Huang Da and the others sat in a circle around Jiang De, who was looking at a nautical chart, which had more than a dozen small dots marked in red, which were the ports where sea ships departing from Quanzhou, Mingzhou, Dengzhou and other places were often stationed.

Jiang De slowly looked at the past, Taiwan in later generations was still called Daliuqiu at this time, Qiongzhou has been included in the Song Dynasty's ruling territory, most of the ships are along the coastal line of Guangdong and Guangxi, first arrived at Cochin and Champong, that is, Vietnam in later generations.

After the Tang Dynasty, the Vietnamese region was once again out of the jurisdiction of the Central Plains regime, during the Song Zhenzong period, Li Gongyun learned from Zhao Kuangyin, took advantage of the young lord of the country, usurped the throne and seized power, and built the capital of Shenglong Mansion, it is now the fifth generation, it is worth mentioning that the Song State and Jiaozhi have almost always been in a hostile state, from the so-called Li Gongyun of Li Taizu to Li Taizong's Li Foma of the back, has been harassing the southern border of the Song State, plundering the population of the Song State, cattle and horses, slaughtering rural villagers, and even in the Song Shenzong period because of the Song State changed the law to strengthen itself, thinking that it is not as good as the Song State to send troops, It is better to strike first, with Li Changjie as the general, he raided Song Guoqin, Lian, and Yong Prefectures, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people, and it was not until Guo Kui went south that the situation was stabilized.

And the city of Zhan, and the same as Jiaozhi, is also the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties, originally the Han Dynasty of Xianglin County, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty out of the Central Plains rule, Zhancheng and Jiaozhi were originally bounded by Hengshan Pass, but at this time Jiaozhi is strong, Zhancheng has been two consecutive lords were attacked and killed by Jiaozhi, and lost the three states of Dili, Ma Ling, Buzheng, the current state lord system Mana sent troops to Jiaozhi when the prince of Jiaozhi was fighting, and was killed by Li Changjie The defeat of the result, now the Zhancheng has no combat power, and it is still recovering, and the Jiaozhi is to pay tribute from time to time in order to seek peace.

Regardless of whether it is Cochin or Champong, there are many ports along the coast, the largest port in Cochin is Thang Long Province, and the largest port in Champa is Xinzhou, both of which are the capital.

To the south of Champa is Chenla, which was the famous Angkor Dynasty period in later generations, and the country was strong. The territory is huge, including the whole territory of Cambodia and parts of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

After the maritime merchants have passed Chenla, they will turn to Sriwijaya.

From Quanzhou to Sriwijaya, if the wind is favorable, as long as a month, the maritime merchants who trade here account for about one-third of all the maritime merchants, and Sriwijaya has fifteen state capitals, and most of the people are surnamed Pu.

In fact, at this time in the Indonesian archipelago, that is, the greater Luzon Islands, there are many small countries, these small countries are dependent on Sriwijaya, because of the location, and the hot weather, although the people of Luzon do not like to farm, but there is a lot of food, according to maritime estimates, the population of the entire Sriwijaya Islands is between two million and three million, of which the population of Sriwijaya should exceed one million.

You know, in later generations, the population is more than 300 million, it can be said that at this time this is still an undeveloped virgin land, the so-called Three Buddhas in Jiang De's eyes is not even a country, it is more appropriate to describe it as a tribal alliance.

Cochon, Champong, Chenla, and Sriwijaya are the four most important countries on the sea route, and after coming to Sriwijaya, you can go to the Indian region, and if you go further west, it is the country of great food.

India has been a geographical term since ancient times, even the Mauryan Empire or the Kushan Empire has not unified India, according to the intelligence of the Wu family, there are at least thirty or forty states in India, and they are constantly attacking each other, and the north is constantly invaded by the Great Eclipse, Jiang De also knows that this period is the time when the Green Religion spread to India, and in another two hundred years, the rulers of India will learn how to worship in the direction of the Middle East.

"You see, after my Central Plains maritime merchants go to sea, the first thing they have to arrive at is Jiaozhi and Zhancheng.

These two places have been the land of rice since ancient times, you should know the name of Champong rice, and the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty is also a large number of rivers, although these two areas are rampant with miasma, but they are not uninhabitable, and the culture of our tribe is similar, and Goryeo is similar, it is the necessary place for our tribe to expand in the future.

There are millions of people and 40,000 or 50,000 sergeants in Jiaozhi, although Li Changjie, who led troops to slaughter the southwest in the past, died of illness a few years ago, and the national strength is not weak, so we can't send troops on a large scale, so let's put it in the back first.

As for the city, the national strength is weak, and it is sandwiched between Zhenla and Jiaozhi, the country is weak and has few soldiers, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, and I am afraid that there are less than 5,000 soldiers who can fight.

The Zhenla country further south has the strongest national strength, and there are probably 100,000 soldiers.

Sriwijaya has a population of 2 million people, but because there are no strong countries around, there are very few troops, and there are about 10,000 or 20,000 people, which is the most important place on the sea route.

I discussed with a few gentlemen, we have to go south first and then north in these four countries, first easy and then difficult, so we decided that the goal of your sailors is the three Buddhas.

There are thousands of islands in Sriwijaya, and you must first occupy the easternmost port of Puluozhong, where the strait is the narrowest in the whole Sriwijaya region, less than eighty miles, and occupy this place, and the annual toll we collect alone is enough to feed a fleet. ”

The Puluo Zhonggang pointed out by Jiang De is the Singapore of later generations, and Puluozhong is actually the earliest name of Singapore.

Jiang De looked at everyone again and said, "You must prepare to capture this place within half a year, from assembling to arriving here, it should take three months, that is to say, a year later, I should hang the Liangshan Sun and Moon Banner here." ”

Huang Dadao said, "Hou Ye, rest assured, we have won the battle in Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, and the little Three Buddhas are not enough to worry about." ”

At this time, the Liangshan Water Division was divided into four fleets, one was the Wa fleet, the main one was the Wu Dajeong stationed in the Wa State, the other was the Goryeo fleet, the main was Li Jun, who was strongly recommended by Huang Da, the other was the escort fleet stationed in the Liangshan Shuibo, the main was the Ruan brothers, and finally the main fleet commanded by Huang Da stationed on Jeju Island.

