Seeing that the Buddha had gone mad, the monks and soldiers began to attack Yangguan regardless of casualties. Countless high-level qi-training monks rushed to the place where the blue star feather came out. Start a battle in battle with the opponent around the crossbow formation of the magic weapon bed.
"The magic weapon bed crossbow is indeed a unparalleled weapon on the battlefield. If the number can be doubled, the range can cover all the open space in front of the pass. As far as defending the city is concerned, the Tang army can remain invincible. This kind of magic weapon is really amazing. Unbelievable!" Chu Nanhuai was filled with emotion.
What he said made everyone nod their heads.
Li Ye did not comment.
No matter what kind of world it is in, there is no end to the improvement and progress of armaments. In a short period of time, the magic weapon bed crossbow is indeed a divine weapon, but if you lie on the credit book and don't think about making progress, you will gradually fall behind in the future.
Seeing that Li Ye was silent, Chu Nanhuai suddenly asked curiously: "Where are your two guard girls? As far as I know, they are inseparable to you. On such an important battlefield as Yangguan, if you have them to help , the situation will definitely be much better. Especially Wanye Feihua, the little girl of Shao Siming, is very suitable for dealing with a large number of siege warriors."
Li Ye didn't answer directly, and pretended to be a joke, "The two of them have other important matters."
"What else is important right now, can it be more important than keeping Yangguan?"
Chu Nanhuai asked puzzledly, "Since you took them away from Pipa Mountain, you wouldn't let them go back to help King Qi. After all, there is that old bald donkey Wukong on King Qi's side. The monks of the sect are helping, and the two girls who are in command of the young and the young are not bad."
Seeing that Chu Nan wanted to break the casserole and ask the bottom line, Li Ye sighed, "You are already a lot of age, why are you so concerned about the affairs of the juniors? Even if you care about the juniors, you shouldn't care about the women of the juniors. How impolite it seems... ”
Of course, Li Ye didn't say this, but secretly slandered him.
He said to Chu Nanhuai: "Old Daoist, you don't find it strange that such an important battle at Yangguan is related to the life and death of the Guiyi Army, but when Zhang Shuai came, he only brought about half of the Daoist monks with him."
When Li Ye said this, Chu Nanhuai couldn't help but frowned, thinking.
Nangong No. 1 said that you are so rare and strange, why can't you even figure out such a simple truth, and such a normal thing makes you wonder, and interjected: "What's so strange? There are monks in Yangguan, and there are monks in the east of Guazhou. It's only natural that Zhang Shuai didn't bring all the masters here. What's more, didn't Zhang Shuai already order the Guiyi Army Jingqi stationed in Dunhuang to rush here for help?"
Li Ye didn't intend to waste his words with this martial artist with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, but after all the other party opened his mouth, he couldn't ignore it, and casually threw him a "You're right", even if it was perfunctory.
Although Nangong No. 1 was satisfied with Li Ye's words, he was very angry with Li Ye's attitude. Although he was not good at strategizing, he was not stupid. He had already realized that there were problems that he hadn't noticed, but Li Ye didn't say anything.
Just as he was about to ask Li Ye to tell the truth with a dark face, otherwise he would have to pay the price for perfunctory his wisdom and dignity, when Chu Nanhuai murmured: "The monks of Shimen have two main directions of attack, one is to hold back the people from Hexi The Tang monks who went north, first captured Sha and Gua prefectures, wiped out the Guiyi army, and connected the plateau, the Western Regions, and Hexi into one piece.
"The monks of the Shimen in these two aspects now have their own opponents, and they will not and cannot help each other. Therefore, if Zhang Huaishen has anything to worry about, it will definitely not be the monks of the Shimen."
Hearing what Chu Nanhuai said, Nangong No. 1 couldn't help but nodded. Although he didn't understand it very well, he thought it was very good.
What I don't understand is obvious. Why can't monks from the two sides help each other
With his head, he won't think one step forward, what will happen if monks from the two sides forcibly help each other.
Li Ye just nodded slightly, agreeing with Chu Nanhuai's analysis, and didn't intend to continue discussing this topic.
Li Xian, Su Emei and others all heard this and understood the key point. Since the problem is not in the Shimen, it is a problem within the Guiyi Army. There is no need to discuss the following content, everyone already knows it in their hearts.
Nangong first saw the solemn faces of the people around him, as if he had realized something, and it seemed quite serious, so he couldn't help but become more anxious.
