Chapter 210: Qin III Sacrifices Xianyang

One evening in October 206 B.C., a tight gust of north wind swept over the Guanzhong Plain, it was already the season of early winter, and a round of white sun was crumbling, as if heralding the fall of the Great Qin Empire, and the whole sky was also filled with a scornful and cold atmosphere. At this time, the army of Chu led by Liu Bang came to the hegemony before the princes of the world.

Bashang is the Bailuyuan in the east of Xi'an City, which is named after Ba Shui. There is a small city called Bayi, which is about 30 miles away from Lantian County, because it is close to Xianyang, so the scale of Bayi is about the same as some remote counties. At this time, Pei Gong was very interested and wanted to go west. Zhang Liang and Xiao He said: "Don't worry, Duke Pei, since the people call the Chu army a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, you might as well do benevolent and righteous things." Pei Gong asked the two of them what they thought. Zifang said: "This place is already very close to Xianyang, if your 100,000 army goes further, it will definitely cause the fear of the Qin people, and those who don't know the truth will also flee. Therefore, you might as well station your soldiers and horses, and send people to Xianyang to recruit the Qin monarchs and ministers first, and treat them with courtesy. The third generation has a benevolent and righteous heart, and will definitely give up resistance taking into account various factors, so that it will not alarm the people, and can smoothly enter Xianyang. Pei Gong agreed very much, so he immediately ordered the camp to go down, and then said to Zhang Cang: "Lord Yushi, you should know the situation of the Qin State best, and the Qin people are also very familiar with you. You can serve as a special envoy to go with the two lords Li and Lu to recruit Emperor Qin and see if they are willing to sacrifice Xianyang? Zhang Cang accepted the task, and Li Shiqi and Lu Jia took the surrender document and walked towards Xianyang.

As the sun sets, the sky gradually darkens. At this time, Pei Gong and his soldiers were standing in front of the empty camp gate and looking at the western sky, and they saw that those elusive little stars had blinked their eyes, as if to tell people the end of the unfortunate era of the past and the arrival of a new era. At this time, everyone's hearts are full of excitement and excitement, and the mysterious starlight and dreamy night sky also make every hero think about it. Some family lovers imagined that if the Qin State surrendered, the war would end, and everyone could go home, and maybe they would be able to live a peaceful and happy life. After a while, the vast Bailu Plain was already shrouded in night, and all the noisy sounds were quiet, and everything was calm.

The news of Wang Juan's martyrdom was reported to Xianyang, and the third beat his chest and cried, and then convened the civil and military to discuss the future. However, many officials were already hiding from the court at this time, and only a few officials such as Neishi came to the court. The third world has reached the time when the heavens should not be called, and the earth and the earth should not be spiritual. Suddenly, Han Tan walked in and said, "Your Majesty, there are many people in Xianyang who are running out with the old and the young, crying!" When the third world heard this, his arms stiffened, and there was nothing he could think of. There was not much time, and another official came to report that the Chu army had reached the hegemony. Han Tan had no choice but to say to the third world: "Your Majesty, the matter is urgent, it is better to go to the hometown of Longxi to gather the militia, and you can also rely on the danger of Longshan to resist the rebels!" The third world said: "The people of the old place are often harassed by Rong Di, and the Qin State lacks favor to them, and there is no army to escort them, if they go, they will inevitably encounter accidents!" Suddenly, someone ran in and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Bang's envoy has arrived." The third was almost stunned, he didn't expect the Pei Guild to send an envoy. Han Tan hurriedly said, "Since they have sent an envoy, you might as well let them in and listen to what they have to say." The third generation had no choice but to look up to the sky and shout: "I didn't expect that the foundation created by the ancestors of the Ying clan would be destroyed in my hands!" The third world was silent for a while, and then said helplessly: "Please invite the envoy of the Chu State to come in." ”

