Ancient Huanglian Barbette

There were scores of barbettes in the ancient times on Mountain Nine-peak (Mountain Lingyun is alter natively called “Mountain Nine-peak, and is one of the three mountains named the Three Tortoises), among which Ancient Huanglian Barbette is one of the dominant barbettes. It stands imposingly between Duiyue Peak and Zhurong Peak of Mountain Lingyun, and Zhurong Peak of Mountain Lingyun, and fills the pass that “ten thousand men can not get through if one guards it”. Here, the best-known battle occurred in the second year (1254 A.D.) of the Baoyou Period of Emperor Lizong in the South Song Dynasty. In this battle, Wang Decheng, a Mongolian, led his army corps to launch an attack, and Yu Xing, the prefect of Jiading, arrived in person at this barbette to conduct the battle. When the magnificent army corps marched within range of the cannons, Prefect Yu gave his orders and numerous cannons fired at the same time. The Yuan army corps was beaten back; they threw away everything when fleeing and scampered off with their heads hidden in their hands. When Zhao Yun, Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty, heard of the triumph, he sighed and admired it for a long period and said, “It is Yu Xing's battle that occurred in front of Jiading City that is the most wondrous and grand.” He sent out an imperial decree to promote the official position and noble rank of Yu Xing.

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