Everyone stared blankly at the domineering figure in the distance in mid-air, and their hearts were shocked.

"National Teacher ......"

The eyes of many Shence soldiers were even more frenzied.

Chen Jingle glanced at the blue sky, sneered, his body shook, and he had already returned to the ranks of the Shence Army.

"National Teacher!"

"Master National Teacher!"

“……”

Seeing Chen Jingle coming back, everyone rushed up, all excited.

Everything that happened just now shocked them too much, bombarding the black bear monster with physical strength, and slashing the bat monster with a sword volley, clean and neat, crushing from beginning to end.

Facing two demon king-level demons can be so easy, how terrifying is the strength of the national teacher?

The fear of the people was even greater in their hearts.

"Gather their subordinates, treat the wounded, liquidate the prisoners, and clean up the battlefield!" Chen Jingle's calm and faint majestic voice instantly spread throughout the audience.

"Yes!" the crowd responded.

With Chen Jingle speaking, everyone seemed to have found the backbone, and Li Xun, Liu He, Zhou Wu and others quickly sent orders to go down and gather their subordinates.

And those soldiers of the Fengxiang Army, after witnessing Chen Jingle kill the two big demons with his own hands, in their hearts, Chen Jingle was more terrifying than the monsters, even if they dared to resist.

And Li Maozhen left them and ran away, so the fool would continue to work for him, and he didn't need to be ordered, he quickly put down his weapons and took off his armor, and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

The reception of prisoners went unusually well.

Chen Jingle looked at Zhong Haoran and the others again, dusted off his crown and shook his clothes and said solemnly: "Hard work Zhong Dao Chang and all Taoist friends, poor Dao for those injured soldiers, thank you for saving your lives!"

If it weren't for Zhong Haoran and their timely action, I am afraid that the number of deaths would be even greater, and the medical methods have been backward in these years, and there are not too many people who have died of injuries on the battlefield.

Chen Jingle had already set up a medical team, but it would take time for the popularization of military doctors to become large.

In these years, it was still an era when medicine and Taoism were not separated, and many Taoist priests had superb medical skills, which were often used when they went down the mountain to save the world and help the people.

Zhong Haoran and the others didn't dare to take credit, and hurriedly said: "The national teacher is serious, we are just doing our part. ”

Chen Jingle shook his head: "Don't be too modest, you really did a good job." The poor road has always had clear rewards and punishments, and when the class master returns to the court, he will definitely report this matter to His Majesty. There will certainly be no shortage of rewards.

Don't shirk it yet, I know that you fellow Taoists definitely don't look down on worldly things such as gold and silver, but cultivators like me also want to eat and drink, so we just accept it.

Of course, there will be other things then, or some small gifts that I have prepared for you, so don't shish away. ”

Hearing that Chen Jingle prepared a small gift for them, all the Taoist priests' eyes lit up.

For them, yellow and white things are really not attractive, but they are very necessary for the things sent by the national teacher.

glanced at each other, and bowed their hands one after another: "I am willing to serve the national teacher!"

Chen Jingle smiled freely.

……

By the time the battlefield was interrupted, the results were counted.

More than 3,200 soldiers were killed in this war god army, of which hundreds died in the battle between the two demons, and then killed 6,000 enemies and captured nearly 8,000.

The results are acceptable.

It can be said that the Fengxiang army is almost wiped out after this battle.

Liu He clenched his fists: "But it's a pity that Li Maozhen's husband escaped." ”

"National Teacher, are we going to continue the pursuit?" Li Xun stood aside, slightly embarrassed, and his armor was stained with a lot of blood, which should have belonged to someone else.

Chen Jingle's gaze drifted into the distance: "Chase! Of course we have to chase! It is advisable to chase after the poor with the remaining courage, and not to become a famous academic overlord! Li Maozhen does not have many people under his hands now, so take this opportunity to directly hit his lair and occupy all the nearby counties!"

"Great goodness!" the crowd replied excitedly.

It's not too cool to beat up a reservoir dog.

Chen Jingle said again: "As for the fallen soldiers, bury them on the spot, but remember their names clearly, and when they go back, the bereavement pension must be in place." ”

The Chinese have always paid attention to the return of a fallen leaf, but in ancient times when marching and fighting, dead people were common, and it was impossible to bring back the bones of the soldiers, and it would be good to be able to send the pension to the family.

Chen Jingle was a little uncomfortable, and he took them out by himself, but he couldn't bring them back intact. Although I had made psychological preparations before, I couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

Perhaps, this is fate.

The general died in a hundred battles, and the soldiers were returned.

Some people know that they may die, but they still choose this path, after all, some things have to be done.

In order to comfort the soldiers in the spirit of the sky, Chen Jingle took the demon pill of the two big demons, and directly distributed the black bear to the soldiers to eat.

