Chapter Seventy-Five: Big Cities and Small Cities

What is Imperial City? What is Jiangqiao Gate? Listen to me slowly, it turns out that the structure of this Chengdu city is very complicated, and the previous Hong army occupied only the four gates of the outer Guo or the outer city.

Chengdu does not have only one inner city like other cities, but has several small cities, and one inner city has an inner city.

Before Liu Bei entered Chengdu, the city of Chengdu was originally divided into two parts: the big city (Taicheng) and the small city (Shaocheng), which were connected to the east and west. Taicheng is in the east, "Zhou Hui Bali", is the seat of the Shu Marquis Mansion, and is the administrative center. Shaocheng is in the west, which is the seat of the county administration and the gathering place of businessmen, and is the economic center.

Taicheng and Shaocheng each have nine city gates, thus forming eighteen gates, which are called "eighteen Guo" at the time. The north of Taicheng is Xianyang Gate and Shuo Gate, and the south is Jiangqiao Gate; There are Yangcheng Gate and Xuanming Gate in the south of Shaocheng, and there are Shiqiao Gate (Shiniu Gate) and Zhixi Gate in the west.

Each city gate has a gatehouse, some of the city gate tower has a long history, has become a place of interest, such as the famous Xuanming gatehouse, also known as Zhang Yi Tower, which was built by Zhang Yi in that year.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jinguan City and Dongguan City were built in the south of the city, which is also the origin of Chengdu called "Jinguan City". As for the title of "Rongcheng", there is no such thing at this time, because Meng Chang, the lord of Hou Shu who likes hibiscus flowers, has not yet appeared.

After Liu Bei became emperor, he renamed Taicheng as the imperial city. Don't get me wrong, the imperial city is not the imperial palace yet, the imperial city is indeed the political center of Shu Han, and all the ministries and yamen work here, but the imperial palace is only a part of the imperial city, which is called the palace city.

This sounds a bit messy, but to sum it up, you can imagine that there are four small circles in a large circle, and one of the larger circles is a smaller circle in it. Chengdu is such a city that circles and circles.

It's not that I'm stammering, the third circle word in the above sentence is a verb, and the other four circle words are nouns. A large circle refers to the outer city, and the inner circle is: Taicheng, Shaocheng, Jinguancheng, and Dongguan City. Among them, in Taicheng (Imperial City), there is also a palace city, that is, the imperial palace.

The terrain of Chengdu is so complicated, the place is so big, the troops sent by Liu Hou will soon be insufficient, he has to send troops again and again, to be honest, the tens of thousands of people he has on hand to occupy a Chengdu city is not enough.

Liu Hou didn't dare to spread his troops too wide and scattered all at once, and only let them control one city after another, and occupy one sub-city after another.

In the two places where fierce resistance was encountered, the military camp and the imperial city, Liu Hou ordered a temporary siege of these resistors.

The reason is that they also have a large number of firearms, and they are all defended by danger, if they attack strongly, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties, so it is better to find a way to outwit them.

The resistance in the barracks was all Wu Yi's die-hard elements, and the leader was Wu Yi's son Wu Yu. There is nothing to say here, Liu Hou sent someone to assassinate his father, since ancient times, his father has been bitter against each other, and it is basically impossible to persuade Wu Yu to surrender, only to fight to the death.

And the guard at the Imperial City Jiangqiao Gate belongs to a tendon type of person. The reason why he did not surrender was not because of how loyal he was to Wu Yi, but because he believed that his responsibility was to defend the imperial city, that is, to guard this Jiangqiao gate to prevent anyone from entering the city.

Since he has assumed this duty, he must carry it out to the end, and he will not go down the wall and surrender until he receives the next order. Liu Hou also felt helpless about this person who regarded the honor of # soldiers as more important than his own life, so he had to order to surround this city gate, and then find a way to solve it.

Liu Hou and Guo Youzhi were sitting in the tent of the military camp outside the city, and there was a large sand table with a square square in the middle of the tent, and the sand table was a miniature model of Chengdu City. This sand table is filled with red and green flags.

Red represents the Hong Army, and green represents the enemy, which has always been the rule of the Hong Army. There were constantly messengers from various units trotting in, and they always came to Liu Hou and Guo Youzhi and stood upright, and after a military salute, they reported loudly:

"Report, the XX Battalion of the XX Regiment of the XX Division occupied the XX Gate, suffered XX casualties, captured XX people, killed XX enemy XX people...... please instruct the next move."

Hearing this, the two staff officers on the side of the sand table will plant the red flag representing the Hong army in the place they have just occupied, and take away the green flag that was originally planted here. At the same time, they will also make annotations on a map.

The markings on the map are much more detailed, and here not only the color of the flag is changed, but also the number and number of each unit are written. In this way, it will be clear at a glance how many people are left when that troop goes there.

"Report, the second division is the third regiment and the first division and the second regiment of the first division arrived at the Xianyang Gate in Shaocheng, the guard general here Feng Jing refused to surrender, and the great Si Nong Cheng Wang who accompanied the army stepped forward to persuade him to surrender to no avail, and the regiment commander ordered a certain to come over and ask His Majesty Xià, can you send another official to persuade you to surrender." At this time, another herald entered the tent and asked for instructions.

The Dasi Nong Cheng he mentioned was the deputy of the Dasi Nong, with a rank of Qianshi, who was in charge of the statistics and accounting affairs of the financial revenue and expenditure. This official position is probably equivalent to the household servant in later generations, which is not a small official.

Liu Hou looked at Guo Youzhi and nodded to him, Guo Youzhi understood, got up and walked out of the tent quickly, and after getting out of the tent, he didn't go far before he entered a big tent not far from the tent.

