From August to November 209 BC, in just three months, the flames of the uprising burned all over the world from Chen County, first Jiujiang County was captured by Deng Zong, and then Wei and Zhao were occupied by the rebel army, although Hengshan County, Surabaya and Donghai County had not yet fallen, but they could only passively defend themselves, and they had no ability to fight back.

As a result, Chen Sheng's strength increased greatly, and he continued to recruit troops and horses, and in addition to the military horses from all over the country, Chen County gathered more than 100,000 troops.

Affected by this, people everywhere in the world did not hesitate to uncover the uprising, the momentum was very fierce, like a wildfire burning the prairie trend, including officials such as Panyu Ling Wu Rui, also took the opportunity to rebel, and the few soldiers of the government were unable to deal with it.

The Qin Dynasty seems to be like a flat boat in the wind and rain, and it may fall at any time.

Xianyang Palace, in the Xiling Palace, Fusu sat on the throne of the emperor, and listened to the reports of the ministers in the palace one after another with a gloomy face.

The worst thing is that because the rampant rebellion has led to a chain reaction, local government affairs are not clear, taxes are difficult to collect, the imperial court's control over the local government is also weakening, many government orders can not be issued in time, Fusu because he has just ascended the throne, a series of government affairs are taking over, in the face of Chen Sheng's uprising was caught off guard, and he was not able to deal with it at the first time.

One of the important reasons for this is that Fusu is not decisive enough, and the entire Qin Dynasty has a kind of blind arrogance, from the time Chen Sheng just captured Chen County, they thought that it was just some mobs in chaos, just ordered the local counties to encircle and suppress, and how could they have thought that the momentum of the anti-thieves was so rapid, of course, this is also a limiting problem, since the Shang Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for untouchables to rebel, so no one has known in advance.

"Your Majesty, the top priority now is to issue an edict to let the Marquis of Shenwu send troops to pacify Zhao and Wei, and in the army led by General Wang Ben to directly attack the thief Shouchen County, as long as the main force is destroyed to deter the remaining thieves, it can be broken one by one." Meng Yi stood up and suggested.

Feng Qujian immediately hugged his fists and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, although these chaotic people are huge, but after all, the army is still short, most of them are rabble, the reason why the counties and counties have fallen, one is that the local officials are incompetent, and the people's hearts are towards the homeland, and the other is that the local troops in our court are small and cannot be reinforced in time, so they will be broken by each one." ”

As soon as the two of them said this, the insightful ministers of the court stood up in agreement, only Li Si looked at his nose and nose, and kept silent and did not say a word.

At this time, Chun Yuxu looked at Fusu's uncertain face, and stood up and said: "General Wang Ben has to monitor the people of the Six Kingdoms who have immigrated to the nearby counties in Nanyang, and he also has to guard the Wuguan Heaven, the more at this time, the more he can't leave lightly, the counties near Linzi are also important tax towns, and they are the heart of the Qi country. ”

After Chun Yusu ascended the throne from Fusu, he was promoted to the rank of court lieutenant.

The ministers were stunned after hearing this, and they were slightly angry in their hearts, and some of them looked at Chun Yusu angrily, he was clearly arguing with strong words, is it just because of possible changes, so that hundreds of thousands of troops watched the mob make a rebellion, saying that the two of them went on an expedition and did not mean that they gave up Nanyang and Linzi, and Chun Yuxu was completely unfamiliar with military affairs, and was a bunch of nonsense. However, after hearing this, Fusu agreed: "Well, what Ting Wei said is good, and I am also worried about this." ”

When the ministers heard this, they were immediately stunned, what is the emperor's mind, it is said that even if Fusu does not have the emperor's wrist and mind, but such an obvious thing, he should be able to see it, and the northern army wants to deter the Huns, and the southern army deviates from the Central Plains The road is difficult, and it is not easy for the two to transfer troops and horses.

Only Li Si had a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth at this time, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

At this time, Yang Ruihe, the imperial historian, said: "Your Majesty, since the two of you can't move lightly, then only the border army, Shuntianfu and Your Majesty's Yulinwei can be used, but Xianyang's army can't be moved lightly, so the only way to let Meng Shuai and Ren Shuai transfer the army to flank the chaotic army in the north and south, the border army is the elite army of our dynasty, I believe that it will be able to defeat the rebel army calmly." ”

There are officials from Yang Ruihe and Chun Yusu's faction, who have come out to agree when they hear this.