After a while, Zhang Cang and the other three walked in, and they politely saluted the monarch and ministers, calling them Your Majesty. Seeing this, the fear of the third world was eliminated at once, he did not expect that the people of the Qin State who were called traitors were actually a few polite Confucians, and they behaved decently and spoke elegantly, not at all like a demon king who killed people without blinking. Especially Zhang Cang, who was also a former official of the Qin State. Thinking of this, a sense of security suddenly enveloped his whole body, and he asked Zhang Cang: "What do you want to do here?" Zhang Cang said: "The world betrayed Qin, the sin is not Your Majesty, we just want to come to this point, and ask Your Majesty to focus on the overall situation, if you can give up resistance and negotiate the handover procedures in Xianyang, the Chu army will not enter the city, and it will not frighten the people again." When the third world heard this, he knew that they had come to surrender, so he bowed his head and remained silent. At this time, Nei Shi said: "Your Majesty, what you dreamed about a few days ago is a sign of the death of the Qin State!" Now all the guards and officials in Xianyang together are less than a thousand, so you can agree to their request! Li Shiqi and Lu Jia also said: "Your Majesty, you have done your best, but the rise and fall of the country is certain, and General Liu is generous and benevolent, he will not embarrass Your Majesty, please follow everyone's advice to hand over Xianyang's treasury, household registration, money and grain safely, and the people will also praise your wisdom." Han Tan saw that the matter had come to this point, so he had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, it seems that what Master Zhang said is also reasonable, so just agree to their request!" At this time, the third generation was completely desperate, so he had to say to Zhang Cang painfully: "Tomorrow morning, I am willing to lead all the officials to Yidao to welcome the Chu army into the city, and then I will present the jade seal of the country to General Liu!" Zhang Cang and the others kowtowed: "Your Majesty is wise! After Zhang Cang and the others left, the third said to Han: "Now show the proclamation and tell the people that I am willing to sacrifice Xianyang to the Chu State, so that the people will not flee again." Han Tan wiped his tears and promised to do so.

That night, when the third emperor came to the ancestral temple of Shanglin Yuan for the last time, he knelt in front of the tablet of the former king and cried: "I have only been on the throne for forty-five days, and tomorrow I will hand over the centuries-old inheritance to others, please forgive my incompetence!" I only hate Zhao Gao for misleading the country, the national strength has been exhausted, and I really can't go back to the sky! When he said this, he began to cry profusely, and his eyes were swollen with crying. Han Tan endured his grief and persuaded him to return to Xianyang Palace.

The next day, in the sky of Xianyang City, a round of red sun rose, and the brilliant sunshine sprinkled all over the land of Guanzhong, and people already felt a little warmth and started a new day. Pei Gong had already made preparations, and he led his soldiers to Yidao in advance. About 20 miles away from Bashang, there is a Changting Post Station, which is a place dedicated to receiving passing envoys and officials, and Pei Gong is eagerly awaiting his arrival. After a while, I saw a line of white teams coming from the official road in front of me. Pei Gong turned around and joked to everyone: "You all stand neatly, don't make a fuss when you see the emperor, otherwise people will laugh at us as countrymen!" The soldiers smiled and agreed. At this time, the soldiers of the Chu army lined up and waited, allowing the north wind of the hunt to blow the horns of the battle flag on the helmets and cheeks of the soldiers.

When the people of Xianyang heard that the emperor was going out of the city to surrender, many people came to watch. When they came to Yidao, they were relieved to see that the Chu army was orderly and disciplined, and they did not look like thieves at all. At this time, the third emperor led more than 100 officials of the Qin State, with white horses and chariots, came to the front of Pei Gong and saluted respectfully. Pei Gong and the soldiers also returned the salute together. After the meeting, the third emperor dedicated the six seals of the Son of Heaven to Pei Gong one by one, including the jade seal of the country known as the seal of the Son of Heaven carved from the Heshi Bi, which is worth a lot of money, as well as the Xianyang Order Seal. This means that the third emperor dedicated the power to be emperor and the entire Xianyang City to the Chu army.

