At the foot of the mountain in the Lingwai diplomatic circles, in the territory of Nanxiong Prefecture,

> also had a blue nose and swollen face, and his clothes still had obvious stains and footprints, Jin Qiude was wrapped in a large crowd of grizzled people, sitting on a rattling and bumpy wheelbarrow, slowly thinking about his future and the way out of the predicament.

Because of the sudden attack of the Great Cloud Sect.

Except for the more clever black man who escaped by pretending to be dead, several other followers were also unfortunately lost in the accidental conflict of chasing. The cart of dried salted fish, the little property in it, and the swords and soldiers naturally became the spoils of these Great Cloud Sectists.

But because of this, he was regarded as a salt lord, smuggler, etc., and an outlaw who had been fighting against Guangfu for a long time, and he was looked down upon among those Dayun cultists. Pretending to repeat a few sentences of "The Great Cloud Sutra" is a process. In fact, that's how most of them came here.

Despite this, he still made full use of this freshly baked "salt lord" identity, and through his years of experience in the hidden front, as well as his well-informed experience and incorruptible tongue, he created a certain unfathomable sign when he saw the needle, and quickly re-bewitched or coaxed a group of young and strong people.

Let them gather around him, asking for advice, but invisibly they have also become his cover and shield, and even provide some kind of meager and limited preferential treatment. There are special people who take turns pushing the cart for him, instead of having to work on his own feet.

In fact, for him, these so-called coerced people who have neither assertive opinions nor the ability to think actively, and are easy to rush to the doctor, are just lambs, pigs and dogs that can be used for a while. It's just that I can walk on both feet and make those vocal words.

The only value is to become a stepping stone for him to regroup and make a comeback to continue to climb upward, or to build momentum in the process of chasing power.

Although the ability and strength of these people are still so meager and powerless, but the so-called journey of thousands of miles begins with a single step, and the foundation of Baishi is not achieved overnight, and his original status and power are also accumulated from the daily operation and planning of the bottom, during which the corpses of those subordinates and opponents are covered.

"Don't slack off, always keep your feet up...... Do the basic decency to be maintained. ”

Jin Qiude encouraged himself so much.

These Dayun cultists who appeared in Shaozhou were actually from Fujian, and they plundered all the way to the west, and finally broke the empty Nan'an army in Jiangxi Province before they fled to Shaozhou, which is adjacent to Nanxiongzhou, and occupied a piece of territory in the densely forested Tianbao Mountain.

Fa Dali, who has been promoted to the Clearance Envoy, is one of the leaders, and it is from his plan to seize the wealth and population of Keloo Shaozhou.

It's just that for him, it's not something to be happy about.

Since the success of the Tingzhou uprising, he has exerted a lot of strength, but he has been gradually seized power by the few big protectors and air envoys who quickly parachuted down, and then together with some middle-level people with local backgrounds, he was squeezed out in disguise in the name of containing and disturbing the official army, and then had to stay away from the fundamental place in western Fujian.

As far as his heart is concerned, of course, he wants to return to the upper echelons of Fujian and enjoy the benefits of power and a comfortable daily life, instead of risking around aimlessly. But at the moment, this is obviously still a luxury and delusion, so he doesn't even pay much attention to the daily preaching and teaching, and throws the metal to a few half-bucket preacher teachers.

At this time, a subordinate suddenly reported to him that there seemed to be something unusual among the people who had passed, and there were signs that someone was gathering to agitate in the dark, which couldn't help but make him vigilant, and he also decided to rectify it

Jiannan Road, Beichuan Road,

Between the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain and Micang Mountain, Sanquan County on the bank of the Jialing River, and the head of Yang'an Pass. It is subordinate to one of the six towns of the Eighth Military Prefecture of Shuxi, under the banner of the Guangsheng Army.

Gongsun Sheng, who is nicknamed "Into the Cloud Dragon", also yawned heavily in the cold that the autumn breeze was cool and it was already very obvious.

Then he continued to inspect the incense table and altar he was arranging.

All around him were soldiers sitting in piles behind the battlements, looking a little languishing, listless, or dumbfounded.

It's just that the eyeballs are slowly turning with Gongsun Sheng's movements, and I don't know what I am thinking in my heart.

Since the fall of Xingyuanfu (Hanzhong), among the three routes of the Northern Expedition of the Great Liang, the most well-organized Western Route Army, the remaining six or seven incomplete military orders, have also fallen into a certain decline and sluggishness.

Although most of the Xishu and Jinghu Divisions, and even most of the Nanping Mansion are still there, in terms of spirit, they are no longer the original sharpness and enterprising, and they are depressed.

It is only by relying on the seven passes and nineteen towers in the land of Hanzhong, and the last few remaining natural victories and dangers, that they can temporarily block the frenzy of those western armies at the eastern foot of the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains.

