Chapter 1221: The world is in chaos, the sword is aimed at Xianyang

There is no way Li Si would cause trouble for Su Mingzhe.

In order to destroy the evidence of his crime of killing the First Emperor and Prince Fusu, Zhao Gao, with the support of Qin II Hu Hai, hired someone to frame Li Si for treason.

At the end of this year, Li Si was beheaded and thrown into the streets.

Without the restraint of Li Si, Zhao Gao completely let himself go and began a large-scale purge of the descendants of the Ying family.

The descendants of the Ying family of the Qin Dynasty, as well as dozens of children of the First Emperor, were all slaughtered by Zhao Gao under various pretexts.

When the news reached Sacheon County, Su Mingzhe's women were shocked by Zhao Gao's cruelty.

Lu Zhi couldn't help but suggest to the man:
"My dear, Gao Yao is too cruel! How about you send someone to give him some gifts so that he will give in!"

The other women also looked at the man in agreement.

In the past few years, after they married Su Mingzhe, they ate delicacies from land and sea, wore silk and satin, and had a harmonious life with their spouses.

In their own opinion, they should enjoy life in the remaining time of their lives and there is no need to continue working hard.

Facing the pleading eyes of several women, Su Mingzhe said resolutely:
"Need not!"

"Qin Ershi and Zhao Gao committed atrocities in Xianyang City, and exhausted all the imperial power left by the First Emperor. Now the people of the world are only afraid of the Qin Dynasty, and will no longer support him!"

"In my opinion, they are just grasshoppers after autumn, and they won't be able to jump for a few more days. What we need to consider is how to increase our strength and take advantage of the situation in the coming chaotic times, rather than continue to rely on the Qin Dynasty, a building that is about to collapse!"

He had long anticipated what Zhao Gao and Qin II would do.

After comforting a few women, he went to the front hall, found the head servant Ling An, and gave him instructions:

"Go tell my eldest brother to send out the remaining people in Juxian Manor..."

"Here!"

Ling An's ancestors were from the State of Chu, and he had no sense of belonging to the Great Qin. Upon receiving Su Mingzhe's order, he immediately rushed to Juxian Manor.

When Su Da learned of Ling An's purpose, he was reluctant to let him go, but he still brought him to meet everyone in the village.

Last summer, Su Mingzhe had already taken away half of the staff in Zhuangnei.

Now that he needed someone again, Su Da stared at the young man in the village with reluctance in his eyes.

After all, for these teenagers, Su Mingzhe only sent people to find them, and then gave them some "psychological counseling", and then sent them to Juxianzhuang for training.

And Su Da is the one who has truly watched these young people grow up.

Seeing Su Da's expression, Ling An could only comfort him:
"Master, the master is doing this for the sake of the world. Only by sending them out can we reduce the casualties of our Sacheon County people when the master raises an army in the future!"

"I know everything you said, but they..."

Su Da pointed at the young people who accepted their fate and couldn't help but feel distressed:
“I don’t know how many people will come back in the end!”

Ling An felt helpless after hearing this.

Since ancient times, only one in ten spies or undercover agents can survive.

This was their destiny when they were chosen.

As all the young men in Juxian Manor were sent out.

In all the counties of Daqin, the legend of "the First Emperor ascended to heaven, and the son of the Red Emperor should be enthroned" began to spread.

The son of the Red Emperor was undoubtedly Liu Bang of Pei County, who created the "twice-cultivated field in one year" technology.

……

The massacre in Xianyang City finally came to an end as the descendants of the Ying family were beheaded one by one.

It has been more than 600 years since the founding monarch of the Qin Dynasty, Ying Feizi, was enthroned by the King of Zhou to establish the country.

There were still thousands of descendants of the Ying family registered during the time of Emperor Qin Shihuang, but after the massacre by Qin II and Zhao Gao, only two or three hundred young children were left alive.

As everyone was in a state of panic, it was already July.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang led a team to escort corvée laborers, but due to heavy rain, they were trapped in Daze Township and could not reach Yuyang on schedule.

Knowing that continuing to escort the transport would be a dead end, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang made up their minds, shouted the slogan "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born with a different species?", rose up and announced their rebellion.

Due to the perverse actions of Qin II and Zhao Gao, the county magistrates along the way did not try to stop the uprising army led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and many of them even joined them.

At first, Zhao Gao wanted to conceal the incident and secretly ordered county governors to intercept it.

As a result, seeing that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were causing more and more trouble, they quickly gathered a million-strong army and began pointing their swords at Yang.

