sweeping the world

Chapter 478
Li's family was a little bit aggrieved by the fall of Cheng Han, but Chengdu was suddenly captured by the Han army, and Li Shi had already surrendered before the Han army that suddenly appeared entered the city.

History is almost a replica of Sima Yi's attack on Shu at the end of the Three Kingdoms period. The difference is that Deng Ai went through untold hardships to reach the city of Chengdu, while Li Kuang only needed to bring some officers to the surrounding areas of Chengdu in disguise to receive an army. army.

When Li Kuang led nearly 1 imperial guards in the field of vision of Chengdu, there were not many defenders in Chengdu. Most of Li's Chenghan troops were attracted to the front lines of Liangzhou's Brazilian County and Berkshire. .

Nearly 1 Han soldiers with well-equipped armor, glamorous and fierce appearance approached the city of Chengdu, and they stunned the people in Chengdu just by appearing.Before the Han army entered Chengli, people had already dragged their families to run away. It was inevitable that there were incidents of looting and murder by fishing in troubled waters, and there were also aristocratic families who resolutely brought their family private soldiers to revolt.

When Li Shi learned that the Han army had killed the city of Chengdu, he was in a state of panic and had only one thought in his head, that is, the frontline troops were defeated.

There are still smart people who thought about the old things of the Three Kingdoms, but what they were not sure about was that the Han army who came did not appear to be in a panic. It didn't seem like they had climbed mountains and waded through untold hardships, but more like they came here smoothly.Regardless of whether they were sure or not, they didn't remind Li Shi, who had no master, that he did what he had to do.

The imperial guards led by Li Kuang had just approached the city gate of Chengdu, and the military flag above the city was replaced with an apricot-yellow flag. The Han army controlled the city gate without encountering resistance, and soon the envoys sent by Li Shi arrived. .

That's right, raising the apricot-yellow flag actually means asking for surrender. In the Song Dynasty, the apricot-yellow flag still represented surrender. Raising the white flag to surrender should have started from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

Li Shi was willing to follow Ran Min's example, remove the title of his country and merge with the Han Kingdom. The only requirement was that he and his relatives should not be harmed.

It can only be said that it is feasible to learn from Ran Min, but it is impossible for Li Shi to get the treatment of Ran Min. Li Kuang has been informed in advance that if he can force Li Shi to surrender by learning the old things of the Three Kingdoms, Han Guo is willing to guarantee Li Shi's life. Safety, as for the Li family, what to say.

Li Kuang accepted Li Shi's surrender on behalf of Liu Yan, and asked Li Shi to write a personal letter to the frontline people to surrender while taking over Chengdu.At this time, Huan Wen was still blocked in the Jiange, and Yin Hao's troops were attacking and defending back and forth with Li Fu's troops in the mountains of Dianjiang (modern Hechuan).

Zan Jian and Li Fu, who were resisting the invasion of the Han army on the front line, received Li Shi's personal letter almost at the same time, and their reactions were slightly different.

Zan Jian persisted in resisting in Nanzheng for half a month, waiting for the city to fall before retreating to Jiange with his remaining troops.This part of the Li family's Chenghan army, no matter what kind of offensive the Han army used, they couldn't get around the Jiange's terrain where one man guards the gate and ten thousand people can't open it. They relied on the absolutely favorable terrain of the Jiange to firmly block Huan Wen's troops.

Jiange is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack. It doesn't mean that it can be won with a few tricks or a few strong attacks. It can only be tried again and again to wipe out the defenders in the process of consumption, or cause the morale of the defenders to collapse. And the collapse, the price to pay is far greater than imagined.

Zan Jian received Li Shi's personal letter and came to Wang Gu for discussion.According to his original intention, he refused to surrender to the Han army outside the pass. He knew very well that the reason why Chengdu fell was only because of the Han army's sideways sword. Cheng Yidu rescued Li Shi.

Regarding how Deng Ai frightened Liu Chan into surrendering, as a literati, Wang Gu must be more clear than Zan Jian.He was silent for a long time after listening to Zan Jian's opinion, and then asked Zan Jian if he could guarantee that Li Shi would not be harmed, so what if Li Shi was harmed because of Zan Jian's return to the army.

After Wang Gu finished asking, Zan Jian fell into a long silence.

It's hard to say what Zan Jian's military talent is. His loyalty to the Li family can be learned from the sun and the moon. big favor.

