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Chapter 59 The Wheel of History

In 209 BC, the first year of Qin II, on the afternoon of the third day of the seventh month, Sishui County, Qi County, and Daze Township!

Like the side of Xiaxiang, Qixian County, which is only more than 200 kilometers away from Xiaxiang, it rained every day during this period, and the heavy rain continued to pour out. The rain was much heavier than the side of Xiaxiang. The flooded rivers and lakes not only flooded many roads in the county, but also directly destroyed the official roads to the north. The bridges were broken, resulting in a team of garrisons drawn from various parts of Chen County being forced to trap in the pavilions in Daze Township, and could not think of any way to continue rushing.

"Brother Wu Wu Tun has grown up."

Hearing this shout, some soldiers were dozing off and chatting in the pavilion, hurriedly getting up to welcome the governor who was in charge of their own. Then, a strong man of medium figure, wearing a straw raincoat and a straw hat, walked into the pavilion. The garrison who stood up to greet him hurriedly stepped forward to greet the marquis and helped the strong man take off his already wet straw raincoat. The strong man nodded to the garrison to express his gratitude. Then, while shaking the rain on the straw hat, he walked to a middle-aged man sitting on a broken straw mat and said in a rough voice: "Brother Chen Sheng, I've gone to see the passing. The road ahead has been flooded for at least five or six miles, and several bridges have all been broken. Even if it doesn't rain anymore, the water cannot retreat without five or six days. I don't know what to do if I have to wait for the bridge to be repaired?"

"What should I do? Wash my neck and prepare to die." Chen Sheng said lazily: "We are serving the garrison this time and follow the military law. No matter what the reason is that we are late, we will have to cut off our heads. According to the distance, even if the road is immediately open, we will not be able to arrive in Yuyang on time. Apart from a dead end, what else can we do?"

"Brother Chen, are you saying true?" The garrison next to him was surprised when he heard Chen Sheng's words and asked quickly: "If you can't arrive in Yuyang on time, we will all die?"

"If you don't believe me, go and ask the two captains and let them tell you by themselves, is it a loss of time to be killed?" Chen Sheng still had a lazy expression.

The garrison was panicked and hurriedly asked the other garrisons if they were really out of their terms and were killed. The rain was leaking everywhere and the thatched houses gradually became noisy. Chen Sheng was too lazy to pay attention to the garrisons who were all from Guizhou. He just asked the only strong man he could respect among the garrisons: "Wu Guang, what are you going on? What are your plans?"

"I don't know what to plan." Wu Guang shook his head honestly and said, "It's death for not being able to arrive in Yuyang on schedule. When you are caught in the escort, you're also death. I don't know what to do."

After saying that, Wu Guang asked Chen Sheng again: "Brother Chen Sheng, your ancestors were Doctor Chen. You have read more books and have more knowledge than us. Can you think of any way to help us save our lives?"

Chen Sheng smiled and said, "I would have done this. Now I just want to kill me. The executioner's axe can be sharpened faster. Give me a pleasure. Don't use a blunt axe to chop me, so I will suffer a lot when I die."

Knowing that Chen Sheng was joking, Wu Guang, who had always respected Chen Sheng, didn't take it seriously. He just sighed and found a place to sit down, trying to figure out how to get on the road as soon as possible, arrive at Yuyang on schedule, and escape the murder. Unfortunately, the objective reason for the heavy rain is constantly being placed here. No matter how hard Wu Guang racked his brains, he could not think of any solution.

It was night, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who had deep friendship, lived in the same thatched house. When they slept until midnight, Wu Guang was suddenly woken up. After opening his eyes, he was about to speak, but unexpectedly, one hand covered his mouth full of thick and hard beard. Then, Chen Sheng's familiar voice came in a low voice and said, "Don't talk, I am Chen Sheng, go to the door with me, I want to say something to you alone."

