The ancient city of Uman is located in the southwest of Shanshan City, which is the junction of the Tarim River valley and the desert.

It was once an important transit point on the Silk Road, and both the Cheshi and Uman kingdoms were once prominent. The Holy Ancestor went west and destroyed both countries, and set up two counties, Cheshi County and Uman County.

Two hundred years ago, a raging sandbar surged in, swallowing up the oases around Uman, leading to the complete decline of the ancient city of Uman. Standing at the head of the ancient city, you can see the majestic and quaint mountain beams in the south - the mountain beams are full of golden sand, which is a veritable sandbar!

"In another ten years, the ancient city of Uman will cease to exist!" Yingqi looked at the sand dunes and mountain beams in the distance, and sighed faintly.

Although the ancient city of Uman is on the edge of the desert, because it is the commanding height of the mountain beam in the south of the Tarim River Valley, you can overlook the Tarim River valley from here, and if necessary, you can also swoop down from here, forming a great terrain advantage, so Uman has always been guarded as the two wings of Shanshan City.

It must be noted that in the Western Regions, the military defense system of the Han Dynasty was composed of castles, and Luntai City was a small fort. However, Shanshan City and Uman Ancient City are not castles, but ancient cities, which are transformed from the original capital of Shanshan and Uman, and their shape is the same as that of the Han states. However, neither Shanshan nor Uman City has a city wall......

"Xinzhou has no walls", this is the iron law set by the Han Shengzu. Now this iron law has become the helplessness of the Han soldiers. If a city without walls wants to resist an attack, it must expend more energy and must advocate attack. This is also the reason why Shoushanshan must guard Luntai, after all, there is only one castle in Luntai.

There is also a Cheshi City in the north, which is considered a middle fort, which has been garrisoned by a town of troops sent by the Second Army of Ganzhou. But most of the castles in NSW are deserted and incomplete. The wall is badly damaged, and it is really difficult to say whether it can be maintained.

In the ancient city of Uman, the First Army of Suzhou built simple protective fences with the dwellings here and the remaining wall foundations when the city walls were destroyed before, and at the same time scattered the scouts for twenty miles to reconnoiter the surrounding environment at any time.

Early the next morning, Situ Gong of the First Army of Ganzhou and Du Shan of the Second Army arrived. They all brought their staff team and a personal guard that they had formed during this time, about two thousand people.

The three corps commanders were all acquaintances, and after meeting, there was a lot of enthusiasm. Especially to Yingqi, Situ Gong and Du Shan are very friendly.

How can it not be friendly? Yesterday's special promotion privilege was won for them by Yingqi. Although in the end, there was no ministerial-level promotion, only the promotion authority of the Qu Shuai level, but it also made them show their prestige in front of the subordinate officers. This is all thanks to Yingqi.

After the enthusiasm, Yingqi talked about gathering in the ancient city of Uman this time.

"Situ Dianshuai, do you know what happened to the marshal summoning us to the ancient city of Uman this time?"

Situ Gong is over forty years old. There was no beard under the chin, but a dense stubble covering the thin cheeks. It looks a little old.

Situ Gong said: "Ran Xian doesn't have to be polite. I'm a few years old, call me Dafeng. That's what Renmei is called. ”

Situ Gong, the word Dafeng. Yingqi, the word Ran first. And Du Shan, the word is beautiful. This human beauty means the beauty of adults. It's not that he's pretty.

Although Situ Gong said so, Yingqi and Du Shan naturally did not really match each other, so they called them "Brother Dafeng".

Situ Gong looked at the mountain beam in the distance and said, "Ran Xian, people are beautiful." Do you know the origin of this ancient city of Uman? ”

About the ancient city of Uman, the two naturally knew something, but since Situ Gong would ask like this, there must be something else, so the two glanced at each other and did not interject.

Sure enough, Situ Gong didn't expect them to answer, but continued: "Uman is a country built by the descendants of the original Xiongnu who moved westward. After the rise of Emperor Guangwu and the restoration of the Western Regions, Uman also surrendered to my Han. It's a pity that the red eyebrows died, the yellow scarf rose again, and the Han Dynasty was once again torn apart, thanks to the Holy Ancestor Emperor who ruled the world, so that Jin Gongma Chao waved his troops westward, and destroyed the Uman Kingdom in one fell swoop. Hence the ancient city of Uman. ”

Situ Gong looked at the two of them, and suddenly smiled: "Do the two virtuous brothers want to ask, these are all things that have been recorded in the history books of elementary school, why do I mention them now?" ”

Ying Qi glanced at Du Shan and arched his hand: "Please also ask Brother Dafeng for advice." ”

Situ Gong laughed, waved his hand and swept the yellow sand in the distance, and said sonorously: "Two virtuous brothers, this ancient city of Uman has another story during the period of Emperor Wu, and I only remembered it when I received the marshal's post yesterday......"

