Since the conquest of Tushan, in the past few months, there has not been a single rain in the Central Plains, the whole country is in serious trouble, and the people's grain has been eaten up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe state is running out of money due to the war, and the state cannot come up with more food to help the people. Taiding was anxious and urgently asked the wizard to spell the rain. The sorcerer set up an altar on the outskirts of Shangdu, sacrificed to the god of rain with cattle and sheep, curled cigarettes, recited incantations, and for several days, there was still not a drop of rain falling from the sky.

In order to express his respect and sincerity to the gods, he personally led the civil and military officials to the mulberry forest, built a large altar, and prayed to the sky for rain.

Seeing this, Tai Ding hurriedly asked the wizard: "Why doesn't it rain from the gods, is it because my Shang Dynasty has too little virtue, and the heavens intend to punish it?" ”

The wizard replied: "The Xia Dynasty has been immoral for a long time, and the Shang Dynasty has replaced the Xia, and the heavens do not know whether the Shang Dynasty is virtuous, so it is not enough to sacrifice cattle and sheep to the sky, but it is necessary to sacrifice the heavens with living people, and inform the heavens to pray for a sweet rain, and it can prove that the Shang Dynasty is virtuous." ”

When Tai Ding heard this, he said: "Lonely begging for rain is for the people, but now we want to use the people to sacrifice to the gods, it is better to use the sick body of the lonely to replace the body of the people, sacrifice to the heavens and tell the gods, pray for nectar, and benefit the people." ”

"The king has this virtue, this is still the blessing of the people of the Shang Dynasty, if so, the heavens will be able to move the rain."

So, Tai Ding asked someone to bring a pile of firewood, sat on it himself, and ordered: "Light the fire!" ”

When the ministers saw this, they knelt down one after another, and stared at each other, not knowing what to do, but said: "The king must not be, the king must not ......."

When Zhou Fan saw this, he knew that the ancients didn't know the laws of the weather, so he hurriedly persuaded: "It doesn't rain in this day, and it has nothing to do with the king's sacrifice to the sky." ”

Taiding listened to it, and ordered to "light the fire", and the attendant who lit the fire had to light the fire according to the will of the Shang king Taiding. The dry wood hit the spark and immediately burst into flames. It was too coincidental to come, maybe God was really moved, at this moment, a heavy rain, clamouring down, extinguished the fire of Taiding's body, although Taiding was saved, but has been seriously burned by the fire.

Only then did Zhou Fan learn that the legendary Tang King begged for rain and set himself on fire, but it was actually Taiding and not the Tang King.

When Taiding returned to the palace, his body, which was originally very weak, was aggravated by this fire and he was bedridden. Mrs. Jiang tried her best to treat Taiding, but the effect was very small. Taiding lay in bed for several days, did not eat oil and salt, and only relied on ginseng soup to survive. Taiding knew that his life would not last long and he would soon pass away, so he said to Taijia, the son of the world beside him: "Jia'er, quickly recruit the four ministers of Yiyin, Zhonggu, Zhou Fan, and Weishang, and they have important things to entrust each other." ”

Taijia sent out the king's order, and the four ministers of Yiyin, Zhonggu, Zhou Fan, and Weishang all arrived at Taiding's dormitory as soon as they arrived, and as soon as Taiding saw them coming, he said: "Not long after the death of the first king, I was injured and sick like this, and it seems that I will also go with the first king." Then he coughed,

Yi Yin said: "The king should not worry too much, use the medicine of Imperial Doctor Jiang, and it will be fine after recuperating for a while." ”

"Yi Xiang, don't say more, Gu knows best in his heart that any panacea is useless to Gu. If I don't talk about the aftermath now, I'm afraid I won't have time to say it. Taiding gasped, "Since stepping on Tu Mountain, Gu has been injured, his health has been poor, and he has been sick from time to time, so he has to put aside the crusade against Busan for the time being." I wanted to wait for Lone's body to recover and then send troops to conquer Busan, but Lone's body has not been able to do so. When I think of Busan, I am always alone, and God can't follow my heart's wish - to conquer in person. Now Lone is begging for rain, burning himself and hurting himself, which is even more sick. From this point of view, in my lifetime, I will not be able to sweep Busan, so I would like to ask you to do so. ”

"The ministers do not live up to the trust, please rest assured that the king." The four ministers of Yi Yin, Zhonggu, Zhou Fan, and Weishang Qi Dao.

