The Qin Dynasty was a short-lived and great dynasty, the first country on the mainland to have a unified situation, but at the same time its rapid demise was shocking. Therefore, people's evaluation of the Qin Dynasty has always been difficult to unify.
The Qin Dynasty lasted only two generations, the political situation during the period was not very stable, the private economy has not yet recovered, and the overall situation is in a post-war downturn. However, the rulers of the Qin Dynasty never realized this, and perhaps in their eyes the dynasty continued for thousands of generations.
Qin I built the Afang Palace, the Great Wall, the tombs, etc., which made the economy that was not satisfactory more backward, and the people did not have a good life. By the time of Hu Hai, the long-suppressed people's grievances finally broke out, and the chen sheng wuguang uprising was the prelude to the decline of the Qin dynasty.
Chen Sheng was very good at inspiring people's hearts, according to the "Historical Records", at that time, Chen Sheng raised troops in the ranks of prisoners, and the ruling environment at that time was indeed unsatisfactory, so he won a lot of people's hearts and minds among the prisoners and the common people, and soon had his own troops. Especially after Chen Sheng's troops were victorious, it brought a glimmer of light to the people who had survived in the darkness.
Most of the troops were peasants, and they followed Chen Sheng to try to break a path. And when they finally reached the imperial city, the army was close to a million people, and at the same time, the Qin Dynasty had reached the point of extinction.
However, although Hu Hai himself was tyrannical and ruthless, he still had capable people under him, and this had to say that zhang Handan, a general at that time.
Zhang Handan was a very strategic minister, and later generations described him as the last general of the Qin Dynasty. And he proposed a way to release 700,000 prisoners from Lishan mountain and form a "death army" to use this army against the enemy in such a critical situation.
Such an idea may seem quite inconceivable to ordinary people, but Zhang Handan actually has a certain reason. First of all, these prisoners themselves are outlaws, and the end is not much better, but now they are suddenly given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and the prisoners will certainly cherish it. Moreover, if they succeed in helping Hu Hai to block this disaster, it means that there will be a reward of gold and silver jewelry, and naturally there will be no need to live a hard life in prison.
In addition, these prisoners are not ordinary people, but people who have committed crimes, so even if the rebel army is victorious, it will not necessarily let go of this group of prisoners, so the prisoners will naturally choose the path that is most beneficial to them. Therefore, although Chen Sheng had a million men on his side, as long as Zhang Handan mobilized these 700,000 prisoners, defense was not a problem at all.
Although these prisoners had no experience in fighting, Chen Sheng's men were all a group of peasants after all, and they did not have any experience in fighting, so Zhang Handan was not at a disadvantage in comparison. Moreover, Zhang Handan himself also had a lot of combat experience, so in fact, he still had a greater chance of winning than Chen Sheng at this point, and the facts also proved this.
At that time, Chen Sheng had already enjoyed a period of victory, and his confidence in himself had also increased a lot. And when he learned that the battle was only a group of former prisoners, he did not pay attention to the other side, and even left a lot of back roads for Zhang Handan because of the light enemy.
Coupled with Zhang Handan's resourceful and courageous command, the war soon ended with Zhang Handan's victory. Although the rebel army was not completely eliminated in the end, Zhang Handan's counterattack this time also succeeded in repelling the other side, turning the tide, and saving the country from danger.