Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-06-03

When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised their troops, there were only about 900 soldiers. In their thinking, it was just a desperate effort to survive the dead.So after raising their troops, they quickly occupied Zuoyi County under the jurisdiction of Hedong County.Also because it was the imperial court who summoned the strong men, most of the men in the county had already gone to Taiyuan County, including the county's garrison force, and there were a total of [-] men who came. The county magistrate had no choice but to surrender the city .

Perhaps it was because the Qin Dynasty's policies were too harsh, or the people in the Central Plains were dissatisfied with Qin. After Chen Sheng and others occupied Zuoyi to fight against the rule of the Qin Dynasty, the young men from all over the Central Plains who should have rushed to Taiyuan began to follow suit. He got up with them, killed the guarding Qin Bing, and then defected to them.In just one month, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had [-] soldiers under their command.So Chen Sheng began to establish the kingdom in his mind with great fanfare. He named the country Zhang Chu and proclaimed himself king. At the same time, he also began to attack some small counties around him.

It should have been when he was in his early days, and these small counties, like Zuoyi, did not have much garrison force, and they were taken down by him. When the Zhang Chu regime was established, Chen Sheng already had a county that belonged entirely to him. His own county-Hedong County.Then Chen Sheng began to seal the officials under Shang, and stopped the invasion of other counties and counties. During this period, his power continued to grow, and other forces on the Central Plains began to move around.

But the chaos in the Central Plains has not yet spread to Sishui County in the east.A pavilion chief in Peixian County under its rule was frowning at the time when he received an order from his superiors to do some official business. He was Liu Ji.

Originally, he had already made an appointment to drink in the evening with some friends who worked together in the county government, but unexpectedly the county came and ordered him to escort a few criminals to the next county in the evening. "Hey, it seems that my appointment with Xiao He and the others will be terminated." Liu Ji walked with a sigh while holding the official document.

"Brother Liu, what's the matter? Why did you mention Xiao He?" A soft voice came from Liu Ji's hands.

Liu Ji turned his head and saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man about forty years old in low-class official uniform. It was Xiao He, so he smiled wryly and said: "I made an appointment with you tonight for a drink, but unexpectedly such a man came Stuff, it seems that I have no choice but to miss the appointment, Old Liu."

"Business is important," Xiao He said with a chuckle, "Go and get busy, I will tell my brothers, maybe you can finish the work quickly, and you can still have a few drinks."

"I hope so. I'll go west and wait for those guys." Liu Ji held the documents in his hands and headed west.Xiao He shook his head with a smile and went to meet his friends for a drink.

"I hope they can come sooner." Liu Ji chatted and waited standing in the western suburbs of Pei County. It is already winter, although the winter here is much warmer than that in the northwest, but standing here is also affected by the wind. No, Liu Ji couldn't help thinking of the hot wine in the restaurant, and thinking of this, he felt that time passed so slowly.

Suddenly a few figures appeared in front of him, Liu Ji was refreshed, and hurried up to ask: "Is the escort ordered to commit crimes against me in Pei County?"

The tall and burly guard nodded and said, "Exactly, you are here to pick us up from Pei County?"

Liu Ji said yes while handing over the official document. After confirming the mistake, the man said: "Then we will hand over the criminals to you. You have to be careful, don't get away, there are still people coming to pick them up."

Liu Ji agreed, and said to those few people: "Brothers, let's go." After speaking, he led them into Pei County.

Because there are many roads, Liu Ji asked, "What did you do? Why were you sent here?"

One of the fierce-looking people said: "We killed a rich man, that's why we were arrested by the government."

"You didn't cut off your heads when you killed someone? This is a strange thing about me, Daqin." Liu Ji was a little curious.

The other criminal laughed: "What's so strange about this? That guy wanted to rape a woman, but the rest of us couldn't see it and taught him a lesson. Unexpectedly, he couldn't help beating him and died after a few blows. At that time and The dog official with an ambiguous relationship with the rich man really wanted to kill us, but the rich man also offended too many people in the local area, and the people all spoke for us. Like several county magistrates, his head is not safe, so he changed his head to be distributed." He was quite complacent while speaking.

"It turns out that you guys are chivalrous men, but I was rude to Liu Ji." As he spoke, he cupped his hands again and again, "But you have thought that without that dog official and that rich man, you would not dare to do anything to you locally, but you might be able to do it in other places." It's on you."

"This...we really haven't thought about it carefully." Another criminal scratched his scalp.

Liu Ji curiously asked what happened in Xiahedong, and those people told him about Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising. After hearing this, Liu Ji remained silent for a while.

Suddenly he spoke: "Liu Ji, my most important thing is chivalrous heroes. If you can stand up for a woman you don't know, then I, Liu Ji, will save your life." Liu Ji pulled out a handful of copper With a few strokes of the knife, the ropes on those people were cut off.

