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

Chapter 228, Be wary of the First Emperor’s teachings and the siege of Xianyang

After fighting for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, annexing in the Warring States, and fighting hundreds of years of war, no country can really be regarded as a white lotus. If you look deeply into history, there are always crimes, killing people to seize land, going back on your word, not talking about credibility, and the benevolence put forward by various schools of thought. Righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith are not mentioned in any country in the world.

There is a saying in modern times that sums it up well, that is, the more something is lacking, the more it will be emphasized. These principles of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trust will be put forward by the sages of various schools of thought during this period, because the monarchs of the world are becoming more and more Don't talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust.

For profit, you can kill your brother-in-law and imprison your father. If these monarchs don't have status, they can't even be called human beings. That's why various schools of thought have produced so many books just to educate these lawless monarchs. and nobles, let them be a people.

Now everyone in the world says that the Qin State is violent and the Qin people are not trustworthy, but the reason why the Qin State does this is also the result of being educated and beaten by the countries in the Central Plains. Back then, the Qin State was deceived by the Jin State, bullied by the Wei State, and was beaten by the Shandong States. Ridiculing and ridiculing them as barbarians, and then Qin State learned from the advanced experience of the six countries in Shandong, and the masters annexed the world.

If there is any country in the world that is free from sin, it must be the new Han Dynasty. Even if it is an enemy, Feng Quji has to admit that the Han army is the closest to the king's army.

In the 37th year of the First Emperor's reign, November th, Guanzhong, Yueyang City, coalition camp.

"Arrangements must be made to demobilize the soldiers of the Qin army. At this time, Guanzhong is short of food. Convert their contributions into rations as much as possible. There can be no problems. If there is a food problem, Guanzhong will be in chaos. There are not many young people in Guanzhong now. We can't continue Let everyone kill each other, stability is extremely important for Guanzhong now," Xu Fan said to Chen Xiao.

Guanzhong will be the capital of the Han Kingdom from now on, and it is also Xu Fan's most important base. Of course, Xu Fan must preserve more vitality for Guanzhong. Just as Li Si and others thought, Xu Fan already regards Guanzhong as his own territory.

Chen Xiao replied: "Don't worry, the King of Han, I will arrange 1000 soldiers in each county. When they capture the Qin army's county, they will also protect the soldiers returning home. With our soldiers here, we will be able to maintain order in Guanzhong."

Li Shiqi thought for a while and said: "King Han, it's not that there is no food in Guanzhong. It's just that the food is not in the hands of the people. Instead of spending a lot of effort to transport food from Ao Chang to Guanzhong, it is better to find a way to get the food in the hands of Bao Qin and others. Most of the food in Guanzhong They are all concentrated in Lantian Camp. As long as Lantian Camp is conquered, the food in Guanzhong can be obtained. "

Judging from the information Xu Fan has received now, the situation in Guanzhong is extremely bad. Although the autumn harvest has just passed, there is almost no food left in the homes of the people in Guanzhong. People will definitely starve to death if they don't find ways to provide relief. And even if they do, they still have to find ways to resume agricultural production. , this is the most fundamental method.

Although Xu Fan couldn't remember which year in Guanzhong there was a disaster, he did know that there was such a thing. The price of food exceeded tens of thousands of dollars. In the history books, it was said that people ate each other, and a few words were written to record this. Cruel history.

"The number one hero!" After Xu Fan's affirmation, Yingbu said nothing. He also felt that Ji Bu should be given some military honors.

After the surrender of the three Qin garrison garrison at Hangu Pass, Wuguan, and Linjin Pass, the entire Guanzhong only had the strength of Xianyang, and the county seat in Guanzhong had no power to resist the Han army's capture.

Chen Gang nodded and said: "No!"

Since leaving Luoyang City, Yingbo has never truly led an army to fight. Seeing that even Xianyang City is about to be captured, if he does not send troops to fight, it will be difficult to fight in the future, so Yingbo must seize this opportunity Rare opportunity.

Xu Fan said with a smile: "You have already made enough contributions in this crusade against the Qin Dynasty. No matter how we calculate it, you are the number one hero of our Han Dynasty. On the contrary, it is Ji Bu and the others because they want to suppress the Qin army in the southern frontier and protect us." The rear of the Han Dynasty did not achieve many military exploits, but what Ji Bu's Southern Expedition Army did was also extremely important to our Han Dynasty. We were able to fight the Qin army with all our strength. Thanks to Ji Bu's defense of the rear of the Han Dynasty, we should now let them make some achievements. Credit.”

