Chapter 21 Battle of the Shu Army
The strategy of "Sheng West to attack the East" was used to order the partial army to attack Shu first, and then the main army to attack Tang. First, Qin, Cheng, and three states entered Shu, and the Shu people took Fengzhou again. See the previous article. The Shu lord Meng Chang liked to wander and fish, wasted excessive waste, and the country was insufficient, so he specifically obtained compensation from the people. Qin and Feng people were repeatedly taxed and wanted to return to the Central Plains, so they went to the palace to raise troops to recover the old land. Zhou was about to send troops, but he got this opportunity and was even more happy. He ordered Fengxiang Jiedushi Wang Jing and Xuanhui South Court envoy Xiang Xun to recruit the envoy to conquer Shu, and attack Qin in the west. Feng. When Shu heard the news, he hurriedly sent the guest provincial envoy Zhao Jizha to go to Qin and Feng and inspect the border. Jizha had no talent, but he was arrogant and arrogant. Once he arrived in Qinzhou, the Jiedushi Han Jixun welcomed into the city and talked about military affairs. He often used Jizha to blow the scars of the scoops, and was spared. Without a few words, Ji Zha left in a bad mood. When he was transferred to Fengzhou, the governor Wang Wandi was dissatisfied and reluctantly met him. Those who were arrogant would be afraid of others. Ji Zha hurriedly returned to Chengdu, and said that the king of Shu was not a general, and was not enough to defend against the enemy. The master of Shu also sighed: "Ji Xun was not enough to be the Zhou army. Who do you want to be?" Ji Zha said: "Although I am not talented, I would like to take this position and discipline the Zhou army without returning!" It is funny. The master of Shu ordered Ji Zha to be the governor of Xiongwu, and to assign a thousand guards to him. He was led by him and guarded him. He also sent a commander of the Privy Councillor Zhaoyuan to lead the northern city block, deploy troops and horses to guard the Zhou army. He still commented on flowers and willows, gambled wine and recited poems, gathered beauties in the harem, sang geniuses in the guild, and civic ministers and friends, laughed together, as if nothing was going on.
In the early years of Guangzheng, Guangzheng was the reign of the Lord of Shu Chang. When he met, he was favored by the inner court. He wanted to be the concubine Zhang Taihua, with his eyes and eyes as picturesque and good in color and art. The Lord of Shu Chang loved him like a jade pendant, and he would go out together. He once visited Qingcheng Mountain with his chariot and stayed in the Nine Heavenly Monks Temple, but he did not return for more than a month. Suddenly, a thunderstorm was heavy, and the day was dark. Zhang Taihua was timid and shunned. Unexpectedly, the thunder was ruthless, and he turned to the head of this beauty. He was shocked and the jade bones were frozen. He wanted to tie the curtains in the room and touched the wrath, so he was condemned. Chang was extremely mourned. Because Zhang Fei was nostalgic for this temple, he had nostalgic for this temple and had a prophecy after his death. He used a red brocade dragon mattress to wrap under the poplar trees in front of the temple.
Chang returned to the palace today and mourned the death. A group of charming ministers wanted to relieve their worries, so they selected Lishu from many ways. There was nothing difficult in the world. The chief tutor had a heartfelt man, and he really gave him a beautiful baby to the palace. Chang looked carefully and saw that his flowers looked as if they were too beautiful. He was also very smart and good at writing and writing. He tried to use poetry, songs and essays to be so exquisite that he liked this lustful monarch so much that he could not name it. He prepared for a few nights and then called the Imperial Concubine, and was named Mrs. Huarui, and Xun also gave the title of Concubine Hui. The concubine loved to admire the peony lotus, so there was a Peony Garden in Shu and a Fuquan Jincheng. The peony Garden was listed in various colors. The Fuquan Jincheng was planted on the city, blooming in autumn, like a brocade cloud, so it was called Jincheng.