This big tent is very lively, and it is bustling with people, these people are standing or sitting, and most of them are talking about it, so that as soon as you enter this big tent, you can hear a buzzing sound, like tens of thousands of flies flying in your ears.

But there are also a small number of people who don't say a word and sit lonely in a corner in a daze. Whether they are quiet or noisy, one thing these people have in common is that they wear official uniforms, and they are the same officials who kneel at the city gate in the morning and beg for surrender.

Of course, there is also a common denominator, that is, none of them have a crown hat on their heads, because they have already taken off the crown hat when they kneel on the side of the road and beg to surrender.

The black gauze hat was only available after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and after the Ming Dynasty, the black gauze hat officially became synonymous with being an official and a eunuch. At this time, the Zhuge Liang-style high crown was popular, however, this did not prevent the high crown from being used as a symbol of certain status.

Since these officials are here to ask for surrender, they naturally need to take off their crowns and hats. There is a saying called bareheaded and stomping feet, which means taking off shoes and hats to express confession.

When Guo Youzhi walked into this big tent, the buzz in the tent gradually subsided, and countless eyes quickly focused on Guo Youzhi.

Guo Youzhi seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's reaction, he slowed down, and waited until the voice of the big tent was completely silent before he started to speak: "Who has a relationship with Feng Jing, the guard of Xianyang Gate in Shaocheng?" If you are willing to persuade him to surrender, you can take a credit. ”

Guo Youzhi did not say that there would be any specific rewards after completing this matter, but these officials were in a panic, and they did not know what the new emperor would do with them, but it was expected that it would be impossible for the officials to be reinstated.

Some pessimists even think that it is good to be able to save their lives, but now that they hear that they can make meritorious contributions, they are all eager to try. Although Guo Youzhi did not explicitly say that there were any rewards, if he could remember a meritorious service, there would always be some benefits in rewarding meritorious deeds in the future.

It's better than not being able to do anything here now and waiting for death, but unfortunately this job is not something that everyone can do. This Mr. Guo had already come to ask anyone who knew the guards of the various city gates, and everyone who had a relationship with those guards had already seized the opportunity to go out with the army.

The rest of the people are obviously people who have nothing to do with these soldiers, and they don't know how to persuade them to surrender when they go to others, so they don't go with the army to persuade them to surrender. Even if I ask again, who will answer?

In fact, at this time, even if there are still people who have a relationship with Feng Jing, they don't dare to come out to apply, the reason is very simple, you refused to let you play for the Hong Army before, and now you come out and say that you actually know Feng Jing, does that mean that in fact, you have opinions about the Hong Army and the new emperor in your heart, so you are unwilling to come out to serve as soon as possible?

Sure enough, Guo Youzhi asked three times in a row, but no one came out to answer. The whole big tent is quiet, these subordinates, you look at me, I look at you, big eyes and small eyes, but no one speaks.

Guo Youzhi couldn't help but feel very disappointed. Now there are two places that have confirmed their refusal to surrender, and if there is one more, then there will be a lot more troubles for the Hong army, and the unstable factors in the city will also increase a lot.

The Hong army has few troops, and if a large number of troops are spent to encircle these places, the troops that can be used elsewhere will be even more stretched, and if there is any disturbance, it will easily cause instability in the city.

In the end, Guo Youyi gritted his teeth and said loudly: "If there is one who can persuade Feng Jing to surrender, Guo guarantees that his crime of being a thief will be written off and reinstated." ”

The "buzz ......" tent suddenly exploded, and under this situation where everyone was still worried about whether they could save their lives, Guo Youzhi actually threw out a big pie that could completely exonerate and reinstate the official, what a temptation is this? How many people are blushing with this?

As soon as Guo Youzhi's words came out, several people were eager to try, and others were also buzzing and discussing with the people around them.

The first to respond was Liu Yan, this Liu Yan is very unusual, he is very good-looking, good at talking and discussing, so he is deeply treated by Liu Bei, and often follows Liu Bei as a guest to socialize. Liu Bei obtained Yizhou and appointed Liu Yan as the Taishou of Guling County.

Xu Jing and Wu Yi launched a palace rebellion, and after Liu Li was put on the throne of the emperor, many unconvinced old ministers were demoted to the local area. However, the affairs of the DPRK and China always need officials to handle them, so they have recruited some local officials who are close to them to the center to fill all important posts in the DPRK and China.

This Liu Yan is one of the officials who was promoted by Xu Jing. Xu Jing and Liu Yan were both so-called celebrities at that time, and they usually liked to comment on characters and government affairs, but in fact, they liked to talk and play tricks.

The two of them have the same interests, or they smell like each other, and they usually have a good personal relationship, after Xu Jing gained power, he wantonly appointed private individuals and promoted and appointed a group of his own dead friends, he naturally will not forget to take care of his old friend Liu Yan.

So, he transferred Liu Yan from the position of the Taishou of Guling County to the center, gave him the title of Marquis of Duxiang, and was promoted to the post of general and concurrently served as the guard lieutenant and the middle army division.

I have to say that this is a very heavy reward, especially Wei Wei, who belongs to one of the Nine Qings, and is the official who commands the guards to guard the palace ban. Putting him in this position shows Xu Jing's trust in him.

This is, I saw Liu Yan standing up and arching his hand to Guo Youzhi: "Although Liu has no friendship with this Feng Jing, but Liu is a guard lieutenant, it is estimated that Feng Jing will still give a few thin noodles." Liu is willing to serve His Majesty, and is willing to persuade Feng Jing to return to the emperor with this three-inch tongue. ”