Xixia dead book

Chapter 227 The Finale of Death (17)
"Yes, we can only pass the words! But the wind and sand here are so strong, and the stone quality of the stele is not good. I doubt whether I can find the words on the stele." Tang Feng groped carefully on the front of the stele, but couldn't find any Tang Feng was puzzled by the traces of writing, so he couldn't help taking two steps back. When he pushed to the third step, he vaguely saw the traces of writing on the stone tablet. There are a few big characters, but this character...is not a Chinese character, nor is it Xixia script. Tang Feng immediately thought of Basiba script, "It is Basiba script, and there are four big characters in total." Tang Feng said excitedly.

"What word? It can't be the Fountain of Rebirth!" Liang Yuan guessed wildly.

"Fountain of Rebirth? No, no, I said four characters!"

"What is the word? Say it!" Han Jiang urged.

"Don't worry!" Tang Feng said and ran to the stone tablet again, brushing away the dust accumulated over hundreds of years on the surface of the tablet, the four Basiba scripts gradually appeared in front of him, Tang Feng took two steps back , and slowly read out the Basiba inscription on the stone tablet, "Qi—Xue—Jun—the tablet..."

"What... cut... blood... army?!" Han Jiang didn't understand at all.

"It's Xue Jun." Tang Feng corrected.

"What is cowardly Xue Jun?" Liang Yuan asked.

Tang Feng explained: "The Qixue Army was a powerful guard army established by Genghis Khan. Afterwards, until the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Qixue Army has always been the guard army of the Mongolian Khan and the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. I feel that It's strange how there is such a monument here."

"That means it is the most powerful army of the Mongols?" Han Jiang asked back.

"It can be considered that the Qixue army is the elite of the Yuan Dynasty. But generally the Qixue army will not stay away from the Mongolian Khan and come out to perform tasks alone!"

"What... do you mean?" Han Jiang didn't understand.

"Stupid! It means that the Mongolian Khan led the Qi Xue army to come here. In this way, it is likely that they came to deal with the party members of Hanhai Micheng!" Liang Yuan understood Tang Feng's meaning.

"That's what I thought, but it's hard to tell what's going on, based on these words alone. In my impression, apart from Genghis Khan, it seems that no Mongolian Khan has led the Qi Xue army here..." Tang Feng He stared suspiciously at the somewhat dilapidated stele in front of him.

"Are these the only words on the stele?" Makarov also asked curiously.

"I think there should be more. This monument should be erected by the Qixue army. Most of these monuments are memorial monuments. The Qixue army probably fought an important battle here, so they erected the monument to record their meritorious service. It might be just a few words..." Tang Feng said, turning to the back of the stele of Qixue Jun, and when he brushed off the thin dust behind the stele with his hand, many small characters appeared densely.

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When Tang Feng saw the words on the back of the stele of Xue Xuejun, he exclaimed excitedly, "The words are in the back, densely packed, all in Basiba script."

Everyone ran to the back of the stele. Sure enough, Tang Feng just gently brushed the dust behind the stele, and thousands of dense Basiba scripts were clearly displayed in front of everyone, "I know why the person who carved the stele had to The inscription is engraved on the back." Tang Feng pointed to the clear inscription on the back of the stele.

"Because the back is leeward, it can avoid the intrusion of wind and sand, so even after hundreds of years of wind and sand invasion, the inscription is still clearly visible." Liang Yuan immediately understood what Tang Feng meant.

"Yes, the craftsmen who carved these inscriptions were really smart people. Hard rock inscriptions cannot be found here, and in order to make the inscriptions clear and handed down for generations, they chose to engrave them on the back of the stele." Tang Feng explained.

"Okay, I don't pay attention to craftsmen, I only care about what is written on the inscription? You should read it quickly!" Han Jiang was eager to know the content of the inscription.

Tang Feng bowed his head and remained silent. He was carefully identifying the writing on the back of the tablet. Although he didn't recognize some of the Basiba script, he recognized most of the writing. Together, Tang Feng roughly understood the content of the tablet.

When Tang Feng looked at the stele, his face turned red and white for a while, his lips were closed for a while, half-opened for a while, his brows were furrowed for a while, as if he was in deep thought, and his face changed drastically for a while, as if he was frightened, and everyone was puzzled. Liang Yuan kept urging: "What is written on it? Why don't you say it quickly?"

