The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
Going from Shu County to Hanzhong has always been a difficult journey, especially when leaving Zitong County (Zitong, Sichuan) and walking between Dajian Mountain and Xiaojian Mountain. The two mountains are closely connected, with Jialing River in the east and Wuzhishan Mountain in the west.
More than a hundred miles.
To the north are thousands of cliffs, like a knife cutting an axe; to the south are numerous peaks, with almost no roads, so we can only drill holes in the mountains and build plank roads to cross the mountains.
This road is called the "Stone Ox Road". According to legend, King Huiwen of Qin during the Warring States Period wanted to conquer Shu. Because the mountain road was dangerous, he pretended to build five stone oxen, promising that they could make gold from shit to deceive the King of Shu. The King of Shu ordered Wu Ding to open a road to lead it.
The Qin army then destroyed Shu. This was because "the earth collapsed and the mountains destroyed the strong men to death, and then the stone stacks of the ladder to heaven were connected together."
Such a steep road lasts for more than a hundred miles. After passing Liangjian Mountain, there is another dangerous pass ahead, which lies between the cliffs. The pass is named "Jiameng" (Zhaohua District, Guangyuan City).
More than a hundred years ago, the King of Shu of the Kaiming family granted his younger brother this place, named him Juhou, and named his city Jiameng. However, Juhou was a pickpocket, and as a native of Shu, he was friendly with King Ba.
Shu was an enemy, so the king of Shu was angry and attacked Ju. The Marquis of Ju rushed to Ba and asked for help from Qin, so Qin sent Zhang Yi to attack Shu.
The Qin State has long been sharpening its sword, and now it can lure the wolf into the house. After the Bashu Ju were completely wiped out, Jiameng was initially placed under the jurisdiction of Shu County. However, in the following ten years, two rebellions occurred in Shu. Qin State's response to this
The local government was no longer worried. In addition to canceling the title of marquis, Jiameng was also assigned to Hanzhong.
Jiameng guarded the dangerous area, and one man guarded the pass and ten thousand men could not open it. As long as the Hanzhong soldiers controlled the main transportation route into Shu, even if there were repeated attacks in Shu County, Xianyang could easily send troops to pacify it.
In September of the 37th year of the First Emperor of Qin, when Jianghan and Bazhong in Guandong were in chaos, Jiameng was as calm as ever. Although the defenders were only five hundred, but tens of thousands less, there was no way they could break through this place.
On this day in mid-September, a team slowly walked toward Jiameng from the Jianshan Plank Road. There were thousands of people. They held the banner of the Qin Army and stopped before closing the door. They shouted loudly:
"It's His Majesty's envoy, returning to Xianyang from Chengdu. This is the festival!"
The defenders were cautious, and the talisman was hung in a basket. The five hundred masters who were ordered to guard the place checked that the talisman was correct, and then took a look at the envoy holding the banner. It was indeed the one who went south half a month ago.
He just didn't notice that the Xianyang envoy's face was covered with sweat and he was standing on his back with a dagger on his back. The soldiers from Shu County who were escorting the envoy were all a little nervous and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Lord Five Hundred was about to open the door, but he asked too many questions.
"Your Majesty, there were only a hundred people going south. Why were there so many people when we returned?"
The sharp blade behind him touched his skin again, and the envoy had no choice but to rebuke loudly: "This is a secret of the imperial court. How can you, a lowly official, ask random questions?"
Lord Five Hundred stuck out his tongue, and seeing that the military talisman of Shu County was also correct, he nodded towards his subordinates.
Jiameng closed the door slowly and opened it, and soldiers from Shu County filed in. After he finished entering, the pass slowly closed again...
That night, a fierce battle broke out at Jiameng Pass in Qianxian, who lived nearby, accompanied by flames and bursts of screams.
At dawn, when Jiameng County in the north heard the news and sent people to check, they found that the top of Jiameng Pass was full of Shu soldiers and there was an extra flag.
"Northern Expedition...Jingnan?"
Jiameng County Lieutenant was shocked and turned back on his horse immediately.
"Quick, go tell the county magistrate, tell the county guard, Shu County has rebelled!"
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Jiangzhou County, the seat of Bajun, is a long and narrow peninsula sandwiched by the Yangtze River and Jialing River. In later generations, it was called "Yuzhong District", and Jiangzhou County is just a small area near the mountain city Jiefangbei.
Feng Jie stood at the top of the city and looked out. He could see that in front of the Chaotianmen Pier in later generations, it was obscured by the shadow of sails. It was the rebel fleet, led by Zhao Tuo and Wu Chen, which had been pulled upstream by the Ba people's trackers. The army was approaching.
Jiangzhou County!
But Feng Jie is not worried. Jiangzhou County is a mountain city, sitting high on the top of a mountain, and has two rivers as barriers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. What's more, the number of enemy troops is almost the same as our own, and the water flow is also beneficial to the officers and soldiers.
"Set the ship on fire!"
