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

Chapter 40, an old friend of Xiang County
  December 35, the 10th year of the First Emperor's reign.

When the Qin army arrived at Nanton County, Zhou Zhang and Chen Lin also came to Xiang County with 1000 soldiers.

The countryside outside Xiang County.

Zhou Zhang and Chen Lin led thousands of rebel soldiers to hide in a woodland, nervously watching the road leading to Xiang County.

Not long after, a knight ran towards them.

Zhou Zhang and Chen Lin came out of the woods and looked at the knight and asked, "How is the situation in Xiang County?"

The knight shook his head and said, "It's very bad. The news about our rebel army's attack on the city in Chen County has spread throughout Chen County. The governor of Chen County issued an order for county captains from all over the country to recruit troops to defend the city."

"After receiving the order, the county captain of Xiang County immediately recruited 500 troops. When the villain explored Xiang County, the city gate of Xiang County was closed. Even if someone wanted to enter the city, they were not allowed."

Chen Lin asked anxiously: "What should we do?"

After thinking about it, he said: "Let's just attack Xiang County like this. The Qin army has just recruited soldiers and hasn't had time to train them. In addition, the soldiers are all from Chu. They will definitely not sacrifice their lives for the Qin people. The rebel army can definitely break through." Xiang County.”

Zhou Zhang scolded: "What you say is reckless. Xiang County is already taller than ordinary counties and is surrounded by Honggou River and Ying River. How can it be easily broken by a thousand of us? Your reckless actions will only make the rebels dead." .”

Although Zhou Zhang persuaded Chen Lin in this way, he was also extremely anxious in his heart. He did not expect that the county magistrates of Chen County would move so quickly. If they all started to recruit troops and expand the army, it would be extremely difficult for the rebels to attack these counties in the future. .

Chen Lin said anxiously: "Then what should we do? Just wait here to die."

Zhou Zhang said: "Arrange a few soldiers to follow me. I am going to ask for a meeting and make friends. We will wait until I come back."

After saying that, Zhou Zhang got a dozen pieces of silk and took ten soldiers to leave the team and came to a place called Xiang's house.

The Xiang family sounds similar to the Chen family, but there is a huge difference. The Chen family is a run-down village, and the Xiang family is a fort with extremely strong defense. The height of the city wall alone is not much different from the county Chen city wall. There is a road outside the city wall. The one-foot-wide river serves as a moat, there are watchtowers every five feet, and there are towering arrow towers within the city walls. In terms of defense, the Xiang family is stronger than Yangxian.

The arrival of some people from Zhou Zhang aroused the vigilance of the Xiang family.

Zhou Zhang came to the outside of Wubao and saluted: "Please let me know, please tell me that my old friend Zhou Zhang is here to visit."

Soon a young man reported to the inside of Wubao. Not long after, the gate of Wubao opened wide. An eight-foot strong man saluted Zhou Zhang and said, "My father has invited Zhou to join the army."

In this way, the strong man brought Zhou Zhang to Wubao Hall.

Sitting in the hall was an old man with white beard and hair. This man was Xiang Biao, the elder of the Xiang clan. Zhou Zhang saw Xiang Biao and sighed: "I didn't expect you to be so old. I remember you are only a few years older than me?"

Xiang Biao stroked a strand of his white hair and smiled bitterly: "Over the years, my brothers died in battle, the Chu Kingdom was destroyed, the Xiang clan was torn apart by the Qin army, and the core descendants were hiding in Tibet. I, the side branch, have tried to find ways to continue the family. Can you not grow old?"

Logically speaking, the direct descendants of the Xiang clan belong to the Xiang Yan lineage. After Xiang Yan's death, the two brothers Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo became the heads of the Xiang clan.

But at the beginning, Xiang Yan defeated Qin's 20-strong army, killed seven captains of Qin, and formed a life-and-death feud with Qin's dignitaries. Although the First Emperor was magnanimous and believed that everyone was their own master in fighting on the battlefield and did not pursue the brothers, it did not mean that the families of the officers who were killed were also magnanimous.

After the First Emperor unified the world, in order to prevent the nobles of the six countries from rebelling, he moved 12 nobles and wealthy households to settle in Guanzhong, and the two brothers Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo were on the list of immigrants from the Qin State. In this way, the core descendants of the Xiang clan were torn apart by the Qin State, and the two brothers were bullied in Guanzhong. Soon, they took their nephew Xiang Yu to Wuzhong because of killing people in Guanzhong, and now they are the elders of the Xiang clan. Xiang Biao from the Qin Dynasty took over, but obviously the past ten years have not been easy for the clan elders. The Xiang clan has been suppressed by Qin officials.

Zhou Zhang also lamented: "It's not easy to live alone."

Then he said: "I guess you know the reason why I came here. I joined the rebel army. My strength has expanded to 2000 people and I have captured two cities. You can also join the rebel army and we can recover Xiang County together."

The young people around Xiang Biao were extremely excited and almost agreed. Xiangcheng was once the fiefdom of their Xiang clan, which was of great significance to them. The Xiang clan has always wanted to reoccupy their territory since they left Xiang County. manor.

But Xiang Biao coughed, stopped the young man from the clan, and then slowly said: "I can help you with ordinary things, but for things like rebellion, I am really powerless. I can't hold the Xiang clan back." On the way to destruction, the Xiang family has not recovered from the attack more than ten years ago, and it is really impossible to continue to help Brother Zhou."

Zhou Zhang looked extremely ugly and said: "Has the courage of your Xiang family been broken by the First Emperor?"

Xiang Biao smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, the courage of our Xiang clan has been shattered for more than ten years. At that time, more than half of the young men of the Xiang clan died, and even the brothers were defeated on the battlefield, bleeding. There are too many, who can not be afraid of the First Emperor, and my younger brother is not optimistic about your rebel army, a bunch of rabble, how can it be the opponent of millions of Qin troops."

Zhou Zhang said angrily: "This is the difference between you and the rebels. The leader of the rebels, Xu Fan, is not afraid of the First Emperor. When he knew that the First Emperor wanted to arrest him to build the imperial mausoleum, he immediately led 800 prisoners to rebel. You have thousands of people but you only dare to hide in Here we are lingering.”

Xiang Biao said calmly: "This is just the bravery of an ordinary man. He has never seen the combat power of the Qin army, nor does he know the power of the First Emperor. The Chu Kingdom with a territory of 800 miles has perished, and you have 2000 prisoners and rebels." , It’s nothing more than a mantis acting as a chariot. The more rebels you lead, Zhou Wen, the more people will be killed."

Zhou Zhang said: "You think that my lord is a brave man, but you don't know that my lord's strategy is better than that of all the famous generals in Chu State, including your clan brother General Xiang Yan."

Xiang Biao looked at Zhou Zhang in surprise. You must know that Zhou Zhang's last lord was Chun Shen Jun, and he was proud to be Chun Shen Jun's guest. Even his brother Xiang Yan did not let Zhou Zhang call him lord. Xu Fan, the leader of the rebel army, Who is it that can actually surrender to Zhou Zhang?

Then Zhou Zhang told Xiang Biao the process of his and Xu Fan's war chess deduction.

After hearing this, Xiang Biao sighed and said: "If my clan brother could think of developing a navy back then, Chu would not have perished so quickly."

He now somewhat understood that the arrogant Zhou Zhang would recognize Xu Fan as his master. He saw in Xu Fan the hope of reviving the Chu Kingdom.

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