Li You served as the governor of Changsha for six full years between the 26th and 32nd years of Qin Shihuang's reign, and he was extremely familiar with this humid and rainy county.
In late February, when he arrived at Linxiang (Changsha City), the capital of Changsha County, with 10,000 Guanzhong soldiers braving the continuous rain, he found that this place seemed to have changed significantly compared with his previous impression.
His soldiers have taken control of the city, and the Changsha governor, Wei, and Cheng are waiting outside the gate to greet them, while Li You lowers his head and looks at the road.
The city is much cleaner?
In Li You's impression, there was a time when the city of Linxiang was extremely filthy. The entire street was filled with human excrement, and the urine of cows and horses continued unabated. The filth was heavy and filthy, and mosquitoes and flies were buzzing. After summer,
The smell evaporated and became even more disgusting. It was not until after the heavy rain that the filth in the streets flowed into the river.
Commander Li was busy guarding national affairs. Changsha County was on the edge of the empire. Barbarians rebelled here and county officials were killed there. He had no time to care about such trivial matters. Therefore, in the six years since he came and left, the city's appearance has not changed.
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But now, the cleaning is quite clean. There are even some county soldiers wearing red armbands patrolling the streets and alleys. County citizens are strictly prohibited from walking around. If they are caught shamelessly, in addition to being fined one guilder, they will even be insulted.
Sexual "ban" means being scolded in front of the official temple. In serious cases, they will be sent to a military camp dozens of miles south to perform hard labor...
Under the severe punishments and laws of the government, and the pamphlet "Common Sense" circulated in the public, the appearance of Linxiang City became pleasing to the eye, almost comparable to Xianyang.
However, after seeing the signature of "Common Sense" and the two official script characters "Public Toilet" on the street corner, Li You frowned again.
"As expected of a black man, he always cultivates this thing wherever he goes."
Needless to say, these changes in Changsha City were all the work of General Heifu of the Southern Expedition.
Heifu was just a passing general, but his influence on Changsha had completely surpassed that of Li You, who had been the chief official here for six years.
Before arriving in Linxiang, Li You caught some "Ling Doctors" carrying medicine baskets, wearing straw hats and brown clothes along the way.
As the name suggests, these bell doctors ring their bells, walk through the streets, and even go deep into the countryside, specializing in treating people. They use a silver needle and a handful of herbal medicine, and the treatment depends on the silver needle.
The book "Common Sense" tells Changsha people how to prevent serious diseases and how to treat minor illnesses.
As for the remuneration, it was only two meals, because Dr. Ling also received a stipend in the army, which was the standard for food officials.
These people were either scholars, sorcerers, or herbalists. They didn't even need to be literate. They received three months of training from Chen Wujiu in the Southern Expeditionary Army camp. After passing the various skills, they could go out into the countryside.
While they won praise from the people, they also spread Heifu's reputation to several nearby counties. The story of "The Marquis of Changnan cured the God of Plague" has gradually spread. Although the medicine may not cure the disease, the locals are very fond of Heifu.
My husband and Nan Zhengjun had a very good impression.
Looking at this, Li You felt disgusted in his heart, so he let his horse poop on the street. As soon as he entered the city, he ordered the Changsha County Sheriff:
"From today onwards, the so-called "Common Sense" is included in the prohibition of carrying books. It will be collected and burned. Anyone who dares to keep it secretly will be punished!"
"Doctor Ling and Warlock Fang are like light knights. They use their medical skills to spread rumors and disturb laws and regulations. If you see one in the future, arrest the other!"
"Also, demolish all the public toilets in the city!"
A series of "reverse actions" caused Linxiang to panic, and Linxiang people who had just gotten used to all the above were constantly scolding them.
This is enough to illustrate Li You's jealousy towards Hei Fu.
Li You's feelings towards Hei Fu were complicated. He admired Hei Fu when he was still young, but when he became famous, gradually surpassed him, and gained the favor of Qin Shi Huang, Li You's attitude began to change into unwillingness and jealousy.
He once recommended Tu Sui, but Lao Tu betrayed the trust of the Li family and his son, and failed. Li You was also implicated, and he lost the good job of Sanchuan Shou.
But after the drastic changes in Xianyang, he finally regained the emperor's trust and got a chance to prove himself.
Li You is now Heifu's successor. Behind him is an ax cart carrying axes and axes, which can kill anyone who disrespects the emperor's orders. He also holds the tiger talisman given by Qin Shihuang and is ordered to go south to collect the military power of the camps south of the Yangtze River and Lingnan.
In mid-February, after successfully getting the 30,000 people in the Wuchang camp to surrender their weapons, Li You came to Changsha without stopping.
As Li Si's son, during this period, he also received news of the death of Emperor Qin Shihuang. Li Si also issued a warning:
"The black man is cunning and may not be dead. If he hears that His Majesty has passed away, he may plot a rebellion. Be careful!"
After all, he was Princess Qin's husband. Although Li You was shocked and grieved, he had his own thoughts: "Although His Majesty is dead, his power is still shocking in the world. As long as the mourning is not announced secretly, who dares to rebel?"
