Chapter 167: Diverting the Tiger from the Mountain
Outside the Fuguo Temple, the six hundred Heavenly Master Dao soldiers have been assembled, all of them are wearing robes, hats, and holding a variety of weapons in their hands. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Although Da Liang does not prohibit martial arts, and even advocates that the common people cast troops for self-defense, there are indeed strict requirements for the types of weapons. Swords, daggers, and bows and arrows are not restricted, but crossbows and long-handled weapons are strictly prohibited. These so-called Dao soldiers of the Heavenly Master Dao are actually just men begging for a living on the rivers and lakes, even if they hide some forbidden weapons, they don't lose much. Therefore, most of the people in the hands of the six hundred people are short knives.
The first three people are none other than Monk Li, Jiezhi and Daoist Zhang. I saw Monk Li wave his hand and shouted: "The Heavenly Master is above, preach and practice." Sons, I arrested the princess with a certain family and avenged Liu Hongdao! ”
"Revenge!"
"Revenge ······"
These people raised their weapons one after another, shouting slogans while following Monk Li's steps towards the post station.
Besides, in the post station, Nian Nu couldn't sleep for a long time by candlelight, on the one hand, she was worried about Zhang Jun's safety, and on the other hand, she was also worried about the little lady of the Chen family. Cheng Mei, who was standing on the side, opened her mouth to persuade: "Daughter, you better rest early." The young general bravely crowned the three armies, how could a small man be able to damage a single bit? ”
Niannu sighed and bowed slightly, but his body still didn't move. She was about to say something to Cheng Mei, but suddenly heard a noisy shout outside, and there seemed to be some word "revenge" in it.
Before Nian Nu could speak, Cheng Mei had already pushed the door out with a frown, and was meeting the chief of the guard who came to report, so she asked, "Captain Li, what's going on outside?" ”
Captain Li looked calm and said, "Hurry up and report to the princess, hundreds of thieves have suddenly appeared out of nowhere outside, and they have surrounded the post station!" ”
"Ahh When he heard this, he suddenly lost his face and hurriedly ran back to the house.
Not long after, Nian Nu walked out, and when he saw Captain Li, he asked, "Chief of the guard, is the post station still well protected?" ”
Lieutenant Li immediately replied: "Daughter, please rest assured, there are 200 soldiers in the post station, all of whom are loyal and brave old soldiers, Hugh said that there are only a few hundred people outside, that is, thousands of people have come, and the last general will not pay attention to it!" ”
Hearing his chief guard say this, Niannu breathed a sigh of relief, but still instructed: "Soldier, treacherous." Now that the enemy situation is unknown, let's wait for Brother Jun to turn around. If you guard it carefully, the palace will naturally reward you······"
Captain Li bowed and said: "The lady is serious, it is the duty of the last general to protect your safety!" With that, he bowed heavily and withdrew.
In the courtyard, Hu Shuo also gathered the men and horses led by him, and when he saw Captain Li coming out of the hall, he greeted him and said, "Captain Li, why did you become a turtle with a shrunken head?" ”
Captain Li's expression changed when he heard this, and he said unhappily: "The princess has an order, be careful to defend, and wait for the young general to turn around before making plans." ”
Hu Shuo sneered: "It's just a group of local chickens and dogs, where is the need for my lord's father-in-law to make a move, you can sit here and see how I kill the enemy!" After that, regardless of Captain Li's opposition, he ordered a team of people and rushed out.
Seeing that he had only taken a group of people with him, Captain Li thought that there were a lot of people in the post station, so he didn't say anything more. Hu Shuo was not his subordinate after all, and even his military rank was much higher than him, so he had to order the rest of the sergeants to be careful.
The Heavenly Master Dao soldiers who were surrounding outside didn't expect that the people inside would dare to rush out and fight, and they were caught off guard in an instant. Hu Shuo's height of nearly two meters dances a new-style slapper knife, people block killing, Buddha blocks killing Buddha, whenever he touches it, it will suddenly become a pile of minced meat.
Since the slapstick was installed in the conquest army, it has become Hu Shuo's favorite. In particular, the handle in his hand, weighing fifty catties, was made by the master craftsman Liu Hua himself, the spine of the knife is fine iron, and the blade is stamped steel.
