At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 186: Big stick against sweet dates and publicity offensive

Xu Chongzhao disagreed and said: "The Julu went too deep into the Qin army's defense line and could get support from the Qin army from all over the country. Our army could easily get trapped in it and be flanked by the Qin army. The general thought that we had to eat our food one bite at a time, so we attacked the enemy first." City, and then unite with our army on the other side of the Yellow River to conquer the city of Dongwuyang. After conquering Dongwuyang, it will be Ji County, and finally Julu, and gradually squeeze the Qin army out of Julu County."

Lu Chen thought for a while and said: "It is a bit risky to attack Julu. Our army will attack the old city first."

Zhang Liang also nodded and said: "It is safer to attack the old city."

Chen Ying and Zhang Qiang also agreed with Xu Chongzhao's suggestion that they should attack the old city first.

Therefore, among the senior officials of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the battle goal of attacking the old city was approved.

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "If Julu can still mobilize its troops, then mobilize more."

Julu only had 7 troops, 5 of which were raised by Zhao people. Zhang Liang was worried that their combat effectiveness was insufficient.

Lu Chen looked at Xu Chongzhao and others and said: "Issue a military mobilization order in Julu and recruit another 60,000 troops to attack the old county."

"Promise!" Xu Zhongzhao, Liu Bang and others bowed their hands in salute.

The clerk laughed and said: "Look, what scares you is not that the Qin people are coming, but that the King of Han wants to lead us to fight the Qin army. Think about how many evil things the Qin Dynasty has done in Julu, how many people have been killed." , as long as he is a passionate man, he will not want to avenge his relatives and friends."

"My father was starved to death by the violent Qin Dynasty. I want revenge." A large number of people from Zhao area flocked to the military camp, and soon a long queue of people joining the army erected outside the military camp.

"Now the time for you to take revenge has come. Join our Han army. Let's go together to beat Qin and avenge our relatives."

"The King of Han has issued a military mobilization order. Anyone who wants to take revenge on the Qin army can surrender to the Han army camp outside the city."

Shu smiled and said: "Don't worry, clan elders, it's not the Qin people who are attacking us this time, but our Han army is attacking the Qin people. This time we have to drive the Qin people out of Zhao and destroy the Qin army in the Central Plains before we can live a peaceful life." "

"Is there any second or third son who is willing to join the army with a certain family?" A strong man shouted loudly.

But after the pavilion chiefs from various places left, the clan elders from Anxiang came one after another. They asked with a hint of fear: "Are the Qin people coming again? If this is the case, I will lead the whole clan to help you, the village chief, to resist." Qin people."

"You're right, we want revenge!" There is no shortage of passionate men in the land of Yanzhao, not to mention that they were oppressed by the Qin army not long ago. Almost every family had someone die at the hands of the Qin people. This is the time When their hatred is at its strongest, they will immediately avenge their loved ones if given the chance.

Later, Shu helped them find jobs such as making spear shafts and long arrows. The people in the whole township earned food by helping the Han army make weapons. They finally no longer worried about starving to death. A month ago, Shu gave them a share of After this series of huge changes, the prestige of the tree was established in Anxiang. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most important thing in Anxiang.

"The King of Han has issued a military mobilization order. Anyone who wants to take revenge on the Qin army can surrender to the Han army camp outside the city."

"I am willing!"

This loud voice woke up the people in all the county towns.

Other people also looked at the officials who were beating the gongs in fear. They had just lived a stable life for a few days, but they did not want these days to disappear. When the violent Qin came back, their good days would naturally disappear.

Then Shu Shu summoned the 10 pavilion chiefs from Anxiang and said: "The King of Han finally decided to attack the Qin army. We in Anxiang have quotas for thousands of civilians. Each of your pavilions has 100 quotas. You must choose carefully when you go back today." Civilians, gather here tomorrow, and then I will take you to the school grounds."

Although Shu, the rose man, has not been in Anxiang for a long time, he already has a very high prestige. There is no other reason than that when the whole village is starving, Shu can bring food to save them, especially These old people are among the first people to starve to death in years of famine. Many elderly people have starved to death in Anxiang. It was the food brought by the trees that saved them.

Wuqiang County, Anxiang.

A commoner said in fear: "It's the Qin Dynasty that's coming again."

