The task that Zhao Heng entrusted to Chen Tuan was temporarily put aside by this living god.
Yang Peng was like an Arhat cast into a golden body. He could no longer be dealt with by Chen Tuan, the living god.
If the old Taoist Chen Tuan really forces Yang Peng and the Taoist sect to fight, it is hard to say what the outcome will be. The reputation of the old Taoist Chen Tuan as a living god may also influence the people of Datong Prefecture and Fuxing Prefecture, and cause some trouble to Yang Peng.
Trouble. But his reputation is really not easy to use in Tianjing New City.
Most of the Taoist sect's influence is in the Central Plains. Outside the Central Plains, its influence is really very low. If the Yang family escapes to Ryukyu, then the only ones who are qualified to oppose the Yang family are
Zhao Heng.
When the time comes, the Taoist sect will not even have the qualifications to intervene, and can only be beaten passively. Therefore, Chen Tuan, the old Taoist, feels that before he and Yang Peng completely become enemies, there is room for change and rearrangement of everything. Moreover, Yang Peng's approach,
It also greatly touched Mr. Chen Tuan.
Perhaps, we can learn from Yang Peng's practice and promote the Taoist sect more widely. Therefore, under the premise that Old Taoist Chen Tuan has not discussed the results with other people of several lines, Old Taoist Chen Tuan will not see Yang Peng again, nor will he
He would take any action against Yang Peng. Although Taoist Chen Tuan's relationship with the Zhao and Song royal family was unusual, it was not unusual enough to involve the Taoist sect.
After all, there is a flowing dynasty and a thousand-year Taoist sect. In his heart, the Taoist sect is far more important than the dynasty...
After bidding farewell to the old Taoist Chen Tuan, Yang Peng once again straddled his horse and set foot on the road to the capital of Liao Kingdom. With the Taoist sect behind him, Yang Peng felt a lot more relaxed. For the powerful martial arts masters he had encountered before,
Yang Peng, the Huashan Sword Attendant, did not find anything surprising. Yang Peng's current martial arts skills were hard to match on the battlefield, but this did not mean that Yang Peng was invincible.
There are people outside the world, and there is heaven outside the world.
Yang Peng has a very clear understanding of the level of his martial arts. His current martial arts can only be said to have reached the extreme of hardness, turning from hardness to softness. He has not yet fully understood the word softness. Previously, Yang Peng and
Fan Long had a fight, and Fan Long relied on his softness to defeat him. If Yang Peng's martial arts wanted to reach the pinnacle level, he had to work hard on his softness.
When Yang Peng's martial arts reaches a balance between hardness and softness, and when millions of soldiers' war guns have become one hundred styles, he may be truly invincible. Of course, it is impossible for Yang Peng to devote all his energy to
In terms of martial arts, his arena is the battlefield, and the battlefield is not a place where individual bravery is the criterion for victory or defeat.
A person's martial arts skills can only determine your chance of survival on the battlefield, but it cannot determine the outcome of a battle. Yang Peng rode his horse in the wilderness for a day and a night. There were people around him frequently. Although Yang Peng was single-handed
He can get out of Yanmen Pass, but it does not mean that there is no one available outside Yanmen Pass.
The forces of the Secret Guard and the Jinyi Guard have already penetrated most of the Liao Kingdom. In addition, Yang Dezheng's 30,000 rangers in Fuxing Pass also often circle the Liao lands near Fuxing Pass and Yanmen Pass. As long as Yang Peng is willing
, can pull up an army of tens of thousands of troops at any time.
"Da da da~" When Yang Peng rode his horse out of Waqiao Pass and arrived at the foot of a tall mountain peak, heavy snow fell in the sky. The weather in the north is much colder than in the south. With the
Along with the heavy snow, there was also a fierce cold wind. The cold wind kept following the collar and cuffs of Yang Peng's clothes, and penetrated into Yang Peng's clothes. Yang Peng had to tie the cuffs tightly with ropes.
and trouser legs to reduce moisture from cold wind.
The old horse was snoring and snorting white air, and walked very slowly. One person and one horse, they reached halfway up the mountain.
Suddenly, a figure jumped out from halfway up the mountain. A man with big muscles and a round waist, carrying a mace and wrapped in an animal skin jacket. "Hey! I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to live your life from now on,
, leaving money to buy the road." The man waved his mace and roared so loudly that it made Yang Peng's ears numb.
