During the fasting days, Ziying secretly discussed with his two sons and believed that the reason why Zhao Gao made him king instead of making himself king was because Zhao Gao was afraid of being killed by his ministers after killing Hu Hai. " made Ziying sit in this position first. According to the gossip obtained by Ziying, Zhao Gao has made a secret agreement with the Chu State to completely eliminate the Qin royal family in exchange for making him the King of Guanzhong. According to this news, Ziying believed that Zhao Gao asked him to fast in the Ancestral Temple to find an opportunity to kill him.
As the saying goes, strike first to gain strength, strike later and suffer disaster. Ziying decided to pretend to be sick and get rid of Zhao Gao when he came to visit him. Zhao Gao was indeed fooled. Hearing that Ziying was ill, he came to visit Ziying out of courtesy, even though he was just pretending. Seeing Ziying, Ziying suddenly took action and stabbed Zhao Gao to death, and then killed his three clansmen.
The traitor was finally eliminated, and Ziying successfully ascended to the throne.
At this point, we have to elaborate on Ziying’s identity. Regarding Ziying's records, Ma Qian of the Taishi Company is contradictory.
In "The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin" in "Historical Records", according to Sima Qian's records, Ziying was Hu Hai's nephew. Zhao Gao "made Ziying, the second brother's brother, the King of Qin".
In the "Chronology of the Six Kingdoms" in "Historical Records", Ziying became Hu Hai's brother: "Zhao Gao rebelled, and the second brother committed suicide. Gao Li's second brother, Ziying. Ziying stood up and assassinated the Gao and Yi tribes."
In the "Biography of Li Si" in "Historical Records", Ziying became Qin Shihuang's younger brother: "Gao Zhi knew that God had given him a blessing, and the ministers did not agree, so he summoned the first emperor's younger brother and awarded him the seal. Ziying came to the throne, and he suffered from it, which was called an illness. He was disobedient and talked to the eunuch Han about the murder of his son Gao."
It can be seen that it is better to have no books than to believe in books. Some things may not be as recorded in history books.
Well, the article returns to the topic of another aspect.
In October of the third year of Qin II (207 BC), when Xiang Yu was struggling for survival and power under Song Yi, Liu Bang set out for Xianyang.
This was the first time since Liu Bang joined the camp of Xiang's uncle and nephew that he got rid of the control of the Xiang family and carried out military operations on his own. This made Liu Bang feel particularly good. When he was the younger brother of Xiang Liang, he was already the Marquis of Wu'an. If you can go west to Xianyang and become the king of Guanzhong, what else do you want?
Liu Bang's planned advance route was to pass through Dang County (at the western foot of Mangshan Mountain in Yongcheng County, Shangqiu County today), pass through Chengyang (northern Fuchun County, Heze County, Shandong Province today), and advance from the south of the Yellow River to Xianyang.
Along the way, Liu Bangjun won several small victories and replenished some troops. In the spring of the next year, Liu Bang reached Changyi County (today's Changyi, Shandong Province) and met Peng Yue, a hero from the local area.
For Liu Bang, meeting Peng Yue was an important moment in his life. But for Peng Yue, it was unlucky for him to meet Liu Bang - of course, this is a story later.
Peng Yue, whose courtesy name is Zhong, is a native of Changyi. He originally made a living by fishing. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang and Qin II were imposing excessive taxes and fishing could no longer support their families. Peng Yue took some fishermen and ran into the mountains and forests to become robbers. This kind of work is a capital-free business. Generally, it does not open for half a year and lasts for half a year. Peng Yue worked conscientiously as the King of the Mountain for several years and won unanimous support from everyone.
After the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, various princes raised armies. Someone advised Peng Yue to come out and lead everyone in the cause: "The heroes of the world have risen up one after another to resist the tyrannical Qin. You can also pull out the team, and we are willing to follow you." Peng Yue smiled slightly: "The two dragons are fighting, let's see first. Let’s talk about the situation.”
More than a year passed like this, and the anti-Qin movement in the world was vigorous. Young bandits from all walks of life in the deep mountains and forests were jealous and responded actively. They organized more than a hundred people to prepare to participate in the great cause of anti-Qin.
If you want to do great things, you can't do it without a leader. Peng Yue was the only prominent figure in the local circle who had a name and number. The young bandit defected to the bandit leader Peng Yue and insisted that Peng Yue be their leader. Peng Yue waved his hand and disdained to associate with these young people, but these young people insisted on following Peng Yue's lead.
