Chapter 423: Back from the Dead
"I've heard this rumor, too. But how can a person be resurrected from the dead? It still sounds absurd."
Li Jing fell into contemplation: "I'm only curious now, how can this Demon Dragon Babu have anything to do with the First Emperor? But this also solves a doubt for me, if what Lord Kaifu said is true, the Demon Dragon Babu is only more than ten years old." So how could this Jianghu organization manage such a huge force in such a short period of time? And so many dead soldiers? But if there is a mysterious force behind the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon, or even many years old, it can be understood. In addition, there is another point that makes me very strange, when Long Lie said the sixteen words 'Fire Virtue has been retired, Water Virtue should be established!The First Emperor is resurrected, and the king reigns over the world', he should have been possessed by a clever magician, triggering the forbidden law buried in their bodies, but why was it at that time? It was after Mei Bei drove them and obtained the memories of these people's childhood,"
When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes couldn't help but condense slightly, and the words Li Jing said broadened his thinking.
"What does Senior Brother Yao mean is that these pictures we see are deliberately hidden from others, right?"
"It's just a possibility. β
Li Jing responded with a faint expression: "The only thing I can be sure of now is that even if this Demon Dragon Babu has nothing to do with the First Emperor's Mausoleum Guard, it must have another heel. Of course, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang still has to be investigated. β
"Mei Beijia and General Qu Tu have already prepared to dispatch personnel to go over there to investigate what is going on, and the results must be available soon. β
Li Shimin shook his head: "To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about what can be found out over there, and I don't plan to intervene for the time being." β
"There's really no need to bother with this, just stay tuned!"
Li Xuandao pondered: "On the side of the palace, since there is a super-grade magician involved, he must have cleaned up the tail of the hand near the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. But since the people of the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon can enter and leave the Mausoleum of the First Emperor at will, then the five hundred guards of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor are also to blame. If you look closely, you may be able to find something to gain. However, this does not need to be done by Lord Kaifu himself, if Mei Huayu is really incompetent, he will not climb to his current position, we just need to wait for the results,"
He may be the one who is most looking forward to the truth of the Demon Dragon Babu being revealed to the world among the people present, except for Li Shimin.
This is because when Li Xuandao got out of the Winter Hunting plot before, he had a gentleman's agreement with Li Shimin. He has to assist the latter, until the eight parts of the demon dragon are found out, and he can get out.
So at this time, Li Xuandao is also doing his best, planning for Li Shimin.
"In the following opinion, our top priority is to start with the financial resources of the Demon Dragon Babu. Wang Chonggu has been blockading the surroundings of Luoyang for a month and a half, and under the heavy pressure of the embroidered clothes guard, no one in the East dares to make a mistake. With so many people hiding in Luoyang City, it's impossible not to eat or drinkβ"
When he said this, his expression suddenly moved slightly. remembered that while Li Shimin was gathering these people, he also ordered others to prepare their armor, which was obviously a posture of making a big move.
Speaking of which, there is one more thing that makes him very concerned.
Sikong, who had been by Li Shimin's side before, did not follow Li Shimin to Chang'an this time, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
To say that this person was ordered by Li Shimin to receive the faceless arrow Luo ceremony, but Li Xuandao did not hear of this person through his own news channels.
After Li Shimin heard this, he really laughed.
"It's the same thing that heroes see, and this thingβ"
As soon as he said this, Zhang Beidou walked in and saluted Li Shimin with a fist: "Lord, everyone is well prepared, just waiting for the lord's order!"
"Then let's go now!"
Li Shimin immediately got up and stopped talking: "There are many dreams at night, this matter is very important, and it needs to be decided as soon as possible." I'll explain the details to you on the way. β
When he walked out to the outer courtyard, there were already more than thirty people gathered here.
A small part of them are still those under his command who come from the embroidered guards and the forbidden soldiers. The extra ones are the many dart masters of the Shenwei Dart Bureau led by Wei Tailai. They are all one person and three horses, dressed up vigorously, and a fierce and fierce momentum is coming.
Li Shimin also jumped on the mount he brought from Luoyang, and then took the lead out of the gate of the Tang Mansion, and then galloped along the royal road to the east of Chang'an City. Along the way, the horses were unrestrained and galloping like thunder, making the pedestrians passing along the way, but their faces were shocked and shocked.
It is no wonder that they are frightened, these people behind Li Shimin, including Li Xuandao, Li Jing, and Zhang Yurou, are all above the third grade in cultivation! Only Fan Shixing and Li Ping'an, whose strength is slightly lower.
But these two people are all talented, and their strength is not inferior to the average three-grade Jianghu martial arts cultivator, and they are both handsome ink armor of Yishui.
As long as anyone with a little vision can tell that with the force of more than 30 people, it is enough to break the elite army of 20,000 people on the battlefield!
Originally, Li Shimin planned to go out from the north of the city, but Mei Huayu asked people to send him the news, but it gave him an excellent cover.
It wasn't until about thirty miles east of Chang'an City that Li Shimin's cavalry suddenly turned to the north. All the way through the dense forest, over the mountains and rivers, like a flat land. In just two moments, he forcibly crossed a hundred and twenty miles.
