Chapter 2519: Shu, Sui and Qin, the three kingdoms of Tang (Part 2)
Chapter 2516: Shu, Sui and Qin, the three kingdoms were divided into Tang (Part 2)
Li Bai once said in "The Road to Shu": The Road to Shu is difficult than the sky.
And Yangping Pass is the most difficult time entering Shu.
Different from ancient passes such as Hangu Pass and Wu Pass, Yangping Pass is actually a new pass.
According to the "Chronicle of Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms", when Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu in July of the 20th year of Jian''an (215 AD), Zhang Lu''s original intention was to withdraw his troops and seal the warehouse and surrender the city, but Zhang Lu''s younger brother Zhang Wei and his generals strongly opposed it.
Under pressure, Zhang Lu ordered Zhang Wei and others to "build more than ten miles of city in Hengshan" and guard "Yangping Pass". Cao Cao failed to conquer this place for a long time, so he led his troops to return it.
This is the first record of Yangping Pass appearing in historical materials.
Zhang Lu never became the prefect of Hanzhong in this life. Naturally, Yangping Pass was not built by him, but Li Xiaogong.
When Dong Zhuo died, Yang Jian was eager to take power. Once his military and political power was in hand, the first target of Li Xiaogong from Hanzhong must be Li Xiaogong.
Yang Jian was powerful, and Li Xiaogong dared not compete with him. He could only take advantage of Yang Jian''s rush to eliminate his dissidents and had no time to take care of him, and he built a new pass between the two mountains at the junction of Sanguan and Anyang, namely Pingyang Pass.
Pingyang Pass built by Li Xiaogong is surrounded by mountains on three sides and protected by two waters. The Qinling Mountains to the north are Daba Mountains and Micang Mountains to the south. The water of the Jialing River passes by the town, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The Pingyang Pass was originally built in fact very simple. After all, Li Xiaogong did not have so many resources to build the Pass. It was not until Li Shimin''s several expansions that he formed his current scale.
Now Pingyang Pass is about two thousand meters wide from north to south and a circumference of about 7,500 meters. There are three gates in the city, east, south and west, named Zhenjiangmen, Dingjunmen and Gonghanmen.
Looking at the towering Yangping Pass, the envoy of Shu Kingdom Zhang Song was shocked.
Before coming to Yangping Pass, he felt that Yangping Pass could not even compare to Mianzhu Pass, let alone the dangerous passes such as Jianmen Pass and Baishui Pass.
But after he came, he realized that the danger of Yangping Pass was definitely among the top ones even among the many powerful Yizhous.
According to Zhang Song''s observation, among all the dangerous passes in Yizhou, only Jiange can stabilize the Yangping pass.
Now Zhang Song finally understood why Liu Yu was determined to win Yangpingguan.
To be honest, this level will determine the ownership of Hanzhong.
When Yangping Pass returns to Shu, Hanzhong returns to Shu.
When Yangping Pass returns to Qin, Hanzhong returns to Qin.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Song only felt that the pressure on his body increased. After all, for him, this mission must not be failed. If he fails, he will have no shame to continue to be loyal to Liu Yu and can only apologize for his death.
Zhang Song was an old minister in Shu Kingdom. When Liu Yan was still alive, he had already held a high position. Later, Liu Yu succeeded to the throne, and he was also trusted.
But with Liu Ji''s rise, Liu Yu''s situation became increasingly difficult. A large number of Yizhou families betrayed Liu Yu and turned to Liu Ji''s command.
Although Zhang Song persisted to the last moment, he eventually turned to Liu Ji and betrayed Liu Yu.
I thought this matter would end here, but I didn’t expect that Liu Yu would win a beautiful victory at the last moment, and the salted fish turned over and completely replaced Liu Ji.
No one expected that this situation would turn out to be like this, and those who betrayed Liu Yu before suddenly became embarrassed.
After all, if they say a thousand words, no matter what reason they have, they are all people who have betrayed Liu Yu.
But now that Liu Yu has returned from the king, how will he treat them traitors?
All the traitors, including Zhang Song, were extremely nervous about this.
Liu Yu was naturally extremely angry at these traitors. After all, he did not feel sorry for any of them, but even so, the other party still betrayed him. How could he have no resentment in his heart?
Originally, Liu Yu was about to dismiss all those who betrayed him.
