At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 215: Distinguish between ourselves and the enemy and the Qin army in Yan’s land with no way out

Xu Fan's experience of looking at Shitou resonated with everyone. He stood up and said, "Everyone has heard Shitou's experience. The Qin State also caused Shitou to destroy his family and his family. People like Shitou are also victims like you."

"The identities of Qi people, Qin people and even Zhao people are the identities created by the nobles who want to oppress you. How is your life before Qi is destroyed?"

Ding He shook his head and said: "It's not good. My father was still alive at that time, but it was always difficult for our family to have enough food. Every year, my parents and our brothers worked hard for a year. Not only did we not make any money, we also owed money to the men of Qi State. .

At that time, our family rented 50 acres of land from Mr. Gao’s family. I remember when I was a child, my father said that our family would have to work for Mr. Gao’s family for three years to repay the debt. But by the time I grew up, the debt had already It accumulated to the point where I had to work for ten years in vain, so my father sold my sister to Mr. Gao to alleviate the debt. "

Even Xu Fan was surprised that Qi's version was so advanced. This kind of personal dependence relationship that used usury to control farmers was actually developed during the Warring States Period.

Later, I thought about the economic warfare of the ancestors of the Qi State. To use the words of later generations, the Qi State can even be regarded as a usury empire. Of course, the nobles of the Qi State will use this kind of advanced experience not only on their enemies, but also on their own people. , it’s not surprising that there is such an advanced version.

Then Ding He couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Later, the Qin people came and Mr. Gao's family was arrested. My family's debts disappeared. At that time, I thought the Qin people were pretty good, but soon my father was arrested and sent to do corvee labor." I don’t know which construction site he died in. My eldest brother died in Jiaodong County because of repairing Chi Road. The masters of Qin State and Qi State are not good people. One of them wants our money, and the other wants our life. .”

"Yes, neither the officials of Qi nor the officials of Qin are good people. They just want to force poor people like us to death. Back then in Qi, you had to collect taxes even if you were a beggar." Lu Yi sighed.

Other soldiers from Qi also agreed with this. Those who can escape from Qi are basically people with nothing. Those with some property will not escape, but will deal with the Qin people. As long as they are grassroots people at the bottom, it is the same in ancient and modern times. You are surrounded by people who are malicious and want to bully you.

When people like Ding He heard Xu Fan's words, they suddenly realized that they were indeed cattle and horses, even worse than cattle and horses. The nobles cherished such big animals as cattle and horses, but no one cared about their lives or lives. They Even worse than an ox or a horse.

"Not only are you and Shitou not enemies, but comrades-in-arms of the same class. Poor people like us cannot fight each other with swords, because this is what the nobles want to see most. If we kill each other, they can The superiors are oppressing us, so the poor and ordinary people all over the world should cooperate and point the sword at those noble gentlemen."

"Enter Guanzhong, kill all the Qin officials, and avenge your family!"

Xu Fan continued: "Compared to the Qin people, your most important identity as Qi people is that you are poor and have nothing. The country is just a banner used by the nobles and officials to drive you to the battlefield. They will not protect you. Profit will only drive the poor to kill each other, just like what happened in Qi."

"Enter Guanzhong, kill all the Qin officials, and avenge your family!"

After returning home, Xu Fan recalled and recorded the conversation between the two parties today, and then asked Lu Shu to lead the scribes to copy dozens of copies.

Ding He and other Qi soldiers looked at Shi Shi who was wearing tattered clothes. Shi Shi's clothes were already in tatters. After being whipped for a few days, he became a beggar. But now his clothes are very attractive to active warriors. sense of identity.

Xu Fan said with a trace of anger: "The tragedy that happened to you must not be forgotten, but it must be kept in our hearts by all the Han troops. We must also let the world know that it is not only the hatred of your family, but also the hatred of all the poor people in the world. The hatred of the common people is the hatred of all righteous people, so it is not just you who want revenge, but the whole Han army must take revenge, but for our revenge, we must find the real enemy."

