Lord Changping didn't agree to anything, he just stopped these "meddlers" from continuing to talk.
But this is actually a very clever approach.
Because this is to tell the "good guys" that Mr. Changping has this intention, otherwise the "good guys" should be dragged out and executed as soon as possible.
So the "good guys" knew what to do. They secretly promoted and established organizations for Lord Changping among the people.
At the same time, the food rations of the Chu people were decreasing again... In fact, the food given to Lord Changping by the Qin army was not less at all, but Lord Changping deliberately withheld it and passed the blame to the Qin army.
Lord Changping knew that the people had a weak concept of the country, especially the internal wars among the Central Plains countries.
So as long as they can survive, most of them will choose to swallow their anger or muddle along.
But if they reach the point where they can no longer survive, they will have no choice but to rebel if the government forces them to do so.
Lord Changping's trick was indeed effective, and before long the people who had no food to eat and no warmth to wear began to complain incessantly.
At this time, Lord Changping distributed grain again, saying that he had purchased it at a high price from other places with his personal property... and the people became even more grateful to him.
After that, Lord Changping asked his subordinates to release rumors at the right time:
"The Qin army was defeated in the Ru River and their grain and grass were taken away. Therefore, the grain and grass shortage was insufficient to feed the people of Chu."
"The Qin army even planned to kill a group of people to save food..."
This rumor is half true and half false.
It is true that the Qin army was defeated and their food and grass were taken away. The Mongolian army also lost 40,000 people.
The fake thing is that this did not have a big impact on the Qin army, especially the food and grass were not taken away much.
And the war situation stabilized again and developed in a direction favorable to the Qin army.
But how could the people of the Chu State in Chencheng know this? They were fooled by Lord Changping and believed it to be true.
The common people thought like this:
If you continue like this, you may one day be starved to death or even killed by the Qin army.
But if they were to fight against Qin... At this moment, the Chu army was about to win. Wouldn't it be a great achievement to fight against Qin and help the Chu army? Wouldn't you be waiting for yourself to be promoted to a higher position?
For a time, there was an undercurrent among the people, and there was an endless stream of secret petitions to Lord Changping.
Only then did Chang Pingjun feel that the time was ripe, and then he raised his arms and shouted:
"Master Qin is unkind and dares to invade our territory of Chu."
"We are the people of Chu, how can we use our lives to serve Qin?"
"When will it be better to wait until now?"
So the people started revolting with wooden sticks and bamboo sticks... It was not the farming season at this time, and the people of Chu State didn't even have farm tools in their hands, and these were the only weapons they could find.
Wang He couldn't help being surprised when he heard that the Chu people were rebelling.
He was surprised for two reasons:
First, the rebellion was actually initiated by Lord Changping, which surprised him.
Second, he still didn't believe Shen Bing when he told him that the Chu people were rebelling.
Because Chencheng is different from other cities, it is a typical city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and can even be said to be outrageous.
Other cities have only moats outside the city, but Chencheng has an artificial lake directly outside the city. The artificial lake surrounds the city wall, leaving only a few trails across the artificial lake to reach the city gate.
If Xiang Liang had not voluntarily given up on such a city, he would have been unable to capture it even after several years... because it only takes dozens of crossbowmen to stand on the city wall to block the paths under the city so that the enemy cannot get close.
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But to be honest, Xiang Liang was right to give up on Chen Cheng.
Such a city is actually a dead city. The enemy can't attack it, and you can't attack it... The enemy can also block the paths with dozens of crossbowmen.
The result was that Xiang Liang and his army were directly blocked in Chen City and unable to move.
For this reason, Wang He only had to hold the city gate and the rebels would have no way to escape. What's more, the Liang Army also had wolf and mandarin duck formations, which were very effective in dealing with the enemy's mass charge.
Therefore, Wang He only thought that Shen Bing was just talking. He only said that the people of Chu would not dare to rebel even if they were brave enough.
However, facts proved that Shen Bing was right.
Wang He's first reaction was to concentrate his troops at the city gate to catch turtles in an urn and suppress the rebels in Chen City.
But then I thought about what Shen Bing had said: "There is no need to kill them all, just let the Chu people leave the city."
So he immediately ordered:
"Guard the north, west, and south gates, and let go of the east gate!"
The general was puzzled and asked:
"Colonel, the east gate faces the river."
"And our navy is in Ru River, and the river is full of grain transport fleets."
"If the rebels are allowed to leave through the east gate, they will probably rob ships along the river and escape..."
Wang He interrupted the general and said:
"No need to say more, it is important to preserve the food and grass in the city, let them escape."
The generals did not dare to say anything, so they responded and sent troops to punish the generals.
Lord Changping was not one to take things easy. After he raised his army, he asked the people of Chu to set fires everywhere.
In ancient times, the houses were all wooden houses and were connected together. If the fire was not put out in time, they would soon be connected together and burn down the entire city.
This really kept the Liang Army busy for a while, especially the granary was affected by the fire... However, Wang He had already moved the grain to another place according to Shen Bing's order, and the granary was even deliberately set on fire by Wang He.
Lord Changping and other Chu people did not dare to stay in the city for too long, so they rushed out from the east gate while the Liang army was busy putting out the fire.
Everything went very smoothly.
Most of the Chu people dispersed like birds and beasts after leaving the city... Most of these Chu people were old, weak and disabled, and even if Lord Changping took them with him, it would be useless.
Only more than 3,000 men and Chang Pingjun grabbed a batch of grain ships at the dock and went down the river.
In ancient times, the information was not well-informed. The Qin army transporting grain on the river could only see the black smoke of Chencheng from a distance, but they did not know that the boats going down the river from them were rebels, so they allowed Lord Changping to escape without anyone stopping him.
It took several hours for the news to reach Yang Duanhe.
At that time, Yang Duanhe was inspecting the front line, and a messenger hurriedly came to report:
"General, Lord Changping led the people of Chu to rebel against Qin, and most of the food and grass in Chencheng was burned."
Yang Duanhe's hands and feet suddenly felt cold:
"What? Mr. Changping..."
Then he almost fainted before he could catch his breath, and the guards on both sides hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
Li Yan caught up and said:
"Take care, General."
"We can urgently transport grain from Daliang, we just need to hold on until next year's harvest..."
Yang Duanhe shook his head and said:
"Our army defeated Zhao and Wei one after another, and most of the military supplies came from Yan State and Daliang."
"Although it could have supported a bumper harvest next year, the people of Great Qin have to live frugally."
"Now most of the food and grass stored in Chencheng have been burned. No matter what, it will not last until then."
Li Yan is still unwilling:
"We may collect them from the people of Chu."
To say that it is recruiting is actually to "rob", that is, to support war with war.
Although it is not a good idea to steal food from the people, it is a last resort in extreme circumstances.
Yang Duanhe shook his head again:
"Xiang Yan has already transported most of the grain and grass to the east of Ru River, how can he allow us to collect it?"