Chapter 646: Thousands of Soldiers Avoid White Robes
The three people from Lingtan on the grassland on the top of the mountain reacted very quickly. After receiving the news that the ambush at the top of the cliff was defeated and the Eastern Zhou cavalry entered the valley, they ordered 20,000 people in the valley to block He Qizhou's attack, while leading more than 2,000 cavalry.
The henchmen fled south from the grassland on the top of the mountain.
Maud originally wanted to burn all the food and grass in the valley, but in the end he didn't light a few fires because the soldiers who were fighting knew that if they burned all the food and grass, they would no longer be able to find food within a hundred miles, so
He tried his best to prevent the cavalry sent by Maude from lighting the fire. Seeing the sound of the charge outside the valley getting closer and closer, most of the cavalry holding torches abandoned their torches and fled with Maude and others.
In the blink of an eye, no one of the three generals was left. The Qi troops reminded each other from everywhere in the valley: "Stop resisting, everyone above has fled!"
Although it cannot be said openly, it has long been spread among the Qi army in private. This sudden appearance of the Eastern Zhou army did not kill the prisoners, but even distributed food and money! More and more Qi soldiers gave up resistance, and He Qizhou once again gained a harvest.
This was an easy victory, and the price was just a three-day delay in traveling.
Izumomeng Mountain is still 1,300 miles away from Luoyang, but He Qizhou feels that it is only two steps away, one step is Handan, and the next step is Luoyang.
Sure enough, there was no decent resistance on the way to Handan. No matter how many in number the defenders had, they all fled southward. Even if they entered the relatively wealthy Jinan territory, no one was willing to risk their lives to protect their wealth.
Generals and officials would rather abandon the city's weapons, mansions, and beautiful concubines, just to run faster than the Eastern Zhou army with one man and two riders!
With the victory in the Battle of Yunmeng Mountain, the rumors about the blizzard were no longer limited to the Jizhou army. A nursery rhyme began to be spread throughout Hebei: "Famous teachers and generals should not keep themselves in prison, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes!"
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In the southern border of Tuyuhun and at the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, a cavalry team of about a thousand people stopped their pursuit. What was running for their lives for several miles in front of them were more than two thousand imperial forest army light cavalry, the real main force of Jiang Shan's men. Originally, this number was three
Thousands of knights and another thousand knights have fallen in battle and on the way to escape.
The rising sun penetrated the thick clouds and shone on the army standing facing the east. Everyone was in ragged clothes and had solemn expressions. It was not that the soldiers did not want to pursue, but that the horses could no longer run. The horses on the plateau were
After repeated battles, even if the iron-like man can persist, the horse can no longer run at high speed.
There was a horse standing at the front of the army. He was obviously thinner than the soldiers behind him. The strangest thing was that he also wore a golden mask on his face, which shone with a frightening light under the sunlight.
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The mask is in the shape of an ugly and ferocious Taotie, but what really scares Jiang Shan's army is this person and the army behind her named Taotie.
Wu Erhan, Wu Erna, Li Ruogu, Ren Xia, Zhang Mufeng, Miao Miao, Han Chong... a long line of young masters stood behind the masked man. There were five or six masters from the Tianshan Sect, Quanzhen Sect, and Emei Sect.
Ten people, which is equivalent to half of the military equipment hall, including Jiu Lingyue, the deputy priest of the military equipment hall. This army, which was originally transformed from Tu Yuhun's elite scout cavalry, has now become Jiang Shan's nightmare!
"Let's go!" Seeing the enemy cavalry running away, the leader sighed. His voice was slightly hoarse, but it sounded extremely moving. A bare hand gently took off the frightening mask, and under the sun, there was a
Zhang's face is a little tired but dazzlingly beautiful.
"Sister, next time they dare to come again, we will kill Ge Tianheng too!" Zhang Mufeng approached Xu Muxue who took off his mask and said heroically.
The leader of the enemy army that had just escaped was Ge Tianheng, the head of the Yunmen Sect. This 3,000-man army was an elite piece of work that Jiang Shan put together with great effort, specifically to deal with the Taotie led by Xu Muxue, but the first battle into the Kunlun Mountains
, and was defeated.
Two months before this, Xiao Jihuai, known as the military god of Qi, was also defeated by Taotie. Xiao Jihuai himself was injured and was arranged to return to Handan to recuperate.
Xiao Jihuai was able to save his life because of Xu Muxue's mercy. After all, Xiao Jihuai had been taking care of him like an elder brother for more than ten years. Although the other party had evil thoughts in his heart, he also regretted his marriage in public, so Xu Muxue
Mu Xue did not act cruelly, but let the other party escape with injuries.
Although Xu Muxue led the army to win the crucial battle before him, he did not look happy at all, but had a solemn expression on his face. This was simply because the coalition forces of Tu Yuhun and Jiang Lang had now reached their most difficult time.
Since losing Xijing two years ago, the coalition forces have been trapped in the Haixi County Canyon, and occasionally launch surprise attacks; tens of thousands of people led by Bai Yong can still maneuver freely south of the Kunlun Mountains; the Tianshan Sect's defense is also as stable as Mount Tai.
But when Jiang Shan led an army of 400,000 to attack, the situation took a turn for the worse. Bai Yong was forced to retreat into the Kunlun Mountains; the Tianshan garrison sent troops to evacuate voluntarily; the coalition forces also had to withdraw from the Haixi County Canyon and retreated all the way south to the Kunlun Mountains.
There are only 30,000 herdsmen under control with a population of more than 100,000, and the army only has over 40,000 people left.