Tang Feng read the entire inscription in a hurry, and after being shocked, he said slowly: "This is an unknown secret history, and it was an unprecedented tragic and thrilling battle. The translation of the original text on the inscription is roughly like this..."

The Monument of Gratitude to Xue Jun
From the Yuan Dynasty to the autumn of the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Khan was furious when he heard that the guards of thousands of households had been slaughtered. The officials said: "I heard that the party Xiang of Micheng was very brave. He defeated the emperor Taizu in the valley in his early years, causing my grandfather to fall from a horse and get sick, and he died! This great revenge has not been avenged. I also heard that the party Xiang of Micheng has repeatedly violated our prefecture and counties. , massacred the town of thousands of households, killed countless soldiers of ours, and really deceived me! My dynasty has a vast territory, and wherever Su Lu goes, people from afar are all satisfied! But the party in Micheng is stubbornly resisting, struggling to the death, and I want to lead it personally Coward Xue's army asks for it, and the ministers do not persuade, I have made up my mind!" In March, the Great Khan personally led Coward Xue's army of [-], and gathered [-] troops from all walks of life to conquer.

In April, the army went to Heicheng and defeated Dangxiang in Micheng.At the beginning of May, the army advanced to Jiulibao and other places. The soldiers were afraid and did not dare to move forward. Rumors spread in the army. When the Khan heard about it, he was furious and supervised and promoted the army. They were attacked by Dang Xiang outside Qianhu Town. Abnormal, and good at driving cockroaches and other fierce beasts, our army was defeated, and the sweat was almost killed by the beasts.The profuse sweat was frightened and suffered from a minor illness, which took [-] days to recover.

In this battle, I lost thousands of soldiers, and the Great Khan summoned his ministers to plan with the emperor's teachers. The minister said: "The party in Micheng is brave and good at driving fierce beasts. It is not as if it is trapped." The Khan said: "The former trapped Micheng for dozens of times. The year will not die, what can I do?" The minister said to him: "We can trap heavy troops, and find another shortcut to attack!" The sweat said: "Good!" The emperor said: "I heard that there are still some soldiers in the army who followed the emperor Taizu back then. The old soldiers who have been recruited by themselves can be asked by others, or there is a shortcut to attack Micheng. If there are people who belong to them, they need to ask more, and they will definitely get something." The sweat said: "Great kindness!"

The army respected the Khan's order, fortified the walls and cleared the fields, built camps and trapped the city for several months.The emperor's teacher found several old soldiers in the army, and the emperor personally selected dozens of elite soldiers to accompany the old soldiers, through the canyon, wading through the quicksand, several times in danger, several times trapped, and finally dived to the seaside of death.However, this sea changes for no reason and is extremely dangerous. It is often invisible in the vast sea, and it is vast in the Gobi.The old soldier said to the emperor: "Genghis Khan's army stopped here!" After leaving, he was trapped by the valley several times, the wind howled, flying sand and rocks, and couldn't tell the direction. You can't enter."

In August, the army has entered the vast sea for more than a few months. Food and water are scarce, the heat is unbearable, and the morale of the army is fluctuating. I have been trapped in Mi City for more than a few months now, and my spirit has been dampened. The party must be in trouble. How can I retreat at this time? Is it a failure?" The minister also said: "What the emperor said is very true. This time I sweated profusely. If I withdraw from the personal conquest, the party spirit in Micheng will be even more powerful, and it will be difficult to control!" Hearing this, the Great Khan said to the generals and ministers: "The grievances of decades must be today! Don't talk about retreating. !" The army calmed down a bit.

Over the past few months, following the strategy of the emperor and his teacher, he sought a shortcut among the party members who captured Micheng, but the party members in Micheng were all stubborn and useless, and all the captured people wanted to die quickly!Alas, how many party warriors are there?And its owner can't use it, so today's country is destroyed and the species is exterminated.One day, Sergeant Xuexue won an old woman from the party, and this person was willing to be a guide, so the minister and the emperor led five thousand elite soldiers Xuexue to follow the old woman into the valley, to the sea of ​​death, the old woman revealed her secret: trapped in the vast sea for decades In the battle of Qianhu Town, Micheng's party members came out in full force to break out of the siege. However, even though Qianhu Town was slaughtered, more than half of the party's strong men were lost, and they were no longer able to fight us. Now our army is trapped, the food and grass in the city have been exhausted, and we have to eat horses to survive the day!The people in the city only want to die quickly, and the old woman wants to live, so they go out of the city and get it for our army!The emperor said: "It will not last long to guard the isolated city, and the city of Mi will fall in the near future!"