"What do you mean? Let us go?" the fierce-looking man asked strangely.

"Exactly, you can leave now, and I will bear all the consequences." Liu Ji nodded and inserted the knife back into his waist.

"Wouldn't that implicate you?" The group of criminals were quite loyal.

"Don't worry, I have my own way. It can be seen that you are all heroes, and we will meet later." Liu Ji strode away as soon as he cupped his hands, without asking their names.

Those people stood strangely for a long while, and the fierce man who was obviously the leader gave a thumbs up and said: "This man is a man, and we should recognize him as a friend."

After Liu Ji let him go, he returned to the Wangji Hotel in the county. His friends were already drunk, and a big man with a beard was pouring a large bowl of wine into his mouth when he saw him: "Old Liu, we will treat you as you." It will be an hour and a half before we come back."

"Brothers, I have something to say." Liu Ji ignored the person's greeting, but said seriously. Although he was talking about brothers, his eyes were only on Xiao He.

Xiao He put down his wine glass, and asked strangely: "What is it that can make this kid Liu Ji start to be serious?"

Liu Ji came to the crowd and told them what he had just done. "Why did you release those prisoners? Do you want to kill yourself?" A big man who hadn't spoken all this time asked softly.

"Cao Shen, don't be too busy, I haven't finished my sentence yet." Liu Ji said with a smile, "Actually, the reason why I let them go is because I heard a piece of news."

Everyone looked at him curiously, wondering why a piece of news would make him risk his life. "That means someone has already raised the banner of anti-Qin, and Hedong County has been defeated by Chen Sheng."

There was a hint of understanding in everyone's eyes, and a cold-faced person asked, "Are you trying to rebel?"

"That's right, I, Liu Ji, have had enough of being oppressed by those officials, and now it's our brother's turn to stand out. Zhou Bo, are you with me?"

Zhou Bonai pursed his lips: "Everyone knows me, Zhou Bo, he is Cao Can, Xiao He, and Fan Kui." He pointed to the three of them, and finally pointed at the young man who was silent in the distance, "and this silent Xiahou Yingying is your good brother Liu Ji, if you rebel, can we have good fruit to eat?"

Looking at the wry smiles on everyone's face, Liu Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm sure I can overthrow Bao Qin this time."

"Now that we've reached this point, we must have a charter, and we can't mess around." Xiao He said.

"Then it's up to you, Old Xiao, you've always been our brothers' brains." Liu Ji immediately carried Xiao He out, and Xiao He could only agree with a wry smile.

"Now that we have soldiers and horses, we can only stand on our own after suddenly killing the county magistrate." Xiao He thought for a while before saying.

"Indeed, based on the opinion of our people in Peixian County, we are very likely to get everyone's support after we get rid of the county magistrate. The world has suffered for a long time." Liu Ji also nodded in agreement.After discussing some things, everyone went home.

On the second day, Liu Ji came to the county government office to return his order. Seeing that the soldiers around him were all people with whom he had a good relationship, he knew it was Xiao He's tricks.When I came to the hall, I saw the county magistrate pacing angrily, saw Liu Ji coming in and asked, "I asked you to escort the criminals yesterday, why did you tell them to get away?"

Liu Ji didn't panic, and walked slowly to the county magistrate: "Because I can see that they are all good men, and I, Liu Ji, are also good men. A good man can't embarrass a good man."

"You are an official in our county of Pei. Now that you have committed crimes, then you can replace them, come on!" The county magistrate shouted.

But as soon as his words fell, Liu Ji pulled out his knife and slashed at his neck: "You dog officer, I have endured you for a long time!" Liu Jihui suddenly got into trouble, and when he died, his eyes were still wide open, as if he was still scolding Liu Ji.

The soldiers outside rushed in when they heard the county magistrate's shout, but when they saw Liu Ji's murder, they were all frightened.At this time, Xiao He came in from the door, followed by Cao Shen and four others, holding weapons in their hands.Fan Kuai glared at the soldiers and said, "These dog officials of Qin didn't have any good ones, and they killed them well. Now Chen Sheng in Hedong has gathered 5 people to rebel against Qin, and the world will soon be chaotic. Are you still going to help the tyrant?" If there is a huge thunder, these soldiers will be shocked at once.

These soldiers had always been friends with Liu Ji and the others, and they also knew that these men had extraordinary martial arts skills, so they half-and-half agreed right away and joined Liu Ji's team.Now that there is a leader, the other soldiers in Pei County will naturally have an excuse to surrender to Liu Ji. In just one day, Pei County has completely become Liu Ji's world.So while rectifying his troops (although there are only a few hundred people at present), he declared to the outside world that he had rebelled against Qin Zili. The martyrs were the big men whom Liu Bang let go.

Echoing Chen Shengyao, Liu Bang also organized a rebel army, but how could there be no rebels in the world without him