But if he really did this, the Shu Kingdom''s officialdom would definitely undergo a major change, and nearly one-half of the officials would be cut off and replaced. It was undoubtedly a major earthquake for Shu Kingdom, and he did not have so many officials to replace him.
Finally, after hearing Su Qin''s consolation, Liu Yu decided to let go of his anger and choose to forgive these traitors. After all, who made him unable to even protect himself at the beginning?
Liu Yu''s generous forgiveness made traitors such as Zhang Song, Qiao Zhou, Gong Lu, Cheng Ji, Pang Xi and Xu Jing feel ashamed, and they all vowed not to betray again, otherwise they would not have a good end.
Liu Yu naturally would not believe such verbal oath. Since he cannot do without these traitors for the time being, he can only use them even if he has grudges. He simply wants to be shameless and his attitude after rebelling and surrendering is pretty good.
Zhang Song was also one of the many Shu ministers who rebelled and surrendered again. Now Liu Yu ordered him to hand over such an important task to him as a traitor in order to send an envoy to Yangping Pass. What a new mission.
If this fails, the entire Shu Kingdom will be in turmoil. How could Zhang Song even return to Shu Kingdom?
So for Zhang Song, this trip, it would be best to convince Li Siyuan to surrender this time, and then to keep Li Siyuan neutral. But once Li Siyuan surrenders to Qin, he will have no choice but to die.
"I hope this trip will go smoothly." Zhang Song sighed lightly.
But after expressing his purpose and entering Yangping Pass and about to enter Li Siyuan in front of the hall, Zhang Song''s heart skipped a beat.
This large tripod was placed in front of the hall. The cauldron was filled with firewood, and the cauldron was filled with boiling oil.
"Is Li Siyuan arguing? Or has he turned to Daqin and prepared to cook me on the fly?"
Zhang Song thought with some confusion, but after meeting, the first thing Li Siyuan said made him feel relieved.
"Is the Shu envoy here to die?" Li Siyuan said coldly.
Zhang Song felt relieved and did not kill him as soon as possible, which means that Li Siyuan had not yet turned to the Qin Dynasty.
"No, I''m here next time to discuss cooperation with the general. The two families will continue to fight against the violent Qin Dynasty." Zhang Song said calmly.
"hehe."
Li Siyuan sneered and said in a cold voice: "Shu and Tang dynasties were allies and had been in harmony with each other for many years. Liu Ji dominated Yizhou and Liu Yu''s power was declining. It was because of my lord''s troops to solve the problem in Yizhou, which led to Liu Yu''s current turnaround.
But how did Liu Yu repay me to the Tang Dynasty? ”
“Uh, this…”
Even though Zhang Song was so good at speaking, he was also criticized by Li Siyuan''s words and didn''t know how to refute it for a moment.
After all, it was a fact that Li Shimin helped Liu Yu in time, but after Li Shimin''s death, Liu Yu put the blame in the most difficult time in the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Yu did this, but it was not true. After all, there was no friendship between countries, and some were just interests.
“The big tripod outside the hall, you should have seen it when you came.
Liu Yu was ungrateful and tore up the covenant. Since Mr. Liu came on behalf of Liu Yu, if he could not give me an explanation, he would blame me for being ruthless. "Li Siyuan said coldly.
Zhang Song suddenly felt a sudden stern when he heard this, and then he tactfully exonerated Liu Yu and pushed the reason why Liu Yu tore up the alliance to the unstable hearts of the people within Li Tang. It was impossible for him to defend Hanzhong under the offensive of the Qin Dynasty. However, Shu took Hanzhong to improve the defense line in the northern Yizhou and to resist the overall situation of Qin.
Zhang Song''s words, let alone convince Li Siyuan, could not accept them even the generals present, and they all shouted that they would throw Zhang Song into the cauldron.
Li Siyuan stared at Zhang Song coldly and said indifferently: "Mr. Explain that it seems that I can''t satisfy me. There is no need for us to continue talking. Come and send Mr. Zhang Song into the cauldron."
"No."
Two great men in Guanxi stepped forward, carried Zhang Song and walked out of the hall, as if they were about to throw him into the cauldron and blow him to death.
Zhang Song deliberately didn''t say anything, just to see Li Siyuan''s reaction, but Li Siyuan didn''t react until he was carried out of the hall.
