Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 425 Meng Da Offers Passes (2)

Not long after Pei Yuanqing entered the pass, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Wanyan Zongbi's troops also came outside Jiameng Pass, but their missions were different. Zhang He and Gao Lan entered the city to assist Pei Yuanqing in controlling Jiameng Pass.

Wanyan Zongbi's job was simpler. He brought back the unarmed and powerless surrendered troops outside the pass in batches. After all, they had [-] soldiers and horses, and a riot might occur if something went wrong.

As the saying goes, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone these surrendered troops, even if they are unarmed, they still have some fighting power.

With the assistance of Zhang Yun and Gao Lan, Pei Yuanqing took full control of Jiameng Pass, and Wanyan Zongbi also completed the task of bringing the surrendered troops back in batches, so he immediately reported to Li Song.

At this stage, it can be concluded that Meng Da sincerely surrendered, so Li Song felt relieved and went to Jiameng Pass with Meng Da, took a casual look at Jiameng Pass, and left Wanyan Zongbi with [-] soldiers to guard Jiameng Pass. Moe off.

Li Song, Meng Da and others headed towards Jiameng City, twenty miles away behind Jiameng Pass, which was also the only way to Chengdu.

A group of people came to Jiameng County, entered Jiameng County in a mighty way, and headed for the political center of Jiameng County, Jiameng County Yamen.

Jiameng County originated in the Spring and Autumn Period. Du Shang, the king of Shu, entrusted his younger brother Du Jiameng as the monarch of Ju Kingdom. Later, he was eliminated by Qin Huiwang Yingsi, and a county was established in Jiameng, the capital of Juhou, which is now Jiameng County.

It is one of the earliest counties in the history of China, known as "the first county in Bashu". After that, Jiameng City experienced Shuhan, Hanshou County in the Western Jin Dynasty, Jinshou County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Yichang, Beijing in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The administrative land of Zhaoxian County and Yiguang, Yichang, and Zhaohua counties from the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republic of China to the new era have been the seat of Zhaohua Town since 1953.

The same place has completely experienced the history of the continuous establishment of local governments in China, which is very rare in the country. In later generations, Jiameng County has a history of 4000 years of civilization and 2300 years of successive county establishments.

It is an important pass on the ancient post road, with convenient water and land transportation, and its strategic location is very important. Therefore, many important wars have taken place here for thousands of years, many major historical events have taken place here, and many important people have lingered here.

Jiameng is the place where Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fought night battles. Veteran generals Huang Zhong and Yan Yanyong retreated from Cao’s army. General Shu died of illness in Zhaohua and was buried in Zhaohua. Jiang Wei’s soldiers trapped in Niutoushan are not far away. place.

Li Song rode a horse in Jiameng City. Jiameng City is surrounded by mountains on all sides and facing water on three sides.

The layout of the buildings in Jiameng City is reasonable. I heard from Meng Da that there are four streets and five alleys here. The "D" characters are connected between them, and have the military defense characteristics of "the roads are staggered and connected, and the gates are not opposite". The streets and alleys have a good spatial pattern and a friendly and pleasant scale.

After Li Song listened to Meng Da's introduction, he did not rush to Jiameng County, but wandered around here. Although Jiameng City is a "small city, it is solid as gold", and it is really a strategic place. It is most appropriate to garrison troops and train soldiers and horses.

Li Song was secretly startled!If he hadn't dispatched his troops quickly, it would have been as difficult as climbing the sky for him to take down Jiameng Pass after Cao Ang stabilized the hearts of the people in Shu, stationed troops here, and trained his troops day and night.

Fortunately, I acted fast!This didn't give Cao Ang any chance, otherwise, he wouldn't dare to think about the consequences. Fortunately, this Jiameng County fell into his hands, and Chengdu was equivalent to an undefended city.

Like a smooth young girl, she appeared naked in front of him, waiting for him to pounce on her and execute her on the spot.

When they came to the Yamen of Jiameng County, Li Song sat on the county seat, and Xu Chu and Li Yuanba stood on Li Song's left and right sides.

On the lower court, on the right are Xue Rengui, Pei Yuanqing and others under Li Song's command, and on the left are Meng Da and others who have surrendered officials. Due to the limited area of ​​the court, all the people sitting here are important people.

"Mengda! As an important military town, Jiameng County has a lot of storage in arsenals and granaries, right?" Li Song smiled.

In his opinion, this Jiameng County is an important military town, and troops are stationed here, with all weapons, food, and grass. Otherwise, once the enemy invades, the army does not have enough weapons, food, etc., how can it fight against foreign enemies.

Meng Da clasped his fists and saluted, "Tang Gong, there are not too many weapons in this city, and the food and grass can only last for a few days, and the other things are even more scarce."

Li Song was obviously taken aback, this was inconsistent with the answer in his heart, and said: "As an important military town, why is it like this?"

"Don't hide it from Mr. Tang! When Liu and his son were in power, they indeed hoarded a lot of military supplies in this city, and even opened up a dedicated logistics support line."

"But since the war between Cao Ang and Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang has used all kinds of materials here to fight against Cao Ang's army." Meng Da said.

Li Song frowned after hearing this, and asked: "Could it be that after Cao Ang captured Yizhou, he didn't hoard supplies here. You must know that this is a good place to station troops and practice, and this Jiameng city is as solid as gold. As long as you keep Jiameng , it is tantamount to keeping Chengdu.”

The geographical location of Jiameng County is really too important. Even if Cao Ang didn't know this truth, wouldn't Zhuge Liang beside him know the importance of this place? It shouldn't be!

"To be honest with Mr. Tang, when Cao Ang first came here, he stationed a large number of soldiers and hoarded supplies. First of all, he ensured the supply of Jiameng City and Jiameng Pass." Meng Da said.

That's right!If Cao Ang and the others are not stupid, they will be able to see the importance of this place, and they will send heavy troops to station here, and at the same time they will hoard supplies here to ensure the supply of the army.

"In that case, how could it be the current situation?" Li Song asked.

"Since the day Duke Tang sent his troops, Cao Ang moved a large amount of military supplies to Dingjun Mountain, intending to wipe out Duke Tang in one fell swoop. Therefore, all the supplies here have already fallen into Duke Tang's hands following the Hanzhong War. Li." Meng Da said.

After Li Song heard this, he felt funny in his heart. Who gave Cao Ang the confidence to defeat him, so he moved all the supplies here to Dingjun Mountain?
Meng Da went on to say: "Later, Hanzhong failed in the first battle, and all the supplies were either thrown in Dingjun Mountain or destroyed. Cao Ang retreated to Jiameng Pass, because behind Jiameng County is Chengdu, and you can get from all over Yizhou. The counties and counties sent supplies to Chengdu and then to Jiameng Pass, so Cao Ang didn’t hoard supplies here, if it wasn’t for the later accidents..."

(End of this chapter)