Shu was always rich, and after ten years of no trouble, the grains were abundant, and the rice was three cents. The people were the subordinates, and they did not distinguish between beans and wheat. Most of them picked orchids and gave them peony to buy laughter and joy. The upward and downward effect were effective, and they were as good as influence. When Shu Lord Chang saw that he was far away, he was safe and worried about danger. In addition to Mrs. Huarui, he also selected good women and filled them into the harem. Each of them was given the titles, including Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaohua, Baofang, Baoxiang, Baoyi, Anchen, Anhui, Anqing, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Xiujuan and other names. He was rank comparable to the officials of the court, and even the prostitute Li Yanniang was summoned to the palace, and the female officials in the toilet were given special gifts of 100,000 yuan for the prostitute.
In that year, Zhou Shu started a quarrel. On the summer day, Chang sent Zhao Jizha and Wang Zhaoyuan, and said that they had enough to defend against the enemy, but they were still lingering. Gradually, the weather was hot, so he took Mrs. Huarui and others to escape the summer heat. At night, he had a banquet and served the folks around him. Chang looked around and enjoyed endlessly. When he looked at his concubines, he finally recommended Mrs. Huarui. As his first choice, he was drunk and was ordered to take paper and pens left and right, write lyrics improvised, and praised Mrs. Huarui. The first sentence reads: "The ice skin and jade bones are clear and sweatless." The second sentence continues
"The wind comes from the water palace and the fragrance is full of fragrance." After a series of erotic words were inserted into the war drums, which makes it more eye-catching. I wrote the third sentence again, and suddenly there was an emergency report. It was Wang Jing, the Zhou Zhaobing envoy, who went from Dasanguan to Qinzhou and even pulled out the Bazhai of Huangniu. Chang couldn't help but throw his pen and said, "It's a pity that the strong enemy has defeated me, and the poems are exciting!" He also withdrew wine and food, and immediately summoned the Ci minister to propose an order, and sent the commander Li Tinggui as the commander-in-chief of the North Road, Gao Yanqi as the commander-in-chief, Lu Yanqi as the deputy commander-in-chief, Zhao Chongtao as the commander-in-chief, and went to resist Zhou Shi. On the other hand, Zhao Jizha quickly went to Qinzhou to support Han Jixun.
Ji Zha was ordered to go out of the army, and even his beloved concubine was brought by his side. He was excited. When he arrived in Deyang, he heard that the Zhou army had even captured the camps and was very powerful, so he couldn't help but shrink. After urging the court, he felt in a dilemma. The woman on the bedside was more powerful than the emperor and advised him to return to the capital to avoid the enemy, but he refused to allow Ji Zha to obey. Ji Zha then asked for dismissal and asked for funeral. He sent his personal army to protect his beloved concubine, and returned with the baggage, and then led his troops to return. After he arrived in Chengdu, he left the soldiers outside and rode alone into the city. The people in the capital still suspected that he had escaped alone and were afraid. When Ji Zha came in to see the Lord of Shu, the Lord of Shu asked him about the military situation, and the Lord of Shu was stammering and answering, but there was no practical solution. The Lord of Shu was furious and said, "I say what kind of talents do you have? I'll give me a heavy task. Responsible, I was so stupid!" So he ordered Ji Zha to arrest the Censorate and sent him to the Censor to investigate. The Censor impeached him to take his concubine and return to the court without authorization, and he should be punished for death. The Lord of Shu approved it and ordered Ji Zha to be pushed out of Chongli Gate and beheaded for public action. He planned to die with his wife. Li Tinggui led his troops to Weiwu City, and was on the way to Zhou's platoon Hu Li, who led more than a hundred cavalry to patrol. Tinggui immediately killed the army and trapped Hu Li in Gai. Hu Li's army was lonely and he could not conflict. He was shot down by Shu generals and captured alive. Most of his subordinates were captured, and only dozens of cavalry left to escape to Zhou camp. Li Tinggui won a small victory and reported a great victory. He also ordered the military uniform to be embroidered in the shape of an axe, and the title was Pochai Du. The Lord of Zhou was originally named Chai, so he had this name. What is the benefit of his name?
