Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 128 The Situation in Xichuan

On July [-]th of the first year of Dazhi, Zhang Chengye returned to Beijing and brought back the latest information about Hanzhong and Bashu.

The entire Hanzhong and Bashu are occupied by five forces.

One is the Yang Fugong Group, the members are: Yang Shouliang, the governor of Shannan West Road, Yang Shouzhong, the governor of Yangzhou, Yang Shouzhen, the governor of Longjian, Yang Shouxin, the defense envoy of gold merchants in the southwest of Chang'an, and Yang Shouhou, the governor of Mianzhou. The Yang Fugong group occupies the entire Hanzhong, and Longzhou, Jianzhou, and Mianzhou in Dongchuan;
The second is Chen Jingxuan, occupying the entire ten states of Xichuan in Jiannan;

The third is Gu Yanlang, occupying the central part of Dongchuan in Jiannan and the land of Kyushu in the south;
The fourth is Yang Sheng, the envoy of the Weirong Army who occupied Pengzhou and Maozhou in the north of Dongchuan in Jiannan
And the fifth one is the variable in Xichuan's situation, Wang Jian, governor of Lizhou.

"Your Majesty, Wang Jian did not obey the edict. In the name of respecting the emperor and begging for disobedience, he continuously attacked the Xichuan prefectures. Li Xingzhou, the governor of Shuzhou, and Shan Xingzhang, the governor of Meizhou. Wang Jian was surrendered from the prefecture, and the Jian bandits besieged Chengdu, Chen Jingxuan gathered soldiers from several prefectures, a total of [-], to Chengdu to confront Wang Jian."

"I didn't say that Chen Jingxuan was rebellious! What kind of rebellion is Wang Jian asking for?"

Moreover, Wang Jian's process of capturing Xichuan was much faster, which doesn't make sense.

After thinking about it again, I figured it out.

In the original history, the imperial court sent the prime minister Wei Zhaodu to attack Chen Jingxuan, and Wang Jian tried to force Wei Zhaodu to leave Xichuan.

At that time, Wang Jian's goal was indeed achieved. Not long after Wei Zhaodu left, Wang Jian blocked the access to Shu and quickly calmed down Chen Jingxuan.

"Wang Jian led less than a thousand troops when he took office. Lizhou can recruit so many troops? And Lizhou should send people to defend it!"

Li Ye was very curious, how many soldiers and horses would it take to force down Meizhou and Shuzhou, and make Jianzhou general assassinate Shi to rebel.

Zhang Chengye shook his head and said, "Lizhou is difficult to defend. Wang Jian recruited three thousand soldiers in Lizhou, led his troops to conquer Langzhou, gathered more than ten thousand troops, and entered Sichuan with the whole army. Li and Lang were empty."

Li Ye sighed, he is a ruthless person, this is the posture of breaking the boat and leaving no way out.

"In Mianzhou, Dongchuan, Wang Jian sent people to surrender the local rich He Yiyang and An Renfei, and got all the food and grass they had accumulated for several years, and more than ten thousand soldiers."

Li Ye frowned and asked, "How many troops does Wang Jian have now?"

Zhang Chengye said: "No less than fifty thousand?"

"fifty thousand?"

"Wang Jian led [-] troops to attack Meizhou. At that time, Meizhou Governor Shan Xingzhang asked Chen Jingxuan for help. Chen Jingxuan ordered his general Miao Haichang to lead [-] troops to rescue Meizhou. Ambushes, led by Miao Haichang, as soon as the troops arrived, several groups sent out in unison, beheading Miao Haichang, the Xichuan army was defeated, and most of them fell to Wang Jian."

Li Ye frowned gradually.

"Meizhou Inspector Shan Xingzhang saw that there was no hope of rescue, so he voted for Wang Jian. Wang Jian also sent people to collude with Jianzhou General Du Youqian, and killed the assassin Qian Song to rebel."

Li Ye looked at the map brought back by Zhang Chengye. Jianzhou, Shuzhou, and Meizhou had half surrounded Chengdu, and the south was cut off from Qiongzhou and Yazhou. The situation in Xichuan had deteriorated to this point.

"Mao Xiang, governor of Qiongzhou, Zhu Shi, governor of Jiazhou, and Zhang Xu, governor of Hanzhou, still lead their troops to resist."

