Hengzhou City is like a crocodile lying on the side of the Xiangjiang River, and Zhanyue Gate is at the tip of the flat and long mouth. Not far from the north is the steaming water that flows into the Xiangjiang River from west to east, in the latter section is also called the Grass River, the confluence of the Grass River and the Xiangjiang River, is the first line of cliffs to the Shigu Mountain in the river, one of the four famous academies: the Shigu Academy is here.

In addition to this academy, an ancient bridge crosses the grass river and stands across the north and south, which is the grass bridge. The section from the south bank of Caoqiao to Zhanyuemen is a hotel restaurant, with red lanterns hanging high, and it is the most lively place in Hengzhou. Now, of course, the soldiers are swinging north and south, and most of the owners have moved into the city, not daring to stay outside the city anymore.

The north bank of Caoqiao is Huangshawan, and the Qing army erected the Ming and Huang canopies in the wasteland of Huangshawan, and came to read out the holy decree of "appeasement". Xie Dingbei gave an order, and a few small cannons on the tower of the city gate fired indiscriminately, and most of the cannons fell in the grass river, splashing up columns of water, which were still one or two miles away from the canopy, not like a demonstration, but like a cannon to welcome the order, which made the Qing army laugh.

Xie Dingbei was frightened, and his mind turned around to say that someone would "impeach" him in the future, and he had the idea of how to justify himself with ill intentions, so he quickly stopped the shelling, and just gave the Qing army envoy who came across the grass bridge the opportunity to read out the "holy decree".

"Admiral of Hunan? Left Governor? ”

Xie Dingbei's face was twisted, he didn't dare to speak, and his mind also turned around, who is bigger than the Hunan Governor, and then hurriedly smiled at Yang Junli, bowed his hand, and signaled that this was not his own business.

"Boom him!"

Yang Junli was not polite, and the Qing army directly recruited Xie Dingbei, who seemed to have some understanding of the city defense situation in Hengzhou. sent an envoy to the city to shout, but it was just to suppress his own arrogance, and the best response was to blast the messenger into a sieve.

There were two cannon shots, as if they hit Xie Dingbei, and his body shrank subconsciously, and then immediately straightened up. Although he had already made a decision, he still couldn't help but have a faint bitter water in his heart, and in the future, he and the north should be completely destroyed.

"Sure enough, it's a vulgar barbarian! I don't understand the reason why the two armies are fighting without slashing, and the three countries haven't read it!? ”

Behind the Qing army's large array in the north, Yanxin Seven Orifices smoked.

"Hunan Admiral He Tenglin led the army to camp five miles west of Huangshawan, and came to ask for peace and ask for advice!"

The subordinates reported it, and Yanxin barely suppressed his anger.

"Why is he so far away? Want to give a big camp to the thief army? Meng Kui's Tiger Ben Army was in Wenchangdu, thirty miles to the south, and he rolled over and camped! ”

Then he looked at his subordinates and waved his palm: "Hurry up and dig a trench!" Protect the north and south of this Huangsha Bay! Then Linjiang Fortress set up an artillery slope, our army's task is to block the thief army in the south of Hengzhou! ”

Some subordinates swallowed their saliva with difficulty: "In the south, there is not only the first army of the Tiger Army, but also the local city Ding Minzhuang, adding up to more than 10,000 people, we will meet with He Junmen, and there are only 30,000 people, but it is really difficult to carry the ......"

Yan Xin snorted angrily: "Meng Kui, the commander of the Tiger Ben Army, is just a nameless thief, neither the head bead curtain Wu Ya, nor the blood grinding plate Jia Hao, nor Li Xian himself!" Our army is several times larger than him, occupying a geographical advantage, and only seeking a defensive position, which is still afraid!? ”

The subordinates looked at each other, and although they didn't dare to speak again, their faces turned pale. These generals had already learned the fierceness of the Anglo-Chinese army in the Qingxi Mountain battlefield in the Battle of Yizhang before. At that time, it was five times the enemy, but it was still defeated, and now it is alone against the Tiger Ben Army, and there is still no bottom in my heart. Fortunately, as Nonobu said, they are now the defenders.

The subordinates barely lifted their spirits, but Yanxin was secretly churning, and his heart was unstoppable.

Let He Tenglin lead the Hunan Green Battalion to raid Hengzhou from the west, which he was ordered by Yinzhen. Yinzhen is still rushing south, out of the heart of revenge for his father, Yinzhen wants to send Kangxi a good news before he rushes to the battlefield in Hunan, that is, the imperial army has "recovered" Hengzhou.

Then Yinzhen's plan was to use Hengzhou as bait, lead the tiger army north, rely on Hengzhou, and defeat the enemy under the walls of Hengzhou.

This is good, but the problem is that you have to get Hengzhou first. The British Chinese army has never come to Hengzhou before, and now there is chaos in the internal population, so they must not care. Only when they occupy Hengzhou and then use it as a base to attack and harass south, will the other party understand the important surname of Hengzhou, and then lead the army north.

He Tenglin carried out this task, after all, the army of Yanxin went south, and the movement was too big. But he didn't want the green battalion under He Tenglin to be too useless, and the siege of Hengzhou for half a month had no results. Seeing Yinzhen galloping in the starry night and leading the front army to Jingzhou, Yanxin had to report to Yinzhen and smashed Yinzhen's wishful thinking. Yinzhen had no choice but to use the backup plan to let the Yanxin Overseer Army rush to attack Hengzhou.

