Even though Lao Wang was a hotel cook, he was a very shrewd person. Lao Qin pointed to the ground with his chopsticks and he understood.
He thought for a while and whispered: "Old comrade, there is a legend that has been passed down here for hundreds of years. There are many people who believe it and many people who don't believe it. I am telling you this. Don't take it seriously. Just listen to it as a story.
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The story told by Lao Wang is called General Black Burning the City and Burying Treasures. The background of the story takes place in Xixia, and the location is Harahhot.
Harahhot cannot be found on the map. The word translated from the ancient Hui language means, "black water, pitch black water," so Harahhot has another famous name.
"Blackwater City."
Lao Wang said that Heishui City used to be on the ancient Silk Road, in the deepest part of the Helan Mountains. At that time, the Mongols crossed the Yellow River and led their troops to attack for the sixth time. This time, Genghis Khan personally conquered the city. At that time, more than 200,000 Mongolian soldiers invaded.
Qing Mansion (the capital of Western Xia) was besieged for more than three months. Xingqing Mansion was short of soldiers and food. The soldiers were so hungry that they could only wait to die.
The reason why we only besieged but not attacked at that time is that Genghis Khan was afraid of Xixia's Iron Harrier Women's Army. It sounds incredible, but a proud generation was actually afraid of female soldiers. Why is this?
According to local legends, there are two versions of the iron kite.
One theory is that the Iron Harriers are all female soldiers. Four horses are tied together with iron chains. The four female soldiers on the horses each hold weapons of different lengths. They cooperate with each other skillfully when charging into the battle to kill the enemy. The fight is extremely powerful and invincible.
Unbeatable.
Genghis Khan's army was defeated in all five previous encounters with Iron Harrier. Judging from his age and physical condition at the time, this was the last time he attacked Xixia. If he failed to defeat them, it would create hidden dangers for his descendants, so he decided to be sure.
Use siege tactics to force Xixia to surrender.
The commander of the Iron Kites Army is a female general in her forties. Legend has it that this female general has dark skin and a mole on her right eye. Girls are born with supernatural powers. Her weapon is a sword that weighs more than 70 kilograms, and she can kill people with one blow.
After the horse's head was chopped off, the Mongols nicknamed him General Black. This is the first version of the legend.
Another theory is more mysterious. It is said that the iron kites are not actually people, but are specially refined corpses. Because the corpses cannot ride horses, four horses are tied together with iron chains to prevent the horses from running around.
The person who smelted the iron kite corpse was the Xixia Imperial Master. His name is unknown. He was nicknamed Qiyue Cang. As for why he was called Qiyue Cang, no one can explain clearly.
Tie Yao Zihao had no sense of pain and only knew how to kill people. When he was hit with swords and arrows, he would act like a normal person. Therefore, the Mongolian soldiers could not defeat him and suffered heavy losses several times.
The Mongols besieged Xingqing Mansion. At that time, Tie Yaozi happened to be stationed in Harahot. General Black knew that the situation was over, so he let all the people in the city escape. General Black collected the treasures of Harahot in order not to fall into the Mongols.
He secretly buried the treasure in the hands of others, then ordered the iron kites and thousands of horses to stampede the mound of earth, and finally set fire to the Blackwater City. Genghis Khan was left with a worthless dead city.
After telling the story, Lao Wang put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "How about it, old comrade? All the elderly people in the Helan Mountain area grew up listening to the stories of General Black. Halahot has long been buried under the yellow sand."
Well, even if this story told by our locals is true, Liupan Mountain is adjacent to the Tengger Gobi Desert, and the Gobi Desert is followed by the endless Alxa Desert. Where can we find Harahhot? There are yellow sand and stones everywhere.
I guess I won’t be able to find it even if I look for hundreds of years.”
Seeing that Qin Xingping was unmoved, Lao Wang said again: "Old Qin, if you are not an old comrade, I will attack you. Others must have thought of the ways to make a fortune that you can think of. It is better to give up this idea as soon as possible. It is unrealistic."
Qin Xingping changed the subject and said: "Let's not mention this for now. Let me tell you the truth, old comrade. I came here mainly to find the Hute tribe. Do you have any ideas?"
"Hutte people?"
Lao Wang frowned and said: "Those people live in the desert, and the people who live in the county can't see each other once a year. I can't help you with this matter, but if you really want to find the Hute people, you can go to Helan County."
I asked around at Yintian Farmers Market and I heard that a boss there has a little daughter. His little daughter works as a reporter at Yinchuan Daily. She seems to have interviewed the leader of the Hute people. Find that person and ask."
"Okay, come on, fill it up, old comrade, you see we have eaten so much, it doesn't mean anything," Qin Xingping took out two hundred yuan as he spoke.
"What are you doing!" Lao Wang said angrily, "Don't treat me like a brother. If you give me any money, just put it away quickly. If you give it to me, I will be jealous of you."
After eating and drinking, we stayed for one night. Zhao Xuanxuan liked to be clean, so she borrowed someone's bathroom to take a bath. Lao Wang's Hui daughter-in-law also gave Zhao Xuanxuan a small vest worn by Hui women as a gift.
At dawn, a few of us got up early to say goodbye to Lao Wang and his family, and drove to Helan County.
