Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 748 Another prince dies!
Cao Cao boldly attacked Zhao, and war broke out in the Central Plains again.

Jiangdong naturally would not give up this kind of God-given opportunity and began to organize an attack on Shu.

If we purely talk about strategic value, Shu is not considered top-notch for Wu, at least it is far behind Nanyang and Huaisi.

But Shu is crucial to Guanzhong. It is not only a large granary, but also the first stop for attacking the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

It doesn't matter whether Wu has Shu land or not, but it is important that there is no Shu land in Guanzhong, and it is important that the northern power does not have Shu land.

But conquering Shu is not easy.

It is a natural separatist land. It is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and is surrounded by mountains. There are many dangerous passes that can only be passed by one man.

Wu State has Yiling in hand and cannot attack Shu. However, the upper reaches of Yiling are even more rugged and difficult to navigate, and Wu State cannot enter.

It is easiest to attack Shu from Hanzhong.

Zhang Lu's attack on Shu has not been successful for many years. Liu Yan is still relatively capable. Now that the powerful Wu State has agreed to attack Shu, it is naturally a dream.

As for what he is thinking in his heart, after thinking about it, he knows that there is only one Shu land and it is impossible to divide it between two families.

At the beginning, Qin and Chu divided the land of Shu. In the final battle, Qin completely occupied the land of Shu. From then on, Chu's national power began to decline.

The state of Wu and Han China took advantage of each other, and both wanted to occupy the center of Shu alone.

But when Zhang Lu led the Hanzhong army to attack Shu, the Wu army, which had previously agreed to attack together, stood still and did not cooperate with the actions of the Hanzhong kingdom at all.

Zhang Lu, who was not as powerful as Shu, was severely beaten back to Hanzhong. He was so angry that he directly complained about Luo Chu's lack of trust.

As for why Wu State did not send troops, the reasons are quite complicated and related to the situation in Shu.

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Chengdu, the capital of Shu.

Except for the Chengdu Plain, most of the land of Shu is in the mountains. Many barbarians live in the mountains, as well as many Han people who were forced to migrate to the mountains by exorbitant taxes.

These barbarians were called southwestern barbarians in the Han Dynasty. They had a very glorious record. During the pre-Han Dynasty, the Han army was defeated here and the entire army was annihilated. This indirectly contributed to the rise of Emperor Ruili, which triggered the Battle of Jingnan. .

During the reign of Emperor Li, the Han Dynasty's martial arts was so strong that he defeated all the surrounding barbarians, including the southwestern barbarians. They even briefly established rule, but in fact these could never be brought under the rule of the central government.

There is a very simple reason. Traveling for more than ten hours through mountain roads just to collect taxes and recruit soldiers in a village with only a dozen households will only drag down the empire's finances. Jisi has to be restrained, and the ancients are not stupid. Understand the benefits of changing the status quo and return to local status, but do not understand that it is difficult for local officials to guarantee their loyalty.

Since Liu Yan entered Yizhou, the southwestern barbarians have always been one of his biggest worries, constantly attacking the imperial court's rule over the southwest.

After the collapse of the imperial authority, Yizhou had to deal with these southwestern barbarian issues safely and alone.

Liu Yan was quite capable. During the years he guarded Yizhou, the southwestern barbarians in Yizhou were suppressed.

But now he could hardly control himself.

Because everything in this world rises and falls like the tide.

Ji Zhao is unfair.

But the real heaven is fair to all things. It fairly bestows outstanding people of every race, and fairly allows every race to shine with its own brilliance on the stage of the world.

It is not only the Han people who have talents. In the eyes of the Han people, these people are barbarians, but in the eyes of heaven, they are all their own people.

A rather outstanding figure appeared among the Yizhou people in the southwest. He was able to gather many Yi tribes in the southwest to jointly invade Yizhou.

This immediately put Liu Yan in trouble.

In the palace of the King of Shu, Liu Yan paced and said with some worry: "What should we do? Our army will naturally resist the Yi people's invasion, but Wu and Zhang Lu will also invade Yizhou and fight on three fronts." How can we win?"

The former Yizhou Biejia was engaged in business, but now the Shu Prime Minister Zhang Song came out and said: "I think the king's worries are unnecessary, how can Zhang Lu be compared with you?
There is no need to worry about the state of Wu. The person who controls the state of Wu is Gongzi Chu. He is from the Luo family. There is a bottom line that will never be broken, that is, he will never attack the same clan of Zhuxia together with the barbarians.

As long as your Majesty leads a large army to attack the Yi people, and then sends people to inform Young Master Chu, then Young Master Chu will definitely not follow Zhang Lu to attack Shu.

If Master Chu dares to violate this iron law, Zhaocheng will not forgive him. "

Zhang Song's expression was very serious.

