Chapter 16 Chapter 15 History of Mopan Mountain

This is the last day of everyone's stay in Mi Hong Village. According to the plan, they will set off tomorrow to go to the uncanny valley deep in the jungle. In the morning, the rain finally lightened up.Because they made an appointment with Bai Jian'e to hold a pre-departure preparation meeting, the three of them didn't get up too late. Luo Fei finished his breakfast as fast as he could, and then said to his two companions: "I'll run north first, and then meet up with Bai Jian'e directly." "North side? Are you looking for the person who asked you out yesterday?" Yue Dongbei guessed.

Luo Fei nodded. Zhou Liwei pondered for a while: "Then go and come back quickly. Many things here are only convenient if you are present." "Don't worry." Luo Fei replied, and walked out quickly. When I arrived at Lao Sun's house, I saw the owner coming out of the house, and seemed to be about to lock the door and leave.Judging by his outfit, he should be going to the field. "Is that guest not here again?" Luo Fei asked disappointedly seeing that the house was also locked. "Guest?" Lao Sun was stunned for a moment, "Oh, he has already left."

"Gone?" This was beyond Luo Fei's expectation, "Where did you go?" Old Sun shook his head dumbly: "How would I know? Since I came to this place, I should have gone to the woods, right?" Luo Fei continued to ask: "Then when did he leave?" "Last night." Old Sun replied hastily, seeming a little impatient. last night?so much rain?Luo Feishang buried his head in thinking, while Lao Sun was already urging: "Is there nothing else? I'm still busy in the field." "Oh, go ahead." Luo Fei pouted helplessly. Although he had a lot of doubts, he couldn't get to the bottom of it now, so he could only let it go.

He turned his head and went to Bai Jian's evil place again. When he arrived at the destination, he saw that Bai Jian's evil, Wu Qun, Zhao Liwen, Zhou Liwei, and Yue Dongbei had all gathered around a square table, either sitting or standing, Looks like it's waiting for him. "You're here." Bai Jian waved his hand evilly to Luo Fei, saying hello, "Then let's start." Luo Fei walked to the square table, and like everyone else, looked at Bai Jian'e, waiting for his next words. Bai Jian'e turned his gaze to the sky outside the window, and after concentrating on it for a while, he said, "Maybe we should change our plan and postpone our departure time."

"Why?" Yue Dongbei immediately asked in surprise, he was the one who most actively wanted to set off. "It has been raining for the past two days, and Yijian Gorge is likely to be flooded, and there is the only way to the Uncanny Valley. So I suggest that everyone wait for the rain to stop before starting." "Since the plan has been formulated, it should be implemented. Changing the plan is just a sign of incompetence." Zhou Liwei looked at Bai Jian and said coldly, "We must set off on time, even if the place you mentioned is really flooded, you will not You have to find another way."

Bai Jian'e spread his hands helplessly: "This is something decided by God, what can I do?" "In this case, you shouldn't have set a departure date, and changed it after you set it. I hate this style of doing things the most." Zhou Liwei did not back down, and Bai Jian'e had nothing to say for a moment, and the scene was a bit awkward. "As long as the rain stops, will Yijian Gorge be unblocked?" Luo Fei interjected. "According to this kind of rain, we have to wait for the flood in the canyon to recede, at least after the rain stops for a day."

Luo Fei asked again: "How long will it take us to reach Yijian Gorge?" "If we leave early tomorrow morning, we can almost arrive in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow." Luo Fei thought for a moment: "Well, let's go ahead and prepare as planned. If the rain doesn't abate tomorrow, we'll hold off for a while; if the rain stops by tomorrow morning, we'll start." Bai Jianxi nodded: "That's what I mean." Although Zhou Liwei was still a little dissatisfied, but Luo Fei expressed his opinion, he couldn't say anything more, he just "hummed": "Then please continue, Lord Baizhai."

"I have prepared food and water, and each of us will have one when we set off. The three of us will carry more appropriately. The distance from here to Uncanny Valley is about a hundred miles. All of them are walking through the jungle, and there is nothing ready-made. Therefore, the journey will be very difficult, and you must be fully prepared for this." Speaking of this, Bai Jian'e took a look at Yue Dongbei, as if he was not optimistic about his prospects. Yue Dongbei naturally understood what the other party meant. He raised his face and said proudly, "Don't worry, I won't hold you back even if I'm exhausted."

"Then how long do you estimate it will take to get there?" Luo Fei asked Bai Jian'e. "If we go by ourselves, two days will be enough. With the three of you, it will take three to four days." "What else do we need to prepare ourselves?" Bai Jianxi didn't answer and asked instead: "What do you have now?" "Well. Each of us brought jackets, hiking shoes, hiking bags, water bottles, a compass, and some food." Luo Fei counted them in detail, "The bigger ones are a tent and three sleeping bags." "That's enough, we will prepare the rest." After saying this, Bai Jian'e turned his head and waved at Wu Qun, "Go and get the map."