Like this kind of robbery, Yang Peng met no less than a hundred people along the way. Some were killed by him, and some were killed by the Rangers. In short, Yang Peng had indeed witnessed the chaos outside the pass. People said,
There are three chaos outside the pass: Liao soldiers raiding grass valleys, bandits robbing roads, and black shops that eat people without spitting out their bones.
The Liao soldiers in Dacao Valley had been killed by Yang Dezheng's rangers and did not dare to leave Xijing City. Now the only ones left are the rogue bandits and the gangsters who eat people without spitting out their bones. Yang Peng did not encounter any gangsters.
Because basically all the black shops along the way have been taken over by Jin Yiwei and Secret Guards.
Only this bandit, he met a lot of them. And they are the kind that can't be killed. If you harvest a crop today, it will grow tomorrow. This shows how chaotic it is outside the customs. They look like men wielding maces.
Yang Peng listened to Jie Dao's words no less than ten times. The man looked at Yang Peng and said nothing, thinking that Yang Peng was frightened.
He smiled. He waved his hand, and a lot of people emerged from the mountains and forests on both sides, ready to capture Yang Peng. Yang Peng drew his horizontal knife with his backhand and fought fiercely with these bandits. There were not many bandits, ten of them.
A few people are simply not enough for Yang Peng to fill his teeth.
"What a handsome swordsmanship." The man wielding the mace saw Yang knocking down his minions with seven three strokes and five divided by two. Not only was he not angry, but he praised him.
"I'm here to meet you." The man's walking posture was very special. He was obviously a reckless man, but he walked with a majestic and arrogant air. As soon as the man made a move, the remaining minions all moved out of the way.
"Look at the stick!" The man waved the mace, and the wind roared and hit Yang Peng. Yang Peng raised his eyebrows and stepped forward with a knife.
"Bang bang bang~" The two of them exchanged seven moves, but the man's mace never landed on Yang Peng. Instead, Yang Peng's horizontal knife made two gaps in the man's body. The man stared and said in surprise:
"Your martial arts are not weak. Jiao is no match for you. Jiao is a man. If you are willing to keep your money, Jiao will let you pass."
"Jiao?" Yang Peng put away the horizontal sword with a strange expression, stared at the man, and asked: "Is this Banana Mountain?" But Yang Peng remembered that the information Jin Yiwei gave him included all the nearby forces.
Among them. On the road that Yang Peng must pass, the most tyrannical bandits are a group of strongmen from Bajiao Mountain.
There are only a few hundred strong men in Bajiao Mountain, but they have created a great reputation in this area. The reason lies in the four mountain kings of Bajiao Mountain. The big king of Bajiao Mountain is named Yue Sheng.
The nickname is Golden Sword. This person is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also well versed in the art of war, and manages a banana mountain in an orderly manner. The second king is called Meng Hu. This man is also highly skilled in martial arts, well versed in the art of war, and is generous with money and good at making friends. The three kings
His name is Jiao Ting. He is also familiar with the art of war and is a generous man.
The four kings are called Yang Xing, nicknamed Tiger Fighting Taibao. This person is not familiar with the art of war, but he is highly skilled in martial arts, so he sits in the fourth position on the Bajiao Mountain. There are these four people in the village, plus a group of well-trained people.
Well, Bajiao Mountain can be regarded as a powerful wilderness in the northwest. Yang Peng didn't have a good impression of a group of bandits.
What made him feel weird was the two mountain kings on the mountain. Jiao Ting Meng Hu. These two can be regarded as loyal queens. Logically speaking, these two guys still have a fate with the Yang family. If Yang Peng hadn't dispatched Yang Dezheng
When they arrived in Datong, it was very likely that these two goods would be recovered by Yang Dezheng and become Yang Dezheng's right-hand man. What Yang Peng didn't expect was that Yang Dezheng had not bumped into these two goods before, but he had hit him first.
It's just that, according to Yang Peng's knowledge, this place is still five miles away from Bajiao Mountain.
