Chapter Eighty-Five: Surprise Attack on Chang'an!
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Ever since medicine began to separate from the realm of witchcraft and began to become an independent science, countless experiments and theories were required. And how can medicine accumulate experience and complete the transition from witchcraft to science? In order to study the medicine of human health and disease, it is natural to accumulate countless human lives, whether it is to test drugs or test new medical methods, it is natural to use countless human lives to try, and if you want to understand the structure and function of the human body, it is natural to go through countless dissections and analyses of the human body to be able to accumulate. In the long run, these medical research behaviors can promote the development of medicine and the maturity of human society, so that while the medical level is constantly improving, the life expectancy will be continuously extended, and the population will be more multiplied, and social science and technology and civilization will be better inherited. However, in the short term, it is easy to cause people's panic and fear, and it will strongly cause confrontation and counterattack!
You must know that the Chinese people's obsession and superstition about the integrity of the body and corpse, as well as the stability and even rigidity of values and ethics, have led to almost no surgery in Chinese medicine, mainly in internal medicine. And this is also a great fit with Chen Xiang's original intention of setting up the Six Science Hall! It seems that the talents of the Evil Extreme Dao need to be well encircled! It's just that the four descendants of this generation of the Evil Extreme Dao are all some stupid people with bad minds, so much so that Chen Xiang is a little hesitant, how to subdue and place those four fools. Fortunately, the evil emperor relics they have been striving for are in their hands, and they must still have the opportunity to envelop those four people in their hands at that time.
Shi Zhixuan didn't pay attention to Chen Xiang's thoughtful expression, but continued to introduce.
"The Heavenly Lotus Sect is a sect composed of the Merchant Association, and An Long, who I brought today, is the leader of the Chamber of Commerce, which can be regarded as a representative of the class of the Heavenly Lotus Sect. The prime time for the merchant class was the "Historical Records. The beginning and end time in the "Biography of the Cargo Colony", that is, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the status of a big businessman with a fortune of hundreds of millions was comparable to that of Wang Hou, and Sima Qian called it "Sufeng". It occupied an important position in the mainstream society at that time. However, like the other classes of the Demon Gate, the merchant class, which was in the formative stage, suffered a heavy setback in the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to levy property taxes on merchants; For thousands of years, Shang Jia was excluded from mainstream society in the context of Confucianism. The establishment of the Heavenly Lotus Sect should also be after this time. During this period of time, An Long and the Heavenly Lotus Sect are still my followers, but I think that this An Long is not so determined to follow me. If he follows me, it will be unprofitable for him. Or if he betrays me and he will gain greater benefits, then he will inevitably betray me without hesitation. ”
Speaking of this, Shi Zhixuan's eyes flashed with infinite confidence, obviously although he understood that An Long was likely to betray him one day, he had absolute confidence that he could entrap An Long, or effectively control the situation when An Long betrayed him.
Chen Xiang nodded secretly, thinking to himself, this is the demeanor of the real generation of evil kings.
Shi Zhixuan paused. He also said: "It can be seen that the national teacher attaches great importance to businessmen, although I don't quite understand why the national teacher made this choice, but I believe that the national teacher must have his own reasons." There is no doubt that I will support the decision of the national teacher. After saying this, Shi Zhixuan didn't wait for Chen Xiang to answer, and began to introduce the true preacher again.
"This sect is compared to the upper class Taoism that is integrated into the mainstream. It can be very typical to explain the origin of the word "magic" in "magic gate". This school is divided into two schools: the true transmission of Taoist ancestors and the Laojunguan, but both schools embody the characteristics of primitive Taoism, that is, the importance and study of male and female sexual affairs. The systematized Taoism was first seen in the "Five Buckets of Rice Dao" in the late Han Dynasty. There is no doubt about it. Wudou Rice Road originated from the people, adopted a management system that integrated the military and the government, and organized the management of the religious people under its rule, called "planting people". From ordinary people to become "people", they must go through a ceremony of the handover of men and women, that is, the "Shangqing Yellow Book Transition Ceremony" that is still preserved in the "Orthodox Taoist Collection", during which there are extremely detailed and even harsh regulations on the various postures, times, and techniques of male and female sexual affairs, which are used as an introductory ceremony, which shows that primitive Taoism attaches great importance to and studies the sexual affairs between men and women. However, since Cao Cao moved Zhang Lu into Guanzhong, Taoism gradually separated from the people and moved towards the upper class. In the process of mainstreaming Taoism, we must consciously examine the various customs originally inherited from the folk in accordance with the value evaluation system of the mainstream society, and hide some rituals and rituals that are inconsistent with the mainstream society, so as to gain the acceptance of the mainstream society. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Lu Xiujing and Kou Qianzhi respectively set out to rectify the Tao of the Heavenly Master from the north and south, and the study of male and female sexuality was completely removed from the orthodox Taoist side at this time. Kou Qianzhi harshly called these things, which were once part of the Taoist tradition, "three false laws" and "bewitching words." Demons and demons are called together, so these "demon ways" that have preserved the "words of demons" have naturally fallen from the righteous path to the demon gate.