After losing most of the stored war equipment, armor and baggage, although relying on the overthrow of the Western Road Shuai Division of Chengdu Prefecture, the decision to exhaust the people's strength in a short period of time was to collect the states of Li, Mian and Cheng Plains in the rear, and for the time being, it could still be enough for the front. However, there is not much spare strength and momentum to carry out active attacks and counteroffensive operations.

We can only hope that these western armies will be united against each other, and after the repeated pursuit battles of northern Sichuan, mountains (south), and east (provinces), mountains and rivers, they can no longer fight, and this kind of okay status quo will continue to be maintained until after this winter.

Compared with the middle and east roads near the water, the Northern Expedition on the west road has always been a partial division and a restraining force, and they are in the bottom and back position.

In addition, the distance from the rear base camp is the farthest, and the cost and loss of baggage transportation and soldier replenishment are also frighteningly high along the Han River and reverse flow into Shu.

Therefore, the Western Road and Northern Expedition were also launched from Shuzhong and the nearby Nanping and Qianzhong roads on the spot, and the vast majority of the living forces of the Jingnan Road Division were gathered, so that in the corner of the Western Front, Guanzhong, Hedong, and Shandong (South) Dongdao, a piece of heaven and earth was extraordinarily killed.

It was only because of the successive defeats and routs of the other two main forces that they had to control Yan Tieshan from the front line and lead them to retreat into the Dasan Pass again under the condition that they were unable to support themselves and suffered from the enemy on their backs.

Then there was the Western Army that took advantage of the fire and robbed, and finally it became the current situation.

Gongsun Sheng was a Taoist priest in his early years, and he also told fortunes, and even learned a little medical science.

Therefore, in his spare time in the army, he is also like a figure of all kinds of golden oil, and he can come in handy everywhere, plus he has seen a lot and can speak well, so he has some popularity and familiarity in the army.

Even after the great rout in Hanzhong, they did not forget to carry each other, such a minor adjutant ran out of the mountain road in the dark overnight.

It's just that as the remnants of the Guangsheng Army, their current situation is not very good.

The original eight battalion heads along the border military order. After the commander, deputy commander, and left and right commanders were all damaged or disappeared in battle, there was only one deputy commander of the infantry army with the rank of lieutenant general, restraining the remaining two or three thousand people who had not escaped from the light, and stationed in the Yang'an Pass on the second line.

(According to the different duties of the main office, the so-called capital supervisor has a number of sub-ranks, including the soldiers and horses, the horse and horse soldiers, the horse army, the infantry army, the infantry team, and the escort class, etc., to manage the stationing, training, armament, and errand service of the corresponding troops)

It is reported that the commanders in the rear have been working hard to promote the reorganization and integration of the various armies, and finally cut the wounded, disabled, and weak into two large armies with only full strength, so as to improve their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, as the most weak and lacking a sufficient level of commanders, in the middle and upper echelons of the Guangsheng Army, some of them have been annexed, and since then the sense of crisis of canceling the military order, many people have been under this banner, fathers, sons and brothers have inherited two or three generations.

is the so-called truth that it is better to be the head of a chicken than a cow, those ordinary soldiers may not matter, but a civilian like Gongsun Sheng is inevitably a little embarrassed and does not know how to deal with himself.

Therefore, the role and task of Gongsun Shengwei today is to do everything possible to boost morale,

After all, what he likes most on weekdays is to use the experience of fortune-telling in the past, to develop all kinds of godly chatter and far-fetched methods, and then get a certain sense of accomplishment and substantial limited benefits from the startled expressions of those ordinary soldiers.

At this time, he was no exception. Fiddling with a bunch of temples that I don't know from those temporarily, after digging out the mess of ritual instruments.

Gongsun Sheng pretended to look at the mountains far away, and then stroked his beard and said

"A self-contemplating celestial phenomenon ......"

"The celestial phenomena in the north do not see Jin Ge rushing into the sky, and you can see the outer reality and the inner void ......"

"It's the clouds in the southwest, I'm afraid it's a little hindering......"

At this time, I saw that in the direction he was pointing, the beacon smoke of the alarm suddenly rose. Then it was followed by the outer gate of the west of Sanyuan County, and the dull alarm bell sounded.

Subsequently, the various ministries will be listed in the tent to listen to the news and orders brought by the temporary Shangguan

"Heungju in the west has been taken by the western thieves and has fallen......"

"Wenju and Longju in the west are tightening ......"

"Shuai Si ordered the headquarters to move the town of Chaotianzhai in Lizhou in case of ......"

At this time, everyone couldn't help but focus on the crow's mouth of Gongsun Sheng, who had just been fulfilled.