11 Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were defeated

However, it is said that Xingyang is an important passage to Guanzhong, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. There was also a nearby Ao Cang where Qin hoarded a large amount of grain. Taking Xingyang opens the portal to Guanzhong. Taking Aocang again can not only cut off the supply of grain and grass for the Qin army, but also solve the problem of military supplies for the rebel army. Chen Sheng's strategic intention of sending heavy troops to capture Xingyang was very clear. When the news of Wu Guang's defeat in capturing Xingyang came back to Chen County, Chen Sheng was very anxious, and in order to ensure the realization of his strategic intention, he sent Zhou Wenwei as a general to lead his troops west to attack Qin, and took advantage of the conditions of Wu's vast army to contain the main force of the Qin army, bypassing Xingyang and taking Hangu Pass.

Since Qin II killed the ministers and princes, he thought that there was nothing to do in the world, and he had fun in the palace every day, and did not ask about foreign affairs. One day, a messenger was sent back to Beijing from the east to resume his life, and he said, "The soldier Chen Sheng killed the general, and the rebellion has been based on Chen County, and the order is issued." The second is the most taboo on weekdays, and he was furious when he heard it, saying that it was a rumor, and he ordered the confessor to be sent to prison for punishment.

The second is not at ease. Then he summoned a group of doctors and Confucian scholars and asked, "I recently heard that the soldiers of Chu Di attacked Qi and entered Chen, what do you think?" More than 30 doctors and Confucian scholars stepped forward and said, "This is a rebellion, and it should be a capital crime!" May Your Majesty send troops to strike at him quickly. When the second saw that the people were rebelling again, there was no answer in his mouth, and his face was filled with anger.

Uncle Sun Tong, who was waiting for the edict, saw the color of the second and knew that what everyone said touched his taboo, so he stepped forward and said: "What all living beings say is not the truth. Now there is a Ming monarch in the world, the laws and regulations are complete, everyone is in office, and there are people who dare to rebel! This is just a group of thieves, and the county guard can capture and punish the crime, so why worry! When the second heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is very good! And he asked them one by one. Or the opposite is true; Or a thief. The second ordered the imperial history to be verified one by one. Anyone who speaks against the word will be imprisoned and punished, and whoever speaks and steals will be dismissed. He gave his uncle and grandson twenty horses, one clothes, and worshiped as a doctor.

When his uncle and grandson returned home, a group of deposed beings said to him, "Why is the gentleman so sycophant? Uncle Sun Tong replied: "If I don't cover it up, I will inevitably fall into the tiger's mouth!" Now it's uninhabitable. After that, he abandoned the official and fled back to Xuedi.

The second felt a little relieved after listening to his uncle's words. After a while, another messenger came from the east, and the second asked him, "How is the outside?" The messenger knew that he would be offended by speaking outright, so he falsely said, "Although there are bandits outside, the captain is chasing them." Now that they have all been captured, Your Majesty has nothing to worry about! "The second is overjoyed, and he still cares about the amusement. A group of courtiers saw that the second emperor was so taboo, and no one dared to report the disturbances outside.

Until the winter and October of the second year of the second year, a spy reported: "Zhou Wen led hundreds of thousands of troops to the theater." "The ministers saw that the enemy soldiers were approaching, and it was difficult to hide it. The second was not shocked when he heard this! Hurry up and convene a council of courtiers. Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't think about it, and there was Shaofu Zhang Han next to him who came out of the class and said: "Now that the thieves are pressing, it may be too late to send soldiers to the county." There are many people who have committed crimes and work in Lishan, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive their sins and give them weapons to attack. "The second quasi-play, issued an edict to amnesty the world. That is, Zhang Han was ordered to be the general, and the Lishan soldiers were organized into an army and brought to the enemy.

However, it is said that although there are many Chu soldiers, they are mostly rabble, and they are untrained. In addition, the weapons were insufficient, and there was no major enemy along the way, so it was not defeated. This time, he encountered more than 100,000 soldiers led by Zhang Han, all of whom were born as prisoners, and they were happy to be pardoned, so they moved forward desperately. With sharp weapons, Zhou Wen was defeated in successive battles and retreated to Caoyang to be stationed. Zhang Han chased after him, and Zhou Wen was defeated again. Walking to Michi, Zhou Wen saw that he was exhausted, drew his sword and killed himself. The soldiers were scattered in all directions without a master. When the second heard that Zhang Han had won, he sent the chief Shi Sima Xin, Dong Fei and Zhang Han to attack the group of thieves.

Zhang Han led his troops eastward and marched towards Xingyang. Xingyang was surrounded by Wu Guang, the fake king of Chu, and did not go down for several months. The news of Zhou Wen's death in battle and Zhang Han's march came one after another, and Wu Guang had no other way to do it, so he still stationed troops in the city. The generals Tian Zang, Li Gui and others privately discussed: "Zhou Wen's army has been defeated, the Qin soldiers are coming, our army has not besieged Xingyang so far, if you don't know the change plan, I am afraid that the Qin soldiers will attack inside and outside, how to support!" Now it is better to leave less troops to contain Xingyang, and the elite will drive forward to the Imperial Qin army, so as to avoid being trapped in a decisive battle. Today, Wang Jiao doesn't know the difficulties and plans of the army, and it seems that the only way to get rid of others is to act. So he decided to plan Guang and fabricated King Chen's order until Wu Guangqian. Wu Guang got down and received the order, only to hear Tian Zang say sharply: "King Chen has an edict, the fake king Wu Guang stays in Xingyang, and he should be executed for a secret conspiracy!" Speaking of the word dead, without waiting for Wu Guang to speak, he pulled out his saber and slashed at Guang. How could Wu Guang resist with his bare hands, and he didn't take precautions, seeing that he was injured by a knife and couldn't move. Li Gui took another step and killed him naturally with a chop. Immediately showed Wu Guang's head to the public, and said that he was ordered to punish Guang and the public. The public has been deceived and has no complaints.

Tian Zang was very cunning, that is, he wrote a submission, accusing Wu Guang of how to stop the army and how to plot changes, and said it vividly, and even sent someone to hold Wu Guang's head and submit a document to King Chen. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang conspired to raise troops with equal qualifications, and they were already secretly suspicious, and they were very happy to receive Tian Zang's report, so they immediately sent them back, and sent another subordinate official to order Yin Yinxin to Citian Zang, and named Tian Zang as a general. Tian Zang was overjoyed when he was ordered, and as soon as he sent people to go, he left Li Gui and others to surround Xingyang, and led his elite troops westward to the enemy Qin army. When I arrived in Aocang, I saw the Qin army rushing all over the mountains, with bright flags and majestic soldiers and horses, and the Chu soldiers were afraid, even Tian Zang was also timid. The Qin general Zhang Han is known as a fierce man, and he often takes the lead in every battle, and the Chu army is also the first to attack this time. The Qin army enthusiastically followed, and immediately broke through the Chu array and stirred left and right, as if a tiger had entered the flock and was invincible. Tian Zang saw that he was invincible and was about to escape, but it happened that Zhang Han rushed in and was meeting Tian Zang, Tian Zang was caught off guard and was killed by Zhang Han. The Chu army lost its commander, and they all ran around. Zhang Han took advantage of the victory and advanced to the city of Xingyang. Li Gui heard that Tian Zang was defeated and died, as if his soul had been taken away, but he had to start a battle. The Qin army is indeed a stake, no one dares to take the spear and halberd, plus Zhang Han's big knife, the whirlwind flies and sweeps thousands of troops. Li Gui didn't care whether he was alive or dead, and he also wanted to fight with a gun, but after a few times, Zhang Han shouted, split his head to the ground, and a soul galloped into the ghost gate. The remnant will die or descend, and it will not be elaborated.

Zhang Han cut two generals to relieve the siege of Xingyang, redivided the troops to attack Tan, drove away the defender Deng Shuo, and led troops to attack Xucheng. Xu Cheng's guard Wu Xu was defeated and fled, and went to Chen County with Deng Shuo to meet Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng inquired about the two of them, and Wu Xu was outnumbered and still Qu Yuan; Deng said that it would be a shame to flee without a fight, so he ordered him to be tied up and put to death. He also ordered Cai Ci of Shangzhu to lead troops to resist Zhang Han, and Cai Ci fought a battle with Zhang Han's army and was killed by Zhang Han. Zhang Han drove to Chen County, Chen Sheng was in a hurry, and led thousands of people to defend against the enemy.

The words are divided into two ends, but it is said that Wuchen and Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others led the troops to the north, crossed the river from Baimajin, and the counties they passed through were all over the heroes, nothing more than that they were tyrannical Qin and had no way to labor the people, and the rope was forced to be harsh by the law. When Haojie heard these righteous words, he immediately decided to divide the cities as the forerunner, and many of the guards in the city were killed. Ten cities were taken in succession, and the number of people gathered more and more, so that when they crossed the river, there were only 3,000 people, but now there were tens of thousands.

At the moment, Wu Chen was promoted to Wu Xinjun, and then he made an offer. However, Yucheng was unyielding, and the recruits refused to defend it. Wuchen led the crowd to the northeast and attacked Fanyang alone. Fan Yang ordered Duke Xu to have the ambition to defend the city, that is, the armor and soldiers were ready to resist.

Fan Yang people are sharp and skillful in words. After learning the art of the Warring States, he wanted to show his talent. Seeing that the Wuchen army was about to arrive in Fanyang, the county commander Xu Chengcheng was preparing to defend against the enemy, and Kui Che went to see the county commander and said: "The minister is the people of Fanyang, and the worried prince will die and hang the father." Xu Gong asked why. Kui Che replied: "I have been a county magistrate for more than ten years, and many people have been killed by public punishment on weekdays. His family wanted to kill the public to take revenge. Because of the fear of Qin's strict law, he didn't dare to start. Today's chaos is no longer good. Such people will be the first to kill the public, both to avenge and to become famous, so Chelchert came to hang the public. Now I heard that Wu Xinjun is coming soon, if you stick to Fanyang, the people of Fanyang will definitely kill and surrender. Now if you send your ministers to see Wu Xinjun, you can turn the disaster into a blessing! As soon as Xu Gong heard this, he prepared a carriage and horse to send Kuaiche there.

Kuaiche saw the Wuchen and said: "You must wait for the victory to get the land and the city, and there is no free thing!" The minister has a plan to make the land without a fight, the city without attacking, and the spread of a thousand miles, do you want to hear it? Wu Chen said: "What is this plan?" "Kui Che said: "Fanyang County ordered Xu Gong to be Qin Chen. When he heard that there were enemy soldiers, he should lead his soldiers to defend the city and resist the enemy. Helplessly, his people are afraid of death, and they are greedy for the throne, and they want to raise the city and surrender to their feet. If Xu Gong was killed in accordance with the previous law because he was an official of Qin, then the officials of all cities took Fan Yang's order as a precept and swore to stick to it. Although the foot wants to attack it, it is not easy to break. For the sake of the next step, why not hold Hou Yin to grant Fan Yangling, so that Fan Yangling can take Zhu Lunhua's car to parade Yan and Zhao Guowai? When the people of Yan and Zhao saw it, they would inevitably surrender without a fight. The military ministers obeyed his plan, so with 300 chariots and 200 cavalry, Kuaiche took the Hou seal to the Duke of Xu. So the officials of the cities of Zhao fought to surrender. Without killing a single person with an arrow, he won more than 30 cities.

Zhang Er and Chen Yu helped Wuchen determine the land of Yan and Zhao, so they said to Wuchen: "The general has obtained dozens of cities in Zhao with 3,000 soldiers, and it is in Hebei, so he cannot be pacified unless he is the king. And King Chen has recently listened to slanderous rumors and killed the generals in vain, and if the general goes to repay, it may be inevitable that disaster will occur! May the general take advantage of this opportunity to become king in the south, not to be missed. Wu Chen then set himself up as the king of Zhao. Chen Yu is the general, Zhang Er is the right prime minister, and Shao Sao is the left prime minister. Send an envoy to return to King Chen.

When King Chen heard that Wuchen was king, he was furious, so he wanted to kill Wuchen and other families, and sent troops to attack Zhao. Shangzhu Guo Cai Ci admonished: "Now that the violent Qin has not been destroyed, if you kill Wuchen and other families, you will give birth to another Qin." It is better to send He Zhi and order him to lead troops to attack Qin as soon as possible. According to his words, King Chen moved the families of the military ministers into the palace and put them under house arrest. And sealed Zhang Aozi Zhang Ao as Chengdu Jun. He sent an envoy to congratulate King Zhao on the throne and urged him to send troops into the customs.

As soon as Zhang Er and Chen Yu saw the envoy, they knew what King Chen meant, so they said to King Zhao: "According to Zhao, the king is not King Chen's intention. Today, I will send an envoy to congratulate and urge me to attack Qin, I hope that the king will not send troops, and it is advisable to recruit An Yan first and collect the land of Hanoi on his behalf. If you can base the big river in the south and connect Yan and Dai in the north, although Chu wins over Qin, you can't control me. If you don't win, Qin should be reconciled with me. China is neutral between the two countries, and we can take the opportunity to see the changes. "King Zhao did not send troops. Han Guang recruited An Yandi, and Li Liang recruited An Changshan.

However, it was said that Chen Sheng had raised troops from the field, and most of the former cultivators knew him, and because Chen Sheng had a promise that he would never forget about wealth and wealth, he heard that Chen Sheng was the king, and he wanted to climb the scales and attach wings to win glory. At that moment, they went to Chen County to knock on the door and ask for a meeting. When the doorman saw that they were black-faced and ragged, and he hated them very much, he drank and asked what was the matter? The public didn't know what to call it, but they said they wanted to see Chen Sheng. The doorman shouted angrily: "Bold townspeople dare to call me Wang Xiaozi!" While talking, Gu ordered the military service to take down everyone. Everyone hurriedly argued, saying that it was King Chen's old friend.

When the gatekeeper heard that it was King Chen's deceased, he stopped left and right and moved slowly. I don't know if what I said is true or false? Thinking of such a person, King Chen refused to see him. If I report it, I will be responsible for counter-terrorism! It's better to refuse. Then he said to everyone: "You want to see the king after you are free from bondage, how can you and other townsmen be worthy of seeing the king?" With that, he ordered the left and right to be expelled.

The public touched their noses and their hearts were not dead, and the town waited for Chen Sheng to come out near the palace so that they could meet him and talk.

Coincidentally, one day King Chen drove out, everyone stepped forward to fight for Chen Sheng's small characters, Chen Sheng looked down and saw that they were all friends when he was poor, but he was not slack, so he drove everyone into the palace together. The villagers suddenly filled with distinguished guests, and they couldn't help shouting and shouting. Or that the house of the temple was so tall, or that the tent was so novel, and that he took the good wine and good meat, and drank and munched it. Everyone ate happily, and the more nonsense they said, "Chen She, Chen She, I didn't expect this day!" The palace of the sinking king is inhabited by you. One said: "I think when Chen was involved in the farming, he suffered from poor food and clothing, why is he so proud of his great luck today?" Then you said a word, I said a word, someone said him: "Since childhood, he has been a shepherd, unkempt, not like a person." Just for being naughty by nature, I don't know how much I was beaten and scolded by the master! When he grows up, he ploughs the fields for others. Daily diet, one meal without one meal. His clothes were knotted and tattered, and he took refuge in a thatched tent at night. That kind of situation is not as good as us, and I don't want to earn this status today! ”

King Chen's cronies heard this and immediately informed King Chen. And said: "The lord of the king and the lord of the country, every move is seen from far and near. Your guests are ignorant and ignorant and nonsense, and if they are heard, they will not be laughed at by their neighbors, or their own subjects will be detrimental to the majesty of the king, and should be punished for the future. When King Chen heard this, he was furious! Immediately pushed out a few peasants with many words and beheaded them.

When everyone saw King Chen so ruthless, they couldn't help but hurt the rabbit and the fox. I thought that there would be no good in this, but it would cost me my life. They all bid farewell to King Chen. King Chen didn't keep it, and each of them sent some coils for him to go back. The words of "Gou Fugui, don't forget" have long been thrown out of the clouds.

Chen Sheng's wife, father, wife and brother rushed into the meeting. Although Chen Sheng stayed in the palace, he was treated as a slave. The wife and father said angrily: "How can it last long if the momentum is slow!" I don't want to be burdened by this! That is, without saying goodbye, my wife and brother also went.

For this reason, others know that Chen Sheng is mean, discouraged, and unwilling to serve. When the Qin army entered, everyone looked at each other coldly, and no one wanted to die for Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng regretted it, but because the enemy was at present, he had no choice but to supervise the battle. When they arrived at Ruyin, the defeated soldiers had fled back, and Chen Sheng ordered the coachman to return to the car immediately. The coachman's name was Zhuang Jia, and he ran back as he said, and as soon as he was a little slow on the way, Chen Sheng scolded him fiercely. Zhuang Jia simply stopped and did not enter. Chen Sheng was anxious and screamed several times, Zhuang Jia sneered at Chen Sheng angrily, and then slashed the sword in his hand, and the poor Zhang Chu King was cut into two pieces by a coachman.

After the death of King Chen, he raised troops to avenge Lu Chen, broke through Chen County and killed Zhuang Jia, and buried King Chen's body in Dangxian County, and was called the Hidden King. Later generations have poems that sigh:

How did the dead Qin use deception to help Su,

The prince will be a husband.

Hongzhian can chase the birds,

Yushu chats about the fake Ming Fox.

There has never been much success in the first thing,

It is difficult to drive away all for the prosperity of the king.

The tent sank and sneered,

I have forgotten about Xia Coupling and cultivating Wu.