Why did the first peasant uprising in history fail after only six months?

At the end of the Qin dynasty, there was chaos in the world. Chen Sheng, Guangwu and others led 900 defenders to rise up in osawa Township. This is the first peasant uprising in the history of China, and it is also a large-scale peasant uprising. In just a few months, the number of insurgents in Chen Sheng has grown from less than 1,000 to more than 100,000. By the middle of the uprising, according to my estimation, his army was about1000000.

After Chen Sheng occupied Chen, he led his troops to attack Guanzhong. The army quickly broke through the Hangu Pass and hit the war zone. It is so close to Xianyang that Qin Ershi has no time to mobilize the troops of the surrounding counties to resist. Where was Zhou Wen's army at that time? Thousands of cars, hundreds of thousands of soldiers? According to Zhang Han's suggestion, Qin Ershi pardoned the slaves of Mount Li and organized troops to resist Zhou Wen.

It was this slave army that defeated Chen Sheng. According to the analysis of the war between Zhang Han and Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang's army does not exceed100000, but it can defeat Zhang Han in East Asia. It can be seen that Zhang Han's army will not exceed 200,000. After the East Afghanistan War, the Qin court recruited Guanzhong children to join the army. In the Battle of Julu, 350,000 people from the Great Wall Qin Jun began to participate in the war, so before these two battles, it was this slave army that defeated Chen Sheng. )

Fail because of overreaching and underestimating the enemy.

After Chen Sheng occupied Chen, the soldiers were divided into three ways, one led by a route to attack Guanzhong, the other led by a route to attack Xingyang, and the other led by a route to attack Qin from Wuguan. The remaining small number of troops led the army to attack Wei, Zhao, Deng Zong to attack the southwest and the east.

And Guangzhou Wen's army has grown to hundreds of thousands, so I guess that in the middle of the uprising, there were about 1 10,000 troops under Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng's strategic deployment, its purpose is to blossom in all directions. After Zhou Wen captured Guanzhong, Chen Sheng's other troops have probably captured more than half of the world? This is Bobby Chen's plan.

However, such a strategic deployment also doomed Chen Sheng to be unable to concentrate and its forces to be dispersed. If the Qin Dynasty can organize a powerful army to fight back, if Zhou Wen is defeated, Chen Sheng's army will certainly be broken one by one.

Bobby Chen didn't consider this situation? Didn't his men consider this situation? Chen Sheng, as the first anti-Qin man in the world, has already spread all over the world, and the sages who lived in seclusion in Chu have come to defect. Zhang Er, Chen Yu and others were all under his command, and even Confucius, the eighth grandson of Confucius, came to Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng made the strategy of blossoming all around because he felt that the Qin Dynasty was in political chaos. So? You mean look down on Qin? . So he didn't pay attention to defense and sent his troops to attack the city and plunder the land. He is eager for success and wants to expand his territory in all directions at the same time.

Confucius advised him to pay attention to defense, but Chen Sheng said? My army is very strong, sir, so don't bother! ?

However, Zhou Wen, who marched into the war zone, fought only one battle with Zhang Han's army and was defeated and merged into a complete rout. Zhang Han chased Zhou Wen for two months and beat him again. Zhou Wen committed suicide.

The victorious defeated the army that besieged Xingyang and took Chen directly. And then beat Chen Sheng twice. Chen Sheng fled to the city and his father was killed by his driver. (Royal coachman) Why do you want to deploy like this?

First, we must seize the territory.

After Sheng's uprising in Chendaze Township, all areas east of Hanguguan fell into chaos, and the insurgents flocked to fight everywhere? Respond to Bobby Chen? Slogan.

Especially Chu. Thousands of Chu soldiers gathered together, which are countless? .

Chen Sheng understood that insurgents everywhere only supported themselves on the surface, and each rebel had its own leader. Of course, the cities and sites they laid will not be handed over to Chen Sheng, but will be taken for themselves. After Zhou Wen destroyed Qin, the world would be a separatist situation.

So I was in a hurry to grab Chen's territory. This world? This delicious big cake, he doesn't want to treat any of it as superfluous, he wants to eat it all by himself.

Although other insurgents are weak, they can't fight much territory. Chen Sheng's insurgents, though powerful, already have a large territory. But Bobby Chen still wants to grab more, the more the better!

Just like a big pie suddenly fell from the sky. Bobby Chen, a burly man, ate the pie he received with one hand and knocked down the people nearby with the other, so that all the pies around him were his.

Second, I don't trust my men.

Look at the uprising at the end of Qin dynasty. Which rebel leader didn't personally lead troops to fight everywhere?

Xiang Liang, Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Tian Rong and Chen Wu, who did not personally command this great battle?

On the other hand, Bobby Chen is special. He considered himself the king of the Warring States period. He just needs to sit in Chen's seat and hand over the army to his men, so he can undertake the task of battlefield operations.

However, during the Warring States period, the Wangs ruled his country for hundreds or even thousands of years, and all his men came from several generations or more noble families loyal to the royal family. Only in this way can the king hand over the army to his men without worrying that his men will betray him.

What about Bobby Chen? His throne is self-proclaimed, and all his men have just defected.

For example, Zhou Wen, I heard that he is Chen Sheng? Chen Zhixian? Give him the army and let him lead the troops into the customs to destroy Qin.

However, from the first day Chen Sheng handed over the army, he was worried about whether Zhou Wen could stand on his own feet in Guanzhong in the future. The two have no friendship at all and don't know each other very well. Every time Chen Sheng hands over an army, it is equivalent to a gamble.

You can't bet all your money on one person, because it's not safe, so Bobby Chen chose to bet on many people, so he dispersed his strength.

However, Chen Sheng's ability to control vassals is very poor. He sent Chen Wu to Zhao Di, and Chen Wu became the prince of Zhao. He sent Zhou Cheng to slightly expand Wei land, and Zhou Cheng supported Wang Wei to blame for being king.

Chen Sheng's troops finally fell into division, and then Zhang Han defeated them one by one. Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang, the two leaders of the uprising, were defeated, and the great cause of anti-Qin almost failed.

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If virtue is not in place, there will be disaster. What great contribution has Bobby Chen made to the world?

The world is not at peace yet, it is still experiencing war. Most parts of the world are still under the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. Before Shengzai Chen made great contributions to the world, he became king on his own. The people thought he was the savior, but later found out that he just wanted to build a second Qin Dynasty. Who will be convinced of his position and who will support it?

Bobby Chen is worried every day, worried that his men will set up their own homes outside. Isn't that futile? After the defeat, Chen was put under pressure, but none of the troops sent by Chen Sheng came to the rescue. They were all busy expanding their territory outside. Fish begins to stink at the head and Chen Sheng, as a means for upstarts to seize territory, were also learned by his men. Therefore, this feat of anti-Qin finally became a joke for all the nouveau riche to fight with each other. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu later took over the dominance of the uprising, and the only goal was to destroy the State of Qin, which took only three years to succeed.