Chen Ying's 20,000 people had just defected to Xiang Liang, and Yingbu also came with his troops.
Yingbu was born in Liu County, Jiujiang County (now Liu'an, Anhui Province). It is said that someone visited Yingbu and said that Yingbu "will be punished and become king", which means that he will be punished first and then become king. A few years later, Yingbu indeed broke the law and was tattooed.
Tattooing involves tattooing words on a prisoner's face and then dyeing them with ink to leave indelible and humiliating marks on the prisoner's face. Because of this, Yingbu is also called tattooed cloth.
It was uncomfortable for others to be tortured, but Yingbu was very happy: "The fortune teller said back then that I would become a king when I was tortured. Now that I have been tortured, it seems that wealth is not far away." After being tattooed, Yingbu was sent to Li The mountain built a tomb for Qin Shihuang. There are hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Lishan, heroes from all over the world, and many officials, big and small. Yingbu was a wonderful man, and he became friends with all these people. Taking a chance, Yingbu escaped with a few good brothers, formed gangs and traveled across the Yangtze River, becoming bandits.
Inspired by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising, Yingbu felt that his opportunity to become wealthy had come, and decided to join the great cause of overthrowing the Qin Dynasty. But at this time, Yingbu only had a few brothers who escaped together. It would be impossible to rise alone and separatist forces. Therefore, Yingbu took his brothers and defected to Fanjun Wu Rui.
Fan is a place name, referring to Fanyang County, which is today's Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. Wu Rui is the top official of Fanyang County. The highest officials in other counties are called "Ling". For example, the highest official in Peixian County, Liu Bang's hometown, is Peiling. So, why is Wu Rui called "Fan Jun" instead of "Fanyang Ling"? It turned out that this Wu Rui was not an official appointed by the Qin Dynasty. At that time, Qin Shihuang sent troops to attack the Chu State and captured the Chu State's capital of Ying (located northeast of the outskirts of Jingzhou City, Hubei Province today). The Chu royal family fled to Shouchun (today's Shouxian County, Anhui Province). The Qin army pursued the King of Chu and did not bother to rectify the land of Panyue, creating a large power vacuum and causing serious banditry in the area. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Rui, the 29th grandson of Taibo, the founding king of the Wu Kingdom, took the initiative to stand up and organize rural warriors to resist stragglers and bandits. He won unanimous support from the people and his influence ranged from Qimen, Anhui in the north to Gansu and Zhejiang in the east. The border extends from Fujian to the south and Duchang and Poyang to the west. There are tens of thousands of people and horses, both farmers and soldiers. Later, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, and the whole country rebelled. In order to stabilize the south and appease Baiyue, the Qin Dynasty adopted the suggestion of Prime Minister Li Si and named Wu Rui Fanjun, hoping to use such a title in exchange for a free helper.
After Yingbu defected to Wu Rui, he lobbied Wu Rui to participate in the anti-Qin campaign. Wu Rui not only readily agreed and helped Yingbu gather thousands of troops, but also believed that Yingbu was a good man and could achieve great things, and even betrothed his daughter to Yingbu.
Yingbu was a famous general in the late Qin Dynasty who dared to fight tough battles. After Qin general Zhang Han defeated Zhang Chu with overwhelming force, no one else dared to stroke Zhang Han's tiger beard, but Yingbu dared to take the initiative and led his brothers to defeat the Qin army in Qingbo (today's junction of Xixian County and Xincai County, Henan Province) and followed the trend. Chen County was recaptured.
A big victory did not make Yingbu's head spin. He knew that he was not a military commander, and he did not expect to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, pacify the princes, and become emperor. Therefore, when he heard that Xiang Liang had occupied Kuaiji and that Chen Ying had led his army to surrender, Yingbu made a quick decision and defected to Xiang Liang.
Xiang Liang instantly became the leader of a powerful camp with 60,000 to 70,000 troops without any effort. With his strength greatly increased, he first launched an attack on the remnants of Zhang Chu's regime, using the excuse that "Chen Sheng's life and death are unknown, but Qin Jia proclaimed Jing Ju as king without authorization." The real purpose is to expand territory, expand the army, and eliminate hidden dangers in the cradle. As a result, Qin Jia died in battle, Jing Ju was killed while fleeing, and Xiang Liang took over all the troops.
