Sima Zhao established his authority through the activities of destroying Shu, so he repeated the tricks that Cao Cao had performed in those years, and went one step further from the Duke of Jin to the King of Jin. This set of tricks has been staged in history before, and will be performed frequently in the future, becoming a good tool for changing dynasties, killing people, and trying to be unhappy.
This horse is a horse with a pursuit, taking Wang Mang, Cao Pi and other brothers as an example, actively demanding progress in politics, and as a result, the operation is too fierce, the conspiracy has become a conspiracy, and the ambition to be emperor in particular is well known. But God didn't give him this chance, and he died before he could fulfill this wish. It's okay to pin your hopes on the next generation.
In 265 (the second year of Wei Xianxi), his dog son Sima Yan deposed the Wei Yuan Emperor Cao Yan, and finally fulfilled the dream of a family of three generations, proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Jin, and still set the capital luoyang.
The most important thing after the founding of the Jin Dynasty was to destroy Wu, and only by destroying Eastern Wu could Xiaoma show his ability and prove that he was not only a second generation official, but also relied on talent to eat.
Of course, the most crucial condition was the political condition, at that time the world had been divided for nearly a hundred years, and the people's hearts and minds hoped for reunification.
The second is that there are huge problems within Sun Wu. In the later period of Sun Quan's reign, he gradually lost the strong spirit of his early years, became more and more self-conscious, trusted the school secretary Lü Yi, and killed many heroes.
After Sun Quan's death, the struggle for power and profit in the imperial family was extremely serious. The one who was able to turn the tide was Zhuge Ke, who enjoyed a high reputation for pacifying the mountains and crossing the mountain, and after being appointed to assist the government, he defeated Wei's seven attacks in a year, but unexpectedly aroused the suspicion of sun shi, and he was really undesirable, and was also killed by Sun Jun and Sun Feng.
Later, Emperor Sun Xiu killed Sun Hui again, and the conflict between the clans became more and more serious. Especially after Sun Hao ascended the throne, there was a great construction of civil engineering, heavy enlistment, and the resistance of the common people increased day by day, and the rule was extremely unstable.
The demise of Shu not only completely isolated Wu, but also deprived it of the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, and Jin had the advantage of upstream. Jin also built ships in Shudi, trained sailors, and made full preparations for the annihilation of Wu.
Today, our protagonist is Wang Mao, a general who builds ships in Shudi, trains sailors, and prepares for the annihilation of Wu. This person can be said to be a more powerful water army governor than Zhou Yu, and the merit of destroying Wu is unmatched, and he lived to 80 to a good end. We'll look at the specifics.
Wang Mao character Shizhi, small character A Tong (remember this nickname, very important, become a nightmare of the Wu people). A native of Hu County, Hongnong County (present-day Lingbaoxi, Henan). Wang Mao was born in the second generation of officials, and the young man was not only handsome, but also loved to learn, cheerful and open-minded, magnificent and ambitious.
For example, once, Wang Hao once covered the courtyard of his old mansion and deliberately opened a road dozens of steps wide in front of the door. The neighbors told him that the road was too wide and useless, and it was a waste of land, and Wang Mao proudly said: "Mainly when I go home later, I am sure that there are too many followers who hug before and after, and there are many honor guards, so Lu Has to stay wide." The neighbors laughed at him, and Wang Mao said, "Chen Sheng, the peasant, also said, how can the birds know the great ambition of the birds?" Besides, I am still the second generation of officials, so don't underestimate me! ”
Wang Hao later became a staff officer in general Zhengnan, and as the famous general of the commander, Yang Hu, attached great importance to this young man and treated him with deep confidants.
Yang Qi's nephew Yang Ji said to Yang Hu: "Wang Hao's ambitions are too high, extravagant, and he should not take on major affairs alone, and he should be restrained." Yang Hu said, "Wang Mao has great talent, and he will fulfill his wishes, and he can be appointed." Later, he was transferred to the General of the Che Rider to engage in Zhonglang, and everyone thought that Yang Hu could be regarded as a person who was good at recommending sages.
In the eighth year (272) of the reign of Emperor Tai of the Jin Dynasty, Wang Mao was transferred to the post of Guanghan Taishou (廣汉太守) and administered virtue to the people, who loved him very much. Because of his outstanding political achievements, he was soon promoted to the position of Yizhou Assassin and became a leader. Wang Mao took office, widely administered benevolent government, established prestige, and many local people of all nationalities came to submit to him.
Because of his outstanding political achievements, Wang Mao was worshipped as a right guard general and a great sinong, and prepared to return to the imperial court to hold important positions.
