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

Chapter 283, Xiang Yu’s Great Purge

Opera Pavilion, Xiang Yu's main tent.

Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "In this battle, our army defeated 6 Jiaodong troops, killing more than 1 soldiers and taking over prisoners. The remaining thousands of Jiaodong soldiers fled in all directions, including the general Tian Heng and more than ten Jiaodong soldiers. The generals were killed and captured. Only Tian Guang and Tian Jie escaped. Our entire army suffered more than casualties. "

Xiang Yu's generals were all overjoyed when they heard this. Qi State finally belonged to them. According to the original agreement between Qi State and them, after occupying all of Qi State, the King of Qi would give them territories.

Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Long Qie."

"The end will be here."

"You lead 5000 troops to recover Jiaodong Kingdom."

"No!" After saying this, Long Qie left the camp.

Xiang Yu now wants to claim his spoils.

Xiang Bo thought for a while and said: "Yu'er, we should still send an envoy to Chang'an City to explain that this battle is not what we want to fight, but Tian Heng's constant provocation. We are forced to fight back. The Han Emperor is a talker." The king of truth should understand our painstaking efforts. As long as the Emperor of Han does not blame us, we will be safe in Qi. "

Even now, Xiang Bo still wants to maintain the relationship between the Han Dynasty and Qi State, at least not to get into a situation of swordsmanship.

But Xiang Yu disagreed and said: "I am the King of Qi. What is wrong with regaining Jiaodong County? Why should I go to Chang'an City to explain?"

"Uncle, does it mean that Chang'an City asked me to withdraw from Jiaodong County, and I will also retreat? If the Han Emperor re-appoints Tian Guang as King of Jiaodong, my battle will not be in vain, and the blood of the soldiers will not be in vain."

Xiang Bo was speechless. He found that this was very likely to happen, and he could not think of a solution.

Xiang Yu continued: "At this point, the arrow is on the string and we have to take action. If the Han army really dares to attack Qi, I will be the next to do it."

Now Xiang Yu not only wants to occupy the entire Qi Kingdom, but also wants to take the initiative to occupy the Central Plains and oust the Han Emperor from his throne as the leader of the world.

"Xiangzhuang."

"The end will be here."

"The Jiaodong Kingdom is gone. These captured soldiers are our soldiers from the Qi Kingdom. He reorganized them and allowed them to quickly restore their combat effectiveness."

"promise."

At this time, Fan Zeng took out some letters and said: "Yu'er, this is a letter from Qi's nobles and Tian Heng. They are dissatisfied with Qi's land policy and secretly support Tian Heng's grain, weapons, equipment and private soldiers. They want to To overthrow my Xiang family’s rule in Qi.”

Xiang Yu grabbed these letters and looked them over. After reading them, he said angrily: "The Ding family, the Xu family, the Xie family, and the He family actually dare to take advantage of them. They are really like the sword of a few people."

At this time, Xiang Yu finally understood why Xu Fan did not accept the surrender of these powerful nobles, but directly divided the land and property of the powerful nobles.

These powerful aristocrats just opened a dyeing workshop for a little color, completely forgetting the kindness of the people to eliminate the violent Qin Dynasty. If I had known that I should have swept them away from the beginning, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

"Cao Jiu, Xiang Ta, Xiang Shuo, Qi Tong."

"The end will be here."

"The four of you will each lead a thousand soldiers and follow this list to arrest these powerful nobles who are cheating on others. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Xiang Bo hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Yu'er, at this time we should most stabilize the Qi State. If we want to stabilize the Qi State, we need the strong support of these nobles of the Qi State. After all, they are relatives of the Tian family, and they will secretly support Tian." But now that Tian Heng is dead, our biggest hidden danger is gone. Forgiving them at this time will gain their gratitude and will be more conducive to stabilizing Qi. "

Xiang Yu sneered: "When I wanted them to take refuge, they didn't take refuge. Instead, they followed the policy that hindered me and supported Tian Heng. My uncle said it well. They are members of the Tian clan. This is why it is best for them to take refuge with Tian Heng." s answer."

"My answer is that there are too many Tian clan members in Qi State. I want to eliminate a group of them and replace them with my Xiang clan clan. If I don't kill them, where will the land come from to enfeoff the heroes, and where does the land come from to reward the soldiers? Han The emperor has a good saying, if you want to achieve hegemony, you must distinguish between enemies and friends. "

Xiang Yu pointed to his generals and said: "These talents are my friends. With their support, I can become the state of Qi."

Then Xiang Yu shook the letter and sneered: "This is my enemy. Now I am attacking the enemy's power and strengthening the power of my friends. What's wrong? Isn't this the way the Han Emperor conquered the world?"

