Fang Jie raised his head and looked at the sky, the dark clouds blocked the moon, it seemed that the rain might come down before dawn, it would be a good thing for the soldiers on the battlefield as well as the common people. A while ago, the common people buried the seeds in the ground. If there is a heavy rain, the crops may sprout soon. The good weather in the northwest is too short, and the cold will strike again in three months. And the soldiers can also rest, no matter how urgent the Mengyuan people are, they will not attack in the rain.
"Where are you going?"
Fang Jie asked Duo Guduo.
"Intend?"
Duo Guduo froze for a moment, then shook his head: "Before today, I didn't even think about leaving. Before I climbed this stone wall, I still wanted to open this door and go back to the grassland. Go back, but where can I go if I don’t go back? You are right, I am not happy living in the royal court. I do things I don’t want to do, and my conscience will be cut a hundred times a thousand every day. Ten thousand times."
"But where can we go now?"
Duo Guduo smiled bitterly: "If we go back to the grassland, yes, they will still be used as livestock and tools, but at least they will be alive. If we leave the team and we live in the Central Plains, you Han people will see the orcs Will the scouts give them a way out?"
Fang Jie said calmly and seriously: "It turns out that you are also a pessimist. You always consider the worst side first... I will let you go. This is what I promised you. But where you go and how you live is not my consideration." The transaction is over."
Duo Guduo stared blankly at Fang Jie, then stood up with the help of the wall: "Yes... the transaction is over."
"Chen Xiaoru."
Fang Xie ordered: "Take some money and dry food for them, and besides..."
Fang Jie looked at the orc scouts and said, "Take some boots."
He looked at Duo Guduo and said, "How a person lives is not based on the faces of others or their attitudes, but on himself. You said you were in pain and sadness, but in the past you couldn't help yourself, but now you can choose yourself. If If I were you, I would cherish the chance of surviving, then put boots on them, and teach them how to walk with their backs straight."
Duo Guduo was puzzled: "You killed so many orcs before, and you didn't have any mercy when you killed them. Why do you pity them now?"
Fang Jie said earnestly: "Because I know the situation clearly all the time, and I don't pity them. There is no hatred between you and me that can never be resolved. It's not the kind of person who can only be an enemy forever. Killing and Letting you go is a decision made at two different moments, and there is no contradiction."
"You Han people are really complicated."
Duo Guduo said with emotion: "I was ready to die just now. If it was you who was Quoketai Menglie, you would kill us after the deal with me, and you will never show mercy."
Fang Jie smiled: "Everyone is different."
"Why do you guard the canyon?"
Duo Guduo asked: "You don't seem like a cruel person."
"It has nothing to do with it."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "Let's go, if you go down and choose the direction to return to the Mengyuan camp, I will shoot you to death with my own bow."
"You're right."
Duo Guduo sighed: "You are indeed a person who can keep a clear picture of the situation at all times... We won't go back, even if people can't accept our existence, the sky can still, the earth can still, just find someone who doesn't Living in a place where people live, at least it will be very peaceful."
Fang Jie nodded and didn't speak any more.
"Thank you!"
Duo Guduo thanked the four orc scouts by clasping his fists in imitation of the Han people, and then called the four orc scouts to leave in Mongolian language. The four orc scouts crawled on all fours and followed behind him, Duo Guduo frowned and ordered a few times, then they stood up and walked, not because they couldn't, but because they were not used to it.
When they left, they couldn't help but look back at Fang Jie, there seemed to be something different in their eyes. Maybe it's not that they don't know how to be a human being, because they are still thinking beings after all.
"Who is your national teacher?"
Just when Duo Guduo walked to the edge of the city wall, Fang Jie asked.
Duo Guduo turned her head and said after a moment of silence: "Her name is Sang Sasha, a person who is very close to the gods. She said that I am the purest person she has ever met, without any evil thoughts. In fact, she is also the purest person I have ever seen. Even if she lives among a group of very dirty people. Her soul can always touch the gods, but she can't leave this world, so she is always so sad."
Fang Jie nodded and didn't pay much attention.
In fact, the national teachers of the Mongols and the Daoist leaders of the Sui Dynasty should be regarded as the same people. They are both pawns in the hands of the emperor. They do not have the transcendent status of the Buddhist sect, and they may be fighting for such a status. However, it may never be able to get rid of the shackles of the imperial power.
"If you see her, you'll know I'm not lying."
Duo Guduo saw that Fang Jie seemed to be only a little curious about the national teacher, so he emphasized his tone: "No one can understand her sadness, because she is the one who stands in the sky overlooking everyone but is rejected by the gods. Because She is always kind, but the gods are cruel."
Fang Jie was stunned, smiled and shook his head.
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What Duo Guduo told Fang Xie was not very different from Fang Xie's own speculation. However, it solved a few mysteries in his heart that he had never thought to understand, such as why Shiyuan Tianzun left Daxue Mountain for Yongzhou. The current King Ming is the weakest King Ming in the history of the Buddhist sect, and Da Zizai will take the initiative to replace him.
Fang Jie has heard many legends about Dazizai, and one thing is always inseparable, that is, Dazizai was unwilling to leave Dalun Temple in Daxue Mountain, so much so that he did not leave the temple gate when Prince Zhong went westward with his sword. The story that Fang Jie heard was somewhat different from what Duo Guduo told. It is said that Da Zizai had fought against Prince Zhong back then, and they both lost.
