The battle at Dajian Mountain needs to be described. The sword pavilion is certainly dangerous, and it is not easy to capture it from south to north. But once an enemy army can launch an offensive from both the north and the south at the same time, the danger of Jiange 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 shortage quickly. The only way to stop the Han army was to throw stones.
In this case, Yang Fu, as a scribe, after arriving at the Jiange, selected a hundred of the most elite soldiers from among the soldiers to ascend first, supplemented by hundreds of strong crossbows to respond from behind, and sent hundreds of Shu people to shout loudly below the city. He drank to persuade them to surrender, and then personally beat the drums to supervise the battle. The arrows were missing 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 discussed: "Why are there so many Shu people who are rebelling against the army? Could it be thieves?" Has the army already conquered 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 become jealous and use them as military merit, 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's troops had opened the door and surrendered. The credit they had received was so wasted, and everyone couldn't help but get angry when they learned about it. Lieutenant Jiang Yin even raised his sword and planned to go to the right army to take someone, but he was quickly pulled down 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. Between his gray beard and hair, his cheekbones and mandible were high and protruding, his eyes were extremely deep, and his tall waist actually looked thin.
Duan Yan saw Yang Fu's surprised look, smiled to himself, sat back on the main couch, his hands shaking uncontrollably, and then asked Cang Tou to show Yang Fu tea and said: "I am old, and I am not accustomed to the acclimatization. It made Leader Yang laugh." Duan Xuan's behavior was actually very similar to Jia Xu's. Except for official duties, he kept to himself 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, Duan Xuan was the only one in Guanzhong who 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 places of life and death in the country, and now he leads the Xifu army alone. It can be said that apart from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he is the most important minister outside the imperial court. Moreover, this expedition to Shu involves overall arrangements, troop division strategies, coordination of various armies and other major policies. Chen Chong made decisions after discussing them all. In today's world, there are only a few people who have both rich practical experience and strategic vision from a high position, and Duan Yan is one of them. Now that we have the opportunity to talk in depth, Yang Fu also sincerely admires her. The old and the young chatted happily until late at night.
Duan Xuan strongly praised Yang Fu's 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 is quite smart and came to my place to protect all soldiers. But tomorrow I will send people to escort the prisoners to your camp. I will truthfully report the whole process." Prime Minister, you don’t need to worry."
Yang Fu was surprised again. After joining the army for several years, he knew very well that Chen Chong was very strict in running the army. All achievements in 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 a smell of cost and selfishness, he will 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 noticed 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, will your Majesty still allow me to become prime minister? You and I actually know that there is always only one prime minister in the court. And as a minister, if you make too many merits, 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. Don’t be impatient, you are much better than I was back then.”
Yang Fu heard this
He suddenly became ashamed, thought about it secretly, and asked Duan Xuan 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?"
"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 has not yet 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 Jingchu's victory, I'm afraid we don't have the strength yet."
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But there are still some worries that he has not expressed. Now Chen Chong is not only attacking Hanzhong with a partial force, but also trying to pacify Bashu. This 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 affected? What if suspicion arises in the world? Although they used to love each other like brothers and turned a blind eye to it, now that their identities have changed, many things are hard to say. But Yang Fu didn't understand what he was thinking and just continued to talk about the general trend of the world.
By the time Yang Fu came out of Duan Xuan'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 sweltering and unbearable, but Yang Fu was in a good mood when he saw the prisoners of war, and felt that the rain had come at the right time. On the same day, both sides passed 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 did their strength not suffer much damage, but because they had recruited and surrendered many Shu warriors, their 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 below the city, the sky was bright and the sun was shining brightly, the momentum was extremely frightening. What frightened him even more was that in the endless sea of people, he recognized many of them as his former comrades. 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 him to surrender, he did not hesitate and immediately left the city to offer his seal.
At this point, all Shuzhong legions except the Mianzhu garrison have 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.
Mianzhu, as its name suggests, is named Mianzhu because there are many bamboos on both sides of the Mianshui River. When Liu Yan took office as the shepherd of Yizhou, he encountered a rebellion caused by the Yellow Turbans of Ma Xiang, and the passage was cut off. He could only command remotely from the eastern border of Jingzhou. Later, Jia Long, the leader of Yizhou, led his army to destroy Ma Xiang, and welcomed Liu Yan into Shu. There was still chaos, so Liu Yan temporarily lived in Mianzhu.
At this time, a fortune-teller read Liu Yan's fortune and told him that he would "live when he encounters wood and perish when encountering fire." The idea of moving the capital arose. Among the cities in central Sichuan, Liu Yan liked Mianzhu because of its beautiful scenery, 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 governor of the state. , it has been twenty-two years now. Now, it has been twenty-two years since Mianzhu last encountered war.
After 22 years of operation, Mianzhu has become the well-deserved first fortified city in Sichuan. The thirty-two miles long and four-foot-high city walls inside and outside are made of bricks and stones mixed with glutinous rice. At a glance, the surrounding Han soldiers saw that the green and yellow brick walls gave people a great sense of oppression, as if there was a ghost. Give them a cold look. The complex and rugged terrain around the city base was like an invisible poisonous snake, slowly strangling the feet of the 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 strength of the city has actually lost its meaning. Just as Sun Ce taught Sun Shao before, people are the city walls and people are swords. The war in Shu is now complete. It has become a battle based on people's hearts, and Chen Chong has completely gained the upper hand. Therefore, when convening 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 impressively.
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 Fujian County who had surrendered a few days ago, to speak. This made everyone in the gathering quite astonished and thought:
How could a surrendered general preside over such a major event? Everyone looked at each other, but did not dare to talk casually, so 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 heroic and powerful warriors penetrated deep into Bashu, flew across the Yunshan Mountains, and defeated the enemy without any calculation. In two months, they achieved this immortal feat. How could it be possible unless destiny was clear and people thought about Han? It is a pity that there are still ugly people who do not know the rules. If you try to use the mantis' arm as 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, the arrow letter is sent to send a message, asking them to come and surrender anyway! If Mianzhu can open the city without blood, wouldn’t it be a good talk? "
