A knife in love

Chapter 988

Xu Chengzong glanced at Li Qiufeng and said, "Because Xu is the descendant of Mrs. Huarui."

As soon as he said this, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he suddenly remembered something.When he was in Shu, he heard many legends about Mrs. Huarui, and knew that this woman was not only beautiful, but also proficient in poetry and poetry.However, some people said Mrs. Huarui's surname was Xu, while others said her surname was Fei.Just now when Xu Chengzong told about the past, Li Qiufeng didn't care about it.At this time, after hearing Xu Chengzong claiming to be the descendant of Mrs. Huarui, he remembered the mystery of Mrs. Huarui's surname, and had already vaguely guessed Xu Chengzong's origin.

Xu Chengzong went on to say: "Meng Chang is tired of governing. He enjoys drinking and composing poems in the palace every day. A group of courtiers surround him and instigate Meng Chang to do many bad things. Although Mrs. Huarui is a concubine in the harem, she comes from Knowing the sufferings of the people, the folks tried to persuade Meng Chang repeatedly, which made Meng Chang very unhappy. If she hadn't won Meng Chang's favor, she would have been thrown into limbo long ago, and even her life would have been lost.

"Meng Chang was in the Hutian Hudi of Shu, and the Central Plains had already undergone earth-shaking changes. At that time, the Hou Zhou rose and the national power was growing. After Zhou Shizong Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, he attacked Khitan in the north and conquered two states and three passes in a row. Destroyed in the south In the Southern Tang Dynasty, all the fourteen prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River and the south of Huaihe River were conquered. Later Shu lived in a corner, and Chai Rong naturally refused to let Meng Chang go. He sent a large army to the west to conquer Hou Shu. Meng Chang was at a loss for what to do when the Sichuan earthquake shook. It just so happened that the Khitans were about to move and tried to go south in a big way. Chai Rong had to withdraw the army to conquer Shu and turned to deal with Khitan with all his strength. Hou Shu escaped. .

"After this turmoil, Meng Chang should have come to his senses, knowing that Zhou Shizong would never let Hou Shu go, and a war between the two countries was inevitable. But a group of ministers surrounded Meng Chang, touting Meng Chang as a man from heaven. The gods in the world are naturally favored by the emperor, so although the Zhou army is powerful, they have to retreat at the critical moment. Meng Chang was flattered by these courtiers, completely forgetting the hardships of the Zhou army when he was persecuting him. Li still drinks and has fun, ignoring the government.

"Houshu also had the opportunity to aspire to the Central Plains. At the time of Houzhou's large-scale northern expedition, Zhao Kuangzan, who originally belonged to the Later Jin Dynasty, had no basis for advancing and retreating. He did not want to surrender Houzhou, so he had no choice but to ask Houshu surrendered, and asked Meng Chang to send troops to Zhongnan Mountain to meet Yi. Meng Chang had no intention of entering Guanzhong at all. After receiving Zhao Kuangzan's letter of surrender, not only did he not send troops to respond, but he was afraid that accepting Zhao Kuangzan would anger the Later Jin and Later Zhou. It was because the kings and ministers of Shu Shu sat and talked every day, and never made up their minds to accept Zhao Kuangzan's surrender. Until two months later, when the kings and ministers of Hou Shu heard that there was civil strife in the court of Hou Jin, Liu Zhiyuan killed the emperor of Later Jin and proclaimed himself regent. The country of Later Jin was in chaos, and there was no time to take care of Zhao Kuangzan's rebellion. Only then did the monarchs and ministers of Later Shu feel relieved, and sent troops to meet Zhao Kuangzan in the direction of Chang'an, hoping to get involved in Guanzhong.

"It's just that Liu Zhiyuan had proclaimed himself emperor at that time, the country was named Han, and later generations called it the Later Han. Liu Zhiyuan was very popular with the people. After he became emperor, he quickly quelled the rebellion in the territory of the Later Han. Guanzhong is an important place in the Later Han. Naturally, Liu Zhiyuan could not tolerate Guanzhong. It fell into the hands of Houshu. Therefore, after receiving the news that Houshu sent troops to Chang'an, Liu Zhiyuan immediately mobilized the army to go south to meet the army of Houshu. The land of Shu has been peaceful for a long time, and Meng Chang trusts traitors, and the generals in the army are corrupt and incompetent. The Hou Han army was defeated as soon as they joined the battle. Later, the two sides fought a decisive battle at Dasan Pass. The Hou Shu army was defeated, losing troops and generals, and fled back to Shu in embarrassment. In this battle, Hou Shu not only failed to gain any land, but lost There were tens of thousands of divisions. Meng Chang was frightened, and since then he has died in the heart of the Central Plains. Later, the later Han generals Li Shouzhen and Zhao Siwan who guarded the pass rebelled one after another. They were disadvantaged in the battle with the Later Han army and asked to return to Later Shu. But Meng Chang remembered Zhao Kuangzan The lessons learned from the incident, resolutely refused to accept these rebel generals of the Later Han Dynasty. The Shu generals who stood in front were even more timid and lost their chances. Soon the rebellions launched by Li Shouzhen, Zhao Siwan and others were put down one after another. Huddled in the land of two rivers, waiting to be wiped out by the Central Plains Dynasty.