The Shu Lord Chang followed the good news and was very happy to comfort him. He sent envoys to the Southern Tang and Northern Han to invite a group to attack Zhou. However, there were few things to do and many things to do. The good news came, and the defeat came again. Tinggui's front army was defeated by the Zhou general and captured 300 soldiers. The Shu Lord then sent the Privy Councilor Yi Shenzheng to fight for the battle again.
Shen Zhengchi went to the army and agreed to the army plan with Tinggui. He sent the vanguard Li Jin to seize the way of the Zhou army. He then sent guerrillas to the Xigu and station Baijian as a side division. He also ordered the Ranyuan envoy Wang Luan to lead his troops out of the northern border of Fengzhou to Tangcang Town and Huanghuagu, and to cut off the Zhouliang Road. He went out from the three routes. Shen Zheng and Tinggui and others chose places to camp, waiting for news and preparing to respond.
Wang Luan led 3,000 troops to Tangcang, ordered the cavalry to Huanghua Valley to find out the enemy's path, and reported that there were Zhou troops outside the valley to transport supplies and support Zhou camps, but there was no general to suppress them. Luan said happily: "I will take his baggage army together, and discipline him for food to be interrupted, and the whole army was defeated." I also said this was a clever plan, and everything would do as you wish. So he drove the army forward and rushed into Huanghua Valley. The valley was long and narrow, and the soldiers could not go in parallel, so he had to go in one by one and slowly walk over. The Zhou army was lying at the entrance of the valley and saw Shu soldiers coming out of the valley, and immediately broke out. Kill one by one, two by two, and Wang Luan held the back team, but he had not yet learned it, so he just urged the army to rush to the speed. When the front team had captured a thousand people, Fang heard the alarm outside the valley and hurriedly sent a order to return it. However, Zhou army appeared at the entrance of the valley behind. Luan fought desperately and only a hundred cavalry were left, followed closely. In addition, they were all trapped in the valley and were searched by the Zhou army. Luan took more than one hundred cavalry and rushed to Tangcang, as if they were missing nets, as if they were straying as a broken dog. He wished he could reach the camp in two steps. When he arrived near Tangcang Town, he saw a squat in front of him, very majestic. The leader wore a squat and iron armor. He immediately yelled loudly, "I, General Zhou, Zhang Jianxiong! I will be dismounted and tied up to prevent me from taking action." Luan complained at this point, thinking that there was no way forward and retreat, only
He was so tough and fought with the horse. The two clashes were fought, one was brave and the other was frightened and timid. After four or five, Wang Luan was covered in sweat and could not resist. Jianxiong shouted loudly, pulled Luan's clothes and fell off his horse. Zhou army pressed it, tied Luan and led it to the front of the horse. There were only more than a hundred cavalry of Shu, how could he take back the main general? He had no way to escape, and had no choice but to beg for surrender. Jianxiong ordered the soldiers to tie Shu soldiers against each other and still returned to the army from the same route. At that time, the Shu soldiers had been captured in Huanghua Valley. After careful examination, he had just captured three thousand people, not one of them, not one of them. What's even more strange was that one was immortal, and each was brought by Jianxiong to return to the camp to pay his merits. It turned out that Wang Jing, Xiang Xun and others had already guarded against the Sichuan soldiers robbing grains. The ambushed troops at the entrance of Huanghua Valley. Qiaoqiao Wang Luan was trapped and the entire army was wiped out.