However, according to calculations, Fang Jie guessed that Da Zizai would fight Prince Zhong at the foot of the mountain in a way of being in the temple and outside the temple, and his strength would be greatly reduced. Losing does not mean that he is really inferior. But what is the reason that the first Tianzun of the Buddhist sect never left the Dalun Temple
Da Zizai was in Dalun Temple, he was the first person under King Ming.
Now King Ming is already weak, and Fozong, the behemoth that has controlled the west for thousands of years, has become weak. When Meng Yuan Khan Kuoketai Mengge stood up and pointed his knife at Daxue Mountain, the absolute rule of Fozong was actually Already shaken. Even if Meng Ge failed in the end and Da Zizai succeeded King Ming to become the new Supreme, the control of Fozong would be far less than before. Those nobles from the Western Regions, even those who supported the Buddha Sect in this battle, would secretly think in their hearts that it turns out that the Buddha Sect is not an existence that cannot be challenged.
But Fang Jie didn't have time to put all his thoughts on it, because he had a growing worry in his heart.
He called Chen Xiaoru over and ordered a few words in a low voice, Chen Xiaoru's face immediately turned a little pale, Fang Jie raised his head to look at the sky again after giving the order, and suddenly felt that he was passively accepting that damned heaven All the tribulations arranged, when can I break free from this bondage
"Go."
Fang Jie waved his hand: "Be careful, bypass the camp of the Mengyuan people, the Feiyu robe you contacted a while ago can be used, and you can also call the Feiyu robe from the southwest. You must find out about this matter , if it is as I expected, come back as soon as possible... "
"Subordinates understand!"
Chen Xiaoru's complexion is very ugly, it seems that there is pain in his heart.
"The subordinate will come back!"
He said with emphasis.
Fang Jie smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I never doubted this."
Chen Xiaoru nodded heavily, then turned and left.
The sky was at its darkest at this time, but it was the harbinger of dawn. Fang Jie sat down on the stone wall, stroked Zhao Ludao beside him and raised his head to look at the sky. Shen Qingfan, who had been in the dark all this time, walked over slowly and sat down next to him, not paying attention to the dust on the ground at all.
She is the kind of woman who looks spotless in the eyes of others even if her clothes are stained with dirt.
"You liked to look up at the sky when you were a child. In fact, I always wanted to ask you why you watched so intently every time, as if you were communicating with the sky."
Fang Jie looked away from the sky, smiled and shook his head: "It's just a habit when thinking about things."
Since he came to this world, because he was at a loss, he often stared at the sky in doubt as if seeking answers, and now he has indeed formed a habit.
"You didn't stretch your brows when you smiled, which means you have some worries in your heart."
"Um."
Fang Jie did not deny it.
"What are you worried about?"
Shen Qing fan asked.
"I was thinking, sometimes I still think of human nature too kindly. I thought that the reason why people are called people is that there are always some things they can't do. But now I suddenly discovered that the reason why people are called Being human is because I can do anything. If what I worry about really happens, I don’t know whether I should be thankful that I didn’t invest too much from the beginning, or sad that I invested so much.”
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Jinyang City
Outside the city is the camp of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, which look like countless large graves in the night. From a distance, the torches held by the patrolling soldiers looked like ghostly lights floating in the cemetery. The camp was very quiet, and the soldiers went to bed early to recover. Jinyang City is the last stronghold of the rebels, as long as they break through here again, the rebellion of the Li family can be declared over.
As for Meng Wansui and Yin Poshan and his ilk, the emperor didn't pay much attention to them at all.
It is said that after Li Yuanshan was defeated and died, many people from the army around Li Xiaoche escaped. Li Xiaoche sent people to gather the defeated soldiers one after another, but those who came to make a living had no loyalty at all. The same is true for Meng Wansui and Yin Poshan. After Yin Poshan was defeated in the south of Mangdang Mountain, there were still more than 100,000 horses. But after Li Yuanshan died, more than half of his men and horses fled overnight, and now there are 30,000 to 40,000 people hiding in the mountains and dare not come out.
Meng Wansui was first beaten by Fang Jie, and lost a large amount of food, grass and supplies. Originally, he was the one with the best preserved strength among the generals of the rebel army. When Li Yuanshan was defeated, there were still more than 200,000 troops, but the same fate also happened to him. Dare to continue to be a thief
More than 200,000 horses, 80% of them ran in less than half a month, and they couldn't be stopped.
So now the emperor doesn't worry about these things at all, and concentrates on besieging Jinyang City. Everything seems to be going in a good direction, at least... in his favor.
Meng Wansui and Yin Poshan are just grasshoppers after autumn, so there is nothing to worry about. No matter how strong Jinyang City is, it will be breached sooner or later. Kuoketai Menglie's army was dragged by Fang Jie in the Langrushan Canyon, and he had no time to pay attention to the court troops.
Most importantly, Luo Yao's plan was disrupted by his move.
The guards in the south of the Yangtze River have blocked the waterway, and it is not easy for the army in Yongzhou to cross the river. Luo Yao was badly injured in the defeat in the northwest, and retreated to Huangyang Road to rest. He will not forcefully cross Luoshui for a while, after all, he fears the navy.
So the emperor is in a very good mood these days, very good, very good.
It was already very late at night, but the emperor didn't seem to be sleepy, so he asked Su Buwei to move the recliner outside the big tent, and he looked up at the sky with a smile on his lips.
He didn't know that on the stone wall of Langru Mountain thousands of miles away, there was a young general looking up at the sky.