Chapter 42: Layout
The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes.
Yesterday afternoon, I boarded the boat at the Yangtze River ferry in Jingzhou City, and the boat has been traveling until this morning, and has already traveled to Wuchang City.
I took Wang Long, Benniu, and the dog baby, and took a small boat to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River, and looked at the surging majestic river on the river, and I was very excited.
On the entire river, in addition to my five warships, there are many passenger ships and cargo ships coming and going, and these ships are rushing back and forth on the Yangtze River, reflecting the scene of a prosperous era in the Tang Dynasty.
Since the army had already prepared enough grain and grass in Jingzhou City, there was no need to stop ashore along the way, which also saved a lot of time and created conditions for speeding up the rush to Dongting Lake.
When we took the boat through Wuchang City, we saw an ancient building, built quite chic, I immediately came to the interest, looked up to the top of the building, but saw the book "Yellow Crane Tower" three words.
Me: It turns out that this is the Yellow Crane Tower, and it is really magnificent. I thought: When I was working in Shanghai, I really wanted to visit the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, but unfortunately, when I had time, I didn't have money, and when I had money, I didn't want to, I traveled to the Tang Dynasty, but I could travel every day, and it was at public expense.
Wang Long: This building is indeed magnificent.
The stupid cow and the dog baby also nodded frequently when they looked at the Yellow Crane Tower, and they were amazed.
Our boat slowly moved downstream, gradually moving away from the Yellow Crane Tower.
Me: Brother Long, when was the Yellow Crane Tower built?
Wang Long: According to legend, it was built by Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was used for war at that time, but today it has become a place for celebrities and scholars to play, and almost all the celebrities and scholars of this dynasty have played on it, and they all have inscriptions.
I smiled and said, "In this way, I should also go up and have a visit, and by the way, I should write a poem."
When Wang Lung heard me say this, he laughed out loud and said: Since Cui Hao inscribed a poem [Yellow Crane Tower], no talented person has inscribed a poem on it.
Me: No, why?
Wang Long: Brother Jiang and Brother Li Bai are so familiar, haven't you heard of this?
Me: What's the matter?
Wang Long: One day, Li Baiyun traveled to Wuchang City, climbed the Yellow Crane Tower, saw this situation, and wanted to write a poem, but after seeing Cui Hao's inscription poem [Yellow Crane Tower], he chanted: "There is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao has a poem on it." He immediately put down his pen and left without doing.
I said "oh" and said: It turns out that there is such a story, even if Brother Li Bai doesn't dare to write poems, Jiang is even more difficult to show ugliness.
Wang Long: Brother Jiang is also a talented person, so he may not be able to write better poems than Cui Hao.
Me: Brother Long, can you chant Cui Hao's [Yellow Crane Tower] to the brothers, let the brothers feel it, and see what level Cui Hao has written?
Wang Long: Absolutely.
After that, Wang Lung cleared his throat and said: The people of the past have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is empty here. The yellow crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years. Qingchuan calendar Hanyang tree, fragrant grass and parrot island. Where is the sunset township, and the Yanbo River makes people worried.
As soon as I heard Wang Lung chanting, I thought to myself: Isn't this the poem I learned in middle school? I can forget such a famous poem, it seems that after leaving school, everything I learned was returned to the teacher.
Me: It's really good, no wonder even Brother Li doesn't dare to inscribe poems, where is this Cui Hao now?
Wang Long: I heard that Cui Hao loves to drink, is so beautiful, and has no ambition to be an official, and now he is a master in a county government, but I don't know what the specific county government is.
Me: Haha, since ancient times, that talented man is not romantic, don't look at this Li Bai, what he said is quite infatuated, after Yang Yuhuan married Li Mao, he had no intention of being a woman, and he was with Taoist priests every day, in fact, the last time we drank in Luoyang, from the way he looked at the peony girl, I knew that he had a few meanings.
