Chapter 1061: The road to Shu is difficult, but it will be easy if Shu traitors lead the way
Jiange is the name of the county.
Jiange County is located at the break of Dajian Mountain, with cliffs on both sides towering into the clouds.
The Jianmen Pass is built on a Shu road with two opposite walls, shaped like a door. Together with the cliffs on both sides, it got the name "Jianmen Pass".
Such a precipitous cliff is not alone in Jianmenguan.
There are dozens of peaks around Jiange County. All the peaks are like leaning against the sky with swords pointing at the sky. They are steep, strange and difficult to climb.
Therefore, Jianmen Pass has always been known as "one man can guard the pass, but ten thousand men cannot open it".
Historically, when the Central Plains dynasties wanted to invade Shu, they had to rely on Shu traitors to lead the way in order to enter smoothly.
Among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the former Shu was destroyed by Li Cunxu of the Later Tang Dynasty because of the emergence of Shu traitors.
Later, after Li Cunxu's death, Meng Zhixiang, the military governor who guarded Shu, established Later Shu.
When Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Song Dynasty forced Shu to surrender, he also used Shu traitors.
Even in "In the Snow", Xu Xiao's attack on Western Shu was only possible under the leadership of Shu traitor Zhao Changling.
Su Mingzhe always cherished his soldiers, so before leading his army to attack Shu, he had ordered people to bribe traitors of Shu.
That night.
The Shu traitor arrived and presented the Jianmenguan city defense map of the past few days:
"Tang Gui of the Tang Sect, please come and see my emperor, long live my emperor!"
"Tang Aiqing is alive!"
When Su Mingzhe faced the Shu traitor, he looked gentle and offered him a seat and tea.
Not long ago, Tang Gui followed his elder brother to Chang'an City and met the Han Emperor. Now that he saw him again, he was still afraid.
I saw him carefully bowing to say thank you, then half-pull down his buttocks on the chair, sitting upright, his calves under the robe were still trembling.
Seeing his reserved expression, Su Mingzhe smiled and said:
"Tang Aiqing, if we attack Jianmen Pass this time and can defeat the city in one battle, your Tang family will definitely contribute a lot. I promised you the Tang family's fiefdom in Gongjing County and I will never break my promise."
Gongjing County is the "salt capital" that has produced salt since the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is extremely rich.
When Tang Gui heard "Gongjing County", his calves stopped shaking immediately and he replied excitedly:
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. Now, in Jianmen Pass, the eunuch Wang Chengxiu is leading the army. This Wang Chengxiu came to power by slapping his horse with a smooth beard. He has no ability. All city defense tasks are done by the following five defense envoys. My eldest brother Tang Fu is one of the five defense envoys. According to the city defense distribution map, tomorrow night, after the third watch, my eldest brother will be responsible for the city gate defense..."
Tang Gui reported everything his elder brother told him.
"Not bad...very good..."
Su Mingzhe listened to Tang Gui's report and nodded with satisfaction.
Having the Shu traitor Tang Clan lead the way really saved me a lot of trouble.
On the second day.
While Su Mingzhe ordered people to cut down trees and make ladders and other siege tools, he also ordered people to climb the surrounding cliffs and look into the city, preparing to attack.
It was night in a blink of an eye.
Among the 50,000 Han troops, except for 10,000 cavalry who stayed in the camp to guard, the remaining 40,000 soldiers all held pieces of bamboo in their mouths and quietly approached Jianmen Pass.
There were five groups in total, and the army did not need to bring any siege equipment, so they arrived in less than half an hour.
There was no movement in the city, so Su Mingzhe led Xiandengying to the foot of the Jianmen Pass city wall.
The gate tower of Jianmenguan is three stories high. When viewed from a distance at night, it looks like a ferocious beast.
The army held their breath and waited quietly for Shu traitor to open the door.
It's midnight at night.
There are torches swaying on the city wall.
Su Mingzhe led him to the camp first, and regardless of the danger, climbed the city wall along the hanging basket first.
