Chapter 15: The Sword Gate Pass (I)
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The important town of Jiange in northern Sichuan is the seat of Jianzhou. From here, north to Guangyuan, south to Zitong, southeast to Langzhong, has always been a place for soldiers. The same Jianmen Mountain Road is a dangerous obstacle in Li Bai: "The Sword Pavilion is magnificent and Cui Wei, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open." In Lu You, he became delicate and amiable: "This body is like a poet, and the drizzle rides a donkey into the sword gate."
Sixty miles north of Jiange County, is the famous Jianmen Pass, it lives in the break of Dajian Mountain, the cliffs on both sides, straight into the sky, the peaks and peaks lean on the sky like a sword; The cliff is broken, the two walls are opposite, its shape is like a door, so it is called "sword gate". Enjoy the reputation of "Jianmen World Risk", is "the barrier of northern Shu, the throat of the two rivers", from the dry road into Sichuan must pass through Jianmen Pass, at this time, Liu Piwen heard that the imperial army came, sent a large army to block the main road into Sichuan, after seizing Dongchuan, Jianmen Pass is naturally one of the key points of defense. Wen Dezhao came to Jianzhou from Chengdu under such circumstances and became the assassin of Jianzhou. In Jianzhou, Wen Dezhao got the imperial court's "Asking for Liu Pi System",
"The two rivers in the south of the sword, the boundary is fixed, and the feudal towns are garrisoned, each with its own distinction. Because of the minister's thanks, the neighbors were not harmonious, and Liu Pi was angry because of the fictitious gap, so he worked the three armies and harmed the people. I want to reassure the people, send an envoy to proclaim, entrust the Yue, such as hearing that the road is congested, do not stop fighting, recklessly besiege, and plan to annex. For the body of the king, righteousness is in the victory of the remnant, and the fate of the teacher will be revitalized, and it is not obtained. It is advisable to order the Shannan West Dao Jiedu to make Yan Li lead the Taoist horse, and the Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedu to make Li Kangjiao respond, and still order the Shence Xingying Jie Du to make Gao Chongwen lead the horse step 5,000 people to be the left army, and the left and right Shence Jingxi Camp soldiers and horses to make Li Yuanyi lead the horse to lead the horse and 2,000 people to the second army, and continue to follow. Still relying on Gao Chongwen and other people to advance together with Yan Liji, I take the people of Sanshu, who have no offenses, and the soldiers of the town, each with meritorious labor, forced by the authority, can not extricate themselves, and each should be clearly advised, so that I am nostalgic. If Liu Piyu serves the scriptures of the dynasty, but draws troops to return to his town, I will be honest and honest, and I will not punish him for his mistakes and not destroy his clan. Its sincerity, the return of the town, the old man died in the field, and he should not break his word. If you are still obsessed, you will be destroyed, the law is not forgiven, the order must be done, it is advisable to be one heart, and obey your duties. He still entrusted the envoys to work on the errands, and there was no order to lose. ”
The book was drafted by Li Jifu, and the language was not polite at all, and unlike history, there was no "such as Liu Piyu to serve the dynasty scriptures, but the troops were returned to the town, and I was honest in my affairs, and I must be treated as before." Its sincerity, the return of the town, the high reward, should not break the word. If you are still obsessed, you will be destroyed, and there will be no forgiveness in the law", that is, even if Liu Pi repents and returns to the imperial court, he will be rich and noble, but if Liu Pi withdraws his troops and returns to the town, he will be given the right to die a natural death, and his relatives will not be investigated.
After Li Jifu finished writing the book, a minister once said to the emperor very worriedly:
"Your Majesty, all dynasties have made it clear to the rebels that if they can get lost, they will still be rich. This system is harshly worded, and Liu Bi will stubbornly resist to the end, which will only increase the casualties of the soldiers. In case the thief fails to succeed and Liu Pi has to be restored to his official position, how can the prestige of the imperial court remain? ”
Li Yu's reaction was to laugh and say:
"Do you think the prestige of the imperial court still exists? Do you know why the feudal towns are domineering and do not respect the orders of the imperial court? The root cause of this lies in the fact that when pacifying the Anshi Rebellion, the rebellion was appeased, and the evil could not be eliminated, but the harm was endless. Now, if Liu Pi succeeds, then Datang will no longer be Datang, and the chaos in the world will not be long in coming. When I say this, I want to tell the world clearly, so that those rebellious ministers and thieves who are bent on rebellion know my determination, and know that the Tang Dynasty will no longer tolerate and accommodate from now on, and that they must not be lucky. Do you think that if I write 'wealth is still the same', Liu Bi will be able to get lost? If I don't kill Liu Pi, I will never withdraw my troops! ”
However, when Wen Dezhao saw the book, he obviously didn't realize Li Yu's strong determination and confidence, he just smiled and said to the people around him:
"The imperial court is now more and more able to lie and intimidate, if this is the case, the imperial army's army should still surround Huaixi now, and the emperor is afraid that he will have to pawn it to live."
Wen Dezhao is talking about the past when Han Quanyi failed to defeat Huaixi in the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan, and his words were full of ridicule of the imperial court, which was disdain for the combat power of the imperial court and contempt for the imperial court's finances. Who is called Nishikawa Fufu? His left and right hands laughed with smug or flattering laughter. However, Wen Dezhao's words are indeed very reasonable, fighting a war is logistics, fighting is money, if the war is protracted, no country can bear it.
However, Wen Dezhao obviously didn't know that Han Quanyi had been ordered to Zhishi at this time, and the senior Zhishi had always had honorary positions, Han Quanyi didn't even get the honorary position, or demoted to Zhishi, and two months later, Han Quanyi died of fear. Wen Dezhao obviously didn't know that Yang Huilin, the nephew of Han Quanyi, who was like-minded with them, had already passed on the first Beijing division at this time, and the Xia Sui Jiedu envoy appointed by the imperial court had already taken up his new position, and he didn't know that Yan Qin's army in Shannan West Province had quietly approached Jianmen. Therefore, when a subordinate official asked whether to strengthen the defense of the Sword Gate, Wen Dezhao smiled and said:
"I, Xichuan Jian'er, have captured Zizhou and captured Li Kang alive. Yan Li should be worried about when we will go to get his Xingyuan Mansion now, where do you dare to go wild at us? ”
Then there was another burst of laughter, and the subordinate officer stepped aside with a red face, thinking that he had been too careful, and laughed at himself.
In this piece of ridicule, the Jianmen Pass, sixty miles north of the city of Jiange County, is indeed a calm scene, the road outside the gate has been blocked, but the entry and exit of small groups of mountain people and business travelers is still just an inventory, and of course there is more extra money outside the inventory. There were a few more soldiers than usual at the gate, and they were holding their weapons tightly in their hands, but their expressions were obviously not very serious.
"Now I want to check the spies in Shannan and Sichuan, and quickly open the goods for you to check!"
"Master Jun, Shannan is now panicking, for fear that Liu Ye's army will fight over, where would he dare to send spies. If it weren't for our wives and children waiting for the pot of rice, the little ones wouldn't dare to run outside. This cargo is easy to open, but it takes a lot of work to pack it up, and it's getting dark, Master Jun, look ••••••"
A merchant from Shannan said and put his hand into the pocket of a petty officer, and the petty officer touched the pocket, the heavy bag of cloth, so he nodded with satisfaction, and said:
"Master has checked, you are not spies, you are good citizens, go in!"
"Master Xie! You will rise high in the future! ”
"What are you talking about, hurry up and get in!"
"Yes, yes, the little ones are leaving."