A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 124: Surrender and let go of old things
The third year of Qin II

summer
After Sima Xin returned to Xianyang, he asked to see the emperor one after another, but was rejected. Later, after hearing from his friends that the government was now in the hands of Zhao Gao, he also knew that Zhao Gao had an old grudge with Zhang Han, and was afraid that Zhao Gao would take action against him, so he He left the city overnight and rushed back to Jiyuan.

He informed Zhang Han of all the rumors about Zhao Gao's absence from power, as well as some rumors in Xianyang City, and finally said to Zhang Han: "Now, the power in the court is in the hands of Zhao Gao. I heard that your majesty obeyed Zhao Gao's words and promoted him to the throne." Prime Minister, the general and Zhao Gao have an old grudge. According to Zhao Gao's nature, if you return to the court, you will be executed if you have meritorious service, or you will be executed if you have no merit."

Zhang Han was very hesitant. At this time, the Chu army also heard about the changes in the Qin court. Fan Zeng suggested to Xiang Yu that he should persuade him to surrender. Xiang Yu thought about it and asked Fan Zeng to try.

So under Fan Zeng's arrangement, letters were sent to Zhang Han's army in Jiyuan.

The first thing that arrived was a letter from Chen Yu, the general of the State of Zhao: "In the past, when Bai Qi was a general of the Qin Dynasty, he attacked Yan and Ying in the south, killed horses and soldiers in the north, captured cities and territories, countless of them, but in the end he was sentenced to death.

When Meng Tian became the general of Qin, he drove the Xiongnu from the north and opened up an area of ​​thousands of miles in Yuzhong. In the end, he was beheaded by Yangzhou. why? This is because there is too much credit! The Qin court could not grant titles based on merit, so they were charged with crimes and killed according to national law.

Now that the general has been the general of Qin for three years, he has lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers. However, the princes' armies have risen at the same time, and their soldiers are getting more and more numerous.

That Zhao Gao had always flattered others and had been flattering him for a long time. Now that the situation was critical, he was also afraid that the Second Emperor would kill him, so he planned to use a conspiracy to kill the general to shirk his responsibility, and to send someone to replace the general to get rid of the disaster he faced.

The general has been away for a long time, and many people in the Qin court are alienated from you. They will be killed if they have meritorious service, and they will be killed if they do not meritorious service. Besides, Qin is going to be destroyed on this day, both stupid and smart people already know it very well.

Nowadays, the general cannot express his opinions directly at home, but outside, he is the general of a country that is about to perish. Isn't it sad that he is isolated and wants to survive for a long time?

Why don't the generals defect and join forces with various princes, sign a peace treaty, and jointly attack Qin? When the time comes, cede the land and become the king, sit facing south and claim to be a lonely man. Wouldn't it be better than having his head removed, his wife killed, and his family slaughtered? "

Then came Bai Qing’s letter: “General, you know that I, the Bai family, have inherited it for a long time, nearly eight hundred years ago. No one knows the ups and downs of the Qin Dynasty better than I, the Bai family.

Qin was just a horseman at the beginning. It took several generations of hard work to become a vassal state. Before Qin Mugong, Qin learned the etiquette of Shandong and treated its ministers and generals very generously.

However, since Qin Mugong and Qin Xiaogong, Shang Yang was liquidated and died, some of Qin's ministers, generals and even common people had a good end. Let’s look at Zhang Yi and Lu Buwei from a distance, and see Wang Jian, Meng Wu and Li Si’s old stories nearby.

What does this prove? Qin has been ruthless and ungrateful since ancient times, not only for its close ministers but also for the common people. It wants to squeeze out the last bit of strength. I really don't know why the general wants to be buried with such a violent Qin.

Don’t you want to be cast aside by future generations? Being loyal to oneself and the Qin court cannot protect oneself and the family; being buried with the violent Qin Dynasty and unable to return home to reunite with relatives; being stubborn and ineffective in the world cannot bring peace and prosperity to the people of the world.

