Nanjing is where Yingtian Mansion is located, surrounded by vast fields and flat rivers.
The Bian River flows from Kaifeng Prefecture to this point, forming a large lake, and then flows down to connect with the Huaihe River.
The lake is round in shape, with a high plateau protruding from the middle, like a turtle's back. It is high in the middle and low on all sides. High walls are built along the lake on all sides to form a square city. Its shape is flat and stable, which implies the meaning of a round sky and a round place.
There are ninety-three streets in the city, which are horizontal and vertical, shaped like a chessboard, and have four gates, as follows:
Binyang Gate is in the east, Yaoze Gate is in the west, Gongyang Gate is in the south, and Gongchen Gate is in the north.
In addition to the four gates, there are four urn cities. The urn cities are all turned gates: the north gate opens to the west, the east gate and west gate open to the south, and the south gate opens to the east, which is the so-called "four gates and eight openings".
If it is an ordinary city, the water system to protect the city is nothing more than a deep ditch and a large canal, so suspension bridges are often used to pass through.
The "moat" of Yingtian Mansion is a large lake, which is extremely wide, so there is no need for a suspension bridge. Roads are built across the lake to form four long streets in the lake, southeast, northwest, and northwest.
If the enemy comes to attack, the four streets are narrow, and the army will inevitably gather. If you look at them from the city wall and shoot at them, how can you advance lightly? Therefore, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is the barrier between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River.
Speaking of this city, its origin is also extraordinary. It was the place where the ancient emperor Zhuanxu established his capital. Later, the emperor of Zhou divided the princes and granted Weizi, the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the name of the Song Dynasty. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song State was established here. , and established Suiyang County. In the Song Dynasty, Songzhou was established again, and it was promoted to Yingtian Prefecture.
When Cao Cao arrived here, he heard that Fan Rui was going to fight with the Liao people. He stationed his troops more than ten miles away. He only led eight people, Lu Junyi, Fang Baihua, Shi Wengong, Yuan Lang, Fang Xuedu, Niu Gao, Li Kui, and Liu Yanqing, and secretly took cover in the city. There is a five or six foot high mound in the northwest, named Longxiu Mountain. He used the trees to cover himself and watched the situation in his city for a long time. He nodded and sighed.
Li Kui asked quickly: "Brother, why are you sighing? Are you worried that Fan Rui and his gang won't be able to capture this city? If so, don't worry. Tieniu used these big axes to smash the city gate and break into it. Look at him, he can't help me." what."
Lao Cao pointed his finger at the city wall and lamented: "Why should Wu Yanguang be considered important if he is so poor and powerful? It's just that this city was where Zhang Xun was loyal. I was studying at home and watching the history of the Tang Dynasty, I shed tears several times. Now. Now I am immersed in the scene and admire the style of the predecessors, so I feel emotional."
Fang Baihua glanced at the north of the city. Liangshan's army was still setting up their formation. Knowing that they couldn't fight for a while, she couldn't restrain her curiosity and asked Lu Junyi in a low voice: "Who is Zhang Xun?"
Lu Junyi said in surprise: "You don't even know about Zhang Xun?"
Fang Baihua's face turned red and she turned to look at Li Kui and Niu Gao: "Do you know Zhang Xun?"
Li Kui shook his big head, Niu Gao covered his mouth, shook his head and said with a smile: "We are poets, how can we not know about Zhang and Zhang Xun? It's just that we don't want to tell you at the moment, otherwise my husband will not be here Wouldn’t it annoy us if we show off in front of my mother-in-law?”
Fang Baihua stared at him suspiciously, then looked at her husband: "Then you can show off for a while, and tell me how great this Zhang Xun is, that even a hero like Brother Wu would shed tears for him. ?”
Lu Junyi has been rich for five generations, and his vision is naturally extraordinary. Although he has never read any serious history of the Tang Dynasty, he has spent half his life in a prosperous place like Daming Mansion, and has heard a lot of stories. He is naturally more knowledgeable than Fang Baihua.
At that time, he talked about it: "It was the Anshi Rebellion at that time. There were two bird men, An Lushan and Shi Siming, who wanted to seize the beloved concubine Yang Guifei of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, they started a rebellion. They started from Hebei and killed Luoyang and Chang'an. Take them all down, and the Tang Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse."
Cao Cao saw that his expression was serious, but after hearing a few words, he burst into laughter. He said that he wanted to win Concubine Yang. It was obviously a storyteller who traveled around the world and attracted the people in the market.
Fang Baihua's aesthetic level happened to fall within the category of ordinary people. She immediately got into the act, clenched her fists and exclaimed: "Oh, these two people are so good and bad. Others have husbands, but he has no shame to make plans - did he succeed later? ?”
