In the west of Xianyang and south of the Zhengguo Canal, the Weishui Basin in this area used to be the richest center of the Qin State, but now, it is a hundred miles of barrenness, and there are almost no people.

It is about 300 miles away from Yongqi under Li Yuan's rule. Yongwang Zhang Han led 15,000 troops to be stationed here.

After Xiang Yu returned to the east, the core area of Guanzhong, Weipingyuan, was occupied by Long Ji, Zhang Han, and Dong Peng, among them, Zhang Han's territory was closely connected with Li Yuan, and many places intersected with each other, relying only on a small mound or a small stream to distinguish whose jurisdiction it belonged to, and this uncertain Shili border line was the source of turmoil.

After the continuous famine, under the rule of Zhang Han, people were scarce, there was Xianyang, the old capital in the east, and Yongqi under the management of Li Yuan in the west.

As a general, Zhang Han has a weak status in the anti-Qin alliance, and he, the king of Yong, mainly benefits from the existence of two unstable factors, Li Yuan and Liu Bang.

Xiang Yu only left Zhang Han, the former opponent, 10,000 people, and the territory was even more narrow and dangerous, Lantian in the south was occupied by Liu Bang, the king of Han, and Li Yuan in the west was even more aggressive, directly treating Yongcheng as a county, which made Zhang Han, the titular king of Yong, very embarrassed, but the name Yong did not occupy Yongdi.

Zhang Han is also an ambitious person, otherwise, he would not have asked for an order to go out when he was just a young man to break the anti-Qin princes, and now, although the rebels and relatives left, the Qin people in Guanzhong were extremely disappointed in him, but Zhang Han was not reconciled, he still had to fight.

In July, Zhang Han increased the collection of taxes in several counties under his rule, and expanded the army from 10,000 to 15,000 people, of which nearly half were old people in their sixties and women in their forties, and the rest were Di warriors recruited by Zhang Han from the Di people in the north with a large amount of money.

Mercenaries - in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it is an indispensable scenery, and in fact, until the Tang Dynasty, the hiring of warriors of ethnic minorities is the consistent practice of the Central Plains regime, Qin, Zhao's Lou Fu generals, Han Dynasty's Inner Hun cavalry, the Three Kingdoms' tiger and leopard cavalry, Wudang Fei Army, etc., all have the figure of aliens, to the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan people in the Anshi Rebellion are to make the powerful Tang Dynasty from victory to decline.

Fufeng County.

The current appearance of this small city is a little dilapidated, there are less than two or three households in the city, and after Zhang Han led 5,000 generals to settle in, it has completely become a barracks.

Where the prefectural ordinance is located.

Yongwang Zhang Han paced back and forth in the low hall, compared with the high-spirited general a year ago, his face already had the spots of an old man, and the beard under his chin added a few strands of white silk, and even the once blazing eyes began to become a little cloudy.

"Big brother, Thief Li is on guard, and the people sent to Yongqi are all broken, what should I do?" On the opposite side of Zhang Han, Zhang Ping's eager eyes were fixed on Zhang Han's back and forth, and his short body trembled slightly.

A month ago, Zhang Ping was instructed by Zhang Han to sneak into Li Yuan's territory with some capable soldiers, the result was very tragic, before Zhang Ping lurked, the Changshi Mansion who got Li Yuan's instructions ordered a thorough investigation of the refugees fleeing from the west, Zhang Ping had no acquaintances to protect, and suddenly revealed his original form, several small troops under the suppression of Li Jun, immediately collapsed and scattered, even Zhang Ping himself, and almost became a prisoner.

"The Li thief is not easy to deal with. Brother Ping, you go to Xianyang quickly, report the recent military situation to Long He Xiao'er, remember, to be more serious, Li Thief's troops, just report 70,000 horses. Zhang Han was half-loud before he stopped and commanded.

"Big brother, isn't 70,000 a bit much, and Li Thief is at most 40,000?" Zhang Ping was puzzled.

"Seventy thousand, no less. If you don't believe it, let him lead the troops himself to confirm it. As for the Li thief, I will send others to go, and you don't have to worry about it. Zhang Han nodded and said, his expression was extremely solemn.

Time waits for no man.

Li Yuan's series of actions and measures in Yongqi made Zhang Han feel a strong sense of crisis, compared with Li Yuan, who was sinking down and planning for long-term development, Zhang Han admitted that he was indeed inferior, and he also admired Li Yuan as a young man in his heart.

However, admiration is admiration.

Tearing and killing on the battlefield, never talking about any feelings.

The battle for the dominance of Guanzhong was about to break out, and in the face of the severe famine in the wasteland jurisdiction, compared to Yongqi's unexpected bumper harvest, Long Ji, Zhang Han, and Dong Peng invariably put the object of food on Li Yuan.

Before the arrival of the harsh winter, a war of grabbing and protecting grain is about to begin.

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Qishan, Sosho Annex.

In fact, it is not that Li Yuan does not want to arrange for Chen Di, but that Chen Di himself is really good at it, except for the ritual scene of sacrifice, he is at ease, in other aspects, Chen Di really has no specialty.

Useless is the clan.

Although this sentence is absolute, it is undeniable that the Great Qin has been established for more than 400 years and has fed a group of wastes who rely on the royal family for survival, among them, Chen Di is already a very capable one, and there are many worse than him.

There is nothing to do, Chen Di has been a little upset recently, if nothing else, the main thing is that the original clan shili stayed in Xianyang, was uprooted, and all those with names and surnames were beheaded and hung at the city gate, as for the clan's acres of property, they were all scavenged by the coalition forces.

Hundreds of years of savings were lost in one fell swoop.

Every time Chen Di thinks about this, he can't help but feel sad, and what makes him even more unbearable in his heart is the continuation of the society of the Qin State, the second Qin Hu Hai died, and now the third son is also dead, and the rest of the royal clans are also scattered, and there are only two women left who are still alive and have a relationship with the surname Ying: Ying (Zhao) Yushu and Ying Yuman.

What to do?

Is Daqin's national throne really going to break?

Supporting a new emperor and making the Qin State strong again, this is the idea that Chen Di has been entangled in these days, in his opinion, the loss of the capital of the Qin State is nothing, as long as the Guozuo is still there, the Qin State has the hope of recovery.

As for what is Guozuo? Even Chen Di, the clan relative in charge of the sacrifice, couldn't say it clearly for a while.

Chen Di meditated hard for the continuation of the Qin State in a worrying manner, he didn't know that the change of dynasties was like the stars in the sky, rising and disappearing, and it was normal, but in the bottom of his heart, there was always an obsession that he couldn't let go.

How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear.

Qin Feng was fierce, and the iron-blooded Great Qin who held the halberd to the east and made the princes look sideways was deeply immersed in the hearts of every Qin person, and he could no longer forget it.