At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 136, Support and Counterinsurgency Strategies

Jiangling City, Gong Ao's mansion. All the powerful men in Nan County gathered here.

"This leader of the rebel army has no tolerance for people at all. How can he achieve great things?" Eshun said angrily.

Eshun was after the king of E of the Chu State. Of course, the main line had long been broken up by the Qin State. The only ones left in Chu were the branches of these princes. However, they had experienced hundreds of years of development and had too many people. Even the Qin Dynasty It is impossible for the country to uproot them.

"We have all been nobles for hundreds of years, but Xu Fan, a fool like us, dared to look down on us once he gained power." An Ling said angrily.

Anling was the king of Chu State, and of course the family also declined under the pressure of Qin State. After all, the families that did not decline had long been moved to Guanzhong by the First Emperor. Staying in Nanjun itself showed that the An family did not have much strength.

"Why are you talking about such useless nonsense? My surname comes from the ancient Gonggong tribe, and my family has a history of three thousand years. Xu Fan also refused to give me face, and was only willing to give me a captain." Gong Ao said irritably.

He betrayed the Nanjun Qin officials and wanted to take the opportunity to go further, but they did not expect that Xu Fan did not pay attention to them so much. This was far from what they expected.

"Now let's think about our next move. It's true as Xu Fan said. Let's concentrate our forces south to attack Qianzhong County, Changsha County and other places to gain a piece of territory for ourselves. It's better to compromise and stay with the rebels. "

"Of course we have to do it ourselves. Now that the Qin people are in trouble, we can completely regain Qianzhong County and Changsha County with our strength. Then we use these two counties to accumulate strength, and we may not be able to counterattack the Central Plains." Eshun said angrily, Xu Fan's The contempt made him hate the rebels.

Ye Teng sneered and said: "You have forgotten that Jiujiang County and Hengshan County have been captured by Xu Fan's subordinate Ji Bu. Half of the entire Chu Kingdom is in Xu Fan's hands, and it is also the richest and most populous county. No matter it is Xiang Liang in Kuaiji County, Qin Jiawuchen in Sishui County, Chen Ying in Donghai County or others, they will not be Xu Fan's opponents.

Now the only one who can suppress the rebels is the tyrant Shi Huangdi. We do not take refuge in the person who is most likely to become the king, but instead take refuge in those who are not worthy of the throne. Do you want to let your family fall for decades more! Decades from now, will our children still remember the glory of their family? "

Ye Teng is also a descendant of a famous family. The idiom Ye Gong loves dragons. Among them, Ye Gong is his ancestor. Ye Gong was a nobleman of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. His real name was Shen Zhuliang. His courtesy name was Zi Gao. He was granted the title of "Ye Gong". For "Ye Gong".

The historical Ye Gong was not as exaggerated as in the idiom story. He only liked to sing high-profile but was not practical. On the contrary, during Ye's administration, he worked hard to develop water conservancy and encourage agriculture and mulberry trees. He led the people to build the East and West Pei, which can irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. It is one of the earliest farmland irrigation projects in Chinese history. It has played a huge role in promoting the economic development of Yedi. It is a famous example in the history of Chu State. A wise minister.

Ye Teng's words silenced everyone. They, the remnants of the Chu State, had been suppressed by the Qin State. It was easy to be reused. If they attacked their own motherland as Chu traitors, they would be reused.

But even if you want to be a second-rate son, the number of places is still limited. If you do, you will be despised by the senior officials of the Qin State. There is an extremely obvious ceiling for development. For the Chu State,

These families are said to be nobles that have been passed down for hundreds of years, but in the land of Qin, they are just ordinary people. They are amazing, but they have a little more land than ordinary people. Qin's suppression of them is not much worse than ordinary people.

"We just accept Xu Fan's humiliation. He is very calculating. He annexed 1 of us but only gave us 5000. After such humiliation, I would rather join Xiang Liang." Eshun said angrily.

Ye Teng said coldly: "You can go and join us to see if you have the ability to stand out. I told you at the beginning that I would revolt and capture Jiangling County, but you guys always said that you have to wait and see. Now even the rebels can't see it." Come on us.”

He could see that his companions were strong on the outside but capable on the inside. If he really had this ability, they would have occupied Nanjun long before Xu Fan broke into Nanjun. They would not have fallen into such an embarrassing situation, but their family had a great business. , How dare you take risks, do big things without sacrificing your own life, and forget your loyalty when you see small profits? It’s them.

The discussion made Gong Ao extremely irritable. He made up his mind and said: "Rather than our Qubu being annexed by the rebels, it is better to find a way out on our own. I plan to take Qubu to Changsha County. The local fan Jun Wu Rui has revolted. I plan to form an alliance with him to attack Qianzhong County together. If you are willing, you can come with me."

After saying that, Gong Ao left. Some of the other powerful people in Chu took a look and found that more than half of them followed Gong Ao. They were all powerful people with many curves in their hands and relatively strong strength. They did not want to lose the power in their hands. In this way, it was annexed by Xu Fan.

