Another night of hard marching, the reconnaissance team approached the predetermined area, but it was still difficult to determine which mountain was Pipa Mountain. The news they already knew was "Liuziguan was named after Liuzishan, but the exact location of Liuziguan was not at the foot of Liuzishan, but near Pipa Mountain." In addition, Pipa Mountain was named because it resembled a pipa.

However, in the dust of history that Liuziguan has long been submerged, and it is difficult to find people around it, so it is difficult to find someone to inquire. Besides, they are outsiders. Once they appear to ask rashly, they may be reported by the "activists". If they are difficult to hide their whereabouts, they can only run away quickly.

As for starting with shape, everyone knows that the poem "Looking horizontally into a ridge and a peak, with different distances and heights" fully shows that the things you see at different angles are completely different, and there are many far-fetched suspicions. Even if you look like a pipa in the same position, it is just a pumpkin in my eyes, and this clue is not very reliable.

Zhao Bing quickly gave up the idea of ​​looking for it based on this and started with the actual situation. He was looking for a place to use troops, whether it was called Amao or Agou! So they started to search for important places that meet the two conditions of "controlling mountains and valleys and blocking enemies from the south". Sure enough, after changing the thinking, the results were soon achieved, but they were a little "disappointed".

This mountain is relatively independent and not tall. A valley road that can be opened to traffic and horses passes through its feet. Zhao Bing estimated that this valley road is probably the old road of Tanxi, and it becomes a road after it is silted and dried up. This phenomenon is very common. Many valley roads between the mountains are streams in rainy seasons, while they become major roads in dry seasons. Another discovery is that there are not many Mongolian Yuan garrisons here, and there are only about three hundred-man teams, two hundred-man teams stationed at the foot of the mountain, and one in the camp at the side of the mountain.

However, Zhao Bing was relieved quickly. Since attacking Xiang has always been breaking through the south, the defenders would concentrate their troops in the southern mountainous areas to defend. The west was used for narrow territory, and it was difficult for large troops to deploy. Therefore, military strategists in all dynasties would not choose to break through from the West, and the defenders would naturally not place their main forces here. There are fewer troops here, so it is not difficult to understand.

In order to further understand the situation of this mountain, Zhao Bing took a risk to lead a group of people from the back mountain to close for reconnaissance, and also understood why the Mongols did not have much troops arranged here, because the mountain was too difficult to climb. Due to the steep mountain, woodcutters and hunters rarely came here, and no one could open up the land and cultivate it, making it even more barren, with vegetation intact, and the trees on the mountain were very prosperous, with thorns and basically no roads, so climbing was extremely difficult.

Therefore, if the enemy wants to seize this mountain, they can only attack from the front and detour from the flanks, and it will be blocked by the prosperous plants and trees, and it will be even more difficult to expand their troops, and there are no need to worry about being attacked from multiple sides. Three hundred troops occupy the favorable terrain, and there are other fortresses around them, which is only a few miles away from Xiangyang City. As long as they block the enemy for a while, the surrounding troops will come to reinforce after receiving the call.

Several people sacked their power and finally climbed up the mountain, found a path that could barely go up the mountain, further confirming the enemy's defense situation. They were finally able to confirm that this place was Pipa Mountain.

According to historical records, it is said that Fuxi was buried in Xianshan, Xiangyang, Nanjun after his death. In order to commemorate this great ancient emperor, the world built a stone Fuxi Temple on Pipa Mountain in Xiangyang. There was a stone statue of Fuxi in the temple and a stone plaque in front of the temple. The incense was very prosperous until the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Later, due to frequent wars, it was abandoned after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Now the temple has become ruins, but although the stone statues have been weathered and covered with moss, their faces have become blurred, the things are still there, and the plaques can be pieced together and the handwriting can still be identified. This is a real shock, and Zhao Bing thought that he was owed another debt. After regaining Xiangyang, he said that he would pay a penny of silver to rebuild the temple, shaping the golden body, and worshiping the four seasons to show his admiration for the ancestors and unite people's hearts.

After confirming the location of Pipa Mountain, Zhao Bing sighed inwardly that it is better to read more, especially in this cultural gathering place. Xiangyang is the birthplace of Jingchu culture, and gave birth to allusions such as Song Yu, the founder of Chu Fu, "Xialiba people", "Yangchun Baixue", and "Qu Gao and Wu". Leaves the Chu customs such as Chutian Festival, Duan Gong dance, clinging play, locka Wuyin, and the buds and the slim wine. Leaves the remains of the Western Zhou Dynasty Dengcheng, Yicheng Chuhuangcheng, and Nanzhang Chuzhai Group.

The Eastern Jin monk Shi Daoan was in Xiangyang for fifteen years. He studied Buddhism, preached scriptures and Dharma, unified Buddhist surnames and Buddhist rules, established monk laws and precepts, created the Chinese monk system, compiled the first catalog of Chinese Buddhist scriptures, laid the foundation for the sinicization of seal Buddhism, and made significant contributions to the formation of the Chinese cultural Confucianism and Buddhism pattern and even the development of the entire Chinese Buddhism, making Xiangyang a national Buddhist communication center. Historian Xi Zaochi wrote "The Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" and "The Story of Xiangyang Elderly" and other books, which had a profound impact on the development of Chinese historiography.

In the late Han Dynasty, the Wei and Jin Dynasties were launched. During the Three Kingdoms period when heroes fought and the storm and converged in the past century, Xiangyang was even more famous. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were wars in the north. Liu Biao led the governor of Jingzhou, loved the people and raised the scholars, and protected himself calmly, and governed Xiangyang with economic prosperity and social stability, becoming a "oasis" of peace in the troubled times. Thousands of scholars came to Xiangyang one after another.