I unintentionally talked about the peony girl, but I felt sad in my heart, thinking that she was affected by me and was murdered, I couldn't help but feel sad and emotional.
Wang Long: Talented and beautiful women, this is an eternal topic in history, and people are happy to do so, so there is nothing wrong with this.
Me: Brother Long's words are very good.
My mood was originally extremely happy, but when I think of this sad incident, I think of the experiences of Li Bai and Yang Yuhuan, and even more so the past of me and He Xiangxue, how can I not be emotional. At this moment, I miss He Xiangxue a lot, and I don't know how well she is doing in Chang'an at the moment.
I took out the handkerchief she gave me, looked at the verse on it, and the sentence "I will never regret the gradual widening of the belt, and I will be haggard for Yi" really evoked infinite memories for me.
Wang Lung fell silent when he saw me, and asked, "Brother Jiang, what's wrong with you?"
Me: It's fine, just remembering some of the past.
Wang Long: Did you think of Miss He?
Me: Yes! I don't know if she's good in Chang'an now?
Wang Long: As the saying goes, good things are grinding, I hope we can exterminate the Bowl of Porridge Sect as soon as possible, so that you can ask the emperor for a reward and ask Miss He to come back.
Me: That's the only way to reassure me now.
At dusk, we marched to a place and saw a boulder engraved with the word "Chibi" on it, and I was excited again.
Me: Brother Long, is this the place of the Battle of Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period?
Wang Long: Exactly, Cao Cao, the prime minister of Wei, had an army of 800,000 in his hands, and went south along the river, intending to pacify the south.
I looked at this scenery and recalled Cao Cao's poem "When you sing about wine, life is geometric", I thought: When Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 to the south, what a hesitant and ambitious it was, and it was bound to win, but I didn't want to be beaten by Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu all over the ground looking for teeth, and the whole army was wiped out. Hey, "How to solve worries, only Du Kang", this sentence is really well written.
Me: Brother Long, take out our wine, looking at such a beautiful day, how can we not drink three glasses.
Wang Long: Okay.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, I've been drinking for a long time. The scenery is so beautiful on this way, we should drink wine and sing.
Dog Baby: Brother Niu has a level of what he said.
Me: Brother Niu can brag too.
Everyone sang and laughed, ate dry food, and drank fine wine.
At night, sitting on the bow of the boat, looking at the night sky, my heart is full of emotion, but looking at the beautiful scenery of the rivers and mountains, what can I not let go! We drank all the wine on the boat, and gradually the river breeze rose, and we returned to the boat, and slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, we entered the waters of Dongting Lake. Five warships and a small boat, lined up, headed directly for Junshan Island, an island on Dongting Lake.
Me: Brother Long, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, I wonder how many Jianghu sects will come to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Jianghu Column and the Oath Conference of the Sect to Exterminate a Bowl of Porridge this time?
Wang Long: We can't control how many people can come, so we can only act according to the opportunity.
Me: Brother Long's words are reasonable, in this way, there is probably nothing on Junshan Island, we are still staying in Yuezhou tonight, 5,000 soldiers let 1,000 soldiers land on the island and be stationed on the island, 2,000 soldiers patrol around Junshan Island in warships to prevent a bowl of porridge from raiding, and another 2,000 soldiers are stationed on the shore to prevent a bowl of porridge from trapping us on the island.
Wang Long: That's a good plan.
Me: I heard that the Bowl of Porridge Sect has some ideas about our conference, and I hope to use this conference to wipe us out, so we must be very careful with every step we take.
Wang Long: As long as we guard the landing port and control the waters near Junshan Island, there should be no problems.
Me: For the time being, this is the layout, and when we get to Yuezhou, Benniu is responsible for renting boats from local fishermen, so that the Jianghu sects that will come to the conference tomorrow can successfully land on the island.
Stupid Cow: Okay, big brother.
Me: The dog baby took the gold medal to see the Yuezhou Taishou, told him what we were here for, and told him not to mess around and cause trouble.
Dogbaby: Okay, big brother.
