The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 356 The Fall of Chenghan
With the support of the local people, Cheng Han deployed several important checkpoints in Hanzhong. Faced with the situation of being attacked from both sides, he almost collapsed at the first touch. Zhou Ping broke through Hanzhong like walking on plain ground and continued to march straight into it.

As the legend that the hot air balloon was passed down to Yanhan by Zhuge Wuhou spread more and more widely, both the people of Shu and the aristocratic families of Shu took the initiative to surrender in the face of the Yanhan army, and even raised food and grass to serve as manpower.

Although Zhou Ping's army was not the most disciplined among Liu Tai's army, it was still compared with Zhao An's army.

If compared with all armies of this era, the discipline of Zhou Ping's troops was not at the same level as them.

Because what governs the army is not only military discipline, but also the culture and identity deposited in the "Book of Han".

As long as they treat people who admit that they are Han, Zhou Ping's troops will treat them as human beings and abide by their own principles.

But if the other party does not recognize that they are Han, then I'm sorry, the military discipline of the Han army does not protect foreigners.

There is no way, when Liu Tai uses "Han Shu" as the foundation of the entire army, he will inevitably forge absolute nationalism.

To be more precise, it is the army of Han chauvinism. They are proud of their Han identity and are proud of their Han identity. Facing the people who are also Han people, under the dual constraints of discipline and morality, they can still achieve something. restraint.

But for the Di tribe, if they wear Han clothes, speak Chinese, or keep a low profile, it will be fine. But if someone reports that they are Di tribe, especially if they are rich, then so will the soldiers Zhou Ping brings. Very likely to rob them.

For this situation, Liu Tai's army was allowed to keep one third for himself, the general took one third, and handed over the other third. Liu Tai turned a blind eye to this. He closed his eyes and made no attempt to correct him.

After all, what I proposed was only a nationalist program, not a hammer-and-sickle program.

My own glory only takes care of the Han people of my own race, and I have been educating them subtly over the years. If I still expect them to be kind to foreigners, it would be too dependent on Liu Tai's ability and the character of these soldiers.

In the final analysis, they were just built by Liu Tai in imitation of the strongest infantry, using the "Book of Han" as their basic theory. In this era, we cannot expect them to be polite to foreigners!

Especially those aliens who are not dead are basically sent to the mines for mining in the subsequent processing.

Either be transformed into Han people, or be transformed into the cornerstone of the development of Han people.

Therefore, after Zhou Ping's army entered Shu, it was good to the Han people. However, if it is known that you are not Han but very rich, especially if you occupy a large amount of land, then this person himself will have a way to kill himself.

For the soldiers under Zhou Ping's command, as the war has been going on until now, they all have a very good understanding of Liu Tai's system of combining the government army system and the recruitment system.

That is, if you want to allocate ripe land to mature land immediately after conquering the land, the best way is to kill all the landlords and local tyrants in front of you.

Those Han family tycoons knelt down too quickly. They could not take action because of military discipline, but the Di people and other ethnic minorities were not within the scope of military discipline. They could just kill them!
In fact, the Han people in Shu and the wealthy families are also aware of this. As long as they are Han, Zhou Ping's army will basically be invincible. But if you are a foreigner, you will probably be wiped out directly.

To be honest, this contrast is a bit too strong, which makes the Han families in Shu, or the barbarians in Shu who have completed their sinicization, panic and declare their identities.

In particular, the various gifts and certificates left in the family for working for the Shu Han were taken out one after another to show their loyalty, at least to protect themselves from being destroyed by these guys!

And Zhou Ping naturally knew Liu Tai's high opinion of Zhuge Liang, not to mention that Liu Tai was still supervising the battle in Chencang. Zhou Ping still knew what he could and couldn't do, which had a quite positive impact.

And in the final analysis, the Jin Dynasty did really badly.

When the aristocratic families in Shu surrendered voluntarily, the main reason was that as long as the original elders, Jingzhou faction, and surrendered generals were in power, they would purely suppress the local aristocratic families, and the Jin court implemented a nine-rank Zhongzheng system.

For the aristocratic family in the relatively isolated Shu region, looking at the shameless oppression of their faction by these outsiders, and looking at the top-level system announced by the family's lighthouse, every one of them thought that after surrendering, they would be reused.

The Ninth-Rank Zhongzhengzhi himself wants to get the Eighth-Rank at least, so that he can become the master, reach the top of the family, and take charge of the world's power.

But who would have thought that after the Jin Dynasty occupied Shu, Shu was in chaos for years. It was the first place to revolt and proclaimed emperor in the late Jin Dynasty. As for the right to speak politically, there was no reason to let dogs on the table.

