Chapter 164: Canopy Cave

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The group climbed towards the top of this mountain, Sun Yueling thought to himself, these Yi people live in such a treacherous deep mountain and old forest, no wonder it is difficult for the Ming court to completely exterminate them, and can only take the way of appeasement and co-optation to deal with these people, so that they can become obedient people under their rule. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infos

Although the Ming court has repeatedly wanted to "change the land and return to the stream", the difficulty is too great, how can it succeed so easily without paying the price of blood, and besides, outside the northeast border today, the Jianyu Jurchen is eyeing the tiger, and most of the energy of the Ming court is focused on the outside of the pass, and how can there be kung fu to completely break off with these Yi people who are in the mountains and dense forests.

It is no wonder that extravagant Chongming dared to rebel against the Ming court, attack the imperial court states and counties, and establish himself as the king. If you win, it is naturally good, you can expand your troops and land to defeat, and you don't have to worry, as long as you hide in this mountain, you can't defend it, and the Ming court can't help him.

Going up the mountain road, getting higher and higher, looking around, you can see the valley surrounded by clouds and mist, green shade covering the sun, and the scenery is very pleasant. It's a pity that Sun Yueling is not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at the moment, although his expression is relaxed, but he is actually very worried in his heart, and he doesn't know if he will see through the enemy when he goes up the mountain this time.

From the moment he decided to come to this Tianpeng Cave, he began to do his homework to understand the strength and generals of the entire rebel army.

As far as he knows, this extravagant Chongming was originally the great Tusi of Yongning, the hereditary Yongning Xuanfu envoy, this person is scheming, cunning and cunning, in the first year of the Apocalypse, he actually took advantage of the imperial court to transfer troops to aid Liao, sent his son-in-law Fan Long and the general Zhang Tong to lead 20,000 troops to kill the governor Xu Keqiu and the general Huang Shoukui when performing martial arts in the school field, and captured and successively captured the two states of Xulu in one fell swoop, broke Neijiang and Ziyang, forced Chengdu, and besieged Chengdu City for 100 days.

Although Hao Chongming lost He Changning, Fan Long and Zhang Tong had also been killed, but in the process of attacking Chengdu, he had already captured a large amount of grain, grass and weapons, and also recruited many officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, and his strength was still not to be underestimated. Especially his son Hao Yin, the subordinate general Fan Hu and the dead Fan Long, who were known as the three hegemons of Xishu back then, all of them had high combat power and extraordinary bravery, and they were tiger generals under the account of Hao Chongming.

In addition, Zhou Bangtai, An Luan and others who defected from the Ming army were all brave warriors. However, what worried the Ming army the most was Wen Daonan, the former deputy envoy of the southern Sichuan army, who had been in the Ming army for a long time, knew the reality of the Ming army, and was meticulous and good at strategy. Extravagant Chongming Nai has this person, and he dared to repeatedly start guerrilla warfare with the Ming army in the southern Sichuan area, all because Wen Daonan gave him advice. At present, this person has been awarded the position of military advisor by Yu Chongming, and he is the chief think tank of Yu Chongming.

Therefore, when he went up the mountain this time, it can be said that it is dangerous, how can he not be frightened in his heart?

In a short time, they had reached the top of the mountain. Sun Yueling took a look, only to see that on the main peak of this bluestone cliff, it was an extremely vast flat land, on which countless halls, houses, and military tents were built, and rows of tall fences were erected in front of it, like a military fortress. At the end of the road in front of the road, there is a tall wooden building, and a plaque is hung in front of the building, on which are written "Tianpeng Cave" three big characters.

Sun Yueling was surprised, and said to Ma Hou: "Is this the Tianpeng Cave?" How is it not a cave? ”

Ma Hou said: "Tianpeng Cave is just a place name, and this mountain is Tianpeng Cave." ”

Sun Yueling let out an "oh" and followed those Yi soldiers to the wooden building. The leader of the Yi soldiers went in to report, and they had to wait outside. After a short time, a soldier came out to spread the word and let them enter the lobby of the wooden building.

Sun Yueling's heart beat wildly, he took a deep breath, tried his best to calm himself, and prepared to lift himself upstairs.

At a glance, he saw that Ma Hou seemed to be very nervous, even if it was shining from the mountain sun, his face was slightly pale, so he pretended to smile lightly: "Brother Ma Zirong, I heard that the leaders of the Yi people are the most enthusiastic and like to entertain guests from afar with spirits and beauties, it seems that you and I can get drunk today and enjoy the blessings of Qi people." It's just that if there is a beautiful woman in your arms, I don't know if you dare to laugh at it? ”

Ma Hou didn't know what he meant, and he laughed when he heard this, and the fear in his heart disappeared invisibly, and said: "Master Hu, as long as you dare, I will definitely accompany you to the end!" ”

After the two entered the lobby, Sun Yueling looked around, only to see that the wooden chairs on both sides of the hall were full of people, his left hand sat is a military general wearing a drape, and on the right hand side sat a civil minister wearing various civil official clothes, a high platform as high as half a zhang was erected in the hall, and a plaque was hung on the high platform, and the three Chinese characters of "Weihutang" were written on it.

On the high platform, a person sat on a tiger skin chair with a leopard head and tiger eyes, and a pair of big eyes were blazing, shooting straight towards the two of them. This man was about thirty years old, with a black bun around his head, but he was wearing a pair of waist-length armor and a broad black felt, which looked a little nondescript.

