Chapter 171: Luoyang is coming
In the cold moonlight, Zhou Ning gasped for breath, and his heart was full of shock. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the battle just now, Xiang Yu's divine power was beyond his expectations, this was completely an ancient fierce beast in human skin, in terms of strength alone, this person was probably strong enough to be able to defeat a small mountain with one punch. Thinking of that guy with a slight knife, he slashed the monk Chana Dorjee and flew dozens of meters away, breaking through a wall, and then thinking about it on Zhou Ning's side, he felt a little chill down his spine.
However, from this fight with Xiang Yu, it seems that his own progress is also obvious, especially after combining Confucian skills and martial arts, he has been able to fight with Xiang Yu for dozens of moves, plus after countless vicious battles, he has worked hard to improve, and he finally succeeded in transferring the strange true qi of "Longevity Formula" to light skills, creating a set of wonderful and wonderful body methods.
Now in terms of body law alone, he should have almost the level of a first-class master, but he is still lacking in moves and skills, and when he encounters first-class masters such as Xiang Yu and Fang Yeyu, he is afraid that he will still be unable to do it.
However, according to the speed of his own progress, over time, he may also have the capital to say to a group of pretentious martial artists.
You're probably not a master......
It's just a bunch of garbage.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ning secretly laughed at how he had learned to be lewd, took two steps forward, immersed his head in the cool river water, raised his head comfortably, and then took out the ancient jade snatched from Xiang Yu from his arms, and looked at it carefully.
I saw that this ancient jade was about the size of a palm, the whole body was snow-white, and there were jagged and convex marks below the treasure jade, listening to what Zhai Rang said, this piece of jade was obtained from Jiang Lingxu, the Taoist master of Taiyi in Jiangbei, and there was also a piece of jade in the Yang Gong treasure house, and the two pieces of jade together could open the gate of the Wild Goose Palace. Although I don't know if the Yang Gong Treasure House in this world is still in the Leaping Horse Bridge in Chang'an, what is strange in it, but now the Yang Gong Treasure House is already in his own hands, and when his martial arts are more refined, he is not afraid of the threat of the Demon Gate, he can return with the Dragon Slaying Knife, open the Yang Gong Treasure House, and then combine the two jades into one and enter the Wild Goose Palace.
But this is just thinking about it, according to my own thoughts, the top priority now is to go to Luoyang as soon as possible, but before that, I must first get a tool for transportation...... If in modern times, you can still drive there, from Xuzhou to Luoyang, where you are now, it is less than ten hours by car, but now, I am afraid you can only find a way to find a horse.
The morning sun penetrates the gaps in the trees, the early morning fog spreads around, Zhou Ning walked through this forest, went down the mountain, not far ahead is a somewhat rugged official road, according to Zhou Ning's shallow geographical knowledge, this piece should be near Weishan Lake, Yang Guang opened up the Grand Canal along Weishan Lake through Pengcheng, from here along the Tongji Canal all the way to the west, you can go straight to Luoyang City.
As far as the Sui Dynasty died, it was a river, and it has been thousands of miles away. If there is no water temple dragon boat matter, Gongyu will not have much merit.
The yellow, yellow, green and green trees on the banks of the canal stand out in the warm autumn sun. Near Pengcheng, at this moment is still spreading in the flames of war, the surrounding fertile fields are barren and a large area, the fields are overgrown with weeds, in the canal not far ahead, from time to time there are boats going upstream, most of them have a deep draft, and they are some Cao transport ships with the banner of the Great Sui.
Along the official road all the way to the west, it didn't take long to arrive at a town called Yaowan, this town is located at the intersection of the canal and the Llama Lake, surrounded by water on three sides, the scenery is excellent, at this time from Luoyang is about hundreds of miles away, Zhou Ning counted the silver money, spent half of the silver taels, and bought a horse for travel here.
It took two days for Zhou Ning to reach Wagang City in Henan, where Zhai Rang rebelled, but by this time, the city had fallen into the hands of the imperial court.
After arriving at Wagang City, it rained in the sky, Zhou Ning checked the road guide at the city gate, and felt the tension of the atmosphere as soon as he entered the city.
Not only was the city fortified stronger, but from time to time there were groups of troops on the streets who did not know where to go. There was a scene of slaughter all around.
Zhou Ning found a restaurant nearby, told Xiao Er to take care of the horses, and ordered some meals in the restaurant, at this time there were a few literati sitting at the next table, sitting there chatting, the voice was not too loud, but he accidentally heard his name from them. Zhou Ning poured himself a glass of wine and quietly listened to them chatting.
