Chapter 64: Peripheral Battle Situation
Xu Hai went back to the house with an angry face. Xu Weixue came in and saw that he was in a bad mood and asked curiously: "Why did you come back from swimming at the beach with such an angry face?"
Xu Hai said angrily: "Chi Jing is a bully too much. He always likes to dominate us."
Senior Xu Wei took a puff of cigarette and exhaled, and said calmly: "What a big deal, aren't we able to have the family fortune we have now just by surviving in the cracks and taking advantage of opportunities? As long as it is profitable for us, let's be a turtle grandson."
All accepted."
Xu Hai disagreed and said with a pretentious attitude: "I don't want to look at other people's faces and live my life just for the immediate happiness. I want to make my career bigger."
When Xu Weixue heard this, he became worried and asked anxiously, "What else do you want to do?"
Xu Hai patted his chest and said boldly: "I can't be the king, but I have to be the hegemon. I have the final say on the coast of the Ming Dynasty."
Xu Weixue jumped up in anger and hit Xu Hai's bald head with a golden pole and a long smoke. Xu Hai was so frightened that he ran out.
Xu Weixue pointed at Xu Hai's back and cursed angrily: "Don't even look at how much you weigh. Don't let your ambition fail and destroy the family fortune I have worked hard to build all my life."
Let’s talk about the battlefield situation outside the Taizhou battlefield at this time.
Wang Zhi pretended to attack Changzhou City, and attacked Suzhou City from the east and west. Mrs. Wa's flank attacked Wang's army outside Suzhou City, repelled Wang Zhi's attack, and saved Suzhou City.
Wang Zhi's sneak attack on Suzhou City failed, and he stormed Changzhou City. After many days of hard fighting, he captured Changzhou City at the cost of 6,000 casualties.
Wang Shuan led his fleet to attack Zhenjiang, but was repelled by the Zhenjiang Navy led by Zhang Jing.
Xin Liulang built a fort on Chongming Island, blocking the Yangtze River estuary, and the Ming Dynasty's inland river navy was blocked from going to sea.
Xin Liulang left some troops to guard Chongming Island and led a fleet to attack Yueqing County.
The city of Hangzhou where Zhao Wenhua was stationed was not affected by the war for a while.
After Tang Xuan evacuated Ninghai County, she led a thousand wolf soldiers to find a place to stay on a large mountain called Tiantai Mountain.
Tiantai Mountain is located in the northwest of Taizhou City, not far from Kuaiji Mountain. It is also a big mountain. There is a mountain stream from the peak to the foot of the mountain. Waterfalls fly down along the mountain stream, which is extremely spectacular.
There are many overhanging rocks and cliffs on the mountain, the mountains are dripping with green, the ancient trees are towering, the strange rocks are everywhere, and the strange peaks are abrupt.
There is a temple on the mountain called Guoqing Temple, which is known as "the source of Buddhism and the beautiful scenery".
Guoqing Temple is located on the mountain, rising layer by layer, and is arranged along four north-south axes.
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There are more than a hundred temples, including the Maitreya Hall, the Yuhua Hall, the Mahavira Hall, the Medicine Master Hall, and the Guanyin Hall; there are also the Freeing Pond, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Juxian Hall, the Abbot Tower, the Three Holy Temples, the Miaofa Hall, the Buddhist Sutra Tower, and the Jialan
Hall, Arhat Hall, etc. There is a bronze seated statue of Sakyamuni in the middle of the Mahavira Hall.
The abbot of the temple, whose name is Daoke, is tall and strong, with a fair face in his thirties and eight ring scars on his head. There are two hundred monks in the temple, less than half of whom are warrior monks.
The mountain road is narrow, and there is a mountain gate on the road. The mountain gate is three feet high and built on a narrow slope valley. It is made of bricks and stones, where people can stand on it, and there are crenels and lookout openings.
The mountain gate looks like a miniature fortress, which was built to prevent war. As long as a few archers stand on the mountain gate, they can block the thousands of troops and horses at the bottom of the mountain. It is true that one man can guard the gate and no one can open it.
Tang Xuan took a fancy to the good terrain of Tiantai Mountain, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so she led her wolf soldiers up the mountain to settle down.
There were several warrior monks standing at the mountain gate. When they saw an armed team of unknown origin coming up the mountain, they closed the mountain gate.
Seeing that the monk refused to open the door, Tang Xuan politely requested: "We are an anti-Japanese army. We are being chased by the Japanese and have nowhere to go. Could you please masters please open the mountain gate to give us a place to stay."
The monk replied: "This is a place of retreat on the mountain that cannot cause war. Donors, please come back."