Gongdao is the most powerful family among them. The Gong family is a traitor to Chu. When the Qin army attacked Chu, their family also played a role. They thought that the Qin State would accept them like this, but it was a pity that all this happened. It's delusional. They put a lot of effort into destroying Chu, but after so many years, the Gong family didn't even have a county guard worth 2000 shi. The benefits were not proportional, and Gong Ao was extremely dissatisfied with the First Emperor.

So as soon as Xu Fan arrived at Jiangling City this time, Gong Ao immediately led the powerful Nanjun rebels, but he never expected that the rebels would despise him. Not only was the county guard unwilling to give him two thousand dan, but he was not even given the position of school captain. Neither is willing to give it. Before the rebels came, he couldn't become a county guard. After the rebels came, he still couldn't become a county guard with 2000 shi. He didn't rebel in vain. Outraged, Gong Ao decisively decided to lead his own people to conquer the world on his own.

Ye Teng looked at the people who were left behind and said, "This is the Gongfu. If we want to leave, it's up to us to leave."

After saying that, Ye Teng left Gong Ao and came to his own mansion, and a group of powerful people followed him. They didn't want to take risks with Gong Ao, so they could only follow Ye Teng and let him make the decision.

Ye Teng looked at the crowd and said, "We are all our own people who stay here. Everyone wants to seize the opportunity brought by the rebels and revive the family again."

Everyone nodded. They revolted because they couldn't see the plan in Qin State, but they didn't dare to rebel. They wanted to join the rebel army, but they didn't expect that the rebel army would look down on them, so they were let go.

Ye Teng continued: "There is a lack of talents in the rebel army. Look at those rebel generals. Ying Bu is just a prisoner, Ji Bu is a ranger, and as for sending Chen Lin and Deng Zong to the rescue, they are just ordinary civilians who cannot read big words. A few. It can be said that the current rebel army is extremely lacking in both administrative officials and generals.

If we join, even if it is a low-level official position, as long as we are willing to suffer losses, we will be reused very quickly. Although Xu Fan has various shortcomings, we have to say that he is a meritorious person. As long as he has the ability, He was promoted quickly among the rebels. It had only been a few months since Zhang Liang, a Korean, had joined him. Now he had become a member of the rebel army and Xu Fan's right-hand man. "

The strong men in Nanyang looked ugly. If they really wanted to be just a small official, they could get it in Qin, so why should they rebel.

Ye Teng said: "If you want to rise to a higher position, you must have merit. If you join the army and fight, you will naturally rise faster if you win the battle. The other is to use the merit of support. We are best at this. Don't forget where this is. It's The location of Chudu Ying.

Xu Fan has almost regained the entire Chu State, but now he is still a general of Shangzhu State, not even a lord. In what name does he revive our Chu State. And this is also our opportunity. We can completely support Xu Fan as the new King of Chu. There is no greater merit than supporting him. There is no place in the world that is more suitable for being king than Ying.

And this is where we have the advantage, how to do the ceremony of proclaiming the king, how to prepare for the ceremony of the nobles? Who knows better than the rest of us? Doing all this is not our fault. "

Ye Teng's words made everyone excited. Rather than fleeing their hometown and fighting with the Qin army to gain territory, they had to work their way up from the grassroots. It seemed that the merits of supporting the establishment were more suitable for them. next day

Gong Ao found Xu Fan and said he was willing to lead Qubu to attack Changsha County and Qianzhong County, and asked for the support of the rebels.

Xu Fan was overjoyed in his heart. This was a good thing for him. He said unambiguously: "Since you want to capture Changsha County and Qianzhong County, the land left in Nan County is of little use. Our rebel army will provide food, grass, weapons and , tools are exchanged for the land in your hands."

Gong Ao and others were shocked. Xu Fan even wanted their land, but Gong Ao thought that after fighting out, he could become the king of central Guizhou without losing this land. If he lost, he would lose the land, which would be used in exchange for grain, grass, weapons and The equipment is better.

So Gong Ao used the land of his family and the powerful families who followed him in exchange for 500 war horses, 50 stones of grain, 1 sets of armor, spears, swords and other weapons and equipment.

Then Gong Ao led 7000 heavily armed soldiers and tens of thousands of their family members to attack Changsha County.

However, Ye Teng took the remaining powerful people from Chu to find Xu Fan and said: "General Shangzhu led the uprising against Qin, killed more than 20 Qin troops, and revived the six counties of Chu. You are the one who is destined to return to revive Chu. Jiangling City This is the old capital of our Chu Kingdom. Isn’t this exactly what God wants? General Shangzhu, you are here to be enthroned as king.”

The whole place was in an uproar as soon as this statement came out.

Xianyang City, Guanzhong, Palace of Qin Emperor

During this period, the atmosphere in the Zhangtai Palace was extremely depressing, and the attendants were even more cautious, for fear of accidentally angering the First Emperor, and risking their own lives. During this period, there were already five attendants, because they had angered the First Emperor. And being executed, everyone trembled.

Today, Meng Tian, ​​the beloved general of the First Emperor, came to the palace to pay homage to the First Emperor. Feng Quji and Li Si, the left and right prime ministers of the Qin State, were accompanied by Yao Jia, the imperial censor.