"Okay, let's do it, in addition, I have discussed the plan you gave with several gentlemen, the method of sending troops from other places will indeed help to control the fleets in various places, but it is also necessary to consider the problem of the sergeant's longing for home." Jiang De took out another booklet on Huang Da and said.

Huang Da was originally a Song general in Jishui, well versed in the Song Dynasty's checks and balances on the army, after Liangshan Lianke Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, Jiang De asked him to think about how to ensure the combat power and loyalty of the sailors in various places in the future, and Huang Da put forward the idea of serving the army in a different place after he returned.

At this time, Jiang De's power was quite large-scale, and his subordinates had more races, and Jiang De did not have righteousness at this time, in the Wa Kingdom, the highest ruling organ was the shogunate, and the highest ruler was the shogunate, and in Goryeo, there was also a young and weak Goryeo king, Jiang De did not have an orthodox ruling identity in these two places, but controlled the two places by controlling the shogunate and the Goryeo court, and the key to it was the army.

Jiang De's mastery of the army mainly relied on military salaries, whether it was a field division or a guard unit, all military salaries were directly distributed to individuals by the money and grain department headed by Pan Lianggui of Liangshan, and even many sergeants who loved their families even wrote the payee directly as their parents or wives and children at home, so as to prevent them from spending them at will.

At this time, most of the sergeants thought very simply, eat food and earn money, if there is a chance to be a general again, as for what to protect the family and defend the country.... This concept is a little more demanding for the ancient army, and the Baojia can still understand some of it. That's really what meat eaters should do.

Jiang De's other hand in controlling the army was Xiao Rang's indoctrination battalion, which constantly strengthened the army's personality cult of Jiang De and the recognition of the Chinese nation.

But even so, the checks and balances in the system still have to be built, and Huang Da's army in a different place is one of them, specifically, the Japanese go to the Goryeo Naval Division, and the Goryeo people go to the Japanese Naval Division, to ensure that no local military forces will be formed.

However, this era is different from later generations, and people value the land and move lightly, let alone go to a foreign country, which can easily lead to the discouragement of the military.

But then again, the current Goryeo and Wa kingdoms are actually still politically independent, and it is not politically appropriate to send troops to each other, so they can only prepare for the future.

Huang Da knew that Jiang De was not satisfied with his proposal, so he said, "Then I will go back and ponder." ”

Jiang De snorted and asked everyone to go back and make a plan to capture the Three Buddhas.

Not to mention Jiang De's side, on the other side, Fang La, who had swept Jiangnan, was eating cold dry food in a cave at this time.

The whole Yellow Mountain is sixty miles from east to west, eighty miles from north to south, the whole size has more than 1,000 square kilometers, there are seventy-two large and small peaks, after the army led by Fang La retreated here, they each garrisoned the main road, and the Song army fought for one peak after another, such a battle has lasted for half a month.

Tong Guan and others surrounded Huangshan and caught Fang La in order to achieve full success, but the Western Army has been on the road for almost a year now, and they are not good at mountain warfare, so they can't take Huangshan for a while, but Tong Guan and others are not in a hurry, after all, victory is only a matter of time.

"Holy Father, the tip of the bee has been lost, and the Song army has launched an attack on Shimenxia." Zu Shiyuan came over to report to Fang La.

It turned out that Zu Shiyuan, who was dressed in a beautiful purple robe, was already ragged at this time, half of the sleeves of the robe flew without wings, and the hem had been turned yellow-brown by the soil.

Fang La nodded, Zu Shiyuan stood up, took a small flag on the sand table of Huangshan beside Fang La, and replaced it with a red flag representing the Song army.

On the entire sand table, there are more and more red flags, representing that the Song army is constantly devouring the territory of the Fang La army.

"I don't know what happened to General Lu and Bao Tianshi and the others." Fang La looked at the sand table, put down the dry food in his hand and said, "Now the only thing I am glad about is that Sect Master Zhong took King Xia and Yang Qi to Taihu Lake, even if we sacrifice our lives for the Holy Sect, the Holy Sect has a heritage. ”

Fang La's army was not all surrounded in Huangshan, and there were still troops led by Lu Shinang, Bao Daoyi and others on the periphery, but even the strongest Lu Shinang, his subordinates could still fight less than 3,000 people, and they couldn't break Tong Guan's encirclement at all.

"yes.... There are also saints and Lou Zuo, if Jiang Xinzhi is really as righteous as the legend, he should not do anything that falls into the ground. Zu Shiyuan comforted.

"How much grain and grass do we have now?" Fang La asked.

Because it was the Yellow Mountain that was defeated and retreated, Fang La did not have too much grain and grass hoarding.

"Even if you eat twice a day, you can only last less than 20 days." Zu Shiyuan smiled bitterly, "If the Song army maintains such an offensive intensity, because of the battle damage, we will be able to hold out for thirty days." ”

Fang La couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is really ironic.

Tonglu City, which is about more than 100 miles away from Huangshan, due to the back and forth baptism of Fang La and the Song army, Tonglu City, which originally had tens of thousands of residents, appeared to be a little ruined, and a caravan docked at the port on the edge of the city, and bags of goods were unloaded.

"You businessmen are really powerful, you have just finished the war, and you dare to come back to do business." One of the officials pinched the money bag in his hand and said in surprise, "But looking at the appearance of you guards, I'm afraid ordinary thieves won't be able to beat you." ”

The man who was talking to him laughed and said, "As the saying goes, wealth and wealth are in danger, you haven't been to Hangzhou to see, it's only been a long time, and the business of Chunyue Pavilion is very good." ”

Du Tou sighed, "Spring Moon Pavilion, that's a good thing, I'm not lucky to go there." ”

The man said a few more words to the head of the capital, and under the pretext of staring at the unloading, he went on the ship.

