Chapter 343: Attacking the Dao Temple
"It should be enough, the slave is ready to go with Sima Chao and Bi Jiujue. If that's not enough, it's not too late to turn to Guru Cyrodot, or to Hakuma Dharmagupta at White Horse Temple. β
Wang Chonggu said this, and bowed again: "But before the soldiers surrounded the cloud dream, it is better for the slaves and maids and others to wait for news in the palace." β
Li Shimin listened quietly below, his face solemn.
He hadn't seen Sima Chao and Bi Jiujue, but he knew that the former was Tang Yuanhua who died in battle, and after Qi Liangchen fled, a newly promoted embroidered cloth driver from within the embroidered clothes guard. There are also super-grade cultivators, who are younger than Tang Yuanhua, but their strength is not below the latter.
As for Bi Jiujue, it should be the inner court newly recruited by the imperial court. This person is not well-known in the north, but it is heavy rain in Shudi, it is said that he is a double cultivation of law and martial arts, and is good at flying swords, and is respected as one of the nine great master-level powerhouses by the people of Shu Jianghu.
Li Shimin doesn't know what the strength of this person is, but since this person can be widely respected in the rivers and lakes of Shudi, he must not be a person who has lost his name.
At this moment, the Son of Heaven's gaze turned to him again: "Li Erlang, I know that your subordinates still have some good hands." How about it? Are you confident that you can take down Yunmengguan?"
Li Shimin did not hesitate, and directly clenched his fists in his chest: "The ministers must arrest all the Yunmengguan rebels and dedicate them to Your Majesty!"
"Okay! β
The Son of Heaven laughed, and his face finally showed a look of satisfaction, but he said next: "Although you have good confidence, then Yunmengguan wantonly creates ambush fires and collects and refines cinnabar, and its meaning must be investigated." I allow you to bring a 'Sensing Divine Thunder' to the past, and there must be no mistakes in this battle. β
Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of astonishment.
The so-called 'Induction Divine Thunder', the full name is Taiwei Xuanshu Induction Mother Divine Thunder, which sounds like a thing of the Daomen, but in fact it is a kind of instrument, the power and lethality are above the Nine Transformations Soul Chasing Ling, which is the top treasure in the royal collection, and is known as the heavy weapon of the town.
In the past, the Great Sui destroyed Chen, that is, with nine 'Taiwei Xuanshu Sensing Mother God Thunder', which unexpectedly collapsed a section of Jiankang's city wall, causing 100,000 cavalry troops to surge in, and the capital of the Chen Dynasty was defeated in a war.
Li Shimin really didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would be willing to use this treasure for this cloud dream. After all, there is not much left of the legend of this thing. It was Jiao Zishun, the former Great Sui National Teacher's 'Divine Ying Heavenly Master', who was made by the elites above the Nine Heavens. There is no one else in the world who can do this.
Then Li Shimin sighed secretly, knowing that this was the case, he would have been able to persuade Zhang Yurou. It's a pity that this girl has already set off for Yunmeng Mountain with his subordinates, and now she is afraid that she has walked twenty miles away.
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After Li Shimin came out of the palace, there were two more things in his 'Purple Qi Qiankun Tower'.
The Son of Heaven not only gave him a 'Taiwei Xuanshu Induction Son and Mother God Thunder', but also gave him a dragon blood battle puppet, just in case.
The former is an arm-sized cylinder, and when used, only the tail of the rune is activated. The dragon-blood battle puppet was loaded in an iron box, which was a full two turns lower than the ordinary ink box, and it was also several times heavier, but he put it inside the 'Purple Qi Qiankun Tower', and he couldn't feel it.
This time, he did not talk to Wang Chonggu, and went out of the palace directly from the Longguang Gate in the north of the imperial city. The latter has prepared a sweat and blood dragon horse for him here, and the Taoist enshrined in the palace has been blessed with magic.
Li Shimin rode this horse, and in just a moment, he had galloped a hundred miles away, entered the Xingyang realm again, and caught up with Luo Li, Yuan Tianhao, Shi Benwu, Sikong and Zhang Yurou, Fan Shixing, Li Ping'an and others. These people had set out at least half an hour before him, but they had only just arrived here.
After a few people converged, they went straight to the bottom of Yunmeng Mountain. First, he took over the forbidden army mobilized for him by Wang Chonggu, and soon after, surrounded the Yunmengguan group located on the top of the mountain.
Everything went well, the 3,000 forbidden troops and 300 embroidered clothes, although they were not Li Shimin's subordinates, but after he took over, they could basically do the ban.
On the one hand, this may be due to the deterrent power of Wang Chonggu, the ambassador of embroidered clothes, and on the other hand, it is due to the prestige of Li Shimin himself.
Due to several turmoil before and after, he now has a lot of fame in the Forbidden Army and the Xiaoguo Army, as long as he is an officer of these two departments, there are few who don't know him. It is known that this prince is the left guard rate, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, and the founding county uncle. He is a big celebrity in front of the emperor, not only is he very capable, but he also has a great future in the future, so he is willing to obey his orders.
When Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, the people in the Cloud Dream View seemed to have noticed the abnormality until their soldiers were riding up the mountain. Looking at the chaos in that temple, it doesn't look like you have prepared in advance.