As for the way of extinguishing feelings, it should be a guild of the Xianggong industry, although it does not have a large mass base, but it is very marketable among the wealthy families, after all, the style of prostitution is still more prevalent among the gate valves, and Xi Ying, who called himself a slave just now, is one of them. On the other hand, the Demon Xiangdao is a vertical and horizontal diplomat who makes a living as a lobbyist, but prefers to rely on those barbarian forces that are not Confucian rulers, and use their other means to achieve their own development. Zhao Deyan, the head of the contemporary Demon Dao, is also one of the eight masters of the Demon Gate, and is now working as a national teacher in the Eastern Turks. ”
After saying this, Shi Zhixuan let out a long sigh, and then drank a cup of tea, which seemed to moisten his throat, and his mouth was dry from this tirade.
Shi Zhixuan paused and said, "I have already told the origin and characteristics of the Demon Gate, I don't know what the National Teacher thinks?" ”
Chen Xiang thought for a moment and said: "Since the time of the barbaric era, there were only small countries and widows, and all industries were just fish, forest, agriculture and animal husbandry, and the survival of the people was completely dependent on agriculture. Now the population is large, and the needs are more extensive, not only food and clothing, but also sugar tea carts, as well as music and art. There are even more new and strange creations, and new and strange needs. Not to mention anything else, just say that the traders who come and go from north to south in the market in Luoyang every day, how many goods do they sell? Is it limited to the output of agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry? History cannot go backwards, let alone be shackled, and whoever wants to block history will be crushed by the wheels of history. We all understand the truth of Dayu's water control, it is better to sparse than to block, and instead of restricting other industries, it is better to encourage the development of major industries. And strive to make the development of other industries, but also promote the development of agriculture, so as to achieve the progress of the whole society. ”
Hearing this theory, Shi Zhixuan's eyes lit up, and he seemed to see a completely new world, although he was also a generation of geniuses, but he was limited by the limitations of the times, and he couldn't see more and farther places, but he instinctively felt that although what Chen Xiang did seemed very arrogant, it seemed to have a deep meaning. And that arrogant behavior, which always broke the original rules, was by no means a conformist behavior, so it also made Shi Zhixuan feel very interested. And support Chen Xiang's actions. Now after hearing Chen Xiang talk about the vision of industrial development and the progress of human civilization, it seems that he raised his head to see the road in an instant, jumped out of the battle in front of him, and saw a new world! Such a feeling was so new to him. It's so exciting!
"So we have to take care not only of the development of agriculture, the livelihood of farmers, but also other industries. The lives of other workers, merchants, and craftsmen have built this world more prosperous, sublimated more civilization achievements, and created and studied greater martial arts. After saying these words, Chen Xiang left Shi Zhixuan, who was alone in deep thought, and walked out.
Because he knew that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had arrived in Taiyuan City, but found that Li Valve had been promoted by Li Shimin to fully fall to the Turks, and united with Liu Wuzhou, who had already taken refuge in the Turks, and the two sides had each raised 5,000 troops, plus 10,000 light cavalry of the Turks, ready to take advantage of the time when the imperial court was under Luoyang City to attack Chang'an City with lightning speed! Seize the land of Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and completely block Yang Guang on the road of death in an attempt to die!
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling poked the monstrous disaster again, every time these two guys don't cause anything, it seems that they are not finished at all, and the two of them are famous escape kings, this time after seeing through Li Shimin's plan, they were still chased and killed by Li Valve, Liu Wuzhou and the Turkic masters for thousands of miles, and they were about to flee back to Luoyang City.
At the same time, Li Shimin still refused to give up, and vigorously urged his army to rush towards Chang'an City!
His plan is very clear, now the main officials and soldiers in the court, most of them are Guanzhong people, their families are in the Guanzhong area, at this moment the relationship between Chang'an City is intertwined, who is in it, almost a mess, as long as Li Valve leads the army forward, someone must be able to open the city gate for Li Valve, and then Chang'an City can go down with a drum, as long as Chang'an City is mastered, it will master the military heart of Emperor Yang of Sui's 500,000 army, as long as the families of these soldiers shout at the head of the city, it will inevitably make the army of Yang Guang of the faint monarch collapse directly, At that time, the 500,000 army will be like snow in the sun, it can be disintegrated in an instant, and it can even be surrendered by Li Valve, who controls Chang'an City, and the balance of strength between them will soon be absolutely reversed!
