In the camp of the Northern Army, Li Cheng, the commander of the Northern Army, summoned the generals of the various departments in the main office, and Li Cheng sat at the top and looked at the generals of the various departments sitting below him.

Fang Cai calmly said loudly: "Your Majesty's edict, let this general control the northern army, tonight lead the army to block the area around Yanjing City, in the dark night, if anyone is active, they will be taken, but anyone who resists, will be killed!" ”

Li Cheng opened his mouth heavily, paused for a moment, and then ordered: "Yang Fan, you lead 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to block the area around Nancheng." ”

"No!" The general who called Yang Fan immediately stood up and promised to Li Cheng.

"Lin Dong, you lead 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to block the area around Beicheng."

"No!" As soon as Li Cheng's words fell, the general who called Lin Dong got up and promised him without hesitation.

"Lu Liang, you lead 20,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to blockade Xicheng and the surrounding area."

"No!" When the general who called Lu Liang heard this, he immediately got up and said loudly.

When Li Cheng saw this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Leave 5,000 soldiers to garrison the camp, and all the others will go to the Dongcheng area with the general." ”

"No!" "No!" "No!" …… As soon as Li Cheng's words fell, the others stood up and agreed.

When Li Cheng saw it, he seemed to think of something, and said: "Zheng ......", and suddenly changed his words: "Li Bu, you lead 5,000 troops to garrison the camp, no matter what, you are not allowed to leave the camp, and you are not allowed to engage in military law." ”

"No, but please rest assured, General." The general named Li Bu listened to Li Cheng's words, but said calmly and loudly.

"Go and prepare, and in a quarter of an hour the armies will immediately leave the camp, and there shall be no mistake." Li Cheng said coldly.

"No!" Everyone spoke loudly in unison, and after speaking, they all retreated.

And Li Chengcai called Li Bu at the end, and after everyone withdrew from the main office, Li Chengcai ordered: "Li Bu, you have also followed the general for many years, and the general always feels that something is going to happen tonight, you must be careful and vigilant about the camp, and you must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise, you also know." He said earnestly.

When Li Bu heard this, his heart was shocked, and he immediately said loudly: "General, please rest assured, there is an end, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Li Cheng listened, thought about it, and then spoke: "Ben will be arranged like this, the big camp will be empty, will there be too few five thousand elite soldiers, or Ben will give you another five thousand." ”

"General, there's no need, five thousand is enough, if anyone wants to do anything in the Northern Army camp, Ben will let him have no return." Li Bu said coldly.

Li Cheng listened, thought about it, and felt that it was also the camp of the Northern Army, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after several years of his own operation, it can be said that it is impregnable, with 5,000 well-guarded elite soldiers, and there is no possibility of 30,000 elite soldiers attacking at any cost, so he nodded and acquiesced to Li Bu's statement.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Wen, dressed in black armor, wearing a wide red cloak, rode on top of a horse, drew his sword, pointed at the moon, and ordered loudly: "Go!" ”

Suddenly, the gate of the northern army camp was opened, and all the armed soldiers, armed with torches, marched out with neat steps.

For a time, the firelight, the moonlight, the swords, the armor, the horses, and the soldiers were in the wilderness, forming a different picture of the night march.

The cold wind blew and blew on Li Cheng's face, cold and cold, Li Cheng, who was riding on a horse, always felt that he had revealed something, turned his head and glanced at the northern army camp that was gradually closing the gate, before turning his head and galloping away on horseback.

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And Xicheng District, Temple of Heaven.

The Temple of Heaven is the place of sacrifice of the emperors of the Great Qian, praying for heaven and earth, praying for the good wind and rain, and the safety of people and animals, it has always been an important place, established by Emperor Taizu, sitting in the west and facing the east, and the pattern of the Great Qianhuang Palace sitting in the east and facing the west is just the opposite, and the palace and the Temple of Heaven are just opposite each other.

At the beginning of the establishment was still very simple, but three hundred years down, after the expansion of the emperors of the past dynasties, it has long been extraordinary, the construction area alone accounts for most of the Xicheng District, all kinds of buildings are majestic and tall, solemn and solemn, and also set up a special official to manage the Temple of Heaven Temple of Heaven order, but the time used every year is only a handful, in addition to the big sacrifice on the fifteenth day of the first month, there are several times to ask for rain from time to time, it is not used much.

But tonight's Temple of Heaven ushered in an uninvited guest, and it had already been surrounded by thousands of black-clothed people.

Xiang Hua, who was dressed in a black eunuch costume, also came to the highest place of the Temple of Heaven surrounded by many black-clothed people, which was the place where the emperors of the Great Qian Dynasty worshiped the sky.

There is a square altar in the center, and on the altar at this time, there is a kind and elderly monk who is closing his eyes to recuperate.

And Xiang Hua approached him alone, looked at him, and then said: "Master Yuantong, it's been good lately, the master will think that the chief manager will arrest you here." ”

Master Yuantong sat on the ground, opened his eyes and looked at him in a daze, closed his eyes again, and said nothing.