It is obvious that the audience is full of smart people, and he is the only one who is ignorant, which makes the corners of his mouth twitch in anxiety, wishing he could scratch his ears and disturb his cheeks, but he is not good at asking questions, so that he really admits that he is the most stupid up. For a moment, I was so uncomfortable that I felt uncomfortable all over, and I just wanted to look up to the sky and yell.
It was impossible to shout up to the sky, Nangong No. 1 could only look up at the sky speechlessly, and took out a jar of wine and poured it down.
Jinchang County is the seat of the Guazhou state government, and it is also heavily guarded by the Guiyi Army. The leader here is Zhang Yichao's son-in-law, Suo Xun.
As the leader of the real power faction in the Guiyi Army, Suo Xun has a profound influence both in the army and in the Guazhou clan.
The extent of his influence is probably only known to himself and Zhang Huaishen. This time the Guiyi Army encountered a dangerous situation that had never been seen before. The first thing Zhang Huaishen did was to go to Guazhou to meet with Suo Xun, and then returned to Shazhou to rush to Yangguan for support.
What Li Ye said earlier was very cryptic. Zhang Huaishen only brought about half of the Daoist Realm cultivators in the Guiyi Army to rush to Yangguan, which is in urgent need of 100,000 people. A great cultivator in the real world, he can't mobilize at all now!
At this moment, Suo Xun is receiving guests in the hall.
Although the halls with open sides are elegant, they are not suitable for a place like Guazhou. On weekdays, the wind and sand are too strong, and it will fill the hall in a short time. Even if the bamboo curtains are lowered, they cannot completely block the yellow sand.
But this room in Suoxun Mansion is different. He spent a lot of money and asked master craftsmen to arrange it carefully, and arranged a small formation inside and outside the room.
When the magic circle is activated, there is no bright light, which does not affect the appreciation of the nearby artificial mountains and lakes and other natural beauty; when the wind blows, the yellow sand can't get close to it, it can only swirl and fall outside the magic circle, but the cool wind can not Affected, it is blown into the hall through the magic circle, warm in winter and cool in summer, which can be called infinite magic.
The plump and beautiful maid sat kneeling beside her, with a slender waist, round buttocks and curvaceous curves, indescribably mature and charming, and her appearance of concentrating on making tea was calm and elegant, as if she had stepped out of a picture of a lady.
Whether it is twisting the lid to put tea, fan air to smell the fragrance, every move is graceful and gentle, with a long lasting charm.
Zhang Huaiding, who was sitting opposite Suo Xun, was almost fascinated by it, his eyes widened, his pupils shrank, and his hands grabbed the sleeves above his knees and deformed them, without knowing it.
In the northwestern land, the folk customs are simple and heroic, and they like to drink alcohol most on weekdays, especially when they are entertaining guests, even if they are rich. But for Zhang Huaiding, Suo Xun and others, who claim to be descendants of Han and Tang nobles, and flaunt themselves with elegance and elegance, cooking tea in a private room is the behavior that can show their identity and heritage.
Suo Xun, who has a strong temperament, and Zhang Huaiding, who is weak in appearance, gradually blushed, and even his breathing became short of breath. A smug look flashed across his face, but there was contempt in his eyes.
He smiled kindly and said: "I invited an elegant scholar from among them, and after many years of training, I dare not say that she is proficient in everything, but compared to those scumbags in Guazhou who claim to be scholars, But I don’t know how much better it is. Especially the way of cooking tea, which has won the three flavors, everyone who sees it will praise. If you like it, I have a few more beauties who are the same here. I will choose two later and send them to your house. how?"
As Zhang Yichao's biological son, Zhang Huaiding and Suo Xun had a close relationship, and the other side was warm to him, and they almost talked about everything with each other. Naturally, it was no surprise to such a thing.
Zhang Huaiding came back to his senses, his tense body loosened, but his red eyes did not return to normal, he cupped his hands to Suo Xun and said, "Forget about other beauties, if brother-in-law is willing to give this girl to my younger brother, I will be satisfied. Grateful."
Suo Xun smiled like an old fox, and said, "You have a good eye. But this woman is my beloved, and I have no time to pity her. How can she give her up? Gentlemen don't take what others like. Your request makes me It's hard."
When it comes to the beloved "thing", Suo Xun's tone is ordinary, and he doesn't think there is any problem at all.
Hearing this, the maid unnaturally lowered her head two points, and her movements were also two points careful.
The young Zhang Huaiding begged with a shy face: "Brother-in-law, I like this, so can you give it to me?"
