Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Darkness of the Yin Mountain
The ancient temple of the White Horse outside the city is the place where the flow of people is extremely prosperous during the founding festival of Beiming in the Middle Yuan Dynasty, because most of the people in Beiming, whether civilians or wealthy businessmen, believe in Mahayana Buddhism, donate a lot of money, and the imperial court also occasionally comes forward to support the construction of monasteries and monks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
As for how to turn between the Buddha's mind and nature and commercial interests, those high-ranking monks have their own methods, and it is not something that people in my generation can think about.
If this Baoguang Temple is now, it is a large number of farmland estates, courtyards, Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist fields can be rented, and there are profits from going out to do things, and it is also a rich place that has been lending for many years.
Prince Suili hurriedly swept through the corridor, all the way, saw many famous paintings hanging on both sides, among which the "Demon Plum Immortal" and "Cloud Running Horse" two pictures, is a rare masterpiece, the layout is natural, the charm is ancient, the mind is handsome,
The pen is traceless, the ink is clear, and it changes between the simple and complex thick ink dots, and the colors are sublime, lifelike, and unforgettable, as if you are in an outdoor fairyland.
At this time, the area around the White Horse Temple is where many powerful people in Beiming avoid disasters and hide the barracks outside the firearms camp. Naturally, the eldest princess is here.
When I met the eldest princess, I saw that she was facing away from us, wearing a light blue Luo Qi dress with round sideburns.
Xu is a little tired, with a delicate Zhaojun set in his forehead, the bee waist is full, Tingting sitting, slender white fingers are tapping on the chessboard in front of me, I counted intently, about seven up and eight times, and then paused.
When he saw us coming, he refused to salute, and without saying anything, he sat us down and handed me two books.
When I looked closely, one of them was the number of firearms procured by the forces of the Great Prince and the Empress over the years.
The other is the specific data of relevant purchases by the state. After I carefully looked at each other, and continued to memorize and estimate, I was also very shocked, and said, "So, now the other party has so many firearms in his hand?" β
"Hey," the eldest princess stroked her head, a little haggard, "we only care about the other party's own purchase and stockpile, and miss the share they left for themselves while they were buying for the country."
Whenever the state had an errand for their men to buy, they would have bought a hundred firearms, and they would have bought a hundred and fifty, and then they would have turned those fifty into their own firearms, and the firepower of the peasant army they encountered yesterday was very strong.
There was a tie with the firearms battalion of the Praetorian Guard, and even the Suzaku Tower called the peasants who had been instigated to go up and burn and loot, but fortunately I had to take some precautions before I had to get out. Yesterday you asked you to take the envoys to the Phoenix Pavilion, but what kind of vision? β
"Back to the eldest princess," I got up and saluted, arching my hand, "As the eldest princess expected, Fu Jie did not follow, and he should burn the Phoenix Pavilion this time and assassinate the messenger, which has nothing to do with the power of the eldest prince." β
"Where's Xinyue?" The eldest princess looked at it with that clear eye, and I was a little gloomy, so I had to say, "Xinyue may also have someone who knows about this matter in advance, and is suspected of assassinating and spy, but who it is, the last general will not dare to say anything."
I don't know how the war is going now, the Lord is good, but there is a place where the last general can be effective, and he will never give up. "I thought that the eldest princess had called me this time, not just to let me look at the ledger, but that there should be something to send me, and it would be better for me to propose it myself.
"Hey," the eldest princess looked at the sky and said, "The Lord refuses to stay out of the matter, and has been leading all kinds of Praetorian Guards, carrying firearms battalions, fighting in the streets of the city,
However, we did not expect the enemy's covert maneuver against firearms, and the coordination of the troops inside and outside the firearms battalion still failed to completely channel the battle situation in favor of our side, also because the peasant army was quite good at fighting in the streets, and it was also flexible and flexible. β
"Blame myself," the eldest princess still looked at the sky, and said in a resolute voice, "In order to draw out the forces behind the eldest prince and the queen, I didn't do anything to stop them, and let them transfer Prince Jing and Prince Ning out of the capital at the same time.
I thought that since they knew that they had no hope of succeeding in the throne, they would definitely seize the opportunity that my Beiming was at war with Luo Wei to make a move, so they thought about luring the snake out of the hole and catching it all, but I didn't expect it... Hey......"