Wu Guang, who was thick outside and thin inside, nodded and quickly stood up and followed Chen Sheng out, alarming the other soldiers sleeping in the room. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also said that they were going to the toilet. After leaving the door, Chen Sheng first found a roof that could shelter from the rain, and then Chen Sheng whispered to Wu Guang: "Brother, you are right today. In this situation, we have no way to go. If we cannot arrive in Yuyang on schedule, we will die. When we are caught, we will die. But I think we may have a third way to go. If we take the third way, we may be able to save our lives."

"The third road? What road?" Wu Guang asked quickly.

"Don't be scared after hearing this." Chen Sheng first gave Wu Guang a shot, and then whispered: "The third way is to rebel! Rebellion against Qin!"

"What?" Even though Chen Sheng gave a precautionary shot in advance, Wu Guang was still startled and exclaimed in a low voice: "Are you crazy? We are not dying even worse when we do this?"

"I'm not crazy." Chen Sheng whispered: "Listen to me, although rebellion is dangerous, the world has been tortured by the violent Qin Dynasty for too long. Various taxes and recruitment punishments have made the people of Qiancheng unable to bear it anymore. If we raise the banner of righteousness and call on the people of the world to rebel with us, there will definitely be countless people following us. If we can succeed at that time, we can not only save our lives, but also be glory and wealth, and we will never be able to enjoy it."

"Even if you fail, it doesn't matter." Chen Sheng whispered again: "Anyway, you can't go to Yuyang on time to die, escape is death, and failure is death. There is no difference. We might as well fight and fight a way out! We will also fight for the glory and wealth of the rest of our lives!"

Like in history, after hearing Chen Sheng's instigation, Wu Guang was still very moved, but hesitated and worried, and did not dare to make up his mind casually. After a while of calculation, Wu Guang also said, "Why don't you do this? I heard that there is a divinationist in the market in Daze Township. We will ask him to divine us tomorrow and ask if the big things we want to do can succeed! If the ghosts and gods also say that we can succeed, I will follow you!"

Not a time traveler, Chen Sheng certainly didn't know what the consequences would be if he and Wu Guang raised the flag to rebel, and he felt a little up and down. So after listening to Wu Guang's suggestion, Chen Sheng nodded immediately and said, "Okay, we will go to the market together to divine things tomorrow to see if our major events can succeed!"

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In 209 BC, on the fourth day of the seventh month of the first year of Qin II, on the morning of Sishui County, Qi County, and Daze Township Market!

Like in history, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang found the Buzhe who left a record in the history books but did not leave their names, and asked him to calculate whether the big things they were going to do could be successful. Or, as in history, the Buzhe talked to people and talked to ghosts. In order to get more money, he pretended to do it for a while and said, "Don't worry, two heroes, what you are going to do will succeed. But you just asked God, do you still want to ask ghosts?"

The wheel of history began to rotate. After paying the gold of the gods of the ghosts and gods happily, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also realized the principle that ghosts and gods can be powerful. On the way back to the temple, they decided to raise troops to fight against Qin. They also discussed the famous bad ideas that have been passed down through the ages, and decided on the specific time to take action. However, Wu Guang was still a little worried and asked Chen Sheng again: "Brother Chen, just by taking the lead in the affairs, it may be difficult for all the people in the world to respond to us. I won't say anything. A Qianshou Mud Leg. Although your ancestors were doctors of the State of Chen, they didn't have much name. People in the world know that you must not be too many and cannot convince the people. What should we do?"

"It's okay, I've thought of a solution for a long time." Chen Sheng said without blinking his eyelids: "I heard that the second emperor was the youngest son of the First Emperor and should not have succeeded the throne. The eldest son Fusu was sent to lead troops outside because of repeated persuasions to the First Emperor, and later killed by the Second Emperor for no reason. There is also a famous person named Xiang Yan, who was once a famous general of the Chu State, with outstanding military achievements and loves soldiers. He is very popular and died in the battlefield of fighting against Qin State. We can use their banner to say that they are not dead yet, and call on the world to rebel against Qin in their name, so that the world will definitely respond to us."

