More than 2,300 years ago, the State of Shu attacked the State of Ba, and the State of Ba asked the State of Qin for help. King Qin Huiwen had already had the intention of taking Shu, so he summoned all the ministers to discuss.
Guest Secretary Zhang Yi stood up first, he spoke like a river, gushing endlessly, advocating attacking Korea first: "We should form an alliance with Wei, Chu, Zhao and other countries, send troops to Korea, and then attack Luoyang, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, by then, the Zhou Tianzi, who exists in name only, will definitely be frightened, hand over the Jiuding, and the Qin State can use this to dominate the world." ”
Zhang Yi talked eloquently, and finally talked about the topic: "As for the country of Shu, a barbaric small state, located in a corner, what is the point of Xingshi moving the crowd to attack?" ”
Sima, the captain sitting in the main hall, was not convinced, and he immediately stood up and refuted: "It is true that the Shu Kingdom is a barbarian state, but it is not a small country, it is a rich and large country. If the Qin State seizes the Shu land, it will not only expand its territory and increase its territory, but also make the Qin State rich in grain and grass and the national treasury full. More importantly, if the Qin state attacked the Shu state, other countries would not intervene, and if they attacked Korea, they would invite joint resistance from Wei, Chu, Zhao and other states. ”
Sima Qiao's analysis was concise and to the point, and he nodded frequently, but Zhang Yi was not a hollow reed, he was also a well-informed person, and he immediately said the weakness of Sima's plan to take Shu by mistake: "It is not impossible to seize the land of Shu, but the Qin State and the Shu State are thousands of miles of Qin Ridge obstacles, there is no way out, how can the army get by?" ”
The hall of the Qin State immediately fell silent, and everyone understood: although there were personnel exchanges between the Qin State and the Shu Kingdom, these people had to climb the cliffs like apes and jump the dragon gate like carps. If it is dozens or hundreds of people, they can travel thousands of miles through the Qinling Mountains, but how can tens of thousands of troops and horses get by?
Sima mistakenly understood the worries of the people, in fact, the worries of the people were also his worries, he thought about this problem for a long time, he cleared his throat and expressed his opinion: "The Shu Kingdom is a country of four plugs, not only is there no information, but also a partial belief in witchcraft, we can seize their weaknesses and lure them to build a road to the Qin Kingdom." ”
At this time, there was no longer silence in the hall, some whispering, and some laughing at Sima's whimsy.
Zhang Yizhong stood up again and asked Sima Guo with a grin: "How will the plan come out?" ”
Sima mistakenly replied: "I heard that the king of Shu is greedy for money and lustful, we can seize this weakness and make a huge stone ox, saying that the stone ox can smack gold, ask the king of Shu to send someone to fetch it, and then tell the king of Shu that we have beautiful women to send to us, and the king of Shu must happily send someone to fetch it." As long as they come, the stone ox is transported back, and the road from the Qin Kingdom to the Shu Kingdom will be opened! ”
Immediately, there was laughter in the hall, and even King Qin Huiwen, who had been silent, laughed.
King Qin Huiwen was a generation of wise kings, and he immediately stopped laughing and spoke: "Whether we can rely on Shiniu to open a road to the Shu Kingdom, we will not discuss it first, but we can now adopt Sima Guo's strategy and play a trick on the King of Shu to see how he copes." However, there is less to make one stone cow, and if you want to make five. ”
King Qin Huiwen did not snub Zhang Yi, he looked at Zhang Yi and said: "Zhang Yi, your tongue blooms lotus flowers, crisscrossing various countries, can you send someone to the Shu Kingdom and tell the King of Shu that the Qin Kingdom can dung gold by sending sacred cows from heaven." Now, the State of Qin wants to marry the State of Shu and plans to send them five sacred cows, but the people of the State of Qin are not good at walking mountain roads, and the Kingdom of Shu is Dorix, so please ask the State of Shu to send someone to the State of Qin to get it. Oh, and five stunning beauties, also to be given to the King of Shu. ”
Zhang Yi boasted every day that he was eloquent, saying that he could shake the mountains with one mouth, and now King Qin Huiwen first praised him, and then took him into an army, he naturally could not shirk, and did not dare to shirk, so he agreed with his mouth. The next day, Zhang Yi sent two disciples to visit the State of Shu with the State of Qin.
People from the six kingdoms such as Han, Wei, Chu, and Zhao would not believe it, but the king of Shu and the people around him actually believed it. In addition to the factors of closed information and superstitious witchcraft, there is also an important reason, that is, Qin, Han, Wei, Chu, Zhao and other countries used iron tools in large quantities, while the Shu state did not. Large stone tools could be carved out with iron tools, but the Shu kingdom did not understand this technique. In their eyes, if the stone ox that is more than one person tall, if it is not descended from the sky, how can there be in the world? The king of Shu immediately agreed to the two envoys of the Qin State, and immediately sent five teams, each of which selected a strong man to lead the way to the Qinling Mountains to open the way, and to the Qin State to retrieve the five "sacred cows", and of course, five beauties.
Thousands of miles of Qinling mountains high and deep valleys, there are rapids, there are huge rocks, but there is no road, the five teams led by the five strong men built the ladder and built stone stacks, and they worked hard to reach the Qin Kingdom, and it took a few twists and turns to pull the five stone oxen back.
When they arrived in the capital of Shu, the king of Shu discovered that they were not sacred cows that could smack gold as the envoys of the Qin State said, but just ordinary stone cows carved. At this point, the king of Shu realized that he had been deceived by the Qin state. The King of Shu couldn't help but scold the Qin State indignantly, and in a fit of anger, he sent five strong men to send the five stone oxen back to the damned Qin Kingdom, not even the five beauties.
