Qian Song

Chapter 360 An era has come to an end (ask for a monthly pass!)
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During the period of great chaos, the Land of Abundance, with its abundant resources and large population, could easily become a separate regime.

In addition, the land of Shu is a hot land, and the Sichuan Basin, the land of abundance, is fertile and rich in food, and has a large population. It has always been a rare place to start a family.

Moreover, the high mountains around Sichuan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the people's customs are strong. Whether it is finance, taxation or military resources, it is easy to become a paradise for separatists.

Therefore, when the world is in a period of great turmoil, it is easy for Shu to erect flags of righteousness to close Hanzhong, the Three Gorges and other passes and become a local government of the separatist side.

So there is the title of "the world is in chaos before Shu".

For example, Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou at the end of the Han Dynasty, easily separated the land of Shu.

After the Central Plains dynasty was gradually unified, because Shu was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it often became the last unified separatist regime, so there is a saying that "the world has been ruled but not Shu".

For example, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty to pacify the world, the Mingxia regime established by Ming Yuzhen, who was entrenched in Sichuan, became the last separatist regime to be eliminated.

Because the land of Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the capture of Shu land is usually to use the overall situation to slowly offset the advantages of the separatist regime.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei established the Shuhan by occupying the magpie's nest through Zhang Song's offering pictures and adding Fa Zheng as internal support.After pacifying Zhang Lu and winning the Battle of Hanzhong, he easily closed the Hanzhong pass and proclaimed himself emperor to establish the Shuhan regime.

After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty, Li Xiong established the Cheng-Han separatist regime in Shu before Liu Yuan, the Hun, had time to install hundreds of officials in Bingzhou to establish the Han Dynasty.Relying on the natural advantage of Shu being easy to defend and difficult to attack, Cheng Han has persisted for nearly half a century. If it hadn't been for the corruption and brutality of the last emperor of Cheng Han, Cheng Han might have persisted for a longer period of time.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi, also established the Daxi regime in Shu, and fought against Li Zicheng's Dashun and Nanming.

So there is the title of "the world has been pacified and Shu has not been pacified".

Due to the unique conditions of the land of Shu, originally, even if the Daqian Dynasty conquered Shaanxi like the Jin Kingdom in history, it would not be possible to easily win the land of Shu.

In other words, if Zhao Gou led people loyal to the Zhao and Song Dynasties to manage the Shu land well, and then firmly defended the Shu land by relying on natural dangers, the Daqian Dynasty would not be so easy to unify.

fortunately!

Zhao Goujun's heart was not right, he appointed traitors, unfair rewards and punishments, and persecuted loyal officials and generals such as Liu Qi and Li Yanxian.

And Li Cun keenly seized the god-given opportunity of the Miao-Liu Mutiny, and followed a two-pronged approach:

On the one hand, Li Cun sent Chen Kuotong, Li Yanxian and others to capture the thief and capture the king first to control the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty headed by Zhao Gou, wiped out the central system of the Western Song Dynasty, made the dragons of the Western Song Dynasty leaderless, and returned the great power of the Western Song Dynasty. psychological pressure;

On the other hand, Li Cun decisively sent Liu Kai to lead the army westward.

Although there was also Zhang Jun's attempt to "support the collapse of the building and turn the tide from the collapse", but Zhang Jun was more than loyal but not capable, and he lost the last bit of Zhao Song Dynasty's resistance to the Daqian Dynasty in the First World War. capital.

In General Lu's words: "Zhang Jun's talents are extremely short. Although he is very clear about righteousness, he doesn't know anything at all. He helped the east, but fell to the west; he knows where he is, but forgets where he is. It is difficult to achieve great things."

After defeating the main force of the Song army, Li Cun sent a huge surrender team into the Sichuan-Shanxi area to recruit the troops and local officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

The emperor of the Western Song Dynasty was captured by the Daqian Dynasty and captured in Bianliang City, Tokyo. The main force of the Western Song Dynasty was dispersed by the Qianjun. It is the general trend.