Although he has Aocang in his hands, it would be good for Guanzhong to get grain earlier. The logistics of this era are difficult to describe. Half of Aocang’s grain entering Guanzhong will be consumed on the way. Running local counties and villages is also a huge problem. Corruption and corruption , consumption on the road is indispensable for morale, and local food is the best.

Xu Fan thought for a while and said: "Ji Bu's army has captured Wuguan and has arrived at Shang County. I ordered Ji Bu to transfer the grain and grass inside immediately after capturing Lantian Camp."

Yingbu said excitedly: "The last general of the Han Dynasty is willing to lead the troops to take Lantian for you."

Xu Fan looked at Li Shiqi and said: "Send a letter to the Prime Minister and ask him to deploy 1000 experienced Han officials in Chen County. People with farm backgrounds will be given priority. There are millions of victims in Guanzhong at this time, and there is no way to grow winter wheat." , people will starve to death in Guanzhong next year.”

Xu Fan thought for a while and said to Chen Gang: "Increase the import of grain into Guanzhong. Now every additional stone of grain can save one more person."

"Ah, leave it to Brother Ji Bu!" Ying Bu said with some disappointment: "The King of Han also wants to fight!"

Chen Xiao smiled and said: "With this little credit, why should I argue with Brother Ji Bu? After defeating the violent Qin Dynasty, the world should be at peace. There won't be any big wars in the future. From now on, it's time for us to share the world." ”

Li Shiqi said: "Even if Qin is destroyed and the world is not yet stable, the King of Han still needs General Yingbu to guard Yan and Qi."

Li Shiqi said: "No!"

After Yingbu thought about it, after destroying the Qin State, he could get a large fiefdom for his own merit (Xu Fan told them that he wanted to share the world). He was a rough man who didn't understand government affairs, so he could only hunt and amuse himself in his fiefdom from now on. . It seems that it would be nice to live a little while holding Huang Qingcang on the left and Qingcang on the right.

Although the Han army released the soldiers of the Qin army, it was only in the counties it captured. Otherwise, the Han army released the soldiers on the front foot and the Qin army recruited them back. This would not create enemies for itself.

Yingbu figured it out and said: "Without a war, I can only go hunting in the future."

So while releasing Guanzhong and its soldiers, the Han army was also quickly attacking the counties in Guanzhong. Neishi County was the largest county in the entire Da Qin, with more than 40 counties. They were all densely populated and wealthy areas, and Guanzhong also had a huge number of soldiers. Fortunately, the Qin army mobilized many times and almost all the young men in Guanzhong were taken away.

Chen Xiao smiled and said: "A few small princes, they can't change the world."

In Chen Xiao's view, the Qi State has been seriously damaged after three years of melee fighting, and it has been divided into two parts. The Yan State is even divided into three parts. The Han Dynasty still occupies the most fertile territory. Only Zhao Wangxie of Handan even None of them can be called princes. Only King Jiu of Wei has a lot of calculations, but he has always been respectful to the King of Han and is the best ally of the Han Dynasty.

In this case, it is not an exaggeration to say that the world belongs to their big men.

Chen Xiao looked at Xu Fan and asked, "How big can the fiefdom given to me by the King of Han be? How about I name it Chen State?"

Yingbu smiled and said: "Then the feudal country should be called Ying~~ country."

Ji Xin shook his head and said: "This name is not good. It always smells like banditry. It is better to call it Bu Guo, which sounds more affluent."

Ji Xin is also thinking about how he and his eldest brother have a feudal kingdom. It's impossible for both of them to be called Ji Kingdom, or else his feudal kingdom should be called Xin Kingdom?
Xu Fan knocked on the desk and said: "The world is not at peace yet, but you are beginning to want to enjoy it. Your current ideas are very dangerous."

Yingbu, Ji Xin, and Chen Xiao looked at Xu Fan strangely and said, "Danger? Where can there be danger? After conquering Guanzhong, the whole world belongs to me. Who else can challenge me?"

Xu Fan pointed in the direction of Xianyang City and said: "Twenty years ago, the First Emperor set out from here and led his army for ten years to eliminate the six kingdoms and unify the world. Ten years ago, the Qin Dynasty was also invincible in the world and could not see any an enemy."