Today is an era when personal favors are greater than the country. For many loyal people, the country can perish, but the benefactor cannot be harmed...

Zan Jian couldn't guarantee that Li Shi would not be harmed, and felt powerless under Wang Gu's persuasion. He hesitated for five days from receiving Li Shi's handwritten letter to Switch's surrender, and waited for Switch to surrender. Seeing Huan Wen, he only made one request, that is to stay by Li Shi's side all the time.

Huan Wen agreed to Zan Jian's request without hesitation. After taking over Jiange, he even held a banquet to enjoy with Zan Jian, Wang Gu and other generals or famous literati.At the banquet, he proposed that Zan Jian would be able to leave for Chengdu the next day, and praised Zan Jian's loyalty to the Lord, and even said that other people who had the same intention could go with him.

Due to sorrow and unwillingness, the generals belonging to the Li family Chenghan drank a lot at the banquet, and Zan Jian and a group of people only set off in the afternoon of the next day.They drove less than two miles, and were ambushed at a fork in the road. It is exaggerated to say that all arrows are fired, but the density of arrows is definitely not small. Unable to escape the continuous cover behind, everyone who became a corpse, including the horse, was hit by at least ten arrows all over their bodies.

A group of people loyal to Li Shi, such as Zan Jian, died, and the death was unclear and unclear. There will be no record of how they died.In the historical records of the victors, they were well received by Huan Wen and met their requirements, but they disappeared permanently after leaving the Jiange. It is speculated that they were intercepted and killed by resentful barbarians.

On Li Fu's side, after receiving a handwritten letter from History, his original intention was to accept Li Shi's order to surrender to the Han army, but Chang Zhu and a group of people sternly dissuaded him.

Chang Gu was still waiting for the good news from Gong Zhuang, but the news from Gong Zhuang was not received. The bad news that Chengdu was occupied by the Han army and Li Shi surrendered came first, which was really not much different from the shocking thunderbolt.

Li Fu was hesitant after hearing the different opinions below. Should they retreat all the way from Danqu County, be able to block the Han army in Dianjiang, or take advantage of the complex mountainous area and the new rainy season.To be honest, he was frightened by the fighting power of the Han army. He knew very well that once the rainy season ended, Dianjiang would still be unable to be defended.

A group of aristocratic families in Shu such as Chang Zhu really did not want Shu to fall into the hands of Han. If Shu was really brought under the rule of Han, the families in the Central Plains should be their end.And in some of the news they heard, the Han State issued some ultimatum wherever it went, either to cooperate with the registration of the population and donate the land according to the instructions of the Han State, or the whole family including every chicken and every dog The dogs were all exterminated, so how miserable would it be to keep the chickens and dogs alive.

In fact, it is not that exaggerated. The Han State gave some preferential treatment to some families that the Han army did not take refuge in or surrendered first. It was iron and blood for those groups that resisted and resisted the rule of the Han State. However, good things do not go out and bad things spread thousands of miles. Hearing some things about the state of Han is horrifying.

In fact, even the aristocratic families in Shu did not necessarily hear the horror version. As long as the Han State insisted on registering all the population of each aristocratic family, and after measuring the land and only keeping some of the rest for redemption, then they would not be able to accept it.

Chang Zhu and other members of the Shu family did not give Li Fu much time to hesitate, and confirmed that Li Fu would surrender to the Han army according to Li Shi's instructions. They directly set up a situation to kill Li Fu and a group of people who did not cooperate.The next moment is to change the king's banner at the top of the city, take down the banner of Li's Chenghan, and replace it with the banner of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, announce to the public that the Jin army will soon come to rescue the suffering, and call on the whole people to resist the brutal Han army.

Yin Hao and the Han army were stunned when they saw the enemy army on the opposite side suddenly put on the banner of the Jin army. At first, they wondered why the Jin army appeared. After a while, they found out that the enemy army was still the original enemy army, but the banner was changed. Lose.They didn't understand what the enemy was playing at first, and they waited for someone from the enemy to surrender before they learned what happened.

After changing the banner of the Jin army, they became the original Li clan's Chenghan army commanded by Chang Zhu and other aristocratic families in Shu. They did not suddenly transform into supermen because of changing the banner. On the contrary, the sudden change made the soldiers at the bottom feel at a loss Surprisingly, after the Han army launched an attack again, those private soldiers of the aristocratic family were really desperate, and it turned out that the soldiers of the Li family Chenghan all became life-threatening.