In the cabin, a person saw the man come in, and sighed, "The white dragon fish suit, a team of hundreds of people, swaggered into Tonglu City like this, which reminds me of the old Three Kingdoms in the past." ”

The man who came in was naturally Wu Song, and he asked with a smile, "Could it be that Wuxia Ameng who crossed the river in white?" ”

Lou Minzhong exclaimed, "Commander Wu also knows about Lu Meng? ”

Wu Song sat down and said, "Of course, we have a division commander study class on Liangshan, taught by several gentlemen and Hou Ye in turn, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Song and Liao Wars, we have almost all learned once, in the words of Hou Ye, the war depends on the brain, not the muscles, if you want to win the war, you must first learn how others defeat the war, Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou is a battle example that Hou Ye likes to say, although Guan Yu has the courage of ten thousand people, but he does not know the overall situation changes, and he is arrogant, and he failed to unite his generals, so he was defeated. ”

Lou Minzhong nodded after hearing this: "It seems that the prosperity of Liangshan does make sense." ”

Wu Song smiled heavily, and then said, "This is already the boundary of Muzhou, and then to the west is Muzhou City, then Qingxi, and then to the west is Huangshan.

In the name of the caravan, we can go to Muzhou, but Qingxi can't go any further, even Muzhou is because of the military rations in the materials we transported this time.

And even if you go up the mountain, how to get down is a problem. ”

The commerce of the Song Dynasty was developed, so compared with other dynasties, the Song Dynasty was very good at using the power of merchants to do things that were difficult to accomplish by administrative power, for example, almost all the military grain in the northwest was transported by merchants, and when the military grain was transported to the northwest, merchants could exchange it for a certain value of salt to make a profit.

"The vicinity of Huangshan must be heavily encircled, and if you want to go up the mountain, you can only take the path that no one knows." Lou Minzhong thought for a while and said, "There is a secret passage behind the Bright Peak of my Holy Sect Holy Land, and outsiders will never know about it.... It's just..."

"Just what?" Wu Song asked puzzled.

"That's it, it's all at this time, at most one death to martyrdom, as long as the head of the martial arts can find a way to reach the jade pool in the north of Huangshan, he can go up the mountain, and then go down the mountain from the secret road." Lou Minzhong said.

"Emerald Pool? .... We'll figure it out. Wu Song thought for a while and said.

On a small hill, Wu Song and Lou Minzhong were lying in the grass, and both of them were holding binoculars to observe the Song army camp under the mountain.

Lou Minzhong watched as he watched, the shock in his heart was indescribable, he pinched the cold shell of the telescope, thinking that if Mingjiao also had such an artifact, then the Western Army would have known the news earlier when it went south, and it would not have been defeated by the cavalry.

"Wang Yu is worthy of being praised by the Hou Ye as a good general of the Western Army, whether it is a large battalion or a patrol soldier and horse, it is impossible to smuggle in like this." Wu Song put down the binoculars and said, "Three hundred people can't get by, but twenty people should be okay." ”

After Wu Song and Lou Minzhong, there were three hundred strong men lying on the ground, and Wu Song gently moved his position and came to the back of the hillside.

"There are a large number of officers and soldiers, and it is difficult for so many of us to walk, so we will go with me in the four sharp knife squads, bring three days of dry food, wear auspicious clothes, and carry swords and crossbows!" Wu Song ordered softly.

Lou Minzhong suddenly felt that his name of Bai Ze should be changed, what is this auspicious suit?

Lou Minzhong followed the moonlight, and saw twenty people squatting and trotting up, taking out a pile of rags from the backpack behind them, and began to put them on.

Wu Song took one from someone else, passed it to Lou Minzhong and said, "Mr. Lou, put it on." ”

Lou Minzhong took it and found that this was not just a rag, but a piece of clothing, these rags were yellow and green, and they seemed to have hidden mysteries.

After Lou Minzhong put it on, he found that although there were a lot of pieces of cloth on this auspicious suit, it did not affect his actions.

"I will take Mr. Lou into the mountain, and the rest of the people will wait outside the mountain to control the road of our retreat, and Deputy Ding Regiment will be in charge." Wu Song ordered again.

Ding Hongwei was originally a peasant man, a group of people in Liangshan at the earliest, who had made meritorious contributions in many battles, and was willing to learn to write, and was promoted to deputy regiment commander.

"Please rest assured, the head of the regiment, we will control the mountain road!" Ding Hongwei arched his hand.

Wu Song took Lou Minzhong and twenty sharp soldiers to turn to the remote mountain road, thanks to Lou Minzhong's great familiarity with Huangshan, plus Wu Song and others traveled day and night, and came to the Jade Pond after walking for two days.

The name of the jade pond is well deserved, a pool of water is crystal clear, Wu Song looked around, saw that there was no road, and doubted, "This is the jade pool, how to go to the bright top?" ”

Lou Minzhong first knelt on the ground, kowtowed a few times, and said something in his mouth, Wu Song listened to it, and all he said was the incompetent words of the disciple, and then saw Lou Minzhong pointing to a huge rock and said, "The road is behind the stone, you and I come." ”

As he spoke, Lou Minzhong walked in front of the boulder, and he didn't know where he pressed it, the boulder rumbled, and a gloomy secret passage appeared, and then, one by one, the torches were lit, indicating that the air circulation inside was normal.

"Let's go, this secret passage can go straight to the top of the light..."Lou Minzhong took the lead and walked down, Wu Song followed, and after everyone went down, they didn't know where Lou Minzhong pressed, and the secret passage was sealed again.

"Your Mingjiao is really powerful, how long will this secret path have to be dug up?" Wu Song asked as he walked.

Lou Minzhong sighed, "This secret passage was built in the Tang Dynasty, and it took a hundred years to build before and after, and you are the first batch of people outside the sect to enter this secret passage." ”

There was nothing to say all the way, everyone walked for more than an hour, Wu Song first felt that he was going down, and then began to go up, Wu Song himself estimated that he walked at least a hundred zhang high.

"When we arrive, we will be in the light when we go out." Lou Minzhong led everyone to a hall, looked around, and led everyone in one direction.

Fang La, on the other side, was discussing the matter of defensive operations with a group of Mingjiao generals, and everyone lowered their heads and lost their fighting spirit.

Seeing everyone like this, Fang La couldn't help frowning, but he was helpless.

So far, there are no reinforcements outside, food and grass are approaching, and now the fight is just hoping to kill a few more Song soldiers.

"Holy Father! Anglican!! ”

A scream woke Fang La from his contemplation, Fang La looked up and saw Deng Yuanjue, whose upper body was bandaged like half a dumpling, coming in with two colorful people in clothes.