Even if there is an uprising in Shu, it will be Li Xiong who finally takes power. Although Li Xiong is not bad, the problem is that people like Li Xiong who are promoted cannot be defeated. His foundation is too shallow.

With Li Xiang's defeat, Li Xiong's foundation was directly shaken. Under such circumstances, Shu families surrendered one after another.

After all, was Liu Tai's Yan Han more harsh than the Jin court, or more incompetent than Li Xiong's rule?
No matter how you say it, as long as foreigners invade the Shu region, most aristocratic families will choose to surrender when faced with the forces that may become the central government. After all, the Shu region has never become a political center in peacetime. That's it. Just live it.

Zhou Ping pushed almost all the way, and of course it was Cheng Han who made the heavy bet in Hanzhong County.

However, they did not expect that a balloon would appear behind them, leading the local people to revolt, and directly attack Cheng Han's defense system completely.

After all, no matter how the system is arranged, it is impossible to predict that the biggest enemy will come out from behind oneself.

After passing through Hanzhong County, Zhou Ping used the banner of reviving the Yanhan Dynasty to gain momentum all the way. Even though Li Xiong hastily deployed the Jiange defense system, in the face of hot air balloons, catapults, and even three-dimensional attacks of huge crowds, even the strongest level in Shu Neither could resist Zhou Ping's advance.

And when Zhou Ping drove his army all the way to Chengdu, there was an endless stream of surrenders.

Li Xiong sat on the throne with a bit of confusion, because in the past few days, he kept hearing the sound of the checkpoint falling.

The cities on the front line fell too quickly. Li Xiong couldn't help but ask, "Don't I have high mountains and dangerous obstacles? Why was the Han army's attack so overwhelming?"

At this moment, in the court hall, although the courtiers were still there, every one of them felt as if they were mourning for their heirs. Their eyes were full of confusion and confusion. Some even asked Li Xiong to surrender at first, and of course some persuaded him to flee to the Jin court.

And Li Xiong looked at these people who asked to surrender, and he didn't even dare to come out and scold him, because Li Xiong was elected.

Li Xiang's defeat caused Li Xiong's control over Cheng Han to decline significantly. He could only choose to defend Hanzhong and not let Liu Tai in, so he could still deceive himself and persist.

And now, with Zhou Ping leading his army into Shu, the result is already known to everyone.

In Cheng Han's court, there was gradually a quarrel. No one could persuade anyone, and no one could persuade Li Xiong.

"Your Majesty, it's better to surrender!" Fan Bi stood up and said,

"Now that Chenghan Jiange has been lost, the door is wide open and only Chengdu is left. The situation is already over.

If they continue to resist stubbornly, not only will the Di clan be destroyed, but even the bloodline of the Li family will be cut off. If your Majesty surrenders, not only will the whole clan be saved, but more importantly, if Liu Tai wants to be the loyal leader of the Yan Han Dynasty, he must treat your Majesty well.

If Your Majesty wants to become Zhu Tuna, I am willing to be an envoy to obtain a promise for Cheng Han. If Your Majesty wants to be Gongsun Shu, I am also willing to fight for Your Majesty until Chengdu is defeated! "

After all, Liu Tai has not relied on fraud to build his country up to now. He has basically achieved everything he says and does.

He wanted Sanxing Yanhan even more. Under such circumstances, if Liu Tai made the promise personally, Li Xiong would still believe it.

Of course, if Sima gave Li Xiong a corresponding promise, then Li Xiong would treat it as fart.

After all, until the water in the Luo River is clean again, no one will believe the Sima family's promise. If the Sima family still has such a thing as political trust, there will be no need for the Langya Wang family to act as a guarantee.

Li Xiong was also very moved when he saw Fan Bi. He thought about it again and again and said with difficulty, "Please, my dear, please go to the Yanhan army!"

In the end, Li Xiong chose to surrender instead of continuing to resist tenaciously.

Li Xiong naturally does not pursue the treatment of the Zhang family in Liangzhou. After all, they directly sent the entire Liangzhou away.

But Li Xiong hoped that he could exchange for a title such as Marquis of Guiyi or Marquis of Anle, leaving a glimmer of hope for the Di people.

There is no way, the Han people do seem to be submissive when no one is leading them, but as long as someone raises their arms, the Han people are likely to transform from the most gentle nation, but when it comes to revenge, the Han people can also transform into Brutal butcher.

For example, after declaring war on Takumi, whoever wants to be the vanguard to attack Takumi's homeland, especially those responsible for detonating Mount Fuji, will have to pay bribes to sign up.

