Zi Zhi Tong Jian

Chapter 12 Qin Ji: Strange Goods to Live in (4)
Not long after, Liu Bang, as the head of the pavilion, was sent by the county committee to send the slaves who were punished to serve construction work to Lishan. Many slaves fled on the way.Based on this, Liu Bang deduced that by the time Lishan was reached, all the people might have run away, so he stopped to rest and drink after he reached the Zezhong Pavilion in the west of Fengxiang. Let's go, I'm going to run for my life!" There are more than ten young and strong men among the husbands who are willing to follow him.

Liu Bang was drunk and walked into the swamp from the path at night. There was a big snake blocking the way in front of him. He immediately drew his sword and killed the big snake.At this time, an old woman cried and said: "My son is the son of the White Emperor. He turned into a snake and blocked the path, but now he is killed by the son of the Red Emperor!" Then she disappeared suddenly.Liu Bang then fled and hid in the mountains of Mang and Dang. Many strange things often happened in the mountains; when the young people in Pei County heard about it, most of them wanted to join him.

[Original text]

And Chen Sheqi, Pei Ling wanted to respond with Pei.Xiao He and Cao Shen said: "You are an official of Qin, and now you want to betray him, and you will lead your children. I am afraid that you will not listen. I hope that you will call all those who died outside, and you will get hundreds of people. Because of the robbing of the people, the people dare not refuse." Listen." He ordered Fan Kuai to summon Liu Ji.Liu Ji's congregation has tens of hundreds of people; Pei Ling regrets it, fearing that there will be changes, so he closes the city and guards, wanting to punish Xiao and Cao.Xiao, Cao fear, over the city to protect Liu Ji.Liu Ji Nai shot the city with books and silk, leaving behind Pei's father and elders for Chen Lili.The elders led their children to kill Peiling together, opened the door to welcome Liu Ji, and established him as Peigong.Xiao, Cao and others got 3000 people in order to recruit Pei's children, so as to respond to the princes.

【Translation】

When Chen Sheng raised his troops, the county magistrate of Peixian County planned to respond with the whole city, but the chief official Xiao He and the jailer Cao Shen said: "As an official of the Qin Dynasty, you want to betray the imperial court. If you come to lead the young people of Peixian County like this, I'm afraid they won't I will obey your orders. I hope you can gather those fleeing people, so that you can get hundreds of people, and use this to increase your momentum and threaten the public, so that they dare not disobey." The county magistrate then ordered Fan Kuai Go to call Liu Bang to see him. At this time, Liu Bang has more than a hundred people under his command.The county magistrate felt very remorse afterwards, and was afraid that something would happen if Liu Bang and others were called to come, so he ordered the city gate to be closed tightly, guard the city, and prepared to kill Xiao He and Cao Shen.Xiao He and Cao Shen were terrified, they climbed over the city wall and went to Liu Bang for protection.Liu Bang then wrote a letter on silk, shot it on the city wall with an arrow, and gave it to the fathers and villagers in Pei County, stating the benefits and harms in detail.So, the fathers and villagers led the young people to kill the county magistrate, opened the city gate to welcome Liu Bang's tribe, and honored him as "Pei Gong".Xiao He and Cao Shen recruited young people from Pei County for Liu Bang, and got 3000 soldiers to respond to the princes' joint resistance against Qin.

[Comment and Analysis]

The snake-killing uprising refers to the fact that Liu Bang led a group of people to participate in the war against the Tyrant Qin after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up.Because Liu Bang finally defeated other people from all walks of life and established the glorious Han Dynasty, according to traditional Chinese sayings, people interpreted his origin in a strange way, so there is a legend that the son of the Red Emperor beheaded the son of the White Emperor.

burn one's boats
[Original text]

The Second Year of Emperor Qin II

Zhang Han had already broken Xiangliang, thinking that the Chu army was not enough to worry about, so he crossed the river, attacked Zhao north, and defeated it.Leading troops to Handan, all of them moved to Hanoi, and barricaded their city walls.Zhang Er and Zhao Wangxie walked into Julu City, and Wang Li besieged them.Chen Yu collected soldiers from Changshan in the north, and got tens of thousands of soldiers, and he marched to the north of Julu.Zhang Hanjun Julu Nanjiyuan.Zhao Shu asked Yu Chu to save him.

Lord Gaoling was present in Chu. When he saw the king of Chu, he said: "Song Yi said that Lord Wu Xin's army must be defeated. After staying for a few days, the army was defeated. If the army is defeated before the battle, it can be said that you know the army!" Wang Zhao Song Yi He talked about it with plans, because he was the top general, Xiang Yu was the second general, and Fan Zeng was the last general, in order to save Zhao.All the other generals belong to Song Yi, and they are called "Qingzi Champion".