This made Zhang Song realize that although Li Siyuan had not yet turned to Qin, he also had the intention to surrender to Qin.
If he remained silent, he would have been cooked alive and regarded as Gui Qin''s confession.
"Slowly, I have another word. After hearing this, it''s not too late to kill me." Zhang Song struggled and shouted.
[Dingdong, Zhang Song’s skill ‘Qiao Tong’ effect 1 is activated;
Clever tongue: A clever tongue is mostly possessed by those with outstanding eloquence, and different people have different effects.
Effect 1. After this strategy can be activated, it can reduce the opponent''s intelligence by 1 to 3 points by verbal stimulation and according to the opponent''s intelligence level.
Effect 2. If it hits the other party’s pain point, it may also reduce the other party’s commander and force, with an upper and lower amplitude of between 1 and 2 points.
Li Siyuan: Commander 98 (+1), Force 102 (+4), Intelligence 94 (+2), Politics 98 (+1), Charm 95;
The current "Qiao Tongue" effect is 1, reducing Li Siyuan''s intelligence by 2 points, and Li Siyuan''s intelligence is currently reduced to 92;]
Li Siyuan felt inexplicably moved when he heard this and immediately ordered someone to carry Zhang Song back.
Zhang Song, who temporarily saved his life, was also shocked and sweated. He knew that the next negotiation was the most critical.
If Li Siyuan was not satisfied with the chips given by Shu, he would probably really return to Qin.
Zhang Song, who was sweating profusely by boiling oil, wiped the sweat stains on his forehead and said, "General Li Siyuan, can you talk about it alone?"
Obviously, it is not convenient for him to say the following words in public.
Li Siyuan''s heart moved, and after thinking for a while, he took Zhang Song to the back hall.
"What do you want to say?" Li Siyuan said lightly.
Zhang Song bowed and said, "As long as the general can pass the pass and return to Han, my lord is willing to submit to the emperor and grant the general the King of Longxi, the fief of Longxi County, and the military power of the king is retained. Those Tang troops who do not want to surrender will also be under the King''s tent."
Hearing this, Li Siyuan''s pupils shrank suddenly. He knew the importance of Yangping Pass, but he was still shocked by Liu Yu''s big move.
He was named king and still retained military power?
No wonder Zhang Song was talking about cooperation rather than persuading surrender. Liu Yu wanted to retain his independence and enfeoff him as Shu. No, he was the first vassal state of the Southern Han Dynasty.
To be honest, Li Siyuan was very moved at this moment, and his ambitions were now attracted by Liu Yu.
Although Li Siyuan was moved, he did not agree directly, but said lightly: "Liu Yu has been betrayed once. Do you think this general will believe the promise he made?"
Zhang Song was happy, but Li Siyuan did not refuse directly, which means he was already moved, but both sides did not have the foundation for a new job.
"The military advisor is right. Li Siyuan is indeed ambitious, but he has been suppressed by Li Shimin and never dares to show it." Zhang Song said in his heart.
Su Qin was very accurate in his view of people. He not only saw that Li Siyuan was ambitious, but also saw that Li Keyong, Yuwen Tai, Ji Fa and others were all ambitious. However, with Li Shimin before, these people dared not show their ambitions.
This shows that Li Shimin is indeed much better than Dong Zhuo. He can not only suppress his ambitious people, but also drive them. On the other hand, Dong Zhuo cannot suppress Yang Jian and Li Yuan.
"The general doesn''t have to be suspicious. Our lord knows that he is sorry for Li Tang this time, so he wants to make up for his debts to Li Tang."
As he said that, Zhang Song took out an imperial edict from his sleeve, spread his mouth and pointed at the seal printed on it, and said, "This thing should have proved the sincerity of our Lord."
Li Siyuan hurriedly took it, browsing it in ten lines at a glance, and after reading it, he began to close his eyes and ponder, weighing the pros and cons.
Liu Yu was indeed full of sincerity this time.
Li Siyuan doesn’t have many sects. Apart from tens of thousands of defenders, there is only one Yangping Pass, among which Yangping Pass has the highest value.
If it weren''t for the time period when the Qin army was stuck and Liu Yu failed to completely take over Hanzhong, the Yangping Pass alone would obviously not be worth Liu Yu''s price tag.
(This chapter ends)