Cloud in Yingcheng
In June 211 BC, three months after the death of the First Emperor, the six kingdoms of Guanzhong, which had long been forced by successive tyranny, finally recovered.
In the middle of June, Chen Sheng started in Nanyang Yangcheng, Wu Guang started in Nanyang Yangxia, the two of them raised their arms and shouted, and immediately responded to the gathering, gathered tens of thousands of troops to attack and plunder, and Nanyang County suddenly festered. In mid-July, Chen Sheng captured the city of Nanji, and Wu Guang immediately joined forces with him and pushed Chen Sheng as the leader, with the name of 'King Zhang Chu'!
After the news of the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Nanyang uprisings came out, responders from all over the Kanto region gathered:
Han Cheng, the former Hengyang Jun of South Korea, took the lead in gathering more than 1,000 soldiers in Yingyang City, and the old nobles of South Korea responded one after another, gathering more than 10,000 troops at one time, and crisscrossing Yingchuan.
Immediately, Tian Dan, Tian Rong, and Tian Heng, the kings of Qi in Qiucheng, responded with troops, and received strong support from the elders of Qi State, and quickly captured most of the territory of Qidi, and only Linzi City remained in the hands of the Qin army.
The folk ranger Peng Yue started in Dayozawa, north of Changyi, Dangjun, and gathered more than 1,000 remnants of the Wei army, crisscrossing the Wei land. Although the number of people is small, the momentum is also quite huge!
Wei Blaze and Wei Bao of the Wei clan started in Dongjun, and with the support of a large number of old nobles of Wei, they gathered tens of thousands of troops and quickly captured the entire territory of Dongjun.
Zhao Wuchen, Zhang Er, and Chen Yu raised troops in Julu in Zhao and quickly captured more than ten cities in Zhao Di, coerced Handan, and shocked Zhao Di.
Jing Ju, the son of Jing Qi, the former general of the Chu State, and Qin Jia and others started in Jiujiang and quickly crisscrossed both sides of the Huai River, and the Chu people responded one after another!
When Liu Bang first raised his army, he only raised a bandit army of hundreds of people in Feng County, Donghai, and captured Feng County to defend himself.
Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew started in Huiji, and the two raised their arms, and the Chu people responded, especially the local Chu Xiang tribe. In just a few months, all Huiji fell, and all of them were killed in battle, and while Xiang Liang had tens of thousands of troops, he also built a new army of up to 8,000 people, Chu Xiang, and elite soldiers!
In the rest of the country, there are even more small groups of anti-thieves. For a while, the six countries of Kanto have returned to the era of war!
The news of the chaos in the Central Plains was constantly transmitted to the Fusu army that was rapidly moving north through the rebuke, and the anxious Fusu urged the army day and night, and quickly went north, and on this day set up camp at the southern end of Zishui to convene the generals to discuss the matter!
Fusu looked at the large number of spy reports in front of him, frowned, and said sadly: "Generals, the war in the Central Plains has broken out, and it is already in chaos. At the moment, what tactics will our army adopt. The generals can express their opinions!"
Among the generals who conquered the south, except for Ren Huan who guarded Lingnan with the assistance of Mo Luo and Meng Long, the rest of the generals all went north with the army, so the Qin generals collected in the account can be said to be the most luxurious lineup of the Qin army at present!
Li Xin said: "Your Majesty, there has been no rebellion in Changsha and Qianzhong counties now, which is good news. These two counties not only directly block the way of our army to the north, but also the grain and grass supply of the two counties of Bashu to our army must also pass through the scope of these two counties, so the first thing must be called to take these two counties! Then you can make another picture!"
Shi Lu nodded and said: "What General Li said is very true, after taking Changsha and Qianzhong counties, in front of him are Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who are the most powerful in the Central Plains rebel army. This rebel army now occupies Nanyang and Nanjun. He was still dissatisfied, and was sending Zhou Wen and Zhou City to lead troops to Yingchuan. If our army approaches Nanjun, it will definitely force Zhou Wen and Zhou Shi to return to Nanyang. Decisive battle with our army. After annihilating the thieves in Nanjun and Nanyang, our army can be connected to Sanchuan County, the core of the Central Plains. At that time, you can attack wherever you want!"
Hearing this, Fusu nodded and said, "Yes, what General Shi said is exactly what this monarch wants!" Generals, the two counties of Qianzhong and Changsha are in charge of the headquarters of the two counties of Qianzhong and Changsha, which general of Qianzhong County is willing to take it for me?"
Li Xin got up and said, "The county." Zhao Chengnai, the Taishou of Qianzhong, is Li Xin's old department in the past, and he will go to say it from the letter, forgive me!" Fu Su Xi said: "That's good, you command 100,000 troops to take Qianzhong." After taking Qianzhong, you don't have to come to join us, you can directly send troops to Nanjun and attack Chen Sheng and Wu Guang with Benjun!" Whoa!" Li Xin received the order and retreated.