At that time, Li Valve will be able to grasp the initiative, and then completely push the Sui Dynasty down the cliff with his own hands!
When Chen Xiang saw Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the two of them were like two wild men, their clothes were already in tatters, and their hair was even more messy, and they were embarrassed.
"Haha! Top dog! Finally see you alive! Kou Zhong shouted happily, and then with a flying pounce, he wanted to rush up and hug Chen Xiang. From this swoop, Chen Xiang knew that Kou Zhong's skills had made a qualitative leap, compared to the skills and actual combat experience before they had just left Luoyang City and went to Taiyuan City, they had almost doubled their shortcomings in actual combat at this time, and they had already made up for a lot of shortcomings.
Who would have thought that Kou Zhong's self-righteous move, although there were still eighteen subtle tricks, but he didn't show it at all, Chen Xiang easily lifted his legs, Kou Zhong's face hit the soles of Chen Xiang's feet hard, as if he was hitting a solid wall head-on, stopped at a very fast speed, and suddenly stopped! But Chen Xiang was as steady as Mount Tai, not even a trace of hair, a single corner of his clothes did not fly, and even Xu Ziling felt as if his face had received such a heavy blow, and he couldn't help frowning in pain.
"I really didn't expect that Li Shimin was still so arrogant! Didn't take our Great Sui Shuanglong in his eyes at all! It's so hateful! Now Li Valve's ability to gather 5,000 elite soldiers is already their limit, so it can be said that they came out of the empty nest! And the Turks and Liu Wuzhou are not good things either, if the Li valve is weak. And if Chang'an City is not easy to gnaw, they will definitely turn around and carve up Li Valve! Eldest brother! Give us 30,000 troops, and we can directly copy Li Shimin's gambling ghost Taiyuan City, so that he can also taste the taste of the lair being attacked by someone! Kou Zhong shouted loudly.
"Huh? That's a good idea. Chen Xiang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but be very surprised by Kou Zhong's talent.
Yes, now Li Valve has almost given up all his strength and opportunities to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, which is almost an act of gambling, and it is the lives of the whole family and the fate of many generals under him that is on the line! Once you lose the bet, it will be the end of the death of the clan!
This Li Shimin is really still a generation of heroes! It is definitely impossible to suppress it easily, and it will definitely not give in easily! Once he gains the upper hand. It will inevitably set off a storm and finally embark on the road to establishing the Tang Dynasty again!
Chen Xiang thought for a while and said: "You can think like this, it's very good, you and Ziling have only been to Taiyuan City, and naturally know the terrain route, so I will send 30,000 soldiers to you, and Zhai Rang's old department is also under your command, so you must surround Taiyuan City as quickly as possible." As for whether you can capture it, it's up to you to do it! Kou Zhong was overjoyed and almost rushed up to hug Chen Xiang again, but this time he was stopped by Xu Ziling, who said a little unbearably: "Big brother." Li Shimin is also a good talent, if he can be recruited into the account, he will definitely be a capable minister who governs the world. Why do you have to meet each other with swords? Aren't the hundreds of thousands of residents of Taiyuan City about to be hit by swords? ”
Chen Xiang saw Xu Ziling's compassionate. With a very sincere expression, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Very good." It's really good that Ziling has such compassion, you can persuade us not to attack Taiyuan City, but can you persuade Li Shimin not to attack Chang'an City? If you can persuade Li Shimin to surrender, I will naturally not blame the past, otherwise once you meet on the battlefield, it will be your life and death. Li Shimin is not a sheep, but a tiger and wolf. If you do not allow the tiger and the wolf to eat meat, will you be merciful to the sheep? Or is it mercy to tigers and wolves? The lives of the hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan City are human lives, should the millions of residents in Chang'an City die? Ziling, you are so biased, it really chills my heart. ”
Xu Ziling was silent for a while, and it seemed that he still couldn't agree with Chen Xiang's persuasion, so he just knelt on the ground straight and didn't say a word.
