Chapter 8: Chaos
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Yingziying died, and the chaos in Yongdu actually didn't take too long to subside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Because the army of dead soldiers who only captured a city gate is in fact like a turtle in an urn.
Of course, Zhang Jiashi couldn't help but sigh when he learned about the casualties of the Yongdu Rebellion a few days later.
For him, the Yongdu Rebellion has become such a situation, and he himself has to bear some responsibility. Because if he hadn't thought of this way to deal with Yingziying, I'm afraid that so many innocent civilians would not have died in Yongdu City.
However, he had to do this, because he didn't have time to spend time with Yingziying now.
For him, the life or death of Ying Ziying is not important, but once Ying Ziying suddenly breaks out when Zhang Jiashi can't take care of other situations, it is difficult for him to imagine what will happen to him.
At that time, more people will die, and even the casualties of this Yongdu Rebellion are several times and dozens of times, he himself dare not imagine.
Zhang Jiashi has never regretted his arrangement, and he is not afraid of being scolded after death. Because he knew exactly what he should do.
The Great Qin Empire could not withstand large-scale chaos now, whether it was his position or the occurrence of some things that he wanted to avoid, he could no longer handle these things without paying some price.
After glancing at Chen Ping, Zhang Jiashi asked about another matter: "Mr. Chen, I don't know what the situation inside those epidemic areas is now?"
Chen Ping heard Zhang Jiashi's inquiry, and shook his head gently: "Back to the king, the situation inside is not very good." Of course, Wang Shang has relieved the condition of some people, and even prevented the spread of the epidemic area. However, more and more people ......"
Chen Ping didn't say anything, and Zhang Jiashi naturally knew very well why Chen Ping didn't continue to say his words.
He could imagine for himself what it was like.
To sum it up in one apt word: "hell on earth".
Zhang Jiashi did not have a good way to improve the situation in the epidemic area, or even to suppress the victims to avoid the spread of the epidemic.
He couldn't help but do it.
After he received Li Zuoche's report, everything was gradually out of control. If Li Zuoche hadn't been very aware of this kind of thing, he would have had to use tough means to avoid the situation from worsening. I'm afraid that after Zhang Jiashi returns, the entire Guanzhong will be irretrievable.
The plague was so powerful that Zhang Jiashi could not effectively treat it now.
Although Xu Fu and the others did make a breakthrough in the development of penicillin, he knew very well that streptomycin, which was more effective in treating the plague, was not something he could make now.
To know. No one is going to bring a box of streptomycin to the street, at least. He wouldn't have done that himself.
Penicillin was able to make a breakthrough at this time, mainly because he had this thing himself, and he was able to cultivate it successfully.
But streptomycin is something that Zhang Jiashi himself has not used much.
Zhang Jiashi regretted why he didn't buy some of the commonly used drugs that he could buy. But Bai Qi quickly interrupted Zhang Jiashi's thoughts: "Your idea is really funny, have you ever thought that you would be able to cross over?"
Bai Qi's words made Zhang Jiashi show a self-deprecating smile, and Chen Ping said to Zhang Jiashi: "Your Majesty, General Huan, they sent a piece of music, saying whether they want to act together. β
When Chen Ping said the word action. His expression couldn't help but dim slightly, because the implication of this action was already quite obvious, that is, since things had come to this point, it was better to directly clean up the epidemic area.
After hearing Chen Ping's words, Zhang Jiashi nodded lightly: "If the people of Momen think that the situation is out of control...... Then arrange it. β
After Zhang Jiashi said such a sentence, he sat down weakly in his position.
And Chen Ping watched Zhang Jiashi wave his hand to him, and then bent down and clenched his fists. Backwards and departures.
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Later historians were interested in the history of this massive outbreak.
Among the historical materials they were able to obtain, the thing that interested them the most was not the heavy casualties of several counties from Sanchuan County to Dang County, but what methods Zhang Jiashi adopted at that time to minimize the losses as much as possible.
After a long period of time by some historians, there are many aspects of data collection. got a result that many historians can't believe:
"On June 12, 207 BCE, a large number of messenger knights appeared inside the Shuangyue Municipality. They mainly followed the straight road to other areas controlled by Emperor Dingwu at that time, and conveyed the orders of Emperor Dingwu to the county guards at that time. β
"It is impossible to know exactly what these orders are, and what they are about. β
"But there are a few things that can explain what kind of decision Emperor Dingwu made at that time. β
The following is a piece of content that has been put on the table by these historians:
June 27, 207 BC. A group of about 10,000 refugees from Hanoi County to Thai Nguyen County was blocked under a strong barrier.
At that time, the barrier guard was a certain son of the Wang family. He had long been ordered by Wang Yuan and Zhang Jiashi to refuse to accept these refugees, many of whom had already developed symptoms of the epidemic.
Although many of them did not have obvious symptoms, the guard was well aware of the order given to him by the superiors, that is, no one was allowed to enter Taiyuan County.
This record, when it comes to such a thing, is declared to be interrupted. But from some valley to the south of the barrier, the remains of a large burial pit were found.