Yingqi and Du Shan were about to listen to him, when a herald rushed to him and shouted, "Palace Marshal, Marshal Daxu is here." There is also the Beaulieu Emperor Banner! ”

The three of them were all stunned, generally speaking, as an army of the Western Xinjiang Front, Yi Gong carried the marshal Daxu wherever he went, and the action of raising the banner of the Great Han Panlong Emperor was rare. If it is a team of small soldiers with the imperial flag, it may not make people think so much, but the identity of Yigong with the imperial flag can be compared to the presence of the emperor in person.

Situ Gong hurriedly followed Yingqi and Du Shan to pick up the car, and on the way, Situ Gong had some intention of wanting to speak and stopping, but he didn't say anything after all.

When Yigong arrived, he also brought his staff team and a group of personal soldiers, a total of two or three thousand people. This small ancient city of Uman seems to have become an important stronghold of the Western Frontier Front in an instant, if the Yueshi people attack on it at this moment and take the ancient city of Uman, the Western Frontier Front of the Han Dynasty will definitely collapse in an instant, and even the four prefectures of Yongliang in Gansu will be difficult to preserve.

Of course, this kind of thing is impossible to happen, in order to come to the ancient city of Uman this time, Situ Gong has ordered a brigade of soldiers to launch an offensive last night. Yingqi also transferred two divisions of the First Army of Suzhou to completely block the possibility that the Yueshi people might go south to Uman. Even if the Yueshi people had this idea and could mobilize enough troops to besiege Uman in just one day, Yigong and them would have already returned to Shanshan City.

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Yigong Daxu drove directly to the ancient city of Uman, but did not go in, but after merging with Situ Gong, Du Shan, and Yingqi in the city, without any explanation, he ran directly to the mountain beam outside the ancient city of Uman.

It was noon, and the sun was dazzling, making the temperature unusually high on the dunes. The horses under their crotches all made a wheezing sound.

Yingqi followed behind Yigong, surrounded by Han soldiers who were also in a hurry. No one asked where the march was headed. It's already six miles away from the ancient city of Uman. Standing on the mountain beam, the ancient city of Uman is just a black spot in the distance.

Yigong was surrounded by his own soldiers, as well as a few confidants and staff officers. Wu Chuan and Du Wei are also among them.

The surroundings were quiet, only occasionally a cool breeze blew, rolling up the sand and dust in the sky, blowing people felt rustling and uncomfortable.

Just when Yingqi was about to send someone forward to tell Yigong not to go any further, Yigong had already stopped, and the surrounding pro-soldier scouts spread the warning for several miles.

Yigong stopped in front of a sand dune, which was a bit odd. On the back side of the mountain beam, there were still a few clumps of weeds, and under the grass there was a blue-gray stone.

"Where is this?" Du Shan approached Yingqi and asked strangely.

Ying Qi shook his head and looked at Situ Gongshi. saw that he had relief on his face, and then turned his head to Yingqi and Du Shan and whispered, "Two virtuous brothers." That's what the foolish brother just wanted to say. ”

Then. Yigong asked people to clean up the stone, and Yingqi found that it was not a stone, and as the sand and dust were swept away, half of it was gradually revealed—it was actually a stone tablet!

"This is Li Lingbei!" Situ Gong said in a deep voice.

Ying Qi, Du Shan, including all the staff officers and personal guards behind him, and other Han soldiers looked solemn at the same time. Everyone didn't expect that Yigong would not hesitate to risk coming here. It's actually to come to see Li Lingbei!

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Who Li Ling is, some people may not know, but when it comes to Li Ling's grandfather Li Guang, everyone knows it.

Li Guang was the most famous flying general during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Let the Huns be terrified. is such a famous general, but he can't be a marquis during his lifetime. It was not posthumously sealed until after his death. During his lifetime, he participated in the Battle of Henan in the second year of Emperor Yuanshuo of the Han Dynasty, the Battle of Moxi in the fifth year of Yuanshuo, and the Battle of Hexi in the second year of Yuanzhen. In the three major battles, this veteran can only become the foil for Wei Qing and Huo Quai. It is conceivable that he must have also expressed the same emotion as Zhou Yu in later generations: "Both Shengyu and He Shengliang? ”

Compared with this loyal and unparalleled general Li who dedicated his life to Emperor Liu of the Han Dynasty, his son Li Ling can only leave a "rebellious" reputation in the history books of the Han Dynasty. However, he is one of the most famous "traitors" in Chinese history!

