Just when the monk Zhiqi and the initiating master and apprentice of Tiantai Temple in Tiantai Mountain sent the drifting bottle picked up by the Fuchun River to Yang Su in Huiji City, Li Che, who was first ordered to find the whereabouts of Shi Wansui's subordinates at the junction of Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, also unexpectedly got the news that Shi Wansui led his troops to fight a tragic jungle battle in the deep mountains and jungles of southern Zhejiang and northern Fujian after he led his troops from Huzhou to the south.

The cause of this incident also began when Li Che's subordinates encountered a small group of barbarian soldiers in the mountains and mountains in the process of searching for the whereabouts of Shi Wansui's subordinates.

At that time, a group of Sui troops under Li Che's command was searching for the whereabouts of Shi Wansui's troops in the deep mountains and dense forests of eastern Jiangxi, when they were suddenly attacked by a group of barbarians in leather armor, and two sergeants were shot dead in a cold manner. This angered the governor of the Sui army who led the team, and immediately ordered the sergeants under his command to launch a counterattack against this small group of barbarians, defeated the barbarians, and captured the small leader of this group of barbarians alive.

When the Governor of the Sui Army asked why the little leader of the barbarian soldiers wanted to attack the Sui army, the answer of the little leader of the barbarian soldiers attracted the special attention of the Governor of the Sui Army.

"Our Lady has commanded that all armies dressed in such armor are demons, our greatest enemies, and we must kill them all, leaving not a single one alive." The little leader of the barbarian soldiers pointed to the armor worn by the soldiers of the Sui army, and replied to the Sui army with his head held high.

"So, you've encountered the same army as us before." The governor of the Sui army deliberately lured the small leader of the barbarian soldiers to reveal more information.

The little leader of the barbarian soldiers was indeed fooled, and boasted proudly: "That is natural, not long ago, the Holy Mother led me and others in the jungle not far from here, together with the army commanded by the Great Bodhisattva, to annihilate thousands of demons. I advise you to release me quickly, or you will all die when the Holy Mother and the Great Bodhisattva arrive! ”

The governor of the Sui army listened to the words of this little leader of the barbarians, and it seemed that he had indeed seen the Sui army led by Shi Wansui to the south to quell the rebellion, so he immediately escorted him to Li Che and handed him over for personal interrogation.

As a result, Li Che interrogated from the mouth of this small leader of the barbarian soldiers that nearly a month ago, Shi Wansui's troops went south to quell the rebellion, and the Sui army was attacked by two enemy troops in the front and rear between the jungle at the junction of the three provinces, and there had been a fierce battle between the enemy and our army.

According to the confession of the little leader of the barbarian army, a month ago, their Holy Mother received a letter from the Great Bodhisattva, asking them to jointly intercept and annihilate the demon army all the way south from Huzhou.

After receiving the letter from the Great Bodhisattva, Our Lady immediately led 10,000 barbarian troops to ambush the mountains and forests leading to Zhejiang, and carried out a sneak attack on the demon army that arrived as scheduled.

Soon after the demon army clashed with the barbarian army led by Our Lady, the Great Bodhisattva led thousands of elite soldiers to chase after him from the rear and launched a two-way attack on the demon army.

However, from the confession of this little leader of the barbarian army, Li Che could clearly hear that he was still jealous of the 8,000 elite soldiers led by Shi Wansui, although he still boasted that thousands of soldiers of the demon army had died under their swords and arrows, but he did not mention a word that the Holy Mother and the Great Bodhisattva would meet together and completely annihilate the demon army.

Li Che repeatedly asked the little leader of the barbarian soldiers who the Holy Mother and the Great Bodhisattva he were talking about, but the little leader of the barbarian soldiers did not know whether his knowledge was really limited, or for some other reason, and he could not answer the question from beginning to end.

In the end, when Li Che ordered him to take him to the Virgin Mary in exchange for letting him live, the little leader of the barbarian soldiers hesitated to agree, but proposed to Li Che that he should only be allowed to go with him to visit the Blessed Virgin, otherwise he would not be willing to act as a guide and betray the Virgin.

Li Che learned from the confession of this little leader of the barbarian soldiers that the Holy Mother and the Great Bodhisattva were not from the same group, and it was very likely that they were the leaders of the barbarian tribe who did not know the truth, and they were encouraged by the rebels to oppose the Sui army, so he wrote a letter to Yang Su to explain the situation, and on the other hand, he decided to follow the little leader of the barbarian soldiers alone to meet their so-called Holy Mother, explain the situation, eliminate misunderstandings, and find out the whereabouts of Shi Wansui's department as soon as possible.

Li Che ignored the strong opposition of his soldiers, and followed the little leader of the barbarian soldiers alone to a barbarian cottage a hundred miles away, and met Mrs. Xian, who was worshiped as the Holy Mother by the barbarians.

Mrs. Xian was quite surprised that Li Che, a high-ranking general of the Sui army, dared to come to see her alone, and after asking Li Che for his intentions, he sneered: "The old body has always only respected the lord of Jiankang Chen as the lord, and I don't know when the Chen Dynasty was destroyed by the Sui Dynasty in Jiangbei. Although Lord Chen wrote a letter to persuade the old man to lead the tribe to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, but later the Great Bodhisattva came to report that this was a deception by the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty, but in fact, it was to unify the army to the south and destroy the tribes of our Lingbiao, so he agreed to join forces with him to attack the Sui army from the south. If the general is sincere enough to turn the war with the clans of our Lingbiao into jade silk, and the army is repaired, he still needs to promise the old body two things. ”

"The Governor has come to visit Our Lady alone, because he believes that His Lady is deceived by a traitor, and to dispel the misunderstanding between Our Lady and the court." Li Che clenched his fists and responded, "But I ask Our Lady to truthfully tell me the whereabouts and news of one of the passers-by who went south to quell the rebellion not long ago, and now I can do two things, even three or five." ”

"Oh well. The old body once got a letter from the Great Bodhisattva, saying that the old body's granddaughter Xian Hua'er was imprisoned in Chang'an Prison by the Sui Dynasty emperor as a fine work of the Chen Dynasty ten years ago, and if the Sui Dynasty emperor was willing to release Xian Hua'er, the old body believed that the Sui Dynasty did not have the heart to destroy the tribes of our Lingbiao. That's the first thing. The second thing, if you want the old man to lead the clans of Lingbiao to change to the lord of Sui as the king, you must go to the cottage from the lord of Chen and announce it to the old man and the leaders of the clans. As for the whereabouts of the people and horses you asked, the old body can only tell you that the remnants of it have been chased by the army led by the Great Bodhisattva from behind and fled into the Dazhang Mountain in northern Fujian, and it is difficult to say whether they can come out of the Dazhang Mountain alive. ”

When Li Che heard that Shi Wansui's troops were not completely annihilated between the deep mountains and jungles by the enemy troops in the front and rear, he couldn't help but be secretly happy, so he bowed to Madame Xian with a fist and thanked him: "I only led 8,000 men and horses under the command of the Taiping Duke, and I was able to get out of the attack on the front and back roads. The Governor will convey to the Holy Lady as soon as possible the two matters entrusted to him by the Blessed Virgin, and I am sure that he will soon give His Lady a satisfactory answer. ”

A smile bloomed on Mrs. Xian's face, and she said to Li Che: "The general can understand the old body's hard work, and the old body is very pleased. However, the old body just mentioned two things, but if one thing can't be done, the old body can't change the Sui lord as the king, the general should remember. ”