Chapter 524: A Powerful Lamaism
The Great Khan of the Grassland Coalition Army, seeing that the six protectors of Leiguang Temple were in a critical situation in front of the two armies, they quickly dispatched cavalry troops and launched a large-scale charge against the Broken Army, but unfortunately it was a little late at this time, and the red-clothed protectors of Leiguang Temple, Zhihong and Zhiyuan, had been captured by the generals sent by the Broken Army.
The yellow-clothed protector Zhitong and Zhien of Leiguang Temple were killed in front of the two armies respectively, and only the yellow-clothed protector Zhiqing and Zhiyun of Leiguang Temple were spared, but Zhiqing was seriously injured, and one arm was cut off by Liu Kan, a puppet bodyguard with peerless military strength, and even if he recovered from his injuries in the future, he was crippled.
When the cavalry of the various tribes in the grassland once again collided with the steel defense line composed of these two elite troops, yesterday's scene reappeared, and the cavalry of the various tribes in the grassland were suddenly knocked on their backs.
Then the grassland coalition army tried to attack the large array of the Broken Army from the left and right flanks, but the Broken Army arranged one infantry battle formation after another composed of a large number of Wei soldiers on both wings, and the cavalry troops of the Grassland Coalition Army were still blocked, and the cavalry units of the Broken Army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the cavalry units of the Grassland Coalition Army on both wings.
With the cooperation of the cavalry and infantry of the Broken Army, the cavalry troops of the Steppe Coalition Army finally had to retreat because of too great losses, and at this time it was already the afternoon of June 6, and the Several Great Khans who could call the shots of the Steppe Coalition Army saw that it was not long before the sun went down, and there was no good way to take the infantry battle formation of the Broken Capture Army for the time being, so several Great Khans summed it up and issued the order to retreat.
On the evening of June 6, in the felt bag of Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei tribe in the camp of the allied army in the grassland north of Qudeng City, Murong Ke said with a wry smile to the Great Khan of the other nomadic tribes of the coalition army: "Today, not only the two red-clothed protectors of the Lamaist Sect were captured by the Broken Army, but also two yellow-clothed Protectors of the Lamaist Sect were killed in battle, and the cavalry of our various ethnic groups still had no way to crack the infantry battle formation of the Broken Army. Maybe our steppe coalition will be the first to be the first to hold on! ”
The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Ti, said in a deep voice: "It is true that we can't fight so hard with the Broken Army, in just three days, our cavalry of all ethnic groups has lost almost 1.15 million people, such a loss rate, even if our various ethnic groups gather tens of millions of troops, they can't afford to consume." ”
The Khitan Great Khan Yelu Lie sighed and said: "If you don't fight hard, there is no other good way, you can't have millions of cavalry from all tribes, just here in Qudeng City and spend it with the Broken Army!" Even if our various clans have already lost 1.15 million people, and then remove the one million cavalry that attacked the hinterland of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, the army of our various clans gathered here in Qudeng City still has a strength of 6.5 million, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is very terrifying! ”
Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, shook his head and said: "It is not advisable to drain dry, according to the information obtained by our Xianbei Clan, the Broken Army has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Qudeng City, and dragging it will also bring down our coalition army." ”
The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Ti, hesitated for a moment and said: "The cavalry of our various tribes has attacked too fiercely in the past three days? Ben Khan thinks that before we find a way to break the infantry battle formation of the Broken Army, our coalition forces can appropriately weaken some of the attack strength, and we can adopt means such as night attacks! ”
Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, nodded and said: "Luan Ti is reasonable, before we find a way to break the infantry battle formation of the Broken Army, our coalition army should not attack too fiercely, otherwise the losses will be too great, and the night attack can also be tried, maybe it will achieve unexpected results!" ”
The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Timao, continued: "It is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, this Great Khan sees that tonight, send troops to launch a night attack on the Broken Army!" ”
The Great Khans of the other ethnic groups of the coalition army agreed to this proposal of the Great Khan of the Xiongnu tribes, and so in the middle of the night of June 6, more than 500,000 elite cavalry of all ethnic groups in the steppe suddenly launched a night attack on the camp of the Broken Capture Army under the city of Qudeng.
However, in order to guard against the hand of the Grassland Alliance, the Broken Army sent a large number of scouts even at night to monitor the movements of the Grassland Alliance, and the 500,000 elite cavalry of all ethnic groups of the Grassland Coalition Army had just left the camp, and the Broken Army got the news that when the 500,000 elite cavalry of the Grassland Coalition Army approached the camp of the Broken Army, outside the camp of the Broken Army, infantry battle formations had already been lined up one after another.
