Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen Sixty-Six

An annoyance, it's really a headache-tonight, am I dating a Shih Tzu?Or to accompany Diao Chan? It seems to be moaning for nothing, nothing to do.But Zhao Kuangyin is now facing such a problem-is he attacking Houshu?Or should we deal with Nantang first? It's as if time has turned back, and I have returned to the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.Across the Yangtze River, there is Soochow; across the Jianmen Shu Road, there is the Shu Han, and the vast Kanto land is Cao Cao's territory, and now Zhao Kuangyin has become Cao Cao. How to do it? If we go back to Hou Zhou, things will be easy. Chai Rong would raise his troops and go straight to the Yangtze River without even thinking about it.But it's different now. Southern Tang Dynasty has completely become a minister and became a junior, especially the new successor Li Yu, who is very respectful to Zhao Kuangyin and is already a qualified subordinate.Then being a leader has to have a formal image, right?

It's not a last resort, you can't be shameless. Then Shu is another matter.The emperor Meng Chang of Hou Shu not only refused to accept, but also took the initiative to attack. Meng Chang, originally named Renzan, styled Baoyuan.A native of Longgang, Xingzhou (now Xingtai, Hebei), and a fellow villager of Chai Rong.He is the third son of Meng Zhixiang, the great ancestor of Shu in the Five Dynasties.This person is blessed by nature. What his father has built for him is the most secret and safest piece of land in China's geography, and it is very rich. He can hide behind the natural danger of Jianmen and Shu Road, and he will always be the emperor of Huawai.

He really created a record in the Five Dynasties, he was the longest reigning emperor among all short-lived courts.A total of thirty-one years, but it is still a pity that he is also the queen master of Shu, and he is still a little less than Liu Chan. But in all fairness, his performance is much better than Liu Chan.His father, Meng Zhixiang, was originally the brother-in-law of Li Cunxu, the ancestor of the later Tang Dynasty. After the Shatuo people killed Wang Yan, the master of the former Shu Dynasty, they sent him to be the governor of Sichuan.Unexpectedly, the Later Tang Dynasty collapsed quickly, and Meng Zhixiang came to a high-ranking emperor, called himself the king, guarded Xichuan, and after killing Dong Zhang in his neighbor Dongchuan, he became Liu Bei.

Unfortunately, in the same year when he became emperor, Meng Zhixiang died of illness.At that time, Meng Chang was only sixteen years old. Poor, what his father left for him were all out-of-the-box arrogant soldiers brought from the Central Plains. A man should be a self-improvement" era label.However, just a few months after Meng Chang came to the throne, he killed Li Renhan and Zhang Ye's nephew, who were originally in charge of the imperial army and served as prime minister, and took back the power of state affairs in one fell swoop. Sing as soon as the board opens, and the house is full of cheers.At that time, Li Zhao, the general of the feudal town of Houshu, came to see Meng Chang. At the beginning, he leaned on a cane and put on a show, saying that he could not kneel down when he was old.But the day after Meng Chang killed Li Renhan, he saw Meng Chang from a distance, immediately threw away his crutches, kowtowed on the ground without daring to breathe.

After that, Meng Chang's performance was completely a standard Shengtianzi.He dresses plainly, builds water conservancy projects, pays attention to farming and mulberry, rests with the people, does all kinds of good things, and the state of Houshu is strong and prosperous.And Meng Chang also had lofty ambitions. When he was just destroyed by the Khitan in the Later Jin Dynasty, he took advantage of Liu Zhiyuan's unstable foothold and expanded the territory of the northern line to Chang'an.It's a pity that he couldn't go to the battlefield in person, and his subordinates were not very effective, so he was defeated again.But it also got the land of Qin, Cheng, Jie, and Fengzhou.It wasn't until Chai Rong was born that these four pieces of fat were taken back by the Central Plains.But even so, Meng Chang still refused to accept it. In order to compete with Chai Rong again, he specially trained a group of elite soldiers, named it "Pochaidu", and made it clear to call on Chai Rong.

But Chai Rong has been very busy and has no time to answer him. After that, Meng Chang changed.Maybe it's because he has been sleeping peacefully and enjoying the blessings in the Land of Abundance for too long, and he began to fall.This person is obsessed with money, overhauls the palace, and is very obsessed with the art of the house. This bastard hugs beautiful Sichuan girls from all over Sichuan endlessly. In the end, there are basically no unmarried girls in Sichuan. Early marriage and early love have become a folk custom ... It's nothing, according to an old Chinese scholar, in China, one of the emperor's privileges is to take a fancy to any girl, just write a few lines on a piece of yellow paper, and she can be pulled into the palace. Legal use.Moreover, the woman would kowtow in praise, saying that the family was really lucky, and the ancestral graves were full of smoke.So what's the big deal for Meng Chang to be a little legal in his own country?

However, everything has a degree.You can play with women as you like, but don't think about playing with Zhao Kuangyin casually.And with Meng Chang's determination and courage that even Chai Rong can mess with, what is Zhao Kuangyin? It is said that since ancient times, if there is Shu, there will be a successor, and if there is a successor, there will be Zhuge Liang.Since this is a fixed pattern, Meng Chang is no exception.His Zhuge Liang was called Wang Zhaoyuan, and he grew up with him, and the two had been close for decades, so Meng Chang's treasury was the Wang family's warehouse, and he could take whatever he wanted, but Wang Zhaoyuan was still dissatisfied with it.

Because he still has a greater pursuit in life - to be the real Zhuge Liang, to go out to the Northern Sichuan Expedition, and to pacify the world! What's more, some people in Sichuan were dissatisfied at that time, and they said to him - you have no credit at all, but you have become a privy envoy. And the specific steps of entering the army have been thought out for him - we should first contact the Northern Han Dynasty and order it to go south. We Houshu will take the opportunity to go out of Huanghua Valley and Ziwusu (a hundred miles south of Xi'an). The land to the right is all ours.