Some of the traces of the remains above indicate that some of these people died under the indiscriminate arrows, and the bodies of these people were burned before being transported to this valley for burial.
In places where corresponding records can be found, such as some areas south of the Great Wall site in southern Jixian at that time, these burial pits have also been found in many places, but these burial pits are generally relatively small.
In the eastern epidemic area of Neishi County, which is not recorded in the history books, the situation is much worse.
The area starting about 20 kilometers west of Hangu Pass and ending 40 kilometers east of Xianyang is the area where the epidemic outbreak has been verified.
Some of the small burial pits that have been found, although the number of bones is small, are buried in a fairly regular manner.
Obviously, these people themselves are controlled within certain limits.
As a result, these people will inevitably die in the end.
But this time we want to say it. It is not to accuse Emperor Dingwu of tyranny at that time, but to Emperor Dingwu's helplessness.
If this method was not adopted, not to mention Guanzhong, even the area controlled by Emperor Dingwu at that time would be very likely to be affected by this large-scale plague.
When the worst happens, there is no guarantee that how many people who were okay at the time will pay with their lives.
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This report was published more than 2,000 years after Zhang Jiashi's death.
Many people don't think this report is fair. They think that Zhang Jiashi has done such a thing, and he is not a model of benevolence.
But more people think. Although Zhang Jiashi's matter was excessive, it was indeed the best way to deal with it at that time.
As a result, the supporters of these two theories began to scold each other.
And Ying Zhi, who was the emperor at that time, said a sentence: "The ancestor at that time was just a regent, why did he have to carry everything?"
Although the emperor of the empire at that time had lost his real power, he became more of a symbolic existence of the empire. But no one will ignore what the old man said. Because if it weren't for him, the empire, which had already lost its corresponding strength due to institutional changes, would have been in the world war decades ago. Wiped out by foreign powers.
In addition to avoiding the fate of the empire in this great war, and even achieving a brilliant victory, he said the following words:
"What I have done is far worse than Emperor Dingwu. He is the true hero of Great Qin. β
Emperor Dingwu is the nickname of Zhang Jiashi who was posthumously awarded by Yingxiu, and Ying's straightforward statement made these people who were dissatisfied with the existence of the emperor in the Great Qin Empire. Quickly close your mouth.
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Zhang Jiashi naturally had no way of knowing what happened more than 2,000 years later, he only knew that in order to allow more people to live, he had to do this.
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Time passed quickly, and the Great Qin Empire entered the "Regency Period" for half a year.
The forces under Zhang Jiashi's command are preparing for the arrival of winter.
this year. For Zhang Jiashi, it is not a good day. But Zhang Jiashi didn't complain about anything. Because many places under his command have ushered in another year of harvest.
This also means that the civilians under Zhang Jiashi's command can spend this winter relatively easily.
As for Zhang Jiashi, although nearly half a year has passed since that incident, he knows very well that he is powerless. It is the most important cause of tens of thousands of lives.
But what Zhang Jiashi needs to do now is to plan for the next year.
He did not convene a grand court meeting, firstly because the clean-up work of Xianyang City had not yet been completely sorted out, and secondly, because Zhang Jiashi avoided holding a great court meeting at this time, so that those princes in Kanto, who had already begun to eat dogs, saw the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity.
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After the Kwantung princes were divided in Rongyang, they soon went to the lands that Xiang Yu had given them.
But people including Zhang Jiashi are very clear that except for some princes, the division of many people's feudal areas is a problem. Especially people like Qin Wang Zhang Han, acting Wang Zhang Er and others.
They borrowed troops from Xiang Yu, although Xiang Yu did not shirk anything, but these princes who borrowed troops under his hands, that is, more than 10,000 people, Zhang Jiashi naturally did not take it to heart.
They know very well that these strengths under their hands, if they attack Zhang Jiashi, it is obvious that eggs will hit stones.
Moreover, because of the widespread outbreak of the epidemic in the Kanto region, some princes quickly led their armies south to attack other princes who were not prepared at all.
The first to attack was Zhang Han, Zhang Er and some princes and kings to attack the city of Han Cheng, the king of Han, in Yingchuan County.
Han Cheng, the king of Han, is not the opponent of these princes and kings, and it is enough for him to face Zhang Er alone, not to mention Zhang Han, who seems to have cheered up.
You must know one situation, that is, the current Zhang Han is quite difficult to mess with.
So, Han Cheng became the first unlucky guy.
He was not unlucky to go home, after all, Zhang Han and others did not kill him, but let him take part of the remnants of the defeated army and defect to Liu Bang.
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With the example of Han Cheng, many princes and kings either united or annexed weak princely forces. In a word. In the past few months, the farther away from the epidemic area, the more fierce the melee between these princes and kings became.
Wei Bao, the king of Wei, broke out with amazing ability in this melee between the princes. Because several small coalition of princes, including Zang Di, actually had nothing to do with this person.
Even Zang Di, who is the best at using soldiers, couldn't help but sigh himself: "In less than a year, this guy has grown to such a point, how can this be ????"
