"Danbo, your second junior brother will be back soon. No matter what he asks for, you must agree to him."
There was doubt in Danbo's heart. When Xuanji left, he had already set the grand goal of not returning home until the world was determined. If Tianyi really died, the world would be in chaos. Why did Xuanji come back? Could it be that he had a plot against Tianji Valley?
?Thinking of this, Danbo was suddenly startled. He had already guessed what the layman Peeping the Sky meant.
"Shuidu, although Xuanji is your senior brother, you are still the one to inherit this lineage of divine machines. Your senior brother will come back in a few years, but any act that goes against the will of heaven will be punished by heaven. He is not the kind of person whose destiny is to go against the will of heaven.
People who are able to live this life peacefully are already lucky."
"Junior Brother, Emperor Ci, you two go to Dingzhou immediately. If nothing can be done, you must rescue Qin Tianyi's body. Be careful, there are many enemies along the way and it is extremely dangerous."
Layman Yingwu said yes, but then opened his mouth and said: "Senior brother, we are just master and disciple, so I'm afraid we don't have much confidence."
"There is someone waiting for you outside Tianji Valley. With her help, you should be able to succeed."
Layman Yingwu looked at Layman Guitian in confusion, but the old man had no intention of explaining, and it was hard for him to ask any more questions.
"Junior brother, please give me two words to Haotian. One is: Those who go against heaven will be punished by heaven. This sentence is also meant for everyone in Hetao, unless they are stubborn and defiant, or those who are more virtuous than evil.
Otherwise, we will definitely not be able to survive. Secondly, don’t forget what you said when you were in Tianji Valley: China is not owned by one person, and the world is not owned by one person.”
After a pause, Master Guitian slowly closed his eyes: "You all, please go."
Several people looked at each other and had no choice but to exit the door. The slow and continuous breathing of the old man Qi Tian could be heard faintly inside the door. Gradually, the breathing gradually became quieter and less audible. The layman Yingwu suddenly closed his eyes tightly.
Xing's tears slowly flowed down his cheeks, and the three brothers, Danbo, gritted their teeth and let the tears fall. They all understood that the layman Qi Tian had finally gone.
"Master only wanted to change the destiny of China and save more people, so he never dared to tell Haotian what might happen. However, in the end, he still did not escape the compass of fate." Indifferent thought in his heart: "Since I am a
Tianji lineage, then why not inform the other party of what may happen, at least so that the other party can be mentally prepared?"
Layman Yingwu didn't think as much as he thought. He just said to Emperor Ci: "Emperor Ci, it's time for us to leave."
Yingwu layman is already quite familiar with the Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation before Tianji Valley. But even so, he does not dare to be careless. The Yinfeng Mountain Range can be ranked among the seven secret places in China, and it is not just a Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation.
The Ten Jue Killing Immortal Formation was built by Guigu's master based on the special geographical environment here. Before that, there were many weird things in the Yinfeng Mountains. As soon as you walk into these places, illusions will suddenly appear. Yingwu layman now has the power of
Although I am not afraid of creation, I don't want to cause any trouble.
Besides, he really wanted to know who was waiting for him outside.
As soon as he walked out of the scope of the Ten Jue Immortal Killing Formation, layman Yingwu felt that something was wrong. Out of a warrior's intuition, he had already realized that the danger was coming.
Sure enough, as soon as Yingwu layman appeared, there was a rush of footsteps around him, and countless strong bows and crossbows were already aimed at him. He only heard a proud laugh: "Yue Tengkong, you shrunken turtle finally finally made it."
Will you come out?"
Layman Yingwu felt a pain in his heart, why is it her? However, his expression quickly changed and he asked eagerly: "Lingxian, is it you? Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"
Lingxian slowly walked out from behind a big stone. She was very surprised. In the past, the heroic layman would run away as soon as he saw her. Why was he still standing here so eagerly today?
Layman Yingwu secretly rejoiced and asked repeatedly: "How many people did you bring?"
"One thousand, they are all my carefully trained elite soldiers." Lingxian replied subconsciously, but in an instant he came back to his senses as to why he was so honest to him.
The layman Yingwu was overjoyed and said happily: "In that case, please let your people come with me. Something big happened in the Hetao."
"What?" Lingxian's face suddenly turned pale after listening to the narration of the Yingwu layman. At this time, she no longer cared about competing with the Yingwu layman, and quickly gathered her troops and rushed towards Dingzhou.
On the war horse, Lingxian seemed to have a thousand thoughts in her heart. She had been lying in wait outside Tianji Valley for many days and had no idea about the situation outside. Since there was an accident in the Hetao, what is the current situation on the Bloody Plateau?
Ah, I have only been away for a few days, why does it feel like the world has been turned upside down?