What are you waiting for?Privy envoy Wang Da was impatient, and after discussing with his empress Meng, he sent his Privy Council official Sun Yu, and Xingzhou Military Academy Zhao Yanchao, Yang Juan and others to meet Beibei with the written wax pill secret letter. The emperor of Han "ordered" him to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty together. But it is a pity that not everyone has such a great fantasy-like passion between their monarchs and ministers, especially Zhao Yanchao.The man turned a corner on the way, and handed over Sun Yu, Yang Juan, and the wax ball secret letter to Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin—perhaps because he felt that he had worked so hard to sneak across the entire border of the Song Dynasty like a thief. To give it to the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, it would be better to be a thief directly and sell the Emperor Shu and the Emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

So Zhao Kuangyin's troubles disappeared, and he finally knew whether he should go to see Xi Shi or Diao Chan this evening.At that time, he looked up to the sky and laughed - I want to be famous in the west! In the second year of Qiande, that is, on November 2, 964 AD, Zhao Kuangyin sent nearly 60,000 troops to Shuchuan on the grounds that the later Shu emperor Meng Chang colluded with the Northern Han Dynasty and conspired to commit the Song Dynasty.Among them, Wang Quanbin, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, was deployed as the capital of Fengzhou Road in Xichuan camp, Cui Yanjin, the commander of the infantry guards, was deployed as the deputy capital, and Wang Renshan, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was the capital supervisor. More than ten thousand, from Fengzhou (to the east of Fengxian County, Shaanxi Province) down the Jialing River;

On the east road, Liu Guangyi, the commander of the guard and horse army, was deployed as the deputy capital of Xichuan camp on Guizhou Road. The Privy Council ordered Cao Bin to be the capital supervisor.The two armies split up and attacked together, and agreed to join forces to attack Chengdu. At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin once again showed his broad mind of selflessness, fraternity, benevolence, the world, the public and everyone. He ordered that from now on, a building with a palace will be built in a golden location outside the right gate of Kaifeng City and facing Bianshui in the south. The huge riverside mansion with 500 detached houses has all the daily utensils in it, and it must be ready for use as soon as the owner arrives. Then he ordered Wang Quanbin and Liu Guangyi to bring him a letter to Meng Chang. This is the new home he prepared for Comrade Meng Chang. Although he was in a hurry, he was very sincere.Waiting for you, everything is ready for you, I wish you a happy housewarming and a happy residence. In fact, I have always felt very strange, how could Sichuan be captured?Especially attacking from east to north to west.You know, before February 1937, that is, before the entire Sichuan-Shanxi Highway was opened to traffic, there were only three roads from the inland of the Central Plains to Sichuan. 1. Jinniu Road, the well-known "Jianmen Shu Road"; 2. Yinping Road; 3. Micang Road.There is no way to make people who enter Sichuan comfortable, let alone attacking in under the hail of bullets. Micang Road is named because it crosses Micang Mountain. It is not a road for people at all. It is worse than Yinping Road. Marching and fighting are completely negligible. Suicide.Not to mention rolling down the Yinping Road and narrowly escaped death, there is no turning back at all.Moreover, the thousands of soldiers with big bales that he didn't fall to death didn't even have a horse, so why fight?It was all because Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang's descendants were so fucked up that he got away with it. The only thing left is Jinniu Dao.This road is relatively easy to walk, and the distance is relatively short, but the terrible thing is that it is also called "Shu Road of Jianmen". It is more difficult than going to the blue sky!" Well, it is the danger of the sword gate. However, "If you want to win Sichuan, you must go to Jianmenguan".You still have to go with it. The ancient sword gate refers to a mountain range that is 53 kilometers north of today's Guangyuan and 30 kilometers south of Jiange County, stretching more than a hundred kilometers from east to west.Among them, the seventy-two peaks are undulating, high into the sky, and the two mountains face each other like a door at the break of the steep wall. The situation is dangerous, hence the name. This is the real situation where one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it.During the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei blocked Zhonghui's 100,000 army with 30,000 horses.After a protracted period of stalemate, Deng Ai had to fight to the death and sneaked around from the Yinping trail to the back of Jianmen to destroy the Shu Han. So how many people did Zhao Kuangyin send?It was less than 60,000, and it was divided into two ways.But what he faced was Meng Chang, who had been emperor for 31 years and had great appeal in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms.Where is his chance?Maybe he himself was a little guilty, so at the banquet for Wang Quanbin and Liu Guangyi, he suddenly asked——Can Xichuan get it? Thousands of eyes stared at him for an instant, and Wang Quanbin, the coach of Zhengshu, sat down in awe, with a fierce look in his eyes - back to the emperor, if Xichuan is in the sky, of course he can't arrive.If it is on the ground, it