Zang Di's exclamation made many princes have to agree. Because of the current Wei Bao. It's not even weaker than Zang Tu at the beginning.
Of course, these attacked princes. Not everyone has Wei Bao's ability, or luck.
Many small princes were quickly defeated in the face of the attacks of some princes, and even took themselves inside.
Some of the princes, who were more fortunate enough to survive, fled with the remnants of their defeated troops and defected to the command of some people.
However, this kind of scuffle, which is like a child's play, Zhang Jiashi did not take it to heart. There are only two people he is worried about.
One is Xiang Yu. The other is Liu Bang.
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What Zhang Jiashi didn't expect was that Chu Huai Wang Xiongxin, a sheep herding baby, would actually make that kind of act of not doing anything and not dying.
After Xiang Yu received the edict, he angrily tore the edict directly into pieces, and the messenger and a team of guards were all ordered to be killed by Xiang Yu.
After Xiang Yu finished doing this thing, he even picked up the sword that was said to be given to Xiang Yu by Xiong Xin's fool to commit suicide, and roared: "Xiong Xin'er! I have to see if you can let me kill myself with this sword, or if I can cut off your !!head with this sword."
After Xiang Yu joined the alliance in Rongyang, he directly established himself as the king. Although, he didn't have the confidence to call himself the overlord this time. But he was before this thing. still left some face for Xiong Xin, that is, just like history, respect Xiong Xin as the righteous emperor and move the capital to Ying.
This kind of arrangement can be said to be Xiang Yu's very face-saving to Xiong Xin.
But Xiong Xin's immortal move......
Don't talk about Xiang Yu, even after Zhang Jiashi knew about such a situation, he didn't know how to evaluate a certain idiot.
And then things happen. It's very logical:
In August of that year, Fan Zeng woke up and couldn't help fainting again after hearing that Xiang Yu had personally led the army to march to Pengcheng.
But Fan Zeng did not stay in a coma for more than two months this time, but quickly woke up again under the treatment of medical workers.
He knew very well that Xiang Yu's approach would not benefit him at all. But after Fan Zeng heard what Xiong Xin did, if Fan Zeng knew the classic phrase "not doing or dying", he would also say it directly like Zhang Jiashi.
Can Xiong Xin resist Xiang Yu's counterattack?
The answer is no. Although Xiang Yu was defeated through Hangu Pass, and the army was also ravaged by the epidemic before, his vitality was greatly damaged.
But Xiang Yu, who led the remnants of 30,000 to attack Pengcheng, was not something that the group of wine bags and rice bags under Xiong Xin's command could compete.
The children of the Qu family, who were worshiped by Xiong Xin as generals, fought with Xiang Yu's army on a river beach northwest of Pengcheng.
The troops under his command were not at all the defeated opponents of Xiang Yu's subordinates, and they were even captured by Xiang Yu himself in the battle.
Of course, Xiang Yu did not kill this person, but released him back to Pengcheng.
Xiang Yu didn't let him go in vain, but said a word to this Qu family disciple and asked him to bring Xiong Xin:
"You tell Bear Heart, does he want to kill himself, or will I help him get free?"
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After Xiong Xin heard such a sentence, he directly sat on his throne. After he came back to his senses, he quickly thought of a solution, that is, in the name of Emperor Yi, he asked for help from the princes of the world, and then looked for an opportunity to kill Xiang Yu.
However, he was too naΓ―ve, and now the princes were not in the mood to care about the life or death of him, the righteous emperor, and Xiang Yu was waiting for a reply not far from Pengcheng, so he would not have time to react......
So, Xiong Xin didn't let his edict leave Pengcheng too far, so Xiang Yu led his troops outside Pengcheng.
The Chu army defending the city was basically unwilling to fight Xiong Xin, and they even opened the city gate and let Xiang Yu enter Pengcheng.
The final result of Chu Huai Wang Xiong Xin can also be imagined.
After begging Xiang Yu for mercy to no avail, this sheep herding baby finally had the courage to pick up the sword that Xiang Yu threw at his feet, and cut the blade of the sword open his neck......
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King Chu Huai is dead, and for Zhang Jiashi, it has nothing to do with it.
But for Liu Bang, this is a good opportunity for him. He planned to avenge Xiong Xin at this time, and then completely break away from Xiang Yu's control.
But Zhang Liang stopped Liu Bang's idea at this time, because he himself knew that it was not a good thing for Liu Bang to do this now.
Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's advice, and then continued to lead his army south.
Of course, his hands and feet were quite unclean, because the land that was originally divided near Yingdu under Xiong Xin's command was occupied by Liu Bang. After Liu Bang occupied Yingdu, he sent Zhou Bo and others south to Jiujiang County, and then received the land that belonged to him.
According to Zhang Liang's idea, occupying Yingdu can go against the current and attack the two counties of Bashu, which can be attacked and defended.
Liu Bang followed Zhang Liang's advice before making this arrangement.
Of course, Liu Bang would not have thought that even Zhang Liang would selectively ignore the existence of a person.
Zhang Jiashi would not let the two counties of Bashu out so easily...... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )