Before Liu Bang arrived at Wuguan, a major event occurred.

Zhang Han surrendered to Xiang Yu with 200,000 Qin troops.

It should be said that Zhang Shaofu finally found a reason to surrender, Zhang Han has been fighting in the south and north in recent years, but the DPRK and China have become more and more smoky. In order to control the government and crack down on dissidents, Zhao Gao even pointed at the deer as a horse in public, so to speak, the court has become Zhao Gao's personal court, and the Qin Dynasty has no hope.

Zhang Han was fed up, but after all, he had a lot of feelings for the Qin Dynasty, he didn't dare to fight with Xiang Yu in order to preserve his strength, but the hateful thing was that Zhao Gao used this as an article to accuse Zhang Han of having different intentions in order to crack down on dissidents. In order to show his innocence, Zhang Shaofu sent Sima Xin to Xianyang to explain, but he couldn't see the emperor or Zhao Gao.

Frightened, Sima Xin could only run back, and tried to persuade Zhang Han to surrender Xiang Yu, Zhang Han thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind to surrender. Xiang Yu refused to accept Zhang Han's surrender at first, but after a few battles, he accepted Zhang Han's surrender because of the lack of food and grass. Xiang Yu sealed Han as the king of Yong, and Sima Xin as the general.

Those who are officials are still officials, but those who are soldiers are miserable, Xiang Yu is worried that the Qin Dynasty will mutiny and kill all 200,000 people. This is a very serious incident, at that time, the population of Guanzhong was about two or three million, and Xiang Yu killed one-tenth of them at once, which means that Xiang Yu and every family in Guanzhong have formed a bitter enmity.

Water can carry a boat, or it can capsize a boat.

After Xiang Yukeng killed the Qin Dynasty, the elite of the Qin Dynasty was lost.

The Qin Dynasty was already angry.

Xiang Yu's subordinates began to play with Xianyang's idea.

Liu Bang learned about this from Wu Rui's general, Mei Xuan, and was worried that Xiang Yu would come to grab the credit. This is an immortal work, how can it fall into the hands of others?

Liu Bang ordered the whole army to speed up the pace of marching.

In the third year of Qin II (207 BC), in August, Liu Bang led his army to occupy Wuguan without much effort. Xianyang is already close at hand.

This is a small step for Liu Bang, but it is a big step for history. The four fortresses of the Qin Dynasty (Hangu Pass, Xiao Pass, Dasan Pass, Wu Pass), for hundreds of years, the vassal states have repeatedly deterred here, and now they are broken by a leader of the rebel army from a civilian background.

The remnant sun is like blood, and a dynasty has finally come to an end.

I still remember that hundreds of years ago, the vassal states "tasted ten times the land, millions of troops, knocked on the pass and attacked Qin." The Qin people switched and extended the enemy, and the divisions of the Nine Kingdoms patrolled and did not dare to enter" (Han Jiayi).

In just a few hundred years, the Qin Empire's invincible momentum has disappeared.

History is so cruel and unforgiving.

After Liu Bang occupied Wuguan, Zhao Gao couldn't hold it anymore, and Qin II, who was in the deep palace, finally knew about it. He immediately sent an envoy to question Zhao Gao, and Zhao Gao was shocked that the emperor he brought up could not continue to fool him. In a panic, he came up with a poisonous plan: to replace people. If you change to a capable person, maybe you can keep the Great Qin River, even if I was bad before, I finally have the credit for supporting the new monarch. not to the death penalty.

Zhao Gao is still dreaming of a thousand years. Ahem, sister-in-law Zhao, don't you know how bad your reputation is?

His godson-in-law Yan Le, under the instruction of Zhao Gao, killed several guards, rushed into the palace, saw Qin II, and said: "You are arrogant and extravagant, and you kill innocents indiscriminately, everyone in the world betrays you, please judge yourself for the people of the world!" ”

No matter how stupid Qin II is, he can still hear the chill in it. He shuddered and asked, "Who sent you?"

Yan Le no longer avoided it, and said directly, Prime Minister.

Can I see the prime minister? II was almost pleading.

No way.

I'll abdicate and be a county king, okay?

No way.

What about the Marquis of Wanhu?

No way.

Do nothing, just give me a way to live. Qin II was already crying.

No way. Yan Le was already very impatient and said: You kid is endless. So he led his troops forward and prepared to send him to the western heavens.

Qin II didn't want to be humiliated, so he quickly drew his sword and killed himself.

The youngest son of the great Qin Shi Huang, the most incompetent monarch of the Great Qin Empire, dedicated his life to the cause of fun, fought for the collapse of the Qin Dynasty for the rest of his life, and was scolded by thousands of people, and finally bravely rode the crane west at the age of twenty-three.

After the death of Qin II, Yan Le returned to Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao led the crowd to rush to the Qin Sect's house to make Ziying the king. In view of the fact that Qin only had the territory left before the unification of the Six Kingdoms, it was not appropriate to be established as the emperor, and Ziying succeeded to the throne as the king of Qin.

On this end, Zhao Gao played a good show of supporting the new monarch, but on the other hand, he secretly agreed with Liu Bang that he was willing to carve up the land of Qin. Liu Bang saw the trick and didn't allow it.

Prince Qin did not thank Zhao Gao, he knew that Zhao Gao was speculating again: Dead eunuch, mess up my Great Qin Empire, you still want to live, if the widow doesn't break your body into ten thousand pieces, how can you be worthy of the ancestors and ancestors of the Qin State.

Prince Qin held his breath and waited for the opportunity to get rid of Zhao Gao.

In September, Ziying took advantage of the time when he received the king's seal in the ancestral temple and killed Zhao Gao with his son.

The dead eunuch is really dead.

But the Qin Dynasty has no way to recover.

Liu Bang began to attack the last gateway of the Qin Empire, the pass (now extant).

Prince Qin succeeded to the throne, and he still wanted to make a final struggle. If the Chen Sheng uprising is compared to the Qin Dynasty being terminally ill, then Zhao Gao was killed, and Ziying succeeded to the throne.

It's late, it's all late.

The guard general is not a character.

But Zhang Liang knew him and knew that he was a butcher and was very greedy for money. So, Zhang Liang suggested to Liu Bang to lure him and make an appointment to surrender. Liu Bang did so, and the guards of the pass got the goods, and they were really happy, and secretly agreed to surrender. The defense of Yaoguan suddenly relaxed.

Liu Bang was overjoyed, and sent someone to Guannei to make a contract with the Qin general on the next day, but at this time Zhang Liang stopped, "Lord, no, this is just a surrender of the guard, but the soldiers under him don't necessarily think so." If we enter the customs with him, and there is something wrong on the way, then we are in danger, and just in case, it is best to take them by surprise while the defense of the pass is lax now. ”

Zhang Liang is indeed a scheming strategist. Victory is in sight, he is still meticulous, and he knows very well that there is no room for a little slip-up at the most critical moment.

Liu Bang nodded yes.

So, he ordered Zhou Bo to lead the front army to occupy the pass.

The guards of the pass were still dreaming of making a fortune and being promoted, and Zhou Boqian's army was the first to rush to the pass. If the guard is not careful, he will die with a whimper. The guards were killed, and the guards were even more chaotic, and under Zhou Bo's slashing, they fled in all directions.

The last barrier of the Qin Dynasty was inexplicably breached.

Liu Bang is one step closer to Xianyang.

At this moment, Liu Bang is full of spirits, and there seem to be thousands of horses galloping in his heart, full of pride: I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I haven't been here for many years, and today I finally stand here again. Brother Qin Shi Huang, have you ever thought that your eternal foundation would be destroyed in the hands of a certain Liu Laosan today. Surely you haven't thought about it, and you can't think of it, sleep well, hahaha...

Liu Bang did not stay too much in the pass, after staying in the army to guard, led the army to continue to move forward, there was occasional resistance along the way, but also effortlessly solved the battle, after defeating the Xianyang defenders in the north and south of Lantian, the Qin Dynasty no longer had the strength to organize resistance, Liu Bang was stationed in Duxia (the suburb of Xianyang).

Ziying panicked and hurriedly convened all the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss countermeasures.

There was Zhang Han before, and now he has also voted for Xiang Yu, and everyone really has no choice.

Don't think about anything.

Liu Bang sent someone to deliver a letter to Ziying. The content of the letter is very simple, and it can be summed up in seven words: surrender, don't hold on.

Ziying was old, and he didn't want to toss anymore and decided to surrender. According to the ancient rite of surrender, he opened the gate of Xianyang City, rode a white horse, set up a plain car, held the jade seal of the country with tears in his hands, and waited beside the road, waiting for Liu Bang's arrival.

Liu Bang led the whole army, lined up in a neat line, and came to the city gate with high spirits.

At this moment, Liu Bang's heart was full of pride and pride, and he even trembled with excitement.

Prince Qin knelt down to Liu Bang and begged.

A royal monarch kneels to a commoner.

What does this mean? It means that the old order of the times is broken, and a new era is about to begin.

And all this is in exchange for war and blood, and there is no other way! Is there really none?

The autumn breeze is cool, and a dynasty has finally come to an end.

Qin, a prince from 770 BC, fought for hegemony during the reign of Qin Mu, and Qin became one of the great powers. During the reign of Qin Xiaogong, Shang Ying changed the law, and the Qin State became hegemonic. As for the First Emperor, he swallowed up the six kingdoms and unified the world. Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, and the Qin State was in turmoil, and the country died in 207 BC. Thirty-two monarchs, five hundred and sixty-three years.

As for its glory and achievements, its brutality and mistakes, its merits and demerits, we will wait for the establishment of the Han Dynasty to be fully reviewed.

Liu Bang still has a longer and more difficult time to go.

In this year, the prince of Qin surrendered and the Qin Dynasty fell, and this year is also known as the first year of the Han Dynasty.