When the sword comes out of Emei, I will be the front

Chapter 184: The Beggar Clan’s Defeat, Xiao Wang’s Personal Visit

But to the east of Chengdu Prefecture, there is a mountain called Longquan, which stretches four hundred miles from north to south, connecting Deyang County of Hanzhou at the top and Jiading Prefecture (Leshan) at the bottom. It is comparable to the parallel with the Minjiang River.

The Beggar Clan left Emei, first found a shallow place to cross the Qingyi River, and then went up the Min River. On the third day, they came across a Simeng River that merged into the Min River from the west to the east, blocking the way of the beggars.

Shi Feilong asked the brigade to take a short rest and sent a few people with quick legs and feet to find a ferry to cross the river.

The rest of the beggars scattered around and sat down. Shi Feilong pointed at the Simeng River and made a grand argument: "I don't know who named this bird. It's really unpleasant. Simeng Simeng, doesn't it remind me of the Mongolian Tatars?" "

As soon as he finished speaking, the Yuan army's troops rushed out along the river. After several rounds of arrows were fired, they charged with their horses and killed the beggars until they were defeated.

This was a river branch. Shi Feilong was in a hurry and led a group of beggars to flee.

At this time, the weather was freezing and the river was icy cold. Fortunately, this group of beggars were all handpicked beggars. Most of them had internal skills and supported each other across the Minjiang River and escaped into Zhongyan.

Zhongyan is a scenic spot in the Longquan Mountains, also known as Cimu Mountain. It is located on the east bank of the Minjiang River. The mountain is more than 200 feet high. It was once as famous as Emei. It is known as "the scenic spot of the rock ravine is as beautiful as Mount E". In the past, Dongpo lay people once Study here.

There is also an ancient temple in the mountain, called Zhongyan Temple. It was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was the monastery of the fifth Arhat Nogunna.

This temple is divided into three temples: upper, middle and lower. The upper temple is on the top of the mountain, the middle temple is on the mountainside, and the lower temple is at the foot of the mountain, facing the river.

After the beggars crossed the river, they fled into the Zhongyanxia Temple. They were relieved because the Yuan army was all cavalry and would have difficulty crossing the river. They were all shivering with cold and hurriedly found a fire to dry their clothes before escaping. Not too late.

Unexpectedly, after searching the temple, there was not a single monk. Instead, dozens of martial arts masters were killed, the leading ones being extremely powerful. The Yuan army also prepared bamboo rafts early and crossed the river with men and horses to kill them.

Seeing that this was wrong, Shi Feilong gathered the four elders together, unfolded his Dragon Subduing Palm, forced a way out, and led the group of beggars to escape.

At this time, the vanguard of the Yuan army had already landed, and everyone in the Beggar Clan had no choice but to flee to the central temple. Halfway there, they suddenly saw a cave on the left side of the road. There were sixteen arhats carved at the entrance of the cave, and there was a deep ravine below. The terrain was extremely dangerous.

Shi Feilong took a closer look and saw that the entrance of the cave was about one and a half feet high and more than two feet wide. The cave was shaped like a horn, unpredictable in depth, and had clean spring water. So he had an idea and led a group of beggars to escape into the cave. He sent Zhang Bang Longtou to hide and fled alone to Mount Emei for help.

Not long after, the pursuers arrived, but the cave was too narrow to mount a horse. If you were to shoot an arrow, the cave was winding and winding, and it was difficult for your bow and arrow to reach far. So you had to dismount and rush in. The Beggar Clan took turns to hold on, and repelled more than ten waves of attacks in a row. .

The terrain in the cave cannot be besieged. If fire and smoke are set, the beggar gang will retreat deeper. The smoke will disperse from many small gaps. The Yuan army has been attacking for a long time to no avail, and many lives have been lost. The leader of Qianhu General Shuli Buhua stopped drinking immediately and asked the monks in the mountain to ask. He learned that there was no way out of the cave, so he simply surrounded it instead of attacking, deliberately starving everyone in the cave to death.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers stopped attacking, dozens of Jianghu people in different costumes came up from the lower temple. .

At the head was a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a snow fox fur, a golden crown on his head, broad shoulders and tall body, handsome and heroic appearance, shouted: "There are no flowers in the bunch!"

Shuli Buhua heard the sound and came over, saluted in person, and said, "I've never seen the young prince before!"

It turns out that this young man is none other than the only son of King Ruyang, named Baobao Timur!