At this time, it is impossible for anyone with a little brain to hit a stone with a pebble, because that is purely courting death.

Furthermore, the main generals Li Cun sent to attack Song this time were Liu Kai and Li Yanxian.

Li Cun appointed Liu Qi and Li Yanxian as the main generals in the attack on the Song Dynasty.

On the one hand, of course, it is to declare that Zhao Gou's betrayal of loyal ministers and generals who have made great contributions to him is not worthy of Zhao Gou's loyalty, which will split the Western Song Dynasty from within and disintegrate the combat effectiveness of the Song Army.

On the other hand, Li Cun is also showing his courage to use people to the civil servants and generals of the Western Song Dynasty, and let the civil servants and military generals of the Western Song Dynasty see that he dared to appoint the two young generals of the Western Song Dynasty who had just joined him as the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty. They are confident and bold to serve themselves without any worries.

(Of course, this is also because Liu Kai and Li Yanxian are indeed generals.)
It is precisely because of seeing Li Cun's rare employing spirit in ancient and modern times, the people Li Cun sent out to recruit the Song Army and the local officials of the Western Song Dynasty had good news again and again. , Fortresses also opened their doors and surrendered one by one.

On the day Zhao Gou was escorted to Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhang Jun led all his troops to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty.

Soon after, Wang Shu, the governor of Shaanxi, led nearly [-] Western troops to surrender.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Guangshi and the Shaanxi Sixth Route Economic Strategy appeasement envoy led their respective troops to surrender.

Liu Guangshi and the Daqian Dynasty had a great hatred of killing his father and brother, so his surrender to the Daqian Dynasty attracted much attention.

After Li Cun understood this situation, he simply transferred Han Bie, the capital inspector of the Third Military Region (that is, the Yundi Military Region), to Shaanxi. With the elite cadres as the backbone, he was educated and trained by Sun Sandai. The Song army filled in and formed a new military region. At the same time, Liu Guangshi was appointed as the capital supervisor of the third military region, and became the partner of Su Dong, a veteran general of the Qian army. The two guarded Yundi together.

Not only that, Li Cun also boldly promoted Wang De, a general under Liu Guangshi, to be the deputy capital supervisor of the Third Military Region, and also the commander of the elite of the elite army to step on the White Army, becoming the number three figure in the Third Military Region.

Qianjun has two clear concepts from the beginning of its establishment.

The first concept is that the supervising army representing the imperial power commands the army.

The second concept is that the dry army is a dual-commander system.

The commanding army of the supervising army representing the imperial power is a concept advocated by the Qianjun. From the beginning of the establishment of the Huben Army, to the establishment of the Daqian Dynasty, and now, the commanding army of the supervising army representing the imperial power is the core of the army. one of thought.

The reason why the dry army is extremely effective is largely because the dry army is an army with ideas and beliefs.

The thoughts and beliefs of the dry army come from the command of the army by the supervising army representing the imperial power.

However, there are only a handful of all-rounders in this world, and in order to prevent the army from rebelling, Li Cun must decentralize the army.

In this way, generals who are good at fighting are specially responsible for fighting and training the army, and they are also the nominal supreme commander of the army.

In terms of level, the level of the two is actually the same.

In fact, this actually belongs to two systems.

——The supreme command of the army belongs to the military officials of the army; the supervision of the army belongs to the political officials of the army.

Fearing that the division of powers would not be clear, Li Cuncun made a regulation at the beginning of the establishment of the army. When the opinions of the supervising army and the military chief of the army disagree, the supervising army can suspend the order of the military command, but the supervising army must unconditionally obey the military command in wartime. At the same time, both parties can report the dispute to the superior and wait for the ruling of the superior.

In layman's terms, in the army, the highest command of the army has the final say in wartime, and the supervisor of the army has the final say in non-wartime.

It needs to be emphasized that neither of them has the power to mobilize the army, and the power to mobilize the army lies with the Privy Council.

In other words, after Liu Guangshi voted for the Dagan Dynasty, Li Cun not only did not suspect Liu Guangshi because of Liu Guangshi's enmity with the Dagan Dynasty, but also promoted Liu Guangshi to be a senior political official at the head of the Gan army. One of the chiefs can be regarded as rising instead of falling.