After all, there are still those who resist Wang Jian.

"Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Gu Yanlang, didn't send troops to help Wang Jian?"

"I heard that Gu Yanlang personally led [-] Dongchuan soldiers to assist Wang Jian, but halfway through the march, his old injuries recurred, so he withdrew his troops and returned to Dongchuan. He only supported Wang Jian with [-] soldiers and countless rations and supplies."

Li Ye frowned, Wang Jian was already very difficult to deal with, if Wang Jian and Gu Yanlang watched and helped each other, the situation might not be settled for a while.

"Your Majesty, when Gu Yanlang went to Dongchuan to take office, he was made things difficult by Chen Jingxuan. At that time, Wang Jian, one of the Eight Capitals of the Shence Army, led his troops and escorted Gu Yanlang to take office.

Gu Yanlang pleaded with the imperial court for Wang Jian, and also helped the soldiers with money and food. The minister thought that this little incense should be paid off.If the imperial court uses troops against Wang Jian, even if Dongchuan Gu Yanlang saves him, he won't use all his strength. "

"The situation on the battlefield is unpredictable. The east and west rivers are full of mountains and ravines. If something unexpected happens, it will be too late to regret."

Zhang Chengye said: "Your Majesty, although Wang Jian is pursuing the separatist regime, he is still pursuing the righteousness of the court. If the imperial army enters Xichuan and calls Wang Jian to see him, if Wang Jian comes, Xichuan can be pacified without soldiers."

"I hope so. This time I plan to bring the Zuohuwei Army, the Zuo Shenwei Army, and the six cavalry guards into Sichuan. Together with Zhang Yi's left and right Habayashi Army, the total is 5 horses. This is the largest force that the imperial court can produce No matter how many, the capital's defense will be empty."

Zhang Chengye said: "If [-] soldiers and horses are as powerful as the soldiers and horses that pacified Li Maozhen, I think it is enough to pacify Xichuan."

Li Ye nodded and said: "It's worse than worse. When you were not in Chang'an, I led the army to destroy Tuoba Sigong's Dingnan army, and flattened Tongzhou, Jingyuan, Baoda, and Guanzhong. The land is under the control of the imperial court!"

Zhang Chengye clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty has great martial arts skills, and I was very happy to hear about them in Hanzhong, but this time I went to Shu, but I didn't achieve an inch of merit, and I didn't succeed in Langzhou and Jiange. I am really ashamed of your majesty's great trust."

"It happened at this time, it's not Ai Qing's fault, it was spring plowing at that time, I really don't want to disturb the people at that time."

"Your Majesty's love for the people is truly a blessing of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Ye asked Zhao Xi to look for the master Bi Qi, and after a while, a dark craftsman in his 40s came to Sixuan Hall.

Li Ye handed the map brought back by Zhang Chengye to Bi Qi, and said, "Master Bi, make this map into a sand table. Just like last time, all the mountains, rivers, pass cities and garrisons must be marked one by one, and the population and acres should also be marked with a small scale. marked on the flag."

"promise!"

Zhang Chengye asked: "Your Majesty, what is a sand table?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "You will know tomorrow, I'll make a fool of myself first, let's go, I will take you to a good place."

"Good place?"

Exit Daming Palace, come to the original Taiji Palace, and enter Yeting from the east gate.

This place, Zhang Chengye is naturally very clear, he also served as the head of the Yeting Palace, Zhang Chengye is just a little confused, why did His Majesty bring him to this place?
This Ye Ting Palace is a place where convicts and concubines live, and there are also some concubines who have been relegated to the cold palace.

Generally, emperors come to this place mostly to find happiness and enjoy themselves.

Coming to find a woman with the emperor? Thinking about it, I always feel something is wrong.

"what!"

Why is there so much smoke in the silk reeling workshop? It shouldn't be!

There are only three silk reeling ponds in total, why does it feel like half of Yeting Palace is shrouded in white mist.

"Your Majesty, is this... water?"

Li Ye looked at Zhang Chengye, and said with a smile, "It's not water, this is a silk reeling pond!"

Half of the Yeting Palace has become a silk reeling pond? This...

Zhang Chengye was a little overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)