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

Chapter 241, The Turbulent World and the Han Emperor’s Conspiracy
February 20th, the third year of the Han Dynasty. Shanggu County, Ningcheng County.

After Zang Cha led his army back to Shanggu County, he did not immediately go to Ningcheng County, the seat of Shanggu King Han Guang. Instead, he occupied Xialuo County. He used the gold and silver treasures given by Xu Fan to win over the powerful people of Shanggu County, and at the same time recruited troops in Shanggu County. .

The ancient county was a place where Hu and Han interbred. There were many Hu tribes here. They originally took refuge with Han Guang, but now Zang Cha used gold and silver to buy off the leaders of the Hu tribes. These tribes immediately rebelled against Han Guang and took refuge with Zang Cha. .

After Han Guang noticed Zang Cha's move, he was furious and led tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Zang Cha.

Originally, according to Han Guang's assumption, the soldiers in Zang Cha's hands were his own soldiers, and following Zang Cha to rebel would definitely be coercion. As long as he led the army, he would definitely rebel against the enemy.

But Han Guang never expected that Zang Cha had already used money to win over the hearts of these soldiers.

When the two sides fought, Han Guang was severely defeated by Zang Cha and could only lead the remaining troops to flee back to Ningcheng County.

Zang Cha pursued the victory and directly surrounded Ningcheng County. At the same time, he sent a large army to capture other counties in Shanggu. Zang Cha had the ability of a transport captain to use money to win over local powerful people and tribes. More and more powerful people joined Zang. Among Cha's troops, more and more troops surrounded Ningcheng County. Almost all of Shanggu County, except Ningcheng County, was controlled by Zang Cha.

No one expected the battle between Han Guang and Zang Cha. They thought that after Xu Fan became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the world would be peaceful, but they did not expect that Zang Cha would directly lead the army to rebel, and his strength would become stronger and stronger.

Zang Cha's army, Han Guang, was becoming more and more powerful, and his men were terrified.

Xiang Yu could only say helplessly: "Let this villain Tian Heng live for three more years."

After Xiang Yu captured Linzi, he found that Linzi's treasury was almost empty, and there was not much food in the granary. Otherwise, Xiang Yu would not have used his precious war horses to trade food. If there was no food, the people of Qi would starve to death in large numbers.

Han Guang's words stabilized the morale of his troops, but his generals were also double-dealing and immediately told Zang Cha what Han Guang said.

Xiang Yu wanted to continue fighting and took advantage of the situation to destroy Tian Heng, but the people of Qi needed to eat, and his soldiers also needed to eat. Without food, he could not assemble an army.

Xiang Shu immediately asked: "I heard that brother Chen Xiao has been granted the title of Duke?"

At this point, Han Guang was killed and all his territory was captured by Zang Cha. Then Zang Cha quickly sent an envoy to Chang'an City to request the emperor to confer him the title of King of Shanggu.

Xiang Yu frowned and said, "The Emperor of Han asked us not to attack Tian Heng for three years?"

Xiang Bo nodded and said: "One of the eight great princes of the Han Dynasty, the King of Han allowed Xiaoer to establish a vassal state. When I left the Pass, I heard that Xiaoer was going to Shuzhong to establish his own feudal state."

Facing his own life-or-death moment, Zang Cha bribed a captain under Han Guang with 1000 gold, opened the gate of Ningcheng County, and let Zang Cha's army enter the city.

The other Xiang clan members who came from the Han Dynasty also looked envious. This was the king of vassals. The King of Han had once again raised the status of the generals in the world by one level. The title of Wanhuhou was no longer the highest honor for a military general, but became the king of vassals and dominated the world. country.

Xiang Bo reported everything to Xiang Yu and other senior officials of Qi about Xu Fan's capture of Guanzhong, proclaiming himself emperor in Guanzhong and dividing the princes.

Then Xiang Ta, Xiang Zhuang, Long Qie, Zhongli Mei and others also looked at Xiang Yu expectantly, "Don't you always want to learn from the King of Han? Should you also learn from the King of Han when you are enfeoffed?"

Of course, they are just envious, because they know that even in the Han Dynasty, they can't be like Chen Xiao.

Fan Zeng frowned and said, "No wonder after the Hangu Pass was breached, Aocang sent much less food to Linzi. The Han Emperor wanted to limit our food supply."

Xiang Shu said with envy on his face: "The king of Han is well known to the world for his benevolence and righteousness. We thought that my brother could have a marquis, but we never thought that he could become a prince."

On February 22, the third year of the Han Dynasty, Linzi, Qi State.

And this is what Zang Cha is most worried about. He originally wanted to kill Han Guang quickly and let the King of Han recognize him as the King of Shanggu. But if he can't conquer Ningcheng County and Han Guang doesn't die, he will be the one killed by the King of Han sending reinforcements. .

