Xixia dead book

Chapter 228 The Finale of Death (18)
Therefore, Tang Feng explained: "This is a very old word. 'Mi' means that the Dangxiang nation first originated in a remote and peaceful place. I think the Dangxiang people named this ancient city in the desert as 'Mi City'. It has a special meaning, but I can't say the special meaning right now."

Tang Feng went on to say: "From the second paragraph of the inscription, it records the specific process of the Mongolian army's conquest of Mi City. What is commendable is that Liu Bingzhong wrote the entire process of the war very specifically, so that we can understand the situation in those years today. .At the beginning of the second paragraph, 'In April, the army reached Heicheng and defeated the party of Micheng.' It surprised me. When Kublai Khan's army reached the vast sea in April, they defeated Party people, what surprised me was that the place where they fought this battle was Black City."

"The Blackwater City that Koznov discovered?" Yelena asked.

"Well, it is Heishui City. Heishui City has been used in the Yuan Dynasty as the capital to manage this area, but Heicheng should be hundreds of miles away from the Mi city we are looking for. The party members of Mi city are actually in At this time, is it still possible to run a long-distance attack and fight fiercely with Kublai Khan's army at such a distance?"

"The trapped beast is still fighting, because the old woman revealed the truth later!" Han Jiang said.

"Even so, the courage of the party members in Micheng was beyond my imagination. Then in early May, Kublai Khan's army marched to Jiulibao and other places. Rumors spread in the army, so that the sergeants were afraid to move forward? I think for sure It’s all kinds of terrible legends about Micheng and the party people there, maybe the legends heard by the Mongolian army are very similar to what we heard.”

"This may be a psychological warfare of party members!" Han Jiang said.

"It's very possible. In short, in the end, Kublai Khan was furious and forced his army to march. He was attacked by the party members again outside Qianhu Town. Kublai Khan's army was defeated. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Xue army rescued Kublai Khan desperately. It saved Kublai Khan, otherwise history would have to be rewritten. However, what shocked me the most in this record is not these, but the sentence "The party of Micheng Xiangguo is extremely brave, and he is good at driving cockroaches." Waiting for the beast, our army will be defeated, and the sweat will be killed by the beast,'..." Tang Feng stopped and looked around at the crowd, his eyes filled with fear.

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In the thick fog, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. After a while, Liang Yuan first broke the silence, "This 'Ki... What is Kui?'"

Tang Feng turned his head to one side, looked at the calm water, and murmured: "I think this thing is the unknown skeleton we saw."

"A ferocious beast that can tear people apart!" Han Jiang paused for a moment, and then said: "It seems that the party members of Mi City domesticated this ferocious beast and used it in wars. Qianhu The town slaughtered the city, and the party members in this battle all used cockroaches to defeat the Mongolian army."

"It must be so. This beast almost killed Kublai Khan! Although Kublai Khan was saved, he was obviously frightened by this beast, so that he fell ill and healed on [-] days. Although the inscription Liu Bingzhong only said it was a 'minor illness', but I think Liu Bingzhong was taboo for the venerable, what kind of minor illness would take [-] days to heal? Kublai Khan must have had a serious illness, so on the other hand, what kind of beast can make Kublai Khan, who is well-informed and mighty in the world, is scared? This 'Kui' is indeed a very powerful thing!" Tang Feng said.

Makarov nodded, "From what I've deduced from the skeleton, it's not hard to see that this clam must be a monster with a ferocious appearance, great strength, and quick movements!"

"Fortunately, these guys are already dead, otherwise I would really die without a place to die!" Liang Yuan patted her chest happily.

"I hope so!" Tang Feng continued: "The third paragraph describes the specific process of Kublai Khan's plan with Liu Bingzhong and Basiba after this battle. He said that in the past decades, soldiers and horses had been stationed near Micheng, but Micheng has not been defeated. Is it useful to adopt such a strategy? Kublai Khan adopted his strategy. It cannot but be said that Kublai Khan was lucky to have a minister like Liu Bingzhong under his command. The terrain of Mi city is complex. Kai, so when Qianhu Town failed again, the Mongol army changed its strategy in time and turned to attack. In addition to being rich in products and self-sufficient, the city must also have some channels to connect to the outside. Now Liu Bingzhong has stepped up his troops to block all the channels leading to the outside. Sleepy' this trick, and actively ordered people to find shortcuts, preparing to attack Mi City!"

"This is using the methods of party members to deal with party members!" Liang Yuan sighed.

"After Liu Bingzhong offered his plan, Basiba also reminded Kublai Khan that he could look for the old soldiers who came here with Genghis Khan in the army. Of course, the more important and powerful move is to disintegrate the enemy from within—if there is any attachment People who need to ask more, will get something.”

"Both Liu Bingzhong and Ba Siba seem to be powerful characters. If this happens, the party members in Micheng will suffer!" Han Jiangchang sighed.

