Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-10-18

After Fusu proclaimed himself emperor, he carried out the policy of recuperation in the early years of the Han Dynasty, greatly reducing the heavy taxes and military service stipulated by the Qin Dynasty, so that the current counties can restore their original vitality. Seeking talents from all over the world, but those who have skills, Fusu will take them into the army so that they can live well in Xianyang City.Then Fusu called all the iron smelting craftsmen who were originally in Shangjun to Xianyang City, and opened a bigger smelting plant for them.

In this way, driven by the two wills of Fusu's light corvee and thin tax and the invitation of talented people, many people who had lost confidence in Qin and went away returned to their hometowns, and Fusu's territory began to slowly recover. Vitality, even more prosperous than before.In fact, Fusu doesn't need to pay too much attention to these matters, because with the help of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, Fusu only needs to point out the key points.Apart from his training, his main focus was also on taking care of Xiaotao.

Although Xianyang was captured and proclaimed emperor, it does not mean that Fusu has no rivals in the world. The Chu State in the south is still eyeing the Central Plains. They will also attack the Central Plains again, not to mention that there are still a few places that Qin Shihuang did not capture, waiting for Fusu to attack, such as Lingnan, such as some islands in the south.But when he took Xianyang and several other counties, Fusu lost nearly half of his troops, and the strength of those who surrendered to him in the Qin army was no match for his original troops, so Fusu was eager to train another army. Elite soldiers, in addition to preparing for the future expansion of territories, are more importantly to prevent the Chu people and the Huns from taking the opportunity to send troops to their own disadvantages.And Xiaotao is about to give birth, Fusu seems to need to be by her side often to take care of her.Although there are many maids in the palace who can serve Xiaotao, Fusu, a modern person, still has to take care of pregnant women himself.In this way, Fusu spends his time between warmth and iron blood. During the day, he has to train soldiers, and at night, he has to accompany Xiaotao.

On this day, after seeing the new cavalry who had improved greatly after training, he hurried back to the palace.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the palace gate, one person came to report: "Your Majesty, General Peng has something important to report." Fusu always felt that being called the emperor was a bit harsh, so he ordered people to change his name to "Emperor" at a court meeting. Those soldiers and servants quickly adapted to this new title, only Zhou Xing and other generals have not completely changed their tune.

Peng Hong is the commander of Fusu's bodyguards, that is, Wei Wei, one of the nine ministers, but at the same time he is also in charge of a matter that has always been his responsibility, that is, handling secret reports sent from various places.These secret reports have become more detailed with the continuous expansion of Fusu's power. Whether it is the Chu State or the Huns, there are spies from the Fusu faction there. Every day, pigeons fly into Xianyang City from all over to report to Fusu Every move in these places.Since it was Peng Hong who came to report something, Fu Su knew that it must be related to these secret reports, so he turned around and came to his study, and asked his servant Peng Hong to bring him.

Although this place is called a study by Fusu, it is actually a palace with a radius of tens of feet, filled with bamboo slips and silk scripts, which are either ancient documents or memorials presented by various ministers.Fusu sat in his seat, took a memorial and read it while waiting for Peng Hong to arrive.Not long after, Peng Hong walked into the hall under the leadership of the servants. After seeing the ceremony, Peng Hong said: "Your Majesty, I just got a secret report saying that the Chu people sent [-] troops to the east to attack Qi." After speaking, he presented a volume of silk scroll to the servant and he handed it to Fusu.

Fusu took the scroll and looked at it carefully, and said, "Unexpectedly, after Xiang Yu became the de facto king of Chu, he became quiet and drunk, and finally he was so quiet that he decided to take Qi. If he swallowed the whole land, then Chu The strength of the country is bound to increase greatly. Come, go and call the Prime Minister, the Taiwei, the Royal Envoy, and the General into the palace. I have important matters to discuss with them." After giving the order, Fu Su smiled and said to Peng Hong: " Sit here for a moment and talk to me, and discuss how to deal with this matter after they come."

Zhang Liang and others had already built their own residences in Xianyang City, and it was not far from the imperial palace. After receiving Fusu's order, they did not dare to delay, and rushed into the palace immediately.After they all arrived, Fusu let them sit down, and then told them the news that Xiang Yu had sent an army to attack Qi: "I think that if the strength of Chu is greatly increased, it will be harmful to our Great Qin, so I want to send troops to contain them, so that Chu people can attack Qi with all their strength, what do you think?"

Meng Tian said first: "Once the Chu people swallow Qi, they will pose a threat to us, but Chu is far away from Xianyang, and Xiang Yu's army has been dispatched a few days ago, and the Qi people are tired and weak. It is difficult to defeat the front of the Chu army. If our army is destroyed by Chu before it arrives, then the Chu people can take the opportunity to send troops to attack us. Although we are not afraid of him, the emperor now wants to rest with the people. So it is better to be able to afford weapons.

