Now that we have raised the banner of rebellion, we must do something practical about rebellion. Liu Bang recruited troops in Peixian County, gathered two to three thousand people, and rushed to Huling and Fang Yu in a furious manner. Huling and Fangyu counties are not far to the northwest of Peixian County and southeast of Yutai, Shandong Province today. Liu Bang was a gangster and didn't understand military tactics at all. None of his subordinates were descendants of Guiguzi or the generals. It was a taboo for military strategists to attack two counties with such a small number of men. What's more, because of the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the counties and counties that were originally unprepared are now keeping their city gates closed and keeping sentries in shifts. They will never leave the city to fight, and they are dedicated to guarding and defending. When the Peixian army came to the city, they suddenly felt like a dog biting a tortoise - they couldn't eat it. After besieging the city for many days but finding nothing, the Peixian army had to retreat in despair.
When Liu Bang retreated to his hometown in Fengyi, Peixian County to hang out, the Qin Dynasty was already in chaos all over the country.
As Zhang Chu's army attacked from all sides, after Chen Sheng became king in the Qin Dynasty, the remnants of the six kingdoms came out one after another, and then four kings of Yan, Zhao, Qi, and Wei emerged.
The Qin Dynasty quickly mobilized its troops to put out the fire, and ordered the generals from various places to immediately send troops to quell the chaos.
After receiving the order, the censor of Sichuan County "drew his sword and looked around at a loss." Who is willing to let him fight? Who does he dare to hit? After much deliberation, the censor of the county was surprised to find that there was a group of two to three thousand thieves in Fengyi, Peixian County. He was overjoyed and felt that there was hope for keeping his job.
Without further ado, the censor ordered all the soldiers and horses to go straight to Fengyi to kill them. Liu Bang suddenly felt nervous after receiving the report of the horse exploration, but he could not avoid this battle and had to fight hard. Fortunately, Liu Bang learned a trick when he defeated Hu Ling and Fang Yu before - he couldn't hold on.
This plan really works. The censor of the prison did not bring many troops, and even after attacking for two days, Liu Bang was not eliminated. Instead, his own side suffered heavy losses. Just when the Qin army was unable to attack for a long time and its morale was low, Liu Bang's army found a loophole and suddenly rushed out of the city, and actually defeated the Qin army. Liu Bang was very happy. This was his first victory since the uprising, and it was of great significance.
In order to expand the victory, Liu Bang personally led part of the army to attack Xuecheng, which is today Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province. He couldn't leave without anyone to look after his house, so he handed over the task of defending the Fengyi base camp to his general Yong Chi.
Yong Chi was also from Peixian County and was said to be Liu Bang's neighbor. Yong Chi's family background was better than that of Liu Bang. He came from a powerful family, was rich and powerful in the local area, and was considered a figure. From the time when Liu Bang encouraged the people to kill the magistrate of Pei County, Yong Chi joined the rebel army. Because he was influential in the local area and had the strength, Yong Chi was appointed as the general leading the army. Liu Bang is indeed short of people at this time, and someone with some skills can get a job of his own.
When Liu Bang's troops entered Xuecheng, Sichuan Shou quickly organized a resistance, but failed to resist and was defeated and killed. After occupying Xuecheng, Liu Bang marched into Kangfu, which is today's Zhangchenghou Village, Rencheng District, Jining City, preparing to go behind and attack Fang Yu, who had not been captured before. When they arrived at the foot of Fang Yu City, just as they set up their posture, Liu Bang withdrew his troops. Why? Because there was a fire in the backyard.
We have to start from the beginning.
After Chen Sheng rebelled and proclaimed himself king, Ji Jiu, the aristocrat of the Wei State among the original Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, ran to Chen County to seek refuge in Chen Sheng, hoping that Chen Sheng could help restore the Wei State. Of course Chen Sheng would not make wedding clothes for others in vain, but he felt that this matter could be exploited, so he sent his general Zhou Shi from the original Wei State to lead troops to regain Wei State. Zhou Shi fulfilled his mission and quickly recovered Wei's land. He immediately called a meeting with his subordinates to discuss the matter of welcoming Ji Jiu to take office.
Because their own interests were involved, the subordinates had the same opinion: they did not agree to welcome Ji Jiu as the king of Wei, and hoped that Zhou Shi would take this seat himself. Zhou Shi spoke: "Do you know what loyalty is? The more chaotic the world is, the more loyal and treacherous you can see. From a moral point of view, it is absolutely impossible not to establish a descendant of the King of Wei to sit in this seat!" Zhou Shili ignored all opinions and said, He sent envoys to see Chen Sheng five times in succession, asking Chen Sheng to put Ji Jiu back in place. Chen Sheng was immediately furious. He had indeed stated in public that he would help Ji Jiu restore the country, but that was just a show of words. In fact, he was actually planning to expand his territory in the name of restoring Wei. He had originally promoted Zhou Market, but he didn't expect it to turn against him. He deliberately held on to Ji Jiu, but Zhou Shi was as stubborn as an ox and refused him again and again. Chen Sheng deliberately refused to agree, but he did not dare to offend Zhou Shi for fear of losing this strong support. In the end, for the sake of the overall situation, Chen Sheng had no choice but to agree. So Ji Jiu returned to Wei and became the king of Wei. He reciprocated his love and worshiped Zhou Shi as the prime minister of Wei.