"Father, who do you see is back?" Deng Yuanjue pointed to one of them.

Fang Lading looked at it, stood up with great joy and said, "Lou Zuo envoy? ”

At this time, Fang La no longer called everyone by official titles, but resumed the title within the Ming Sect, which was also to gather people's hearts and let everyone understand that this was fighting for the Ming Sect, not for their Fang family.

"It's good that Lou Zuo is back, what about the holy woman?" Fang La looked at Wu Song and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Wu Song arched his hand and said, "Wu Song, the head of the Guards Division under the account of the Marquis of Pingyin of Liangshan, has seen Sect Master Fang!" ”

"Wu Song?" Fang La recalled for a moment and said, "But the double sword Wu Song? ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "I didn't expect Sect Leader Fang to also hear of the ugly name below. ”

Fang La asked with the hope of a case, "The Marquis of Pingyin sent you, but are you willing to send troops to help?" ”

As he spoke, Fang La looked at Lou Minzhong.

Wu Song arched his hand and said, "The Marquis of Pingyin sent me and others here, and I was entrusted by Mr. Lou to come to save people, and we can take twenty people away." ”

"What? What do you mean? Deng Yuanjue stepped forward angrily and shouted, "You either send troops, or watch us die in battle, what does it mean to save twenty people?" ”

Wu Song glanced at Deng Yuanjue, and didn't know what was wrong, he had a good impression of Deng Yuanjue's character, so he arched his hand and said, "Don't misunderstand this master, it's not easy for us to go up the mountain, now the official army has drained the water around the Yellow Mountain, and we also rely on this auspicious suit to lurk up the mountain." ”

"Gilly suit?" Everyone looked curiously at the clothes worn by Wu Song and Lou Minzhong.

Lou Minzhong stretched out his hand a little embarrassed, countless strips of rags hung down, and said, "Holy Father, please see, although this auspicious dress looks a little strange, it lurks in the mountains and forests, and it is difficult to find it even if you walk in front of you." It is said that this was invented by the Marquis of Pingyin, in order to make it difficult for others to find the horse in the mountains and forests, in order to ask for good luck, so it is called auspicious clothing. ”

Fang La looked at it carefully, and couldn't help nodding, such a costume is indeed difficult to find in the mountains and forests.

"So, the Marquis of Pingyin is not ready to send troops?" Fang La said with some disappointment.

Lou Minzhong arched his hand and said, "Holy Father, please allow me to report the details later, let the head of the martial arts go down and rest first." ”

Fang Lahaha said with a smile, "That's what I said, even if I teach Mingjiao to the last moment, this hospitality can't be abolished, come here, take the head of the martial arts down to rest." ”

When Wu Song retreated, Lieutenant General Lou Min told everything he had seen and heard on Liangshan, and then said Jiang De's attitude towards Mingjiao.

"What? Is there a secret passage behind the top of the light? Fang La's eyes widened, this was something that even he didn't know, "Then the cemetery of the previous sect masters is actually the entrance to the secret passage?" ”

Lou Minzhong nodded and said, "Only Bai Ze knows about this matter. ”

Deng Yuanjue immediately said, "Sect Master, can you use this secret path to attack the Song army once?" ”

Fang La was a little moved, but after thinking about it, he still shook his head and said, "If you use the secret passage, the Song army will definitely know about it in the future, I'm afraid that the Holy Sect Rank Masters will not be able to be at peace, not to mention that even if it is a surprise attack, it will be difficult to cause fatal damage to the Song army." ”

After Fang La finished speaking, he also understood in his heart that he had actually accepted the result of the defeat of the Holy Sect in his heart.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Holy Sect is now the same as the Pingyin Marquis said, it is impossible to win with luxury, and the only thing that can be desired is to continue the inheritance.

Since Wu Song said that he could take twenty people with him, you should elect each other, select twenty people, and Lou Minzhong will take them out together, and the Holy Sect will rely on you in the future. ”

"The Holy Father... What about you? Zu Shiyuan listened to Fang La's words and found that Fang La didn't seem to have the intention of going out, so he couldn't help asking.

"The Holy Sect is to this day, it is all my fault that I have no leadership and underestimate the imperial court, then the Marquis of Pingyin will not live under Zhao Ji for a long time, you will go to him after you go out, and then write to Deputy Sect Leader Zhong, he will be the new leader of the Ming Sect in the future."

Someone was puzzled and asked, "In that case, why don't you go to Deputy Sect Leader Zhong?" ”

Fang La shook his head and said, "Zhao Ji is greedy for merit and wants to destroy the Liao State, there will be great changes in the north in the future, and you go to Liangshan to find an opportunity for my Mingjiao in this great change."

Sect Master Zhong already has heroes around him, and your going is just icing on the cake, and there is no other use. ”

Everyone nodded, and Fang La babbled for a while, before Fang La sighed and said, "Okay, don't be a little daughter, let's quickly elect." ”

Everyone first cried at Fang Labai, then pushed each other, and finally Fang La gave an order to elect twenty people.

Among these twenty people, they are divided into ten people in Wen and ten people in Wu, the text is headed by Lou Minzhong, Shen Shou, and Gao Yu, all of whom are literati who are proficient in the teachings of Mingjiao, and Wu is headed by Si Xingfang and Deng Yuanjue, all of whom are good men in the sect with high martial arts.

Originally, everyone hoped to let Fang La's second son Fang Bo also escape, Fang Bo and Fang Tianding were different, weak and sickly, not good at fighting, and they also did some paperwork on weekdays, and Lou Min and others also wanted Fang La to leave his blood. But Fang La thought that if any one of their family was not caught, Song Jun would not give up and strongly refused, so everyone reluctantly agreed.

At this time, in the Fang La army, in fact, Shi Bao was the leader, but Shi Bao led the army many times, and it was the person who the Song army would kill, so he shirked and did not leave, although Si Xingfang was also one of the four great kings, but he was often in the Chinese army, and outsiders did not know much, so he was the head of the warriors.

After the selection of twenty people was completed, Fang La and the others also put their minds at ease, and after calling Wu Song to let Wu Song take these twenty people down the mountain, they discussed with the rest of the people with great interest how to make the officers and soldiers suffer more casualties.