The 500,000 elite cavalry of all ethnic groups of the Grassland Coalition Army saw that the Broken Army had set up an infantry battle formation outside the camp, but they did not give up this night attack, and under the leadership of the generals of all ethnic groups, they still launched an attack on the infantry battle formation of the Broken Army.
Since June 7, although the Grassland Coalition Army still has a big battle with the Broken Army every day, and even a whole day, the troops put into battle by the Grassland Coalition Army are obviously not as good as the first three days, which makes the daily losses of the Grassland Coalition Army drop very significantly compared with the first three days, which also makes the Grassland Coalition Army and the Broken Army fall into a stalemate stage here in Qudeng City.
On the evening of June 8, in a large hall of the Xianbei Royal Court Leiguang Temple, thousands of miles away from Qudeng City, Huiyuan, the abbot of the Leiguang Temple, said to the sixteen elders of the "Hui" generation in the main hall with a solemn face: "The red-clothed protector Zhihong and Zhiyuan, who I sent to protect the Xianbei princess Murong Xue, were captured alive by the fierce generals of the Broken Army in the process of fighting with the Broken Army, and the yellow-clothed Protector Zhitong and Zhien took refuge in our Buddha in front of the two armies, and only the yellow-clothed Protector Zhiqing and Zhiyun are still in the coalition formed by the various tribes in the grassland. But one of Jiqing's arms is gone! Princess Xianbei Murong Xue, that is, my named disciple, has now also fallen into the hands of the Broken Army! ”
Now in the Leiguang Temple, the monks of the "Hui" generation are the highest, the entire Leiguang Temple has tens of thousands of monks, and there are about nearly 200 people in the "Hui" generation, but there are only 16 monks of the "Hui" generation who can become the elders of the Leiguang Temple, of which the youngest one is the elder of the "Hui" generation, and he is also fifty-nine years old, and the abbot Huiyuan is already sixty-seven this year.
Originally, when people who practice martial arts reach middle age, the quality of all aspects of the body will deteriorate with age, but in the Lei Tian Temple of the Xiongnu Royal Court, the Lei Guang Temple of the Xianbei Royal Court and the Lei Yin Temple of the Khitan Royal Court, there is a very magical set of internal strength exercises, and the monks who have practiced this set of internal strength exercises in the three temples, although the quality of all aspects of the body will also decline when they are older, but compared with ordinary martial arts practitioners, the decline rate is very slow.
For example, Huiyuan, the abbot of Leiguang Temple, who is 67 years old this year, still has the strength of the Lamaist red-clothed protector, and even among the sixteen elders of the "Hui" generation of Leiguang Temple, there are also seven who still have the strength of the Lamaist red-clothed protector.
Great Elder Huiming immediately said: "Abbot, the Xianbei clan has been worshiping our Lamaism for many years, and they have also taken good care of our Leiguang Temple. ”
The sixteen elders of the "Hui" generation of Leiguang Temple are ranked according to their age, the eldest elder Huiming is seventy-six years old this year, but he still has the strength of the Lama Sect in yellow clothes, and five years ago, the great elder Hui Ming has the strength of the Lama Sect in red clothes.