The next day, people in Julu counties suddenly found Cao officials beating gongs and drums and shouting loudly: "The King of Han has issued a military mobilization order. Anyone who wants to take revenge on the Qin army can go to the Han army camp outside the city to surrender."

A knight came to Qiangfushu and said: "General Zhengbei ordered that Anxiang recruit a thousand civilians to join the army. They will gather at the school grounds of Wuqiang County in three days."

"promise."

Shu said excitedly: "No!"

The old man looked a little embarrassed, but he still whispered: "Town chief, can you recruit less soldiers from us?"

Shu looked at the old man in shock and said, "Don't you want to take revenge and kill the Qin people?"

The old man said angrily: "Of course I have. Not to mention the massacre of our Zhao people by Bao Qin in the past few decades, just this time when Meng Tian invaded Zhao, more than a hundred of us in Anxiang died of starvation. Each of us and The violent Qin Dynasty has a blood feud."

But another old man continued: "But in the war, people will die again. It is not easy for the family to divide the land. If the young people die, there will be no way to cultivate the land. How about the mayor find some people who have fled from Handan County, and they will also work with them. The hatred of the people of Qin is as deep as the sea. They fight, and if we grow food and give it to them, we are also taking revenge."

Shu glanced at the clan elders around him and found that they all meant this.

When everyone had nothing in the past, revenge naturally became their main idea, but now they have land and food. Although they are grateful to the King of Han, they just want to defend their land and let others fight for their lives. This kind of Although the idea is shameless, it is human nature.

Shu immediately said with a cold face: "We, the King of Han, allocate land to you so that you can go to the battlefield without any scruples. If you don't want to go to the battlefield, you can just hand it over to them."

These clan elders were immediately shocked and turned pale, and then apologized: "I and others have lost their minds. Mayor, please don't pay attention to our nonsense."

"I will go home right now to mobilize the young men in the family and ask them to help the King of Han to defeat Qin."

Several clan elders almost fled.

Shu also paid attention to this situation and reported what happened in Anxiang.

After the Han army's mobilization order was issued, counties and villages began to recruit civilians to transport weapons, and Julu's power began to surge.

Cui Yan knelt down in front of his father and said, "My child wants to join the Han army. Please support me from my father."

Cui Yi said angrily: "Do you know what you are talking about! The Han army robbed our family of tens of thousands of shi of food. They also stared at our land and increased taxes to 250%. This time they even asked us to dispatch soldiers joined the Han army to fight the Qin people. My father had no time to hide from the Han army, but you actually wanted to take the initiative to get close to them."

Lu Chen's conscription order has been issued to Cui Yi's family, saying that one person will be sent to join the army for every 1 acres of land, and their family will send 250 people. If soldiers are not sent, their land will be confiscated.

When Cui Yi saw the news, he was shocked. The Han army was not much worse than the Qin people. One wanted life and food, the other wanted food and land. Neither was a good thing.

Until now, he was still worried about how to solve this problem, whether to get some more money and food to eliminate the disaster. Now Cui Yan actually said that he would take the initiative to join the Han army, and his son actually took the initiative to help the enemy. How could this not make Cui Yi angry? Cui Yi compared several forces and found that King Zhao was better. He neither increased taxes nor asked for their land, but also gave them official positions. God does not allow good people to gain power. Such a good king was besieged by the Qin army in Handan. Until now I don’t know if I am alive or dead.

Cui Yan said: "Father, this is an era of cannibalism. You said that the Han army is eyeing our land. Don't the Qin people be eyeing our land?"

"Look at how many people these Qin people killed in the enclosure of Yan State, and how many people they killed in the enclosure of Qi State. Qi State is still at war with Qin people. It is said that both sides of Qi State have killed rivers of blood now. Hundreds of thousands of Qi people have died in the battle.

Comparing Yan State and Qi State, our Zhao State only died so few people. My father should not feel lucky. If it weren’t for the Han army’s Julu army and the Qin army’s continued oppression, our Julu country would not have had fewer people die than those in Yan Qi. . "

After Cui Yi heard this, he was really glad in his heart that such a thing did not happen in Zhao Di. Otherwise, he didn't know how many people in his family would have died. Even the existence of the family was a question. Thinking about it, the Han army was still considered Okay, at least he didn't draw his sword to kill people and seize the land.