Then he took the hand of the prince Taijia and said: "Jia'er, listen well, after my death, you will inherit my throne, the Shang Dynasty has just been established, and the people's lives have not improved, if you want to keep the Shang Dynasty, you must work hard to make the people live a good life." In case of major events, civil affairs must be listened to by Yi and the final two ministers, and military affairs must be listened to by Zhou and Wei generals, and they must not advocate without authorization. Now call upon them. When Taijia heard this, he bowed to them one by one. Yi Yin, Zhonggu, Zhou Fan, and Wei Shang all thanked him: "Don't dare to take it!" ”

"The son of the world is rebellious by nature, and after he dies alone, he hopes that the four ministers will do their best to help, if he is really incompetent, it is desirable...... ......"Taiding didn't finish speaking, and he died."

"Father! Father! ……”

"King! ……”

As soon as the Shang Dynasty was established, the two kings had gone, and Yi Yin and other four ministers immediately gathered the civil and military ministers in the palace, announcing that the king had returned to heaven and the new king would succeed to the throne, and selected the day of the first king's funeral and the date of the new king's registration.

The first king came out of the funeral, and the Shang capital was full of sorrow, and the long mourning procession stretched for several miles, almost circling the entire Shang capital. The cry shook the sky. After about half an hour, the funeral team came to the royal cemetery of the king of Shang. Next to the tomb of King Tang, dig the tomb early, do all kinds of rituals, and bury Taiding.

Then the ministers returned to the palace of Shangdu and kept filial piety for three days. It was the day when the new king was registered.

The ceremony of the registration of the new king was held in the hall of the royal palace. The new king first went to the ancestral period to pay tribute to the ancestors and kings of the past dynasties, and then returned to the palace to accept three bows and nine bows from the ministers of the court.

After the registration ceremony, the new king Taijia sat on the dragon chair and said, "Today is the day of solitary registration. When the former king died, he had an unfulfilled wish, and that was to eradicate Busan. I think the time has come, and now I announce that I will send Zhou Fan as the general and Wei Shang as the deputy general to lead 40,000 merchant soldiers to rectify Pusan and set off immediately. ”

Hearing this, Yi Yin hurriedly said: "The king can't, Busan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are strange beasts to protect the mountain, and the masters are like forests, our merchant army must be fully prepared to attack Busan, and we must not act rashly." ”

"What's wrong with this, when the first king was there, he had an idea and prepared it a long time ago, but he didn't put it into practice. Now he is leading the army to attack, just to use the blood of the people of Busan to commemorate the first king, and then the first king has his last words first, and the literature asks you and the ancient Aiqing. It's just not a literary matter, it's a military matter, and Yi Xiang doesn't need to say much. ”

"The king, immediately go to attack Busan, but there is something wrong, now the first king has just died, the mourning period has not passed, besides, there are many crooked ways in Busan, according to the civil wind to suck the blood of boys, the practice is "Ao Long Shu", the minister has fought with him in Taiyue Mountain, if it is not for the uncle to rescue, the minister would have died in Huangquan a long time ago. Besides, the head of Busan, Tu Jinfeng, has been in retreat for many years and rarely shows up on the rivers and lakes, and he will also attack Busan this time. From this point of view, the difficulty of attacking Busan is no less than that of Tusan. Zhou Fan said.

"Oh, there is such a thing, in my Shang Dynasty, General Zhou is the first warrior and the first master of my Shang Dynasty, you have never fought civil engineering, this Busan seems to be indeed not to be underestimated. That's good, I'll add 20,000 merchant soldiers to you, ambush on all sides, and use crowd tactics, I don't believe that the people and horses in the Busan-gu district can resist the thousands of troops and horses of our merchant army. What do you think? ”

"King, as the saying goes: 'Fight poison with poison', thousands of troops, crowd tactics, to deal with the Busan martial arts master, it is indeed inappropriate. If so, then you can only go to death. Zhou Fan said.

"So what do you say you should do?"

"I think that if we can call on all factions in the martial arts of the world to gather in the Shang capital, follow the Shang army to conquer Busan, use the world's masters to defeat the Busan masters, and then use the Shang army as the backing to conquer Busan, we can avoid more casualties."

"Okay, just do it your way. You are responsible for gathering the world's samurai, and after all the merchants are assembled, you will lead your troops to attack Busan. ”

"Respect the king's command!" Zhou Fan said.

Subsequently, Zhou Fan sent a message to all sects and factions in the martial arts, and met on the sixth day of February.

In the blink of an eye, on the sixth day of the second month, all the sects and factions of the martial arts gathered in the Shang capital again, except for the Kongtong faction, Luoluo continued to arrive, Zhou Fan was very happy to see them, he said to everyone: "Today, I invite all the heroes and heroes to gather here, which is to conquer the last fortress of the Shang Dynasty - Busan." Originally, the king of Shang didn't want to trouble you anymore, but thinking of Busan's masters, and saying that they have strange beasts to protect the mountain, it is difficult for the merchant army to break through, even if it is a fluke, the merchant army will also suffer a lot of casualties, in order to minimize casualties, I suggest that we also ask our martial arts faction to help with this, this is because our martial arts heroes, each has a unique Qimen stunt, if you want to break Busan, you are not allowed. You're right? ”

"What the leader of the alliance said is extremely true, Busan and Tushan joined the alliance and almost killed us. Sweeping Xu Busan, how can we be without our martial arts sects? "The owner of the village is black and replied.

