Where is Muke Village? Where is Muke Village in "Mu Guiying Takes Command"?

On the south bank of the Grand Canal, it is located 27 kilometers southwest of Taierzhuang. The main peak is 290 meters above sea level. The mountain is steep and densely forested. Under the mountain are clear springs gurgling, including Sieve Spring, Horse Spring, Sow Spring, etc. There are still many broken walls on the mountain. A bluestone wall several meters high stands around the mountain, and the arrow stacks of the watchtower can be faintly discerned. There are fragments of wall ruins remaining inside the village wall, and there are many mortar sockets and holes for flagpoles on the huge rocks. Zhaishan is connected by two opposite mountain ridges in the north and south, and the locals call it "horse neck stalk". There are two long stone walls remaining along the "horse neck stem", four or five meters high and three or four meters wide. Obviously this was an ancient defense fortification, which could be used for horse racing and troop placement. Under the long wall is a relatively open slope, which is a place for military exercises. Three or four miles south along the long wall, you can reach the top of the south hill. The buildings above are similar to the top of the north hill. This is also where troops are stationed and camped. Legend has it that it was built by the heroine Mu Guiying of the Song Dynasty when she occupied the mountain and became king.

There is a village not far to the northwest of Zhaishan, named "Hou Meng". It is said that this is where Jiao Zan waited for Meng Liang, so it got its name. There is a village on the north side of the mountain called "Guanzhuang". It is said that this place is a geomantic treasure and was chosen by many high-ranking officials as a place to rest after death, hence its name. In Hulutao Village at the southwest foot of Muke Village, there is an old tree, more than 7 meters high. The center of the trunk is hollow, but it still has strong branches and green leaves. Every spring, red flowers bloom all over the trees, like glowing clouds, and the locals call it "Dragon Subduing Tree". Legend has it that there were two trees originally. The Jin Kingdom invaded the Song Dynasty and set up the Tianmen Formation. The Tianmen Formation was full of poisonous gas and could not be broken except by the Dragon Subduing Tree. Yang Liulang sent Yang Zongbao to Muke Village to borrow the dragon-subduing tree, and then he met Mu Guiying with swordsmen and asked for his bride in front of the battle. Mu Guiying sawed down a large tree of Dragon Subduing Tree and followed Yang Zongbao to break the Tianmen Formation, so he left this small tree to grow to this day. According to research conducted by the forestry department, this tree is more than 500 years old. Its scientific name is crape myrtle, also known as "Hundred Day Red". This tree is occasionally planted locally and is a shrub. It is rare to see such a tall tree. The legend and historical data about Mu Guiying occupying the mountain and becoming king here cannot be verified, but there are records of Liu Ping's army setting up camp here during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. Liu Ping was born into a poor peasant family in Houmeng Village, Yixian County (now Zhangshanzi Town, Taierzhuang District) in the 17th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1812). He and some children from poor families worked as trackers along the canal. They usually used a A piece of cloth was wrapped around the forehead. Over time, this attire became a symbol of canal coolies. In the ninth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1859), the Nian army rose up. Zhang Lexing and Liu Tianfu led the army to fall into Taierzhuang and then attack Yi County. "Liu Ping responded to the wind and raised his pole. There were hundreds of responses within a radius of dozens of miles, and more than 100,000 people gathered at one time. Because their heads were wrapped in scarves, they were known as the soldiers. Liu Ping was named the "King of the Northern Han Dynasty" by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At that time, Liu Ping's Chinese army The tent was set up at the top of Beishan Mountain, and the apricot-yellow banner read in eye-catching characters: "Kill the rich and help the poor, King Liu Ping of the Northern Han Dynasty."