Cui Yan continued: "We can't solve the problem by evading like this. If we don't join the Han army today, the Qin people will attack us, and we won't have a good life. If the Han army comes back, we won't have a good life."

After all, we still have no one up there. If our children can stand out among the Han army, we ourselves will be the superior people. The Cui family can be oppressed by a few petty officials like today! In this troubled world, money, food, and land are all imaginary. People will take them away if they say they want. Only military power is a real thing and a guarantee for a family. "

"Father, you see that General Zhengbei of the Han Army was just a civilian before, but after several years of fighting, he has become a high-ranking member of the Han Army. Even father, you have to look down on him in front of him, for fear that he will look for our Cui family." Trouble. He relies on nothing but the army in his hands."

Although what his son said made sense, Cui Yi still didn't want his son to join the enemy of the Han army. He said earnestly: "Then he can't join the Han army. It would be easier to join the army of King Zhao. After all, we are Zhao people. And King Zhao is not bad to us either."

Cui Yan shook his head and said: "Father, you are stubborn. During the Warring States Period, when the warring states were fighting for hegemony, talents from various countries stayed in their own countries. They didn't just go to whichever country had good treatment, and whichever country was stronger."

"Nowadays, countries treat talents well. It's hard to say clearly, but the strength of King Han is really strong. Even the powerful Qin State can't deal with them. It's not true that he doesn't take refuge with King Han, but takes refuge with King Zhao who can't even protect his own country and citizens. Send yourself to death.

Even if King Zhao is good in every way, his lack of strength is his biggest mistake. King Zhao can't even protect himself, so how can he protect us? How can such a weak king be worthy of seeking refuge?"

"Now the Han army wants us to prepare soldiers. Isn't this the time for children to make contributions? With this army, we have the right to speak in the Han army. The Han army must at least show its appearance to the world. In the Zhao Kingdom Only a wealthy family that surrenders to the Han army can gain the greatest benefits."

Cui Yi was persuaded by his son's argument. He took the weapons and armor hidden by the family from his family's warehouse and gave them to his son and the private soldiers sent out. He fully equipped them with swords, guns, swords and halberds. Cui Yan took away 20 war horses, which was a small and fully prepared army.

When Cui Yan brought private soldiers to the school grounds, the whole army was shocked. Although there were many people who surrendered to the army, this was the first time that Cui Yan led an army of several hundred people.

The news was soon known to Lu Chen, Zhang Liang and others.

Lu Chen said strangely, "Other families have resisted our recruitment order. Even if they send some people, they are old, weak, sick and disabled. On the other hand, the Cui family not only sends young and strong people, but also has complete soldiers and armor."

Zhang Liang smiled and said: "If you can't defeat your opponent, then you join your opponent. This is the normal state of survival for nobles. This is a good thing for our Han army. The general should buy horse bones for a thousand pieces of gold, appoint Cui Yan as the army commander, and let the giants The powerful nobles of Lu understand that it is also beneficial to cooperate with our Han army."

Lu Chen said: "That makes sense."

The next day, Cui Yan, who had just joined the army, was appointed Army Sima by General Zhengbei. Under Zhang Liang's operation, the news quickly spread throughout Julu.

And just like Zhang Liang said, these powerful nobles were very knowledgeable about current affairs. Although they were beaten and bruised by the Han army, they immediately licked the sweet dates thrown by the Han army and surrendered to the Han army. So after Cui Yan, families continued to send elite private soldiers to join the Han army.

Over the hundreds of years since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countless countries have perished. Those nobles who could not flexibly change their identities have long since disappeared without a trace, while the nobles who can survive are naturally proficient in changing their identities.

Although Lu Chen did not give preferential treatment like Cui Yan, he could arrange a position as a village commander for basically leading 100 people. In short, he would not let these powerful people suffer.

For the powerful men of Julu, this was the first time that they did not suffer a loss at the hands of the Han army. They were extremely pleasantly surprised. To them, not suffering a loss was taking advantage.

After Julu's powerful men surrendered to the Han army, they began to defend the Han army's use of their food. The meaning was similar, it was all Qin's fault.

July 37, the 7th year of the First Emperor's reign, Chaoge, Yellow River.

