All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 397: Unifying the World and Destroying Wei
The territory of Chu was very vast.

To the south, it extends to the Yelang Kingdom in Yunnan. The so-called King Xian's Tomb, which is popular among tomb robbers, is the descendant of the Chu general who conquered Yunnan.

Going east, you will reach Mitsukoshi, and going north, you will reach Pengcheng, which is now Xuzhou.

In terms of the vastness of its land, Chu was definitely the number one in the world before Qin launched the war of unification.

It’s a pity that the Chu State had a standard feudal lord system. Although it had such a large territory, it was difficult to gather the strength of the entire country.

Faced with the powerful Qin State, the Chu State, which was already in a weak position, was unable to gather all its strength, and failure was inevitable.

After conquering Chu, Wang Jian's army did not rush back, but instead dispersed in groups of 10,000 to various parts of Chu to wipe out the Chu nobles in various places.

Each of these Chu nobles was a local tyrant and ruled their own small kingdom.

In order to resist the Qin State before, these nobles did contribute manpower and effort, but most of them only contributed a little bit of effort.

With the fall of the Chu State, these remnants no longer had the justification to unite and resist, and could only be defeated one by one.

In Chen Ran’s words, under the backward political system, the demise of the Chu State was inevitable.

Chen Ran set out from Xianyang City and first took a horse-drawn train to Hangu Pass. After passing the pass, he changed to the railway to Yingchuan County and continued his journey.

When arriving at Yingchuan County, this section of the railway ends.

But as soon as you get off the car, you can see a sea of ​​people ahead with flags waving.

The Qin State began to build railways frantically, and even during the busy farming season, they would gather as many people as possible to repair them.

The railway mileage naturally increased rapidly, but correspondingly, the demand for rails also skyrocketed.

Thanks to Chen Ran's popularization and promotion, the Qin State's blacksmith shops were able to cast rails. Unfortunately, the poor quality was simply shocking.

Its main source of production is still Chen Ran’s steel plant.

It is also because of this that Qin’s demand for ore has reached the point of hunger.

The reward for capturing an enemy alive on the battlefield is even greater than that for beheading one.

Captured people can be used for farming, mining, building railroads, etc., which can be said to be extremely useful.

Therefore, when Chen Ran traveled eastward and arrived outside the city of Daliang (Kaifeng), he saw that Wang Ben's army was only surrounding the city but not attacking.

This was Ying Zheng's order, requiring Wang Ben to capture as many prisoners alive as possible.

The depressed Wang Ben could only besiege the city, cut off its food supply, and continuously send people to persuade the enemy to surrender.

Chen Ran was passing by here and took the opportunity to deliver the reward from Ying Zheng to Wang Ben.

According to the Qin system, if Wang Jian made great contributions in destroying a country, his whole family would enjoy the benefits.

Wang Ben, his eldest son, also received generous rewards because of Wang Jian's merits.

However, Wang Ben did not like this. He preferred to rely on his own strength to gain military merit.

"Master." Wang Ben, his eyes red, stepped forward panting and said, "The King of Wei won't surrender, so let us attack the city!"

Attacking the city was not difficult because the Qin army had explosives and could blow open the city gates and rush in to fight at any time.

But as long as we attack the city by force, tens of thousands of casualties are inevitable.

This was something that Ying Zheng, who regarded all the land in the world as his own land and all the people in the world as his own people, was unwilling to accept.

There are tens of thousands of people here, it would be great if they could be used to farm the land and mine.

"The King of Wei refused to surrender, not because he was stubborn, but because he knew that if he surrendered, he would be arrested and forced to do hard labor."

Chen Ran said with a smile, "Instead of doing this, it is better to fight to the end. The more comfortable a day is, the better."

Wang Ben was not stupid. He immediately bowed and asked, "Master, do you have any good strategy to defeat the enemy?"

"Of course this exists."

Chen Ran laughed again, "Those who fought desperately in the city were all nobles of Wei. But besides these people, there were more ordinary soldiers and common people in the city."

Wang Ben looked confused and it was obvious that he didn't understand.

"The nobles all knew their fate, either death in battle or being captured and forced to do hard labor, so they were all diehards."

Chen Ran pointed in the direction of Daliang City and said, "But those soldiers and civilians are not like that."

"Outside Daliang City, there are many fertile fields. Whose fields are they?"

"It is the land of the royal family and nobles of the Wei Kingdom."

"The king has previously issued an order to distribute the land of each country to the people." Chen Ran helped Wang Ben come up with a plan, "Gather the people nearby and distribute the land in front of the defenders on the city wall."

Wang Ben was puzzled. “Is it useful?”

“Whether it is useful or not, you will know after you use it.”

Wang Ben thought about it and felt that it would be fine to give it a try until there was no other way.

A few days later, a large number of Wei people appeared outside the city of Daliang.

The defenders in the city thought that the Qin army was going to attack the city at the expense of the people, and they were making preparations nervously.

But unexpectedly, the people of Wei State outside the city began to divide the land one by one under the leadership of officials sent by Qin State.

The fields outside Daliang City are naturally good fields.

Everyone was delighted to be able to get these superior fields.

