On the vast prairie in the north, there is a city covered with tents. It is the newly built royal city of Touman Shanyu. Five or six years later, they developed again. The newly built royal city has a radius of more than ten miles, and it is full of people and a prosperous scene. This day Man Shanyu, accompanied by some tribal leaders, came to a flat land not far from the suburbs. There are hundreds of children here practicing sheep riding. They are all wearing light short clothes and practicing various sheep riding skills flexibly. Some adults are giving them guidance. Shanyu watched for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "They have been riding sheep since they were young, and they will be riding horses when they grow up. In a few years, they will be the warriors of the Huns. I will lead them south to the Central Plains. Women, cattle, sheep, and treasures will all be lost." It’s ours, hahaha!”
The big and small leaders who were following him all laughed knowingly after hearing what Shanyu said. Shanyu added: "In the past few years of fighting with Qin, the Qin army has many veterans. According to reports from sentinels, they said that there are about 100,000 retired people in the Qin army, but the new emperor of Qin is very mediocre. , and did not pay attention to border affairs. The new recruits have not yet arrived in the north." When the leaders heard this, they laughed and said: "Even if the replacement is in place, the new recruits will not know how to fight? Besides, the morale of the Qin army is low. Wang Li is also a young boy with little experience in football. Why doesn't your Majesty send troops to attack Qin at this time?" At this time, a sentinel suddenly came to report on flying horses: "Your Majesty, good news!" Shan Yu turned his head and saw that I saw a Huns soldier galloping from the south. When the soldier came to him, he jumped off his horse, knelt on the ground, and breathed heavily and reported: "Your Majesty, good news. Thousands of craftsmen in the Qin State have rebelled from Afang Palace recently. The leader is very powerful. He passed the pass and beheaded the generals. , all the way out of Hangu Pass, no one of the generals of Qin could stop him, and the entire pass fell into chaos." After hearing the report, Shanyu was overjoyed, said hello repeatedly, and immediately summoned Everyone went to the city to discuss matters. The leaders who heard the Great Chanyu's order immediately jumped on their horses, and then galloped across the prairie with shouts. Their cavalry was like a giant dragon, galloping straight towards the royal city.
The leaders above the centurion came to Shan Yu's royal tent together, eagerly awaiting Shan Yu's instructions. After Shan Yu inspected the map for a while, he said arrogantly: "Since Ying Zheng's death, we have wanted to take revenge day and night, but we have no chance. Now Hu Hai has re-appointed a treacherous official. In order to eliminate dissidents, they even killed innocent people indiscriminately. The large-scale construction projects have made the Qin State full of complaints. Last time because of Meng Tian's death, the morale of the Qin Army was very disorganized. Now it is time for the veterans to retire, and there is another rebellion in Xianyang. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If we don't take this opportunity to cleanse the country, How long will we have to wait for the humiliation of defeat?" After listening to Shan Yu's speech, everyone shouted in unison: "Crunt Qin and take revenge!..." Shan Yu said happily: "Generals, listen to the order! Lead all your ministries as soon as possible. Gather to the south of the city!" Everyone said in unison: "We are willing to obey the king's orders and swear to fight for the shame of defeat in the last battle!" Seeing the rising morale of the Huns, the Chanyu asked the people around him: "Which one of you is willing to serve as the vanguard general?" Before he finished, a man stepped forward and shouted loudly: "I am willing to serve as a vanguard general!" I saw a young general with deep eyes, a high nose, a dignified appearance, and his voice was like thunder. It turned out that It is Prince Maodun, who is seventeen years old this year. The Chanyu was very happy and praised: "My son is really good! I will worship you as the vanguard general. You will lead 20,000 cavalry first, and then I will raise the whole army!" Mao Dun said loudly: "My son I obey!”
