Troubled times.

Strength and luck, both of both, can become the king of the deer.

Under the interaction of historical inertia and Li Yuan's sudden hurricane, the world after the end of the Qin Dynasty has changed beyond recognition, and some inertial events are still happening as usual, while others are quietly undergoing qualitative changes.

The first year of the Qin New Calendar, August (206 BC).

There are still more than two months before the corn corn matures, and there is a great famine in Guanzhong that has never been seen since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of anti-Qin troops have been stranded for a long time, and the heavy supply burden has made the fathers and elders in Guanzhong miserable, and suicides, deserters, and cannibalism have occurred one after another.

By the end of August, Xiang Yu's army was running out of food, and the coalition generals were homesick, Xiang Yu raised his troops and turned back to Pengcheng, where another battle was waiting for him, and Xiong Xin, the king of Chu Huai, who was revered as the righteous emperor, refused to go to Bin County, which made Xiang Yu, who wanted to make Pengcheng the capital of Western Chu, angry.

A shepherd baby, who didn't know whether he wanted to fight against his Xiang family, didn't want to think about it, if it wasn't for his uncle Xiang Liang who rescued him from the hill, at this time, who knew who Xiong Xin was?

Xiang Yu, who already had the heart of returning, established himself as the overlord of Western Chu in Xianyang, and accepted the strategy of the strategist Fan Zeng, following the old system of the Western Zhou Dynasty to divide the princes, and the starting point of Fan Zeng's proposal was to buy the hearts of the princes.

The reason why the Qin State was overthrown, in addition to the tyranny of Qin II, was that the county system implemented by the First Emperor was too binding, the world was unified, and the orders were not obeyed, which made the princes who were accustomed to division and separation very uncomfortable. But in fact, Fan Zeng's opinion is extremely short-sighted, he did not expect that once the feud is divided, then the princes will fight separately, and the binding force of the central power will be greatly reduced, in this case, once Xiang Yu's strength is weakened, it will inevitably trigger a new round of power struggle.

There are some discrepancies with the history of Xiang Yu's eighteen princes and kings, this time, Xiang Yu has only seventeen kings, they are: Liu Bang, King of Han, Zhang Han, King Dong Peng, King Dong Peng, King Wei Bao of Western Wei, King Shenyang of Henan, Han King Han Cheng, King Sima Qiong of Yin, Zhao Xie, King Zhang Er of Changshan, Wu Rui, King of Hengshan, King Gongao of Linjiang, King Han Guang of Liaodong, King Zang Di of Yan, Wang Tian City of Jiaodong, King Tiandu of Qi, King Tian'an of Jibei, and King Long of Qin.

Among the seventeen kings, there is a difference between Qin Wang Long and, Sima Xin, who was originally named the king of Sai, was beheaded by Xiang Yu in anger because Li Yuan leaked the secret to Fan Zeng is Liu Bang's secret, and naturally it is impossible to be a king anymore, and in order to strengthen the control of Guanzhong, but also to deal with the two-way threat of Li Yuan in the west and Liu Bang in the south, Xiang Yu named the number one fierce general Long He as the king of Qin, sat in Xianyang, and ruled Zhang Han and Dong Peng.

At the same time, a large part of the original Qin army was requisitioned and transferred by Xiang Yu to the area of Pengcheng to build the Chu Palace, leaving Zhang Han and Dong Peng's troops with less than 10,000 each. Compared with the elite of the Chu army, which has as many as 50,000 dragons, Zhang Han and Dong Feimo said that they lost the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, even if they were supported, they couldn't make any big waves.

Among the kings of this division, another change is that the original Jiujiang King Yingbu (黥布) was excluded by Xiang Yu, the reason why Yingbu was not sealed was mostly because of the warm relationship between him and the righteous emperor Xiongxin, and the other reason was that Xiang Yu originally wanted to seal Yingbu as the king of Qin, and sit in Guanzhong to contain Li Yuan and Liu Bang.

Silence means refusal, Xiang Yu thinks that he has a life-saving feeling for Yingbu, but he didn't expect that such a request could not be met, and in anger, Xiang Yu canceled Yingbu's qualification to be crowned.

And without the title of the princes and kings, it means that the financial control of the jurisdiction changes hands, which is a heavy blow to Yingbu, who intends to expand his strength.

And the follow-up impact of this partition will also last for a long time.

In Guanzhong, the three kings are divided, the situation and history seem to be similar, but in fact, it is completely different, the existence of the dragon and the existence of the dragon has made Guanzhong the focus of the tripartite contention between Chu, Han and Qin, whether it is Li Yuan or Liu Bang, if you want to compete for the world, you must first cross the dragon and this pass.

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During the period from August to October of the new calendar, Li Yuan's footprints traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Yongqi and Longxi, and everywhere he went, he would order people to carefully recruit and map to record the mountains, rivers, grass and trees under his jurisdiction, and every time he arrived in a city, he had to habitually bring only a few relatives, walking through the streets and alleys at will, listening to the shouts of the Qin dialect, and looking at the little lady in the clothes by the river bending over to reveal half of her fair skin.

Shangtai.

Located in the Tianshui River Valley, this border city of Longxi County is the origin of the Qin State, where the land is fertile, the terrain is open, the peaks are green and the water is prosperous, the water and grass are abundant, and it is a good place for grazing horses and raising livestock.

Boyi, the ancestor of the Qin people who lived here, was given the surname "Ying" by Shun because he bred horses for Shun quickly. When he arrived in the Western Zhou Dynasty, after Boyi, Feizi was praised by King Xiao for his meritorious work in raising horses for King Xiao of Zhou. King Xiao not only let him inherit the surname "Ying" of Shun Shi Boyi, but also named his land "Qin Land". This is also the origin of the Qin State.

Li Yuan went to Shangqi City, naturally it would not be arbitrary, as the actual ruler of Yongqi and Longxi, he was now facing considerable pressure.

If you want to deal with such a fierce general as Long and rely only on the strength of more than 30,000 foot cavalry, it is impossible, and in the case that the territory and soldiers cannot achieve numerical superiority for a while, the advantage of the Jishu class is the key to determining the victory.

The west is a natural horse ranch, and it is also a good place to train a cavalry that can fight well, and Li Yuan came here to the grassroots level to "investigate" the formation and reorganization of the Luo Jia cavalry.

Hou Xi was appointed for half a year in Shangtai County, from a Sima in the army to a magistrate in a city, Hou Xi's change is obvious, this low-level official of the Qin State in his thirties is standing behind Li Yuan at this time, holding a heavy roll of bamboo slips, and reporting the situation since he took office.

The superior inspects, and the subordinates are sincerely afraid, and carefully write the work report to avoid mistakes. This is a common form of officialdom in later generations. If you see it more, you may feel that there is some formalism, but it is undeniable that it also has its own reason for existence.

For example, now, listening to Hou Xizai's careful and detailed report, Li Yuan interjected from time to time to inquire, until Hou Xi was asked and sweated profusely, after lasting for more than an hour, Hou Xi always ended this unforgettable performance assessment, and Li Yuan also had a preliminary understanding of the situation in Shangtai.

In the county seat of Longxi County, there are 5,561 households with a total of 20,837 people, of whom 7,151 are males and 2,709 are males over the age of 17 and under 60. The rest are healthy women, old and weak, and young children. Among the young children, there are 4,604 children over the age of 10 and under the age of 16, and this population distribution is typical of new immigrant cities.

In the last few years, especially when the teenager has not yet grown up, it is the weakest period of time, and Hou Xi and Luo Jia, the parents of Shangqi, will also face a severe test.