Just two months after Gao Pian arrived in Xichuan, he received a serious warning - the Xichuan mutiny.
One day in April, the death squads suddenly gathered and rushed into Gao Pian's mansion, shouting.
"Sir, something bad is going on. There's a mutiny! The Xichuan soldiers are rebelling!"
Gao Pian was shocked and hurriedly ran into the toilet to hide. Bianjun turned the mansion upside down but could not find him.
The toilet must also be within the scope of the search. Why was Gao Pian not found? The records in history books are not very detailed. But we can use our reasonable imagination, why can't we find it in the toilet...give a hollow bamboo pole, or Gao Pian's lung capacity...
Gao Pian's direct troops, the Tianping Army who followed him to Xichuan, heard the news of the mutiny and immediately rushed to the mansion to participate in the rescue, led by commander Zhang Jie.
The death squads turned into armies without weapons. Because the Nanzhao invading army has withdrawn, Chengdu is not in the first level of combat readiness, and weapons and armor must be stored in storage. To this day, the army also separates guns and bullets in peacetime, firstly for fear of theft, and secondly to prevent mutiny.
On both sides of the court hall of the official residence, there are a few swords and guns on display, which are used as guards of honor. The death squads used them as weapons, and some found wooden sticks and bamboo poles, while more used their bare hands. It can be said that this group of people is almost unarmed.
Even so, they were angry and fought to the death with the Tianping army who came to suppress the rebellion, and even drove back hundreds of Tianping troops.
Zhang Jie led the soldiers of the Tianping Army back to the barracks and closed the camp door tightly, and no one could come out.
The eunuchs who oversaw the army sent people to communicate with the death squads and promised to restore their official positions and treatment and keep everything as usual.
The death squad finally calmed down their anger and retreated to their barracks.
However, as soon as they withdrew, the Tianping Army rushed out again. They wore helmets and armor, held swords and guns in their hands, bows were strung and swords were unsheathed, and they chased menacingly outside the city of Chengdu.
"What the fuck, where are the people?"
At that time, there was a construction site here, a stadium was being built, and hundreds of craftsmen were working on it.
The Tianping army immediately surrounded the construction site, arrested the craftsmen, and beheaded them all. Then he returned to Gao Pian's official residence to report the victory: "All the rebels have been killed!"
Gao Pian had already changed into new clothes, taken a shower, sprayed perfume, and finished vomiting. He was very happy to hear that the rebels had been wiped out. He personally met with the Tianping army and rewarded them with a large amount of gold, silver and silk. “It’s better to rely on your own people!”
It's really outrageous to kill a good person and take credit for it!
The next day, under the guidance of a think tank, Gao Pian posted a notice, apologized very sincerely to the death squads, and restored their official positions, salaries and other benefits.
An unsuccessful mutiny seemed to have a happy ending.
Is this the end of the matter? of course not. Gao Pian will not swallow this bad breath. Being frightened is a trivial matter, but the key point is that the diving activity in the toilet is truly unforgettable.
Gao Pian implemented his revenge plan in a step-by-step manner: first, he gradually replaced the guards at the official residence and replaced all the security personnel on duty with his direct troops; he also secretly investigated the personal information of all the officers and soldiers of the death squad, including their names, addresses, etc.
Another two months passed. everything's ready.
This time, it was Gao Pian's turn to launch a surprise attack.
【Bloody Revenge】
June 20, late at night.
In the silent night, under the bright moonlight, a group of dark figures moved silently from multiple directions.
They have a clear division of labor and are well organized. Some are responsible for laying nets on the outside, surrounding the area so that not even a fly can fly out; some are responsible for weaving in and out, dividing the various houses and barracks in the area; some are responsible for targeted clearing; some are responsible for strategic support , forming strategic depth...
There is no need to blast three cannons, no need to throw cups or raise fire as a signal. This is a well-trained eye contact team.
The silence was finally broken.
There were sounds of breaking doors, cries, and screams.
No matter male, female, old or young, no one will be left alive. Some babies who were still in their arms were snatched away by them, and they grabbed their legs and threw them on the steps and pillars (whenever I read this paragraph, I think of the little devil)... Thousands of people died, and they were bleeding in canals. The cry was loud.
When a woman was about to die, she pointed her halberd at Gao Pian and cursed: "Gao Pian, you deprived the meritorious soldiers of their official salaries for no reason, arousing public anger, but you were lucky enough to save a life. Instead of repenting, you brutally slaughtered the people near you." Thousands of people. How can the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth tolerate you? I will definitely go to the Jade Emperor to file a complaint against you, so that your whole family will be slaughtered, just like you slaughtered us today; you will be wronged, wronged, and ruined, just like today. ; Make you panic and fear, just like today!"
After saying that, with an angry look on his face, he faced the sky and killed him with his neck drawn, and was killed calmly.
Hearing words such as "ghosts, gods" and "god", a trace of fear suddenly flashed across Gao Pian's arrogant face.
