Shu land, Jianmen Pass,
After several days of rest and waiting, the more than 50,000 Forbidden Army infantry who fell behind the cavalry finally arrived at Jianmen Pass after an arduous and urgent march.
On the vast field outside the pass, on a temporary general stage built with wooden boards, Wang Jien, the security envoy from Xichuan, was wearing a purple robe and a double-winged brocade crown. The superior man's momentum rushed towards his face, and everyone was so overwhelmed that they did not dare to look directly at him.
Wang Jien glanced at everyone in the audience, and said with a stern face: "Li's rebellion has caused cholera in Shu, and has devastated all living beings. Now, under the emperor's order, I lead the king's army to fight against the rebellion. I hope that all the generals will work together to destroy the rebels... …”
At the same time, in order to undermine the resistance of the rebels, Wang Jien also issued a court edict to the prefectures and counties in the Shu region, "Only punish the chief evildoers, and ignore the threats and obedience." He also sent people to preach that as long as the bewitched refugees could put down their weapons and leave in time, The rebels will be ignored by the imperial court.
At the same time, in order to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, the imperial court sent additional Shaanxi Road transport envoy Lei Youzhong as the chief general, and Pei Zhuang, who knew the military and horse affairs as his deputy, led an army of 20,000, southward from the Huai River, east out of Jinghu North Road, from Kuimen entered Sichuan and, together with the imperial army led by Wang Jien, attacked the rebels from both sides in the hope of ending the battle as soon as possible.
After the swearing-in meeting, Wang Jien led nearly 60,000 troops southward from Jianmen, attacking Jianzhou, Mianzhou, and Langzhou all the way. His troops were directed towards Bazhou. If Bazhou was captured again, they would be able to attack the rebels' home base - —Chengdu Prefecture.
Faced with the increasing pressure of the imperial imperial army, the people of Shu in Chengdu could not sit still. They wrote to Shu King Li Shun one after another, asking Li Shun to order Xianggui's army, which was besieging Zizhou, to return to Chengdu to aid.
At the court meeting in the Prince of Shu's Mansion, the ministers were discussing in the hall. In the hall, the King of Shu, Li Shun, was sitting on the throne, frowning at the civil and military officials in the hall.
"To report to the King, I think we should quickly mobilize the 200,000 troops to attack Zizhou and return to King Qin. Zizhou City is high and deep, and it will be difficult to break it in a short time. Zizhou City is right there. If we don't attack, they will We can't run away, and the Imperial Guards led by Wang Jien are indeed the most important threat at hand. As long as we defeat the Imperial Guards led by Wang Jien with superior force and retake Jianmen Pass, the defenders of Zizhou City will collapse without attacking." Chu Lihan, the government official, came out of the queue and bowed and said.
Chu Lihan's admonitions were clear in priorities and hit the mark. They were mature advice for seeking a country.
After hearing this, the other courtiers nodded in agreement, while some frowned in thought. Li Shunze glanced at everyone noncommittally and asked: "What do the other dear friends have to say? This matter is important, and all dear ladies should know everything and say it..."
Wu Yun, a disciple of Tong Zhongshu who knew the elegant meaning of the strings and was good at figuring out the meaning, heard the displeasure in Li Shun's words. He thought for a while, bowed out of the queue, and said: "This is the Prime Minister of Chu. There is a misunderstanding. According to intelligence, in addition to sending Wang Jien and his group of forbidden troops, the imperial court also sent Lei Youzhong to the east to attack Kuimen in the south, preparing to attack us from the east and west with Wang Jien who left Jianmen Pass in the west. If we Now that General Xianggui's army has been mobilized to besiege Zizhou, Lei Youzhong will easily enter Shu from Kuimen and then join Zizhou's army, then we will face a very passive situation."
Chu Lihan didn't like people like Wu Yun who only knew how to cater to their superiors and flatter him, and he was even more dissatisfied with the fact that such a person had climbed to the top of the civil servants' list of prime ministers. Hearing his refutation, he became even more angry.
