Xixia dead book

Chapter 229 The Finale of Death (19)
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Tang Feng paused for a while, and then continued: "But the party members of Mi City guarded the city and did not fight the Mongolian army. The Mongolian army should be mainly cavalry and lack the equipment to attack the city, so although they have worked hard After attacking the city of Mi, the party members in the city had run out of ammunition and food, but the Mongolian army still could not break through the city easily! From this record, it is not difficult to see that the walls of Mi City must be very strong and difficult to break through. The last line of defense of the party members in the city, even if the party members run out of ammunition and food, they will desperately resist."

"But the fog seems to have helped Kublai Khan's army!" Liang Yuan said.

"Yes! When Basiba and Liu Bingzhong led the cowardly Xue army to the city of Mi, a heavy fog suddenly fell. The soldiers suspected that the party members in the city would take advantage of the fog to come out of the city and attack them. They thought that the Buddha was here to protect the party. When he was alone, Basiba once again seized the opportunity. He took advantage of the thick fog, selected more than a dozen strong soldiers, and entered Mi City through the secret door of Mi City! You must have noticed this so-called "secret door" 'I think this is also crucial to us." Tang Feng said and looked around the crowd.

Unexpectedly, Han Jiang laughed, "Don't worry too much! The Mongol army has destroyed Mi City. I'm afraid Mi City doesn't even have a gate now. Whether the secret door is a secret door or not has nothing to do with us! "

Tang Feng thought for a while, "What you said makes sense, but I think this sentence is still very important. It shows that Mi City has gates and secret doors. It's just... just that I really can't figure out what this secret door is. Something? I've never seen a hidden door in a city wall!"

"Could it be something like a tunnel?" Yelena suddenly thought of something.

"Tunnel? Generally, there is no special need. No tunnel will be built under the city wall, because it is not safe and will affect the stability of the city wall." Tang Feng said.

"Don't worry about it so much, in short, the cowardly Xue army succeeded in a sneak attack and broke into Mi City!" Liang Yuan said.

"Well, Mi City has been breached! The following is an extremely tragic picture scroll. Ba Siba ordered the soldiers not to kill indiscriminately and not to loot, but all the men in Mi City fought to die, and the women all committed suicide..."

When Tang Feng said this, the last tragic picture of Mi City appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Liang Yuan couldn't help sighing: "Is this the 'man of restoration' mentioned on the jade screen? It seems that King Hao didn't see it. Wrong person, the party members in Mi City are not only brave and good at fighting, but also staunch and chaste."

"The most important part of this record is not these, but the next few sentences." Tang Feng continued to decipher the inscription: "'There are more than a hundred cockroaches, ferocious things, and the emperor's teacher used Buddhism to rationalize them. It was night, and the city was on fire. The emperor was suspicious and fearful, and ordered all the troops to withdraw, all the troops fought for wealth, and many died.' This passage says two things. The first is very interesting. For this extremely ferocious animal, Basiba actually used Buddhism to treat it? This is the sentence that I can’t understand the most after reading the entire inscription. If the crocodile is really so cruel, how did Bhaspa tame them? ? Could it be that he can get rid of these beasts by chanting scriptures to them?"

Everyone was also puzzled, "It seems that we can only figure out all this if we go to Mi City." Makarov murmured.

Tang Feng continued: "The second thing is that the city of Mi suddenly caught fire that night. Even Ba Siba felt suspicious and ordered the troops to withdraw, but the soldiers fought for property and caused many casualties. It seems to be a normal record, but it reveals a huge amount of information. The first thing that reminds me is that Basiba has strictly ordered 'no looting'! But the Qixue army is still fighting for property. What does this mean? Is the Qixue army poor in discipline? Yes Did Basiba’s order not work? Judging from the previous records, it is not. There can only be one explanation, that is, the treasures in Mi City shocked them too much. No matter whether it is military discipline or orders, it doesn't work anymore. Even Ba Siba and Liu Bingzhong can't restrain the soldiers.

