Chapter 44: The Battle of Soryuin (1)

Just when Yue Fei was lecturing on the dangers of warlocks in Qingfeng Ridge of Taihang Mountain, Senior Brother Zhou Yizheng led hundreds of heroes to climb towards Canglong Courtyard at the height of Huashan Mountain.

Mount Hua is bordered by the Yellow River in the north and the Qinling Mountains in the south. The terrain is difficult to climb. Since ancient times, Huashan has a road, and it is dangerous. In the Song Dynasty, Huashan added a mysterious atmosphere because of the existence of Chen Xuan's ancestor.

Chen Tuan ancestor, known as the sleeping fairy, also known as Mr. Baiyun, is a native of Luyi, Henan. It is said that he was a Taoist priest in the late Tang Dynasty, who lived for more than 100 years before dying, and studied under Lu Dongbin. It is even said that this person can sleep in his own Baiyun Cave for several months. In fact, he is just an extremely clever warlock.

But this person was extremely famous at the end of the Five Dynasties, and even the most talented Zhou Shizong Chai Rong wanted to invite him to join the court as an official, but he politely refused. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is the registered disciple of Chen Tuan Ancestor, after ascending the throne, he gave the entire Huashan to Chen Tuan Ancestor, and became a fairy land for him to cultivate immortals. The Baiyun Cave of Chen Tuan Ancestor is a place of attraction in the hearts of cultivators all over the world, because Chen Tuan Ancestor has been dead for nearly a hundred years, and there is still a strange fragrance at the entrance of Baiyun Cave.

It may be because of Chen Jun's ancestor helping Zhao Lisong, in the Northern Song Dynasty, every emperor admired Taoism very much. Those who can speak well are all rich and prosperous. But the dynasty in which the warlock covered the sky with one hand was definitely the reign of Zhao Ji of Huizong.

Song Huizong said that he was the reincarnation of Emperor Shenxiao, and ordered the Taoist Courtyard to crown himself as the "Emperor of Moral True Monarch", and engraved the Taoist immortal scriptures to the world. More importantly, he ordered to set the Dao level 26, the Taoist official 26, etc., and directly launched a fortune for the Taoist priests all over the world. Throughout the Huizong Dynasty, whether it was Lin Lingsu, Wang Laozhi, or Guo Jing, a real person in Puqing, they could call for wind and rain in the court and be proud of the ministers. When the Jin Kingdom invaded the south, the thousands of Taoist priests he canonized not only did not protect him, the true monarch of morality, but fell into the well and sold his father and son like pigs and sheep.

Before Song Huizong ascended the throne, he had an excellent relationship with a Taoist priest named Yuqingzi. Yu Qingzi is the head Taoist priest of Huashan Canglong Academy, and a first-class Taoist official canonized by the court. So over the years, Canglong Temple has become one of the most famous Taoist temples in the Great Song Dynasty from a small Taoist temple, and there are at least five or six hundred resident Taoist priests in the temple. What makes the world even more admired is that Yuqingzi, who founded the Taoist Academy, is still alive. In the hearts of many people, this hundred-year-old Taoist priest has already obtained the way of immortality and will never die.

Zhou Yi stood at the foot of Huashan Mountain, looking up at the Canglong Courtyard at a high place, the pavilion was in the clouds, and it was splendid. Zhou Yi smiled, "What a Canglong Courtyard!" Over the years, the money given by the imperial court to Yuqingzi has exceeded the money given to the Western Army, right? Dum Jun would never have imagined that Yu Qingzi, whom he respected as a guest, was actually a nine-tailed fox. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yi looked at a monk standing beside him, and arched his hand and said, "True treasure monk, the people of the nine-tailed fox practice martial arts more and kill hard. If there are five or six hundred martial arts monks in this Taoist temple, are we sure that more than 100 heroes can take it down? ”

