Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 473 Defeated
Xiachengfu is a small city, and the city is so small that it can't accommodate the [-] remnants of the peasant army who are retreating.

At the beginning of the uprising, Chen Sheng, who knew how to pretend to be a ghost, knew very well how serious the soldiers' herd mentality was.

Back then, the soldiers could be convinced that they were going to be king simply by collecting books in the belly of a fish and imitating the cry of a fox. Now if the news that the King of Qin is still alive is allowed to spread in the army, if there are too many rumors, everyone will believe it.

Therefore, he could only "condescend and condescend" to use his influence to appease the soldiers camp by camp to tell the soldiers that the so-called King Qin was not the real King Qin.

On this day, when Chen Sheng returned to Xiachengfu from a camp where he was stationed far away from Xiachengfu, the sky was already very dark.

After walking several camps in one day, Chen Sheng, who had said the same words several times, was already tired and thirsty. At this moment, he desperately wanted to go back to Xiacheng father to drink a sweet honey water.

"Don't drive slowly, hurry back to City Father!" Thinking of this, Chen Sheng ordered to his driver.

Although Chen Sheng was the leader of the rebel army, because of his background, Chen Sheng did not know how to ride a horse, so whenever Chen Sheng went out, he always rode in a carriage.

As the majestic king of Zhang Chu, Chen Sheng naturally brought a team of guards with him when he went out to inspect the barracks. However, most of the people who participated in the uprising were poor farmers in the past, and Chu was also very short of horses, and there were very few people who could ride horses.

There were some cavalry among some of the surrendered Qin troops, but for these previous Qin troops, Chen Sheng was not at ease as his bodyguards.

So the dignified King Zhang Chu went out, except for himself in a carriage, the rest of the guards followed on foot.

At this moment, Chen Sheng's mouth was parched, and he wanted to return to Xiacheng father's house earlier, so he ordered Zhuang Jia, the coachman, to hit the horse and go first, so that he didn't have to wait slowly for the walking guards.

Anyway, it was only seven or eight miles away from Xiacheng Father at this time, and there were all his troops and horses nearby.

After the arrangements were made, Chen Sheng, who was feeling the gradual acceleration of the carriage in the soft carriage, closed his eyes and meditated comfortably in the carriage.

After walking for a while, Chen Sheng suddenly felt the carriage bump and stopped suddenly. Chen Sheng dared to ask what happened, but his coachman, Zhuang Jia, had already poked his head into the carriage.

"Your Majesty, the road ahead is rough and you accidentally entered a pit. Please, please step down for a while, and I will get the car out." Zhuang Jia said with his head bowed towards Chen Sheng.

It is quite normal for the roads of this era to be somewhat pitted.

Hearing Zhuang Jia's report, although Chen Sheng was a little displeased, he had no choice but to get out of the car temporarily.

The wheels are stuck in the pit, and if you want to get it out, you must drive the horsepower violently. If you stay in the car, you will be thrown out if you are not careful. It is indeed dangerous.

"Lu Pingyi, how rough is it?" Chen Sheng got out of the carriage, and with the help of the lanterns hanging on the two corners of the carriage, he observed that this section of the road was actually quite smooth.

However, at the moment when Chen Sheng spoke, Zhuang Jia, who was behind him with his brows down, suddenly took out a sharp dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed Chen Sheng fiercely in the back.

"You...you...why did you betray me...?" Chen Sheng turned his head to Zhuang Jia's direction with great effort, and asked intermittently.

Zhuang Jia was a good friend from his hometown, and one of the nine hundred servants of the Daze Township uprising. He could be said to be the veteran of the uprising.

"Gou Fugui, don't forget each other." Zhuang Jia said to Chen Sheng fiercely: "Do you still remember this sentence you said back then, it was because of this sentence that I opposed Qin with you, but now You have long been the king of Zhang Chu, but I am still a coachman, what kind of wealth is this, don't forget each other!"

"Now that the army of the Qin army is pressing down on the border, you are still fantasizing about a showdown with the Qin army just because of Xia Chengfu. When the army of the Qin army arrives, we will surely die without a place to die.

I heard that the Qin army rewarded the head of the king with thousands of coins and thousands of households in the city.

Waiting to die, this big head, it's better to take advantage of me. "

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Jia pulled out the dagger from Chen Sheng's back, reached forward and directly cut off Chen Sheng's trachea.

"Your Majesty, please go. In the next life, don't forget your promise!" Zhuang Jia said to Chen Sheng, who hadn't closed his eyes yet.

