The chaos in the Central Plains allowed Modu Chanyu of the Xiongnu to consolidate the various tribes and cast a covetous eye on the Central Plains. He shot arrows to kill his father and took advantage of the situation.

Yin Shimin was worried about a repetition of the "Siege of Baideng Mountain" during the early Han Dynasty, so he ordered Meng Tian to go to Shang County and guard it.

At the same time, Yin Shimin personally led his troops, leading the remnants of the Wangli faction and the garrison in Xianyang, and started a direct confrontation with Xiang Yu.

Yin Shimin knew very well that since the reforms of Shang Yang, the Great Qin had relied on strict laws and punishments to rule the country. By the end of the reign of the First Emperor, the entire country was already on its last legs.

"The world has long been suffering under Qin's rule" is not a simple empty phrase.

The deep-rooted enmity of the descendants of the Six States and the resentment of the people under harsh labor have been accumulating for a long time.

Even if the First Emperor of Qin had not died, it would not have changed the current situation of uprisings in various regions.

But the cards he inherited were just like this. Apart from relying on force to suppress internal turmoil and forcibly unify the land, there was no other way.

The only thing he could do was to achieve a quick victory, eliminate the warlords, and then implement benevolent governance.

He counted on his fingers the warlords at the end of the Qin Dynasty and found that it seemed that only Han Xin and Liu Bang could be used for his own purposes.

Because these two individuals rose from humble backgrounds and didn't have much resentment towards Qin as a state.

But Xiang Yu was different. As the scion of the Yan noble family, he had both the arrogance of an aristocrat and the hatred of annihilating a country. In addition, Xiang Yu had a stubborn and self-willed character, making it almost impossible to bring him under control.

Therefore, from the beginning, he had determined to win over Han Xin and Liu Bang to target Xiang Yu.

Fortunately, these two individuals were quickly found by Meng Yi.