Chapter 271

Fengyang is the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, the southern capital and the northern capital of the Ming Dynasty. It is also known as the three capitals of the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the three political centers of the Ming Dynasty and the place of the dragon vein and atmosphere of the geomantic treasure land of the Ming Dynasty.

Dragon veins refer to the rolling mountains. The ancient "Feng Shui" first promoted the "five formulas of geography", that is, "looking for dragons, observing sand, watching water, pointing acupoints and standing direction". Feng Shui believes that Kunlun Mountain is the "ancestor of mountains, the source of dragon veins" and the ancestor of dragons.

Since ancient times, Feng Shui magicians have believed that every dynasty has a dragon vein. Without a dragon vein, it is not enough to support the prosperity and rise of a dynasty.

For example, the dragon vein of the Yellow Emperor is in the Yellow River Basin of the central plains; The dragon vein of Dayu is in Jiulong Mountain; The dragon vein of Shang Tang is in the Yellow River Basin; The dragon vein of the Zhou Dynasty is in Qishan; The dragon vein of Qin Dynasty is in Xianyang; The dragon vein of the Han Dynasty is in Peixian county.

Such a story is recorded in Longxing Temple in the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a place in Sizhou called yangjiadun, under which there was a soil nest. One day, a farmer named Zhu Chuyi (Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather) finished farming and lay down in his soil nest to rest.

At this time, two Taoists passed by. One of them, an older Taoist with the appearance of a master, stopped, stood on the earth nest, pointed to the place where Zhu Chuyi slept at his feet, and said, "if someone is buried here after death, his descendants will emerge from heaven."

Another young Taoist priest with the appearance of an apprentice looked puzzled and asked, "why?"

Another young Taoist priest with the appearance of an apprentice looked puzzled and asked, "why?"

The Taoist smiled and replied, "it's warm here. It's very aura. If you take a dead branch and plant it here, it will surely grow new buds in ten days."

At this time, Zhu Chu woke up and stood up from the earth nest. The old Taoist priest was surprised to see him, so he asked, "benefactor, did you hear what I said just now?"

Zhu Chuyi pretended to be deaf, shook his head and waved his hand to leave, indicating that he didn't know anything.

After Zhu Chu left, the young Taoist picked up a dead branch elsewhere, inserted it in the earth nest and left.

Feng Shui superstition is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone believes that burying their ancestors in feng shui treasure land can change the fate of their children. In fact, Zhu Chuyi not only listened to the Taoist priest's words seriously, but also kept it in mind. He came to the earth nest every day waiting for dead branches to sprout.

Unknowingly, ten days passed, and the dead branch really grew new buds on the tenth day, as the Taoist said. Zhu Chuyi was shocked and knew that what the Taoist said was true. This is a treasure land of geomantic omen. If he was buried here after death, future generations would come out of heaven, change dynasties and change the fate of the family.

Zhu Chuyi is a very scheming person. He doesn't want others to know that this place is a geomantic treasure land with aura, so he skillfully pulls out the dead branch with new buds and inserts another dead branch.

Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather firmly remembered this and asked people to bury himself in an earth nest after his death. But when they were buried, something amazing happened. As long as you pick up the soil here, you will pile up and become a grave.

Later, after joining the red scarf army led by Guo Zixing, with his unremitting efforts and unique talent, Zhu Yuanzhang led his brothers through the customs and killed generals all the way, and finally overthrew the rule of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and ascended the throne of emperor.

After he ascended the ninth five year plan, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered crown prince Zhu Biao to lead the civil and military officials and craftsmen back to yangjiadun in the north of Sizhou city and began to build the ancestral mausoleum. After 28 years and a lot of money, it was not until the eleventh year of Yongle that all the tombs of his great grandfather, great grandfather and grandfather were successfully built. So far, yangjiadun was renamed the ancestral mausoleum, It is also considered by the officials of the people all over the world as the dragon vein of the Ming Dynasty.

Now the Dragon veins of Daming are occupied by others and destroyed wantonly, which can be said to be the root of Daming and make the emperor of Daming feel afraid and uneasy.

Now the emperor is full of thoughts, which is to send a large army to quickly recapture Fengyang and Zuling to see if the damage can be controlled to a minimum. However, the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny. He is full of hope that the armies can attack with all their strength and recapture the mainstream in the shortest time. However, despite his certain destruction and repeated edicts, these people are not equipped with troops, On the grounds of the end of the grain and grass supply, he did not dare to move forward with all his strength. To put it bluntly, he did not dare to face the wandering bandits.

You know, they used to chase the enemy's ass and hit wherever they fled, but now they are afraid of the roving bandits, which makes them very shocked and disturbed.

Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, which can be conquered, began to really become a major trouble for them. When they exterminated the exiles, they put forward their discussion process.

