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

Chapter 139, Xiang Liang’s rise and Chen Ying’s elimination

In mid-September, Xiang Liang led an army of 9 across the Yangtze River and arrived at Donghai County and stationed in Guangling City.

At this time, a shocking news came: Qin Jia actually established Jing Ju as King of Chu in Pengcheng.

Qin Jia appointed himself Ling Yin, Wu Chen as Grand Sima, and gave Xiang Liang the title of General, and formally established the Chu court in Pengcheng.

At this time, they were formally notified and then invited to attend the enthronement ceremony of King Chu in Pengcheng.

"Arrogant, Qin Jia, regardless of his family background and status, dares to establish himself as the King of Chu!" Xiang Yu said angrily.

Xiang Bo said: "No wonder he wants us to form an alliance with Chen Ying. It turns out he wants us to help him resist Xu Fan's anger."

In Xiang Bo's opinion, Qin Jia's identity was because he had no strong military exploits, no prominent family background, and no enough prestige. How could he have the courage to establish himself as King of Chu? Qin Jia wanted to draw them in to build momentum.

Xiang Liang said with a cold face: "Ignore the alliance. We will follow our own strategy."

Xiang Liang seems to think that Qin Jia is too incompetent, and if he really wants to establish the King of Chu, he will be the one of the Xiang family. When the time comes, considering that he has little merit, he will be given a general position. Now instead of discussing with him to establish himself as King of Chu, he actually ranked Xiang Liang behind Qin Jia and Wu Chen. This was because he wanted to use his Xiang clan as a stepping stone. This made him determined to annex Qin Jia's tribe.

Fan Zeng sneered and said: "Qin Jia is just a clown. What he did is just trying to kill himself. We don't care about him. We are here to recruit heroes and expand our strength during the war. The most important thing for us at this time is to annex Chen Baby department.”

The name of the Xiang family is still very useful. After Xiang Liang's flag was planted on Guangling City, the anti-Qin heroes around Guangling flocked to Xiang Liang. In less than three days, Xiang Liang added 3 men.

From the time Xu Fan occupied Chen County, the local order of the Qin State began to collapse at an accelerated pace. Donghai County was originally the territory of the Chu State. Over the past hundreds of years, the Chu State had completely different systems from those in the Central Plains. The kings of Chu in the past dynasties even Proud of this. The sentence "I am a barbarian!" vividly expresses the proud mentality of the Chu people.

The Qin State's annexation of Han, Wei, and Zhao can be said to be cannibalization. In the late period, their countries generally only had one or two counties. In addition, the systems of the countries in the Central Plains were similar, so the consequences of annexation were not serious.

However, the Qin State's destruction of Chu was like a whale. The huge territory of Chu State was annexed by Qin State within 2-3 years and divided into 6-7 counties.

The territory of Chu is large, and the system of the feudal lords in the Central Plains is completely different. This is a fierce collision between two civilizations. It is conceivable how many fierce conflicts will occur in Chu.

If the First Emperor had been patient and ruled the Chu State with a gentle heart, Chu State might really be assimilated by the Qin State in a few decades. It is a pity that the First Emperor was a tough man all his life. He was tough and promoted Qin law in the Chu land. This This led to the fact that when the Qin officials ruled the Chu land, the conflicts with the Chu people were extremely fierce, and countless people were arrested and sentenced.

Relying on the strong strength of the Qin State, the prestige accumulated by the violent Qin for hundreds of years, and the cruel suppression of the Qin law, the people of the Chu region only dared to live in exile in the mountains of Daze and serve as bandits, but did not dare to confront the Qin army head-on.

When Xu Fan rebelled in Chen County, and the rebel army rapidly expanded its territory, Xu Fan set a great example for heroes everywhere who were dissatisfied with the Qin State, letting everyone in the world know that the Qin army was not invincible.

Chu's repressed anger suddenly burst out. A large number of prisoners and heroes hiding in the mountains and swamps led their troops out of the mountains. With the help of the rangers in the county, they easily defeated the county soldiers and killed all the Qin officials. Rural county seat.

But these people only did things based on their hatred of the Qin officials. After killing all the Qin officials, because they did not have a leader with enough prestige, they occupied the village and became kings and hegemons. They only did things based on their loyalty.

