I didn't feel that the early autumn nights were getting longer, and the breeze was heavy and desolate. The scorching summer retreats and the grass is quiet, and there is dew in the bush under the steps.

Unconsciously, more than a month has passed, the weather has entered the middle of the seventh lunar month, the heat has finally subsided, Runzhou ushered in the end of summer and early autumn, morning and evening gradually have a sense of coolness, no longer a whole day of scorching heat.

The wheat fields outside the city began to turn yellow, and the lotus seeds in the lotus pond gradually ripened, all of which were quietly completed by nature.

Su Chen has been practicing martial arts and reading at home for more than a month, and has made great progress, on the one hand, the articles and classics that have been supplemented have enriched his ancient literary knowledge, and on the other hand, his martial arts have gradually improved, and it will not be a problem to deal with a few crumbs.

If he has a knife in his hand, he is confident that he can deal with a few officers and soldiers, this is because of his sharp knife skills, coupled with daily hard work, he has finally improved his strength, but what he lacks now is actual combat, no real killing and sharpening of knives, and lack of blood.

Su Chen is not in a hurry, after all, no matter ancient or modern, it is wrong to kill people casually, it is an illegal act, as long as he insists on practicing hard, he may have a day to go into battle to kill the enemy in the future.

In the afternoon of this day, Xu Qingwan came to Sufu and brought news that Shu was attacked by the Song army, and Wang Quanbin, the general of the Song army, sent a vanguard to tentatively conquer the two cities.

"Yixuan, do you think that the Shu Kingdom is really going to perish?" Xu Cainu said with a little anxiety.

Su Chen thought of Hou Shu's fate, nodded slightly, and said, "It shouldn't last more than half a year!" ”

"Huh? Can't survive half a year? Xu Qingwan was shocked by his remarks.

Su Chen smiled embarrassedly and said: "I'm just estimating, the Song army is strong and strong, and Shu has been comfortable for many years, although the Song army is temporarily symbolically trying to attack, a vanguard can quickly conquer the two cities, and it is likely to expose the shortcomings and weakness of the Shu army, then the army of tigers and wolves in the north will quickly adjust its strategy and carry out a comprehensive attack on Shu, at that time, the Shu army may be dead after half a year of resistance." ”

This is a historical record, the Northern Song Dynasty army began to fully conquer Houshu, and it took only 66 days until Meng Chang surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

A huge Shu country, only resisted for 66 days before the Northern Song Dynasty soldiers came to the city, the queen of Shu Meng Chang did not dare to defend the imperial city, and finally surrendered directly with 100,000 imperial forest troops and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers, it can be said that it is quite spineless.

Even his Hui Concubine Hua Rui couldn't look past it, and wrote a poem "Poem on the Death of the Country" to criticize, so it has been passed down through the ages.

The flag was erected on the king's city, and the concubine learned about it in the deep palace?

140,000 people were disarmed, and none of them were men!

In this poem, she is scolding people throughout the whole text, but there is not a single dirty word in the whole poem, and she also scolds the Shu man, which is really thought-provoking to read.

In fact, when Meng Chang, the queen of Shu, was young, he was still a very accomplished monarch, paid attention to political affairs, and released a large number of palace maids in the palace to let them return home freely. He also promulgated the "Stone Inscription of Precepts" to local prefectures and counties, requiring local officials to care for the people, compensate exiles, and save money. Life in the palace is also relatively frugal, the bedding of the dormitory, no splendor, toilet utensils, except for a little silver, mostly black lacquered wood. Hassle-free

In the area of criminal law, more caution has been exercised in the introduction of light punishments, especially in the case of the death penalty. In order to save money, the southern suburbs ceremony will not be held for 30 years, and no lights will be put on. All this has played a certain positive role in reducing the burden of the people and restoring and developing production, which is in sharp contrast to the former Shu Wang Yan.

But after 30 years in power, in the later part of Meng Chang's reign, he was already over forty years old, and it seems that he figured out the view that "life should be enjoyable in time", and life in the palace gradually became extravagant, so that the drowning vessels (night pots) used were decorated with seven treasures. Because his body gradually became fatter, he could not ride a horse when he went out, but rode on a chariot, hung with a heavy curtain, and tied incense sachets, and smelled incense for several miles, so that people could not recognize his face.

It is precisely because of the long peace in Shuzhong that the noble relatives of the clan and the children of high-ranking officials are feasting and happy, and they are extremely poor and luxurious; Due to the lack of ability of the Hou Shu lords, they have been unable to correct the malpractices of the elite class and rectify the unhealthy style of officialdom, resulting in the politics of Hou Shu becoming more and more corrupt.

After Xu Qingwan heard this, her expression darkened, and then sighed: "I have been friends with Mrs. Hua Rui, the concubine of Shu for a long time, and I often exchange letters and discuss poems with each other. ”

Su Chen didn't expect that Xu Cainu's dating circle was so extensive, and she actually communicated with Mrs. Hua Rui of Shu Kingdom, what a talented woman cherished!

"Yi Xuan, you are so talented, I don't know if there is a way to solve the difficulties of Shu?" Xu Qingwan suddenly asked, her eyes staring at Su Chen, full of expectation.

"Me? Advice for the Shu Kingdom? Su Chen was a little stunned, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

He himself is neither a native of Shu, nor is he a strategist, what solution can he come up with for Shu?

Xu Qingwan nodded, with a bit of admiration, and said: "Yes, you have outstanding literary talents, have seen people, and are known as the first genius in Jiangzuo, maybe there is a way?" ”

Su Chen smiled bitterly: "What is Jiangzuo's first talent, this is just a rumor outside, you still take it seriously!" ”

Xu Qingwan said with a smile: "Your Jiangzuo Sulang's talent has spread far and wide among the princes and countries, but it is not limited to the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that the Song Kingdom, Shu Land, Yue Kingdom, etc. in the north are all circulating your lyrics and dramas, Mrs. Hua Rui admires and respects your poems and legendary stories very much, and between the lines, she also has the meaning of asking Jiangzuo Sulang!" ”

"......" Su Chen was a little speechless, his false name seemed to be a little widespread, and blessings and misfortunes depended on each other!

However, with the character of the queen of Shu, it is basically useless to have 100,000 troops who do not resist and surrender directly.

Besides, the Northern Song Dynasty army in this period, inheriting the tiger and wolf division of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, fought all year round, fought with the Northern Han Dynasty, fought with the Khitan, fought every year, and was the strongest army in the entire Great Song Dynasty, while the Shu army had no war all the year round, the ordnance was aging, lack of training, mostly old and weak soldiers, and there was no combat effectiveness.

Even if Zhuge Wolong is resurrected, it is unknown whether he can reverse the crisis and help Shu to hold the long drive and invincibility of the Northern Song Dynasty army.

Just gnawing on this little bit of military book by himself, what can he do in the face of such a precarious and almost irreversible situation in Shu?

Su Chen sighed: "You think too highly of Su, soldiers, the major affairs of the country are yang schemes, and it is definitely not a few clever people who can change." The two countries are at war, competing for national strength, military strength, and financial strength, with the current situation of Shu, the court is corrupt, the generals in the army, the armor is outdated, the lack of training and war sharpening, in the face of the elite of the Song army who have been fighting all the year round, they can't resist at all, and they can't be saved by the wisdom of one person.