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

Chapter 58, Ying Bu came to surrender and the unscrupulous nobles

December 35, the 11th year of the First Emperor's reign.

In the willow forest, Xu Fan led his army to ambush here. This place is the only road between Ruyin County and Xi County.

When the Qin officials in Ruyin County received Bai Meng's order to transport grain and grass to support the county, they did not dare to disobey their superiors' orders. The magistrate of Ruyin County immediately ordered the county lieutenant to lead 300 county soldiers and 100 baggage trucks to transport grain and grass to support. Sleeping County.

This news was delivered to Xu Fan by the rangers just after the Ruyin County Lieutenant led the baggage team to leave Ruyin County. Xu Fan immediately led the rebels to ambush on the road from Ruyin County to Ruyin County, waiting for them to come to their door. .

But what surprised Xu Fan this time was that after waiting for a long time, they still didn't see the shadow of the Ruyin County soldiers.

"Did the Ruyin County soldiers find another way?"

Ji Bu said: "It's impossible. The only way to go to Xi'an County is this way, unless they use boats instead and go upstream to Xiang County. But there can't be so many boats in Ruyin County and they go in such a big circle. It takes more time.”

Ji Bu thought for a while and said, "It's possible that the prestige of our army is too high, and the Ruyin County soldiers were frightened, and they didn't dare to move fast at all."

Xu Fan thought for a while and said: "Since they didn't come to our door by themselves, we don't have to be the farmers who wait and wait, and take the initiative to see what the Ruyin County soldiers are doing."

After speaking, Xu Fan commanded 500 cavalry and thousands of infantry to go south to Ruyin County. Xu Fan was originally a pure cavalry, but last time Lu Chen brought more than 700 civilians, plus deserters from the Qin army who joined Xu Fan during this period, so he had more in his hands. With an infantry of thousands of people, it can only be said that Qin's order and oppression has reached its limit. Too many people want to break free from this shackles, which makes Xu Fan's idea of ​​​​controlling the number of rebels completely bankrupt. There will always be more and more soldiers in hand.

When the rebels had marched less than 20 miles, a scattered army appeared on the county road, as well as a large number of corpses lying on the ground. Judging from the blood stains on the ground, a fierce battle had just occurred here.

At this time, the victorious side also discovered Xu Fan and his army.

A strong man stepped forward and shouted: "But General Xu Fan, the leader of the rebel army."

Xu Fan rode out and said, "If you dare not be a general, I am Xu Fan."

The strong man knew Xu Fan's identity and said excitedly: "Yingbu, a native of Jiujiang, has seen Xu Fan, the master of the family."

Yingbu pointed to the corpses on the ground and said: "This is the Ruyin County baggage team. They wanted to support the Qin army in Qin County, but they were killed by my brothers. I would like to take this as a gift and ask the master to let us join." Rebels.”

When Xu Fan knew that the person coming was Yingbu, he was stunned. Yingbu should have taken refuge with Xiang Yu at this time, so why did he come to take refuge with him now?

But he quickly realized that of course he had to accept such a famous historical general, so he raised Yingbu and said with a smile: "This general has brother Yingbu to vote for me. It is really like a fish in water. From now on, you will be a part of the rebel army."

After these words, the atmosphere between the two sides also merged, and the rebels began to help Yingbu and the others clean up the battlefield.

Then Xu Fan asked Yingbu why he appeared in Chen County and why he wanted to join the rebel army.

Through communication with Yingbu, I found out that he was forced to go to Liangshan. Their family used to be a nobleman and a descendant of Gaotao. Of course, it declined very early and is now an ordinary commoner. After the Qin Dynasty annexed the Chu State, Qin Fa began to The Chu region was popular, and Yingbu had been tall and powerful since he was a child. However, in the past two years, he got into fights with people and injured people. This was not a big deal in the Chu region before, but now it is. It was a violation of Qin law, and Yingbu was sentenced to tattoo and three years of Chengdan.

