Chapter 243: A gray nose
The son is a wolf in Zhongshan, and he will run rampant when he succeeds. ----------"Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty
It is said that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and the world was shocked. The careerists seemed to have found an excuse and target for crusade overnight, and Yuan Shu's territory became the most coveted cake. The royalists who tried to bring order to the chaos were naturally eager to try. Situ Wang Yun was the most anxious person.
The small court of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was nothing more than relying on others, and all its expenditures and military expenses were provided by the major royalist families. Except for a small amount of symbolic contributions from various warlords, the imperial court did not have a penny of tax revenue at all, and could not even afford food rations for the palace ladies, let alone fine clothing and food. The tributes from the major royalist families were simply not enough to maintain military expenditures of tens of thousands of people, let alone start a war.
In the early spring of the third year of Jian'an, Wang Yun finally stepped onto the threshold of Chen Long's mansion. The sun was not very warm yet, and it shone on Wang Yun's white hair, which was particularly dazzling, as if to demonstrate Wang Yun's dedication to the Han Dynasty. It's a pity that no matter how long you remain loyal to the dim royal family, you will always be on the opposite side of the people.
When Wang Yun stepped onto the threshold of Chen Long's mansion, he fully expected to be welcomed with a warm welcome. I felt resentful and resentful in my heart. I was a great Han Situ and the father-in-law of Chen Long. I never expected that one day I would personally come forward to beg this lowly warlord.
Unexpectedly, after the guard informed Chen Long that he was entering, the door was closed tightly and there was no movement for a long time. Wang Yun was getting older and couldn't stand for long. He didn't even have a seat at the door. He rubbed his waist and stamped his legs. If he didn't ask for something, he really wanted to leave.
The spring was cold, and the cold wind penetrated directly into the robe. The guard outside asked Wang Yun to get on the carriage to escape the cold. Wang Yun thought for a while and refused. If I didn't even have this bit of sincerity, wouldn't the cold just now be in vain?
The guard guarding the door looked at Wang Yun with an apologetic look and called out to Mr. Situ, "Do you want that stool to sit on?" His men went in for a long time and took out a small bamboo stool. The guard wiped it with his sleeve and said, "Our lord is strict about economy. , Mr. Situ is about to do it." Wang Yun saw this, angry in his heart, and without saying a word, he proudly walked to the steps with his hands behind his back, and his old waist immediately began to feel sore.
After waiting for a full two hours, Lu Chang hurried over and said, "I dare not hide it from Lord Situ. After my lord was assassinated last time, he often fainted and fell into a coma. Unfortunately, Doctor Hua took some medicine before you came. That’s why I haven’t woken up until now from my coma. My master knows that Lord Situ is outside, please come in quickly.”
Wang Yun held back his anger and stepped inside. Lu Chang led into the back bedroom and saw a person lying on the bed. It was Chen Long with a gray face. The room was filled with the strong fragrance of medicine. When Chen Long saw Wang Yun, he hurriedly "struggled" to stand up from the hospital bed. He accidentally fell onto the bed again and said, "Sir, forgive me! Since the last assassination, my body and bones have been feeling uncomfortable. I rely on Divine Doctor Hua to treat me!"
Wang Yun quickly said it didn't matter, and Chen Long asked people to watch tea. Wang Yun had just sat down, and Chen Long, who was sitting on the bedside, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know who is so wicked. If I catch the mastermind behind the scenes, I will use his sword to stab me and castrate him with my own hands." Wang Yun heard As he spoke, he felt his lower body tightening and made a few squeaks without saying anything for a long time.
Chen Long was so frightened that Wang Yun was in a daze, thinking that it was almost over, and asked: "Master Situ, I have been stabbed for a long time, why didn't you come to see me today?"
Wang Yun was startled and felt that the tone of his words was a bit wrong, so he hurriedly said: "I didn't know that my beloved son-in-law was injured in Luoyang and it was so serious. Later, after arriving in Chang'an, the emperor is now in the midst of employing people, and everything is waiting to be done. I have to deal with it." Tian is busy sorting out the government affairs beside the emperor. I just heard these days that my beloved son-in-law is in poor health. I didn't expect that my beloved son-in-law would have such serious sequelae. "
Chen Long sneered slightly: "My beloved son-in-law? Do you still remember your adopted daughter Diao Chan? Do you know whether she is fat or thin, beautiful or ugly, and whether she has children?"