Jiang Shan originally had the opportunity to eat up the slow-moving evacuation team in one go, but in the end he failed to do so. This was mainly because many people in the army came from plain areas such as Huainan and Hebei, and almost one-third of them suffered from altitude sickness.
Unable to travel long distances.
Jiang Shan could only piece together the elite and continue to advance towards Kunlun Mountain, but both Xiao Jihuai and Ge Tianheng encountered an insurmountable threshold - Taotie!
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On the 19th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Qitai, the New Year's Day did not bring peace and security to Qi as Jiang Shan had imagined. Instead, there was smoke and war.
After learning that Ge Tianheng, who had placed high hopes on him, was defeated, Jiang Shan was furious and could no longer restrain his anger. He could not defend Jibei and could not fight here. Jiang Shan, who was in an extremely irritable mood, used various excuses to execute Shang in the past two days.
There were hundreds of people, including officials, prisoners of war, and even eunuchs and palace maids. The royal city of Xijing was in a tremble for a while, and everyone around Jiang Shan was as silent as a cicada.
But the eunuch who conveyed the message still had to face the emperor. Fortunately, the news was not bad. The young eunuch knelt tremblingly outside the bedroom door and screamed: "General, the new head of the Emei faction, Taoist Chongye, is here.
Dharma Protector Mingyang Zhenren asks for an audience."
"Let them come in!" Jiang Shan finally got some good news. During this expedition, he brought most of the Yunmen sect with him, but he still felt that there were not enough experts, so he decided to join the Emei sect.
Since the food used by the army was mostly recruited from Shu, the local people were burdened with heavy burdens and rebellions broke out. Jiang Shan forced the governor of Sichuan to suppress it and asked the Emei faction to send people to help.
When the Emei disciples who were already extremely dissatisfied with Jiang Shan heard the news, dozens of them ran away, most of them to vote for Xu Muxue. The remaining disciples did not dare to force themselves, so they secretly bribed the elder Mingyang Zhenren and others.
Their disciple, Taoist Chong Ye, helped them poison the leader Chunyang Zhenren. Now Chong Ye successfully ascended to the position of leader and came to help according to the emperor's order.
Jiang Shan sent away the Tuyuhun woman who was waiting for him, straightened his clothes, and walked into the study on the east side of the dormitory. Two Taoists were already waiting for him. Accompanying them was Zou Jinlin, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei. Because Jiang Shan
He was repeatedly assassinated during the expedition, and Zou Jinlin was personally responsible for the security of the camp.
"Your Majesty has arrived -" the little eunuch called outside the door, Jiang Shan entered the study alone, and the three people in the room immediately knelt down and saluted.
"Get back together, Uncle Mingyang. Are you okay?" Jiang Shan said as he walked towards the armchair placed in the middle. This is Li Hao's study. Although it is simple, all the objects are made by Han people and there is nothing exotic about them.
It feels like a gang, which is why Jiang Shan likes to stay in the dormitory all the time.
"Thanks to Your Majesty, the old Taoist is still in good health." After standing up, Mingyang did not dare to raise his head, and bowed to Jiang Shan again.
"It must have been more than twenty years since we said goodbye." Jiang Shan sighed and asked Chongye: "Master Chongye, how many Emei disciples did you bring with you on this trip to the west?"
"Um..." Chong Ye, who was in his forties, seemed to hesitate a little, and Zou Jinlin said, "Your Highness, they are the two from the Emei faction."
"What?!" Jiang Shan slapped the armrest, and the anger that had just subsided was instantly ignited again.
Chongye hurriedly turned to Zou Jinlin beside him and said: "Master Zou, please listen to my explanation. Our entire Emei sect is already on the way to Tuyuhun. Master comes here mainly to present the treasure of our sect..."
The old Taoist Master Mingyang reached out and took out a scroll from his sleeves, walked slowly towards Jiang Shan who was about a foot away, and said: "This is a good way to calm the world. I hope your Majesty will take a look at it."
Zou Jinlin, who was blocked by Chong Ye, said anxiously: "Master Mingyang will stay back, and the lower official will hand the scroll to the emperor."
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Shan, who was sitting on the armchair, said coldly, and the atmosphere was a little strange for a moment.
Zou Jinlin, who felt something was wrong, continued: "Master Mingyang, it is against the rules for you to hand over the tribute, so let me let you do it." After saying that, he bypassed Chong Ye and walked towards the old man who was only six or seven feet away from the emperor.
"No need to worry about it, Mr. Zou." Chongye replied quickly when Zou Jinlin approached him, but his hand suddenly became angry, and in an instant he punched Zou Jinlin directly in the chest.
At the same time, the seemingly old Mingyang also took a step forward like a ghost, using Emei's unique skill of the lanshan step. At the same time, he pulled out the dagger from the scroll, and the dagger tip with cold light pointed directly at Jiang Shan's heart like a bolt of lightning!
Although Zou Jinlin noticed something strange, he never expected that the master and apprentice who personally poisoned the leader would plot against the emperor. Therefore, when he noticed Chong Ye's attack, it was already too late. After trying his best to avoid it for a few inches, he was still caught in the middle of the spring.
Okinoha was punched and flew away.
When Jiang Shan approached from Mingyang, she noticed the murderous intent in the Emei two. She was obviously more prepared than Zou Jinlin. She originally planned to grab the opponent's wrist, seize the dagger, and beat the opponent half to death with one punch.
But he didn't expect that Mingyang's strength was far beyond his imagination. It was not the peak of Yongquan that he knew, but the terrifying wind-controlling realm! So Jiang Shan just grabbed the opponent's forearm and punched him with his left fist.
The blow was caught by the opponent's palm! The dagger instantly pierced the dragon's robe and penetrated half an inch of the flesh! This chapter has been completed!