People with a little foresight knew that this would not work. When they observed the anti-Qin forces in the world, they found that Xu Fan was the most reliable king in the world, so they rushed to Chen County to seek refuge with Xu Fan, but most of the rebel heroes were still unwilling to leave. own country.

The arrival of Xiang Liang changed this. These heroes who occupied one side all understood that their status was humble and they were not recognized by the powerful nobles of Chu State. Several hundred men were too few to achieve great things, but Xiang Liang's status was noble enough. The identity of Xiang Yan's son also made these heroes think that he could achieve great things, so the heroes in the countryside and county all submitted to Xiang Liang's command. Therefore, at this time, there were countless heroes in Guangling City who took refuge with Xiang Liang. Even Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng did not. Thinking of it, no matter how much they dared to think, they never expected that the heroes of Donghai County would come to their door one after another.

Guangling City, Xiangliang Military Camp.

Xiang Liang was the general, and the military camp was set up extremely rigorously. Simple tents were arranged horizontally and vertically, which were extremely neat and convenient for soldiers to assemble. The Chinese army's tent had a huge square for the army to assemble, and the granaries and arsenals were closely protected. Deep in the military camp.

Outside the camp, Xiang Liang had someone dig a trench one foot wide and half a man high. Outside the trench, a fence surrounded the entire camp to protect the safety of the army. There is an arrow tower every ten steps, and Xiang Jiajun's sentries and patrols monitor the surrounding environment to ensure that there is no enemy threat.

The leader of a rebel army who came to seek refuge with Xiang Liang smiled when he saw the camp: "General Xiang deserves to be the queen of generals. This camp cannot be built by us."

When they were a hundred steps closer to the camp, a cavalry squad stopped in front of them and said, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

The leader bowed his hands and saluted: "The little man Long Qie led the heroes of Tangyi County to seek refuge with General Xiang Liangxiang."

The captain of the cavalry team was not surprised by such a thing. There were too many heroes who came to seek refuge during this period. It was only the large number of Long Qie's men that aroused their vigilance.

The cavalry squad leader said: "Put down your weapons and follow me into the camp."

Long Qie immediately asked his men to put down their spears. They had nothing to worry about. The rebel army with Xu Fan's support still looked like a regular army.

As for the heroes who took refuge with Xiang Liang and the others, they really cut down trees and raised up poles and banners. Most of the weapons in their hands were sharpened sticks. Those who had leather armor and long swords were all officers, so They were not heartbroken over the loss of these weapons, and at worst they could just cut a few more.

A group of people followed the cavalry squad leader into the camp. At this time, the camp was filled with cheers. The camp grounds of Xiang Liang's army were crowded with soldiers. At the core of the grounds was a wrestling match. Whenever someone won, there was cheering.

Long Qie also saw the competition. He saw that one person in the center of the school field was so brave that he fell down several people in a row.

Long Qie couldn't help but sigh: "With such bravery, he deserves to be a subordinate of General Xiang Liang?"

The soldier said proudly: "This is our major general. There are very few people in the army who can fight with my major general for three rounds."

"I also want to go up and compete with the young general. I don't know if I can." Long Qie is also a warrior. In his hometown, he is invincible in the world. Now that he sees such a brave Xiang Yu, he also wants to go up and compete. Fan.

The soldier said: "Of course."

So he walked into the school grounds and said, "Long Qie is here to learn the martial arts of the young general."

Xiang Yu seemed to be eight feet tall and full of muscles. He looked like a brave man and said with a smile, "Okay, let's compete."

After saying that, the two warmed up briefly and then fought together, and Long Qie actually withstood Xiang Yu's huge power in a short period of time.

The soldiers around him cheered loudly when they saw this scene, and soon the two of them started to use their own skills. In the dusty field of the school ground, Long Qie was knocked to the ground by Xiang Yu not long after.

"Cai" Even though Long Qie lost, the soldiers around him applauded. They had seen many people who couldn't even resist Xiang Yu in one round. Now they see that Long Qie can fight Xiang Yu for several rounds. This is already a first-class bravery. Cheese.

Long Qie stood up and bowed his hands in salute: "Young general is great, but this villain has given up."

Xiang Yu smiled and said, "Whose subordinate are you? Why haven't I seen you?"

Long Qie said: "The villain just took refuge with General Xiang Liang today."

Xiang Yu said: "I will tell my uncle later and let you become my subordinate."

Long Qie also said excitedly: "I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses."

