Chapter VI Secret Recruitment

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Although he sent Han Tan away, Zhang Han's mood was still very heavy, on the one hand, he was worried about Han Tan, and on the other hand, he was worried about himself.

Is it really safe to let go of this Great Qin Yu Party like this? Will someone take the opportunity to catch the handle? If he handed over Han Tan to Xiang Yu, would it be more beneficial to him? ……

There may be a thousand consequences for thinking about these questions, and no one knows whether what is being done is right or wrong until the last minute.

Zhang Han's heart was in a mess, it seemed that his heart was still not hard enough, and when he came to this strange era, he participated in the intrigue and political struggle that he had never set foot in, and the danger was by no means something he could imagine.

But if he was asked to choose again, Zhang Han felt that he would still let Han Tan go. Han Tan killed Zhao Gao and swore allegiance to Gongzi Ying, in Zhang Han's eyes, he was a real loyal man, if he was handed over to Xiang Yu, then what kind of person would he be?

This is also where he is different from the ontological Zhang Han, since the original Zhang Han surrendered to Xiang Yu, the sharp energy on his body has been exhausted, not only the Qin people look down on him, but he himself is basically in a broken state, and he is naturally happy to do such a thing of inviting merit and reward.

But now Zhang Han is different, he is not as desperate as before, on the contrary, as a traveler who has two lives, he has an open-mindedness that surpasses his contemporaries. He will stick to his heart and uphold his sense of justice, even if this may have unintended consequences for him. Of course, that's a story for later.

Thinking through all this, Zhang Handeng became cheerful and put this matter behind him, he now had more important things to do.

Now, under his own iron-fisted means, the security of Xianyang City has basically met the requirements, but it is not possible to go a little farther away. As the commander of the light pole, he now only has hundreds of personal soldiers under his command, except for the care of the family, all of them are used for the security of Xianyang City, so he is still stretched.

If there are not enough troops, it is natural to replenish them, and now in troubled times, everyone is short of food and clothing, which is a good opportunity to recruit soldiers. But the reason why Zhang Han didn't dare to let go of it was because the conscription was too political, and Xiang Yu couldn't tell if he thought about it.

However, there are always more ways than difficulties, this problem must be difficult for Zhang Han, Zhang Han has seen more things in real life, and now is a good time to use it.

He called Shi Cheng to him and asked what he thought of the current "number one strategist" under him.

Shi Cheng's face was full of bitterness as always, he listened to Zhang Han's meaning, and couldn't help but shake his head to Zhang Han and dissuade him: "The minister thinks that there is no need to rush the matter of conscription, and now recruiting troops is easy to cause misunderstanding among other princes and kings, so it is better to wait until King Xiang leaves Qin Land before making plans." ”

Shi Cheng is right, waiting for a few months is undoubtedly the safest way, but it's a pity that Zhang Han can't afford to wait. He is aware of the development of history, according to records: in April of the first year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu's soldiers boycotted, and the princes went to the country; In August of the first year of the Han Dynasty, Han Xin secretly Chen Cang, defeated Yongwang Zhanghan, and collected Yongdi.

If you wait until Xiang Yu leaves to develop armaments, then you will only have four months to complete the battle, and even if you know what will happen next, I am afraid that you will be powerless, so Zhang Han can only start laying the foundation from now on.

"We can recruit soldiers under other names, such as setting up some militia organizations in villages, or organizing enthusiastic citizens to form urban self-defense forces, and we will secretly allocate weapons to them, but they are still nominally autonomous, do you understand?" He tried to enlighten the beginning.

"Isn't this encouraging the people to rebel? Why, my lord! Shi Cheng was shocked when he heard this, and dissuaded Zhang Han again and again.

"It's all now, it doesn't matter if you rebel or not! Think about it, will the people rebel now? Whose rebellion did they make? Xiang Wang? Do they dare? Zhang Han knew that Shi Cheng would say this, and a series of rhetorical questions made him speechless.

"However, the first emperor stipulated that people are not allowed to hide weapons privately." Shicheng still can't get rid of the old brain.