Although Xiang Yu and Tian Heng did not have large-scale conflicts during this period, there were many small confrontations. Tian Heng was naturally not Xiang Yu's opponent in military competition. However, after all, the Tian family has hundreds of years of foundation in Qi State. There are many common people and powerful people in Qi State. Favoring Tian Heng, Tian Heng also used various small actions to win over the powerful people of Qi.

Xiang Bo immediately said: "Yu'er, what the King of Han said is right. The world has been at war for three years, and the Qi State has been the most severely damaged by the war. It is also beneficial to us to rest and recuperate."

Han Guang said to his frightened subordinates: "The Emperor ordered me to wait for three years of truce among the princes to allow the people of the world to recuperate. Zang Cha blatantly violated the Emperor's order. The Emperor will not let Zang Cha go. I am the king." King Shanggu appointed by the Emperor, I have sent an envoy to report to the Emperor. As long as we hold on for a month, the Emperor's army will come to support us. "

Tian Heng's methods made Xiang Yu extremely irritated like flies. He originally planned to raise troops to attack Tian Heng after the violent Qin was eliminated, but he did not expect that his uncle would bring a three-year armistice agreement.

The gazes of his generals made Xiang Yu unbearable. The King of Han owned the entire world, but he only had the three counties of Qidi and Jiaodong County, so how could he divide them among themselves?

Fan Zeng immediately said: "Jiaodong County has not been captured yet. After we capture all of Qi, we will divide the heroes among them."

Fan Zeng felt that Xu Fan was reversing the course of history. The county and county system was a system that could bring peace to all generations, but the Han emperor actually picked up the enfeoffment system. He didn't know what it meant.

But when he discovered that Xu Fan had enfeoffed all the heroes to lands outside the Han Dynasty, he felt that Xu Fan was specifically trying to catastrophize the forces of other princes in the Central Plains.

Xu Fan's enfeoffment in this way will definitely make the subordinates of the princes excited, but if they do not have any external territory, enfeoffing their own territory will weaken their own strength. In this way, the Han Dynasty could conquer the enemy without fighting, and the various princes in the Central Plains became increasingly weak due to the enfeoffment. The princes occupying several counties were a huge threat to the Han Dynasty, but only The princes who occupied several counties were no threat to the Han Dynasty.

But if there is no enfeoffment, the generals below will be dissatisfied. If these princes fight Xu Fan, their generals will definitely lose their will to fight, and their army will definitely collapse in the face of the Han army.

The more Fan Zeng thought about it, the more he felt that Xu Fan was using conspiracy to weaken the power of the princes in the world. The Han emperor divided the four princes into feudal states in order to use people like Yingbu as an example to alienate the hearts of other princes.

Xiang Ta, Xiang Zhuang, Long Qie, and Zhong Limei also felt that it was reasonable. The enfeoffment always had to deal with the enemy first, and they made greater contributions after eliminating Tian Heng.

After Xiang Ta and other generals left, Xiang Yu said helplessly: "The generals want to divide the land, but the land of Qi is limited. What can we do?"

Fan Zeng said: "After Tian Heng is eliminated, the generals will be given virtual titles or fiefdoms."

Then Fan Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "Qi does not have the conditions for Han to enfeoff the princes."

Fan Zeng continued to explain: "The King of Han was generous enough to entrust the wild lands outside Han to his subordinates, but Qi did not have such conditions. Qi was bounded by Han to the west and the sea to the east. There was a small island on the sea, but If you give the island to the generals, I’m afraid no one will accept it.”

Speaking of the small island, Xiang Bo immediately said: "There is one more thing I almost forgot. This time there was an envoy from the King of Han following me. This man is a farmer's son, and he said he wanted to trade a kind of bird droppings with me. Stone, it is said that one stone of grain can be exchanged for three stones of struvite.”

"Struvite?" Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng looked confused?
Xiang Bo said: "I don't know about this, but the peasants know this thing. They say that there are many islands along the coast and just need to dig them. They say that if they dig a lot, they can bring hundreds of thousands of stones of food to our country in Qi a year." "

Fan Zeng asked in surprise: "What is the use of struvite?"

This was hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. He did not believe that the Han Emperor paid such a price just to dig out some stones.

Xiang Bodao: "Farmers say this stone can increase production and harvest."

Fan Zeng: "~~"

This is the blind spot of his knowledge.

The first batch of struvite from the prefect of Kuaiji County has been sent to the agricultural experimental fields in Chen County. Xu Feng discovered that spreading this fertilizer on the fields can exponentially increase the growth of crops. Although the grain from the first batch of experimental fields has not been harvested yet, But the growth is already very obvious.

