In the third year of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin Qiande, that is, in 965 AD, the first month of the month.
On an official road leading to the Shu state of Xingzhou, a carriage was walking unhurriedly. It was a harsh winter, the weather was wet and cold, but the two black horses driving the car were covered with sweat and fog. Suddenly, a group of cavalry came up from behind and blocked the way. "May I ask, fifty miles to the south is the boundary of Xingzhou?"
It was an old man and a young man who were driving. The teenager was already stunned at this moment. The old man hurriedly got out of the car and said, "Fifty miles here is Xingzhou."
"Thank you very much old man!" With that, the soldiers beat their horses and wanted to leave. "Which general do you belong to?"
"We are the Song Army, under the command of Wang Quanbin of the Xichuan Camp!"
When the cavalry was far away, the old man unloaded the carriage and patted the stunned teenager.
"You quickly rode a small road to Xingzhou, and told General Wang of the Xingzhou defense, just say that the Wenzhou Assassin QuanShi Xiong urgently reported that the Song army had sent troops to attack Shu!"
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Western Shu is located in the southwestern border of the Central Plains, and there are more Yangtze River and Qinling Mountains to separate it from the Central Plains, so Shudi has rarely participated in the Central Plains in history, but is rich in products and rich people, known as the "Country of Heaven".
After Zhao Kuangyin sent Murong Yanzhao to capture Jingxiang, he completely opened the door for the Song Dynasty to march into Western Shu.
In the second year of Qiande, Zhao Kuangyin appointed Wang Quanbin to deploy the southwestern camp, command all the Song Dynasty troops in the west, and choose the opportunity to advance into Liangchuan.
In the first month of the third year of Qiande, Wang Quanbin's troops attacked the Shu state in two ways. The main force was personally led by Wang Quanbin, out of Fengzhou, attacking Xingzhou, and the deputy general Cui Yanjin; Led by Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin, the Eastern Route Army returned to Guizhou and attacked Kuizhou (夔州, in modern Fengjie, Chongqing).
Zhao Kuangyin's purpose in this battle was very clear: he put all the main forces here in Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin, that is, to capture Chengdu in one fell swoop; The armies of Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin were mainly aimed at suppressing the Shu army so that they could not look at each other back and forth.
What Zhao Kuangyin did not expect was that it was this inadvertent personnel arrangement that allowed him to discover a general who succeeded Murong Yanzhao and far surpassed Murong Yanzhao, and it was he who saved this western expedition to a certain extent!
This person is Cao Bin, who is considered by later generations to be the "first general of the early Song Dynasty"!
In the first month of 965, the Song Dynasty attacked Liangchuan and began the first practical war of annihilation since the founding of the people's republic.
Under the leadership of Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin, the Western Route Army was invincible all the way, attacked the city and pulled out the village, quickly occupied Wanling, Xingzhou and other places, and then broke the Shu army forward in Sanquan Village and captured the Shu generals.
This was the first defeat of the Shu state.
Subsequently, the large armies of Wang Quanbin and Cui Yanjin arrived at Jialing. The Shu army was arrayed along the Yangtze River, and there was only one pontoon bridge connecting the east and the west. Therefore, Cui Yanjin took advantage of the fact that the other side did not have time to burn the pontoon bridge, and personally led his troops to force the crossing, defeating tens of thousands of Shu troops in one fell swoop.
The Shu state was defeated twice.
Later, the Song army attacked The Village of Mantian. The Shu army occupied favorable terrain, but the commander Wang Zhaoyuan led all the elite to rush to attack, causing the army to be attacked on three sides. The Village of Mantian was breached by the Song army, and the elite army of the Shu army was completely destroyed.
The Shu kingdom was defeated three times.
Under the leadership of Liu Guangyi and Cao Bin, the Eastern Route Army advanced by land and water, and the army reached the end of the army, attacked Kuizhou in one fell swoop, and then conquered Wanzhou, Kaizhou, Chungju and other places, so that all the counties and counties of the Three Gorges were returned to Song.
The Shu kingdom was defeated four times.
At this time, the commander of the Shu army was Wang Zhaoyuan, who had once compared himself to Zhuge Liang.
Many battles were lost, so that Wang Zhaoyuan soberly realized. With the strength of the troops in hand and the brutal Song army to start a one-on-one struggle is to find death.