Wang Yun was startled and said awkwardly: "Wenlong, how is my daughter Diaochan?"
Chen Long was furious, frowning his thick eyebrows and shouted: "Wang Situ! Do you still know that Diao Chan is your daughter? In order to carry out the serial plan, you used Chan'er to seduce Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu and his son, and placed her between the tiger and the jackal. Completely disregarding her life and death! If God hadn't opened his eyes, Chan'er would have been buried in a tiger's den and a wolf's den!" A pair of handsome eyes stared at the old Wang Yun fiercely.
Wang Yun was taken aback by Chen Long's momentum and felt cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He was so embarrassed that he quickly explained: "My dear son-in-law, don't listen to other people's rumors."
"Who is your beloved son-in-law!" Chen Long yelled loudly: "Old man! Old poisoner! You are so vicious and you don't even urinate and take photos, are you worthy of being Chan'er's father? And what about Wen Ji's father's account? I haven’t settled it with you yet! I was hit by several arrows for no reason, could it be thanks to you! Let me find out, and I will definitely take blood revenge! If you don’t look at the emperor’s face, I will accept you, this piece of trash, for God today!”
Wang Yun had always been aloof, but he had never been scolded like this. He almost fainted and was speechless. He pointed and poked with his halberd, but he couldn't speak. He carried it in one breath and fell back immediately. . Chen Long ordered someone to carry him out by his arms and throw him on the carriage. Wang Yun didn't know why, thinking that his master was ill, so he hurried to Hua Tuo's hospital in a carriage.
Chen Long finally vented his anger on behalf of Diao Chan, and felt extremely happy. Wang Yun wanted to take Luoyang, but he couldn't even hope to get a single soldier from his own place. He didn't control the government like Cao Cao, and he was already tolerant of these royalists, so how could he allow them to sit on his neck and shit.
Since Wang Yun had a bad encounter with Chen Long, he was a little depressed and seemed to have lowered his profile a lot. Under the calm appearance, there was actually an undercurrent surging. In 193 AD, when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty suddenly issued several edicts a day, detailing the eight crimes of the traitor Yuan Shu, and ordered all generals to jointly attack the traitor Yuan Shu, and established an alliance to defeat Yuan Shu. , with Situ Wang Yun as the leader of the alliance, General Wang Yue as the marshal, and the commander-in-chief of the world's troops and horses gathered in Luoyang.
As soon as this edict came out, Chen Long was in his arms. Huang Gai and Guo Jia led 20,000 troops to stay put and guard Chang'an. Zhang He's corps of 50,000 mixed troops and Ma Teng's corps of 25,000 Xiliang cavalry immediately set off in the name of revolt. , disappeared into the wilderness of the western suburbs of Chang'an. The name was to fight against rebellion, but in fact the troops passed through Chencang and rushed towards Tianshui.
Between Hanzhong and Chang'an, the Qinling Mountains rise straight into the sky like a barrier. If you take a straight road through the Qinling Mountains, the road is rugged and difficult to walk. Although it is only more than 200 kilometers, you can only reach it after passing through Wugong, Meixian, Taibai, and Foping. In Hanzhong, the plank roads are often cut off. Therefore, when the army marches, it usually takes the old route, that is, through Chencang to Tianshui area, along the Jialing River south to Lueyang, and then along the Jushui River through Hanju County, Yangpingguan, and Mianyang to Hanzhong. Of course, there is also the famous Meridian Valley Passage.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were six main roads from Chang'an through the Qinling Mountains to the southwest and surrounding areas. From west to east they were: Chencang Road, Baoxie Road, Tangluo Road, Ziwu Road, Kugu Road, and Wuguan Road. The Qinling area has high mountains and deep valleys. Although these six roads all occupy dangerous positions, they have still been broken down or smuggled through many times in wars throughout the ages. Among them, the Ziwu Road in Ziwu Valley is one of the six ancient roads. The only dangerous fortress that has been attempted many times to smuggle in, but has never been successful. Therefore, some historians lamented that "there are six paths in the Qinling Mountains, and Ziwu is the king."
