At this time, the locust plague in the northwest caused the refugees to run around, and another massive peasant uprising broke out. After a failed suppression, thirty-six counties were occupied by the red-eyed hoe army. , is tricky. Emperor Puqing sent reinforcements three times, and the battle was in a state of anxiety, so he had no choice but to mobilize troops from all over the country to reinforce the northwest.
So the civil and military officials of Dongyue Kingdom returned to the court triumphantly. The tenth emperor ascended the throne and changed the country's title for the tenth time. Unfortunately, the ninth emperor only reigned for four days. I can't remember what the name of this country should be.
Gu Huaiyang raised soldiers for thousands of days, so on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th of this year, taking advantage of the moonlight just in time for the festival, Li Rushuang took three thousand light cavalry to raid Huainan County in the north of Haining.
That Huainan was originally Gu Huaiyang's hometown, very close to Haining, and it used to be full of bandits. Ever since Gu Huaiyang was appointed as a bullshit general, he worked very conscientiously and wiped out all the big bandits around Haining who used to call him brothers and talk happily.
Huainan and Haining have a lot of business contacts, and the governor of Huainan has benefited from Shi Wuduan a lot. Every time he sees Gu Huaiyang, he sees his fellow villagers, with tears in his eyes, and the drinking and chatting are full of joy, and even Huainan has an accident. Naturally, Haining couldn't "sit idly by" and provoked several times with "people with a heart" and the governor of Huainan asked for help to suppress the bandits, and a general Gu Huaiyang actually took charge of the defense of the two places.
Li Rushuang led 3,000 people to raid Huainan, it was like guarding himself and stealing himself. It was like entering a land without people. The poor governor of Huainan had his head cut off in the middle of the night. I was also robbed - I ate other people's food and always spit it out.
After crossing Huainan to Bianxi, Changjing Chengshou, a small town in the southwest of Bianxi, felt that these red scarf soldiers had fallen from the sky. His eyes darkened, and the soldiers approached the city in a flash. The city guard stood on the tower in a daze. , first gave myself two big slaps, and felt burning pain after the slaps, and then realized that I was not dreaming, so I rolled my eyes and passed out on the spot.
Since Changjing City, rumors have spread everywhere, and all kinds of market legends have described the Red Turban Army as miraculous, as if they were all three-headed and six-armed, invulnerable tigers and wolves. Bian Xi'an has been stable for a long time. Since Changjing, eighteen cities have been destroyed one after another. Three months later, Meng Zhongyong led troops to reinforce Li Rushuang. Bianxi, Huainan, Haining and other rich and prosperous places in the south all belonged to Gu Huaiyang.
General Gu held high the banner of "loyalty to the emperor", followed the example of generation after generation of shameless ancestors, calling himself "the teacher of the king who is diligent", and announced that he would go to the dog and mouse to clean up the "jun's side". He was willing to let him take whatever he wanted, so he gritted his teeth and divided his troops from the northwest, which had just stabilized, and gathered troops to Jiamu Pass on the west and east, and the two sides confronted each other.
However, these are just gimmicks, Lu Yunzhou is still setting up an ambush, Shi Wuduan has already led people to leave Haining secretly, and pays close attention to the three pope alliances in Dazhou Mountain at any time.
Gu Huaiyang can manage both sides with ease. It can be seen that some people are also born to do great things. Not only that, but he has not forgotten to collect money when he arrives at this time and place. The most important thing is to be brave and resourceful in war. Money comes piled up.
Haining tea has always been of good quality, except for high-ranking officials and nobles and even merchants, as long as they have some wealth in their families, they all have some good Haining tea to entertain guests. The tea and embroidered products smuggled out of Haining sold for sky-high prices.
Those who know the inside story may have doubts. The biggest owner of the Haining Chamber of Commerce is actually General Gu himself. How could he block Haining's business routes? Gan Qingshi was absent for no reason, and Gu Huaiyang had nothing to do, so he came up with an idea with his unusual talent—to rob himself.
