There is much to say about the battle in Dajian Mountain. The Jiange Pavilion is indeed dangerous, and it is not easy to capture it from the south or the north. But once an enemy is able to launch an offensive from both the north and the south at the same time, the danger of the Jiange Pavilion will become a drag.
.The mountain road was winding and difficult to navigate, so there was not much food stored in the pavilion. The baggage and arrows were lost and there was a rapid shortage. The only way to stop the Han army was to throw stones.
In this situation, Yang Fu, as a scribe, after arriving at Jiange, selected a hundred of the most elite soldiers to ascend first, supplemented by hundreds of strong crossbows to respond from behind, and sent hundreds of Shu people to shout loudly under the city.
He shouted to persuade them to surrender, and then personally beat the drums to supervise the battle. The arrows were like locusts crossing the border, and the guards at Dajian Mountain were so overwhelmed that they could not lift their heads. When they heard the local voices outside the pass, the defenders were very upset. They talked and said: "The thieves are from the army."
Why are there so many people in Shu? Could it be that the thieves have already conquered all of Shu?"
In order to appease the morale of the army, the guard general Li Yan did not inform the soldiers about the war in the rear. At this time, the soldiers became dissatisfied and suddenly lost control. After they climbed up the city and fought with the Shu people for a while, the army showed signs of collapse.
.Li Yan saw that the situation was not good, his fighting spirit was gradually waning, and he was afraid that the Han army in the south would be jealous of killing them and use them as military merits, so he simply led most of his soldiers and rushed to the stone gate of Xiaojian Mountain.
When Yang Fu's troops captured Dajian Mountain, took a short rest, and were about to continue the attack, news suddenly came from the north: Li Yan had opened the door and surrendered to Duan Su's troops. The credit he had received was so wasted, and everyone
After learning about it, he couldn't help but become furious. Lieutenant General Jiang Yin even raised his knife and planned to go to the right army to capture someone, but was quickly pulled back by Yang Fuqiang.
Yang Fu sternly reprimanded: "For many years, Governor Duan has been in charge of the Western Palace. When has he ever taken credit from others? Besides, everything is handled by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister knows everything clearly, how can he treat the meritorious officials badly? If there is some gap between the two armies, we will be in the wrong." So.
After letting everyone calm down, Yang Fu took several followers to visit Duan Xuan.
Duan Xuan was suffering from malaria at this time and was lying on the couch to rest. When he heard that Yang Fu was coming, he quickly got up and went out of the tent to greet him. When Yang Fu saw Duan Xuan, he found that he had lost a lot of weight. There was a lot of weight between his gray beard and hair.
The cheekbones and mandible are high and protruding, the eyes are extremely deep, and the tall waist actually looks thin.
Duan Yan saw Yang Fu's surprised look and smiled to himself. He sat back on the main couch, his hands shaking uncontrollably. Then he asked Cang Tou to give Yang Fu tea and said, "I am old and I am not accustomed to the local environment.
It made Leader Yang laugh." Duan Xuan's behavior was actually very similar to Jia Xu's. Apart from official duties, he kept to himself in isolation and had no personal relationships. Even though he had been in charge of Xifu for many years, he did not have much friendship with Yang Fu and other subordinates.
But Yang Fu knew that when the whole army of the Liang people was in rebellion and the whole army of Bingzhou had to cross the river to calm down, only Duan Xuan in Guanzhong agreed with his troops, which moved Liu Bei and Chen Chong. In the past twenty years, he first took charge of Yanmen, Henan and other countries.
He is now the sole leader of the Xifu army, and can be said to be the most important minister in the imperial court, except for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Moreover, this expedition to Shu involves overall arrangements, troop division strategies, coordination of various armies and other major policies.
Chen Chong always discussed with him before making a decision. In today's world, there are only a few people who have both rich practical experience and strategic vision from a high position. Duan Xuan can be regarded as one of them. This time, we have the opportunity to talk in depth, and Yang Fu also sincerely admires him.
.The old and the young chatted happily until late at night.
Duan Yan highly praised Yang Fu for his contribution to the attack on Dajian Mountain, opening up the channel for the two armies to converge, and fully realizing the strategy and tactics originally designed in Hanzhong. He joked and said: "Li Yan's reactions are quite astute.
Come to me so that you can organize and protect all the soldiers. But tomorrow I will send people to escort the prisoners to your camp. I will truthfully report the whole process to the prime minister, so you don't have to worry."
Yang Fu was surprised again. He had been in the army for several years and he knew very well that Chen Chong was very strict in running the army. All military exploits in the war must rely on seizures and prisoners, and all must be reported truthfully, and then rewards will be given based on merit. If there is any cost or personal corruption,
The fishy smell must be punished. Because when it comes to titles, the generals at the front regard prisoners of war as private property and refuse to relax easily. It is extremely rare for Duan Xuan to be so unconcerned.
Duan Yan saw his confusion, patted his knees and said with a smile: "At this age, I am in charge of an army alone, and I can already be said to be a highly respected minister. If I perform meritorious service, can Your Majesty still allow me to become prime minister?
You and I actually know that there is always only one prime minister in the imperial court. And as a minister, if you make too many contributions, you will be tabooed. Sometimes when you are an official, you can't help but think about yourself and the king! You are so young, but you are not arrogant today.
I’m not impatient, I’m much better than I was back then.”
Yang Fu heard the words
He suddenly became ashamed, thought about it secretly, and asked Duan Yan for advice: "Once the sword pavilion is broken, I think Zitong will surrender soon. If he can really engulf Shu, the unification of the country may be established in a few years?" p>
"It seems that Yishan is not only targeting a small area of Mianzhu!" Duan Xuan nodded, but he added: "But it is still difficult to handle. The country currently has not put down the East bandits, and secondly, it does not have a navy that can roam the rivers.