"Well, what the imperial history said is reasonable, pass on the edict, and immediately order the two marshals to transfer the border troops as appropriate, enter the pass to quell the chaos, and the soldiers and horses of General Wang and Shenwu Hou are not allowed to go out of the county to fight with the bandits easily, and it is enough to protect the territory and the people." Fusu nodded, and finally waved his sleeves and retreated directly.

Leaving the ministers dumbfounded, Feng Quji waved his sleeves at Chun Yuxu and Yang Ruihe, and snorted angrily, but Meng Yi didn't bother to look at the two of them, and walked away directly.

Li Si glanced at the two of them lightly, and then walked away and went directly back to the mansion.

As soon as she returned to the mansion, Li Ting, the daughter of the Qin Dynasty clan, found the door and entered the inner hall, she was not polite at all, and complained to Li Si, who was sitting in front of the long case and reading: "Father, you still have the heart to study, why did you help Shenwu Hou so much, now it's good, the world is in chaos, and the emperor doesn't trust you, even the eldest brother is under control in Sanchuan County, not to mention, the harmful daughter is also subject to white eyes, I heard people say that today's court meeting is still afraid of Shenwu Hou, you said you were not thankless at the beginning?" ”

Li Si raised his head slowly, glanced at his daughter, and chuckled: "Hehe, daughter, there are some things that you have to look at in the long run, and Dad is making a big gamble." ”

Li Ting was stunned: "Big gamble? ”

Li Si nodded lightly, and finally let out a sigh of relief and said: "Yes, big gamble, my father has put our Li family on Shenwu Hou, and we are all prosperous." ”

Li Ting pondered for a moment, seemed to understand a little, and finally looked at Li Si and said, "Dad, is it worth it for you to do this?" Although Shenwu Hou has 30,000 soldiers and horses in hand, he has outstanding merits, but there are many people in the court who are loyal to Daqin, Fusu is hand-picked by His Majesty the First Emperor, and Zhao Jun is the eldest son, but as long as he dares to show his rebellion, I am afraid that he will be attacked by a group, and then his 30,000 soldiers and horses are nothing? ”

"Hehe, this is perhaps, the situation is changing all the time, and it is saying that from the day the second emperor ascended the throne, my Li family has no way out." Li Si's tone was profound, and his eyes also looked into the distance.

Li Ting bit her lip and nodded: "Yes, Dad, my daughter understands, it's my daughter who is rude." ”

Li Si smiled and nodded: "It's nothing, later you will send someone to deliver a letter to your brother, instructing him to carefully defend Sanchuan County, not to lose, and at the same time let him send a letter to Linzi, and report the situation of the imperial court to Shenwu Hou, and you will know how to write this letter." ”

"Dad, I'm afraid that Shenwu Hou has a lot of eyes and ears, we are going, doesn't it seem like we have done it many times?" Li Ting asked puzzled.

Li Si shook his head and said: "No, this is a matter of attitude, since my Li family has put all the capital on him, then we must follow in his footsteps." ”

"Yes, Dad."

Linzi County, Shenwu Marquis Mansion, in the study of the Sanchong Palace, Zhao Jun sat in front of the long case, holding a bamboo letter sent by Li You of Sanchuan County to ponder, and after a while, he wrote another one, asking the listener to send someone to Li You, the content of this letter He already knew through the listener, as for why Li You sent this letter, he also understood it in his heart, and even guessed what Li Si meant.

Therefore, Zhao Jun replied with a letter, which also hinted at the intention of forming an alliance, and Li Si in the court released the wind for him, which undoubtedly helped him a lot in the future.

Afterwards, Zhao Jun shouted outside the door: "Someone, notify the military advisor to come." ”

"No!" On duty outside the door is Zhang Feng, the commander of the Iron Guard, and the four of them have been instructed by Zhao Jun in the past few years, and their martial arts have made great progress.