But even after becoming a prisoner, Yingbu was very optimistic. He said that a great witch said that he had the destiny to become king after being punished. After experiencing this punishment, he would definitely be in peace. The prisoners around him heard what he said. , all laughed at him and called him Ting Bu.

Yingbu didn't take it seriously, but instead helped many prisoners. Yingbu was highly skilled in martial arts and knew how to unite people. He quickly established a huge prestige among the prisoners, and everyone was willing to listen to him.

Originally, Yingbu had served his sentence and was about to be released, but at this time the First Emperor wanted to build the Epang Palace and ordered the prefects of each county to summon prisoners to serve their sentences in Guanzhong. Yingbu and his group of Jiujiang County prisoners were taken to Guanzhong. On the way.

But they didn't expect that just after Yingbu and the others left Jiujiang County, they heard that some people in Chenjunyang County were dissatisfied with going to Guanzhong to serve as corvees and rebelled directly. Then they repeatedly defeated the Qin army. Recently, they cut off the food and grass of tens of thousands of Qin soldiers. Seeing that It was another big victory.

The Qin army officers who escorted Yingbu and others were too frightened to move forward. They stayed in Ruyin County for less than half a month.

When Yingbu heard that Xu Fan had rebelled and successfully defeated the Qin army, he greatly admired his achievements. He did not want to go to Guanzhong to serve as corvee. The people of Chu had built too many tombs for the nobles, and he knew the virtues of the nobles too well. Even if they die, they still want people to serve them underground, and few of the civilians who build their tombs will survive.

Now they are building the imperial mausoleum for the First Emperor, and this corvée work can only be done by humans! I'm afraid that when the imperial mausoleum is repaired, they, the prisoners, will be buried with them.

But even facing the threat of death, Yingbu was afraid of the prestige of the First Emperor and did not dare to rebel at all. His idea along the way was to find an opportunity to escape, and then find a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, occupy the mountain and become the king, free and easy comfortable.

But now with the example of Xu Fan from Chen County, he suddenly realized that the First Emperor was far away, so there was nothing to be afraid of. If Xu Fan dared to rebel, he couldn't do it. He led 800 Jiujiang prisoners to kill the Qin army who was guarding them. Then he led these prisoners to seek refuge with Xu Fan.

On the way, Yingbu and the others discovered the Ruyin County baggage train. Yingbu discussed with the other prisoners for a while, thinking that they would not be taken seriously if they surrendered to the rebels. They simply destroyed the baggage train and used it as a gift to join the rebels. He will definitely be taken seriously, that's why Xu Fan saw Yingbu here.

After Yingbu joined the rebel army, Xu Fan appointed Yingbu as Army Sima and Ge Ying as Sima Supervisor of the Army.

With the addition of Yingbu, the army commanded by Xu Fan broke through to 2,000 people.

Ji Bu suddenly said: "Brother Xu, the troops in Ruyin County have been wiped out by brother Yingbu. Why don't our army take advantage of the victory and attack Ruyin County."

Yingbu immediately came out and said: "The last general is willing to be a pioneer."

Obviously Yingbu wanted to make a contribution and confirm his status in the rebel group.

The meat was already in his mouth, so Xu Fan had no objection and asked Yingbu to lead the soldiers as the vanguard to attack Ruyin County.

　Let’s talk about the issue of defending the city. I emphasized that there are not many people with military experience in the rebel army, only a few dozen people, but the Qin army of tens of thousands has at least thousands of experienced veterans as the backbone, so it is set With a casualty ratio of 2-3 to 1, in a field battle, the tens of thousands of people in Xu Fan's hands would not be the opponent of the Qin army at all. Refer to the Yellow Turban Uprising, where thousands of Han troops often chased tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops, even if In the feudal era, organizational strength was also extremely important. Combat effectiveness did not come with just a large number of people.

　　
  　
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