"Can God really see what I did today? It's impossible, I did it in the dark... Hurry, put the body into the river! Don't let God see it."
All the corpses were carted to the west of Chengdu and thrown into the Minjiang River.
Gao Pian spent a whole day in a daze, his eyes were dull, he was depressed, his energy was scattered, and his whole body was in bad condition.
The subordinates speculated that he was guilty of self-blame due to the discovery of his conscience, so they did not dare to disturb him.
Half of the setting sun in the west is hidden behind the majestic mountain peaks, like a drowning and struggling child, sliding into the abyss bit by bit, irreversibly.
The sky was soaked with blood-red afterglow, like blood spots that gradually solidified and turned black. Above the sky, black green gradually eats up the scarlet. The glorious and solemn sun is like a dragon swimming in the shallows, like a tiger falling on the flat sun. It is driven by darkness, and the sky no longer belongs to it.
The night has fallen, can dawn be far behind?
"Looking around, who in the world can make this curse come true?" Gao Pian stood on a high hill, with the dark red setting sun reflecting his face into a bronze color, making him appear resolute and courageous.
In an instant, the sunset broke away from the last trace of nostalgia in the world and fell to the bottom without hesitation. Together with its last human mark, the fire cloud, it was quickly extinguished and turned into ashes drifting away.
Gao Pian's bronze-colored face instantly turned blue-black, like a haggard zombie that was gradually decaying.
Will the curse become a reality? I, Gao Pian, may believe it, but my strength does not allow it. How lonely it is to be invincible!
However, historical experience tells us over and over again: outstanding figures will always suddenly collapse at the most glorious and peak moments of their lives, plummeting, falling off a cliff, and falling from Mount Everest into the Mariana Trench in an instant.
Great wisdom knows how to stop.
The road to pursuing fame and wealth is long and murky, and most people will die on the way. Only a small number of elites stand out and achieve success. In the enviable eyes of the world, they fell into a confusion that ordinary people could not understand, because although they stood at the front of the crowd queue, they still could not see the end of the road. This road never ends.
But successful people who have gone through many hardships and overcome obstacles all the way are unwilling to face this legend. Maybe, the end is in the next step. This is a habit and belief they have developed over the years.
What awaited them ahead was still endless darkness and a sudden abyss.
A brave man is the one who forges ahead, and a wise man is the one who retreats bravely from the rapids.
The market was regulated, the administration was rectified, and the army was purged... Gao Pian transformed and built Xichuan according to his wishes.
However, his old friend, Nanzhao, was like flies and mosquitoes in his ears, annoying him.
While Nanzhao sent envoys to sue Gao Pian for peace, he continued to harass the Tang border. Gao Pian beheaded Nanzhao's envoys and wrote back a letter scolding Nanzhao for being rude. He first scolded Nanzhao for being an ungrateful white-eyed wolf and wasting the favor of all the emperors of the Celestial Dynasty. He also described in detail Nanzhao's two attacks on the Annan and Dadu rivers. A miserable defeat to humiliate.
Talking and talking can't bring about a once and for all solution. Professional soldier Gao Pian knows this truth well.
Gao Pian carried out extensive construction work and built the outer city of the capital, with a total planned circumference of 25 miles.
This project brought together the county magistrates of the ten counties under the jurisdiction of Chengdu Prefecture, and asked them to be responsible for managing the craftsmen and providing logistical support. Anyone who took bribes for this project would be executed for more than 100 yuan.
From this we can see that Gao Pian's high-pressure policies and harsh punishments are not due to his anti-humanity or anti-social personality, nor are they a distortion of human nature or a loss of morality. Perhaps it is a simple and rough style of behavior developed from long-term military life.
This style has two sides. Enough to make things happen, and enough to fail them. We are objective and fair and discuss matters as they arise.
The materials used to build the city were taken locally. The soil in Chengdu was soft and could be burned into bricks. So within ten miles of Chengdu, small hills were leveled and soil was used to bake bricks, so that it would not affect the farming of nearby farmers and kill two birds with one stone.
The craftsmen work in shifts, each working only ten days. The people do not suffer from scarcity, but from inequality. The temporary corvee for building the city was not onerous, and everyone was equal. The craftsmen were very happy and could actively complete their work without whipping or insulting them.
It only took three months for the expansion project of Chengdu's outer city to be completed.
During the construction process, the biggest threat was of course Nanzhao.
Nanzhao did not need to actually send troops, but only threatened to send troops, which was enough to cause panic among the people on the border and was not conducive to the progress of the project.
In this regard, Gao Pian adopted a response strategy of combining kindness and power.
First, Gao Pian personally led an army to patrol the border south, inspected the border, and used force to frighten Nanzhao;
Secondly, he sent envoys to deceive Nanzhao through diplomacy.
With the two-pronged approach, Nanzhao did not cause trouble and won a valuable construction period, allowing the city building project to be successfully completed in a relatively stable environment.
Among them, deceptive diplomacy deserves the most special mention.