A few days later, Prince Maodun led the Huns soldiers out of Dayin Mountain and marched in with great noise. When Qin's border guards saw the enemy coming, they lit the beacon tower. When the general Wang Li got the military information, he immediately gathered the crowd and said: "The Huns have invaded the country again. Although our troops are large, they are all distributed along the Great Wall. Moreover, one hundred thousand veterans have retired. At this juncture, the enemy is taking advantage of the opportunity. If they concentrate their superior forces to attack a certain pass, it will be difficult for our army to resist the enemy?" Someone suggested: "General Wang, report to the court as soon as possible and request the court to issue an order immediately to recruit troops from Shandong as soon as possible, and urge new troops to be recruited from Shandong. The troops and weapons are rushing to the north to defend." Wang Li immediately sent an envoy to Xianyang to report the situation.
After the Second Emperor came to the throne, he engaged in unjust and false cases internally, conducted beauty pageants externally, and confiscated all things for fun. He did not take the security of the country at all, let alone inquire about the situation over the Xiongnu, and even brought trouble to the court. It's a mess. In the past few days, Zhao Gao asked him to kill and injure many people. After eliminating what they thought were potential dangers, he temporarily stopped. Zhao Gao asked the imperial doctor to treat the second son well, and the second son's illness gradually improved. Now that Wang Li's messenger arrived, Zhao Gao reported the matter to the Second Emperor. At this time, when I heard that the Huns were coming to invade the country again, I immediately summoned the ministers to discuss. General Feng Jie said: "When the late Emperor was here, there was a prophecy that 'the Hu will be the one who will destroy Qin', so he sent General Meng Tian to attack the Huns and built the Great Wall. Now that the Huns have invaded the border again, it shows that they are indeed our country." We must send troops to support General Wang Li as soon as possible." Li Si objected: "Some time ago, thousands of disciples rebelled from Afangguan, and the court could not stop it. After that, the court recruited 5,000 new disciples from Guanzhong. Qing Zhuang came to supplement the Lieutenant Army. The Lieutenant Army is to prevent troubles in Xianyang, so we must not send troops from Xianyang to support Wang Li." When the ministers heard what Li Si said, they didn't know that they should mobilize troops from all around. I dare not say anything more. The Second Emperor said angrily: "You guys should make up your mind quickly. Why are you all mute? You can't just ignore it, right?" General Feng Jie had no choice but to say: "There are too few troops now, so please send an edict immediately and order Shandong The people recruited new troops as soon as possible, and asked them to rush to the north to report immediately from the day they received the order. The deadline is one month, and those who exceed the deadline will be beheaded. Only in this way can we fill the vacancies in the border guards!" The Second Emperor said Immediately and accurately, officials were sent to various parts of Shandong to convey the edict.
In the autumn and July of the first year of Qin II, Meng Jie, the magistrate of Qixian County, Sishui County, received an order from the county governor, asking Magistrate Meng to recruit 900 garrison soldiers in Qixian County and rush to Yuyang County. Because the county has recruited more soldiers many times, and now it is really difficult to recruit troops to guard the border, the county magistrate had to call on some criminals, son-in-laws, and businessmen who lived on the left side of the inner gate. A total of nine Hundreds of people. Because the people were unwilling to go to the far north to guard the border, there was great resistance, and they were afraid that they would escape on the way. The magistrate of Meng County had no choice but to send the county captain Chen Qun and another jailer Xu Qian to personally escort them to the north. Go and give orders.
On the day before leaving, 900 garrison soldiers lined up in a long queue. They wore the military uniforms they prepared and lined up in front of the county government office to listen to instructions. Before long, the county magistrate Meng Jie came out. He came to the front of the team and announced loudly: "Soldiers, the Huns have invaded the border again. The situation at the border is extremely urgent, so the court has issued this order. Death order. The county governor wants you to rush to Yuyang County to report for duty within one month. The edict also says: 'If the deadline is delayed, all will be beheaded!' I hope everyone will follow the order and travel day and night to get to you. Our destination - Yuyang County!" As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "This place is more than a thousand miles away from Yuyang. How can we get there in a month? Sir, if you want to kill us, please If you start here, why do you have to kill us in the far north?" Magistrate Meng scolded: "This is an order from the imperial court, who dares to disobey? Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!" There was a grumble in the army. It subsided. According to Qin law, all soldiers serving in the army must be given the lowest title of knighthood-shi, which is a black-clad soldier without armor.