Wu Qun agreed, turned and left the room.Bai Jian'e explained to Luo Fei and the others: "Although we are leading the way all the way, you still have to have a general understanding of the terrain, so that if something unexpected happens, you can also have the ability to adapt yourself. " "That's right." Luo Fei nodded in agreement. He also had this idea. Now that the other party proposes it first, that would be great. Not long after, Wu Qun had returned to the house, and he had a rectangular box half a foot long in his hand. The box looked heavy and gray in color, but it seemed to be made of sterling silver.The appearance of the box is antique, and the pattern of soldiers and horses is inlaid with gold wire.

"This box contains the topographic map of Yunnan soldiers and horses that Li Dingguo used back then." Bai Jian explained with a smile when he saw Luo Fei and the others looked surprised. "Oh?" Yue Dongbei didn't have much interest in looking at the map before, but he immediately regained his energy, "That is a very valuable cultural relic, let us see it soon." Wu Qun put the box on the table, then gently lifted the lid, took out a large fur-like thing from inside, and handed it to Bai Jian'e. "This is..." Yue Dongbei's eyes followed closely, and suddenly brightened, "Sheepskin! That's right, that's right! The battle maps in ancient times were all drawn on sheepskin for waterproof and durability!" Bai Jian'e didn't speak, he opened the roll of fur, rummaged through it a bit, then took out one from inside, and spread it on the table. Sure enough, it was a piece of white sheepskin. Although the cortex had obviously turned yellow due to the age, the map drawn on the inside of the sheepskin with a Chinese ink pen was still clearly visible. "Let's take a look, this is the topographic map from Mi Hong Village to Uncanny Valley." In fact, without waiting for Bai Jian's evil greeting, the three of Luo Fei had already moved to the front of the map.Wu Qun and Zhao Liwen were unmoved, they were still standing there, presumably because they were already familiar with the map. "This is Mi Hong Village, and this is our destination—the Uncanny Valley." Bai Jianxi pointed to the two clearly marked red dots on the map, explaining to Luo Fei and the others. "Hmm." Luo Fei looked at the direction mark on the corner of the map, and said judgementally, "From the map, it looks like the Uncanny Valley should be a little more than ten degrees south of the due east of Mi Hong Village." "To be precise, it's 11.5 degrees." Bai Jian looked at Luo Fei approvingly, and then continued to point on the map, "We will go along this road, and we will pass Mopan Mountain, Yijian Gorge, Several places like Qingfengkou." The three place names that Bai Jian'e mentioned just now were clearly marked on the map with Xiaowen in seal script, but Mi Hongzhai and Terror Valley did not show the place names.But it's logical. "Terror Valley" was named by later generations based on Li Dingguo's legend, and "Mihong Village" was supported by Li Dingguo's remnants. It is obviously impossible for these two place names to appear on the military maps used by Li Dingguo. "What does this represent?" Luo Fei found a thick solid line on the map. This line first bypassed Mopan Mountain, then met the path leading to Uncanny Valley at Yijian Gorge, and finally passed Qingfengkou together. Arrive at Uncanny Valley and continue east. "This is the downstream of the river in the village." Bai Jian'e explained, "It will eventually flow into the Lancang River." Luo Fei thought and nodded: "So, in terms of altitude, the Uncanny Valley must be lower?" "That's right. In fact, the easiest way to get to Uncanny Valley is to go along the river. But that would be a waste of time, mainly because there is a Mopan mountain in the middle. So we have to go east and cross the Mopan first. mountain, and then down the river." "Looking at it this way, Mopan Mountain looks like a natural barrier in front of the Uncanny Valley." Luo Fei looked at the map and said with some insight. "Amazing, amazing!" Yue Dongbei suddenly clapped his hands, and gave Luo Fei a thumbs up, "Back then, Li Dingguo had the last large-scale confrontation with Wu Sangui's pursuers at the risk of Mopan Mountain! If not If the villain leaked the military plan, Wu Sangui might have died in the bushes of Mopan Mountain." "Really?" Luo Fei became interested for a while, "Mr. Yue, please explain in detail." Naturally, Yue Dongbei would not miss this opportunity to show off his knowledge. He cleared his throat and spoke in a cadenced manner: "It was 1659, which was February in the 16th year of Shunzhi. Li Dingguo led the remnant army to defeat the southwestern border area. , Wu Sangui's Qing troops pressed on with every step. Li Dingguo estimated that after repeated victories, the Qing army would inevitably advance arrogantly, so he decided to set up an ambush in the grass and trees of Mopan Mountain. He used the reputation of Tai'an Bodou as the first ambush, and Guangchang Marquis Gao Wengui as the first