From then on, Xiang's power began to occupy a heavy weight among the princes in the world. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu rose rapidly, with a cloud of powerful generals under their command and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in hand. In comparison, Peigong Liu Bang was very miserable. He had less than 10,000 men under his command, and his old nest was lost. He just found a big tree, but before he could enjoy the shade, it was chopped down by Xiang Liang.
One cannot always have bad luck. During these unlucky days, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang met.
It can be said that Zhang Liang's name is known to everyone in later generations. In Chinese history, there are several deified figures who have been known for five hundred years before and five hundred years later: the first is Jiang Ziya of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the second is Zhang Liang of the Western Han Dynasty, and then there are Xu Maogong of the early Tang Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Liu Bowen.
Zhang Liang was famous for his strategy and was considered a counselor. His nickname is Zifang, and he is a descendant of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States period, a Korean aristocrat. Zhang Liang's grandfather Zhang Kaidai assisted Han Zhaohou, Han Xuanhui, and Han Xiangai, and Zhang Liang's father Zhang Ping assisted Han Li and Han Yaohui, all of whom were prime ministers at that time. In Zhang Liang's generation, before he could become an official, Korea was destroyed by Qin.
Qin Shihuang did not exterminate the Zhang family as imagined. "Historical Records" records: "Han Po had three hundred servants from a good family." After the fall of Korea, Zhang Liang's family still had the strength to support three hundred servants. This shows that Qin Shihuang did not attack the Zhang family, but he did not use Zhang Liang as an official. Zhang Liangliang was naturally unwilling. Not to mention that he himself could not be the prime minister, South Korea also showed kindness to the Zhang family. This is because the country hates the family and has to avenge it. Therefore, Zhang Liang invested all his family wealth in the anti-Qin cause, and even when his own brother died, he was not willing to spend money on the funeral. However, according to historical data, Zhang Liang did not spend the money in the right place, and only made one major case that shocked the whole country-the hammering case.
In 220 BC, the First Emperor Yingzheng made his third tour, and his destination was the north of Yantai City, Shandong Province.
The emperor's travels were naturally earth-shattering. Zhang Liang was studying etiquette in Huaiyang (now Huaiyang County, Zhoukou, Henan Province) at the time. When he got the news, he immediately planned an assassination operation.
He first found a man named Cang Haijun. Who this Canghaijun is is a mystery in history. Some people say it may be a Dongyi leader, some say it is an immortal from the East China Sea, and some say it is the nickname of a hermit. But one thing is certain, this Lord Canghai is also an anti-Qin strategist. Zhang Liang saw Cang Haijun and asked Cang Haijun to help him find a reliable strongman and hit him with a hammer weighing 120 kilograms, which was probably similar to the hammer throw in current sports competitions.
After being fully prepared, Zhang Liang and his powerful men ambush Qin Shihuang in Bolangsha, Yangwu, which was the only way for Qin Shihuang's eastward tour. It is located on the eastern outskirts of today's Yuanyang County, Henan Province, and prepared to assassinate Qin Shihuang. There was no intelligence agency at that time, and Qin Shihuang knew nothing about the danger. He passed by Bolangsha in a majestic car, escorted by ceremonial guards. At this moment, Zhang Liang gave an order, and the strong man swung the hammer and threw it at a luanjia in the ceremonial guard. Although Qin Shihuang did not know about it in advance, as a rule, the emperor would prepare multiple imperial carriages when he went on tour. The emperor did not necessarily ride in any of them, and the others were left empty to guard against assassins. Zhang Liang was a little confused when he saw so many cars. He couldn't get close enough to check them one by one, so he could only get lucky. As a result, I don’t know whether Zhang Liang guessed correctly or Hercules’s sight was wrong, and the hammer hit the unmanned Luan Jia.
Zhang Liang and Hercules didn't care about the outcome. After throwing the hammer, they ran away. On the other side, the honor guard was attacked for the first time and was also panicked, missing the opportunity to capture the assassin. Although it was a false alarm, Qin Shihuang was still furious and ordered the whole country to be under martial law for ten days to hunt down the assassins. There were no telephones at that time, so we had to rely on postmen to travel on horseback to deliver news, and it was impossible to keep pace across the country. Therefore, Zhang Liang got away easily.
Zhang Liang fled to Xiapi in one breath, which is today's Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. He hid incognito for ten years and became a knight-errant.