This is also the reason why they will tell Xu Fan directly if they have grievances, because they can feel that the Han army is really good to them, and these soldiers trust Xu Fan.

When people like Ding He's sense of identity as a Qi nation weakened, their hatred for the Qin army at the bottom like Shitou was reduced. At least they no longer looked at Shitou like they were enemies.

Xu Fan said: "Those nobles above are all the same. I have always told you that whether it is the Qin State or the Qi State, they belong to the nobles, the officials, and the wealthy families, but they will not belong to you alone. Yes, the country is called Qi. If you are living in hardship, the country has become Qin. You are living in the same hardship. The poor have no country."

Peng Yue, who was hiding aside, didn't hear clearly what Xu Fan said, but he was shocked when he heard such slogans: "Can this kind of hatred for the King of Han be resolved?"

The status of Qin people and Qi people will not protect your interests. On the contrary, this status makes them the nobles of Qi and the cattle and horses of the nobles of Qin. Your status is like a mark on the cattle and horses, showing that you belong to that master. of. The war between Qin and Qi is like two masters fighting for family property, and you are one of the core. "

Xu Fan summoned dozens of captains, including Deng Zong, Cai Ci, Zhao Ping, and Deng Shuo, and told them what happened yesterday.

Jiang Bin said: "King Han, we all understand what you said. The poor people of Qin like Shitou are the same as us. They are also persecuted. If we really want to take revenge, we must target those officials. We must break into Guanzhong. Kill all the Qin officials and avenge your family!"

The next day.

Lu Shu was asked to copy the minutes written yesterday to Deng Zong and others, and at the same time, Lu Shu and others were asked to copy the tragic experiences of Qin soldiers.

Because the clothes they wore from childhood to adulthood were full of patches, it was only after they joined the Han Army that they wore new clothes for the first time in their lives. The time when they had the most food in their lives was here in the Han Army. The best is also with the Han army.

"The hatred of the Qi soldiers cannot be let go. This is not only their hatred, but also the hatred of the people of the world towards the violent Qin. But we must guide them in the right direction and understand their real enemies. Yesterday I asked the Qi soldiers A grievance meeting was held.

Zhao Ping smiled and said, "Don't think Li Shiqi is very powerful just because he said he was a political strategist who persuaded dozens of cities to surrender at one time. He is just a fox pretending to be powerful.

Our King of Han is the real power. What’s happening now? Back then, the King of Han had just defeated Wang Li’s tribe. On the second day, he persuaded the Qin army with 20,000 captives to join our Han army in the battle with Li You’s tribe, and they surrendered. The Qin soldiers broke out with unprecedented fighting power, and our Han army could annihilate Li You's 50,000 Qin army in one day. The King of Han is the real upright king. "

I think this format is very good. All soldiers discuss democratically, recall their own sufferings and hatred, and find the real enemy together.

The reason why I come to you today is to ask you to learn the model of the Suffering Conference, where the soldiers will talk about their suffering life before joining the army, and inspire everyone to recall their own sufferings, and then discuss it in the camp, bureau, and battalion, and guide everyone to "pour out the bitterness." While complaining, the soldiers settled old scores with Qin and Qin officials, guiding the soldiers' hatred in the right direction.

You must remember one direction. Not only soldiers from Qi want to avenge Bao Qin, but soldiers from Chu, Zhao, and even Qin want to avenge Bao Qin. The entire world wants to avenge Bao Qin.

"This is not a private hatred of one family, but a public hatred of the whole world. We must let the soldiers understand that indiscriminate lynching is not advisable. Only a public trial of their crimes in broad daylight can avenge everyone."

Deng Zong's people were overjoyed when they saw these materials. Xu Fan gave the model, which made it much easier for them to copy it.

Deng Zong promised Xu Fan: "My subordinates will convene the supervisory army and the supervisory army to hold a meeting, teach them the model of the grievance conference, and guide the soldiers to face their hatred against the real enemy."

October 37, the th year of the First Emperor's reign.

From this day on, grievance meetings began to be held in full swing among the Han army. Every day, a large number of Han soldiers cried with tears streaming down their faces.