Why did we bump into each other here? The man was stunned, shook his head and said: "Not here, but the one behind." Yang Peng raised his eyebrows and said: "Then you are Jiao Ting?" The man was stunned and said: "You
Do you know me?" Yang Peng looked around and said, "Where is Meng Hu? Isn't it said that Jiao is not separated from Meng, and Meng is not separated from Jiao?"
Jiao Ting said in shock: "How come you even know my brother?" Yang Peng put the horizontal knife on the horse's back, thrust his hands into his cuffs, and said nonchalantly: "Tell him to come out." Jiao Ting was stunned.
Stunned, he whistled towards the mountains and forests on both sides. After a while, another man led a group of people to appear in front of Yang Peng. Jiao Ting stared at Yang Peng and quietly told the story of his encounter with Yang Peng.
Meng Hu said it again.
Meng Hu glanced sideways, stared at Yang Peng, pondered for a long time, clasped his fists and said, "What do you call this brother? Where did you hear the name of our brother?" Meng Hu was good at making friends, so he met powerful people.
When I go to school, I always like to cross-examine.
After all, in the green forest world of the northwest, Bajiao Mountain is not invincible. For example, the Dujia Village in Jinji Ridge near Youzhou and the Muke Village not far from Jinji Ridge are not something they can afford. Yang Peng
He looked at Jiao Zan Meng Liang with a smile and said, "You two are really good. You are big enough, and your martial arts should not be weak..."
Yang Peng's inexplicable words made Jiao Ting and Meng Hu look confused. Jiao Ting asked Meng Hu angrily, "Did you meet a fool?" Meng Hu shook his head, frowned, and asked Yang Peng in a deep voice, "This
Brother, please prove your identity truthfully, otherwise, don't blame us brothers for being rude." Jiao Ting and Meng Hu subconsciously clenched their weapons, preparing to capture Yang Peng.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "I have taken a liking to you two, and you will be my subordinates from now on. I will give you one day to prepare. Someone will recruit you tomorrow."
"You're talking nonsense. Could it be that you're crazy?" Meng Hu secretly waved his hand at Jiao Ting. The two of them were about to take down Yang Peng.
However, Yang Peng took a step back, abandoned his old horse, and retreated along the way he came. Leaving Jiao and Meng with a blank look on their faces. After Yang Peng came down the mountain, there were men belonging to the Jin Yiwei.
When they arrived at his side, Yang Peng wrote an order and passed it on.
Following Yang Peng's order, the rangers outside the pass began to gather quickly. Jiao and Meng led Yang Peng's old horse back to the stronghold. As soon as they entered the house, they saw a
A strong man is practicing swordsmanship with his upper body bare.
"Brother, where are you practicing swordsmanship?" Jiao Ting shouted. The strong man put away his sword and stood up, with heat rising all over his body. The strong man asked Jiao Ting, "When you went out today, did you meet any fat sheep?" Jiao Ting put down his sword.
He picked up the mace in his hand and said dejectedly: "Don't mention it. When I went out today, I didn't meet the fat sheep. I met a crazy person. I don't know where this person heard the names of our brothers.
Threaten to recruit us.
But before Meng Hu and I could take action, he scared him away. Before he ran away, he said he would give us a day to prepare." In this village, the only one Jiao Ting could call his brother was King Jin Dao.
Yue Sheng said. After listening to what Jiao Ting said, Yue Sheng looked at Meng Hu. Compared with Jiao Ting and Meng, Meng Hu was more cautious.
Therefore, Yue Sheng preferred to listen to Meng Hu's analysis. When Meng Hu saw Yue Sheng looking at him, he whispered: "Brother, that man's words are meaningless. He has no followers and no money. I guess that this person
People should just talk big words to embolden themselves."
Yue Sheng nodded and said: "That's good. The situation in the northwest is now turbulent, and the Zheyang family has risen strongly. The northwest has changed from a three-legged situation in the past to a four-legged situation today. This situation is not very stable.
Yang Dezheng previously stirred up the civil strife in the Liao Kingdom and forced Brother Yeluxiu, the king of the South Branch of the Liao Kingdom, to withdraw his troops. Once Yelusiu brother is allowed to stabilize the situation in the Liao Kingdom, he will definitely send his troops southward. When the time comes, we will fight together, and we brothers will
With a little strength, survival will become more difficult.”