It is indeed appropriate to describe the current situation as earth-shaking.
Less than an hour after He Bugui ordered the shipwreck to block the river route, the 70,000 navy led by Kato Taka and the 30,000 navy of Qinchuan arrived near Huangyangtan, the intersection of Yinfeng Mountains and the river, at almost the same time.
Dongwa's battleships were fully loaded with Zhu Zhaoyi's two legions of 140,000 people from the Holy Sect of Paradise and Dongwa's 100,000 army.
He Bugui took advantage of the inconvenient movement of the Dongwa navy, which was full of men, and used dozens of small boats to carry reeds poured with tung oil down the river. He burned at least thirty Dongbo warships in one fell swoop. He was burned to death and drowned.
There are more than 30,000 holy soldiers. It can be said that the Wuyan Legion has lost half of its combat effectiveness before it officially enters the battlefield.
The water volume of the river is not as good as that of the Dajiang and Xijiang rivers, and is only better than the Huai River. He Bugui sank dozens of warships into the middle of the river, completely blocking the passage of the Eastern Japanese navy. Even in normal times, Kato Taka
It would take at least ten days to clear out these battleships, not to mention that now, He Bugui would not give him a chance at all.
Huangyangtan is located at the intersection of the Yinfeng Mountains and the main stream of the river. The water here is fast and the Yinfeng Mountains next to it appear even taller and majestic near the river bank. He Bugui stationed his troops here, which blocked the northward path of the Dongwa Navy.
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In desperation, Kato Taka had no choice but to leave the navy to monitor He Bugui's Jiaolong Legion. Under the leadership of Watanabe Shimomo, the 100,000-strong Eastern Japanese Army landed in Yaoshu. Obviously, Kato Takashi's abacus was based on the 30,000 Eastern Japanese troops had already passed.
The vanguard of the navy carried the ferry across the river upstream of Huangyangtan.
However, Kato Takashi was still disappointed. Although the vanguard of Higashiwa's 30,000-strong navy entered the upper reaches of the river under the leadership of Nobuta Kawamomo, Zhang Cangzong's 40,000-strong navy followed closely behind. The strength of the two armies was almost the same.
Although no one can do anything to people who have been hanging out on the water for a long time, Kawamomo Nobuda has no energy to take care of Watanabe Shimota's affairs.
As for the Zhu Zhao Legion of the Holy Sect of Paradise and only half of the Wuyan Legion, they entered the Hetao through Yinfeng Castle on a rapid march, and cooperated with Li Bicheng and Liu Peng's 100,000 troops to surround Qingyun. In the afternoon
At that time, Sashan's 180,000-strong army, which had marched from the Bloody Plateau, also passed through the Jianmen Plank Road and entered the Dingzhou area.
Faced with such a situation, even Chu Xiangcheng and Bian Zhongxing, who had always been calm, changed their expressions. If Dingzhou only had 400,000 troops from the imperial court and the Song and Li families, they could still handle it calmly, but the Ji Le Shengjiao and Sa Shan
The arrival of the army completely shattered their extravagant hopes. At this time, there were only 70,000 soldiers in Dingzhou City, and there were more than 10,000 female soldiers from the Fengwu Legion. Faced with the siege of more than 400,000 troops, the border troops
I'm afraid Shigeyuki would also have a headache if he personally took charge.
Bian Chongxing is like this, so the pressure on Li Xiao can be imagined. But the most dangerous place now is not Dingzhou, but Qingyun.
Qingyun County is the hometown of Haotian and the home base of more than half of the top executives in Hetao. Therefore, it has a high status on Hetao 3rd Road. However, Qingyun is just a county town in the end, with only a hundred thousand people in the city and the height of the city wall is less than three meters.
As soon as Zhang. realized something was wrong, Zhan Shutang immediately shrank the defense line and retreated into Qingyun County.
If he had ordered a northward retreat at that time, even if the Li family dispatched more than 100,000 cavalry, it would be impossible to capture all the Qilin Legion. However, Zhan Shutang did not choose to escape, not to mention Qingyun's status.
How important it is, he can't leave just because of the soldier's duty to protect the land and the people.
The Li family's army and the Imperial Suzaku Army hurriedly crossed over from Qingyun. Although Zhan Shutang didn't know where the opponent's target was, it was obvious that it was either Yanzhou or Dingzhou. Zhan Shutang was about to send out cavalry to slow down the opponent's speed. Li Bicheng
The 50,000 Qinchuan infantry led by Liu Peng and the 50,000 cavalry of Liu Peng's Imperial Guard Corps had arrived. After a brief battle, the Qilin Corps was forced to retreat into the city.