Wei Yu lived in the Shenwu Marquis's Mansion, and when he heard the words, he came over quickly, pushed open the door, walked a few steps and saluted Zhao Jun: "Meet the Hou Ye." ”

"Strategist, please take a seat." Zhao Jun waved his hand and asked Wei Yu to sit down, and then said: "The military advisers should know about Xianyang." ”

Wei Yu sat on the side, nodded and said: "I know, but this is not what I expected, the emperor doesn't want to see you become big, so naturally he doesn't want you to make meritorious contributions, but this is not beneficial to the Qin Dynasty, although the emperor issued an edict to put down the chaos between the northern and southern armies, but the old man thinks that the northern and southern armies will not be so sharp." ”

"Hehe, the military division is clever, it is true, the northern army heard that the Xiongnu were ready to move again, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to invade again, coupled with the threat of Zhao Di's military ministers, he did not dare to move the military horses lightly, the southern army heard that Ren Huan was seriously ill, Zhao Tuo succeeded him, and under the pretext of the instability of the people of South Vietnam, he tightly sent 10,000 people into the pass, but unfortunately the South Vietnam fell, I don't know if he deliberately delayed, and he did not see the appearance of people and horses for a long time." Zhao Jun smiled bitterly.

After hearing this, Wei Yi sighed and said: "After all, the second emperor is a little worse in terms of means, he can't control the officials and generals in various places, and he despises Chen Sheng's group, if he can quickly counterattack at the beginning, how can there be today's erosive situation, and you are not allowed to send troops to quell the chaos, and the situation will only get worse and worse." ”

"The military advisor doesn't have to worry too much, maybe it's just that the time is not enough, if Zhang Chu has a follow-up move, the eldest brother will be in a hurry." Zhao Jun smiled, if he remembered correctly, Chen Sheng should have a big move in the future, and then he would not be able to allow Fu Su to concentrate on fighting, and I am afraid that he would have to invite himself to fight at that time.

Wei Yi bowed his head slightly, and said: "Well, the old man also expected this, Chen Sheng will never be satisfied with the status quo, and then it will be the opportunity for Hou Ye to show his ambitions." ”

Zhao Jun nodded, it seemed that he still had to wait.

At this time, the knock on the door suddenly sounded, and then I heard Zhang Feng outside the door say: "Master Hou, General Zhou Chang has an urgent matter to see outside." ”

"White Shadow?" Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Let him in." ”

"No!" Zhang Feng answered outside the door, and then walked down the front steps of the door, hugged his fist at the white shadow in the courtyard and said, "General Zhou, Master Hou let you in, and the military advisor is also there." ”

"Okay, thank you." Zhou Chang nodded, and went straight inside, looking very anxious.

Pushing open the door, Zhou Chang immediately said, "Meet Master Hou." ”

"Excuse me, what's your urgency?" Zhao Jun asked.

Zhou Chang glanced at Wei Yu again, and Zhao Jun motioned to him to say it before he said: "Back to Hou Ye, his subordinates have just found out the news, Zhang Chu's Ge Ying, and Zhou City each brought 40,000 soldiers and horses, and they have killed less than 100 miles outside Linzi County, this is the news that the sentinel has just come, according to the distance, they are now estimated to have reached the range of Linzi County." ”

As soon as the uprising broke out, the Zhao army asked Zhou Chang to take the cavalry sentries to carefully investigate everywhere outside Linzi County, just for fear that the enemy would attack again.

"Forty thousand each?" Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, the news he sent through the wind listener before was 30,000, and it seemed that they had recruited new soldiers and horses on the way.

Subconsciously, Zhao Jun looked at Wei Yu, and after pondering, he said: "Hou Ye don't worry too much, presumably these 80,000 soldiers and horses are also good and bad, our army is good at training and equipment, and there are cities to defend, at least it can be invincible, as for how to defeat the enemy army, it is necessary to be in front of the two armies, and I will talk about it after I have observed the situation of the righteous army." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Jun nodded, and then said to Zhou Chang: "You go and order all the generals, including Zhou Qi and Sima Xin, to immediately come to the Hou Mansion Hall to discuss matters." ”

"No!" Zhou Chang suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and went out, anxiously inviting the generals.

(To be continued)