Pei Gong accepted them one by one, and then handed them over to the officials for safekeeping. At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Big brother! Kill this guy! There was a buzz in the third world's head, and everyone was taken aback. As soon as Pei Gong heard this rough voice, he knew that it was Fan Xu, so he turned his head and glared at him, and said, "King Chu Huai knew that I would not kill innocents indiscriminately, so he ordered me to enter the customs. If I kill the innocent three, what will the people think of me? Besides, the third generation has already got rid of Zhao Gao, he has contributed to the Qin State, to the world, and it is ominous to kill! He said to Xiao He: "I handed over Emperor Qin to you, you must protect him, if someone wants to plot against him, you can cut it first!" With that, he unsheathed his sword and handed it to Xiao He. Xiao He took the sword and said loudly: "Obey the orders of General Pei!" Fan was stunned. Seeing that Pei Gong was like this, the third emperor immediately knelt down and thanked him. Pei Gong said to the ministers of the Qin State again: "You are all loyal ministers of the Qin State, and now you are in the army, so be my teacher!" When the officials of the Qin State heard that Pei Gong wanted them to be teachers, they all knelt down in gratitude and thanked them. At this time, Cao Wuxian, who was standing in the back row, had a strange expression, and a strange smile seemed to pass through the corners of his eyes.

Suddenly, a loud bell rang, and I don't know which Taoist temple was striking the bell. When the third generation heard this sound, it was like a death knell, but when Pei Gong heard this bell, his heart was shocked, this was a deafening and resonating sound. He already had a premonition that a new era was coming, and he was the leader of this era, or the new master of the entire Guanzhong. Because when starting from Pengcheng, King Chu Huai had an agreement that "whoever enters the customs first will be the king of the pass". This loud slogan was like a huge bait, attracting countless heroes who bent their waists for the country, who marched to Xianyang at all costs for this supreme honor, and Pei Gong was the best of these heroes, and the victor of today. Pei Gong couldn't suppress the joy in his heart at this time, and then led the army to continue advancing.

Everyone finally came to Xianyang City, Chu Jun was indeed stunned when he saw everything in front of him, it turned out that there were tall and majestic buildings everywhere, what palaces and temples, pavilions and pavilions, and color house galleries were all exquisitely carved, especially the incomparable Weishui Hongqiao, which shocked people's hearts, and everyone's eyes were almost dazzled by this fairytale world, because every scenery attracted their attention. At this time, a miracle appeared, the entire Xianyang Ten Thousand Alleys were empty, and the people all knelt on both sides of the road with incense to welcome the Chu army and welcome Pei Gong into the city. Pei Gong waved to the people from time to time. When the army came to the city, Pei Gong ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, and only a few hundred people were brought into the city. But at this time, the sergeants had to earn money to enter the city to visit the world-famous Xianyang Palace. Pei Gong smiled and said: "So many people and animals, each of them sprinkled a soak of urine and pulled a soak of, and they didn't smoke the beauties in Xianyang Palace to death!" When I finish inspecting the treasury, I'll let you visit it in batches. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.

Pei Gong came to the city accompanied by Zifang, Xiao He and others, and they saw that the walls of the inner city were painted with color, like a rainbow, so Pei Gong asked strangely why he painted the city with paint. The official of the Qin State replied: "This is because the second emperor was afraid that thieves would climb the city wall, so he used the trick of a dwarf and painted it with paint, thinking that if the wall was smooth, it would not be easy for thieves to climb up." Pei Gong smiled and asked, "This thief refers to us Chu people, right?" The official who spoke hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty. Pei Gong laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a thief or a good person, what matters is what kind of person they think the emperor is." "The officials of the Qin State are only submissive. Pei Gong continued: "I used to come here on a business trip, and I was fortunate enough to see the scene of the First Emperor when he went on tour, and the style can be said to be quite spectacular! Fan Hao smiled and said, "Big brother, are you being squeezed into the middle of the room to peek?" Xiahou Ying interjected: "My eldest brother and I looked at it generously, who said it was peeking?" Pei Gongdao: "It's not a peek, it's just mixed in the crowd." If the Great First Emperor had seen that I was coming to occupy his palace today, he would have killed me! Pei Gong said to Zhang Liang again: "It's still sir!" When I saw the First Emperor, I only had envy, unlike you, but I threw him a big iron cone weighing dozens of catties! Haha, Mr. is the earliest anti-Qin hero in Shandong! ”