In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, he led 5,000 foot soldiers out of Yanhai to assist Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, in his expedition against the Xiongnu, and also guarded the heavy grain and grass. At that time, the main direction of attack of the Han army was the west, and Li Guangli, the general of the second division, was fighting with the Xiongnu Youxian King. Li Ling led his troops to encounter the 30,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu Shan Yu and the Marquis of Yu at Junji Mountain (the middle section of the Altai Mountains in present-day Mongolia, which is the area of Feiyun Fort in this book, and Shen Yun also fought with the Yueshi people here).

Li Ling had the heavy responsibility of guarding the baggage, and he did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the enemy easily, so he stationed troops on the mountain. The Han army took the baggage cart as the battalion and arranged it outside the camp, with the soldiers in the front holding halberds and shields, and the soldiers in the back holding bows and arrows. The Xiongnu saw that the Han army was small, so they attacked the Han army, but they were shot by the Han army's thousands of crossbows, and the Xiongnu soldiers fell in response to the string and were forced to retreat up the mountain, and the Han army pursued and killed thousands of people. Shan Yu was shocked, and urgently transferred more than 80,000 cavalry on the left and right to attack Li Ling, Li Ling fought and retreated, the soldiers were seriously injured and lay on the cart, the lightly injured pushed the cart, and the lighter ones fought with weapons. Li Ling said: "If my morale is low and I can't muster up, why not? Is there a woman in the army? "It turned out that when the first expedition, the wives of some Kwantung thieves accompanied the army because of migration, and they were the wives of soldiers, and they hid in the car, and they were later discovered by Li Ling and all of them were beheaded. On the second day, he fought again and beheaded more than 3,000 people.

After that, there was a long pursuit and blocking battle, and in the end, there were less than 500 people left in the elite of the 5,000 Han family, Li Ling sighed and said: "The defeat is only death!" The military officer said: "The general shocked the Huns, the mandate of heaven was not fulfilled, and then the path was returned, such as the Marquis of Xunye for the captivity, and then the death was returned, and the Son of Heaven met it, and the situation was in the general!" Li Ling said: "Stop! I don't die, and I don't want to be a strong man. So he cut off all the banners and buried the treasure in the ground. Li Ling sighed and said: "Dozens of arrows are enough to get rid of it." There are no soldiers to resume the war today, and Tianming is bound to sit and be bound! The birds and beasts are scattered, and there are still those who have to return to the Son of Heaven. In the middle of the night, Li Ling and Han Yannian, the Marquis of Cheng'an, led more than ten strong men to break through the siege, and were pursued by thousands of Hun cavalry, and Han Yannian died in battle.

After this battle, Li Ling's subordinates had no hope of returning to the Han Dynasty, and in the end, in order to allow the captured robes to be able to turn back, Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, he was immediately furious and ordered to kill the three clans of the Li family!

The envoy of the Han Dynasty once met Li Ling later, and Li Ling said: "I am a Han general, and I led 5,000 foot soldiers to rampant with the Xiongnu. Kill the enemy several times, fight until the arrow is broken, and even the wheel is removed as a weapon...... The survival of 5,000 soldiers is less than one of them, and when the battle is fought to this extent, where am I sorry for the big man? Why did you kill my whole family? ”

The Han envoy was a little embarrassed by the question, so he asked rhetorically: "Aren't you teaching the Huns to use soldiers to beat my Han?" ”

Li Ling said indignantly: "That's Li Xu, not me." ”

After this dialogue was transmitted back to China, the controversy over Li Ling became even greater. Everyone thought that Li Ling had fought until the last moment, and he was already loyal. The emperor killed the three clans without asking the reason, which was really a bit too much - this is also what Sima Qian meant. So Sima Qian was cut.

In fact, it was Li Xu, not Li Ling, who later led the Xiongnu soldiers to attack the Han Dynasty. The emperor really killed the three clans of the Li family because Li Ling helped the Huns fight. Li Ling hated the killing of his entire family because of Li Xu, so he ordered someone to assassinate Li Xu and cut off a scourge for the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Zhao of the Later Han Dynasty ascended the throne. Someone wanted to rehabilitate Li Ling and sent an envoy to recruit Li Ling. Li Ling was silent for a long time. After a while, he said, "I'm already in a bad way!" "I never returned to Han for the rest of my life.

It was precisely because of his decision that Han Ting's propaganda could not completely rehabilitate him. He can only be accused of being a "traitor" and passed on to future generations.

