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Guangxi vernacular ballad (see: look)
Liu Er fights the foreign ghosts
The more they fought, the better it looked…
During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, after the French invaders made progress in the south and north of Yue, they began to invade the north and south of Yue. The Ninth Year of Guangxu (1883), November 10
On the third day, 6,000 French troops, led by Gu Ba, launched an attack on the Qing and Black Flag Army positions in Shanxi (now northwest of Hanoi). The war between China and France officially broke out. At the beginning, the Qing army, especially the Black Flag Army, under the leadership of Liu Yongfu (Liu Er), took advantage of the favorable terrain and the assistance of the local people to repel the invasion of the French invaders many times. Once, Liu Yongfu mobilized the army and the people to weave hundreds of chicken cages according to the situation of the French army using cavalry to invade from the flat area by the river. They were buried in the river bank and in front of the position. That day, Gu Ba sent over a hundred cavalrymen to attack. When the enemy cavalry entered the ambush circle, the Qing army and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army opened fire at the enemy. The enemy cavalry was in a mess, running around and falling into the chicken cage formation, causing them to fall. The Qing army and the Black Flag Army rushed into the enemy's formation, killing hundreds of enemies and capturing more than a hundred horses. This was Liu Yongfu's legendary chicken cage battle. Later on, due to the Qing court's tactics of avoiding war and seeking peace, as well as the fact that the rear was too far away, the Qing army suffered successive defeats. The French took advantage of the situation to threaten the Qing government. On April 17, 1884, the Qing government was forced to sign the "simplified treaty of the China-France Conference", recognizing France's "right to protect" Yuenan, agreeing to open a port for trade at the China-Vietnam border, and declaring that the Qing army in Beiqi would be withdrawn to the border. The new governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhang Zhidong, appointed veteran Feng Zicai as the deputy of Guangxi's military affairs and redeployed the military. On March 23rd of the following year, General Nigri of the French Army led 2000 French troops to invade Zhennan Pass in three ways. At noon on the third day, they captured three fortresses in Dongling and advanced towards the long wall. The long wall was the barrier of the Southern Mountain's City, the graveyard of the enemy. How could they let the enemy occupy it? Feng Zicai immediately asked for help from the troops stationed in Ningming, Longzhou, and Dongxing. Not only did Longzhou send half of its troops to help from the front, but it also sent a small number of troops, together with the local regiments and the civilian troops of the neighboring countries, to march from the border of the two countries to surround and cut off the enemy's retreat to carry out the attack. Feng Zicai resisted tenaciously from the front. Reinforcements from the left, right, and center arrived one after another and entered the battle from the left, front, and right. Nigri was attacked from four sides. More than half of his 2000 men were killed or injured. In the end, they abandoned their weapons and armor and broke through the encirclement to escape. Feng Zicai led the army to pursue the victory. On April 2, he successively conquered Wenyuan, Qunu, Liangshan, Tunmei, Gusong and other places, and achieved the great victory of Zhennan Pass, which shocked China and foreign countries in history. Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army also defeated the French army in Lintao. The successive victories of the Chinese army terrified the French army in Hanoi and they prepared to flee. The cabinet of France's Jouferi also fell due to defeat.
Liu Er fights the foreign ghosts
The more they fought, the better it looked…
This was a folk song composed by the border people of the Celestial Dynasty after the great victory at Zhennan Pass. At first, it was only sung in Pingxiang area. Soon, it was widely sung in Ningming, Dongxing and Longzhou. After that, this folk song crossed the border and spread to the south of Yue, near the Chinese side. Even through time and space, it was passed down for more than a hundred years. It witnessed the heinous crimes committed by the French invaders to China and Vietnam. It was also the ode to the great victory of the Chinese and Vietnamese armies in the war against the French!
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In the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), Su Yuanchun was appointed as the supervisor of Guangxi border defense. A few years before this, the French occupation, in order to realize its dream of establishing the "Eastern Empire", had tried to put the strategically important Golden Dragon Cave (now Golden Dragon Town) under the south of Yue. Within the territory of Jinlong, there are seven passes and three villages, all named after Zhuang dialect. The seven passes are: Gengdang, Lingyu, Gengji, Gengzhong, Gengdong and Kongcun. The three villages are Liban, Longbao and Bankong. It was a strategic location that could be attacked and defended. After taking office, in order to strengthen the border defense, Su Yuanchun built 77 artillery fortresses in Longzhou, including three in Golden Dragon Cave. One of them was built on top of Gengji Pass. He sent a battalion of over 300 border guards to guard Golden Dragon.