Li Jin was in Maling Village and was frightened to death when he heard this letter. He also said that the Zhou army had divine power and could not keep a piece of armor. To escape his life, it was the best way to leave, so he abandoned Maling Village and ran back to the camp. Baijian stationed troops and ran back to the camp when he heard the sound. The plan of Yi and Li two Shu generals failed. They knew that they could not stand on their feet, so they might as well retreat early when they saw the opportunity, so they abandoned the camp and fled to the bottom of Qingniling and stopped at the risk. Han Jixun, the governor of Xiongwu Jie, was also happy. I had to escape, draw a gourd and go back to Chengdu. A group of escaped generals. Zhao Yu, the judge of Qinzhou, summoned the officials and said, "The enemy's soldiers are very sharp and they are invincible. The soldiers and generals sent by our country are brave. Once they pass the battle formation, they will either die or escape. How can we wait for death and be safe when we are in danger? Today, I don't know what you are thinking?" The public was greedy for life and fearing death. After hearing the words, they responded and opened the city to welcome the Zhou army.
Wang Jing and others had entered Qinzhou, so they divided their troops to attack Cheng, Jie Erzhou, and from the commander of the two states, they rushed to Fengzhou. When they heard that Qinzhou had fallen, they immediately surrendered, but Fengzhou could not stand. Since Han Jixun fled back to Chengdu, Shu Lord Chang dismissed him and changed to Wang Huan as the governor of the mighty martial arts, Zhao Chongpu became the chief minister, and went to Qinzhou to support Qinzhou. The two generals arrived at the middle of the journey and received the news of Qinzhou surrendering to Zhou, and hurriedly led their troops to Fengzhou. As soon as they entered Fengzhou City, Wang Jing had already led his troops to attack and rushed to the guards. Jing attacked from all sides, but was rejected by Zhao Chongpu's commander. The siege was built, and the woodcutter in the city was cut off, which made him die. Han Tong, the governor of Caozhou, came to help Wang Jing under the order of Zhou. Jing ordered him to go to Chenggu Town and block the troops in Shu. The city's salary was exhausted and the poverty was gradually unable to support it. Every night, soldiers and generals surrendered to the city. Wang Jing took advantage of the danger and rushed to the city. The defenders on the city were all displaced. Wang Huan and Zhao Chongpu still led the whole streets to fight. However, the soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled one after another. Only Wang and Zhao had no way to run. The generals were captured by Zhou. Chongpu was so angry that they died, and Huan was imprisoned.
So Qin, Feng, Cheng, and the four states were all in Zhou.
Wang Jinglubu reported the victory and waited for the court to order. The Zhou emperor sent an order to reward the emperor and ordered the soldiers obtained from the four prefectures to be pardoned, and he was willing to return the soldiers and send them back. He was willing to keep everyone, and each gave them a salary and was organized into Huai'en's army. He ordered the surrendered general Xiao Zhiyuan to lead him to Fengzhou temporarily. He then raised troops to fight south and wanted to stop the western expedition, so he sent Xiao Zhiyuan to lead his troops to the west.
The defeated troops in Shu were cut off, and the upper and lower levels were shocked. Yi Shenzheng, Li Tinggui and others submitted a petition for the crime. The Shu Lord did not ask any questions, but ordered to gather more straw and grain in Jianmen and Baidi City to prepare imperial plans. On the one hand, cast iron coins and prohibited the use of iron tools among the people. The people of the country felt that it was inconvenient and blamed the soldiers of Li Tinggui. Chang's mother Li also repeatedly said that the soldiers were not human. In addition to Gao Yanqi's loyalty and relied on it, they should be relocated. Chang could not follow. Later, only Yanqi was dead, but only knew that Li was aware of it, but unfortunately Meng Chang did not use it. But Tinggui's military handle was dismissed and ordered him to be the chief magistrate. When Xiao Zhiyuan and others returned to Shu, the Shu Lord Chang also released more than 80 generals including Zhou Hu Li, and asked Li to take the letter of transfer to Zhou and ask for peace.
He returned to Daliang and submitted a letter to the Lord of Shu Chang. The Lord of Zhou opened his reading, but saw the first two words, which was the Emperor of Dashu. He wrote to the Emperor of Dashu. He couldn't help but say angrily: "Do he dare to be an enemy of me?"
Chapter completed!