After Li Xin left, Fusu said again: "Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu started in Huiji, and now they have occupied the entire territory of Huiji, directly threatening our two counties of Fujian and Minyue. However, Cao Shen and Han Anguo had just sent an urgent envoy to report that their orthodox army had entered the northern border of Minzhong County to confront them. Cao and Han now not only occupy the advantage of troops, but also occupy the advantage of geography, with their prudence, knowledge of soldiers, and according to my instructions, only take a defensive position, it is impossible for Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu to defeat Cao and Han with an inferior force of 30,000 or 40,000 people. Therefore, if the two items don't give up on Huiji County, they will never want to enter the Central Plains! Benjun is also relieved of the back road!"
Qiang Kui said with a smile: "It turns out that the king put Cao Shen in southern Fujian, just to let him contain the two items!" Fusu nodded and said: "Yes, Erxiang is finally a big trouble for my Qin country, and having Cao Shen to contain the backs of the two will definitely make it difficult for Erxiang to advance and retreat, which will buy us a lot of time!" When our army sweeps away the Central Plains and pulls out its hand, it will be the death date of these two items!"
Shi Lu said: "What if these two items are abandoned and go north?" Fu Su sneered: "Abandon Huiji, these two items are toothless tigers, I see how far they can be rampant!" Alright, the generals will go back and prepare, and the troops will leave Changsha after lunch!" Whoa!"
A week later, a rapid march of 300,000 troops approached Changsha. Changsha Taishou Tian Xiong saw that Fusu was in person, and he didn't dare to resist, so he surrendered the city! Within a few days, Li Xin also reported quickly, and Zhao Cheng surrendered to the city in Qianzhong. So far, south of the Yangtze River, except for a few counties in Huiji and Hengshan County, all fell into the hands of Fusu.
On this day, the Fusu army continued to march north, settled down in the old capital of Chu, and prepared to rest a little, then crossed the Yangtze River and swooped north to Nanyang!
In the evening, Fusu held a military meeting, looked around at the generals and said: "Generals, our army will soon cross the Yangtze River and go straight to Nanjun." This Chen Sheng and Wu Guang thieves must not have imagined that Benjun would return to the army to the north so soon, and they would definitely be able to catch them off guard! This is the first battle for me to pacify the Central Plains, and I hope that all the generals will use their lives and never fall into the prestige of our Qin army!" Whoa!" The generals commanded.
Fusu was about to continue, and suddenly there was a pro-soldier report: "Your Excellency, there is a young man outside the Shuai's Mansion who claims to be the old man of the monarch and wants to see the monarch!" Fusu was stunned: "Who is it?" The villain doesn't know!"
"Let him in!" Fusu ordered. "Whoa!" The pro-soldiers retreated.
After a while, a slender and handsome young man walked in, bowed to Fusu with a smile and said, "Your Majesty." Farewell many years ago, has it always been good? Zhang Liang is coming up to Jun today!"
Fusu was stunned for a long time, then suddenly woke up, hurriedly left his seat, took Zhang Liang's hand in three steps and two steps, and said with a smile: "Great, Mr. Ben Jun has been looking forward to Mr. for a long time, Mr. came to help today, why should I worry about the world!"
As he spoke, Fusu said to the generals: "Generals. I have all come to see Mr. Zhang Liang. Mr. Zhang's talent is world-renowned, comparable to Jiang Shang, Guan Zhong, and Le Yi of the previous dynasty, you must not slack off!"
The generals were stunned when they heard this, and looked at Fusu's happy appearance, and couldn't help but be very surprised: This beautiful young man like a girl in front of him really has the ability to manage and enjoy such unpredictable things!?
However, suspicion is suspicion, but military orders cannot but be obeyed, so they came forward to see Zhang Liang. It's just that the eyes of all the generals revealed a look of suspicion.
After the salute, Fusu said to Zhang Liang: "Mr. is in that city. I must have known the intentions of this gentleman, but I don't know how to teach me?"
Zhang Liang hurriedly bowed and said, "Don't dare, don't dare!" Zhang Liang has a slight subplan. Please also advise you and the generals!" Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly came to report from a personal soldier: "Your Excellency." There is another person outside the mansion who claims to be the king's old man, and he has something important to see!"
This time, everyone was stunned: What's going on? This city is really lively today! Fusu was also happy: "Invite him in and see which way the fairy is coming back!"
After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties walked in with his own soldiers. Fu Su fixed his eyes on it: this person was slender but a little rickety, thin but very tired, and recognized this person's identity at a glance: it turned out to be the first emperor's close attendant - happy!
Fusu stood up in astonishment and said, "Xi-sama, how could it be you?" I was glad to see Fusu. It was really a mixture of feelings, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and the tears were really loud: "Your Majesty, the slave has finally seen you!"
Fusu hurriedly left his seat and stepped forward to help Xi up, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Xi, why are you here, aren't you in Xianyang?" How did my father go?"
He said happily and sadly: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are incompetent, Your Majesty was killed by Zhao Gao's traitor!" Ahh Fusu screamed, his body shook, and he almost fell!
The generals panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Fusu, Fusu shook it, calmed down, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Gao old thief, this gentleman will not break your body to pieces, and swear not to be a man!" Suddenly, he remembered something, and hurriedly grabbed Xidi's shoulders and asked anxiously: "By the way, Lord Xi, how did you know that your father was killed by Zhao Gao's old thief?" Is there any evidence?"
