Chapter Seventy-One: Protector of the Dharma
There are only 3,000 monks and soldiers in the Great Lei Yin Stage, which is not a large number, but all of them are elite. Strictly speaking, each of them is the hard work of the national teacher.
The internal exercises practiced by individuals, the medicines taken once every three days, the medicinal wine that is soaked in the body once a quarter, etc., are all arranged by the national teacher, but these are not important, what really matters: as long as the national teacher is in the Da Lei Yin Tai, no matter how busy the matter at hand is, he will take time to personally lead the monks and soldiers of the temple to do evening classes, and the thunder will not move. Explain the Dharma to them and talk to them about Zen...... Every lesson is carefully prepared, and in the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, the three thousand monks and soldiers have regarded the national teacher as a father, a saint, and a walking immortal Buddha.
In Song Yang's previous life, there was a special term for what the national teacher did: brainwashing. Even the 3,000 monks themselves did not notice that they thought they believed in the Buddha, but in fact they worshipped the swallow top.
The monks worship the Buddha and recite the scriptures, and their beliefs are incomparably firm, they can cut meat to feed the eagle and sacrifice their bodies to feed the tiger, but as long as the national teacher gives an order, they would rather give up reincarnation and fall into hell forever...... As long as the national teacher has an order.
Life and death are just an emptiness, and a random word or two in the mouth of the national teacher can become the full value of the skin and soul.
I don't know life and death, I am determined, I am strong in martial arts, I am well-trained, the elite of the elite, and the heavy weapon of the national teacher.
Three thousand monks, divided into Shura, Moro two courtyards, the former in the light and the latter in the dark, when the protector of the Hong Zhong shook the eye city, the two thousand monks of the Shura Temple rushed out of the big thunder sound platform, the upper body **, smeared all over the gold powder, the left hand holding the rosary, the right hand on the back of the long stick, under the leadership of the first straight to the north gate of the eye city!
Shura, there is a meaning of 'uprightness' in the scriptures, doing justice never hides the traces of deeds, their actions are like the wind and fire, the speed is extremely fast and more eye-catching, every Shura disciple is chanting mantras on the march, two thousand strong voices gathered together, majestic and brilliant.
The person in charge of leading the monks and soldiers in the Great Lei Yin Taizhong is the ninth disciple of the national teacher. Ah Jiu's martial arts are mediocre, and Buddhism is not worth mentioning, he has only one ability: he is good at military affairs.
Although the monks are elite, they are too far behind the number of Yan troops in the city, and it seems that it is common sense to seize the most important city gate with such fanfare, which is undoubtedly the way to die...... But Ah Jiu understands that in addition to their own strength, the 'monk soldiers' also have another ferocity: the hearts of the people, the hearts of the people in the city.
Rebels, rebels, the city is already in chaos, but it is not enough, there are still countless people hiding in their homes, how many devout believers among them? Ah Jiu wants to summon them out, and he can summon as many as he can.
Hong Zhong, the golden body, and the mantras that were proclaimed during the march were all made for the people of Jingcheng to see and hear, and it was a signal...... The Great Thunder Sound Terrace summons believers from all over the world to protect the Dharma!
In addition to Shura, all the ordinary monks who do not know martial arts in the temple also walked out of the temple in their robes, shuttling through the streets and alleys, and the formation of conches was full of the anger of the Buddha...... The Great Thunder Sound Terrace summons believers from all over the world to protect the Dharma!
And the other elite soldiers in the temple, long before the 'two thousand Shura', had quietly disappeared into the night under the leadership of Ah Jiu, and went straight to the direction of the palace to meet the national teacher.
…… Almost at the same time that Song Yang and the others heard the bell of the Great Thunder Sound Station ringing, the forbidden army at the front of the square was suddenly in chaos, and even the defense line that the previous surging people could not break through was broken through in a moment.
The elite soldiers who fell from the sky, the long knife in the right hand and the soft shield in the left hand, smeared with poison on the sharpness, acted quickly and advanced and retreated in a certain degree when sniping, each of them was skilled in martial arts. Black soft armor, black scarves and masked heads, almost embedded in the night, and their boots were specially made, running and jumping without leaving a sound--Moro Elite.
Mora, the murderous ghost of the scriptures.
If you want to defend the way and get rid of demons, you must first become a devil!
The Yan army stationed at the front line almost discovered the enemy's attack when they rushed in front of them and cut the poisonous blade into their bodies...... At this time, the national teacher Yao Yao waved his hand at Song Yang and motioned for them to come over.
Song Yang beckoned his companions to step forward together, and the second fool suddenly asked him, "Are we leaving?" ”
After Song Yang nodded, the second fool asked again: "Can you bring Liu Wu?" "The big bird was also brought to the front of the palace, but was locked in a cage from head to tail until now.