The size of the mountain is divided into tens of thousands of bowls, at most it is a small piece per person, but after all, it is a big demon, and the flesh and blood are vigorous, which is an absolute supplement for ordinary people.

The big bat won't eat it, and there is no meat anyway, and I don't know if it's poisonous.

……

After some rest, the Shence army advanced all the way to the west.

After Li Maozhen retreated from Jingyang, he regathered his soldiers and found that there were less than 10,000 left.

Except for the part that died in battle, the rest were either captured or scattered as deserters, so they had to force the strong men.

However, in the face of the wolf-like Shence army, where can these strong men be stopped.

Li Maozhen was defeated and retreated, and the cities were lost one after another.

In half a month, all the four counties under the rule of Qianzhou were recovered, and the three counties of Meixian, Qishan, and Fufeng under the rule of Feng Xiang also fell into the hands of the Shence army.

The army of 40,000 gods plus the 8,000 captives who coerced them were mighty and approaching Fengxiang.

Li Maozhen originally planned to defend to the death and fight with the Shence army, but when he saw that the enemy was menacing, he dared to stay and ran away with the rest of the troops overnight.

Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood, Li Maozhen ran back to Longxian directly, you have the ability to fight the army to Longxian!

In fact, if it weren't for the limited number of troops, Chen Jingle would really want to keep fighting and fight outside the Yumen Pass! Recover the entire line of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and then go south to Bashu and east to Jingchu, the eastern capital!

Unfortunately, no.

To conquer so many county seats, it is necessary to send people to defend them, on the one hand, to prevent Li Maozhen from killing a horse, and on the other hand, to prevent people in the city from taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Therefore, Chen Jingle decided to leave 3,000 Shence troops in each city to defend it, and at the same time disperse all the prisoners of Han Jian and Li Maozhen's original subordinates, and rearrange the training.

In this way, the number of the Shence Army could be expanded to 65,000, which was supplemented by the original number of casualties.

It's just that these captives have been surrendered, and they can't form combat effectiveness for a while.

Once the training is completed, then more than 60,000 divine troops are in hand, and the world can go there!

……

Chen Jingle finally chose to return to the dynasty.

Li Kuang in the Daming Palace has long been looking forward to it.

In the past, he would receive at least one battle report that Chen Jingle had to write and send over every day, and Li Guo was surprised and happy after reading it.

Unexpectedly, the national teacher would lead the army to win consecutive battles and recover many states and counties.

In the past few days, Li Kuang has woken up from a dream with a smile, just waiting for Chen Jingle to come back, add him to the knighthood, and reward the meritorious heroes.

As for those officials who still have a lot of complaints about Chen Jingle, they don't dare to speak, just taking the four prefectures of Tongzhou, Huazhou, Qianzhou, and Fengxiang is enough to be crowned king.

After all, there are many kings with different surnames in the Tang Dynasty, and there are even more in the late Tang Dynasty, but all the festival envoys who have a little power are all princes at the lowest, and there are many kings, such as Li Keyong.

"Xuanguo Shi is here!"

Chen Jingle walked in from outside the main hall, holding his head high and walking with his head held high. The hundreds of officials on both sides who secretly watched him couldn't help but hold their breath.

From today onwards, this person is afraid that he will become the most powerful person in Li Tang, even more so than Yang Fuguo in the past.

"National Teacher!"

Li couldn't help but step down from the dragon chair, looking excited: "I've waited so hard for you!"

Chen Jingle bowed his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister does not disgrace his mission!"

The eyes of the officials on both sides of the court were shocked, even if they had received the news in advance, they were still a little unbelievable, but they didn't expect that as powerful as Han Jian and Li Maozhen would be vulnerable in front of Chen Jingle.

So who else in this world can stand in the way of the Divine Army?

Thinking of this, many people's eyes lit up with eagerness.

"You have done a good job, I am very pleased, even if you die, it is not worthy of your ancestors. ”

Li Guo was very emotional, and said with a straight face: "I want to reward you again! If you have any requirements, just say it, as long as I have it, I can give it to you!"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were red with jealousy.

Jun has no jokes, if Chen Jingle wants a prince, Li Jingdu will definitely be willing.

However, Chen Jingle just smiled and said: "The minister is a person outside the party, glory, wealth, fame and fortune, but for the minister, it is just a floating cloud." ”

"But one thing ......"

Chen Jingle lowered his head and muttered: "Some of the soldiers of the Shence Army who went out with the ministers failed to come back, so the ministers implore Your Majesty to set aside the bereavement, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers!"

At the same time, the minister proposed to build a Valhalla to include a list of those soldiers who were born and died for the Tang Dynasty, so that future generations can admire them!

Li Guo naturally had no reason not to agree, and immediately said: "What the national teacher said is extremely true, this matter is entrusted to the national teacher to deal with it with full authority, whoever dares to have an opinion will take it directly!"