Zhang Han scoffed at his old-fashionedness, and he snorted lightly: "Now that the Great Qin is dead, it is enough to show that the First Emperor can't eat this set, and besides, these militia organizations are not used to see, let them train their soldiers now, and when King Xiang leaves, they can directly transform it into our combat effectiveness." In this way, we can cultivate a large army without us having to recruit troops, or even pay for food, so why don't we do it? ”

When Shi Cheng heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, he was not stupid, he could only say that his thinking was too limited. At this moment, with Zhang Han enlightening him, he immediately understood the wonders.

But then his brows furrowed again, and he asked with a sad face: "Although this plan is wonderful, but without the king's edict, how can the people dare to raise arms privately?" But if the king gives such an order, a discerning person can still see the king's intentions. ”

Zhang Han smiled: "You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own plan." You're in charge of secretly supplying the weapons, and remember, it's best to find some intermediaries, and you can't get involved with us. ”

"Don't worry, the king, my subordinates will do it."

The matter of weapons is best solved, the swords, guns, swords and swords in the treasury of Great Qin are piled up, Xiang Yu and other princes and kings are robbing treasures and beautiful families, but not many people pay attention to these things, Shi Cheng did not dare to hesitate, and immediately turned around and left to operate.

Two days later, a piece of news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Xianyang City -- the bandits of Zhongguanshan who were rampant in Guanzhong had planted a heel in Meiyang County, not far west of Xianyang.

Here's the thing, this gang of bandits often wanders around Meiyang County, they rob houses, kill people and set fires, and the people have nothing to do with them. However, there is a village in Meiyang County, the name of the village is Jijia Village, Jijia Village has recently been privately armed and concealed weapons, and when the bandits arrived, they were surprised to give a head-on attack, and they actually left none of the gang of thieves behind, and killed them cleanly.

When the news came, the people of Guanzhong couldn't help but be reckless at the audacity of Jijia Village. Now although the Qin Dynasty has died, but the long-term accumulation of power still exists in everyone's minds, except for the thieves who rob the house, the people of the good family do not dare to hide weapons privately, Jijia Village's move is a precedent, everyone is waiting to see their end.

To everyone's surprise, this matter did not attract much attention among the princes and kings. But think about it, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang all started recklessly, and they would not be so disgusted by the fact that a small group of villagers secretly hid weapons, not to mention that this was to deal with thieves, and there was no place to blame in terms of motives.

If Xiang Yu didn't speak, the other princes and kings would be even more lazy to care, not so much that the people were waiting for their statement, but rather waiting for King Yong's attitude. Xianyang is finally his fiefdom, and Zhang Han is also an old minister of the Qin court, if he wants to exert his strength, Jijiacun will definitely not be able to escape punishment.

What everyone didn't expect was that after half a day, news came out from King Yong's mansion that instead of punishing the Ji family for breaking the law, King Yong wanted to reward Jijia Village for fighting bandits bravely.

This time the whole territory of Guanzhong can explode, doesn't King Yong encourage the development of private armed forces? In this turbulent era, in the face of thieves and bandits, which village does not want to arm its prime. And then there are the lowly merchants who have no money and want to hire an army to protect them day and night. Although Zhang Han has not made a clear statement on this issue, the act of commending him has undoubtedly explained his position.

All the villages in Guanzhong were now lively, and the three old men in the township had a place to play again, and under their call, the young and middle-aged people in each village were gathered together to become the backbone of the defense of the village.

But what if there are only people with hands and no weapons? Although King Yong allowed the private collection of weapons, but the private casting of weapons is not good, for a while, many villages went to Jijia Village to "learn from the experience".

Under the introduction of Jijia Village, some mysterious merchants came out of thin air and sold weapons to various villages. None of these weapons are shoddy, all of them are the standard equipment of the Great Qin army, no one knows where their goods come from, in fact, even these merchants themselves don't know their masters, they just faintly feel that the situation in Guanzhong has been slowly stirred up by a black hand hidden behind the scenes.