bookcurios Chapter 153 Daming Lake City
Chapter 153 Daming Lake City
Qin Qiong's bravery greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army's heavy cavalry.
Their unstoppable momentum is like a ruthless meat grinder.
Dou Jiande's soldiers were constantly crushing the defense line built with flesh and blood.
The continuous fighting caused the two personalities of Ma Zhan and Gou Zi to constantly split apart in this body.
Finally, the elite troops led by Qin Qiong rushed into Dou Jiande's central military tent.
The powerful blow from the horse lance cut off the flag of Dou's army.
The old uncle dismounted and placed the Tang army flag firmly in the center of Dou Jiande's army.
This moment marked the beginning of the complete collapse of Dou Jiande's 100,000-strong army.
Li Shimin's general offensive began. Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, and Li Ji led their troops to strangle the chaotic Dou army.
With Dou Jiande being captured alive, this brutal battle came to an end.
Li Shimin faced Dou Jiande's army of 100,000 with only 3,500 elite soldiers.
The Tang army killed more than 12,000 enemies in battle and captured the commander Dou Jiande alive.
Seeing that Dou Jiande's army was defeated, Wang Shichong in Luoyang City had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.
At this moment, Ma Zhan was like one of the thousands of Tang troops, following the development of history.
As a dog, he experienced one bloody battle after another until the Tang Dynasty pacified the world.
Ma Zhan accumulated enough military merits and returned to his hometown of Licheng with the rewards from the court to take care of Gou Zi's mother until her death.
"Huzi, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Ma Zhan's face looked unpleasant, Meng Yao took the initiative to hold his hand and asked with concern.
Meng Yao helped Ma Zhan, who had just experienced countless bloody battles, come back to his senses.
"It's okay, let's go."
Ma Zhongtong, who had already left the city, turned around and saw the two of them. His pupils shrank and his brows furrowed slightly.
Maybe it's an illusion, or maybe it's something else.
This surprised expression flashed across his face, and then he turned and walked towards Daming Mansion.
After leaving the city gate, Ma Zhan's feeling of being on edge disappeared.
Along the way, he didn't dare to leave Mengyao for a moment, for fear that the scene before him would once again turn into a battlefield with rivers of blood.
About an hour later, Ma Zhan and his party, led by Zhu Qiang, a subordinate of Daming Duke, arrived at Daming Duke's Mansion on the shore of Daming Lake.
Along the way, Zhu Qiang took the right opportunity to explain to Ma Zhan and his party the masterpiece of Lord Daming, the Daming Lake Water City.
Daming Prefecture has a long history. In terms of history and culture, it is second only to the three Zibo Prefectures that have been passed down from generation to generation.
However, due to its important geographical location, Liang State set up the Dongshan Road government office in Daming Prefecture.
Zhu Zhongyan, Duke of Daming, was a native duke of Daming Prefecture.
The title of duke of the Zhu family was not conferred by the State of Liang. When Duke Daming came to power, there was no State of Liang.
Thousands of years ago, this Daming Prefecture belonged to the Zhu family.
The Zhu family has experienced the rise and fall of three dynasties, but the owner of Daming Mansion has never changed.
Whenever there was a critical period of power transition, the successive Daming Dukes were able to make insightful decisions and make choices that were most beneficial to the family and the Daming Prefecture.
Under the management of successive Ming officials, the people habitually divided Daming Prefecture into the inner city and the outer city.
Daming Prefecture is named after Daming Lake. The reason why Daming Lake is known as the "Pearl of Dongshan Road" is inseparable from the construction of Daming Mansions of all generations.
The surface area of Daming Lake covers more than 700 acres. Surrounding Daming Lake are three layers of ancient gardens, ancient Taoist temples, and celebrity temples, all of which have sprung up over the past few hundred years.
Gradually, a large area surrounding Daming Lake was called Daming Lake City, which is the inner city of Daming Prefecture, by the people of Daming Prefecture.
There is a saying that has been circulating in Daming Prefecture.
"The Ming Dynasty is a den of brothels, where millions of taels are thrown away."
As the largest den of illicit goods on Dongshan Road, Daming Lake City is also known as the Daming City That Never Sleeps.
Zhu Qiang said with a hint of pride that most of the buildings in Daming Lake City were owned by Lord Daming.
Among them, the original ancient buildings on the banks of Daming Lake, Tiegong Temple, Lixia Pavilion, and Nanfeng Temple have all been repaired many times by Daming Lord.
Now the most representative buildings on the shores of Daming Lake, Beiji Pavilion, Huibo Tower and Xia Garden, are all properties of Lord Daming.
Ma Zhan could see that Zhu Qiang was proud to be a member of the Zhu family.
From his words, Ma Zhan also felt that Duke Daming was indeed a successful political speculator and a successful real estate businessman.
A family that can stand for a thousand years must have strong political acumen to form family genes and pass them down from generation to generation.
Duke Daming's vision and ability in real estate have reached the level of those real estate tycoons in Ma Zhan's previous life.
With the help of natural beautiful lakes, we repair the ancestral halls of historical celebrities, scenic spots and Taoist temples.
The area around Daming Lake was turned into Daming Prefecture, and even the best location on Dongshan Road.
When landmark buildings come together, the city center emerges.
Successive generations of Daming Gong continuously built shops around Daming Lake, and directly ran their own businesses in the shops they built, achieving self-production and self-sales.
Then through various business means, such as martial arts masters discussing martial arts, scholars from various schools of thought discussing philosophy, major brothels selecting their top courtesans, and major opera troupes coming to the city to perform.
This set the tone for the prosperity of Daming Lake City.
In this world dominated by traveling merchants, the Zhu family's business thinking has reached a high level.
In other words, while you are still walking around the streets and shouting to do business, the Zhu family started to plan to become an economic center hundreds of years ago.
Step on the bluestone slabs paved around the lake, admire the clear blue water, and be surrounded by ancient and charming buildings.
The aroma of wine wafted out from time to time, mixed with the sound of the gentleman's wake-up call.
Ma Zhongtong, a rough man, wanted to write a poem, but he was uneducated and could only say "comfortable".
Ma Zhan was attracted by the rows of ships of various sizes and shapes parked by the lake.
Some of these ships are hundreds of meters long and five or six stories high, while others are just small boats of five or six meters.
However, they have one common feature, which is fine workmanship and bright colors.
'Is it for tourists to enjoy?
Not really, there are too many ships.'
The bluestone slabs under your feet were laid out piece by piece entirely by manpower.
A wide bridle path runs next to the bluestone road.
"Mr. Mingyue, that's fine. We'll separate people and cars."
It was lunchtime, and people were coming and going, and horse-drawn carriages were traveling along the road around the lake.
From time to time, someone would greet Zhu Qiang, and Zhu Qiang would smile and greet them in return.
It can be seen that Zhu Qiang is very good at interpersonal relationships.
No wonder Lord Mingyue sent Zhu Qiang to welcome Ma Zhongtong and his group.
The natural architectural design of Daming Lake City makes the Daming Mansion an ideal place to find peace and quiet in the midst of movement, and to be hidden yet not obscure.
The gate of the mansion is not exaggerated in shape, and it perfectly reflects the majesty of Duke Daming and the shimmering beauty of Daming Lake.
Lord Daming personally stood at the gate of his mansion to welcome the incoming second master of the Ma family and those who were discussing Taoism from the Jixia Academy.
"My name is Ma Zhongtong, nice to meet Lord Daming."
"Mr. Huolong, you are so polite. I have heard of your great name for a long time. Seeing you today, I can see that you are indeed extraordinary."