Chapter 37 Standing up in Shu to destroy Li Shi

——Huan Wen, who defeated Cheng Han in the First World War There are three fires for a new official to take office, and Huan Wen is no exception.In order to make a name for himself and establish a prestige, Huan Wen, of course, is picking up soft persimmons. He is going to take the puppet regime of Cheng Han who ruled Shu land first, and submit to the imperial court to raise troops to attack Shu. At this point, I also want to explain to the Li family who has been enjoying a beautiful corner for nearly half a century. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a group of Di people who originally lived in the surrounding areas of Brazil (now Langzhong, Sichuan) migrated to Hanzhong.After Cao Cao entered Hanzhong, the Li family, who was the chieftain of Di, hurriedly joined him and was moved to Lueyang (now Qin'an, Gansu). So far, he has been known in the world under the name of Ba Di.During the Yuankang period of the Western Jin Dynasty (291-299), chaos broke out in Guanzhong, and tens of thousands of people in the Lueyang area were exiled to Hanzhong.In the last years of Yuan and Kang Dynasties, Li Te and others entered Shu to "eat" with the approval of the imperial court.In Jiange, Li Te saw such a beautiful place and sighed: "Liu Chan was captured with his hands tied because of this, he is really mediocre!"

Soon, Zhao Wei, who was the governor of Yizhou at that time, was deposed because of his relatives and background Jia Nanfeng.Zhao Yuyong, a villain, saw the strength of the Li brothers, so he found an excuse to kill Li Xiang.Now that the hornet's nest was stabbed, Li Te led a team of refugees into Chengdu, plundered wantonly, and reported Zhao Qiang's disobedience to the Jin court.Soon, Zhao Wei was killed on the way to escape. Everything in the Jin court was chaotic, and they couldn't get involved in the affairs of Shu. An imperial edict granted the Li Te brothers marquis and generals, and appointed Luo Shang, the governor of Liangzhou, as the general of Pingxi and the governor of Yizhou.Luo Shang was originally a corrupt person, and after he took office, he couldn't tolerate the Li Te brothers who had become popular, so he ordered the refugees to leave Shu and return to their hometowns with the edict of the Jin court.In such an agitation, the Li Te brothers naturally did not let go of the heaven-sent opportunity and led the refugees from the six counties to formally rebel, claiming to be the Great General of Zhenbei.In 302 A.D., Li Te defeated the Jin general Zhang Wei. In 303 A.D., after defeating the Jin army Luo Shang, he defeated Xu Jian, the prefect of Shu County in Jin Dynasty.Kang Long has regrets.Just when Li Te felt very good about himself, Luo Shang led tens of thousands of Jin troops to attack suddenly and killed Li Te and Li Fu brothers in one fell swoop.

After Li Te's death, his younger brother Li Liu took over the banner, calling himself Yizhou Mu, and led Li Te's sons Li Dang, Li Xiong and others to fight tenaciously.Due to the difficult situation, Li Dang was also killed by the army soon after.Li Liu was heartbroken and wanted to surrender to the army, but was opposed by his brothers and nephews.Li Liu handed over the power to Li Te's son Li Xiong.Soon, Li Liu died of illness, and Li Xiong was supported by his tribe as Yizhou Mu and General.At the end of 304 AD, Li Xiong led his army to capture Chengdu and beat Luo Shang away.

In November of 304 A.D. (the first year of Jin Yongxing), Li Xiong proclaimed himself King of Chengdu.More than a year later, Li Xiong proclaimed himself emperor, and his country was named Dacheng. His jurisdiction included today's Sichuan, southwestern Shaanxi, Yunnan and northern Guizhou. local separatist regime. "Closing the door to be the emperor" is the portrayal of Li Xiong.This man was generous in nature, simplified the criminal law, and rested with the people. During his thirty years in power, "there was great chaos at home and abroad, but Shu alone was fine."Before his death, although Li Xiong had more than ten sons, he chose Li Ban, the son of his elder brother Li Dang who died in the battle, as the crown prince.Li Banren is very similar to his uncle Li Xiong, but Li Xiong's son is not a good one.One day, the new emperor Li Ban, who had just succeeded for a few months, was crying in the mourning hall at night when he was assassinated indoors by Li Xiong's sons Li Yue and Li Qi.

After killing Li Ban, although Li Yue was old, but he was a concubine, he pushed his brother Li Qi to be emperor.Li Qi was cruel and easy to kill. He killed the virtuous indiscriminately, appointed treacherous men, and even poisoned his brothers, nephews and nephews who disobeyed him.At that time, Li Shou, the son of Li Xiang (Li Te's younger brother) who guarded Liangzhou, was terrified. Taking advantage of Chengdu's unpreparedness, he suddenly attacked the city with a large army, killed Li Yue and others in one fell swoop, and deposed Li Qi. Duke of Qiongdu County.After regretting, Li Qi hanged himself in the prison.

