Although this encounter outside Yongqiu City made Liu Bang worried, a talent like Ji Xin who has certain abilities and only needs a little training to grow into a qualified general is doubtful for Liu Bang at this stage.

is the most precious.

From ancient times to the present, fighting has been fought with the character "human".

No one, even as tyrannical as Gonggong, could only refuse to touch Buzhou Mountain and die. However, Liu Bang's bad mood disappeared when he heard that Cao Shen had cut off Li You's head before the Chu army's fierce general Long Qie.

The first prize belongs to our old Liu family.

Liu Bang's mood improved. Although Xiang Yu conquered this city, we, Liu, also made great efforts. If you don't believe it, just look at who killed Li You.

Liu Bang's good mood and good popularity brought support from many small forces. Compared with Xiang Yu, who was a scumbag except for Jiangdong's children who could fight, Liu Bang was much easier to deal with.

I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of an ox. What do small forces fear? What they fear is to be annexed by a big force. Compared with Liu Bang, who is peaceful and poses no threat, the uncles and nephews of Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu can be said to have a lot of misdeeds.

In the magnificent battle between Chu and Han at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the number of troops involved in the battle of Yongqiu was not very large. There were 3,000 Qin troops and more than 50,000 coalition troops. Based on the analysis of the number of troops alone, this can only be regarded as a medium-sized battle.

of war.

In fact, the impact of the Battle of Yongqiu on the Qin army and the anti-Qin coalition went far beyond the battle itself. Yongqiu is located at the junction of Dang County and Sanchuan County. It used to belong to the Wei State. Li You led his troops here originally for the purpose of

Zhang Han, who was supporting the main force of the Chu army in Dingtao, did not want to fall into the Chu army's siege.

Li Youzhi's defeat may be said to have exposed the weakness of the Qin army's internal discord. After losing the pillar of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, which was once powerful, has begun to collapse. The Shaofu Zhang Han, who represents the power of Zhao Gao, represents the power of hereditary generals.

The border guards Wang Li, Su Jiao, and Jianjian, plus the local county soldiers headed by Li You, Yang Xiong, etc., the three major groups not only competed for power in the court, but also in the army.

In four days, it was only a day's journey from Dingtao to Yongqiu, but Zhang Han never sent a single soldier. Not only that, he also used Xiang Liang as the leader of the Chu army as an excuse to prevent the former subordinates.

Li You's Sanchuan Army returned to support Zhang Han. Even Wang Li's army in Zhao, north of the Yellow River, did not lend a helping hand.

It has been nearly a month since Wang Li's army marched south from Jiuyuan. Except for contact with Liu Bang's troops in Chengyang and Gangli, they have hardly achieved any achievements to be proud of.

Fusu was sentenced to death, and Meng Tian committed suicide. This once-prominent elite of the Qin army lost the courage to fight due to internal strife. The generals had no fighting spirit and the soldiers were numb and indifferent.

In addition, the defeat of Yongqiu left Sanchuan County wide open. The anti-Qin coalition forces with greatly increased military strength could march straight in. They could go south to Nanyang and Yingchuan, and to the west to cross the river and attack directly to the east of Hedong.

It was precisely because of seeing this level that Liu Bang soon adopted the plan of counselor Zhang Liang and moved to Nanyang and Hanzhong, seizing the pass from the south and entering the pass; while in Julu in the north, Xiang Yu faced the coalition forces of Zhang Han and Wang Li.

, adopted various strategies to defeat them, and defeated more than 200,000 Qin troops in one fell swoop.

The inertia of history has not changed much because of the appearance of a small figure like Li Yuan. When Li Yuan led the rest of his troops to retreat westward in a circuitous way, the twelve counties of Henan, Pingyin, Xin'an, Mianchi, and Yangwu were extremely empty.

The officials had already begun to flee, which relieved Li Yuan's uneasy mood.

Since time travel, he has been most familiar with military affairs. He has not had many opportunities to deal with local officials, and he is not very clear about the standards by which local officials in the Qin Dynasty work. He was thinking about not showing his feet in any way. Fortunately, Hou

I like that this secretary is very good at handling these matters.

There were more than a hundred Qin cavalry who broke through the encirclement. Although there were not many, these surviving soldiers were all elite, full of murderous aura, which made people envious. Relying on Li You's reputation, and this one at hand

Li Yuan unceremoniously seized the elite troops before Liu Bang's western expedition, and recruited soldiers from various counties and counties whose command was chaotic. By the time they reached the outskirts of Daliang, the old capital of Wei State, Li Yuan's troops had expanded to nearly a thousand people.

August 17th.

Li Yuan held the first military meeting in the small town of Junyi near Daliang to determine the candidates for lower-level officers in the new team. In terms of selecting officers, the Qin army mainly used military merit to determine titles and military positions. Li Yuan

He didn't want to make many changes to this. He just added tests on personal command ability, coordination ability, and language expression ability on the basis of military merit. These tests were personally checked by him and assessed through interviews one by one.

Needless to say the advantages of military merit. The bravery of the Qin army’s generals on the battlefield has demonstrated its value. However, if this is used solely as a method for officer promotion, it would be a bit overwhelming. An excellent officer,

Maybe he is not very good at killing enemies in battle, but he is very keen in commanding operations and seizing opportunities. Such talents can easily be buried under the military merit system. Han Xin is an obvious example.

"The armored soldier Wang Laoliu, behead the twelfth level!"

"Infantry Zhou Xing, behead the seventh level!"

"Secretary Hou Xi, please be the commander of the transport camp!"

"Luo Jia, who holds the flag, please appoint me as the cavalry commander of the military camp!"

With Li Yuan as the chief examiner, after two days of evaluation and selection, a total of thirteen people including Wang Laoliu and others became officers of this Qin army that survived the disaster.

Disappointment with the Qin court, sympathy for Li Si's imprisonment and Li You's tragic death, and recognition of Li Yuan's abilities made most Qin soldiers recognize this comprehensive method of officer selection. Military merit is the main thing, but other

If you are good at something, there will be opportunities. Unknowingly, Li Yuan began to influence other people around him in his own way.

In the subsequent military meeting, in addition to Li Yuan, the main participants included: Sima Houxi, two commanders Zhou Xing and Wang Laoliu, as well as Hu Zhuang from Junyi County and He Ping from Yangwu County who had just come to vote.

An elder, the other five selected corps commanders, the total number of participants was twelve, and Hou Xi was in charge of the clerical record. Luo Jia, who had just been appointed as a cavalry commander, was responsible for guarding the meeting venue.

The consensus reached at the meeting was that it was agreed to expand the number of troops to a thousand men per school, and to appoint Li Yuan as the commander-in-chief of the army. This actually recognized Li Yuan as the new leader of this army. Zhou Xing,

Wang Laoliu and a man named Gan Houbo served as department heads respectively, and Hou Xi served as Sima's part-time clerk and secretary.

Without being appointed by the imperial court or approved by his superiors, Li Yuan reorganized this small force under his command in a vigorous and resolute manner. This was already a treasonous crime for the Qin State with strict laws. But now, the man in Xianyang led by Zhao
Chapter completed!