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

Chapter 54, "Qin Code" plays an important role

Facing the charge of the rebel cavalry, the Qin army's cavalry was still in a state of dispersion. They did not recognize the combat effectiveness of the rebel cavalry. The cavalry was not infantry, and the dense formation could not bring out the combat effectiveness of the cavalry. The cavalry officers of the Qin Army laughed in their hearts that the rebel cavalry were country bumpkins who did not understand cavalry tactics at all. Using a Zhangba spear on a galloping horse was simply asking for death.

Anyone in the army who can wield such a spear on a running horse must be a fierce general in the army. Can there be 500 strong generals in the rebel army?

Totally impossible!
  The rebels using heavy weapons like spears are just looking for death.

"Boom!" The cavalry from both sides collided fiercely, but the Qin soldiers suffered a big loss from this collision.

They were either pierced through the body with the spears of the rebels, or knocked off their horses by the spears or thrown away.

In just one round, countless Qin cavalry screamed miserably. Half of the cavalry fell off their horses and fell unconscious. The remaining half of the cavalry who escaped were also frightened by the powerful combat power of the rebel cavalry.

How could the rebel cavalry be so powerful.

"Turn the horse's head around, organize the formation, follow up and kill those behind!" Xu Fan shouted loudly.

Xu Fan led the rebel cavalry to turn around and charge towards the Qin cavalry again.

"Kill!" The galloping rebel cavalry directly overwhelmed the Qin army's cavalry.

This cavalry confrontation ended with a resounding victory for the rebel cavalry.

"I didn't expect the Qin army to be so vulnerable!" Ji Bu laughed happily.

He was a little nervous at the beginning, worried that his side would be defeated, but he did not expect that it would be such a heart-warming victory. What made Ji the most happy was that he had just killed three Qin cavalrymen on the frontal battlefield. Don't underestimate this when it comes to defeating cavalry. According to the Qin Dynasty's system of land granting for military merit, killing three cavalrymen was enough for him to advance to the third level. It was a big achievement.

Xu Fan shouted: "Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Not a single piece of our army's equipment can be left on the battlefield."

Xu Fan is well aware of the power of the cavalry's three-piece suit, which can exponentially improve the cavalry's combat capabilities. The advantage of the cavalry is the only advantage of the rebels. Xu Fan cannot let the Qin army discover this secret. Even if he knows this secret, he cannot keep it for a long time. But one more day of keeping it will give the rebels one more day of advantage.

A quarter of an hour later, when the vanguard of the Qin soldiers arrived at the battlefield, they found the corpses of their comrades scattered all over the place. All the weapons and equipment of these corpses had been stripped off, and the battlefield was extremely clean.

Bai Meng just watched his cavalry being destroyed from behind. He didn't even have time to support the cavalry. The power of the rebel cavalry far exceeded his imagination. Even Zhao Bianqi was so powerful that he could fight in just two rounds. Destroy the Qin cavalry inside.

"The vanguard battalion is wary of enemy cavalry raids and is not allowed to attack without authorization under any circumstances."

"No!" Pioneer Bai Deng said.

Although Bai Meng didn't understand why a group of rebel cavalry were so brave, he also understood that at this time, the army could not tangle with the small group of rebel cavalry, but had to seize the center of gravity and defeat the main force of the rebels.

Bai Meng was extremely cautious on the next journey. Even when marching, he formed a defensive formation. The spearmen defended on the outside, forming like a hedgehog to prevent Xu Fan and others from attacking. Facing a large hedgehog formation composed of tens of thousands of Qin troops, Xu Fan's 500 cavalry were a bit insufficient and could only circle around the periphery. Xu Fan was also self-aware and led the cavalry over, mainly to hinder the enemy's march and buy time for the southward rebels to march. Therefore, even when facing the Qin Army, he did not take the initiative to rush towards the Qin Army's spear phalanx, but only prevented the Qin Army from increasing its speed.

Bai Meng's method of coping was also very simple. He only marched thirty miles every day, and spent half of the afternoon building the camp, digging deep trenches, trapping horses, and placing all the horses outside the camp, leaving nothing to Xu Fan. opportunity.

Facing the tens of thousands of Qin troops, Xu Fan's 500 cavalrymen could not do anything to the enemy as long as Bai Meng did not reveal any flaws.

The Qin army marched for two days and finally arrived at Xiang County. They only saw an empty county. The granaries were empty, the arsenal was empty, and even the entire county was empty. The entire Xiang County was like a dead city.

I have to say here that the continuous execution system of the Qin Dynasty was indispensable for such an effect.

The legal provisions of the "Qin Code" are too detailed, and the people break the law at every turn. The most important thing is that the people are not qualified to get a copy of the "Qin Code" to understand the legal provisions. The Qin Dynasty is extremely aware of the strategy of fooling the people, and the law The right of interpretation is the final say of Qin officials. If they say you break the law, you break the law.

Over the years, people have developed antibodies. Even if you don't realize that you have broken the law, you may be arrested. When they feel that they have broken the law, they will act as if they are a fugitive. Under normal circumstances, , they will wait to die like a lamb to be slaughtered, or they will flee and become bandits. When the limit is exceeded, the people who are waiting to die will rise up to resist.

But now the people's fear of "Qin Law" has been cut off by the rebels.

The rebels have lived in Xiang County for so long, and almost all the people have come into contact with the rebels. The people of Xiang County estimate that it is impossible to save their lives when the Qin army comes. At this time, the people do not dare to fight against the Qin army. , in order to save his life, he could only follow the rebels and continue southward.

So what the Qin army saw when they came to Xiang County was an empty city.

This situation made Bai Meng extremely angry, but he was helpless. He was not angry that the people followed the rebellion. If the people joined the rebels, their military exploits would be more.

What Bai Meng was really angry about was that he was obviously fighting on the inside, but he had to fight on the outside. Wherever the rebels went, there was really no grass growing. Because Bai Meng wanted to chase Xu Fan and the other rebels, the troops carried in the army There wasn't a lot of grain and grass. His original idea was that since the grain and grass harvested in the counties this autumn had not yet been transported, he could get the grain and grass from the county grain depot.

But now this situation is obviously beyond his expectation. At this time, the Qin army has less than ten days of food and grass, which is already a relatively dangerous number. He can only send envoys to the rear and ask the governor to transport food and grass. To support the army, he continued to lead the army south to hunt down the main rebel force.

On November 35, the 11th year of the First Emperor's reign, he slept under the county seat.

After several days of marching, tens of thousands of Qin troops finally surrounded the main force of the rebel army. When he saw the city wall of Xi'an County, Bai Meng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as the rebels were completely wiped out in Xi'an County, they would be held responsible for their crimes. can be reduced to a minimum.

Baimeng ordered the soldiers to build a camp, planning to rest for a day before attacking the rebels.

　Some readers said that the heroic view of history did not talk about population, tax rates, and land annexation, but I thought it still talked about something. I checked what some people in the Western Han Dynasty said, and most of them talked about Taiban taxes, and so on. With millions of troops in the Warring States Period, this statement is still feasible to a certain extent, so there is a tax plot.

　　And then combined with the modern situation, everyone does not think that the lower level will charge as much as the upper level says. The lower level officials also have to eat, and an extra 1% to 2% is almost certain. There is also the matter of land annexation. The land in the Guanzhong area is state-owned. , but the Central Plains’ self-realized land system means that most of the land in the Central Plains is privately owned, and even the First Emperor could not change it.

　　The troubled times at the end of Qin actually had little to do with land annexation. The main reason was that it was too far away, too heavy, too many, and 300 million people were serving corvees. How could the whole world not rebel?
  　　
  　
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