As expected, Tang Fu, the boss of the Tang clan, led his men to take over the city defense. When he saw that Su Mingzhe, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was taking the lead, he couldn't help being surprised and frightened. He quickly came over to ask for instructions:
"Your Majesty, do you want to open the city gate now to welcome the army into the city?"
"No need to be so early!"
Su Mingzhe expanded his consciousness and discovered that although Tang Fu led the team to control the north gate of Jianmen Pass, he only had about 2,000 soldiers.
The entire Jiange garrison consisted of 80,000 people.
As a precaution, Su Mingzhe ordered:
"Let the Yinu army climb up first, wait for a while, and then open the city gate!"
There are currently 120,000 Han Yinu soldiers in total. This time to attack Shu, Su Mingzhe brought 10,000.
The Yinu Army has been trained by Su Mingzhe for two or three years, and the combat effectiveness of each soldier can reach the level of ordinary generals.
As long as these Yinu troops are allowed to climb the city wall, even if the Tangmen goes back on their word, the Sword Gate Pass cannot be taken back.
Of course, the Tang Sect finally got in touch with the Han State and became a traitor to Shu. It is impossible to go back.
Soon, while everyone was waiting thrillingly, the time came to the ugly hour.
More than half of the 10,000 Yinu troops had already climbed up the city wall.
By this time, the two thousand "Shu traitor rebels" led by Tang Fu were no longer anything to be afraid of.
Waited for a while.
The time has arrived at Yin Shi.
All ten thousand Yinu troops climbed up to the city gate, and Su Mingzhe asked Tang Fu to open the city gate and let other Han troops enter the city.
As the city gate slowly opened, other Shu troops finally discovered that the Jianmen Pass city wall had collapsed.
The army was defeated like a mountain.
At three quarters of a hour.
Su Mingzhe met the Shu army guard general Wang Chengxiu, the military governor of Tianxiong army, who was captured alive.
When Wang Chengxiu saw brothers Tang Fu and Tang Gui next to Su Mingzhe, he secretly cursed, "It's dogs who hurt me." Then he showed a flattering smile on his face, knelt down with a plop, and said with a charming smile:
"My slave, Wang Chengxiu, comes to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and wishes His Majesty thousands of blessings and good health!"
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"Are you Wang Chengxiu?"
Su Mingzhe looked curiously at the young Tianxiong Army Commander.
After the current Emperor Yan of Shu came to the throne, he favored the eunuchs and appointed a large number of eunuchs to command various armies.
Because Wang Chengxiu was young and handsome, he was the most favored by Emperor Yan of Shu, and therefore he controlled the strongest Tianxiong army in Shu.
At this moment, Wang Chengxiu heard Su Mingzhe's question and quickly kowtowed and said "yes".
"Get up and untie him."
Su Mingzhe sensed that Wang Chengxiu was a favored eunuch and was still very weak, so he waved his hand and asked the military counselor to ask questions.
At this time, Wang Chengxiu did not dare to hide anything.
When the military counselor asked him about anything, he always answered accurately.
After a while, the military counselor Dou Xingzhi turned his head, bowed his hands towards the commander's position and said:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, if Wang Chengxiu didn't hide anything, after passing the Jiange, the land of Shu would have been confirmed!"
"Well, in that case, let's make the next plan!"
Su Mingzhe had no sense of achievement at all in destroying Shu.
Emperor Yan of Shu was a standard fatuous king, doting on eunuchs, lusting after beauty, extravagant and wasteful, overjoyed at great achievements, etc.
It should be very easy to eliminate a country led by such a foolish king.
Three days later.
Su Mingzhe led 5,000 Yinu troops and 30,000 surrender troops to Jinguan City.
As expected, Emperor Yan of Shu, facing the fierce oncoming Han army, could no longer muster the courage to resist. He simply wore linen clothes, held letters of surrender, seals, gold books and other items, and led the civil and military officials to the Han Dynasty. In front of the army, your hands are tied.