He knew very well that he was racing against time. He must completely control the Southern Army in his hands before the news of Qin Shihuang's death reached Lingnan, so as not to be taken advantage of by Hei Fu!
The Yue people in Lingnan rebelled again, and the roads were blocked, and the envoys were blocked back? Okay, then first collect the troops from Jiangnan, wait for Feng Wuze to go south to join them, and then use the emperor's order to fight against them, break the three passes, and punish the rebels!
However, after arriving in Linxiang, Li You learned something unexpected.
"Last month, many civilian laborers, groups of thirty or fifty people, passed through Changsha and headed north to Wuchang Camp for several days?"
"Five days ago, dozens of ships from the Lingqu Marine Corps came from Huiting. They did not accept checkpoint inspection and rushed directly downstream?"
Li You frowned.
"On the way from Wuchang Camp, I never saw any civilians or boat masters!"
That’s the first thing. The Lingqu canal was built during the first southern expedition. It is the only waterway between Changsha and Lingnan. However, grain is usually transported by land to Lingling County and then shipped to Guilin. How could the boat master be allowed to do so?
Go directly to the hinterland of Changsha?
These two incidents were full of doubts. Li You immediately sent scouts to search north and returned to Wuchang Camp and Zhu City to report the news, making sure to find out the whereabouts of those "civilians" and boat masters.
But it was impossible for him to turn around. The most important task now was to collect the troops from Changsha Camp.
The Changsha Camp was originally built near Linxiang, but two years ago, Heifu moved the camp south to Jiting, a hundred and fifty miles away, on the grounds that Linxiang was a "water bug" epidemic area and that long-term presence would cause the army to lose its combat effectiveness.
(Zhuzhou).
Only by occupying Chuting can we get in touch with Lingnan, which has been cut off from news for half a month.
Li You asked the captain of Changsha County: "Have there been any attacks from Liting soldiers in the past few days?"
The county captain reported: "No, but ten days ago, they suddenly blocked the pass and cut off news from several counties in the south of the county. I sent several batches of messengers to inquire, but none of them returned. Three days ago, I received the message from the general
After receiving the order, knowing that something was wrong, he sent 500 people to investigate and found that the Zhuting camp secretly demolished the pontoon bridge on the Xiang River..."
"As expected."
Li You sneered: "Heifu, Heifu, you really want to rebel!"
He thought that Heifu was still in the south, so he planned to raise an army to seize control of several counties in Lingnan, separate the territory, and fight against the imperial court.
But Li You was not too afraid: "The Wuchang camp mostly houses veterans who have served the longest, while the Zhuting camp mostly houses disabled soldiers and garrison soldiers who transport food. Although there are ten thousand people, they are vulnerable.
Heifu doesn't have the guts to rebel directly. Otherwise, if the Lingnan army moves north, the Liting camp will not close its camp and defend itself, but can't wait to attack Linxiang, which is just around the corner."
Li You's confidence comes from the elite 10,000 Guanzhong soldiers under his command. They are all elite from Lieutenant County. They have sophisticated weapons and armor and strict discipline. Even 20,000 of the miscellaneous troops in Lingnan are not enough.
With this in mind, Li You made a prompt decision and decided to seize the Liting camp before Heifu sent his troops north!
Before leading his troops to leave Linxiang, Li You also sent an envoy to the military camp.
"I just hope that the other generation can find their way back from their lost ways, and we will decide by passing on the message!"
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Li You was lucky and had always hoped that the south would be able to spread the message, but he was disappointed by the Zhuting camp.
The envoy sent still did not return. It seemed that the Huiting camp was planning to fight to the end, but Li You still had patience and sent another one.
When Li You arrived fifty miles north of the Liting camp, the second envoy's horse came back naked. In the pocket around the horse's neck was a bloody ear!
Li You was a little annoyed and asked his chief historian: "Who will guard the Liting Camp?"
"The captain's name is Tao."
"So it's this person, Xiao Tao."
Li You showed contempt on his face: "He is just a stuttering centrist under Hei Fu, a stupid man with a gangster background, but he can also be a captain and command tens of thousands of soldiers? What a joke!"
He smiled again and said: "However, it is appropriate to control a cripple and a strong person with a stutter!"
When Li You commanded the army and marched ten miles away from the Huiting camp, in addition to learning that the Huiting camp refused to welcome the new general, he heard another news.
"General, nearly 10,000 people have just arrived from the south and are stationed at the Chuting Camp!"
Li You immediately became serious: "Whose banner is the newcomer using?"
Could it be Jiaolongqi and Weizi? Could it be Heifu? He finally couldn't bear it anymore and came back from the dead?
The scout said: "It's Han..."
"Han?"
After Li You thought for a while, he looked at Chang Shi again, and Chang Shi also looked through the list of the Southern Expeditionary Army for a long time before he found a possibility:
"General, he is probably the one who was recently promoted to commander of another department... Han Xin."
"Han Xin? Never heard of it."
Li You shook his head and didn't take it to heart. As long as it wasn't Hei Fu who came, he had nothing to fear.