It can be said that Zhuang Jia has a long-standing grudge against Chen Sheng. As the veterans of the uprising, most of the rest of them have some positions in the army. Because of the close proximity of Chen Sheng's fellow villagers, many of them have even achieved the positions of generals. Leading an army abroad alone, but as Chen Sheng's fellow countryman, he has always been just a coachman.

From this, how could he not feel resentment towards Chen Sheng, and as Chen Sheng's coachman, he was very aware of some changes in Chen Sheng that outsiders didn't notice.

He felt more and more clearly that since Chen Sheng became king, he had become farther and farther away from the former Chen Sheng who was willing to share weal and woe with the soldiers. When Zhuang Jia was driving Chen Sheng out after Wu Guang was killed, he even heard Chen Sheng Cheering happily in the carriage.

So after hearing that Qin Jun was offering a reward for Chen Sheng's head, Zhuang Jia had the idea of ​​exchanging Chen Sheng's head for wealth, but he never found the right time.

Tonight, Chen Sheng ordered him to abandon his guards and leave first, which undoubtedly gave him a godsend opportunity.

After killing Chen Sheng, Zhuang Jia dragged Chen Sheng back into the carriage, and continued to drive Chen Sheng as if nothing had happened to the father of the lower city.

After arriving at Xiachengfu, Zhuang Jia did not enter the city, but turned around and followed another road away from Xiachengfu.

Chen Sheng's driver was known to all the troops in Xiachengfu, and Zhuang Jia, as Chen Sheng's driver, was not unknown in the rebel army.

Although they met several waves of patrolling troops along the way, when they saw Zhuang Jia and Chen Sheng's car, they retreated one after another, not daring to stop Zhuang Jia at all.

By the time the peasant army in Xiachengfuzhong finally found out that Chen Sheng was missing, Zhuang Jia had already left the control area of ​​the peasant army with Chen Sheng's head and headed for Chen County.

Although no one dared to check Zhuang Jia's carriage that night, they were discovered several times. The peasant army who noticed Chen Sheng's disappearance immediately sent people to search along the direction of the carriage, and finally found Chen Sheng in a ditch by the roadside at dawn. headless corpse.

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"General, there is a man who claims to be from Chen's bandit army, saying that he has important military information to report to the general." After several days of marching, Zhang Han's army was only less than two hundred miles away from the lower city father where Chen Sheng was entrenched. distance.

With such a short distance, it is possible to encounter Chen Shengjun's blocking at any time, so Zhang Han sent a large number of scouts to inquire about the military situation while ordering to suspend the marching speed.

On the way to Chen County, Zhuang Jia encountered scouts from Zhang Han's army. Zhuang Jia was sneaky, so naturally he was caught by the Qin army's scouts at the first time, which led to the scene just now.

"Bring it up!" Zhang Han ordered, frowning slightly.

Not long after, Zhuang Jia was brought in front of Zhang Han by Qin Jun.

"What military situation do you want to report to me?" Zhang Han asked casually on his horse.

"Dare to ask the general, can you be the leader of the Qin army?" Zhuang Jia asked in a low voice with a swollen thing in his arms.

"This is Zhang Han, the general of the army. Naturally, he is the master." Immediately, one of Zhang Han's guards yelled at Zhuang Jia.

Hearing that the person in front of him was Zhang Han, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army, Zhuang Jia immediately said excitedly: "I heard that Da Qin rewarded Chen Sheng with the seal of a thousand households. I wonder if this is true?"

"It's true!" Zhang Han nodded and replied.

After Zhang Han finished speaking, Zhuang Jia was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly opened the package in his arms and said, "This is the head of Chen Shengzhi, please check it out!"

Then he told Zhang Han in detail how he got Chen Sheng's head.

Chen Sheng, who shattered the Great Qin Dynasty, died in the hands of the coachman. To be honest, Zhang Han didn't quite believe it. However, after sending a large number of scouts in the direction of Xia Chengfu, Zhang Han had no choice but to believe it. Just die.

Because after Chen Sheng's death, the peasant army of Xiacheng Father without a leader has already fought by itself in order to fight for the dominance.

After the news was confirmed, Zhang Han immediately ordered the Qin army to march at full speed. Two days later, the Qin army rushed to Xiachengfu. , and the rest are scattered in all directions.

The Zhang Chu regime perished.

As for Zhuang Jia's reward, it was the second emperor who made the promise at the beginning, and after a while, it may not be sure who will be in charge of Xianyang City.

(End of this chapter)