Song Yang shook his head: "I can't take it back to China, but I can send it out of the city......" said, and was about to comfort him a few more words, when the second fool said, "Oh": "I know." After speaking, he turned around and ran to the iron cage, released Liu Wu, stretched out his hand to hug the thick neck of the fierce bird, and looked reluctant...... At the same time that Song Yang and the others converged with the national teacher, Ah Jiu also led the elite soldiers to arrive. A thousand demon monks could not kill all the Yan troops present, but they were enough to control an area so that the enemy could not attack it.
Ah Jiu was a fat man, and he quickly ran to the shrine of the national teacher and knelt on the ground: "The disciple is late to protect the Dharma, and he prays for the teacher to confess." ”
The national teacher grunted a few times, walked down from the niche, reached out and patted Ah Jiu's shoulder: "You are fine." It's really good. ”
No matter how ordinary the praise is, it can even be seen as a kind word, but Ah Jiu shows sincere joy. But now is the tense moment, he also disregarded the re-expression of loyalty, got up on the ground, and began to talk about the form of the city in a hurried tone, and as soon as he said two words, the national teacher shook his head and interrupted: "You remember, things are in a hurry, people are not in a hurry, and you can only say it calmly." Are you thirsty or not, should you drink some water first? ”
Ah Jiu nodded first and then shook his head, took a deep breath, and when he spoke again, he was really much calmer, concise and to the point: "Jingcheng has been hoarding heavy troops, and now it is so chaotic that it is all because of the abruptness of the incident and being caught off guard. ”
"The real garrison of the Beijing Division is divided into two layers, inside and outside, and the real strength comes from the four large battalions of soldiers and horses stationed on the outskirts of the city, which are already on the way to rescue at the moment, and they can arrive in less than an hour at the earliest."
"As for the city, there are five heavily fortified places that will never change: the four gates and the palace. The imperial city has been operating since the founding of the country, the walls are thick and high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is no siege weapon in the hands of the chaotic people, and they do not want to enter the palace for ten days and a half months. ”
"The four gates are far away, and they were not attacked when the people revolted, and when the rebels thought of taking the gates, they were ready... In my opinion, if you can't beat it, it's useless to knock down one or two, you have to occupy all four gates to block the reinforcements. ”
"In addition, as a disciple, the other military horses in the city will not specifically suppress the rebellion, but will be divided into two parts, one will support and control the four gates, and the other will break into the palace as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will arrive soon. As for those rioters, let them mess around first. When the army on the outskirts of the city arrives, the unrest will be suppressed in an instant. ”
"There is only one hour left, the rebels can't enter the palace, and it's impossible to take down all the four gates.
Ah Jiu explained his views and thoughts in one breath, and Song Yang frowned and was discouraged when he heard it! The chaos in the city is like this, but it is just a temporary trouble for Jingtai, and Emperor Yan is still winning?
In fact, this is the case, if it was an ordinary city, it would have been hopeless a long time ago, but the heart of the Great Yan of the Eye City, how could it be destroyed by a riot after the painstaking management of many generations of princes and generals.
The large number of rebels is enough to create chaos, but when it comes to fighting, they are too far behind. As for the rebel army, it was indeed elite, but like the monks, there were few of them. Tan Guide has been sick for many years, and his strength is not as good as before, so it would be good to be able to mobilize a forbidden army in the future.
And what really made Song Yang wonder was that Ah Jiu said that it was completely the situation and comparison between the rebels and the Great Yan army, and he had neither counted the monks and soldiers in his hands, nor did he have the intention of contacting the rebels and joining forces with them to plot big things, as if Da Lei Yintai would not participate in the war, at most he would just escort the national teacher to escape.
Sure enough, Ah Jiu paused slightly, and finally said: "The Yanying road in the north direction is a little farther, and it may be a little slower than the reinforcements from the other three directions, I have already gone to attack the north gate with the Shura monks, and there will be my Buddha believers to help, plus our thousand Mora disciples, it is expected that the northern reinforcements will break through the gate and leave the eye city before the northern reinforcements arrive, and the chance is more than seventy percent." ”
The national teacher did not refute, and his ventriloquist was dull, but his tone was light: "You are in charge of all the military and family affairs, I will follow you, even if you go all the way to Abi Hell, you and I are still masters and apprentices." ”
Ah Jiu bit his lip and nodded vigorously, and when he was about to give the order, Song Yang suddenly spoke: "Wait." ”
The monk's face changed slightly, and Sen Leng turned his eyes to look at Song Yang.
