However, the world has been at peace for several years, and Qin Jun's combat effectiveness should not deteriorate so quickly, which is somewhat unreasonable. That's because Qin Jun, played by Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, was not the real main force of Qin Jun at all, but a makeshift army, mostly prisoners and civilians.
So, where did the mighty Qin Jun go? Sent by Qin Shihuang to conquer the surrounding areas.
Meng Tian led a team to the north and went deep into the grassland, and the Xiongnu moved northward continuously. This figure is about 300 thousand. Later, Qin Shihuang died and Meng Tian died unjustly. This team was taken over by Wang Jian's grandson Wang Li. However, when Qin Ershi mobilized troops to suppress the uprising, he did not bring all the people back, but left many people at the Great Wall. Suppose the remaining one third, there are 65438+ ten thousand men's army.
The other team headed south by Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo, developed wild places such as Lingnan, Fujian and Vietnam, South Vietnam and Xi 'ou, with a large number of people, about 500,000. When the local insurgents rose in succession, the helpless Qin government naturally strongly demanded to come back, but refused to accept the order and had been watching and waiting. Later, he saw that the Qin dynasty had lost power and wanted to stand on his own feet. Although he died before he became king, his successor, Zhao Tuo, fulfilled his last wish, established the country of South Vietnam and called himself Emperor Wu.
If Qin Shihuang were alive, would Ren Tao and Zhao Tuo dare to do so? Absolutely not. Therefore, even if the Great Wall garrison is not used, Qin Shihuang still has 500,000 well-trained and brave soldiers, and the insurgents who used to be civilians can't compete with them.
More importantly, Qin Shihuang was an outstanding figure who completed the unification of China for the first time, and was also the first monarch in China to be called the emperor. Before that, no one could imagine that the world could be ruled in this way. His personal prestige has reached its peak, and no one can beat him.
And his literary background is also outstanding. There is such a poem in "Fifty-nine Ancient Poems" written by poet Li Bai: "The king of Qin sweeps Liuhe, and the tiger is powerful! Swing the sword and set the clouds, and the princes will come to the West. " This is not an adjective, it is very realistic.
At that time, he was only the head of a country, so he could "sweep Liuhe". Now that he is the king of the world, he can naturally pacify the immature rebels.
The reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty was not how strong the rebels were, but that Qin Ershi, Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, who were actually in power, were too weak. If it were Qin Shihuang, the situation would be very different.
It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Shihuang alone is enough to be a master of millions. If he were alive, Chen Sheng and Guangwu might still raise the banner of "sense of honor" in desperation, but the old nobles of the six countries would never dare to rebel. Even if it is reversed, it can be easily won by him.
For Qin Shihuang, the most urgent thing is not to suppress the rebels, but to adjust the excessively strict Qin law and give the people a chance to breathe. Otherwise, there will still be rebels.
In short, if Qin Shihuang died a little later, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang would certainly not succeed, but this does not mean that the Qin Dynasty was stable. If the outdated Qin law is still implemented, social contradictions will only get bigger and bigger, and sooner or later, it will capsize.