At noon the next day, the Zhu Zhao tribe and the Wuyan tribe of the Holy Sect of Paradise arrived in Qingyun. After joining Qinchuan and the imperial army, more than 200,000 coalition troops began to launch a fierce attack on Qingyun.
Qingyun County was destroyed by war when the six ethnic groups outside the Great Wall moved south. When it was rebuilt later, considering Qingyun's special status, Qingyun County was built quite solidly. However, this sturdiness was only compared to ordinary county towns.
It is similar to an ordinary state capital. But if Qingyun wants to block the attack of 200,000 coalition troops, even Zhanshutang has no hope.
Under such circumstances, Zhan Shutang surprisingly had no fear at all, and felt a sense of clarity in his heart. Standing on the Qingyun Tower, Zhan Shutang suddenly thought of his colleagues.
Back then, Qingyun Qianqi went north to Fenglin Ferry under the leadership of his lord. As a result, the Northern Expeditionary Army was defeated, but he and others returned to Qingyun unscathed. In just a few days, Qingyun had turned into a hell on earth.
Therefore, under the leadership of the lord, more than a thousand soldiers arrived in Dingzhou secretly. They first conquered Dingzhou and planned to seize the two Yanke prefectures. They fought hard in Jizhou and then pacified Hetao. They crossed the river to the west and returned to the northwest, and went south to settle the empire in the southeast. From the autumn of 619,
It has been exactly five years now, and out of the more than a thousand brothers, only myself and more than fifty people are left.
Many times, several old brothers sit together and drink together, and each of them always bursts into tears while drinking. But from now on, I am afraid I will never be lonely again, right?
When my lord left me in Dingzhou, I thought that there would be no battle to fight for at least the next two years, and I felt melancholy for a long time. However, in just half a year, I encountered such a big battle. However, this was because Qingyun
At the expense of one hundred thousand people, this makes Zhan Shutang very sad.
Suddenly, Zhan Shutang somehow remembered the promise he and others had made to God, to fill the most unique palace in the world with the most precious poems, calligraphy and paintings. But now it seems that he has broken his promise.
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"General, the opponent's attack has begun. You'd better retreat to the back to avoid being hurt by the loss." Zhuangke walked up and said to Zhan Shutang.
Zhan Shutang shook his head: "I am the commander of the Qilin Legion. The soldiers are fighting bloody battles in the front. How can I retreat to the back? Are the people in the city okay?"
"The mood of the people is very stable, Mr. Hao is organizing the people to maintain order." Zhuangke replied.
There was a touch of arrogance on Zhan Shutang's face. This is the hometown of half of the top brass in Hetao. Faced with the siege of 200,000 troops, the people in the city were still in order and there were no riots. If it were in other areas
, the people may have been in panic all day long.
Looking at the snarling banner of the Holy Sect of Paradise below the city tower, Zhan Shutang's heart became heavier and heavier. If it was just the imperial court and the Li family's army, then he wouldn't be very worried. Even if the city was broken and his Qilin Army was wiped out,
Then at least the people in the city will be fine, but the Holy Sect of Paradise is different.
Not to mention what the Holy Sect of Paradise did on Yuzhou Road and Jiangnan Dahu, the bloody feud between them and Hetao will definitely not end well. If the city is destroyed, the only outcome will be the massacre of the entire city.
Zhan Shutang took a long breath, and a feeling of loneliness appeared on his cheeks. Unexpectedly, after so many years of fighting on the battlefield, he would eventually become a sinner in the Loop. Not only could he not be able to protect his family and country, he could not even save the hometowns of his soldiers and comrades.
"Fang Xiao, are you scared?" Seeing some hesitation on Fang Xiao's face, Zhan Shutang couldn't help but smile.
Unexpectedly, Fang Xiao actually nodded: "Legion Commander, there is a point."
Zhan Shutang's eyes narrowed. Fang Xiao was not from Qingyun Qianqi, but he was from Qingyun County. The two of them had had an inseparable relationship since childhood. After taking Yanzhou, Hetao began to expand its army, and Zhan Shutang also
This companion was recruited into the army and became his general. The two of them once followed Haotian to the Holy Capital of Heaven, and they also fought bloody battles in Hukou and the Northeastern Three Kingdoms. Later, Zhan Shutang was promoted to the commander of the Qilin Legion, and he
He recommended him to Haotian and eventually became the only cavalry commander in the Qilin Legion. But he never expected that his best brother would actually say he was scared at this time.
Fang Xiao sneered and said: "I'm not afraid of death. When Qingyun City was destroyed that day, I escaped by chance. From then on, I didn't care about life and death. Besides, this is still my hometown. But, I think of so many elders.
I'm still a little scared that the folks will take the same path as us."
Zhan Shutang finally breathed a sigh of relief, patted Fang Xiao heavily on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Good brother, I saw you right."