Originally, Ji Jiu became the king and worshiped the prime minister. This had nothing to do with Liu Bang. Even if it did, Liu Bang couldn't control it. However, Liu Bang had no idea, but Zhou Shi had an idea. Zhou Xiangguo was obsessed with carving out a vast world for King Wei. However, it is easy to say that. Throughout the ages, how many emperors have tried to expand their territory and leave a good reputation, but in the end they were left with a mouthful of dust?
After studying the map of the Wei Kingdom for a long time, Zhou Shi's eyes lit up and he sent someone to bring a message to Yong Chi who was guarding Fengyi: "Feng, so Liang has moved. Now the land of Wei has been settled in dozens of cities. The teeth are now down." Wei, Wei has appointed Chi as the Marquis of Shou Feng. If you don't go down, you will slaughter Feng." That is to say: Fengcheng is where the King of Wei moved to live in the past. Now we have captured dozens of cities. If you, Yong Chi, surrender to our Wei State, , Wei Guo makes you a marquis, and Fengcheng will still be under your control; if you don't submit, don't say you won't survive, after we take Fengcheng, there will be no chickens or dogs left!
After the Qin State destroyed the Wei State, Qin Shihuang took Wei Hui Wang Ji Ying to Fengcheng. It stands to reason that since the Zhou market was anti-Qin, they could not recognize Qin's move to move the king of Wei. However, the people in Zhou City were unreasonable and openly bullying others, so even Fengcheng was the territory of the Wei State. After the envoy brought the message, General Yong Chi surrendered to Wei without hesitation.
Yong Chi's rebellion was not really because he was frightened by the Zhou market, nor because he wanted to climb high, but entirely because he disliked Liu Bang. Yong Chi had long disliked Liu Bang, remembering that he was also a well-known figure in Pei County back then, and he would stun the county town even if he stamped his feet. Who is Liu Bang? There is one small pavilion. Back then, Liu Bang had to be polite when he saw him and watch his face and act, but now it's better, he, a local coward, has to listen to Liu Bang's orders. Yong Chi felt that he was useless for a day or two, and it happened that the Zhou market came to him with an olive branch. Of course, he happily led the entire Fengcheng to rebel.
Since his home was raided, Liu Bang was anxious and angry. He felt that he was being treated harshly, but he didn't expect that he would betray him. If he didn't deal with this person, he would not be a human being!
It seems that Liu Bang really takes this matter to heart. When he later returned to his hometown after becoming the emperor, he also said: "I was so impressed by Fengcheng, because this is the place where I was born, and it was also the place where my hometown elders betrayed me!" This shows that being betrayed by people in his hometown had a profound impact on Liu Bang. How exciting is it.
With great fury, Liu Bang ignored the plot and led his army to Fengcheng as if his butt was on fire. Despite the smooth sailing in the past few battles, when we arrived at our hometown, Fengcheng still couldn't win. The reason is very simple. Many people in Liu Bang's team are descendants of Fengcheng, and their relatives are all in the city. How can they attack their own family members? Therefore, the siege efficiency is extremely slow! Fengcheng was not captured. Liu Bang became anxious and anxious. He fell seriously ill and had to retreat to recuperate.
At this time, Chen Sheng was defeated in Chen County and fled. His subordinate Qin Jia established himself as Grand Sima in Liu County (today's Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province). He supported a man named Jing Ju as the King of Chu, and gathered some people from the Zhang Chu regime. After getting this news, Liu Bang simply led his army to defect to Qin Jia, planning to ask Qin Jia for help in revenge. Before Qin Jia could be persuaded to send troops to avenge him, Qin General Zhang Han sent people with a large army to kill him first. Looking ahead to the immediate situation, Qin Jia ordered Liu Bang to attack the Qin army. However, he failed in the battle and instead captured Dangxian and Xiayi.
Qin Jia directed Liu Bang to go around in circles, and Liu Bang was very anxious. At this time, a rebel army commanded by Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew attacked the remnants of Zhang Chu's regime. Qin Jia died in the battle and Jing Ju was killed. Waiting for Qin Jia to help Liu Bang take revenge seems to be unfeasible. Disillusioned with Qin Jia, Liu Bang instead pinned his hopes on the newly rising Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu.
Weak forces always hope to be attached to the big forces.
That is, the weak follow the strong.