Xi pulled out a bamboo tube from the burden behind his back and sobbed: "This is the secret edict set up by His Majesty, and you will understand it at a glance!" The slave and maid sneaked out of the customs in the name of saying goodbye to the old man and returning to his hometown, and there are dangers everywhere along the way, fortunately with the blessing of His Majesty's heroic spirit, otherwise it is really possible not to see the king!" Fusu hurriedly took it, opened it and looked at it, and suddenly burst into tears, kneeling on the ground with a "plop", and Wangxi shouted: "Father!" With a head on the ground, crying bitterly!
The generals took over the secret edict and passed it to each other, and suddenly the crowd was excited, and they jumped like thunder. Originally, the generals still had some doubts about returning to the Central Plains, after all, this was a bit lacking in confidence, but now when they saw the edict of the first emperor, they no longer had any doubts, and they all yelled to kill back to Xianyang, and peeled the skin, bones, and cramps of Zhao Gao's old thief!
Seeing the mess in the tent, Zhang Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly, came to Fusu, who was crying bitterly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it is really sad that Your Majesty was killed by a traitorous minister. But now that the mountains and rivers are broken, it is up to Nai Jun to turn the tide. Please mourn your condolences!" The generals also gathered around to persuade each other!
Fusu came back to his senses, stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Gao, this gentleman must crush your bones and scatter ashes, and your body will be broken!" Zhang Liang, I am appointed as a military advisor, and immediately prepare an edict for this monarch, announcing my father's testament, and announcing the crimes of my rebel son Hu Hai and traitors Zhao Gao, Li Si and others to the world, and this monarch will avenge his father and put down the traitor!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but my subordinates don't know what to say!"
"Say!"
"Now that the monarch has received the edict of the first emperor, he can succeed to the throne of the emperor to show that he is different from the puppet emperor. In this way, it is convenient to call on the whole world and encourage the three armies!" Zhang Liang saw the matter very clearly, and immediately suggested!
The generals were shocked when they heard this: Yes, the merit of supporting the establishment is great! Hurriedly responded together: "The ministers respectfully ask the king to be the emperor!"
Faced with this sudden situation, Fusu also said with some hesitation for a while: "Although there is a secret edict from my father, will this monarch succeed to the throne so quickly become the target of public criticism, which is not conducive to the overall situation?"
Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "No!" Once the edict of the first emperor is announced, then Hu Hai will become a puppet emperor, if a new emperor is not established, then who is the main person in the world!? Once the monarch is on the throne, then all the upright ministers of Great Qin will see this edict and will definitely serve the monarch as the new lord, so that when the monarch subdues the world, he will be justified and get twice the result with half the effort. Although this will attract the attention of some anti-thieves to a certain extent, compared with the benefits and disadvantages, the advantages of the emperor outweigh the disadvantages, so the ministers ask the king to succeed to the throne immediately!"
"Yes, the last general also agrees with what the military advisor said! Your Majesty, in addition to our 400,000 troops, we still have central Fujian, southern Fujian, southern Qiannan, Ba, Shu and other places that can come to the aid and continuously supply grain, grass and troops, and the strength is so strong, even if those anti-thieves are bundled together, what is there to fear!?" Qiang Kui said excitedly.
Zhang Liang also nodded and said: "Now these anti-thieves in the Central Plains are weak and not angry, as long as we act quickly, it is not too difficult to extinguish them!" The only difficulty is that there are 300,000 elite blackshirts under the command of Meng Tian in northern Xinjiang! In case they are ordered by the puppet emperor to go south to face the battle, I am afraid that our army will have to take a lot of trouble!"
Hearing this, Fusu suddenly laughed and said: "General Meng Tian doesn't have to worry, he is my person, and he is the life and death brother of Benjun who has formed a righteous alliance in private, as long as the news of Benjun's army reaches the north, Meng Tian will quickly raise troops to the south and join me!" What's more, now that he has his father's edict in hand, it will be easier for Meng Tian to persuade the Northern Xinjiang Blackshirt Army to change its banner after seeing it!"
Zhang Liang and the generals couldn't help but be overjoyed, but they didn't expect Fusu to still have such a hand. Zhang Liang was overjoyed and said: "In this way, our army will soon be available for the Central Plains battlefield There are at least 700,000 troops, so what is there to fear with such a strong force!?" Please succeed the emperor!"
All the generals bowed down together: "Please ask the emperor for the throne!"
Fusu thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!" Zhang Liang, you immediately draft a copy of this document and spread it to the world! The official succession ceremony will be held after Luoyang!"
When the generals heard this, they looked at each other, and suddenly bowed down together and said: "Ministers see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
That night, Zhang Liang drafted a gorgeous and passionate essay on rebellion overnight, scolding Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, Li Si and others as bloody, and spreading the news of Fusu's succession to the throne to the world, calling on loyal and righteous people in the world to rise up to fight against rebellion and redefine the situation.
At dawn, the text was posted all over the streets and alleys of Yingcheng, and quickly spread to all directions, and suddenly the world shook, like a stone stirring up a thousand waves!