Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 288 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 tax for building the railway was paid more than 200 times. still
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 her 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.

However, a group of warlords are very particular about their farts. The war is busy and urgent. Everything is left behind, dirty and messy, with the smell of sweat and feet. As long as they can sleep at night, everyone thinks it is normal. Yun is not a fastidious person, so he doesn't care.

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 been influenced by rituals and music, Xiao Huanghua is more straightforward and innocent, without so many red tapes, like Zhao Shijian's arrogant and polite.

The little girl was more straightforward. Shi Congyun asked if she knew why her grandfather insisted on her following her, and the little girl said directly, "Grandpa said you are a great person. If you can't make you happy, our more than 200 villages will be destroyed." There is 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 beheaded more than 100 soldiers at once because soldiers robbed the daughters and wives of the common people.

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 hesitated for a while, and no one dared to stand up.

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 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!
The minister is based on the whole of the King of Qin, so he can't bear me. Please agree to enter the city today no matter what. "Unexpectedly, Dou Yi not only disagreed, but also criticized and educated him.

Shi Congyun was stunned for a moment.

The officials nearby were not active just now, but now they quickly came out to criticize Dou Yi, saying that the commander-in-chief was thinking of them, Dou Yi didn't know how to flatter and so on.

The generals next to him were not happy either, so Dang Jin yelled anxiously: "How can I be so big (an insult to poor scholars), dare to point fingers at the general!"

Shi Congyun raised his hand to stop the party from advancing, and he was also surprised, but then he thought about what Dou Yi said was actually reasonable.

Thinking that he is in charge of the Dali Temple and in charge of the affairs of the country's prisons, with such qualities, he is even more reluctant to go.

Shi Congyun said: "Dou Yi, what you said is very reasonable, and your criticism is also very good. I will consider improving it; but you are a talent, and I have important things for you to do. It is not suitable for you to go."

Unexpectedly, Dou Yi still refused to give in, and stood there with her hands upright: "King Qin, the law cannot be changed, and the orders are not changed lightly, so that the up and down can be smooth, each performs its duties, and orders are prohibited.

There are rules to make a circle, the words have been spoken, and the orders have been issued, so don't be rash. If I don't enter the city today, who will listen to the orders in the future.

It is good that King Qin has a lenient heart, but it takes time! "

This time the words are more serious.

The generals frowned, and the civil servants beside them were too frightened to speak. Someone whispered: "King Qin is doing things, let you dictate!"

Shi Congyun was annoyed and said impatiently: "Shut up for me, I'm talking to Dou Shaoqing, what do you interrupt, whoever talks will go to Chengdu."

Shut up now, Shi Congyun turned his head to look at Dou Yi, who was still standing there unwilling to leave.

Shi Congyun knew Dou Yi a little bit, and he deserved to be in charge of Dali Temple.

Reluctantly said to Dou Yi: "It seems that this king can't stop me, so you can go.

Tell Meng Chang to surrender as soon as possible, and I will not wait for him, so that he can go to Daliang to be an An Le Gong, and the Meng family and all the officials can be preserved.

If the army does not surrender and starts attacking the city three days later, they will all be prisoners when the city is broken, and it would be foolish to think about anything else.

If he has malicious intentions towards you, tell him that if he dares to touch you, I will let them stay in the Meng family! "

Shi Congyun said a harsh word, which came from the heart, because he really liked this Dou Yi, but this person had a hard head.

Dou Yi nodded, and immediately went to prepare with Dang Jin.

It is unlikely that Meng Chang dared to move the emissary, unless he didn't want to live, but after all, there was still risk, in case Meng Chang was frightened stupid.

In the Imperial City Hall in Chengdu, the pillars decorated with gold patterns are shining brightly, the steps paved with white jade bricks are still bright, and the curtains and curtains are exquisite and beautiful with a large number of Shu embroidery brocades. Even the throne above is decorated with gold and jade dragon patterns.

However, there were not many people in the hall at this time, Meng Chang's obese body was crowded on top, and there was an indescribable atmosphere in the hall.

Just looking at the courtiers below, there are few and far between. In such an emergency, many people actually asked for sick leave or did not come to the court for various reasons.

The fat on Meng Chang's face trembled, and he rebuked in grief and anger: "One of you says you are better than Zhuge, and that one says you have a good strategy to defeat the enemy. It is only two months now, how come Shi Congyun has come to Chengdu!"

(End of this chapter)