Cao Cao frowned and looked at the aunt. Seeing that her face was full of concern, he thought she was not mocking him.
Lu Junyi said proudly: "Tang Xuanzong is not easy to get along with. You want my woman? I won't give it to you! When he escaped from Chang'an, the first thing he did was to strangle Concubine Yang to death so that The two rebels gave up their thoughts."
Fang Baihua was furious after hearing this: "This loser! He can't protect his own women, so what kind of emperor should he be? He has no ability to suppress rebellion, but he takes out his anger on women?"
Li Kui also shook his head and said: "Oh, this Concubine Yang followed him in vain. What if she followed my brother? Who dares to have the slightest idea? Boss Tieniu will chop him alive with an axe."
The more Fang Baihua thought about it, the angrier she became: "Don't talk about the Bird Emperor, just talk about Zhang Xun."
Lu Junyi thought for a while and suddenly said angrily: "You interrupted me, but I forgot about it!"
Fang Baihua immediately looked at Cao Cao: "My dear nephew-in-law, it's up to you."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and answered helplessly: "Those two birdies surnamed An and Shi did not get Yang Guifei, so they became ruthless and would definitely overthrow the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. The useless emperor was so frightened that he fled into Shu. The prince But he fled to Lingzhou, respected his father as the Supreme Emperor, ascended the throne as the new emperor, appointed generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, and ordered them to attack the two birdmen in Anshi..."
"Oops!" Fang Baihua clapped her hands, with surprise on her face: "The halberd technique of the Seven Buddhas is the Thirteenth Halberd of Qinglong and Chaos passed down by Guo Ziyi. It is so good. Look at those two birds who want to steal someone's wife. Human beings must not be opponents!"
Cao Cao laughed and nodded: "Aunt Baihua has great eyesight! As soon as these two generals came out, they really defeated the rebels and regained the two capitals and Hebei. But the reason why they were able to fight so well was that apart from Guo and Li Zhang Xun's contribution is also due to his own abilities! It was this man who defended Suiyang, blocked half of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, protected the wealth in the southeast area, and also involved hundreds of thousands of rebels in front and behind, so Generals Guo and Li could calmly Set up and ultimately win.”
Speaking of this, Lao Cao looked at Yingtian Mansion and sighed: "At that time, this city was called Suiyang, and it was a must-have for the rebels. Xu Yuan, the prefect, was in a hurry, and Zhang Xun led his army to help. The two families combined more than 6,000 troops. He fought against more than 100,000 rebels. During this period, Zhang Xun came up with many clever plans and repeatedly defeated the enemy. He did not waver for several months. Alas, he only hated the Tang army in Linhuai, Pengcheng and other places. They asked for help several times, but they refused to respond, so that the isolated city was exhausted. The brigade alone is the formidable enemy.”
He narrowed his eyes slightly and calculated with his fingers: "Zhang Xun entered Suiyang in the first month and killed tens of thousands of enemy troops before and after. In the seventh month, when the food in the city was exhausted, Zhang Xun killed his concubines and Xu Yuan killed the slave boys to feed the hungry army. , all the troops wept and were willing to fight to the death."
Niu Gao exclaimed: "This man is also cruel."
Cao Cao continued: "For several dozen days, all the foxes, birds, and corpses in the city, including leather armor and bow strings, were all eaten away. The generals in the city were as thin as ghosts."
Speaking of this, there were already tears in Lao Cao's eyes: "On the ninth day of October, the rebels attacked again, and the only remaining defenders were unable to stand. Zhang Xun struggled to get up, knelt to the west and worshiped the Emperor of Tang, crying: 'This lonely city is in dire straits. , I have exhausted my strength and wisdom, and it is difficult to save it. I will not be able to repay Your Majesty in life, and after death I will turn into a fierce ghost and bite thieves.'"
When Li Kui, Yuan Lang, Shi Wengong, Lu Junyi and others heard this, their hair stood up and they shouted in unison: "You are really a hero!"
Cao Cao sighed: "When he was captured, the enemy general was furious and opened his mouth with a knife. Only two or three teeth were left in his mouth. The rest were all on weekdays when they were supervising the battle, they shouted and cursed the traitors and bit them in anger—— Oh, this man’s bloody nature is evident.”
Liu Yanqing sighed and said: "Three days after Zhang Suiyang's death, reinforcements arrived to recapture Suiyang. To this day, the cigarette smoke of Zhang Xun Temple is still on the island in the south of the city."
Fang Baihua's eyes turned red when she heard this, she wiped her tears and said with a trembling voice, "You are indeed a good man! We will wait until we capture this city and go there to pay homage and then we will see what we really like."
Niu Gao was even more excited about poetry and chanted excitedly: "Hey! Looking at the blue waves of the city and lake in the distance, I still sing heroic songs! The heroes of the future come to pay their respects, and the poems recited by the poets are immortal and harmonious."