In the former territories of the six kingdoms, more than twenty counties and prefectures rose up in rebellion to support Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

Meng Yi (Yi Xiaochuan) had also arrived in Kuaiji County, and after reuniting with Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, uncle and nephew, they raised an army together.

Most of the Qin territory was lost, and Zhao Gao reported this to Qin II.

Qin II did not take it seriously and simply ordered the generals in the court to send troops to quell the rebellion.

However, before this, the generals of the Qin Dynasty were frightened by the cruelty of Qin II and Zhao Gao, and fled in large numbers, and their whereabouts are unknown.

After Qin II and Zhao Gao went around, they discovered that there were only a few generals in the court who could lead troops to fight.

In the end, it was Shaofuqing Zhang Han who stepped forward and expressed his willingness to lead the troops.

During the reign of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Zhang Han was only a senior official, not even a Marquis of Guannei.

The original Shaofuqing Prince Fusu was squeezed out by Zhao Gao and Li Si, so they just found someone to replace the position of Shaofuqing.

For Zhao Gao and Li Si, the promotion of Zhang Han was just an unintentional act.

However, for Zhang Han, Zhao Gao and Li Si had been very kind to him, so when he saw that Zhao Gao and Qin II could not find a general to lead the troops, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

In October, Zhang Han led 700,000 prisoners from Mount Li, walked out of Hangu Pass, and began to fight back against the rebels.

After all, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were just an ignorant peasant army. When facing Zhang Han, they were like a group of mobs. In just two or three months, they were defeated.

Two months later, Chen Sheng was killed by his coachman Zhuang Jia while on the run.

The first peasant uprising in history was declared a failure.

However, although Chen Sheng's uprising failed, it had already ignited a prairie fire.

The descendants of the six kingdoms and county governors from all over the country rose up in rebellion.

Zhang Han was like a firefighter, running around everywhere.

Just when Chen Sheng was defeated, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, uncle and nephew, who had been in rebellion for four months, completed their initial development and supported Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai of Chu, as king.

When Su Mingzhe heard the news, he immediately raised the banner of rebellion, calling himself "King of Han" and responding to the King of Chu's call to restore the country.

As Su Mingzhe proclaimed himself king, all 37 counties in Sacheon County declared their surrender to the King of Han.

The first month of the second year of the reign of Qin II.

Su Mingzhe led his troops to attack Donghai County, expressing his intention to join forces with the King of Chu.

All twelve counties in Donghai County surrendered.

When the King of Chu heard the news, he quickly sent Xiang Liang and his nephew to welcome them.

After the kings of Chu and Han met, they agreed to form an alliance.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe led his troops northward to attack Xue County, Langya County, and Jiaodong County.

Within two months, the Han Dynasty expanded its territory by a thousand miles, and its manpower rapidly expanded to 400,000.

At this moment, Zhang Han, who was leading 700,000 prisoners, was suppressing the rebels in the Three Jins.

After three months of fighting, nearly 500,000 of Zhang Han's men suffered casualties or fled.

When Su Mingzhe announced that he would lead an army of 500,000 westwards.

Zhang Han quickly asked the court for help.

At the suggestion of Zhao Gao, Qin II assigned all 300,000 Meng family troops guarding the border to General Wang Li to support Zhang Han.

With the support of 300,000 Meng's troops, Zhang Han became bolder and called out to Su Mingzhe, demanding a decisive battle at Julu.

Just as Zhang Han was preparing for the decisive battle, Wang Li had just arrived in Julu, but suddenly led 300,000 Meng's troops to surrender to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe's troops rapidly expanded to 700,000.

Zhang Han was frightened by the sudden change. He trembled all over and ordered his men to block the city gates, and then continued to ask for help from Xianyang.

Just as Qin II and Zhao Gao were thinking about where to dispatch the army, Su Mingzhe had already opened the city gate through an insider who had been arranged in advance and captured Zhang Han alive.

When the news of the fall of Julu reached Xianyang, Kuaiji and other places, both the Qin and Chu people were shocked.

May.

Su Mingzhe led the army to continue westward and arrived at Hangu Pass.

The guarding general Li You was killed in the battle, and after more than half of the 50,000-strong army was killed or wounded, they chose to surrender.

Mid May.

Zhao Gao (Gao Yao) suddenly killed Qin II Hu Hai, and escorted the remaining 200 descendants of Ying family to surrender to Su Mingzhe, the founder of Han Dynasty Liu Bang.

(End of this chapter)