A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 116: Bai surnamed Zi, conquer again and again
January 3

The rebels began to attack the city. Only 10,000 of the 50,000 rebels had weapons, including weapons for the Bai family army.

Sun Yin prepared to attack two gates at the same time, the east gate and the north gate. The east gate was mainly attacked by the Bai family army, followed by 10,000 ordinary rebels. The north gate was mainly attacked by 5,000 armed "elite" rebels, accompanied by 10,000 ordinary rebels.

The rebels carried simple siege ladders and could only carry out ant occupation with shields.

"Kill!"

The battle at the east gate was particularly fierce. The Bai family army braved the rain of arrows and crossbow bolts and paid a heavy price. Finally, they advanced to the city wall and put a bamboo ladder against the city wall. Several people worked together to pull the rope below to prevent the defenders from attacking. The bamboo ladder was knocked down.

"Get out of the way, I'll go first!"

The person who spoke was a son of the public clan. He held a shield in his left hand, climbed a ladder with his right hand, held the weapon in his mouth, and climbed up to the city wall little by little. When the defender saw someone climbing up, he raised a piece of oak and smashed it.

"Ah!" The son of the public clan screamed, and the hand holding the shield was immediately smashed and broken, and the shield fell down, but he still held the ladder tightly with his right hand and climbed up quickly.

When the defenders were about to attack again, the disciple of the Gong clan had already climbed up to the city wall, took out the weapon in his mouth with his right hand, and slashed at the defenders holding the stone. He successfully came up, and the surrounding defenders saw this. He immediately put down the city defense weapons in his hands, raised his weapons and attacked.

The sons of the public clan struggled to resist, and soon the second Bai family army came up to help him defend the gap, and then the third and fourth...
The gap in the city wall was firmly established by the Bai family's army, and when they were waiting to expand their victory, they heard "ding ding ding~" which was the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing his troops.

"Why? We have already attacked and are about to fall." Yuan He shouted angrily at Sun Yin with red eyes.

Sun Yin also said helplessly: "So what if we capture the county? We have no support, we will only be surrounded and annihilated."

Yuan He still couldn't bear the victory gained by sacrificing so many of his sons, so he gave up. At this time, Miao Jian said from the side: "Brother Yuan, General Sun has no choice. The army of Hanoi County has already left the Taihang Pass, and five thousand of them are People are marching in our direction and we have to retreat."

Yuanhe angrily kicked something next to him, but had no choice but to retreat.

The rebels withdrew, leaving only corpses and mess on the ground. The rebels suffered more than 10,000 casualties, including 2,000 casualties from the Bai family army. Now only 3,000 of them have combat effectiveness. The son of the clan who took the first step has also been sacrificed on the city wall, and Zong Jianghao also died in this battle.

The rebels withdrew to Xiuwu County.

The five thousand county soldiers led by Ren Kai rushed to the county town on the second day. When they saw the county guard, they heard that they were almost defeated by the rebels. Ren Kai broke out in a cold sweat.

On the other side, an uprising broke out in the centrally important Hanoi County, and Hanoi County and its surrounding counties were hurriedly ordered to work together to annihilate the rebellious bandits.

On the 10th, the rebel army that had been recuperating in Xiuwu County for five days was preparing to attack other counties. However, it was discovered that 15,000 soldiers from Hanoi County had already marched here. Sun Yin quickly organized his army to march towards Handan County, hoping to The place at the junction of Hanoi County and Handan County avoided being strangled by the official army.

But what he didn't expect was the determination of the central government to eliminate this rebel army that appeared in the hinterland.

The rebel army passed Chaoge and arrived in Anyang, where the two counties met. According to past experience, soldiers from various counties were not allowed to leave the county without orders from the central government.

Sun Yin was relieved when he heard that the soldiers from Hanoi County were chasing him. He quickly ordered to cross the border and headed for Handan County. After walking for a day, when he was about to cross the border, the scout in front said that the border of Handan County was There was a Qin army under the banner of Handan.

"Oops, we are surrounded!" Sun Yin realized at this time that it was probably Qin Ting who had given the order.

There were only 20,000 Handan County soldiers in front of the 40,000 rebels, and 15,000 Hanoi County soldiers behind them. I had no choice but to bite the bullet.

Sun Yin decided to go towards the Hanoi County soldiers. Firstly, the number of Hanoi County soldiers was small. Secondly, the Hanoi County soldiers had only experienced nearly half a year of war and were much weaker than the Handan soldiers. However, he forgot that he was leading a detachment of troops. A peasant army with almost no weapons and armor!
As expected, as soon as they came into contact with the Hanoi soldiers, except for the three thousand Bai family troops, the rest were defeated at the first touch. They were defeated completely, defeated quickly, and defeated in an embarrassing manner.

Sun Yin looked at the crushing defeat in front of him, his face a little bitter. Is this a strategic mistake on my part? He couldn't help but think to himself.

"General Sun! Come with me, let's fight out together!" Yuan He found Sun Yin, and Miao Jian was with him.

In the chaotic battlefield, there is an army that looks so brave. Although their strength is not very strong, they are very powerful. That is the Bai Family Army. There are only two thousand people of the Bai Family Army left, escorting Yuan He and the others to break out. The direction of their breakout was to the west. They planned to go west, bypass the Taihang Mountains, and enter the Taihang Mountains from Taiyuan County. After paying a huge price, the Bai army successfully broke through, but there were three thousand county soldiers chasing after them, and the leader was Ren Kai.

"This won't work. If we don't get rid of the pursuers, we won't be able to escape. Brother Miao, you run away with General Sun, and I will lead all my sons to cut off the rear for you!"