A fierce warrior like Long Qie is convinced by those who are stronger than him.

Xiang Yu likes warriors. He grabbed Long Qie's hand and wanted to have a drink with him.

On the side of the school grounds, Xiang Liang, Xiang Bo and Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Yu and the others with smiles.

"I thought that if Yu didn't read poetry and books, it would be difficult for him to become famous, but I didn't expect that the heroes in the world would like to communicate with him." Xiang Liang said with a smile.

Xiang Liang was able to recruit heroes in Guangling County so smoothly. First, he relied on the reputation of his father Xiang Liang to attract heroes from all over. The second is to rely on his nephew Xiang Yu.

The heroes who dared to rebel at this time were basically lawless people. They may have taken refuge in Xiang Liang because of Xiang Yan's prestige, but it is a bit fanciful to say how loyal these heroes were to Xiang Liang.

At this time, the brave Xiang Yan helped Xiang Liang make up for this. Xiang Liang would send his nephew Xiang Yu to compete with any heroes who came to seek refuge with him, and win them over. These heroes were convinced that Xiang Yu was stronger and more fierce than them, and they were willing to listen to Xiang Liang's orders.

Xiang Bo also brought good news: "Chen Ying has two subordinates who are willing to join us."

At first, the heroes of Dongyang County were willing to elect Chen Ying as their leader. First, there was no outstanding person among them, and second, Chen Ying's reputation was so high that they elected him as their leader. However, Chen Ying did not make much action in the past few months, which somewhat disappointed his subordinates who wanted to follow Chen Ying and make great achievements.

When Xiang Liang established a flag in Donghai County after Xiang Yan, Chen Ying's subordinates realized that compared with Chen Ying, Xiang Liang was more like a Ming lord. While most people were still hesitant, two subordinates had secretly contacted Xiang. Liang wanted to surrender.

Fan Zeng said with a smile: "The situation in Donghai County is better than I imagined. There are heroes everywhere, but there is no one in charge. This is a treasure land given to the general by Emperor Taiyi of the East."

Then he said with disdain: "Although Chen Ying has the upper hand, he has no ambitions. He has 2 heroes but has done nothing. He has neither strategies from all directions nor refined soldiers. God does not take what he wants, but he suffers the consequences. Chen Since Ying's prestige is insufficient and he has done nothing, our army should move its camp to Dongyang County and annex Chen Ying's men."

Xiang Bo hesitated and said: "Chen Ying is also one of the anti-Qin rebels. It is not good for us to annex his subordinates like this. How will other rebels view us?"

Hearing this, Xiang Liang also hesitated. Fame in this era is really useful. He, Xiang Liang, can only be regarded as a powerful person in Wuzhong. But why can he kill Yin Tong and easily control the entire Kuaiji County, but no one objects? , as soon as he raised the flag in Guangling County, heroes from all over came to join him. It was his father Xiang Yan who left him a good reputation. Reputation is the most precious wealth for Xiang Liang.

Fan Zeng sneered and said: "Judging from the fact that Chen Ying does not dare to call himself king, he is still a man who knows current affairs. As long as our army reaches Dongyang County, he should know what to do. General, as long as he does not kill Chen Ying."

Then he saw Xiang Liang's hesitation and said in a more serious tone: "General, you must not be kind to women at this time. It is already too late for our army to fight against Qin. If we don't think of ways to increase our strength, there will be no place for the Xiang family in the world."

Xiang Liang thought of the rapidly expanding Xu Fan Yijun and the 15 Qin troops suppressing Qi. The current situation really gave him no time to hesitate. He said resolutely: "We will break camp early tomorrow morning and the army will head north to Dongyang County."

That night, Long Qie saw Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang praised him, and then appointed him as Sima and returned to the command of his nephew Xiang Yu.

And Long Qie had seen Xiang Yu's bravery during the day, and now he saw Xiang Liang's aristocratic temperament and the importance he attached to him. This made Long Qie feel that he was with the right person, so he felt at ease to be Xiang Yu's younger brother.

Early the next morning, Xiang Liang's troops broke out of camp and began to march towards Dongyang County.

On September 9, Xiang Liang led an army of 20 troops stationed in the countryside 1.5 miles away in Dongyang County.

Two of Chen Ying's Cangtou troops immediately broke away from Chen Ying's control and rushed towards Xiang Liang's military camp.

