From the Qinglong Mountain on the edge of today's Zhengzhou City to both sides, it is the Great Wall of Wei.

The construction of the Great Wall was very popular at that time, whether it was Zhao, Wei and Han in the Central Plains, or Qin, Qi, Yan and Chu on the four sides, a large number of Great Walls were built. Some of these Great Walls built in the interior were simply fortifications, while others also served as flood controls. According to the research of modern scholars, the Great Wall of Wei runs diagonally through the southeast of Zhengzhou from Yuanyang to Xinmi, with a total length of more than 100 kilometers. But what can be seen today is only a small section of Qinglong Mountain that is dozens of meters long.

Within the Great Wall of Wei is the famous semi-artificial reservoir Puze. There used to be a natural lake in Puze, which was locally called "Serval". Judging by the name, the lake should not be deep and overgrown with aquatic weeds. When King Hui of Liang built the capital of Daliang, he diverted the water of the Yellow River into this lake, the area of the lake was greatly expanded, and the amount of water was abundant, not only irrigating the most fertile grain fields around Daliang - the nursery field, but also the water that led out meandered for dozens of miles, and the surrounding dry fields could also benefit, and in some places even boats. But the Yellow River's nature of filling all low-lying land has made the reservoir and its diversion canal completely invisible today, and the nursery has become a township in Zhengzhou.

It is about 30 miles from the nursery to the prison, which in ancient times was the mileage of a normal day's march. As a martial artist, Zheng Anping has the ability to run a hundred miles in half a day, which is roughly equivalent to the distance of a marathon, but the marathon can't run several times a day, it will be fatal. He ran thirty miles in the morning and more than ten miles in the afternoon, and he didn't rest the rest of the time, either walking or taking a car, his back was sore and his legs were weak, and he didn't even eat well; As soon as he closed his eyes when he arrived at the post house, he was shouted by Jin Cong in a loud voice, and was asked to rush to the mouth of the Great Wall immediately to prepare to meet General Mangmao.

It was not Jin Contempt who led the team, but a middle-aged man who came to the post house with him. Although this man was dressed as a samurai, he was full of etiquette, and he was obviously from a noble family. He reported that his family was Mang Shi Shen and was the son of General Mang Mao. Everyone in Wei knows that Mang Mao was poor in his early years, and after his brother died, he directly married his sister-in-law and gave birth to three sons; After the death of his sister-in-law, Mang Mao also became the minister of Wei State, married another family, and gave birth to two boys and two girls. This new daughter-in-law is so virtuous that the "Biography of the Daughters" takes her as a model, and there is a special article to introduce her advanced deeds, saying how she treats her ex-wife's son as her own, and when the ex-wife's son is offended, she also endures humiliation and burden, and finally gets the respect of the whole family. It's just that this Mangshen, but I don't know which son it is, whether it's the one who is making trouble with his stepmother.

Mangshen's march and walk are not ambiguous. He led the five men to the direction of the mouth of the Great Wall overnight in the moonlight. After going around to the west of the city and following a river to the west, they crossed a stone bridge again. After crossing the bridge, there is a large lake in front of you, and I don't know how wide it is in the moonlight. Under the leadership of Mangshen, the crowd traveled westward along the dirt road by the lake. Zheng Anping was sleepy at the beginning, and he followed hard to fight; But as I walked, my sleepiness passed and my spirits improved.

Zheng Anping found that the scenery around him was markedly different from the endless land he was familiar with—this was a square water. "Is this going to be a fish farm?" Zheng Anping thought to himself.

"This is the rice field of the King of Wei." As if he understood Zheng Anping's thoughts, Mangshen introduced.

"There are hundreds of miles of water around here, and the rice harvested every year is only for the royal palace." Manshen further explained.

"There is no Qianmo, and you can only walk along the avenue. When the troops first passed through here, it took a lot of effort. The car could only pass one by one, and it took three days just to pass the car, and it was not possible to walk at night. ”

"This is Wang Tian. If you step on the ridge, you will be punished. Be careful! Manshen reminded.

The sky is getting brighter. The air is already fresh in the early morning, and the surrounding paddy fields are more humid and soft, and walking on such ridges, the whole person is relaxed physically and mentally, and almost does not feel any smell of war.

Suddenly, a voice shouted, "What people! It's forbidden! ”

Mangshen took out a copper knot, held it on his head and said, "Military envoy! ”

The sound came from a pavilion a hundred paces away.

"Let's go first!" The voice said.