By the time they arrived, the three horses they were carrying were already sweaty and out of breath.
It wasn't until a hill that Li Shimin slowed everyone down. And at this time, in front of them, Sikong Evil Spirit, wearing a king-level battle armor 'Shenyu Pixiu', rode alone, standing on the mountainside three miles away and waiting.
When Li Shimin and the others approached, Sikong warded off evil spirits and bowed apologetically to Li Shimin: "Please forgive the Lord of Kaifu, the people and horses of Longyou Prison are thirty miles away." I don't dare to stay away for fear of change, and I can't greet adults. β
Li Shimin naturally didn't mean to blame, he probably knew that this distance was the limit of Sikong to ward off evil spirits and monitor the horse team of the Longyou Shepherd.
After more than thirty miles, it is difficult for Sikong to ward off evil spirits to grasp the situation over there.
"So during this time, has anything changed?"
Li Shimin said as he looked ahead. He didn't cast the Yin Yang Yuan Pupil, just because the two sides were separated by two hills.
Instead, Li Jing and Yuan Tianhao joined forces to perform the spell, showing the image thirty miles away in front of him.
It was from a top-down angle, looking down from a height of 3,000 feet. This can not only clearly observe the enemy's situation, but also avoid the vigilance of the other party.
With Li Shimin in front of him, a white mist gathered, and everyone saw a huge horse team appear in their field of vision.
There were more than 3,000 dragon blood war horses, as well as about 5,000 pack horses and about 500 carriages.
Tang Jian and Li Jing both looked slightly moved, and recognized that this was a horse team of the Longyou Pastoral Supervisor. Not surprisingly, these war horses and pack horses were all ready to be transported to the front line in Liaodong through Luoyang, Tongguan.
- Originally, there was no need for such trouble, these war horses could be transferred directly through the outside of the Saiwai or Taiyuan.
But since the defeat of the Son of Heaven in Liaodong, the horse thief forces outside the Saiwai have gradually become rampant. In Hebei, there are even more thieves.
Dou Jiande and Sun Anzu in Zhangnan have already had 10,000 soldiers, as well as Shandong giant Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida, who have also flowed around the border of Hebei, echoing Dou Jiande.
Nowadays, the only safe passage from Kansai to Liaodong is along the Yongji Canal, which is heavily guarded.
"It's actually the pastor of Longyou?"
Li Xuandao's face also changed slightly, and his eyes were solemn: "The hand of this Demon Dragon Babu can be stretched really long. β
He had also guessed before that the grain obtained by the Demon Dragon Babu in Luoyang was probably not through the channels of those private merchants in Luoyang, but from a certain grain team from Kansai to Luoyang. But he never thought that the problem was the horse team of the Longyou pastoral supervisor.
And there is a reason why Li Xuandao is so shocked,
Just because the position of the Longyou pastoral supervisor in the Great Sui is very important.
The so-called 'horse, the foundation of the armor soldier, the great use of the country.' Tranquility is in the order of non-dignity and humility, and if there is change, it is difficult to help the near and far'.
The Xianbei people pacified the world with iron horses, and the Great Sui inherited the virtue of Wei and Zhou, so they naturally did not dare to ignore it in horse politics.
However, due to the successive wars of the two kingdoms of Zhou and Qi, the loss of horses was too huge, and by the time the first emperor ascended the throne, there were less than 70,000 war horses in the country. And because of castration, there are less than 100 stallions that can be used as stallions.
Fortunately, not long after, Dawan Kingdom presented 3,000 dragon-blooded war horses, all of which hung down on the ground, and they were the first to climb and travel thousands of miles a day, so that they could 'send to Xijing in the morning and reach the East China Sea at dusk'.
At that time, because the area around Longyou was often plundered by the Tuyuhun people, the first emperor planned to let the 'great general' He Louzigan build a castle, gather the people to live in the city, give up animal husbandry, and accumulate grain.
However, this national policy was opposed by He Louzigan's letter, saying: "Longyou and Hexi, the land is sparsely populated, the border is not peaceful, and it is not allowed to be widely shared. ...... The people of Longyou take animal husbandry as a thing, and if they gather more, they will not be at ease. But so that the towns and garrisons are connected, the beacons are facing each other, and although the people are scattered, they must be said to have no worries. "
So the first emperor simply used these three thousand dragon blood war horses as the basis to set up Longyou herding supervisors to breed and raise war horses.
And in the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, the horses provided by the Longyou pastoral supervisor for the imperial court. It already accounts for half of the world's war horses.
In that year, the first emperor sent Qu Tutong, the governor of the guard, to Longyou to inspect the herdsmen, and 'had to hide more than 20,000 horses'. The first emperor, after repeated persuasion by Qu Tutong, gave up the decision to kill the imperial servant Murong Siddha and the 1,500 eunuchs.
Later, in order to get rid of the situation that the war horse completely relied on the supply of Longyou, he set up horse herding in Qinghai, and 'longitudinal horses 2,000 horses in the valley of the river to seek dragon breeding', but unfortunately the effect has not been good so far. The qualified war horses supplied over there are still less than one-tenth of Longyou's.
It is conceivable that once something happens to the Longyou pastoral supervisor, it will be a huge blow to today's Great Sui.