Also loyal? Do you also believe it? Is this also benevolent? Is this also wise? I hope the general will consider it carefully and plan for himself, his officers and the people of the world! "

Although there were many letters urging Zhang Han to surrender, he believed that the letters from Bai Qing and Chen Yu were the most popular with him. He handed Bai Qing's letter to his generals, who all felt very ashamed.

Finally, Zhang Han made up his mind and surrendered!
Because Sima Xin had been kind to Xiang Liang when he was the warden of Yueyang, he volunteered to go to the rebel camp to negotiate a peace treaty, but the agreement was not reached.

Subsequently, the two armies experienced several major battles, with the Qin army losing more and winning less. Zhang Han did not want to fight anymore, so he sent Sima Xin to the rebel camp again. This time, because the rebel army was short of food, he agreed to Zhang Han's proposal.

The third year of Qin II

July
Xiang Yu and Zhang Han made an appointment to meet on the Yinxu River south of the Huan River and made an alliance. After Zhang Han saw Xiang Yu, he cried and told Xiang Yu about Zhao Gao's various behaviors. So Xiang Yu made Zhang Han King Yong and Sima Xin the general.

Leading the Qin army as the front, the coalition forces and more than 200,000 Qin troops crossed the Yellow River south, and then headed west to Sanchuan County.

November

The army marched to Xin'an and was about to arrive at Hangu Pass.

Before entering the customs, Xiang Yu decided to solve some internal problems.

It turned out that the soldiers of the princes had served in corvee and suffered the whipping of the Qin soldiers. Now the Qin soldiers surrendered to the princes, so the princes soldiers used the Qin soldiers as slaves. This caused many Qin soldiers to be dissatisfied, so some Qin soldiers were He secretly made plans to cross Hangu Pass and switch sides at the right time.

However, these plots were leaked. When the princes heard about the Qin soldiers' plan, they told Xiang Yu. Then Xiang Yu summoned Yingbu, Puba and others to discuss it. He thought that there were many Qin soldiers. If they didn't obey orders after entering Guanzhong, what would happen if they didn't obey orders? It will cause great trouble.

The generals asked: "What should we do?"

Xiang Yu closed his eyes and suddenly opened them: "Let's get back to the past!"

"Trave to kill?"

"I don't agree!" It was Bai Wei who spoke.

Xiang Yu didn't expect that the first person to oppose him would be Bai Wei, because Bai Wei had always admired him very much. He not only often asked him for advice on the skills of leading cavalry, but also for martial arts, and he also liked this kind of pure general very much.

Xiang Yu said expressionlessly: "Why?"

Bai Wei saluted and said: "General, there is a conspiracy by the Qin army. It is because the soldiers of the princes are harsh to them, which makes them complain. This is human nature. Even if you want to appease the Qin army, just find out those conspirators and kill them. , why bother to kill all the Qin soldiers? Besides, now that the people in the world are in urgent need of stability, killing so many soldiers at once will definitely cause the world to shake, and more power will be needed to calm it down. As the saying goes, God has the virtue of good life , How dare you take someone’s life so easily.

These Qin soldiers were just soldiers at the bottom, and they were also squeezed by the violent Qin. It was just that they went astray and became the tools of the violent Qin. How could they be easily killed? General, please think twice! "

These words made some generals a little moved. Upon seeing this, Xiang Yu said: "But now there is not much food and grass in the army. If we don't kill them, it will only drag down our army."

Bai Wei added: "You can keep them in Xin'an and bring all the generals with you. They are leaderless and won't cause any big problems. After we enter the customs, Qin Ting will definitely have a granary in reserve. By then, the food will be ready." The crisis will be resolved, and when the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, won’t these people become the best soldiers of the princes?”

After hearing this, Xiang Yu still stubbornly said: "Okay, I have made my decision. Now the soldiers of the princes have deep opinions on these Qin troops. Killing them can better revive the morale of the rebel army and reduce the pressure on our army. Therefore, This matter has been settled, generals, go down and prepare!"