He has been traveling with King Ruyang on official business since he was a child. Now that he has grown up, his father has assigned all the masters in the government to his jurisdiction and asked him to take care of the affairs of the world to increase his experience and qualifications.

Baobao Timur was appointed and was determined to achieve great results. Hearing that Monk Peng was contacting heroes in Henan and Jiangxi, he happily led the palace's masters and went to encircle and suppress them.

When they arrived in Henan, they learned that Mingjiao was going to attack Emei on a large scale, and Wudang and the Beggar Clan rushed to help. Baobao Timur was immediately overjoyed and said to his subordinates: "I think that Monk Peng is just one of the leaders of the Ming Cult. If you kill him, how can you destroy the Ming Cult? Those places like Emei and Wudang can also be taken back by the opportunity. If you don't know Liangzhi, take advantage of the fact that both of them are injured and kill them together."

So he ignored Monk Peng and went straight to Shu. However, he was afraid of the enemy's overwhelming power, so he sent someone to Chengdu with a royal decree to ask for an audience with General Harindu, the governor of Sichuan Province and the governor of Sichuan Province. With these thousands of elite officers and soldiers, they rushed to Emei.

On the way, I received a message from my inner correspondent. I heard that the preachers had retreated and the Beggar Clan had left the mountain, so they ordered the officers and soldiers to set up an ambush at the Simeng River.

He personally inspected the terrain and concluded that if the Beggar Gang wanted to escape, they could only ford the river and cross the river. So he led his men to ambush at Zhongyanxia Temple, intending to capture the leader of the Beggar Gang in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Shi Feilong's martial arts improved so much that he broke out of the siege and hid in Luohan Cave.

It was the first time that Timur was acting alone. He couldn't stand any setback and became furious. At this moment, he heard that the officers and soldiers had stopped the offensive. He rushed up angrily and asked: "The thieves are in the cave. How can you be afraid of the battle when you have thousands of households?"

Shuli Buhua was neither humble nor arrogant and said: "My officers and soldiers often clash on the battlefield. Fighting like this in a cave cannot be established, so we can only fight with human lives. But those beggars all have good martial arts. How about the officers and soldiers?" Taking advantage? It’s better to just sit back and wait. After a few days, the beggars will collapse from hunger. Isn’t it easy to capture them?”

Protector Timur shook his head and said: "The mountains here are high and the forests are dense. If the Beggar Clan sends one or two masters to escape and ask for help, it will be easy. If I don't capture them, when the reinforcements arrive, there will be no hostages to threaten them."

Shuli Buhua said: "When General Wanhu sent his junior general, he only asked him to cooperate with the young prince in fighting, but he did not say that he would obey the young prince's orders in everything. If there is a strong attack and there are too many casualties, wouldn't it be the junior general's dereliction of duty?"

Although Timur was eager to make achievements, he was not a fool. He knew that with his status, it was a big taboo to seize local military power. After hearing these words, he had nothing to say for a while.

He was thinking about countermeasures when a masked old monk in his late sixties behind him suddenly said: "My dear prince, what this general said is not unreasonable. The Beggar Gang is already a turtle in the jar. There is nothing to worry about. We might as well set up an ambush on the spot. Waiting for his reinforcements, if someone really comes to rescue them, wouldn't they be able to catch them all in one fell swoop?"

Shuli Buhua just didn't want his soldiers to die in vain, and he didn't want to offend the Prince of Ruyang in his heart. After hearing this, he immediately said: "It's a good plan, and the general should give his full help."

Baobao Timur nodded and said: "In that case, let Shu Li not spend half of the troops, let Xuanming Shuangsha, Master Chou, and Mr. San lead twenty masters to help them, and go to the foot of the mountain to find a suitable path to set up an ambush."

As soon as he finished speaking, several people came out from behind. They were several famous masters from the Ruyang Palace. They bowed to Timur, ordered twenty palace warriors, and went down the mountain.

He didn't dare to neglect, so he ordered five hundred officers and soldiers, handed them over to the deputy Qianhu, and followed a few people down the mountain.

Two days later, on the road south of Zhongyan, dozens of people came in a hurry with knives and swords.

The leader was none other than the leader of the Beggar Clan. As he walked hurriedly, he pointed at the mountain road that suddenly turned narrow in front of him and shouted: "This is the road. In more than ten miles at most, we can reach our hideout."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and when they were about to speed up, Zhu Shou suddenly shouted: "Everyone, stop! There is an ambush ahead!"

(End of this chapter)