Originally, this mountain was not called Hulongling at all, but had another beautiful name, called Peach Blossom Mountain. Legend has it that this peach blossom mountain and within a radius of dozens of miles below it, all of them were endless wild peach trees, known as 10,000 acres of peach orchards. In this 10,000 acres of peach orchards, there are 18 villages of the original size, collectively known as the 18 villages of Taohua Mountain.

Even now, these villages here still basically retain their original names, called Yiyan Eighteen Peaches. And for a long time, this is the peach tree base of YZ City, and today it has truly formed the scale of 10,000 acres of peach orchards.

The main peak of this Peach Blossom Mountain was originally called Peach Blossom Peak, and there is an unusually severe cliff after crossing Peach Blossom Peak, which is called Eagle's Beak Cliff because it looks very much like the side of a goshawk's head from a distance. On this eagle's beak cliff, there is one of the most dangerous places, it is difficult for ordinary people to pass normally, and they must be extremely agile like an eagle harrier, and they can barely pass by constantly flipping and moving, so it is called a harrier turning over.

After the harrier turned over, it was time to arrive at the most famous attraction of Peach Blossom Mountain, Peach Blossom Cave. It is said that in ancient times, this peach blossom cave, which can accommodate more than 100 people, also grew strange wild peach trees. Every time the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the peach blossoms in the peach blossom cave are surprisingly gorgeous, and the peaches are unusually large and sweet. Inside this peach blossom cave, there is also a life-size stone statue of the peach blossom fairy.

According to legend, the nine princesses of the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court went down to earth privately, and occasionally passed by this peach blossom mountain, and they were fascinated by the 10,000 acres of peach blossoms here. I didn't want to be discovered by the Queen Mother later, and the punishment turned into a stone statue, so that she would stay in this Peach Blossom Island forever and never return to heaven. Therefore, this Peach Blossom Mountain was also called Nine Princess Mountain in the early days.

To this day, the stone statue of the Peach Blossom Fairy is still there, and every year there are still some believers under the mountain who take great risks to turn over through the dangerous harrier in the eagle's beak cliff and personally go to burn incense and make offerings to her. Moreover, the old people here have been circulating such a saying, that is, on the day of the beginning of spring every year: if the face of this peach blossom fairy stone statue is brilliant, then the peach tree under the mountain will have a bumper harvest this year; but if the face of this stone statue is dull and colorless, then the peach tree under the mountain will be greatly reduced or even extinct this year.

It is said that this statement is very effective. Some people even say that the earliest protective chains and the rock nest below where the harrier turned over were spontaneously built by the believers at the foot of the mountain in ancient times. Moreover, to this day, the villagers who walk the eighteen peaches below do not like to have people outside turn over through the harrier and enter the peach blossom cave behind.

The reason is that they don't want outsiders to easily offend and desecrate the god in their minds, the Peach Blossom Fairy. It is said that it is only in recent decades that the villagers here have slowly let go of this attachment and no longer specifically exclude tourists from outside.

In addition, according to legend, under this peach blossom cave that can accommodate 100 people, there is also a secret chain of caves. It is said that this chain of caves is very large, and it is divided into many layers, and it can lead from the top of the mountain to a place far away. But this is just a legend, no one has ever really found out where its entrance is, and it has only been regarded as a rumor for a long time.

As early as seven or eight years ago, the lone wolf and the mute also entered the peach blossom cave and specifically searched for this chain of holes, but after searching for most of the day, they didn't find anything. Since they haven't even found an old Jianghu like them, it looks like it

What kind of serial hole is here, it's just a cloud of people. But some old people in Yamashita Village don't think so, and they have always believed in the existence of this chain cave.

It is said that after Li Shimin, the king of Qin, fled to this peach blossom mountain in a panic at night, tens of thousands of horses from the people waiting for seven firmly besieged them. Fortunately, this Peach Blossom Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they were able to take a breath and finally take advantage of the night to temporarily station.

But the next morning, before dawn, the men and horses under the mountain rushed up. Although the soldiers above are in danger of defending it, they can't stand the tens of thousands of people and horses taking turns to attack. In less than half a day, Hou Qi's men and horses rushed up and occupied the main peak, Peach Blossom Peak.

At the last critical moment, a guide who was temporarily caught in the local area before going up the mountain pointed out this "clear road" for Li Shimin.

It is said that at that time, there was no iron chain protection at the place where the eagle's beak harrier turned over. Except for some local people who are very skilled and familiar with the environment in the mountains, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to pass safely.

Fortunately, the old farmer they caught temporarily before going up the mountain was a well-known local medicine picker, and it just so happened that he had safely traveled back and forth to this extremely dangerous place several times. At this time, he saw that Li Shimin's soldiers were almost dead and wounded, and if he didn't retreat into the peach blossom cave behind, he was afraid that the whole army would be wiped out.

He knows very well that he is now entangled in Li Shimin's army, and he is already inexplicable, as long as Li Shimin and them are finished, then he can only be sent to death together in a daze. Therefore, at the last moment, he put his heart sideways, simply did not do anything, and directly took everyone to the Peach Blossom Cave for the time being. As for whether he will die or live after that, then he can't care so much about it, anyway, he can live for a while.

