Four hundred and fiftieth chapters, the consciousness of righteousness
In September of the first year of Yuande in the Han Dynasty, the autumn air was crisp and the wild geese were flying south.
The Han Dynasty's crusade army led by Yi Zong finally arrived at Xiangping, the seat of Liaodong County.
Xiangping County was a strategic center in the defense line built by the Han Dynasty.
The so-called Zaoxiang Defense Line is a defense line similar to a string of pearls built by the Han Dynasty on the basis of the Great Wall from Zaoyang to Xiangping in the Warring States and Qin Dynasties.
On this line of defense, the five counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong were interdependent and acted as horns to each other, locking the northeast door of the Han Dynasty and resisting threats from the north.
However, few people know or remember how the defense line was established.
"In the twenty-eighth year of King Yan Zhao, Yan general Le Yi conquered Qi and captured more than seventy cities. Yan was in full prosperity!" Yi Zong rode his horse and jumped up a hillside. Looking at Xiangping in the distance, he felt mixed emotions.
Wan Qian: "Later, Yan sent Qin to attack the Hu, but he was more than a thousand miles away from the east of the Hu, and began to build the Great Wall from Yang to Xiangping..."
Thinking about this history, Yi Zong couldn't help but sigh: "The Yan people built Xiangping City back then, which meant that the Hus could achieve peace and defeat the enemy. Unexpectedly, after the Qin Dynasty, Xiangping became a defensive fortress until today..."
that's the truth!
The Zaoxiang Great Wall built by the Yan people at that time was not so much a line of defense as it was a bridgehead prepared painstakingly for an attack.
During the Warring States Period, the Yan State was second only to South Korea in the Chinese Civil War.
But it is located in the north, facing Hu on three sides.
The Yan people of Qin, Chu, Zhao Wei and other powerful countries in the Central Plains were helpless.
But the surrounding barbarians and barbarians, the father of Yan State, had no pressure to crush them. They expanded their territory for more than a thousand miles to the north and more than two thousand miles to the east.
In fact, at least half of this defense line or the Great Wall of Yan was stolen by the Yan people from the Donghu and other messy Yi and Di barbarians.
When Yan State built this Great Wall, it was not for pure defense. It was more for offense and to expand territory.
After all, except for Le Yi who was very good at it for a few years and defeated Qi Guoguo, the Yan State during the Warring States Period was trained and taught by other countries in turn.
The Yan team, in the civil war, suffered more defeats than wins, almost constantly ceding territory, paying compensation, and sending girls away.
Under such circumstances, if Yan State had not thought of ways to make up for its shortfalls and losses, it would have been destroyed long ago.
Especially at the end of the Warring States Period, as the threat from the Qin State increased day by day, the royal family and nobles of the Yan State were forced to use the defense line as a bridgehead to launch wars of conquest.
Today, the eastern border of the Han Dynasty extends all the way to the Beishui River, and its influence extends into the Korean Peninsula, all thanks to the desperate efforts of the Yan people to expand their territory after being forced into a corner.
It's just that although the Yan people have worked very hard, the Qin people have worked harder than them.
What's even more troublesome is that the Yan people worked hard and even took out the last coffin. The territory they finally conquered could not be immediately converted into manpower, material resources and soldiers. On the contrary, the Yan State's power was used largely for external expansion.
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So, it's tragic.
Then the Qin State destroyed the Yan State. Although he was famous among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period for having a good stomach and mouth, his digestive function was unparalleled in the world.
But facing such a big Yan State, even if it was a foodie and a fighter, the Qin people only had time to swallow it whole. Before they could fully digest it, they were shattered by a roar from Dazexiang.
Since the Han Dynasty, due to the rise of the Xiongnu, the Zaoxiang Defense Line has really become a simple defense line, and has never assumed the mission that its builders had hoped for.
At this moment, Yi Zong stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the undulating mountains in the distance and the Great Wall that was winding forward and covered with beacons.
I can't help but feel a sense of witnessing history - after nearly sixty years, this line of defense has once again become the bridgehead and strategic cornerstone of the squadron's external expansion.
At the same time, Yi Zong also had a feeling similar to that of a pilgrimage.
The idols of most soldiers in the world are either Sun Bin or Sima Xiang and Wu Zi, or Bai Qi or Li Mu.
But Yi Zong’s idol is not these famous figures in history. The general he admires is the builder of Xiangping City. He is unknown in the history books, and his glory is obscured by those bright stars.
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At that time, Qin Kai was the general of Yan and was in charge of foreign conquests.
To the north, Qin Kai defeated Donghu and forced Donghu to travel more than a thousand miles. To the east, Qin Kai pushed Yan's territory hundreds of miles north of Xiangping and built a city here as a fortress.
At that time, the Donghu's status on the grassland was almost the same as the Xiongnu's status on the grassland today.
It is because of this that Yi Zong admires the general who only left a few words in the history books.
"Imagine that the general was in Japan, attacking the barbarians in the north, conquering the barbarians in the east, and expanding the territory thousands of miles away. What kind of hero would he be?" Yi Zong thought silently in his heart: "Today, young men are also indispensable. They must learn from the generals, conquer the barbarians in the east, and expand territory for the emperor."
In the future, we will go on an expedition to seize the Xiongnu Chanyu and present it to the Han Palace!"
"Those who have been good at fighting since ancient times have never made great achievements!" Yi Zong swore in his heart: "I, Yi Zong, would rather that thousands of years from now, my descendants would be in the history books and not hear my name!"
Although Yi Zong is young, he understands a truth: if future generations remember his name and respect him highly, doesn't it mean that everything he has done today will ultimately prove to be in vain?
Yi Zong would rather be forgotten, just like his idol Qin Kai, who wanders in unknown corners of history books, like a silent watcher, telling his story alone, and the territory he conquered will always be the land of China.
Defeated enemies disappear into thin air!
Yi Zong believes that soldiers who have achieved this step are real soldiers.
Yi Zong spurred his horse forward, and his whole body's spirit suddenly soared.
He seemed to feel that more than a hundred years ago, Qin Kai also rode his horse and led his army on this road.
Yi Zong couldn't help but look back and stared at the mountains and rivers behind him.
He felt that Qin Kai had once stared at the land behind him just like him.
"I understand, this is the duty of a general!" Yi Zong suddenly had a realization: "Like Qin Kai, we are loyal to our monarch and love this land deeply, so we will keep moving forward!"
"Play music!" Yi Zong shouted while riding his horse.
Upon hearing his order, Habayashi Wei's accompanying musicians played music.
"Sing!" Yi Zong ordered again, and he took the lead in singing: "How can I say without clothes? I share the same robe with you! The king raised an army, repaired my spear, and shared the same enemy with you!"
The desolate and heroic Qin Feng suddenly resounded throughout the world.
Somehow, Yizong knew that a hundred years ago, Qin Kai must have led his soldiers, singing generous and tragic Yan songs, and marched towards the battlefield that belonged to them. (To be continued...)
ps: I’m still not feeling well today~~~~~What a tragedy~It’s so uncomfortable to have lymphatic inflammation~