Gengji Pass was to the east of Longji Tun. After crossing the mountain pass, they would arrive at Bansang Stronghold, which was the Mingshi Canyon between the high mountains and the flat land.
Longjitun, as the name suggests, is a place surrounded by mountains; Ji, in Zhuang language, was a type of wooden shoe. Other wooden shoes were made of wood, but this one was made of bamboo. Tun, the place where the troops were stationed. Originally, this mountain was uninhabited. After the government troops left, people moved in from other places one after another and formed a stockade, named Longjitun. Tunzi's southeast and west are mountains, there are passes that can lead to other places, only the north is slightly flat, leading to the location of the town government--Jinlongdong. Most of the mountains here were stone mountains. The mountain peaks are high and steep. There was a karst cave in Shanshan. On the south side of Fortress Hill, there were two small hills named Longshi and Longfang. There was a tropical rainforest in the small mountain. The trees were tall and the water was flowing. There were all kinds of animals such as gorillas, apes, pythons, and so on. To the southeast of them was the Longgang primeval forest, which had now become a national tropical rainforest nature reserve. Longjitun was able to survive, attack, and retreat, so it naturally became a strategic location for military strategists.
People said that Longjitun was a stockade that was formed by firewood, and it was true. There were more than 30 families in Quantun, including Li, Nong, Liang, Chen, Gan, Long, Huang and Ruan. Li had seven or eight families from different places, so they were not the same relatives. The mountains were high in the west and low in the east, with serious soil erosion and poor soil quality. There were very few paddy fields, so people had to reclaim small plots of land between the rocks at the head of the stream beside the slope and plant corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and other miscellaneous grains to make up for the lack of rice. In poor harvest years, they had to go up the mountain to dig wild potatoes to fill the gap, so their living conditions were naturally better than those in the mountains. It was so good that everyone came from all over the world. Their destinies were linked together, and their aspirations were the same. Therefore, their hearts were more united. They were poor, but their hearts were not poor. Since ancient times, no one had ever been a bandit or stolen anything. Peace is called a small village, and the stockade people say that they come out to work, that they fall to rest, that they are peaceful and light, and that they multiply and live. Because the village was adjacent to the Longgang primitive forest, there were many animals, mushrooms and other mountain products. After the production of the land, most people went into the mountains to hunt or pick mushrooms. Some people carried them on horses, earning a meager income to supplement the family economy. Diligence and hard work became the fashion of the knockoffs. Although the production and creation methods were simple and lacking, they would never be tied to a tree. In times of war, when the society was not peaceful, people would pick up swords and spears, using their blood, sweat, and even their lives to protect the peace of the motherland and the border. This was the character of the people from the border-when friends came, they had good wine, and when enemies came, they had shotguns!
The protagonist of our novel was born in this remote village and grew up in this magical and mysterious environment.
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At the west end of the stockade, there were three families, Li, Chen, and Gan. The house was shaped like a triangle, like the three legs of a cauldron. They were practically eaves to eaves. As long as one listened calmly, one would be able to hear the words of each family. This was a small pattern in the village. Although they did not have the same surname, they would always come and go to chat during leisure time. Their relationship was very harmonious. However, in terms of their heritage and popularity, the three sects each had their own merits.
The Li family was the home of Yi Shen, one of the protagonists of the book. His ancestors had probably moved here when the Qing army withdrew. The land they occupied was flat and fertile. In addition, they had a small horse transport business, so their family was relatively well-off. His grandfather had two sons, Yi Shen's father, Li Sheng, and his uncle, Li Xuan. They each had their own home. Uncle was a genuine farmer. He said that he would work when he came out and return when he fell. His face was facing the earth and his back was facing the sky. He could not tell whether he was a chicken or a pig. Only his father was lucky enough to graduate from high school. He was sent to the provincial cadre school for three years of training. When he returned to his hometown, he was arranged to be the head of the Bo Hui Bao and joined the National Party. He was considered a figure with some reputation in society. Usually, he always showed arrogance and looked down on the people in the village. He was also a tyrant at home. His wife and children did not dare to speak loudly. This was a family rule that he had painstakingly formulated, and it was extremely strict.