Could this be Yongning Xuanfu and extravagant Chongming? Sun Yueling secretly thought in his heart, it doesn't seem like it in terms of age, Luxury Chongming shouldn't be so young, this person is probably Luxury Chongming's son Luxury Yin.

As he expected, one of the Han generals on the left said loudly to them: "When you see the King of Shu, you still don't kneel down to worship!" ”

Sun Yueling and Ma Hou hurriedly leaned over to pay their respects, and said, "Hu Bo, the military advisor of the Southwest Church of the White Lotus Sect, has come to meet the King of Shu. "Luxury Chongming called himself the King of Great Liang, and his son Luxury Yin called himself the King of Shu, and Sun Yueling already knew about these circumstances.

Hao Yin's expression was serious, he stared at the two of them for a long time, and said to Sun Yueling: "You are Hu Bo, the military advisor of the White Lotus Sect?" ”

Sun Yueling was furious by him, and replied in Hu Bo's tone: "It's a contemptible person." ”

"Who's beside you?" Hao Yin asked again, actually speaking fluent Chinese.

Sun Yueling said: "This is my brother Ma Zirong in my sect. After a pause, he said, "This time, Xu Zhangjiao specially sent me and the other two to come, because there is something important for the King of Liang and the King of Shu to know. ”

"Oh?" Hao Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "You said that you were sent by the Xu Palm Sect, but there are tokens to prove it?" ”

This Sun Yueling had already been prepared, and hurriedly handed over the talisman seal seized from the White Lotus Sect, and said, "Please take a look at the King of Shu." After the soldier standing aside showed this sigil to Hao Yin, Hao Yin nodded and said, "Yes, this is indeed the sigil of the White Lotus Sect. He laughed and said to Sun Yueling, "What is Xu Zhangjiao sending you here for?" ”

"Wait!" At this moment, a civil official on the right stood up and said to Hao Yin, "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, the minister heard that the backbone of the White Lotus Sect in Central Sichuan has been wiped out by the Ming Court, and even Xu Chengming has been captured, how can he still send someone here, and I hope that the King of Shu will investigate clearly, and don't fall for Zhu Xieyuan's tricks." ”

Hearing this, Hao Yin frowned, and shouted at Sun Yueling: "Xu Chengming has already been captured by the Ming Court, how can he send someone here." said, who are you who dare to pretend to be the military master of the White Lotus Sect, is it a spy sent by Zhu Xieyuan's turtle grandson? ”

Sun Yueling was shocked when he heard this, the news that Xu Chengming was captured by the imperial court was very secretive, and he had not publicized it so quickly, how could it spread to the army of Xuan Chongming so quickly?

A trace of cold sweat couldn't help but oozed from his back, and his mind was spinning rapidly, judging from the tone of the civil official just now, they were not completely clear about this matter, maybe they just heard some news, and it was not completely confirmed.

Perhaps, if he bites Xu Chengming to death and is not caught, he may be able to get away with it.

At this time, he couldn't allow him to think too much, and hurriedly replied: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, what this lord said just now is indeed true, the time and place of the meeting of my White Lotus Sect was indeed discovered by the government spies, but we also killed this spy in time and quickly transferred the personnel and locations, and the government did not catch the head personnel of our sect at all, but just took some small leaders. After a pause, he continued, "Therefore, Xu Zhangjiao specially ordered me to come to discuss with the King of Great Liang and the King of Shu to discuss the matter of raising troops. ”

There are truths and falsehoods in his words, a combination of fiction and reality, and I don't know if I can hide it from Hao Yin and others.

When Hao Yin heard this, he hesitated, and couldn't help but look at the civil official who spoke just now.

The civil official narrowed his eyes and sneered at Sun Yueling: "It's nonsense, I clearly heard that Xu Chengming has been captured by Zhu Xieyuan, and he has long been escorted to Beijing to die." Suddenly, he shouted loudly, "Someone, take down these two spies for me, push them out and behead them." ”

As soon as his words fell, several Yi soldiers immediately stepped forward, preparing to take down Sun Yueling and Ma Hou.

When Sun Yueling heard him say this, he strengthened his thoughts in his heart, they didn't know the details of Xu Chengming's arrest at all, it was just some rumors and rumors from hearsay, otherwise, he wouldn't have said that Xu Chengming had been escorted to Beijing to be executed, Xu Chengming was clearly still locked in the cell of the Inspectorate, and he was not escorted to Beijing at all, this person was obviously testing him.

Sun Yueling remembered the various classic episodes in the Three Kingdoms, and couldn't help laughing, his demeanor was extremely high-spirited.

Sure enough, with a wave of his hand, the civil official stopped the soldiers who captured them, and said with compassion: "What are you laughing at? ”

Sun Yueling sneered: "I laugh at His Royal Highness the King of Shu for being short-minded, not distinguishing between good and bad, and having no scheming. is so short-sighted, how can he fight with the Ming army, he will fight every day, and he will definitely die at the hands of Zhu Xieyuan, it is better to surrender as soon as possible! ”

This bridge section has been used by countless strategists who have used enemy tactics in the Three Kingdoms, and it has always been unfavorable and unfavorable, but to Sun Yueling's great surprise, as soon as his words fell, Yu Yin jumped like thunder, his face turned red, and he shouted loudly: "How can this be reasonable, dare to insult this king, come to someone, push me down and beat me to death with a stick." ”

Sun Yueling heard this, cold sweat seeped out again, only felt cold under both armpits, I really didn't expect that extravagant Yin was a person who did not play cards according to the routine, he really fought a wild goose for a lifetime this time, but was pecked by the goose, it seems that the leaders of the Yi people are really not so easy to fool.

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