Suo Xun laughed loudly, and waved his hand vigorously, "I know you, boy, every time you come back to my mansion, you will take away my beloved thing! Well, this time, I will satisfy your heart, who told me to be Where is your brother-in-law? But when you come back next time, I will definitely hide all the good things first!"
Zhang Huaiding got the benefit, and immediately smiled, and stood up to express his thanks. When he looked at the maid again, his naked eyes were completely undisguised, as if he wanted to punish her on the spot. He applauded again and again when he looked at the other party until his neck turned red and his delicate body began to tremble.
Normally, Suo Xun might get up and leave, hand over the venue to Zhang Huaiding, and let him do whatever he wants. This is really normal between the two of them. In fact, Zhang Huaishen's first visit to a brothel was led by Suo Xun.
When Zhang Yichao left the Guiyi Army, Zhang Huaiding was still young. On his growth path, Suo Xun almost did everything a man should know and do. To a certain extent, Suo Xun was like a brother like a father.
Because of this, he also obeyed Suo Xun.
But this time, Suo Xun didn't get up, but waved his hand to let the maid who had just cooked the tea leave.
Ignoring Zhang Huaiding's call, Suo Xun picked up the tea bowl and sipped tea.
When Zhang Huaiding calmed down and looked at him with puzzlement and resentment, Suo Xun put down his tea bowl, and said leisurely with deep eyes: "Mianzhi, how much do you know about the major events happening in Shazhou right now?"
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Mianzhi was written by Zhang Huaiding, and he wondered, "Brother-in-law is saying that Shimen is in trouble? This matter will be dealt with by the Jiedu envoy and brother-in-law. I think it will not go wrong. My title, but it’s just an idle job, I don’t care about things, my brother-in-law asked me why?”
Suo Xun sighed, with a look of hating iron but not steel, and said earnestly: "I told you a long time ago, you are not young anymore, you can no longer idle around, you should take care of the affairs of the army. The Guiyi Army is your father Those who stayed, how could you ignore everything?"
Zhang Huai shook his head in embarrassment, feeling very embarrassed.
It's not that he has never been to the army. At first, he still had the ambition to inherit his father's will, but when he started errands, he was always wrong. After a long time, he thought he understood it, but the effect did not improve at all, which greatly affected his self-confidence.
In addition, he was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and he couldn't bear the hardships in the army. Over time, he became impatient and didn't bother to go to the military camp again.
Suo Xun told him many times about this, but to no avail, he could only sigh in vain.
Zhang Huaiding reluctantly said: "Brother-in-law, could it be that this time the trouble is very serious, and it will be difficult for the Jiedu envoy to deal with you?"
Zhang Huaishen was his cousin, but he never called him that way, he just called him Jiedushi, which shows the estrangement between the two of them.
To be honest, the relationship between Zhang Huaiding and Zhang Huaishen is very bad, and it has been like this since childhood. What was the cause, Zhang Huaiding had already forgotten, all he knew was that the other party was very annoying, and even beat him and scolded him, more than once or twice.
Suo Xun's face was stern, and he sighed a long time: "This time Shimen gathered an army of 100,000 monks to attack Yangguan, threatening to wash the rebel army with blood, so that Sha and Gua states will not be left behind!
"Right now, the soldiers of the Guiyi Army are fighting bloody battles at Yangguan. The battle is extremely tragic. I have tried my best to dispatch reinforcements there, but right now there are many Buddhist monks in Guazhou who are trying to support from within. I have to be careful, so I sent the Not many reinforcements."
"Ten... one hundred thousand monk army?!" Hearing this number, Zhang Huaiding was startled and almost ran away.
When the other party sat back in embarrassment with stiff limbs, Suo Xun stared at him and said, "You have to be prepared to flee, the Guiyi Army's foundation may not be able to hold on! If the situation is not good, you can take people to go straight to the grassland , if you are lucky enough, you might be able to save your life!"
Zhang Huaiding's eyes widened: "Grass... Grassland? How can I live in that barren land? I, I don't know how to herd sheep! Moreover, the barbarians in the grassland have extremely bad body odor, and there is no good food. I How can I survive... Brother-in-law! You, won't you come with me?"
Suo Xun closed his eyes and said in pain: "I am the deputy commander of the Guiyi Army, and I am in Guazhou. How can I leave my post without authorization? If the Shimen army really comes, I will fight to the death to protect the glory of the Guiyi Army! "
Zhang Huaiding slumped on the ground all of a sudden, devastated.
He knew Suo Xun as a person, and the other party would really choose this way!
From Zhang Huaiding's point of view, going to the grassland is different from going to hell
Suo Xun sighed, but there were no extra words.