The Hunjun was deposed, and the successor Li Shou was not a good thing, as the saying goes, "a crab is not as good as a crab".After usurping the throne, Li Shou killed Li Xiong's descendants and raped all the women in Li Xiong's branch.At the same time, he opposed the practice of several "emperors" in the early Li family not to be enemies of the Jin Dynasty, and made good friends with Shi Hu, the great tyrant in the north, and prepared to join forces to attack Jin.After Li Shou proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the name of the country to Han, and later generations called the regime of the Li family of the Di tribe who occupied Shu land "Chenghan".

The envoys Li Shou sent to Hou Zhao came back to "report on work", telling about the magnificent palace of Shihu, the beauty of the palace, and the strict criminal law. Killing ministers to establish authority made the people of Shu miserable, and they were overwhelmed by taxes and corvees.After six years of debauchery, in the first year of Jianyuan (343) of Emperor Kang of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Li Shou died of illness, and his son Li Shi succeeded to the throne. Li Shi is "seven feet nine inches long, with a belt around ten circumferences. He is good at pitching, which is different from people at that time."When he was the prince, he was very capable of pretending to be humble. After he became emperor, he showed his true colors. He first forced to kill his own younger brother Li Guang, and then killed the ministers Ma Dang and Xie Siming who directly admonished good governance.Soon, Li Yi, the imperial family, raised troops, and many Shu people supported him, but the matter failed. Li Yi showed his courage and took the lead when attacking Chengdu City, but was shot to death by random arrows from the guards.Li Yi was wiped out, but Cheng Han's rule had collapsed, gradually becoming terminally ill.The Liaoyi tribe in its territory took advantage of the chaos, looting and killing everywhere, "the army is lacking, and the territory is shrinking day by day."In addition, Li Shi was jealous by nature, punished ministers, and imposed punishments and prisons indiscriminately, which made people feel fear and renounced.

It was on the eve of the disintegration of Cheng Han that the great hero Huan Wen decisively proposed the strategy of defeating Shu. Ninety percent of Huan Wen's subordinates expressed their opposition to Huan Wen's attack on Shu, which made the general hesitate in his heart. Yuan Qiao, Prime Minister of Jiangxia, was also an official of Huanwen. It is dangerous, but its power is weaker than that of Jiehu. Li has no way, his subjects are not attached to him, and he thinks he is dangerous and far away, and his war preparations are not repaired. Fang realized that our army had already crossed the dangerous and solid pass, and Li Shi could be captured in one battle. The land of Shu is rich and populous. Zhuge Liang relied on this to compete with Cao Wei in the Central Plains. If he can occupy the entire territory of Shu, it will be a great achievement National interest."

In order to dispel Huan Wen's worries, Yuan Qiao further explained: "The main reason why the people in the government and the public discourage the conquest of Shu is because they are afraid that our army will advance westward, and the Hu Kou in the north will take the opportunity to attack and plunder. In fact, Hu Kou suddenly heard about our army's expedition of thousands of miles. But God, will determine that our country is strictly on guard and will never dare to move lightly. Even if they take the risk to attack, the guards along the river are strong enough to resist, and there will be no future troubles."

With this said, Huan Wen's determination to conquer Shu is irreversible.At the end of the second year of Emperor Yonghe (346) of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen led Zhou Fu, the governor of Yizhou, Sima Wuji, the prefect of Nanjun Qiao Wang, and others, to raise troops to attack Shu, and "just do it by worshiping the watch". Embark on a journey.Counselor Yuan Qiao is capable of both literature and martial arts, and personally leads 2,000 people as vanguards. The army to conquer Shu had already set out, and the memorial table was sent to the Jiankang court.Above the hall, civil and military courtiers talked a lot, thinking that the road to Shu was dangerous and far away, and Huanwen's army was small, so they were all pessimistic about the new army.Only Huan Wen's old friend and great celebrity Liu Tun believed that the trip would be a success.Most of the courtiers looked worried, and came over in twos and threes to ask why Liu Tun had so much confidence in Huan Wen.

