Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

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On April [-]th, the army was less than forty miles away from Chengdu. Shi Congyun ordered to stop and reorganize, restore organization, and at the same time emphasize the discipline after arriving in Chengdu.

He also sent people to contact the East Route Army, and sent envoys to Chengdu to persuade him to surrender.

Chengdu is different from all the cities he has been to before. It is definitely a place of dreams for many people when the world is peaceful, because geography determines the entire Sichuan, and it is all for the sake of holding a bright pearl, and that is Chengdu.

In the whole of Shu, there are high mountains outside, large hills and a few high mountains inside, and Chengdu and its vicinity are the real plains.

At the same time there are three rivers that flow into the Yangtze near Chengdu.

God doesn't seem to care much about fairness. All the favorable conditions of time and place in the entire Shu area converge in Chengdu, and its periphery is mostly hills and mountains.

The construction of water conservancy in the Qin Dynasty created the Chengdu Plain. It is destined that as long as it develops, Chengdu will be nourished by the entire Shu land and become a prosperous and large city.

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty, Chengdu has been a large and prosperous city in the world.

Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Sichuan region was almost completely wiped out. Later, the Qing Dynasty encouraged people to emigrate, and a large number of people from all over the world flocked to Sichuan.

A large number of new Sichuanese from all over the world have no roots in Sichuan, and it takes a long time to get used to it. After that, Sichuan fell into decline, and it took hundreds of years to start to recover.

Shi Congyun paid special attention to Chengdu, because the essence of Shu was in Chengdu.

The geographical environment here is not like those places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Those places have their own advantages, and there are many livable flat lands. Almost every city has its own competitiveness.

In Sichuan, except for Yuzhou (Chongqing) at the confluence of various rivers in the east, it can compete with Chengdu a little bit. Other places are completely unable to compete with Chengdu in terms of self-care location, terrain, livability, transportation, etc., resulting in Chengdu will inevitably gather the wealth, resources, and population of the entire Shu region.

If Chengdu is destroyed, then half of the Shu Kingdom will be gone. If half of the Shu Kingdom is gone, he will lose half of the attack on Shu, and he will not have enough food and pay to fight against the Northern Han and Khitan.

So Shi Congyun didn't care about educating his little yellow flower, put her in his own clean clothes, and put her in his big tent.

Then he personally led his own soldiers to patrol the battalions on horseback. The North Route Army now has 82 battalions with the expanded Shu Army. It was very tiring, but he was still tireless.

Repeatedly emphasizing the military discipline after approaching Chengdu, this also made the soldiers of the Shu army who had just surrendered and reorganized support him more.

In fact, whether soldiers have combat effectiveness is mostly determined by the overall environment. The performance of Shu soldiers in Shu is very hip, which can be described as vulnerable. But in history, after Zhao Kuangyin took Shu, he transferred many Shu soldiers to the border. The consideration of preventing rebellion in the Shu region can still be fought after the border is tempered.

Therefore, Shi Congyun is not afraid of the dishes of the Shu soldiers. The dishes can be practiced. The key is to win the hearts of the people. As long as the soldiers are willing to fight for him like Dang Jin, no one has two arms and one head. Just give him a knife and go crazy. Ordinary people like him can scare a general like Dad.

And along the way, Shi Congyun discovered that because of the different military songs, there are unexpected benefits.

Because Zhou Jun and the newly adapted Shu Jun had a louder voice than anyone else because of fighting songs all the way, they unexpectedly expressed some feelings inexplicably, and the gap was eliminated a lot.

Thinking about it, everyone comes from all over the world, with different dialects, can't write, can't communicate, and naturally nervous, when nervous, they instinctively want to hug each other for warmth, and reject people with different accents, so the gap will come out.

If everyone sings together and compares their voices together, it is an alternative communication that eliminates the barriers of dialects.

So Shi Congyun specially summoned the commanders and the civil servants of the Privy Council for a special meeting, and asked the civil servants of the Privy Council to teach the soldiers to recite more songs, and to organize the soldiers to fight more songs when the command mission usually does not fight.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not quite understanding, but Shi Congyun demanded to be tough, and said directly: "You guys know nothing, just let me execute it."

Everyone agreed.

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Chengdu is not only a city, but also a huge settlement centered on Chengdu City, with many towns and villages on the periphery. In terms of the scale of the city and its surrounding villages and towns, Jinling and Daliang City are not rivals at this time.

