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

Chapter 55, Qin Army’s Achilles’ heel
  Sleeping in the county, county government.

The top leaders of the rebel army discussed how to defeat the Qin army.

Xu Fan said to everyone: "Our army's battle plan this time is to use the strong defense power of Xi County to resist the Qin army's attack. Brother Ji Bu and I will lead the cavalry to cut off the Qin army's food and grass on the periphery, leaving the Qin army's soldiers without food. , and finally our rebel army attacked internally and externally and completely annihilated this group of Qin troops.

After I leave, the commander of the army will be Brother Zhou, and everyone must obey Brother Zhou's instructions. "

Zhou Zhang worriedly said: "If the Qin army still has reinforcements, I'm afraid our rebel army will be surrounded and die."

Tens of thousands of Qin troops suddenly appeared. Zhou Zhang was lying when he said he was not worried. Of course, what he was most worried about was that the Qin troops from all directions would swamp their rebels. Other generals were also worried. The pressure of tens of thousands of Qin troops was not at the same level as that of thousands. .

Xu Fan said with relief: "This situation cannot happen. The Qin army in Chen County has expanded several times. They want to continue to expand the army, but they do not have enough armament and strength. As for asking for help from other counties, it is impossible. The troops in other counties are also insufficient, and other county guards may not dare to cross the border. The only person they ask for help is the First Emperor in Xianyang City."

At this point, Xu Fan snorted coldly: "Although using this method can severely damage the rebel army, for Chen County bureaucrats, it is seeking death. Their only way out now is to suppress our rebel army with their own hands. In a short period of time, our only option is to The enemy is the Qin Army of Chen County."

Xu Fan knew the virtues of feudal bureaucrats very well. He even knew better than the First Emperor. The First Emperor might have thought that his officials were loyal, but Xu Fan had seen too many ugly mentality of feudal bureaucrats in the 2200 years of history.

For them, safeguarding their own interests is higher than safeguarding the interests of the country. If they can gain benefits by selling the country, they will do it without hesitation.

With the current situation in Chen County, even if other county guards want to support Bai Meng and the others, Chen County bureaucrats like Bai Meng and others will destroy it for their own interests. The rebellion in Chen County can only be suppressed by the soldiers of Chen County.

When Zhou Zhang heard this, he nodded clearly thinking about the internal fighting in the late Chu State. The Chu State was still a large aristocratic state. On the eve of being destroyed by the Qin State, they did not think about how to protect their homeland and the country, but fought fiercely. Internal strife led to Qin doing nothing to destroy Han, Wei, Zhao, Yan and other countries. By the time Qin destroyed Chu, the nobles of Chu were already helpless.

Now that the State of Qin does not belong to these Qin officials, how could they sacrifice their interests for the State of Qin?

Xu Fan continued: "The enemy's forces are limited. Now that the main force has arrived in Xi'an County, the remaining force of the Qin Army must be defending the Chenjun government headquarters. This determines that the Chenjun Qin Army cannot send too many troops for transportation. forage."

"And our rebel cavalry has strong combat effectiveness. As long as the number of troops does not exceed a thousand, the rebels can achieve a complete victory. Therefore, the more than four hundred miles of grain road from Chen County to Xi County is the Achilles' heel of the Qin Army. As long as we seize this With a fierce attack on the critical point, the Qin army's food route is cut off, and the Qin army in Xi County will be defeated if it cannot hold out for a month."

Xu Fan's explanation of tactics finally brought a glimmer of victory to the senior leaders of the rebel army. Everyone's faces finally lightened up when they realized that it was really possible for them to defeat the Qin army.

The next day, Xu Fan led 500 cavalry and Ji Bu's 500 ranger brothers to leave Xixian County and hid in the woods between Xiang County and Xixian County, and then began to establish a camp in preparation for cutting off the Qin army's supply line.

Xu Fan went to Ji Bu and said: "Brother Ji, if you want to cut off the Qin army's food routes, intelligence is the most critical factor. I want the ranger brothers around Brother Ji to spread throughout Chen County to detect the Qin army's intelligence for our army. "

Ji Bu patted his chest and said, "No problem. My brother Ji Xin knows the news about Chen Jun very well. I guarantee that I won't miss any news about the Qin Army."

These rangers are local snakes in Chen County, and heroes like Ji Bu are very popular in the entire Chu region. It is easy for the ranger group to find out the news about Chen County. Then Ji Bu distributed tasks to his ranger brothers, and these people began to disperse throughout Chen County. Ji Xin even went to the Chen County Administration Office in person to inquire about the news about the Qin Army.

Two days later, at the Mulberry Camp, 80 miles from here is Xiexian County, and 70 miles to the northeast is Xiangxian County. The Qin Army's baggage team wants to go south to Xiexian County, and this is the only way to pass.