The monk Zhenbao was in his forties, tall, with bright eyes, carrying an iron-cast Zen staff, and his whole body exuded a murderous aura, which was extremely incommensurate with the gray monk's robe he wore on his body. Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't seem to have confidence, he immediately laughed and said, "Brother Zhou, don't worry. Even though I'm not as good as your junior brother Yue, who uses soldiers like a god, I have absolutely no problem dealing with Yu Qingzi. I have more than 100 heroes, but they are all righteous men who are ready to raise troops to resist Jin. This time, when I defeated Canglong Academy, I raised troops and met with Wanyan Zonghan. If I can't even deal with a group of little Taoist priests who pretend to be ghosts, then I won't have the face to raise troops. ”

Zhou Yi Menglin looked at the more than 100 heroes behind him again, all of them were indeed elites, and between walking, they inadvertently became a queue. Monk Zhenbao is right, these heroes are indeed not a rabble. Zhou Yi took a breath, looked at the Canglong Courtyard in the depths of the white clouds, and said secretly in his heart, Guo Jing dog thief, Yuqingzi Lao'er, today I, Zhou Yi, will remove the biggest tumor for my Great Song Dynasty!

It turned out that in the past few months, Zhou Yi Menglin has been struggling to track Guo Jing's whereabouts. But since Guo Jing attacked and killed Jin Er in front of Fuxiguan in Chenzhou, he took a group of little Taoist priests to hide without a trace. Later, Zhou Yi met a familiar Zhenbao monk and talked about Guo Jing's evil deeds. The real treasure monk happened to meet Guo Jing at the foot of Huashan. Zhenbao directly told Zhou Yi that Guo Jing was friendly with Yu Qingzi. Since he appeared at the foot of Huashan Mountain, he must be hiding in Canglong Courtyard.

This true treasure monk, who was originally a monk of Wutai Mountain, practiced kung fu horizontally, and had a crazy wand method in one hand, and he had reached the point of pure fire. When the Jin army attacked Taiyuan, the monk Zhenbao had gathered hundreds of heroes to rush to help, but was defeated by Wanyan Yinshuke. However, he has become more and more courageous, and has been recruiting people for several months, preparing to fight against gold again. But the true treasure monk is more than brave and brave, and he has no skill to turn wealth. Without money and food, thousands of rebels could naturally only train hungry.

The real treasure monk Lang swam to Huashan, and he had the idea of robbing the rich and helping the poor. rob the wealth of Canglong Temple, and help the poverty of the righteous army of Wutai Mountain. He relied on the courage of his masters, and he touched the Canglong Courtyard at the peak of Huashan Mountain alone. In fact, he and Zhou Yi didn't tell the truth, he was not Guo Jing who he saw at the foot of Huashan Mountain, but Guo Dazhen who he saw in Canglong Courtyard.

Although the true treasure monk is like a fire. But after all, he is the big leader of the future rebel army, and of course he is not a brainless person. He saw that dozens of Taoist priests in Canglong Courtyard were agile and dexterous, and he knew that they were all martial arts practitioners. He didn't have a chance to capture Guo Jing in life. So he sneaked down the mountain again and notified Zhou Yi Menglin, who was looking for Guo Jing.

As soon as Zhou Yi heard that Guo Jing was hiding in Huashan, he and Meng Lin immediately invited more than a dozen heroes, and cooperated with the more than 100 elite volunteers brought by the Zhenbao monk to attack and kill Guo Jing.

In the second confrontation with Guo Jing, Zhou Yi saw that although Guo Jing was treacherous, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, just like Chen Gutong who was buried alive by himself. As long as you can capture this person alive, you can definitely ask where the nine-tailed fox's nest is from his mouth.

Climbing up along the steep mountain road, Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and scolded, "This dog thief messes with my Great Song Dynasty and fools the people with evil magic, which is really an unforgivable sin." Unexpectedly, he actually ran to Huashan Wonderland to make trouble, and he was also looking for death. As long as we go up the mountain, he won't have anywhere to run if he wants to. Monk Zhenbao, capture Guo Jing, I invite you to drink. ”

Just looking at the ruddy face of the real treasure monk, you know that he is an absolute wine and meat monk. As soon as he heard that Zhou Yi was going to invite himself to drink, he immediately became interested and said loudly, "Why should my brother be polite. Although my true treasure is in the empty door, he is not a vegetarian, he is not precepted, and he has a Zen staff in his hand, and he specializes in pretending to be a god and a ghost, and a traitor to the country and seeking glory. But after killing Guo Jing, you have to invite me to drink Xinghua Village. The first few times you invited me to drink, the bad taste is so bad that it might not be as good as my own brewing. ”