"No, I'll do it!" Miao Jian said anxiously.

Yuan He laughed miserably and said: "I'll do it! Too many people surnamed Bai have died. Even if I escape, I don't have the shame to see their parents again. Just let me stay with them!"

Miao Jian wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Yuan He: "Brother Miao, you are a great talent. I have seen it since you came to Hanoi. You will be more useful to the family than me going back!"

He said that fifty people were sent to protect them and continued to escape. He personally led the remaining three hundred people to kill the pursuers.

Ren Kai originally wanted to use part of his troops to entangle the troops behind them, and lead the rest of the troops to continue chasing. However, this small group of rebels was too fierce, and it was a completely lifeless style. It actually drove back three thousand county soldiers in one time. .

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ren Kai immediately ordered arrows to be fired, so Yuan He and his descendants named Hanoi Bai died in an unknown place.

Miao Jian took Sun Yin, who was silent along the way, and kept running away, and soon entered Shangdang County. There were only a few people around him named Bai. Miao Jian felt sad, but he couldn't stop being sad because he hadn't met the head of the family yet, so he told the head of the family everything to comfort those who died.

The first year of Qin II

February
After constantly evading pursuit, Miao Jian and Sun Yin finally entered the Taihang Mountains from the Taihang Pass in Taiyuan County with the help of the Taiyuan County Shadow Guards and the Bai family.

At this time, in the Taihang Mountains, except for the six counties under the jurisdiction of the six counties, the rest of the mountains have been captured by Baishi Village. The bandits have been wiped out, and the Bai family's rules are once again surrounding the Taihang Mountains.

According to the previous division, the Baishi Rebel Army was divided into thirty-six large villages and seventy-two small villages, with a total of 50,000 soldiers and 400,000 villagers. With Baishi Village as the center, a rebel mansion was established, divided into civil and military units.

Miao Jian saw Bai Qing and told him everything. Bai Qing was also very sad, but as the head of the family, he could not dwell on it forever, so he ordered that the family surnamed Bai of Hanoi County be given to the Bai family until the Bai family has strength in the future. , giving priority to supporting the public clans that have made great contributions to the Bai family.

After Qin II ascended the throne, he first appointed Li Si as prime minister, and then appointed Zhao Gao as Lang Zhongling. Li Si and Zhao Gao became the two most powerful people in the world after Qin II.

In addition, in order to consolidate his throne, Qin II ordered all the descendants of the First Emperor to be massacred. Only the boy from Fusu escaped by pretending to be crazy and acting like a fool.

Later, Qin II ordered more corvees to complete the tomb of the First Emperor as soon as possible, so the campaign of recruiting young men and sending corvees from various places began again, and the people of the world were miserable for a while.

After doing all this, Qin II followed the example of the First Emperor and went on a tour of Liaodong. He was extravagant along the way and the pomp was even grander than that of the First Emperor. Everywhere he passed, additional corvees were sent to work for Qin II.

In April, Qin II returned to Xianyang and told the officials: "Because the palace in Xianyang was small, the late emperor built Epang Palace as a living room and main hall. Before the palace was completed, the late emperor passed away and construction was stopped, and all the corvees were transferred. A cemetery has been built in Lishan. Now that the project in Lishan has been completed, the shelved Epang Palace will not be completed, which shows that what the late emperor did was wrong."

So he ordered the construction of Afang Palace to be continued and its width to be widened, and corvees were again recruited from all over the world.

Qin II was in the wrong position, so he felt very insecure. He ordered to recruit 50,000 strong soldiers to garrison Xianyang. They also sent people to teach archery, and dogs, horses and livestock consumed a lot of food every day. Later, when the storage was not enough, they ordered the transportation of food and fodder from surrounding counties. Those responsible for the transportation needed to bring their own food, in order to ensure that there was enough food and grass. , ordered that the people within three hundred miles of Xianyang could not eat the grains transported.

At this time, news came from the north that because the leader of the northern army had committed suicide, the Huns had made some changes, so the imperial court ordered that the poor people in Luzuo be sent to garrison in Yuyang. The order was spread all the way to the Chu region, and a group of garrison soldiers was summoned.

Over and over again, corvees were recruited to build the Great Wall, build imperial tombs, build roads, and build imperial palaces. The people were very tired. They originally wanted to unify the world, but they did not live a stable life. The people were very angry and they could no longer bear it.

July
A group of garrison soldiers who were recruited to guard the border were walking slowly on the road. They came from Yangcheng. There were 900 garrison soldiers in total, but there were only two officers guarding these 900 people. For the sake of convenience, In order to manage along the way, the two men selected two tall and capable people among the 900 strong men to be the village chiefs and asked them to manage the other people.

One of these two people is called Chen Sheng, who is from Yangcheng, and is a long-term laborer; the other is named Wu Guang, who is from Yangxia, and is a poor farmer.

At this time, they marched to Daze Township. It happened to be raining heavily and it did not stop for many days. They were not allowed to go on the road. They saw that the date was missed. According to the Qin Law: "In the middle of the expedition, if there is no way to go, we will lose the second armor." From the third to the fifth day of the period, you will be paid; from the sixth day to ten days, you will be paid a shield; after ten days, you will be paid a armor. What you get is achieved. Water and rain will cause it to be eliminated."
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It means: If you delay in collecting corvees for the imperial court and do not collect more, you should be punished with two sets of armor. If you are late for three to five days, you will be reprimanded; if you are late for six to ten days, you will be fined with a shield; if you are more than ten days late, you will be fined with a armor. The number of people recruited is sufficient and should be sent to the service premises as soon as possible. If it rains and you are unable to leave, you will be exempted from this tax collection.

(End of this chapter)