Liu Yanze was a little skeptical. For him, this was a major matter for the country, and he was not willing to take any risks.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Song directly poured out the strong medicine and said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing to hesitate about. Even if Young Master Chu really dares to come, it is impossible to break through Yizhou's defense in a short time. You have no time to plan the next thing.

If he really doesn't come, wouldn't it be a huge profit?
If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer chaos! "

Liu Yan gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, Zi Qiao, I will do as you said and go to Nanjun to tell Master Chu that Yizhou, my country, is going to fight to the death with the southwestern Yizhou.

If the Wu Kingdom dares to come, even if we are facing enemies on two fronts, we, the Shu Kingdom, will not be afraid.

I will personally lead a large army to conquer the southwestern barbarians and stabilize southern Xinjiang. "

Liu Yan led the Shu army out of Chengdu and sent envoys along the Yangtze River to Jiangling.

The moment I received the news from Liu Yan.

A bright light burst out in Luo Chu's eyes. Almost in an instant, he knew that there was an expert in Shu Kingdom. He asked the envoy with a soft smile, "I wonder who asked the envoy to come and inform this matter?"

The envoy was naturally one of the nobles in Shu. Hearing the words, he immediately puffed up his chest and said proudly: "Going back to Wu Gong, the proposer is Zhang Song, Zhang Ziqiao, the crown prince of the Yizhou nobles, and the prime minister of Shu."

Zhang Song.

Luo Chu suddenly realized that he had heard of this person's name. After all, the Zhang family was a wealthy family in Sichuan. Zhang Song's brother was originally Yizhou Biejia. Later, Zhang Song became Yizhou Biejia. The Zhang family was in Yizhou. The status is quite high.

Moreover, Zhang Song is quite famous, and now it seems that he is indeed well-deserved. With just this trick, it can be said that he directly hit Luo Chu more than seven inches.

Luo Shizi's moral bottom line is very flexible, but this just means that Luo Shizi has an insurmountable bottom line.

If this bottom line falls into the hands of a wise person, just like Zhang Song now, he can use many strategies.

But Luo Chu was not unhappy.

He just smiled and said: "Please tell the king of Shu and Prime Minister Zhang that the king's way is not peaceful, and the Xia and Yi are not at odds. I hope the king of Shu can win in the suppression of the barbarians. If he can make some concessions to his relatives by suppressing the barbarians, It hurts the enemy and makes the enemy happy, so don't blame me for being rude."

He just smiled slightly, but with a deep chill.

The envoy shuddered and left quickly. After listening to the conversation, the officials of Wu State looked at each other. In fact, they did not agree to give up the attack on Yizhou.

What's the conflict between you Liu Yan attacking the barbarians and us attacking you?
This is called taking advantage of your illness to kill you.There is no morality in fighting something like this.

After I kill you, Liu Yan, you are just a southwestern barbarian. How can you still be my opponent in the Wu Kingdom?
Luo Chu raised his eyes and looked at everyone, and then said slowly: "A gentleman has something to do and something not to do. If Liu Yan really goes to conquer the southwestern barbarians, our army will stay put and wait until the war in central Shu is over before attacking again.

I have already made up my mind, and there is no need for you to persuade me. "

Luo Chu's voice was full of no doubt, an attitude he rarely displayed.

In the eyes of Wu's subjects, Luo Chu was a man who was good at accepting advice, but now he was like cold steel.

Faced with Luo Chu in this state, everyone naturally accepted his order. After all, Luo Chu is the leader of the Wu Kingdom today.

Seeing everyone leaving the palace, Luo Chu frowned slightly, and then sighed.

In today's Wu Kingdom, he is considered a conservative. As Wu Kingdom gradually becomes stronger, there are more and more radicals.

There are also some second-generation radicals among the six surnames in Wu County who once supported him. For example, Lu Xun of the Lu family made a bold statement that he wanted to meet the world's heroes.

Now that his prestige is high, he can still suppress it for a short time. If the entire Wu State becomes radical in the future, even Luo Chu will not be able to change the strategic direction of Wu State.

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It is said that after the Shu envoy brought Luo Chu's words back to Shu, Liu Yan learned that Luo Chu would no longer attack Shu as Zhang Song expected. He was overjoyed and laughed loudly: "Ziqiao is indeed capable. If If the Wu Kingdom does not take action, our Shu Kingdom will be fine this time.

These Yi people do not live in the mountains, but they dare to gather together and enter our country of Shu. They are really brave. They should be allowed to feel the power of the Central Plains Heavenly Soldiers again. "

Zhang Song has a clever plan. He is not only good at managing politics, but is also a good hand at strategy. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, there are many poisonous miasma in the southwest mountains. If we fight in those mountains, our army will most likely fall into an ambush, or Give birth to a plague.

Moreover, those barbarians spend their days hunting in the mountains. They are best at fighting in the mountains and are extremely flexible. I am afraid that our army will not be a match for them.

