Chapter 232: All tactics turn to stealing the home base! Zhang Han is dumbfounded! Xianyang City is broken!

The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising spread like wildfire, and in the blink of an eye they conquered a vast territory.
However, Hu Hai, the newly appointed Qin II, did not take it seriously.
They are just a bunch of farmers, without even any weapons, what can they use to fight him?
His Great Qin army was an army of tigers and wolves, a powerful army that could annex the six kingdoms.
They are just a bunch of peasants rebelling. They are not worth paying attention to at all. Just send some people and suppress them in minutes!

"On the Overthrow of Qin" describes the uprising army led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang - hundreds of people turned to attack Qin, cut wood to make weapons, and raised poles as flags.
The First Emperor collected weapons from all over the world, but the lower-class peasants did not even have weapons and could only use sharpened wooden sticks as weapons.
Therefore, it was quite normal for the almighty Qin II to look down upon these peasant uprising armies.
He couldn't imagine how he could lose!
As expected.
Victory news soon came from the front line, and the army that went to suppress the rebellion won a great victory.
Hu Hai couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "These peasants dare to rebel. It really makes me laugh!"
However.
As victory reports came one after another, Chen Sheng's rebel army finally broke through Hangu Pass after being defeated one after another, and marched to Xianyang City, on the verge of capturing the capital of the Qin Empire!
Upon hearing the news, Hu Hai jumped up from the beauty's arms. He was dumbfounded and could not speak for a long time.
After a while, Hu Hai murmured:
“How…how is this possible?!”
There was constant news of victory from the front line. How come we had finally reached Xianyang City?
What is going on!
Even a fool like Hu Hai knew that he had been deceived. In order to avoid punishment, the generals he sent out brought back false news, concealed their own losses, exaggerated the results of the battle, and embellished the battle reports to make it seem as if they had won a victory, but in fact, no battle had been fought at all!
These damn guys!
However, at this point, none of this matters anymore.
The most important thing right now is how to resist these rebels.
If they were allowed to capture Xianyang...
Hu Hai couldn't help but shiver.
Then Hu Hai immediately summoned all the officials in the court.
In the meeting hall, Hu Hai asked the ministers what to do: "Now that things have come to this, how can we repel those rebels? My dear ministers, is there any other way ?"
Originally, no one took those rebels seriously, but when the rebels approached Luoyang, no one knew how to repel them.
There were not many soldiers and horses in Xianyang City, and the number of the rebels was too large. Going out to fight would be no different from sending oneself to die.
Hu Hai asked the question three times, but none of the ministers in the meeting hall spoke. They all lowered their heads and avoided Hu Hai's gaze.
Just when Hu Hai was feeling a little desperate.
Zhang Han, who was then the Minister of the Imperial Household, stood up and said seriously, "The rebels' troops have already arrived at the Xishui shore. They are strong and powerful, and there are too few soldiers in Xianyang City. It is too late to dispatch troops from other places. This is a dead end."
"What should we do?" Hu Hai seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and asked hurriedly: "Master Zhang, is there any way to break this deadlock?"
Zhang Han thought for a while, raised his head, and said slowly: "I have a solution that is not a solution."
Hu Hai was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly urged: "Master Zhang, please tell me, what other solutions are there?"
"Your Majesty, there is only one place in Xianyang where we can mobilize our people." Zhang Han said slowly: "The prisoners in Mount Li!"
"The prisoners of Mount Li?" Hu Hai was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"
"There are many prisoners in Mount Li. If Your Majesty can pardon them and distribute weapons from the treasury, so that they can become Qin's army, they can redeem themselves from their crimes and fight against those traitors. This will surely solve our current urgent needs!" Zhang Han said seriously, "This is my solution, and perhaps the only solution at the moment."
Hu Hai said without hesitation: "Then do as you say! The most urgent task now is to repel those thieves!!"
Afterwards, Hu Hai immediately issued an edict to pardon the prisoners in Mount Li and allow them to make meritorious contributions while serving their sentences!
Zhang Han brought this imperial edict to Mount Li and informed the prisoners.
If he makes meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, his sentence will be pardoned and he will be given equipment.
Soon, these 700,000 prisoners in Mount Li instantly turned into an army of 700,000.
Many of these Lishan prisoners are old Qin people. Although they are prisoners, their combat skills are not bad. Now that they have been pardoned and Zhang Han has reactivated the long-forgotten military merit system, these prisoners suddenly showed the might of the Qin State's former fierce army!
With these 700,000 troops, Zhang Han fought against Chen Sheng's rebel army!