At this time, the Cheqi general Yang Hu began to plan to destroy Wu, and the first thing that came to mind was Wang Mao, a talent. He secretly put on a seal and asked the imperial court to keep Wang Mao in Yizhou and participate in the Pingwu grand plan. In the same year, Emperor Wu of Jin, on the advice of Yang Huzhi, reinstated Wang Mao as the Assassin of Yizhou.
The key obstacle to the destruction of Wu was the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and the key to the failure of the Chibi War 71 years ago was that the water army could not do it. Sima Shi obviously learned the lessons of Cao Cao and focused on entrusting the task of building a water army to Wang Mao.
Wang Mao built many large ships in Shudi, with a large side of one hundred and twenty steps, each of which could carry more than 2,000 people, and even now, the displacement also belonged to the level of ships. The wooden fence around the big ship is the city, the city tower is watchtower, there are four doors in and out, the ship can come and go to the horse, which at that time, it was simply an aircraft carrier. He also painted a bird monster on the bow of the ship to intimidate the god of the river, and the scale of the ship was so large that it had never existed since ancient times.
Because the scale of shipbuilding is too large, the secrecy work cannot be carried out at all, and the cut bamboo chips and wood chips float on the river surface and float down the river. After Wu Jianping saw the garbage in the river, he was very worried, so he made a report to Sun Hao, and attached the wood chips he had fished, saying: "Jin must have plans to attack Wu, and should increase the number of troops in Jianping to defend, Jianping cannot be attacked, and the Jin army will not dare to go east in the end." Sun Hao's heartless and lungless cargo actually ignored it.
At first glance, Wu Yan couldn't count on this gang at all, there was no way, he had to do it himself, self-reliant, arrange a large number of iron cones at the shallows of the Yangtze River, and install many large iron cables in dangerous places as interception measures.
However, the left and the right could not wait for the news of the start of the war, and they could not see the arrival of the Jin army. What happened is? It turned out that since the Chibi fire, the north had been burned out of phobia, and there were shadows in the heart for cross-river operations, especially the lords and factions represented by Jia Chong and Xun Xun were even more advised to think that Wu could not be cut down. As a result, for more than ten years, Yang Hu survived to death, and did not wait for the order to start a war.
It was not until the fifth year of Xianning (279) that Wang Mao sent a report to Sima And said: "The ministers have visited and studied the situation of Wu Chu many times, Sun Hao is absurd and fierce, and there is no one in jingyang who is wise and foolish, and there is no one who does not resent, and observing the current situation, we should quickly cut down Wu." Today, the situation changes are unpredictable. If Sun Hao died suddenly, and the Wu people were more virtuous, the wen and wu had their own place, and the people gave full play to their talents, then the Wu kingdom would become a strong enemy of ours. Moreover, it has been seven years since the ship was built, the ship is deteriorating and damaged, and the other minister is seventy years old, and the time of death is approaching. If the above three things do not go according to people's wishes, it will be more difficult to cut down Wu. Sincerely hope that His Majesty will not lose this opportunity. ”
Sima Yan was very much in favor of Wang Mao's opinion, and when he was ready to sign the report, Jia Chong and Xun Xun, the two lords and goods, once again raised objections, and Sima Yan once again began to swing left and right, just at this time Du Pre requested from Jingzhou to cut down Wu, and Sima Yan, who was playing chess, asked the advice of his chess friend Zhang Hua, Zhang Hua expressed his resolute agreement with Emperor Wu to cut Down Wu, and Emperor Wu issued an edict to deploy the troops of Wu separately. The first river crossing operation in China's history began.
At that time, the State of Wu had a nursery rhyme: "A Tong Fu A Tong, the sword floats across the river, not afraid of the beast on the shore, but afraid of the dragon in the water." And Wang Mao's small characters are "A Tong", which is exactly what the nursery rhyme said, in order to meet the scene, the superstitious Emperor Wu of Jin also crowned Wang Mao as a general of Long Jun, supervising Liang Yizhuo's military. Commander Shudi's water army went down the river.
Wang Mao's land and water army descended the river from Chengdu, crossed qutang gorge and Wuxia gorge, and entered the vicinity of Zigui. Wang Mao led the Badong supervision army and the Guangwu general Tang Bin to attack Wu Danyang and capture Wu Danyang to supervise Shengji. Then, down the river, into the Xiling Gorge, encountered the iron lock set up by the Wu army and the iron cone in the hidden river. In order to deal with these roadblocks and river obstacles, Wang Mao made dozens of large rafts, each of which was more than a hundred steps large, and the raft was placed with scarecrows, each one of which was carried by a staff, so that the soldiers of Shanshui took the raft first, and the iron cone was stabbed to the raft and was taken by the raft. And make a torch, more than ten meters long, dozens of circumferences, filled with sesame oil, placed in front of the ship, encountered the iron lock, lit the torch, melted the iron lock and burned it, so the warship passed unimpeded.
