The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

The sound of swords and weapons in Xinzheng City rang all night long...

The uprising organized by Hengyang Jun was very hasty and the operation was not confidential. With the advance notice of the Xinzheng Order of Qin, the uprising had just begun. The people who swore to restore Han with their right arms were suddenly attacked by the Qin army, and then there was a close combat in the alleys.

Just like the Han Dynasty had never defeated the Qin army on the battlefield in the two hundred years since its establishment, what the Han crossbow soldiers could not do, the young servants and knights organized by the survivors of the fallen country still could not do.

In the end, the young knights and servants were slaughtered in an orderly manner by the Qin soldiers, leaving only dozens of people hiding in a stronghold in the north of the city. Amid the tragic singing, the group of Koreans who were unwilling to live set their houses on fire. At the end of September, the weather was dry and the north wind was strong. This fire caused half of the northern part of the city to be reduced to ruins in the fire...

In the Zhang family mansion in the east of the city, as Zhang Liang said, the three hundred servants did not participate in the rebellion and luckily escaped the catastrophe of the fire.

Standing on the three-story attic of his home, Zhang Liang, wearing a lamb fur coat, looked at the fire in the distance. There were tears in his eyes and his fists clenched unconsciously...

This was his favorite attic, with a balcony on each floor. On a good day, you can stand on the balcony and look out to enjoy the scenery of Zheng and Han. When it rains and snows, because there are eaves on the balcony, it is enough to shelter from the wind and rain, and you can also invite three or five friends to drink by the stove and talk about the past and present in front of the frost and snow.

If he was tired of the noisy socializing in the Xinzheng aristocratic circle, he could also close the door, lie in the small building, and read the ancient books of various schools of thought for several days...

The carefree life of the son of a nobleman came to an abrupt end four years ago. In the same place, Zhang Liang held the railing and watched Han Wangan open the city gate, lead a sheep naked, and kneel down to welcome the Qin army into the city.

The Han Dynasty, which the Zhang family had painstakingly maintained for a hundred years, disappeared completely from then on. Even the name "Han" was not allowed to be mentioned, and it was replaced by "Yingchuan County".

From then on, the carefree young man died with the Han Dynasty, leaving only a survivor who was obsessed with restoring the country and avenging the hatred of the family.

But at this moment, Zhang Liang had to watch the power of restoring the country accumulated for several years in the same place, destroyed overnight.

It was the time and the situation. Why should we act hastily when we were not sure at all?

He hated the Qin people who slaughtered his compatriots and the Lord of Hengyang who did not listen to his good advice. It was these fat and self-righteous princes who ruined the national politics of Han, and now they are squandering the remaining hot-blooded men of Han.

Zhang Liang sat down, stroked the strings of the zither, and played a sad song, as if responding to the raging fire in the distance.

"The lamb fur is wet, and he is truly upright and a marquis. That son of his will will not change his life!"

Tears slid down his cheeks, and Zheng and Wei were not only decadent, but also compassionate and majestic.

When he finished the song, the old servant appeared behind him and reported respectfully: "Gentleman, the news outside said that Hengyang Jun and Gongsun Xin both escaped at the last moment. Except for them, almost all the people who started the rebellion were killed. The whole city was red..."

Zhang Liang was silent for a long time. He could imagine that the heads of anti-Qin heroes were hung on the tower at this moment.

"Sad cry!"

In grief and anger, he threw the zither in his hand directly to the attic, as if smashing the hope of the restoration of the Han Dynasty to pieces!

"Gentleman!"

The old servant was shocked. This was the gentleman's favorite zither, and he had loved it for more than ten years.

Zhang Liang had already closed his eyes to suppress his indignation. After a moment, he said calmly: "Mr. Zhang, wait until the Qin officials have conducted a thorough investigation, and then dismiss the 300 servants in the mansion."

Mr. Zhang bowed his head hurriedly: "The servants are all born slaves in the family. They have been servants of the Zhang family for generations. They should serve the gentleman all their lives and do not want to leave."

Zhang Liang sighed and said: "The reason why I want to dismiss them is that after this incident, the Qin officials will tighten the control of Han and will not allow families to keep armed servants. The purge is coming. Thanks to Hengyang Jun and others, it is impossible to fight against Qin in Han."

"Since there is no hope to stay, it is time for me to leave Xinzheng."

He swept his eyes over the pavilions and towers here, every flower and tree. Except for the time when he went to Huaiyang (Chenying) of Chu to learn etiquette when he was young, he almost never left this house and this city. He was a little reluctant for a while, but he could not shake his firm determination.

The last master was leaving, and the old servant was disappointed, but he still responded: "Where are you going, sir?"

