Zhongtiao Mountain, located in the south of Shanxi Province, between the Yellow River and the Shushui River, is located between Taihang Mountain and Huashan Mountain, the mountain is long and narrow, so it is named Zhongtiao.

Zhongtiao Mountain is one of the 72 blessed lands of Taoism and is the residence of Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth. Due to its special geographical location, Zhongtiao Mountain, as the gateway to Guanzhong, has also been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

But what really makes the Chinese people remember this mountain is a great battle during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

On May 7, 1941, the Japanese North China Front, under the command of General Tada Jun, began an all-out attack on Nakajo Mountain from the east, north, and west under the cover of three air brigades.

Due to the lack of prior preparation and the lack of unified command, the 5th and 14th armies of the Chinese Kuomintang stationed at Zhongtiao Mountain were mostly scattered except for a few breakouts, with 35,000 prisoners and 42,000 killed, while the Japanese army only suffered less than 700 casualties, and the battle loss ratio was as high as 1:60.

The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was called "the greatest shame in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" by Chiang Kai-shek, but throughout the entire battle, the Kuomintang troops still held out for 20 days under many unfavorable conditions such as no air supremacy, no heavy weapons, supply lines were cut off, and the Japanese army used a large number of poison gas bombs, and they did not dishonor the honor of the Chinese soldiers.

Luo Kang, Lin Zi and Zhuge Yun, who got off at Yuncheng North Station, settled down at a nearby hotel near the station, and then went out with many magic weapons and rain gear to a noodle restaurant for lunch.

"This Nakajo Mountain is too big, right, where are we going to start?" After Zhuge Yun took a big bite of knife-cut noodles, he looked at the map on his phone and said to Luo Kang.

"I just sensed Grandma Hu's soul, I don't know what's going on, now I can only determine a general direction, it seems that we can only look for it little by little." Luo Kang took a piece of oily meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth and said.

"You're here to travel to Mt. Nakajo, right?" The proprietress of the noodle restaurant saw that the three of them were not locals, so she chatted enthusiastically.

Lin Zi said: "Yes! How should we get to Mt. Nakajo from here? ”

The proprietress turned around and brought out a plate of cut watermelon from the kitchen, put it on Luo Kang's table, and said, "There are so many interesting places on Zhongtiao Mountain. There are four big ditches near the Huanglong Temple, Yangzhuang River, Nangou and Python River, the mountains and rocks stand in a forest, the stream runs through, there are many macaques in the mountains and forests, they are not afraid of people; There are more than a dozen natural karst caves in the middle village, and the stalagmites and stalactites in them are very beautiful; There are many rare plants near the Dahe Tangwang Temple, and 15 kinds of national first-class protected plants can be seen there; The mountains and rocks in the Wulao Peak Scenic Area are majestic and steep, and there are large areas of primeval forests; A little farther away Yuwangping can overlook the Yellow River on the top of the mountain, Laojun Pavilion has a long history, it is said that Taishang Laojun often appears ,......"

"And what's the closest attraction to here?" Seeing the introduction of the proprietress, Lin Zi had no intention of stopping for a short time, so he took the opportunity to interrupt her.

After thinking for a while, the proprietress said: "That's the Guandi Temple and the Yongle Palace." ”

After Luo Kang and the three of them walked out of the noodle shop, they took a taxi directly to Guandi Temple.

As the name suggests, the Guandi Temple is a temple commemorating the martial saint Guan Yu, and as the hometown of Guan Yu, Shanxi Yuncheng, the Guandi Temple in Jiezhou Town is the largest one in the country.

Although it is raining continuously, there is still a steady stream of pilgrims who come here to worship.

The three of them walked into the gate of the Guandi Temple with the crowd of pilgrims, only to see a long street running through the east and west, along the street forward, on both sides are many separate small halls, and the emperors of the past dynasties gave the Guandi handwritten title to worship it.

As they continued on, they came to the door of a palace that was significantly higher than the other buildings.

Luo Kang looked up and saw that the plaque on the door of the hall was written in golden Song style, and the three words were: Spring and Autumn Building.

Lin Zi said: "Legend has it that Guan Yu loved to read "Spring and Autumn" when he was alive. If you don't believe what you say, how can you say it? This is a famous sentence from "Spring and Autumn", and it has also become the motto of Guan Yu's life. ”

After that, the three of them walked into the Spring and Autumn Building, only to see a huge statue of "Guan Gong Reading Spring and Autumn at Night" sitting majestically in the middle, and beside him, stood a statue of Zhou Cang who resisted the knife for Guan Yu.

Zhuge Yun said: "I suddenly thought of a folk legend about Zhou Cang, according to legend, Zhou Cang has three hairs on the center of his feet, so he can carry the Qinglong Yanyue Knife weighing 82 catties and catch up with Guan Yu's red rabbit horse.

Before the Battle of Maicheng, Lu Meng of Eastern Wu bought off his fellow villagers in Zhou Cang, drunk him and shaved the hair on his feet. So on Guan Yu's way back to Jingzhou from Maicheng, because Zhou Cang did not keep up with the footsteps of the red rabbit horse, he was caught and killed by Lu Meng. ”

Luo Kang said with a smile after hearing this: "In fact, one catty in the Eastern Han Dynasty is only equivalent to 224 grams now, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife of more than 80 catties is actually more than 30 catties, and Guan Yu doesn't need to send someone to resist the knife at all." ”

"Luo Kang, you can locate Grandma's soul from here and give it a try!" Lin Zi said to Luo Kang.

"Good!" Luo Kang agreed, taking off his backpack, wanting to lighten the load and help him concentrate.

It may be that he can't control Luo Cheng's physique well, his range of movements is too large, and the backpack crashes into a tourist's body, and the slender wooden box that was originally forked on the top of the backpack falls to the ground, and the male and female double-strand swords inside roll out, making a piercing metal impact sound.

Because there are many shops around the Guandi Temple to buy souvenirs, and the weapon models of the three Taoyuan brothers are popular commodities, so at this time, the tourists in the Spring and Autumn Building are not too surprised to see someone with such a controlled knife. The three of them hurriedly crouched down and put the two swords back in the box.

"Be careful! If you scratch the Mai senior sister on my scabbard, it will be a disaster, it will be Dong Yun's last pen! Zhuge Yun complained to Luo Kang.

"Okay, two-dimensional boy, I'll be careful in the future!" Luo Kang agreed, handed over the backpack and sword to Zhuge Yun, and then concentrated on sensing Grandma Hu's soul.

After a while, he shook his head and said to Lin Zi: "I can only feel that the soul is in the southwest direction, and the specific location and distance cannot be determined. ”

Lin Zi said: "Since the soul is not here, then let's go to the Yongle Palace in the west to have a look." ”

Luo Kang agreed, put on his backpack, and the three of them turned around and walked out of the Spring and Autumn Building, returned to the street, and walked towards the gate of the Guandi Temple.

But before they could get out of the door, they saw a little girl who looked to be only five or six years old, running fast down the street in the rain, while her parents were in hot pursuit.

"The children are really disobedient now, there are so many people on the street, and it's still raining, what if they get lost?" Seeing this scene, Lin Zi muttered alone, and then possessed himself in front of the little girl.

"Kids, don't run around! Mom and Dad will be worried! Lin Zi said to the little girl.

However, as soon as the little girl spoke, Lin Zi was frightened, and she said in a voice that only middle-aged men have: "Where did you get your male and female double-strand swords? ”