Across the river from the teardrop cliff is the towering Tiegui Mountain. The loess long beam in Tieguishan looks like an iron cabinet. According to local legend, Shan Ying in the west of the gorge wanted to fly to the east of the gorge, seize the giant lock of Tiegui Mountain and take out the gold and silver treasure inside, but he didn't achieve his goal, so Shan Ying kept staring at Tiegui Mountain. Now the white boulder lying across Tiegui Mountain is the legendary Shan Zhi Stone (also known as Ganzhou Stone). Between Teardrop Cliff and Tiegui Mountain, the peak is steep and narrow, the high cliff falls, the two mountains are sandwiched by water, the wind Leng Yun is low, and the water is dangerous, which constitutes a grand and dangerous pass, and there is indeed a trend that "one person guards it, and ten thousand people cannot force it". In the first year of Wu Zetian's Dazu (70 1), Guo, governor of Liangzhou, built a harmonious city in the gorge, which was later abandoned by Tubo.
Wuliangye said, "This place is full of money and cannot be abandoned forever." The ancients also called this gorge Tiger and Wolf Gorge, and the poem goes, "The post road is even three auxiliary, and the gate of the gorge is five cool", which means here. The Gulang County Annals edited by Zhang Mei in Qing Dynasty described this gorge as "the mountain is in the south and the rock is in the north". The Xialu line is the throat of Gansu. River diversion, farmland soil irrigation. Nearby, there are thousands of peaks, far away, boundless. "Honesty is not an exaggeration. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Sijing, the magistrate of Gulang County, wrote a poem praising this gorge with the title of "Dangerous Rocks and Falling Rocks": "The sorrow of Shu Dao is heaven, and I am independent of Qinshan today. There are countless cliffs and falling rocks, and bird paths are inserted every day. The roads in the valley are paved with horses and chariots, circling like Youlong. The sound of the beach under the mountain is dangerous, and one person is worth ten thousand people. "Wang Guotai, the conductor of the Ming Dynasty, once wrote the word" dangerous mountains and rivers "on the cliff of tears.
Gulang Gorge has always been a battleground for military strategists. From Liang Wudi's sending Huo Qubing (an ancient general) to the eve of liberation, there were many bitter wars here.
Girls will be heartbroken and shed tears over the cliff.
The most peculiar thing about Gulang Gorge is the "Teardrop Cliff". Gravel often rolls under it, like crystal tears, dripping down to the canyon, making a deep and sad sound.
According to local folklore, Yang, the military commander of the Song Dynasty, was ordered to lead his soldiers to the Hexi Corridor to conquer the separatist forces in Xixia. Lost the battle and was trapped in Baimaguan, Ganzhou. Yang asked the court for help. Knowing this, Song Taizu immediately called the minister of civil and military affairs, but no one dared to lead the troops to war. Most of the men in the Yang family led the troops to fight, and most of them were killed, leaving only orphans and widows. Yang Mantang, Yang's daughter, learned that her father was trapped, so she took the initiative to go to the imperial court to well-documented, and got Song Gaozong's permission to lead troops to the Western Expedition. Among them are eleven widows of the Yang family.
The soldiers crossed Wushaoling with great urgency and came to Gulang Gorge, where they were stopped by a narrow pass. This is the only way to the western regions, and Xixia is heavily guarded here.
Yang Mantang, born in two places, led his troops straight to Gulangxia and was stopped by an ambush. Seeing that it is difficult to break through ahead, the heroic widow Yang Eleven looked up and saw the mountain peak on the west side of the canyon. The steep stone peak goes straight into the sky, and among the mountains, a cliff extends eastward, and they want to climb it. But there is no way to climb the cliff, so it is difficult to climb. They had to walk back several miles to find a small mountain road, along which they climbed the steep cliff. Climbing high and looking far, they have a wide field of vision. They are overlooking the canyon, surrounded by Xixia soldiers lying in ambush in the west of the cliff. So, they bowed their bows and arrows, wielded swords and danced knives, and launched a fight with Xixia soldiers. Being outnumbered, 1 1 widows all died at the top of the cliff.
Yang Mantang saw that all the soldiers were seriously injured and eleven women were stranded on the cliff in the west of the gorge, so he immediately withdrew from the gorge and found another way out. She led the troops back to Nanchuan, Xian 'an, and suddenly saw a group of panicked antelopes fleeing from north to south from the mountains east of Xian 'an. Yang Mantang thought, Antelope has an idea, why can't we turn it over? So, turn around and lead the people to the north along Huangyang Road, climb mountains and mountains, cross Dajing Gorge, cross Tumen Town, and detour north to Gulang Gorge.
The Xixia soldiers stationed in Gulangxia thought that they could rest easy after defeating the female general of Yangmen. Unexpectedly, Yang Mantang led the troops around half a circle, from Xiakou South to Xiakou North. Yang Mantang himself stuck behind enemy lines, took advantage of it, made a surprise attack, and won the Tiger-Wolf Pass.
She Taijun heard that eleven female generals were killed or injured, and came overnight. He happened to meet Yang Mantang with a tiger and a wolf at the Eagle Mouth Cliff. They climbed to the cliff on the west side of the canyon, and She Taijun thought of the dead. Facing the White Horse Pass trapped in the sun, they burst into tears, shaking the mountain wall and touching the Eagle Mouth Cliff. The mountain god shed tears, which turned into stones on the cliff and rolled down the coast, hence the name of the teardrop cliff.