Anyway, the fat and water didn't flow into the fields of outsiders, and then they tossed vigorously to stir-fry Haining tea raw.
The country was in turmoil, and Emperor Puqing couldn't drink tea—because it was his own family that was ruined.
Yan Taifu couldn't drink tea either - because although he was hated by the emperor, he was truly a loyal minister.
Even a group of generals and ministers in the court who were devastated by wars in various places couldn't drink it-the country was in peril, and they were busy fighting with death and military, and dared not take a break for a while.
But the countless adults of the fourth rank, fifth rank, sixth rank and seventh rank, as well as their third aunt, second uncle and sister-in-law, can drink it. As long as the war does not spread to their doorsteps, the most important thing for them right now is to entertain guests, give gifts, bribes and collect money. .
The bones of those who died in battle and those who died of freezing were not distinguished from each other, and the wine and meat of the rich family still stinks. Gu Huaiyang thought with peace of mind that in the future, when he leads troops to fight there, the most important thing is to kill these three aunts, two uncles and sisters-in-law. Before that, It is also very natural to ask them to pay a little military expenditure out of their pockets.
Besides, the atmosphere of the Great Zhoushan League was extremely tense, Yan Zhen was not able to attend directly, and only sent his fellow disciple Zou Yan to attend on his behalf, and another ally of Yan Zhen, Zhang Zhixian who was born in Xuanzong also arrived, and the two important ministers in the court At the same time, at the finale, together with Xuanzong's master Bitan Zhenren, Mahayana Pope Master Zhiye, and a blind mother-in-law of Tantric Buddhism, Guang Lingpo, each led their own disciples, gathered in Dazhou Mountain to discuss secret agreements.
There is no need to discuss this. The reason why the three popes have been in power for a long time is because the secret covenant tied the three into grasshoppers on a rope. Everyone knows that the best way to do it right now is to pretend that the secret covenant is still there. Zong spontaneously insisted on the original rules, even though the rope was broken, they still jumped together.
It is very easy to reach a consensus on this point, so that when the three parties meet, they will first share their heartfelt bitterness and hatred, express their heart to serve the country generously, and then wish they could swear to God that they will never violate the ancestral precepts because the secret contract expires one of the
However, the secret agreement... was destroyed after all.
Banya and Bitan secretly negotiated. For nearly a hundred years, the government has been controlled by people from the Tantric sect. Logically, the Yan family should have handed over power long ago. The previous secret agreement is still there. Fu, a pope can be re-elected at most twice, after all, the secret agreement has been voided at this time, and Yan Zhen has power in the government, what if he reneges on his debt at that time, what should we do
Master Zhiye even opened his mouth and shut his mouth to recite the scriptures. He ate, drank and lazed every day without even going out of the room. Religious people even intentionally or unintentionally avoid contact with the other two factions.
The Mahayana Pope has always been aloof. Master Zhiye believes that in his own generation, the time for practice is already very little, and he is burdened by various secular worlds, so he cannot be pure. The current situation is unclear, and the secret agreement is finally gone. Finally, he can breathe a sigh of relief. Take a step back.
Xuanzong Esoteric School did not discuss with the Mahayana Pope during the fortune of the country, because the secret agreement stipulated that if two of the three popes reached a consensus, they could act cheaply, and the remaining faction had to obey the resolution of the majority. The Mahayana Pope talked about cause and effect the most. Master Zhiye heard that a wooden stick broke in two, and one of them knocked over the mountain lamp. He knew that there was an ominous meaning in it. The other branch that sweeps Kaiyan Huaipu's bun means, isn't it destiny
Master Zhiye, who consciously saw through the destiny, was thinking hard about how to preserve the Mahayana Pope in this turmoil. Fortunately, the secret agreement was broken, which made him less binding.