Therefore, he ordered the burning of the boardwalk and bridge, and led the army to retreat to the Heavenly Danger Sword Gate.
Jianmen Pass is located in the present-day Sichuan Province Sword Pavilion, lined with cliffs and cliffs, since ancient times has the reputation of "one husband and one husband, one husband and one husband". This was the last barrier in Chengdu, the capital of the Shu State. sell
Wang Quanbin's army was now stationed in Yiguang, which was only a stone's throw away from the Sword Gate, and was in a dilemma.
If you want to advance into Chengdu, Jianmen is a must-pass place. However, the Shu army had tens of thousands of heavy troops, and the Song army failed to attack many times.
Just when Wang Quanbin was at a loss, a man named Mu Jin helped him.
Mu Jin was a prisoner of the Shu army, and before he was captured, he was a pawn of the Shu army. A scout is a scout, and his main responsibility is to shuttle between himself and the enemy to listen to news. Therefore, such people have a rare resource - military intelligence!
Wang Quanbin invited Mu Jin into the Shuai tent, a meal of mountain treasures and seafood plus two altars of fine wine, Mu Jin recruited everything he knew.
He told Wang Quanbin that there was a big mountain across the river, and there was a small path between the mountains, and along this path you could bypass the sword gate and go straight to the back of the sword gate.
When Wang Quanbin learned of the news, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered his deputy general Cui Yan to cross the river overnight and take advantage of the night to bypass the trail behind the sword gate. He ordered the sergeant to build a pontoon bridge overnight and attack the Sword Gate Pass with all his might. The sword gate was attacked by the enemy, and the commander of the Shu army, Wang Zhaoyuan, was unable to return to heaven, and finally the sword gate was lost!
Although Wang Quanbin fought bravely, he was easy to kill. After the Battle of Jianmen, tens of thousands of Shu troops were slaughtered! After this battle, the main force of the Shu army was all beheaded, and the capital City, Chengdu, had no danger to defend!
In the third year of Qiande, that is, in 965 AD, Meng Chang, the lord of the Shu state, submitted a surrender form to the Emperor zhao Kuangyin of the Great Song Dynasty, bowed down to the subject, and the Shu state was destroyed!
Meng Chang and "Lady Huarui" Fei Guifei and their families were escorted to unseal!
"Brother Meng Chang, welcome to Kaifeng!" Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair of the Kaifeng Imperial Palace in Tokyo, looked at Meng Chang standing at his feet, and said without smiling.
"Emperor Xie!" This was the first time that Meng Chang had called someone else an emperor, and he was very uncomfortable.
This is the welcome dinner specially prepared by Zhao Kuangyin for Meng Chang - a veritable "feast of the king"!
"I heard that Brother Meng's life in Western Shu is very moist, and even the drowning vessels are inlaid with pearls and gems?" Zhao Kuangyin ridiculed, "Is there a reason why such extravagance will not destroy the country?"
"Those who have perished in the country, do not bother the emperor!" Meng Chang didn't have a good face either, and replied expressionlessly. Zhao Kuangyin coughed dryly, extremely embarrassed.
"If that's the case, let's drink this cup together!"
In 965, Meng Chang died seven days after arriving in Kaifeng, Tokyo. Subsequently, "Lady Huarui" Fei Guifei was taken into the harem by Zhao Kuangyin! 、
There is a folk saying that Meng Chang was killed by Zhao Kuangyin, and the reason for the death was because of "Lady Huarui", because this Lady Huarui was not only beautiful to the extreme, but also had a degree of inner wisdom that was unparalleled in the world. At Meng Chang's welcome party, he left behind famous poems from ancient times
"The flag was lowered in the king's city, and the concubines were in the deep palace that learned?"
140,000 people were disarmed, not a single one of them was a man."
Whether this statement is correct is only speculation by posterity, and the truth is afraid that only Zhao Kuangyin at that time knew.
Historical records record that after the Great Song Dynasty destroyed Hou shu, along the Yangtze River, the property of the Hou Shu Palace was transported to kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and the transportation process lasted for more than ten years before the treasures of the Hou Shu Palace were transported, although the traffic was not developed at that time, it also showed that Meng Chang was really rich. This also shows how badly the people of Houshu were raided at that time! When the Song army besieged the city, this Meng Chang was reluctant to take out the money to motivate the soldiers! What a dimwidge!