Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 485 The New Face of the Central Plains

Chapter 497 New Look of the Central Plains

At this moment, Xiang Yu only felt that his mind was buzzing all the time, and he was really angry.

At present, the Qin army is surrounding them from all directions. It is obvious that they know all their arrangements, including the marching route and the marching time.

The soldiers around him were all in a death situation, so naturally they would not betray themselves. Obviously, there was only one explanation, that is, someone behind him betrayed him.

Although Xiang Yu didn't want to guess who this person was, he already had the answer in his heart.

But he didn't understand why, as his uncle, why Uncle Xiang would betray himself.

What benefits can be gained by selling oneself?
Now that the Chu Kingdom is gone, the glory of the Xiang family has been completely wiped out.Does he want his own head in exchange for glory and wealth?

Xiang Yu couldn't accept it for a while.

Since Xiang Liang was captured, he has always treated Xiang Bo as his father.Although this uncle's talents cannot be compared with Xiang Liang, he still stepped forward and helped a lot at many critical moments.

But in the end, I misread him.

"General, before the enemy army gathers, let's retreat quickly." Ying Bu looked at the countless Qin troops surrounded from all directions, and shouted at the top of his voice.

After the Qin army appeared in all directions, Han Xin's army, which had just been disintegrated, suddenly switched weapons and came back like a chicken blood.But at this time, the soldiers of the Chu army, who were already in a state of confusion because of the encirclement, were obviously out of shape.

The tide is gone.

"Let's go!" Xiang Yu didn't answer Ying Bu's words, he just roared, turned his black horse and galloped towards Zhongli.If Xiang Bo appeared in front of him at this time, Xiang Yu would definitely eat him alive.

Unfortunately, Xiang Bo was currently in Zhongli City. No matter how fast Wu Zhui was, he had no chance to rush back, let alone kill him.

Jiangdong Cavalry, who already had less than 1 people, followed behind Xiang Yu and prepared to flee.

Han Xin, who had been observing the situation on the battlefield, immediately noticed Xiang Yu's cavalry who wanted to escape.

As the command flag was waved, Li Wei, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed out leading the [-] vanguard battalion.

Han Xin divided the 1 troops under his command into troops ranging from several thousand to [-] people. They went around the battlefield dragging branches to stir up endless dust, and then appeared at the same time according to orders, just to give the Chu army soldiers, including Xiang Yu and others It caused the illusion that he had fallen into the siege of the Qin army.

Otherwise, even if Wang Ben appeared behind Xiang Yu's army, he could disturb the morale of the Chu army, but he could not fundamentally attack the morale of Xiang Yu and the Chu army.

The desperate Chu army will inevitably fight back desperately under the leadership of Xiang Yu.

Even if the Qin army can win, it will be a tragic victory.This is not in line with Han Xin's style.

It is the best policy to subjugate the enemy without fighting.

Xiang Yu did not disappoint him.

Facing the Qin army surrounded from all directions, the fighting spirit of the Chu army collapsed in an instant.

The cavalry can escape quickly by relying on their horses, but the infantry are not so lucky.

Facing the soldiers of the Qin Army who surrounded them from all sides, they were so frightened that they could only throw away their weapons and knelt down and begged for mercy.

For these soldiers who gave up resistance, Han Xin ordered his soldiers to quickly disarm them and put them under custody.

He personally led a team of elites to pursue Xiang Yu in the direction where Xiang Yu fled.

The severe winter has come, but Chen Jun, Dang Jun and other places on the north bank of the Huaihe River are in full swing.

Even on a cold winter night, the red fire still reflects the sky on the north bank of the Huaihe River as if it were daytime.The rising thick white fog enveloped the entire north bank of the Huaihe River into a dreamlike place.

Two days ago, under the order of Yingzheng, more than [-] Chu troops in Shouchun were under the surveillance of tens of thousands of Qin troops.

The Qin army, which had just crossed the Huaihe River and arrived in Shouchun less than three days ago, returned to the north bank of the Huaihe River again. Together with the more than [-] Chu soldiers who had been captured by crossing the river with Xiang Yu, less than [-] Qin soldiers became guards. The local troops who surrendered their troops.

And the nearly 20 soldiers of the Chu army who gathered together will be reorganized into a huge construction corps. Before the first snow falls, they will fight in Chenjun and Dangjun, which have become a land of ruins. On the ground of the two counties, clean up the prefectures of the two counties and a few county towns, build simple houses enough for hundreds of thousands of people to live in, clean up the corpses that can be seen everywhere on the ground of the two counties, and let the tens of thousands of people who are about to return to their hometown The people of the two counties can survive this winter safely.

In order to speed up the construction, Ying Zheng directly mobilized at least hundreds of craftsmen to accompany the army.

There are nearly [-] Shangfang craftsmen in Zhang Han's army who went out with the army.With the basic peace of Chu, they also have a new role.

Whether it is building a house or cleaning up the ruins in the city of the two counties and repairing the city wall, it is necessary to look at professional iron tools.Otherwise, the 20 soldiers of the Chu army could only dig by hand on the frozen and stiff ground.

Following Yingzheng's edict, nearly [-] craftsmen were directly converted from military use to civilian use on the spot.Fortunately, tools like shovels and hoes are extremely simple.There are also simple drawings brought in by Ying Zheng, and these craftsmen in Shangfang have no difficulty in casting these things.

For all the confiscated weapons and armors of the Chu army, the craftsmen of the Qin army built a simple smelting iron furnace on the north bank of the Huaihe River. Such things are given to these soldiers of the Chu army.

In addition to these iron-making furnaces, there are also a large number of more than a thousand brick kilns appearing on the north bank of the Huaihe River.These brick kilns fired all kinds of bricks and tiles, which were used as materials for building city walls and houses.

These brick and tile kilns are also an experiment for Ying Gang.

If the fired bricks are durable and wear-resistant enough, then obviously the difficulties faced by Ying Gang's idea of ​​transforming the entire Daqin road will be greatly reduced.

It is obviously impossible for simple cement to be used on roads for thousands or even tens of thousands of miles.

Leaving aside the viscosity of the cement that appeared in Daqin and whether it can withstand long-term exposure to wind and sun, only transportation and firing are problems.

However, if simple brick kilns are built everywhere and roads are built directly with bricks and stones of appropriate size, not only will the process be much simpler, but the speed will also be greatly accelerated.

Once a certain road surface is damaged, it can be directly replaced with new masonry, which will be much more convenient for maintenance and construction.

At the same time, the people who were kidnapped by Xiang Yu and sent to the south also began to register in Shouchun, preparing to return to their homeland.

Among them, there are more than [-] young and strong, who will be the first group of people to return to the north bank of the Huaihe River.

With these 10,000+ people, plus the 20 Chu troops who surrendered, basically there will be no shortage of manpower for the reconstruction of Chen and Dang counties.

Countless materials, food, and warm clothes from all over Guanzhong continued to go south along the old road of Wei and Han, and thousands of selected officials at all levels went along with them.

Not long after these officials left Xianyang, Zheng Guo, the governor of Shu, and more than [-] hydraulic workers also left Xianyang and began to go south.

(End of this chapter)