During the days when he was hiding in Xiapi, according to records, Zhang Liang met the old god Huang Shigong and performed a play of "Three Walks on the Bridge". This is a familiar story that goes without saying. Finally, Huang Shigong left a copy of "Tai Gong's Art of War", saying that if you read this book well, you can help the emperor achieve hegemony. After saying that, Huang Shigong disappeared out of thin air with a "whoosh" sound. What a flash from the gods in the sky!
"Tai Gong's Art of War" is also called "Tai Gong's Six Tao", which is divided into six Tao of literature, martial arts, dragon, tiger, leopard and dog. Wen Tao talks about the strategy of using people to govern a country; Wu Tao talks about the strategy of using troops; Long Tao talks about military organization; Hu Tao talks about the war environment, weapons and formations; Leopard Tao talks about tactics; and Dog Tao talks about army command and training. There are sixty-one articles in total, less than 20,000 words.
The so-called "Tai Gong" refers to Jiang Shang and Jiang Ziya. This book was originally written by Jiang Ziya, but later generations suspected that it was written by someone else under the guise of Jiang Ziya. According to the archaeological findings from the Yinqueshan Han Tomb, there was a military book called "Tai Gong's Art of War" in the early Western Han Dynasty. As for whether this book was actually written by Jiang Taigong, it is still unclear. What is certain is that the so-called immortal Huang Shigong is purely a fiction. There may indeed be a person named Huang Shigong, but there is definitely no such god. The reason why he claimed to have received the book from an immortal was just a halo created by Zhang Liang in order to make it easier for him to be recognized and promoted. Anyway, there was no other person present at the time, so no one could expose him. It is very likely that the so-called "Tai Gong's Art of War" was written by Zhang Liang himself during his ten years of hiding in Xiapi. Because there has never been a record of "Tai Gong's Art of War" in the classics before this, it was not until Zhang Liang came out that this book came out. In order to have his thoughts on governing the country recognized, Zhang Liang pretended that it was done by Jiang Taigong, which is very likely.
After hiding in Xiapi for ten years, news of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising came. Zhang Liang, as a person who has been committed to anti-Qin, of course cannot let go of this good opportunity and immediately recruits comrades. When Zhang Haohao easily gathered a hundred and eighty people, he found that Chen Sheng was dead. Fortunately, Qin Jia supported Jingju and raised the banner again. Zhang Liang took more than a hundred people together and set off to join Jingju, and met Liu Bang on the way. Liu Bang happened to have surrendered to Jing Ju at this time, and Zhang Liang directly joined Liu Bang's army.
Liu Bang didn't take Zhang Liang seriously at first, and gave Zhang Liang the position of stable general and asked him to take care of the horses. Of course, Zhang Liang could not be satisfied with such a position. He took every opportunity along the way to teach Liu Bang about the art of war. Liu Bang is a person who accepts words. No matter what your status is, as long as what you say makes sense to him, he will adopt it. This is what Zhang Liang likes the most. Zhang Liang thought that Liu Bang had signs of destiny, so he stopped going to see Jing Ju and wanted to assist Liu Bang. Jing Ju was quickly eliminated by Xiang Liang, an anti-Qin strategist. Everyone wanted to find a backer. Liu Bang had no idea of "loyal ministers do not serve the two masters" and decided to take advantage of the situation and join Xiang Liang. In order to show his sincerity, Liu Bang arrived with Zhang Liang in a light carriage. Xiang Liang also heard about Liu Bang, so he not only accepted him, but also allocated him 5,000 troops and ten generals to help him revenge.
With these five thousand men, Liu Bang had tens of thousands of troops under his command for the first time. During this period, all Liu Bang's actions were motivated by two words: revenge. In the past, there were only a few generals, but there was nothing they could do about Yong Chi. This time, he finally needed troops and generals. Liu Bang couldn't wait a moment and immediately sent troops to attack Fengcheng.
Fengcheng is a small city with not many soldiers. As soon as Liu Bang's army arrived, Fengcheng was captured instantly. Liu Bang was holding a sword, his eyes were burning, and he led his soldiers all over the city to search for Yong Chi. However, Yong Chi saw that the situation was not good and ran away to Wei State long ago.
My hometown was taken back, but my enemy ran away. Liu Bang was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. But he didn't expect that although the first performance in the history of the late Qin Dynasty was over, Yong Chi would not withdraw from the stage of history like this. In the late Qin Dynasty when war was raging and corpses were everywhere, Yong Chi's life was really hard.
That's called a tough one! How many times have you escaped from danger?
