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

Chapter 303, the decisive battle between the frightened paper tiger and Xiang Yu
On October 25, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Julu County, Nangong County.

A notice is posted on the city wall of Nangong County.

When Cui Yi saw the content on the notice, he ran back to his mansion with great excitement, and then hid in his study: "Hahahaha, it's finally over."

Cui Yi has been under great mental pressure in the past few months. Although he escaped because he changed his family early and because his son was the captain of the Han Dynasty.

But he watched as his old friends of decades were taken away one by one. The whole family was sent to Liaodong. He is still afraid of that desolate scene.

"I will wait for you even if I go to hell." When he went to see his old friend off, these people cursed him one by one, thinking that Cui Yi was a traitor and betrayed them.

Cui Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. There was no need for evidence in this purge of the Han Dynasty. No one who was not theirs was spared. When you decided not to take the imperial examination, you already left hidden dangers.

It's a pity that no one is willing to listen to what he said, and the reputation of a traitor is firmly on Cui Yi's head.

Later, the purge of the big man became more and more extensive. He didn't even know if his family could escape this disaster. Now it was finally over.

Not long after, the housekeeper said that the head of the Gan family wanted to see him.

Gan Li did not dare to take risks anymore. He decided that from now on the Gan family would follow the policies of the Han Dynasty. Whatever the emperor Xu Fan said, the Gan family would do whatever he wanted.

But in this era, Xu Fan's cleansing without killing people really means nothing.

The bottom line of the Warring States Period was too low. If Xu Fan's purge had occurred during the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, the world would have been in turmoil. Scholars all over the world would crusade against him and call him a tyrant like the First Emperor.

On October 28, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, in Julu County, Dongwu Yangcheng, the Han army's main tent was held.

It was only after the First Emperor conquered the world that he did not intend to use such a method. This was because it was difficult for the Qin Dynasty to digest so much land in a short period of time and could only compromise with the local nobles.

If they can't resist, they can only accept the system established by the Han Dynasty for the world. Who makes the Han the winner? They have this right.

Relying on this method of marriage, many nobles from the Six Kingdoms still managed to escape.

The Qin Dynasty had a system of honoring military honors. Every time an area was conquered, people would be killed first to gain military honors, and then all the nobles and powerful men from the six countries on the land would be wiped out, and their own people would be arranged to rule the area, using this method of cannibalization to annex the world. This is much crueler than Xu Fan, but it is also the norm during the Warring States Period, and almost every country will do this.

In the face of the Great Purge, Hebei's aristocrats did nothing. After the rebels were suppressed by the Han officials, these people thought of ways to marry. In the past, they all looked like Han officials, bumpkins, and nouveau riche. Now they all take it. Pay a generous dowry to find a backer for yourself.

Cui Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "He is the first emperor of the Han Dynasty. After all, it is because we are weak and cannot see the situation clearly that we are in trouble today. At the beginning, everyone thought that the Han Dynasty could not rule the world without us. , As long as we don’t cooperate, Dahan’s world will definitely collapse. But judging from the situation, it’s obvious that we are overestimating ourselves, and Dahan can’t function as well as we do.”

Cui Yi thought of his life during this period and said, "It's finally over."

"Yeah, it's finally over." After saying that, the two of them kept laughing, tears streaming down their faces as they laughed, and their faces became serious.

Cui Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I also have this idea."

Gan Li said: "Now the entire Julu is the confidant of the big man. I have also figured it out. Now the world belongs to the big man. No matter how dissatisfied we are, we can't change this situation. If we want to survive, we must seek refuge with the big man. Otherwise Even if we escape this purge, we won’t be able to escape the next one.”

Cui Yi asked the housekeeper to bring someone over, and then asked in shock: "How come you are still alive?"

But even so, the First Emperor still moved 12 nobles and powerful people. The Qin Dynasty killed too many people along the way, and Xu Fan's method of only purging and not killing people cannot be said to be cruel.

Gan Li said bitterly: "A certain viscount who spent all his family wealth and married into a wealthy man escaped."

"I have decided that the descendants of the Gan family will go to Chang'an City to take the imperial examination. The big man doesn't like big families, and he doesn't like us occupying too much land. The Gan family has decided to divide the family, and each descendant of the Gan family can get a share. The remaining land will be sold to the imperial court. From then on, the Gan family will be fully integrated into the Han Dynasty."