In the third year of Emperor Qin II, Song Yi traveled to Anyang and stayed there for 46 days.Xiang Yu said: "Qin is besieging Zhao in a hurry, and it is advisable to lead troops across the river quickly; if Chu attacks outside, Zhao should respond inside, and Qin's army will surely be defeated." Song Yi said: "Otherwise, a man fighting an ox's horsefly cannot destroy a gnat. Today When Qin attacks Zhao, if he wins, his army will be exhausted, and I will take over his weakness; if he is not victorious, then I will lead my troops to the west with drums and drums, and I will surely lift up Qin. Public is not as good as righteousness." Because he ordered the army to say: "Those who are as fierce as tigers, as cruel as sheep, as greedy as wolves, and who are too strong to be enslaved, all beheaded!" So he sent his son Song Xiang to join him, and sent him to the point where there was no salt. High drinking session.It was cold and rainy, and the soldiers were freezing and hungry.Xiang Yu said: "We will attack Qin with all our strength, and we will not be able to stay for a long time. This year, the people are hungry and the people are poor, and the soldiers eat half a bean. The army has no food, but they are drinking wine. If you don't lead troops across the river, because of Zhao's food, you will join forces with Zhao to attack Qin. "Inherit the poor". With the strength of Qin, attack the newly created Zhao, and it is bound to rise. Zhao lifts up the strong Qin, what is the inheritance! And the national soldiers are newly broken, and the king is restless. Sweeping the territory and exclusive to the generals, the country is in danger, This is a one-off action. Today, if you don't show compassion to the soldiers and favor others, you are not a minister of the country!"

【Translation】

The second year of Qin II (208 BC)
Zhang Han had completely defeated Xiang Liang's troops, so he thought that the strength of Chu's troops was not worth worrying about at all, so he crossed the Yellow River, went north to attack Zhao, defeated Zhao's army, and then led his army to Handan, killing all the people in the city. He moved to Hanoi and razed the city of Handan to the ground.Zhang Er and Zhao Wangxie fled into Julu City together, and Qin General Wang Li led an army to surround Julu City.Chen Yu went north to Changshan to recruit soldiers, got tens of thousands of troops, and stationed in the north of Julu; Zhang Han stationed in Jiyuan, south of Julu.Therefore, the state of Zhao asked the state of Chu for help many times.

Coincidentally, Gaoling Junxian, the envoy of Qi State, was on his way to Chu State at this time, so he asked to see King Huai of Chu and said: "Song Yi deduced that Lord Wu Xin's army would be defeated; as a result, within a few days, Xiang's army was indeed defeated. The army has not yet You can predict the signs of defeat when you start a war, which can be called a good understanding of the art of war!" So King Huai of Chu immediately summoned Song Yi to discuss political affairs, and he liked him very much, so he made him his general and Xiang Yu his second general. , Fan Zeng was the last general, and led his army to rescue Zhao Guo.The generals of all the troops were also under the command of Song Yi, and he was known as the "Champion of Qingzi".

Qin II three years (207 BC).Song Yi led the army to Anyang and stayed there for 46 days without entering the army.Xiang Yu said: "Qin's siege of Zhao's army is urgent, and it should lead troops across the Yellow River as quickly as possible; in this way, Chu's army will attack outside, and Zhao's army will respond inside, then defeating Qin's army is inevitable!" Song Yi said: " No. We want to slap the big horsefly that bites the cow, instead of killing the small gnats in the horsefly. Now that the Qin army is attacking Zhao and winning the battle, the army will become a tired army, and we can take advantage of the exhausted Qin army. If you can't win, you and I will lead the army to beat the drums and march westward, so that we will be able to conquer Qin. Therefore, it is better to let the Qin and Zhao armies fight each other first. Put on armor and hold sharp weapons to fight on the battlefield , I am inferior to you; but you are inferior to me in strategizing and planning." Therefore, an order was issued in the army: "Anyone who is as fierce as a tiger, as cruel as a sheep, as greedy as a wolf, and who stubbornly refuses to obey orders will be beheaded! "Song Yi then sent his son Song Xiang to the state of Qi as chancellor, and personally sent him to Wuyan County, where he held a banquet to entertain the guests.It was cold and rainy continuously, and the soldiers were hungry and cold.Xiang Yu then said: "We should have joined forces to attack Qin, but we have been stuck for a long time. But now the age is bad, there is famine everywhere, and the people's life is hard. The soldiers eat vegetables mixed with beans, and there is no surplus food in the army. He entertained the guests with a large banquet, instead of leading troops across the Yellow River, requisitioned the grain of Zhao's land as army rations, and joined forces with Zhao's army to fight against Qin. The established state of Zhao is bound to be conquered. If the state of Zhao is captured, the Qin army will only become stronger, so there will be no opportunity to take advantage of it! What's more, our army has just been defeated recently, and the king of Chu is now restless, concentrating all the troops of the whole country to deliver To the general. The safety of the country is at one stroke. But now, general, you don’t care about the soldiers, but succumb to your own self-interest, you are really not a loyal minister who puts the country’s interests first!"

