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When it comes to Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general during the Southern Song Dynasty, it can be said that women and children are well known. Regarding the story of Yue Fei, we are familiar with the deeds of resisting Jin, the embroidery of his mother-in-law, etc. Yue Fei was finally framed by the traitors, and was executed together with his eldest son Yue Yun and the general Zhang Xian on the charge of "false accusations", even after hundreds of years, he also made people with righteous hearts indignant for him... In addition to these well-known stories, Yue Fei, as a famous military figure in the Southern Song Dynasty, was the head of the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was an outstanding commander, and the "Yue Family Army" led by him was known as "freezing to death without demolishing houses, starving to death without taking captives", which made people very admirable and won the comment that "it is easy to shake the mountains, and it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army". Yue Fei led his Yue family army, a lifetime of conquest, participated in and commanded hundreds of large and small battles, among them, Yue Fei also led the "Yue Family Army" to Qingyuan Lianzhou, Guangdong Shilanzhai Village to set up camp, and now, Shilanzhai Village still retains the "Yue Family Army Old Fortress Ruins", only because this village has not carried out large-scale tourism development and publicity, so that many tourists to Qingyuan Lianzhou do not know that there is such a place.
In order to find this period of history, Shanshan Sanya specially took a trip to The Shilanzhai Village in Lianzhou, hoping to know what reason Yue Fei came to Lianzhou Shilanzhai that year? What happened to Yue Fei during his stay in Shilanzhai? In this village, how many things did Yue Fei leave behind?
From Guangzhou to Lianzhou, because of the yearning of the heart, the distance is no longer a distance. Qingyuan Lianzhou, at the junction of Guangdong, Hunan and Guizhou provinces, is a city built on "mountainous", the city is the end of the ancient "Qin and Han Ancient Road", is the gateway of the Central Plains to Lingnan, and has the reputation of "the first state in Lingnan". In the history of more than 2,000 years, the endless stream of cars and horses passing through the Qin and Han Ancient Roads that run through the north and south, so that the Central Plains culture, Jingchu culture and Lingnan culture are integrated here, so that there are many ancient stories here. Shanshan Sanya this station to reach the Lianzhou Shilan Village, located in lianzhou west bank town, is also the former Qin and Han ancient road, on the way into the village, surrounded by a large area of farmland, in the distance is a continuous small mountain range, and Guangzhou's high-rise buildings form a sharp contrast, the rural atmosphere is very strong, which made me like this place at once.
After entering the village, when I asked the villagers about the story of "Yue Fei" and the ruins of Yue Fei's former fortress, the villagers reminded me that I could start from the eight immortal banyan trees in the village. Here, I saw a statue of Yue Fei and related introductions. Only to see that there is a very tall "Yue Fei Statue" next to the banyan tree, Yue Fei wears a red ribbon helmet, wears a python robe, wears martial boots on his feet, has a golden armor on his arm, holds a scroll in his right hand, and holds a spear in his left hand, at this time his gaze is staring into the distance, as if they are all home and country feelings, looking heroic.
