Many people think of the strategic places are Beijing, Xi'an and other places, it is true that they have special advantages, but there is a province with a very strategic position, which is often ignored by the public, that is, what people call the "country of heaven", Sichuan.
Is the kingdom of Heaven a strategic place? Many people may not understand. Looking at the ups and downs of Sichuan over the centuries, we can know the mystery.
Since the Warring States period, Sichuan has played a role that cannot be underestimated. The State of Qin gradually embarked on the road to hegemony after trying to annex the States of Ba and Shu, which are located in present-day Sichuan Province. It can be said that Sichuan was the initial cornerstone of Qin's unification and hegemony, and its contribution was indispensable.
At the time of the Chu-Han hegemony, Liu Bang had always been a defeated general under Xiang Yu, but later the situation was greatly reversed, including the credit of Sichuan. "Yizhou is dangerous, the wilderness is thousands of miles, the land of heaven, and Gao Zu became an emperor because of it." Relying on the rich Sichuan, Liu Bangtao raised obscurity and secretly accumulated strength. In the end, he used Sichuan as his foundation to defeat Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, and establish the Han Dynasty.
After countless winds and rains, it reached the Tang Dynasty. During the "Anshi Rebellion", the famous Tang Xuanzong Li Longji fled all the way to Sichuan and asked for his life, after which his grandson Tang Xuanzong Li Yi also painted scoops according to gourds, and went to Sichuan during the Huangchao Uprising. In the past four years, Tang Xianzong, who had taken refuge in Sichuan, had recuperated his strength and made full use of Sichuan's rich materials and donations from all over the world, and had stubbornly fought against the Huangchao regime, and finally won the change of dynasty. It can be seen that Sichuan can not only become the cornerstone of a new dynasty, but also serve as a shelter in times of crisis. Later, at the end of the Song Dynasty, the Mongols occupied Yunnan, entered Sichuan, and came out along the Yangtze River to the east and destroyed the Song.
Sichuan played an extraordinary role in ancient times, and it is also true in modern times. From ancient times to the present, it has been the rear of the material supply of war, and many dynasties in history have relied on Sichuan, which is rich in products, and waded through the rolling river of history. In the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, northeast China, central And Southern China all fell, and the Nationalist government was on the front line, and Lin Sen, chairman of the state government, led all officials to move to Chongqing, and officially designated Chongqing, Sichuan Province, as the wartime capital. With strategic depth and favorable terrain, the National Government was finally able to command troops from all over the country in the rear to engage the Japanese in a relatively stable manner, and at the same time continuously transported soldiers and materials to the front line, the supply of money and food was not less than one-third of the total, more than three million troops were sent, and more than 600,000 dead and wounded were killed or wounded! Moreover, Sichuan's strange terrain of "one husband and one pass" has made the government choose Sichuan as the production base for various military weapons, so Sichuan's strategic location is very important, and it can be said that holding China will not perish.
"The difficulty of the Shu Road is difficult to go to the Qingtian", Sichuan, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the materials are abundant, which can be used as an armed strategic base and can bring perfect logistical support to the front line, which is worthy of being China's most important strategic treasure land. It can even be said that Sichuan, which is related to the lifeblood of China, is the life gate of the fate gate!
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