The Chengdu Plain in early summer was supposed to be the season for wheat and beans to bear fruit, but what Ouyang Xuan saw was a scene of lush weeds. The bushes on the roadside were as tall as a person, and he could only vaguely see what the farmland looked like in the past.

Over time, the desolation even grew into a small forest. From time to time, white human and animal skeletons were exposed in the farmland and creeks beside the road. Ouyang Xuan's scalp was numb when he saw it, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace, sweating all the way. When he came to a collapsed building

It was already setting sun in front of the bridge. Although it was getting late, Ouyang Xuan decided to take a rest. As a traveler who often hikes long distances, his walking speed is not slow. He estimated that it would take him three hours

There are only about a few miles left, so it won’t be a big problem to reach Jiezi Ancient Town before dark.

Ouyang Xuan was just sitting on the side of the road, cleaning pebbles from his shoes, when two people suddenly jumped out of the weeds behind him. They knocked him down with lightning speed and tied him up tightly. The two men had lean faces.

, dressed in shabby linen clothes, with dirty hair tied on top of their heads, each holding a long knife. While he was looking around in horror, dozens of men with swords, spears and shields walked out of the grass on both sides of the road, one after another.

Everyone gathered around him. Then he was pushed to a tall, black-faced man who looked like a leader.

"Where are you from? Where are you going?" The black-faced strong man who asked was wearing an old half-leather armor. In addition to holding a knife in his hand, he also carried a bow and arrow on his back. He was the tallest among the group, and also

The strongest. He looked down at Ouyang Xuan with his shining eyes. Ouyang Xuan was about 1.7 meters tall, and the black man was a little taller than him, estimated to be 1.75 meters.

If he said that he was a time traveler, it would be impossible to convince the people with swords and guns in front of him. While still lying on the wooden bed of the Wang family, Ouyang Xuan seriously thought about how to answer this question. The explanation he prepared was that his parents were originally

A native of Jinyuan County, Chongqing Prefecture, his family fled to Huangzhou during the Kueduan Massacre of Shu in Mongolia. Due to poverty and lack of food at home, his parents sent him to Longhu Mountain to become a monk at an early age. Because his parents were homesick for their own country and their worldly aspirations were still unbroken, they invited

He became a wandering monk in Dudie and returned to Jinyuan County to relieve his parents' homesickness. Now he is preparing to go to Huacheng Temple in the northwest mountains of Yongkang County. Ouyang Xuan was able to make up such a story all because of his professional reasons - Chongzhou has been around since the Tang Dynasty

It is called Shuzhou. The great poet Du Fu and others once served as officials here. "We know each other across the sea, and we are as close as our neighbors across the world." This is the famous line in "Farewell to Du Shaofu's Appointment in Shuzhou" written by the great poet Wang Bo to see off his friend Du Fu. Southern Song Dynasty

In the fourth year of Chunxi (1177), Shuzhou was promoted to Chongqing Mansion with Gaozong Qianfan here to show the meaning of Chongqing. Lu You, the famous patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, also served as general magistrate here. As the librarian, Ouyang Xuan

I have done some research on this period of history in Chongzhou City, and have systematically studied the history of the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, my rhetoric is consistent with historical facts. It is not difficult to fool these men with swords and sticks.

"Well, your words have a Jingxiang accent." After listening to Ouyang Xuan's words, the dark-faced strong man had not yet spoken, but a sturdy bald middle-aged man next to him said. "Of course, Huguang fills Sichuan, and my family is

An immigrant from Xiaogan, Hubei Province," Ouyang Xuan thought to himself. "Master, all his things are here!" Someone next to him had taken out all the things in Ouyang Xuan's bag and was looking at them one by one.

"What are these things for?" the black-faced strong man asked.

"This is my weapon for self-defense," Ouyang Xuan said, staring at the engineer shovel. It was normal for a wandering monk to carry weapons to guard against bandits and wild beasts.