[Original text]

In November, Xiang Yuchen went up to General Song Yi, that is to say, beheaded Song Yi's head in his tent.The army who sent out an order said: "Song Yi and Qi conspired to rebel against Chu, and the king of Chu secretly ordered him to punish him!" Punish chaos." Nai Xiang and Gong Liyu were false generals.Make people chase Song Yizi, catch up with him, and kill him.Make Huan Chu report to King Huai.King Huai made Yu a general because of his envoy.

Xiang Yu had killed the champion of Qingzi and shocked the country of Chu, so he sent Dangyang Jun and General Bo [-] soldiers to cross the river to rescue the giant deer.The war is less profitable, and the Hanyong Road is broken. Wang Li's army is short of food.Chen Yu asked for troops again.Xiang Yu led all his troops across the river, sank all the boats, broke the cauldrons and steamers, burned the huts, and kept rations for three days, in order to show that the soldiers must die and no one will return.So Zhi Ze besieged Wangli, met the Qin army, fought nine times, and defeated him. Zhang Han led his troops away.The soldiers of the princes dared to attack the Qin army, so they killed Su Jiao and captured Wang Li; Shejian did not surrender, and burned himself to death.At that time, the soldiers of Chu were the best among the armies of the feudal lords.There were more than ten people who rescued the giant deer, and none of them dared to send troops.And when Chu attacked Qin, all the princes and generals watched from the wall; all the Chu soldiers counted as ten, and their voices moved the world, and all the princes and armies were frightened.So the Qin army was defeated, and Xiang Yu summoned the princes and generals; the princes entered the gate, and all of them walked forward on their knees, and none dared to look up.From then on, Xiang Yu became the general of the princes; all the princes belonged to Yan.

【Translation】

In November, when Xiang Yu got up in the morning and went to see the general Song Yi, he beheaded Song Yi in his tent.After leaving the account, he issued an order to the army: "Song Yi and Qi State conspired against Chu, and the King of Chu secretly ordered me to kill him!" , Said in unison: "It was your family, the general, who supported the king of Chu first, and now you have eradicated the rebellious officials and thieves." So they elected Xiang Yu as acting general.Xiang Yu immediately sent people to chase Song Yi's son Song Xiang, and chased him to the state of Qi and killed him.At the same time, Huan Chu was sent to report the situation to King Huai, so King Huai appointed Xiang Yu as the general.

Because Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, the "champion of Qingzi", his fame shocked the state of Chu immediately, so he sent Dangyang Jun Yingbu and General Pu to lead an army of [-] to extradite the Yellow River to rescue Julu.The war was slightly beneficial to Chu, so Xiang Yu immediately cut off the tunnel built by Zhang Han and blocked the food road for Wang Li's army, causing them to be short of food.At this time, Chen Yu asked for reinforcements.Xiang Yu led all his troops across the Yellow River. They scuttled all the ships, smashed all the pots and steamers, and burned the barracks. They only brought enough rations for three days to show that the army would fight to the death and never retreat.Therefore, as soon as the Chu army arrived in Julu, they surrounded Wangli and fought with the Qin army. After nine rounds, they finally defeated the Qin army.Zhang Han had no choice but to lead his troops back.Only then did the reinforcements from the various vassal states dare to attack the Qin army, and immediately killed Su Jiao and captured Wang Li.Shejian refused to surrender and burned himself to death.At that time, the prestige of the Chu army surpassed the armies of the princes; the armies of the princes who rescued Julu had more than ten camps, but none dared to send troops to attack.When the Chu army attacked the Qin army, all the generals of the princes watched the battle from the camp wall.Seeing that all the soldiers of the Chu army counted one as ten, and their shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, all the armies of the princes were terrified.After the Chu army defeated the Qin army, Xiang Yu summoned the generals of the princes.When the princes and generals entered the gate, they all crawled forward, and no one dared to look up.Xiang Yu thus became the general of the armies of all the princes, and all the princes from all walks of life belonged to his subordinates.

[Comment and Analysis]

After Xiang Liang's death, Xiang Yu showed his heroism in the battle of Julu against Zhang Han.What Overlord does is anything but ordinary.Xiang Yu dared to kill Song Yi, led the army to the bottom of the boat, and made up his mind to attack the powerful Qin army. This kind of extraordinary courage and courage are not possessed by ordinary people.

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