After a while, Zhang Huaiding didn't speak anymore, which made him sneak a few glances at Zhang Huaiding, feeling a little anxious, why didn't the other party ask that key question
Don't ask, how does he say the following words
Could it be that this kid is so confused that he can't even think of this question
Just when Suo Xun was about to be unable to restrain himself, Zhang Huaiding suddenly looked at him, and asked anxiously: "Brother-in-law, Shimen is doing well, and has no enmity with our Guiyi Army. Why did you suddenly send an army of 100,000 monks? Wash us with blood? Do you want us to die?!"
Suo Xun let out a long sigh, raised his head, and was deeply saddened: "Isn't it because of your cousin? He has been suppressing Shimen all these years, and secretly murdered many monks. How could it not attract Shimen's revenge? Sigh... . . . . "
Zhang Huaiding was shocked: "Jiedushi? Why did he have a grudge with Shimen?!"
The corner of Suo Xun's mouth twitched, his facial features twisted together, "He has already taken refuge in the Ming Cult."
"Mingjiao? Uighurs?!" Zhang Huaiding jumped up all of a sudden. No matter what he did, he knew that the Guiyi Army and the Uighurs had an unending blood feud. "How could he do that?!"
Suo Xun looked at Zhang Huaiding sadly, "I don't know either. I just heard rumors that he accepted the canonization of the Uyghur Khan and became king. Uyghur and Tubo have fought bloody battles in the Western Regions for many years. Mingjiao and Shimen are great enemies. How could the envoy not incur Shimen's revenge if he acted like this?"
"Confused! Confused!" Zhang Huaiding beat his chest and stamped his feet, "How can Jiedushi be so confused! The Uighurs are clearly deceiving him, using him as a knife to make him fight with Shimen, so that he can benefit from it! He How can you be so confused!"
Although Zhang Huaiding is a dude, he is not stupid, at least not so stupid that he doesn't know that the Uighurs have always wanted Sha and Guazhou. After all, the Uighurs have been attacking the Guiyi Army.
Suo Xun poured down the tea as wine, slammed his fist on the table, and said fiercely: "The matter has come to an end, it's useless to talk too much! Mian Zhi, you run quickly, and leave blood for the Zhang family! I can't go Yes, even if the Jiedushi did something wrong, I can't leave, the Guiyi army is about to perish, and as the deputy commander, I must fight to the end with my comrades and die together!"
Zhang Huaiding rushed to Suo Xun in one step, grabbed him and shook him desperately: "Brother-in-law, you can't do this! Why should the mistakes made by the Jiedu envoy be buried with the entire army of the rebels?! Well, it was my father's hard work, how could I let him go?" He was buried? He wasn't his father's son in the first place!
"I, I don't want to go to the grassland, I don't even want to die! Shimen attacked the Guiyi army, didn't he just want to avenge the Jiedushi? We just hand him over! He made a mistake alone, why should we accompany him? die?!"
Suo Xun looked up at Zhang Huaishen, opened his mouth, and remained silent for a while.
At the end, he smiled wryly, "Mianzhi, do you know what you are talking about?"
Zhang Huaishen's face was flushed, and he was furious, "I know! We launched a mutiny... No, it's not a mutiny, we are cleaning up the door! Catch Zhang Huaishen, a thief, and send him to Shimen! In this way, we will have It may be possible to settle the suspicion with Shimen! Only in this way can we keep the Guiyi Army!"
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Suo Xun's hands trembled unceasingly, as if he was about to pass out in pain, he closed his eyes for a long time, and then said: "No, no, we can't do this. After all, he is a Jiedu envoy, we can't commit crimes above, it will hurt the Guiyi Army Bring disaster... ”
"Brother-in-law! Keeping him alive is a disaster for the Guiyi Army!" Zhang Huaiding looked grim, almost going crazy, "We are here to preserve the Guiyi Army! Brother-in-law, as the deputy commander, do you want to see the Guiyi Army perish? !"
"I...I..." Suo Xun hesitated for a while, but did not say a complete sentence. His facial features twisted together, and his face became a bun face.
Zhang Huaiding had already made up his mind. He suddenly took two steps back, stood up straight, looked down at Suo Xun, and said loudly, "I am my father's own son. The lives of thousands of soldiers! Brother-in-law, I call you brother-in-law, are you willing to help me?!"
Suo Xun's eyes lit up, he gritted his teeth, and made up his mind, walked out of the case table, came to the hall, and bowed to Zhang Huaiding, "Since Mianzhi has such pride, Suo Xun is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is willing to help Encourage... No, help the Jiedushi! Suo Xun, deputy Jiedushi of Guiyi Army, meet Jiedushi!"