ambush. The second ambush, Wu Jinghou Wang Guoxi is the third ambush. The deployment has been made, the Qing army is really arrogant, and enters the ambush area with ease. At the time of this decisive victory, Lu Guisheng, the young minister of Mingguanglu Temple, rebelled and defected to the enemy. Reported the secret of Li Dingguo's ambush to Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui was shocked, and immediately ordered the forwards of the Qing army who had entered the second ambush to retreat and search for the ambushes in the bushes by the roadside. The Ming soldiers did not dare to fight without the order, and suffered heavy casualties Dou Mingwang had no choice but to order the firing of cannons to fight; the soldiers of the second and third volts also fired their cannons and rushed into the enemy army. The two sides started a thrilling and fierce battle. He was also killed in battle. Li Dingguo was sitting on the top of the mountain, and when he heard that the order of the guns was wrong, he knew that the situation had changed, so he sent reinforcements from the rear, and finally repelled the Qing army." After all, he gave Bai Jian'e a complacent look: "How about it, Lord Baizhai, is there anything wrong with what I said?" "Indeed, Mr. Yue is really knowledgeable." Bai Jian'e looked a little surprised.It's not surprising that those who are interested in history know about the Battle of Mopan Mountain, but Yue Dongbei's ability to speak verbatim about the leading generals on both sides is really impressive. Luo Fei imagined the thrilling and tortuous battle back then, and couldn't help being fascinated, and couldn't help asking: "Then, in this battle, will Li Dingguo win or lose?" "It's really hard to define." Yue Dongbei hesitated for a moment, "Perhaps using the word 'miserable victory' is more appropriate." "A miserable victory? How do you say it?" "First of all, Li Dingguo repelled the pursuit of the Qing soldiers. From a strategic point of view, it should have achieved the effect; in addition, the Ming army dealt a heavy blow to the Qing army, which had a clear advantage. In order to be angry, after a meeting of kings and ministers, several generals were punished in June of the following year: Doni, king of Duoluoxin County, was fined 5,000 taels of silver; Belle Duran fined two thousand taels of silver, and Zhao Butai, the general who conquered the South, was dismissed as a civilian. The Qing army suffered a lot of losses. However," Yue Dongbei shook his head regretfully, "due to the leakage of the military plane, the original ambush turned into a siege. In hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army also consumes a lot. This kind of consumption is undoubtedly painful for Li Dingguo, who is at the end of his army, so it is called a "tragic victory"!" "Okay, stop talking about these off-topic things." Zhou Liwei didn't seem interested in these things, he waved his hand, "Let's discuss the departure tomorrow." Luo Fei smiled understandingly, stopped asking more questions, and turned to look at Bai Jian'e. "Well, the terrain along the way is like this, you probably have an understanding." Bai Jian'e turned his head and greeted Wu Qun, "Put these maps away." Wu Qun stepped forward and put the sheepskin on the table into the stack of maps. Just as he was about to roll up the stack of sheepskins, a piece of paper suddenly floated out of it. The piece of paper was swaying, and it just landed on the table in front of Yue Dongbei.Yue Dongbei copied it and took the piece of paper in his hand.This is a piece of rice paper, the color of the paper is yellow, and the edges are a bit rotten, and it seems to be quite old. There were a few lines of text written on one side of the paper, and Yue Dongbei stared at it for a moment, then exclaimed excitedly: "Oh, Lord Baizhai, I didn't expect you to have quite a few treasures here." Bai Jian'e frowned and didn't speak, but there was a puzzled look in his eyes. Luo Fei leaned his head curiously: "What is this?" "If my judgment is correct, these should be the notes written by Li Dingguo himself back then! This is simply too valuable for my research!" Yue Dongbei's eyes flashed strangely, and he looked at Bai Jian'e anxiously, "Bai Village Master, how many of these things do you have? Hurry up and let me see them all!" Bai Jian'e's reaction was somewhat unexpected. He turned his head to look at Wu Qun, and asked with a straight face, "What's going on? Where did this come from?" Wu Qun looked blank: "I... I don't know either." Luo Fei heard something strange, and asked Bai Jian'e, "What? Isn't this piece of paper yours?" Bai Jian'e shook his head: "The three of us had seen these maps yesterday, why did this piece of paper suddenly appear?" Zhao Liwen seldom spoke in front of the village owner, so he couldn't help but interjected at this moment: "Could it be that it was caught in the sheepskin, and we haven't found it?" Bai Jian'e was silent for a moment, then shook his head noncommittally, and asked Yue Dongbei: "What is written on this paper?" "The so-called notes are actually what we call diaries now. We were discussing the Battle of Mopan Mountain just now. Coincidentally, this note seems to have been written on the night of the battle. Let me read it to you." Yue Dongbei Shaking his head and shaking his head, he began to chant the words on the rice paper, "The battle of Mopan Mountain has been planned for a long time, and I have worked hard. Today is finally a good opportunity, and the three volts are orderly, and the thunder is buried in the valley. If the enemy is all in, the first ambush will be the first attack; the landmine will be ignited." , Two, three volts is the attack. Hit him first and last, and the enemy is gone! Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiao leaked the secret, and fell short. In the end, I will try my best to capture Lu Ni at the front of the battle! At Maoshi tomorrow, according to the military law, the punishment of pulling out the tongue will be imposed, so as to accuse the spirit of the dead." Since they were all written in classical Chinese, Luo Fei and the others could not understand them very well.Wu Qun and Zhao Liwen stared even more, completely clueless.Bai Jian said "Hey" and said, "Mr. Yue, don't show off your words. We are all rough people, just tell me what you mean." Yue Dongbei looked proud: "Okay, then I will translate for you. The first half of this text is Li Dingguo's self-reporting of the Mopanshan Battle, which is roughly the same as what I said before. The second half It's interesting, it turned out that Li Dingguo rushed into Wu Sangui's army desperately, killed dozens of enemies, and suffered seven wounds himself, and finally captured Lu Guisheng, who leaked the military information. He was going to fight against Wu Sangui the next morning. This fellow is punished by pulling out his tongue!" "Beheaded dozens of riders, wounded himself in seven places... This Li Dingguo is really brave." Luo Fei first praised, and then asked, "The punishment of pulling out the tongue is a bit strange, I haven't heard of it before." "Hey." Yue Dongbei laughed sinisterly twice, "This is the penalty created by Li Dingguo. Anyone who cooperates with the enemy and leaks secrets will be executed by pulling out his tongue alive." There was a brief silence in the room, and everyone imagining the tragic situation of the tortured people felt slightly numb. Zhou Liwei was the first to sigh: "The leaker is certainly hateful, but this kind of punishment is too cruel." Yue Dongbei chuckled: "Li Dingguo's cruelty, you only know the surface. If he is not cruel, how can he bear the reputation of a devil? He is not cruel, how can the Hamo people hate him?" Like a ghost, even if he is dead, he will be cursed the most viciously? Hehe, now that the blood bottle is broken, I really want to see how the Hamo people tremble in fear in front of the revived demon." Yue Dongbei's words seemed to disgust everyone present, and Luo Fei said bluntly: "Mr. Yue, I don't care whether your theory is absurd or not. It is not appropriate for you to simply define 'Li Dingguo' as a 'devil'." I don’t know history, but now it seems that even if Li Dingguo’s character has an evil and tyrannical side, his wit and bravery cannot be denied. And in terms of national justice, he should be the hero of our Han people.” Yue Dongbei didn't restrain himself, he shook his fat head: "Righteousness of the nation? We don't talk about the righteousness of the nation now. Did Police Officer Luo forget that we came here to reveal the secrets of the devil. But there is one thing Very good, at least you are beginning to be interested in Li Dingguo, I believe you will play a bigger role in the exploration process in the future." "Please give me back the piece of paper in your hand." Bai Jian'e interrupted Yue Dongbei coldly, "Our ancestors were all subordinates of General Li Dingguo. You seem to have talked too much today." Sure enough, Wu Qun and Zhao Liwen were also glaring at Yue Dongbei. The latter suddenly remembered the scene of the other party's saber in front of the Dragon King Temple, which made him feel a little apprehensive. The white sword is in the evil hands. "Put it away first." Bai Jian'e handed over the diary to Wu Qun, "Go back and search carefully to see if there is anything else caught in the sheepskin." Then he looked at Luo Fei and the other three, and said, "Let's go here today. If the rain stops, then we will gather in front of the Dragon King Temple at 8:00 tomorrow morning and set off as planned!" ※※※ 〖Note to this chapter: According to historical materials, Lu Guisheng, who colluded with the enemy and leaked secrets in the Battle of Mopan Mountain, was not captured alive by Li Dingguo, but was rewarded by the Qing court with the official position of the Linyuan Army in Yunnan.In addition, the real location of Mopan Mountain is not in Mengla, but in Tengchong, Yunnan. Due to the needs of the plot, the novel is boldly tampered with. I hope friends who are familiar with history will not delve into it. 〗