Song Yang's 'mother' and Ah Jiu's 'master' smiled sullenly and played a round for the two juniors, and said to Ah Jiu: "Listen to what he says, it's okay." ”
As soon as the national teacher spoke, Ah Jiu's eyes quickly softened, and he smiled at Song Yang: "Donor, please speak." ”
"What if Jingtai is forced out of the palace? and the strength of you and me, as long as you set up an ambush beforehand...... Catch him, no matter how you fight, you will win this battle. "Song Yang still has a fire, no matter how hard Jingtai's turtle shell is, he will have to flee when the fire arrives, and there will be a great opportunity to capture and kill him.
After he finished speaking, not only Ah Jiu, but all the monks present showed a strange expression on their faces, expressions that were incomprehensible at all.
Ah Jiu glanced at Song Yang and turned his eyes to look at the national teacher, as if he wanted to ask the master's opinion, but the monks' previous expressions had fallen into Amber's eyes...... The national teacher laughed.
Laughing when you can't turn your brain around and don't know what to say is an eternal truth when you do bad things.
After the laughter, Amber said to Ah Jiu, "Come on." ”
I didn't ask, 'Look,' but 'Tell me.'" Amber ignores cause and effect and doesn't look at the stakes and interests, only asks his own surname, pretending to be a national teacher is of course for revenge, but it is also mixed with two other words: fun. Since it's fun, it's fun, and I'm immersed in it with all my heart, and I think carefully before I say it.
"Ten years ago, the Buddha auspicious said, the teacher presided over the ceremony to pray for the blessing of the Great Yan, and at that time made a vow, all the disciples of the Great Lei Yintai, shall not be the enemy of Emperor Yan Jingtai, shall not have a rebellious heart, and shall not hurt our emperor without any hair. After the ordination was established, the teacher passed on the decree: One day, if there is any intention to harm Jingtai in the decree and edict I preach, it means that I have gone mad and lost my mind, and all my disciples will be killed by me immediately. As he spoke, Ah Jiu put on a solemn expression: "Since then, every time the Buddha is auspicious, the teacher will ask us to repeat this precept and this oath...... The teacher strictly ordered, and the disciples never dared to forget. ”
After speaking, all the monks around the shrine joined together with amber.
Song Yang listened with a shocked expression. What is the relationship between the national teacher and Jingtai that will make him promulgate such a decree that leaves no room for the emperor.
Ah Jiu didn't want to delay any longer, so he couldn't help but urge the national teacher: "Please take the teacher, and the disciple will escort your family out of the city." ”
The national teacher stretched out his hand and pointed at Song Yang and the large group of people behind him: "They go with me." ”
Behind Song Yang, not only Luo Guan, Su Hang, Lord Hu, and Qishi, but also the Praetorian Guards and the entire Nanli envoys, as well as the Uighur procession, also went with them, and Ah Xia had already received Song Yang's hint that staying in front of the palace would be burned to carbon beauties...... The national teacher wanted to take the envoy away, naturally he had his plans, and the disciples did not doubt this, as Ah Jiu gave the order in a deep voice, the Moluo monk followed the order, escorted the national teacher, and drove out with the guards of the two countries.
The Yan soldiers in the square couldn't stop the Mo Luo monk's breakthrough before, and they couldn't stop them from leaving at this moment, so the 'national teacher' led the team and hurried towards the north gate of the eye city.
Nearly 2,000 people, not to mention that Mo Luo is strong, the guards of Nanli and Uighurs are also selected from the domestic elite soldiers, not to mention that there are also Luo Guan, Song Yang, and the disciples of the National Teacher's personal protector of the Dharma These masters pressed the formation, and the small group of Yan soldiers encountered on the way could not stop their rush, and the brigade of the forbidden army, as Ah Jiu estimated, went to the palace to assist in the defense of the four gates, and was no longer interspersed in the city. As for the rebels, they will not come to disturb the team of the national teacher.
The march was unusually smooth, but just a few miles after leaving the palace, a series of rumbling noises suddenly erupted from nowhere, and the sound was like thunder bursting through the night sky, and the entire eye city trembled under the terrible sound pressure. The sudden terrible movement swept away the noise of the city in a blink of an eye, whether it was the rebels or the Dayan forbidden army, they were all at a loss for a while, stopped their movements and looked at the sky blankly, not knowing what was going on.
Ah Jiu was also taken aback, waved his hand to pause the team's progress, and looked vigilantly around...... There were only Song Yang, dwarfs, and Nan Rong, whose faces suddenly showed ecstasy, they had been waiting for a long time, they had really waited for a long time, that fire!
In order to ensure that the fire could be ignited quickly, the thieves had already stocked a large amount of fire oil in the courtyard of the house that needed to be set on fire, and at the same time, the huge explosion sound was the precursor of the burning of the Yan Palace.
Before the loud noise fell, the flames had already rushed up enchantingly, like a greedy and hideous giant snake, trying to lick the stars and moon in the sky!