What Liu Bin said made everyone look at each other in dismay: "I came to this conclusion based on my past experience of gambling with Huan Wen. Huan Wen is a big gambler, and he must make big bets. He will never bet lightly if there is no 100% chance of winning. From this point of view, the land of Shu must be his own!" After a pause, Liu Tun continued, "But I'm afraid that after Huan Wen overcomes Shu, he will eventually rule the imperial court." In March of the third year of Emperor Yonghe of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (347), Huanwen's Jin army suddenly appeared in Qingyi County in Shu.Li Shi, who is a beautiful woman with wine and meat every day, was so horrified when she heard the report that she couldn't believe it was true.In a panic, he sent his uncle Li Fu, cousin Li Quan, and former general Zan Jian to gather troops and march from the north of the Minjiang River to Qingyi in an attempt to stop the Jin army. Most of the generals of the Shu army believed that they should wait for work with ease, and set up an ambush in the south of the Yangtze River to surprise the Jin army.Zan Jian refused to listen, and led the army from Yuanyangqi in Jiangbei to Jianwei (to the east of Pengshan, Sichuan).At this time, the Huanwen Jin army had rushed to Pengmo (northeast of Pengshan, Sichuan today), and was preparing to gallop on the Chengdu Plain. When Peng Mo was resting, a staff officer in the army suggested that the Jin army should be divided into two groups and advance in different ways, which could be broken down into the strength of the Han army.Pioneer Yuan Qiao once again put forward his own judgment: "Now, our army has penetrated thousands of miles away. If we win, we will make great achievements. If we lose, no one will survive. We should join forces to win the first battle. If the army is divided into two groups , the hearts of the people will be divided, if you lose all the way, you will lose everything." Huan Wen strongly agreed.He ordered the entire Jin army to advance, throw away all military cooking utensils and other redundant logistical equipment, and take only three days of dry food, advance at full speed, and head straight for Chengdu.With this order, the Jin army knew that the chief general had expressed the determination of "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent", and they were determined to fight a desperate battle. On the way forward, Huan Wen met the army of Zhennan General Li Quan, the imperial clan of the Cheng Han Dynasty, and won three battles and three victories. "The Han soldiers dispersed and returned to Chengdu."Li Wei, another general of the town army in Chenghan, saw that the situation was not good, so he was very obedient, and led the army to surrender to Huan Wen. On the other hand, General Zan Jian of the Cheng Han Dynasty led his army to Jianwei like a pig with epilepsy, only to realize that he was going in a different way with the Jin army, and he couldn't even fight face to face, let alone line up and start a war.Panicked, Zan Jian led this large group of exhausted troops back to Chengdu. Just after wading through Shatoujin, there were reports from rangers that the main force of the Jin army had already stationed in Shilimo, a suburb of Chengdu, and was waiting in formation. Zan Jian.This is good, the main forces of the two armies have not yet started fighting, Zan Jian's army suddenly collapsed without a fight, scattered and fled in all directions. Li Shi, who was trapped in the city of sorrow, had no choice but to learn that the crowd went out to fight and fought a decisive battle with the Jin army at Ruoqiao in the southwest of Chengdu. With an "emperor" behind him, the morale of the Chenghan army suddenly rose.When the two armies joined forces for the first time, the forward offensive troops of the Jin army encountered desperate resistance from the Han army. The initial battle was unfavorable, and Gong Hu, who joined the army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was killed.Cheng Han's army was aggressive, screaming and killing, and several sharp arrows also shot at the front of Huan Wen's horse in the middle army. "The (Jin army) people are afraid and want to retreat."Seeing the Cheng Han army staring wide-eyed and swinging their big blades forward desperately, the Jin army, who had never encountered a strong enemy along the way, suddenly panicked and retreated in the opposite direction.At the critical moment, it is the accident of history that shows the black humor of "impermanence" at the critical moment-the drummers of the Jin army should have called Jin to retreat. Come on, the big mallets in their hands knocked randomly, "mistakenly sounded into the drum", and thumped the marching cowhide drum again and again (shivering with fright, so the drum beat was very urgent).Soldiers have developed conditioned reflexes on the battlefield and on the training ground. When they hear the drums, they will advance, and when they hear the gold, they will retreat.Hearing the sound of the big drum, all the Jin soldiers turned their heads and rushed forward.As a vanguard, Yuan Qiao Shusheng held a sword, dismounted to supervise the battle, and commanded the timid Jin soldiers to attack desperately. The soldiers of Cheng and Han were all in one go. Seeing that the soldiers of Jin were more deadly than themselves, they resisted for a while, and then turned around and fled. Huan Wen won a big victory, and took advantage of the momentum to drive straight to Chengdu, setting fires everywhere, and every city gate was shrouded in flames and smoke. . "The Han people are terrified and have no fighting spirit." At this point, Li Shi knew that his "big man" had been wiped out, so he sat in the hall, not knowing what to do.Zhongshu Jian Wang Gu and others persuaded him to surrender, and Feng Fu, the servant, said: "During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wu and Han conquered Shu and punished the Gongsun family. Now