Facing the questioning eyes of several young people, Li Cheng sighed softly: "The past fifty years ago is still vivid in my mind when I think of it."
The other two old men looked at each other and nodded, waiting quietly for Li Cheng to continue. Li Cheng squinted his eyes slightly and looked up at the roof, as if he wanted to capture it again in these long years.
Cause and effect to fifty years ago:
"Fifty years ago, the former Emperor Liang ordered the general to lead his White Robe Army to the north. You all know this period of history. The White Robe Army swept across the Huaihe River and Heluo. They must fight every enemy and win every battle. To the north,
Those incompetent Tatars fled, but it was a pity that there were still too few men under the general's command. In the end, we also suffered a lot of casualties. We had 7,000 cavalry to deal with the tens of thousands of Xianbei who kept crossing the river to attack.
The cavalry really can't hold it anymore, especially that bastard from Luoyang. Not only does he not think about how to supply food to our brothers who are protecting his life, but he keeps thinking about plotting against us. Even if the general has the ability to turn the tide, facing
Facing the violent waves that hit me again and again, I was finally helpless..."
Li Xingchen and the others were silent, looking at Li Cheng quietly, listening to the old man's brief and concise memories. The old man did not use any complicated words, nor did he even describe the thrilling battles that made those who knew this period of history excited.
, just calmly describing that period of history as an old man and participant.
If they had not known it in advance, I am afraid that anyone who heard this narrative would not have realized that the three unattractive old men standing in front of them were the ones who swept through Heluo fifty years ago, allowing more than 100,000 Northern Wei Xianbei cavalry to look out.
The three men in the invincible white death phalanx. It was they, as well as more and more white-robed cavalry, who, under the leadership of the general who was famous for his reputation as the god of war, created the largest battle in the history of war for thousands of years.
of miracles.
As a time traveler, Li Xingchen is not a stranger to Chen Qingzhi. After all, the reputation of this white-robed general in later generations is not small at all, especially he is enthusiastically sought after by netizens on many military websites. As a person who is usually depressed,
As a young white-collar worker with ambitions, Li Xingchen naturally spent a lot of time on these websites. He once watched Chen Qingzhi's glorious achievements and his blood boiled. He wished he was one of the seven thousand cavalry, watching all the enemies in front of him.
An avalanche of collapse.
But Li Xingchen was definitely not a person who was always led by the description in the article. He also reflected a lot on Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition.
This trip to the north cannot actually be regarded as the Northern Expedition. Its purpose was to escort the Northern Wei Dynasty and Beihai Wang Yuanhao, who surrendered to the Southern Dynasty, to go north and proclaim himself emperor, thus making the Northern Wei Dynasty a vassal of the Southern Liang Dynasty. Otherwise, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, who was also considered a great leader, could not be so naive.
He launched the Northern Expedition with 7,000 troops. Chen Qingzhi sent 7,000 troops to the north mostly for political purposes, to express the support of Southern Liang to Yuan Hao, who was in panic all day long. I am afraid that Emperor Wu of Liang himself never thought about actually using these 7,000 troops.
The army broke through the defense of tens of thousands of Northern Wei troops and rushed into Luoyang.
The strategic purpose of this operation was mainly political goals, expressing the existence of Nanliang. It also obviously had the purpose of disrupting the situation and weakening the strength of the Northern Dynasties. If you look purely at the strength of Chen Qingzhi's troops, it seems that this strategic purpose has no significance.
Wrong. After all, the seven thousand army did not pose much of a threat to the huge Northern Wei Dynasty. However, both Emperor Wu of Liang and the Northern Wei Dynasty ignored Chen Qingzhi's tactical ability and the combat power of this army.
A bluffing northward march, under Chen Qingzhi's superb tactical command, turned into a shocking Northern Expedition. The fortresses and troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty as a barrier unexpectedly continued to collapse in front of these seven thousand cavalry.
I am afraid that this was not just Er Zhurong in the north who did not expect this, but even Emperor Wu of Liang who issued this order did not realize it. Otherwise, Emperor Wu of Liang, who could be regarded as a tycoon of the previous generation, was definitely ranked among the many monarchs in the Southern Dynasties.
I will take this opportunity to make an all-out Northern Expedition.
The emperor of the Southern Dynasties who did not want to go to the Northern Expedition was not a good emperor, let alone Emperor Wu of Liang.
Therefore, in Li Xingchen's view, Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition should be regarded as a great success in tactics and a complete defeat in strategy. Apart from declaring his influence and discovering a famous general, Nanliang gained nothing, and even lost the ability to serve as a barrier to Mount Tai.
Seven thousand elite cavalry, otherwise they would not have been so passive in the subsequent Hou Jing Rebellion, in which the entire Southern Liang was destroyed.
Li Cheng didn't notice that Li Xingchen was thinking a lot in front of him, and just said in his calm tone: "Faced with more and more Northern Wei troops, the general had to issue an order to retreat. Although the brothers were not happy, they knew that no matter what happened, they would retreat again."
If this continues, everyone will have to tell them not to stay here, so they follow the general all the way south and encounter a flash flood when they reach Haogao..."
Zheng Qing and others listened quietly with their ears raised, and Li Xingchen also raised his head subconsciously. It is clearly recorded in the history books that Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army was swallowed up by the flash flood at this place. It is a pity that with the changes of geography, later generations
It is difficult to verify where the place with the peculiar name of Artemisia is. We can only judge it as an area with relatively high wormwood as the name suggests.
"The three of us old guys present were all the general's bodyguards at the time. We were also the only three people besides the general who survived that flash flood... When the incident happened, it was a difficult journey.
The brothers who had trudged south to break out of the encirclement were exhausted and were resting when the mountain torrent came and was unstoppable." Li Cheng slowly raised his head, "Because at that time we were resting under a big rock with the general, because there was
Blocked by the rocks, the flash flood was much slower. We took this opportunity to help the general mount his horse. The general shouted to stay, but Lao Zheng was so anxious that he gave the horse a whip on the butt. Finally, we were able to catch the flash flood before it swept the entire valley.
We rushed out before it was swallowed up. The three of us were lucky enough to cling to the rocks and managed to save our lives."
The old man's deep gaze fell on the gun, and his voice could not help but tremble: "When the mountain flood subsides, the whole valley is littered with corpses of men and horses. Those Xianbei Tatars cannot be defeated no matter what. Good brothers who cannot be killed, that's it...
·····completely annihilated."
The eyes of the other two old men were once again wet. Even after experiencing life and death again and again, they still couldn't hold back the tears when they recalled that day. Mr. Zheng sighed and said: "When the general left, he
The gun was stuck in the ground, and there was no time to take it away. Later, I searched in the valley, and finally Huangtian paid off and found the gun."
Li Chengqia turned the gun at this time, and Li Xingchen and the other three clearly saw the two words "Ziyun" engraved on the head of the gun.