Chapter 728: The Great Treasure of Wangwu Mountain
Wangwu Mountain is located at the junction of Bingzhou and Sizhou, east by Taihang, west of Zhongtiao, north of Taiyue, south of the Yellow River, is one of the nine famous mountains in ancient times, the reason why it is called Wangwu Mountain, there are two sayings, one is that there is a hole in the mountain, deep and inaccessible, the hole is like the palace of the king, so the name is called Wangwu also. Another theory is that the mountain has three layers, and its shape is like a house, hence the name.
The fame of Wangwu Mountain is probably also well-known to the world because of the story of "Yugong Moves Mountains", and it is also an important passage from Hanoi County to Bingzhou.
After Cao Liang arrived at Shimen, he did not go to Shangdang with the army, but took Huan Fan and Yanghu to the northwest and marched to the depths of Wangwu Mountain.
The more you go into the mountains, the more inaccessible you become, Cao Liang and his entourage are advancing along a canyon, the pines and cypresses on both sides, evergreen in all seasons, hidden in the white snow, but there is a special interest.
The snow on the sunny slopes had completely melted, but where the sun could not reach it, there was still a thick layer of snow, and the snow in the canyon was extremely deep, in many places even knee-deep, and there were no human footprints on it except for the footprints of wild beasts.
Cao Liang completely followed the guidance of the map, Cao Rong hid the treasure in Wangwu Mountain, if there is no map guidance, then even if you know that it is in Wangwu Mountain, I am afraid that you will not be able to find it in your life.
Wangwu Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, with mountains and mountains, just like a huge labyrinth, Cao Liang followed the map, and also walked for half a day before he came to a mountain.
According to the map, this should be the entrance to the treasure cave, but Cao Liang turned around, and it seemed that there was nothing to call the cave entrance here except for the cliffs.
"Brother-in-law, could it be that we are going to the wrong place?" Yanghu said suspiciously.
Before leaving, Cao Liang showed the secret edict to Yanghu and Huan Fan, and Yanghu deliberately assigned a thousand soldiers of the infantry battalion to follow Cao Liang to set off, since it is a treasure hunt, then someone must come to move things, compared to rebelling against the name of the governor, Yanghu cares more about the content of the treasure, after all, the name is false, and the treasure is real.
Huan Fan's understanding is the opposite of Yanghu, he thinks that if the name is not right, it is not good, now Sima Yi is holding the Son of Heaven hostage, and Cao Cao can coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes have a fight, if Cao Liang does not have a secret edict, at most he can only be a prince who divides the place, even if he is strong and strong, it is difficult to command the world.
But now it is different, precisely because Cao Liang has the secret edict of the first emperor in his hand, he has the means to balance Sima Yi, Sima Yi can send an edict through the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother, declare Cao Liang a rebel, and Cao Liang can also use the secret edict to crusade against Sima Yi, the two sides are evenly matched at the level of law.
Cao Liang was a little unimpressed by the dispute between the two, although the two may be important, but isn't it a better outcome to have both fish and bear's paws?
Cao Liang looked down at the map, that's right, this map marked this place, he ordered the soldiers to disperse, carefully look for it, since this treasure is hidden by Cao Ei, the entrance must be very secret, otherwise it will be discovered by the people who strayed here, and they will be the first to go.
Some soldiers searched under the cliff and found nothing, but they tried to knock on the cliff wall, and found that it was empty, so they smashed it with a large bell a few times, and found that there was a big hole in it.
The soldiers immediately reported to Cao Liang, Cao Liang immediately led people there, and sure enough, on a vertical cliff, found a deep hole, Cao Liang ordered the hole to be cleared, and sent someone in to investigate.
After confirming that there was no danger, Cao Liang entered this secret cave with Huan Fan and Yanghu.
The secret cave has a long road, deep and tortuous, about to walk more than 20 zhang inside, then suddenly open, is a super large stone cave, natural, breathtaking.
Wangwu Mountain has always been known for stone caves, it is said that there are hundreds of large and small stone caves, the most famous, is the Queen Mother Cave, the hole turns and turns, there are many natural gossip domes, the legend is that the Queen Mother Niangniang cultivates here, is the place of the Queen Mother's cultivation, so it is called the Queen Mother Cave,
This nameless stone cave is obviously bigger than the Queen Mother's Cave, and it is precisely because it is hidden in the mountains that it will not be easily found, and Cao Rong has hidden the treasure here, apparently with great thought.
Under the light of a large number of torches, Cao Liang saw a large number of weapons such as knives, guns, bows, crossbows, and armor equipment stored in this huge cave, as well as countless gold and silver treasures, pearls and gems.
This "treasure" really lives up to its name.
Cao Rong put so much weapons and equipment, gold, silver and money here, obviously he had been preparing for a long time, and it was absolutely impossible for Cao Rong to suddenly deliberately make something before his collapse, just these weapons and equipment, armed tens of thousands of people, there was no pressure at all.
Although Cao Liang is a rich and rival country, and now occupies a state of land, but also has a lot of manpower and material resources, but the soldiers are easy to obtain, weapons and equipment are difficult to find, especially the kind of sophisticated weapons and equipment, it is even more rare, Cao Liang expanded the army several times in Bingzhou, and finally recruited the army, the equipment is extremely inferior, and the combat effectiveness is obviously inferior to the descendants under his command.
And these weapons and equipment, undoubtedly filled a lot of vacancies in the state army, this time to re-enter the state, because not subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, Cao Liang no longer need to consider the issue of establishment, the expansion of armaments, is obviously already the most urgent problem in front of Cao Liang, and Cao Ei's fixed collection, is simply timely rain.
After entering the cave, Cao Liang was also worried that these weapons and equipment had been stored here for many years, and it would inevitably be rusted and damaged.
After a closer look, Cao Liang was relieved, although these weapons and equipment have been preserved for many years, they are still brand new due to proper protection measures, which also makes Cao Liang feel a lot more relieved.
This is not inferior to the existence of the Luoyang arsenal at all, perhaps Cao Ei built such an arsenal here back then, just in case of emergency, for the sake of Cao's country, obviously Cao Ei still put in a lot of effort, which also made Cao Liang feel the mission on his shoulders, like a thousand pounds, heavy.
This is a mission and a responsibility, and the great cause of reviving Cao Wei Jiangshan falls on his shoulders, and he is duty-bound.