Several warships were lined up at a distance of hundreds of feet in front of the Qin army's camp. On each warship, there was a soldier with a loud voice from the Han army, holding a loudspeaker and shouting angrily at the Qin army's camp: " Brothers of the Qin Army, you should pay attention. Our Han Army is about to launch an attack. When the time comes, thousands of arrows will be fired. You should be careful to hide. Of course, it is best to lose your weapons and surrender to our Han Army. This is a disservice to you. the best choice."

"Our Han army is an army of common people. As long as you surrender, you don't have to continue fighting. If the King of Han conquers the world, you will be allocated 100 acres of land, and the tax is not high, only %. After paying this tax, there will be no other taxes. , The most important thing is that I, a big man, do not have to do corvee work. After I, a big man, conquer the world, you will no longer have to leave your hometown and go to work thousands of miles away, and you will not need to be separated from your parents, wife, and flesh and blood."

"In a word, when the King of Han comes, there will be no corvee."

"Brothers of the Northern Xinjiang Army, you have been stationed in Northern Xinjiang for so many years, have you ever returned to your hometown? Do you ever remember what your parents, wives and children look like now? Why do you want to help the tyrant Ying Zheng fight? Is it because you dislike Ying Zheng and harm him? It’s not enough that your family is destroyed.”

"Brothers of the Northern Xinjiang Army, please remember that you want to go home and see your relatives. Surrender to our Han army when you reach the battlefield. When our Han army enters Guanzhong, we will take you home."

"Fire arrows!" The generals of the Qin army were furious when they heard this and ordered the soldiers to shoot at these ships. Unfortunately, these propaganda ships were outside the range of the Qin army.

Meng Tian, ​​who was patrolling the Yellow River defense line, changed his face when he learned about this: "Does the Han army want to launch a counterattack?"

Su Jiao hesitated and said: "This should be the enemy's nonsense and wants to disrupt our army's military deployment. How could anyone take the initiative to tell us before the attack?"

Meng Tian said with an ugly face: "Xu Fan, the false king of Han, is not telling us, but telling our soldiers."

Meng Tian now saw Xu Fan's propaganda ability.

During this period, although the Han army was mainly besieging the Northern Xinjiang army, it was not that they did nothing. Instead, they launched an extremely violent propaganda offensive against the Qin army.

There are a large number of propaganda ships on the Yellow River front line of thousands of miles almost every day. They are outside the attack range of the Qin army and sing operas such as "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive" to disturb the morale of the Northern Xinjiang army.

There are often propagandists who, in order to undermine the prestige of the First Emperor and the top officials of the Qin State, say that the First Emperor is not King Zhuangxiang of Qin, but the son of Lu Buwei, the story of Zhao Ji and Lao Ai. The First Emperor fell to death and directly killed two half brothers. , the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, Li Si, assassinated his brother Han Fei out of jealousy, the First Emperor was deceived in his quest for immortality, Xu Fu led 3000 boys and girls to build a country overseas, the First Emperor was afraid of death but was deceived by an alchemist, etc. In short, they all gossiped and talked wildly.

The soldiers of the Qin Army were shattered when they heard such violent news. Every time they heard these stories, they were both scared and excited. They couldn't help but want to know more.

But people like Meng Tian were very angry and felt that what Xu Fan had done was too despicable. But they couldn't do anything about Xu Fan, and they couldn't even stop Xu Fan's action. Because they didn't have a battleship, they couldn't fight back. They could only use war drums to interfere with the rebel propaganda ship when they discovered it.

However, the effect of this is very limited. Xu Fan is not promoting this in Baima, but has arranged hundreds of such propaganda ships along the Yellow River defense line that stretches thousands of miles.

Now, almost all the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army under Meng Tian have watched operas such as "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive", and have also heard all kinds of shocking information from the senior officials of Da Qin.

Under the impact of these violent materials, the First Emperor, who was originally like a god in the hearts of the soldiers, began to fragment. Instead, there was a chaotic family, a cruel son, and an old man who was easily deceived. Many soldiers suddenly realized at this time that it turned out that the First Emperor and themselves The bullies back home were no different.

The holiness of the First Emperor was shattered by Xu Fan's propaganda offensive, and the soldiers' faith in the First Emperor also collapsed. If Meng Tian hadn't been suppressing him now, I'm afraid many soldiers wouldn't have fought the Han army.

(End of this chapter)