"The eldest princess doesn't have to blame herself," I looked at her face sincerely, and said slowly, "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, but there may still be a mistake, but there are already a thousand thoughts, even if there is a loss, it will not be defenseless." The eldest princess can have a good plan to drive away, and she will order the last general. β
"Okay," the eldest princess finally stood up and said, "Come back with you and go to General Qin Qiong to assist in rebuilding the escort dart team of the Water Division, this time it is not far away, I will order you to go to General Qin Qiong immediately, the general of the Water Division,
Come to reinforce, the specific reinforcement plan, please General Qin Qiong and General Fu to decide. This is the token, which connects the flower battle and the secret purpose of the seal. β
I hurriedly took it solemnly, "It's just that the princess explained Cao Qin's matter, so what?" β
The eldest princess raised her eyes and looked at me, sighed, and said, "There are priorities, in this case, you go to mobilize General Qin's men, and I will send another person to trap Cao Qin-as for the matter of persuasion, are you completely sure?" β
"I don't dare to say that the last general is complete, but I should be somewhat sure." I suddenly remembered Qin Yi and my map and potion, so I hurriedly took it out of my arms, handed it over, and said, "It is very easy to get lost when you go to the dense forest of Yin Mountain, and there is miasma, these two things may be useful." β
The eldest princess looked at my face, then at the things in my hand, smiled, and said, "I'll keep the map, don't you have to use the potion?" β
I thought about it, so I took the order, put away the potion, and asked Prince Li for the food of the war horse and firearms and arrows, and carried them on the horse, and drove the horse away.
Although she knew such an important matter, the eldest princess would definitely not send me alone to deliver the letter, but no matter how many messengers there were, it was a matter of great importance, so I didn't dare to delay for a moment, and only continued to integrate the lines in my mind, looking for the most hidden and fast way, and went to Jiagu City, where Qin Qiong was located, to ask for help.
The sound of golden drums, guns and arrows from the direction of Pengcheng did not stop for a moment, and occasionally merged into the occasional sound of rolling cannons.
Jiagu Castle is not far from Pengcheng, and it is smoother to go by water and land, because Jiagu Castle is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and you can take a boat from the Uji Canal to the Yangtze River, but it will take three or four days of effort, and it will not work in the current situation.
By land only. It's just that I chose a path that no one has taken.
The surrounding area is full of heavy mountains and dense forests, and the terrain is complicated, and I just know that as long as I walk this road, it will be Jiagu City.
However, the miasma and legends of this heavy foggy forest have never stopped
-- Because here, there are the mausoleums of the five generations of the Shin-Echizen Dynasty, and the legends of tomb robbery are also innumerable.
The top of the mountain is almost made of pure stones, there are no trees, the rain is scorching, the heat and humidity are steamed, and the phlegm and saliva of poisonous snakes and poisonous substances are sprinkled in the meantime, so that the water of the river is either green, red, or filthy, which is the cause of miasma.
On the mountainous ground, the forest trees spread endlessly.
When night fell, the eerie chill was somewhat tormenting my sense of direction and willpower as a lone wanderer.
The surrounding kapok trees swept past my robe and my side, and kept spinning, and in a short time my clothes were already covered with mud and sap from falling from the trees, and my knees and elbows were torn apart.
As I galloped my horse, I looked at the Big Dipper in the sky, calculating the directions and angles, and in the middle of the night, the relative position of the stars and the moon was the only thing that could be recognized, and the dense forest was full of mud and mossy green rocks, and all the space was almost filled with plants.
I had to take out my full moon scimitar again and again to cut the road, and the silence of the forest was oozing with the coldness of death, and only the horses' hooves snorted in the rotting leaves and mud puddles, and the three of them could cling to the large trees the size of bowls, or twisting, or tendrils, or hooking and sucking trees.
When he went further in, he did not know the sky at all, and he did not see the stars. My heart was terrible, but my body still drove the horse forward.
Finally, on a big tree full of old orchid stems, the horse under him crashed into it like a magic barrier, and in an instant all four hooves went up, and fell to the ground with a long roar.
Suddenly, there was a light in front of my eyes, and the heart in my chest almost jumped out of my throat, and I saw a shadowy soldier in a red battle robe and a sailor armor not far away.
And among them, under the banner of Beiming's "Loyal and Unswerving" Sailor, the man wearing a golden battle armor with a red robe hanging horizontally, and a fierce wind, is not Qin Qiong? I couldn't tell whether this was an illusion or a reality, so I only used all my strength to shout over there, "General Qin, I'm Fu Yannianβ"
Then, it was caught off guard in darkness.
"You're in a miasma, it's okay," a figure swayed in front of my eyes, and when I was sure it was Qin Qiong, my whole body was like a spring, I quickly jumped up from the bed, grabbed Qin Qiong's arms, and said, "Something happened to Pengcheng,"
As he spoke, he took out the personal seal letter, token, and contact flower battle, and handed it to Qin Qiong.
"The eldest princess ordered the general to return to Pengcheng as soon as possible to reinforce the lord." I said.
Qin Qiong finished reading the secret decree, but he was full of doubts and said, this, but, this is the will I just received yesterday, I saw Qin Qiong take out the holy decree, but the content is to supervise the military rations for the coming year, and order him to hand over the matter of the adaptation of the sailor at hand and go to assist in supervising the military rations.