will be leveled immediately! No one dared to laugh at his wild words.Wang Quanbin, a native of Taiyuan, Bingzhou, his father was a subordinate of Li Cunxu, Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty. When he was twelve years old, his father did something stupid. He did not have a big official, but secretly reserved his own soldiers and generals. This offended all emperors. taboo.Li Cunxu ordered his father to go to Beijing to answer. At this time, his father was afraid and did not dare to go.And 12-year-old Wang Quanbin said, this is the emperor suspecting that you have a different heart.Well, send me as a hostage, and the emperor will trust you. A catastrophe of extermination disappeared. Later, Li Cunxu took Wang Quanbin by his side as a guard.When Li Cunxu betrayed his relatives and rebels entered the city, the palace guards either rebelled or fled. Only Wang Quanbin and Fu Yanqing kept Li Cunxu in the palace and supported them.Until Li Cunxu was shot by a cold arrow, Wang Quanbin helped him to the inner hall, and he cried bitterly until the emperor died. Such stubbornness and loyalty are the most important reasons why Zhao Kuangyin chose him as the coach of Pingshu.Because throughout the history of China, Sichuan is a very evil place, where the separatist regime, no matter whether it is wise or licentious, whether it has the mind of Liu Bei or the talent of Zhuge Liang, will never exceed two generations.The generals who came to Pingshu were even more unfortunate. They either died in the mountains, or they were beheaded by their own emperor after a narrow escape. The reason is very simple, because there is no emperor who is not afraid that those generals who successfully entered Sichuan and overthrew a court will stay there and establish themselves as kings.What about Wang Quanbin?Zhao Kuangyin believed him that much? History has proved that Zhao Kuangyin not only believed, but also gave Wang Quanbin great freedom of action and privileges.At the banquet before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin made three chapters with the general who attacked Shu in public: First, in view of the fact that most of the generals of Houshu are from the north, in order to divide the interior of Houshu, as long as they can lead the people to surrender, serve as guides for the army, and provide food for the army, they will immediately become their own people and will be rewarded heavily; Second, where the Song army came, it was not allowed to burn houses, beat people casually, dig graves, cut mulberry trees...and other incidents of the same nature.Offenders engage in military law; Third, the purpose of the war against Houshu this time is to grab territory and lay down cities and towns. As long as soldiers are armored, food and grass, all other hard currency such as money, silk, etc. obtained from the battlefield will not be used by the court, and all will be distributed to the soldiers in the front! Pay attention to the third chapter, Zhao Kuangyin has spared no expense in order to boost morale.We must know that during the Five Dynasties period, the real turmoil in the world was in the north, south of the Yangtze River, and within the Shu Road, which was another world entirely.Relatively speaking, the place is safe and rich, and there are no weapons, especially near Chengdu, the Land of Abundance, where it is really rich.The guarantee of these funds lies in the fact that the Shu Road is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Then, in order to capture Sichuan, the only way is to make huge profits.But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin had little experience in aggression, and was cautious by nature. He thought too much about the difficulties, but he didn't realize that excessive rewards also had negative effects, turning his soldiers into a group of war madmen who were completely red-eyed. only. The imperial court only needs the land of Sichuan, and everything else is our spoils of war!This is the understanding of this order by the soldiers who conquered Shu.Soon, Zhao Kuangyin regretted it too much. The war machine was rumbled into action, and at least 60,000 sharp knives were forced towards Hou Shu.So what was Shu's reaction?Happy, extremely excited!If I have to say that there is such a small bit of regret, it is the first battle in the life of the privy envoy Wang Zhaoyuan. He did not go north to Qishan to attack the Central Plains like the former Zhuge Liang, but he was ordered to resist first. But this is an opportunity, and I can finally show my ambitions.Wang Zhaoyuan was appointed by Meng Chang as the commander of the Southwest Camp, and he was fully in charge of Hou Shu's defense against the Song army.Before leaving, he took Zhao Chongtao, the capital supervisor, to attend the Zhuangxing reception held by Prime Minister Li Hao (a wonderful person) in honor of him.During the banquet, Wang Dadu made a generous statement-my trip was more than defeating the Song army. With the 30,000 sculpted evil boys under my command (poor, Hou Shu is the same as the Song Dynasty, soldiers are prisoners, and they are all engraved on their faces). It's as easy as flipping your palm! What needs to be specifically explained is that when Wang Zhaoyuan said these words, his gestures and the things he held in his hands at that time left him an eternal and immortal glorious image in history.It was an iron Ruyi, the size of which was unknown, but probably not too small, because Wang Zhaoyuan used it as a command flag or a baton when marching in formation. Thinking of Wang Zhaoyuan talking and laughing casually among countless armored soldiers in an army of thousands of horses, waving his fingers at Tie Ruyi casually, while