"Later Zhou Shizong died of a sudden illness. His general Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny in Chenqiaoyi and seized the world in the Hou Zhou. Let others sleep soundly'. He sent his generals to conquer the north and south, and the good days of Hou Shu finally came to an end.

"Just when the monarchs and ministers of Hou Shu were drunk and dreaming of death, Zhao Kuangyin's army to conquer Shu was ready to go. Before the Song army captured Jing, Tan and other states, it posed a great threat to Shu. Meng Chang was even more afraid and wrote a letter in his own hand , sealed it with wax pills, and sent his confidant Sun Yu to the Northern Han Dynasty from the small road, and agreed to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty. As a result, Sun Yu was captured by the Northern Song frontier army, and the wax pills were found on him. Zhao Kuangyin was worried that he had no excuse to deal with Meng Chang. After receiving this letter, he was overjoyed and issued an edict to crusade against Houshu. Generals Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin of the Song Army left Fengzhou, Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin returned to the state, and went straight to Shu. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin also issued an edict in Bianliang for Meng Chang More than [-] houses were built, and the tents and sundries were ready to wait for Meng Chang to settle here after he surrendered.

"Meng Chang received an urgent report from the frontier general and heard that the Song army was coming to attack, so he hurriedly sent Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Yantao and others to resist. When the Shu army set off from Chengdu, Meng Chang sent ministers Li Hao and others to hold a banquet to see Wang Zhaoyuan and others off. Above, Wang Zhaoyuan holds an iron ruyi in his hand, compares himself to Zhuge Liang, and treats the Song army as nothing while talking and laughing. When he was drunk, Wang Zhaoyuan boasted to Li Hao, saying that this march is not just to resist the enemy? I lead this Twenty to thirty thousand children with carved faces and evil faces can easily seize the Central Plains! The generals of Houshu are so arrogant and ignorant, how can they be undefeated?

"Meng Chang sent his son Meng Xuanzhe to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to guard Jianmen. As a result, Meng Xuanzhe took Ai Ji with him, and also brought musical instruments and dozens of actors to follow the army. Some loyal ministers saw this scene, all of them Shocked and stunned, the people of Shu saw that the prince led the troops out like a child's play, and secretly laughed at the absurdity of the Meng family and his son.

"Wang Zhaoyuan led the Shu army to meet Wang Quanbin's army in Sanquan, and as expected, he was defeated. Only then did Wang Zhaoyuan realize that he was not Zhuge Liang after all, so he turned around and ran away in fright. Thousands of Shu troops burned down the pontoon bridge on the Jibai River and cut off the retreat of these thousands of Shu troops. They led the remnant soldiers and fled for hundreds of miles until they fled to Jianmen Pass, never daring to fight against the Song army again.

"The Song army found out from the prisoners of the Shu army that when they came to Su Xiaolu, they could bypass the natural danger of Jianmen Pass and go straight to the pass. Therefore, Wang Quanbin sent a partial general, Shi Yande, to come to Su Xiaolu. Guan. Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao fled in a big defeat and were captured by the rebel army. When Meng Xuanzhe heard the news of Wang Zhaoyuan's defeat, he immediately left the army, Ai Ji and Xizi, and fled back to Chengdu.

"Another Song army led by Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin besieged Kuizhou. Shu army defender Gao Yanchou was defeated, but Guanya City refused to defend. The judge Luo Ji advised him to withdraw. Gao Yanchou shook his head and said, I couldn't defend Qinchuan before, The death of the teacher and the humiliation of the country. If I abandon the city and run away today, even if the emperor does not kill me, how can I see the people of Shu? Another subordinate persuaded him to surrender, but Gao Yanchou shook his head and refused. It's just that he saw that the army's morale has been lost, and the city is a Surely he couldn't keep it, and after thinking hard about it, he set himself on fire and died.

"Gao Yanchou is the most capable of fighting among the generals of Shu. After he set himself on fire, the Shu army was in chaos. Most of the generals of the Shu army in various places surrendered, and those who did not surrender were captured by the Song army. When the news spread to Chengdu, Meng Chang was panicked. Left and right. Those treacherous ministers who surrounded him every day had already made up their minds to surrender, but they were afraid that Meng Chang would become angry, so they kept silent. Veteran Shi Kai thought that the Song army was far away, and the situation would not last long, and they should gather troops to stand firm. Waiting for the Song army to be exhausted before attacking. Meng Chang saw the appearance of the officials and knew that the situation was over. He sighed and said, "The first emperor and I have used warm clothes and food to support soldiers for 40 years. Once we face the enemy, we can't shoot an arrow east for me. Although I want to If I stick to it, who can defend it for me? As soon as this statement came out, all the officials knew that Meng Chang was determined to surrender, so they all agreed. Meng Chang ordered Li Hao to write a table to surrender to the Northern Song Dynasty, and Hou Shu perished. From the Song Dynasty It took only 66 days from the invasion of Shu to the surrender of Meng Chang. At the beginning, Li Hao was a Hanlin scholar of the former Shu emperor Wang Yan. When Wang Yan was defeated, Li Hao wrote the surrender form for him, and now he wrote the surrender form for Meng Chang. Ye Shi wrote on the door of his house the six characters 'Shixiu surrendered to Li's family', which was a joke in Sichuan at that time."

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