Watching this, Wang Xie of Zhao and Wang Jiu of Wei were frightened for a while, fearing that the Han army would blow up the camp. But what they couldn't understand was that the Han army was sad at times, but after crying, they did not take any other violent actions.

Tian Jie was even more frightened. The content of the Han army's complaints was naturally known to other princes. People like King Zhao Xie, King Jiu of Wei and even Xiang Bo thought that the King of Han had not completed the change of identity. These things spread. , which would be extremely detrimental to their future rule.

But at the same time, they had to admit that this method of directing the anger of the lower-level soldiers at the nobles and bureaucrats was indeed the best solution, but the consequences were too great, and the King of Han was a little eager for quick success.

But something was wrong with Tian Jie. They were clearly victims, so how could they become perpetrators from the words of the King of Han?
Why did the hatred towards the Qin people turn into hatred towards them? Did the King of Han have any objections to their Tian family? However, he did not dare to ask Xu Fan, so he could only entertain King Zhao, King Jiu of Wei, and others every day, asking them to find ways to find out the attitude of the King of Han. After getting the answer that was not directed at his Tian family, he was relieved.

The complaint meeting was in full swing. Captain Zhang Qiang expanded Xu Fan's complaints on his own initiative. He found a Qin soldier wearing tattered clothes, pointed at their clothes and asked the Han soldiers: "Do you think this kind of clothes is noble?" Sir, have the officials worn it?"

The Han soldier shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before."

Zhang Qiang continued to ask: "Who would wear such tattered clothes?"

The Han soldier said: "We poor people wore clothes like this before we joined the Han army."

Zhang Qiang continued: "They are dressed the same as us, who is wearing something different from us?"

The Han soldier said: "Official, noble lord!"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said: "The King of Han once said that words can deceive people, but the reality is not. The noble officials may say that we are compatriots, but they will not wear the same clothes as us. Qin soldiers look like enemies, but But they wore the same tattered clothes and suffered the same hardships as us.

Do you think the noble officials and we are the same people, or do you think these soldiers in rags are the same people as us? "

The Han soldiers shouted loudly: "The poor in the world are one family!"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said: "We are the same family to the poor in the world, and the nobles will not let us live a good life. Only we, the Han Army, are the team of the poor. Only we, the Han Army, want to make the people of the world wear unpatched clothes." Today, if you put on unpatched clothes, you have the obligation and responsibility to let more poor people in the world wear good clothes and live a good life."

At this time, a soldier named Zhao Shan cried and said: "My father froze to death because he had no clothes to wear. He hugged me tightly before he died, and I survived. The supervisor was right, he didn't want us to The poor are better off than the old men. We are the ones weaving and sewing clothes, but it is us poor people who freeze to death. They don’t have to do anything, but they have more clothes than they can wear. If we don’t destroy such a world, we Poor people never have a good life."

So the soldiers shouted loudly: "Yes, if we don't smash this world, we poor people will never have a good life, destroy the violent Qin!"

Xu Fan understood that clothing was used to identify one's identity. Although it was crude, it was in line with the simple cognition of soldiers and made it easier for them to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. He asked Deng Zong and others to popularize this model.

The Han army's grievance conference was not only carried out within the Han army, but also among the captured Qin army prisoners of war. A large number of outstanding supervisors were sent by Xu Fan to the prisoner camps. They communicated with the Qin army prisoners and allowed these captured soldiers to Tell them about their suffering and let them understand that the source of their suffering is the violence against the Qin court.

After being educated by the Han army's supervisors, the captive soldiers of the Qin army realized that they did not have a good life, which was the reason for the violence against the Qin court.

After these soldiers finished complaining and wiping away their tears, they approached the supervisors one after another and expressed their determination to follow the Han army back to Guanzhong, eliminate the violent Qin, and let everyone in the world live a good life.

After complaining and educating, 20 Qin soldiers joined the Han army one after another. The Han army expanded rapidly, and the total strength of the coalition forces exceeded 40.

At the same time, Xu Fan divided his troops in Hanoi County, and General Ge Ying of Zhenxi led an army of 10 troops to attack Hedong County, Taiyuan County, and Yanmen County.