Xu Feng reported the news to Xu Fan. Of course Xu Fan knew the role of struvite. If he wanted to make most of the farmland in the world more than 6 stones per mu, he could only rely on struvite. If he wanted to dig out struvite, he could only dig it in coastal areas. It is a small island, and Qi State has the most islands, so this deal was made.

Xiang Yu was not interested in these matters and said, "Uncle, you can just arrange it." Fan Zeng frowned and said, "Qi is too short of talents."

Even though they know that struvite can increase production and harvest, they don’t know how to get it without the help of farmers.

From here we can see that the Han Emperor had a long-term vision. He had just occupied a county and began to collect talents from hundreds of families. Now these talents from hundreds of families are repaying Xu Fan, making him stronger and stronger.

A few years ago, Fan Zeng still had the idea of ​​​​conquering the world, but now he just wants to let Xiang Yu occupy all the land and not be cut off by the Han Emperor.

On February 22, the third year of the Han Dynasty, Jimo, Jiaodong County.

Tian Jie also brought back Xu Fan's proclaimed emperor in Guanzhong and the three-year armistice agreement.

Tian Heng said angrily: "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is unfair. He actually allowed the Xiang family to occupy Linzi."

You must know that Xiang Yu occupied Linzi County, Jibei County, and Langya County in Qi State, which are all wealthy places in Qi State, while Jiaodong County occupied by Tian Heng was a relatively poor county in Qi State. If both parties spent three years to recuperate. Xiang Yu's strength will definitely increase exponentially. Let alone Tian Heng's revival of Qi, he may not even be able to protect Jiaodong County.

"Qi State belongs to our Tian family. Since the Han Emperor does not recognize that Qi State belongs to our Tian family, then our Tian family does not recognize the Han Emperor as the common ruler of the world. We will not listen to the three-year armistice agreement!" Tian Guang said angrily.

Tian's military generals also agreed with Tian Guang's words that Qi State was their greatest benefit, and if they lost Qi State, they would have nothing. Since the Han Emperor prevented them from gaining Qi, then the Han Emperor was their enemy.

"Absolutely not, absolutely not!" Tian Jie stopped him in a panic.

Others didn't know how powerful the Han army was, but he had seen it with his own eyes. The millions of troops of the Qin Dynasty disappeared under the attack of the Han Emperor. The successful attack on Hangu Pass made people believe that the Han Emperor really had a destiny. Anyway, Tian Jie believed that the Han Emperor was the one destined by fate, and he would never dare to take action against such a person.

"Our army of the Xiang clan is already difficult to resist. If we offend the Han Emperor again, we will definitely have no place to die."

Tian Guang said angrily: "It's not that we want to offend the Han Emperor, but that the Han Emperor wants to take away our Qi State. If we rest for three years, I'm afraid we won't even be able to defend Jiaodong County. We might as well take advantage of Xiang Yu's lack of food and grass." , we take the initiative to attack.”

Tian Jie said: "We still have a chance. Even the Emperor of Han does not want Qi to be unified in the hands of Xiang Yu. Now that Qi is divided into two countries, I am afraid that is what the Emperor of Han wants to see.

When the three-year period has passed, we will ask the Han Emperor for his blessing. If Xiang Yu dares to attack us, the Han Emperor will definitely attack Xiang Yu. At that time, we will use the Han Emperor's hand to deal with Xiang Yu, this great enemy. "

Tian Heng snorted coldly: "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty did not want to see the unification of Qi, but a certain person wanted to unify the country of Qi. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is also the enemy of our Tian family. We do not need to rely on the protection of the Han Emperor. A certain person will go to Liaodong to find him now." Chen Yu, we may not be able to defeat Xiang Yu if we join forces."

Tian Jie smiled bitterly and said: "Even if we can defeat Xiang Yu, what will Emperor Han do? We have violated Emperor Han's three-year armistice agreement, and Emperor Han will definitely come to attack us."

Tian Hengdao: "At the beginning, we three brothers only had a few hundred servants, but we still rose up to fight against the million lions of the violent Qin Dynasty. Now, with the support of tens of thousands of elites in the hands of a certain person and the support of the people of the entire Qi State, even the Han Emperor is not afraid ”

After saying this, Tian Heng took a boat across the sea and went to Liaodong County to find his ally Chen Yu.

On March 10, the third year of the Han Dynasty, there was a camp in the suburbs of Chen County.

After the spring plowing in Chen County ended, Han Xindu completed the formation of an army of 50,000 rebels.

The eleventh day of March in the third year of Han Dynasty. The rebel general Han Xin led 5 Han troops to march eastward and attacked Sishui County. The entire Central Plains was shaken, and the Eastern Chu Kingdom was shaken.

Surabaya County, Pengcheng.

