Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 428
In the afternoon, Su Chen and others boarded a large ship from the Gudukou Wharf, Yang Fan set sail, and sailed towards the west of the Yangtze River.

The river is surging and majestic, flowing into the sea from east to west.

Su Chen stood proudly at the bow of the boat, looking at the turbulent river and the steep green mountains on both sides of the river. The wind blew his clothes and made a rustling sound.

If he had no worries, he would rather abandon the ship and go to the case, and go to the Northern Song Dynasty for a while.

But now his family is in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Ling'er, Bai Susu, Liu Mo Nong, Xu Cainv, Zhou Jiamin, Peng Qingqing's father are all rooted in Runzhou and Jinling.

Moreover, Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and the others treated him with kindness and treated him like a student and a friend of Wangnian. He really couldn't do the thing of fleeing to the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Brother Su, have you ever been on a boat before? You don't even get seasick at all!"

Meng Xuanyu suddenly stepped onto the plywood and started talking to Su Chen.

"It's true that I've been on a boat before, so I'm not dizzy." Su Chen smiled faintly. He traveled around in his previous life, often taking high-speed trains, ships, and airplanes.

But Peng Qingqing couldn't do it. It was his first time traveling on a river boat like this, so he was a little dizzy.The majestic heroine also vomited from seasickness.

Meng Xuanyu stood beside him, the wind blew his clothes, making his figure even more slender.

Su Chen avoided his eyes, and felt that he was a big man, looking at another man's figure, judging others' thoughts and thinking about it, it was really a little annoying!
Meng Xuanyu said: "If the road goes smoothly, we can cross the Three Gorges in seven days, arrive in Rongzhou (now Yibin) in ten days, and then change the waterway to the capital of Chengdu!"

Su Chen nodded and took a deep breath. Based on his knowledge of history, the Northern Song Dynasty issued an edict to dispatch troops to Fengzhou area for deployment in frontier bases, and then dispatched an elite forbidden army to set off from Bianjing to cooperate with Fengzhou. The garrison in the area was divided into two groups to attack Shu, and then it was like a broken bamboo!

This is a headache for Su Chen. The current army of the Northern Song Dynasty was reorganized from the Forbidden Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty. It is brave and good at fighting. Even if it is tens of thousands of people, it can outnumber the Shu army several times. It is invincible. This is a big problem.

"Will you encounter bandits and patrol boats from the Song Army scouts along the way?"

Su Chen showed a little worry.

Meng Xuanyu nodded slightly and said: "The waterway is the most convenient, but if we want to cross the river area between Nanping and Jingchu, it is very likely that there will be ships from the Song Army blocking us. We travel together in the name of a company, without military supplies, and without weapons and equipment. , It’s just some silk cloth, as long as you pay a certain toll tax, it won’t embarrass the caravan ships!”

"Understood." Su Chen knew it in his heart, but there was always a feeling of uneasiness. He knew from the historical records that the Song army who destroyed Shu frequently burned, killed and robbed the army of Shu, and killed the soldiers who surrendered. , bullied the local people, and did a lot of evil.

Many merchants and local wealthy families were also looted. Once the war against Shu was formally launched, the situation and strategy would be different.

Su Chen asked again: "How many of your people are on this boat?"

Meng Xuanyu replied: "About [-]% to [-]% are my people, and more than [-]% are real merchants. However, those people have been secretly divided into one cabin for monitoring."

Su Chen felt relieved, and said: "By the way, from now on, my name will be Chen Yixuan, you can call me Young Master Chen to cover up your real identity!"

Meng Xuanyu agreed: "Okay, then I'll call you 'Brother Chen', outsiders think I'm called 'Brother Chen', and they won't reveal their secrets, and the rest of the subordinates will call you Mr. Chen!"

"Yes!" Su Chen replied.

Meng Xuanyu looked at the mountains, rivers and rivers, and couldn't help sighing: "Back then, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was trapped in the land of Bashu, but he was able to meet the desperate situation, and finally returned to the Central Plains to seize the world. In the end, we defeated Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and established the foundation of the Han Dynasty, but now our Shu Kingdom has recuperated in Bashu for 30 years, there are few wars, and financial resources are getting stronger day by day.

Su Chen smiled, turned his gaze away from the river, and explained to Meng Xuanyu: "Can it be the same? Back then, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was forced to retreat to Bashu after the Hongmen Banquet, but he raised soldiers for several years. He never forgot to practice and used the soldiers' eagerness to return. The desire of the Central Plains, with all of its strength, darkened Chencang, and killed the past. But your Mengshi Shu Kingdom is a native Bashu regime, isolated from the Central Plains, and enclosed in the high mountains. For ten years, it was all because of the natural dangers of the Shu Road that blocked foreign enemies."

"However, Mencius said that 'to secure a country, don't rely on the dangers of mountains and streams'; Wu Qi also once said, 'There is no danger in virtue'. Because once you rely on natural dangers, you will forget the hardships and lose your fighting spirit." Worry and labor can rejuvenate the country and ease You can perish" makes sense. If you forget about the troubled court and nation, you will not be able to stimulate the desire and vigor to make progress. Therefore, throughout history, there are few precedents for the princes of Shu to compete in the Central Plains. Even Zhuge Liang Liu Going out of Qishan also ended in failure, and finally Xishu also perished."

The analysis of Su Chen's words made a lot of sense, it could be said to hit the point.

It is natural dangers that limit desires and people's hearts.

But the restricted things are more than that, involving many things from the top to the bottom of the court and the people.

Thinking without learning is extreme. If you stay in the small circle created by Tianxian, you will not be able to see the magnificence of the world outside Tianxian. You are self-confident and arrogant. It is easy to underestimate the enemy, and it is easy to be frightened by the opponent's viciousness!
As for the failure of Hou Shu, there is another person who has a great relationship, that is, Wang Zhaoyuan, the favorite minister of the Lord of Hou Shu Meng Chang and the envoy of Shannan Jiedu.This man has great ambitions and talents, but he has no one in his eyes. He is very powerful in the ruling and opposition parties of the Shu Kingdom. He is as good as Zhuge Kongming. After the Song army invaded, he personally led the army to fight.

These problems have been recorded in history, and they are all problems that Su Chen has to face.

To save the Shu Kingdom from danger, it is necessary to be on the side of the Qing emperor, but Wang Zhaoyuan is not only a favorite minister and Jiedu envoy, but also knows the affairs of the Privy Council and is in charge of military power in the court; at the same time, he has a close relationship with the prince.

If Su Chen wanted to persuade Meng Xuanyu and bring down Wang Zhaoyuan, he would have to deal with the prince, which made this problem even more difficult.

(End of this chapter)