the enemy army was running wild and defeated, and achieved fame easily.So far in life, what a joy! In this way, full of pride and ambition, Wang Zhaoyuan left Chengdu with his 30,000 sculpted tiger and wolf division to face the Pingshu Expeditionary Army of the Song Dynasty who used the entire Shu Kingdom as an unlimited cash machine. Attack Shu, attack Shu again!On the way of marching, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Song Army were excited and excited.This is not only a matter of money, but also an honor, and a symbol of becoming rich and powerful from now on! Everyone will think of the short thirty-nine years ago, when the owner of the Central Plains was Li Cunxu, Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty.Judging from Li Cunxu's initial attitude and achievements, he is already unstoppable and will soon sweep the country and unify the world.At that time, at the end of September and the beginning of October in 925 AD, he sent his clan prince, Wei Wang Li Jiji, and general Guo Chongtao to attack Shu. It was an extremely astonishing, unprecedented, and absolutely unprecedented victory.The Shatuo people, the hereditary mercenary army at its peak, actually took less than 30 days to overcome countless natural dangers in Mount Shu, broke through Chengdu, the land of abundance, and forced Wang Yan, the former lord of Shu, to leave the country and surrender in white. What about them?How much time will Song Jun spend now? Wang Quanbin, the head coach of the whole army, tried not to think about this problem, but the extreme excitement, even the frenzy of anxiety was also rushing through his whole body.For nothing else, starting a business, everyone is soberly aware that this is a great entrepreneurial journey, and starting a business is the greatest enjoyment in a man's life! First of all, the first goal...Unfortunately, it is not the steep and rugged pass of the Shu Road, but Xingzhou in Shaanxi (now Lueyang, Shaanxi).No way, even if Hou Shu loses the four prefectures of Qin, Feng, Cheng, and Jie, its frontier positions are still far outside the mainland of Hou Shu.The person in charge of guarding the front enemy here is Han Baozheng, another confidant of Meng Chang, king of Houshu, besides Wang Zhaoyuan.He led tens of thousands of troops out of Shu first, and arrived in Xingyuan (now Handong, Shaanxi) before Wang Quanbin. In early December 964 AD, the war officially began.Wang Quanbin led his army out of Fengzhou and went straight to Xingzhou.Xingzhou is an important military town that has been operated for many years in the later Shu Dynasty. Not only is the city high and thick, and there are sufficient soldiers, but also a series of military strongholds have been built outside the city due to the dangerous terrain. Zhaidu left its name in the history books. However, the Hou Shu army never expected that on the day of the war, these painstakingly managed defense lines were breached one by one by the Song army like boiling soup and snow. By the 19th of that month, Xingzhou, an important town in Hou Shu, fell.The flag was won, but Wang Quanbin dismissed it. In his eyes, the biggest spoils of war were more than 400,000 hu of military rations seized in Xingzhou, which added huge supplies to his army.Without stopping for a moment, he rushed to the next stronghold in Houshu - Xingyuan. There is Han Baozheng, the highest former enemy coach of the Houshu Legion, and he must be taken down! Han Baozheng, who left his name in history but could not find any glorious deeds, all the previous introductions of the coach of Houshu can only be found in the words of Meng Chang's old mother, Queen Mother Li, who persuaded her son: "... Seeing Zhuang Zong and your father destroying Liang and Dingshu, those who were in charge of the army at that time would not be awarded anything but merit, so the soldiers were afraid to obey. Today Zhaoyuan is the person who serves you around you, and the person who protects the integrity and the family, never knows about soldiers. Police, what is the use of this person!" But history said that Meng Chang didn't listen. Today, as expected, facing Wang Quanbin's furious advance like a wolf and a tiger, Han Baozheng, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, was hiding in Xingyuan City trembling, unable to do anything.After Wang Quanbin captured Xingzhou, he continued to attack more than 20 villages including Shiqi, Yuguan, and Baishui Army without stopping. The soldiers pointed directly at Xingyuan, leaving him nowhere to hide.At this time, Han Baozheng's courage and astonishing actions came together. He actually gave up Xingyuan City directly and led the troops outside the city wall! Han Baozheng, who had left the city, was moving quickly, but unfortunately, instead of going to the main force of the Song army for a duel, he quickly led his troops to the farther Xixian County (now the West Old Town of Mian County, Shaanxi).God, save him. It wasn't until this time that the Houshu army with tens of thousands of horses figured out that their coach did this only to temporarily distance himself from Wang Quanbin. Perhaps in this way, he could save his heart that was about to die suddenly. Wang Quanbin was no longer interested in dealing with him personally, but sent the vanguard general Shi Yande to chase him all the way.Shi Yande marched swiftly, and before Han Baozheng fled into Xixian County, he was forced to form an army at Sanquan (now Yangping Pass in the northwest of Ningqiang, Shaanxi Province) behind the mountain and back the city to protect himself. There is no need to fight this battle. A Western God of War who was born later than the Song Dynasty once said that a group of sheep led by lions