Chapter 31 Chapter 31 North Journey

When it was cool in autumn, Xuanqing came on horseback and said in high spirits: "Brother Huang promised me to travel north for two months. I have already packed my luggage, let's go together." I was stunned, "You traveled north, how could I follow?" He smiled: "I have always been alone, traveling in low clothes. Who knows that I am the prince, and the emperor brother, he has won the new favorite Fu, so he has no time to care about others. I brought Ah Jin to travel with you How is Shangjing?" I hesitated and said, "But I'm wearing a Buddha costume and I'm still practicing."

Jinxi laughed beside him and said, "It's boring to sit in this Lingyun Peak all day long, my lady. It's better to go and relax. Anyway, we live here alone, who knows if we are here anymore. The lady's Buddhist clothes are just changed. We still have a lot of old-fashioned clothes, wouldn't we look like ordinary girls if we took them back and changed them?" Huanbi also said with a smile: "Miss can't live without a servant, why don't you take me with you." Ah Jin clapped his hands with a smile and said: "Miss Bi serves the wife, Ah Jin and I serve the prince, four of us, it's the best."

Jinxi said gently: "Madam and Miss Huanbi, let's go together, and the slaves will stay and watch the house. It's the time when autumn is picturesque when you go north to Beijing." Xuanqing's eyes were full of smiles, "We've never traveled together before, would you like it?" At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yangjing was the capital for twelve years, also known as "Shangjing".It is about 300 miles away from "Chukyo", the capital of Kyoto where Purple Olympic City is now built.In the tenth year of the Jianyuan period of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the illustrious men from the north repeatedly invaded the vicinity of Shangjing. The worst time, the illustrious Zige Khan even led 5,000 elite troops and drove straight to the "Yanming Pass" which was only 80 miles away from Shangjing.

Yanming Pass is adjacent to Xiling River in the west, Yangjing in the south, and Zhixian Pass in the north, followed by the plank road of Luotieshan Mountain. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.Beyond Luotieshan, the vast grassland, Gobi desert, and mountains in the desert are all illustrious territories.Therefore, Yanming Pass is an important place for powerful troops to enter the Great Zhou Wanli, and it is also a pass like an iron lock barrier.Because of the precipitous terrain where the pass is located, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Looking up, it is almost in touch with the sky, and it is difficult for even wild geese to fly past. In the late autumn season, groups of wild geese are often heard circling around and whining endlessly, so it is named " Yanming Pass".However, although Yanming was deeply saddened, the people around Yanming Pass also suffered greatly.The Hehe tribe lives in the north all the year round, living by water and grass, and the festival is good when the water and grass are plentiful. If the water is dry and the grass is dry in late autumn, and the people have no food and clothing, they will go south with iron hooves, and they will burn, kill and loot on the border of Iron Mountain. Often the border people's homes were destroyed, and they suffered from wars, and suffered unspeakably.The miserable state of the people's livelihood is unbearable to watch.

In the tenth year of Jianyuan, it was a time of severe drought, and the fertile aquatic plants for thousands of miles were barren. In only ten days of autumn, the climate changed drastically, and the cold and heat fell sharply.In order to seek the fate of the country and maintain the fate of the tribe, Hehe exhausted his national power and gathered a hundred thousand troops to march south. At that time, Dazhou was also suffering from drought, not to mention that the years of war had just subsided, and the country was trying to recuperate. The national strength was very exhausted, and the food and grass at the military pass would inevitably be short of food and grass. It was snowing heavily, and none of the guards expected heavy snowfall. Tens of thousands of iron cavalry rushed out of the charming eyes of the swirling flying, as if they had fallen from the sky, and all of them could only stare at each other dumbfounded for a moment.Let the iron hooves rush southward.

If the Yanming pass is breached, Shangjing at that time will be broken like an iron tooth, and the mouthpiece will be exposed in front of the enemy.All the splendid lands and mountains that Taizu conquered after more than ten years of fighting were about to fall into the hands of the barbarians. The people in the country were panicked. Some courtiers even urged Taizu to retreat to the south bank of the Yangtze River and rule the river with the mighty, just to hold on to half of the country. Fortunately, General Qi Buchi disregarded his old body after half his life on the battlefield, put on his battle armor again and went into battle vigorously. He rushed into the battle at the age of sixty sixties and took the lead. He fell off the horse, sweeping away the decadence of the soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty since He He went south, and also caused He He's morale to be severely injured and sluggish.

