(I'm sorry, there's something going on today, but it's okay, it's finally time for today's update.)

Today, another book friend raised a mistake in the title, thank him here, there are many mistakes in this book, and please forgive the sin [snickering]. ）

Although Zhang Han ordered the soldiers to be silenced and not allowed to spread the information brought by Li Yi, there is no impermeable wall in the world after all, let alone such a big war, how can this be concealed.

Sure enough, with word of mouth, the news of Chen Cang's defeat spread among the people like the wind, and within half a day, the news had spread throughout half of the pass. All of a sudden, whether it was Xianyang or the counties in Guanzhong, they all fell into an atmosphere of panic.

Regarding the reason for the fall of Chen Cang, there are many rumors in the market.

Some say that this is a ghost made by Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, who first captured Chen Cang, and then took the opportunity to enter Xianyang and establish himself as the king of Qin; Others said that this was a rebellion by the local people in Chencang who were ready to take refuge in Liu Bang, but Liu Bang actually didn't know about it; What's more, it is even said that this is the remnants of the Qin Dynasty who started an incident in Chencang, intending to restore Great Qin.

In short, all kinds of rumors are everywhere, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and also pushing people's anxiety to the highest peak.

After another half a day, people from the suburbs near Chencang brought more detailed and reliable news.

It turned out that the order of Chencang County took refuge in Liu Bang, the king of Han, and the army of the king of Han had arrived in Chencang, and the counterinsurgency army sent by King Yong was defeated last night, and General Zhang Ping, the younger brother of King Yong, was also among them.

Hearing this news, the whole city of Xianyang suddenly fell into a panic, originally the people of Xianyang were still relatively supportive of Zhang Han, but at this time, they also had to consider the consequences of supporting Zhang Han.

Zhang Han's military strength is more than one level worse than Liu Bang, and if he falls into a head-on war with Liu Bang, the result is basically one-sided. The people of Qin have had enough of the war, and now that their lives have just returned to normal, no one wants to recreate those dark days.

At this moment, many people already have ideas in their hearts, but they have not yet expressed them, and when the situation deteriorates to a certain point, Zhang Han will definitely face a situation of betrayal and separation.

In the market, the people are panicked, not knowing where the future will go, and in the palace, there is also an atmosphere of anxiety.

At this moment, I saw Shi Cheng stubbornly reporting something to Zhang Han, while Zhang Han had a gloomy face, and an irrepressible fire was projected in his eyes. Han Tan's face was full of heaviness, as if he was in deep thought, Ying Ying stood beside him, a pair of beautiful eyes secretly looked at everyone in the field, and he didn't even dare to speak.

Just now, the envoys sent to the counties of Guanzhong had returned, and they conveyed Zhang Han's will to the county magistrates of the counties, asking the counties to immediately send troops to gather in Xianyang, and then recover Chencang under the unified leadership of Zhang Han.

This was originally a very normal request, and it was also within the responsibility of the counties to raise troops and serve the king, but the news from the envoys made Zhang Han very angry-except for a few counties near Xianyang, the counties in the west all found all kinds of excuses and excused not to send troops.

Speaking of which, I have to mention Zhang Han's fiefdom.

Because the Qin Dynasty implemented the county system, the world was initially divided into 36 counties, and later increased to 46 counties, and the only special county was Neishi.

The so-called internal history is the Guanzhong region where Xianyang is located, and as the name suggests, it is roughly the concept of direct jurisdiction. Up to now, the two kings of Zhang Han and Sima Xin, almost with Xianyang as the boundary, divided the internal history region into two halves, Zhang Han in the west and Sima Xin in the east.

In addition to Zhang Han's internal history, there are also fiefs in Longxi County, Beidi County and other places, and it stands to reason that the territory is not small, and it is not far from Liu Bang. But it's a pity that the time he has been in control of Yongdi is still short, and the county guards everywhere are not interested in him.

At such a critical juncture, it should have been up and down to unite to deal with foreign enemies. But look at it now, Zhang Han's military order has been passed out, and there are so many counties in Guanzhong that are close at hand that refuse to obey their orders, what kind of order is it talking about? The small counties in the internal history are all immovable, let alone the counties that are farther away, so Zhanghan's territory seems to be large, but in fact it is a plate of scattered sand.