can defeat a group of lions led by sheep.Even if the Shu army at this time is all bloodthirsty, powerful and brave lions, they will be suffocated to death under the command of an official son like Han Baozheng... He launched an attack on the Shu army, which was dozens of times larger than himself. Tens of thousands of Shu soldiers collapsed across the board, and this battle directly pushed the battlefield westward into the borders of Hou Shu. Wang Quanbin captured Han Baozheng, and seized more than 300,000 hu of military rations again.This is a huge harvest. The crucial food road behind the Song army can be ignored for the time being, and it is completely possible to catch up with the victory and advance bravely. They didn't chase very far, and in front of them was the desperate and natural danger of the Shu Road——Jiameng Pass. Jiameng Pass, sometimes people mistakenly think it is the mispronounced name of "Jianmen Pass".In fact, it is not. The old city of Jiamengguan is located in the soil foundation dam in Wuhuali, north of Zhaohua Town, Yuanba District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province. The Guancheng has disappeared.The Jianmen Pass is about 20 kilometers southwest of the old city of Jiameng Pass, belonging to Jiange County, Guangyuan City.However, they are in the same mountain range, and the same steep pass is difficult for birds to pass. It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the most difficult military fortresses to break through in human history. Jiang Wei, the general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, blocked Zhonghui's 100,000 Shu army near here.Jianmen, Jiameng, this is the true psychological and practical line of defense of the Shu people.You can completely believe that in the previous battles outside the Shu Road, the Hou Shu army did not really exert its strength, because after all, it was not the fundamental place where the Shu people lived for generations, and with such a barrier behind them, who would fight hard in advance? Shrinking into the natural danger, the Houshu people even resorted to the most unique trick-burning the plank road. The plank road is that our ancestors dug holes between the rocky cliffs with no roads, and then inserted wooden beams, laid wooden boards on the beams, and supported them with slanted columns. It is a veritable "road to heaven" and a road of real miracles.And once it is burned, it will return to the original appearance of the cliff. No matter how good Zhao Kuangyin's army is, they won't all suddenly turn into monkeys or birds. They can't crawl, let alone fly, not to mention carrying so many swords, guns, swords and halberds... Whew——from the whole territory of Houshu The soldiers and civilians, including King Meng Chang, can breathe a sigh of relief. Natural danger is natural danger, and they are safe. What's more, the great number one military strongman in Houshu, Mr. Wang Zhaoyuan, the privy envoy to the north, has led the real main force of Houshu to Lizhou.Lizhou is located on the east bank of the Jialing River. In front of it is Guangyuan, which is the Jiameng area. Behind it is the Jiange. Stay away. Then please applaud, Mr. Zhuge Liang, who is still alive, made his grand debut. History has proved that he immediately changed the entire course of the war, and his outstanding performance made both the enemy and us incredible and dazzled. The geographical environment bestowed by God on Meng Chang and Wang Zhaoyuan is extremely superior, and before Wang Zhaoyuan directly encountered Wang Quanbin, he also showed the bearing and keen sense of position that an outstanding military leader should have. He set off from far away Chengdu, not in a hurry, regardless of the rapidly deteriorating military situation on the front line, and always reserved the physical strength of his elite legionaries in an extremely humane manner, and marched through the beautiful and majestic mountains and rivers of Shu.And God gave him incredible luck. When he finally arrived at the front line, Song Jun was blocked just in front of Jiameng, and he was able to enter Tianxian Lizhou safely and smoothly. Another natural hazard.I really don't know why the land where our nation lives has such a structure.But I am also very grateful for such a geographical environment.Please imagine, if in our northern plains, or even along the coast, there are mountains and natural cliffs in Sichuan, how good it would be?Wouldn't there be so many foreign invasions, and the tragedy of the country's death and people's mourning? Don't talk about the Great Wall, that is our helpless move, and its precipitousness is in no way comparable to that of Shushan Mountain. But thankfully, we didn't after all.If we really have the natural barrier of Shuchuan that is magnified more than ten thousand times, the national character and safety awareness of our people will become even more sluggish and vulnerable... because there is always such a fluke mentality! This is the case with Wang Zhaoyuan. He was relieved immediately after entering Lizhou.There are too many natural dangers in front of him, so many that he can rest assured and fall asleep.He believed that the Yankees who were accustomed to walking on flat ground would not be able to crawl up to him with all their limbs, even if they did not send a guard. Because in front of Lizhou City, which is surrounded by mountains, are two more forbidding barracks, the Big and the Small Mantianzhai.Want to know how dangerous it is there?In that place, even Houshu could only build villages but not cities, and between the big and small Mantian villages was the roaring Jialing River rushing through the deep gorges and giant valleys.It is absolutely certain