Jiao Ting hummed and said: "I must say that Yang Dezheng is a real person. With his own strength, he occupied the land of three states in the northwest of the country, and became the emperor of the country.
He is also a local emperor, and his local emperor has a much longer life than us." Yue Sheng glared at Jiao Ting and said coldly: "What do you know? Don't look at the Yang family's glory, but it is actually dangerous behind their backs.
.In the eyes of Song, Liao, Dangxiang, and the Three Kingdoms, the Yang family was like a tumor growing on their bodies.
As long as the war between Song and Liao comes to an end, the Yang family will be quickly eradicated." Meng Hu raised his eyebrows and said: "Brother, you mean, the Song Dynasty can defeat the Liao people and regain the sixteen states of Yanyun?
"
Yue Sheng said firmly: "I can definitely do it." Jiao Ting and Meng Hu looked at each other and nodded: "That's good. The Bajiao Mountain we occupy is also a good place. At that time, we may be able to help Da Song.
." Although the brothers are just reckless, they have their own ambitions in their hearts.
This point is unmatched by other bandits. Yue Sheng called Yang Xing, and the four brothers drank and talked about their ideals and ambitions in the Juyi Hall. They did not fall asleep until the moon rose.
The next day, when the four brothers woke up, they felt something was wrong.
"What's going on...?" I saw the four of them, tied up with five stripes, tied to the pillars of the Juyi Hall. The brothers in the village were also tied up and thrown to the ground. One by one, they were tied up.
The soldiers occupied the entire Juyi Hall.
The leading general stared at them with a smile but not a smile. "The first boss of Bashan Mountain is Yue Sheng, the second boss is Meng Hu, the third boss is Jiao Ting, and the fourth boss is Yang Xing... It's the four of you, right?"
The leading general was wearing leather armor and a strange leather hat. He wore two swords on his waist, one long and one short. The longer one was a horizontal sword, and the short one was a scimitar.
Under their feet were a pair of cowhide boots. The cowhide boots were now stepping on the chair that symbolized the first position in the Bashan Village. Jiao Ting and Yang Xing struggled hard, but they could not break free of the water-soaked cowhide bands.
Collected rope.
"Let me go..." "You can't be considered a hero if you attack secretly. If you have the ability to fight alone..." "..."
The two shouted, but the general turned a deaf ear. He seemed to be waiting for them to give him a satisfactory answer. Yue Sheng stared with disheveled hair and growled, "Third brother, fourth brother, stop shouting." Yue Sheng looked towards
He asked the general at the head and said with a ferocious face: "A certain family is Yue Sheng, who are you? Tell me your name so that the brothers of a certain family can understand clearly."
The leading general grinned and said softly: "Down below, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Battalion are at Hoktu."
"Ranger Army?" Meng Liang's pupils shrank and he said solemnly: "So you are members of the Ranger Army. No wonder you were able to sneak up to Banana Mountain and capture our brothers." Meng Liang raised his head and stared at it.
The leading general said: "Our brothers from Bajiao Mountain and you Rangers have always been in harmony with each other. Why do you want to attack us?" Hoktu shook his head and smiled: "I am not the one who captured you.
It belongs to the Ranger Army. Your Basho Mountain is somewhat famous in the green forests of the northwest. This Basho Mountain is also covered with traps by you. We, the members of the Ranger Army, are orthodox soldiers. We are not good at destroying traps, nor are we good at destroying traps.
Understands the art of assassination and destruction.
There is someone else who captured you. I was just ordered to take you back outside Yanmen Pass and hand you over to the reserve camp of King Yan’s Cavalry Army in Youzhou." Yue Sheng frowned and looked at Meng Hu with a puzzled expression. He
I still don’t understand why everything changed after I woke up overnight. Yesterday, they were still high and mighty kings of the mountain in the green forest. Today, they have become prisoners.
Meng Hu lost his voice and asked: "Isn't the person who said he wanted to recruit us yesterday not crazy?" Jiao Ting said in shock: "Isn't it possible?" Yue Sheng's brows furrowed deeper. Yang Xing looked confused and asked
"What's going on?" Hoktu stared at Meng Liang happily and said, "You're not too stupid..."
Yue Sheng glanced at Meng Hu quietly, and Meng Liang understood and asked: "General, we brothers are just a group of small characters with no ambitions and fell into trouble. Why bother you to mobilize troops?