Meng Lin laughed, pointed at Zhou Yi and said, "Master Zhenbao, you're right. Senior Brother Zhou is good at everything, but he is too stingy in drinking. Every time I was invited for a drink, he always ordered the worst wine in the tavern. ”

The other heroes obviously knew about Zhou Yi's habit, and they couldn't help laughing. The True Treasure Monk suddenly gestured, "Silence!" Although we are still on the mountainside, don't let those thieves hear us. This Huashan is the only dangerous road up the mountain. If Guo Jing sends a few Taoist priests who know martial arts to guard the first line of heaven, we will be miserable. ”

Zhou Yi had already told these heroes about Guo Jing's awesomeness. Therefore, under the warning of the Zhenbao monk, all the heroes quieted down and just silently climbed to the top of Mount Hua.

It is said that the heroes of the rivers and lakes are all people who do not obey the rules, but Zhou Yi and the Zhenbao monks are the top heroes in the rivers and lakes, and their prestige is known. After all, those who go to the rivers and lakes rely on the skills in their hands. If you can't do it, you can only lower your voice and speak.

Of course, there are also reasons for Yue Fei in this. Most of these elite rebels had heard of the Protector's name. Yue Fei's rise like a star in Ying Tianfu has long attracted the attention of the heroes of the Central Plains. And Zhou Yi is Yue Fei's senior brother. In order to cooperate with his senior brother's pursuit and killing operations on the rivers and lakes, Yue Fei also revealed his tone from time to time, saying that Zhou Yi was the deputy regimental training envoy of the People's Protector Army. This made the heroes who had always only admired Zhou Yi's martial arts and righteousness have to look at Zhou Yi again.

Although Zhou Yi has been traveling around the Central Plains in the past few months, he has never severed contact with Ying Tianfu. Everywhere he went, he would contact a few reliable heroes, and then send letters to Ying Tianfu to introduce these heroes to Yue Fei. Zhou Yi thinks that the heroes of the rivers and lakes may not be as good as the elite soldiers of a hundred battles on the battlefield, but it should still be possible to spy on intelligence and be a spy or something.

Yue Fei also recognized Zhou Yi's way of developing spies. So Zhou Yi worked harder. Seeing that Yue Fei had taken control of Ying Tianfu in just a few months, Zhou Yi believed in his father's evaluation even more. "Pengju is a good general in the world. If Pengju is reused, my Great Song Dynasty is not afraid of foreign enemies. ”

But the only thing Zhou Yi disagreed with his father was that his father asked Yue Fei to serve Zhao Song. Such a mediocre official, no matter how good a good general is, he can only be killed and buried by them. Since Pengju is both wise and brave, why should he obey the orders of the Zhao Song officials.

Zhou Yi is very satisfied with Yue Fei's current actions. He will not rebel, but he will not be at the mercy of mediocre officials. Zhou Yi knew that he was of little use on a large-scale battlefield, but in such a small-scale attack and killing battle, he was the courage of an army.

When a group of heroes climbed to the first line of heaven, they deliberately rested for half an hour, drank water, ate dry food, and then climbed to the top of Huashan Mountain in one go. At this time, it was already late afternoon, and the dying sunset spat the last mouthful of blood on the blue bricks and blue tiles of Canglong Temple, indicating that the war was about to begin. Zhou Yi and the Zhenbao monk originally wanted to make a surprise attack, after all, with more than 100 people to deal with five or six hundred Taoist priests, although the other party was all a rabble, but they did not take advantage of themselves, it was really a hard fight, it must be a hard battle.

But the gatekeeper of Canglong Courtyard had excellent eyesight, and he saw Zhou Yi's gang from afar. Originally, I thought it was to come to the Taoist temple to make a wish, but after a closer look, I found that they were all strong men with weapons in their hands, and immediately closed the gate of Canglong Courtyard and rang the huge bronze bell.