Secondly, it was this unknown fire. The reason why I said it was a big fire was because if it was just a general fire, it would not make Ba Siba suspicious, so there must have been a big fire in Mi City that night.As for how the fire started, it is even more interesting. Whether it was the surviving party members who set fire to the city, or the cowardly Xue army thieves calling themselves thieves, or whether the fire started unintentionally, I don’t know. A big fire scared away Qi Xuejun and completely destroyed Mi City. "

"Micheng is located in the desert, and the population is sparsely populated. Even if the cowardly Xue army loots, there is no need to deliberately set fire to it. A thief is called a thief, right? Unintentional fire is possible, but it seems unreasonable to cause a fire that swallows Micheng, so I think there is a high possibility that the surviving party members set fire to the city." Han Jiang analyzed.

"I think so too. There must be party members who survived. They may hide during the day and come out to set fire at night." Tang Feng agreed with Han Jiang's deduction.

"According to what you said, at night, the surviving party members ran out and set a big fire, and then the Mongolian army withdrew. After fighting for a long time, in the end, who owns Micheng?" Liang Yuan suddenly proposed. A strange point of view.

"This..." Liang Yuan's words stunned Tang Feng. Could it be that after the Mongols retreated in Mi city, there were still party members there to continue its former glory.

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After a while, Tang Feng regained his composure, "I think Mi City should be regarded as being breached by the Mongol army. Although Huo Qi and the others only stayed in the city for a day and then withdrew, judging from future records, The number of surviving party members should be very small, and after this battle, there are no records or clues about Mi City."

"We've basically finished talking about how the Qixue army broke into Mi City. Why are there two inscriptions behind it?" Makarov asked, pointing to the stone tablet.

"The last two paragraphs may not be important to Liu Bingzhong, but I just wrote down a few more strokes later, but I think these two paragraphs are very important to us. The penultimate paragraph mainly talks about the aftermath of the city of Mi. The aftermath, the whole aftermath is actually one thing - Basiba ordered Qi Xuejun to collect the scattered Mongolian and party members' bones and build a mandala on the seaside of the past life, so as to save the souls of the dead. This incident made me I thought of that ancient legend..." Tang Feng stopped when he said this.

Liang Yuan continued: "What you said, I also remembered the legend that Uncle Wei mentioned. It is said that there is a skeleton city in the Sea of ​​Rebirth. When I heard this legend, I was shocked at first, and then I thought about it." I think it's nonsense, but looking at it today, it's very likely to be true!"

"Yes, the inscription mentioned that the mandala built by Basiba was built with the bones of the soldiers of the two armies. It also said that no one had collected the bones in the Wolf Valley for decades. There are a lot of losses, and the party members are almost wiped out, there must be a lot of bones, think about it, when these bones are piled up together, no... isn't it a skeleton city?" Tang Feng stared at everyone with wide-eyed eyes.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, "It seems that the legends are all true!"

"Of course, this record is also quite legendary. It is said that the soldiers were worried about the dangers at the seaside and did not want to stay for a long time. After Ba Siba gave the soldiers a guarantee, they stayed at the seaside. It is strange to say that ten consecutive For many days, the wind and sun were beautiful here, and there was no sign of danger; a month later, the mandala was built, and when they withdrew, the wild wolf valley returned to its original danger, so the soldiers all said that Basiba It's a god, a Bodhisattva reincarnated! The legendary record behind this makes me even doubt the previous record, does that mandala really exist?" Tang Feng also began to doubt the authenticity of this record.

"I think this is putting gold on Ba Siba's face, bragging!" Han Jiang joked.

"Is that true?" Tang Feng pulled his thoughts back to the inscription, "The last paragraph said three things, but they were actually two things, because the first few sentences were praises; but then Liu Bingzhong changed the subject and said one thing The matter——'The former, the emperor built the mandala, once whispered to me: "This city has a great mystery! "I asked He Xuanji, the emperor smiled and said nothing, I am stupid and really don't know! What does 'big mystery' mean?"

"Nonsense, Liu Bingzhong didn't figure it out back then, how could we know!" Han Jiang said.

"Liu Bingzhong is a very smart person, and he participated in the whole incident. He didn't know the big mystery in the mandala built by Basiba? Moreover, Liu Bingzhong said that Basiba secretly whispered to him. It seems that this big mystery is only Basiba alone. Got it!" Tang Feng sighed.

