Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 151

All the troops in Wang Jian’s meeting took his personal guard Zhang Qing as Yu Hou (military discipline officer), stated the military discipline, and said to all the soldiers: "If you violate military discipline, you can ask me for mercy, and I will forgive you, but you should not touch Zhang Yuhou, if he cuts off your heads, it will be useless for me to forgive you."

The whole army was horrified. After Wang Jian succeeded in shifting the focus to Zhang Qing, Wang Zongbi led 1 people in the Zhongyi Capital and stationed in the West Gate, Wang Zongkan led the Prestige Capital 1 people and stationed in the South Gate, and ordered Hua Hong to lead the Jiedu 1 people. , Stationed at the North Gate, and Wang Jian led [-] yamen troops, entered Zhongcheng, and sent envoys to report victory to the court.

After entering the Jiedushi Yamen, Wang Jian did not look very happy, but became more dignified, and hurriedly summoned Li Jian and Wang Bangzhong to discuss matters.

Seeing the two people coming, he hurriedly said: "The imperial court previously forgave my crimes and ordered me to return to the town of Lizhou. I did not obey and continued to attack Jianzhou, Shuzhou, and Meizhou in Xichuan, and now I have captured Chengdu. With the land of four states, I don't know what the imperial court will think of me, and if I am accused, what should I do?"

Li Jian said: "Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan are the only ones your Majesty hates. The Marshal has the merits of subduing Chengdu. If Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan are sent to Your Majesty, then what else can Your Majesty blame the Marshal?"

Wang Jian shook his head. He had already thought about this matter, but Wang Jian couldn't say it himself.

"Tian Lingzi is my father. I will not do such a thing that is against human ethics and filial piety."

Wang Jian looked at Wang Bangzhong, and his eyes seemed to say, please persuade me, please persuade me!

Wang Bangxin comprehended, and said: "Commander, those who do great righteousness don't care about trivial matters, and those who go to state affairs don't care about small righteousness. Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan are all thieves of the Tang Dynasty. If they abandon small righteousness and go to the national calamity, they are husbands. This is humiliation. handsome thought."

Wang Jian remained silent for a long time, then heaved a long sigh with a weeping face, and said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled. If you hadn't persuaded me to miss important national affairs, this matter should be done as you said. I will intercede with His Majesty for my father's sake." , it can be regarded as the fulfillment of the righteousness of father and son."

Wang Bangzhong and Li Jian all called the commander-in-chief Gao Yi.

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Li Ye was not surprised by Wang Jian's move. According to the original history, Wang Jian captured Xichuan entirely because of Gu Yanlang's help. He sent troops and food, but a year later, Gu Yanlang passed away.

Wang Jian set up a banquet for Gu Yanlang's younger brother, Gu Yanhui, and wanted to arrest Gu Yanhui at the banquet and seize Dongchuan. Fortunately, Gu Yanhui was not fooled at the time.

After that, Wang Jian and Gu Yanhui broke up. Three years later, Wang Jian broke through Zizhou and wiped out the entire Gu family.

At this time, Li Ye had already arrived in Mianzhou, and most of the governors of the states had rushed to Longjia to accompany them.

And Li Ye naturally understood the situation of the Eastern and Western Sichuans.

Two words.

wealthy.

In this era, whether a place is rich or not depends on its population.

Gu Yanhui’s Hanzhou has 31 households and a population of 39. Wang Jian’s Shuzhou now has 34 households and a population of 40. Gu Yanlang’s Zizhou has [-] households and a population of [-].Mianzhou has [-] households and a population of [-].

Even if it is a small state, the future Chongqing Yuzhou will have 8 households and a population of more than [-].

Let's talk about Greater Chengdu, which is even more serious, with [-] households and a population of more than [-].

There are nearly 24 households and a population of nearly 80 million in the 500 prefectures of Dongxichuan and Dongxichuan.

You know, the entire Jingzhao Mansion plus Huazhou has a population of 70 million under its control, plus the original Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Binning, Baoda, Tongzhou, Sui, and Yinzhou, all the populations add up That's 60 million.

