I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 124
The Yanshan Mountains separated Liaodong from the Central Plains, and at the same time became an important line of defense for the Central Plains against the Hulu in the north.

Lulongsai, on the other hand, is an important pass in the east section of Yanshan Mountain, located at the easternmost point of Xuwu Mountain, between the two mountains.On the left is Meishan, and on the right is Yunshan, so it has become a battleground for military strategists.The defense line here has been repaired as solid as gold, especially in Lulongsai, which is facing the main road. All the places are made of stone.

Standing downstairs, tall and majestic, imposing, the so-called one man guards the gate, ten thousand men can't open it, probably this is what it means.

While the defenders on the city looked at the dark Yan army downstairs, they lined up on one side, and those who were older than the army could see that there were at least tens of thousands of people based on their experience.For the Lulongsai defenders who have been at peace for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be some waves in their hearts.

"General Lu Longsai answered."

Four white army horses pulled a chariot, on which stood a huge canopy umbrella, Wu Renguang, the king of Yan, who was over fifty years old, stood under the umbrella in a golden armor and red robe, with several generals riding army horses beside him, Tian Hongrang also recognize.They are all generals under King Yan.

"I have seen the prince, but I don't know what the prince wants to lead the army here?"

Although Tian Hongrang felt the great coercion of the black clouds pressing down on the city, he didn't show any timidity on his face and asked loudly.

Wu Renguang said with a smile: "General Tian has been away for a long time, and he led the army here alone. It is because of the rebellion in Hengzhou Shamen. It is said that several counties have been connected, and county magistrates and other officials have been killed. So we specially led [-] troops here, especially for The imperial court is coming to suppress the rebellion. General Tian can open the door and let our army pass through to Hengzhou to destroy the rebels."

"Hahaha, my lord was joking. There is no Shamen in Hengzhou making trouble. It's just a few monks making trouble. It will subside soon. Why use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? Besides, the lord is a famous general in Jin Dynasty, and Liaodong is an important border defense area. Does this mean that you don’t know the military law of the Great Jin Dynasty, you can’t move without an edict, so I dare to ask the prince, is there an edict to send troops?”

Tian Hongrang is the former subordinate of Ding Guogong Feng Shenji, and who knows the grievances between Ding Guogong and Lao Yanwang?Therefore, Tian Hongrang didn't show politeness to Wu Renguang, and directly asked the other party for orders.

Wu Renguang laughed and said: "Hahaha, the Taoist general is outside, and the emperor's order is not accepted. Now the situation is critical. If you wait for the edict and don't know that you have to wait until the year of the monkey, then the situation in Hebei will be difficult to deal with. Why should General Tian If you stick to the old rules, you should think of the common people in the world."

Tian Hongrang couldn't stop sneering after hearing this, "This general is a general of the Jin Dynasty, and he was ordered to defend Lulongsai. He only recognizes His Majesty's edict and the military order of the governor's mansion. Can't let it go. If the prince wants to lead an army into the pass, I'm sorry I can't obey. The military is busy, so I won't talk to the prince."

Wu Renguang didn't feel scared when he heard it, but smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the king is waiting for His Majesty's edict outside Lulongsai."

"My lord is very patient."

"As a minister, you should be diligent in the affairs of the king. Hahahaha."

After hearing this, Tian Hongrang didn't care about the etiquette, and went down to the watchtower with a cold snort.

Then the pigeons were quickly released to inform Youzhou.

Geng Zhongguo, governor of Youzhou Xinghou, was also in dire straits. There was news from the Liaodong Frontier Army Chen Bing outside Yuguan Pass and Lulongsai Pass. Geng Zhongguo knew what this meant.

At this time, the imperial court ordered Youzhou Governor's Mansion to guard Yizhou and Yingzhou, but the Yan army had already stepped up behind it, and it fell into a dilemma.

If the chaos cannot be quelled quickly, the situation in Hebei will inevitably be corrupted. If troops are sent, Yan Wang Wu Renguang behind him will really lose his mind and "Kuan Guanqin Wang", Youzhou is empty. Once it falls, the entire north of the river will be safe Shou, the army of Yan Fan went south along the canal, and they could drink the horses and rivers in more than ten days. At that time, the country was in danger of overturning.

