Xu Chengzong glanced at Li Qiufeng and said, "Because Xu is the descendant of Mrs. Hua Rui." ”

As soon as he said this, Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he suddenly remembered something. When he was in Shudi, he had heard a lot of legends about Madame Hua Rui, and knew that this woman was not only beautiful, but also proficient in poetry and songs. However, some people say that Mrs. Hua Rui's surname is Xu, and some say that her surname is Fei, and there are different opinions, and I don't know who is right and who is wrong. When Xu Chengzong told the past, Li Qiufeng didn't care about it. At this time, I heard Xu Chengzong claim to be the descendant of Mrs. Hua Rui, and then I remembered the mystery of Mrs. Hua Rui's surname, and I had vaguely guessed the origin of Xu Chengzong in my heart.

Xu Chengzong continued: "Meng Chang is tired of politics, and he drinks and writes poems in the palace every day for fun. There was a group of ministers around him, instigating Meng Chang to do a lot of bad things. Although Mrs. Hua Rui is a harem concubine, she is from the people, knows the suffering of the people, and repeatedly persuades Meng Chang, which makes Meng Chang extremely unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that she was deeply favored by Meng Chang, I was afraid that she would have been beaten into the cold palace a long time ago, and she would not even be able to save her life.

"Meng Chang is in Shudi, Hutianhudi, and the Central Plains has already undergone earth-shaking changes. At that time, the rise of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the growing strength of the country. After Zhou Shizong Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, he attacked the Khitan in the north and connected the two states and three passes. The south destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, and won the fourteen states of Jiangbei and Huainan. Houshu was in a corner, Chai Rong naturally refused to let go of Meng Chang, and sent a large army to the west to conquer Houshu, and successively seized the four prefectures of Qin, Feng, Cheng and Jie, which were under the jurisdiction of Houshu. Shu shook and Meng Chang was helpless. It's just that at this time, the Khitans were about to move, in a vain attempt to move south, Chai Rong had to withdraw the army of Shu and turn to deal with the Khitan with all his might, and Hou Shu escaped.

After this turmoil, Meng Chang should have come to his senses, knowing that Zhou Shizong would never let go of Houshu, and a war between the two countries was inevitable. However, a ** minister surrounded Meng Chang, touting Meng Chang as a god sent by God to the world, and naturally had the favor of the Emperor of Heaven, so although the Zhou army was powerful, it had to retreat and return east at the critical time. Meng Chang was praised by these courtiers, completely forgetting the hardships of the Zhou army's persecution, and still drinking and having fun every day, ignoring the government and politics.

"Houshu also had the opportunity to win the Central Plains. Just when the Later Zhou Dynasty marched northward, the Jinchang Jiedu, which originally belonged to the Later Jin Dynasty, made Zhao Kuangzan have no basis for advancing and retreating, and did not want to surrender to the Later Zhou, so he had no choice but to ask for surrender to Hou Shu, and asked Meng Chang to send troops to Zhongnanshan to receive 100 million. Meng Changjunchen had no intention of entering Tuguanzhong at all, and after receiving Zhao Kuangzan's surrender, not only did he not send troops to respond, but he was afraid that accepting Zhao Kuangzan would anger Hou Jin and Hou Zhou and set himself on fire. In the future, Shu Junchen sat and talked every day, and he never made up his mind to accept Zhao Kuangzan's surrender. It wasn't until two months later that the Later Shu monarchs heard that there was a civil strife in the Later Jin court, and Liu Zhiyuan killed the Later Jin Emperor and proclaimed himself regent. The Later Jin Dynasty was in turmoil, and there was no time to take care of Zhao Kuangzan's rebellion. Only then did the monarch of Shu put his mind at ease and sent troops to meet Zhao Kuangzan in the direction of Chang'an, wanting to get involved in Guanzhong.

It's just that at that time, Liu Zhiyuan had already been called the emperor, and the country name was Han, and later generations called it the Later Han. Liu Zhiyuan won the hearts of the people, and after becoming emperor, he quickly put down the rebellion in the Later Han Dynasty. Guanzhong is an important place in the Later Han Dynasty, and Liu Zhiyuan naturally cannot tolerate Guanzhong falling into the hands of Hou Shu. After receiving the news that Hou Shu sent troops to Chang'an, Liu Zhiyuan immediately mobilized a large army to the south to meet Hou Shu's army. Shu has been peaceful for a long time, and Meng Chang trusted the traitorous ministers, and the generals in the army were incompetent, and as soon as they engaged the Hou Han army, they were defeated. Later, the two sides fought a decisive battle at Dasanguan, and the Shu army was defeated, losing troops and fleeing back to Shu in embarrassment. Later Shu not only did not gain the size of the land in this battle, but lost tens of thousands of teachers. Meng Changjunchen was frightened, and since then he has died in the heart of the Central Plains. Later, the Later Han generals Li Shouzhen and Zhao Sijuan, who guarded the pass, rebelled one after another, and the battle against the Later Han army was unfavorable, and they asked to surrender to Houshu. And Meng Chang remembered the lesson of Zhao Kuangzan's incident and resolutely refused to accept these rebel generals of the Later Han Dynasty. And the Shu generals who were guarding the front were even more cowering, repeatedly missing fighters. Soon the rebellions launched by Li Shouzhen, Zhao Siwan and others were put down one after another, and Houshu lost a good situation, still cowering in the land of Liangchuan, waiting to be wiped out by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Later, Zhou Shizong died of a violent illness, and his general Zhao Kuangyin staged a mutiny in Chenqiaoyi, seized the world of the Later Zhou, and founded the country as Song. After Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, he said a famous saying, called 'The edge of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly'. He sent his generals to conquer the south and the north, and the good days of Houshu finally came to an end.