Not to mention that Guangling Po and Zou Yanlai were together, Zou Yanlai was born in the Esoteric sect after all, and now he was running between Yan Zhen and Bai Li, his thoughts were exquisite, and he could faintly see Xuanzong's thoughts, and felt annoyed in his heart for a few days During this period, Zhang Zhixian who was originally close to him also became estranged.
It can be seen that the nameless person who made the secret agreement at the beginning is not only proficient in various complex algorithms of formations, but also an incomparable genius. preserved from generation to generation.
The Great Zhou Mountain League was originally intended to unite the three popes into one heart, but it ended in the fact that people from all walks of life went back with their own ghosts, and from the beginning to the end, the mysterious demon king never showed his face once.
Fifteen days later, the alliance was disbanded, and the wars in various places intensified. The emperor ordered the pope to come forward, and gnashed his teeth to allocate funds, intending to launch the last defense on the mainland. .
Xuanzong Bitan had already taken the first step to preside over the affairs of Jiulu Mountain, while Master Banya was responsible for leading the remaining disciples back.
Unexpectedly, I just passed the Dazhou Pass and walked through many mountains in Dongyue. From a distance, I saw a group of ragged refugees staggering towards this side. Banya was confident, even though he received a warning from Zou Yanlai before leaving, he didn't take it seriously.
Ascetics are different from ordinary people—don't say that one counts as ten, these people together are enough to catch thunder and shake mountains and earth. Which desperate bandit would dare to rob their way
Banya didn't know who his opponent was, Zou Yanlai didn't tell him, the secret agreement was gone, when the time comes, the snipe and the clam will fight, and there is no loss in the Tantric sect leading the devil to the bottom. Even if he knew that his opponent was Shi Wuduan, Banya probably didn't take him seriously.
Shi Wudu is a scourge, and it was necessary to get rid of it back then. Ban Ya thought that cutting the grass should get rid of the root, but if he wanted to believe that the grass root would ride on his head one day, Master Ban Ya never thought about it.
Seeing the refugees, Banya didn't take it seriously, but saw that these people were poorly dressed and begging along the way, and Xuanzong took righteousness as his mission, so he took the lead to give up the road and gave them some food and money. The master uncle was already like this, and the disciples immediately rushed to get up first, as if they were afraid that they would have money in their pockets. Due to the large number of them, those refugees who accepted charitable deeds were almost overwhelmed.
People from the two sides met and then passed each other. The refugees from just now carried a lot of property in their tattered clothes, and the one with a goatee was even more exaggerated. He simply sat on the side of the road and counted his money. After leaving, an old man with white beard and hair came back and dragged him away by his ears.
This was just a small episode, which was quickly forgotten by Xuanzong's disciples. They began to enter the mountain, but when they reached the valley, they suddenly found something was wrong—there was no road in the valley, and there were mountain walls everywhere, and they went back and forth in all directions. Turning his head, he didn't even know when he came, but was blocked by a mountain.
Fog rose up in the mountains, covering the sky and the sun, and the surroundings suddenly became blurred. Banya was startled, dripping with cold sweat, and unexpectedly entered into the formation of others without knowing where.
At this time, on the top of a mountain far away, a man in white was sitting cross-legged, his eyes were slightly closed, and there was a faint trace of a flower on his forehead—it was Bai Li, with the gurgling cloth man floating on his head, I saw the cloth man suddenly soaring into the air, "swimming" upwards in the air like a fish, swimming higher and higher, and then as if he saw something, he swooped down fiercely and touched Bai Li's ear. "Google gurgle" up.
Bai Li opened his eyes, stood up, and laughed - no matter how softly he smiled, those eyes that never bend make people shudder. Even "Gudu" drifted a little further.
"Xuanzong is really useless, it's so easy to fall into his trap." He said in his mouth, and in a blink of an eye, people were like flying shadows, and he was already halfway up the mountain, "Go, go and see him with me."