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There was a raging anti-Qin movement everywhere, and Liu Bang's heart was also burning with enthusiasm. He discussed with Liu Yuan: "Is this the time for me to become the founding emperor?"

Liu Yuan said patiently: "The protruding rafters rot first. At this time, although many of the Qin Dynasty's county and township grassroots structures have been destroyed, the Qin Dynasty's main army is still there. In order to avoid being hit hard, we should keep a low profile and make developing and strengthening our own strength our top priority."

Liu Bang said anxiously: "It is difficult for us to accumulate more strength in this Mangdang Mountain. Why don't we go out and conquer a rich territory as our development foundation? Wu County and Qiantang County (Suzhou and Hangzhou in the Qin Dynasty) are relatively rich. Why don't we try to take these places?"

Liu Yuan said: "In my opinion, although Wuxian and Qiantang are rich and have abundant resources and people, they have remnant forces such as Chu and Wu, and you have no foundation there. You have good popularity and prestige in Peixian, and you have a good network of contacts. It is much easier to start an uprising in Peixian than in an unfamiliar place. We can mobilize more ordinary people (masses) to resist the tyranny of Qin, expand the team and the people's hearts, support people's livelihood, and take steady steps."

Afterwards, Liu Bang arranged a spy team to sneak into Pei County according to Liu Yuan's suggestion, mobilize the people, and issue a manifesto: "Wars are rising everywhere to resist the tyranny of Qin. The rebels have captured many cities, and Pei County will soon be captured. If everyone responds and raises the banner of rebellion, I, Liu Bang, will rule the country with you all!"

At that time, the people in the city had suffered from Qin for a long time, and under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, many people responded.

At this time, the county magistrate was planning to eliminate Liu Bang's internal support and was preparing to secretly execute Xiao He, Cao Shen and others. However, due to Liu Yuan's foresight, Xiao and Cao successfully escaped out of the city with the help of the spy team and met Liu Bang.

Led by Fan Kuai and others, the people in the city attacked the county government office with wooden sticks and various farm tools, and beat the county magistrate to death with sticks.

Then, Fan Kuai led the people to open the city gates, welcome Liu Bang's troops into the city, and jointly elected Liu Bang as their leader, calling him "Gong of Pei". They raised the flag of rebellion and rose up to fight against Qin.

The team soon expanded to four or five thousand people. Liu Bang followed Liu Yuan's advice and formed a bow battalion with several hundred people who had been trained in Mangdang Mountain as the core. He formed an infantry battalion, a cavalry battalion, and a personal guard battalion, with five hundred people in each battalion, for a total of ten battalions. Fan Kuai was the deputy general and Xiao He was the prime minister (it was not appropriate to establish a prime minister at this time), in charge of food, equipment, and logistics.

Zhou Bo, Xiahou Peng, Yong Chi and others were appointed as lieutenants, each leading a battalion of soldiers. Xiahou Peng led the personal guard battalion, responsible for Liu Bang's safety and defense.

Liu Yuan also privately advised Liu Bang to kill his fellow villager Yong Chi, because Liu Yuan knew that Yong Chi would rebel in the future.

At this time, Liu Bang was a little arrogant and was dazzled by the initial victory. He felt that his fellow villager Yong Chi had done nothing wrong and that he should not kill the deployed generals without reason. Therefore, he did not follow Liu Yuan's advice. When attacking the surrounding counties, he let Yong Chi take two battalions of troops and stay in the "old nest" of Fengyi.

At this time, the Qin Dynasty was in a precarious situation and on the verge of collapse, and it did not have any extra troops to suppress small opposition forces like Liu Bang in Pei County.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Not only were there numerous peasant uprisings such as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, but there were also remnants of the six kingdoms and local bureaucratic forces of the Qin Dynasty. They all claimed to be righteous armies, but they were not under the command of each other and fought on their own. There was even intrigue and deception among the various righteous armies, and there was no cooperation at all, and they even killed each other.

Liu Yuan knew that the situation would be so chaotic. All the forces were pursuing their own goals and it would be difficult to reach a consensus, so he did not explain too much to Liu Bang.

Just when Liu Bang personally led his troops to attack the surrounding counties, King Chen Sheng, who already controlled hundreds of thousands of troops, actually sent troops to harass Pei County. Yong Chi, who was guarding the city of Fengyi, rebelled and turned to the powerful Chen Sheng.

Liu Bang was quite angry at this time and immediately returned to Fengyi. However, he failed to capture the city after a long siege and suffered heavy losses. Most of his troops were lost, and only two battalions of soldiers were left. He regretted not listening to Liu Yuan's advice. Liu Bang became disheartened and fell seriously ill.

While Liu Bang was recovering from his illness, he was at a loss as to what to do. He asked Liu Yuan for advice, saying, "What should I do? What is the plan?"

Liu Yuan thought for a long time and said, "Now our troops are empty, it is better to find a powerful force to rely on first, and then borrow troops to expand our power."

So, Liu Bang led less than 1000 troops to join Jingju, who had more than 2 troops and called himself "King of Chu". After becoming a vassal of Jingju, Jingju readily allocated more than 3000 troops to Liu Bang and ordered Liu Bang to attack Dang County.

Liu Bang had spent quite a while in Mangdang Mountain and was quite familiar with the geography and actual situation of Dang County. He also followed Liu Yuan's arrangement and arranged a small group of elite soldiers to sneak into Dang County secretly by taking advantage of the terrain. At the same time, he concentrated his forces and led Fan Kuai, Cao Shen, Xiahou Peng, Zhou Bo and other troops to fight bloody battles for several days and nights. After defeating the enemy with fewer troops, he conquered Dang County and gained great prestige. He also recruited 6,000 to 7,000 new soldiers and surrendered soldiers from the Qin Dynasty, and the team grew to more than 10,000 people.

At the same time, Jing Ju's troops were defeated by 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers led by the uncle and nephew Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, and Jing Ju was killed.

Liu Bang was confused again! Just after he became a vassal of Jing Ju and fought bloody battles to conquer new territory, Jing Ju was gone.