Xiang Liang was so happy that he appointed the two leaders as captains and gave them a banquet. At the banquet, he exchanged cups with them and introduced them as close friends. This made the two people overjoyed and thought that they had followed the right lord. Compared with Chen Ying and Xiang Liang are even more domineering.

Then Xiang Liang used the two as guides and asked them to often go to Dongyang County to spread the news about Xiang Liang's army's treatment and strength. This attracted more followers of Chen Ying's subordinates, and more and more soldiers and generals broke away from Chen Ying's control and defected. Arrive at Xiang Liang's army.

The arrival of Xiang Liangjun and his actions brought a huge sense of crisis to Chen Ying and his men. Chen Ying summoned all his men to discuss how to deal with the matter.

Chen Ying asked his subordinates: "Xiang Liang's army is coming fiercely. How should we respond?"

Cao Sheng, Chen Ying's subordinate, said angrily: "Of course I want to condemn Xiang Liang. The Eastern Navy he came to formed an alliance with us. Seeing that they are allies, Xiang Liang recruited heroes from all over the country in Guangling County. We all There is no pursuit. But now he has intensified his efforts and annexed our Qu tribe. If he does not send the two people and our Qu tribe back, we will destroy the Xiang Liang tribe."

Cao Sheng's tone was loud, but few people took it seriously. Xiang Liang was the queen of the generals, and none of them had even fought a battle with a thousand men. How could they fight against Xiang Liang's tens of thousands of troops? Chen Ying's men didn't want to fight, and they didn't dare to fight.

Yan Zhu thought for a while and said: "General, what are you thinking? When we wanted you to be king, you didn't want to say that you wanted to find a big hero to join us, but General Shangzhu is too far away from us, and water from afar cannot save those who are close." Huo, my subordinates think that the Xiang family has been a general for generations and has a reputation in Chu State, which is only slightly worse than that of the generals of Shangzhu State. If General Xiang Liang wants to do something big, we can also take refuge in him. Relying on the strength of the Xiang family's famous family, we can definitely do it. Destroy the violent Qin."

If Xu Fan reaches Donghai County, they are also willing to join Xu Fan. After all, Xu Fan is the most powerful force in Chu State at this time. It is a pity that Xu Fan's power has not yet developed to Donghai County, and these local powerful people must be For those who were unwilling to leave their hometown and join Xu Fan, Xiang Liang's army arrived at this time and became a new hope for these people.

Although Xiang Liang's reputation and strength are much lower than Xu Fan's, he is much better than them, especially much better than their leader Chen Ying.

When they recommended Chen Ying as their coach, the heroes of Dongyang discovered that Chen Ying was hesitant and worried about doing things. He had 2 rebel troops but did nothing. He neither united the heroes of Donghai County to fight against Qin, nor could he Find a direction for them to develop, so that the Dongyang County rebels are so confused and do nothing. Now these people all want to change Chen Ying. Xiang Liang is more qualified than Chen Ying no matter what.

Cao Sheng said angrily: "What do you mean? Do you want to betray the general?"

Zhu Yan shook his head and said: "We brothers just want to find a way out."

Then he looked at Chen Ying and apologized: "General, don't blame us. To oppose Qin is to fight for a future with the lives of the whole family. We cannot afford to lose."

It is true that Chen Ying is a loser, otherwise they would not want to betray Chen Ying.

Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said: "I understand what you are thinking. Tomorrow, Yan Zhu, you can lead everyone to Xiang Liang. I am sorry for my brothers."

After saying this, Chen Ying left here in despair, but none of Chen Ying's subordinates moved. Only Cao Sheng said angrily: "If you want to take refuge in Xiang Liang, you will take refuge in me. I, Cao Sheng, will not join in the same deeds with you."

The back house in Dongyang County.

Chen's mother was weaving when he saw Chen Ying coming over with a lost look on his face.

Mother Chen asked with concern: "Why is my son missing?"

Chen Ying told Chen's mother everything that happened, and then asked: "Is it true that my child failed too much? It took him half a year to become their leader, but he failed to win over the generals. Instead, it took Xiang Liang a few days." I have accomplished something that my child has not been able to do for months.”

