Chapter 63, Xu Fan’s fanboy
  When Chen Jun's surrender soldiers heard Xu Fan's words, they looked at each other. They didn't expect that Xu Fan actually let them go after he said he would let them go. They just wanted to find a step to surrender at that time, and they didn't expect that this was actually true. , the rebels also thoughtfully gave them some rations for the road.

To be honest, after hundreds of years of chaos during the Warring States Period and the unprecedented brutal war of unification at the end of the Qin Dynasty, expectations for the army have dropped to their lowest point, and even the knights and bandits have been forced to reason with the army.

There is an old saying that goes like this. A bandit is like a comb shaving his head, and the hair is left behind. A soldier is like a razor, and everything he touches is clean.

Not only have they seen the army that is so reasonable and upholds integrity, they have never even heard of it. They only vaguely remember that there is such a master of kings in the stories of the old people in their hometown.

"Finally I can go home!" Many young soldiers began to cry. After Chu's southern expedition to Baiyue, there had been no war for many years. Most of these young people joined the army for the first time, but they did not expect to experience it. Such a cruel war, and now their nightmare is finally over.

But the veteran just said, "You young people are so naive. Do you really think you can go home if you leave here?"

The soldier who had just been crying hesitated after hearing this and asked: "Is the leader of the rebel army deceiving us?"

The veteran said calmly: "We are now nothing but fish on the chopping board. There is no value in deceiving us. What the leader of the rebel army said should be true."

"But now there are rebel armies everywhere in Chen County. When we leave here, we will either be captured by other small groups of rebels and serve as soldiers, or we will be captured by Qin officials and serve as prisoners. It can be said that neither of them will end well."

It wasn't like they didn't know everything when they were in the Qin Army. The sealed environment of the military camp was full of soldiers and they couldn't keep secrets at all. At this time, they also understood the situation where Chen County was in chaos.

These surrendered soldiers thought about it for a while. In this situation, it is impossible to return home safely. Being recaptured as a young man is what will happen with the highest probability. Their best choice now is to join Xu Fan. The largest rebel army.

After a long time, the veteran said: "We have figured it out. Let's stay in the rebel army together. This is the right way to save our lives."

"But the Qin State has millions of troops. The Chu State back then could not defeat the Qin State. Can the current rebel army do it?" Some people still hesitated and said that they did not want to have anything to do with the rebel army.

The veteran laughed at himself: "What does this have to do with our big soldiers? If the Qin army comes again, that will happen in the future, but if we leave now, I'm afraid we won't be able to survive for even a month."

Then the veteran said: "It's up to you how you choose. Just don't regret it."

Half a day later, Xu Fan was shocked to learn that 800 of the surrendered soldiers were willing to join the rebel army. Zhou Zhang was overjoyed to accept these surrendered soldiers. However, there were still more than 10 soldiers who wanted to go home. Xu Fan did not stop them. I bought kilograms of rice and sent them home.

After absorbing these surrendered troops, the scale of the rebel army expanded again. After Xu Fan discussed with the senior leaders of the rebel army, everyone decided to pursue the victory and completely capture Chen County. So Xu Fan and the others returned from the route they had originally transferred to attack the Chen County government office.

December 35, the 11th year of the First Emperor's reign.

As Xu Fan led the rebels on their march, people continued to defect to the rebels. When the rebels came to Chen County, the army in his hands had exceeded 20,000, and the number of troops was still increasing rapidly, because rebels from other counties came to join Xu Fan. , which allowed the size of his army to continue to expand.

The eyes of people from all walks of life in Chen County, and even the eyes of the people in the world, have been focused on Xu Fan, the rebel army. The spark of the rebel army will determine the trend of the entire world.

Of course, Xu Fan didn't care about all this. He built a camp step by step, surrounded Chen County, built siege weapons, and prepared to completely occupy Chen County.

December 12nd. While the rebels were still building siege equipment, Ji Xin brought a few strong men to Xu Fan and introduced: "My lord, this is leader Wu Guang, leader Wucheng and leader Qin Jia. These three leaders have come to join us. Of the rebels.”

Most of the leaders of the Chenjun uprising were led by rangers. Although these people were not as famous as Ji Bu in the entire Chu region, they were still powerful in the local area. Ji Xin was familiar with how to communicate with these people, so Xu Fan He left the matter of receiving these rebels to Ji Xin.

And Ji Xin also did a good job. Xu Fan had received more than a dozen groups of rebels in the past few days without making any mistakes.

When the three of them saw Xu Fan, they bowed their hands and said, "The villains Wu Guang, Wu Cheng, and Qin Jia have met the master Xu."

During this period, a large number of rebels took refuge, but many of the rebels only had dozens or hundreds of people, and only had a few bronze daggers as weapons and equipment. Most of them were rabble-rousers who chopped wood into soldiers and raised poles into flags. There was no need for Ji Xin to explain. Xu Fan He also understood that these so-called rebels were all Liang Shang heroes. Seeing that the rebels were powerful and wanted to make achievements under the banner of the rebels (fishing in troubled waters), Xu Fan's attitude towards these people was to break up and reorganize them.

But what surprised Xu Fan the most among the rebel leaders who came this time was Wu Guang. This name was also famous, more famous than most emperors in history.

Unexpectedly, he became so famous that even Wu Guang came to seek refuge with him.

Wu Guang and the other three were also looking at Xu Fan carefully. Xu Fan was tall, muscular, with short hair, and was wearing an armor with various battle marks. He looked like a completely unkempt warrior. What caught the most attention of the three people was Xu Fan's bright eyes and confident expression. This was a confident general.

Ji Xin came to Xu Fan and said, "Three leaders have led three thousand rebels to join us. My lord, we must not underestimate them."

Ji Xin is reminding Xu Fan that these three people are different from the previous miscellaneous fish and should be taken seriously.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Thank you three leaders for coming to support us."

Wu Guang said excitedly: "The reputation of Master Xu Fan is known to everyone in the entire Chen County. Even without us, Chen County will definitely be defeated by the Master."

At this time, Wu Guang looked at Xu Fan and looked like a fan of later generations. Xu Fan was speechless for a while.
  Wu Cheng and Qin Jia were not as excited as Wu Guang, but their expressions were not much different.

Xu Fan underestimated his reputation. In the past few months, Xu Fan led the rebel army to fight against the Qin army many times, killing many generals of the Qin army. In the last battle, he wiped out tens of thousands of Qin soldiers, which shocked the whole world. .

The entire ranger group in Chen County is proud that their hometown has produced such a famous general. At this time, Xu Fan in Chen County has more than just Wu Guang, but countless fans, but Xu Fan has been staying in the military camp. Just know it.

 Many readers mentioned the food problem and how they would have enough food if the rebels were open.

  At the end of the Qin Dynasty, food was a mystery. Liu Bang grew from a few thousand people to 10 people. He had no base, but he was never said to be short of food. Eight thousand Jiangdong disciples crossed the river, and by the time of Xiang Yu, it grew to 40 people. There was no news that he was short of food. I heard that he was short of food, and other princes were also trying their best to develop armies, with hundreds of thousands of people at their disposal, but I had never heard that these people were short of food. Qin was destroyed in three years, and Chu was destroyed in four years. There were various battles in which a small number defeated a large number, but I have never heard of a prince who died due to lack of food.

  Who knows how much grain the Qin Dynasty, which lacked great virtue, accumulated in its granaries. The most precious strategic material, grain, was lost in this melee.

  
   
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