that the Song army would never come with warships when they ran for thousands of miles, and it would be a joke to cut wood and build ships locally. The only hope for crossing the river is those few wooden bridges.But not to mention that the bridge is long and narrow, and it is impossible to launch a strong attack with troops. Even if they cannot be defended, they are set on fire, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty will jump crazy on the other side! And these are all secondary. Wang Quanbin has to untie the first dead button before he can talk about anything else, which is the plank road.The plank road before Jiameng has been burned down, and only the charred cliffs are left... See how you can survive? As a result, the whole battle situation deteriorated sharply in Wang Zhaoyuan's well-off mentality of hiding in a dangerous building and becoming unified.The Shu people completely miscalculated. These northern flatlanders who lived on the plains became even worse after entering the mountains. There was no plank road, so they immediately sent their general Cui Yanjin to start repairs. The main force of many people cut through thorns and thorns to find a way forward on the Luochuan Trail in the southeast of Jiachuan.A few days later, Wang Quanbin broke through Luochuan's line of defense and appeared at the deep crossing line of the Jialing River Ferry. At this time, an even more astonishing thing happened. Cui Yanjin, who was supposed to divert the attention of the Shu army, had not only repaired the plank road, but also quickly conquered the Tianxian Xiaomantian village, and rushed to Shendu to join the commander. Before Wang Zhaoyuan and his deputy Zhao Chongtao realized that the danger was imminent, Song Jun rushed to the wooden bridge on the Jialing River.The war has changed since then, and the initial temptation of spoils has faded, replaced by the hatred generated after all the hardships and hardships.It is these damn dangerous mountains and rivers that have made us suffer, but you wait, as long as we cross over, we will pay you back twice as much! At this time Wang Zhaoyuan was finally angry.He wondered, haven't the northerners heard of Zhuge Liang?Marquis Wu made great achievements in his life, and he only attacked but not defended, and he was always in the midst of mysterious and unexpected attacks.So why not let him, his successor, really follow in his footsteps and get a taste of what it's like to attack? So he dispatched troops to gather troops and vowed to capture Wang Quanbin alive.But when he and Zhao Chongtao finally rushed out of Lizhou City with the elite army of the Shu army, Wang Quanbin had already crossed the Jialing River wooden bridge and arrived at the other side of the river in a thunderbolt! Wang Zhaoyuan became a little dazed, and searched all the war history between Zhuge Wuhou and the Northern Wei State in his mind, but he couldn't find such a battle example.Northerners... aren't they all easy to deceive?He didn't understand, he didn't believe in evil, and once again mustered up his courage and anger, he led the whole army and rushed down from the high and steep Lizhou City-the art of war is said to be high and powerful, and he To push back Wang Quanbin who has just crossed the Jialing River, it is best to let them be defeated, crush the bridge, fall into the river and drown... Wang Zhaoyuan led the new force that had just entered the battlefield to rush towards the Song Dynasty army that had been exhausted for days and staged bare-handed climbing every day. In the end, they lost three battles and three defeats. Da Man Tian Zhai.After that, Wang Zhaoyuan couldn't stop the car anymore, and he couldn't even return to Lizhou to regroup. He was directly caught up with Jiange by Wang Quanbin. This day was December 30, 964 AD, nearly a month since the war officially started.History has proved that Wang Quanbin failed. He failed to break the record of Guo Chongtao, the general of the later Tang Dynasty, who conquered Shu in thirty days.But on the other hand, the bloody facts, Lizhou City, and the 800,000 hu rations thrown to the Song Army made Wang Zhaoyuan understand that not everyone can be Zhuge Kongming.Now the entire Hou Shu no longer expects him to be Zhuge Liang, but only wants him to be Jiang Wei once, and guard the peerless heavenly danger sword gate that has never been breached head-on before. Before the sword gate was closed, Wang Quanbin ordered the whole army to rest and reorganize, and the soldiers had to take a breather.Moreover, he wanted to report the battle situation to Emperor Zhao Kuangyin behind. Back to Kaifeng in the north, it is the end of the year and the coldest time.It is said in history that Zhao Kuangyin was sitting in the lecture hall of the palace when he received Wang Quanbin's battle report.Winter snow was flying outside, and the palace was warm. A small room was surrounded by blankets around the emperor's body, and a charcoal fire was burning in the middle. The emperor was wearing a sable fur and a sable hat, and sat upright. It was the good news he was looking forward to... Zhao Kuangyin let out a sigh of relief.The army of 60,000 was already all the troops he could send at this time. Sure enough, the combat effectiveness of the army that had been selected by the whole country and then rectified by military discipline was much better than before.This made him very pleased. It is said in history that Zhao Kuangyin suddenly stood up, took off his sable fur and hat, and said-"I am dressed like this, and I still feel cold. How can I bear to read that the general of the Western Expedition will attack Shuangsai?" this!" Even if the fast horse travels day and night to give Wang Quanbin the sable fur, Wang Quanbin weeps with gratitude. But then, Zhao Kuangyin fell into deep thought again.This year, Zhao Kuangyin was thirty-nine years old, and when Chai Rong was thirty-nine years old, he had already shocked the world, invincible, and powerful against other races.However, Zhao Kuangyin stayed in the rear during his fighting years, and major events such as the conquest of Shu were delegated to his generals.This is unimaginable in the post-week period. But understandable. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to enter and exit in the conquest of Shu, not to mention that it is difficult to attack, and even if there is a sudden incident in the rear, it is impossible to retreat.Therefore, except for Liu Bei who was hungry and desperate for food, he must grab a piece of land and build a house, no monarch dared to conquer Shuchuan himself. This is even more so for Zhao Kuangyin. His Kaifeng is next to two irresolvable mortal enemies-the Northern Han Dynasty and the Khitan.The previous and subsequent history have proved that Zhao Kuangyin is definitely not lazy, but he has no choice but to.At that time, the actual strength of the capital was only about 100,000, and it was not until his later period that the elite imperial army reached 200,000.The rest of the country are Xiangjun and Xiangbing soldiers who are not of much use. At this time, if there are police in the north, and he is far away in the Shu Road, who will keep his lair? 60,000 were sent out, and there are less than 40,000 left. We have to beware of enemies outside the country, but also be careful of the courtiers in the country. How can it be "troublesome"? For safety, besides himself, he also deployed a series of the strongest generals in the Song Dynasty north of Kaifeng——Han Lingkun, Guo Jin, Li Hanchao, Li Jixun, Wang Yansheng (this desperado finally came in handy), and There is Dong Zunjiao.Remember this man surnamed Dong?Please refer back to Zhao Kuangyin's initial wandering career. If it weren't for Mr. Dong's arrogance and domineering, Zhao Kuangyin would not have suffered from hunger and cold for the past two years.But Zhao Kuangyin not only did not retaliate, but tried every means to bring back his mother who was exiled in Youzhou, Liao, and reunited their mother and son.Dong Zunhui has since become one of his most loyal generals. During this period, Zhao Kuangyin also tasted the prestige of being the emperor of the Han Dynasty.The Jurchen, far to the north of Khitan, sent envoys thousands of miles away to pay tribute to famous horses; while the Tuoba tribe in Pingcun, farther away, paid tribute to three hundred war horses at a time. Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, these were good things that the Song Dynasty urgently needed but couldn't produce.Especially to Zhao Kuangyin's surprise, Li Yiyin, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, took the initiative to avoid the taboo because his father was called Zhao Hongyin, and changed his name to Li Yixing.Where can such a courtier be found?Zhao Kuangyin was moved and personally supervised the work to make a jade belt and gave it to Li Yixing. What a good courtier... Jurchen, Tuoba Li, this insignificant tribute, how can the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin and the hundreds of millions of innocent people in the Central Plains repay double! But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't predict everything, and his eyes quickly turned to the southwest direction again, and the defeat of Shu was, after all, the most important state affairs of the Song Dynasty at that time. Wang Quanbin of the North Road has already achieved victory, so what about the East Road?How are Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin doing now? Liu Guangyi faced many difficulties and dangers.He has to enter the Three Gorges from the west of Hubei, enter Dongchuan from the Three Gorges, and go upstream along the Yangtze River before reaching his final destination, Chengdu.However, since the Song Dynasty captured Jinghu, Later Shu has set up checkpoints in Fuzhou (now Fuling, Chongqing), Luzhou (now Sichuan) and Rongzhou (now Yibin, Sichuan) on his only way. In particular, Kuizhou, the important town of the Three Gorges (now east of Fengjie, Sichuan), is the most important place, and the Northern Army, which is not good at water warfare, is destined to suffer greatly there. Before that, like Wang Quanbin, he went out of the west of Hubei like a broken bamboo to break through Sanhui (northeast of Wushan, Chongqing today), Wushan (northeast of Wushan, Chongqing today), and other Shu army camps. More than two hundred ships approached Kuizhou.Then he stopped the whole army, went to a place where no one was around, and touched things from his arms. He took out a map, signed by Zhao Kuangyin himself, and handed it to him, and asked him to open it only when he was close to Kuizhou.And it is strictly ordered that you can do whatever it says on it, and you are absolutely not allowed to make your own decisions! 这或许是宋朝开国之后，第一次君主在后方实行“图阵形，规庙胜，尽授纪律，遥制便宜，主帅遵行”的祖宗家法，而幸运的刘光义不仅成为了第一个吃螃蟹的人，还更加幸福地没有亲身实践这套规矩最后也最要命的一项，即“贵臣督视”。 他身边的监军是此前名不见经传的曹彬，此人不管才能到底怎样，至少是个名副其实的彬彬君子，不会怎么太折磨他。这时刘光义打开了赵匡胤的锦囊妙计，心里万分激动——太好了，只见地图上标注详细，敌我分明。具体到他连探子都不用派出去了，更不用说他应该怎样应对。 What more can I say?领导就是领导，英明得锃光瓦亮让人睁不开眼，就剩下了按章办事了。不过这里请注意，这时的赵匡胤并没有做错，他授阵图布方略遥控指挥是迫不得已。因为刘光义不是慕容延钊，也不是韩令坤或者他本人，甚至也不像王全斌那样战功赫赫。于是巨大的先期准备就必不可少，赵匡胤必须给他铺好道。可是后来的赵光义以及再后来的那些长在皇宫内院，让各级母后皇娘们爱不释手，让儒家道学们夸成人类典范的官家们有没有资格也这么做，就是另外一回事了。 回到眼前，刘光义面临的是一条水陆两栖立体防御的马奇诺防线。首先在江面上蜀军不惜功本，先来了条浮桥封锁了整条长江，而且为了结实，还在浮桥上又加了三重木栅栏。这还不算，最可怕的是在沿江两岸，后蜀居然“夹江列炮”——不管打出来的是石头还是炸药，都是非常的不人道吧？ ! 但是更加不人道的是赵匡胤。