The so-called ten miles and one pavilion. The pavilion is built next to the road, which is both a security post and a reception station. Usually sell some tea and snacks, and the people who guard the pavilion can also live a good life. In wartime, it naturally undertook various military tasks and was an important tactical base. This pavilion is not big, not very high, just next to the road, very inconspicuous.

Manshen walked over holding the bronze knot. The pavilion guard walked down and returned it for release after inspection. Manshen waved his hand and told everyone to follow. When Zheng Anping walked past the pavilion, he saw that the chest wall in the pavilion was built with wooden planks, and there were obviously multiple crossbow arrows inside. If you don't agree with each other, you can instantly shoot people into a honeycomb. There are also two broken cars in front of the pavilion, which can be pushed onto the road in case of emergency, which plays a role in blocking traffic and slowing down the enemy's advance.

Meandering along the road, there is a stone bridge in front of you. Unlike the previous stone bridges, this one was guarded by military guards on both sides. There is a large compound behind the stone bridge, although the wall is not as high as the city wall, but the female wall and arrow tower are all available, and it is obviously a fortress.

Before Manshen arrived, he had already taken out the bronze section and shouted, "The military envoy is out of the city!" The military envoys are out of town! ……”

A military officer came from the other side of the bridge, met Manshen in front of the bridge, took the bronze festival, and asked, "Which Shiwu?" ”

Mangshen replied: "Mangshen, the messenger of the messenger army under General Mangmao, entered the city in the early hours of yesterday morning!" Now take five people out of the city to hand over the order! ”

The officer said, "Brother, wait a minute!" "Cross the bridge with the bronze festival and enter the castle. After a while, he came out, with half a copper talisman in his hand, and he looked like a dog. He handed the bronze talisman to Mangshen along with the bronze knot, and said, "Brother, please!" ”

Manshen thanked him, called the five of them to cross the bridge together, and at the other end of the castle, crossed a heavily guarded stone bridge again, and there was an open field in front of him. At the end of the open field is a long city wall, which is called the Great Wall of Wei.

The Great Wall has multiple entrances, the most recent one facing the stone bridge and is clearly visible. The soldiers under the city came and went, and there was an atmosphere of war. The gates were closed, and there were guards on the gates. Manshen raised the bronze knot again and shouted from afar: "The military envoy is out of the city!" The military envoys are out of town! ...... a military official came down from the city gate, waited for Mangshen to arrive, inspected the copper knots and bronze talismans, and said to Mangshen: "You can already see dust on the tower just now, and the army has been thirty miles away from here, and the city gate cannot be opened, so you can only send the brothers down to the city!" ”

Zheng Anping didn't come back for a while. Manshen replied: "There is Brother Lao! Then he turned back to the five men and said, "Go to the city!" ”

The five of them followed Manshen to the city, and under the leadership of Mangshen, they re-finished their weapons and crowns, and put on good boots. Someone on the side had already brought a thick cow belt, which was circled in two rings at one end. Manshen put his legs into the ring, and the robe was lifted to the heel of his thighs, and there was already infinite spring. He didn't care, with a halberd in his hand, he climbed the city wall, a few soldiers tightened their belts, and Mangshen kicked the wall with both feet, and a few rose and fell, reaching the ground. Mangshen pulled his legs out of the condom, and the belt was pulled up to the city again, and Zheng Anping also put his legs into the belt loop in turn, not caring about exposing his private parts, and climbed up the wall. Looking down, I saw that Meng Shen, who had just gone down, was only the size of an ant, and I couldn't help but be frightened. But when the time came, he couldn't hesitate, so he had to hold the halberd with one hand, grab the belt with the other, and jump down with his eyes closed. With a "whoosh", his buttocks and back rubbed violently against the city wall, and the pain made him almost faint; Instinctively, he took his foot on the wall, and the man spun in the air. Fortunately, there is a city gate below, and it has not been drawn all the way. Before he came to his senses, the man had already fallen to the ground, and with a "bang", he sat on the ground. Meng Shen hurriedly shouted: "Take off the holster!" While running over, he pulled the holster off Zheng Anping's lap. Before he could completely leave his leg, the belt was pulled up to the city again, and if it was a little later, Zheng Anping would probably be hung upside down and pulled up again.

The next few people who came down were not as skilled as Mang Shen, all of them were like Zheng Anping, their buttocks were rubbed with blood, and some of them even wore out their faces, hands, and knees.

Manshen said: "Don't stop here, let's go to the bushes in front of us to sharpen." ”