Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (3)

"This temple was first built in the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty and is known as the Iron Buddha Temple." Hefei Township Elder accompanied Mo Di and others to walk in the towering ancient trees of the crossbow platform, pointing to the main building with three points of dilapidation, an elegant elder with a literati demeanor introduced: "This shelling, your army is very careful to avoid the monuments and buildings, so that the Daxiong Treasure Hall is free from the disaster of thunder artillery, it is really the luck of Hefei, before the Japanese army occupied Hefei scattered in all directions of the Futu monks have returned to the temple, is cleaning up the main hall, ready to do a huge ritual for the martyrs of your army in this battle, in order to express their gratitude to your army for the righteous deeds. ”

"Oh! So good, the monks have a heart! In that case, let's go and thank the Bodhisattva first! Mo Di said: "We fought in Hefei this time, since the end of May, a total of five times with the Japanese army, after statistics, annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers, our army wounded 47 people, 38 dead, some of them have been buried in the Banqiao River, only the 11 people who died last night will be sent to the Banqiao River for burial, so please ask the monks of the monastery to worry about it." Mo Di called the monk a monk, and did not call him a master or a master, but it made the villagers of Hefei look up to the first line. In the world, mortals like to call monks as masters to express stability, and calling monks is disrespectful, in fact, in Sanskrit, monk is an honorific title, that is, the meaning of "teacher", you must have a certain qualification to be a teacher to be able to call a monk, not anyone can be called. This title is not limited to men, and women who are qualified to become monks can also be called monks. Mo Di directly called the monk, which just shows that he understands Buddhism.

"Brigade, the elders of Hefei Township have made up thirty-eight pairs of longevity materials, and also sent staff to the Banqiao River to re-decorate, and set up a cemetery outside the Beichen Bridge to set up a cemetery." Jiang Chunyang said softly to Mo Di: "The brothers are very grateful to the elders of Hefei Township, and think that for such a benevolent and righteous people, it is worth dying to die!" ”

Mo Di hurriedly turned around and bowed to the villagers to thank him, and the villagers were so panicked that they returned the salute.

When you walk to the front of the temple, you will be greeted by three big characters: "Mingjiao Temple". Mo Di asked, "Mingjiao? Isn't this monastery Buddhism? ”

"It's Buddhism, and the Mingjiao that used to convert to Manichaeism in the middle of the way, and later changed back to Buddhism." Jin Tongxuan replied: "The Iron Buddha Temple of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty was abandoned at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and the so-called 480 Temples of the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain, in fact, more buildings are submerged in history. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Manichaeism was introduced into our country and then into Mobei Hui, where it prevailed. In the third year of the Tang Dynasty, at the request of Hui Hui, Mani Temple was established in Jianghuai and other places. At that time, an iron Buddha was excavated in this place, and the Luzhou Thorn Shi Pei Juan played the imperial court, and the quasi-music was rebuilt, and it was named the Mingjiao Academy. ”

"Hehe, Tongxuan also knows Manichaeism, not bad!" Mo Di smiled: "It is a peculiar religion, which combines the Zoroastrian teachings of ancient Persia with Christianity and Buddhism. When Tang Wuzong Huichang destroyed Buddhism, Manichaeism was also severely attacked, turned into a secret religion, and absorbed Taoist theories and folk beliefs, believing that the darkness was about to pass and the light was coming, so it was renamed Mingjiao. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty was established by Ming Christians, so the country was named Daming. How? Do they do things too? Preach reincarnation? ”

"General, listen to my explanation, this Ming Sect is not another Ming Sect. This Mingjiao is meant to manifest the doctrine, not the Manichaeism of the year. The local villager hurriedly explained: "This temple has gone through thousands of years, and the Mingjiao Temple of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the war in the Qing Xianfeng three years. In the early years of Tongzhi, after the defeat of the long-haired general Yuan Hongmo, he put down the butcher's knife and became a Buddha on the ground, and became a monk in the Xilu Temple of Zipengshan, after many years of ascetic recruitment, and finally rebuilt the temple in the eleventh year of Guangxu, with today's scale. It is a pity that last winter, the Japanese planes bombed Hefei, and some buildings were blown up. This time your army attacked the city, and it was really touching to be able to avoid it as much as possible. The general has already prepared a feast in the manor, and he wants to invite the generals to move to the banquet after swimming the crossbow platform, and please appreciate your faces. ”

"Shogun of the Ladle? Who's that? Mo Di asked, he really didn't know what other masters were in Hefei besides Bao Qingtian.

"It's General Yuan Doushu." Jin Tongxuan replied: "That is, the grandson of the long-haired general Yuan Hongmo just mentioned, when Wuchang raised righteousness, he trained for the Hefei regiment, led the troops to join the righteousness, and the following year, he served as the commander of the 30th Brigade of the 15th Infantry Division of the Nanjing Government of the Republic of China, and was awarded the rank of major general and lieutenant general. Now I'm at home. ”

"The general of the ladle has a heart, and the enemy dares to disobey his fate!" Mo Dou arched his hand, which can be regarded as a thank you in advance.

After entering the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Mo Enemy lit nine pillars of incense, according to the number of rites, thanked the Buddhist disciples for the good deeds done by sacrificing their brothers, and inscribed a word, saying: Shine brightly. The pen is strong and full of vicissitudes, and has won the praise of fellow travelers.