The old woman pointed to the seaside and said: "The sea can be big or small. When Haizi is young, you can find the way to enter Micheng." Unexpectedly, after the old woman finished speaking, the sky changed drastically, the strong wind rose suddenly, and there were lightning and thunder on the vast sea. , the heavy rain was pouring, and the old woman was struck by lightning and died!The whole army was horrified, and the emperor's teachers were also terrified!In a moment, the sea of ​​rebirth skyrocketed, and the area was almost Chengze country. The lives of the ministers, the emperor, and the entire army were at stake. The army was in a state of chaos.The emperor yelled in the wind and rain: "Don't make chaos in the army! Life and death have their fate, gather at a high place, and I will chant sutras to protect the army!"

The high place where the army retreated, the water also rose, and the army was still trapped on the isolated island!The whole army was terrified, and the emperor remained unmoved. He sat on a high hill and chanted sutras with his eyes closed.Who would have thought that the water would not rise but fall instead, and the whole army would fall to the ground and kneel to thank the Buddha for his manifestation, and save the army from overturning!The sound of chanting resounded through the vast sea, moving the heavens and the earth.After a while, the rain cleared and the fog cleared away, allowing people to see the true face of the sea of ​​rebirth, the water surface is vast, the blue waves are rippling, and there is no limit!

The water receded slightly, and the generals wanted to lead the army back. The emperor said, "I have been enlightened by the Buddha, and the city of Mi will be broken today!" The way of the city was revealed, and our army galloped, and saw that there was a big city in the oasis, with majestic temples, resplendent and resplendent, unlike the world!The oasis is also dangerous. Our army lost hundreds of soldiers until it reached Mi City.
Another morning, the thick fog fell suddenly, and Micheng was hidden by the thick fog, so I couldn't see it!All the troops feared that Dangxiang would come in the fog, and they all said that the Buddha would protect Dangxiang, and Micheng would not be available!But the emperor said: "This fog is the manifestation of the Buddha, and it is helping me to break the city!" So, more than ten soldiers, the emperor's simple and strong soldiers, searched for a secret door and entered, and the city of Mi was broken!
The emperor's teacher strictly ordered the soldiers not to kill indiscriminately and not to loot. However, when the city was destroyed, the men of Micheng's party fought hard to die, and all the women committed suicide. Physical and chemical.That night, a fire broke out in the city, and the emperor was suspicious and fearful, so he ordered all the troops to withdraw. The troops fought for wealth, and many died.

Afterwards, the emperor ordered all the troops to be stationed at the seaside of the dead, search for Mongolia, and build a city with the bones of the party to save the souls of the dead!At this time, all the troops were terrified, and they all said: "It is not suitable to stay in a dangerous place for a long time." The emperor said: "Don't be afraid, I am also here. I will chant sutras every day to save the souls of the dead, and you will be safe." Seeing that the troops were still suspicious, the emperor said, "I saw the corpses around Mi city, and the generals were not allowed to enter the soil for decades. Our army lost a lot in this battle, and the party was almost destroyed. If the soldiers of the two armies were to sink into the wilderness , The crime of our generation! It is also inconsistent with Buddhist principles, and I am afraid that the Buddha will blame him, and he will not end well if he dies violently!" The doubts and fears of the soldiers disappeared, and the mandala was completed in one month!In one month, the sea of ​​rebirth was blue and the sky was thousands of miles away, the wind was sunny, and there was no sign of danger. When the work was completed, the army returned to the army, and the dark wind in the valley rose again, ghosts cried and wolves howled.

I am home to the Yuan Dynasty, rich in thousands of places, everywhere in the world, and I am satisfied with everything, but why is it a small city?In this battle, the great Han was wise, the soldiers worked hard, the emperor's division remained unruffled in the face of danger, and repeatedly made ingenious plans, leading the army to break the city, the first achievement!I’m not as good as the former, the emperor’s teacher built the mandala, and he once whispered to me: “This city has a great mystery!”In addition, I want to write a book to record the events of this battle, so as to show future generations, and to prepare for recording the history of the country. The emperor said: "No, I am afraid that someone will change the city according to this! If you record it, you can carve it into a stone to express your gratitude." And remember the merits, and stand on the side of the sea of ​​rebirth." So there is this monument.