Seven ancient clever tactics to retreat the enemy.
Located in the north of Huangyangchuan, 20 kilometers southeast of Gulang County, there is a village called Qigudui Bay, and now there are more than 100 households. The village is surrounded by mountains and waters, facing north to south. On the hillside behind Qiguduiwan Village, seven large mounds are arranged in an orderly way from east to west. These mounds are all about 7 meters in diameter and 3 meters in height, and the distance between two mounds ranges from tens of meters to 100 meters. Seven mounds are separated by a small gully named "Shigouzi" behind the village, and there are four mounds in the east, which are generally zigzag.
About the origin of these seven mounds, the legend is also related to Yang Mantang. It is said that although Yang Mantang fought several bloody battles in Gulangxia, he was finally defeated by the bravery of Xixia soldiers, and it was difficult to win at the moment. Helpless, Yang Mantang led the troops eastward and entered Huangyangchuan, east of Gulangxia.
At that time, Huangyangchuan area was overgrown with shrubs, wild animals, sparsely populated, and there was no marching road. Yang Mantang ordered the troops to be stationed at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, north of Huangyangchuan River, and sent scouts to find a detour and take Gulangxia. Seeing that Song had retreated to Huangyangchuan, the enemy suspected that he had run out of food and grass, and sent people to inquire. If there is no food, he will attack when the food is empty. At that time, Yang Mantang's army really had little food and grass left, and Yang Mantang was very worried. If he can't find his way out of Dahengshan as soon as possible, if the other party finds that there is a shortage of food and grass, he will fight back crazily. I'm afraid that situation is not easy to handle. Yang Mantang thought hard all night and had a plan. The next morning, the soldiers were ordered to fill all the empty grain bags with mud and put them high in several conspicuous places in the camp. The soldiers took a peek at the horse. They saw seven stacks of grain bags in the Song camp, about 1 km long, and the soldiers were in no hurry. Xia Bing was puzzled by the reality of Song Ying. He knew that Yang Jiajiang was brave and resourceful, and did not dare to make a move.
It is said that Song Jun soldiers looking for a path found a path in the ravine east of Qigudui Bay. At that time, a group of antelopes were walking north along the path to Hengshan Mountain. On the way up the mountain, the soldiers found the path winding north and going straight down Mount Heng. After further exploration, it is found that this path can go down to Tumen area, which is an excellent route to bypass Gulang Gorge. So, on a windy and dark night, Song Jun dumped the soil into seven piles of bags on the spot, and turned it into seven big mounds, pulling the village to arise.
The place where Yang Jiabing fell seven mounds is today's Qigudui Bay.
The human heart can tell many stories.
The reporter interviewed Professor Li Qingling, Department of History, College of Literature, Northwest Normal University, about whether there was a war between Gulangxia and Xixia soldiers in Yang Jiajiang in history. According to Professor Li, during the period, the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty was only around the Zaixi River in Lanmin, and it was impossible to go to Hexi. In addition, regarding the female generals in Yangmen, although there were female generals in the Yang family in history, the twelve female generals and their stories were all folk fiction.
When it comes to Yang Jiajiang, the first thing people think of is Yang Ye. In history, this generation of famous soldiers joined the Northern Han regime in Taiyuan in the year of weak crown. After the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed in the Song Dynasty, Yang Ye returned to the Song Dynasty, where he served as the right governor, general Wei and Zhengzhou secretariat. In March (980), the fifth year of Song Taizong's peaceful rejuvenation of the country, a hundred thousand troops of the Khitan army came to attack Yanmen, and Yang Ye led the troops to intercept the surprise attack and defeated the Khitan army. From then on, when the enemy soldiers saw the banner of "Yang", they were frightened to disgrace and retreated without fighting, calling Yang Ye "invincible Yang".
In the third year of Yongxi (986), in a war, Yang Ye was trapped to cover the retreat of the people. Pan Mei and the king of the army ignored Yang and fled first. Yang Ye fought hard with the enemy, and eventually he was outnumbered and injured. He fell off his horse and was captured. He fasted for three days and died.
According to historical records, Yang Ye's sons are Yan Yu, Yan Lang, Yan Pu, Yan Xun, Yan Huan, Yan Gui and Yan Bin.
Yang Yanlang was later renamed Zhao Yan, and people called him "Yang Liulang". He is brave and good at fighting, and his orders are strict. He was also a famous soldier in the Northern Song Dynasty. After Yang Ye's death, Yang Zhaoyan stayed in the north for more than 20 years and defeated the Khitan army repeatedly.
The third generation is Yang, the son of Yang, who is also a famous border guard in Song Dynasty. During Song Renzong's time, he served as a general guarding the border between Hebei and Shaanxi.
In order to express their reverence for Yang Jiajiang, in Song and Yuan Dynasties, folk artists adapted Yang Jiajiang's story into a drama and put it on the stage. In the Ming Dynasty, folk writers compiled their stories into Legend of Yang Jiajiang and Biography of Yang Jiajiang, which were widely circulated among the people. These legends and stories describe Yang Jiajiang's heroic fighting and sacrifice so vividly that he can't tell which are historical facts and which are legends and legends.
In fact, the legend of heroes, who has been circulated in the local area and cultivated generations of Yangmen female generals, is also a reverence and nostalgia for Yang Jiajiang extended to Gulang people.