After the army marched towards Chengdu, Shi Congyun asked the Jiannan army adapted from the Shu army to take the lead to appease the people in the periphery, and the main army was behind to appease the people and tell them not to panic.

Also because of this trick, the Kingdom of Shu originally deployed some stubborn resistance troops in post stations and bridges outside the city of Chengdu, but when they saw their own people coming, they all surrendered and made way.

So by April 3th, more than [-] troops from Zhou Junbei Road had pushed to three miles of the main city wall of Chengdu without any hindrance.

Some villages and towns on the outskirts close to the city wall also became the logistics camps and field hospitals of the Zhou army. The craftsmen of the Shenhuo Army started traditional arts, cutting wood to make siege equipment.

Let alone whether it is necessary or not, it will cause huge psychological pressure on the defenders of the city and the emperor of the Shu Kingdom in the city, and at the same time be prepared.

At the same time, the main force of Li Chuyun's army on the East Road also went northward from Suizhou (Suining), and people have been sent to meet and contact him. confluence.

Shi Congyun was so excited that Dama led hundreds of soldiers to gallop close to Chengdu City to have a look. Looking at the high Chengdu City Wall in the distance, the flags could be seen clearly, and the panicked figures on the top of the city had already won the victory.

Compared with Wang Quanbin in history, Shi Congyun is slower.

The main reason is that he has great power and can decide the policy and strategy of this battle.

So he didn't want to beat up Chengdu to pieces, and beat Shu to the ground. This time the troops were sent out differently from the past. He didn't spend much time fighting, but he spent a lot of time appeasing the local people and recruiting the Shu army. Palm is not so fast.

As for Chengdu City, Shi Congyun also had a plan in mind.

He didn't want to fight. It would be best for Meng Chang to take into account the overall situation and leave Chengdu intact to him. If he was really forced to attack and destroy the city, Shi Congyun would definitely chop off Meng Chang's head.

On the contrary, if he is sensible, I don't care if he goes to Daliang to be an An Le Gong.

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Chapter 289: Dali Temple

Yangma City was built on the outskirts of Chengdu, and the army was not in a hurry to attack the city.

The so-called Yangma City is a temporary city wall rebuilt by the defenders outside the walls of the big city. Attacking this kind of big city is not a one-off effort. You can rush to the bottom of the city in one fell swoop. Organize the defense, and fight through everything before you get to the city wall.

However, these should not be hasty, one must be prepared early, when Shouzhou was the Yangma city outside the big city, there was almost no construction, Zhou Jun directly attacked the city, because Li Gu fought too suddenly as a forward, and Liu Renshan was too late.

Chengdu has plenty of time to prepare, but the built Yangma City also shows obvious signs of being rushed, and several wooden frames in the east are suspected of being crumbling.

There are not many soldiers in Yangma City, and it can be seen that the will to resist in the city is not so firm.

Shi Congyun felt a little regretful. Because his cannon was too heavy, he was thrown in the north and was not pulled south. Otherwise, he could have fired a few shots at the surrounding Yangma City to test its power.

You don't need to try the city walls inside, but you can take a look at the outer Yangma City.

This is because he is more relaxed. Compared with running around all the way, he feels like going home outside of Chengdu.

Chengdu is very different from the Chengdu in his later impressions. The only thing that remains the same is that once he arrives here, he subconsciously feels at ease. He goes to the park every day to brag, play chess, and make a pot of tea to drink until evening.

The world is peaceful, everything is worry-free, this is heaven.

But Shi Congyun quickly shook his head. He has a lot of experience and knows a lot about history, so he quickly warned himself not to have such thoughts.

If the world is torn apart, the tragedy of Shu will definitely repeat itself. The rich Shu is like a stunning beauty who can't protect herself in times of war. Everyone wants to reach out.

Shu is lucky to meet people like Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Wang Yan, and Meng Chang.

Meng Chang understood the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, and he also worked for the people in the early stage. No matter how bad it is, it is nothing but luxury and lust, exploitation of property, and corruption;

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the people of Sichuan were so exploited that their bones were almost gone. The railway construction tax was paid more than 200 times and the railway was gone. After 90 years of paying the tax, the loan from foreign countries was swallowed up by the Song family. Fortunately, at least most people still on.......

If there was a large-scale massacre like in the late Ming Dynasty, people would be gone.

Shi Congyun looked at the ancient city of Chengdu in front of him, and he was full of thoughts for a while, thinking about how to deal with the issue of Shu in the future.