The voice was not loud, but he unexpectedly heard Zhou Zhongdao's name from their mouths. Zhou Ning poured himself a glass of wine and quietly listened to them chatting.
Even though the information in this world is not developed, but the whole country belongs to the circle of literati is so big, Zhou Ning's several poems are the best works, in the seven hundred literati present at the time of oral transmission, Zhou Zhongdao's three words, more or less in the ears of the people once or twice, unconsciously spread here.
The two people present expressed their feelings about his "Chivalrous Journey" at this time, and there was no lack of praise in the words.
Zhou Ning didn't have any feelings about this situation, his poetry was originally fake, and he didn't feel half vanity when he listened to their admiration.
After a while, a storyteller came to the restaurant, sat down on the podium, patted the wood, and began to talk about the book.
The storyteller of this era, the content of the story is strange, but this person is talking about the recent martial arts anecdotes, in Henan Yangcheng (now Dengfeng) of the martial arts master Ke died at the age of 100 under his own tricks, it is said that it is the way of the Murong family to give back to the other body, this is already the seventh person who died in recent months, Shaolin Temple has widely distributed the hero post, will be held in Shaolin at the time of the Double Ninth Festival, please the heroes of the world rejoice, see the Gusu Murong family, 'the way of the other, but also the style of the body'.
Hearing this, Zhou Ning remembered that when he was in Yangzhou City that day, he also received a hero post from Xuan Nan, inviting him to Shaolin. If I hadn't mentioned it here, I would have almost forgotten it. It seems that I have to find a chance to go to the Shaolin Temple......
At this time, the number of people in the restaurant gradually increased, and most of them were worried, talking about the battle situation around them. Zhou Ning frowned and listened attentively.
After a while, Zhou Ning gasped, it turned out that ...... History has really changed.
In the original history, after Li Miyin gave Zhai Rang, he became the leader of the Wagang army, forced Zhai Rang to give way, and killed Zhai Rang soon after, after which he went downhill and was repeatedly defeated by the Sui army. Later, he was appeased by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and suffered heavy losses in the fight with Yu Wenhua, and was soon defeated by Wang Shichong, and led the remnants to surrender to Li Tang. It didn't take long for him to rebel against Tang and stand on his own, and was beheaded by Tang General Sheng Yanshi in Bears Ears Mountain.
And in this plane, due to Xiang Yu's unexpected intervention, Li Mi was overshadowed by Zhai and was driven out of Xingyang City, and now he doesn't know where he went. On the other hand, Zhai Rang, after unifying Wagangzhai, was unexpectedly eloquent, intending to attack Xingluocang.
The warehouse was the largest granary in the Sui Dynasty, so Yang Guang attached great importance to it and sent Hu Benlang to march Liu Wengong with 25,000 cavalry from the eastern capital Luoyang to the east in an attempt to recover the decline.
He also made Pei Renji attack the flank of the Wagang army from the tiger prison, hoping to use these two armies to contain Zhai Rang. At the same time, Yang Guang sent his powerful subordinate Hou Jing to Luokou and confronted Zhai Rangzuo. The whole situation is chaotic.
In addition, a man named Xue Ju in Jincheng Mansion rebelled, and actually claimed to be the overlord of Western Qin, wanting to dominate the world like Qin Shi Huang, and now he has captured Tianshui, and has taken it as the capital, and set up his son Xue Rengao as the crown prince. That's fine, but what's even more terrifying is that there is also a guy Xue Rengui in his family, who beheaded five generals of the Sui army in a row.
In addition to Xue Ju, there is also a guy named Li Liang who also raised troops in Wuwei and proclaimed himself the King of Daliang. In just a few months, there were two more rebel armies, and it seems that the Sui Chamber is really exhausted.
Zhou Ning sighed and leaned on the railing next to the building to pour himself a drink. I don't know where Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Liu Yu went in this increasingly chaotic era?
Zhou Ning drank for a while, and after settling the bill, he left the restaurant.
Rested in Wagang City for a night, set off again in the early morning of the next day, there are still nearly two hundred miles along the road from Wagang City to Luoyang, but the road in this area has been a lot more peaceful, even if it is a horse, to this afternoon, the scenery along the road has become more and more prosperous, the villages on both sides of the canal, passers-by began to increase significantly, occasionally there is a prosperous village hidden in the nearby sea of trees, the river is gradually yellowing, it proves that Luoyang is coming.