I carefully checked the jade seal on the decree and confirmed that it was correct. He was even more shocked in his heart, so he told Qin Qiong about the attack on the Phoenix Pavilion encountered in Pengcheng in the past two days, the burning of the Vermilion Bird Tower, and the street battles in the city. Qin Qiong bent his arms in front of his chest, paused for a quarter of an hour, and said, "Can you confirm the authenticity of this secret decree?" β
I nodded, "It shouldn't be a problem." Now you should go to the rescue. β
Qin Qiong thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go and reorganize, but we can't use the sailor warship, nor can we use the secret decree to transfer troops, so as not to startle the snake.
Since the clear purpose is contrary to the secret purpose, it means that there are assassins and spies in the army, and there should be secret posts of the chaotic army along the way, which is a last resort. β
"What the general said is very true, so how should we act?" I raised my eyes to look at Qin Qiong.
"Since it is to go to reinforce the city for street fighting, it is important to reinforce the soldiers and weapons, and the weapons can be transported on the merchant ship in advance.
As for the soldiers, they had to send an order saying that they were going to escort the escort to deal with Luo Wei, and then they would go to the city and then announce the secret decree. Qin Qiong hesitated slightly, then replied.
His expression was as resolute as frost, and he immediately extinguished the flame of irritability in my heart.
"General Qin wants to follow Wu's Ameng to cross the river in white clothes?" I looked at him.
The moonlight reflected the battle armor on Qin Qiong's body with a tragic and rising cold glow, which reminded me of the first time I saw Qin Qiong, when he rode a Dawan Thousand Miles of Fire Cloud Horse, drove a twenty-stone iron-tire fire crossbow, and hid three meteor hammers.
"Hmm. In this case, I have to arrange for the preparation of the ship's belongings first. Rest a little longer, and I'll go together in two hours. Qin Qiong said, threw me a set of purple robes and bright light armor with one hand, and quickly left the camp tent, hiding in the vast darkness.
The dark night was as bleak as frost, and it was already three o'clock in the night, and when the whole army was assembled, they were ready to board the ship.
When I got aboard, I was surprised to find that not far in front of the merchant ship where the soldiers were hidden, there were five or six sentry ships sailing not far ahead.
When he got on the boat, a general next to him who seemed to be a little familiar, with a slightly detailed and clear figure, came over to Qin Qiong and said, "General Qin, everything is arranged." According to our sentry, at the mouth of the Ji River in Jiagu City, there was a peasant army to build a trench to intercept it.
At that time, Chai Shaoyang, the son of Chai Kang, the general of Liangshan, guarded it, with deep ditches and high bases, full of antlers, very strict, but I don't know how many ambush soldiers there were, so a dry warship was already full of ammonium nitrate, oil, firewood and grass and other incendiary materials, which were used to lure the enemy in front. β
"Okay, there's General Lawsheng." Qin Qiong waved his hand and said, "Order, all of you will be on guard day and night." β
I thought about it carefully, and remembered that this General Sheng seemed to be Prince Ning's sentinel Sheng Zheng, because he made meritorious service last time and was named a general, seeing that there was an old man in his eyebrows, I also felt a little more cordial.
When the fourth watch was reached, when the warship in front was faintly approaching the sentry post of Chai Shaoyang's duntai, he saw Qin Qiong dispatching troops here: "Cycle Ji, Kong Fengxian, Wang Qinyi!" β
The three of them came out of the queue.
"The three of you each led a group of elite soldiers, all of them were covered with night clothes and wrapped in horseshoe cloths, and went straight to the beacon tower from here, sneaking all the way in the form of scouts, and arrived at the beacon tower, tying down a cadre of officers and soldiers, secretly thirsty for killing, and never leaking the news."
With that, hand out the token. The three of them took the token and led the others forward.
"The rest of the people, wait for the battle to advance, once the warship in front of the warship will lure Chai Shaoyang and his troops into the battle, immediately, throw firebombs to meet the vanguard soldiers of the enemy in the warship."
"Yes." The generals answered.
After a short time, the front lured the enemy, a fire broke out, and the burning Ji River was red, and the generals of the merchant ships immediately responded to cover up and kill, and joined forces with the men and horses on land, and all the things of the golden drum signal beacon fire had been collected.
Looking at the rear ship deck, Chai Shaoyang saw the ambush soldiers, because he knew that it was not good, he greeted each other with a wheel and knife, and the cycle and, Wang Qin remembered to kill in one place, and the battle was more than 50 times, regardless of victory or defeat.
Qin Qiong saw that Chai Shaoyang was brave and fearful of delaying time, so he asked Sheng Zheng to go to reinforcements, Sheng Zheng led the order to lead the bow to shoot, the arrow was not missing, the deeper the fire, the peasant army was cut into multiple sections by the firelight,
Chai Shaoyang saw this situation, fought straight into the sky, suddenly covered his face and sighed, waved his knife and pretended to commit suicide and jumped into the water, and the generals released arrows again, so that the sailors bravely went down to fish up his body with a sword.
Qin Qiong cherished his bravery and ordered his subordinates to be buried thickly, and left Kong Fengxian and Wang Qinyi to guard the beacon tower and set up a secret outpost, while the rest of the people continued to take a merchant ship to Pengcheng as soon as possible.