The two evils are the lesser, so Geng Zhongguo quickly made a decision to order Yizhou and Yingzhou to close their cities and not to fight.

Then, 3000 people were drawn from the [-] defenders in Youzhou to strengthen the defenses of Yuguan and Lulongsai respectively.

At the same time, Kuai Ma notified the news that Shangjing Yanfan was detained.

After Fu Maoxiu led his army across the river, he traveled to Xiangzhou to receive the military report from Youzhou.

In the large tent of the Chinese Army, a map of Hebei was hung on the left side. Fu Maoxiu stood in front of the map, dazed.

Deputy Marshal Cheng Jintang, Grand Marshal Xingyuan Changshi, Attendant Li Fazeng, Xingyuan Judge Zhang Jing, Li Fengji, Liu Xianke, General Du Keshi, He Baxu, Zhou Tieguan, Su Duan, Ge Guiba, Japu Huali, etc. stood behind them.

"Is there a military report from the front line?"

Liu Xianke said: "Back to Marshal, the latest is yesterday's military report. Huiqing and Liu Bogui have captured Jiumen, Quancheng, Lingshou, Huolu, Shiyi, and Zhending the state capital. Xingzhou's return is only a small share. Bandits are heading south, but the military reports from Yingzhou and Yizhou have not yet arrived."

"Where is Deputy Commander Qiu's department?"

"I have been out of Bianzhou for three days, and I am heading to Yingzhou."

"Order the subordinates of Deputy Commander Qiu not to move lightly after they arrive at Yingzhou."

"promise."

"Deputy Marshal Cheng, you can lead [-] cavalry troops to Xingzhou first, preside over the defense of Xingzhou, and wipe out small groups of bandits."

"promise."

"The rest of the ministries will proceed sequentially without any mistakes."

"promise."

"Li Xiang, sort out the military report and report it to His Majesty Shangjing immediately."

"Yes."

After everyone dispersed, when only Fu Maoxiu and a few trusted staff were left, the British Duke sighed and said: "If Sanlang or Xue Cong are here, instead of three thousand cavalry, they can reach Hengzhou in ten days." Under the city, we will be able to catch the rebels by surprise. This chaos can be settled in March."

Liu Xianke said: "Why don't you hurry up and ask for orders to go to Beijing, so that Sanlang can go north to join the war?"

Fu Maoxiu shook his head, "Sanlang is also the governor of Yangzhou now, and he shoulders the king's order to guard one side, so it is not appropriate to move lightly."

Hearing what Dong Weng said, Liu Xianke didn't try to persuade him, because he also knew Fu Maoxiu's concerns.
"It's King Yan's chess move. It's a good move. The imperial court hastened eight hundred miles, and it took only a few days to reach the capital. I led an army of [-] and sent troops to the north in less than two days. I haven't reached Jizhou yet. The Liaodong Frontier Army has gathered around Yanshan Mountain. Hehehe, the king of Yan used the antelope to hang horns, could it be that old monk Yao Bingkuan's method?"

When Shangjing received the news, it was a day later that the Emperor Daojun knew that King Yan had appeared in Lulongsai under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion, and immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering Tian Yangxin, the commander of the Embroidery Guards, and his son-in-law Duwei Gong Yonggu to lead the army to encircle Went to the Yanwang Mansion in Lurenfang.

At the beginning, Princess Zhao Yuanhui of Heyang came out to reprimand the Imperial Army and the Tiqi of the Embroidered Guards for being rude. When she saw Gong Yonggu, she immediately questioned her.

"Brother-in-law? What does this mean?"

"The King of Yan stationed troops outside Lulongsai and Yuguan in the name of helping the court put down the rebellion."

Gong Yonggu directly told Zhao Yuanhui the answer he wanted to know.And this answer made Zhao Yuanhui and even Wu Yaoshi, the heir of King Yan, feel like falling into an ice cave.

Zhao Yuanhui looked at the impenetrable Forbidden Army surrounded outside the King Yan's Mansion, without saying a word, turned around and staggered back to the mansion.

Wu Yaoshi looked at the back of his new wife and was speechless, what else could he say?

"Mr. Chen, what the hell is going on here? Aye, did he start an incident directly?"

Back in the study, Wu Yaoshi asked Chen Jianzhou directly, and Wu Mingda was beside him.And Zhang Zhixun who came to "guest" and was sealed in the mansion together.