the Jin Dynasty's proclamation clearly states that 'the family surnamed Li will not be pardoned'. Surrender, I'm afraid I won't live." The more Li Shi thought about it, the more frightened he became, he fled out of the east gate at night, and caught up with the general Zan Jian who had only one or two servants by his side, and fled to Jiameng together. After fleeing, Li Shi felt that something was wrong and he had no way to escape, so he sent someone to send a surrender form to Huan Wen.The writing style of the lower table is good, it must have been written by some scribe, the meaning of the words is pitiful, and there is not much nonsense, so it is recorded below: On March 17th of the second year of the puppet Jianing (self-proclaimed "pseudo" dynasty), Li Shi of Lueyang kowtowed to death (professing his original name and death crime).Under the festival of General Fu Wei, the ancestors spread the news, relying on danger and provocation, and stole from Wen and Shu (self-proclaimed that the "emperor's order was not correct").The situation is weak, and the end of the reunification is restored, and the plan is not changed. (Cured himself for failing to "surrender" in time after succeeding to the throne.) Annoy Zhu Xuan, practice risk to hinder.The soldiers are crazy and stupid, and they offend Tianwei (please trouble the Jin Dynasty to conquer, and the mantis arm blocks the car).Feeling ashamed and ashamed, the spirit flies away, willing to accept the ax and scorpion, and use the drum to provoke the army (damn, damn, pitiful).Fu Wei Da Jin, the sky net is magnificent, the water reaches the whole world, and the sun is gracious (such a benevolent Da Jin, can you not spare my dog's life).Forced in a hurry, I threw myself into the grass (I ran away because I was scared).When I arrive in Baishui City today, I would like to send Wang You, the regular servant of the private office to send horsemen, to give me a letter to hear about it, and to command Zhou County to cast Ge Shizhang (the officials on my side have already called "private office", indicating that they are "pseudo dynasty").A fish in a poor pond, waiting for a missed moment (to be killed or to be cut, a great Jin). Seeing that the surrender was written so happily, and seeing Li Shi himself "tied in front of his family" in front of the military gate without much effort, Huan Wen was overjoyed, "untied him and burned his family" in accordance with the relevant traditional policies, and officially ended the surrender ceremony . The small imperial court of the Han Dynasty, since Li Te started his army in the first year of Tai'an, Emperor Hui, has been here for six generations, a total of forty-six years.Li Shi's father and son were greedy and brutal, but they all died well.More than a dozen members of the "royal family" of the Li family in Chengdu were sent to Jiankang. Because they "surrendered themselves to their fate", Li Shi had to be granted the title of Marquis of Yi, with good wine, good meat, and a big house, until the fifth year of Kaiping (361 ) was sick and finally home. He has just passed his thirties, at an age when ordinary buddies are still racking their brains to squeeze in the positions of deputy director and deputy section chief, Huan Wen has already made an indelible feat of destroying a country.He promoted the virtuous and benevolent, and appointed officials according to his talents. After the territory of Shu was completely settled, he "returned his journey to Jiangling".The court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was overjoyed. He was enthroned as General Huanwen Zhengxi, Kaifu, and named Linhe Duke. In the chapter "Shishuoxinyu·Xianyuan", such a story is recorded: Huan Xuanwu (Huan Wen) Pingshu, took Li Shimei as his concubine, and was very favored, and often lived with Qi (Zhai).The master (the eldest princess of Nankang, Huan Wen's wife) didn't know it at first, and after hearing about it, he and dozens of maidservants drew swords and attacked him.At the time when Li was combing his hair, the hair committee borrowed land, and his complexion was jade, he was not moved. Xu said: "The country is ruined and the family is destroyed. I have no intention to come here. If I can see killing today, it is my original intention." The Lord retreated ashamed. Although it was a small episode, it can still be seen that Li Shi's beautiful and beautiful sister is much stronger than her brother who died the emperor.As an annotation, Liu Xiaobiao (Liu Jun), a native of Liang in the Southern Dynasties, annotated Yu Tongzhi's "Jealousy" by Yu Tongzhi, a novelist of the Song family in the Southern Dynasties (the original book has been lost, and more than 400 fragments of lost books have been preserved in Liu Xiaobiao's annotations), The content is similar, the ending is different: (Huan) Wen Pingshu, with Li Shinu as his concubine (this article is Li Shi's daughter).The princess (Huan Wen's wife) is fierce and jealous, so I don't know it immediately.Knowing later, he drew his sword and went to Li Suo, because he wanted to kill him.Seeing Li combing her hair by the window, her appearance is beautiful, her hair is slowly knotted, and she holds her hands to (the princess).The look is upright, and the words are very sad. The (princess) lord then threw the knife and hugged it: "My son, I feel sorry for you when I see you, let alone the old slave (referring to Huan Wen)".So good (meet) it. The idiom "I see you feel pity" comes from this.General Huan Pingshu, this can be regarded as a "trivia". "(Huan) Wen will destroy Shu immediately, and his prestige will be greatly enhanced, and the court will be afraid of it."In order to control Huan Wen, Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji who was in charge of the government, took Yin Hao, the governor of Yangzhou (who was as famous as Huan Wen at the beginning), as his confidant, and participated in the government affairs. As a result, he and Huan Wen formed two opposing factions.