131 Comet

A6.2

Jinyang rebelled. In the first year (246 BC), General Meng Ao went to quell the rebellion. In the second year (245 BC), Duke Biao led his soldiers to attack Juanyi and beheaded 30,000 people. In the third year (244 BC), Meng Ao attacked Han and captured 13 cities. Wang Xi died. In October, General Meng Ao attacked Wei's Yiyi and Yougui. That year, there was a famine. In the fourth year (243 BC), Meng Ao captured Yiyi and Yougui. In March, Meng Ao withdrew his troops. Qin's hostage returned from Zhao, and Zhao's crown prince left Qin and returned to his country. On the Gengyin day of October, locusts flew from the east and covered the sky. Plague raged throughout the world. People could be granted a first-class title if they paid 1,000 dan of millet. In the fifth year (242 BC), General Meng Ao attacked Wei, pacified Suanzao, Yanyi, Xuyi, Changping, Yongqiu, and Shanyang, and captured all of them, seizing 20 cities. Qin began to set up Dongjun. Thunder sounded in winter. In the sixth year (241 BC), Han, Wei (魏), Zhao, Wei (卫), and Chu jointly attacked Qin and seized Shouling. Qin sent troops and the five-nation coalition retreated. Qin conquered Wei and approached Dongjun. Lord Jiao of Wei led his relatives to move to Yewang, relying on the dangers of the mountains to protect Wei's Henei area. In the seventh year (240 BC), the comet first appeared in the east, then in the north, and in the west in May. General Meng Ao led his army to attack Longdi, Gudi and Qingdu. When he led his troops back to attack Jidi, he unfortunately died in battle. The comet appeared in the west again and lasted for sixteen days. Queen Mother Xia died. In the eighth year (239 BC), the king’s younger brother, Lord Chang'an, general Cheng Jiao led his army to attack Zhao State and rebelled in Tunliu. As a result, Cheng Jiao and his officers were killed, and the people there were all relocated to Lintao. The general Bi who came to attack Chengjiao died, and Pu Ying, a soldier from Tunliu, rebelled again and died in battle. His body was whipped and mutilated after his death. The fish in the Yellow River flooded to the shore, and people drove their carriages to the east to find food.

晋阳反，元年，将军蒙骜击定之。二年，麃公将卒攻卷，斩首三万。三年，蒙骜攻韩，取十三城。王齮死。十月，将军蒙骜攻魏氏畼、有诡。岁大饥。四年，拔畼、有诡。三月，军罢。秦质子归自赵，赵太子出归国。十月庚寅，蝗虫从东方来，蔽天。天下疫。百姓内粟千石，拜爵一级。五年，将军骜攻魏，定酸枣、燕、虚、长平、雍丘、山阳城，皆拔之，取二十城。初置东郡。冬雷。六年，韩、魏、赵、卫、楚共击秦，取寿陵。秦出兵，五国兵罢。拔卫，迫东郡，其君角率其支属徙居野王，阻其山以保魏之河内。七年，彗星先出东方，见北方，五月见西方。将军骜死。以攻龙、孤、庆都，还兵攻汲。彗星复见西方十六日。夏太后死。八年，王弟长安君成蟜将军击赵，反，死屯留，军吏皆斩死，迁其民于临洮。将军壁死，卒屯留、蒲鶮反，戮其尸。河鱼大上，轻车重马东就食。