October 37th, the th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Hengshan County, Dongheng County, Northern Expedition Army Camp.

Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army was completely wiped out by the coalition forces, and the world was shocked.

Lu Chen led 7 Han troops to the north of Yan State and attacked Hengshan County. Qin general Lu Ju led his soldiers to surrender, and Hengshan County was captured by the Han army.

Then they encountered the same problem as Xu Fan, which was the hatred of the Zhao soldiers towards the Qin army.

Although the Qin people did not have large-scale enclosures in Zhao State like Qi State, there were many such things. Moreover, 90% of Lu Chen's men were soldiers recruited in Julu. They were also Zhao people. These Zhao soldiers Naturally, he hated the Qin army who wanted to enclose the land in Hengshan County.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Chen would of course side with the soldiers and liquidate the Qin officials in the entire Hengshan County. This was also an old tradition of the Han army. How could he prove that he had won a great victory without hanging a few Qin officials.

But at this time, the Qin army in the Yan State also understood that the Qin State building was about to collapse. They would not get the support of the Qin State in the Yan State. However, their 5 people had to face more than a million angry Yan people. Sooner or later, they Will be torn apart by the angry Yan people.

The Qin army in the Yan region had no choice but to find its own way out. Looking around, Chen Yu from Liaodong County had hatred against them. Han Guang from Shanggu and Yuyang had hatred against them. Only the Han army kept beating the Qin army violently and did not have any deep hatred against them. .

They sent envoys to find Lu Chen and expressed their desire to surrender, but they wanted the Han army to guarantee their personal safety.

This put Lu Chen in a difficult position. It would be easy to clean up the Qin officials in Hengshan County, but the Qin army in Yan would be frightened and it would be difficult to deal with it after they took refuge with Chen Yu and Han Guang.

As the commander of the joint forces, the King of Han could not attack other anti-Qin rebels, but the counties occupied by the Qin army were left to other anti-Qin forces, and Lu Chen was unwilling. He had already seen that Yan had made great achievements. place, and ended up occupying Hengshan County. This is no longer a big achievement for the current Han army.

"Zhang Canjun, what should our army do now? Should we first deceive the Qin officials into surrendering and then liquidate them?" Lu Chen asked Zhang Liangdao.

Xu Fan told Lu Chen before he went north to listen to Zhang Liang's opinion when he was unsure about something.

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "No, the King of Han attaches great importance to the reputation of the Han State. He must not suffer losses for a few counties and tens of thousands of Qin troops. If the general does this, even if he captures the Yan State, he will not be rewarded by the King of Han. Instead, you may be punished.”

Although Zhang Liang didn't understand why Xu Fan valued credibility so much, which was completely different from the monarchs of this era, he also realized the benefits of Xu Fan's credibility. At least what the Han army said, even the enemies would believe.

Lu Chen said distressedly: "The soldiers in the army are excited and want to kill all the Qin troops. Now we are really in a dilemma."

After all, Lu Chen did not have the same prestige as Xu Fan, and he could hardly suppress the soldiers' emotions.

Zhang Liang said: "Although what the Qin army did in Hengshan County was not as cruel as Qi's, they killed a large number of people in Hengshan County. It would be impossible not to express this to the soldiers in the army."

The Qin army wanted to encircle the land, which was the lifeblood of ordinary people. Of course, they had to fight the Qin army desperately, but they were not organized opponents of the Qin army. Therefore, thousands of people in Hengshan County died at the hands of the Qin army. Now that the Han army has returned, of course the Zhao people will seek revenge on these Qin people.

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "The only thing we can do now is to narrow down the scope of revenge. We cannot kill Lu Ju who has taken refuge with us. Killing him will affect the reputation of the Han army, but other Qin officials and officers do not have such a big impact." With restrictions, the general can put them on trial based on their mistakes, and give them correct punishments, which will vent their anger on the people of Hengshan County and win over people's hearts. Ordinary soldiers will not be killed to prevent the purge from expanding."

(End of this chapter)