Me: Brother Long, you and I will first go find the inn where we live, and then ask Brother Long to write an essay on the thief for the purpose of requisition.
Wang Long: No problem.
I said to the boatman: Go to the warship at the head.
Boatman: Okay.
Our boat came to the side of Zhao Sheng's warship.
Zhao Sheng: General Jiang, I have arrived at Junshan Island in front, please give the general an order!
Me: General Zhao Sheng, you assigned 1,000 sergeants to land on the island and garrison, 2,000 sergeants patrolled around Junshan Island by warship, and you personally led 2,000 sergeants to Yuezhou and stationed on the shore to prevent a bowl of porridge from trapping us on the island.
Zhao Sheng: The last general commanded.
Me: All this is left to General Zhao, and General Zhao must be careful, because this bowl of porridge is very cruel, and I don't want to see unnecessary sacrifices.
Zhao Sheng: The last general must do his best to complete the task absolutely.
Me: Okay.
I motioned to the boatman not to approach Junshan Island and row directly to the shore of Yuezhou.
From Junshan Island to Yuezhou, the distance is twenty miles, and we saw Yuezhou City at noon.
From a distance, I saw an ancient building standing on the shore of Yuezhou City, towering into the clouds, quite majestic.
Me: Brother Long, there is Yueyang Tower in front, right?
Wang Long: Brother Jiang has good eyesight, the front is Yueyang Tower, according to legend, this building was originally the military parade building of Lu Su during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Shuo of this dynasty was demoted to this official, and expanded and built this Yueyang Building on the basis of the original parade building, the name of this Yueyang building is still taken by Brother Li Bai.
Me: Brother Li got the name! Then we'll have to go upstairs and have a look.
Wang Long: Okay.
At this time, my mood became quite excited again, and I thought: In just one day's work, I saw the two famous buildings of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, and I was really fortunate to have three lives.
After we docked, we walked directly to Yueyang Tower.
Ascend Yueyang Tower, come to the top floor, and look at the vast Dongting Lake. The lake is shining in the sun, and the water is shining, which is really a peerless beauty.
Me: Brother Long, this Yueyang Tower is really a good place to enjoy Dongting Lake!
Wang Long: Exactly, the so-called climb Yueyang Tower and enjoy Dongting Lake, Brother Jiang, you see.
I looked in the direction where Wang Lung's finger was pointing, and saw that it was a poem written by Li Bai, because of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing in the handwriting, I could only recognize some of the words, so I said: This is Brother Li's masterpiece, right?
Wang Long: Exactly. After that, he opened his mouth and said: The building is full of Yueyang, and the Sichuan Dongting is open. The geese lead the heart to go, and the mountain is a good month.
The clouds even stayed, and the sky received the cup. After getting drunk, the cool breeze rises, blowing people and dancing sleeves back.
Me: A good sentence after getting drunk, the cool breeze rises, blowing people and dancing sleeves back, isn't this exactly what we experienced last night? Unexpectedly, Brother Li is a great talent, and the name of the poet immortal is worthy of his real name.
We went through the Yueyang Tower, and then walked down the Yueyang Tower.
Me: Stupid cow, you go to the local fishermen to rent a boat, and remember, as long as you are willing to actively cooperate, give more silver.
Stupid Cow: Okay, big brother.
Me: Dogwa, you go to Yuezhou Taishou, tell him about our situation, and tell him to be honest at home and don't go out.
Dogbaby: Okay, big brother.
Me: Let's stay in Yuezhou Restaurant, and you'll be back as soon as you're done.
Stupid cow, dog: Okay.
Wang Lung and I went directly to Yuezhou Restaurant, asked for two good guest rooms, and when we entered the room, Wang Lung began to write a letter begging for thieves.
I was resting on the sidelines, but my heart was thinking about the scene of the inaugural meeting of the Jianghu Column and the meeting of the sworn aath of the Sect to destroy a bowl of porridge tomorrow.