Afterwards, led by the officials, they came out of the range of the crossbows and shouted in unison to the people on the top of the city wall, "The land has been divided. The Qin State has divided the land. Those who came first will have the land. Those who came later will have the remaining land. When the land is divided, there will be no more land~~~"

"The Wei Kingdom is finished. This is the only city left. You don't need to die for the king anymore~~~"

"First come, first served. No one will get any later. Once all the fields are divided, you will have nothing left. Come out and divide the fields quickly~~~"

"I'm Zhang Kuai from Zhangwan Village. Everyone in Zhangwan Village, please come out quickly. The fields in the village have almost been divided up. If you don't come out now, they will be gone."

There is no doubt that the impact of such scenes and the shouts of these familiar people even exceeded the ten-sided enemy songs of the Battle of Gaixia. In the agricultural era, fields were the most important means of production.

Those who have land are called common people, and those who have no land are called refugees.

Turmoil soon broke out in Daliang City.

Most of the defenders in the city were recruited from various places before the war, and they all wanted to leave the city at this time.

But how could the Wei court allow this? There were nobles who led their private soldiers and followers to stop it.

The verbal conflict immediately led to a melee.

The defenders were very awed. After all, it was hundreds of years of oppression and rule, so it was difficult for them to have the thought of rebelling instantly.

Therefore, the turmoil of the previous two days was quickly suppressed.

But as more and more people came from outside to shout, people from almost all the surrounding villages came to ask their own people to go home.

Especially when the Qin army began to distribute farm horses to the Wei people in front of the defenders, no one could stop the determination of the defenders in the city.

As for dividing the land, after all, it was too far to see, so I still had some doubts in my mind.

But they distributed plow horses, so many tall and strong horses, to every household, and all the defenders could see it clearly.

In Chen Ran's breeding base, there have been no other livestock in the past few years, only horses.

Especially the heavy draft horses and pack horses, their numbers increased dramatically with the addition of corn and soybean cake feed.

With these extremely strong horses, people began to love using oxen for plowing.

"Master." Looking at the chaotic scene in the distance, he asked with a little worry, "I have contributed all the pack horses and draft horses in the army. If things don't work out, it will be troublesome."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."

Chen Ran smiled and waved his hand. "If this fails, I will double the amount of horses you sent out."

"As for whether it can be accomplished, we will know in a few days."

A few days later, fierce fighting broke out in Daliang City.

The defenders were unwilling to serve the King of Wei any longer and intended to open the city gates and leave the city to go home and divide the land and get the horses.

A fierce battle broke out with the nobles' private soldiers and retainers who came to stop them.

The private soldiers and retainers kept by the nobles naturally have higher combat effectiveness.

The defending army, which is mainly composed of common people, has an absolute advantage in numbers.

A great battle lasted from dawn to dusk.

In the end, the larger number of defenders won.

At this time, the defenders were already blood-thirsty.

Most of the defenders did not leave the city, but instead headed straight for the nobles' residences and the King of Wei's palace in the city.

After the city gates were opened, Wang Ben couldn't wait to enter the city.

But Chen Ran persuaded him, "Wait a minute, the people inside are killing people like crazy. Wait until daybreak, when they are tired of killing people, then go in."

The capitals of various countries in this era were basically the same, and were inhabited by powerful families, royal relatives, etc.

Ordinary people are not eligible to live there.

Anyway, those who are killed are all the blood-sucking nobles of Wei State. There is no need to risk losses to save them.

The fighting in Daliang City lasted all night, and even the fires lit up the night.

It was not until dawn that Wang Ben led his troops into the city.

What I saw was shocking.

The Wei nobles who fled into the city from all over the place had basically been killed.

The King of Wei was in a state of death that could not be more dead, as he had been chopped into pieces.

The Qin army cleaned up the mess, gathered the defenders in the city and led them out in groups.

Anyone who resists out of bloodlust will be dealt with on the spot.

The city of Daliang was breached, and the King of Wei and the royal family nobles of Wei were almost all killed. Even the ancestral temple was burned down.

The Wei State, which once dominated the world with the help of the Wei Wuzu, was now reduced to ashes.

After the demise of Wei, only Qi was left in the world. There was also Wei, but Ying Zheng seemed to have forgotten about it and did not send troops to attack it.

Chen Ran said goodbye to Wang Ben who was busy cleaning up the mess and continued his journey.

He continued eastward and eventually arrived at Pei County near Pengcheng.

That’s right, he came here to find Liu Bang.

People always ask why the small Pei County could produce so many talents, and why Xiao He, Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, Xiahou Ying and others founded the huge Han Dynasty.

Is it because the feng shui here is good?
"Of course it can't be Feng Shui."

Chen Ran laughed and said, "That's because of the winner's bias."

"They are the victors, so there is a saying that heroes from all over the world come from Pei County."

"But if Xiang Yu is the winner, then all the heroes in the world will come from Jiangdong."

"This is the same as Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaiyou Group. If the winner is Chen Youliang, then the Jingchu Group will be famous."

"To put it bluntly, the talents of one county in Middle-earth are enough to dominate the world. What they lack is just the opportunity."

(End of this chapter)