There were no surprises.
Zhang Han defeated the rebel army and shocked the rebel general Zhou Wen. He never dreamed that where did these 700,000 Qin troops come from?
Zhou Wen's rebel army was defeated step by step and was driven out of Hangu Pass. Zhou Wen had no choice but to flee to Caoyang.
Zhang Han continued to pursue the victory and defeated Cao Yang.
Zhou Wen was defeated again and fled to Mianchi. Soon, Zhang Han attacked Mianchi and defeated Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen knew that he was powerless to save the situation, so he committed suicide.
After defeating Zhou Wen, Zhang Han headed towards Xingyang.
Outside the city of Xingyang, the fake king Wu Guang was leading his army to besiege Xingyang.
Xingyang is very important. On Ao Mountain, northwest of Xingyang, is the Qin Empire’s main granary - Ao Cang!
The huge food demand of the Qin Empire and the food logistics of all the Qin army's military operations in Guandong were all transported and transferred here.
You know, the most critical issue in war is food.
This is an important town!
It is very critical.
The commander of the city was Li Si's son, Li You, the governor of Sanchuan County.
Facing the rebels' multi-day siege, he defended properly and did not let the rebels gain any benefits. Instead, they suffered a lot.
Although the rebels had been besieging Xingyang for many days and the city was not in danger for the time being, it did not mean that this was not a problem.
Zhang Han was well aware of the importance of Xingyang City, so after defeating Zhou Wen's troops, he rushed to support Xingyang without stopping.
He wanted to wipe out these rebels in one go, and let these rebels know that the Qin army was invincible and unstoppable! Don't even think about rebelling in the future! This is courting death!
at the same time.
When Zhou Wen was defeated, generals under Wu Guang, such as Tian Zang, started to plan together.
Tian Zang said: "Zhou Zhang's army has been defeated, and the Qin army is about to arrive. We have been besieging Xingyang for a long time but have not been able to capture it. If the Qin army arrives, we will surely be defeated."
"It would be better to leave a small number of troops behind to defend Xingyang, and use the rest of the elite troops to fight against the Qin army."
"But now the fake king Wu Guang is arrogant and doesn't know how to use military tactics. It's impossible to discuss matters with such a person. If we don't kill him, our plan will be ruined!"
Then they forged Chen Sheng's order, killed Wu Guang directly, and presented Wu Guang's head to Chen Sheng.
After seeing the head of his former brother, Chen Sheng did not punish Tian Zang.
At this point, for the sake of the overall situation, we can only be patient for the time being.
In order to stabilize Tian Zang, Chen Sheng gave him the seal of Ling Yin and appointed him as general.
Although this move was a stopgap measure in the face of Zhang Han's attack, it also led to further demoralization among the people.
This was actually a common problem after Chen Sheng’s uprising—his control over the army and his subordinates was too weak!
After Tian Zang became the general, he sent his general Li Gui and others to continue to besiege Xingyang City, while he himself led elite troops westward to Ao Cang to fight against the Qin army.
Under Zhang Han's fierce attack, Tian Zang was killed in battle and the army was defeated soon.
Zhang Han then led his troops to attack Li Gui and others under the city of Xingyang. Li Gui and others died in the battle, and the crisis in Xingyang City was resolved.
Just when Zhang Han was about to wipe out Chen Sheng, the "King of Zhang Chu" in Chen County, a piece of news came from the rear that made his scalp tingle and his brain buzz.
Zhang Han staggered and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately he used his sword to support the ground and managed to stabilize his body.
When he raised his head again, Zhang Han's face turned pale. He looked at the messenger in disbelief and couldn't help but said, "Say it again! Say it again!!"
"Just, just three days ago, the rebel army conquered the city of Xianyang, abducted Your Majesty, and proclaimed himself the King of Han..." the messenger said tremblingly.
Zhang Han said excitedly: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
"I have been sweeping away these bandits all along the way, and am about to capture Chen County, where Chen Sheng has declared himself king. How could a bandit army capture Xianyang City?"
"When I recaptured Hangu Pass, I left enough soldiers and horses to guard it. I will never let the thieves get close to Xianyang again..."
"As long as Hangu Pass is not lost, how could there be any accidents in Xianyang City?!"
Zhang Han believed that as long as there were troops stationed at Hangu Pass, the previous problems would never occur again. Even if Hangu Pass was lost, there were still troops stationed in Xianyang!
Therefore, the claim that Xianyang City was lost is absolutely nonsense!
"He...they seem to be coming from the direction of Wuguan." The messenger stammered.