On the third day of February in the first year of Taikang 's reign ( 280 ) , he conquered Xiling and captured Wu Zhennan 's general Liu Xian , Zhengnan ' General Chengzhi , and Yidu Taishou Yuzhong . On the fifth day of the first month, he conquered the two cities of Jingmen and Yidao, and captured the supervising army Lu Yan. In the eighth month of the first month, he conquered Lexiang, captured Lu Jing, the governor of the water army, and the General Shi Hong of Pingxi, and surrendered. On the eighteenth day, Emperor Wu of Jin ordered Wang Mao to be the general of Pingdong, the false festival, and the governor of Yiliang.
Emperor Wu of Jin was afraid that Wang Hao would disrupt the overall deployment, so he issued an edict asking Wang Mao to be dispatched by Du after he attacked Jianping. Du Pre arrived at Jiangling and said to the generals, "If Wang Mao can capture Jianping, he can drive down the river to the east for a long time, and his prestige is prominent, and he should not be restricted by me." If jianping could not be captured, there would be no reason to dispatch him. ”
When Wang Hao arrived at Xiling, Du Pre wrote to him: "If you can destroy the barrier on the western side of Wu, you should take moling directly, fight against the fugitives who have suffered for several generations, and rescue Wu min from ruin." Then from the river into Huaihuai, across the Surabaya Waters, back up the Yellow River, the whole army is still in the capital, this is a grand event that has never been seen in the world! ”
When Wang Hao arrived at Moling, there was a danger of a lone army going deep, Emperor Wu of Jin asked Wang Hun to accept Wang Hun's command, and Wang Hun also sent emissaries to make Wang Hun suspend and go to his army to discuss things, Wang Hao did not look down on this cargo at all, and directly ordered Zhang to sail straight forward, and returned to Wang Hun saying: "The wind is strong, and the ship cannot stop." ”
Wang Mao sent troops from Shu, invincible, and the Wu army in Xiakou and Wuchang did not dare to resist. So the division went down the river and reached the Three Mountains near Wudu, Sun Hao sent the guerrilla general Zhang Xiang to lead a water army of 10,000 people to resist Wang Mao, and the so-called elite Wu Water Army directly surrendered when it saw the banner of the Jin Army, if Zhou Yu, who had broken Cao Cao at that time, knew that his descendants were like this bear, could he roll in the coffin?
Sun Hao and others heard that the banner armor of Wang Hao's army was extremely powerful and extremely powerful, and they were directly frightened. It was decided that the good man would not eat the immediate loss, directly surrender, and save his life, so he handed Wang Mao a surrender table. On March 15 of the first year of Taikang (280), Wang Mao entered stone city. Sun Hao, the brother, rode a plain car and a white horse, exposed his limbs, tied his hands, led a large group of wives and children to the gate of Wang Mao's military camp. Wang Hao personally untied Sun Hao, accepted Yu bi, burned the coffin, and sent Sun Hao to Luoyang. China, which has been divided for nearly a hundred years from the chaos in the world at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, has finally ushered in great unification again, although this unification time is a bit short.
After Wang Maoping Wu, his merits were very great, and he was afraid of being jealous, especially for fear that Deng Ai would kill Shu and be staged on his own, so he began to eat and eat, dress splendidly, indulge in luxury and enjoyment, indicating that he pursued this point to prevent Sima Yan from unloading and killing donkeys and crossing the river and demolishing bridges.
In the sixth year of Taikang, Wang Mao died at the age of eighty, and his nickname was Wu. Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty suggested to Tang Dezong that sixty-four famous ancient generals be posthumously awarded and that a temple be set up for them, including "Wang Mao, Marquis of Xiangyang, the Great General of the Fu Army". As for the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty set up temples for famous ancient generals in accordance with the tang dynasty customs, and the seventy-two famous generals also included Wang Mao. In the "Biography of the Seventeen Histories and Hundred Generals" written during the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Mao was also included in it.
The Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi has a poem "Xisai Mountain Huaigu" that says: Wang Maolou shiped down to Yizhou, and the king of Jinling was depressed. Chihiro's iron lock sinks to the bottom of the river, and a piece of stone descends out of it. The past has been hurt several times in the world, and Yamagata is still cold. From now on, the four seas are the day of the family, so the fortress Xiao Xiao Lu Di Autumn. (Text: Xiang Lin)