Chapter 156: Split the earth and enthrone the king

A great victory!

The victorious Qin soldiers were all happy and encouraged. You should know that this attack was their first active offensive action against the rebels after the Julu defeat. Before, neither the fierce battle in Lantian Pass nor the defense battle in Linjin Pass were considered active attacks, but more of passive defense. In this sense, the victory of the Hangu counterattack was of great help to enhance the morale of the Qin army and revitalize confidence.

"Zhang Er, Han Guang, Wei Bao, these selfish people!" After learning about the defeat in the Hangu line, Xiang Yu, who retreated from Puban, was furious. If he had a strong advantage in the previous fight with Fu Ge on the Zhang River, he was at a disadvantage this time. If his strength was not enough, Xiang Yu would have nothing to say, but this time he attacked Guanzhong, he obviously had the advantage, but he was beaten up in a mess. How could Xiang Yu swallow his anger?

"The Major General calms down. In fact, this defeat is also a good thing for us. Now all the countries in Guandong have been defeated. It is time for the strong to be kings. If those princes are too strong, they will not be able to control them!" Fan Zeng comforted.

"Father Ya, what do you think you will do next?" Xiang Yu asked angrily. As a general, Xiang Yu had a keen sense of smell on the battlefield. As long as the enemy showed a flaw, he would be caught. However, in politics, Xiang Yu was obviously still in the young and tender level. Now he could not attack Guanzhong. What was his next goal? Xiang Yu fell into confusion for a while.

Fan Zeng was very happy to hear Xiang Yu ask for advice like this sincerely. He thought for a while and said, "Major General, it is true that our army was blocked from attacking Guanzhong, but fortunately Liu Bang in Hanzhong also suffered a crushing defeat. As for the current situation, Qin Gou still has considerable strength and it is difficult to capture Guanzhong for a while. Since this is the case, we might as well turn back and strengthen our strength first. Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guangdaze Township Rebellion, all the armies have temporarily established descendants of the princes as kings in order to fight against the violent Qin Dynasty. However, wearing strong armor, holding sharp soldiers, taking the lead in the uprising, exposing the mountains and fields, fighting blood, and pacifying the world, all relying on generals and ministers like Xiang Wu Xinjun and Major General, just for King Huai, who just lost the name of a king and had no military achievements. Therefore, according to my old words, it is time to break the earth and behead the king."

The splitting of land and being kings as mentioned by Fan Zeng is actually the act of abolishing the county system implemented after the unification of the Qin State and restoring various countries. This policy was once considered by many historians in later generations to "reverse history" and to redirect a unified country to split. In fact, this is a typical mentality of future generations to guess the remarks of predecessors.

Qin destroyed the six kingdoms for only a decade. The old people of the six kingdoms did not have much feelings for the county system policy of the First Emperor. What they recognized was the situation where the princes had been separating for nearly a thousand years since the Zhou Dynasty and each became kings. In fact, this idea was not just Fan Zeng. At that time, the old and young people of the old royal family of the six kingdoms also wanted to restore the old country and split the land and make the king. Even ordinary scholars, generals and ministers who followed Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, and various princes, and ambitious people of all sizes also hoped to split the land and make the kings so that they could gain political power and economic benefits.

"A Father Ya is right, so I will send someone to inform the leaders of all the princes and leaders to discuss important matters in the Mianchi Alliance on October 1st!" Xiang Yu's eyes shone brightly, and he regained some confidence again.

Kings, Princes, Generals and Prime Ministers—— Which of these four words is the most attractive, no matter the first "king". Otherwise, how could Chen Sheng be impatient to be named King of Chu after conquering Chen County?

Since it is an alliance, of course, we have to select a leader or the person who presides over the overall situation. There is no other suitable candidate for this person except Xiang Yu. Moreover, under the premise that strength determines everything, which prince dares not to obey what Xiang Yu said.

In Guandong, Xiang Yu was busy convening all the princes to join forces and decide how to allocate their territory. When Fu Ge heard Xiang Yu's proposal to split the land and become the king, he immediately decided to send Li Shiqi to the envoy to Guandong with a large sum of money.

It is indeed the wish of the princes to split the land and be crowned with the king. However, in terms of how to enfeoff, who gets more benefits and who gets a large territory will be very knowledgeable. If the Mianchi Conference is chaired by Xiang Yu, the result must be that those princes who are close to him and generals will get more benefits. Those princes who are ambitious and threaten Xiang Yu will be excluded and suppressed. The method of this division is inappropriate, and the result of the division is unfair, which will inevitably lead to those who have not been enfeoffed and dissatisfied with Xiang Yu.