The order was given, and after being loaded with vegetation, the ignited ships were lowered from the pier. They went down the river and attacked the enemy ships. The enemy ships could panic to the left and right, or use wooden logs to block them desperately, but there were still some
Many warships came into contact with the fire boats, and the rebels on board jumped into the water hastily.
"Hahaha."
Feng Jie enjoyed admiring this scene very much. This was the rebel army's first attack, but they failed every time.
The terrain of Bajun determines that the defensive side always has the advantage. Feng Jie's character has been polished many years ago when he was besieged by the Xiongnu Chanyu at Aries Mountain due to his lone army. He decided to wait for work and exhaust the rebels.
With great vigor, they defeated them in Jiangzhou County, and then slowly tried to advance eastward.
He had the confidence to drag on. The rebels were almost out of food, otherwise they would not have rushed to attack Jiangzhou in such a hurry. However, Feng Jie had been receiving a steady stream of food from Shu County...
Coincidentally, after repelling the rebel attack, the grain for September was also transported from Luocheng (Guanghan, Sichuan) to Jiangzhou County.
"General, we have 50,000 shi of grain and 5,000 soldiers. They have arrived in the west of the city. The Shu soldiers asked the general to send someone to receive them!"
Feng Jie sneered: "Oh, Chang Yan finally pacified the Di and Qiang barbarians in the county. Are you willing to send more troops to help me?"
In fact, if there were no troops available, Feng Jie did not like the soldiers of Shu County, because Shu County was the end point for all the exiled prisoners before the Qin Dynasty took Saibei, Hexi, and Lingnan, such as Lu Buwei's family members and Lao Aimen's guests, more than 4,000 of whom had serious crimes.
Seize the title and move to Shu.
In short, the Qin people in Shu are basically the descendants of prisoners who were moved to captives. These people's loyalty to the Qin is not much higher than that of the Six Kingdoms.
In addition, Chang Yan had been guarding Shu for more than ten years, concentrating the military and political power in the county into one hand, and vacating the county lieutenants. The people of Shu were all obedient to his orders. The current situation was not good for Xianyang, so they had to take precautions.
So Feng Jie did not let them enter the city, but delivered the grain and grass in the west of the city...
But he was still unprepared. A few hours later, what he was waiting for was not a cart full of rice, but shocking news!
"General, the three thousand people who went to collect grain and fodder were attacked in the Shu camp. The Shu soldiers also attacked the military camp in the west of the city!"
Feng Jie was shocked when he heard the news. He rushed to the west gate and saw that the camp in the west of the city had turned into a battlefield, no, a slaughterhouse.
The flames rising from the tent reached into the air, and swords and swords were everywhere. He saw that the Shu soldiers who had been prepared were chasing his unprepared men, and a steady stream of Shu soldiers appeared behind them, all with their arms wrapped in white cloth, trying to seize Jiangzhou.
West City Gate.
"Old man Chang Yan actually betrayed the emperor and took refuge in the gangsters!"
Feng Jie gritted his teeth and said loudly:
"Go out of the city and attack the thieves!"
There were not many Shu soldiers and they had to be repelled immediately. Feng Jie made a judgment. But just when he was about to move his soldiers to the west, the scout who was in charge of waiting at the dock told him another bad news:
"General, the rebel boats have arrived again!"
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"Good, what a great Lu Jia!"
In late September, when the war situation was at a stalemate on the Han River line, in Yancheng, relying on Jiangling Xiao He's constant supply of troops and food support, and with a military disadvantage, Heifu, who had been fighting with Wang Ben for three months, finally received a message from
Good news from Bashu!
Everything in Lu Jiaxin can make Heifu happy and have an extra bowl of rice.
Chang Yan, the governor of Shu County, was persuaded by Lu Jia and was willing to join the Northern Expedition. He sent people to capture Jiameng and seclusion to resist the Hanzhong army.
As for Bajun, although Zhao Tuo and Wu Chen failed to completely eliminate Feng Jie due to the defection of Shujun soldiers and only besieged him in a small area on the Jiangzhou County Peninsula, it was already a great victory!
Heifu couldn't help but praise: "Who said that scholars are useless in troubled times? Lu Jia, with his body as a Confucian scholar, does not have soldiers of any size, or enough food to fight, and as soon as he comes out, he will break the situation, save Ba, and chaos Shu, in one month
Internally, the two counties have their own changes! My true Zhang Yi is Su Qin!"
Although the Northern Expeditionary Army was severely beaten on the front, with thousands of casualties, and Handong was in a mess, and Bo County was almost defeated several times, Wang Ben's army's cavalry even swam across the Han River and appeared near Jiangling, burning
There are many miles of houses...
But on the sidelines, Heifu undoubtedly achieved a huge victory. Not only was the situation in Bashu completely reversed, but I heard that Han Xin's troops had also penetrated deeply into the enemy's rear and fought many victorious battles in Runan and Yingchuan.
, cut off the lifeline of Wang Benjun’s food supply!
Heifu lost the tactic and admitted that his skills were inferior to others.
But strategically, he won!
Since he has received the news, Wang Benchu must have also known about it.
Sure enough, as soon as he left the camp, Yuan Yong came to see him immediately and reported:
