Different from the previous attacks on Balipu, Zhang Cunren broke through this time, with armored soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, more than 10,000 Qing troops in Shangrao City almost poured out, everyone worked hard, all of them competed for the first, and the offensive was extremely fierce.

Although the Qing army attacked fiercely, as long as the Ming army got out of the way, they would not pursue, but ran away in a hurry. The Pingjiang battalion quickly figured out the trick and gave full play to its combat effectiveness every time, completely ignoring the follow-up safety issues, and did not withdraw from the battle until it could no longer hold on.

This battle is a good fight!

In order to lure Zhang Cunren to attack, the Pingjiang battalion did not have too many troops on the front line of Balipu, and was obviously at a disadvantage compared with the Qing army that was dispatched, but this blocking battle was defeated, and the results were unprecedented, and a full 2,000 Qing troops were eliminated.

Zhang Cunren paid a heavy price, and finally broke through the Balipu defense line and fled towards Yongfeng County in the east, but just walked out less than ten miles when he encountered an ambush from the Pingjiang battalion. Although Wang Jincai is not a good general, but the basic tactical arrangement is still decent, the defense line of Balibao is very thin, fifty miles to the east is the Qing army stronghold in Yongfeng County, he has already deployed a second-line reserve here, a full 2,500 soldiers, blocking Zhang Cunren in the middle of the road.

Another pitched battle.

In the fierce battle, the pursuers sent by Wang Jincai arrived one after another, Zhang Cunren did not dare to fight, like a gecko threw off a tail and fled, fortunately Yongfeng County is not too far away, after a wild run of throwing off his armor, he finally fled into Yongfeng County, but his soldiers and horses were lost more than 30%, and the total strength was less than 6,000 people. There were only about 2,000 armoured soldiers left.

In the afternoon of the same day, when the troops of the Pingjiang battalion appeared in front of Shangrao City, the Manchu prefect Lu Jiejun opened the door and surrendered.

Pingjiang Camp raised his eyebrows. The losses suffered in Shangrao City at the beginning, and today this battle has all been made up.

Yongfeng County is a small place, Zhang Cunren did not dare to stay for a long time, and immediately after entering the city, he collected ships and fled to the upper reaches of Fengxi with the Qing army. Although the losses in this battle were heavy, fortunately, the most elite Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers have been following him, and there are two thousand more soldiers and horses from Yongfeng County. His heart was much more steady.

At the same time, Zhang Jiayu's Dongguan battalion was divided into two routes, one rushed to Shanxi Village in the upper reaches of Yongfeng County. One rushed to the direction of Cen Yangguan on the border of Fujian and Jiangxi.

Cooked duck wants to fly?

It's not that easy!

……

Luoyang, Henan.

Luoyang has had a series of strange things recently.

One night, shortly after the vernal equinox, the gates of thousands of homes in the city were painted with a lotus flower. Then it was discovered. The color of the water changes from time to time, and the water often turns an eerie dark red in the morning, which lasts for half an hour before it returns to normal, but it will happen again in less than two days.

There are also many strange Taoist priests in the city, especially in the vicinity of the Longmen Grottoes and the White Horse Temple, who gather together every day to open the altar, which makes the monks in the temple panic. There are also many fewer pilgrims entering the incense. The government sent someone to investigate, only to learn that there was a Buddha statue in the White Horse Temple that suddenly became the third prince of Nezha. A Buddha head was also lost in the Longmen Grottoes and became the head of Nezha.

There are more and more rumors in the city, in short, they are all related to Nezha, the market is full of all kinds of legends that are miraculous, it is said that the third prince of Nezha fell in love with this place in Luoyang, and showed his dreams to the believers, intending to go down to earth here...... This news spread more and more, and many pious people began to worship Nezha at home, and even a related sect organization appeared, the Lotus Society.

Li Jiyu was frightened.

During the turbulent years of Chongzhen, Li Jiyu was a local hegemon in Henan, and Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, had to give him three points of face, and Li Jiyu was forced to surrender after the Qing army entered the customs, and now serves as the chief soldier of Luoyang.

Li Jiyu was instructed by a "master" in his early years, he was a carp fairy, and he was convinced of this. But he himself knows that the so-called "carp fairy descends to earth" is just a gold paste on his face, to put it bluntly, it is the reincarnation of the carp essence, which is only a small role in the aquarium, and there are shrimp soldiers and crabs on it, and there are more than ten levels away from the boss of the aquarium East China Sea Dragon King.

Who is Nezha? Nezha is a character who directly wrestles with the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and when he was a little child, he peeled the skin and cramped the son of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and after becoming an immortal, he took the lotus flower as his body, with three heads and six arms, and his whole body was full of immortal magic weapons, such as the fire spear, the Qiankun circle, the hot wheel, and the Chaotian Aya...... Even if he was on an errand under the Jade Emperor, Nezha had to be regarded as a general in the top five, and he had fought with Sun Monkey for three hundred rounds, such a god who was specifically embarrassed by the water tribe wanted to go down to earth in Luoyang, it was simply a deliberate embarrassment for Li Jiyu and forced him, a carp spirit, to his death.

Li Jiyu does not believe in Buddhism, believes in Taoism, and is very religious, respectful and afraid of Nezha, heard that there is a lotus society in the city, not only did not exterminate it, but sent troops to protect it, and also threatened the prefect of Luoyang not to meddle in many things.