Once the seeds of hatred are sown, they will take root and sprout one day!

The purpose of Li Shiqi's trip here was to try to win over those who were suppressed by Xiang Yu, because these people would be the objects that the Qin Dynasty could use in the future.

Of course, in addition to this, Li Shiqi also had another mission, which was to find ways to make the princes believe that the new king of Qin was no longer the original emperor. Fu Ge, the power-in-chief of Qin, had completely abandoned the strategy of moving eastward to annex the six countries. Qin was now completely the same as in the Spring and Autumn Period, just one of the vassal states. For the countries in Guandong, Qin no longer had the ambition to invade, and Qin now wanted to "truely" to coexist with the countries in Guandong.

Will the princes believe these "nons" that Li Shiqi said, and whether they can believe it? Fu Ge does not have the time to study it in depth. However, according to his estimate, the princes who were afraid of being beaten by Qin will basically not believe it. At this point, even if Li Shiqi's verbal skills are excellent, they will not play much role.

Despite this, this thing that has little effect is necessary. Although the power of the alliance is powerful, it is also very fragile. In the past, Su Qin and Qin attacked Qin together, at first, they were imposing, but in the end, Zhang Yi easily resolved it with the technique of being apart from the enemy. Therefore, as long as one prince shakes the attack on Qin, Fu Ge's goal will be achieved. With the first one, there will be a second one and a third one, until the princes can no longer raise the spirit of attacking Qin.

One Chinese is a dragon, two Chinese are a tiger, what are a hundred Chinese? They are a worm! Although this spicy irony makes every descendant of Yan and Huang feel uncomfortable, it truly reflects the selfishness and greed of human nature.

In history, the incident of the princes of Guandong joining together to conquer one side. That is, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the 18 princes raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's cruelty had already lost the hearts of the people, and his Xiliang soldiers were far less than the coalition forces of the princes. But what happened? The princes led by Yuan Shao just 'recovered' Luoyang, which had been burned into ruins, and each withdrew their troops. The last hero Cao Cao pursued him alone, but unexpectedly he was defeated by Xu Rong, the general under Dong Zhuo.

Fu Ge, who was strong outside but not in harmony, had a strong outside and worked at the same time, had a good understanding of the Chinese's "internal fighting" skills. Just as the two major battles not long ago predicted, Xiang Yu and the Chu army defeated the powerful northern legion of Qin. When 400,000 coalition forces dispatched to attack Guanzhong, their strength seemed powerful but were extremely weak.

September 25, the early year of the New Yuan Dynasty of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Fu Ge led the victorious army back to Xianyang, and along the way, the elders of Guanzhong welcomed each other. The atmosphere was warm. This posture was very similar to the scene of the People's Liberation Army marching that Fu Ge had seen in revolutionary movies. An aunt held two eggs and stuffed them into the hands of a young soldier. An old man held a crutch and raised his hand slightly to say goodbye. There was also a young girl wearing a fiery red flower jacket with a pair of flexible and lovely eyes shyly looking at which young soldier was more handsome and elegant.

All of this suddenly seemed to be in the past, but it was not the past. All of this was created by Fu Ge's efforts bit by bit. It is actually not difficult to win the love and support of the people. As long as you can think about problems and do things from their perspective, Fu Ge admired the older generation of revolutionaries such as Taizu who created the Republic two thousand years later. The three rules of law were eliminated by the Qin Dynasty, and the laws of retaining the farming, water conservancy, and farming took more care of the interests of ordinary people. This may be the correct direction for governing the country.

The war in Guandong was a little stopped, and the crisis on the front line of Hangu Pass and Linjin Pass was lifted. There was no war in the east. Fu Ge ordered the disbanding of the newly recruited soldiers who were temporarily recruited. After the battle with Xiang Yu, the situation in Guanzhong was basically stable. In addition, he unexpectedly obtained nearly 24,000 elite soldiers from the Northern Legion (another 6,000 soldiers died in Linjin Pass). This not only greatly alleviated the embarrassment of insufficient troops in Guanzhong, but also gave Fu Ge the confidence to let the new soldiers go home to farm.

Early October is also the busiest harvest season for farmers in the year. With the help of young and strong laborers during harvesting, they can harvest the joy of maturity in the good weather as soon as possible, and they can return the particles to the warehouse intact. Go home——This is Fu Ge’s promise to the elders of Guanzhong before going to war, and now it can finally be fulfilled. I believe that with this honesty and trust, these elders will agree with it any difficulties in the future.
Chapter completed!