In fact, the officers and soldiers have accumulated some experience in encircling and suppressing the roving bandits for many years and know their combat methods. The roving bandits are not ordinary farmers who revolt because of hunger, but also some deserters who have received military training. They are kind of people, have excellent martial arts skills, skillful bows and horses, and they have no fixed place to live and attack everywhere. If your imperial army comes, he will take the initiative to dodge, Then attack your weak links, East and West, which makes people uncertain. If you want to attack Liu Kou, you must catch his main force and give a fatal blow. Otherwise, it is useless for you to attack his auxiliary forces and the ordinary soldiers you follow.

The core of the roving bandit is the word flow. He wanders around and has an uncertain whereabouts. He specializes in attacking the weak link of the government's defense. Because they have a very strong combat ability, the officers and soldiers will be attacked by him if they are not careful, which is also one of the reasons why the officers and soldiers are afraid to move forward.

Moreover, Zhang Xianzhong did not stop his pace after taking Fengyang, the capital of China, but led the main army to invade Fengyang and other state governments everywhere.

Originally, Zhu Dadian used to be governor of Fengyang and governor of Cao Yun, which was the so-called big fat shortage in the world. He was very satisfied with fuhuai governor Cao. However, after Fengyang was captured, although he led the recruited Jianrui to the South quickly and arrived near Xuzhou to recover Fengyang, Zhang Xianzhong, who won Fengyang and obtained a lot of supplements, worked hard, Their army sniped everywhere, attacked the weak links of the officers and soldiers, and won many cities. Wherever they went, they were invincible, attacked other surrounding cities one by one, and pointed directly at the South Bank of the Yangtze River to peep at nanzhili.

As the most important area of the Ming Dynasty, nanzhili area is the important tax area and the core of the world in the Ming Dynasty. Such a place has become a place of rampant bandits. Even those trusted by the emperor, such as Zhu Dadian and Lu Jiude, have been severely reprimanded.

However, Zhu Dadian and Lu Jiude are old oil cops who have been on the battlefield for a long time. They can't rush up with blood because of the emperor's few reprimands and take the initiative to lead the army to death, so they can only advance in order.

The administrative system of the Ming Dynasty is that of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, especially nanzhili, including Fengyang and Nanjing, the capital of China. Now, after the exiles captured Fengyang, they have been attacking other cities everywhere. If they were allowed to attack Nanjing over the Yangtze River, the Ming Dynasty would really be over.

Therefore, after the roving bandits captured Fengyang, nanzhili also carried out emergency mobilization. Governor Ying Tian also transferred all the troops he could mobilize to the cities along the South Bank of the Yangtze River, ready to resist the troops of the roving bandits heading south at any time.

Of course, the imperial court has ordered governor Ying Tian to lead the army north to take over the lost territory, but how dare he send troops north because governor Ying Tian can't protect himself and his troops are seriously insufficient? It is great to be able to ensure that the cities under his rule are not lost. He repeatedly issued documents and warrants to the major state capitals under his rule, severely punished and prevented them from being lax. If anyone dares to abandon the land lost, they will all die suddenly, which is not easy to be soft.

Although he issued strict orders to major cities on the South Bank of the Yangtze River, and Anqing is nanzhilifu County, it is a city on the North Bank of the Yangtze River and has always been under the control of the governor of heaven.

After the capture of zhongfengyang, Zhang Xianzhong became the leader of the rebel army in the world. He was in high spirits and continued to sweep through other major counties of Fengyang mansion. He knew that as long as he took this place and cut off the dragon vein of Daming, Daming would not have a good life. In the future, it would not be so easy for the officers and soldiers to deal with them.

Therefore, he was not blinded by the victory in front of him, but led his troops to sweep other prefectures of Fengyang Prefecture, beat the officers and soldiers here and fled in confusion. Zhang Xianzhong's personal prestige and scenery reached the peak and extreme at this time. Therefore, after he was captured in the city on the North Bank of the Yangtze River in Fengyang, there was an anqing left, He led the main army to attack Anqing. After he was ready to win the city, there was no bridgehead for the officers and soldiers to enter the north bank through the Yangtze River.

Earlier, Zhang Xianzhong sent a partial division to attack Anqing, but was defeated by the army and people led by Wang Zhiming, Anqing's governor. This time, he personally led the army to attack Anqing and vowed to take out this important city on the North Bank of the Yangtze River. Anqing has always said that the Yangtze River locks its throat. He wants to often lock its throat and cut off the Yangtze River, If he had the chance to open the west gate of Nanjing, he might have the chance to win the Nanjing of Daming. If he really won one of the real capitals of Daming, it would be difficult for him to think about it.

So this time, Zhang Xianzhong personally led his elite horse team and old camp to attack Anqing and vowed to attack it at one stroke.

If they capture Anqing, they will lay down a large piece of land. Although they give up immediately after they have laid down a city, they can improve their strategic environment unprecedentedly. There is no champion at all. How can they come to them? This land is their free land.