Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Jiang Fan was quite surprised when he heard Zhao Xin's question.

Zhao Xin said before that he had never been to Xinjiang, but when he came out in the morning, he seemed to be sure that he would come to this high hill at his feet.Led by two Kazakh guides who understand Chinese, the group first went straight to the Zhonggegen River, then walked along the east bank, passed a magnificent snowfield and hills called "Jianbulak" by the local Kazakhs, and then passed through A pass came here.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fan asked, "Your Highness, may I ask where this place is?"

"Shule City." Zhao Xin's voice seemed dry and dull in the empty ruins.

Jiang Fan was taken aback for a moment, and his brain started working at high speed.Suddenly, a biography of a character in the "Book of the Later Han" appeared, so he couldn't help blurting out: "Geng Bozong, who is not ashamed of the big man?"

Zhao Xin praised: "Ziping has a good memory! This is the place where Geng Gong resisted the Huns thousands of years ago." After he finished speaking, he raised his finger and pointed to the well more than ten meters away, and continued: "Don't believe it? That well is the one mentioned in Wang Wei's poem. To the 'Feiquan'. One thousand and seven hundred years!"

Jiang Fan never expected that the famous Shule City in the history books was actually the ruins in front of him. He walked to the edge of the well in disbelief and was about to look down. Said: "Chief of staff, be careful! The mouth of the well is slippery."

At this time, a Kazakh guide leading the way stepped forward and said in a Liangzhou-accented Han dialect: "My lord, I used to herd sheep and come here to get water. The water in this well is sweet!"

"How deep is it down there?"

The guide stretched out his arms and gestured: "It's so deep! My lord, look at the rope on the pulley, it's long!"

Xia Silin immediately asked the two knelt guards a few words, then nodded, and said: "About thirty rides, no more than forty."

Zhu Xi, for example, believed that qi must dissipate after a long time.The so-called gods are nothing but outstanding figures in a generation who are good at nourishing health and gathering Qi.For example, when the Han Dynasty talked about An Qisheng, no one mentioned it in the Tang Dynasty. It was replaced by Zhong Lihan and Lu Dongbin, and no one mentioned it in the Northern Song Dynasty.So, these people just take good care of their health and live longer than ordinary people. After a long time, everything will fall apart.

When the three indistinguishable white figures receded westward and disappeared into the dense forest, at the edge of a pine forest one mile away from their hiding place, two Uighurs who also wore sheepskin jackets backwards also retreated quietly.When they got out of the forest, followed the valley to the southeast for a few miles, turned over a hill, and came to another large pine forest, they soon heard the noise of horses neighing and people talking, most of them Everyone speaks Uighur.

"Two brothers, listen to me, no one usually comes to this place, so my master just made an appointment to meet here. I really don't know how the North Sea pirates came here! I, Alinbao, swear to the sky in the name of my ancestors , if there is even half a lie, it will be thundered!"

Although the sun was very bright at noon, the temperature was almost ten degrees below zero because of the shade here.Seeing the two vanguard soldiers staring at him ferociously, with their right hands also thrust into their arms, a layer of cold sweat broke out on A Linbao's back.

Fan Tong was amazed. He really didn't expect that in addition to Ban Chao, there was such a "beautiful Klass" character in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Jiang Fan, who was on the side, listened to Zhao Xin's narration in silence, and then recited Wang Wei's "Veteran's Walk" in cadence.There was a tinge of desolation in his tone, but more of it was heroic and sad, which made Zhao and Fan's hearts agitated.

Tangled ah!This is the last thing Jiang Fan wants to mention or think about now, it is really counterintuitive!
As a master of Confucian classics who respected Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties, he never believed that there were any gods and gods in the world.

Thinking of this, He Sheng took out a map drawn on sheepskin from his arms, and Xia Silin also called several of his assistants to start the intensive arrangement.

On the other side, Fan Tong asked Zhao Xin curiously, "Who is Geng Gong?"

He Shengquan continued to ask, "How many people have come from the Northern Sea Pirates?"

Xia Silin said: "My lord, since there are not many Beihai soldiers coming, why don't we just wipe out these rebels? This place is more than 60 miles away from Jingyuan City, with barren mountains and wild mountains and difficult roads. This is a rare opportunity."

While listening, the middle-aged man stroked the two raised mustaches on his mouth with his fingers.However, his face quickly changed, and he raised his hand to interrupt his subordinates who were reporting, and said in Mongolian to a middle-aged man in a rough blue robe and a hood sitting on the main seat: "And My lord, a group of Beihai soldiers have come from Shichengzi!"