Yesterday we did rob someone who shouldn't be robbed, and we got into trouble. Our brothers admit our fault. In this village, there are gold and silver that our brothers have accumulated for many years, and they are all given to you. Please be kind to the general and let us go.
brother."
"Hahaha..." Hoktu laughed loudly and said with emotion: "I really like the gold and silver in your hands. But this time, I can't let you go. First, you are going to be sent to
People of the King of Yan's Cavalry Army. Everyone who can join the King of Yan's Cavalry Army is a tough soldier who has gone through strict screening. It is really your good fortune to be selected.
I think back then, I participated in the four Iron Cavalry Army assessments and was eliminated. But you have jumped to the front of me. As long as you can pass the future training and assessment of the Iron Cavalry Army, your status will be higher than mine.
.When I see you, I must bow to you.
Secondly...this is also the most important point..." Meng Hu and the others pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Huoketu whetted the appetites of the four of them before he slowly said: "The one who will recruit you into the Cavalry Army.
The order was given by King Yan himself. Do you think that, as a soldier under King Yan, I can disobey King Yan’s order?"
"King Yan?" Meng Hu and the other four were dumbfounded. Jiao Ting said in shock: "We... our brothers have been noticed by King Yan... Hehe... King Yan has also heard of our brothers' names..." Meng Hu
He glared helplessly at Jiao Ting and said with a wry smile: "My good brother... I'm afraid that the person we robbed yesterday was King Yan Yang Peng..."
"That one is crazy?" Jiao Ting's eyes widened like bells, with a look of disbelief on his face. Yue Sheng was a little dumbfounded, and Yang Xing was a little confused. "What did you two do?"
Yang Peng, the King of Yan, was a very famous person in the Song Dynasty. It would have been better if he had not robbed others. But you actually robbed him? Isn’t this like catching lice on a tiger’s head? Not only did Meng Hu’s face look depressed, but his mouth was also
It's also a bit painful. Our brothers just robbed an old horse.
Why did they get themselves involved? The four brothers looked at each other and accepted their fate. It was impossible not to accept their fate. At this point, it was useless for them to struggle. A battalion of rangers was enough to kill the people in their village.
Rub it on the ground hundreds of times.
After Hoktu confirmed the identities of the four people, he ordered his soldiers to put the four people on horseback. Then he ordered people to tie all the other bandits in Bajiao Mountain into a string with ropes and send them to Yanmen Pass.
Go inside. Nowadays, Datong Prefecture and Fuxing Prefecture are undergoing large-scale construction, and labor is everywhere. If these bandits are sent to Fuxing Prefecture, they can also use the waste.
As for the property in the cottage, it has already been plundered by the soldiers of the Ranger Army. Searching for property has become one of the necessary skills for the soldiers of the Ranger Army. The cottage in Bajiao Mountain has also been
After being searched and emptied, it was burned down with a fire. The instigator, Yang Peng, was currently riding an old horse, braving the wind and snow, staggering into Xijing Datong in the Liao Kingdom.
Xijing City in the Liao Kingdom used to be a prosperous town. But since Yang Dezheng captured Shengzhou and sent out his rangers to plunder, Xijing City has turned into a city controlled by soldiers and horses.
.Half of the merchants that can be seen everywhere in the city have disappeared, and more have been filled by Khitan soldiers.
Nowadays, only some people with background can do business in Xijing City. The newly opened Tianjing New City Money Bank is one of the businessmen with background.
In the eyes of the Liao people, Tianjing New City is a big slave country and a big financial owner. As the trade between the two countries in southern Liaoning continues to increase, Tianjing New City has purchased more than one million slaves from the Liao Kingdom.
.This brought millions of taels of money to the Liao Kingdom. Many nobles of the Liao Kingdom, who were about to decline, made their fortunes again by selling Han people in Liao.
Although the number of Han people in the Liao Kingdom gradually decreased, it had a great impact on the planting industry of the Liao Kingdom. The imperial court also issued repeated orders to prohibit the trading of Han people in the Liao Country. However, many nobles of the Liao Kingdom who wanted to make a fortune still continued to take risks.
He is doing business with Nanguo behind the scenes.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.