Autumn, August 21, [-]th year from Dayuan to Yuan Dynasty, written by Liu Bingzhong, Taibao Zhongshuling, a senior official of Guanglu

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Tang Feng finished translating thousands of words on the stele, and took a deep breath, "This is really an important inscription. It records a secret history that we never knew. This is an important discovery in itself. And the recorded passage The hidden history has left crucial clues for us to find the Micheng and crack its secrets."

"Are you sure that what's written on this inscription is reliable?" Han Jiang questioned.

"I don't think there will be any problems. Firstly, this inscription is engraved in such a secret place, so not many people will see it. The person who carved the inscription has no need to hide anything; secondly, the person who wrote this article is Liu Bingzhong. There shouldn't be any problem."

"Who is Liu Bingzhong?" Han Jiang asked again.

"Liu Bingzhong was the prime minister of Kublai Khan and the first important minister of Kublai Khan in the early days. He made suggestions for Kublai Khan and planned and established various laws and regulations of the Yuan Dynasty. So when I read this inscription, I first saw Liu Bingzhong in the back. I was very surprised when I signed it. I didn’t expect that in this desolate and dangerous place, there would be a monument engraved with Liu Bingzhong’s articles! After reading the beginning, I was even more surprised. It was not only Liu Bingzhong’s self-narration, but also mentioned Kublai Khan’s And the emperor!"

"Yeah, I've always wanted to ask you, who is this 'Emperor Master'?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.

"Emperor Master is the creator of the text we see."

"You mean Basiba?"

"Who else could it be? According to the age of the inscription, Basiba had just been conferred the title of Emperor Master by Kublai Khan at that time, so of course the emperor referred to here is Basiba."

"It's incredible that so many big figures have come here." Liang Yuan seemed to understand some of the content on the monument.

Tang Feng nodded, "Yes, what is even more surprising is that all these big figures have come here. I said before that Genghis Khan had been here when he was conquering Xixia, and was attacked by the party members of Micheng, and fell to the ground. The horse was injured. Unexpectedly, decades later, the tenacious party members of Mi City attracted Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan. The first paragraph of the inscription mentioned the cause of the incident. Kublai Khan was very angry because of the slaughter of Qianhu Town , who wanted to go to the imperial conquest, he was first remonstrated by the officials, and in the second year, the party members in Micheng harassed the nearby counties. Therefore, Kublai Khan personally led 10 Qixue troops and joined other armies of [-] people. Attacking Mi City, the emperor's master Basiba and Liu Bingzhong also accompanied him. This record confirms our previous judgment in Qianhu Town, and also confirms the ancient legend that Uncle Wei Ming mentioned to us. After the demise of Xixia, still relying on the favorable terrain here to deal with the Mongolian army for decades, until the time of Kublai Khan, it was finally destroyed by the Mongolian army. But this record made me have two doubts, the first doubt It’s because I’ve never seen historical records that Kublai Khan personally led an army to fight against Dangxiang. At that time, he was busy in the war to unify the world, so how could it be that the emperor personally marched here for more than half a year?”

"I think it is precisely because Kublai Khan wants to start a war to unify the world, so the party members in Mi City must be dealt with first, in order to prevent changes behind the scenes!" Liang Yuan deduced.

"It's very possible. The second doubt here is that we saw the word 'Mi City' for the first time after we entered the Gobi desert, and it was also the first time we saw the word 'Mi' in ancient documents other than the jade screen. Do you still remember Yelu Chucai's title?"

"Of course I remember! It is recorded in the test paper that Yelu Chucai strayed into Micheng. At that time, it seemed...he didn't seem to call that city 'Micheng'?!" Liang Yuan recalled.

"Yes, for some reason, Yelu Chucai only called the city he saw as 'Dacheng'. I think he may not know the real name of the city at that time."

"By the time of Kublai Khan, the Mongols already knew that the city in the vast sea was called 'Mi City'!"

"Tang Feng, what does 'Mi City' mean? I have never understood?" Makarov asked suddenly.

(End of this chapter)