"On the contrary, we are like ants facing the powerful man, with no ability to resist at all." Cui Yi was really broken by the man this time.

They thought they were powerful and could compete with the Han, but the Han only sent a few pavilion chiefs, and the county lieutenant suppressed them. They thought they were tigers, but the Han officials showed by their actions that they were paper tigers. Appearance is worthless.

Gan Li said bitterly: "I thought the Emperor of Han was a benevolent emperor, but I didn't expect that this time he would reveal his true colors. He is the First Emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Peng Yue, the general of Zhenhai, breathed a sigh of relief after reading the order issued by Xu Fan: "The Emperor has an order that no more common people of the Han Dynasty will be arrested for the crime of interfering with Qi. Violators will be severely punished without mercy. All counties and counties are ordered to end the arrests."

After saying this, Peng Yue felt relieved in his heart. He knew earlier that the expansion of the purge had reached the edge of losing control.

It's just that he didn't have enough prestige to end it all. Even because of this great purge, even though he had 20 troops in his hands, he still did not dare to take the initiative, for fear that problems would arise in his rear and the entire army would be defeated.

Now that he had the emperor's order, he could finally relax and deal with Long Qie opposite him with peace of mind.

Liu Bang, who was beside him, was a little disappointed and said: "It's over so soon."

Although this purge seemed massive, the scale was still too small for the dozens of princes of the Han Dynasty. Each of them was allocated only about 1.2 exile places, and Liu Bang's Pei Kingdom was only allocated Wan Exiles, this is because of his good relationship with Peng Yue.

These people who were exiled by the Han people were a scourge in the Han Dynasty, but when they went to Liaodong, they became valuable talents, just like Liu Bang's Pei State. With these 1.2 Han people, the population ratio of Pei State finally returned to above the safety line. The most important thing is What's amazing is that these 1.2 people generally know how to farm, blacksmith, and make furniture, etc. They are all high-tech and high-quality talents. With them filling the middle level of the country and directing the savages to do things, the country of Pei can absorb hundreds of thousands of savages.

And without this great purge, it would have taken at least several years for him to recruit tens of thousands of Han people.

Peng Yue said with a grimace: "If we don't end this, the big man will be in chaos."

Zhang Er said on the side: "Back then, the First Emperor moved the world to become powerful and powerful, so that the whole world rebelled against him. Didn't you take a warning?"

Zhang Er couldn't believe that the big man would actually carry out a purge at this time. Who could have imagined that the First Emperor would purge the powerful nobles of Zhao, Wei and Han when he attacked Chu. Are the top officials of the Han Dynasty crazy?
When Zhang Er knew that the Han Emperor was leading troops to suppress the powerful nobles in the Central Plains, he almost thought that the Han Dynasty would also fall into the chaos of the late Qin Dynasty. As a result, the powerful people in the Central Plains did not even start a small flame. In less than two months, the entire Central Plains was destroyed. It settled down, which was beyond my expectation. When did the powerful nobles become so weak?

Liu Bang said with disdain: "Brother, I think too highly of those people. These people do great things but cherish their own lives, and forget their loyalty when they see small profits. You think they are heroes, but in fact they are just fat pigs and cannot achieve great things. They have fallen behind the times." Well, it will still be of some use in our feudal country."

Liu Bang has been influenced by Xu Fan in the past few years in the Han Dynasty. Coupled with his experience in Julu County and the performance of Hebei's strong men pulling their hips this time, he has been able to distinguish the common people from the common people and the powerful aristocrats from the powerful aristocrats.

The powerful nobles only have great power when they control the people. Once they are separated from the people, they are nothing to the big man. The foundation of the Han Dynasty was that the court controlled the people. This was different from the violent Qin period, which united the nobles and powerful people in the world to suppress the people.

As a result, the nobles and powerful men of the six countries had their own secret plans to overthrow Bao Qin. In His Majesty's words, the First Emperor failed to distinguish clearly between enemies and friends, and regarded enemies as friends and friends as enemies. If there is no distinction between friend and foe, how can the violent Qin world not be destroyed?

However, Liu Bang saw what was behind the order. The goal of the founding of the Han Dynasty was to achieve world harmony. Han officials and princes at all levels were required to study deeply, criticize themselves, and review whether they were lax. He couldn't help but said with a grimace: "This is really your Majesty's old habit. He never forgets to learn and review."