Chen Jianzhou didn't have an answer either, "I don't know about this matter, the prince didn't have any warning before, let us escape from Shangjing"

At this time Zhang Zhixun got up and said, "Do you have a map of Hebei?"

Chen Jianzhou said: "Yes."

After finishing speaking, he took out a map of Hebei from the shelf and unfolded it on the table.

After looking at it, Zhang Zhixun pointed to the location of Hengzhou and said: "Hengzhou is in chaos. According to the news the day before yesterday, Huiqing and others have captured five cities, and there are already more than [-] people. Hengzhou and Yizhou, Ying It is adjacent to Liaozhou, behind is Youzhou, and further north is the Yanshan defense line. This is also the biggest obstacle for Liaodong to go south, in other words, whether this opportunity is facilitated by the Yan Palace or not, it is a rare opportunity."

King Yan worships Buddha, which is known to all the people in the world.It can be seen from the names he gave his children.

And the main backbone of this rebellion is the monks.

And the King of Yan quickly led his troops to the outside of Yanshan Mountain in a very short period of time. Zhang Zhixun would not believe that there was no connection between the two.

But obviously, Wu Yaoshi and Wu Mingda brothers and sisters really don't know Yan Wang's actions in Liaodong.

This also shows that Yan Wang is a qualified hero, and he doesn't have too many scruples when doing big things, even though his favorite son and daughter are all in the capital.

Wu Mingda said: "There are many monasteries in Hebei Province that have received gifts from Prince Yan's Mansion, but I don't remember this Famen Temple, and this Liu Bogui has nothing to do with the Prince's Mansion. Judging by their rioting style, it seems like Red Lotus Road the way"

"This group of monks, why do they have the shadow of Honglian Dao?"

Coincidentally, on the city wall of Huolu County thousands of miles away, Yan Shuyu, the magistrate of Huolu County, also sighed in the same way.

Huolu County is in the northeast of Hengzhou, and it is connected to Yizhou. It is only a middle county. The county magistrate Yan Shuyu is not yet 30 years old. He is very young.

The rebel army launched a fierce attack on Huolu County for three consecutive days, causing countless casualties, but the monks and believers also went crazy and attacked the city like ants.

They kept shouting: "A new Buddha is born, get rid of all demons, Maitreya is reincarnated, and the Buddha Kingdom on earth" encourages each other.

These people in front of them were climbing the city without fear of life and death, which was very similar to the records of the Beizhou Rebellion in Honglian Dao that he had seen.

Huolu County tycoon Zhang Xiaoxin Zhang Daguan, who brought a group of family members to the city to help the battle, also nodded and said, "It is true. I also heard about it during the Beizhou Rebellion in the early years."

Captain Liu Shichang also echoed: "I, Aye, was under the command of Duke Ding and participated in the Battle of Beizhou. He also told me that those thieves were extremely terrifying after being bewitched by monsters, and they were not afraid of death. Falling into the magic way."

This can't help but make the county magistrate Yan Shuyu extremely worried.After all, there was originally only one regiment of imperial guards in the city, more than [-] people. Later, all the young and strong in the city were mobilized, but there were more than [-] people. Although the Hebei warriors dared to fight bravely and had the advantage of defending the city, such an offensive was still too terrifying. some.

Several people had serious expressions on their faces after speaking.After receiving the news of Huiqing and others' rebellion, the county magistrate Yan Shuyu immediately opened the two granaries, organized the whole city's young and strong, and joined with the county's school lieutenant Liu Shichang to garrison the city.

In the land of Yanzhao, Hebei, there have been many generous and elegiac people since ancient times.The folk customs are strong and brave, and most of them are martial arts practitioners. In addition, the county magistrate Yan Shuyu has a very good official reputation in Huolu County.In addition, Yan Shuyu encouraged the people with the words of "protecting the countryside", so the people in the city resisted the siege of the rebels with all their strength.

Even the local tyrants headed by Zhang Xiaoxin, who had been punished by Yan Shuyu several times, all led their family servants to the city to help in the battle.

Among them, Zhang Xiaoxin and Zhang Dayuan have killed dozens of rebels in the past few days. After the war, it is estimated that the imperial court will have to appoint officials directly.

The people in the city are suffering from headaches, and the rebels in the city are also suffering from headaches.