In November of the tenth year of Jianyuan, Marshal Zuo Dujian A Buli led his army to attack Yanming Pass again. Build passes at dangerous places, set up a second line of defense, and wait with strict soldiers.In December of the tenth year, Qi Buchi fought fiercely with the Hehe army for several days, but in the end he retreated to the second line of defense because he was powerless.The illustrious soldiers wore heavy armor, connected with iron hooks, and filed forward. Qi Buchi and his younger brother Qi Buqi fought to the death with the warlord, and massacred the Hehe army with strong bows and crossbows. The elite soldiers attacked the left and right wings of the Hehe army with long knives and big axes.On the first night of the first month of January in the eleventh year, the Great Zhou army set fire to Iron Mountain, and the ground was stirred up by the war. They sent troops to counterattack, and sent generals Wang Xi and Wang Wu to attack the Hehe camp. The Hehe army was terrified. At that time, Zige Khan, who had not recovered from his injuries, led his troops to flee, and his old injuries relapsed and died on the way.Qi Buchi took advantage of the momentum to expand the results of the battle, and sent Murong Zheng's generals to pursue them, killing more than ten thousand enemies, and blood flowed like rivers.He also ordered Qi Bu to set up an ambush again in Hechi, the place where the Hehe army fled back to the country, and then attacked the Hehe army.The illustrious army was forced to return to the capital, Tibet.

Qi Buchi fought all his life, with iron blood and loyalty, and finally in his sixtieth year of life, he was granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister by virtue of this "Yanming Pass" battle."Dingxunhou", the first Marquis of the Great Zhou military general, was ordered by the Taizu to draw his portrait with Dan Qingmiao, which was hung in the side hall "Yangyi Hall" of Shangjing Taimiao, and his name went down in history.Even if there was a naughty and crying child near Luotieshan back then, as long as the adults coaxed, "It's not too late!" The child must be too scared to cry anymore.

It's a pity that there is no holiday, Qi Buchi died of exhaustion three months after he was ennobled, smiling at Jiuquan.Although the descendants were relieved of military power by Taizong's wealth and glory, and no longer held thousands of soldiers and horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty, they were wealthy and favored for a hundred years.It wasn't until the Qianyuan period of this dynasty that the Qi clan gradually withered, and the family gradually declined.However, after a hundred years of being a general, his prestige still exists and his reputation is prominent.As for Qi Buchi's descendants, the concubine Qi Yuebin is now in the palace.This is also the reason why Qi Yuebin was raised in the deep palace since he was a child, and was the reason why Xuanling must choose his concubine.

A few years after Qi Buchi's death, the news of his death was still firmly blocked by the Great Zhou court. Not only did he lose the marshal and tens of thousands of soldiers after the Battle of Yanming Pass, even the Great Khan died on the way.Hehe was afraid of Qi Buchi's remaining prestige, and his vitality was seriously injured, so he didn't dare to act rashly against Da Zhou for a few years, and blindly kept his law and order.Soon, the successor Great Khan Yingge negotiated peace with Dazhou, willing to use Luotieshan as the boundary to establish a "mutual market" trading, exchange cattle and horses for Dazhou tea, silk, and rice grains, each guarding the border and never invading each other.