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Li Ling is a native of Longxi, and the Han dynasty today is a native of Ganzhou. If you zoom in a little more, it is not unreasonable to say that he is from this side of the ancient city of Uman.

Because of the controversy of Li Ling, in the tradition of Han culture, it is not possible to erect a monument to Li Ling. But now. This Li Mausoleum monument stands here. This surprised Yingqi and the others. Only by looking at Situ Gong, it seems that Situ Gong will be clearer.

Among the three, only Situ Gong is a native of Ganzhou. He said faintly: "Actually, this Li Mausoleum Monument was erected by His Majesty the Holy Ancestor!" ”

What the?

Yingqi and Du Shan were shocked at the same time. Emperor Shengzu is the god in the minds of all Han people. Everything that Emperor Shengzu did in his life, most Han people can memorize it backwards. But in the memories of Ying Qi and Du Shan, they never had the impression that the Holy Ancestor had erected a monument for Li Ling here!

Situ Gong explained: "I know you are very strange why His Majesty the Holy Ancestor would erect a monument for Li Ling here. In fact, the matter of the Holy Ancestor erecting a monument for Li Ling was also circulated near Ganzhou, and it was not really recorded in the history books, so many people did not know about it. As for the purpose of the Holy Ancestor's monument, I also talked about it when I was a child when I listened to my family's story, saying that at that time, Jin Gong Ma Chao was ordered to go west, and the Holy Ancestor took him here, and set up a Li Mausoleum here, and said to Jin Gong: 'There is only one Li Ling in the Han Dynasty, but Qing is not a tomb, don't lose hope, look forward to Qing triumphant!' ’”

"There is only one Li Ling in the Han Dynasty", this sentence can be described as meaningful. Does the Holy Ancestor want to rehabilitate Li Ling, thinking that as long as he fulfills his duties as a soldier? Or use Li Ling's matter to spur Jin Gongma Chao and not repeat Li Ling's mistakes?

No one could answer.

Under the long yellow sand, Li Lingbei returned to the yellow sand. Maybe in a few years, no one will be able to find this stone, and the Li Lingbei will eventually be covered forever under this hot yellow sand, just like the hot blood of the Han soldiers!

When Situ Gong spoke, Fang Renxu had been standing by and listening, and for some reason, he was a little moved. Looking at the direction of Li Lingbei, and Yigong who stood quietly in front of Li Lingbei without saying a word, his back seemed to be a little depressed at this moment.

Why did Yigong bring them here? Do you worship Li Ling? But Yigong didn't let people serve wine and candles. Do you take Li Ling as a ring? But Yigong didn't say a word to them, it seemed that they were looking at Li Lingbei, thinking about this person, thinking about General Li Ling, who was on an expedition of thousands of miles and fighting endlessly, and thinking about Li Ling, who finally surrendered to the Xiongnu but refused to fight for the Xiongnu......

What exactly is Yigong trying to express? Nobody knows. But it seems that everyone knows something. Everyone's feelings are different, but they seem to fit together.

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That night, Yigong returned to the ancient city of Uman and issued a series of orders.

"Order, Situ Gong of the First Army of Ganzhou defends the line of Luntai City-Uman Ancient City-Cheshi City."

"Order, the Second Army of Ganzhou is stationed in Shanshan City, thinking that the First Army is in response."

"Order, the First Army of Suzhou carries grain and grass to defend Yanqi."

"Order, the whole army of the trap guard moves to Moshan, no military order, and it is not easy to get out."

At the same time, Yigong moved the marshal's location away from Shanshan City, but directly moved to Luntai City!

The move undoubtedly surprised everyone.

Yigong's move was undoubtedly to go on the defensive, but as the marshal of the Han Dynasty, he ran to the front line, which seemed to be trying to attack again. This arrangement caught all the Han troops off guard for a while.

Of course, the Yueshi people also felt inexplicable. When the top of the dilapidated fortress wall of Luntai City rose to symbolize the Great Han Yigong, all the Yueshi people were stunned.

"The Han army is going to attack?" In the Yue's right-wing battalion, a middle-aged man with a hooked nose asked happily.

The answer to him was a Westerner in a Roman military uniform without a rank mark, and he smiled and said, "It seems that yes, my Royal Highness the Great Prince." The Han people finally couldn't hold their breath anymore. ”

"Great, great." The middle-aged man rubbed his hands, walked back and forth excitedly, and finally said to the Westerner: "Partis, are you sure that my brother will definitely give the Han army a fatal blow from the side?" ”

The Westerner named Patis smiled confidently: "That's for sure, my Royal Highness the Great Prince." Rovinis is the god of war of our Redcoats, and if he says yes, he will. ”

Both laughed at the same time. (To be continued......)