A small boat enters the lake from the river.
The eight-hundred-mile Spring God Lake is a vast, misty lake. This lake contains six waters and spits out large rivers. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
A large ship broke through thousands of waves and sailed slowly on Spring God Lake.
Yu Liancheng and Yu Youwei were playing chess on the boat. The chess game was criss-crossed with black and white. The white cat Wu Meiniang was squatting on the side, taking a nap, lazily, but she seemed to be much fatter than before.
"Before the Spring and Autumn Period, the north and the south were in confrontation. Whether the north wanted to drink horses from the southeast or the south wanted to raise its troops for the northern expedition, they had to pass through the 800-mile Spring God Lake. The three cities, three passes and three mountains of the Spring God Lake have always attracted the attention of military strategists. Among them, Xiangfan , Xingyang, and Wuling are the three most important cities, and among the three cities, Xiangfan, which is regarded as the waist of the world, is the most important."
"In the past, Wang Mingyang, an old minister of Western Chu, was ordered to face danger. He resisted Xu Xiao's hundred thousand soldiers and defended for three years. Later, Western Chu was destroyed and Western Shu was destroyed. The Jixia scholar who came from Shangyin Academy still refused to surrender."
Yu Liancheng dropped a sunspot, and while playing chess, he chatted with Yu Youwei about the geographical situation of Chunshen Lake and the past of the Spring and Autumn Period.
Many things in ancient and modern times are all discussed in a joke.
Yu Youwei's beautiful eyes lit up, and a white diamond fell from her slender hand: "What a Wang Yangming. I also heard that this man is unyielding and has a noble demeanor. He is also proficient in the art of war, and he is known as the first guard in the Spring and Autumn Period. , as expected.”
She didn't have the slightest fondness for Xu Xiao. It was Xu Xiao who led the people to conquer the Six Kingdoms and bring ruin to all living beings in the world. Hearing Xu Xiao's frustration naturally made him a little excited.
Yulian City sighed softly: "Xu Xiao besieged the city for ten years. The people in the city were sold at low prices like livestock. Yizi could only eat each other. Wang Yangming also cooked and killed his wife and children with his own hands. Every inch of the wall was filled with blood, and every inch of grass and trees was covered with blood. The village is sad. After the city is destroyed, only less than 10,000 Xiangfan people remain out of 200,000."
Yu Youwei's smile suddenly froze: "I, why haven't I heard about this?"
"Because the truth of the ten-year attack and defense was too tragic, the imperial court did not allow any scholar or historian to put it into writing."
Yu Liancheng sighed: "Xu Xiao, the number one general in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Wang Yangming, the number one defender in the Spring and Autumn Period, both achieved great success with one person. No matter what, they both left a mark in history. The real suffering is indeed The entire city of Xiangfan is home to nearly two hundred thousand people."
Yu Youwei sighed softly and couldn't help but think of a sentence.
——The people are prosperous and suffering. If they die, the people will suffer.
The real sufferers are the displaced people.
Another child fell from Yulian City, and he smiled and said: "It is said that ten years after the city was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of lonely souls refused to leave the city, wailing every night, and the Liyang Dynasty had to let the master of Longhu Mountain go to Xiangfan. , set up a great ceremony for the next week, with an astonishing 36,500 altar seats, which is an unprecedented feat. But I don’t know, are those thousands of ghosts willing to be saved?"
Yu Youwei suddenly shuddered, and looked at Yu Liancheng with a pair of beautiful eyes, with a hint of pleading: "Can we not go to Xiangfan?"
Yu Liancheng smiled slightly and said, "If you beat me in this game of chess, you don't have to go."
Yu Youwei originally planned to return to Jixia Academy to pay homage to her father. After talking to Yu Liancheng, they agreed to go together, but he had to decide the route.
Yu Youwei bit her lips and said, "Why do you have to go to Xiangfan?"
Yu Liancheng smiled and said: "Where are two chess players? I want to meet them. Maybe I can conquer one of them."
"Okay, in that case, don't blame me." Yu Youwei twisted the chess pieces, but her slender fingers were whiter and more lustrous than the chess pieces.
As the most popular oiran in the four states of Northern Liang, she is of course proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although his chess skills are no longer comparable to those of national players, he is still top-notch in the world, and he is very confident in this.
Then……
Then she lost.
Yu Liancheng's chess skills are no worse than hers. If he calculates carefully, he will take one move, ten moves, one hundred moves...
Until now, few could beat him on the chessboard.
——Everyone who can beat him has been overturned by him.
"alright, you win."
Yu Youwei put down her chess pieces and admitted defeat in a grand manner, but her lips rose slightly.
"How is your swordsmanship going?" Yu Liancheng also put down his chess pieces.
"I was going to ask you to taste it."
The oiran, whose real name is Yu Xuanji, flashed a charming smile, which made her look astonishing. With a flick of the cloud sleeve, a brilliant light flew out of the sleeve, as fast as lightning.
Yu Liancheng flicked out a chess piece, and the chess piece hit the sword with a "ding" sound.
Yu Xuanji turned his wrist and stabbed out with his sword. The movements are elegant and gorgeous, the posture is nimble, the figure is graceful and gorgeous, and a sword dance contains hidden murderous intent.
Unfortunately, her opponent was Yu Liancheng, and her swordsmanship was broken in a snap.
After ninety-nine and eighty-one sword blows, Yu Huaguijiao put her sword back in her sleeves while panting, and then fixed her beautiful eyes on Yu Liancheng, waiting for his comments.
"You have the basics of sword dancing, and you are very talented. In addition, I have taught you personally, and you have obtained various samadhis, which can be regarded as a master's degree." Yu Liancheng nodded in praise, then smiled and said: "But there are connections and turns, and you are not smooth enough. , I will teach it personally after dinner."
"No need, I'll just get good at it myself." Thinking of the personal sword lessons of the past few days, Yu Huagui's fair cheeks inevitably blushed, and then he sighed softly: "It's a pity that even though I have practiced well, Swordsmanship is useless."
She was not as eager to become a heroine as Murong Wuzhu was, but as her swordsmanship improved, she was always eager to give it a try.
But the only target who can take action is Yu Liancheng, so I can't help but feel a little depressed. I can't chase Wu Meiniang and beat her up, right? It seems...it's not impossible, just to help it lose weight.
Yu Liancheng raised his head and looked into the distance, smiled and said: "It will be there soon."
"ah?"
Yu Hua Kui was startled, and soon he understood the reason.
The boat sailed for a while and suddenly heard a sound of fighting. The sound got closer and closer, and not long after, a scene of a group of people fighting suddenly emerged before their eyes.
But on the river, there was a large ship moored, and the large ship was surrounded by dozens of small boats. Chains flew up one after another, locking the big ship tightly.
The strong and ferocious-looking water bandits on the small boat picked up their swords and jumped onto the big boat.
Then there was a loud killing sound, blood splattered everywhere, and corpses filled the boat. Even though there were many guards on the big ship, the number was still small after all, and they were all killed in pieces.
At this moment, a wave hit, and the people standing on the big boat were shaken.
A tender cry came from the cabin, and a woman in white fell out. She was truly stunning, and the scene was suddenly silent and silent.
Yu Liancheng saw this scene from a distance and thought to himself: Although the beauty trap is old-fashioned, who can not stop thinking about such a beauty?