Wuguan!
This is another road leading to Xianyang besides Hangu Pass.
However, compared with the main road of Hangu Pass, this is a side road and is not suitable for large-scale marches.
"How many people can come from Wuguan?" Zhang Han asked with gritted teeth, "How could Xianyang be lost?"
"This... I don't know either." The messenger said with tears in his eyes.
"Damn it!" Zhang Han cursed angrily. He suddenly drew out his sword and chopped the table in half.
He was killing people here, sweeping across the country, invincible, and on the verge of wiping out all the rebels, but who would have thought that his house would be robbed! !
Zhang Han was still thinking about making great achievements and being rewarded, but in the blink of an eye, his own emperor was controlled by others.
How can we play this?
Zhang Han was somewhat desperate and lost for a moment.
What should I do? ? !

In fact, it was almost the same as Zhang Han had expected. The army led by Su Che numbered no more than 5,000, and in order to march quickly, they brought almost no baggage. It could be said that if they failed, they would die!
Su Che took advantage of the opportunity when the Qin army went out of the pass to pursue, penetrated the front line, bypassed Wuguan, and killed all the way to the city of Xianyang. Then he bribed the general guarding the city, used threats and inducements, and pretended to surrender, saying that Zhang Han's army had been defeated and that those prisoners in Mount Li were not an army at all and would collapse at the first touch.
When the rebel army arrives at the gates of the city in the future, surrendering will not be treated like this...
After this false surrender, the general defending the city knelt down spinelessly.
Su Che entered the city very smoothly and successfully took control of Xianyang City.
After taking Xianyang, Su Che first killed Zhao Gao, and then hung Hu Hai up and beat him.
There is no doubt that Hu Hai was a cruel and unjust king.
Since he came to power with a fake imperial edict, Hu Hai was worried that his position would be unstable, so he forged an imperial edict and ordered the assassination of his brother Fusu.
"Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Li Si" states: "Minister Meng Yi and others were killed, twelve princes were tortured to death in the market, ten princesses were tortured to death in Du, all property was turned over to the county officials, and the number of those implicated was innumerable."
According to historical records, Qin Shihuang left behind 34 children when he died, and 33 of them died tragically at the hands of Hu Hai.
If killing brothers and sisters can be whitewashed as a necessary means to seize power (Li Shimin).
Hu Hai was absolutely brutal and cruel, because many of the people he killed were people who posed no threat to him at all.
When a king treats his brothers and sisters like this, how will people in the world view him?
Such a cruel and unjust monarch began to build palaces on a large scale just after he ascended the throne, which cost the people a lot of money, increased taxes and corvee labor. Even the old Qin people hated this emperor to the extreme.
The world has suffered from Qin for a long time.
This world naturally includes the original Qin State!
So after Su Che entered the city, he didn't care how noble Hu Hai's status was, he just hung him up and beat him!
From birth to now, Hu Hai had never been beaten like this. He was beaten so hard that he screamed and begged for mercy frantically in pain. But even so, Su Che still had no intention of stopping. If this bastard was not still of some use, Su Che would have wanted to beat him to death!
When fighting Hu Hai, many noble ministers of the Qin Dynasty saw this scene and did not hit him. It hurt in my heart, but I felt inexplicably...satisfied?
Many people even felt itchy and wanted to come up and give it a slap!
When Su Che was having a great time fighting, Xiao He reminded him, "Brother, don't kill him. He is still useful. Killing him now will not end well."
Fan Kuai, who was standing by, said eagerly: "Brother, let me hit you a few times too!!"
Xiao He: “…”
Su Che casually threw the bloody whip on the ground and said calmly: "Send the imperial physician to heal the wound quickly. After it is healed, we have to continue beating him!"
Hu Hai, who was hanging up, looked at the whip thrown on the ground and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling fortunate to have survived a calamity. But after hearing these words, his eyes suddenly turned black and he fainted.
"Pretending to faint? Fan Kuai, give him two whips!" Su Che snorted.
" Yes, brother!" Fan Kuai quickly picked up the whip.
"No! No! I'm not fainted!" Hu Hai quickly opened his eyes and shouted.
"Not honest?" Su Che smiled coldly: "If you dare to play tricks in front of me today, you will dare to do something small tomorrow. Beat me!"
Fan Kuai whipped him hard with a whip!
"Ah!" Hu Hai screamed again.
Su Che turned around, glanced at the noble ministers, and asked calmly: "Now Hu Hai is unjust, I am executing him on behalf of heaven, do you have any objection?"

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