Xiao Huanghua changed his clothes, disguised herself as a man, wearing a bamboo hat, and obediently followed him.

She is very hardworking. Shi Congyun let him stay in the big tent for a day. When she returned, she cleaned the whole tent. His scattered clothes were folded and put in boxes. Books and notes were also neatly packed and placed on the nearby bookshelves, and the tables and chairs were cleaned spotlessly.

Usually those stinky clothes were washed by the little girl in a nearby stream and dried outside.

Shi Congyun suddenly felt that his Chinese military camp was like a small villa in the wild.

Usually he doesn't want to stay in the big tent, he likes to go out for a walk, and the meeting is held in the wild when the weather is good, because the big tent of the Chinese army that he is a commander in chief is too messy and dirty.

Usually marching is difficult and there are so many things to bring, most of the time it is Fu Zhaoyuan who leads a group of personal soldiers to help him carry things, and when he arrives at the place, he immediately sets up a tent.

But a group of old men who fought wars have a fart that is particular about everything, dirty and messy, mixed with the smell of sweat and feet, as long as they can sleep at night, everyone thinks it is normal, and Shi Congyun is not a particular person People also feel that it doesn't matter.

As a result, the little yellow flower changed when he came, even Fu Zhaoyuan was taken aback when he came to see him, afraid that the mud on his boots would stain the clean tent, so he even went to the stream to wash his wet boots before he dared to come in.

Shi Congyun also had the feeling of traveling for the first time in the war, and he liked the little barbarian girl even more in his heart, so he always took her by his side and taught her how to ride a horse.

Because she has not received the influence of etiquette and music, Xiao Huanghua is more direct and innocent, without so many red tapes, like Zhao Shijian's arrogant and polite.

The little girl was more straightforward. Shi Congyun asked him if he knew why his grandfather insisted on her following him, and the little girl said directly, "Grandpa said you are a great person. If you can't make you happy, we will have more than 200 villages." There will be a great disaster."

Shi Congyun felt that these old men said too much, but he understood what happened to them. He knew that he was the most benevolent person in the world, but others didn't know it.

At this time, Pan Mei, Dang Jin, and Wang Quanbin rode over to report to him respectively. The horse's hooves kicked up mud and grass, and they stopped [-] steps away from him.

Shi Congyun arranged different tasks for the three of them.

Pan Mei is responsible for resettling the peripheral people.

Dang Jin led his troops to surrender or defeat the sporadic Shu troops who were still resisting on the periphery.

Wang Quanbin is responsible for the deployment of all siege troops

Shi Congyun asked Pan Mei to drive the people in Chengdu to leave temporarily.

There is no way, he can't restrain everyone in the 1000 army. The best way is to keep the more than [-] people who live closest to Chengdu away from the army temporarily, and give them time to bring short-term living expenses, go to relatives' homes or resettle Go to the tents on the outskirts of the road.

At the same time, Pan Mei was also asked to go on a lobbying tour in various surrounding villages and towns, telling the people not to panic, to continue life, and just stay away from Chengdu.

If it really happened to plunder the common people, from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the entire Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the 200 years, [-]% of the losers were still the common people.

It wasn't until Zhao Kuangyin made a change. Zhao Kuangyin once killed more than 100 soldiers at one time because soldiers robbed the daughters and wives of the common people, and he was ruthless.

Shi Congyun had already made the same decision in his heart. He had killed six years ago when he conquered Shu, but very few.

If something happens again this time, he has to show courage, otherwise the atmosphere from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties will not change.

Back then, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked the Dangxiang people to help put down the rebellion, and the condition was to let the Dangxiang soldiers plunder Luoyang; Guo Wei Huangqi added himself to establish Dazhou today, and the condition was to let the soldiers under his command plunder the Liang for three days; the officials sent troops to fight Huainan, and the forwards were brave Fight to the death to defeat the enemy, the condition is to let the forward general Zhao Chao and others lead troops to plunder the local people; in history, Wang Quanbin indulged soldiers to plunder after destroying Shu in 66 days, and so on.

The trend has long been there, and it has become a habit for more than a hundred years. If you have no courage, you will definitely not be able to change it if you don't kill people.

People believe that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil, but in fact that is impossible, the world is cruel...

Zhao Chao, who burned, killed and looted countless times, is now old, and still sits in a high-ranking official, rich and prosperous, and lives in Heyang for the elderly, because he can fight.Many cannibals in the Five Dynasties ended well, and everyone takes these things for granted.