Some people may say, but didn't Liu Guangshi completely lose his military power because of this?
Yes.

This is indeed the case.

However, Li Cun handed over the ace army of the Dagan dynasty, the Tabai army that Han Bie had been personally controlling, to Wang De, the number one general under Liu Guangshi.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Guangshi did not seem to have lost his military power.

Besides, this is not aimed at Liu Guangshi, but except for extremely special circumstances, now there are very few supervising troops who directly serve as the highest command of the army.

Similar to Liu Guangshi's situation is Zhang Jun.

Li Cun transferred Zhang Xian, the capital supervisor of the First Military Region (that is, the Pingzhou Military Region), to Shu, and formed a new military region with elite cadres as the backbone. Love will be Yue Fei's partner.

The difference is that Li Cun did not let Zhang Jun's number one general, Yang Yizhong, go to the First Military Region as the Deputy Commander, but transferred Yang Yizhong as his pro-army Capital Commander, and transferred Niu Gao to the First Military Region as the Deputy Commander. Both are unified.

However, at the same time, Li Cun transferred Zhang Jun's nephew Zhang Zigai to serve as the commander of the first army under Yue Fei. This Tian Shizhong also called Zhang Jun "Daddy", he was considered half a son) and was transferred to another army under Yue Fei to serve as the supervisor.

Looking at it this way, Zhang Jun seems to have risen instead of fallen and has not lost his military power.

Li Cun once again showed the world his courage in employing people.

in fact--

After being defeated in the decisive battle of Fuping, the Song army still had considerable combat effectiveness.

At that time, if Zhang Jun deployed properly and used the Beishan mountain system, he could still block the Qian army's attack. Even if he planned for the worst, the Song army could also concentrate its forces to guard Liupanshan and retain the vast area west of Liupanshan.

However, before the decisive battle, Zhang Jun only thought of victory but not of defeat, so once defeated, he behaved at a loss, not knowing how to clean up the mess.

As a result, Liu Kai broke into Shu in the first battle, and the battle in Shaanxi was completely out of control.

Zhang Jun beheaded Zhao Zhe for questioning in Binzhou, demoted Liu Xi, the governor of the capital, to a regiment training envoy, and placed him in Hezhou to live idle.

After that, Zhang Jun ordered all the armies to return to their own paths and disbanded the Corps.

It is precisely because of this that the armies were successively recruited and surrendered by the Dagan Dynasty.

After that, Zhang Jun himself returned to Qinzhou worriedly under the escort of nearly ten thousand guards.

Yao Xing chased to Qinzhou.

After Zhang Jun learned about this, he wanted to organize an army to fight Yao Xing.

But Zhang Jun's guards captured Zhang Jun and dedicated it to Yao Xing for surrender.

On the way to Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhang Jun took the opportunity of being a tribute, and left behind the words "Zhang Jun is loyal, the white head will not change", and then hanged himself on a tree with a crooked neck with his belt. .

in short.

Whether it is an official of the Western Song Dynasty or a general of the Western Army, as long as they are willing to surrender to the Dagan Dynasty, the Dagan Dynasty will ignore the previous suspicions and will arrange them properly. Talented people will even be promoted and appointed.

And in this case, there was still the stubborn one, and Li Cun also ruthlessly ordered Liu Kai and Li Yanxian to send troops to destroy them, and they searched their families and families to make an example of them.

Therefore, under Li Cun's kindness and power, together with Zhang Jun, Wang Shu, Liu Guangshi and other generals and local officials of the Western Army who took the lead in surrendering to the Dagan Dynasty, and a few people loyal to the Zhao and Song Dynasty such as Zhang Jun, they became the Zhao Dynasty. After the martyrdom of the Song Dynasty, the Western Song Dynasty was completely leaderless and there was no resistance force. The last part of the Song people who were still steadfast and refused to surrender to the Dagan Dynasty also gave up resistance one after another.