And on this day, Ji Xin sent a ranger to bring news that Chenjun's grain and grass fleet had arrived at Xiangxian County from Honggou River, and was now heading to Xixian County by land. There were 300 baggage trucks transporting grain and grass, and they were led by 500 Qin soldiers. Troop transportation.

Xu Fan was overjoyed and immediately led all the cavalry to attack, lying in ambush near Shen Qiulin and waiting for the Qin army to transport grain and grass.

"Damn weather!" Jiang Qi cursed secretly while sitting on his tall horse.

There was a winter rain yesterday, and now the loess roads are extremely muddy. Transporting heavy grain on such roads makes marching extremely difficult for the entire team. The peasants often have to push the baggage carts forward, so the march is less than 30 miles. Some civilians have become clay figures. "This ghost road is really not as good as Chidao." Then he said sternly to the civilians: "Hurry up, everyone, the food and grass cannot reach the Xixian military camp within two days, and you will all be punished by military law."

When the peasants who were working hard to push the cart heard this, their faces became a little sad. They were originally from Chen County. They had completed their task of transporting grain to Xiang County, but all the people in Xiang County had fled. They can only continue to transport food and grass forward. Now they not only have to work on the muddy road, but they may also be prosecuted by military law. What a big deal.

Just when Jiang Qi shouted to the civilian husband to go faster, he suddenly heard the sound of muffled thunder. Is there thunder in winter?

He felt something bad and looked around nervously, and the voice became louder and louder.

Finally, Jiang Qi looked at the cavalry in the distance and shouted nervously: "The enemy is attacking, the enemy is coming, be ready for battle."

Xu Fan crouched down and heaved up and down with his horse, pointing the spear in his hand at the enemy.

When the cavalry entered the 100-step range of the Qin army's baggage team, Xu Fan shouted: "The whole army charges, kill!"

The 500 cavalrymen of the rebel army were divided into three groups. Xu Fan and Ji Bu attacked the head and tail of the baggage train respectively, while Ge Ying led 200 cavalry to attack the middle of the baggage train.

Facing the sudden appearance of the cavalry, the Qin soldiers were stunned and only a few soldiers instinctively began to gather.

When the cavalry approached the baggage train 50 steps, Jiang Qi shouted: "Keep the baggage train at the outside."

Then he pointed at the civilians and said, "Go up and resist the enemy."

The accused civilian husband was stunned and said, "Me!"

"Yes, it's you! Drive them out quickly and delay the enemy."

After hearing this order, the Qin army began to drive away people.

Under the threat of death, these honest people became angry.

"Even if Nai Gong dies, he will still bite off a piece of your flesh."

After one civilian took the lead, all the civilians could not suppress their anger and rushed towards the Qin army.

Among them, the smart civilian husband shouted in the direction of Xu Fan: "Brothers of the rebel army, let us help you fight against the Qin army."

　Let’s talk about historical materialism. In the Qin Dynasty, a pavilion had a pavilion chief, a pavilion assistant, a pavilion marquis, a thief, a pavilion father, and a pavilion pawn. It was equivalent to the ancient public security bureau. There were 10 people in a pavilion. I don’t have the salary of the pavilion chief. I found out that the salary of Qiangfu, the head of the township, is 100 shi, and the salary of the pavilion chief is about 50-60 shi. The salary of other pavilions and assistants is a little less, but not too much, because it is too little to support the family. In other words, one person A pavilion consumes 500 shi of grain from the Qin State. A county with 10-20 pavilions consumes 5000-1 shi of grain.

　　In the Qin Dynasty, there was still the unit of township. Qiangfu was the head of the township, and there were also tax collectors, including the three elders. There are also warehouse officials to manage and soldiers to guard, and each township has an establishment of 30 people. If there are ten such townships in a county, the annual financial expenditure will be 1.5 to 3 dan.

　　Counting counties now, a small county magistrate needs 500 shi of salary, a county magistrate and a county lieutenant need 100 shi, and the lower officials must have more than 2 shi. As a junior official, you must give people 3-200 shi of food every month. In addition, the Qin Dynasty was a big government. There were 150 people in a county, and the average salary was 3 shi, so the county government's expenses alone were shi.

　　The large government system of the Qin Dynasty, based on the maximum number of staff, would cost 10 dan per year (this is still the standard for everyone to be Hai Rui.)
  　　For a small county, it would cost 2 to 3 shi to reduce the establishment. The Qin Dynasty had thousands of counties, and it would take about to shi of food to support these officials. Zhu Baba, when he was the most financially wealthy, could only afford to shi.

　　
  　
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