In December of the first year of King Qin, Dr. Zheng Jing wrote to King Qin, on the grounds of the new dynasty and new image, he asked to change the Yuan title system and use the year name to record the year, rather than the previous year of the reign of the new king. Princess Huayang, the superintendent of the country, readily agreed, convened the three princes and nine ministers to discuss with the court, and decided to change the yuan to "Chuping", with the New Year as the second year of Chuping, and the correspondence with the order as the "system" and the order as the "edict".

At the same time, he rewarded the meritorious ministers of the Hebei war, Jin Li Zuoche was the head of the car, led the Handan county guard, and supervised the six counties of Handan, Julu, Hengshan, Dai, Guangyang and Shanggu; Mengshi is a great general; Zhang Er was a young man, led Liaodong County to guard, and supervised the four counties of Beiping, Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Yuyang; Xin opera is made for the less, leading the county guard of Hedong, supervising the three counties of Hedong, Shangdang and Taiyuan; At the same time, the Northern Army was rebuilt and supervised the affairs of Northern Xinjiang, but the scope of the Northern Army was much narrower than that of the previous Northern Army, and only governed the four counties of Shangjun, Yunzhong, Yanmen and Jiuyuan, with the veteran general Wang Qi as the commander of the Northern Army and Zhao Yi as the deputy marshal.

But the greatest meritorious hero, Han Xin, did not receive any reward, but his infant son Han Che inherited his father's shadow and was awarded the title of right chief, becoming the youngest right chief since the state of Qin.

Han Xin was not rewarded for his merits, but no one raised any objections, but took it for granted. Now that the Qin State has become the property of his Han family, the abolition of the King of Qin is all with his mouth, which is inferior to the previous generations of Qin Kings and even the First Emperor, who has ever seen the King of Qin reward himself?

Moreover, he is the highest Marquis of the twentieth rank of military merit, and he was given the title of Taifu to Jiuxi, and the utensils in the wine such as chariots and horses, clothes, music, Zhu Hu, Na Ma, Tiger Ben, axe, bow and arrow, and beard are all the same as the Son of Heaven. has reached the point where there is no reward, if you go one step further, there is only the nominal Qin throne.

Compared with Hebei's great victory, the Qin army's small setback in the Central Plains is less eye-catching in Xianyang, and very few people even talk about it in disappointment, most of them are talking about the Qin army's great victory in Hebei.

After Wang Jing defeated Xiang Yu several times, he still had an army of more than 200,000 people, and the main force was not damaged. After gathering troops, they refused to hold the Xingyang-Luoyang line, and the supplies from Guanzhong were entering the Central Plains through Hangu Pass. Xiang Yu attempted to launch a surprise attack on Hangu Pass, trying to cut off the supply line of the Qin army, but failed, not only did not build an inch, but lost his troops. I had to continue to besiege Xingyang and Luoyang, and hurry up the siege.

There are also a few people in Han Xin who can really see the crisis here, and Xiang Yu's strategic intention is very simple, that is, to take advantage of Han Xin's lack of time in Hebei to eat Wang Jing's army before the Qin army in Hebei goes south. You must know that this army of the Qin State is the main force of the Qin army, and it is the capital of the Qin State that has been able to gather together to dominate the world after more than two years of accumulation.

In comparison, although Han Xin had recruited more than 200,000 troops in Hebei, the vast majority of them were Zhao and Yan, and the real Qin people were less than 40,000. If the Qin State remained strong, then there would be no problem with these people, but once the Qin army was defeated, it was hard to imagine whether these people would be anyway.

After the Chen Sheng Uprising, the world was in turmoil, and the initial rebel army was still dominated by peasants, and in the later period, it was the Qin garrison in various parts of the Kwantung region that really became the backbone of the rebel army. These people went through the formal training of the Qin army, and they were able to get on the right track by joining the rebel army, and they had the strength to fight with the Qin army.

Although Wang Jing and Zhao Wuji are good generals, Zhang Liang is a wise man who is "strategizing and fighting thousands of miles away", but unfortunately they are still not Xiang Yu's opponents. Xiang Yu's sudden force caught the Qin army off guard, and the strength of the Central Plains changed instantly, and the Chu army had already obtained the main power on the battlefield, and its strength was far superior to that of the Qin army. On the other hand, the situation of the Qin army is not optimistic, although it still has more than 200,000 troops, it is scattered in more than a dozen large and small cities on the Hangu Pass-Xingyang-Luoyang line, which is easy to be broken by the Chu army's concentrated superior forces. Wang Jing saw the crisis here, so he sent a letter to Han Xin asking for help, hoping that the Hebei army would go south as soon as possible.

However, Han Xin also had his last resort, Hebei Xinding, although the rule of fifteen counties was restored, but in a short period of time, the sense of attachment of these newly occupied lands to the Qin State was still very fragile. Zhao Di is still okay, because there are highly prestigious figures such as Li Zuoche, Zhang Er, Xin Ju, and Zhao Yi, and the Zhao people don't have much resistance to the Qin State. As for Yandi, it is a bit tricky, after Han Guang, the king of Liaodong, fled to the east, he easily destroyed the local Marquis of the Ji clan built by the Shang Dynasty royal family Jizi, occupied this place and is still called Yanguo, and has been sending troops to harass the border of western Liao. Han Xin could only send Zhang Er as the commander to run the land of Liaodong to destroy the remnants of the Yan Kingdom.

The greater danger was in the southeast, where Liu Bang fled back to Qi and immediately recruited new soldiers, and the whole army returned to its pre-defeat numbers, and was facing the Qin army across the river south of the river. Han Xin had to concentrate his main forces north of the Yellow River to prevent the Han army from suddenly entering the Zhao realm.

