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

Chapter 82, Wu Guang’s dilemma

"How much blood have been shed by our rebel army and how many people have died in order to revive Chu! You have been favored for many generations. Now we just ask you to pay more taxes and contribute to the Chu State. If you are unwilling, the Chu State will give you the world. Lu is really feeding the dog."

"It's easy for you to think that the land tax is as large as before. If your family provides one person as a soldier, you can reduce the tax on 100 acres of land. Each of your families can provide thousands of private soldiers. Our rebel army will not only reduce your family's tax, but also give you How would you like the official position of a military commander?" Zhou Zhang said angrily.

The two of them were embarrassed and speechless. As they said before, they would not dare to rebel unless the First Emperor died. If they were caught by the Qin army, thousands of their whole family would die. They did not dare to take this risk.

Their idea is that the rebels will take the lead. If the country is restored, they will seize the benefits and become the nobility of Chu again. If the rebels fail, they will immediately cut off contact with the rebels and wait for the next opportunity for them to take the lead. Birds are impossible.

Zhou Zhang grasped their pain point and continued: "Now the entire Chen County has money and strength to fight against the violent Qin Dynasty. Since you don't dare to help, what's the problem with giving more money and food!"

After Zhou Zhang scolded the two of them, he immediately told them what Xu Fan had said before with sincerity: "We have already caused the Chu State to perish once. Do you still want to see the rebel army perish and make the Chu State completely lose hope?" .”

Jing Yi said: "Of course we want the rebels to regain the entire Chu Kingdom, but that doesn't count as the reason why you charge such a high land tax."

Zhou Zhang saw the two people missing the coffin without shedding tears and sneered: "If you don't give me land, if you don't give me money or food, who will help you defend the country? In order to fight against the violent Qin, the entire Chen County has people and food. You don't want to give people, this food." It’s decided that in order to revive the Chu Kingdom, I don’t even risk my life, and I don’t care about losing a few old friends.”

Zhou Zhang said so firmly that they did not dare to lose their temper anymore.

Jing Yi said softly: "We have paid so much food, so you rebels must give us some benefits."

Zhou Zhang said: "I can discuss this with my lord."

The conversation was divided into two parts. While Zhou Zhang and Chen Jun were talking to the powerful men, Xu Fan was inspecting the armaments of the rebels in the craftsman's room.

The tens of thousands of family members who originally followed the rebels have now become workers in the rebel munitions factories, cutting down trees for the rebels and manufacturing spears, crossbows, long arrows, leather armor and other weapons, as well as paper, wheelbarrows, plows and other handicraft industries. product

At this time, the arsenal of the rebel army was extremely busy, because the armies of Wu Guang, Wucheng, and Qin Jia expanded rapidly after setting off and lacked a large amount of weapons, equipment and armor. Although they could also seize them, the amount captured was far from meeting their needs for army expansion. Most of their soldiers cut down trees and raised up poles and flags.

In order to improve their combat effectiveness, they tentatively asked Xu Fan for help, saying that they were willing to exchange money, grain, and horses for weapons. Xu Fan had such an idea, so the Wu Guang Third Route Rebels seized money, grain, cowhide and other materials by the truckload to Chen The county transports, and Chen Jun transports a truckload of weapons and armor.

The big iron hammer followed Xu Fan and said with a smile: "General, the rattan armor and bamboo armor you mentioned have been made. Although the defensive power is not as good as leather armor, the price is cheap. It only costs 300 yuan, which is one-tenth of the price of leather armor." , but the defensive power is almost half, and the defensive power of bamboo armor even exceeds that of leather armor."

Chen County had insufficient cowhide and could not produce enough armor to supply Wu Guang and his army. However, Xu Fan soon thought of rattan and bamboo armor as substitutes, and asked Big Hammer to find someone to make them. The people of Chen County had them. Experience in weaving bamboo and rattan baskets, many elderly people can weave, and the efficiency is extremely high, hundreds of sets of rattan and bamboo can be produced every day.

Not long ago, Xu Fan gave a batch of rattan armor and bamboo armor to the three rebels. After they tried it, they all felt that it was good. Although the defense was not as good as leather armor and it was not durable, the price was very low and the quantity was very large. It was extremely Suitable for the rapidly expanding rebel army, the three rebel armies have increased their orders for rattan armor and bamboo armor.

Each purchase quantity starts with 3000 sets. Now the armor production line has become the most important assembly line product of the Rebel Army, feeding more than 3000 old, weak, women and children. This is also the reason why the Rebel Army needs a large amount of moso bamboo. On the one hand, moso bamboo can be used as a raw material for paper, and on the other hand, the armor production line has become the most important assembly line product of the rebel army. On the one hand, you can make bamboo armor.

While Xu Fan continued to inspect the arsenal, his soldiers came to report that Wu Guang's envoy wanted to see him. Xu Fan returned to the meeting hall to meet Wu Guang’s envoy.

The envoy saluted Xu Fan and said, "The villain Tian Zang has met the general!"

Xu Fan smiled and said: "We are all brothers, so there is no need to be so polite.

Tian Zang stood up and said: "Our leader wants to buy 1 spears, 1 sets of bamboo and rattan armor, 10 long arrows, and 5000 iron spear heads."

"It's easy to say, there are enough weapons in Chenjun's arsenal, and they will be loaded onto the carriage for you later."

Xu Fan asked: "The demand for weapons is so great, is your war in Yingchuan County going smoothly?"

When Tian Zang heard this, he sighed and said, "After conquering Yingyin County, the Qin army's resistance became extremely tenacious. Tens of thousands of us have been attacking Yangdi for a month, but we still haven't conquered it. We persuaded the leader to change the attack." direction, seize the surrounding counties and isolate the support of the Qin army, but the leader refuses to listen and wants to attack Yangzhai first, and other cities can be informed."

Wu Guang's idea cannot be wrong. Xu Fan conquered Chen County's headquarters, and the other twenty counties were determined by propaganda, but the strategy was correct because of victory, not the other way around.

Wu Guang learned from Xu Fan, but the long and fierce battle saw no victory, which was eroding Wu Guang's little prestige. Now even his younger brother Tian Zang doubted his military ability and complained in front of Xu Fan. It can be seen that There was great resentment among Wu Guang's army.

Wu Guang may be a negative example of the peasant uprising. He was not from a high background and was not from Yingchuan County. He was unwilling to establish a Korean clan member as king and could not get the support of the powerful Korean nobles in Yingchuan County, so he fought It is extremely difficult. Until now, he has not conquered the entire Yingchuan County and cannot establish military merit. Even his old brothers are not convinced by him. It is like being trapped in an infinite loop.

Xu Fan thought about the situation Wu Guang was facing at this time and said: "You can't just think about attacking. Yingchuan County is too close to the core of Qin's rule. The Qin Army's reinforcements will arrive soon. It won't be long before you We will face internal and external attacks. If we cannot conquer Yangdi, our army can take a step back to rest in Yingyin County."

Tian Zang smiled bitterly and said: "I will report your suggestion to the leader, but the leader is now obsessed with killing people. We are not sure whether he can listen to it."

Xu Fan had nothing to do about it. He had done all the reminders he could do, and there was nothing he could do if Wu Guang didn't listen.

After the exchange, Tian Zang left 10 shi of grain, 1 pieces of linen, and 500 war horses as rewards, and took away Chen Jun's weapons.

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