This in-depth interaction with Ying Yushu allowed Li Yuan to learn more about the secrets of the Qin royal family. The ancestors of Qin were actually a group of people from Di and Central Plains that gradually merged. The surname Ying was not the only royal surname. Zhao

The surname also accounts for a large proportion of the Qin royal family.

The name Ying Yushu with his first name and surname is actually not very appropriate. According to the practice of the Qin Dynasty royal family, the male surname was Ying and the female surname was Zhao, the more correct name of Ying Yushu should be Zhao Yushu.

The First Emperor Yingzheng was the only emperor in the history and he was also a prolific emperor. In addition to the famous Prince Fusu and the youngest son Hu Hai, the descendants he left behind include 23 other princes including Prince Gao and Prince Jianglu. As for daughters, they are more popular.

In addition to the eldest princess Huayang Princess Zhao Yushu, she also favored Princess Huating Zhao Yuman, who was born to Hu Hai's mother.

However, unfortunately, due to Hu Hai's indiscriminate killings, among the twenty-three sons of the First Emperor, except for Hu Hai, a mediocre emperor, none survived. As for his daughter, Zhao Yushu saved his life because of his marriage.

Several princesses born to nobles were not poisoned by Hu Hai. Only Zhao Yuman lived safely in the palace because of the protection of her mother Liji.

In terms of clans, the Ying royal family in Xianyang City was headed by Ziying, the younger brother of the First Emperor, and was supported by numerous clan members. In the battle for the throne, these grassroots clan forces saw that the situation was not going well and immediately sided with Hu Hai.

This also made it possible that in addition to Prime Minister Zhao Gao's faction, Ying Ziying's faction also gained the trust of Emperor Hu Hai.

Handing over government affairs to powerful people with different political views and letting them be suspicious of each other and attack each other is a way for the superiors to maintain their dignity. At this point, Hu Hai finally inherited some of the legacy of the First Emperor. Unfortunately, blindly having fun and adding

Due to Zhao Gao's ruthlessness and Ying Ziying's concession, Hu Hai's balancing strategy lost its effect early on.

At the end of February, the construction of Epang Palace in Xianyang had completely stopped. Hu Hai happily led a group of attendants to play in the rammed earth layer full of adobe and mud.

The changes in the Guanzhong area did not affect the state of mind of the second-generation emperor at all. Even the death of his close attendant Ling Han Tan did not make Hu Hai feel anything.

In his heart, there is no one else but himself.

In the eyes of those who served around Hu Hai, the young emperor's coldness and heartlessness had completely disappointed them. The wave of crusade in the Guanzhong area did not alert Hu Hai. Recently, he became obsessed with bringing gifts from Bashu.

It is a kind of bamboo card game. It is a game where four people come together to play against each other. The winner and loser are determined by the degree of tacit cooperation.

In just three days, the attendants who partnered with Hu Hai changed four batches. If they won, they would continue. If they lost, they would be pulled out and killed with sticks. In the eyes of the palace attendants, there was no game more terrifying than Shu Pai. Han Tan

After his death, no one dared to speak in front of Hu Hai. Hu Hai could hear nothing but praise and flattery.

Some of the last emperors were interested not in politics but in the creation of art, such as Zhao Ji, a master of calligraphy and painting in the Song Dynasty, and Zhu Youxiao, a great carpenter in the Ming Dynasty. They may not have outstanding achievements in their main business, but they were very effective in their side business.

In comparison, Hu Hai is really far behind.

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Guanzhong is covered with war clouds.

Under Li Yuan's pressure, the purge of treacherous officials swept through the entire Neishi County vigorously. One after another Zhao clan's accomplices were picked out by the angry people. Some of the lucky ones fled, while the unlucky ones were directly beheaded.

Zhao Gao's tyranny was ignited by Li Yuan, and a raging fire broke out.

Faced with the increasingly unfavorable situation, Zhao Gao finally couldn't sit still. Originally, he wanted to sit quietly in the Chinese army tent and wait for Zhang Han to return his troops to help. When the time came, Li Yuan would be attacked from two sides, and Li Yuan would be forced to surrender. But now

See, this strategy is no longer possible.

During the great chaos in Xianyang, Yan Le was suppressed several times before he was able to stabilize the order. The civil strife made Yan Le's expedition time delayed again and again. It was not until February 17, the third year of the Second World War, that Zhao Gao and Yan Le's rebel army began to organize their troops.

Leave the city and head towards the Liyi area.

This will be a life-and-death battle that will determine the next ownership of the Xianyang court. In order to encourage Yan Le, Prime Minister Zhao Gao used the rare trick of offering a heavy reward. This was really a rare gift for Zhao Gao, who had conquered and conquered violently.

Leyouyuan.

Located on a plateau between Xianyang and Lishan Mountain, the grass grows in early spring, and flowers of various colors begin to slowly bloom with their own unique fragrance under the breeze of spring.

The two armies confront each other.

After a short trial, Yan Le led the rebels to set up a battlefield here and faced off with Li Yuan's army who came from Liyi. The strength of the two sides was almost the same. Yan Le returned the imperial guards and county soldiers in Xianyang City.

Reinforcements from Lantian and other places were put together, and the total strength was more than 20,000.

As for Li Yuan, the more than 5,000 elite soldiers who came down from Hangu Pass have been baptized by wars in several counties. Their strength has increased instead of falling. With the support of Xin Sheng and other elders, and Yang Xiong's subsequent deployment from the Luoyang area,

After gathering the troops, Li Yuan's strength was around 15,000.

Although the soldiers of Li Yuan's army with strong soldiers and horses are smaller than Yan Le in terms of number of troops, their morale and combat effectiveness are more than twice as strong as those of the Guanzhong army that has not been on the battlefield a few times. For Li Yuan, the only thing that needs to be considered is when

The opponent was defeated.

Time is very important to Li Yuan. Once Zhang Han returns to help, history will undergo huge changes, and even the Battle of Julu may not even start.

Quick victory.

This is Li Yuan's only choice.

Under the banner of the Chinese Army.

The rising sun reflected on the flags, giving the bordered flags a thick layer of brilliance. This was a civil war between the Qin army. Both sides wore the same armor, the same military formations, and the same standard weapons.

Even the generals and princes in the military camp were dressed in ordinary clothes. The only thing that could tell the difference was that Li Yuanjun's left arm was tied with a white strip of coarse cloth.

The eye-catching color difference between white and black allows the soldiers to clearly distinguish who is the enemy and who is their comrade. The coarse cloth strips of the original colors are not high in price and are suitable for cutting in large quantities and distributing to tens of thousands of soldiers.

The yellow fat horse is fat and strong, and keeps neighing loudly. There is a place for heroes. Ever since it became famous in the Battle of White Horse, this horse that Li Yuan captured from the battlefield has been idle. Now, the battlefield is full of thousands of horses and thousands of troops.

It's coming, so it can't help but be inexplicably excited.
Chapter completed!