Chapter VII Qiaoshan Yellow Emperor Mausoleum
After the battle, 31 people were captured, the rest were killed, more than 50 horses were captured, and dozens of swords, guns, swords, and halberds were captured. The casualties of the Dong family were not large, a total of eleven dead and forty-three wounded, because the armor was well-equipped, so most of them were only lightly wounded, and there were few serious injuries and battle deaths.
No matter how many times Tong Yuan explained that the person was impersonating, Dong Bai chased after him and asked about the killing of Lu Bu, after all, he was the enemy who killed his grandfather and family, how much Dong Bai expected him to die a tragic death, but he also hoped that he was still alive and could let her take revenge with her own hands.
Not long after, a slightly rich middle-aged fat man was brought to Dong Bai and Tong Yuan. "Grandpa and grandma spare their lives!" Being called like this by an uncle in his forties, Tong Yuan and Dong Bai, who are not deeply involved in the world, are a little embarrassed.
Tong Yuan said helplessly: "As long as you say everything you know, I will spare you from death." ”
According to this person, they are the big clan of Qiqi County north of Chang'an, and they are specifically watching the situation of the Xiliang Army in the county in order to take refuge with Wang Yun, so they found out about Li Zhen's secret practice team before and immediately reported it to the authorities. And the pretending Lu Bu is his nephew, and this trick is very effective when dealing with the first and second tuns.
However, Li Su did not tell him about the discovery of Li Zhen's head at the Great Wall Pass, but instead rested himself and let him and the fake Lu Bu chase and kill.
Tong Yuan couldn't figure out why, considering that this group of pursuers had killed the soldiers who had stayed at the pass before, so the convoy killed all thirty-one prisoners to comfort their comrades who died in battle.
However, what surprised Tong Yuan the most was that the pursuer turned out to be Li Su. Tong Yuan recalled the later "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Li Suqi was both wise and brave. He wittily persuaded Lu Bu and others to act quite brilliantly, and he also assisted Hua Xiong and defeated Sun Jian, the most daring of the princes of the Eighteen Routes, to fight the Jiangdong Tiger. It's just that for some reason, the stats are not good in the game.
However, what Tong Yuan didn't know was that Li Su's official position in history was higher. Li Su, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, and Xu Rong are all at the rank of Zhonglang generals, which is higher than the captains of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others who became dominant a few years later.
During Dong Zhuo's period, the military system and official positions were still very strict, and the Xiliang Army was already a big official in the sky. However, Li Su and Lu Bu were both born in Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County, and are considered to be from Baotou, Inner Mongolia today. He is not a descendant of Dong Zhuo of Xiliang, and he was ostracized, and finally chose to kill Dong Zhuo in a coup with Lu Bu, which is also traceable.
This will be the first time that Tong Yuan has faced an enemy who has left a name in history, or Li Su, who is outstanding in force and quite strategic. Although Li Su did not lead many troops, only 500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry, but at the edict of the Son of Heaven, the momentum was extremely strong, and Tong Yuan did not have any confidence that he could be overshadowed.
However, after hearing this, Dong Bai was eager to try, and said: "Li Su, one of the masterminds who killed his grandfather, must be captured alive!" ”
Thinking of this, Tong Yuan couldn't help but have a headache. Obviously, Dong Bai could have escaped farther, but he came back to fight, and now he has to do this again. There is also that Dong Wei, who is so murderous, and he never sees anyone when he is fighting.
Tong Yuan's eyes turned around, and said: "Our army is tired tonight, it is best to cross the river to rest, prepare more fires, there are chasing soldiers to be released, and the mountain fire is blocked." Then leave quickly, there are many enemies, and in the future, Wang Yun and Lu Bu will be killed one by one, so there is no need to fight with Li Su now. ”
Dong Bai listened, and had no choice but to agree, and said that Tong Yuan had a lot of bad ideas, and he could think of such a trick as setting a mountain fire.
Tong Yuan scratched his head, this is not taught in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the smartest one loves to use this trick. However, what Tong Yuan doesn't know is that there is often a big gap between fiction and reality.
After the convoy crossed the river, look for a place where the wind is less windy, and prepare fires and personnel in the direction of the road to the south for alerting. After deeming everything in order, the team rested to replenish their strength.
After many days of fleeing and nearly two days of fighting, the exhausted crowd fell asleep like mud, never thinking that danger was looming.
It had only been half an hour, and the sentry had already relaxed its vigilance, thinking that this hard night would pass so peacefully, who would have thought that the sound of horses neighing suddenly came from the other side of the river.
Tong Yuan, who was sleeping in the camp tent, also heard the sound of the sentry's warning, although his body was reluctant to get up, but the deepest part of his heart was ruthless, he clasped his thigh, and rushed out to check the situation in an instant.
I saw that everyone was in a panic, although most of them had woken up, but they had no fighting spirit and the organization was scattered. The sentry hurriedly ran over and said, "A hundred cavalry have come from the other side, all of them heavily armored cavalry, and they are currently trying to repair the bridge and cross the river. ”
"It's hard work, don't fight them, you have to wait until they are halfway through repairing the bridge, light the fire, and hinder the enemy's pursuit."
These heavily armored horsemen were well-armed, and even if they were ambushed, they were not very sure. After setting fire to the mountain, they forced the enemy to make a detour, but they were over-armored and had to rely on wooden bridges to cross the river, so they could get rid of it.
So, except for the twenty sentries, the rest of the people packed their bags and set off immediately. After the time of the two pillars of incense, the sentinels lit a fire, and a large sea of fire was ignited due south, southeast, and southwest of the convoy, and no enemy could pursue through this area in a single day. At this time, the wind direction is also north or easterly, and the fire will not chase the convoy and pose a danger.
About half an hour later, on the hill to the east of the convoy was a secluded building, surrounded by a heavy atmosphere, and the moonlight shone on the gray surface of the rock, and the outline of the building could not be seen clearly, except for many majestic cypress trees standing straight over it.
There had been a clear stream down the steep slope into the valley, but now only a trickle of water flowed on the brown riverbed, and nearby there was a broken and broken path that zigzagged along the remains of the ancient road. There was once a great country here, and it was one of the important hometowns of Chinese civilization.
In the Western Han Dynasty, this was not a dark dead land, but a holy place full of light and beauty, and even in later generations, the story here is still circulating.
A soldier from Shangjun said with great reverence: "This is the bridge mausoleum, the mausoleum of the sage Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. But then he said with sadness: "This place and my hometown were very prosperous when Emperor Wu was there, but now they are deserted. ”
The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor located in Qiaoshan in later generations was called "Qiaoling" in history. Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, issued an edict in the world that year - "I attach great importance to the shrine and pay tribute." Today, the sacrifice of God and the gods of the mountains and rivers should be worshipped, each with its time and ritual shrine as before", and built the "Xuanyuan Temple" at the west foot of Qiaoshan Mountain.
After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally sacrificed to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, and the "Historical Records" recorded, "In the winter of the following year, the upper council said: 'The ancients first revitalized the soldiers and Ze brigade, and then sealed the Zen.'" 'Nai Sui patrolled the north of Shuo, stranded more than 100,000 soldiers, and also sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor's Tomb Bridge Mountain, and released the soldiers as such. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty led a special trip to Qiaoshan, built a platform to pray for the mountain, and paid tribute to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.
However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the five counties of the border pass gradually declined, and the imperial court's Bingzhou Assassin Shi and General Duliao were killed by rebellion one after another. The first mausoleum in China, the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, was actually lost outside the country.