Chu Lihan suppressed the anger in his heart and asked: "Wang Jien brought all the forbidden troops from the imperial court. We have less than 60,000 troops in Chengdu. If we don't mobilize the army to come back for reinforcements, if something goes wrong in Chengdu, Mr. Wu will Can you afford it?”
Wu Yun smiled coldly when he heard this and replied: "There are only thirty or forty thousand people in Zizhou City, but they can still stand firm in the face of the attack of more than 200,000 troops outside the city. Our Chengdu City is taller than Zizhou, and our army is also bigger." There are more than Zizhou. Facing Wang Jien’s 50,000 to 60,000 people, we are waiting for work, so what can we make mistakes?”
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Li Shun rubbed his forehead and said impatiently: "I am a little tired. I will wait for my husband to discuss the countermeasures and then submit them to me. Let's retreat from the court!"
Different from the fierce debates in the court of the Great Shu Kingdom, thousands of miles away in the Yanjing Mansion of the Liao Kingdom, the weather in November was as cold as a knife, cutting across people's cheeks, making people afraid to face the cold wind. A heavy snowfall a few days ago made Yanjing Mansion covered in snow. When the sun came out, the reflected light made it impossible to open one's eyes.
In the main hall of the inner city of Yanjing Mansion, Emperor Yelu Longxu and Queen Mother Xiao Chuoduan were sitting at the top of the hall. Jin Wang Han Derang, who usually came and went with Empress Dowager Xiao, did not accompany Nabo, but stayed in Linhuang Mansion in Beijing to frighten the young people inside and outside.
"Nabo" is the transliteration of the Khitan word, which means the camp of the Liao Emperor. The Liao Emperor maintained the habits developed by his ancestors in their nomadic life, living in unpredictable places and moving around in four seasons. Therefore, the emperor has his own place to go in each of the four seasons, which is called Nabo, also known as Nabo in the four seasons. It is equivalent to the Han emperor's tour around the world.
However, unlike the Han emperors who traveled around the world to enjoy the mountains and rivers, the Khitan emperor also dealt with government affairs during his "Nabo". The civil and military ministers of the imperial court all accompanied the army to "Nabo". When major events occurred, they could be dealt with on the spot and responded very quickly.
The reason why "Nabo" came to Yanjing Mansion this time was because the intelligence agency of the Liao State, the "Zhifang Division", received information: A riot broke out in Xichuan, the southwest hinterland of the Song Dynasty, and the rebel army captured Chengdu Mansion, and the Shu region was in danger. , the rebel army established the Great Shu Kingdom in the middle of Shu, and had sent people to Dangxiang and Khitan, preparing to unite with the Khitan and Dangxiang people to attack the Song Dynasty from three sides.
Since Zhao Guangyi's two northern expeditions to Yanyun, the Song and Liao Dynasties have become life-or-death enemies. Now that the enemy is in trouble, many people in the Liao Kingdom are beginning to get ready to take action.
"Your Majesty, I believe that this internal disaster in the Song Dynasty is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us in the Liao Dynasty. The Song people sending troops south to suppress the rebellion will definitely lead to empty border defenses. If we take this opportunity to unite with the Xixia Party members to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty will When fighting on three fronts, we must pay attention to one thing and lose the other. When the time comes, the Liao Dynasty will advance straight forward and drink the Yellow River, and a large area of the Central Plains will be obtained for me..." Under the main hall, Han Dewei, the privy envoy of the Nanyuan who was left behind in Xijing of the Liao Kingdom, came out and spoke. . Speaking of excitement, he couldn't help but tremble, as if everything was within reach.
This information was obtained by the Liao Kingdom's "Ji Fang Division" in Song Dynasty. After being reported at all levels, it was handed over to the desk of the Xijing Left-behind Fu Division, a direct agency of the "Ji Fang Division".
After Han Dewei, who was left behind in Xijing, received the news, he immediately reported it to the Khitan royal court who was "Nabo". Therefore, the royal court moved to the nearby Yanjing Mansion and summoned Han Dewei to come to Yanjing Mansion to report the military situation.
