Why did the Northern Song Dynasty wipe out Houshu in sixty-six days?

It took the Song Dynasty only sixty-six days to destroy Shu. Bashan Mountain in Qinling Mountains, the natural barrier of Jianmen and the turmoil of the Three Gorges can't stop the competition of men in Song Dynasty.

In 964, 165438+ October, Zhao Kuangyin took out 60,000 from more than 100,000 elite imperial troops and attacked Houshu in two ways. Sixty thousand troops, Zhao Kuangyin can bet on the biggest chip. Because we still have to leave heavy troops and keep an eye on Qidan and Beihan.

In addition to sixty thousand troops chips, Zhao Kuangyin also put another big move, that is:

Where there are walls, only its armor and food, money and silk are used for soldiers. I want land.

After the siege, the imperial court only counted the seized weapons, armor and rations. As for money and silk, soldiers participating in the war can divide it up on the spot. All the imperial court wants is the land of Houshu.

This big move is attractive enough to fully stimulate the fighting desire of the soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty. Thus, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, drooling tigers and wolves, rushed directly to Houshu, the lamb to be slaughtered.

Song Jun and Qinling Mountains.

The North Road Army, with 30,000 troops, led by Cui, went south from Fengzhou (now Fengxian, Shaanxi) along the Jialing River basin. After the Tang Dynasty, certain changes have taken place in the ancient Shu Road, but it can still be used for reference.

Wang Quanbin usually goes along Chencang Road and Jinniu Road.

From Fengzhou to Xixian, out of Qinling and into Hanzhong Basin, it is generally Chencang Road. But we didn't stop in Hanzhong, but drove directly to Jinniu Road, headed for Yangpingguan (now Ningqiang, Shaanxi) of Sanquan Mountain at the junction of Daba Mountain and Qinling Mountain, and passed Jiameng (now northwest of Guangyuan, Sichuan), Lizhou (now Guangyuan, Sichuan), Manzhai, Xiaotian (now 40 miles north of Guangyuan, Sichuan) and Manzhai, Datian (now 35 miles north of Guangyuan, Sichuan) in turn, and finally broke through Jianmen Dangerous Pass (now Jiange, Guangyuan, Sichuan).

The battle to cross the Qinling Mountains is Song Jun's marathon March.

The five generations of veterans in troubled times and the national draft of the later Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty have merged into one category. Therefore, the fighting capacity of 30,000 Song Jun is not only strong, but also daunting.

After Shuxingzhou Town (now Lueyang, Shaanxi Province), Song Jun made a breakthrough in one breath, just like paper. After Xingzhou, there is Houshu West County (now Mianxian County, Shaanxi Province), with more than 20 towns such as Shijie and Guanyu, which have been operated by Houshu for many years. But these castles, like useless decorations, can't stop the rushing Song Jun.

After the Shu army ran from Xingzhou to Xixian County. Han Bao Zheng, commander-in-chief of the post-Shu Dynasty, finally stopped fleeing after he arrived here. It is not that I don't want to run, but that I can't run. I was kicked out of West County by Song Jun. As a result, tens of thousands of Houshu troops, last stand, fought against the Tiger and Wolf Division of the Song Dynasty.

A total of * * * thirty thousand people, after breaking star state, coach Wang Quanbin completely forgot the fleeing Shu army. Because he wants to kiss the battlefield capture. Capturing 7,000 Shu soldiers is not important. Zhao Kuangyin has no money to reward everyone. However, it is important to seize 400,000 tons of grain, which is what Song Jun needs most. At the same time, except for weapons, armor and rations, all the money, silk and treasures were collected from the Shu army. So, Wang Quanbin also had to check. Maybe this job is more important to him.

It was the striker and Ma Jun who commanded Shi Yande and his party to catch up with Hou Shu coach Han. Shi Yande didn't even care about Houshu, and directly led the army to kill his own Houshu legion. Just like the battle of Xingyuan, the Shu army was completely defeated and Song Jun attacked on all fronts. Song Jun killed Sanquan Mountain (now Yangpingguan, Ningqiang, Shaanxi) and directly drove the Shu army to Jiamengguan (now Guangyuan, Sichuan).

Here, Song Jun has rushed out of the Qinling Mountains and entered the Daba Mountain, where he met the real natural barrier of Houshu.

02. Natural barrier and Houshu

The reason why the post-Shu state can survive for decades is because of the natural barrier of Shu Road. Although Song Jun crosses the Qinling Mountains, if it is blocked in Daba Mountain, it is not a question of whether to build a strong city, but whether to escape or not. The natural hazards of Shu Dao, specifically Jia Mengguan and Jianmenguan.

Meng: consolidate the country without taking the risk of mountains and rivers; Wu Qi said: It is not dangerous in Germany. Because once you rely on natural disasters, you forget your own concerns. ? Worry can rejuvenate the country, leisure can die? A nation that forgets its worries will not inspire the desire for progress. Therefore, there are few precedents in the history of Shu princes competing for the Central Plains.

The reason is that the natural barrier limits desire and people's hearts. However, the restrictions are not limited to this. Thinking without learning is extreme. If you are trapped in a small circle created by natural disasters, you can't see the grandeur of the outside world, so arrogance and ignorance are inevitable.

Before the Northern Song Dynasty attacked Shu, Meng Changjun, the master of the post-Shu kingdom, actually wanted to explore the Central Plains and compete for the world. So, with the Northern Han Dynasty, he prepared to attack the Northern Song Dynasty from south to north. Wang Zhaoyuan, Meng Changjun's minion and my messenger from Shannan, compared himself with Zhuge Liang and vowed to achieve Zhuge Liang's undisputed career.