Wu Song looked at Fang La and the others who were smiling and discussing tactics, and couldn't help but be in a trance, because of Jiang De's propaganda, Wu Song and other people in Liangshan did not have a good impression of Mingjiao, but Wu Song suddenly felt that Fang La's ability to get the effectiveness of so many people was also desirable.

"But Mingjiao does not bring happiness to the people.... That's why they fell! Wu Song said secretly, "Only Hou Ye, Hou Ye's strategy of opening up the people's wisdom is the only way to solve the problem of the people being landless!" ”

Wu Song and others, dressed in auspicious clothes, walked out of Huangshan under the nose of the Song army without danger, and when they arrived in Muzhou, Lou Min and others hid in the cabin and went to sea from Hangzhou under the cover of merchant ships.

"The Holy Father..."

In the cabin, crying could be heard from time to time, and the death of the Sect Exterminator was a result that filled the hearts of the twenty people who escaped.

It took another month for Lou Min and others to return to Liangshan under the cover of merchant ships, and Wu Song led everyone to prepare to meet Jiang De, but learned that Jiang De was at the bottom of the mountain, so he waited on the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Jiang De looked at the river with a gloomy face, and many fish and shrimp jumped out of the water from time to time, but no one was happy, which means that the river water is scarce and it is a sign of great drought.

"Is that the same in other places?" Jiang De asked as he walked.

Chen Yang nodded and said, "It's like this in the whole of Shandong, and there has been no rain for more than fifty days. ”

During the Xiaoice River period, a heavy word appeared in Jiang De's heart.

"Xiaoice period" as the name suggests refers to a relatively cold period, but warmer than the real ice age, there are many reasons for the Xiaoice period, but the phenomenon is obvious, the severe cold and drought brought by the Xiaoice River will lead to serious agricultural failure, in later generations, there are four recognized Xiaoice periods, namely the end of the Shang and early Zhou, the end of the Han and the beginning of the Jin, the end of the Tang and early Song dynasties, the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the end of the Northern Song Dynasty is not considered to be the Xiaoice period.

However, there are also different voices that believe that the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty were actually the Xiaoice River period.

There are several evidences, one is that when the Song and Jin wars, even the Taihu Lake froze, which was unimaginable in later generations, but the reason why it was not recognized is because compared with other eras, whether it is natural disasters or other records, there are fewer records.

If it is really the beginning of the Xiaoice period, then soon the whole world will continue to suffer disasters.

This is not just the cold weather, but the drought, waterlogging, locust plague, snow plague, and earthquake in turn, forcing the people to breathe.

Thinking of the possible harvest brought about by the drought, Jiang Demeng looked to the north, and the climate anomaly caused by the Xiaoice River was always more difficult in the north than in the south.

For example, during the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi and other places were empty, and Jiangnan could still sing and dance.

Thinking about it this way, I am afraid that the Liao State at this time is even more uncomfortable, after all, the Song State is still generally peaceful, and if the Liao State fails to harvest grain and grass, it will be too inferior in the war against the Jin State.

Jiang De let out a long breath, and then said, "Let's go, go back to the mountain first." ”

After returning to the mountain, Jiang De learned that Wu Song and the others had returned.

In the Gathering Hall, Jiang De looked at the twenty people who were in the dust, nodded and said, "Since Sect Master Fang handed you over to me, then you will stay, but our ugly words are now in front."

Your Mingjiao originated in Persia in the Western Regions, and it is not my Middle-earth sect, and its teachings are very different from my Confucianism and Taoism, and I do not agree with your teachings.

Therefore, you are not allowed to do missionary work without my permission! ”

The faces of the people of the Ming Sect couldn't help but sink, this is not allowed to preach, doesn't it mean that their sect will be cut off?

The reason why the Ming religion embarked on the road of continuous rebellion was, to put it bluntly, because the Tang Dynasty forbade them to preach.

Jiang De's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, and his heart kept thinking.

The current Liangshan did not form a real ideological system, the arrival of Mingjiao reminded him, and when the Jin and Song dynasties started a war in the future, the universe was reversed, and the lack of a unified thought from top to bottom was likely to lead to ideological confusion, and eventually led to the demise of the entire force.

In the next two years, we should form a sound ideological system, and this idea began to appear in Jiang De's mind.

"In this way, I may also have a misunderstanding of your Mingjiao's thinking." Jiang De said: "From tomorrow, Mr. Lou will explain the concept of teaching to me to see if it is suitable for me Liangshan." ”

Seeing that Jiang De didn't say his words completely, the faces of the Ming sect members couldn't help but look better.

Jiang De looked at Lou Minzhong again, the reason why he took the risk to save the people of the Ming Sect was for profit, if Lou Minzhong couldn't get the treasure, Jiang De dared to promise him that he could kill as many people as he rescued.

Lou Minzhong naturally understands,

In February of the third year of Xuanhe, due to the departure of Lou Min and others, Fang La and other remnants of the Ming Sect leaders were determined to die, no longer passive defense, but used the terrain of Huangshan to counterattack, for a time, each mountain in Huangshan became a Shura field, and the three main peaks such as Guangming Peak changed hands several times, and the top of the mountain changed color.

- Bangyuan Cave

After persisting in the battle for four months, Fang La and the others finally reached the last moment.

The Bangyuan Cave is very large, and there are twenty or thirty thousand people in it, although most of them are women and children, but at this last moment, even women and children have picked up swords.

The cave was full of fighting, the Song army and the Ming sect members were entangled with each other, people kept falling to the ground, and Song troops kept rushing in from outside the cave.

Fang La looked sadly at Fang Tianding, who was moved in front of him, Fang Tianding's body was stuck with several arrows, half of his head was cut off by a sharp weapon, and his death was miserable, Fang La squatted down and gently stroked Fang Tianding's, he thought that there might be this day when he raised his army, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Shi Bao was covered in blood, retreated to Fang La's side and said, "Holy Father, I can't resist it, let's leave quickly." ”

Bangyuan Cave is very large, and naturally there is a place like a secret room, if you hide in a secret room, as long as no one comes out to sell La, then Fang La can escape.

Fang La pulled out his sword and said, "The matter has come to this, only death, why be afraid!" With that, he drew his sword and stepped forward.