Zhang Huaiding intuitively felt the blood rushing to his forehead, as if he saw a golden road spreading out in front of him.
That is his glorious path, and he will lead the soldiers of the Guiyi Army to open up a new world in the position he should be in!
...
After discussing the grand plan of raising troops, Suo Xun asked Zhang Huaiding to go back to the mansion, put on his own armor, bring his own bodyguards and come back again, and then they will go to the barracks together.
Zhang Huaiding, who felt that his mission was like heaven and his ambition would be rewarded, strode away, Suo Xun no longer had the slightest expression on his face, and returned to the backyard indifferently, called his wife, and asked him to put on armor for him.
"It's time to kill Zhang Huaishen." Facing his wife, Suo Xun didn't hide his emotions. He spoke nine words smoothly, but with the strength of a stone.
Mrs. Suo Zhang sighed while piercing the armor for him, "You have planned for many years for the position of Jiedu envoy, and now that the matter is imminent, there is no need to worry."
Suo Xun suddenly turned around, held his wife's hand, looked him in the eyes and said: "You know very well, I lured Mianzhi this time, and let him go on the stage, just to avoid the notoriety of murdering Jiedushi."
Suo Zhang nodded.
Suo Xun continued: "You also know that Zhang Huaishen has great prestige in the army and is loved by the generals. Mianzhi took the lead in raising troops. After killing Zhang Huaishen, it will inevitably cause resentment from the Guiyi Army. He can't hold the position of Jiedushi at all."
Suo Zhang didn't speak, just looked at him.
Suo Xun continued: "After two years, I will take advantage of the hatred of the soldiers towards Mianzhi, raise my arms and pull him down from the position of Jiedushi! At that time, with this matter, I will be able to get the soldiers to return to their hearts." , the succession to Jiedu makes it a matter of course!"
Mrs. Suo Zhang smiled sadly, "Mianzhi was brought up with bad habits by you since he was a child. He was ignorant and incompetent, and became a useless cripple; he entered the military camp and experienced two years, and he might be able to change himself, but you secretly used him The stumbling block made every military order he issued completely unrecognizable, drained his confidence and patience, and made him lose the last chance to become a talent.
"In order to drive a wedge between him and Zhang Huaishen, without his knowledge, you let him bully the family members of the soldiers, and when you let him molest a woman from a good family, you were bumped into by Zhang Huaishen...all these things, As a result, Zhang Huaishen beat and scolded him, feeling extremely disappointed.
"Aren't you doing all this for this plan?"
The muscles on Suo Xun's face twitched, and he asked his wife in a deep voice: "In order to get the position of Jiedushi, I tried my best and even killed your brother, do you hate me?"
The wife burst into tears, bit her lip a few times, and said quietly: "You are a Jiedushi, so our son can be a Jiedushi. I am a mother, how can I not want to see my son take power? "
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Suo Xun let out a long breath, gently wiped away tears for his wife, and said softly: "It's great that you can understand this. Isn't everything I did for our son?"
Mrs. Suo Zhang let her husband wipe away her tears and continued to put on the armor for him. Then she asked: "It is not without difficulty to kill Zhang Huaishen and become a Jiedu envoy. Besides, the army of monks from Shimen is right in front of you. How can you do it?" In front of them, preserve the rebel army?"
Suo Xun smiled, confidently saying, "To tell you the truth, I have formed an alliance with the Shimen! It is not difficult to kill Zhang Huai with cooperation from the inside and the outside. Then I will meet the Shimen army outside Yangguan, and I will make a great contribution to the Shimen. The Shimen has already I promise that as long as Sha and Gua prefectures enshrine the Holy Buddha and the Guiyi army accepts the rule of Shimen, they will always support me."
Suo Zhang's face became more relaxed, "So, of course it's the best."
But Suo Xun said hesitantly: "It's not very good. This is just an expedient measure to tide over the current difficulties. In fact, I have already contacted Uighur Khan.
"When the time is right, I will let the Uighur army enter Yangguan, and let Mingjiao and Shimen fight to the death. At that time, I can reap the benefits of the fisherman, and even take the opportunity to restore my father-in-law's great achievements! At that time, return Up and down the rebel army, including the Tang people in Hexi and Northwest, who doesn't pay homage to me
"If everything goes well, there will still be great achievements waiting for me, Suo Xun! In the future, it is not impossible for our son to become the real power holder!"