With the natural barrier, you can live easily, and forget what is worrying about the country and the people and what is tiring and rejuvenating the country; Away from troubled times, restless, so I forgot that I could die. Therefore, in the face of the attack of the Northern Song Dynasty, the officials and ministers of Houshu were not afraid, but inexplicably excited. A man who vowed to compete in the Central Plains? Xiongzhu? , a self-comparison Zhuge Wuhou? Nengchen? I finally have a chance to make a contribution. And the wonderful experience of making achievements is more tempting than doing nothing.

As soon as the Northern Song Dynasty began to March south, Meng Changjun, the master of Shu, appointed Wang Zhaoyuan as commander-in-chief of the Southwest Camp, and asked him to be Jiang Wei to defend the natural barrier of Jianmen. But Jiang Wei is too young and Wang Zhaoyuan doesn't like it at all. He wanted to be Zhuge Liang, so he said:

I'm not just here to defeat the enemy. I should take this 20,000-30,000 faceted evil son and take the Central Plains like the back of my hand!

The goal of this campaign is not to keep the enemy out of the country, but to fight Sichuan and win the Central Plains. This is the arrogance of Yelang, the evil son carved by Wan Chuan. In the view of Hou Shu, it was already a huge army. This is why I don't know how big the storm in the Central Plains is, and Hou Shu has no idea at all.

03. Meng Jia and Jianmen

After Zhao Yuan, the late King of Shu, arrived in Lizhou (now Guangyuan, Sichuan), he had no chance to explore the Central Plains. Because the cowardly army of Houshu had already burned the plank road in front of Jiamengguan.

Wang Quanbin, commander-in-chief of Song Jun, has encountered a real problem.

The Shu road is difficult, but the Shu road without plank road is not a road, but a cliff. Of course, those who fought a big battle will not go straight to the customs, so they will definitely make a detour at this time. So, Wang Quanbin was advancing 20,000 main troops to bypass Luochuan Trail in the southeast of Jiachuan (now wangcang county, Sichuan), and couldn't find the way to Shen Du (South Jialing River Ferry in Xiaotian Village). In addition, Cui, the deputy commander, pretended to be the main force and built a plank road on the cliff, pointing directly at Xiaomantian Village (now 40 miles north of Guangyuan, Sichuan) to join forces. Is this it? Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang? A copy of.

Will Song Jun succeed? Not only did it succeed, but it also succeeded to an incredible extent. Wang Quanbin's circuitous main force broke through the Luochuan defense line and appeared on the Shendu line. What's even more incredible is that Cui, the fake deputy commander of the main force, actually built a plank road between cliffs, and even broke through Jinniu Village and Xiaotian Village, and rushed to meet them.

This is Song Jun's fighting capacity. After the two armies met, they did not greet each other. They directly robbed the bridge over the river, crossed the Jialing River, and then the three armed forces crashed into the big empty village of the Shu army together.

General Wang Zhaoyuan and Zhao Chongtao led the troops to battle. After three wars and three defeats, he chased Lizhou North, Zhaoyuan fled, passed oranges and platinum, burned floating beams, and surrendered with a sword.

There is a question here, that is, how Song Jun broke through the critical stage has always been a mystery. I only know that I didn't start crossing the river until I broke through the mountains. The high probability guess is that the army of Houshu surrendered without fighting at all, gave up Xiamengguan directly and fled.

So is the more dangerous sword gate. Frontal attack on the sword door, can't attack. Therefore, Wang Quanbin sent Shi Yande across the mountains, bypassing Qingqiang (now Jiange East, Sichuan) south of Jianmen Pass, and then launched a surprise attack from behind.

Yan De then went to Qingqiang, and Wang Zhaoyuan led the troops back to Hanyuanpo, leaving some generals guarding the sword gate, while Quan Bin and others attacked it with sharp troops and broke it.

And the so-called? Quan Bin and others fought hard with sharp soldiers? A high probability is nonsense. Because of the frontal attack on Jiange, Song Jun couldn't climb up at all, let alone attack. And even if it is a detour, it can't get up. However, the Shu army fled without fighting. The Shu army completely succumbed to Song Jun's desperate spirit, and then the commander-in-chief fled with the army.

04. The Emperor and Drawing Grant

After the attack on Jianmen, Song Jun, an army of Wang Quanbin North Road, caught up with Wang Zhaoyuan, Zhuge of Houshu who ran to Hanyuanpo (now southeast of Jianmen). At this time, there is no need for any battlefield description. The Shu army lined up an army array that they thought was very hidden, and they rushed over and cut it with one knife. Then, the Shu army was not only hacked to death by more than 20,000 people, but also the commander Wang Zhaoyuan became a prisoner of Song Jun.

This is a battle on Song Jun North Road. And Song Jun, there is an east road. Zhao Kuangyin took Ningjiang our time, john young and Liu Guangyi were deputy commanders of Qianlu, Cao Bin was the army supervisor, and 30,000 soldiers (according to intelligence, 20,000) were transferred back to the Yangtze River to attack Houshu.

It's not that I didn't play well all the way, but that I didn't run as fast as Wang Quanbin.

Liu Guangyi led his troops back to the state (now Zigui, Hubei), and even broke the Shu army camps in Songshan, Sanhui and Wushan, and captured more than 10,000 people. Therefore, the East Road was swept by Song Jun, but there were natural hazards everywhere in Sichuan, and the Three Gorges was an insurmountable natural hazard in Song Jun. Song Jun went up the river to Kuizhou (now Fengjie, Chongqing) and never left.