"Last time, in order to save King Tang, the alliance leader wanted to hijack Shanghai, but Busan didn't remember the alliance leader's love for saving him just now, so he left us, and at that time, we deliberately destroyed them, and this is just the right time." Dragon Sect Dragon Avenue.

"Alliance leader, my faction is entrusted to you to save us today, otherwise it would have been destroyed in the hands of this group of thieves in Busan, my Emei faction and Busan have a common enmity, the alliance leader said to attack Busan, we are all gearing up, willing to be pawns." Peony Road.

"Lord, my Taiyue is different from Busan Road, the road is different, there has been a feud for a long time, and it is the wish of my Taiyue faction to eradicate Busan."

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"Okay, since everyone is united, prepare well today, and set off with the merchant army tomorrow."

"Yes!" The disciples of all factions said in unison.

Early the next morning, on the training ground outside the palace, the martial arts factions were in the center, and the merchants and soldiers were neatly arranged on both sides, waiting for the departure order.

Zhou Fan gave an order: "Let's go!" Zhou Fan and Weishang led the merchant army and the martial arts faction out of the Shang capital. As they were walking, they suddenly heard someone behind them shouting, "Wait for me!" ”

Zhou Fan looked back and saw a person galloping over on a horse. Take a closer look at the end of the ages.

"Lord Zhong, didn't you and Yi Xiang stay in the Shang Capital and assist Taijia in handling the affairs of the Shang Dynasty?" Zhou Fan said.

"Yi Xiang said that the terrain of Busan is treacherous, and there are strange beasts infested, so he asked me to be well-informed and come to help in the war."

"Yi Xiang is afraid that we are too young, as the saying goes: 'There is no hair on the mouth, and we can't do things well,' he is not very comfortable with us." Smile slightly.

"Oh, I see. That's okay, let's lead the army together, and Busan is not afraid of not breaking. Zhou Fan said.

"Yes!" Micro up, the end of the ancient Qi Road.

So, the three of them led their troops out of Shangdu and came to the foot of Busan.

Busan is located in the north, and the climate is cold all year round, and cold winds blow all year round, but the woods here are still lush and the peaks are tall. It is said that the Busan faction is stationed at the highest peak in Busan, Cheonbu Peak. Even if there is no one to guard it, it is difficult for ordinary people to go up. It was under such a harsh climate and treacherous terrain that the disciples of the Busan School practiced the world's peerless martial arts.

Zhou Fan and they led their troops to a mountain pass in Busan, a gust of wind with a biting bone, blowing towards the merchant army and martial arts disciples, the merchant soldiers could not resist, and were blown by the wind to stagger, and then, from the mountain pass rushed out a group of non-horses, non-pigs, non-sheep, non-tiger four different monsters, these four are not like the vicious abnormal, showing the minions of profit, to the merchant soldiers and martial arts disciples. When Zhou Fan saw it, he shouted, "Not good!" Disperse! "There was time to disperse there, which made the merchant soldiers, who had been blown by the strong wind, even more powerless to resist the arrival of the four unlikes, and many merchant soldiers were either killed and injured by the feet of the four unlikes, or were bitten to death or seriously injured by the four unlikes. Martial arts disciples who know martial arts, relatively speaking, it is much better, they are very few seriously injured, and no one dies, which is completely dependent on their years of refined martial arts, flexible and mobile, and effectively resisted the four dissimilarities.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they came to Busan, Busan gave them such a dismount. After a while, the wind passed, and the whereabouts of the monster were unknown. Zhou Fan and the others did not dare to march to Busan again, so they had to let the merchant soldiers camp in an open field under Busan first.

"I didn't expect the Shang Dynasty to look up to me so much, and bring so many soldiers to besiege my Busan in the future, which is a great honor for me in Busan." This voice came from the valley, vibrating Zhou Fan's ears in each of them, and this person's internal strength can be imagined.

"Are you the head of Tujinfeng? In the next week all the courtesy. Zhou Fan could hear that this was not the sound of the earth and the wind, then he must be the voice of the earth and gold wind.