历史证明，这人在夔州城外浮桥一段的攻防指挥上连做人的起码标准都失去了，他让后蜀人千辛万苦弄出来的防御工事像千年以后第二次世界大战时法国的马奇诺防线一样，连一炮都没打出去就彻底完蛋了——根据分析，该防线的最强点在水路，不论是浮桥还是大炮，一切都是为了防止宋朝的战船。 这没有错，谁让这是在江边呢？而且宋朝人真的是坐船过来的。 但是赵匡胤让自己的大兵们在离浮桥三十里外就全部弃船上岸，然后有马的上马，没马的迈腿，三十里的江边小道一口气就冲了过去……不知道后蜀的大炮是什么口径，是高射型的，还是平轰型的，反正什么都来不及了。 杀完人，再毁了桥，大家伙儿重新上船，后蜀的川东重镇夔州已经近在眼前。 守夔州的是后蜀宁江节度使高彦俦，孟昶给他配备的监军名叫武守谦。后来证明，这两个人是在这场战争中，后蜀方面唯一可以被载入史册的正面形象。但是极其可惜的是，熊掌和鱼翅放在锅里做成一道菜会变成恶搞，而这两个人待在一座城里，也会自相矛盾，一塌糊涂。 同样的忠心耿耿，同样的独行其事。 看到宋军兵临城下，久经战阵的高彦俦一眼就看出了敌我双方的优劣要害之处。他强烈建议（唉，只能是建议了，他名为主帅，可惜监军更大）据城死守。因为宋军远来，粮食后勤都供应不上，他们得在长江上运给养！ 想一想夔州段的江水有多急，再想想这一段长江边上的道是不是人走的。 这一点真的就是宋军的致命要害，要知道赵匡胤这时候仍然还是个穷人，而打仗讲究的是米山钱海，他手头哪一样都不宽裕。所以王全斌一路缴获了近一百二十万斛军粮才会被宋史一一记载。 所以高彦俦是对的，只要先死守一段时间，等着城外边的宋军既饿又累又没办法时再出击，肯定就会事半功倍。 想得很好，可惜，监军大人不同意。武守谦的反应是勃然大怒——兵临城下，怎能龟缩不出，任由敌军耀武扬威？不行，一定要出击。而且必须趁着宋军远来疲惫，刚刚在前面的浮桥上打过一仗的大好时机，冲出城去，一举击溃狂妄的宋朝人！ 他是这么说的，也是这么做的，并且他绝对不逼着高彦俦去做不愿做的事，更不强迫手下的部将出去送死。他说战，那么他自己就去战！ 他亲自率领着自己麾下的千余士兵冲出夔州，向刚刚登岸的宋军杀了过去。 这很反常，入川以来还真没见过。刘光义不敢怠慢，他派出的是征蜀东路军的王牌——禁军侍卫司马军都指挥使张廷翰。 宋军三衙主帅之一的张廷翰亲自出战，率领着宋朝全国精选出来的士兵，而且两军相遇的地方还在长江边上的猪头铺，也就是说是片陆地……结果是奇迹没有发生，武守谦败了，就在败退的时候，他还想着夔州城。他为夔州尽的最后一份力，就是尽量离它远一点，他怕带着追杀的宋军一起卷进城去。 但是无济于事，刘光义很清楚自己的目标在哪儿。他命令全军登岸，猛攻夔州。后面发生的事，就要看这个世界对英雄的定义了。 历史记载，当日“廷翰等乘胜登其城，拔之。彦俦力战不胜，身被十余枪，左右皆散去。”孤城无援，部众溃散，高彦俦为自己的陛下所做的最后一件事是，“彦俦奔归府第，整衣冠，望西北再拜，登楼，纵火自焚。” 英雄，一定要是胜利者吗？ 几十天之后，有个女人很鄙夷地撇着嘴，充满不屑地说——十四万人齐解甲，更无一个是男儿。 男儿在边关，死战尽勋戎，贵妇深宫乐，凭甚论英雄！ 那么再回头去看一下蜀国最著名的那位“英雄”。剑门关，王昭远。 按说，逃回了剑阁的王昭远应该彻底安心了吧？ 雄关如铁，绵延百里——“蜀道剑门无寸土”。剑门关的山脉是从秦岭而来，完全由巨大的砾岩组成，尤其在剑门关正面一带，岩石如镜，寸草不生。这是天险里的天险，已经是后蜀的最后一道屏障，也是上苍给历代蜀人的最后一线生机。 历史可以作证，在此之前，剑门关从未在正面失守。但不幸的是，伟大的纪录，都是留给“伟大”的人去打破的。 王全斌带着宋朝征蜀北路军，在剑门关下吃着从后蜀军队抢来的军粮，整整休整到了第二年（也就是公元965年），不过别害怕，回首从前啊，在上一年的12月30日的时候，他们才攻下的利州城。所以说他们可真是慢。转过年来，王全斌走出营房，看了看耸立在眼前的剑门关，毫无例外地再一次感到头晕目眩。 唉，钟会啊……你攻不上去真是情有可愿啊；邓艾啊……我还以为你以前特别淘气，就爱从山上往下滚着玩哪……唉，你们的命可真苦，不过我也一样。 就在这么哀叹的时候，他已经决定了一件事——傻子才会正面强攻剑门关呢，就算山上的只是群猴子，往下面扔两块砖头都能出人命！还是老办法，迂回穿插。他再次派出了手下头号亡命之徒先锋官史延德，要他带着兵悄悄地翻过眼前这座见了鬼的大山，然后再经来苏（今四川剑阁东）的小路渡江迂回到剑门关南二十里的清强店。 而这只是命令的前一小半，后面的就变得非常不像话了。王全斌说，到了清强店之后，你们就要尽一切力量向剑门发起攻击！无论如何一定要胜利，而我会配合你！ 老天在上，史延德或许是过分勇敢了有些脑筋秀逗，他从来都没想过主帅是否急疯头了在说胡话——那时候王全斌想必还在剑门关正门前等着买票进城吧，拿什么配合他？而他又爬山又过江，还要强攻天险，到时候想撤回来都是妄想。 可他真的就这么去了，而且宋朝的大兵们也都一如既往地跟着他。那样子，就像是在宋朝开国的时候，没有任何的艰难险阻能难得倒他们。 这时候在剑门关的上面，王昭远也得到了一个空前的好消息。他有救了，孟昶来信了，不仅没怪他，而且还给他增派了援军。 久旱逢甘雨，久旱逢甘雨啊……王昭远空前地激动。孟昶真是他的发小，就是知道他此时此刻最需要什么。这要是在以前给他援军，“诸葛亮”一定会认为是对他的奇耻大辱，而这时不同了，他真的需要有尽可量多的人围着他，这样，他到了晚上才能睡得安稳些。 更何况，孟昶派来的援军主帅居然会是太子孟玄喆。这真让王昭远对未来充满了渴望和信心，因为太子殿下的军事天赋可真是……那个神妙莫测。 很多人都不懂，孟昶为什么会派自己的太子去当援军呢？难道偌大的蜀国，竟然找不出一位领兵的将军了吗？ 这个问题要这样解答——孟昶当初为什么要派王昭远来负责整个北路的战局胜负？难道偌大的蜀国，竟然找不出一位领兵的将军了吗？ 答案是他真的就找不出来。蜀国安逸，一连三十九年的唯我独尊的好日子，把孟昶最初的那点锐气和理智都消磨光了。没有天敌的威胁，他彻底退化，他能相信的，只有日常与他共处的那么几个有限的人。 除了他的发小，就是他的儿子，可以说都城之外，他什么都不了解。 就像这次增兵，应该增吗？似乎应该，因为剑门已经是最后的一段天险，过了这道屏障，成都面前就再没有任何的阻挡。可是历史证明，他的增兵，是使后蜀迅速灭亡的最大败招。 增兵，给了王昭远又一个可以幻想的理由。所以当史延德突然出现在清强店，扑向他的剑门关时，王昭远的反应是马上后退，连稍微的抵抗都没有，就退向了汉源坡（今四川剑阁东）。至于关乎到整个后蜀命运的剑门天险，他交给了手下一个在历史上都查不出姓名的偏将。 他可以等待援军，没有必要现在就拼命嘛……那位不知姓名的偏将就非常可怜，他不仅要抵挡史延德，还要面对从正面冲上来的王全斌。历史没有记录下他有多神勇，因为史延德和王全斌在剑门之巅胜利会师了。 蜀川最强的天险，也是最后一道屏障就此被攻破。 但王昭远的表演还没有结束，他带着近两万大军仍然驻守着剑门的一部分。汉源坡，两万蜀军站在崇山峻岭之间，面对着冲过来的敌人勉强列成阵势，可是他们却看不到自己的主帅到底在哪里。他们看不见，王昭远瘫倒在胡床（能折叠的行军床）上已经彻底站不起来了。由他的副手赵崇韬勉强带人迎战。 没法解说这场战斗，因为根本就不存在战斗。后蜀人一哄而散，赵崇韬被非常搞笑地晾在了最前面，他成了王全斌的又一个平蜀纪念品。但是打扫完战场，人们却惊奇地发现怎么都找不到王昭远。这个刚才还站不起来的人这时神奇地失踪了。 王全斌没有时间遗憾，他的面前还有剑州城（今四川剑阁），这是后蜀人在剑门关上的最后一个据点，刚刚溃散的蜀军都跑到了那里，他必须速战速决。剑州城成了后蜀人不堪回首的地方，一退再退，苟且偷生，所有的天险都不知利用，最后在剑州城里，一万多蜀军被集体屠杀…… 之后，王全斌继续进军，才在东川（今四川三台）一个农家院的小仓库里偶然抓到了一个哭得泣不成声、双目红肿，嘴里还念念有词的人。经确认，这就是后蜀的“诸葛孔明”王昭远，当时他面对宋军的刀枪视而不见，只顾着反复吟咏一首唐诗的最后一句 ——远去英雄不自由。 可惜了晚唐才子罗隐的佳句，他到了这时还是死不认错，因为前面一句是——时来天地皆同力。 “时来天地皆同力，远去英雄不自由。”这时他不是诸葛亮了，他变成了项羽。 因为，“此天亡我也，非战之罪……” 这时候太子殿下孟玄喆已经领兵到了绵州（今四川绵阳）。这样的“神速”有点像是之前王昭远支援韩保正，不过太子殿下既然青出于蓝胜于蓝，他比王昭远就还要走得加倍的自在悠闲。 出趟远门不容易，尤其是长在深宫很少出成都的城市青年。孟玄喆召集了一万人马，首先把他们打扮一新，具体的细节要精确到连旗杆都与众不同。蜀锦，这是几千年来中国锦绣中的老名牌，太子用它来把军中所有的旗杆都缠了起来。旗杆用蜀锦，那么旗子用什么？大家自己去猜吧。但是千万不要以为太子殿前是个奢侈浪费的人，出兵当天，突然下起了大雨，太子为了不影响装饰效果，就下令把旗子蜀锦都卸下来，等雨停了再装上去……结果很多没有艺术修养的大兵把彩绣的旗子都挂反了，呈现出一种特殊的前卫美感，这让围观的群众得到了乐趣，而太子本人也大为激赏。 就这样，孟大太子带着一万大兵外加成群的姬妾，再外加好几十个优伶戏子，踏上了增援剑门，拯救家国的征途。可以想象，像一只快乐的小鸟一样飞出了繁华喧闹的成都的孟玄喆一路之上是多么的快乐！美丽的四川，你是这样的神奇，我真是太爱你了……但是一切都在绵阳戛然而止。 孟玄喆立即掉头就往回跑，就算他再天真可爱，也知道剑门关失守意味着什么。就在这个时候，他的军事天才也真正的显露了出来。抗战需要什么？需要付出代价！于是，他的身后就出现一团团的熊熊大火。当他一路狂跑，回到他的父亲面前时，他得意地说——老爸，我把事情都办妥了，现在从绵州到成都，什么都不见了，能烧的都被我烧光了…… 孟昶彻底僵硬。天哪，他不懂，这是什么样的臣子，这是什么样的儿子啊……他仰天长叹，老天爷为什么要这么玩我？不过眼前的事实让他变得清醒，无论是他还是王全斌以及刘光义，都非常清楚一个事实。 那是一个流传了很久的传统，只要失去了剑门关，成都城下就再也不会有什么抵抗了。此前无论是刘禅的蜀汉，还是王衍的前蜀，都是这样。 孟昶登上了成都的北门，极目远望，他的眼前仍旧是无限江山。不过可惜，很快就会有敌人兵临城下了。这时，有位叫石奉頵的老将军走了过来，对他说不必惊慌，宋军远来，不能持久，只要我们坚壁清野，还是能守住成都的。 孟昶苦笑，他这时比谁都看得清楚了。史称他叹息了一下，说——“吾父子以丰衣美食养士四十年，一旦遇敌，不能为吾东向发一矢，今虽欲闭壁，谁肯效死者！” 理智重新回归，在他需要清醒的时候。他真的理解了当年刘禅和王衍的决定，想想前面剑门、三峡间派出过多少的士卒，守着多少的沟壑绝岭，可是都无济于事，现在要垂死挣扎，换来的除了死亡之外还能有什么呢？ 这时他的宰相李昊走了过来，提醒他不必绝望，臣已经打听清楚了，荆湖两地的前君主高继冲和周保权在开封都活得挺好的，一样地做官，一样的安全。而臣还听说，宋朝皇帝还给您特意盖了房子，很大，有五百间哪，算是特殊优待……说着，李昊的脸上突然现出了一丝难以形容的诡异笑容，他小声说，陛下，如果你同意，我会为此而尽力。 孟昶看着他，像是一时间再也说不出话来。可是令人难以置信的是，只是片刻之后，他就似乎恍然大悟了，进而他的脸上也浮现出了一丝更加难以形容的笑容，那是苦涩？是自嘲？又或者是深入骨髓的悲哀？不，也许是尖锐得像钢针一样伤人的讥讽！ 孟昶哈哈大笑，对变得有些僵硬的李昊摆了摆手，说——你去办吧，我想起来了，这事你在行……然后他就此下城，再不回顾。 时光倒流，一切都从头再来了。当年前蜀是怎样灭亡的，现在后蜀就原样再次翻版。就连当初写降书顺表的执笔人都没有变化。 话说当天后蜀的李大宰相下城头回到家来，拂纸执笔，文不加点，片刻之间就把国王孟昶交给他办的事做完了。降表己成，然后他就难免有些得意了。毕竟时间过去了整整四十年，其间人世变幻，山河易主，而他却并没有老，当年做过的事现在他仍然得心应手！ 四十年前，前蜀王衍的投降文本也是由他起草成写的。 明天就是个好日子，公元965年2月7日，他还要提醒孟昶，投降更要讲究个积极主动，要快马加鞭地把降书顺表送到杀过来的宋军手里，以便争取个宽大处理。还有，更加重要的是，作为当年前蜀灭亡时的目击者，他还要把怎样投降，以及投降时的应有穿着礼仪，所需要的用具都向孟昶全面介绍。 这时他叹息了一声，毕竟那时的人，现在几乎都不在了。你说他要不挺身而出，到时候要不合规矩出了丑，那可多丢人啊…… 于是在公元965年2月19日的早晨，成都北郊外升仙桥畔，四十年前的一幕再次重现。孟昶身穿白衣，衔玉壁，手牵一只白羊，头上缠着草绳站在桥边。他身后是他的文武百官，这些人身穿孝服，赤足，伏在一口空棺材上放声痛哭。 这就是中国当时出降的国君所应必备的官方“礼仪”，以此来表示自己犯有死罪，听候发落。而他的官员们，是在为他而服丧悲痛。 受降的一方，由宋军主帅王全斌代表赵匡胤走了过去，取下玉壁和草绳，把白羊牵走，再把那口棺材烧了，然后当众宣读赦免孟昶的诏书，这一过场才算走完。据说当天的仪式在后蜀元老李昊的主执讲解下进行得非常顺利圆满，双方皆大欢喜，各得所需。唯一的遗憾是这位叫李昊的大明白人回到家后，发现他家的门上多出了一张纸，上面白纸黑字端端正正地写着他一生为历史所记录下的最大功绩 ——世修降表李家！ 公道自在人心，孟昶纵在千般不是，也轮不到身为宰相的李昊来做这样的事。“食其禄而杀其主，居其土而献其地”，是诸葛亮要杀魏延的理由，而李昊虽然不曾杀王衍和孟昶，但他却连续侮辱了自己的两个主人。至于土地，他不仅献了一次，还献了第二次！ 但什么都没法阻止赵匡胤的胜利了。后蜀从公元925年起，至此享国近四十年。宋军从公元964年12月初出兵起，到孟昶出降，只用了区区六十六天，巴蜀四十六州二百四十县五十三万余户就从此换了主人。