"Go to the east, to the border of Qi, Chu and Wei, and continue to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity!"

In this world, death is not difficult, but living is difficult. Zhang Liang must live with the unfulfilled wishes and hatred of many Han righteous men today, and endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens.

Zhang Liang took off his lamb fur coat, and his single clothes fluttered in the cold wind. He bowed solemnly in the direction of the burning fire.

"Please rest assured, Zhang Liang will see the day when Qin loses its power for you! By then, I will personally destroy the tyrannical Qin!"

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As Zhang Liang expected, at the end of September, the news of the Han rebellion just came from Xinzheng, and Han Wang An, who was imprisoned in Yangdi, was killed right after...

The one who killed Han Wang An was none other than the former prime minister of Qin, Changping Jun Xiong Qi, who was ordered by the King of Qin to inspect the eastern counties.

Changping Jun arrived in Xinzheng with the head of the King of Han to demonstrate to the Han people. No one in the city dared to look up to the Qin officials. Those who stood out to restore the country almost died in this meaningless uprising.

After stabilizing Yingchuan County, Changping Jun continued to march eastward. His destination was Huaiyang. At this moment, the army led by Wang Ben had surrounded the secondary capital of Chu.

What Changping Jun didn't know was that Zhang Liang, who had changed into a coarse linen cloth, also left Xinzheng alone, walking on the road to the east with a sword in hand. Looking at Changping Jun's majestic carriage, he was thoughtful...

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At the same time in Anlu County, Nanjun, the Qin officials here had a far less thorough understanding of the current situation than Zhang Liang. They only knew that Qin and Chu had gone to war, but the war was concentrated in Shangcai and Chenying in the north, and did not cause a direct conflict between Nanjun and Chu.

The document issued by the governor of Nanjun only asked Anlu County to strengthen its preparedness and strictly guard the border and river defense, and not to let the incident of a few people from the state messing up a village in early autumn happen again, and not to rashly send troops across the border.

In addition, each pavilion was also required to count the number of young men in each village within its jurisdiction and organize them to go to the village for unified training. The pavilion chiefs and pavilion soldiers speculated that if the war continued to expand, Anlu County would have to recruit garrison soldiers. The atmosphere of war was already quite strong.

At the beginning of October, when the Qin calendar turned to the beginning of the new year, the new order finally arrived in Anlu!

"Uncle, it's a document issued by the county!"

In the Anlu County Lieutenant's office, Yun Xiong, dressed in a black official's clothes, hurried into the hall and presented the document issued by the county with both hands.

Zuo Wei Yun Man hurriedly took it, opened the seal, and carefully removed the dried official seal. It was indeed the Nanjun County Lieutenant.

"In the 22nd year, the first month (October), Bingzi, the Nanjun Lieutenant said to the Anlu County Lieutenant..."

"Qin and Jing are at war, and there is a shortage of manpower for transporting food and building roads and bridges, so the king ordered Nanjun to raise labor."

"If the king does not want to raise the people, he must first order all the servants, city pounding, ghost firewood, white candy, debt redemption, hidden officials, son-in-laws, and merchants to be levied."

The general meaning of this document is that the logistics work on the Qin-Chu Huaiyang battlefield is very heavy, and there is a shortage of manpower for transporting food and building roads and bridges, so the counties of Nanjun need to send some people to the north for support.

They don't know that this shortage of manpower is a butterfly effect caused by the rebellion in Xinzheng. The Guanzhong laborers who were originally planned to go to the front line now stayed in Yingchuan County for garrison. Qin had to draw manpower from Nanjun, Nanyang and other places where there was no war.

In the middle of winter, going north to serve in the corvée was considered hard labor. Therefore, the document required that priority be given to conscripting members of low social status such as slaves, city pounding, ghost firewood, white candy, debt redemption, hidden officials, son-in-law, merchants, etc., and then send a capable clerk with some garrison soldiers to escort them.

The number allocated to Anlu County was 50 prisoners and 10 garrison soldiers. They set out in mid-October and arrived at Fangcheng County, Nanyang County before December 1st...

"Uncle! This is a rare opportunity." Yun Xiong's eyes lit up and urged Yun Man.

Yun Man also reacted: "You mean..."

"Don't these prisoners and soldiers need a capable official to escort them? Uncle, you should have a candidate in mind, right?"

"My nephew is smart. This is indeed a rare opportunity for revenge, and it can also make the county officials speechless!"

Yun Man laughed loudly. He asked Wei Shi Anpu to come to the hall and ordered: "Immediately let Hei Fu, the head of Huyang Pavilion, come to see me!"

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