The rest of the Mingjiao saw that Fang La also stepped forward, glanced at each other, each holding a blade, and rushed forward.

When a Song soldier saw Fang La stepping forward, he was overjoyed and wanted to win the battle, but he only felt a flower in front of him, a cold neck, and a good head was actually cut off by Fang La with a sword.

"Mingjiao Fang La is here! Who will send them to death! Fang La roared, like a god descending from the earth, shrouded in sword light, corpses were all over the field.

Seeing that Fang La was so brave, the people of the Ming Sect also took the lead, and suddenly defeated the Song army.

"Command the commander! The official who killed Fang Lap was promoted to two levels and rewarded with a thousand guan, and the official who captured Fang Lap alive was promoted to three levels and rewarded with ten thousand guan! ”

After discovering that Fang La appeared, many Song soldiers and Song generals in the Song army who wanted to succeed overnight stepped forward to besiege and kill Fang La.

"Who captured Fang La for me?" Tong Guan's subordinate general Xin Xingzong roared.

"Han Shizhong is here!" A young general rushed forward, and a fluttering knife controlled Fang La's sword.

"Nobody!" Fang La's sword flower flipped up, and Han Shizhong only felt that the cold hair on the back of his neck was blown up in an instant, but that bit of white light couldn't be avoided.

"The traitor Hugh will be rampant! Look at the knives! Cui Wenhua slashed at Fang La, Fang La snorted, let go of Han Shizhong, an iron plate bridge dodged Cui Wenhua's knife, turned over a sword, Cui Wenhua only felt that his right hand was empty, a sharp pain hit, Cui Wenhua looked around, and found that his arm was gone, a stream of blood flew everywhere, and he couldn't help screaming and fell to the ground.

"The thief dares to hurt my brother!" Song Jiang, who was standing behind, saw Cui Wenhua's arm cut off, and roared angrily, "Brother Huarong! ”

Hua Rong didn't want to use a bow and arrow, but he was also angered by Cui Wenhua's injury, and stuck the silver spear into the ground with his backhand, bent the bow and arrows, and shouted at Fang La, "Look at the arrows of the traitor!" ”

Fang La killed two Song soldiers again, and was blocked by Han Shizhong's view again, but Hua Rong seized the opportunity and shot an arrow in the shoulder, and couldn't help screaming and taking a few steps back.

Seeing the opportunity, Han Shizhong bullied himself again, shouting in his mouth, "Brothers, go up!" ”

The sergeants who followed Han Shizhong's side, each holding a shield and a weapon, blocked Shi Bao and the others, although Fang La was shot with a sword, but with this superb swordsmanship, Han Shizhong actually couldn't take him.

"Ahh Li Kui is here! Compared with Han Shizhong, Li Kui's pressure on Fang La is much greater, if nothing else, Li Kui's style of play is completely exchanging injuries for injuries, exchanging lives for lives, and he doesn't even return a move.

Shi Bao killed one person at this time, held Li Kui's plate axe with a knife, and then kicked Li Kui away, Li Kui was not ambiguous, lying on the ground and directly pulling Shi Bao's foot to pull him down, both of them lost their blades, and they fought together with the ruffians.

Fang La, who was on the other side, was seized by Han Shizhong and smashed the sword with a force to split Huashan, and then pounced directly and held down Fang La.

"Color!"

When Fang La was tied up by the soldiers who followed Han Shizhong, Song Jun couldn't help shouting.

Han Shizhong covered his nose, his nose was still bleeding, it was caused by Fang La's battle armor when he suppressed Fang La, but that mouth was already smiling.

"When I see Brother Jiang now, he has to praise me!" Han Shizhong smiled at a few pro-soldiers around him.

When Fang La heard it, he suddenly wanted to ask something, but his mouth was already gagged.

Fang La was captured, and the morale of the Mingjiao sergeants suddenly plummeted, and when Shi Bao was stoned to death by Li Kui after seizing the opportunity, he completely lost his command and fell into a situation of fighting on his own.

After another hour or two, the battle in Gangyuandong finally ended.

A group of tied people were pressed to the bottom of the mountain, and Gao Yu, Tong Guan and others also came to the camp at the foot of the Yellow Mountain to listen to the battle reports of Wang Yu and others.

"In this battle, more than 40,000 thieves were killed, and more than 50,000 people including the thief Shou Fang La!"

Listening to the battle report below, Tong Guan squinted his eyes and asked, "Who are these more than 50,000 people?" ”

Wang Yu replied: "Most of them are women and children of the Ming Sect. ”

Tong Guan asked again, "You people, how are you going to deal with it?" ”

Wang Yu and the others glanced at each other and didn't dare to speak.

These people are die-hard Mingjiao believers, and they want to let go... No one dared to put it on, but it was hard to do it...

"Remember!" Tong Guan shouted.

The master book next to him immediately took out a pen and paper.

"On April 17 of the third year of Xuanhe, fortunately under the protection of the official family, the three armies took their lives, and the evil cult thieves were killed in the Gangyuan Cave, there were nearly 100,000 cult soldiers and civilians in the cave, after a bloody battle, except for the thief Fang La, who was captured alive, the rest were all fighting to the death, and more than 50,000 people were defending the cave, self-immolation and death, the evil of the cult can be seen!"

After that, Tong Guan looked at Gao Yu and asked, "What does Captain Gao think?" ”

Gao Yu touched his beard and said, "It's all the truth, listen to it." ”

Everyone bowed their heads and didn't dare to speak, Fang La, who was next to him, heard Tong Guan's words, he was angry and hateful, kicking and kicking, eager to bite Tong Guan to death.

Tong Guan snorted and said, "Rebels and thieves, you can't die well!" ”

When countless firewood, sulfur and grease were piled up in the cave, the Mingjiao members who were tied together understood their fate, some wept, some shouted, and some silently recited the scriptures.

Outside the cave, Li Kui touched his wound and muttered to Song Jiang, "Brother, I thought I was already a heartless and ruthless person, compared with these officials, I am still very kind." ”

"Fifty thousand... It's so hurtful. Zhu Yan also couldn't stand it and turned around.

Song Jiang watched the flames slowly ignite and said nothing.