At this time, the king of Shu only knew that the State of Qin was playing tricks on him, and he didn't know why the State of Qin was playing tricks on him.
The five strong men sent stone cattle this time, and it was not as smooth as the last time they received stone cattle. In the Qinling Mountains, an earthquake suddenly occurred, and the giant snake and tiger also rushed out. In front of the landslide and the wolf, insect, tiger and leopard, the five strong men were terrified, and the group turned into blood and mud.
When King Huiwen of Qin heard the news, he shed a few tears in disgust, so that in 316 BC, he sent Sima Guo and Zhang Yi to lead a 100,000-strong Qin army to the south along the rough road where the five strong men transported gold in the lofty mountains.
This road was later called the Taurus Road.
On this road, which was flattened by huge stone oxen, Qin Guotie rode south, and the road was like a broken bamboo.
The news reached the capital of Shu, and the king of Shu led his army to face the battle in a hurry. At Gemeng Pass, the Shu army was defeated, and the king of Shu fled south, and was eventually killed by the chaotic army. This legend of the ancient Shu kingdom, which has gone through a long period of time created by silkworms and fish rinses, has come to an end. After the Qin army captured the state of Shu, it took advantage of the victory to destroy the state of Ba. At this time, the strength of the Qin State increased tremendously, and the momentum of unifying the six countries was majestic, and it was only a matter of time before it took possession of the world.
It took only three months from King Huiwen of Qin to the complete occupation of the ancient Shu kingdom by the Qin army. If it weren't for the fact that the King of Shu self-destroyed his homeland and built a thousand-mile smooth Golden Bull Road, how could the Qin Kingdom have such a rich land so easily?
1,000 years after Qin annihilated Shu, Li Bai, who was born in Shu, lamented this strange history and the hardships of Shu Dao, and wrote the famous poem "Shu Road Difficulty", let's enjoy this immortal work.
Shu road is difficult
Whoops, it's dangerous! The difficulty of the Shu road is difficult to go to the green sky! Silkworm bushes and fish crows, how dazed is the founding of the country! Erlai is 48,000 years old, and does not communicate with Qin Sai. Xidang Taibai has a bird road, which can cross the peak of Emei. The earth collapsed and the strong man died, and then the heavenly ladder stone stacks were hooked. There is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a reversal of the rushing wave back to the river. The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passed, and the ape is eager to climb to help. Green mud He panpan, 100 steps and nine folds of rocky mountains. He sighed on his back and sighed with his hands.
Q: When will Jun return to the West? Fearful rocks are unattainable. But see the ancient wood of the sorrowful bird, and the male and female fly from around the forest. and heard Zigui crying the night moon, and the empty mountain. The difficulty of the Shu Dao is difficult to go to the green sky, so that people listen to this withering face! Lian Feng went to the sky, and the dry pine hung upside down against the wall. Turbulent waterfalls compete for noise, and cliffs turn into thunder. The danger is also the same, and the people who are far away are not here!
The Sword Pavilion is fierce and Cui Wei, a husband is in charge, and there is no way to open it. Guards or bandits turn into wolves and jackals. Towards avoiding the tiger, at night avoiding the long snake; Grinding teeth and sucking blood, killing like numbness. Although Jincheng is happy, it is better to return home early. The difficulty of the Shu Dao, it is difficult to go to the green sky, and look sideways to the west for a long consultation!
In "The Difficulty of the Road to Shu", "the earth collapsed and the strong man died, and then the heavenly ladder stone stacks were hooked together." It is to describe the scene where the five strong men led the army to build the Taurus Road. Translating "Shu Daoyan" into the vernacular means the following:
Yes! What a high risk! Shu Dao is difficult, difficult to go to the green sky! Silkworm bushes and fish clumps established the Shu Kingdom, too long ago! It is said that there are 48,000 years and there is no contact with the Qin state. On the west side of Taibai Mountain, there is a trail that birds can cross, and you can fly to the top of Mount Emei. The landslide cracked, the strong men who built the road in the Shu Kingdom died, and the two places were connected by a ladder plank road. There is a mountain peak that blocks the sun god six dragon cars, and below there is a large river with twists and turns of the rapids. The yellow crane, which is good at flying high, cannot fly, and even if the ape wants to turn over, it is worried about climbing. The green mud turns, and a hundred steps and nine folds over the rocky mountains. The mountains are high, hold your breath, raise your head to touch the two stars of ginseng and well, touch your chest with your hand, frightened, and sigh for a long time.
Q: When will Jun return to the West? The dreaded rocky boardwalk is difficult to climb. I saw the sad bird wailing and crying on the ancient trees, and the male and female flew around the forest with each other. Then I heard the cuckoo wailing in the moonlit night, and the sorrow echoed in the empty mountains. Shu Dao is difficult, it is difficult to go to the green sky, so that people will suddenly change when they hear this! The mountain peaks are connected less than a foot from the sky, and the dry pines hang upside down between the cliffs. The rushing waterfalls are noisy, and the water and stones are like thunder between thousands of valleys. Sinister to such a point, alas, you, who came from afar, why did you come here!
The place of the Sword Pavilion is majestic, and a husband is in charge, and there is no way to open it. If the guards are not amiable people, they will inevitably become jackals. Avoid tigers in the early morning and long snakes in the evening; Grinding teeth and sucking blood, killing like numbness. Although Jinguancheng said that it was happy, it was really better to go home early. The difficulty of the Shu Dao, it is difficult to go to the green sky, looking sideways to the west, I can't help but sigh with emotion!
From: The novel "Spring and Autumn Warring States". Author: Xingyu, author of more than 20 books such as "Spring and Autumn Warring States" and "Wang Yangming", and 100 selected works of college and middle school textbooks.
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