Everyone laughed and came to the gate of Xianyang Palace, only to see twelve tall and majestic bronze giants still standing on both sides of the palace gate, as if to welcome everyone, without the slightest hostility towards the onlookers. Zhang Liang looked at the bronze giant and said: "The great First Emperor destroyed all the weapons in the world to cast these bronze figures, the purpose of which is to prevent anyone from rebelling, but he never thought that King Chen was chopping wood for soldiers and uncovering the rod!" Zhang Liang's tumbling thoughts at this time are also like a tide, he at first embarked on the road of anti-Qin with a narrow revenge mentality, just wanted to use a blow to fight the waves and sand to achieve the goal of revenge, but he failed, and then lived in seclusion in Xiapi, and then learned from the pain, with ten years to sharpen a strong will, and then finally walked out of Xiapi, and Liu Bang met in the reserve, they have since met in the storm, and they have thrown themselves into the vigorous anti-Qin trend. He not only has a magnificent vision, but also has the Confucian concept of saving the world, and pursues the Tianxingjian, the gentleman with a strong determination to strive for self-improvement, and finally assisted the wise and foolish Liu Bang to complete the mission of entering the customs to destroy Qin, and achieved the world's miraculous achievements, and also completed the arduous and glorious task given to him by the old man of Yuanqiao.

Xiao He's heart was also difficult to calm down, and he also had a kind and benevolent heart at the beginning, wanting to make a difference in politics. But it backfired, Qin's x politics aroused the dissatisfaction of the people of the world, he had long seen through that the Qin State would not last long, and sooner or later it would perish, so he rejected Zhang Cang's recommendation in Pei County, and later Chen Sheng raised troops, and he saw the great power of the uprising with a far-sighted vision, and finally decided to support Liu Bang, who had the wind of the elderly, as the leader, and threw himself into the tide of the uprising, after three years of arduous and bloody battles, he finally defeated the strong enemy and ended an era.

Liu Bang as the commander of the army, he is even more widely benevolent, although he lacks grand strategy, but he is broad-minded, can be polite to people, regard Zhang Liang and Xiao He as a humerus, and brainstorming, can listen to suggestions from all sides, coupled with the brave fighting of all soldiers and the careful planning of many strategists, he finally completed the mission entrusted to him by history. He and his civil and military generals will become the pride of the Chinese nation and a great man in history and will be famous through the ages, and they will always be worthy of the admiration and admiration of future generations. There are talented people from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of years.

At this time, in front of the splendid Xianyang Palace, there were rolled red flags and moving heads everywhere, and the soldiers also enjoyed this great and sacred place. Those palace maids who have lived here for many years have also begun to walk out of the palace gate and carnival with everyone. Xianyang Palace was boiling, Xianyang City was boiling, and all the people who heard about the fall of the Qin State were boiling. From the founding of the state of Feizi in 900 BC to the unification of the world by Qin Shi Huang, who was officially called the emperor, and then to the death of the third son of Qin, it took 694 years. This tells the story of heroes and sages and working people who were not afraid of violence, rose up to fight in the face of suffering, and finally overthrew the X government.

The poem says:

Qin Guan Xiao moved Gao Qiu, and the west flew in vain.

Twelve golden people welcome the iron halberd, and three thousand fans go down to Qionglou.

Cuihan does not hinder the chaos in Shandong, and Weishui is difficult to stop flowing day and night.

Different generations are all born of Chen Houzhu, and there is an imperial state in Guanhekong.