Hearing what he said so seriously, the two vanguard soldiers looked at each other, unable to say anything more, one of them said in a muffled voice: "Go back and explain to Mr. Ba! Withdraw!"

However, what shocked Jiang Fan even more was how did Zhao Xin know about this place?He couldn't help thinking of the inexplicable "miraculous" things about the other party again. Is it really like the legend in the Beihai Navy that King Zhao learned fairy arts from the gods?

And Wang Shouren, who is the most talked about by later generations, has the experience of the fairy art that it has no practical effect.Before he made the bamboo, he had learned the so-called "immortal art" from a Taoist, but he didn't think this kind of thing should be discussed lightly.Someone once wrote three letters to him asking him about immortals, but Wang Yangming didn't answer.In the end, those who were forced to question had no choice but to say that it was possible to live a thousand and five hundred years like Guang Chengzi, but the element of innate talent was relatively large, and it was not forced by human beings.As for the spells rumored by the folks, Wang Yangming affirmed that they were all magic tricks and illusions, which were deceptive.

He Shengquan said in surprise: "There are only so few people! They read it right?"

Is Zhao Xin's skill an illusion?Jiang Fan thought it was obviously not the case, but it took a living person two days to reach the Tianshan Gobi from the seaside thousands of miles away, which is completely unexplainable!I can't think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more headache I get!

Although the Beihai Navy's fast guns are powerful, but I have more than 80 cavalry and more than 20 shotguns on my side. As long as I choose a place to ambush the opponent on the way back in advance, and I am caught off guard, the chances of winning are quite large.

He got on the line through the great imam and Datai Giamet in the Yiwu area.The two sides quickly reached an agreement on finding an opportunity to assassinate a senior officer of the Northern Navy.However, the cunning Ermot also has a condition, that is, the identity of the cavalrymen of the Yiwei Camp must not be revealed, and they can only be described as righteous people to the outside world.

At the same time, in a leeward mountain depression five miles southwest of Shichengzi, the co-leader Baqina kicked Alinbao to the ground with a ferocious face, and the Yanling knife in his hand "squeaked" Pulled it out, pointed at the other party and said angrily: "More than 20 people followed you from Gongning City to live here, hundreds of miles away, it's that easy? It's agreed, come here to meet with Sheng. You said you are not Beihai A thief's spy, tell me! Where is he now?!"

Zhao Xin then briefly told Fan Tong about Geng Gong's deeds. He actually read it from the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", and it was Wang Zhong who asked him to read it.Wang Zhong said that one must master the first four histories in order to be a scholar, so you should take a look at it if you have nothing to do, King Zhao.

Alinbao struggled to stand up, surrounded by a few vanguard soldiers, holding the handle of the knife with malicious intentions, as long as Baqina said a word, he could kill him immediately.

Don't look at the impassioned and awe-inspiring righteousness written in He Sheng's blood letter to Shang An, in fact, he also wanted to exchange the credit for assassinating the high-ranking officer of the Beihai Navy in exchange for the court's favor of not killing.He was the first-class bodyguard personally appointed by Qianlong, and his ancestors had a general of Shengjing, so he would never surrender no matter what.When defending the city back then, it was fine if he really wanted to die in battle, but he was rescued by A Linbao and others.

Needless to say, this guy in Taoist attire is naturally the master of Alinbao, the first-class bodyguard of the Qing Dynasty, the former leader of the Balikun team, and the promotion.As for the person wearing the armor, it was Xia Silin, a subordinate of King Hami Hui who had been stationed in the Yiwu area.The Uighurs in front of them and outside the tent are all cavalrymen belonging to the Yiwei Camp of Huiwangfu, and there are more than 80 in total.

Fan Tong shook his head blankly, and said: "I know Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Guang. By the way! And Ban Dingyuan."

Xia Silin said conceitedly: "My lord, the two people sent by Biao Xia have excellent eyesight, and they will never make a mistake. Another thing, they said that during the sentry, they found several soldiers besides the Beihai soldiers." The guy with the strange whereabouts has gone to the west, you can see if it is "

"At the age of fifteen or twenty, he won the Hu Maqi on foot. Shooting and killing the white-fronted tiger in Zhongshan, he was willing to count Ye's yellow beard! He traveled three thousand miles with one body, and once became a million division with one sword. The Han soldiers were as fast as a thunderbolt. , the barbarians are afraid of thistles. Wei Qing's invincibility is due to luck, and Li Guang's meritorious deeds are strange. The vast ancient trees connect the poor alleys, and the few cold mountains face the empty. Swear to order Shule to come out of the flying springs, not like Yingchuan empty wine."

