The insurgents quickly captured Qixian (now south of Suxian, Anhui Province). Chen Sheng sent Ying Ge to lead the troops eastward, and at the same time occupied □ (now southwest of Suxian County, Anhui Province) with the main force. □ (now Yongcheng West, Henan), (now Luyidong, Henan), Zhe (now Zhecheng North, Henan) and other counties. The broad masses of peasants "cut firewood for soldiers and uncover poles as flags" and actively participated in the uprising team. When the rebels entered Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), there were tens of thousands of infantry, more than a thousand cavalry and six or seven hundred vehicles. Chen Sheng called on the old heroes of the local people to discuss big plans. After and after, Wei's celebrities advised him to establish six countries in order to win the support of the old nobles. Chen Sheng didn't listen, became king on his own, made him a fake king, led the army to attack Xingyang in the west, ordered Zhao in the north, Deng Zongnan conquered Jiujiang, and Zhou seized Wei in the city.
The establishment of Zhang Chu regime promoted the climax of the nationwide anti-Qin struggle. Suffering from Qin politics for a long time, people everywhere killed Qin officials in succession and responded to Chen Sheng. Especially in the old Chu state, thousands of people gathered. Ying Bu and Fan Yang, criminals from Mount Lishan, led Wu Rui to revolt with thousands of soldiers. Dongyang teenagers killed the county magistrate and elected Chen Ying as the leader, and the team quickly developed to 20 thousand people. Qin Jia, Zhu Jishi and others rose up and surrounded Tancheng. Liu Bang, then the director of Qinshui Pavilion (see Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang), killed Pei Ling and, with the support of Xiao He and others, quickly formed an armed force of 2,000-3,000 people. At the same time, the remnants of the nobles of the six countries rose up against Qin. For example, Tian Yun, a descendant of Qi nobles, killed the Mausoleum and became the king of Qi. Xiang Liang, a descendant of Chu nobles, and an uncle of Xiang Yu also attacked and killed Hui Jishou Yin Tong. Xiang Liang established himself, with Xiang Yu as the general, and soon assembled an army of 8,000 people. Others, such as Cai Ci, an aristocrat of the former Chu State, and Confucius, the eighth grandson of Kong Qiu, also defected to the Zhang Chu regime.
So he led the rebel army to besiege Xingyang, and Chen Sheng sent Zhou as a general to explore the state of Qin. On the way to Xianyang, Zhou Wen's team is expanding. When we arrived at Hangu Pass, there were thousands of chariots and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. When the rebels arrived at a scene hundreds of miles away from Xianyang (now northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi Province), they hurriedly ordered Shaofu to organize hundreds of thousands of prisoners and slaves who built the tomb of Lishan Mountain into an army to fight. Due to the lack of combat experience, the insurgents went deep alone and suffered setbacks one after another. Zhou Wen committed suicide.
With the development of the anti-Qin struggle, the weaknesses and contradictions within the rebel army gradually emerged. Chen Sheng developed a sense of pride, listened to rumors, killed old friends, and became increasingly alienated from the uprising masses. Generals sent to various places did not listen to Chen Sheng's restraint, and even killed each other for power and interests. Such as Chen Wu to handan, self-reliance for the prince of zhao, Chen Yu as general, Zhang Er as prime minister. Chen Sheng ordered the army to enter the customs to support Zhou Wen, but he didn't listen and sent Hanbitsoft to attack Yan. Hanbitsoft, egged on by the old aristocrats in Yan Di, also established himself as the prince. From the Wei Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty, Ningling, as an old aristocrat of Wei State, was regarded as the chief culprit of Wang Wei. Tian Cang, the rebel general who besieged Xingyang, disagreed with Guangwu's opinion and killed Guangwu under the guise of Chen Shengzhi's life. As a result, this rebel army was completely annihilated.
When the siege of Xingyang was lifted, he pounced on Chen County with all his strength. Chen Sheng personally bid, unfortunately lost. In December of the second year of Qin Ershi, Chen Sheng retired to the lower city (now northwest of Mengcheng, Anhui Province) as his father and was sentenced to be killed by Zhuang Jia. Chen Sheng and Lv Chen led the Cangtou Army, recovered Chen County twice and executed Zhuang Jia. Chen Sheng and Guangwu died one after another, which made the peasant uprising suffer a temporary setback, but the insurgents all over the country continued to fight. Chen Sheng will call Ping, make Xiang Liang a pillar country under the guise of Chen Sheng, and order him to lead the troops to attack Qin in the west. When Xiang Liang led the army to cross the river and Huaihe River, he joined forces with the insurgents led by Chen Ying, General Ying Bu and Pu, and the number of troops expanded to 670,000. After Xiang Liang got the news of Chen Sheng's sacrifice, he called various rebel generals to discuss in Xue County, accepted the advice of counselor Fan Zeng, and made Chu king. Soon, among the people, Chu Huaiwang, the grandson of a shepherd, became king, still known as Chu Huaiwang. Xiang Liang led the insurgents to defeat Qin Jun in East Asia (now northeast of Yanggu, Shandong Province) and sent Liu Bang and Xiang Yu to capture Chengyang (now east of Heze, Shandong Province). Liu Bang and Xiang Yu defeated Qin Jun in succession in Puyang, Dingtao and Qiu Yong (now Qixian County, Henan Province) to defend Li You. After a series of victories, Xiang Liang was arrogant, underestimated, attacked by Zhang Han and even sacrificed. Liu Bang, Xiang Yu and Lv Chen led the troops to retreat to Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and Dangshan (now Dangshan, Anhui).