It was so smooth for Ying Shimin to take control of Guanzhong.

This game was already won before it even started.

All Ying Shimin had to do was to figure out how to make it look impressive enough.

And impressively, he played his cards.

But this made Zhao Gao and Li Si, who supported Hu Hai, anxious.

Under desperate circumstances, the news of the death of the First Emperor could no longer be concealed.

That year, news spread like wildfire that the First Emperor died while on his eastern tour. Zhao Gao and Li Si forged an imperial edict and announced to the world that the First Emperor had left a dying wish, appointing Hu Hai as his successor, known as the Second Emperor of Qin.

Meanwhile, as soon as news of the First Emperor's death spread, Ying Shimin naturally became the emperor.

The silver dragon flag with a black background bearing the character "Qin" was raised on the city walls of Xianyang.

However, disregarding the resentment of the people in Shandong, Hu Hai's camp once again forced labor from the people and was determined to fight a deadly battle against Ying Shimin, who was already in Guanzhong.

This move successfully forced the descendants of the six states, who had long suffered under the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty, to turn against him.

Hu Hai's dream of being an emperor was just beginning to take shape, but it had already collapsed.

Unpopular and lacking military power, Hu Hai established a court in Shandong with the support of Li Si and Zhao Gao, but it only lasted for two months before the soldiers he had forcefully conscripted revolted and annihilated him.

Hu Hai, Li Si, and Zhao Gao withdrew from the stage of this struggle that did not belong to them in the first place.

Meanwhile, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang from Daze Township, Liu Bang from Peixian, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, uncle and nephew, and the hungry Han Xin stepped onto the stage of history in advance.

The flaws of the high-pressure rule since the sixth generation of the Qin Dynasty finally erupted.

No matter how powerful Ying Shimin was in civil and martial accomplishments, he couldn't completely change the trajectory of history's wheel.

The only thing he could do was to recreate the situation of the end of the Sui Dynasty and reestablish the dominance of the Nine Provinces.

"I will conquer each of the Nine Provinces and subdue all the heroes!"

In the palace, Ying Shimin, wearing a flat crown, held a long sword and faced the chaos with a grim smile.