After leaving the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he stayed at the upper well of the Tingsong Pavilion House, and when someone pointed to the chaise longue under the pine and cypress and told Mo Di that this was the last meditation of Sakai Tokutaro, Mo Di smiled and said: "I didn't expect that this Wako is also an elegant person!" It's a pity that he doesn't know how to judge the situation and don't know how time has passed. ”

Huang Tianhua told Mo Di that he went to Xiagudui early this morning to clean up the battlefield, and did not find the body of Sakai Tokutaro.

The crowd laughed.

Leaving the crossbow platform, set off for Yuan Doushu's private manor, the garden of the ladle is in Feixi, the distance is about 30 miles, fortunately, Zhang Kechang's logistics troops have entered Hefei, and more than a dozen cars have also driven into the old barracks. Thirty miles is not a long distance if you travel by car.

Huang Tianhua and Gong Qingyuan consciously stayed in the barracks, everything is waiting to be done here, there can be no shortage of people, Mo Di thought about it, Xu Ping must go, and then it is enough to bring Jin Tongxuan, and a dozen or so Hefei villagers, put a few wooden planks on the truck, which is considered a passenger car, Zhao Guolong took a platoon of guards and sat in another car.

As soon as he wanted to leave, he saw a telegram from the staff officer on duty at the Confidential Department, and Mo Di saw that it was an order from the headquarters of the 176th Division, asking Mo Di and the 526 Brigade Headquarters under his jurisdiction to rush to Lu'an as soon as possible to return to construction. Mo Di thought about it and told the staff officer that he would leave early tomorrow morning and go to Lu'an.

Xu Ping personally drove the car, and Mo Di and Jin Tongxuan sat in the cab, and Mo Di was a little curious about General Yuan who was going to visit, so he asked Jin Tongxuan for a closer look. Jin Tongxuan started with the popular story of Yuan Hongmo in the market, and then talked about his grandson, telling Mo Di that the Yuan family was powerful in Hefei, and Yuan Doushu was no longer in office after Zhang Xun's restoration, but Wang Yaqiao was a close friend, and his brother Yuan Xianyi was the boss of the Chaohu Green Gang, in fact, the power of the Chaohu Green Gang was in the hands of Yuan Doushu.

Mo Di told Xu Ping the news that he would go to Lu'an tomorrow to return to construction, as part of the 176th Division, it should not have been isolated for a long time, and the battle was over, and it must be rebuilt. In the Battle of Xuzhou, the 176th Division suffered great losses, I don't know if the replenishment is in place, relatively speaking, there is a battle force and the 1056th Regiment, the total number of troops at this time is crucial, and the 176th Division requires itself to be built, which is completely reasonable. As for the situation in Hefei, Mo said to Xu Ping: "Find a way to let this general come forward and set up a branch of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army in Hefei, as long as you hold this person in your hands, you will be able to take over Chaonan and Chaobei with Hefei as the center." This matter can only be done by you, I guess I have more than enough heart but not enough power. Xu Ping nodded, he also felt that with the name of military commander, he could expand in a big way, and it was better to do something else to accumulate it by himself. Jin Tongxuan was also very much in favor of it, and put forward a new suggestion, in the eastern Anhui region, each county should set up an advance brigade, usually go its own way, and recruit it when needed.

Mo Di smiled and said: "I'm afraid that it won't be our turn, the above will start to arrange faster than us, once the battle situation is stable, the most interesting thing is to grab the territory." ”

"I thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was completely possible to invite this general to go out of the mountain, it is said that his desire for power is still quite large, but the previous Hefei county government was too jealous of him and did not dare to appoint him, especially his brother Axe Gang Leader, who was executed in the 24th year of the Republic of China because of the difficulty with the government, and the contradictions between the local county government and the administrative region intensified. Jin Tongxuan said: "He is in great need of an official name to change his axe gang, and I don't think he will refuse such a promising signboard as the Hefei detachment of the Wandong Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army." ”

Mo Di nodded and told Jin Tongxuan that if he wanted to think of a good strategy, or get straight to the point, or if he wanted to get away with it, the best way to deal with this kind of old rivers and lakes was to fish and let him take the bait. Jin Tongxuan said with a smile: "Since he is an old Jianghu, we might as well pretend to be tender, make a look in front of him that he doesn't know too much, and slowly lead him into the game."

Mo Di laughed: "That's what it means, you kid, you are also an old Jianghu!" ”

Xu Ping knew that this Jin Tongxuan beside him was no worse than Huang Tianhua next to the boss, although he was inferior to Huang Tianhua in terms of regular operations and troop management, and far surpassed him in pretending to be a ghost. Relatively speaking, as a guerrilla warfare, Jin Tongxuan has more advantages in occupying the mountain.

The road is very good and flat, and the car can drive at a high speed of thirty kilometers, and soon arrives at Yuan Doushu's estate. In order to show respect, two hundred meters away from the gate of the manor, Xu Ping stopped the car, and everyone got out of the car and walked over to show respect. From a distance, I saw the gate of the manor, the huge three big characters: the garden of the dipper, the gate was opened, and two teams of men in black suits ran out from inside, lined up in two neat columns, each holding a long Xuanhua axe in his hand, which was very good at the taste of Cheng biting gold back then. Several flags were unfurled, and in the center of the flags was not a sickle and a hammer, but two criss-crossed axes.

This is the legendary Axe Gang.