"Then you underestimated the party members in Mi City. The fourth paragraph records that the siege strategy began to be quite effective. The party members repeatedly took the initiative to attack in order to break through the siege, but they were all repulsed by the steadfast Mongolian army. This reminds me of our past. At the beginning, we found some fortifications near Langwa. At that time, we wondered why there were Mongol fortifications there. Now this inscription explains the problem. Those fortifications should be slaughtered by Mongols in Qianhu Town and retreated to the wolf It was built at the time of the depression, or it may have been built by Kublai Khan after he adopted Liu Bingzhong's plan."

After listening to Tang Feng's deduction, Han Jiang thought for a while, "Then there should be quite a few fortifications like that in the desert."

"In short, the party members were completely trapped in Micheng. At this time, the Mongolian army started another strategy, looking for a shortcut to Micheng. Ba Siba recruited a few old soldiers who had come here with Genghis Khan, 'wear Canyons, wading through quicksand, several times of distress, several times of being trapped, and finally diving to the seaside, "From their process, what do you see?" Tang Feng looked at everyone with questioning eyes.

Liang Yuan thought for a while, and said, "The road they took seems...it seems to be similar to the road we took!"

"Yes, I think the road that the old soldier took with Basiba is the route we have taken these days. After that, the sea changes for no reason and is very dangerous. It is often invisible in the vast sea, and it is vast in the Gobi. Although the water quality is Clear, but there are many bones under the water, giant pythons pass through, and there is a thick fog, I don’t know its circumference!’ Isn’t this exactly the same as what we encountered here?”

"It seems that this has been the case here for thousands of years!" Han Jiang exclaimed.

"What's more important is that this record confirms the legendary record about the Sea of ​​Rebirth, which changes for no reason, is extremely dangerous, is often invisible in the vast sea, and is vast in the Gobi..." Tang Feng muttered to himself, looking at Haizi, who was shrouded in thick fog not far away, fell into deep thought.

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After a long time, Tang Feng looked into the distance and said: "Genghis Khan's army stopped here back then, decades later, Kublai Khan's army was trapped here! Back then, Basiba was probably like us. Trapped by the fog, he was in a dilemma, so that he sighed——a place of extreme danger, a hundred thousand troops cannot enter." Tang Feng sighed, and returned to the tablet, pointing to the fifth inscription: "Obviously, Kublai Khan, Basiba, and Liu Bingzhong all underestimated the determination and perseverance of the party members in Micheng. They besieged Mi city for several months, but the party members did not surrender. From the inscriptions, it can be seen that the party members had no strength to submit to the party. The Mongolian army launched an active attack, but they still relied on the complex terrain and strong city to defend, and Kublai Khan's army had no choice. It was midsummer, and the desert lacked food and water. The heat was unbearable, and the morale of the army was unstable. All the generals wanted to retreat, and Kublai Khan also had this intention. At this time, only Ba Siba and Liu Bingzhong insisted not to retreat; Ba Siba was not only a generation of religious leaders, but also an outstanding politician and military strategist. The party members in the city are also very difficult, and it should be even more difficult than them. This war will soon be decided. At this time, it is time to see who can persist until the end. If you retreat at this time, you will fall short! Liu Bingzhong's views and Ba Si Ba same, and told Kublai Khan that if the Khan's personal conquest returns without success, the party members in Micheng will become more powerful and it will be difficult to subdue them in the future! In the end, Ba Siba and Liu Bingzhong helped Kublai Khan Blair renews his determination."

"It seems that we need to persevere in everything, I think we are not far from Mi City!" Makarov murmured.

"That's right, we should be very close to Mi City, which can also be seen from the inscription." Tang Feng pointed to the sixth inscription and said: "For several months, Basiba has been sending soldiers to search for Mi City. But all the captured party members wanted to die quickly and refused to disclose the details of Micheng. It can be seen how tenacious the party members in Micheng are? So much so that Liu Bingzhong sighed: "Wow, how many party warriors are there?" Its owner can't use it, so there are things like the destruction of the country and the extermination of the species today.

Finally one day, Qi Xuejun captured an old lady who was willing to lead the army.Liu Bingzhong and Ba Siba led five thousand elite cowardly Xue troops into the valley again. At the seaside, the old woman confided the truth about Mi City. It turned out that Mi City was exhausted after so many years of siege and war. In fact, the party members of Micheng were planning to break out of Huzhen, but although they captured Qianhu Town, they also lost many young and middle-aged men. Being able to kill horses to survive, the people in the city now only want to die quickly, but this old woman didn't want to die, so she sneaked out of the city, trying to find a way out, but was captured by the cowardly Xue army. In order to survive, the old woman finally betrayed Mi city. "

"War is so cruel, even old women..." Liang Yuan lamented.

