Chapter 584: A chance encounter with people in the snow on the mountain road
In ancient wars, message transmission was inconvenient, and each party had different ways of sending and receiving messages.
Li Jing's army had just received information about the night attack on Fuling City. Little did they know that a battle like divine punishment took place outside Fuling City not long after.
Even the people in Fuling City only heard a burst of shaking and violent explosions that day, and they had no idea what exactly happened.
But when the people of Fuling City discovered the remnants of the battlefield, all that was left to the world was a sea of fire and countless broken limbs.
According to folklore, this was a divine punishment. Only a few people saw some dark meteorites falling from the sky, followed by a violent explosion.
The people who were deeply persecuted by the Holy Lotus Sect were speculating that maybe the Holy Lotus Sect had angered God, so God sent down divine punishment to destroy the Holy Lotus Sect's army.
In the following ten days, the people of Fuling City held several rituals to offer sacrifices to heaven to appease the gods.
As soldiers of the Holy Lotus Sect who have personally experienced this, perhaps this is the most helpless battle they have ever experienced in their lives.
Every time the memory is like a nightmare, it can never be forgotten.
The team of 5,000 people dispersed and died in just a few minutes. In the end, less than 2,000 people returned to Ba County.
Afterwards, the senior leaders of the Holy Lotus Sect were furious and wanted Yu Wenji to give a reasonable explanation.
Who in the world can explain such a thing?
Yuwenji vaguely felt that this was an attack launched by the enemy, but how could this be convincing?
No one found out what the enemy actually did, so it certainly couldn't be said to be an attack by the enemy.
Among the military camps, there are more opinions that are biased toward the people. Some people think that the essence of the matter is divine punishment.
The reason why God sent down divine punishment shows that God's will is not on the side of the Holy Lotus Sect.
Even Bai Song himself did not expect that a bombardment led by him would accidentally break the faith of the Holy Lotus Army, and even make the brainwashed soldiers feel a little shaken.
The Holy Lotus Sect can accept the defeat of a battle, but if the military morale is shaken, this is a result that no one can accept.
This year's rain and snow in Shu have been constant, and the mountains are extremely difficult to travel. Even on the road from Chengdu to Bajun, there are many areas with small-scale snow accumulation.
At the entrance of an unknown hill, there is a small tea stall that no one cares about.
Twelve horses were parked outside the tea stall, and each four was dragging a huge stone block wrapped in black cloth.
It was rare that there were more than a dozen guests in the tea stall, each drinking tea without any unnecessary conversation.
The snow at the mountain pass was deep, and the road into the mountain was difficult for even pedestrians to pass, let alone the dozens of horses dragging heavy loads.
After drinking tea and resting enough, Bai Song put down his tea bowl and said to Jian Shisan and Long Shanshan at the same table: "The dog meat in the store will have to be cooked for a while. Let's clear the snow in front of the mountain first to avoid wasting time.
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Jian Shisan and Long Shanshan nodded, got up and went out.
Bai Song also stood up. Xu Ruan'er was a little confused when he saw him: "You want to go too?"
"certainly?"
"The snow in front of the mountain can be cleared in a blink of an eye as long as they use their true energy."
Bai Song lowered his voice and shook his head: "We have gone deep into the enemy's hinterland. There are spies from the Holy Lotus Sect somewhere. Don't forget our identities."
"Then I'll go help."
Saying that, Xu Ruan'er stood up and rolled up his sleeves.
"How can a private girl be like you?"
Hearing this, Xu Ruan'er blushed and felt at a loss for a moment.
With her Jianghu aura, she cannot imitate the behavior of a girl from a private family, but their current identity is that of a wealthy family who returned to the hinterland of Sichuan from Fuling City to seek refuge.
The role that Xu Ruan'er needs to play is the wife of this family.
Bai Song's words obviously meant that she didn't look like a girl. Hearing this made him feel sad and a little ashamed. Seeing Bai Song leave, he asked Xiao Wu on the side with some depression: "Xiao Wu, who is this great lady?"
What does it look like?”
Xiao Wu was holding the sugar water and felt a little sleepy. After hearing this, he blinked his flawless eyes: "Sister, what is a lady?"
Xu Ruan'er sighed quietly and looked around at the people accompanying him. Although these people were all masters drawn from various sects, they all played the role of servants of the Bai family. How do they know what a lady is?
Bai Song still likes to do many things by himself. He borrowed a shovel from the store and went to the mountain pass to shovel snow with Jian Shisan and Long Shanshan.
With the war in central Sichuan, the people are in panic, and few people go out to walk around. Bai Song's group is the only group of customers at the tea stall in the past ten days.
I thought no one would come, but when Bai Song was shoveling the snow, a carriage slowly drove up the snow-blocked mountain.
Like Bai Song, the carriage was blocked halfway. The driver turned around and whispered to the people inside: "Your Majesty, the road ahead is blocked by snow. It will take a while to clear it."
"I know." A young man's voice came from inside.
Then the carriage stopped. After getting off the coachman, he picked up a few tree branches and slowly walked to the snow on the road to start clearing it.
The two parties were only ten meters apart. When the carriage appeared, Bai Song had already noticed it.
Although he hadn't seen anyone along the way, it didn't mean that it was strange to see people appear, and Bai Song didn't pay attention.
Until Jian Shisan whispered to Bai Song: "That driver's kung fu is not weak."
"Huh?" Bai Song said softly, stopped and looked at the other party.
Jian Shisan added: "Look at him sweeping the snow. He only has a few tree branches in his hands, but he cleans it up surprisingly fast."
Bai Song also noticed Wan's question and responded in a low voice: "Then we should be slower and not show it. Anyone who dares to appear in this wilderness at this time is definitely not an ordinary person."
At the same time, a dozen meters away, the driver who was clearing the snow also whispered to the car: "Your Majesty, there is someone in front of you."
"So what if there are people?"
"Appearing in this wilderness at this time, I'm afraid he won't be an ordinary person."
After the coachman finished speaking, the young man in the car suddenly opened the curtain, walked out of the carriage, and stretched out comfortably.
This person is about the same age as Bai Song, and has a face that is quite handsome like Bai Song. His facial features are regular and well-matched, and he is a type that is easy to make people feel friendly.
Wearing a slightly heavy cotton velvet coat, it can be seen that the fabric is very good, so he must not be an ordinary person.
"Your Majesty, you'd better get back in the car."
The other party ignored him, walked forward, stood beside the coachman, and shouted from a distance of more than ten meters: "Hey, who are you? Why are you walking on the mountain road at this time?"
Bai Song ignored him and swept the snow silently.
Long Shanshan replied impatiently: "What does it have to do with you?"
"Don't get me wrong, I am a scholar in Shuzhong and I like to make friends. I see that the young master in front of me is dressed luxuriously and has a handsome face. I think he is not an ordinary person. The so-called encounter is fate. I saw no passers-by along the way, but I only saw you and your party.
I would like to take the liberty of disturbing you for a few words."