Then Liu Bang shook his head and said: "I have examined myself three times in a day. Are you disloyal in your conduct? Are you disloyal to others? Are you disloyal to your friends? Are you disloyal to others? Are you disloyal to others?"

"In one province, I am loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and a loyal minister."

"Who in the second province of Liaodong doesn't know that I, Marquis Pei, am an honest and trustworthy man and a gentleman."

"In the three provinces, I am already over fifty, but the content of The Analects of Confucius still comes right out of my mouth. There is no grown man who loves learning more than I do."

Peng Yue said with a smile: "But I think this is a warning to my brother and others not to go too far."

Of course Liu Bang knew this, but pioneering was too difficult. Liu Bang couldn't believe that one day farmers would become high-tech talents in his eyes. He had always hated farming, but when he became a prince, he would use a plow to farm. It would be too difficult for Pei State to develop without trying to find a way to make some money in Hebei.

Zhang Er said: "Let's discuss how to deal with Long Qie's army on the other side of the Yellow River."

Zhang Er even risked his own face and borrowed 30,000 troops just to win the title of marquis in one battle. He didn't want the two sides to remain in confrontation like this.

Xia Houying, who joined the army in Zhenhai, said: "It's not easy to fight on our way. Although we have more troops than Longqie, there is a natural danger in the Yellow River that blocks us. It will be difficult to kill us."

Since Xiang Yu failed to defeat Song Liu's army in October, the Qi army began to expand and prepare for war on a large scale. The 3 army in Long Qie's hands suddenly increased to 7. Although it was not as good as the Han army, such a huge army was not that good. victorious.

Liu Bang asked: "Have you sent anyone to recruit Jiang Longqie and others? Now that Qi is about to be destroyed by our Han Dynasty, no one of them wants to jump out of the broken ship of Qi?"

Peng Yue said: "A certain person sent an envoy to persuade Long Qie, but this person was a die-hard loyalist of Xiang Yu. He didn't listen at all and directly beat out my younger brother's envoy."

Liu Bang said: "The dragon is tough, but the 6 troops on the opposite side are also tough? Now Qi will be attacked on three sides, and the situation will be very critical. There will always be people who want to escape Qi. Send more envoys to pick them up. There will always be a few people who are greedy for life and fear of death who come into contact with us.”

Peng Yue said, "I have an idea. Now the main forces of Qi are in the plains, Jibei County, and Juxian. There are not many troops stationed in Linzi City behind Xiang Yu. I will send a navy from there." Jishui marches all the way upstream to Linzi City. As long as Linzi City is captured, Qi's army will collapse. "

Zhang Er immediately said: "I can lead the troops to attack Linzi City."

If this is going to succeed, he will be the biggest contributor to this battle against Qi.

Peng Yue thought about it and handed over this task to Zhang Er. Although the credit was great, the risk was also high. After all, it was within the Qi State. If Linzi City could not be breached, Zhang Er's army would be surrounded by Qi State. .

Jibei County, Liangfu Mountain, Qi Army Camp.

Fan Zeng held the notice obtained by the spies in his hand, frowned and said bitterly: "The internal problems of the Han army have been solved. It won't be long before the front lines of the Han army are pointing at me, Qi. This notice is the Han army's warning to us." Book of Decisive Battle.”

The war situation at this time was completely unexpected by Fan Zeng. First, he did not expect that other princes would be so afraid of the Han army. With the Qi army taking the lead, not only did the princes from various places dare not fight the Han army, but some princes even joined the Han army. The army jointly attacked Qi State.

The second is that the strength of the powerful nobles in Hebei in the Central Plains was far beyond Fan Zeng's expectation. The scene of the raging war between Qin and Qin did not appear. Although many powerful nobles rebelled, they were suppressed by the county lieutenants and pavilion chiefs of the Han army. The management at the grassroots level was so strict, and no one expected the people's support for the big man.

Thirdly, the equipment advantage of the Han Dynasty exceeded Fan Zeng's expectation. Now the Zhendong Army in front of them was almost fully armored, and it was difficult for the Qi soldiers with 30,000 armored troops to open their eyes.