Mother Chen sighed and said: "It's not that my son is not as good as Xiang Liang, but the reputation you have raised over the past ten years cannot compare with the reputation of the Xiang family for hundreds of years. This is not your fault, and it is good for you." It may not be a good thing. You have not always been optimistic about the general of Shangzhu Kingdom. You can only stay here because your subordinates are unwilling to leave Dongyang County. But now that you have no subordinates to retreat, you can take refuge in the wise master in your heart. , this may not be a good thing for you.”

Chen Ying felt much better after hearing Mother Chen's words. Without these subordinates, he could leave Dongyang County and seek refuge with his beloved master. This may not be a bad thing.

Chen Ying immediately ordered his servants to start packing his belongings.

The next day, Chen Ying led 100 personal guards to leave his hometown of Dongyang County.

"General, wait for the last general!" Cao Sheng came over with a group of cavalry at this time.

Chen Ying saw Cao Sheng and said, "Aren't you going to seek refuge with Xiang Liang?"

Cao Sheng said: "My lord is a general. I will go wherever the general goes."

Chen Ying excitedly grabbed Cao Sheng's hand and said, "Okay, let's go and join General Shangzhu together."

On September 9, Xiang Liang entered Dongyang County and formally annexed Chen Ying's men. Xiang Liang's army expanded to more than 25.

After Xiang Liang reorganized Chen Ying's men, he continued northward to cross the Huaihe River. Heroes from all walks of life along the Huaihe River joined Xiang Liang one after another. Among them, the larger rebel force, Zhong Lihuan, and General Pu also led their respective armies to join him. In less than half a month, Xiang Liang's army expanded to 7 people. Xiang Liang stationed his army in Xiapi County. At this time, Xiang Liang's army was less than miles away from Pengcheng.

Xiapi County, county government.

Xiang Liang said energetically: "Brother Fan, your opinion is indeed correct. Only by fighting can we break the situation. Without your opinion, we would not be in today's situation. Brother Fan is a great contributor to our Jiangdong Army." , but today we occupy the entire Donghai County and have 7 troops, what should we do next?"

At this time, Xiang Liang was particularly high-spirited. The strategy they formulated was so successful that he took control of the entire Donghai County almost without a single blow. His army also expanded to 7 people. He also became one of the most anti-Qin forces in the world. Now Xiang Liang is no longer as sad as before, and he looks 10 years younger.

Fan Zeng said with a smile: "General, now that he has become powerful, it is time to capture Sishui County. Qin Jia committed suicide and hated Xu Fan. Even if we annexed Qin Jia's tribe and occupied Sishui County, Xu Fan would not be able to do so." There will be opinions.”

Uncle Xiang shook his head and said: "I didn't expect Qin Jia would be so crazy and dare to interrupt Xu Fan's path to becoming king. How dare he be so bold?"

At this time, news from Xu Fan had come. It turned out that after Xu Fan conquered Jiangling City, Ye Teng, after Ye Gong, led all the powerful men in Nanjun to support Xu Fan as the King of Chu. Xu Fan postponed this because of his lack of virtue. Originally, it was nothing. According to the usual practice, this was to ask for and resign three times before ascending the throne and claiming the title of king.

This etiquette is an ancient ritual that originated from the abdication of Yao, Shun, and Yu. The descendants of the world replaced the public world. Later generations wanted to be kings, so they gave the name of abdication. Three pushes and three concessions also imply the saying of "no more than three things". The process of abdication is to first have to Hundreds of ministers and officials collectively submitted petitions to request that they ascend the throne and govern the world. The would-be king would inevitably refuse, expressing his disapproval, and then the ministers submitted petitions again, declining again, and repeated three times.

And Xu Fan has reached the second step. All the generals and officials of the rebel army came forward and asked Xu Fan to ascend the throne to rule the Chu Kingdom. As a result, Qin Jia played this trick. Xiang Bodu said that Qin Jia was too courageous and was going to kill him. Xu Fan went to death to offend him.

Fan Zeng said with a smile: "Qin Jia's matter is to make a wedding dress for us. The general should use Qin Jia's betrayal of the general of Shangzhu Kingdom as an excuse to send troops to attack Qin Jia, and then take the opportunity to capture Sishui County. In such three counties, 10 people All belong to the general."

But Xiang Liang was still a little worried and said: "This matter is a disaster for Qin Jia, but it is also a disaster for us. Xu Fan calls himself the King of Chu. What should we do if he wants our army to submit to him?"

(End of this chapter)