At this time, the county captain Chen Qun whispered to the county magistrate: "Sir, most of these people are untouchables, and there are some tough guys among them. I'm worried that they will escape halfway, so why not choose two among them?" Captain, come and let them manage the team themselves so that no one will escape." Magistrate Meng thought for a while and thought it made sense, so he asked who would be more suitable. Chen Qun said without thinking: "I heard that Chen Sheng is a hero. He always likes to help others and has a high reputation in the county. There is also a man named Wu Guang who always loves the poor and is praised by people. If you choose these two people If you serve as captain, the untouchables will definitely obey." Magistrate Meng shouted loudly: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang come out!" After a while, two tall and handsome men walked out from the middle of the team. The two heroes Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are to be elected as captains.
Chen Sheng, courtesy name She, was from Yangcheng, Nanyang. This man has thick eyebrows, big eyes, thin cheeks, and three thick black beards on his copper cheeks. Wearing a long black linen jacket, a leather tight belt around the waist, dark gray long wide trousers on his legs, faded leggings on his calves, and a pair of coarse linen shoes, he looks very energetic. hearty. It turns out that when this man was young, he often hired rich people as figurines. One time, when he was tired from working, he sat on the ridge of the field to rest. He looked at the sky fiercely, and then said to his companions: "If one of us becomes rich in the future, don't forget today!" Companions After hearing this, he said with great ridicule: "We are all farmers. It's good to have food to eat. Do you still want to be rich? What a fantasy!" After hearing this, Chen Sheng sighed: "Alas! How can the sparrow know? The ambition of Honghu?" Later, Chen Sheng didn't want to suffer from the pain of employment anymore, so he ran to Qixian to make a living.
Another Wu Guang, named Shu, was from Yangxia, Chen County. He came to Qixian to settle down in order to avoid the corvee in this county. This man has a big face, small eyes, a yellow face and a short beard. His clothes are similar to Chen Sheng's. Because the Qin State advocates black, their military uniforms are almost the same.
Magistrate Meng was very happy to see that both of them were tall and strong, so he asked the county magistrate Wang Zhi to call their names first according to the roster. There are more than 900 garrison soldiers. After Wang Zhi finished calling the names, he handed the roster to Chen Sheng. Magistrate Meng said to Chen Sheng: "This county heard that you two are heroes in our county, so we appointed you two as captains. You must assist the county captain and escort everyone to their destination safely and smoothly. After completing the task, Mr. Chen will report your merits to the officials of Yuyang County, and then promote and re-employ you." Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were originally immigrants who escaped from the army, so they were very unlucky, and now they have encountered this kind of thing again. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agreed. Magistrate Meng County announced in public: "From today on, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are your captains. If anyone disobeys the order, they can kill him first and then report him!" Then he took off his sword and gave it to Chen Sheng, and gave them two titles. A noble title made above. Qin law stipulates that only those with a noble title can serve as captains, and captains must wear armor. This knighthood is the second among the twenty knighthoods, one level higher than that of a knight. Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang became captains, the county magistrate took special care of them, so they were given armors. The two of them put on their armor. At this time, the county captain Chen Qun and the jailer Xu Qian were also neatly dressed and each rode a horse. When Magistrate Meng County saw that everyone was ready, he ordered us to set off. It was the rainy season at the turn of summer and autumn. As soon as the team set off, there was a faint sound of thunder.
Nine hundred garrison soldiers left Qixian and headed north. They had only walked for a while when it started raining, and everyone had to brave the rain. But who would have expected that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water on the road was getting deeper and deeper. They had only walked ten or twenty miles, and the water was so deep that they could no longer walk. Originally there was a lot of swampland here, and rivers and lakes were criss-crossing it, so people called it Daze Township. Now it's raining again. It's not that long, and everything has turned into a water town. Everyone looked into the distance and saw that the water had filled all the roads. Xu Qian had no choice but to say to Chen Qun: "Sir, it's raining heavily now and we can't go any further. Why don't we stay overnight and wait until the weather clears tomorrow before leaving?" Chen Qun saw that it was already getting dark now. So we had to let everyone camp at a higher place and then set up pots to cook.