Since the incident, they have successively conquered seven counties including the state capital. Except for Jingjing County and the current Huolu County, the whole of Hengzhou is under their control.

As for the next part, going north to Yizhou has already been planned.

Now facing the small Huolu County, they fought for three days and lost thousands of people.Although there were a lot of casualties in the city, the city was still impregnable, without any signs of wavering.

Liu Bogui, in his 40s, was wearing armor and standing on a temporary high platform outside the city.He was born in a powerful family in Hengzhou, and his family already had thousands of fertile fields, several manors, and herds of cattle and horses.In addition, they also do some smuggling activities to the north.Buying is in short supply.Such as salt, grain, cloth...even ironware.

But since Xin Ren came to Hengzhou at this time.His business is becoming more and more difficult to do, and before the incident, Liu Bogui even knew that the evidence of his smuggling with the northerners was obtained by the new governor.

That's why he resolutely followed the strange-looking monk Huiqing not far away to make troubles together, and he was divided into "Ten Dwelling Bodhisattvas, Suppressing Demon Army Commanders, Ding Hanwang", if he could choose, he I still want to be a Hengzhou tycoon.

If it wasn't for the smuggling of ironware that was discovered this time, it was just smuggling some food, cloth and medicinal materials, and the matter would be settled by spending some money.

As for how the Governor's Mansion knew, it doesn't make much sense to think about it now. Now Liu Bogui only thinks about going north quickly to meet King Yan's army entering the customs, which is the only way for the rebels to survive.

"My lord, this is not the way to attack. Yan Shuyu is different from other county magistrates. He has a good governance and has won the hearts of the people. The people in the city will not respond to us. If we spend too long under the city, when the imperial army arrives, we will But there is no chance to go north to join the Great Protector of King Yan."

The trick of recruiting surrender has already been used, and it is useless.

Now that the strong attack has also failed, Huiqing, who calls himself "Mahayana Dharma Venerable", needs to make a decision.

Should he continue to gnaw on this hard bone, or go around the city and go north to Yizhou.What about taking care of King Yan's Great Protector?
As for the title of the Great Protector of the King of Yan, it was Hui Qing, the "Dharma Venerable", bestowed on Wu Renguang, the King of Yan.

"Amitabha, Mahayana Dharma Venerable, won the tiny land of Lu County. Even if I attack Yizhou in the north, the people in the city will not dare to leave the city. Now it is better to attack Yizhou first to respond to the army of Dharma protectors outside Yanshan."

Hearing the same words from the homeless monk from the Western Regions, Fazun Huiqing finally thought about it seriously, and then spoke after a long time.

"Okay. According to what the two of you said, let's withdraw troops."

After hearing this, Monk Wugui clasped his hands together and bowed slightly.

Afterwards, Huiqing stepped down from the high platform, followed by the monk of no return, and Liu Bogui called together a group of rebel leaders to convey the order of "Fa Zun".

Although they were not afraid of death when attacking the city, the leaders of the rebel army were relieved that they could no longer climb the fortified city.

"Now the army has a scale of nearly [-]. We don't have anyone who is familiar with the army. I don't know what Master Wugui can teach me."

After Huiqing stepped off the high platform, he walked side by side with the monk of no return.

"Mahayana Dharma Venerable" Hui Qing looked about thirty or so, wearing a gray monk robe, with deep eyes, like an impenetrable lake.Other than that, there's nothing surprising about it.But this person was able to gather such a large team, so that a group of believers believed in him and rose up with him.

As for the homeless monk from the Holy Land of the Western Regions, his whole body was full of dust, and his white monk robes were spotless.

The monk Wugui said: "The Great Protector of the King of Yan has already sent his powerful military advisor, Mr. Liu Xun Liu to help out, this person is proficient in the art of war, and may be able to help the Dharma Venerable."

After Huiqing heard this, he nodded and said, "That's very good. Master Wugui devoted himself to the great cause of the Buddhist kingdom. When the great cause of the Buddhist kingdom is completed, Master Wugui will become the first dharma king under Mahayana Maitreya."

Then he left with a few trusted disciples.

Only the no-return monk stayed where he was, shaking his head and smiling, but he was sighing in his heart, the number one dharma king?He really dared to believe that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya?

The lie that I uttered can make myself believe it. Is this considered a lie?

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