"Such a powerful enemy was defeated by us in less than ten years. Why did this happen? It was because the First Emperor was dazzled by constant victories and became proud and unwilling to listen to the voices of the people at the bottom. His His ambition also became corrupted, and he began to pursue the beauty palace and immortality, but he turned a blind eye to the cries of the people at the bottom. He finally lost his heart and was completely defeated by us in three years. "

Xu Fan paused and continued: "Today we entered Guanzhong and came to Xianyang City. We want to take a lesson from the failure of the First Emperor and the Qin Dynasty. Can my Han Dynasty be stronger than the Qin Kingdom?"

"No, such a powerful Qin Dynasty only slacked off for ten years and then disappeared. If I, a Han Dynasty, imitated the First Emperor and Qin Dynasty and slacked off, I might not be able to persist for even ten years. This visit to Xianyang is like a trip to Beijing to take the exam. , If we do not do well in the exam and fail, we will be the next Emperor of the Qin Dynasty." Li Shiqi immediately said: "King of Han, your benevolence, righteousness and frugality are completely different from the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, we will definitely pass the imperial examination."

Yingbu also immediately said: "Yes, we big men will never be violent Qin."

Chen Xiao immediately said: "Everything you do, King of Han, is the opposite of the First Emperor. The First Emperor is tyrannical and you are kind. The First Emperor is greedy and you are frugal. The First Emperor harms the people and you love the people. Therefore, the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, but the world of my Han Dynasty can be saved." Tens of thousands of years.”

Seeing that they finally paid attention to it, Xu Fan tightened the loose strings in his heart and continued: "When everyone enters Xianyang City, don't be fascinated by the colorful world of Xianyang City. Don't see gold and silver treasures and beauties from all over the world one by one. If this were to happen, we might as well have just defeated the First Emperor and turned ourselves into the First Emperor. The fate of the First Emperor would be ours."

"Even if we big men enter Xianyang City, we want to do things for the people of the world, we want to build a new world where everyone can have enough to eat, and we want to realize the dream of great unity for all people in the world."

"Before entering Xianyang City, all the soldiers in the army must have a profound ideological education. We must make all the soldiers understand that conquering the world is only the first step in our career, and how to realize the dream of Datong is the direction of our career."

Yingbu and others said with a bitter face: "No!"

"Li Shiqi stays and finds Deng Zong, and the others go out first."

"promise!"

After leaving the camp, Yingbu shook his head and said: "The King of Han wants the whole army to learn again."

Ji Xin also complained about Chen Xiao and said: "It's hard to talk about feuding. I don't know how long it will take me to learn."

Chen Xiaodao: "How can you blame me? The King of Han likes to educate people. Not everyone knows this, and what the King of Han said is not wrong. Let us learn from history and be wary of the consequences of the Qin Dynasty. Isn't it a good thing?"

Then Chen Xiao thought for a while and whispered to the two of them: "Brother Ji Bu guarded my Han rear this time. Although there was no credit, it was hard work. The King of Han probably wanted to give Brother Ji Bu the credit for conquering Xianyang City." , so as to appease the soldiers of the entire Southern Expedition Army, otherwise the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army would have almost no contribution in this battle to destroy Qin, so the King of Han took the opportunity to beat us and let the army stop here in Yueyang. "

Yingbu and Ji Xin nodded slowly, feeling that this was the most real reason.

In the camp, Xu Fan dictated and Li Shiqi wrote, asking all the soldiers and officers of the Han army to learn from history, and profoundly analyzed the fundamental reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty. It was that the First Emperor and the aristocratic officials of the Qin State headed by him lost their ideals. The First Emperor was greedy, and the Qin aristocrats and officials were extremely corrupt, and eventually lost the hearts of the world, so the Qin Dynasty was destroyed by the Han army.

We, the people, must learn from history, always maintain our original aspirations, cheer up our spirits, and prevent pride and corruption. Instead, we must maintain a modest, prudent, non-arrogant and non-impetuous style, and work hard for the early realization of the dream of world unity for the people of the world.

After finishing writing, Xu Fan told Li Shiqi: "Try to write as straightforwardly and easily as possible. This article is not only for the officers and officials of my Han Dynasty to read, but also for the whole army to read." , let them deeply understand the meaning of this.”