The blacksmiths of Qi State are desperately trying to close the equipment gap between the two sides, but they do not have blast furnace technology. Even if they use all the iron armor of Qi State, they can only build 500 pieces of iron armor every month, while the big Han opposite can only make 1 pieces. Iron armor, the equipment gap is too big.

This leads to the current situation where Qi is attacking the whole world with only one region, and Fan Zeng can no longer see the hope of Qi's victory.

Cao Jiu on the side was very dissatisfied and said, "Fan Zuolingyin has one head and two legs. Our Qi army will not be worse than the Han army."

Xiang Tao sneered and said, "You are so brave. Why don't you lead your own troops down the mountain?"

The strength of the Han army's armored battalion was so strong that even Xiang Yu, the strongest man in Qi, could not attack him. Otherwise, they would not have been beaten to Liangfu Mountain to resist the Han army.

Now the atmosphere within the Qi army is very solemn. Many people are dissatisfied with Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng. They are obviously allies with the Han Dynasty. Even though they violated the emperor's order by destroying Tian Heng, they have Chen Xiao who can propose marriage for them. As long as they An envoy was sent to explain the situation. With the emperor's benevolence and righteousness, even if they had to be punished, the worst they could do was to give up Jiaodong Kingdom.

Things should not have resulted in the current situation. Now the Qi State is in danger. Not only are their glory and wealth gone, but their lives are also at risk. The situation has become so bad that they will naturally be dissatisfied with Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng who provoked the trouble. .

Among them, those who defected to Xiang Yu from the Han army were particularly dissatisfied. They took refuge with Xiang Yu because Xiang Yu was prosperous and wealthy, but they did not expect that Xiang Yu would bring them into a desperate situation. You can imagine their grief and anger at this time. , now Xiang Yu's army is a huge powder keg inside, and it can be ignited at a moment's notice.

Cao Jiu immediately said angrily: "I am really afraid of the Han army, so I will go down the mountain and kill Song Liu."

Xiang Yu said: "Stop saying such useless words. Now everyone wants to think about how to defeat the Han army."

Xiang said helplessly: "How to defeat us? There are 20 elite Han troops opposite us. They are still equipping three battalions of armored soldiers every month. There are also 20 elite Han troops in Ju County. They are now really bombarding Ju with stone cannons." The city wall of the county was destroyed by this stone cannon, and the city wall of Ju County could not withstand it for long. "

"On the front line of the Yellow River, the Han army also has 20 elite troops. Although Qi State has natural barriers on the Yellow River that can stop the Han army, winter has arrived, and the Yellow River will be completely frozen at any time. By then, the natural barriers will become a thoroughfare, and the Han troops will go south. What can we do to stop it?"

Xiang Yu looked at Fan Zeng, hoping that Fan Zeng could provide some advice.

But Fan Zeng smiled bitterly and said: "In this situation, resourcefulness is useless."

Fan Zeng's misjudgment of the power of the princes and nobles had already caused Fan Zeng to lose the confidence of a top counselor, and he could not find any hope of the Qi army's victory now.

After Xiang Yu pondered for a long time, he said: "The current situation is extremely unfavorable for our country of Qi. I plan to launch a decisive battle against the Han army. Either I defeat the Zhendong Army, capture the Han Emperor, and force the Han to surrender. Otherwise, I will die in battle." On the battlefield, I would rather die on the battlefield than surrender to the Han Emperor."

When Xiang Taida heard Xiang Yu's decisive words, he hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the Han army has the upper hand in terms of weapons and equipment and military strength. If we rashly launch a decisive battle, our army may not have a high chance of winning."

Not to mention how the Han army defeated the 3 armored battalion soldiers, the Han army opposite them alone had 20 people, while the Qi army only had 15 people. It can be said that the Qi army did not have an advantage in terms of strength, equipment, and organization. Xiang Yu's decisive battle looked more like a death battle to them.

Xiang Yu said with a smile: "If we don't fight decisively now, why don't we wait for the Han army to break through our defense line step by step? I have no other choice. This king is the one who wants to be the leader of the world, so let me be the one who contributes the most. Even if I die in battle, it may not be a lucky thing. Later generations of history will record that I also died fighting against the Han Emperor. It is better than dying in bed doing nothing. "

Then Xiang Yu said solemnly, "All officers and soldiers in the army will obey the order. We will prepare for three days and launch a full-scale attack on the Han army in three days."

"promise"

(End of this chapter)