Two months have passed since their last discussion, but the situation in the world has become increasingly unfavorable to Qin.

"Meng Qing, the situation in the Chu Kingdom has been completely out of control. The rebellious Xu Fan has successively attacked Nanjun, Nanyang County, Hengshan County, and Jiujiang County. One hundred thousand troops have been annihilated. Most of the Chu land has fallen. The rebels have been difficult to stop. The whole world has once again It has become a raging war." The First Emperor said suppressing his anger.

It’s no wonder that he was so angry. In the past few months, wars were raging all over Guandong, and the remnants of the six kingdoms were rebelling. The world he spent more than 10 years conquering was almost completely lost in more than half a year. For someone as arrogant as the First Emperor, Said, this is simply a humiliation to him. The achievements he had built in half his life were like a castle made of sand, which collapsed in an instant. This was something the First Emperor could not tolerate.

Meng Tian saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the remnants of Guandong seem to be very powerful, but in fact most of them are foreign strongmen and middle cadres. Zhao, Yan and Wei have long been crippled by our Great Qin. Their rebels are just foreign strong but middle cadres. Only the population of Qi State is There are so many. When they unified the world, they surrendered without fighting and retained their vitality. Fortunately, General Feng Jie severely damaged Qi's rebellion. Now they are out of control. Only Chu State has a vast territory. Even if our great Qin keeps dividing Chu State, But Chu State is still strong, which is why Chu State’s rebels are the strongest.”

Meng Tian felt lucky at this time. Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han had been crippled by Qin. Only Qi and Chu were strong. Now Feng Jie suppressed the Qi rebellion. The only thing Qin had to deal with now was the Chu rebels. .

"Report!" Zhao Gao rushed over anxiously with a battle report: "Your Majesty, great joy! General Feng Jie came to report that the Jimo City occupied by Qi's rebels was captured, the rebels' puppet Wang Tiancheng, and the puppet Prime Minister Tian Rong was captured. Kill, the rebels in Qidi have been put down."

The First Emperor excitedly took the battle report from Zhao Gao's hand. After reading it, he burst out laughing and said, "Feng Jie Aiqing lived up to my expectations and pacified the Qi Dynasty."

Speaking of which, Tian Rong and the others were able to persist for so long thanks to Xu Fan. He invaded Sanchuan County and cut off Feng Jie's food route, so that Feng Jie had to give up pursuing Tian Rong and the others and stationed in Linzi City to watch the situation. This gave Tian Rong and others a chance to breathe. They took in the defeated troops in Jimo and recruited new troops.

After Xu Fan retreated, Feng Jie continued to lead the army to attack Tian Rong and the others. Tian Rong and the others relied on Jimo to hold on for half a year, but they were eventually captured by the Qin army. After this difficulty, Qi's anti-Qin rebel forces were defeated. .

Feng Quji, Li Si and Yao Jia all congratulated the First Emperor.

Meng Tian was even more happy and said: "The Qin Kingdom is in great trouble."

The First Emperor smiled and said: "Now that the Qi rebels have been wiped out, there are only four rebels left in the Central Plains. Now the court officials have two opinions. One is to wipe out the remnants of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei first, and then concentrate their forces to wipe out the rebellion of Chu. The other is One theory is to concentrate superior forces to first suppress the rebellion of the Chu Kingdom, and then encircle and suppress the rebellion of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao, and Wei. I don’t know what your plan is, Mr. Meng.”

Meng Tian bowed his head and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, back then we, the Qin Dynasty, came east from the Central Plains to unify the world. Since it was a successful strategy, the court does not need to change it."

Li Si looked sad when he heard this, but Feng Quji and Yao Jia immediately said: "General, this is what a certain country says."

The Emperor's face remained unchanged, but the atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn, because for the Emperor, the person who humiliated him the most was Xu Fan, and he wanted to destroy Xu Fan first.

But the First Emperor finally held back and said, "How does Meng Qing plan to defeat the rebels?"

Meng Tian said: "The 20 Northern Xinjiang army fought from north to south, first destroying the Yan State, and then continuing south to attack the Zhao State. After the Zhao State was destroyed, Guanzhong sent 10 troops to cooperate with the Northern Xinjiang Army to destroy the Wei State rebels, and Qi Di sent An army of 10 attacked a small group of rebels in Surabaya and other counties in the East China Sea.

Finally, 30 troops went south to attack Chu. At the same time, His Majesty ordered to suppress the Southern Xinjiang Army in the Land of Baiyue, and sent 30 troops to the north. The two armies worked together to attack the Chu rebels. Facing the attack of our Qin army of 60, the rebels Army Xu Fan is doomed to defeat even if he has great abilities. "

The First Emperor ordered: "I appointed Meng Qing as the general to take charge of the counter-insurgency affairs. The two prime ministers are responsible for the logistics of the army, and the imperial censor is responsible for recording the meritorious officers and soldiers."

Feng Quji, Li Si and Yao Jia nodded and said: "No."

Meng Tian raised his hands and saluted, "The final general will definitely fulfill his mission."

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