Bai Wei still wanted to say something, but Xiang Yu came out of the tent first and left.

Seeing this, Bai Wei hurriedly went to look for Bai Qing in the Bai army formation. After hearing this, Bai Qing immediately went to Xiang Yu and asked for a coalition meeting. At the meeting, he expressed his dissent in front of all the princes, but Xiang Yu, as his own As the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he forcibly passed this resolution, and the other princes also acquiesced.

Seeing this, Bai Qing said loudly: "In this case, I, Bai Jun, will definitely not take action, and I also reserve my objection." After saying that, he walked away.

Seeing this, Bai Wei quickly followed. Upon seeing this, Zhao Xie said to Zhang Er who was standing aside: "King Bai is really a kind woman!"

After hearing this, Zhang Er looked at Zhao Xie and sighed.

After the meeting, Xiang Yu had people gather Zhang Han, Sima Xin, Dong Yi and other senior Qin army generals, and sent people to guard them. Then he ordered his soldiers to kill 200,000 Qin troops overnight in the south of Xin'an City.

Almost all the rebels were taking action, but the White Army did not participate.

In the Bai army tent, Bai Qing and the Bai family generals sat opposite each other.

After the victory in the Battle of Julu, almost everyone in the world understood that the Qin Dynasty was bound to fall, so Sun Yin, who had been unable to excuse himself several times, took the initiative to go to the Bai army camp to find Bai Qing, saying that he could drive him. Bai Qing undoubtedly liked him and appointed him as the chief general of the Bai army.

Along the way to Xin'an, the White Army continued to recruit new soldiers, and its military strength had reached 50,000. The coalition army also increased from 240,000 to 500,000 with the participation of a large number of princes and rebels.

"I always thought that Xiang Ji was the best candidate to save the world, but I didn't expect to be so cruel. How is this different from violent Qin? If he conquers the world, wouldn't he be the second Qin Shihuang?" said Wang Zhang, Minister of the Bai Kingdom.

"It cannot be said that General Xiang is just trying not to drag down the army and ensure the success of the anti-Qin cause. If these Qin troops really rebel after our army enters Hangu Pass, our anti-Qin cause will definitely suffer heavy losses." It may become a trend of depression again." Bai Wei retorted.

"Bai Wei, aren't you deceived by Xiang Yu? This is 200,000 people! Now that the world has gone through constant turmoil, how many people are left? If we continue to kill like him, I'm afraid there will be no one left in all the Xia!" Another Bai Shizi said.

Bai Wei was speechless.

Bai Qing said: "No matter what, these two hundred thousand people are all people of Zhuxia. If they were barbarians, I wouldn't say anything even if they were one million people. But they are people of Zhuxia, killing Zhuxia wantonly." Such people will only cause the power of Zhuxia to decline, giving the barbarians an opportunity to take advantage of them.

This is also the reason why after Bai Qi killed Zhao and surrendered his troops, his ancestors decided never to surrender to Qin. Now that Xiang Yu has done the same thing, he will definitely not be allowed to win the world. This is the ambition of his ancestors. "

"I will obey the order of the master of the family."

"But now we still need Xiang Yu's strength to fight against Qin. I have decided that as soon as the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, we will leave. We will definitely not be with Xiang Yu! Bai Wei!"

"The general is here!"

"Can you give up your loyalty to Xiang Yu?"

"Don't worry, head of the family, as long as Xiang Yu does something that harms the people of the world, Wei will be the first to disagree. I will also keep the Bai family's cavalry firmly in my hands and will not be annexed by Xiang Yu."

"Sun Yin, you must stabilize the morale of the army, clearly distinguish the difference between our army and the armies of the princes, and let your soldiers know the reason why we did not participate in this massacre!"

"The general will get the order!"

Bai Qing nodded, and after setting the tone for the rest, everyone in the Bai family dispersed.

The third year of Qin II

November

Xiang Yu killed more than 200,000 Qin Jiang soldiers in the south pit of Xin'an City, and the world was shocked.

(End of this chapter)