Seeing that his subordinates were getting fewer and fewer, and the reinforcements were nowhere to be seen, in desperation, Li Shimin could only temporarily follow the advice of this guide. With the remnants of more than 100 personal guards, they were ready to risk death to pass the harrier on the eagle's beak cliff to turn over, and temporarily retreat into the peach blossom cave behind.

It's just that most of the more than 100 personal guards under Li Shimin that day fell to death at least in the place where the harrier turned over, and in the end, less than 30 people were left to successfully retreat into the peach blossom cave behind.

But when he retreated to the peach blossom cave behind, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Hou Qikong, but they could only look at the "cliff" and sigh, and there was nothing to do. Because, although the mountain peak where this peach blossom cave is located is not large, it is full of cliffs on three sides, and is called "Wanzhang Cliff" by the locals.

The only remaining side is this extremely steep eagle's beak cliff, and the only thing that can be barely passed is the "plank road" of the rock wall that is more than 100 meters long on the Chaoyang side. The last section of the plank road is the legend of the extremely dangerous harrier turning over.

And at the end of this harrier turning over and approaching the Peach Blossom Cave, as long as one or two guards are specially arranged, and one guard is casually guarded, even if the other party has thousands of troops, it will be difficult to force through. Even, even if there is no one to guard, it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to pass easily. You must know that most of the last elite dead soldiers under Li Shimin fell off the cliff alive and died, not to mention these rabble under Hou Qi. When they are in the tailwind, they can still flock to enjoy their success, but once it is at a critical juncture, when someone comes forward to fight hard, they will start to push me and pass the buck to each other.

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Fortunately, they soon learned from the local villagers that although there is a spring water in this peach blossom cave all year round, there is nothing else to eat except for some wild peach trees. Moreover, it was the twilight autumn season, and even if there were a few dried peaches inside, it was difficult to maintain the support of more than 30 people for long. In addition, although others could not attack from other places, Li Shimin and others would never be able to escape from other places.

In this way, Hou Qiyi left his own son, with a team of 3,000 elite men, and continued to stay on Peach Blossom Peak to trap Li Shimin's remnants. On the one hand, the governor led tens of thousands of troops under his command to lay several lines of defense around Taohua Mountain to strictly prevent Li Shimin's reinforcements from rushing to help.

At the same time, he also sent more than ten urgent fast horses in a row to report to the powerful giants in Shandong, Henan, and Huaibei around him for help, so that they could send capable soldiers and horses to help quickly, or try their best to block Li Shimin's reinforcements everywhere.

That's it, the two sides are here to spend it to see who can make it to the end. Whether Li Shimin and the others fell to the ground without a fight first, or did Hou Qi and them successfully resist the several reinforcements that Li Shimin was rushing to.

However, to Hou Qi's disappointment, his near-perfect three-way arrangement, in addition to his son's uncompromising execution on the mountain. Even if he personally supervised the leadership at the foot of the mountain, it didn't have much effect, and before he could wait for three days, the gang of rogue bandits under his command who had been improvised began to shake on their own. Not to mention, the powerful giants around them who have their own ghosts are even more swaying and cowering, and in the end most of them choose to watch from the wall.

Even some of the surrounding powerful and powerful forces not only did not actively respond to the dispatch of troops to help, but also secretly released water and acquiesced in the passage of Li Shimin's reinforcement troops. Because, they themselves knew that even if they were able to kill Li Shimin, the king of Qin, in one battle, it was only his Hou Qi's greatest credit, and it would not be of great benefit to others.

And after Hou Qi grows bigger, it is also a big threat to them, which is not what they really want to see. Perhaps, this is the real psychology of those powerful and powerful men at that time: it is natural for them to support their own troops and divide one side, but it is absolutely impossible for them to make wedding dresses for others.

It was precisely because of this complex and subtle relationship that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were able to lead their headquarters to ride within seven days, first get rid of the entanglement of strong enemies from hundreds of miles away, and then rush all the way to this point.

In fact, at that time, the elite cavalry brought by the two was less than 5,000, and they galloped for a long time, and they were already sleepy and lost more than 1,000 horses all the way. According to normal logic, they are still far from being the opponents of Hou Qi's absolute superiority.

But who would have thought that in less than half a day's effort, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's men and horses would break through Hou Qi's several defense lines one after another, and defeat tens of thousands of people and horses under the mountain in one go. In the end, it was the 3,000 elites stationed on Peach Blossom Peak, under the personal supervision of Hou Qi's son, who finally started a fight with Qin Qiong and their reinforcements, and fought a happy battle.

However, although they fought bravely and desperately resisted, and repelled the fierce charge of reinforcements several times, Hou Qi himself saw that the general trend had gone, but he had already secretly surrendered to protect himself. In the end, Hou Qi completely ignored the dissuasion of his son and his generals, and personally surrendered to Qin Qiong with a white flag, and said that he took the initiative to give up the Peach Blossom Peak position.