Tang Feng waved his hand at Liang Yuan, "Okay, don't sigh now, the ones who are more worthy of sighing will come later!" After hearing these things, Ba Siba said: "It won't last long to be trapped in an isolated city. Mi City will soon fall!" ' This sentence almost pronounced Mi Cheng's final moment!"

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Tang Feng looked at the long inscription and frowned, "The seventh inscription is the most mysterious and the most important to us. The old lady of the party told Ba Siba the secret of the Sea of ​​Rebirth—"The Sea of ​​Rebirth can be big or small, When Haizi is young, we can find the way to enter the city of Mi.' I think this sentence is very important, it may be the last key for us to find the city of Hanhai Mi."

"The last key? What do you mean?" Liang Yuan was puzzled.

Han Jiang interjected: "What he means is that we should also listen to the old lady of the party. When Haizi is young, there will be a road leading to the city of Hanhaimi! But can you believe what was said hundreds of years ago? "

"All our encounters and discoveries along the way have fulfilled ancient legends!" Tang Feng insisted.

"But what is said behind this inscription is too bizarre. As soon as the old woman finished speaking, there was lightning and thunder, and the wind and rain blew up. The old woman was struck to death by lightning. The whole army was wiped out; in the end, Basiba moved the Buddha by chanting sutras, and just when they were about to wipe out the whole army, the rain stopped and the whole army was saved again, how is this like telling a story?" Han Jiang still said Suspect.

"These two paragraphs are indeed too bizarre, as if they were telling a story, but when you think about it carefully, they are also consistent with the ancient legend and our experience. This does not mean that the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth is constantly changing. When the water level rises, the water level It is very wide, and when the water level drops, the water surface shrinks. Leaving aside the fact that these two records are too bizarre, they still give us some clues. When the army was in danger, Basiba once again showed the leadership of the commander. Not chaotic in times of crisis, I think it is not due to Basiba's chanting, but his chanting still calmed the panicked army. It is related to the climate; another point is that when the rain stops, the dense fog also dissipates. This is very important. Phagsipa led an army to the seaside several times, but they were all blocked by dense fog. This is not exactly the situation we encountered. Similarly, when the thick fog dissipated, they finally saw the appearance of the Sea of ​​Rebirth, 'The water surface is vast, the waves are rippling, and there is no limit!' This shows that the Sea of ​​Rebirth is indeed very large under normal circumstances."

"According to what you mean, we also need a heavy rain to dispel the fog?" Han Jiang asked back.

Tang Feng shook his head, "I don't know, it doesn't rain a few times a year in this desert, I don't dare to expect rain from the sky! Let's look down, and when the rain stops and the water recedes, all the generals want to retreat. At this time, eight Siba said confidently: "I have been enlightened by the Buddha, and the city of Mi will be broken today!" Why did Ba Siba dare to say that? I think that besides boosting morale, the important point is that he believed the old woman's words. Sure enough, after a while, as the old woman said, the water level of Xiangsheng Sea dropped sharply, and the road leading to Mi City was revealed!"

"It's getting more and more bizarre! The road leading to Mi City is underwater? How could the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth suddenly rise suddenly? Then drop sharply again?"

Han Jiang's question made everyone fall into deep thought. After a long time, Makarov said in a low voice, "Unless...unless there is a huge space under this desert, like a karst cave..."

"How is this possible? This is a desert!" Yelena looked at the water beside her in amazement.

"I can't understand it either. It's normal for Haizi's water level to change, but if it really rises and retreats as mentioned in the inscription, it's very abnormal." Tang Feng paused, and then said: "But all of this is It is a fact, after the sea level of the past life dropped sharply, the road leading to Mi City appeared, Ba Siba and Liu Bingzhong led the army and galloped deep into the oasis, and indeed saw a magnificent city, magnificent and unreal!"

"This record and Yelu Chucai's paper can just confirm each other. Mi City was built in an oasis." Liang Yuan also mentioned Yelu Chucai's paper.

"This record reminds me of Ma Changguo, the 'oasis of death' he kept shouting before he died!" Han Jiang thought of what Stephen told them.

Tang Feng nodded again and again, "Yes, I also thought of Ma Changguo. We have speculated that Ma Changguo may have visited the oasis, and this is indeed an oasis of death, because the inscription specifically mentions the oasis of death—"The oasis is also an oasis." It is dangerous, our army lost hundreds of soldiers, and started to reach the city of Mi.' This shows that the oasis is also very dangerous, so that the Qi Xue army lost hundreds of people before they came to the city of Mi without being attacked by the party members. This record once again proves my previous judgment, Mi city is in the oasis of death, and the oasis is in front of us, across the sea of ​​rebirth!"

"Oh! I didn't expect this, that is to say, as long as we cross the water, we will enter the oasis of death, and we will be able to see the city of Mi!" Han Jiang said a little excitedly.

"Well, soon! It's just... I just don't know how many dangers are waiting for us in the oasis!" Tang Feng murmured.

(End of this chapter)