Before Zhuge Liang's birth, Longzhong was only ten miles away. When Liu Bei visited the cottage three times, Zhuge Liang planned "Longzhong Pair", and Xiangyang also became the source of the formation of the Three Kingdoms pattern. With Yang Hu guarding Xiangyang and Du Yu's above-mentioned strategy, Xiangyang became the source of the Jin Dynasty's destruction of Wu and completing the great cause of unification. There were also a group of strategic elites such as Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Cui Zhouping, and other classical scholar Song Zhong, literary writer Wang Can, calligrapher Liang Hu, musician Du Kui and other outstanding figures gathered in Xiangyang.

Zhao Bing often used "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a textbook to teach the place of military use, a book with 120 chapters, and thirty-two chapters of the story happened in Xiangyang. Sima promoted the sage three times, visited the thatched cottage three times, flocked to the Tanxi River, flooded the seven armies, scraped bones to cure poison, etc. The Three Kingdoms story happened in Xiangyang. Zhuge Liang's spirit and character of "calming oneself with simplicity and thriftyness to cultivate virtue", "indifferent to one's ambitions, quiet and far-reaching", and "devoting all his efforts to the end of his life" also influenced his ministers.

With these introductions, Zhao Bing and his group were looking for Guishan on the third day, when they saw the cliff carvings of Ji Gongming when Li Zengbo of this dynasty recovered Xiangfan, they were sure of it. At that time, Li Zengbo, the commander of the Jinghu Constitution of Song Dynasty, was engraved on the cliff to commend the outstanding achievements of the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty in restoring Xiangfan. The characters of Douda were engraved on the cliff wall at 500 feet high.

Here, Zhao Bing also saw that it was said that Liu Bei's "Ma Journey to Tanxi" place back then. At this time, the river channel less than two meters wide really made him unable to combine it with the scene of "Lu Ma Journey to Tanxi" depicted in the book, jumping three meters, and flying to the west bank. Xuande was like starting from the clouds and mist.... If it weren't for the sign "Ma Journey to Tanxi" engraved on the stone ridge, he would have missed it.

Guishan is located only about two miles from Xiangyang City, and it lies southwest of Xiangyang City. It is the last barrier to the west of the city. The mountain is rolled up suddenly, and it is not taller than Pipa Mountain. Zhao Bing still did not see that this mountain looks like a turtle. Looking at the heights of the peaks and ridges vary from the east foot to the east, a line of blades can reach the sky; looking at the west slope, it is lush and rustling forests; in the south mountain area, the mountains are undulating, the water is vast and the sky is like the sharp corners in the center. Walking into the narrow valley, the brown stone edges are standing up, and the walls are thousands of feet high, and it is about to collapse.

Zhao Bing felt a little heavy after seeing it. Xiangyang City was clearly visible here, but due to the terrain, they could not use their army to attack. This required them to conquer Guishan with lightning speed and move forward to a relatively open area, otherwise they would be blocked in the mountains and unable to advance or retreat. What is even more difficult is that when the battle to attack Pipa Mountain begins, Guishan will inevitably be warned, and Xiangyang City will send reinforcements, so the battle will be more difficult, and even fail, and they have to reconsider advancing from the south.

"Fifth brother, take a break!" Turning back to the gathering place, Niu Laifu saw that His Majesty was in a bad mood, thinking that he had marched last night and started reconnaissance again during the day, and his body could not bear it.

"Okay!" Zhao Bing nodded, but his eyes did not leave Guishan, which was close to him. "You said, how can we conquer Guishan again before the enemy reinforcements in Xiangyang City arrived!"

Niu Laifu was stunned when he heard His Majesty's question. It turned out that he did not listen to what he said just now. He thought for a while and said, "It's very difficult. Pipa Mountain is about two miles away from Guishan, and Guishan is about two miles away from Xiangyang City. Even if we can conquer Pipa Mountain in a very short time and then rush to Guishan to join the battle, it may be difficult to do it. After all, we are walking on the mountain road, and the enemy reinforcements are walking on the high road, and the march speed is much faster than us."

"We can send an elite force around Pipa Mountain to Guishan in advance, and fight in the two places at the same time!" Liu Tong suggested.

"It's very difficult. We have seen the terrain here. The mountains are dense and the ditches are crisscrossing. It's very difficult for a small team to bypass it lightly. The attacking troops have to carry a large number of weapons and ammunition, so the marching speed will be even more difficult. Moreover, the enemy defending Guishan should be a team of thousands of people, with at least 700 people. Our troops are less powerful and not enough to attack. If we send a large army to attack, it's difficult not to be discovered by the enemy during the march." Zhao Bing said.

"What the fifth brother said is that even if we have the same military force as the enemy and occupy favorable terrain, it is difficult to end the battle within half an hour. In half an hour, the enemy troops stationed outside the Xicheng of Xiangyang have enough time to complete the assembly and quickly arrive at the battlefield." Niu Laifu sighed.

"Well, even if we can sneak into the enemy camp to launch a raid and quickly annihilate the enemy troops on the mountain, it will be difficult to break through the pass that is stuck at the mountain pass, unless there is a weapon that can kill them all!" Liu Tongyan said.

"Haha, you're dreaming!" Niu Laifu smiled. "The surprise attack troops are all light-mounted and cannot carry heavy artillery. The mortars are limited in power, making it difficult to defeat the enemy in a short time, and it is difficult to blow up the village gate."
Chapter completed!