The geographical route of Ziwu Valley probably starts from Duling in the southeast of Chang'an, passes through the Qinling Mountains and reaches Hanzhong. It was developed in the Qin Dynasty. After being unknown for a hundred years, it first appeared on the war stage at the end of the Qin Dynasty. At that time, it was the period of "Liu Xiang's Struggle". Liu Bang was forced to go to Hanzhong and became the King of Han. It was from Ziwu that Passing through the valley, the difficulty of the road inspired the determination of the Han soldiers to fight against Xiang Yu. In the end, they fought back to Guanzhong and seized the world.
"Three Kingdoms" records that general Wei Yan once proposed the Ziwu Valley plan, "recruiting ten thousand soldiers and meeting with Liang Yi Tao at Tongguan, just like the story of Han Xin." But Zhuge Liang thought this plan was too risky and rejected it. The very important reasons why Zhuge Liang did not adopt this strategy include the unpredictable and unpredictable weather in the Ziwu Valley area, as well as the difficult and dangerous geography. However, Wei Yan's statement of "going out directly from Baozhong, following the Qinling Mountains to the east, and heading towards Ziwu to the north" probably did not mean sending troops from the Ziwu Valley, but from the Tangluo Road. When Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, attacked Shu, he clearly stated that he would march through Ziwu Valley, Xie Valley and other roads. However, due to continuous rainy weather and the cutoff of the plank road, it took Cao Zhen a month to cover half of the distance and he was forced to retreat. Wei Yan's strategy was also tried later, but all failed. For example, when Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Northern Expedition to the Former Qin Dynasty, he sneaked into the Ziwu Valley like Wei Yan, but was ambushed by the Qin army before leaving the valley.
Taking into account the above factors, Chen Long still chose the relatively easy old path, which is the reverse of Zhuge Liang's departure from Qishan in official history. At the same time, Wei Yan joined forces with Gan Ning and Samoko, and Lu Su, Pan Jun, and Ding Yi served as military advisors. They had about 40,000 men on land and water, and hundreds of large and small warships. They fought mightily out of the mouth of the Danjiang River and rushed to Hanzhong along the Han River. Shangyong County of the county.
Shantou Chen Long's soldiers and horses were in full bloom, and they came to Chen Cang in a mighty and mighty manner. General Chencang was the deputy general of Tianshui County Governor Liang Xing. Hearing that Chen Long and Ma Teng were coming hand in hand, he was so frightened that he ran away. Chen Long and Ma Teng divided their troops in Chencang. Ma Teng followed the road south to Qishan, passed through Wudu and went straight to Nanzheng and Yangping Pass. Chen Long led his troops to the boundaries of Tianshui County, intending to capture Tianshui and lead the army to conquer Hanzhong. Establish a strong logistical stronghold.
The march along the road was arduous and arduous, and Chen Long realized the good intentions of Prime Minister Zhuge's Northern Expedition in official history. A corner of peace is also ruin. It took a lifetime of Northern Expedition in exchange for decades of peace in Shu.
Tianshui guard Liang Xing was one of Han Sui's eight capable generals. His martial arts skills were acceptable, but his strategy was insufficient. Regarding the sudden appearance of Chen Long's army, Liang Xinggao took the initiative to avoid fighting, intending to defend and counterattack. Xun You came up with a plan, and Chen Long organized his troops under the city every day. He showed off his power, blocked out the sun with swords and guns, made loud music with drums, and waved flags, which frightened Liang Xing, who was short of troops. After three consecutive days of this, Chen Long ordered his men to attack the city, bluffing and encircling three without one. The siege bugle sounded day and night, making Liang Xing's soldiers unable to rest and fighting fatigue until they were on the verge of psychological collapse, so they opened the city gate at night and fled. Chen Long's troops captured Tianshui, a large city in Xiliang without any bloodshed, and recorded the first contribution of Xun You's advice.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