Joke! The third prince of Nezha is about to go down to earth, at this time, all the people of the Lotus Society will be arrested, what should the third prince of Nezha do if he can't eat the offering? Li Jiyu is convinced that he is a carp essence, and if he is hit by the hungry Nezha, he will turn into a plate of steaming braised carp......

After getting rid of the Luoyang prefect who was ready to meddle in things, Li Jiyu personally came to the Lotus Society to visit their leader, Wuchen Daoist.

The general soldier of Luoyang came to visit in person, and the eldest disciple of the dustless Taoist went out to greet him, his expression was calm and calm, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he politely invited Li Jiyu into the gate. Li Jiyu admired it even more in his heart, and secretly praised the Dustless Dao Leader for being a master, only his disciples had such a bearing, and he didn't know what the Dustless Dao Master was like......

As soon as he stepped into the second door, he smelled a strong smell of oil, Li Jiyu looked up, there was a huge oil pot in the middle of the courtyard, a pile of dry wood under the pot was burning vigorously, the blazing fire kept churning, and the hot oil in the pot rattled, emitting black smoke like boiling water.

A sloppy old man in quail clothes stood in front of the pot, his two hands were stirring back and forth in the hot oil, and his focused expression carried an indescribable solemnity, Li Jiyu met a group of people into the courtyard, but he didn't even raise his eyelids.

"Hiss......"

Li Jiyu gasped: "This, what is this?" ”

Before the business fell, I saw that the sloppy old man stared, spit out a word lightly in his mouth, and his hands had already fished out a bowl-sized lotus flower from the hot oil, and there were still drops of crystal oil beads hanging on the petals......

Li Jiyu was dumbfounded.

In the room, the sloppy old man and Li Jiyu sat as guests, and the lotus flower was placed on the table between them, the sloppy old man picked up the teapot and poured tea for Li Jiyu, Li Jiyu looked at the lotus flower for a while, and looked at the two hands of the old man for a while.

"I don't know if the old fairy has a long life this year?" I heard that these Dao masters are all crane-haired and childish, and they will even rejuvenate themselves, Li Jiyu has already asked just now, this sloppy old Taoist is the dustless Taoist, don't look at his appearance of less than sixty years old, maybe he has lived to be one hundred and sixty years old, or even two hundred and six, three hundred and six, six hundred and six......

"Poor Dao follows the third prince, goes back and forth to the Three Realms and Five Elements, moves the world, reverses the galaxy, a dream is a thousand years, a thousand years is a dream, how old should this Yang Shouyuan be, Poor Dao has long been countless." The dustless Taoist pushed the teacup forward, smiled at Li Jiyu and said, "This tea is extremely rare, please use it." ”

Respectful is better than obeying fate, Li Jiyu picked up the teacup and looked at it, the steaming tea soup turned out to be dark brown, exuding a strange aroma, Li Jiyu hesitated slightly, sent it to his mouth and drank it all, at first it was nothing, but soon he felt a warm Shutai feeling in his stomach, which slowly spread to the whole body.

"Appeal ......"

Li Jiyu exhaled lightly, put down the teacup and said, "Thank you to the old fairy for the tea, I came here today and have something to ask for......"

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, the Dustless Dao Master had already shook his head repeatedly.

"The donor's fate should have such a catastrophe, and the poor love can't help."

"What? I, can't I survive this catastrophe? Li Jiyu's expression changed greatly.

"Worship God and seek immortality, and it is difficult to be a god when you ask for fish on the wood." The Dustless Daoist looked at him, his eyes full of compassion.

"Old Immortal Mercy! Please save my life! Li Jiyu turned over and fell down, knocking and kowtowing.

"A few volumes of the sages who have nothing to do, do good deeds and accumulate virtue, don't deceive your heart." The Dustless Daoist sighed softly, stood up and turned around and entered the inner hall.

"The old fairy walks slowly!"

Li Jiyu didn't hesitate, stood up and chased in, but was stopped by the disciple of the Dustless Dao Master, he didn't dare to move, and shouted loudly inside: "Old immortal, if you don't come out, I won't leave today......"

After standing outside the door for four full hours, Li Jiyu finally moved the dustless Taoist.

That night, the Dustless Daoist and Li Jiyu had a long talk, and finally agreed to his request to help him survive the catastrophe.

In the next few days, accompanied by Li Jiyu, the dustless Taoist walked around every corner of Luoyang City, and went around several surrounding counties, carefully looked at all the feng shui yin and yang, and cast spells to make a lot of arrangements, although Li Jiyu was very familiar with Taoist spells, he couldn't understand the mysteries.

"May I ask the old immortal, why did the third prince of Nezha go down to earth in Luoyang?"

"The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they jump into the dragon gate. Master Li Shi, the third prince came to Luoyang, and most of them were still shocked by you. ”

What, I recruited Nezha?! Li Jiyu was shocked and frightened, and a little proud.

He came to be the chief soldier of Luoyang, just for the carp to jump over the dragon gate, he has done a lot of magic things these days, it seems that this matter is really likely to succeed, otherwise how could it alarm the third prince of Nezha...... It's time to turn into a dragon! Li Jiyu was very excited, but he was very scared when he thought that Nezha and the Dragon King were rivals.

"Don't worry, the third prince of Nezha is now a general of the heavenly court, and he will not kill innocents indiscriminately." The dust-free road chief is very considerate and very comforting. (To be continued......)