If we want to take advantage of the victory, Jingchu may not have the strength yet."
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But there are still some worries that he has not said out loud. Now Chen Chong is not only attacking Hanzhong with a partial force, but also trying to pacify Bashu, which will inevitably have a big impact on the political situation of the imperial court. If the emperor does not win a big victory in this eastern expedition, will the two countries be in trouble?
What about suspicions in the world? Although they used to be like brothers and turned a blind eye to it, but now their identities have changed, and many things are hard to talk about. Yang Fu didn't understand what he was thinking, and just continued to talk about the general trend of the world.<
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By the time Yang Fu came out of Duan Xu's tent, it was already dawn, and fine raindrops were floating in the gloomy sky. Even though it was already July, the weather in Sichuan was still unbearably hot, but Yang Fu was in a good mood after seeing the prisoners of war.
, I felt that it was raining at the right time. On that day, both sides passed the Jiange, turned south to join Chen Chong's main force, and stepped up the siege of Zitong.
At this time, less than two months had passed since the two armies left Hanzhong, but they had passed through so many dangerous and difficult places. Moreover, when the two armies reunited, not only were their forces not much damaged, but they had also surrendered many Shu people.
, the military strength actually expanded to more than 70,000.
Leng Bao in Zitong City watched the enemy's situation from the top of the city. Seeing the flags under the city, the sky was bright and the sun was shining, the momentum was extremely frightening. What frightened him even more was that in the endless sea of people, he recognized many of them who had been him.
This made him dizzy and unable to think of resistance at all. When Chen Chong sent Pan Jun and Li Hui to the city to persuade them to surrender, he did not hesitate and immediately left the city to offer his seal.
At this point, all the Shu army except the Mianzhu garrison had surrendered to the Han army. Now that the obstacles had been removed, the Han army reorganized briefly in Zitong and then quickly moved south, completing the siege of the outer city of Mianzhu within two days. .
As the name suggests, Mianzhu was named Mianzhu because there were many bamboos on both sides of the Mianshui River. When Liu Yan took office as the pastor of Yizhou, he encountered the Ma Xiang Yellow Turban Rebellion and the passage was cut off. He could only command remotely from the east boundary of Jingzhou. Later, he worked as a merchant in Yizhou. Long led his army to defeat Ma Xiang and welcomed Liu Yan into Shu. There was still chaos in Shu County, so Liu Yan temporarily lived in Mianzhu.
At this time, a fortune-teller read Liu Yan's fortune and told him that "when encountering wood, he will live and when encountering fire, he will perish." The idea of moving the capital arose. Among the cities in central Sichuan, Liu Yan thought Mianzhu had beautiful scenery, was close to mountains and rivers, and its name corresponded to the virtues of wood. He was very happy with it, so he changed Mianzhu to be the state governance. It has been twenty-two years since Hui became the royal capital. And it has been twenty-two years since Mianzhu last encountered war.
After twenty-two years of operation, Mianzhu has become the most fortified city in Sichuan. The walls thirty-two miles long and four feet high inside and outside are made of bricks and stones mixed with glutinous rice. The surrounding Han soldiers can see at a glance In the past, the green and yellow brick walls gave people a great sense of oppression, as if a ghost was looking at them coldly. The rugged terrain around the city base, which was complicated by the mountains, was like an invisible line. The poisonous snakes slowly strangled the feet of the Han soldiers, making it difficult to attack from all sides.
After the army completed the encirclement, Chen Chong was not in a hurry to launch an attack. Up to now, the fortification of the city had actually lost its meaning. Just as Sun Ce had taught Sun Shao before, people are the city walls and people are the swords. The war in Shu is now complete. It became a battle based on people's hearts, and Chen Chong had the complete upper hand. Therefore, when he held a military meeting in the army, he also started from this aspect.
Participating in the military meeting were not only the generals of the Xifu Army, but also Pan Jun and Zhang Lu who had surrendered in Hanzhong, as well as powerful men from all over the country who had come to surrender, even the surrendered Shu generals such as Li Yan and Leng Bao who had just surrendered. , are all present here.
After everyone arrived, the military meeting began. However, unexpectedly, Chen Chong did not preside over the meeting in person. Instead, he sat behind the scenes and asked Li Hui, the magistrate of Fu County who had surrendered a few days ago, to speak. This made everyone in the meeting quite shocked and heartbroken. Think like
How could a surrendered general preside over such a big event? Everyone looked at each other and did not dare to discuss it casually. They all turned to look at Li Hui.
Li Hui did not have any stage fright. He was born in Yuyuan County, Jianning County. His uncle Cuan Xi was a famous leader of a wealthy family in Shu. Therefore, although he was young, he was somewhat famous. When he came up, he said to everyone: "Prime Minister Chen The powerful and powerful warriors penetrated deep into Bashu, flew across the Yunshan Mountains, and defeated the enemy without any calculation. In two months, they accomplished this immortal feat. How could they have accomplished this unless they were destined by fate and people were obsessed with the Han Dynasty? It is a pity that there are still ugly people who do not know the rules. If you go against the grain and try to use your arms like a chariot, you will be destroying yourself. In the future, your body will die and your family will be destroyed, and you won’t be able to blame others.”
Having said this, Li Hui paused, turned to look at the other Shu people in the tent, and then continued: "How can the people in the city be blamed? They were implicated by others and forced into fire and water. If we really fight, the swords have no eyes.
I don’t know how many people will die from exhaustion. I know that many of you have relatives and friends trapped in the city. At this time, it is time to send a message with arrows, asking them to come and surrender anyway! If Mianzhu can open the city without blood, wouldn’t it be a good talk?"