After a series of incidents that seemed to be a joke, the defenders of Dianjiang had no fighting spirit. They either collapsed at the first touch or surrendered immediately. The speed of Yin Hao's troops suddenly accelerated. Few people choose to retreat back to their lairs wisely and protect their lives, while some diehards, including Chang Zhu, try to find ways to go to the rule of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

From the February when the Han army formally invaded the Li family into Han, to the surrender of Li Shi, most counties and counties were replaced with the flag of the Han state, and even the cities that were not controlled by the Han army were replaced with the flag of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Cheng Han was officially swept into the garbage heap, and the entire process lasted nearly six months, that is, from spring to autumn.

Huan Wen and Yin Hao joined forces in Chengdu. Before the two armies joined forces, Li Shi, including his family, set off for Yecheng under the protection of the Han army.

This time, Huan Wen didn't dare to make Li Shi disappear. Not only did he dare not let Li Shi disappear, but he also wanted to ensure that Li Shi would not lose a single hair. When the war against the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was over, Li Shi would still be revealed by him. A badge of merit.In the future, when Li Shi came out in disguise to perform dances, who didn't mention that Huan Wen led the army to destroy Li's Chenghan?
One thing must be said, that is, even though he knew Li Kuang's mission was like that from the beginning, Huan Wen still felt jealous in his heart that Li Kuang did what Deng Ai had done.

After Huan Wen arrived in Chengdu, his first order was to let Li Kuang lead his army out of Sichuan, and rush to Jingzhou as the vanguard in advance, preparing to participate in the invasion of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.He himself will stay in Chengdu for a while, and needs to wait for Sang Yu to arrive, and he should also deal with the aristocratic family in Shu during this period.

"It's not easy." Yin Hao's face was full of sadness. He is now responsible for the liquidation of the aristocratic families in Shu. A family in the mountains..."

Huan Wen gave a "hmm", and his attitude of coping was obvious.He will not stay in Shu for long, no matter what troubles he has, they are not his own troubles.

Yin Hao will need to stay in Shu for a long time in the future, liquidating those families who resisted Han rule is only one of the tasks, and there will be many things to do to stabilize the place, including launching various operations against the Nanman.

In fact, Han did not expect that most of the aristocratic families would resist in Shu. According to the original plan of the center of Han, after the Li family was eliminated and became Han, they did not intend to deliberately target which aristocratic families. In exchange for the plan of preferential treatment, I did not expect that it had already been announced, but the aristocratic families in the Shu region would have a stronger will to resist than the Hu people.

It seems that those aristocratic families in the Shu region cannot be blamed. After all, the call to action is often linked to the Mongols, that is to say, but it is often said better than the song. It is another matter to wait for the overall situation to be determined. It is often still on the call Do the exact opposite of what you said.

"As long as there is a target, it will be completely wiped out... Is it impossible? Besides, several counties in the south still need to be attacked. We can't destroy Chengguo and let Jin win the city for nothing." Yin Hao said The way of thinking has not yet been "Han Guohua", and I think about things with the thinking of being an official in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: "Should I ask the king for instructions, or suggest that a group of people should be recruited? In this way, there will be more spare energy to target Those counties in the south can also stabilize Shu more quickly."

Huan Wen let out a "hmm", he didn't care how unlucky the Shu family was, and he didn't care what Yin Hao was thinking or saying.What he has to think about is how to shine again in the war of invading the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and what kind of attitude he should have to capture his old friends if the war goes well.

At the end of August in the fourth year of Yuanshuo, Sang Yu, the prime minister of the right, arrived in Chengdu.He brought Liu Yan's list of titles and rewards for those who participated in the invasion of the Li family and Cheng Han. As for the official promotion, it will not be officially announced until all the soldiers return to report their duties.

Noble titles are extremely precious in the Han Dynasty. Noble titles of any level have what kind of treatment. It is difficult for people with low titles to have various honors, benefits and social status of high titles.

"The new batch of titles and rewards have all been finalized, and those who are promoted to Guanneihou will have Yuanzi." Sang Yu didn't say who the rest of the Guanneihou were. He smiled at Huan Wen who was respectful in front of him. There was a gossip in his eyes: "The king has already planned a reward. If Yuanzi makes great achievements in the Southern Expedition, he will be appointed General Zhengxi."

In an instant, if Huan Wen, who has become the Marquis of Guannei, can shine with absolute radiance, he is looking forward to such a day...

(End of this chapter)