Xiang Yu has long been dissatisfied with them. Most of the land of Qi State is in their hands. He, the King of Qi, is almost a puppet of these powerful nobles of Qi State. Xiang Yu tolerates this for the sake of the stability of Qi State. As a result, these nobles of Qi State still take advantage of others. Want to rebel.

This made Xiang Yu's anger completely explode. He had decided to completely cleanse the clan and aristocratic forces in Qi and replace them with his cronies and the Central Plains tycoons who had taken refuge in him.

The nobles and powerful people in Qi are unwilling to take refuge with the few, but some are willing to take refuge with the few.

Xiang Yu's stubborn look gave Xiang Bo a headache. Why did his nephew become like this?

Do you know clearly the current situation in Qi State? The Han Emperor may attack at any time. You are purging the powerful nobles of Qi State. This is not to give the Han a chance. If these powerful nobles of Qi State rebel, the Han army will take the opportunity to attack. Our Xiang clan will die without a burial place.

Xiang Bo looked at Fan Zeng, wanting Fan Zeng to persuade Xiang Yu.

But Fan Zeng said: "The state of Qi is like a sieve and needs to be cleaned. Some of the powerful Wubao properties of the nobles of Qi are given to meritorious officials to consolidate our foundation in Qi, and some are used to win over the Central Plains. The nobles are strong and powerful, expanding the influence of our country in the Central Plains. "

Fan Zeng understood Xiang Bo's thoughts, but he thought deeper. Tian Guang and Tian Jie were not caught, and they probably fled to the Han Dynasty. The Han Emperor would definitely make a fuss about them. Tian Guang and Tian Jie have a close relationship with the nobles and powerful people in the Qi State. Now they will not take advantage of the main force of the Han Dynasty to encircle and suppress the Huns to clean up the Qi State. When the Han Emperor wants to cut down the feudal vassals to deal with the Qi State, they will I'm just afraid that these Qi clan members will become traitors again.

Since these Qi clans do more harm than good to Xiang Yu, then simply replace them with the Xiang family and the powerful nobles of the Central Plains. A clean Qi State will be more conducive to their subsequent wars.

Xiang Bo looked at Fan Zeng in astonishment. He didn't understand that a wise man like Fan Zeng would say such a thing.

But Xiang Yu laughed and said: "Emperor Han despises them, and I also despise them. Since they are unwilling to submit to me, let them go to hell."

However, Cao Jiu and the others were overjoyed and agreed very much with Xiang Yu's order. If they did not cleanse the original nobles and tyrants of Qi State, where would they get the Wubao and the land they wanted?

They conquered Qi State, so why should their land be inferior to these wimps?

So Cao Jiu and others instinctively expanded Xiang Yu's order on the basis that the more they killed, the more land they could obtain and the larger their fiefdom would be.

The powerful Wubao was captured by them, and then they killed the nobles and powerful people inside and robbed their money, women and children. For a time, the entire Linzi County was in flames, and Xiang Yu's soldiers were everywhere carrying out military operations to suppress the powerful nobles.

The powerful aristocrats of Qi were also shocked by the suddenly brutal Xiang Yu. They thought Xiang Yu would kill a few people related to Tian Heng, but they did not expect that the purge would be so extensive, including the old, weak, women and children. Xiang Yu This is to eliminate the root cause.

Such horrific acts aroused fierce resistance from the powerful nobles of Qi State, but the more fierce their resistance, the more Xiang Yu felt that Qi State needed to carry out an in-depth purge so that he could control the entire Qi State.

So Xiang Yu ordered that anyone who dared to resist would not only kill his entire family, but also implicate the three clans. The houses of the resisting families will be burned, the forts will be leveled, the old, weak, and women will be plundered, and many places where Xiang Yu's army passes will be destroyed.

As a result, the powerful men of Qi State gathered to rebel against Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu was not afraid and led 5000 cavalry on the territory of Qi State. Whenever he heard of any resistance or rebellion, he would immediately kill and eradicate the weeds. action.

Even Tian Heng's elite were no match for Xiang Yu, and these ragtag group of Qi's powerful nobles were no match for Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu's suppressive actions could be described as fast, swift, and efficient.

Countless nobles of the Qi Kingdom fled their hometowns again with great difficulty. They did not expect that they had managed to escape Bao Qin's enclosure, but they did not escape Xiang Yu's plunder.

Of course, while Xiang Yu brutally suppressed the nobles and tycoons of Qi, Xiang Yu also enfeoffed his own heroes. Long Qie, Zhong Limei, Cao Jiu and other heroes were enfeoffed from ten thousand to several thousand households, and plundered the wealth of Qi's nobles and tycoons. He distributed it to these heroes. At the same time, he also learned from Xu Fan and gave all the land that had been owned by the nobles and powerful people of Qi to the soldiers.