Bypassing Yue Fei's statue, I saw the story about "Yue Fei" and this village, according to the "Song History • Yue Fei Biography" record, the newly established Southern Song Dynasty, there were Jurchen nobles to invade, there will be some turmoil, coupled with thieves and bandits disputes, at this time, in the Xiang, Guangdong, Guiyi area, a person named Cao Cheng, gathered more than 100,000 people as bandits, against the Southern Song regime, the Southern Song Emperor at that time sent Yue Fei to recruit Cao Cheng. Initially, Cao Cheng and Yue Fei relied on their own assembled men and horses, and also relied on the dangerous terrain of Hezhou and Guiling to oppose the Yue family army, and the first few attacks of the Yue family army were also effective. Later, Yue Fei led the Yue family army to the village of Shilanzhai in Lianzhou to set up camp, and used the strategy of "luring the snake out of the hole" to lure the Cao army over Guiling to Shilanzhai, and the Yue family army stayed here to wait for work, and finally defeated Cao Cheng. After this, Cao Yun also wanted to lead his people south to occupy Lianzhou as a stronghold, and Yue Fei personally led eight thousand elite horsemen to attack Cao's camp with a single blow, and Cao Cheng finally defeated Lianzhou. Finally, Yue Fei and Zhang Xian, the general who was waiting in Yue Rongling Village, attacked Cao Cheng, recruiting more than 20,000 people from Cao Cheng. Cao Cheng later fled to Jiangxi and surrendered to another famous general, Han Shizhong, in desperation. Since then, the people in this area have lived and worked in peace and contentment in addition to banditry. In order to remember Yue Fei's exploits in suppressing bandits, the locals named the Shilanzhai Mountain Ridge where Yue Fei led the Yue family army to camp and set up camp: Yue Rongling.
After stopping for a while in front of Yue Fei's statue, I walked into the ancient building complex of Shilanzhai, and the ancient buildings that Shilanzhai now preserves are built by relying on Yue Rongling, which is crescent-shaped, from east to west, about 1.5 kilometers. Along the way, I saw four gatehouses, each of which was made of thick bluestone bricks to form a foundation more than one meter high, above which were the green brick walls of the water mill seam, the top of the gate was made of standard bricks to form a semi-circular arched door opening, and the door of each gate tower was inlaid with bluestone plaques, hanging wooden plaques, each stone plaque not only recorded the history of the villagers of Shilanzhai, but also recorded their past glory. Because Shanshan Sanya had footprints specifically for the purpose of searching for Yue Fei this time, after passing through several gatehouses, he followed the guidance of the road sign and wanted to quickly find the "Ruins of the Former Fortress of the Yue Family Army".
After I passed through the gate tower of the "Ji Yuanzuo", I quickly came to the foot of Yue Rongling Mountain. What appeared before my eyes was a very large stone wall, all weeded, and it should have been no one had come for a long time. As I wandered in front of the stone wall, I saw two signs standing: one with the sign "Introduction to the Ruins of the Yue Family Army's Former Fortress", and the other with the sign "Lianzhou City Cultural Relics Protection Unit".
Shanshan Sanya looked up at the position of the two signs, feeling that this mountain was not too high, but before Shanshan Sanya had heard the villagers say that when they climbed the Yue Rong Ridge step by step, the steepness and steepness would gradually be felt. I tried to walk up from the sloping stone wall, but after just two steps, I could clearly feel the smoothness and steepness of the stone wall. At that time, the wall of the Yue family's military built of stone barriers is still up against the mountain, and after years, although the stone wall of the ruined wall has been overgrown with weeds, it still does not lose the majesty of the year, and the reason why Yue Fei chose to camp here in that year is probably to consider that Yue Rongling is like a natural fortress, strangling the throat of this ancient road, and has the geographical advantage of "one day when the pass is passed, everything is impossible to open", Yue Fei is here, waiting for work, and won the victory in this battle.
This time, the trip to Shilanzhai in Lianzhou made me know more about Yue Fei, as a generation of loyal Yue Fei, he was finally killed by the traitor Qin Juniper, but his achievements in serving the country are indelible, and what he did in his life will be remembered by people. Not only in Shilanzhai in Lianzhou, there must be many such places, which are remembered by the world and have become places to remember this national hero.
So, do you know that Shilanzhai in Lianzhou, Guangdong Province, retains the "Ruins of the Former Fortress of the Yue Family Army"? Do you know the story of Yue Fei's events in this small village? For this Shilan Village, which has not been developed into a scenic spot, will you come to visit because of Yue Fei's story? Welcome to leave a comment! This article is a copyrighted work, without the written authorization of Shanshan Sanya, it is strictly forbidden to carry, reprint, or wash the manuscript. If you need to reprint, please contact the author Shanshan Sanya, thank you.