The second elder Huiren followed and said: "Abbot, what Senior Brother Huiming said makes sense, the capture of Princess Murong Xue of Xianbei, we can't ignore it in Leiguang Temple, no matter what Princess Xianbei Murong Xue says, she is also a registered disciple of our Leiguang Temple, not to mention that now Zhihong and Zhiyuan's two nephews were also captured by the Broken Army, Zhitong and Zhien were killed by the Broken Army, Zhiqing also lost an arm, and our Leiguang Temple must go to the Broken Army to ask for an explanation!" ”
Abbot Huiyuan nodded and said: "The two senior brothers are right, our Leiguang Temple can't just forget it, this time all the strong clans in the grassland have joined the coalition army, and our Lamaism has always been worshiped by all the tribes in the grassland, originally in my intention, our Lamaism should send some disciples to assist the coalition army of all tribes in the grassland to defeat the broken army, but Lei Tian Temple and Lei Yin Temple do not agree with our Lamaism to intervene in the crusade against the broken army of the grassland tribes, and I will extinguish that thought, but now the situation is different, Not only did the Breakers kill two of our Lamaist Protectors, but two of the Red-clothed Protectors also fell into the hands of the Breakers, so we must do something! ”
Great Elder Hui Ming frowned and asked, "Abbot, are you going to unite with Lei Tian Temple and Lei Yin Temple and send disciples to discuss the law from the Broken Army?" ”
Abbot Huiyuan shrugged his shoulders and said: "I will inform the actions of our Leiguang Temple to Leitian Temple and Leiyin Temple, as for whether they send people or not, it doesn't matter if they send people or not, this time I am ready to personally lead the team to the front line of the allied army of all tribes in the grassland and the Broken Army, and be sure to rescue Princess Xianbei Murong Xue and Zhihong and Zhiyuan!" ”
Second Elder Huiren then asked, "Abbot, how many people are you going to take with you?" ”
Abbot Huiyuan pondered for a moment and said: "According to the news sent back from the front line of the coalition army of various tribes in the grassland and the Broken Army, it can be seen that there are very many fierce generals in the Broken Army, so this time I am going to bring Huide, Huixing, Huiyong, and Huiheng, and six red-clothed protectors, ten yellow-clothed protectors, twenty first-level warrior monks, fifty second-level warrior monks, and one hundred third-level warrior monks!" ”
Huide, Huixing, Huiyong, and Huiheng are all elders with the strength of Lamaism's red-clothed protectors in the "Hui" generation, and they are also the last four elders.
Great Elder Hui Ming nodded and said: "Our Lamaism has been silent in the grassland for many years, and this time the abbot led the team to the front line of the allied forces of all ethnic groups in the grassland and the Broken Army, which just shows the strength of our Lamaism!" ”
Although there are many masters of the three major monasteries of Lamaism on the grassland, they have never intervened in the disputes of various ethnic groups in the grassland for many years, but they are dedicated to cultivating Buddhism and maintaining their otherworldly status on the grassland, but not all Lamaist monks agree with this policy of Lamaism, such as Huiyuan, the abbot of Leiguang Temple, and the great elder Huiming, hoping that Lamaism can be more involved in the affairs of all ethnic groups in the grassland, so that the power of Lamaism can expand more in the grassland.
The Third Elder Huidu then said: "Abbot, Lei Tian Temple and Lei Yin Temple are still enough to send people to the front line of the Grassland Clans Alliance Army and the Broken Army this time, why don't Abbots bring more disciples!" ”
Lamaism in the grassland of these three monasteries, the master is indeed very many, only the Leiguang Temple, there are eighteen red-clothed protectors and thirty-two yellow-clothed protectors, first-class monks, second-level monks and third-level monks combined, there are nearly 1,000 people, and the masters of Leitian Temple and Leiyin Temple are not weaker than Leiguang Temple in number.
In fact, according to the strength of the three major monasteries of Lamaism, each of them can compete with the four major schools of the Eastern countries, but the Eastern countries have always regarded the nomadic peoples of the steppe as barbarians, and the Lamaism in the steppe has also been implicated.
Of course, because of Lamaism's Taoguang cultivation for many years, few people in the outside world know the true strength of Lamaism, if Liu Ji knew that Lamaism is only one monastery, it has twenty-six peerless generals, excluding Zhihong and Zhiyuan who were captured by the broken army, Leiguang Temple still has twenty-four peerless generals, Liu Ji will not be so dismissive of Lamaism.
The red-clothed protector Zhihong and Zhiyuan of Leiguang Temple who were captured alive were forced to act as puppet pills by Liu Jiqiang on the night of June 6 and turned into two puppet bodyguards, for which the system also rewarded Liu Ji with eight groups of Tang Dynasty heavy armor Mo sword soldiers and eight groups of soldiers in the camp, and the number of puppet pills in Liu Ji's hands once again did not fall but rose, becoming thirty-four, and Zhihong and Zhiyuan were renamed Liu Hong and Liu Yuan.
Great Elder Hui Ming said in agreement: "What Senior Brother Huidu said makes sense, Abbot, let's take some more disciples to the front line of the alliance army of all tribes in the grassland and the army of the Broken Army!" After all, it is still necessary to rescue the Xianbei princess Murong Xue and the two nephews of Zhihong and Zhiyuan! ”
Abbot Huiyuan thought for a while and said: "To rescue the Xianbei princess Murong Xue, as well as Zhihong and Zhiyuan, maybe you have to enter the camp of the Broken Army, then bring more red-clothed protectors and yellow-clothed protectors, so as not to have enough manpower at that time, increase the number of red-clothed protectors to ten, and the number of yellow-clothed protectors to twenty!" ”