In terms of population, Liangchuan is four times that of Daguanzhong.

No wonder the imperial court merged so many soldiers and horses from feudal towns, and then went to Luzhou and Hexi to train troops, and took more than 1 horses from Zhu and Wen, so that they could have an army of 12.

And Wang Jian casually pulled up an army of 10,000, and Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi were even more outrageous, with [-]+ troops in one move.

Gu Yanlang in Dongchuan doesn't know how many soldiers he has now, but according to historical records, when Gu Yanhui was defeated by Wang Jian, he still had [-] troops, and now it is probably no less than [-].

In addition to the soldiers in the hands of the prefects of the states, the town soldiers of Mianzhou, Weirong Jiedushi, and Longjian Jiedushi, there are no less than 35 soldiers in the entire East and West Sichuan.

Jing Xiang said happily: "Your Majesty, when the Land of Abundance is pacified, the Tang Dynasty will receive a steady stream of taxes and soldiers, and there is hope for the revival of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Ye sighed and said: "West Shu and Hanzhong are beautiful, but the road to Shu is difficult. If one hundred stones of grain are transported to Chang'an, there will be only five stones left.

Besides, the source of soldiers, the land of Shu has been at peace for a long time, and the number of soldiers in Shu is not as good as the soldiers in the north. Even if there are 30 soldiers, they are probably not as good as the [-] cavalry in Hedong! "

Otherwise, when Tang Xuanzong was defeated and retreated to Shu, he never thought of relying on Sanchuan to restore the rivers and mountains, because at that time the most powerful army of the Tang court was still the frontier soldiers of Heshuo, and the Shu soldiers had never been out of Sichuan.

The imperial court also knew that if they used Shu soldiers to fight against the flourishing Anlu Mountain at that time, they would have given their heads away.

All the way to the two rivers, Li Ye was deeply impressed by the difficulty of the Shu road. He somewhat understood why the imperial court did not pay too much attention to the land of the three rivers in the past 100 years after the Anshi Rebellion.

Jing Xiang said: "That's not the case, Your Majesty, although the road to Shu is difficult, you can take the water route. From Yuzhou along the Yangtze River to the east, turn to Luoshui River and you can go directly to Luoyang."

"The water in Sanmenxia is rushing, and the waterway from Luoyang to Chang'an is impassable, and Luoyang is still in the hands of Li Keyong..."

As Li Ye was talking, he gradually came to understand, looked at Jingxiang with a look of surprise, and said: "The meaning of loving you, should take Luoyang as the foundation, use the soldiers of Guanzhong and Beidi, the wealth of Sanchuan, and look at the world like a tiger?"

Jing Xiang smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

After Li Ye wanted to pacify the three rivers, he planned the salt profit in the river.

Hearing Jingxiang's words, Li Ye's eyes lit up. He could enter Luoshui from Shangzhou, take Shanguo, enter Luoyang, use Luoyang to pacify Jingxiang to the south, and then pacify Huainan from Jingxiang to the east.

First avoid confrontation with powerful feudal clans such as Hedong, Xuanwu, and Heshuo. After obtaining the south, Xu Tuyuan and Hebei.

"Luoyang is in the hands of Li Keyong, and Shanguo is in the hands of Wang Chongying. If we want to take the two places, I'm afraid it will be difficult?"

Jing Xiang said: "Your Majesty, it is man-made. Wang Chongying is seriously ill and cannot protect Shanguo and Hezhong. Your Majesty will use the power of pacifying Sanchuan to win the victory.

It is still possible for Wang Chongying to give up Shanzhou and Guozhou on this condition after his son is appointed as the governor of Hezhong.The river can also be used as a buffer between the imperial court and the east of the river.

As for Li Keyong, Luoyang and Hedong do not border each other. The land of Xing, Ming, and Ci can be let Li Keyong give up Heluo. In this way, the imperial court can also enter the Central Plains. "

(End of this chapter)