Xiang Hua saw that he ignored himself, but he was not angry, but said with a smile: "Isn't the master afraid?" You're going to die in a moment, still in the midst of a raging fire. ”

Master Yuandao listened, but he opened his eyes, held the rosary in his hand, and said calmly: "Amitabha, the donor has taken off this skin, ascended to the West Heaven as soon as possible, and saw my Buddha as early as possible, which is the wish of a Buddhist disciple, so what joy is life?" Why be afraid of death? The donor still can't let go of it in his heart, just do it if you want to, Amitabha! ”

Xiang Hua laughed angrily when he heard this, and asked loudly: "Speaking better than singing, the robe on your body, the rosary on your body, which one is not the people's fat and people's ointment?" You see on both sides of the river, along the river, where is there a Buddhist temple? What do you Buddhists say about purifying sentient beings? And who did Purdue do? It's not Pudu yourself, over the years, you have colluded with corrupt officials and corrupt officials to wantonly occupy fertile land, you are simply moths of the big cadres. ”

"Tonight, in this temple of heaven, tell the world about your ugly face, so that your Buddhism will be discredited, and it will be engraved on the pillar of shame......" Xiang Hua said a little crazy, at this time, his face was crazy.

And Master Yuantong saw it, but he calmly said: "Amitabha, the donor is in the devil, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha, don't do these vain things, I don't know why the donor hates my Buddhist disciples, but all beings are equal, turn back to the shore, my Buddha is like coming, will bless anyone in the world, Amitabha." After saying that, he began to recite the scriptures, but only he could hear the voice.

Xiang Hua saw it, but said with a laugh: "Bald donkey, you are really stubborn when you die, no matter what happens tonight, this manager will not let you go." ”

"You know what? You Buddhism and Taoism have ruined my life's faith, you bald donkeys, you thieves, there is no good person. Xiang Hua said angrily.

"And Yuantong, do you dare to say that the death of the first emperor has nothing to do with your Buddhism?" Xiang Hua said with red eyes.

When Master Yuantong heard this, he paused for a moment, didn't say a word, and began to recite Buddhist scriptures that only he could understand.

And Xiang Hua said frantically: "But it doesn't matter, you will be punished sooner or later, tonight, let the chief steward put a big fire in this Temple of Heaven, let this fire shine through Yanjing City, let His Majesty's eyes gather here, it's time for Daqian to start a new chapter!" ”

At this time, the entire altar of the Temple of Heaven was already covered with flammable materials, dense, and even the fierce fire oil in the army was there.

Around the Temple of Heaven, a large number of Yulin troops, under the leadership of Li Wei, had already surrounded the entire Temple of Heaven.

Zheng Wen was dressed in black armor and wore the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, surrounded by all the warriors, he walked in front of Li Wei, looking at everything in front of him, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

After a long time, he ordered loudly: "Li Wei, attack, attack the Temple of Heaven, I want to see, what are you going to do when you go to this Temple of Heaven?" ”

"No!" Li Wei listened and promised loudly.

So Li Wei drew his sword, pointed in the direction of the Temple of Heaven, and ordered loudly: "Yulin Army, attack, attack the Temple of Heaven!" ”

Suddenly, a large number of crossbow arrows and bows and arrows flew towards the Temple of Heaven, dense like locusts, and there was a scream of "ahhhh

After several rounds of arrow rain, the infantry wearing heavy armor and holding heavy shields as the vanguard, began to attack the Temple of Heaven, a large number of heavily armed soldiers followed, and suddenly, the soldiers and the men in black began to fight hand-to-hand killing, screams one after another, and people continued to fall in the Temple of Heaven.

And Zheng Wen stood not far away, under the light of the fire and moonlight, listening to the screams of the soldiers, watching quietly, without saying a word.

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At this time, the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples outside the city of Yanjing City flashed out a group of black-clothed people, holding swords in their hands, breaking into the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, without saying a word, killing people when they saw them, and constantly setting fires.

Suddenly, outside the city of Yanjing City, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples everywhere lit up raging fires.

When the Jinyi Guards and Yulin Army who had already been arranged in the city saw it, they ran towards the place where the fire started, but a large number of black-clothed people leaked out of the streets here, obstructing them, and all parts of Yanjing City sounded one after another killing sounds.

Outside Yanjing City, due to the deployment of the army and the fact that it is not a key area, there are fewer neighing sounds, but the fire that ignites is not something that can be extinguished in a while.

At this time, the Northern Army camp really ushered in an uninvited guest, and thousands of black-clothed people killed the Northern Army camp.

Li Bu calmly commanded the army of 5,000 and began to release arrows continuously, and the rain of arrows flew outward, swooping towards the black-clothed man who was attacking the gate, but it was silent, and there was no scream.

Li Bu, who was standing on the arrow tower, took advantage of the firelight and moonlight, and looked seriously at the man in black who was attacking the gate, and when he saw that he was gasping, he saw that the man in black who fell to the ground after the arrow got up from the ground again and began to attack the gate again.

Could it be that it is invulnerability, or immortal soldiers, in the dark night, Li Bu can't see it very clearly, and the soldiers don't know it even more, but he has been on the battlefield for a long time and understands in his heart that he must find a way as soon as possible, otherwise, it won't be long before the soldiers find out that the people who fight against them are almost not dead, and their military spirit will collapse, not because they are afraid of death, but because they are afraid of the unknown!

So, he stood on the arrow tower and commanded in a loud voice: "Bed crossbow ready!" ”