Peng Yue was a little hesitant at first. He wanted to rebel against Qin, but he was also afraid of rebelling against Qin. He was holding a debate in his heart. Now that he was invited again and again, his anti-Qin mentality gained the upper hand. He immediately agreed and agreed with everyone on the second Gather at the designated place at sunrise and hold a ceremony. Peng Yue particularly emphasized: Anyone who is late will be killed immediately!
At that time, there were no clocks to keep time, and the government or wealthy people could still count the time by keeping track of time. The common people could not afford this, so they basically relied on looking at the sun to calculate time. As the saying goes, "work at sunrise and rest at sunset." But in this case, it will be difficult to unify. For example, if we gather at sunrise, generally speaking, from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., it is considered sunrise. It’s hard to say exactly what time to gather.
Robbers are used to being casual, so they don't have such a strong sense of time. Early the next morning, the prescribed time came and most people gathered on time, but more than ten people were still late. Especially the last one, who didn’t arrive until noon.
Peng Yue sat on the ground and remained silent, waiting for everyone to arrive. Then he stood up, clasped his fists and saluted everyone, and said, "Everyone, Peng is getting older, and he doesn't have any extravagant expectations in life." You think highly of me and insist on letting me be everyone's leader. You can't do big things without rules. Since everyone agrees that I will be the leader, you must abide by the rules I set. We already agreed yesterday. It's settled. Time, as a result, there are so many people who are late today. I have no choice, I can't kill all these people, so I will kill the last one. I hope everyone will not do it again in the future." After saying that, Peng Yue ordered a small boss sternly Take action.
Everyone thought that Peng Yue was just showing off, and at the same time they felt that the matter was not as serious as Peng Yue said, so they all begged for mercy, hoping that he would spare the last person who came.
When Peng Yue saw that the little boss didn't take action, his face sank and he personally pulled out the last person. Before the man could resist, Peng Yue stabbed him with a knife, killing the man on the spot. After the killing, Peng Yue led everyone to set up an altar to worship and complete the ceremony of the Juyi uprising.
When everyone saw that Peng Yue meant what he said, they all couldn't help being frightened. From then on, they all fell into trouble and did not dare to look at Peng Yue. From then on, no one dared to discount Peng Yue's words. Peng Yue led this group of people to attack the city and plunder the county, and gathered the remnants of the princes who had failed in their rebellion before, and gradually they grew to more than a thousand people.
At this time, Liu Bang led a large group of troops to attack Changyi. Peng Yue learned the news and immediately led his troops to assist. Peng Yue's rebel army was still wild at this time and urgently needed to find a backer. This was the main reason why Peng Yue helped Liu Bang.
Liu Bang was ordered to march westward. He only had a few thousand men under his command, and all the large troops went to rescue Zhao. There are even fewer people in Peng Yue, only one in a thousand. The two of them joined forces to attack Changyi, but their efforts were in vain and they failed to defeat them.
Changyi could not be captured, so Peng Yue said goodbye to Liu Bang. Why didn't he follow Liu Bang?
First, Liu Bang went to Xianyang. The road to Xianyang Mountain is high and far away, and there is no telling how many fierce battles will be fought. Peng Yue only had a thousand people coming, and he didn't want to squander this little wealth on Liu Bang.
Second, after Peng Yue cooperated with Liu Bang, he found that Liu Bang's team was short of soldiers and generals, and was not doing well. Flying with the phoenix is a handsome bird in the forest, flying with the tiger is the king of beasts. If you fly with the crow, you won't get ahead. Peng Yue didn't have the ability to pinch or calculate, and he didn't know how to read people. He felt that following Liu Bang would lead to nothing.
Third, the anti-Qin situation in the world is getting more and more intense. A random person can recruit tens of thousands of people and become the king of the land. Peng Yue's ambitions are not small, and he plans to accumulate strength and become king.
Therefore, Peng Yue took his troops to Juye (today's Juye County, Shandong Province) to recruit Wei's defeated troops.
After parting ways with Peng Yue, Liu Bang did not give up and went to Su County (today's Xiayi County, Henan Province) to get more than 4,000 people, with a total of less than 10,000 horses. He also invited a team from Wei to help, and then came back to attack Changyi. . I don’t know who the defender of Changyi was at that time, but he endured two attacks.
Changyi could not be conquered, and Liu Bang did not dare to delay. He knows that his current strength is limited, and he is ready to lead the team to fight all the way. If you can defeat the city, keep it there; if you can't defeat it, keep going. Judging from the entire route of Liu Bang's westward march, he was like a headless fly, drawing circles on the map of China, east and west, south and north, erratic.
With no intention of competing, Liu Bang gave up Changyi, drew a gorgeous arc, and headed for Gaoyang (southwest of Qixian County, Henan Province today).
There, he listened to someone's precise analysis.