In fact, Shi Congyun didn't want anyone to hit him with a knife. Everyone was a brother who worked hard for him, but this time his heart softened, and he would only be unable to restrain himself in the future.

"Commander, should we fight? The envoy has been there for two days and hasn't given any response. I don't think the opponent has any intention of fighting. Let's at least take down Yangma City and let them know how powerful they are." Wang Quanbin suggested.

Shi Congyun thought for a while, then looked at Pan Mei and Dang Jin, "What suggestions do you two have?"

Dang Jin shook his head: "Someone is a rough man, he only knows how to fight, and the commander-in-chief can just call me if he wants to. How can he know so much nonsense."

Pan Mei glanced at the city of Chengdu in the distance: "I agree with General Wang's statement that Yangma City on the outskirts can be fought, and it looks easy to fight, but it can't be fought dryly.

A certain person suggested sending envoys to tell the emperor of Shu in the city that we will attack the city in two days, so that we can force him, and the sheep and horse city outside is easy to fight and can scare people the most.

If they really hit the city wall, if they let out harsh words, they will not be able to take it for a while, but it will increase their determination to stick to it. "

Shi Congyun nodded: "You are right, send another envoy."

Being an envoy is risky, but it is also a profession that can make meritorious service. Shi Congyun has a bunch of civil servants under him, including Privy Council officials accompanying the army, secretarial officials under his palace, and officials accompanying the court.

Shi Congyun called them over and ordered an envoy to come out, but everyone was a little depressed for a while.

There are actually many high court officials accompanying the army, such as the prime minister level, Wei Renpu, the privy envoy, Wang Pu, the minister of Zhongshu, and some academicians of the Imperial Academy and alternate officials of various ministries.

What Shi Congyun meant was to let them follow the army to see the world, and don't be fooled by reading books.

Many literati in the later Zhou Dynasty and the early Song Dynasty were capable of writing and martial arts. They were both knowledgeable, capable and courageous. The reason is that many of them fought with the emperor or the army, saw the world, and knew the cruelty of the world.

Now he is a little disappointed. Although it is indeed dangerous to enter Chengdu now, he did not expect that none of these scholars would dare to stand up.

"Forget it, I think that's all you have."

After saying that, Shi Congyun turned around and left, planning to find someone from the army to spread the word. The soldiers can't speak, but there must be many who dare to go in.

At this moment someone said from behind: "Report to the King of Qin, I am willing to go."

Shi Congyun turned his head, and stood out was a scribe in his 40s. He was a little thin and had a goatee beard. Now that the weather was getting hotter, Shi Congyun had changed into a Chu suit, but he was still a long-sleeved official uniform, meticulous.

Shi Congyun knew this person and sentenced Dou Yi to Dali Temple.

Dali Temple is roughly equivalent to the modern Supreme Court, which handles criminal and prison cases.

Dou Yi was originally the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but after the death of the official family, Shi Congyun wanted to support the Ministry of Industry to fight against the military leaders, so he resigned as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and let him concentrate on managing Dali Temple.

This time he was asked to join the army because he was afraid that there would be violations of law and discipline in the army, and Shi Congyun had already made up his mind to kill. Ordinary soldiers are fine, but if the middle and senior generals are all court officials, they need to be judged by Dali Temple at any time.

"You can't go, I have other things for you to do." Shi Congyun immediately vetoed it.

Unexpectedly, Dou Yi didn't back down or give in: "As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, King Qin, since he has already ordered, how can it be easier in a flash, and the officials are willing to go, so please allow it, King Qin."

Shi Congyun thought for a while, maybe he is a literati who wants to save face, and what he said just now hurt the self-esteem of these literati, but he has no shame and is not afraid of anything.

So he gave the steps: "A certain take back what you said just now, I was quick to talk, there are still ministers of the imperial court among you, dare to take responsibility, this matter ends here, Dou Shaoqing, you don't have to go."

"Marshal! Before the three armies, how could talking be such a joke.

As the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, once an order is issued, it cannot be taken lightly and easily. How does this make the people below implement it?

What's more, if tens of thousands of people are here, if there is no fixed number of words from above, thousands of people below will be confused and at a loss, and they will be in chaos and lose ground.

Since the commander-in-chief gave the order, even if he forced it, even if he killed someone, he should force one person to go in!