It seems that he and Wang Chonggu's secrecy work has finally been done. These people from the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon didn't know the news in advance from the inside of the embroidered clothes guard that leaked into a sieve.
"What's next?
Zhang Yurou was also wearing an embroidered robe, with a complicated expression, looking at the Taoist temple above. At this time, she was a little apprehensive, but also eager to try, wanting to show her dragon bone Dao soldier's divine might.
"Of course, it's the salute before the soldiers!"
Li Shimin said as he rode his horse to carefully observe the surrounding terrain.
I have to say, the terrain here is dangerous. First of all, the Taoist temple is condescending, and the solid outer wall that is as high as three zhang can also defend against the impact of ink armor to a certain extent.
Then there are only three types of terrain suitable for cluster attacks, and all of them have extremely steep slopes. But what is even more terrifying is that on these slopes, there are several stone towers that are not very tall, but extremely thick.
- It seems that it is only a building used to treasure the Taoist scriptures, and it is used as an arrow tower,
As for the main entrance, there is a mountain stream in front of it, and the water does not flow. There is only one stone bridge above, which leads directly to the gate,
Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but have a headache, thinking that the local government was really dry. The outer wall of this temple also has a stone pagoda. Clearly beyond the rules of the civilian population, it has reached the military level.
It is obvious that the county lieutenant of Zhongmu County was either bribed and bribed, or he was directly a member of the Demon Dragon Babu. Otherwise, a building of this shape should not have appeared in a Taoist temple under any circumstances.
Especially after the two martial emperors of the Northern Zhou and Northern Wei dynasties destroyed the Buddha, the imperial court was particularly sensitive to the military facilities in the Taoist temple.
But now it's useless to think about this, no matter what, they must take this Taoist temple today.
Next, Li Shimin gestured to Fan Shixing beside him. The latter immediately understood what he meant, and rode his horse to the front of the gate and shouted loudly.
"The people inside gave me a listen! Today, the general of my family came to Yunmengguan with a decree to inquire about the current situation of Her Royal Highness the Empress and the spirit cards of the various sects, and you still want to open the door quickly and wait for the imperial decree?"
Fan Shixing shouted twice in a row, but there was no movement at the gate, but there were many more torches on the outer wall.
Li Shimin's eyes suddenly showed a bit of gloom, knowing that he couldn't expect the other party to take the initiative to open the door.
However, he was not idle on his side, and the soldiers who had gone up the mountain with him had already unloaded the heavy crossbow components that had been carried up by the horses.
A total of forty eight-armed heavy crossbows, as well as four small stone machines, were arranged and assembled in a proper place by a few experienced Praetorian officers.
The forbidden troops that Wang Chonggu assigned to him were indeed elite. Even those auxiliaries are also skilled, and they are extremely fast at assembling heavy crossbows and stone machines.
And then there were more than a thousand people, already lined up in formation. In front of them are two rows of huge shields about a foot high, covering the people behind them. Behind them are the sword and shield forbidden army soldiers and ink armor in hand, all kneeling on the ground to save physical strength and ink stones.
There are also some people who are outflanking the rear of Yunmengguan. The two of Shi Luoshasa and Dou Zhongxian, as well as the two Yipin inner court offerings provided by Wang Chonggu, are among them, which is to prevent the opposite side from escaping from the rear of the Taoist temple.
At this time, Fan Shixing's side simply turned from deception to coercion: "Why don't you open the door yet? Are you planning to resist and disobey the order? My general has a word, give you another 30 minutes! If you still want to resist, you will be beheaded all over the house." Thirty, twenty-nineβ"
At this moment, the general, who thought he was dressed as a lieutenant, came to Li Shimin: "General, everything is ready, as long as the general gives an order, you can directly attack the mountain." β
"Let's get started!"
Li Shimin beckoned and motioned to Fan Shixing. The latter looked stunned: "Don't count?"
"No, they won't open the door. β
Li Shimin tilted his head and looked at the outer wall. He found that two of his acquaintances had appeared above.
It should be the two first-class masters who sneaked to them silently and killed Li Xuanba when Tianxuanba died, and at the same time he was seriously injured.
- That special qi machine, he will never forget,
At this time, Li Shimin also took a deep breath: "Yurou, I can't say it this time, I really borrowed your strength." I estimate that this 'Taiwei Xuanshu Induction Mother God Thunder' in my hand is not enough. Can the section of the outer wall and the rune array on the east side be able to do it?"
There are so many masters in this Cloud Dream View that there are unexpectedly manipulators! There are even two sorcerers of the first level.
At this time, he was a little glad that Zhang Yurou forcibly followed, otherwise he would probably be helpless this time.
"Okay, just wait. β
Zhang Yurou's face revealed a sweet smile.
She was pleased with Li Shimin's request for help, and thought to herself that the division of Longhu Mountain was not recognized in vain, and the risk taken for the dragon bone dao soldier was a huge amount of money, and it was really cost-effective.
"Beware of those two men on the city walls, they are very good at concealment. I suspect they're all in the top 10 killers on the black market, at least. β
After Li Shimin said this, he rode out and came to the south of Yunmengguan, and took out the 'Taiwei Xuanshu Induction Son and Mother God Thunder', and aimed it at the four-zhang high wall four hundred zhang away.