After chanting, he was ecstatic and looked at Li Kui with both nostrils.
Li Kui was thinking about the future for a moment, but he was not far behind. He gritted his teeth, stared, and the veins on his forehead popped out. He mobilized the energy in his Dantian and let out three big farts in a row. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed and he did it with all his strength. He wrote a poem: "I will follow Brother Wu and come to fight with the Liao dogs... Well, that, this, ah! Senior Zhang Xun is sitting in the clouds, watching me reorganize the mountains and rivers of Han Dynasty."
I recited a poem and stamped my feet, sweating like rain.
Lao Cao applauded and laughed: "Look at me rebuilding the mountains and rivers of Han Dynasty. Although the sentence is not perfect, the meaning is heroic and unparalleled. Mr. Zhang has a spirit in heaven. Hearing this poem, it will be enlightened."
Yuan Lang shouted: "I'll have a drink with you later."
Li Kui giggled, looked at Niu Gao, and nodded to each other. They were really sympathetic. Fang Baihua covered her mouth and smiled and said: "It's a pity that the Li family girl went back by herself first, otherwise it would be better to sing peace with you, but we don't have the ability."
Niu Gao nodded repeatedly, with regret on his face: "I don't know when the three great poets in Qingzhou will be able to compete with each other."
Shi Wengong suddenly said: "Since this city is the place where our heroes of the Han family shed their blood and sacrificed their lives to protect it, how can we let his dogs run wild? After all, they broke this city and took the heads of foreign dogs as sacrifices to our martyrs of the Han family!"
Everyone nodded after hearing this, but then they heard a horn blowing from the bottom of the mountain. It was Zhu Wu's formation that had been completed.
Then he rode at full gallop, from the long street in the middle of the lake in the north of the city, to the bottom of the city, shouting: "Can you recognize the formation our military advisor has set up today?"
Then I saw a group of Liao generals on the city, vying to poke their heads in and look carefully for a long time. A general in the middle stood up and smiled: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha by you, what you are doing is just a circular Bagua formation. It’s just ordinary, so what? Are you showing off too? Just stand still and wait for me to deploy my troops and generals to break your formation!"
As he spoke, he turned around and went down to the city. Not long after, the city gate opened, and a thousand cavalry rushed out quickly, crossed the long bridge on the lake, and rushed ten feet in front of the formation. At the head was a general with blue eyes, yellow beard, white face, square mouth, and head Wearing a purple gold crown with seven treasures, a golden tortoise shell, holding a halberd with a red pole, and stepping on an iron-spine and silver-maned beast, it is none other than General Wu Yanguang of the Liao Kingdom!
The four generals behind him, ranked according to the four-day star kings, are "Fangri Rabbit" Xie Wu, "Void Sun Rat" Xu Wei, "Pleiades Sun Chicken" Shunsheng Gao, and "Xingri Horse" Bian Junbao. Hold a weapon and show off your power.
I saw the Liangshan formation. As soon as the flag gate opened, two horses came out. One general on the left, nine feet tall, carrying a mountain-breaking axe, wearing a gilt horn helmet and fish-scale silver armor. He had round eyes and an imposing manner. The tanned Lu Junyi looks like the Liangshan Divine General, the "Bull Demon King" Bian Xiang.
The general next to him, with thin beard and white face, handsome eyes and Taoist uniform, and two swords on his waist, was Zhu Wu, the "Shenji Military Advisor".
The Liangshan Army had been entangled here for many days, and it was obviously not the first time that the two sides had dealt with each other. They heard Wu Yanguang laughing and saying: "Zhu Wu, you are so scared. You are just circulating the Bagua array, and you are showing off. If I do it again, If yours is broken, do you still have the ability to keep the bottom of the box?"
Zhu Wu smiled and said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Why would General Wuyan say such big words? I came from Liangshan to fight with my troops and promised to fight in three days, and the winner would get the city of Yingtianfu. Now that you have defeated me in ten battles, I I have also defeated ten of your formations. Although you have strategies, can Zhu lose to you?"
Wu Yanguang said angrily: "Humph, if our army hadn't suffered too many casualties before, and a certain family's generals of Eleven Yao and Twenty-eight Su were all here, you just had to set up the Taiyi Huntian Formation, you would have been completely defeated, how could you still dare to be so presumptuous in front of me? .”
Zhu Wu laughed after hearing this: "It's useless to talk more, just come and break the formation!"
There are different teachings:
Admiral Wuyan claimed the throne in vain, and Zhuwu's magic machine was more transparent. He claims to have inherited a wonderful formation, but he didn't realize that he was already in the game.
(End of chapter)