Xu Fan is also experienced in this kind of thing. When he joined the army, it was almost a month before he retired. The army was relatively slack and the training became less. However, as soon as the veteran retired, his camp immediately began to strengthen Military rules and disciplines have been relaxed. He was the first chicken to be killed back then, which alerted a group of monkeys, so even now, he is still deeply impressed.

And now the Han army is the same, Guanzhong has been invaded, Xianyang is within reach, Yingbu and others are beginning to want to seal the country, and the soldiers below are probably thinking the same as Yingbu and others.

Li Shiqi said: "No!"

Not long after, Deng Zong, who was in charge of the return of Qin soldiers, came to Xu Fan's camp. Xu Fan handed the article Li Shiqi had just written to Deng Zong and said: "After entering Guanzhong, the whole army felt a little guilty. Many of them have the idea of ​​being a hero. This idea is very dangerous. As long as this idea is in their minds, they will think that they are heroes, unconsciously take more, and then become corrupt like the Qin officials. Those who do evil and do all kinds of evil have become the targets of our purge and death.”

"So now the whole army must be wary of such ideas, educate them, save them, and prevent them from degenerating into Qin officials. The whole army must study at night and tighten their own strings. Remember your original intention and remember to serve the world serve the people.”

Deng Zong looked at this article and said, "I understand."

Xu Fan continued: "During this period, all your battalions, divisions, troops, and garrison troops must remain vigilant at all times and pay close attention to the military regulations and disciplines of the entire army. The purpose of observing military regulations now is to save our comrades and prevent them from becoming more serious. He made mistakes and even became a Qin official."

Deng Zongdao: "No!"

Deng Zong took this article to dozens of scribes, and then asked them to copy hundreds of copies. Each Sima Supervisor had to have one copy. He also asked them to gather soldiers to study this article in depth at night, and then read it again. Relearn the military rules and disciplines of the Han army.

Soon Xu Fan's article spread throughout the Han army, the coalition forces, and even the entire Guanzhong. It can be said that "one stone stirred up a thousand waves", which immediately caused shock to the entire Han army, the coalition forces, and even Guanzhong.

As Xu Fan expected, there were a large number of officers and soldiers in the Han army. In their view, Guanzhong was captured by them, and Bao Qin would also die. They were the founding heroes, and it would be nothing to take a small amount of Bao Qin's spoils.

But the soldiers and officers who made these small moves were quickly caught and punished with minor consequences, including forced retirement, while those with major consequences were immediately arrested. There were even several cases with particularly egregious plots, including killing people and taking money. Xu Fan He even killed them and then informed the whole army.

After this set of measures to strengthen military discipline, the impetuousness of the Han army was reduced a lot, and the whole army no longer showed the idea of ​​being a public servant or a hero.

While the coalition forces and the northern army were rectifying their military discipline, Ji Bu's southern army was invincible.

November 37rd, the th year of the First Emperor's reign.

The southern army broke through Lantian, and the weapons and grain of Lantian camp began to be obtained by the coalition forces. With the strong logistics capabilities of the Han army, a large amount of grain and grass was spread from Lantian camp to counties and villages in Guanzhong.

The Han army directly implemented military control in the more than 20 counties under their control. Xu Fan asked Han army soldiers to lead the people in Guanzhong to start sowing winter wheat.

At the same time, the alliance slowly approached Xianyang City.

A large number of people and Qin officials in Xianyang City began to flee here, but many people welcomed the coalition. At that time, the First Emperor moved 12 nobles from the Six Kingdoms to Guanzhong, so that Guanzhong became the area with the most nobles from the Six Kingdoms in the world.

For these people, the Hezong Alliance is their own people. They have been slaves of the subjugated country for more than ten years. Such a short time is not enough for the Qin State to assimilate these people, so they warmly welcome the arrival of the Hezong Alliance.

When the Allied Forces saw Xianyang City, their eyes were full of tears. By conquering Xianyang, they could preserve it for their ancestors and regain the wealth plundered by the Qin Dynasty. Which city is the richest today, it must be Guanzhong .

It's just that Xu Fan doesn't want hundreds of thousands of troops to enter Xianyang City to burn, kill and loot. It's not that Xiang Yu doesn't have such a deep hatred for Qin Dynasty. He knows that Xianyang City is also a home built by ordinary people with hard work. Not only does it have Qin II and other Qin The country's aristocrats and tens of thousands of ordinary people live in this city. Burning down Xianyang City means burning down the homes of hundreds of thousands of people.

(End of this chapter)