I believe that if we can lure the enemy deep and force the barbarians into the plains, then our army will be able to defeat the enemy easily. "

Liu Yan pondered for a moment and felt that what Zhang Song said made sense.

But he thought for a while and said: "Ziqiao, if we let the barbarians enter the plains, it will definitely cause harm to our land of Shu. I have heard that hurting people in the enemy's country is the best in war. Now our army Isn’t it inappropriate to actively allow foreigners to enter the country?”

Zhang Song almost wanted to scold his mother when he heard this. Is it the same as taking the initiative to set up a pocket array and put it in and having to let the other party in?

If you don’t understand, don’t talk too much.

With so many dissatisfaction thoughts in his heart, Zhang Song's slightly scrawled face did not show it. Instead, he showed an expression of being in control and comforted: "Your Majesty.

What you said makes sense, but I believe that as long as the barbarians can be greatly annihilated, the slight loss is worth it.

It is reluctant that the child cannot catch the wolf.

If you don’t release the bait, how can the fish take the bait?

The king is the master of enlightenment, so he must understand this truth. "

Liu Yan was still hesitant, but Zhang Song directly made a cruel move and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, if the army enters the mountains and suffers losses from the Yi people, then not only the Kingdom of Wu, but also Zhang Lu of Hanzhong will not be able to stop him. .

You should think twice. "

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yan immediately agreed with Zhang Song's method. For Shu, he could still distinguish what was light and what was important.

Zhang Song took the order and walked out of the tent. He smelled the smell of horse manure coming from nowhere and the smell of cooking with poor cooking skills. He felt very complicated and said to himself: "Liu Yan is really not the British master. His My son Liu Zhang is even more incompetent and I am afraid he cannot even defend Chengdu. Am I going to waste my whole life in Shu?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Song felt a little sad. He had great ambitions and wanted to make great achievements, but he ended up wasting his time. It was really disappointing.

Zhang Song was thinking as he walked, "The Liu family may not be able to protect Yizhou for long. Who should we look for as the future lord?"
Wu State?
Prince Chu is indeed a good lord, but his son is not the heir to the Kingdom of Wu. This is a big problem. Will the gentry from Shu be able to obtain a high enough status when they arrive at the Kingdom of Wu?
Can I become one of the decision-makers after entering Wu Guozhong? "

Zhang Song thought about it and didn't know who to choose. There are only so many people worthy of service in the world, and it's really hard to find them.

Liu Yan didn't know that because of his slightly stretched posture, the first civil servant under his command was actually planning to abandon him and join someone else.

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The war between Shu and the southwestern barbarians was not eye-catching. Even in the eyes of the Central Plains princes, it was just a small fight.

But for Shu, this is crucial.

Especially for Liu Yan, this is even related to his future historical evaluation.

He has been promoted step by step throughout his life, without any faults or major achievements. He will be regarded as an ordinary official in the history books. He may not even be able to get into the history books. He will only record a sentence in other people's biographies and mention it. A mouthful.

So when he had the opportunity to become king, he did so without hesitation. A person who becomes king will definitely be recorded in the history books.

But for the evaluation in the history books, you need to fight for it yourself.

In the history of Luo family, achievements are very important. There are internal power and external power. Fighting barbarians is a typical external power, which is basically a close-up.

Now that he has this opportunity, Liu Yan will certainly not miss it.

Then he fell ill.

A sudden epidemic swept through the armies of both sides. Liu Yan wanted to return to Chengdu, but he felt his physical condition and it was too late. He could only let Zhang Song take charge of the next battle while half asleep.

He was treated by doctors in the army, but he was already old and could not hold on in the end. Before he died, he decided to leave some words so that they could be recorded in history books in the future.

So he gathered everyone together and said what he had been thinking about for a long time in front of everyone.

Looking at the different expressions on the faces of the ministers, Liu Yan was a little happy, and his physical pain even eased a little. The reactions of these people proved that these words were really good.

After explaining the future succession of Shu, Liu Yan suddenly passed away one night.

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Liu Yanzong was a relative of the noble family, who was rarely famous, but was outstanding among the Liu family. When he was Emperor Ling, he heard that Yizhou had the spirit of the emperor, so he cunningly said that Yizhou would be released. If you are prosperous, you will always be happy.

The princes and the prime minister, Yan, also belong to him, but he doubted it, and said: "The alliance of the white horse, Liu is not the king, and the world is fighting together. I am a relative of the emperor, and I am a suitable king. How can it be that the thieves have evil intentions?"

So he took Shu as his name and established Taoism.

In Jian'an, when the barbarians were attacked by an epidemic, they still refused to retreat. He told the ministers of Yizhou: "King Su said: 'The king's way is not peaceful, and the Xia and the barbarians are not independent.' My life is as light as a feather, and the Xia is more important than Mount Tai."

Then he passed away, and everyone in Shu took white medicine to mourn. ——"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Liu Yu, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan"

(End of this chapter)