In April of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La, who had held on to Huangshan for four months, was finally defeated and captured, since then, the four great Kou who lasted for almost two years were finally all quelled, in the process of suppressing these uprisings, due to military disasters, plagues, famines, etc., the entire Song State lost more than four million people, but Zhao Ji and others in Kaifeng City did not feel that the foundation of the Song State was damaged, but thought with great interest that Zhongxing could be expected.

In May of the third year of Xuanhe, Fang La was escorted to Kaifeng for beheading, and more than 100 leaders of the Ming Sect were killed.

——The camp outside Kaifeng Prefecture

After the battle of Fangla, the Western Army and the forbidden army led by Gao Yu were all stationed outside Kaifeng City, which was mainly according to the strategy of Zhao Ji and others, these troops who had gone through many battles, the next step should be to Yanyun and start a war with Liao.

"How is Brother Cui feeling now?" Song Jiang took Kong Ming and Zhu Yan to Cui Wenhua's bedside and asked.

Cui Wenhua touched the sleeve that had lost his arm and said, "There are still some people who are not used to it, but I have survived." ”

Song Jiang sat down and sighed, "We have lost a lot of brothers in this battle, I have already asked Gao Taiwei for credit, I think I will have a meritorious name in the near future, and it can be regarded as a name for your brothers." ”

At this time, Hua Rong came in angrily, and there were red-eyed Deng Fei and others behind him.

"Brother, I heard that Xin Xingzong actually wants to seize all the credit for capturing Fang La!" Hua Rong bowed his hand to Song Jiang and said urgently.

"What? Why? Kong Ming immediately shouted, "Our Brother Cui lost an arm, and if it weren't for Brother Huarong, you injured that Fang La with an arrow, how could Han Shizhong catch him?" ”

Zhu Yan asked, "Is this true?" ”

"Now it's all over the outside, sir will find out if he goes and investigates." Hua Rong arched his hand and said.

Li Kui shouted wow, "Yaya, these officials really don't have good things, brother, it's better for us to go into the city, kill the dog emperor, my brother will be the emperor, Mr. Zhu will be the prime minister, and we will all be generals, wouldn't it be happy?" ”

"Tie Niu, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will ask the military law to cut off your black head!" Song Jiang shouted angrily: "We finally got Zhao'an, do you want to break the loyalty of your brothers?" ”

"If you don't say it, you won't say it, and you want to cut off my head at every turn." Li Kui touched his neck, took a step back and muttered.

Song Jiang was full of worries in his heart, and said in his mouth, "Brothers, don't worry, I'll go and investigate first." ”

Song Jiang hurriedly entered Kaifeng Mansion and came to see Gao Yu with Zhu Yan and gifts, but was told that Gao Yu went to Tongguan Mansion, so he turned around and came to Tongguan Mansion.

Tong Guan was discussing military merits with Gao Yu and others in the mansion at this time, which was to be reported to Zhao Ji in a few days.

Naturally, there are countless benefits being exchanged, and many meritorious service people have been replaced, and many people who have not even been to the battlefield have been hung with merit.

Anyway, there are so many heads in the Mingjiao, there is always enough to share.

Finally, it's time for the most critical life to capture Fang La.

"It was Han Shizhong, the commander of our Western Army, who captured Fang La, this is what everyone sees, and there should be no objections." Tong Guan was the first to say.

"But the reason why Han Shizhong was able to capture Fang La alive was that Song Jiangbu also contributed a lot." Wang Yu said with some reluctance.

"Humph! Song Jiangbu was originally a group of thieves, although he had merit in breaking the thieves, but he atonement for his previous sins. How can it be promoted? Xin Xingzong said.

Xin Xingzong is the second son of Xin Shuxian, the governor of Huangzhou, and is Tong Guan's hardcore subordinate, Tong Guan naturally has a lot of maintenance, and Gao Yu didn't want to raise Song Jiang too high, so he also nodded in agreement, Wang Yu didn't dare to say it again, otherwise it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the Western Army.

At this time, a servant entered and said that Song Jiang asked to see him, Tong Guan squinted his eyes and said, "Song Jiang asked to see him, and Gao Taiwei said that he would let him in?" ”

Gao Yu said without raising his eyes, "At this time, I don't know how to avoid suspicion, a thief is a thief, just send it out." ”

Tong Guan nodded with a smile and glanced at the servant, and the servant would be able to go out.

Song Jiang stood at the door of Tong Guan's side door and waited, and after a long time, the servant came out and waved his hand, "My captain is not free, let's go, don't get in the way here!" ”

Song Jiang's face twitched, but he still bent down and bowed down and said, "This Yu Hou, if you are troublesome, pass it on again, and tell the Taiwei that Song Jiang does have something important, and if it is done, he will be treated with great courtesy!" ”

The servant snorted at Song Jiang's face, and a mouthful of thick phlegm flew onto Song Jiang's face.

"You don't even ask what kind of place this is! My captain said that he couldn't see it, how could he change it? Roll on! If you dare to wander here again, I will put you in jail! ”

Song Jiang smiled and wiped the phlegm off his face with his sleeve, and said, "Please pass it on once!" ”

As he spoke, Song Jiang lowered his head and bowed again, "Shandong Song Jiang, please see Mrs. Tong!" ”

What Yu Hou didn't see was the extremely vicious look in Song Jiang's eyes when he lowered his head.

Yu Hou snorted and closed the side door, Song Jiang heard the sound of the door closing, and only raised his head after a while.

Zhu Yan behind Song Jiang stepped forward and said, "Brother Gongming, it seems that Tong Guan's generation really wants to swallow up our military exploits. ”

Song Jiang's face was terribly black at this time, but his skin was already black, and outsiders couldn't see anything, only people around him like Zhu Yan understood that Song Jiang was angry.

Song Jiang let out a long breath and said, "Now it seems that we must find another person who is willing to speak for us." ”

A list flashed in Zhu Yan's mind, and finally said, "Tong Guan and Gao Yu are my superiors, if you want someone to speak for us, this person must first be in a high position, and secondly, he must win the hearts of the king, and finally he must have a gap with Tong Guan and Gao Yu."