To the west and right of Yi Shen's house was the Gan family, the home of Gan, one of the protagonists of the book. In Gan Country, most people called him Ah Tao when he was young. When he was old, most people respectfully called him Gong Tao. Tao was his nickname. In Han dialect, he is called Tao's grandfather.
There was a plaque nailed to the Gan family's door, on which four words were written in traditional Chinese characters: Wei has made great contributions. It was signed by Feng Zicai, followed by the words: Eleven years later. Speaking of the origin of this plaque, there was a very interesting story.
The Gan family was an old hunter. His grandfather, Gan Bao, lived by hunting. It was not until his father's generation that he bought a horse and engaged in trafficking to earn a meager amount of money to supplement the family's economy. In this way, the family engaged in agricultural production during the busy season, hunting during the slack season, or engaged in small businesses such as selling ironwood chopping boards and small general merchandise. When there was a war, they would take up their weapons to protect the peace and tranquility of the border. The banner on the door was carried over from the distant Southern Mountain's City by his grandfather when he participated in the resistance against the French invaders.
Legend has it that one day in the autumn of the tenth year of Guangxu (1884), the grandfather of the Gan Kingdom, Gan Bao, shot a big wild boar that was ruining the rice next to his family's rice field next to the Fortress Mountain (later renamed Motian Mountain). However, it did not kill it because it did not hit its vital parts. Instead, it tried its best to escape to the border of the two countries and then fled southeast along the border. When it entered the border of the neighboring country, it was discovered by the old hunter of the neighboring country, Nong Demao. He also shot it, but it still did not fall. Thus, the two hunters joined forces to chase after him. After chasing for three days and three nights, they reached the Beilun River not far from the Southern Mountain's City. The two of them shot each other again before ending the wild boar's life. At that time, the French invaders had occupied all the important towns in the north of the neighboring country and attempted to establish the so-called "Eastern Empire" including the southwest region of our country. Feng Zicai, the hero of the resistance, was appointed by the court as the military affairs assistant outside the pass. He recruited soldiers with great fanfare and trained them. He also built fortresses, turrets, and long walls to resist the enemy's invasion and crush the enemy's plot to build the 'Eastern Empire'. Gan Bao and Nong Demao killed the wild boar by the river. When the government troops saw it, they reported it to Feng Zicai. Feng Zicai decided to buy it for the soldiers. Gan Bao and Nong Demao knew that the troops hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so they decided to give the wild boar to the government troops. Each person only kept a pound of wild boar meat and took some salt from the troops, preparing to cook it on the way home. Although he returned home empty-handed from this hunt, he had actually gained a lot. First, they got to know hunters from other countries and formed a brotherhood. Secondly, he had opened up a hunting route that was more than 100 miles long along the border. Third, he got to know some people from the government army. Every time they thought about or mentioned this extraordinary hunt, both Gan Bao and Nong Demao were overjoyed. They felt extremely happy and proud.
On March 23rd of the following year, General Nigri of the French Army led 2000 French troops to invade Zhennan Pass in three ways. At noon on the third day, they captured three fortresses in Dongling and advanced towards the long wall. The long wall was the barrier of the Southern Mountain's City, the graveyard of the enemy. How could they let the enemy occupy it? Feng Zicai immediately asked for help from the troops stationed in Ningming, Longzhou, and Dongxing. Not only did Longzhou send half of its troops to help from the front, but it also sent a small number of troops, together with the local regiments and the civilian troops of the neighboring countries, to march from the border of the two countries to surround and cut off the enemy's retreat to carry out the attack. Gan Bao and Nong Demao also joined the battle. It was the two of them who had led the reinforcement team from the path where they had chased the wild boar last year to the back of the enemy. Feng Zicai resisted tenaciously from the front. Reinforcements from the left, right, and center arrived one after another and entered the battle from the left, front, and right. Behind them, the soldiers and civilians of Longzhou surrounded them. Nigri was attacked from four sides. More than half of his 2000 men were killed or injured. In the end, they abandoned their weapons and armor and broke through the encirclement to escape. Feng Zicai led the army to pursue the victory. On April 2, he successively conquered Wenyuan, Qunu, Liangshan, Tunmei, Gusong and other places, and achieved the great victory of Zhennan Pass, which shocked China and foreign countries in history. They won. Because Gan Bao and Nong Demao had led the way and fought bravely in the battle, killing five and seven enemy soldiers with a shotgun, Feng Zicai rewarded them with a banner. It was a great honor for him to carry it home and nail it to his door. Later on, Su Yuanchun built a fort on Mount Motian, and Gan Bao always participated, only leaving the mountain after the fort was repaired.