Chen Xiang sighed and said, "Ziling, since you are so insistent, then I will appoint you as a messenger to persuade you to surrender and go to Li Shimin's army to persuade you to surrender." If Li Shimin is willing to withdraw and surrender, I am willing to keep him as prime minister, his authority is comparable to that of an emperor, and he can show his mind. If he refuses to retreat and insists on coming, we will be helpless. ”
Xu Ziling knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Chen Xiang, and stood up, his expression was already full of the expression of a righteous man who saved the world and helped the people and purified all sentient beings. Kou Zhong was also helpless, and said, "Xiaoling...... Why are you suffering? Now that the two armies are fighting, it is very likely that the messenger will be killed as the play says! ”
Xu Ziling said: "If you can sacrifice one of my lives, what can you do if you can save thousands of lives? I do. ”
Kou Zhong sneered and said, "People are going to kill you to sacrifice the flag, how can they let those thousands of innocent people go?" Although Xu Ziling is benevolent by nature, he is not a brainless product, and after listening to Kou Zhong's words, he also fell into deep thought, obviously very depressed and sad. Kou Zhong saw Xu Ziling like this, his heart was also uncomfortable, the two of them grew up together since childhood, not brothers are better than brothers, and the feelings have long been deeper, so he grabbed Xu Ziling's shoulder, patted him twice, and said: "That's it, Ziling, you go to persuade you to surrender, once the situation is not right, you will flee, and I will lead the army to surround Taiyuan City, so that Li Shimin will throw a mouse trap and dare not act rashly." As long as he retreats in the face of difficulties, then no one will be injured and no one will die, won't your goal be achieved? ”
Xu Ziling seemed to feel a little better, Chen Xiang also shook his head helplessly, suddenly remembered something, took out two silver beads from his inventory, and handed them to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
These two silver beads are Xi Ying's eyeballs, and at this moment, under the seal of runes and evil qi mercury, they still maintain their vigorous vitality, and as long as they input true qi again, they can be activated again.
"These are two magic weapons, and they can create a wonderful link. I have some ideas that I need you to confirm. Taking advantage of the time to mobilize your troops and prepare, the two of you can quickly master these two magic weapons, so that you can still keep in touch thousands of miles away, and if something happens, you can immediately sense each other. ”
Kou Zhong curiously took a silver bead and shook it, hearing the sound of mercury flowing inside, looking very curious. Xu Ziling also took the silver beads and looked at them carefully.
Then Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling entered the Immortal Secret True Qi at the same time, and suddenly the two silver beads emitted a misty light, and countless purple silk threads emitted out, attracting each other like a magnetic field and entwining with each other.
Chen Xiang then talked about his own ideas and preliminary design, which was to use the Purple Qi Tianluo as the wire and the human brain as the terminal to establish a high-end True Qi network.
And Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's true qi comes from the same source, the relationship is very deep, and there is a tacit understanding, it is not an exaggeration for the two of them to say that they have a heart, and it is really suitable for the two of them to be the first pair of experimenters in this human brain true qi network.
After talking about Chen Xiang's own ideas, it was up to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling to explore it by themselves, believing that with the talents of these two people, they would definitely be able to study the reason. At that time, Chen Xiang will build on the experimental results of the two of them and expand them.
As for Chen Xiang himself, he needs to deal with the affairs of Chang'an City well, so that Li Shimin knows what kind of enemy he is facing.
Now it is impossible to rush the whole army to Chang'an City. The mobilization of 500,000 troops is definitely not a simple matter, and from the time Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling found out about Li Shimin's surprise attack to the time when the two of them came back to tell themselves, in order to avoid the joint strangulation of the three masters, they went around and around along the way, wasting about half a month's time, relatively speaking, the distance between Luoyang City and Chang'an City was no longer enough for the imperial army to rush to the front of Li Shimin's coalition army. Li Valve is a martial aristocratic lord, and he has the allegiance of officers at all levels, and the army is excellent and the combat effectiveness is so strong that he is probably second to none in the whole empire. Now, if the news of Li Shimin's surprise attack on Chang'an City is announced, I am afraid that it will cause panic in the army in advance, so that the prestige of the imperial court, which has been stabilized with great difficulty, will definitely collapse again.
Chen Xiang returned to the barracks, just to stick to Chang'an City in the fastest and most direct way, so that Li Shimin, a far-sighted strategist, realized that he could not be defeated at all.
The reason why Chen Xiang has such confidence is because he has enough luck and time now, so as early as a week ago, he got the news that the cave system has completed the expansion of Yang Gong's treasure. That is to say, as long as Chen Xiang is willing, he can go directly to Chang'an City through the cave system of Yang Gong's treasure at any time, under the Leaping Horse Bridge. And use the elite armament that can arm 50,000 people, and directly create a powerful army!
When he came to the barracks, Chen Xiang immediately instructed his officers to build a huge wooden arch that could pass through hundreds of people at the same time, and then he transformed the arch with his own runes, and immediately transformed the arch into a portal that could lead to Yang Gong's treasure. Because he was only in the same world, the luck and aura consumed was not too exaggerated, Chen Xiang could still afford it, he just wanted to use this portal and the cave system of Yang Gong's treasure to give Li Shimin a fatal blow! (To be continued......)