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

Chapter 46, the prestige brought by defeating the Qin army
  December 35, the 10th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Chenjun government office, county governor's office.

The county governor Gan Di and the county lieutenant Bai Meng looked at each other secretly.

The latest battle report just came from Tanma. Meng Shao and 1000 Qin troops were completely wiped out in Nanton County. The rebel leader Xu Fan captured Meng Shao and actually hanged him for war crimes in front of Nanton County officials. , Xiang County was also captured by the rebels, and now the rebels led a large number of rebels southward to Xiang County.

The rebels not only slapped the officials of Chen County in the face, but also slapped the entire Qin Dynasty in the face. A group of rebels dared to try officials in the name of war crimes. This was simply a reversal of the rules and lawlessness.

Gan Di, the governor of Chen County, said angrily with a hint of fear: "Meng Shao is simply a waste. Thousands of elites can't defeat a group of rogues. Now the situation is out of control. If he dies, it will be a one-and-done thing, but we are going to be killed by him." Killed."

Gandi could no longer imagine that the First Emperor would be hanged in front of thousands of people after knowing that there was a rebellion in Chen County. Death, this is simply a loss of power and an insult to the country.

With the temper of the First Emperor, not only would their lives be in danger, but the whole family might even be dragged down. They could already imagine the roar from the master of the Xianyang Palace. The shadow of the Execution Clan hung over the two of them, and now the two were on the same rope. of grasshoppers.

County Lieutenant Bai Meng took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down and said: "It is useless to talk about these things now. What we have to do now is to offset the merits. As long as we wipe out this group of rebels and bring down the rebel leader Xu If we go to Xianyang, the imperial court will take a lenient sentence after seeing our meritorious service."

Bai Meng and the others had been the Emperor's ministers for more than 30 years and clearly understood his nature. The Emperor was a results-oriented person. As long as the result was good, he didn't care about the process. But if the result was unsatisfactory, even the Emperor's closest confidants would Everyone will lose his trust. Li Xin is the best example. He was a rising star in Da Qin, but a defeat made him disappear from the court of Da Qin without a trace.

Gandi thought about it and found that they had no other good options. They suppressed the rebellion and captured the rebel leader Xu Fan. Their heads could be saved, but if they failed, their whole family would be put to death. , they have no way out.

Bai Meng said: "Fortunately, we have recruited 5000 soldiers to stabilize the situation in Chen County. I will take these soldiers to continue to exterminate the rebels. I also asked the prefect to take charge of the office. My subordinates are worried that after the incident in Nanton County spreads, Chen Rebellions in other counties and cities in the county will also be ready to start. If another rebel army appears, we will be unable to recover."

Bai Meng and the others had a strong sense of crisis. Even though they had asked Meng Shao to clear out the rebels, they were still worried about the situation in Chen County, so they recruited another 5000 county soldiers. Although these county soldiers were all newly recruited common people, after this A few days of simple training, commanded by veterans, is enough to deal with the rebels.

When Gan Di heard Bai Meng's words, he saluted him and said, "I'll leave the war to Lieutenant Bai. I will provide Lieutenant Bai with sufficient logistical support. I also ask Lieutenant Bai to successfully annihilate the rebellion as soon as possible."

"No!" Bai Meng returned the greeting to Gandi.

In this way, the entire Chen County began to get busy, preparing weapons and armor, food and grass supplies, and transportation civilians for the departure of the 5000-strong army. Even because he was worried that the prisoners in the prison would rebel, Bai Meng organized 2000 prisoners in the prison into a death camp. , treating them as cannon fodder for siege.

December 35, the 10th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Bai Meng led a team of 5000 Qin troops, 2000 prisoners, 3000 civilians, and tens of thousands of people, and went south to pursue Xu Fan's rebels.

When the Qin army planned to continue to encircle and suppress Xu Fan's rebels, Xu Fan took all the rebels' children and headed south to Xiangcheng in a mighty manner.

Zhou Zhang was overjoyed when he learned that the Qin army's pursuers had been annihilated by Xu Fan, and immediately ordered the rebel fleets and baggage convoys to continuously transport grain and grass and the rebel family members along the Yingshui River to Xiang County. It’s just that the rebels now have too many family members. After Xu Fan hanged Meng Shao, he also hanged several Qin army generals who arrested the people of Nanton County to vent their anger on the people of Nanton County.

But after taking revenge, the people of Nanton began to worry that they would be massacred by the Qin army. This era had just come out of the cruel Warring States period, and the Qin army, which relied on the military merit system, could do such a thing.

In order to survive, the people of Nanton County had no choice but to follow Xu Fan southward.

So much so that Xu Fan's rebel army was somewhat like Liu Huangshu leading the people across the river. Most of the people in Nanton County, except in remote villages, followed the rebel army south. This brought the number of the rebel army to more than 60, so that Nanton County The journey from Xiang County to Xiang County, which is less than 2 miles, took two full days.

Two days after defeating the Qin army, Xu Fan came to Xiang County with a mighty army of 2 rebels.

Zhou Zhang and Chen Lin led Ji Bu and other powerful men to greet Xu Fan at the gate of Xiang County.

Zhou Zhang saw the rebel flag and said happily: "The Lord is here!"

Ji Bu looked in the direction of the rebel army with a hint of curiosity and said, "What kind of hero is this person who can defeat the Qin army?"

A few days ago, Ji Bu and Zhou Zhang cooperated to conquer Xiang County. However, after conquering Xiang County, a large number of Xiang County ranger criminals defected to Ji Bu. This quickly expanded Ji Bu's men to nearly 500 people. With more men, he needed more. There was more food and grass, and they even needed some weapons and equipment to protect themselves. Ji Bu's original intention was to exchange food and the rebels for some weapons and armor.

But Zhou Zhang was extremely generous. Not only did he give him most of the food in Xiang County's granary, he even gave him 300 sets of armor, 200 long swords, and 500 spears. This made Ji Bu a little embarrassed, and he immediately returned half of the food and grass to the rebels.

At this time, the two sides should have parted ways. Zhou Zhang continued to stay in the rebel army, and he continued to lead his younger brother Luocao to become a bandit.

But at this time, news came from Nanton County of the victory of the rebel army. The leader of the rebel army, Xu Fan, wiped out thousands of Qin soldiers and strangled Meng Shao, the censor of Chen County. This news caused a sensation in the entire Chen County, and naturally also caused Ji Bu's anger. Admiration and curiosity.

The Qin army is famous for its cruelty, but why people in the world dare not rebel against the Qin Dynasty is because the Qin army is so powerful that it is invincible. In the past few decades, the Qin army has lost only a handful of battles. That is, the Lord of Wu'an, Li Mu, was the king of the country. General Zhu Xiangyan defeated the Qin army.

The leader of the rebel army, Xu Fan, was the third general in the world to defeat the Qin army in the past few decades. Although Xu Fan only defeated thousands of Qin troops, which is different from Wu'an Lord Li Mu and Shang Guozhu Xiang Yan who defeated 200,000 Qin troops, Xu Fan only had thousands of rebels in his hands. In terms of difficulty, both sides The difference is really not big.

So Ji Bu was curious about Xu Fan, the leader of the rebel army who broke the Qin army's invincibility. When he learned that Xu Fan was about to go south to Xiang County, Ji Bu decided to stay and take a look at this man who dared to rebel against Qin. A heroic figure.

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