Fu Su felt that what Meng Tian said was also reasonable, so he nodded, looked at the other people, and waited for their opinions.Chen Ping also said: "I also think that it is better for us to wait and see. Even if we send troops to make Chu people unable to take Qi, it will be a loss to Chu people, and Qi people will not be grateful to us. At the same time The people of Chu will hate us even more, and they will even brazenly send troops to attack our counties in the Central Plains. Good deal."

Zhang Liang also said: "What Mr. Chen said is very true. Chu has all the land. He will not be able to completely take over all the people for his own use in a short time. Sincerely, he will spend a lot of manpower to maintain his rule. This will be very difficult for us. You can get a lot of rest time if you say it. So on the surface, Chu Gongqi seems to be a big increase in Chu's strength, but in fact it may be uncertain."

Hearing that the three of them didn't want to send troops, Fusu doubted his judgment just now, and finally he looked at Han Xin.Han Xin originally wanted to send troops, but now after hearing the opinions of the other three people, he felt that his idea was wrong. Seeing Fusu's eyes on him, he said: "I also think it's better not to send troops, and we can still Send people to Qi, once the Chu people occupy the Qi land, they can stir up Qi people's dissatisfaction with Chu there, so as to cause some troubles for Chu people in the future."

Fu Su nodded and said: "Since the four Qing families do not agree with my sending troops, I think you are right, then just wait and see what happens. You can also try the method you mentioned, Han Qing, and send people now I've rushed to Qi." Fusu also thought that Qi and the Central Plains were not closely related, so its survival would not have too much impact on Qin, so he let him go.But to be on the safe side, Fusu still ordered people to set up more checkpoints and spies at the place where the handover with Chu land was, in case the Chu people came to attack.Afterwards, Fusu discussed some non-urgent matters with them before returning to the harem to accompany Xiaotao.

In a small town near Handan County, which is far away from Xianyang and Shangjun, there are tens of thousands of horses stationed there at this time. At this time, more than 4 people have gathered in this small city.It turned out that after Zhang Han's defeat, he immediately sent someone to pass the news to the Baiban Second Army, so that they no longer had to attack the Yunzhong and Shanggu counties.Just because without his army now, even if these two counties are defeated, they will not be able to defend, and they will also attract a crazy counterattack from the Fusu army.So Zhang Han took the remnant soldiers and joined them on the edge of this small town.After that, when they were thinking about where to go, whether to go to Xianyang to help Ziying or find another way out, the city of Xianyang was destroyed, and the news of Fusu proclaiming himself emperor came, which completely dispelled the three of them going back to Xianyang plans, but there are even fewer roads ahead of them.

Originally, the army didn't have much food and grass. Although they captured some food and killed some horses in the past two months, the soldiers no longer had enough food to satisfy their hunger.Zhang Han looked at the spirited soldiers, with a look of resentment on his face: "Unexpectedly, I, Zhang Han, thought that I was good at using troops and was defeated a few times. Unexpectedly, I suffered such a big defeat this time. Not only did I lose more than half of the more than [-] troops, but I also lost more than half of them. Xianyang was also taken by the enemy, and now we have nowhere to go. I, Zhang Han Zhenshu, am ashamed of my trust in the emperor and my soldiers.”

The two people in Baiban rushed forward to persuade them, and Wang Li said: "Don't be discouraged, general. At least we still have [-] soldiers in our hands. They are all the elite of my Great Qin. As long as we are given a chance, we can still let Fusu taste suffering."

Zhang Han smiled wryly and nodded, and then said: "It seems that we can't help staying like this now, and if this continues, the soldiers will leave the army because of hunger without helping the Soviet army or other enemies to come to us. "

"It's easy to handle, there are some small counties near us, we can send troops to plunder." Bai Ban said nonchalantly.

"No, now the area around here is my Daqin's territory. If we make a move, Fusu and the others will know, and then their army will come to surround and suppress us. And these people are innocent, how can I bear to rob us?" What about their food?" Zhang Han immediately vetoed.

Wang Lidao: "I have a solution, that is, the general will take people to Chu to meet Xiang Yu, and join forces with the Chu people to fight against Fusu, so that we can hope to defeat him."

Zhang Han shook his head subconsciously at first. He had just fought a few battles with Xiang Yu, but now he ran to say that he wanted to cooperate with him. It was strange that the other party would believe him, but then he realized that he had no way to go before he said: "Then I'll go to Kuaiji to have a look. Luckily, it's not too far away from Kuaiji. You and your army can stay here with peace of mind. I'll come back in time no matter what happens or not."