Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-05-24

"Everyone should know how I am, Fusu," Fusu said to the hard laborers below while standing on a newly built wooden platform, "If I were the lord of the world, everyone would have a better life. Let’s do a lot of construction work and destroy a few families.”

The slaves below didn't have much interest in their eyes, they just looked at Fusu numbly, it seemed that his words didn't reach their ears at all.

"I can assure you that as long as you help me guard the pass of the Great Wall, once I succeed, you can all get rid of your slave status and become the same people as my people in Daqin, and those who have done meritorious service will also be rewarded." Listen When it comes to Fusu's words, those hard laborers seem to be a little interested, but they are not very enthusiastic.

"And everyone should know that if the Xiongnu break through the defense line, you will die, so I hope you can take up the duty of guarding and resist the invading Huns together with my Daqin soldiers." These people said that even Li Heng on the side couldn't understand his behavior. He had been saying this for three days, but there were less than a thousand people who were really willing to stand up and be a guardian of the soil.

After finishing speaking, Fusu returned to the hotel wearily.He took off his armor dejectedly and said, "I never imagined that the people of the Six Kingdoms have become so divorced from me, Daqin. Even if I know the righteousness or lure them for profit, they won't be tempted. What should I do?"

"How does the prince treat those hard laborers who are willing to guard the border?" Li Heng asked.

His words awakened Fusu; "That's right, why didn't I think of speaking with facts, it seems that I have been busy these days with soldiers, transfer of hard labor, and how to deal with Hu Hai, so that I can't think well. "Thinking of this, he quickly ordered: "Prepare some rewards for those hard laborers who are willing to guard the Great Wall. At the same time, in order to show their trust, form a team of thousands of people. Treat them well. Go quickly. Mr. Li, thank you Bring it up."

Li Heng hurriedly said: "This is just learning from Shang Jun's reform method to gain trust."

Although this is an old method, it is also a good method.I don't know whether it was because they were moved by the sincerity of Fusu's continuous persuasion in the past few days or because of the treatment of those hard laborers who were willing to stand up and defend the border. The number of people is still increasing, which makes Fusu very happy.

At the same time, there are rumors circulating in Shangjun: "Did you know that Prince Fusu did not die after being persecuted by traitors?" One person said.

"I also just learned that the second prince repeatedly murdered him in order to snatch the throne that belonged to Prince Fusu, but God bless the prince, he was not killed in the end." The other person was also busy talking about what he knew.

"Hey, things are not that simple. I heard that the prince committed suicide after receiving the imperial decree, but was prevented by the emperor's heroic spirit, so he learned of Hu Hai's conspiracy. Now he has obtained the emperor's decree to regain the throne What?" The third person rushed over and told the truth he knew.

One piece of news began to spread around, but this kind of news was only widely spread among the people, and did not attract the attention of those officials. At the same time, as the news spread farther and farther, the news became more and more bizarre. Some people said It was because Fusu's long sword was interrupted by Qin Shihuang's heroic spirit when Fusu committed suicide. Qin Shihuang told Fusu about it himself, which made him firm in his confidence to regain the throne; help return to the world.The news one by one made Fusu also have to admire the endless imagination of the people.

Taking advantage of all kinds of news flying all over the sky, Fusu decided to make a move.

"We have to attack Hu Hai and the others while the people's hearts are turning towards us," Fusu said.Those three generals, Meng Tian and Li Heng were with him.

Zhou Xing echoed: "What the prince said is very true, now is the best time for us to attack Hu Hai."

"Yeah, we can take advantage of their unstable foothold and catch them by surprise." Zheng De also said.

Seeing that everyone agreed with him, Fu Su looked at Li Heng and Meng Tian again: "What should we do?"

"The last general has carefully studied the defense layout of my counties and counties in Daqin, and found that I have two routes to enter Xianyang. One is to raid Beidi County at the fastest speed, and then to attack Xianyang for a long distance. The advantage of this route is that I can suddenly Launch an attack and catch them by surprise, but at the same time, because there is no city wall along the way, the delivery of supplies such as food and grass may not be able to keep up, and the attacking troops will easily become a lone army. Xianyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as they defend Soon there will be reinforcements from all over the place, and our army will be attacked by people from both inside and outside." Meng Tian paused at this point.