When the news of the Han army's eastern expedition came, the entire Eastern Chu nobles were in panic.

For Xiong Xin, the king of Eastern Chu, it was even more of a nightmare. He did not want to be the king of Chu at all. The most powerful king of Han in the Chu land did not support it, and the Xiang family did not support it. How could he continue to be the king of Chu? . The nobles of Chu State forced him to do it, and now his life is about to end.

Xiong Xin wanted to survive, but he also wanted to resist, so he approached Yin Songyi, the commander of Eastern Chu, to discuss how to deal with Han's Eastern Expedition.

"The Han army is coming fiercely and wants to destroy our Chu country. What should Ling Yin and others do?" Xiong Xin was worried.

Song Yi smiled bitterly and said: "The powerful nobles in Sishui County and Donghai County want the king and his ministers to serve as memorial arches to block the Han army's attack. They don't care about the lives of the king and his ministers at all."

Song Yi was originally the magistrate of the Chu State. Historically, after the peasant uprising broke out in the late Qin Dynasty and the Six Kingdoms were restored, Song Yi surrendered to the Chu general Xiang Liang.

He is also a relatively far-sighted person. Historically, Xiang Liang defeated Zhang Han's army in Dong'a, then led his troops westward. When he reached Dingtao, he defeated the Qin army again. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought the Qin army again in Yongqiu, defeated the Qin army, and killed Li You, the governor of Sanchuan County.

Faced with such a great victory, Xiang Liang despised the Qin army and showed a proud look.

Song Yi advised: "After winning a battle, if the generals are proud and the soldiers are lazy, they will definitely fail. Now the soldiers are a little lazy, but the number of Qin soldiers is increasing day by day. I am worried about you!"

But Xiang Liang did not listen to the advice and actually sent Song Yi as an envoy to Qi.

Song Yi met Qi's envoy Gaoling Junxian on the way and asked him: "Are you going to meet with Wu Xinjun?"

Xian replied: "Yes."

Song Yidao: "I conclude that Lord Wu Xin will fail. If you go slowly, you may avoid death. If you go quickly, you will suffer disaster."

At this time, Qin II mobilized all the troops to reinforce Zhang Han to attack the Chu army, and defeated the Chu army in Dingtao. Xiang Liang died in the battle.

It can be seen from this that Song Yi is qualified and far-sighted as a staff officer, but Xiang Liang did not listen.

In the history of Xu Fan's chaos, he made similar choices, but he just wanted to make a living under Xiang Liang's command and did not want to stand out.

Xiang Liang died in battle. The nobles of Donghai County of Sishui County wanted to push him out, but he refused. At that time, he could see that even if the King of Han Xu Fan could not destroy Qin, he would become the overlord of the world, and Chu was the King of Han. The grass on Qin Jia's grave, who was the last one to become King of Chu, has grown to three feet high. He doesn't want to be the next one.

It's a pity that although he pushed Xiong Xin out, the nobles of Chudi still pushed him out as a shield.

The King of Han was more powerful than he thought. He first annihilated Meng Tian's 30 troops in the Central Plains, and then became the commander of the joint command, conquered Guanzhong in one fell swoop, destroyed the violent Qin, and proclaimed himself emperor in Guanzhong.

This time the Han army was coming fiercely, and he understood that the land of Chu State relying on the two counties could not be the opponent of the Han army.

Song Yidao: "The Emperor of Han was kind. Even if they were the descendants of the First Emperor, the King of Han did not kill them all. Not to mention that the king is still a member of the Chu royal family. The king has never failed the Emperor of Han. The Emperor of Han will definitely not kill the king."

Xiong Xin was relieved when he heard this. Being able to save his life was already the best good news for him.

Then Song Yi whispered: "Why don't you, Your Majesty, contact the Han Kingdom secretly? The King of Han is a kind man. If you make great contributions, not only can you save your life, but the Han Kingdom will also give the King some preferential treatment. Not to mention enfeoffing the princes, even if you have a piece of With the fiefdom, the king can enjoy the food and the towns, and the ancestors of Chu can also enjoy the sacrifices."

Song Yi was a far-sighted man. He could not see any chance of victory for the Eastern Chu State. In order not to betray other nobles of the Eastern Chu State, he decided to betray everyone first and use the power of the nobles of the Eastern Chu State to keep his own. Little life.

Xiong Xin was moved. The Eastern Chu State was a country created by the nobles who were dissatisfied with the land equalization system of the Han State. The Eastern Chu State now implements the Chu State's traditional Ao system. Mo Ao has troops and power in his hands. Sishui County, Each county in Donghai County is a Mo Ao fiefdom. The original feudal system of Chu State has been perfectly revived in these two counties.

(End of this chapter)