Seeing that Tang Xuan couldn't open the city gate, she performed the Qing Kung Fu taught by Mrs. Wa's wife, "Step by Step". She stretched out her arms, touched the stone wall with her toes, and flew up to the mountain gate.
The level of this kind of Qinggong is extremely high. No matter how advanced your martial arts skills are, most people cannot climb this mountain wall. Even Bashan Ke, he does not have such high level of Qinggong to be able to climb the three-foot-high mountain gate.
Because this kind of Qing Gong is only suitable for women to practice, the light body and thin feet can borrow skills. Although the gable wall is flat, there are always gaps of varying sizes between the bricks and stones, which can be tapped by the toes to gain strength.
She struck out with bare hands, knocked away several monks, and opened the mountain gate. The wolf soldiers went up the mountain to Guoqing Temple.
The abbot said he was shocked when he saw a strangely dressed armed team breaking into the mountain. Didn't people stop people from going up the mountain? Why are there still people breaking in?
The injured monk ran over and complained to Dao Ke: "Abbott, this soldier injured us and forced his way in."
Dao Ke understood what was going on and stepped forward with a smile to say hello warmly. He put his hands together and politely said to Tang Xuan: "Amitabha, welcome to the female general."
Tang Xuan bowed in return and said, "I'm really sorry for disturbing the masters' peace. We were chased by the Japanese pirates and had no way out, so we wanted to use the treasured land of the mountains to shelter ourselves."
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Dao Ke knew that in these troubled times, there was an army barging in, and he couldn't stop it. The female general's kind words were just a formality.
He responded: "Buddha takes thousands of incarnations to save all sentient beings. Although the temple is small, there is no reason why it cannot be difficult. The female general can live there peacefully."
Dao Ke moved several Zen rooms to serve as camps for the wolf soldiers. Tang Xuan lived in one of them.
Tang Xuan ordered his soldiers to go up the mountain to cut trees and grass, and build two hundred barracks next to the temple. In this way, a thousand wolf soldiers had camps to live in.
The mountain gate was originally guarded by several monks. Tang Xuan sent twenty wolf soldiers to help the monks guard the gate.
When Dao Ke saw that the mountain gate was controlled by wolf soldiers, he shook his head and sighed as he had no choice. He originally wanted to use the mountain gate to isolate all outsiders during the Japanese invasion, but he never thought that someone could climb over the mountain gate and control the mountain gate.
Tang Xuan ordered the wolf soldiers to abide by strict discipline and not to disturb the monks' daily life. The wolf soldiers' training venue was chosen in an open space away from the temple.
The monks' usual chanting and daily routine were hardly affected by the wolf soldiers. They felt relieved now that they had a sense of trust in these wolf soldiers.
Tang Xuan took a break from her busy schedule and sometimes took a walk in the temple. She saw a towering ancient pagoda in the temple.
The ancient pagoda is also called the Sui pagoda. It was built in the Sui Dynasty. The pagoda is so high that you can't count the floors when you look up. The body of the pagoda is yellow-brown, and the Buddha statues on the wall are lifelike and extremely exquisite.
Tang Xuan wanted to visit the tower. Seeing that the door of the tower was locked, she went to Dao Ke and asked him if he would agree to visit the tower by herself.
When Dao Ke heard that Tang Xuan wanted to climb the Sui Pagoda, he clasped his hands and explained: "Female general, it's not that the poor monk refuses to agree, it's just that there is a temple treasure hidden on the top floor of the Sui Pagoda, and the pagoda door cannot be opened during the Japanese invasion."
"It turns out there is a temple treasure hidden there." Tang Xuan asked curiously: "What kind of treasure is that?"
Daoke replied: "A golden Buddha is priceless."
Tang Xuan heard from the abbot that there was a temple treasure hidden on the top floor of the Sui Pagoda, and that it would be inconvenient to visit the pagoda during the Japanese invasion, so she no longer forced herself and left unwillingly.
Dao Ke was about to go on a far journey, and was worried that Tang Xuan would accept refugees indiscriminately and go up the mountain. Before leaving the mountain, he asked Tang Xuan: "Mr. Tang Qian, I want to go down the mountain to beg for alms. If there are refugees who want to go up the mountain, they must not be let in. You must know that there are hidden things inside the refugees."
It is very dangerous to have Japanese pirates and spies."
Tang Xuan replied: "Master, don't worry and go down the mountain to beg for alms. Just leave the affairs of the mountain gate to me. I won't let Japanese pirate spies go up the mountain."
Dao Ke said happily: "That's good, that's good."
Chapter completed!