It was precisely because of Liu Bang's existence that Han Xin's strategic intention to go south to the Central Plains was greatly restricted, and if Liu Bang was not eliminated for a day, it would be difficult for the Qin army to ensure that the rule of the Qin army in Hebei was foolproof. But Xiang Yu's aggressive posture made Han Xin dare not take it lightly in the Central Plains, if the main army of the Central Plains was lost, it would really be worth the loss.

Therefore, the two choices in front of Han Xin were either to defend the river with heavy troops, and he personally took a part of the elite south to take over the Central Plains Army; Either concentrate your forces to eliminate Liu Bang first, and after occupying Qidi, you can directly attack the back of the Chu army. But the difficulty of this plan is obviously very great, not to mention that Liu Bang is not a good type, there are not a few capable generals under his command, and he is very good at winning people's hearts, and his power should not be underestimated.

Although Xiang Yu disdained to be in the company of villains like Liu Bang, he would not be stupid enough to start a war with the Han army at such a time, so Liu Bang did not hesitate to mobilize all the Zhou Bo troops arranged in the south to the north, focusing on resisting the possible invasion of the Qin army at any time.

Although Qi is known for its wealth, but the years of war have caused the business of Qi to be very serious, although under Xiao He's combing, Qi has a small governance image, but it does not mean that Qi is really an inexhaustible treasure trove. In order to save enough money to compete for the world, Liu Bang did not hesitate to dry up and fish, and recruited soldiers and food in Qi State. Xiao He wanted to persuade him, but he was scolded and went out.

"Lao Tzu's country is almost gone, what do you care about cultivating people's livelihood, let me tell you, those are all false, and when Lao Tzu sits on the country, you can toss as much as you want, and now there are so many things to manage, first block this matter."

Xiao He was speechless by Liu Bang's words, so he had to turn around and leave in silence, trying his best to clean up the aftermath for Liu Bang.

Peng Yue's betrayal, Xiahou Ying's tragic death, and now coupled with Fan Xu's loyalty, the only general that Liu Bang can rely on now is Zhou Bo. Liu Bang worshiped Zhou Bo as a general, commanded 200,000 troops and stationed in Jibei County, and was fully responsible for the defense of the river.

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Spring returns to the earth, and everything recovers.

Although it is only early spring, the signs of harsh winter have not yet eased, and the weather is still very cold, but it can't resist a little bit of tender green racing out of the ground.

Han Xin walked along the riverbank, his mouth and nose were full of the smell of wine, he found a clean place to sit down, and reached out to rub his temples, which were a little painful.

Yesterday was the first day of the first lunar month, and it was also a very important festival day in the Qin State. In order to alleviate the homesickness of the soldiers on the expedition abroad, Han Xin specially transported a large amount of fine wine and fat pigs, cattle and sheep from Guanzhong, and allowed them to get drunk yesterday to reward the three armies. He was poured by Meng Shi and others, who had been planning for a long time, even if there were a large number of people, he couldn't stand the crowd taking turns to fight, he was drunk, and he couldn't remember how he came back in the end.

Walking to the river, he leaned over and applied water to his face, the cold river water made Han Xin's spirit suddenly burst for a while, and his mind was much clearer, and he stood up and relaxed his waist.

I don't know how Ke'er and Che'er are now, I think they are worshipping their ancestors in the warm palace, and so many eunuchs are taking care of them, so there will be no difference in thinking about it.

Thinking of Che'er's cute little face, Han Xin couldn't help but show a knowing smile on his face. This is a kind of happiness for a first-time father, but it is a pity that Che'er was born less than a month before he had to go on a foreign expedition.

Looking at the river, Han Xin couldn't help but be in a daze. How's it going?

Pengcheng is far away from the battlefield, it should not be affected by the war, the Yu family is the prominent clan of the Chu State, and with Yu Qi and Yu Ziqi here, Miaoyi will definitely not suffer any grievances.

It's just that now she is making enemies with her father and brother, and if she meets on the battlefield, she really doesn't know what to do, but it's embarrassing for her, and she is caught in the middle.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Han Xin didn't reply, but just asked; "They're all drunk?"

Li Zuoche stepped forward and stood side by side, nodded and said; "They all got up and went back to the camp, but that kid was so drunk that he was still snoring there. Hehe, yesterday he shouted the most fiercely and said that he was going to get you drunk, but I didn't expect to drink and lie down. ”

Han Xin couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "This kid, I'll settle accounts with him tomorrow, forget it today, let him be lazy and rest for a day." ”

Li Zuoche laughed, made a few more jokes, and then looked at Han Xin seriously and said; "I just saw that the general's face seemed to be melancholy, but I was worried about the battle situation in the Central Plains?"

Han Xin was secretly amused, thinking that you are good to know that I am thinking about a woman, and did not answer, but nodded.

Li Zuoche didn't notice anything wrong, and still said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, the reason why our army will lose is not how superb and invincible Xiang Yu really is. The reason is nothing else, but we ourselves have developed a sense of arrogance. ”

"Oh?"

"Therefore, everyone is arrogant and the army will be defeated, our Qin army has fought too many smooth battles in the past few years, and everyone has developed an arrogant mentality. When our army first entered the Central Plains, it regained lost ground all the way, and although it was counterattacked by Xiang Yu, it did not fall behind. At that time, I felt that there was something wrong, it stands to reason that Xiang Yu's irritable temperament could endure it for so long, and I couldn't say anything. But now that he thinks about it, he simply wants to paralyze his opponent first, and then achieve it overnight.