"Come on, maybe this is Basiba playing tricks. Since he has become the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, let's just write more about God!" Han Jiang shook his head and said.

"Then what about the second thing?" Liang Yuan asked.

"The second thing is very simple. It can solve my previous doubts. At the end of the inscription, Liu Bingzhong said why he wrote this inscription. He originally wanted to record the entire process of the war in a book, which can be passed on to future generations and future generations. It came in handy when compiling the history of the country. He had a good idea, but he was not as thoughtful as Ba Siba; Ba Siba said to Liu Bingzhong, "You can't do this, do this, in case someone, especially the party item after the subjugation of the country, People, after reading these records in the book, they will go to Mi City, occupy the city, and fight against the imperial court, then they will become a serious problem for the imperial court. If you insist on recording this period of history, then you should engrave a piece of it on the seaside of Xiangsheng Stele!' Thus, there is this stele we see."

"Ba Siba is very thoughtful, no wonder there is no record of this period of history in the history books!" Liang Yuan finally understood the ins and outs of this stele.

"But I also want to thank Ba Siba and Liu Bingzhong for not letting anyone write this history into the official history. In that case, we will not see such an original record. Liu Bingzhong has no scruples on this monument, so you can Detailed and true records, and you can also add your own opinions, this is the inscription we have seen."

When Tang Feng said this, he found that Makarov turned his face to one side, looking absently at the water surface covered by thick fog, thoughtful, Tang Feng hurriedly asked Makarov, "Old horse, what did you think of?" ?”

Tang Feng shouted twice before Makarov came back to his senses, "I...I'm still thinking about that 'big mystery'."

"The big mystery? Ma, Liu Bingzhong didn't understand the mystery back then, can you, a foreigner, figure it out?" Han Jiang laughed.

"That's not necessarily true!" Makarov's stubborn temper came up, "Have you ever thought about it? Ba Siba asked Liu Bingzhong to erect a monument on the side of the sea of ​​rebirth, and Ba Siba led the army to build the skeleton mandala at the sea of ​​rebirth. Have you ever thought about the relationship between the two?"

Makarov's words surprised everyone. Tang Feng's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise, "Why didn't I think of it? The old horse is still amazing! The engraving of the stele and the construction of the mandala should be carried out at the same time, and just It should be within a month after the Mongol army captured Mi City, so these two buildings are probably not far apart!"

"That is to say... that skeleton is honestly nearby?!" Liang Yuan's words, coupled with the surrounding thick fog, made everyone feel deep fear.

[No.11 Python Stealth]

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The five people were still surrounded by dense fog, standing under the stele. When Liang Yuan said that, everyone turned their eyes to the sea of ​​rebirth behind the stele. The legendary skeleton mandala was really Is it around here?Maybe it's right under their feet, or underwater not far away!
It was Makarov who was the first to break the terrible silence, "Therefore, I have to seriously consider the great mystery mentioned in the inscription, because I have a hunch that we may soon see the huge skeleton mandala .”

"I also have this premonition, and this premonition is getting stronger and stronger!" Liang Yuan murmured.

"Big mystery?" Tang Feng was also thinking about this question. He suddenly turned around and looked at the inscription on the stone tablet seriously again. He wanted to find the key to unlock the so-called big mystery of Basiba, even if it was just a clue , but he read the inscription again, but found nothing new.

Just when Tang Feng was racking his brains, raindrops fell from the gray sky. The raindrops fell drop by drop on the white sand, on the calm water, and on the vicissitudes of the stone tablet. They also hit Tang Feng's face. body...

"It's raining!" The rain immediately reminded everyone of the records on the stone tablet.

Tang Feng was still staring at the stone tablet in front of him, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he stared at the stone tablet facing him. Suddenly, Tang Feng's eyes lit up, and he pointed to this vicissitudes of life stone tablet and said: "Look quickly, On the stele!"

Everyone turned to the stele, but they didn't see anything. Liang Yuan wondered, "What are you looking at? I've been looking at it for a long time, but I can't see anything except the inscription on the stele!"

"Look, the water stains on the stele!" Tang Feng said, pointing at the stele.