Generally speaking, hunters married late. This was probably because most women saw that hunters did not seem to be doing their proper jobs (such as farming). The grandfather of the Gan Kingdom, Gan Bao, only got married at the age of 41 and gave birth to his father, Gan Wei. Nong Demao, the hunter from the neighboring country, also gave birth to his son Nong Sihua that year. When his father, Gan Wei, was 28 years old, a leader of the Red Army launched an uprising in Longzhou. On the third day, the rebel army withdrew from Longzhou and headed northwest of the county town. Because they were unfamiliar with the road, they fell into the Longgang primeval forest. On the same day, his father Gan Wei was helping Mo Rongting, a merchant from Golden Dragon Street, transport ironwood chopping boards to the county town. When he discovered this situation, he volunteered to lead the way and even gave his black-maned horse to a chief to ride on the road. Later on, someone reported this matter. Nong Shangli, who had just graduated from the Provincial Cadre School and became the village chief, found out about it. One day, he specially came to the house to inquire about it and fired three shots into the sky. He shouted loudly,"Gan Wei, in the future, you will lead the way for the red-necked people.(When the Red Army revolted, everyone had a red cloth tied around their neck. The White Army called the Red Army red-necked bandits.) Be careful not to eat my peanuts!" However, his father, Gan Wei, ignored him. He continued to hunt and deliver ironwood chopping boards to Boss Mo on the street. That year, he was already the father of four children, namely the eldest sister Yi Chu (scientific name Gan Yuping), the second sister Yi Su (scientific name Gan Yulian), the third sister Yi Sai (scientific name Gan Xiuhua), and the fourth sister Yi Pin (scientific name Gan Xiuchu). His grandparents had passed away before his third sister was born. His father had to bear the heavy responsibility of providing for the family of six! The secular prejudice made parents have to give birth to one or two boys to carry on the family line. It took another six years for them to give birth to Gan's elder brother, Ah Maung (scientific name Gan Zu), and Gan himself.
When Wa-wah was born in Gan Country, Big Sister and Second Sister were already engaged to the men in the village. It was said that this was a custom that Longjitun had no choice but to follow since the village was built. Because they were poor, women who married outside the village had no dowry to accompany them, and other villagers were unwilling to marry. If a man wanted to marry a woman from another village, there would be no betrothal gift. The people from other villages were unwilling to marry. In this way, they could only marry each other among the people of the eight surnames, and this was the case for generations. The second sister married the eldest son of the Bus, Bus Yirong, and lived at the southern end of the village. The eldest sister married Li Sheng's younger brother, Li Xuan. His house was next to Li Sheng's house. In detail, the Li Sheng family and the Gan family also had a subtle relationship. They weren't directly related, but they were also related. Yi Shen (scientific name Li Ruoying) and Ah Tao (Gan Kingdom) were also cousins.
The Chen family was on the west left side of Yi Shen's family, opposite the Gan family. Perhaps the Chen family's ancestors had moved to this village, so the time was even slower. Therefore, the cultivated land was less and barren, and the annual income was not much. The whole family had to work even harder to maintain the basic life of the family. This was a genuine farmer's family. Yue Zi lived too ordinary a life and did not have many touching ballads that would be passed down to future generations. It was so good that Ah Si (scientific name Chen Jianmin) was of the same generation as Ah Tao and Yi Shen, and they were neighbors. In their interactions with the world, they inevitably had some connections, which also constituted the green branches and green leaves on the main shaft of the novel.
[Before the work enters the main story, sing a distant ballad. Perhaps many readers were used to the fast food of " fighting and killing "," touching and pinching "," peak "," round buttocks ", and " bed skills " at the beginning of the chapter, so they felt that this chapter was " unnecessary ". The author believes that this is necessary for traditional literature. This was the typical environment of the work, which was the foundation for shaping the typical character.
Let's get back to business.]
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