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

Chapter 37: Its prosperity is booming and its demise is sudden.
  After Xu Fan divided the responsibilities of supervising the army, he looked at Chen Gang and asked, "How much food and grass do we have now?"

This is what Xu Fan is most concerned about. It can be said that the rebels do not need other insurgents to undermine military discipline because they have a large amount of grain in their hands. Xu Fan can use the grain to purchase other supplies at 2-3 times the price. After the autumn harvest, Xu Fan chose to revolt. The best time.

Chen Gang said to Xu Fan with a grimace: "We already transported 2 shi of grain from Yang County, and now we have 7 shi of more grain. The rebels simply do not have enough trucks and ships to transport such a large amount of grain. Even if we eat food three times a day now, we can only consume up to 150 shi of food a day."

Xu Fan said: "Try to exchange grain for cattle, horses, carts, boats and other transportation vehicles and livestock. If you don't have it, you can also exchange grain for light goods such as cloth and meat. Try not to leave a grain of grain for the Qin army."

Then he looked at Big Hammer sitting at the back and said: "Big Hammer, the rebel army is now a means of transportation. You have to find a way to control more baggage trucks and wheelbarrows. For every extra baggage truck, the rebel army can eat more." A mouthful of food.”

Xu Fan attaches great importance to food. Even when he is fleeing for his life, he carries as much food as possible. Xu Fan's bottom line is that it is enough for the entire rebel army to last for a year. According to the current number of soldiers and the size of the rebel army, the rebel army must at least Only by carrying more than 10 shi of food to the Dabie Mountains can the rebels have the capital to develop.

Big Hammer said with a bitter face: "Although wheelbarrows are easy to make, wheels are difficult to make. If the leader gives the villain a year, he can make thousands of wheelbarrows."

Xu Fan could only say: "Try to build baggage trucks with large transportation capacity."

Chen Lin thought for a while and said: "Our army now has more than 2000 soldiers, and the number can continue to expand. There is no need to avoid the Qin army's attack like now. Although I dare not say that the rebel army can defeat the Qin army in a field battle, the defenders City, the rebels don’t have to worry about the Qin army at all. The rebels don’t have to withdraw from Nanton County at all.”

Chen Lin is not Xu Fan. In his opinion, the rebels should continue to attack cities and territories and increase their troops. When they have enough troops, they can completely annihilate the soldiers of Chen County. However, as Xu Fan said, establishing a base in the Dabie Mountains is completely impossible in his opinion. If necessary, how can the rebel army grow by escaping to the mountains?
  This can only be said that the times affect individuals. For Chen Lin, explosive troops are the way to go. But for Xu Fan, that is seeking a dead end. Establishing a base in the mountainous area and then training the army. A complete system is the way to go. It is the easiest way for them to rebel. The road to success.

Xu Fan said: "Don't be arrogant. The rebel army cannot even defeat the soldiers of Chen County, let alone Da Qin, which has millions of soldiers. Only if our army keeps moving, the Qin army will have difficulty encircling us, but if the rebel army stays in Nanton County , the county soldiers of Chen County will easily surround us in Nanton County, and then continue to recruit soldiers to surround us to death. The rebels will live if they move, and die if they remain silent."

Zhou Zhang said: "Less than a hundred miles south of Nanton is Xiang County, which is the fiefdom of the famous general Xiang Yan. There are loyal people who are dissatisfied with the Qin State. Half of our soldiers are left to garrison Nanton County, and the remaining 1000 soldiers continue Go south, capture Xiang County, and obtain the followers of the Xiang clan, which will be enough to change the current situation of the rebel army."

Zhou Zhang thought for a while and then said: "Chen County is currently empty of troops. Most of the county towns have no more than a hundred garrison troops. Our army can completely capture the counties in the south of Chen County. By recruiting 1000 soldiers in each county, the rebel force can quickly expand to tens of thousands. , with tens of thousands of troops, then it will not be us hiding from the Qin army, but the Qin army hiding from us." Xu Fan smiled bitterly after hearing Zhou Zhang's words. Zhou Zhang and the others all wanted to develop the rebel army explosively, but However, Xu Fan knew that this was a dead end. Even his 800 children in Yang County might not be very trustworthy. Now they had to expand to tens of thousands of troops. It was impossible for him to control such a rebel army. What's the point of an army you can't control?

Xu Fan, who read the historical time travel article, knew that the rogue warfare method had no future at all. If it encountered any obstacles or even failed, the entire army would be defeated. The Yellow Turban uprising amounted to millions, but it was still pacified by the Han Dynasty in 8 months. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, There were as many as one million rogues in the Ming Dynasty, but they were exterminated by the Ming army many times. If there had not been too many natural disasters and they had been providing soldiers for Li Zicheng and the others, it would have been impossible for the rogue bandits in the late Ming Dynasty to reach the Forbidden City.

Even Xu Fan didn't know much about Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, but Xu Fan could predict that Chen Sheng's defeat would be extremely fast. History books say that Liu Bang destroyed Qin in three years, but Chen Sheng did not appear at all in the timeline of Liu Bang's rise. , which shows that Chen Sheng may have persisted for less than two years under the attack of the Qin army, or even shorter.

(I just found out that Chen Sheng’s uprising developed extremely fast. In less than 3 months, the army grew to one million. However, because there was no core, the generals he released became independent one after another, and he became the key target of the Qin army. , was defeated by Zhang Han in half a year, and was finally killed by his own coachman. The Yellow Turban Uprising was also extinguished by the Han Dynasty in 8 months. It can only be said that it is not easy to build a rebel army from scratch. )
  This kind of uprising that can lead to prosperity and death is not what Xu Fan wants. He doesn't want to make wedding clothes for others, let alone die.

The reason why he always wanted to escape to the Dabie Mountains was that he wanted to spend time building a stable core force of the rebel army, weaving a complete set of systems, and training an army with strict military discipline like that of later generations. He would not do it just because a general wanted to If you want to rebel, bring out an army yourself.

Xu Fan thought for a while and said: "It is feasible to attack Xiang County southward, but our strategy cannot be changed. The rebels must still use the Dabie Mountains as their base."

Zhou Zhang was about to speak, but Xu Fan stopped him: "Our enemies are not only the 3000 soldiers of Chen County, but also the million-strong army of Da Qin. Even if we destroy the soldiers of Chen County, we will have to rely on tens of thousands of rabble to fight. The elite of Qin? You know that we will definitely lose. The rebels must not only focus on the present, but also have a long-term vision for development."

"As long as we establish a base in the Dabie Mountains and rely on the mountains, Daqin will not be able to encircle and suppress us even if it has a million troops. Moreover, the mountains can even out the gap in combat effectiveness between us and the Qin army. If we fight the Qin army on the plains, the rebels will be defeated. There is no way out.”

After moving out the big boss, the First Emperor, Zhou Zhang and the others finally woke up from the excitement of conquering the city. Indeed, the First Emperor mobilized the elite soldiers in Guanzhong. Not to mention a million, even 10,000 soldiers were enough to crush the rebels.

After thinking about this, Zhou Zhang finally recognized Xu Fan's strategy and did not refuse to give up the captured county.

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