The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1226 Lousang Village Worshiping Ancestors

Fearing that Liu Yin's army would come after him, Murong Shegui fled in a panic. After reaching the Bohai Sea, he didn't dare to stop. It was a little relieved.

After Murong Xianbei's army failed in the Battle of Zhangshui, the Xianbei army originally stationed in the counties of Bohai, Anping, Zhongshan, and Changshan also fled. They did not have to wait for the Han army to attack, they had already voluntarily withdrawn from Jizhou.

Therefore, Liu Yin's army marched all the way north without encountering any resistance, and regaining the four counties of Jizhou was like letting go of the horse.

Although cavalry accounted for the majority of the Han army marching this time, Liu Yin did not deliberately ask the Han army to advance at full speed. Choose a few hours around noon when the weather is warmer to march, and most of the rest of the time is spent camping and surrounding the fire to keep warm.

The main reason why Liu Yin is so slow and slow is to save the soldiers' physical strength. Marching and fighting in winter consumes the most physical strength and requires a lot of energy, while logistics supply is very difficult. In addition, it is very difficult to go to Youzhou. It was an urgent matter, so Liu Yin advanced slowly to conserve his strength.

After walking for about ten days, I arrived at the junction of Jizhou and Youzhou - Yishui River.This season, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow, naturally can't appreciate the scenery of windy and cold water, and can't appreciate Jing Ke's heroic spirit when he left the country of Yan, but Liu Yin set foot on the border of Youzhou , so that you can feel a different kind of feeling, because Liu Bei's hometown is just outside Zhuo County, not far from Yishui River.

Liu Bei’s ancestral home is Lousang Village, Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou. When he was young, Liu Bei’s family was poor, and he made a living by weaving mats and selling shoes. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he invaded Youzhou. The hometown of Zhuojun left Lousang Village, half his life was spent, and with his indomitable will, he persevered and eventually became an emperor.

However, since Liu Bei left his hometown, he has never been able to return to Lousang Village in his whole life. Even if he is the emperor and dominates the roost, he has not been able to offer a stick of incense in front of the grave of his parents in the ancestral temple. On the day of the ancestors, he could only worship far away in the direction of Zhuojun, which cannot but be said to be a pity.

But today, his regret was made up for by his grandson Liu Yin here. The first thing Liu Yin did when he entered Youzhou was not to defeat the enemy and destroy the bandits, but to go to Lousang Village to give Liu Yin The ancestors of the family burned a stick of incense.

The former Zhuo County is now renamed Fanyang County, but Zhuo County still has the same name.After the Xianbei invaded Youzhou, Fanyang County fell, and most of the people in the county fled.

This time, when the Xianbei generals stationed in Zhuo County heard that Ji Han's army had come to kill them, they were frightened out of their wits. Murong Shegui led an army of 20 and was still defeated. As a general of Fan Yang, he only had a few thousand troops, so how could he resist? He simply fled in anticipation, leaving the empty city of Zhuo County to Liu Yin.

Liu Yin did not enter Zhuo County, but accompanied by Zhang Le and Zhao Zhuo, they came to Lousang Village, five miles southeast of the county.

Zhang Le's grandfather, Zhang Fei, is also from Zhuojun, and Zhao Zhuo's grandfather, Zhao Yun, is from Jizhou, Changshan, and they are not too far apart.

Like Liu Yin's ancestor Liu Bei, Zhang Le and Zhao Zhuo's ancestor Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun never returned to their hometown after leaving their hometown. It's not that they didn't want to come back, but that this place has always been the territory of Cao Wei. Although they are the emperors of Shu Han The princes have a heart to honor their ancestors, but they never have the opportunity to set foot on their homeland and let their ancestors come to witness their glory.

Although Lousang Village is on the outskirts of Zhuo County, when the Xianbei invaded, most of the young and healthy people in the village ran to the nearby mountains to hide, and the only ones left were a few elderly people with limited mobility. When Liu Yin came to Lousang Village, the whole village was empty and quiet.

Liu Yin left his bodyguards outside the village, and only brought A Jian and dozens of cavalry into the village together with Zhang Le and Zhao Zhuo.

Liu Yin's story about Lousang Village only comes from historical records. In "Three Kingdoms-The First Master's Biography", Liu Bei's life is recorded. What left a deep impression on Liu Yin is the southeast corner of Liu Bei's courtyard. A big mulberry tree.

In the Han Dynasty, ordinary farmers lived a life of male farming and female weaving. It was very common to raise silkworms without mulberry leaves, and to plant mulberry trees around the house. However, ordinary mulberry villages were very short. But the mulberry tree is very tall and strange, and its pavilion is like a canopy. People who come and go are amazed, thinking that this tree is extraordinary, and its family must have noble people.

When Liu Bei was young, he often played under the big mulberry tree. He pointed to the big mulberry tree and said to his childhood playmates boldly: "I should take this Yubao cover car." That spirit is quite similar to what Xiang Yu said when he met Qin Shihuang The aura of "I can replace and replace" can be described as the hero's youth, don't ask where he comes from.

When Liu Bei played under the tree when he was young, it was almost a hundred years ago, and when Liu Bei left Lousang Village at the age of 23 to join the army, it was also 90 years ago. Can you find Liu Bei's former residence here?
Liu Yin walked around the village and found an old man who was getting older.

"You mean Duke Xuande... oh, no, the former residence of Emperor Zhaolie?" The old man was also sharp, obviously he was not ignorant of the world's situation.

Liu Yin showed his identity, so panicked that the old man fell to the ground and worshiped. Liu Yin supported him with both hands. After questioning, he learned that the old man was also a person with the surname Liu. He was in the same Liu clan as Liu Bei's family. , was also Liu Bei's playmate back then, under his identification, Liu Yin found the big mulberry tree with a cloud cover, but Liu Bei's former residence has long since ceased to exist and has become a pile of rubble.

This was not beyond Liu Yin's expectations. After all, Liu Bei's family was poor when he was a child, and he could only live in a broken tile cold kiln. Such a house probably collapsed a few years after Liu Bei left, let alone persisted for a hundred years.

Even the ancestral hall of the Liu family has been preserved to this day because of the care of descendants.According to the old man named Liu Fu, everyone in their clan is proud of having such a great figure as Emperor Zhaolie. Although they are persecuted by the government, they dare not list Liu Bei's plaque in the ancestral hall. But everyone knew in their hearts that Emperor Zhaolie used an unnamed tablet to worship him.

It was the winter solstice, and it was the time to worship the ancestors. Liu Yin had people rebuild the ancestral hall of the Liu family, enshrined the tablets of Liu Bei's grandparents on it, and held the ancestor worship ceremony, which can be regarded as representing Liu Bei's completion of this life. Long cherished wish.

(End of this chapter)