When Wu Guang heard the applause, he immediately agreed that he should do this. Chen Sheng smiled and couldn't help but think of an interesting question, and said to himself: "I heard that Xiang Yan has many descendants living in the world. If they know, I declare that Xiang Yan is not dead yet, and I still call on the world to rebel against Qin under the banner of Xiang Yan. I don't know what expression it should be."

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In 209 BC, on the fourth day of the seventh month of the first year of Qin II, on the morning of Sishui County, Xiaxiang County, Dongxiang Shiling Pavilion, and in front of the Pavilion House! The wheel of history...

Compared with the heavy rain in Qi County, the rain on the side of Xiaxiang is obviously less, but it is still raining and wet. However, even so, the door of Shilingting Pavilion is still like ants, crowded with garrison soldiers who came to gather one after another, supervising the garrison soldiers who came to gather, and also came to see the goodbye to their relatives and watch the fun of Shilingting Pavilion people. The straw raincoats and straw hats are in pieces, and the umbrellas are like lotus, as lively as the opening of the county market before the New Year.

Even though it was lively, there was no laughter in the crowd. On the contrary, there were crying sounds everywhere. The white-haired parents pulled their sons to cry and chatter; the wife who was dragging their children to take tears in front of her husband who was about to part with her, and the young children even hugged their father's thighs and cried and shouted, unable to bear to leave. There was also a young woman who ignored her image and threw herself into her lover's arms and cried loudly, choking and reminded her lover who was going north to take care of her and must come back alive to marry her. The scene was so sad and sad.

When noon was about to arrive, Feng Zhong, the Dongxiang Youzi who was responsible for escorting the Dongxiang garrison soldiers to the north, came out of the pavilion with red eyes, and shouted hoarsely: "Time is coming soon, we arrange a team of 100 people in order of height, and everyone else dodged and made room to line up the guards."

The crying sounded even louder, and many children were pushed away by their fathers with tears in their eyes. As they cried and shouted, they were forced out of the team by their mothers who were also crying; many white-haired parents even hugged their son and cried bitterly, shaking their son's strong body, and were reluctant to let go of anything. During this period, several young women tightly grabbed their lover's clothes and cried bitterly and said, "I won't leave! I won't leave! I don't want you to leave either! I can't bear to leave you!"

Seeing such a scene, when he heard such desperate crying sounds, Feng Zhong, who had just hugged his wife and children in the pavilion, had a long cry of pain and almost burst into tears. But there was no way, after gritting his teeth and holding back the tears, Feng Zhong could only lead a few pavilion soldiers forward. Under the angry eyes of countless people involved, he forcibly drove the families of the garrison soldiers who refused to leave out from the temporary school ground. At the same time, he forced the garrison soldiers to line up quickly, preparing to appoint temporary officers such as the sergeant commander, Shi Chang and the garrison commander.

During this period, Feng Zhong also met Xiang Kang standing in the crowd. Seeing Xiang Kang's calm expression on his back, Feng Zhong, who was already as close as a brother to Xiang Kang, suddenly had the urge to hit someone. He couldn't help but whisper to Xiang Kang: "Have you thought it through? I regret it now, maybe it's still time! Don't forget, you're going to get married soon."

"Brother, I have thought it through." Xiang Kang replied calmly, and said, "Don't forget, you promised me to be the governor of the village, Xu Ji and Yang, let them be the chief of my subordinates."

Xiang Kang, who was too lazy to take care of himself, crossed Xiang Kang's side in anger. Xiang Kang looked around casually while following the crowd. As a result, he turned his head a little and found that Wei Shan, a disciple of Feng Zhong who was quite destined to be a garrison, was standing beside him, carrying a package, obviously he was going to be a garrison. Xiang Kang couldn't help but smile and asked, "Weishan, why do you have to serve in the garrison?"

"My household registration is also Youlu." Wei Shan said with a sad face: "I originally wanted to run away, but I was afraid that I would be caught and cut, so I had to come here."

"It's okay, I'll take care of you on the way."