The counties in the west of the internal history were reluctant to send troops, and their thoughts were naturally understood. At this moment, Chencang has fallen into the hands of Liu Bang, and the counties in the west are not far from Chencang and may be annexed by Liu Bang at any time.

These county magistrates, for the sake of their own safety, simply become a wall-riding faction, and the two parties do not help each other, and whichever side is stronger will fall to which side in the future.

In the final analysis, they don't have the slightest idea of allegiance to Zhang Han, in their eyes, Zhang Han and Liu Bang are also the same dog, and whoever will be the king of Qin is the same. It is even said that they may have a better impression of Liu Bang than Zhang Han.

In fact, Zhang Han also noticed this problem before, but according to his ideas, gradually strengthening the control of various counties and counties, and replacing the county guard order of his cronies, this should have been solved step by step.

But I didn't expect Liu Bang's attack to be too sudden, and this acute problem was exposed in front of me at once, and this hidden danger is likely to determine the balance of the war.

"King, if there are only a few counties near Xianyang to help, I'm afraid the military strength is too weak. Do you send people to the western counties again, comfort them, and promise rewards to persuade them to send troops? ”

Looking at Zhang Han's gloomy face, Han Tan hesitated for a long time, and finally said his thoughts to Zhang Han.

"Not necessarily!"

To everyone's surprise, Zhang Han didn't think about it at all and directly rejected the proposal. His tone was categorical, and there was no room for manoeuvre.

"These county orders refuse to send troops, and it is clear that they want to break with this king, even if they can use their interests to urge them to send troops, I am afraid that it will be useless." Zhang Han slowly looked around at everyone with a cold gaze, and said coldly: "Since they don't take this king in their eyes, then this king will let them know that Zhang Han, the king of Yong, is by no means a soft persimmon that everyone can pinch!" ”

Zhang Han's eyes were awe-inspiring with murderous intent, and there was no usual kindness at all. Seeing Zhang Han like this, Shi Cheng on the side couldn't help but light up his eyes, and from Zhang Han's words, he seemed to see the heroism of General Daqin who fought in all directions back then, as well as the momentum of looking down on the world.

At least in Shi Cheng's memory, this has not been seen in Zhang Han for a long time, and it seems that Zhang Han is really angry this time.

When Han Tan saw Zhang Han say this, he didn't persuade anymore, but Ying Ying next to him heard Zhang Han's words, and there was a strange look in his eyes......

Zhang Han knew very well in his heart that he had no way to retreat at this point, and once he decided to attack, he had to go all out. Even if they were able to send troops to the western counties under their own promises, they must have their own selfish intentions, and they would not contribute, but the execution of the army would decline, so it would be better not to have them.

Moreover, although this is a crisis, it is not an opportunity. Once he can win this battle, it will be a reshuffle in the Guanzhong region, and his control over the Guanzhong region will also be consolidated like never before.

What's more, Liu Bang's army occupying Chencang this time is only a small part, and his chances of winning are still very large, and the top priority is to completely recover Chencang before Liu Bang's reinforcements.

Zhang Han's thoughts flowed like electricity, and after pondering for a while, he thought a lot, he turned to Shi Cheng and asked, "When will the soldiers from the rest of the counties arrive?" ”

"Report to the king, now there are a total of six counties that are willing to obey the king's dispatch, Yunyang, Qixian, Haoqi, Luyi, and Du County, and the military horses of the five counties have been drawn, and these five counties are within a hundred miles of Xianyang, and they can be reached in half a day. And the waste hill is in the west, which is the only way for our army and horses, and its county order gathers soldiers and horses, and waits for the king to arrive in this county. ”

When Zhang Han heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head, he was really aggrieved as a prince and king, and he could only mobilize the troops of six counties.

Among these six counties, the first five counties are all near Xianyang, and the county order is forced by its own deterrence, so it naturally does not dare to slack off. The waste hill to the west is the capital of Yongdi, but Zhang Han has been in Xianyang for a long time, and he has not returned the capital for the time being.

He gritted his teeth and ordered Shi Cheng: "Gather all the troops of Xianyang, and as soon as the soldiers and horses of the five counties arrive, immediately wave their troops to the west!" ”