"Just when the monarchs and ministers of Houshu were drunk and dreamed of dying, Zhao Kuangyin's army of Shu was ready to go. Previously, the Song army captured Jing, Tan and other states, posing a great threat to Shu. Meng Chang was even more frightened, wrote a letter by himself, sealed it with wax pills, and sent his confidant Sun Yu to the Northern Han Dynasty from the small road, and made an appointment to jointly send troops to attack the Song Dynasty. As a result, Sun Yu was caught by the border army of the Northern Song Dynasty and found wax pills on him. Zhao Kuangyin was worried that there was no excuse to clean up Meng Chang, and after getting this letter, he was overjoyed and issued an edict to crusade against Hou Shu. The generals of the Song army, Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin, went out of Fengzhou, and Liu Guangyi, Cao Bin and others returned to the state and went straight to Shu. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin also issued an edict to build more than 500 houses for Meng Chang in Bianliang, with all the tents and miscellaneous items, so as to wait for Meng Chang to surrender and settle him here.

Meng Chang received an urgent report from the border generals, and when he heard that the Song army was coming, he hurriedly sent Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhao Yantao and others to lead troops to resist. When the Shu army set off from Chengdu, Meng Chang sent his minister Li Hao and others to set up a banquet to see off Wang Zhaoyuan and others. On top of the banquet, Wang Zhaoyuan held Tie Ruyi in his hand, compared himself to Zhuge Liang, and regarded the Song Army as nothing between talking and laughing. When the wine was in full swing, Wang Zhaoyuan boasted to Li Hao that he had gone to Haikou, saying that this time he was marching, where was it just to resist the enemy army? I would lead these 20,000 or 30,000 carved and evil boys to seize the Central Plains as easily as possible! The Hou Shu generals were so arrogant and ignorant, how could they not be defeated?

Meng Chang sent his son Meng Xuanzhe to lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers to guard the Sword Gate. As a result, Meng Xuanzhe took Ai Ji with him, and also set off with the army with musical instruments and dozens of plays. Some loyal ministers were stunned when they saw this. When the people of Shu saw that the prince led the troops to the battle, it was like child's play, and secretly laughed at the absurdity of the Meng family's father and son.

Wang Zhaoyuan led the Shu army to meet Wang Quanbin's army at Sanquan, and unsurprisingly fought a big defeat. Wang Zhaoyuan knew that he was not Zhuge Liang after all, so he turned around and ran away in fright. In order to block the pursuers, he even ignored the thousands of Shu troops who had not had time to retreat, and burned the Jibai River pontoon bridge, cutting off the retreat of these thousands of Shu troops, and he led the remnants of the army to flee for hundreds of miles, until he fled into Jianmen Pass, and never dared to fight against the Song army again.

"The Song army from the mouth of the Shu army prisoners to find out that Su Xiaolu can bypass the Jianmen Pass, and after the direct copying of the pass, Wang Quanbin sent the partial general Shi Yande to the Su Xiaolu, the north fencing gate, and the main force of the Song army before and after the fencing gate. Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Yantao fled in defeat and were captured in the chaos. When Meng Xuanzhe heard the news of Wang Zhaoyuan and the other defeats, he immediately threw down the army, Ai Ji and Xiezi, and fled back to Chengdu in a puff of smoke.

On the other hand, the Song army besieged Kuizhou under the leadership of Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin. The defender of the Shu army, Gao Yanyu, was defeated and refused to defend the city. The judge, Luo Ji, persuaded him to withdraw. Gao Yanyu shook his head and said, I couldn't hold Qinchuan before, and I lost my teacher and humiliated the country. If I abandon the city and flee today, although the emperor does not kill me, how can I see the Shu people? Another subordinate persuaded him to surrender, but Gao Yanyu shook his head and refused to allow it. It's just that he saw that the army's heart was scattered, and the city would definitely not be able to hold it, so he thought hard and finally died.

"Gao Yanyu is one of the most capable of fighting among the Shu generals, he is **, the Shu army is in chaos, most of the Shu generals around the country surrendered, and those who did not surrender were captured by the Song army. When the news reached Chengdu, Meng Chang was panicked and asked about it. Those traitorous ministers who surrounded him every day had already made up their minds to surrender, but they were afraid that Meng Chang would be annoyed and ashamed, so they didn't speak one by one. The veteran Shi Bao believed that the Song army was coming from afar and could not be used for long, so he should gather troops to hold on and wait for the Song army to be tired before attacking. Meng Chang saw the appearance of the ministers, knew that the general trend had gone, and sighed, I and the first emperor have used warm clothes and delicacies to raise soldiers for forty years, once we face the enemy, we can't put an arrow to the east for me, although I want to hold on, who can defend for me? As soon as these words came out, all the ministers knew that Meng Chang had decided to surrender, so they all agreed. Meng Chang ordered Li Hao to write a table to surrender to the Northern Song Dynasty, and Houshu perished. From the Song army's attack on Shu to the surrender of Meng Chang, the total was only 66 days. At the beginning, Li Hao was the former Shu emperor Wang Yan's bachelor of Hanlin, when Wang Yan was defeated, Li Hao wrote a table for him, and now he wrote a table for Meng Chang, someone took advantage of the night to write on the door of his house 'Shixiu table Li family' six big characters, which was passed down as a joke in Shu at that time. ”