Of course, especially Zhou Ping's behavior when he entered the Shu land, his ruthlessness towards foreigners, and his lack of guilt towards the Han people, made Li Xiong very clear that if he chose to resist, the Di people would surely perish!

Since Liu Tai rose to prominence until now, he started from Qingzhou and cut his way to Liangzhou. His attitude towards foreigners is very clear to almost every foreigner.

The Jie tribe was completely destroyed, Xianbei was treated as a dog, and the Xiongnu was treated as a dog...and now it is the turn of the Di tribe.

If you choose to resist, how did the Jie clan be destroyed in the first place, and what will happen to your Di clan!
Although Liu Tai was very resistant to foreign races, at the same time, Liu Tai encouraged ethnic integration.

Although the method of integration is to transform the Han into a pseudo-Han, allowing other ethnic groups to learn the culture of the Han and become part of the Han, thereby continuing to pass on the bloodline!
Even more shamelessly, he thought, at first he could only be a dog, but now his blood can be a human, so what's wrong with that.

Because of this, Li Xiong thought over and over again and chose to surrender.

If he didn't surrender, not only would he be destroyed, but Liu Tai would also have a reasonable excuse to directly destroy the entire Di clan.

For Liu Tai, he really has this ability and he really knows how to do this!

Because Liu Tai's policy has always been to either accept foreigners and convert the Hu into Han, or choose their own culture and die!
Although Li Xiong was the founder of the country, he could not control his subordinates. Especially when his power was over, what he could do was limited. Even if he persisted to the end, he was afraid that he would only be trapped in the palace in the end. Of course, in the end, Li Xiong was still There is a bottom line.

He can fight on his own, but he cannot drag his entire clan, or even the entire nation, into it. Li Xiong cannot do that.

Li Xiong also chose to surrender just like Liu Chan, and Zhou Ping also accepted Li Xiong's surrender.

Even if Li Xiong surrenders, Chenghan's land, Chenghan's wealth, and Chenghan's books will all be deprived.

This was an order issued by Liu Tai. Li Xiong became a senior official of the Han Dynasty. He allowed them to surrender and accepted their surrender.

But all officials above fifth rank had to migrate to Chang'an, and their land and wealth were confiscated.

If there are descendants of sages who appear in the list of disciples, especially descendants of the Zhuge family, they should be treated well and their wealth should be preserved.

Zhou Ping and his soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and were very happy with Liu Tai's order.

After all, they were also afraid that Liu Tai would let these officials go after seeing them surrender, but he would get nothing.

But Liu Tai saw this issue clearly. Although Liu Yao established the Zhao State on his own, the Zhao State was separated from the Huns and Han Kingdoms after all. There was a political basis between the two parties, probably the relationship between the rabbit and the bald man.

Therefore, after the Zhao Kingdom is solved, the noble families inside need to be given due respect, and even if they want to be killed, they must find reasonable excuses.

But who is Cheng Han? He actually wants to enjoy the treatment of those wealthy families in Zhao country.

Did you contribute to the founding of the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom, or did you shed blood for the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom’s wars?

So naturally I accept your surrender, but your wealth and land must also be used to ensure your survival!
At the same time, Liu Tai gave the military historians an independent task, which was to record all the various historical books, memorials, memorials, and all kinds of knowledge in the main hall of Shu, and then re-compile " "Three Kingdoms" will be used.

Chen Shou's version of "Three Kingdoms" is full of slander against Shu and whitewashing of Wei. Liu Tai expressed that he was very dissatisfied.

I need to use the historical data of Shu as a benchmark to write a convincing "Book of the Three Kingdoms"!
This requirement for Liu Tai is also a task that many military historians want to accept.

Because Liu Tai planned to revise the "Book of the Later Han" written by Liu Xiu and the "Book of the Three Kingdoms" written by Liu Bei, it has become a secret known to Liu Tai's military historians.

All military historians understand that as long as they can participate in the compilation of these two historical books, they have a very important qualification. This makes all military historians attach great importance to the compilation and collection of Shu materials.

At this time, the military historian found a secret letter in the palace of Shu. He widened his eyes and said, "General Staff, we found an important handwriting from Jiang Wei in Tianshui!"

Xi Jinping, who was responsible for coordinating and organizing this information, looked serious and said, "You can read it directly and record all the military history together!"

The military historian said: "...May your Majesty endure the humiliation for a few days. I hope that the country will be restored to safety after danger, and the sun and moon will be dim and bright again."

"Send this letter to your Majesty as soon as possible!" Xi Shenjun said with a serious look on his face.

Xi Canjun knew that this handwritten letter might change Jiang Wei's mixed fate.

(End of this chapter)