The dwarf's figure trembled with the earth, squinting his eyes to watch the fire from afar, and after a while, he grabbed Guiguzi's trouser legs: "Blind, how is the wind?" ”
Without his instructions, as early as when the huge earthquake protruded, the blind man asked the second fool to carry himself up, and spread his hands to feel it carefully...... Now the blind man is too tall for the dwarf to jump to barely grasp the leg of his trousers.
Soon the blind man jumped back to the ground, his face full of joy: "Properly, properly! ”
The dwarf laughed: "Then it's no problem." ”
Song Yang wanted to laugh and dance, and the deep joy that surged from the bottom of his heart was only one word when he came out...... Burn!
To burn and fight, he is watching!
Ah Jiu didn't pay attention to the abnormality of this guy's anti-thief, and saw that it was just a fire in the city, and that it was the work of the chaotic people, so he didn't think much about it, and ordered the team to continue to advance. At this time, the leader of Nanli's guards walked up to Song Yang, and his voice was very low: "Song Yang, you tell me the truth, can't we really go back to our three hundred brothers?" ”
Song Yang's heart sank slightly, and he replied truthfully: "There is a convenient way, but you can't bring too many people, General Xi and his brothers have to be broken into pieces, or there is hope to abscond back to Nanli......"
General Xi smiled.
They are elite soldiers, physically strong and brave in battle, but their skills are all in the war, they will not go high, invisible and lurking methods, the road home is thousands of miles, there is no equipment, no response, not even a map, only the Yan people are full of pursuit... can't go back, Song Yang just said it more implicitly.
After thinking for a while, General Xi asked again: "Three hundred brothers, except for opening the north gate...... In fact, breaking through the north gate, with the monks and rebels, as well as the cover of the great grandmaster, is basically enough, and we are no longer useful. ”
Song Yang didn't know what to say.
But soon, General Xi's eyes lit up again: "We three hundred people can't go back alive, and it's useless to stay." We will either die on the run or die in the rebellion in the city. So... That's what I thought, didn't you say to the monk just now that you can force the Emperor of Yan out of the palace, and if you set up an ambush in advance, you will have a chance to kill the faint monarch......"
As he spoke, General Xi reached out and pressed Song Yang's shoulder: "Brother Song, are you still going to do this?" ”
General Xi's eyes were bright and there was a smile in his eyes, but when he spoke, he was gritting his teeth: "Originally, we should have died in Hongcheng, and the source of the poison was Jingtai's... If you kill now, you will avenge yourself. ”
can't live, can you pull a cushion back before you die.
The corners of Song Yang's eyes jumped: "Okay!" ”
Suddenly, a light voice interjected: "It's good, it's good, but do you know where to go to ambush?" Nan Rong was beside Song Yang, and he didn't have any expression when he spoke.
Without waiting for Song Yang to speak again, she continued: "I know where to set up an ambush, but there is one condition, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, when you escape, take my family lord away." ”
Song Yang reacted quickly, and after a little pondering, he roughly understood: "Gu Zhaojun has already gone to set up an ambush?" ”
Everything about what happened tonight was carefully planned by the thieves, and with the minds of those foxes, how could they not have imagined that when Jingtai was burned out of the palace, it would be a great opportunity to snipe him.
Nan Rong smiled: "The possibility of success is very small... Li Mingji and the fat man both felt that it was not feasible, but the lord of my family felt that there were rebels, riots, and fires, and if they didn't stab Jingtai like this, it was like eating mutton shabu but not drinking the last bowl of broth, and they always felt that something was missing. If you want to go, come with me. ”
Song Yangha laughed: "Lao Gu knows how to eat!" ”
Song Yang whispered a few words to the national teacher, and the latter nodded and said in a low voice: "I will guard the north gate, if my son does not come back, my mother will not leave." "The voice, the words are like swallowing a knife, and the pain is severe.
The Uighurs did not go along, and if Jingtai died Yan, it would be in chaos, and the cheapest ones were the two old enemies of Tubo and Inurong, and Emperor Thorn Yan was actually injured by the Uighurs, and Song Yang understood this truth, so he simply did not mention this matter to Axia; Shi Xiaoxiao did not go along, he was entrusted by Song Yang to stay and try to protect the other companions.
Luo Guan accompanied him, but he said that he would not take the initiative to take action, and he accompanied him just to protect Song Yang's life.
Song Yang, Luo Guan, and the three hundred dead soldiers left the team, and under the leadership of Nan Rong, they rushed to the ambush place that the thieves had already chosen.
When the fire burns, Jingtai will definitely abandon the palace and flee, a great opportunity to assassinate, but is it really an 'opportunity'? Jingtai will not run out alone, the forbidden army in the palace, the master of the interior, and the personal guards, it will be an elite army that will escort him to escape...... But Song Yang didn't think about this at all, he just felt that September 8, this night was too interesting!
It would be nice if it was September 8 every day.
(To be continued)