This greatly shocked the morale of the Qi army. Even the Jiaodong soldiers who had just surrendered to Xiang Yu now became Xiang Yu's staunchest supporters. A monarch who could share hundreds of acres of land was too rare in the Qi country where vampires were everywhere. These lands It was enough for them to work for Xiang Yu.

At the same time, Xiang Yu allocated a number of forts and farms to the Central Plains aristocrats. Although these Central Plains aristocrats sympathized with the plight of the Qi aristocrats, they still called on their friends to join them if they could revive their family business in Qi. The generous King Qi.

In Qi State, except for the lamentations of the original noble and powerful class, everyone was smiling and everyone was full. Of course, this is all a story later.

Xue County, Zhendong General Mansion.

Tian Guang and Tian Jie fled to the Han Dynasty with hundreds of bodyguards in embarrassment and asked the emperor to take them in.

Ge Ying immediately received the two men and heard that Tian Heng's 60,000-strong army had been wiped out by Xiang Yu in one battle.

Ge Ying laughed angrily: "When I asked you not to fight, don't fight. Your uncle Tian Heng was still very arrogant and beat out my envoy. How dare you take the initiative to provoke Xiang Yu with this little ability?"

"You have 6 elites in your hands. According to His Majesty, even if Xiang Yu captured pigs, it would take more than one day to catch them. Your uncles and nephews were all killed in one day."

"Do you know that apart from Your Majesty, Xiang Yu is the only person in the world who has annihilated more than 10 Qin troops? How do your uncles and nephews get the confidence to think that they can defeat Xiang Yu?"

Ge Ying just dealt with Tian Guang and Tian Jie to vent his dissatisfaction with Tian during this period.

Tian Guang was still a little unconvinced and wanted to refute. He had been fighting back and forth with Zhong Limei, and he even had the upper hand. However, he did not expect that Xiang Yu would lead the cavalry to attack from behind, causing his army to collapse.

After Tian Jie noticed Tian Guang's movements, he immediately stopped Tian Guang.

Then he apologized: "It was my king who misunderstood the general's kindness at first, but after all, my king has died in the battle, so I ask the general not to continue to blame my king."

Ge Ying waved his hand, Tian Heng had died in the battle, and he didn't want to blame a dead man.

Tian Jie continued: "My king said before he died that he was willing to entrust the Jiaodong Kingdom to the Emperor. If the Emperor wants to suppress the Qi Kingdom, I, the Tian family, are also willing to be the vanguard. I, the Tian family, still have some connections in Qi."

Zhang He sneered and said: "Now that Jiaodong is in the hands of Xiang Yu, what you say about entrusting Jiaodong to your majesty is just to let us big men pull chestnuts from the fire for you. Are you still playing this clever trick now? Do you really think you are your majesty?" I don’t dare to kill you!”

Zhang He was also extremely angry at this time. He didn't care about the battle between the Tian family and the Xiang family. The consumption of strength by both sides was also beneficial to the big man. It's just that he didn't expect Tian Heng to be so useless. The first battle ruined all the troops and the entire Jiaodong Kingdom. Now that Xiang Yu has obtained Jiaodong Kingdom, all the original homeland of Qi Kingdom has been occupied by Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu's strength has greatly increased. For a vassal state with a population close to 2-3% of the Han Dynasty and the ability to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops, this was not a good thing for the Han Dynasty.

Tian Jie immediately said: "Even the Han Dynasty does not want to see Xiang Yu take over Qi. Although my Tian family has no army now, after all, the Tian family has been deeply involved in Qi for hundreds of years. The nobles and tyrants of Qi and my Tian family have With the ties of the Ou Duan Silk Line, it will be much easier for the Emperor to capture Qi State with my Tian family here. We are willing to contact these people for His Majesty and contribute to His Majesty's great cause. "

Zhang He sneered and said: "These nobles are powerful and powerful, and they are more likely to fail than succeed. I, the great Han, will naturally rely on my own ability to conquer Qi."

The Han Dynasty has always suppressed the powerful nobles, and this has been recognized by the senior officials of the Han Dynasty. People like Zhang He have the same idea as Cao Jiu and others. The world's resources are limited. If the powerful nobles of the six countries take one more bite, they Just take one less bite.

In Zhang He's view, this world was created by their big men, and they naturally have their share. However, the powerful nobles of the six countries did not shed any blood, so how could they control the land and wealth.

Therefore, even if the Han Dynasty wants to occupy the Qi State, it will also purge the nobles and powerful people of the Qi State. Since they are all enemies, Zhang He is naturally unwilling to win them over. Now he must share their interests after the war, but Zhang He not only does not want to Share their interests, and even want to take away their own interests.

(End of this chapter)