"Are you the Taiyue Guan Guan Lord Zhou Fan? Why did you think that the master was not right, and ran into the merchant army to become a general? ”

"It is Zhou Fan below, now the four seas are one, the Shang Dynasty has replaced the Xia Dynasty, Tu Shan has long ceased to exist, I hope that the head of the Jin family can focus on the general trend and return to the Shang King, my merchant army does not want to hurt too much."

"You have such a big breath, are you telling me that the earth and gold wind have descended to the country?"

"Yes."

"I still don't know what the word 'descend' is, you can destroy Tushan, but you can't destroy Busan. My Busan is a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are divine beasts to protect the mountain, no matter how many soldiers you have, you will not want to attack. ”

As soon as Tujin Feng spoke, there was a sudden loud noise in the valley, and suddenly the valley cracked, and a group of fierce tigers rushed out, rushing towards the merchant army and martial arts disciples who were camped on the flat ground.

The merchant soldiers and martial arts disciples were all frightened by this sudden change, so they were in chaos and chaos. They had to fight the tiger to the death. All factions of the martial arts have their own stunts to kill the tigers. At this moment, a tiger pounced on the peony with its big mouth open, Zhou Fan quickly swung out the Xuan Ape Sword and killed the tiger, the tiger was hit by the sword, bluffed and fell to the ground, Zhou Fan saved the peony again.

The tigers fought with the crowd, and the fierce tigers that were killed let out a terrible tiger roar. After this bloody battle, the tigers were killed and escaped, except for a few dead tigers left, the rest did not know the comprehensive picture, and the rift in the valley did not know when it closed. In this bloody battle with the tigers, there were casualties among the merchant soldiers and the martial arts of all factions.

Zhou Fan led his troops to Busan, but before he saw the people of the Busan faction, he was beaten by the two beasts, and there were great casualties, which made the morale of the merchant army very low, and they all felt that Busan was not as good as Tushan, and it was too difficult to overcome.

"It seems that it is not very safe here, so we have to choose a safe place to camp again." Zhou Fan said.

"Yes, there's a meadow there, far from the mountains, where we can camp." Wei Shang pointed to a grassy tunnel in the distance.

"Alright, let's go there and recuperate." Zhou Fan, Zhonggu, and Weishang led the merchant army and the martial arts faction towards the grassland.

"Busan's mountains are high and steep, the terrain is dangerous, and there are beasts protecting the mountain, if we block the main roads and cut off Busan from any contact with the outside world, over time, they will run out of food, which will force them to surrender." The end of the ancient while walking on the side.

"I used to have this idea, but this Busan is very secret, and it is difficult to find all the main roads, if they encounter the beast formation again, there will be greater casualties, and besides, this Busan is densely wooded, they have lived in this mountain for a long time, and they will definitely be able to find food from the mountain." Zhou Fan said.

"That's right, we might as well rely on the strength of the crowd to kill them up the mountain and destroy them in one fell swoop." Micro on the road.

"What General Wei said is also true, but if you attack Busan, one is not knowing the way up the mountain, and the other is not knowing whether there will be other changes in the process of going up the mountain. Zhou Fan said.

"Good! Then do as General Zhou intended. "The End of the Ancient Road.

After a while, they came to the meadow, and Zhou Fan selected the masters of various martial arts factions to form an expedition team. Zhou Fan, Zhonggu, and Weishang divided their work, Zhonggu and Weishang stayed in the merchant barracks, and Zhou Fan led the martial arts masters to explore the environment of Busan and the path up the mountain.

Zhou Fan led the martial arts masters all the way along the foot of Busan, on the one hand, they wanted to find out the way up the mountain, and on the other hand, they saw the geographical environment of Busan. They walked around Busan many times, but they didn't find the way up the mountain, and they never heard the sound of the earth and gold wind again, and it seemed that it had been more than a month since they arrived in Busan, and they were really anxious.

Once, Zhou Fan led an expedition team to listlessly explore the way around Busan again, and they came to a cliff and found a group of vultures circling around the hexagram Teng, making a "toot" sound. Peony was also accompanying the expedition, she felt very strange, so she looked at that place a few more times, she suddenly "Wow......" screamed, with her cry, Zhou Fan and they all looked in the direction she was looking at, and a group of vicious wolves stole towards their side. At the same time, they felt that the cliff was steep, and there was no way to find it except for some grass hanging on the steep wall, so where did the wolf come from?

The wolf's offensive made them have no time to think about it, they had to deal with the evil wolf first, and they each took out their weapons and fought with the wolf. Zhou Fan looked at a head wolf, so he greeted him and used the Xuan Ape Sword Technique, and the head wolf also used a stunt to confront him. But the head wolf was not an opponent after all, and after a few rounds, he died under Zhou Fan's sword. When the wolves saw that the head wolf was dead, they had no intention of fighting, so they ran away. After a while, it disappeared into the cliff.