He Shengquan pondered for a moment, knowing that what the other party said was reasonable.You must know that Qing has fought against Beihai Town for so many years, and it has never been able to eliminate and behead more than 30 people at one time.Let alone thirty, beheading ten at a time is a great feat.

The reason why the people who returned to the king got mixed up with He Sheng, who were like bereaved dogs, was because the Beihai Navy shot two Burkes in Hami, tearing their faces with the dignitaries of Hami represented by Huiwang's mansion.The problem is that although the rich and powerful are resentful in their hearts, they also know that turning their faces directly is tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone.

The Confucian view is that when a person truly understands the way of life, he also understands the way of life and death.It is not important to be a god or not, the most important thing is to help the world and the country.This is exactly what Confucius said, "If you don't know people, how can you know ghosts" and "If you don't know life, how can you know death".

The two walked quickly through more than a dozen tents, ignoring the greetings of those acquaintances, and went straight to a large felt tent with a rather gorgeous appearance. They met a man wearing a black armor and a red robe with a round face. The middle-aged man with a straight nose and deep eyes knelt down on one knee, and one of them started talking blah blah.

Back to more than half an hour ago, behind a rock one kilometer southwest of Zhao Xin and the others, three guys wearing sheepskin jackets on their backs, revealing gray and white wool quietly retracted their heads.

He Sheng was taken aback for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, and then said with certainty: "Nine out of ten, A Linbao brought someone here! Today is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and I made an appointment with him on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. I didn't expect him It's here so soon!"

"What!" The Taoist priest known as Master He changed his face drastically, and jumped up from the horse.The reason why he chose to meet Alinbao in Shichengzi was because the terrain was steep and it was located at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, so no one came here in winter.

Jiang Fan looked at the coiled hemp rope on the pulley, and estimated that it must be at least seven or eight feet long.

It seems that King Zhao is right. There are Han tiles, wells, and steep terrain. It should be the ancient city of Shule.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Geng Yan" said that when the Xiongnu besieged Shule City, they cut off the water source of the deep stream below the city and forced the defenders to surrender.Geng Gong then dug a well in the city, which reached a depth of fifteen feet without water. The soldiers were so thirsty that they couldn't stand it, so they had no choice but to squeeze horse manure to quench their thirst.So he rearranged his clothes and prayed devoutly to the dry well. It didn't take long for spring water to emerge from the well, and the defenders in the city shouted "Long live".Geng Gong then asked his men to sprinkle water on the top of the city to demonstrate. The Huns were shocked, thinking that the Han army was blessed by gods, so they had to retreat.But what the Xiongnu generals didn't know was that there were only 26 Han troops left in the city at that time, and they could be taken down with one more charge.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the people who learned about Hami's situation from the Shangxiang people and the increase appeared.

"Why are there North Sea Pirates here? Alinbao, are you a spy of the North Sea Pirates?!"

It is said that Neo Confucianists since the Song and Ming Dynasties have never believed that there are immortals who can rise up from their houses, instigate and seize, and change at will.Although they recognize the methods and principles of maintaining shape and refining qi, prolonging life, and affirming things such as supernatural audio-visual, sensory foreknowledge, and even the emergence of the soul, they always believe that it is "qi" that is at work.

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Xiao Fan, haven't you heard the story about the thirteen generals guarding Shule in the Eastern Han Dynasty?"

He also went all out, and said without fear: "Master Ba, I swear to the sky that I will never turn to a thief, otherwise I will die without a place to bury me! I made an appointment with the master on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and now I will meet you!" It's still two days away, and the old man must not be there yet, so let's just wait patiently. I don't understand why those North Sea thieves came to Shichengzi. I also checked with these two brothers before. Those who came here to camp may have left by now."

Hearing what the other party said, Bachina also hesitated.He is not stupid, if A Linbao had joined the enemy, his 20 or so people would have been piled up and rounded up by others on the way.

At this moment, one of the two leaders approached and said, "My lord, there are only more than 30 North Sea pirates, do you want to fight?"

"What kind of fight?" Bacchina waved his hand and said, "The right thing to do is to connect with Mr. He. We are not familiar with the terrain in this area, so if we fight rashly, the outcome is unpredictable. Before we set off, we will talk about it with Mr. He." Forgot? If we want to do it, we have to hit it with one blow, and then flee thousands of miles away. Then send two people over there to have a look, if there is any situation, leave one person to watch, and the other person will report back immediately!"

"Whoo!"