"This is a magic weapon that my master brought back from the far west..." Ouyang Xuan explained about headlamps, drink bottles and other items.

"Untie the elders quickly," shouted the black-faced man. In fact, looking at his hair and attire, he, like Wang Da, preconceptions that Ouyang Xuan was a wandering monk. When he saw that his answers were reasonable and his manners were decent, he no longer doubted it. . He also learned that he was going to Huacheng Temple in the same direction as he was going, so he invited him to go with him.

We walked together and chatted all the way. During the conversation, Ouyang Xuan learned that this year is the year of Chun Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xuan used historical knowledge to convert it to 1257 AD. The black-faced strong man leading the team is called Li Shuang, who is from Chongqing Mansion. A patrol inspector. The patrol inspector was originally an official responsible for rural security, but this time he went to various forts in Yongkang County to collect grain on the orders of Pan Tongzhi of the Chongqing Prefecture. The bald middle-aged man who just said Ouyang Xuan had a Jingxiang accent was named Yu. Pillar is the escort team of the Chongqing Prefecture Xiang Army. The Southern Song Dynasty army is divided into the Central Military Forbidden Army and the local military Xiang Army. According to the military system, there are 10 people per fire and 50 people per team. The captain's position is called the escort, and the deputy's job title is Called the support team. According to the official system of the Southern Song Dynasty, although Li Shuang was only an eighth-rank official, he could lead a team or even more soldiers to perform his duties according to the authorization of his superiors. Li Shuang set out from Chongqing Fucheng with grain requisition officers and soldiers, and there were no fortresses along the way. After collecting food, they were almost discovered by Mongolian horsemen who were looting the countryside.

The more information he got from Li Shuang and Yu Zhu, the more chilled Ouyang Xuan became. He knew that there was a high probability that he had really traveled to another parallel time and space. When he was lying in bed thinking about this problem yesterday, although he felt that the loyal old man was not It is very possible that he is lying, but he still has a trace of luck in his heart. He can't be so unlucky and really travel through time, right? What if Wang Da is a mental patient? What if the scenery around Wang Da's shack is only the same as that of Yuantong Ancient Town? Similar.

It was already dusk when we were about two miles away from Yongkang Walled City. Looking ahead, we could vaguely see the Yongkang City Wall at the foot of the mountain. At this time, the marching team stopped for some reason, and Li Shuang and Yu Zhu, who were walking in the middle, saw this. Then he walked forward, and Ouyang Xuan followed closely, ready to step forward to find out.

The three of them pushed through the crowd and walked to the front of the team, only to discover the reason for stopping. It turned out that due to the gentle terrain, the river that passed through here had formed a low-lying swamp that was several miles long and dozens of meters wide. A relatively narrow and calm area of ​​more than ten meters wide was formed where the official road passed, but the stone bridge across it had been washed away by the flood. When the water on the broad river in the upper reaches passed through the narrow area of ​​the stone bridge, it formed a deep and peaceful area. The rapid current made it impossible to wade across the river.

"Can I swim across the river?" Li Shuang asked. Ouyang Xuan looked around with him, and all the soldiers he saw were sallow and thin. According to Li Shuang Yu Zhu, even the soldiers could barely survive due to lack of food caused by the long-term war. Just to satisfy one's hunger.

"Master Inspector, there is a bridge three miles upstream to cross the river," a soldier next to him replied.

At this moment, a strange color suddenly appeared on Yu Zhu's face. He made a silent gesture, lying down with his right ear on the ground. After a moment, he stood up and said loudly: "A Tatar cavalry is coming this way. ". Ouyang Xuan knew that the Song people called the Mongols on the grasslands Tatars, and the Tatar soldiers in Yu Zhu's mouth were Mongolian soldiers.

Yu Zhu's words suddenly caused the team to panic. There were only a dozen war horses in the entire Chongqing Mansion. Those were the mounts of Pan Tongzhi and his cronies. They were usually regarded as treasures and were not used easily. Everyone believed that the one who appeared at this time
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