Xiang Kang patted Wei Shan's shoulder casually, just as he continued to comfort Wei Shan and said a few words to win people's hearts, but suddenly he saw a familiar figure from the corner of his eyes. Xiang Kang quickly looked closely and saw that it was the little girl Yu Gui who forcibly took away her virgin body three days ago. She was standing in the crowd with a green cloth umbrella, staring at her silently, with her eyes red, obviously she had just cried.

She smiled at the little girl with a very gentle smile. Xiang Kang couldn't help but feel a little grateful that this little girl kept the secret for him and did not let Yu Miaoge know that he took the initiative to exchange household registration with Xiang and voluntarily serve the military service for him. Otherwise, with Yu Miaoge's temper, he would have to come here today to hug him and cry to the death, and would have to stay away, causing countless troubles to himself in action.

Other blacksmith shop apprentices and Dongxiang militiamen who were not recruited also came. Not only did they drink the wine with Xiang Kang yesterday, but they also came yesterday because of something. They all looked at Xiang Kang with their eyes red, and some people wiped their tears in public, and their reluctance was beyond words. However, even so, these apprentices and militias did not forget to promote the news that Xiang Kang had red lights on his body last night. Unfortunately, most of the people present today were caring about their departing relatives, so the sensation caused was not much.

Although he never agreed to Xiang Kang's request, after the team was arranged, when selecting the candidates for Baichang and the garrison commander, Feng Zhong appointed Xiang Kang a position of village chief. Xiang Guan and Xiang Sheng two good players were appointed as Baichang, Xiang You and Xiang Yang were also appointed as village chiefs. At the same time, Feng Zhong delegated the power to appoint Shi Chang and the garrison commander to Baichang and the garrison commander. Xiang Kang also successfully made his two confidant apprentices and militia team Xu Ji and Yang not become Shi Chang, and he also made Wei Shan, who had a lot of fate, also became Shi Chang.

When the team gradually ended, it was almost half noon at noon. The Dongxiang garrison team was about to set off to Santaiting to meet with other garrison teams in Xiaxiang County. Crying sounds around the temporary school grounds were heard again, and Xiang Kang's heart gradually rose to his throat - because until now, the most critical part of the Xiang Kang's uprising plan, County Magistrate Zhou, had not appeared yet! If County Magistrate Zhou broke his promise, Xiang Kang would have to be forced to start a backup plan, which would be more difficult and grasp a smaller backup plan!

"God blesses, the magistrate Zhou will definitely come! If he doesn't come, even if I can easily take Feng Zhong and encourage the garrison soldiers to rebel, it will soon attract the magistrate Zhou to send troops to suppress it. At that time, the battle will definitely be extremely difficult to fight. Only by directly taking down the magistrate Zhou and making Xiaxiang County a leaderless person, can I directly enter the county town and have the hope of taking down the county town directly!"

Although I don’t believe in any theory of ghosts and gods, when things come to this point, Xiang Kang could only pray silently that God would bless him, and bless the Zhou County Magistrate who was very good to him, and could fulfill his promise, go to Shiling Pavilion to strengthen himself and give himself the opportunity to capture the thief first.

Unfortunately, it was soon half past noon. He pushed away the yellow-faced woman who was holding her tears and crying. Feng Zhong snatched the package from the yellow-faced woman's hand, threw it on her back, and shouted with tears in her eyes: "Time is here, let's go!"

Hearing this, several Xiang family members in the garrison team and Xiang family members in the crowd immediately focused their attention on Xiang Kang and waited for Xiang Kang to send a signal. Xiang Kang pursed his lips in despair, and stepped forward helplessly, preparing to pretend to talk to Feng Zhong and send a signal to attack with Feng Zhong. But at this moment, a miracle happened. A red and black official carriage suddenly drove from the distance of the road. The official officer riding a horse surrounded by the carriage shouted loudly: "Slow down, let's arrive!"

"Huh--!" Xiang Kang breathed a sigh of relief, loosened his clenched fists, revealing the palms of his hands soaked in sweat.
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