After Qi Buchi's death, Da Zhou actually had more than a few available soldiers. In addition to the battle of Yanming Pass, the loss of national power and people's livelihood could not be recovered in three to five years.I was eager to negotiate a peace, so I agreed.Yu Hehe and Hechi in the middle of the Zhou Dynasty had a blood alliance, which was known as the "Hechi Alliance" in history. Dazhou and Hehe built steles in Shangjing and Zangjing respectively, and engraved the inscriptions of the alliance and the names of the alliance members on them to record their events.In the document of the alliance, the two sides affirmed the brotherhood of "peace and family", and agreed that in the future, "the country and the leaves will be the same", "each will keep its own territory, and will not invade each other", "the smoke and dust will not rise", and "the land will be safe".It also stipulated specific matters such as the route of personnel exchanges between Dazhou and Hehe and the establishment of a "mutual market", and agreed that "goods should use gold and silver, cattle and horses, skins, horsetails, etc., and traders should use satin, cloth, cauldrons, etc." Fifty miles to the left of Luotieshan, there is a "mutual market", and a tea horse department has been specially set up. It." Thirteen horse fairs were successively opened, and "the horses were paid off once a year for a period of two months." However, in the tenth year of Jianyuan, the scene of the heroic soldiers coming to the city is still vivid. In January of the twelfth year of Jianyuan, Taizu moved the capital to Zhongjing, built "Zi'ao City" to live in, and married the daughter of the clan, Maocheng Zongji. "Princess Jinshan" married Yingge Dahan as the main concubine.Over the past hundred years, although there have been occasional small conflicts on the border between Dazhou and Hehe, the hundred years of peace have been preserved after all, and there have been no more smoldering wars ignited everywhere. Now Xuanqing and I are traveling together in Zhongjing, dressed like a folk couple.I was wearing a brocade dress with pink brocade ribbon and lotus root silk, and a brocade dress with peony patterns in honey-colored large flowers clustered in brocade patterns. After all, it was cool autumn weather, and I couldn’t stand the cold when I woke up in the morning. Xuanqing casually put on a silver silk dress for me. Pinch flowers on the side of the skirt.I looked around in the mirror, and couldn't help laughing: "It's such a happy color." In the mirror, Xuanqing is also wearing a light blue silver thread tuanfu Ruyi brocade gown, which looks even taller and taller, refreshed, like a spring moon According to the willow. I looked back at his eyes, and the corners of my lips couldn't help but lightly raised, with a bit of affection, I said with a smile: "Why did you remember to wear this color?" Xuan Qing put his hand on my shoulders, fully comparing my not petite figure to a small bird, said: "You are wearing pink, I will choose turquoise to match you, the color is more and more lively gone." Huanbi held the dressing box in her hand, stared at Xuanqing and me carefully, then turned her head to straighten her clothes and stopped looking at us, she just smiled lightly and said: "Miss and young master are like the newlyweds who went out together when Yaner couple." I vaguely feel that Huanbi's smile is getting fainter now, always like a hairy moon hidden behind dark clouds, even if there is a clear light falling, it is obscure and indifferent.She prefers to lower her head, and her temperament becomes more and more submissive and forbearing. Xuan Qing was overjoyed when she heard the words, so she turned her head and smiled at her, "Is it really similar?" Huanbi lowered her head, and said softly, "If you think you look like him, you will look even more like me." I poked Xuan Qing's arm with a smile, blushed and giggled, "I don't feel ashamed to ask questions like this. Huanbi is making fun of you." Xuan Qing showed a little childish look, and said softly: "I really think we are alike." Hearing what he said, I was even more embarrassed to pay attention to him, so I just took Huanbi's hand and asked, "I haven't dressed like this for a long time, and I completely forgot what kind of bun women wear in their hair." Huanbi smiled slightly, and said: "Miss is dressing up as a newlywed to go out with the lord, so naturally all my hair should be gathered up and combed into a bun." In the middle of it, she contemplated it, then undid it and combed it into an ordinary plantain bun, and picked out a red gold pomegranate hairpin for me to insert.The hairpin is only made of red gold, but the pair of pearls on it are as big as thumbs, they are white and round, shining brightly, which makes people's faces more brilliant, just like pearls shining brightly.Huanbi looked around for a moment, then went to pick out pearl flowers.At this time, a pot of begonias under the window is in full bloom.Ordinary folk begonias are naturally not as pure white as snow and frost in the palace.The petals are mottled pink, scattered and overlapping, but still very delicate and charming.Xuan Qing folded it down and stuck it on my sideburns, and only looked at me with a concentrated smile, his eyes full of affection. Huanbi didn't seem to see it, just picked a few blue and green plum blossoms and buried them in my hair, like a faint spring heart shining in it. I looked at myself in the mirror, the pink color was bright and bright, and the complexion was like the spring dawn, as if there was infinite brightness and joy overflowing from the skin. I have never seen myself like this.He stood side by side with me, and the pattern depicted on the bronze mirror was also the most common mandarin ducks playing in the water, flying with each other, and the crude knife skills, but it couldn't conceal the beauty of the worldly happiness, the fullness of the moon, and the consummation of the world.I leaned on his shoulder, just blindly smiling.I seldom wear bright and delicate colors like pink and pink, and I always feel that they are too tacky and joyful.However, wearing it at the moment, I only feel that the worldly color like pink also has infinite joy and infinite goodness in it, so it can match my state of mind at the moment.Like the flowers of begonias on the sideburns, the petals are densely packed together, and the whole heart is so soft and joyful.So I simply chose a scarlet handkerchief embroidered with Begonia and pinned it to the button of the clothes.