Monk Li, Jieyi and Daoist Zhang stood in the distance and watched the battle, and they couldn't help but gasp when they saw this. Especially the one who quits anger, he usually pretends to be superb in martial arts, but when he saw Hu Shuo and a team of veterans behind him, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
At this time, Daoist Zhang said: "You can't go on like this, the Taoist soldiers can't stop this team." ”
"Very much!" Jie Yan also hurriedly said: "If it goes on like this, the sons of a certain family must be dispersed!" ”
Monk Li clasped his hands together, first sang "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable", and then said: "Quit resentment, order your troops to fight and retreat, and lead this team of men and horses to a distance, just delay the kung fu of a stick of incense." ”
There is no other way to quit anger but to receive orders.
On the other side, Hu Shuo was killing hard, and he felt that the thieves on the opposite side were retreating, how could he allow the enemy to escape in the palm of his hand, and suddenly roared, and led his subordinates to chase after him.
Monk Li saw Hu Shuo's plan from afar, and immediately ordered: "What are you waiting for, let go of the smoke!" ”
As soon as Monk Li's words fell, he saw hundreds of people around the post station untie several backpacks from their waists and backs, and threw them into the wall of the post station. The nearly 1,000 rucksacks had been loosened, and a large amount of white powder was scattered in the air.
Captain Li and the guards were caught off guard, and many of them directly ······ the sky The powder was inhaled into his mouth and nose, and he suddenly felt dizzy and vague, and fell to the ground one by one.
Lieutenant Li has been in battle for a long time, but he doesn't know much about these tricks, so he has to tear off his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and take the rest of the soldiers to the hall. But the thieves outside did not give up, but threw in large bales of burnt hay. I don't know what this hay is, and it emits billowing smoke, and even if you cover your mouth and nose, you can't resist it.
In less than half a pillar of incense, there was silence in the post station. As soon as Monk Li waved his hand, he rushed in with the Taoist soldiers along with Jieyi and Daoist Zhang. I saw that the soldiers in the courtyard were faint, and many of the guards in the hall also fell to the ground.
Jie Yan asked: "Two, do we want to kill all these lackeys of the Zhang family?" ”
Monk Li and Daoist Zhang both shook their heads in opposition, but Monk Li spoke: "The order of the Taoist girl is very clear, you must not make up and kill evil!" ”
"!" Jiecheng spat and said angrily: "Do you really think you're a monk?" ”
Monk Li suddenly stopped, and glared at Jie Yan with angry eyes. Daoist Zhang said: "The order of the Taoist girl must not be violated. Quit resentment, you have to think clearly before you speak! ”
Seeing that no one supported him, he stopped saying anything about his anger.
Inside the house, Cheng Mei and Niannu had already heard the movement, but they felt that the situation was wrong. But Cheng Mei pressed her body against the door panel, so she had no way of knowing the situation outside. Just when the two of them were nervous······
"Bang" knocked Cheng Mei to the ground with a strong force, and then saw two monks and a Taoist priest break in. Cheng Mei was about to get up to resist, but she was hit in the back of the neck by the Taoist priest with a knife and fainted.
Nian Nu did not panic, but sat on the couch in the room, met the eyes of the three thieves, and said coquettishly: "Bold maniac, do you know who I am?" ”
"Hahahaha!" I saw a fat-headed and big-eared monk laughing wildly, and was about to step forward to be rude, but was stopped by another monk with kind eyebrows and kind eyes. The Taoist priest standing next to him didn't say a word, and directly slapped a bag of white powder on Nian Nu's face, and Nian Nu fell to the ground as soon as he was dizzy······
PS: The smoke mentioned in this chapter is not fictional in martial arts novels, but it is true. "Smoke" is a drug made from mandala flowers, one of the strongest anesthetic effects in ancient times, which can block the human parasympathetic nervous system and can also be used as a depressant of the human central nervous system. Mandala, also known as wind eggplant, foreign golden eggplant, mountain eggplant, is produced in southwest provinces of China, with anesthetic and analgesic effects. Goldenrod preparations made of mandala are now used for surgical anesthesia. It is not known who invented the medicine of Menghan from mandala. However, there are many records about this medicine in ancient books.
Li Shizhen also introduced the drug, "Laughing and drinking makes people laugh, dancing and drinking makes people dance, let people play, I try it is a test."
Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty recorded in "The Records of Lianshui": "The strong man of Wuxi, Du Qi lured it out, drank mandala wine, got drunk, and killed it." ”
Wei Jun of the Ming Dynasty recorded the same record in the "Lingnan Trivia" and the Qing Dynasty Wu Qijun in the "Illustrated Examination of Plant Names": "Use the tomato as the end, throw it into the wine, drink it, that is, go to sleep, and the wine must be exhausted." ”