Li Heng on the other side knew that he had entrusted himself with the advantages and disadvantages of the other route, and said without hesitation, "The other way is to capture Taiyuan County first, and then slowly take the three counties of Shangdang, Hedong, and Sanchuan. After the Hangu pass, we will go straight to Xianyang. This route allows us to step by step, and even strengthen our strength after each county is captured, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, we have to send troops to garrison every time we capture a city. Hangu Pass is extremely steep, and it is not easy to capture it. But even if we cannot defeat Xianyang for a while, we will not be completely passive."

Fusu knew that their words were to the point, and now it was his turn to make a choice.He thought for a while and said: "We now have an army of at least 12, and the Huns have had civil strife for a period of time because of the killing of the lord by Mao Dun. It can be said that our rear is still stable. But we don't have a long time , so I think it’s better to take a risk and try the first route, going straight to the hinterland of Xianyang.”

"However, Xianyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack. How should we attack it? If they have time to mobilize troops and horses to help, I am afraid that our entire army may be wiped out." Li Heng said.

In fact, Fusu didn't know the danger of this route, but he also knew that if he moved slowly, other people would immediately rise up, and he might face more enemies by then.He now regrets why he didn't read more history books about the last years of the Qin Dynasty. As long as he can know the correct year and month of the peasant uprising, he can use their influence to win the victory with less effort.

"I have a way." Zhang Wu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "We can take Beidi County first, and then lure Xianyang's defenders to attack us, thereby weakening their defending forces, so that Xianyang may be easy to attack. gone."

Fusu's eyes brightened after hearing his opinion, they were only talking about how they attacked, and they never thought of having someone attack them and then annihilate the enemy.At the same time, he also thought that Hu Hai was unpopular after all, as long as there were people loyal to him in Xianyang City, such as Li Si, he would have a chance to attack suddenly.Thinking of this, a quick way to capture the Northland also appeared in his mind.

As soon as Li Heng heard Zhang Wu's words, he also understood: "Yes, as long as we successfully capture Beidi County, Hu Hai will definitely feel unwilling, and he will send soldiers from Xianyang to attack us, so that we can reduce the number of troops. The guardian power of Xianyang makes it less difficult to attack. But how to take down Beidi County?"

"Actually, Beidi County is not difficult to take down. As long as we use one person, we can take it down without bloodshed." Fusu said.

"What way?" Hearing the words "no bloodshed", several other people became interested.

"The eunuch who passed the decree. As long as he leads people into Beidi County, we can kill them inside by surprise."

"Good idea," Li Heng clapped his hands. "As long as he says that this army is passing through Beidi County on order to return to Xianyang, the defenders will not doubt it. At that time, we will guard the city gate. After the army enters, Beidi County It broke."

Everyone looked at Fusu in admiration, they didn't expect him to think of such a plan.

It was a dark wooden room, and a person curled up in a corner with disheveled hair. He was the eunuch who was ordered to deliver the order—Zaiji.He has been imprisoned for more than ten days. From his arrogance at the beginning to his begging later to his despair now, he seems to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden, and he really feels the feeling of living like a year.

Suddenly the door opened, and he carefully covered his eyes with his hands.One person came in front of Zaiji, but when he looked up, it was the eldest prince Fusu. "Prince, are you here to tell me that my time of death has arrived?"

"If I want you to die, should I come here in person?" Fu Su said with a smile, "I came here today to ask you a question, do you want to die or live?"

"Of course I want to live." Zai Ji propped up his weak body when he heard that he had a chance to live, "Will the prince let me go back?"

"Of course it's impossible. But as long as you can do one thing for me, I can guarantee you a good life. Are you willing to do it?" Fusu felt that he was a devil who tempted people to commit crimes.

"What's the matter?" Zaiji's eyes showed a longing for life.

Fusu leaned down and spoke softly to him, then stared at him and said, "Are you cooperating with me or do you want me to take your sacrificial flag?"

"I..." Zaiji's heart turned for a long time, and finally his desire for life surpassed his loyalty to others, he nodded, "I am willing to cooperate with you, but you must also promise that I will not let me die."

"Of course, in the name of the Great Qin Kingdom, I guarantee that you will be able to enjoy the rest of your life in peace, as long as you can complete the tasks I entrusted to you." Fusu said loudly: "Come here, help Mr. Zai out to take a bath and change clothes. I'm going to treat him well."

A few people came in to help Zaiji, who was already limp all over, and went out. Fusu looked at his weak back being supported and knew that the first step of his plan had been completed.