As soon as Yanxin moved, the Tiger Ben Army moved. For a moment, Yanxin wanted to send someone to discuss with Meng Kui, don't you come to make do, okay? Let us earn some face in front of the emperor and take Hengzhou? Anyway, your cannon is powerful, and it is not easy to take back Hengzhou City again? How much silver do you want, though the price is ...... The situation was already settled, and Yanxin had no choice but to occupy Huangshawan on the north bank of the Caohe River, dig trenches and hold on, and wait for Yinzhen's army to go south. Sixty-three years ago, the general of Dingyuan, and the prince Nikan of Heshuo Jingjin Zhuang were defeated and died in Hengzhou, and the opponent was another Li, Li Dingguo, the king of the Southern Ming and Jin Dynasty.

Yanxin's depression did not last for a few days, in early March, the tiger army arrived at the West Lake, and a big red double dragon banner was also raised at the head of Hengzhou City, which made Yanxin's face suddenly blue and white.

Li Xi is here!

"I gave you Hengzhou before, you didn't want it, but now we want to pick it up secretly, but you ran over in person as if you were stabbed at the root of your life, it's so shameless!"

Yanxin really wanted to scold, but when he saw that his original partner Garbi was sent to Sichuan, he panicked. I wanted to take back Hengzhou, win a small victory, and stabilize my position, but I didn't want to provoke the big general's legs and stomach to be weak, and the emperor heard that he was about to change color.

"General! Checkmate! Are you okay!? ”

It wasn't until his subordinates called him that Yanxin found that his mouth was full of bitterness, his eyes were blurred, and his body was shaking.

"Dig a trench again! Two courses!? How can two courses be enough!? Three more! ”

Yanxin's screams echoed throughout the camp.

"Is that the Stone Drum Academy......"

At this time, Li Xi was looking at the scenery at Zhanyue Gate, and the first thing he saw was Shigu Academy. There are four major academies in the world: in addition to Suiyang, Bailu Cave, Yuelu three, the remaining one is here, in terms of honor, the Stone Drum Academy was twice awarded a plaque by the emperor in the Song Dynasty, ranking first among the four major academies, and in terms of the scenery of the academy itself, the Stone Drum Academy is a well-deserved first. Straight into the river, outstanding, what is the mainstay? Look at this Stone Drum Academy. The year is 1717, which is more than 900 years old.

"Why did the King of Heaven take the risk himself? The Tartar is like a bird with a frightened bow, even if Yinzhen brings back the army of good war from the north, there is no strength of the previous battle of Yizhang, and the first army of the Tiger Ben Army is defended by natural danger and city walls, and it will not fall behind. ”

Yang Junli was very puzzled, even if Yinzhen's army went south, plus the Yanxin army, it would only be sixty or seventy thousand people. At this time, the Tiger Ben Army has been expanded to 10,000 people, plus the auxiliary Hunan Internal Guard and Hengzhou Chengding, the available army is approaching 20,000, even if Meng Kui's ability to command is weaker than Jia Hao and Wu Ya, if he wants to hold Hengzhou, there should be no problem, why does Li Xi have to bring the Praetorian Guard Battalion to the battle array in person?

The answer that Yang Junli could think of himself was just what big plan Li Xi might be conceiving, to "fry" the battle of Hengzhou into a big showdown like Yizhang.

"This Hengzhou...... It is a holy place, which will not only leave a name for eternity, but will also be famous in the world for future generations. ”

Li Shi said vaguely, in the northeast of the river is Shigu Mountain, outside the academy, Zhuge Liang was still here to take care of Jingxiang affairs. The West Lake in the west is the place where Zhou Dunyi wrote "Ai Lian Said". The nearby Yanwuping is still the battlefield where Li Dingguo defeated the Qing army and beheaded Nikan.

Hengzhou carries too much history, these are only known to the world, and Li Xian knows more. More than 100 years later, Zeng Guofan was recruiting troops in Wuping, laying down the foundation of the "Hunan Army" in the future. More than 200 years later, Fang Xianjue led the 10th Army of the National Revolutionary Army to fight against the Yue army here for 47 days and nights, killing and wounding several times the Yue army.

From south to north, the times change, Hengzhou is such a holy place, such as a rich and colorful historical picture scroll, attracting Li Xi also painted the surname Dafa, to paint his own pen here. This is a tribute to the heroes whose souls have been placed in Hengzhou throughout the ages, and it is also a tribute to the rich history accumulated in Hengzhou.

"Gong Yi, don't blame me for dragging you over now, is this battlefield worth your painstaking efforts?"

Li Shi casually asked Bian Shoumin beside him.

"Battlefield...... It's a shame if this is a battlefield......"

Bian Shoumin's eyes were tightly absorbed by the Stone Drum Academy and Caoqiao, and his reply was full of regret.

"Praise my eyes, Lord, for I have seen such a beautiful view, is this still on earth! Then there is the smoke of gunpowder, artillery fire, and battle flags, and it will be like angels and demons fighting in Paradise Lost! ”

Li Shi's royal painter Lang Shining also came, and at this moment the soul was cleansed, stretching his arms at the head of the city, and shouting like madness.

"Gunsmoke, artillery fire, and battle flags, there must be one, but ......"

Li Shi looked at the longing Shigu Academy, the Tiger Army did not touch it, and the Qing Army did not touch it, it was a holy place, both sides had scruples, and a large number of scholars gathered there, as if they had their own opinions.

Do you have your own opinions, that's impossible, Li Shi slandered so much.

"Until then, there may be a silent battle between hearts and minds."

Li Xian asserted that since it is a holy land, it is inevitable that some people will regard themselves as the sons of the holy land, and then arrogantly take one more step forward, wanting to take on the heavy responsibility that they were originally unable to bear. Of course, there is no shortage of people behind it.

"Before the war starts, I need to draw what this Paradise Lost looks like when it is peaceful."

Lang Shining quickly propped up the drawing board with his hands and feet, Bian Shoumin stared at the foreigner, and then turned his head, still immersed in the magnificent and wonderful scenery in front of him.

(To be continued)