Now above the court, it is the justice of the king, the thief was suppressed, Tong Guan has the greatest credit, the prince must not be angry, this person is greedy for money and power, if the elder brother bribes him with a lot of money, he will be willing to look up to us. ”

Song Jiang clapped his hands and said, "That's the person, go!" ”

- Liang Shan

Jiang De looked at the information in his hand and said to everyone, "The official family has named Tong Guan as the Duke of Chu and the position of Taishi, which is amazing, this is rare to be a eunuch and a prince of the country." ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing for a while, and Zhu Wu said, "Although Tong Guan was knighted, he was removed from the military power, and Tan Zhi replaced his original position. ”

"Isn't Tong Guan a henchman of the official family? What is Zhao Guanjia going to do? Chao Gai asked puzzled.

"As long as it is a eunuch, who is not one of the Zhao official family?" Jiang De said with a smile: "Our old friend Song Jiang has been sealed as a soldier and horse supervisor because of his merits, and it seems that he has found a backer." ”

Dai Zong replied, "According to the report of the dark line, Song Jiang went to find Wang Huang. ”

Jiang De clapped his hands and said, "That's right!" Wang Hao already had a holiday with Tong Guan, so he must have taken eye medicine, but if he wants to lead the Western Army to Yanyun, now this Tan Zhi may not be able to command those arrogant generals. ”

Jiang De looked at Lou Min, who was dressed in white on the left, and said, "Mr. Lou, yesterday the head of the Wu regiment has sent a message, the place you said is indeed what you said, since then you are free, whether you go down to Liangshan to find Lu Shisang to meet and continue to rebel, or go to Tong Guan to take revenge, it is up to you." ”

Jiang De paused after speaking, and continued, "Or continue to live in our Liangshan. ”

Lou Minzhong and Deng Yuanjue looked at each other, and Lou Minzhong came out and said, "Master Hou, we keep the remnants of our bodies, all we do is to retain the fire of Mingjiao, if Master Hou can support our mission, we will be dead!" ”

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "I have also learned about the teachings of your Mingjiao these days, and I think that there are too many things in the teachings of your Mingjiao that are not in line with the way of heaven and should not be popular with the people, and I will not allow you to preach until they are corrected." ”

Lou Minzhong said again: "If we revise our doctrine, will Master Hou allow us to preach?" ”

Religion cannot be forbidden, and proper religion is acceptable as long as it is under secular control.

After all, if you don't occupy the position, others will occupy it.

Jiang De nodded and said, "Okay, then let's start revising it on a certain day." ”

Time flies, in the blink of an eye, summer goes to winter, spring passes to autumn, and when the time comes to the autumn of the third year of Xuanhe, several teams of people and horses drove to Liangshan at the same time.

- East China Sea

A fleet cleaves the waves, and a Japanese man in intricate costume stands at the bow of the ship.

"I'm finally going to see my lord again." The widow sighed and said secretly in his heart: "I hope the lord can recognize my efforts in the past two years." ”

This Japanese was the shogun of the shogunate, the highest ruling body of the Japanese kingdom, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In the past two years, the Wa Kingdom was not peaceful, and there were constantly nobles rebelling under the banner of restoration, and there were more than a dozen rebel teams of more than 1,000 people, but they were all pacified and strangled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Xu Guanzhong and others.

The blood of countless Japanese people has made the whole country understand that the general trend of the Japanese country is irreversible.

In the past two years, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Xu Guanzhong continued to strengthen the work of Huaxia in the Wa Kingdom, not only the Chinese who were officials, but even the common people had to learn Chinese characters and speak Song language, and even their clothes were required to wear Hanfu.

At this time, the Japanese people did not form their own unique culture.,Although there is a katakana.,But in fact, most of the people who use katakana are women.,So there's not much barrier to receiving sinicization.。

"Look, that's Goryeo's fleet!" From the lookout, the lookout shouted loudly, pointing northeast, it should be the fleet from Jeju Island.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi took out the binoculars in his arms and looked at it, and saw that the fleet had a Lu flag and a yellow flag written on it, and hurriedly said, "This is the ship of Division Commander Lu and Commander Huang, quickly wave the flag to pay tribute." ”

Behind Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a man dressed as an onmyoji stepped forward and said, "Your Highness General, Lord Lu Junyi is the senior brother of Lord Pingyin, and one of the reasons why we went to meet the lord this time is to attend Lord Lu Junyi's wedding, and we should be more suitable behind them." ”

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi heard this, he nodded and said, "Abe's palace is reasonable, this time Master Xu is not here, it is not good for us to be rude, tell the fleet, let's slow down, let General Lu go first." ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was right, it was Lu Junyi and Huang Da on this fleet, and the two also looked at the Toyotomi Hideyoshi fleet in the distance.

"It seems that we will be able to reach Yangsan by the end of October." Lu Junyi put down the binoculars and said to Huang Da, "I don't know how Tong Guan commanded, there are generals like Zhong Shidao and Wang Yu, and they will be defeated by that Yelu Dashi for more than 100 miles, and even Master Lu didn't have the face to stay in the Jin Kingdom when he heard it, and he withdrew." ”

Huang Da also sighed, "Isn't it, 100,000 troops, first of all, what did you say to take Yanyun with benevolence and righteousness, although Yanyun is a Han person, but these people have been in Liao for a hundred years, and they have already regarded themselves as Liao people, how can they surrender without fighting?" Just because Pharmacist Guo dropped? That pharmacist Guo is from Bohai! It's not Yanyun people... Officials, they are too proud!

What's more, Yelu Dashi is a person valued by Hou Ye, since he arrived in Yanyun last year, he took off all the wool on the sheep and gave it to Hou Ye in exchange for money and food, making it clear that he wanted to persist in fighting, how could he easily descend? ”

Lu Junyi nodded again and again after hearing this, "The Western Army led by Tong Guan has been fighting for several years, and the army is already uncertain, so Guo Yaoshi volunteered to lead elite troops to attack Yanjing, and they all entered the city, so Liu Yanqing actually missed the schedule, and the good fighter plane was wasted... As far as I can see, Pharmacist Guo will no longer work hard for the Great Song Dynasty in the future! ”

What these two people don't know is that due to the wonderful performance of the Song army in Yanyun, the attitude of the Jin State towards the Song State has changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and the original impression of Jiang De in Goryeo that the Han people are good at fighting has gradually faded, but the impression of being rich and incompetent has begun to get deeper and deeper.