Where does Liping Ancient City Wall belong?

The Liping Ancient City Wall is a cultural tourist attraction.

The setting sun is like fire, and the setting sun is like blood

When the sun sets over the mountains, I once again climbed up the ancient city wall of the south gate of Liping Ancient City, with the majestic and green Nanquan Mountain as my back. The red sun fell from the top of the mountain, tragically. The scattered houses in the ancient city were quietly bathed in the afterglow of the sunset. The wind turned over pages of line-bound history and teased my memory. In an instant, the red clouds turned into reliefs. , the neighing of war horses, and the clashing of swords were all heard together

The city wall is a wall that protects the city, protecting the lives and property of the people in the city from external encroachment and plunder, but which city wall in the world is not intact brick by stone? Soaked in the blood and tears of the people? Which city wall is not stained with the bitterness and pain of a period when wives and children were separated and families were destroyed? The city wall has gates, and the gates of the city wall are for people to enter and exit. Since people in the city can go out, people outside the city can also come in. Especially if the city wall is built for war, the attackers will attack the city sooner or later. Going into the city, the ancient city wall of Liping is no exception.

The ancient city wall of Liping is the only cultural relic that bears witness to the 600-year history of Liping. Today, only two walls of the ancient city wall of Liping are left: the east gate and the south gate. That one is only 10 meters long and 7 Just meters wide. Liping City is no longer the small city it used to be. It has long exceeded the city wall, extending to Wanfu Mountain in the east and Zhanjiatai in the west, with a radius of 6.5 kilometers. Judging from the only two remaining city walls, the square limestone stacks are still firmly built, without any gaps, as if they are indestructible. Liping has never been bombarded by artillery, and it is impossible to be stripped by wind and rain. disappeared, then why are there only two city wall arches left now?

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", in the spring of the 11th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1378), Wu Mian, a Dong farmer from the Lanzhai in Huangzhong, Liping, led the Dong and Miao people to revolt, which led to a large-scale uprising in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang spent more than 10 years of energy to suppress, and in the 18th year of Hongwu (1385), he established the Wukai Guard Command Department here to retain troops to suppress it. In the following year (1386), the commander-in-chief Zhou Ji established troops in Shuangfeng Mountain, Jinping Mountain, At the northwest foot of Nanquan Mountain and on the southeast bank of the Fulu River, Tucheng was built. In the 13th year of Hongwu (1390), the commander Jiang Zhan presided over the construction of the stone wall outside the Tucheng. Outside the city wall, a moat 11 meters wide and 4.33 meters deep was also dug. This city wall is quite fortified. It seems that Jiang Zhan worked really hard to make the city strong!

Jiang Zhan worked hard for the people of Liping to cut, carry, and lay stones. The officers and soldiers carried long knives at their waists and whips in their hands to monitor the construction site. When someone sat down to rest, the whips were thrown over. After being whipped violently, the ragged migrant workers' skin and flesh were bruised, and some even died!

In the Ming Dynasty, the official army ordered the people to build city walls to defend against peasant uprisings. Can they actually be defended? Throughout the ages, dynasties in counties and counties have built city walls to protect themselves from the outside and the inside. But which dynasty relied on the solidity of the city to achieve long-term peace and stability? Generally speaking, if someone can defeat the capital, the strength of this dynasty will be almost the same. Even if it holds on to the imperial city, how long can it last? No matter how strong the city is, it can still be used by birds? The rebel army led by Wu Mian captured Liping City and marched directly to Jingzhou and Lingxi. In March of the 30th year of Hongwu (1397), Lin Kuan led the peasant armed forces to attack Liping City again. After that, Li Zicheng entered Liping, Wu Sangui passed Liping, Shi Da drove through Liping, and the Yunnan Army passed Liping. It was you and me who came and went, but no one could hold on to this ancient city. The ancient city was once breached, and the city wall was once repaired. I don't know how much manpower and financial resources were spent, but in the end it was not completely preserved. Only two city gates were left to commemorate that period of history and pay homage to the souls who died while building the city wall.

I stood on the south gate of the ancient city wall, watching the brilliant sunset spreading its orange brilliance to the ancient city, and the glass windows of the tall buildings reflecting the dazzling light. What does the ancient city wall leave for future generations to ponder? I asked about the setting sun, but it was speechless. I asked about the Ximen River, but the water in the Ximen River just flowed north. How many years later, I realized in an online book that the human heart is made of flesh and is soft, and the city wall is made of stone. However, the hardness and softness are like water dripping through stone. If you win people's hearts, you will naturally have a city. Once you lose people's hearts, the city will collapse. Why do you need a city wall to truly win people's hearts?