After Tang Feng said this, everyone noticed that there were several light yellow marks on the body of the stele, and Han Jiang nodded, "Yes! This is water stain."

"That is to say, the water from the Past Life Sea has reached these places..." Liang Yuan looked up and saw that the water stain on the top was close to the top of the stele. The water of the sea has completely submerged this stele?!"

Everyone noticed the water stain at the top of the stele, and Tang Feng couldn't imagine that the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth had ever reached that position.At this time, Makarov said: "Water spots will only appear if the water surface stays there for a long time."

"That means the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth has stayed there for a long time!" Han Jiang said in a low voice.

Tang Feng thought for a long time, and speculated: "I guess that except for short-term abnormal changes in the water level of the Past Life Sea, such as the time recorded in the inscription, its water level is relatively stable most of the time, but there are changes. During the historical period, its water level will stay at different stages. This monument is basically at the water’s edge now. When Liu Bingzhong erected this monument, he would not put the monument in the water, so I think the current water level is different from the level he erected at that time. The time is about the same. But there is a problem here, when they erected the monument, the water level was about the same as ours now, was it before the water level dropped sharply, or after it?"

"Well, this is a problem. According to the records on the inscription, when Kublai Khan's army broke through the city of Mi, the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth first rose sharply, and then returned to its original state. Then, the water level dropped sharply, and it was revealed that Out of the road leading to Mi City. I think the water level when they erected the stele will never be the state after the rapid rise, it can only be the latter two states, and the inscription mentions that Basiba's construction of the skeleton mandala is also in the rebirth It’s on the seashore, so I speculate that Liu Bingzhong’s monument may be on the same level as the skeleton mandala.” Makarov speculated.

"What? That... that means the skeleton mandala is not below the current level, it's near us!" Yelena also exclaimed.

Everyone hurriedly looked around, the rain was getting heavier, and the original thick fog not only did not seem to subside, but was also mixed with thick rain and fog. Could it be that the frightening skull mandala in the legend is near the stone monument?Everyone stared wide-eyed in horror and looked around, but no one dared to take half a step away from the stele.

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The five people are facing a big enemy, but they don't know who they are confronting?Is it an unjust soul floating in the Valley of the Wild Wolf, or a giant python swimming in the water?Is it the men in black who may jump out of the dense fog at any time, or... just the dense fog, the thick fog is like an illusory but solid wall, surrounding them, hindering their sight and progress, this illusory What kind of world is behind the thick fog?
Tang Feng forced himself to calm down. He rethought Makarov's words again, and suddenly said loudly: "No! Old Ma, what you said is wrong. Do you still remember the ancient legend? In the legend, the Skeleton City was in Reborn under the sea! Liu Bingzhong can completely erect the stele at a high place, and this high place refers to the high place at that time, which is higher than the skeleton mandala."

"The legend is not necessarily accurate. From the water stains on the stele, it can be inferred that the water level of the Sea of ​​Rebirth was higher than it is now for a long time in history, so it is entirely possible that the legendary skeleton mandala is below the water level." Makarov retorted.

"Whether it's underwater or above the water, the skeleton mandala must be nearby, everyone be careful!" Yelena urged.

As soon as Yelena finished speaking, Liang Yuan suddenly exclaimed again, "Look, look quickly, the water level has risen!"

Everyone was even more horrified. Tang Feng saw that the base of the stele had been submerged by the water. If it wasn't for this stele as a reference, he might not have been able to discover the rise in the water level so quickly!

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the water level of the Rebirth Sea rose rapidly, so everyone had to retreat to the high place behind. Tang Feng retreated, while staring at the rising water surface, as if a giant python in the water might jump out of the water at any time, rushing into the water. to them!

In less than half an hour, the water level of the Past Life Sea had risen to halfway up the stele, and Tang Feng saw a dark water stain there, which indicated that the water level of the Past Life Sea had been stable here for a long time in history.Tang Feng was thinking wildly, but he never thought that his foot slipped, a large piece of white sand under him collapsed into the water, Tang Feng was also engulfed by the wet white sand, and instantly slipped into the rapidly rising Sea of ​​Rebirth, almost at the same time , another figure also disappeared into the water.

(End of this chapter)