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty!" Chen Jingle bowed.

Li Guo said excitedly: "Tell me how you recovered Huazhou, Qianzhou, and Fengxiang?"

Everyone in the room pricked up their ears to listen.

Chen Jingle shook his head and smiled: "In fact, these are all the sacrifices of the soldiers, not just the credit of the ministers. ”

But since the emperor wants to hear it, let's talk about it briefly.

When he heard that all the Taoist priests came to help, Li Guan couldn't help but sigh, and then felt a little guilty, the people of the world actually still turned to the imperial court, but the imperial court did not treat them well.

But then I thought of those fat-headed and big-eared monks in Chang'an City, and suddenly became angry, the national disaster was at the head, but I had never seen what these monks had done, so I knew that preaching the Buddha's bliss in rebirth fooled the believers.

Li Kuang secretly made up his mind that this time he must do a good job in politics Buddhism!

When they heard the two big demons appear in Jingyang, including Li Jing, they couldn't help but widen their eyes and open their mouths.

Because Chen Jingle only mentioned it briefly in the battle report at this time, he didn't care too much about it at the time.

Li Guan had palpitations, if it wasn't for Chen Jingle killing those two big demons, I'm afraid that the development of things would be in another direction.

This was followed by a large-scale reward for meritorious deeds.

The generals of the Shence Army can be said to have a share in everyone, and those who died in battle are also posthumously awarded.

The second is the issue of bereavement that Chen Jingle is concerned about, each soldier who died in battle will be given one hundred taels of silver as compensation, and his immediate family members have the priority to join the Shence Army.

Zhong Haoran and others were canonized as the title of Protector of the Heavenly Master, and there were many rewards for secular silver and other things.

In addition, Chen Jingle also gave his own thin gift, each of them with a solid Pei Yuan Dan, no accident, so that they can all make a small breakthrough.

At the same time, they also gave them instructions, which made the Taoist priests very excited.

Especially Zhong Haoran, he has entered the Jindan period for many years, but he has not been able to enter, on the one hand, his qualifications are limited, and on the other hand, his inheritance is not good.

But under Chen Jingle's guidance, he saw the direction of progress again, and on the premise of only having a fragment of the cultivation method, he relied on his own ability to make up for the part.

At the same time, the 20,000 soldiers who were incorporated into the Shence Army have also begun training.

……

Three days later, Emperor Li Kuang of the Tang Dynasty promulgated a new law:

"All monks and nuns in the world have been relieved of sorring, incantations, forbidden qi, carrying the army, cane marks, bird writing, miscellaneous writings, those who have committed adultery and raising wives, and those who do not practice the precepts, and they will be relegated to the laity. If the monks and nuns have money and goods, grain, fields, and manors, they will be the collectors. If you cherish money, you will petition to return to the vulgar, and you will also be allowed to return the vulgar and be charged with two taxes and forced labor. “

For a while, the world was in an uproar.

The Buddha Gate was furious, and the Daomen was delighted.

This means that Buddhist monks and nuns will no longer enjoy the privilege of being exempt from taxes, and they will also be deprived of their property.

If you continue to be a monk, you will have your property confiscated, or you will choose to return to the world!

For a time, a large number of monks and nuns returned to the vulgar, after all, it is better to pay taxes than to be deprived of family wealth.

However, except for Chang'an, Huazhou, Tongzhou, Fengxiang, Fenning, Wuding and other places, other places were not under the control of the imperial court, and the government decrees were not passed.

However, most of the feudal towns and Buddhist temples are somewhat contradictory.

As mentioned earlier, today's Buddhism has caused serious harm to the rule of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Wuzong had destroyed the Buddha, but unfortunately the time was too short and the effect was limited.

Now the Tang Emperor once again issued a clear decree to suppress Buddhism.

For a time, the world was turbulent.

Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains from the Han Dynasty, after thousands of years, in fact, the original teachings have been changed beyond recognition, and now the teachings of Buddhism in the Central Plains are all improved, and at the same time derived from Zen Buddhism, Tantra, Pure Land Buddhism and other schools.

The contradictions between these schools are also very serious, but they are not clear to the outside world, and Buddhism is just a general term.

……

"Master Guoshi, there is a monk outside the door who wants to see you!"

As soon as Chen Jingle moved into the brand-new mansion that Li Kuang had prepared for him, the soldiers of the Shence Army who were in charge of guarding him ran in to report such news.

"Oh?" Chen Jingle raised his eyebrows, thinking that it was a monk who came to intercede, and suddenly snorted: "No!"

But the soldier did not leave, but said cautiously: "The monk also said that if the national teacher refuses to see him, he will say that he is from Sumoti." ”

"Sumoti?" Chen Jingle was slightly stunned, frowning slightly.