In just over half a year, the Shaanxi area was completely free of armed forces against the Dagan Dynasty. Shaanxi Dading was completely incorporated into the territory of the Dagan Dynasty and became an inseparable part of the Dagan Dynasty.

In less than a year, the land of Shu was also settled and completely merged into the territory of the Dagan Dynasty, becoming an inseparable part of the Dagan Dynasty.

The northern part of Shaanxi (that is, the northern part of Shaanxi in later generations), during the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, together with Jingchuan and Quanjin, was the northern barrier of the core of the Central Plains Empire Guanluo, and it was also the nearest springboard for the powers outside the Great Wall to enter the south from the Hetao area. It is one of the plots on the two "straight lines" between Guanluo and Beyond the Great Wall.

In the northern part of Shaanxi in the east and west of the Yellow River, Quanjin is the only way for the two sides inside and outside the Great Wall to carry out fatal attacks on each other.

The western part of Shaanxi is the Longshan Mountains, the northern part is the Loess Plateau, the Yellow River runs through the north and south in the east, turns around Tongguan and flows eastward, and the Qinling Mountains stretches across the east and west in the south.

Blocked by Helan and Yinshan Mountains, relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers, there is an extremely thick strategic depth from the hinterland; secondly, in the north of the plateau, deploy defenses along the Dingbian, Jingbian, Hengshan, and Yulin lines to control the entrance and exit of the Loess Plateau. If you lose, you can also rely on the gullies on the Loess Plateau to hinder the enemy's offensive.

With Shaanxi as a strategic location, the Dagan Dynasty can finally defend Xixia in an all-round way, so that the Xixia people can no longer invade the Dagan Dynasty.

In addition, from west to east, the Weihe River not only connects the major cities in the Guanzhong Plain, but also brings fertile soil and abundant water for the agricultural development here, making it rich in food and fully guaranteed self-sufficiency. Yu Fu.

In addition, since ancient times, there has been a saying that "Kandong is a prime minister, and Kansai is a general".

This "pass" refers to Hangu Pass, so Guanxi is Shaanxi.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Xiongnu continued to plunder southward. Out of resistance and self-defense, the Qin people had to fight with force, and the custom of martial arts in Shaanxi was formed.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, this kind of martial spirit has always existed in Guanxi, especially Shaanxi Guanzhong.

In addition, the best way to fight nomads is cavalry against cavalry, and this treasure land is an excellent horse-producing area, so most of the people here are good at pommel horse riding and archery.

Therefore, the people here have been one of the best sources of soldiers in all dynasties.

In other words, with the acquisition of Shaanxi, the Dagan Dynasty gained another excellent source of troops.

In the Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, the land of Shu was definitely the strong backing of the Central Plains Dynasty.

After the Qin State annexed the land of Shu, it obtained stable financial resources and food, which supported Qin State's hegemony of conquering the princes for two weeks and unifying the world;
Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, also used Shu and Hanzhong as bases, secretly crossed Chencang and entered Guanzhong, and then built a high-level house to ignore the heroes, and then settled the world and established the 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty.

During the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji took refuge in Shu. Except for Yang Guozhong's selfishness, Shu was indeed an important city for defending Tubo in the Tang Dynasty.

Today, the Dagan dynasty has acquired the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, and has all the background of a powerful dynasty.

There is no dispute that the Dagan Dynasty established by Li Cun has completed the great unification, and Li Cun has therefore become one of the eternal emperors that will definitely be recorded in history.

Of course, the territory of the Dagan Dynasty established by Li Cun is far from being comparable to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, or even the Ming and Qing Dynasties in history.

But even so, Li Cun's achievements so far are dazzling enough.

Therefore, after completely merging the Sichuan-Shanxi region into the territory of the Dagan Dynasty, Li Cun amnesty the world and announced to the world that the Dagan Dynasty completely replaced the Zhao Song Dynasty, no, it completely surpassed the Zhao Song Dynasty and became an undisputed state. unified dynasty.

And the Zhao Song Dynasty has completely become history since then.

An era has come to an end.

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