Chapter Forty-Six: The Yellow Sand Tribulation
Anything can only be seen from the outside, and unless you go deep into it, it is difficult to see its true core.
Gu Xuan thought so now, before he came into contact with Hong Xiu, the so-called high priest of the Yellow Heaven Sect, he would never have imagined that this Yellow Heaven Sect was such a terrifying behemoth, and the scope of its activities was no longer just sandwiched between the two countries, the three counties of Lingnan that were in a dilemma, but covered almost the entire Wei Kingdom, and even spread all the way east to the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and the number of disciples was an organization of millions.
The reason why the Yellow Heaven Sect spread so quickly was not only because the Wei and Jin countries were caught in the quagmire of war with the Liang State, the dragons were leaderless, and the people in the territory were panicked and urgently needed something to rely on and shelter themselves, but also because the Yellow Heaven Sect was a sect with a very distinct class but a very united interior.
Even if the other party is the government, they dare to go up to the sit-in demonstration, and even confront the officials, the disciples help and support each other, coupled with the inducement and brainwashing of the canon itself, it quickly developed into the current scale, a terrible organization that makes the government helpless, and makes people as proud as Duanmu Shuofeng have to temporarily compromise.
"Well, ahem, ahem. Gu Xuan clenched his right hand into a fist and put it to his mouth, pretending to cough twice, ready to try to call each other according to the rules of their sect, "Father God is above, Ben, well, my dear brother。。。。。。 ”
But before the words fell, Hong Xiu, who had been willing to kneel on the ground, quickly stood up, and then stopped him with a panicked face: "Oh! How can you call us 'brothers'! You are the Son of God the Father, Allah on earth, the Holy Son who saves us, we, we are just your insignificant servants, it is our honor to do things for you, you just call me Hong Xiu." ”
Seeing this, Gu Xuan frowned slightly, in fact, he was quite embarrassed, although he was also from the royal family, he was considered the top group of nobles in the world, and even if Yongle Palace was poor and down, there were many palace maids and eunuchs who could decorate the façade, but he had never seen someone as fanatical as him, and even proud of serving himself!
Thinking of this, Gu Xuan subconsciously touched his nose, then quickly changed the topic and asked, "Okay, Hong Xiu, let me ask you, can you get in touch with the sect members in the city?"
Speaking of this, Hong Xiu suddenly lost his temper, he sighed heavily, and said with some resentment: "Alas, my beloved Allah, mainly because the Holy Envoy was locked up in the city by them a few months ago, otherwise he could have come to visit you, and with his help, things would not have been so difficult!"
After saying that, he immediately patted his chest and assured Gu Xuan: "But because of this, we began to prepare for the rescue of the Holy Envoy a few months ago, but because, hey, because Allah is coming, those demons in the city are afraid, so the city gate is closed, and this is delayed, but you don't have to worry, just these two days, I promise to be able to contact the brothers and sisters in the city!"
Hearing this, Gu Xuan suddenly stood up from the chair, and then walked to his side step by step, and in the other party's expectant eyes, he gently stroked the other party's forehead with one hand, and said earnestly: " If this is the fate given to me by the Father, I will not refuse, but on this road, there is no need for your help, this matter must be solved as soon as possible, we still need to let more people bathe in the glory of the Father, we must not delay too much time here, I believe in you, Hong Xiu, I believe in your ability, far more than that!"
Hong Xiu's whole body was trembling slightly, his face flashed with excitement, tears welled up in his eyes, he took Gu Xuan's hand, and nodded his head incessantly: "Yes, merciful holy son, Allah of fate, I, I will definitely work hard! Please rest assured!"
Gu Xuan pursed his lips, tried to pull his hand out of his arms, and then patted him on the shoulder again, and encouraged: "Okay, okay, you go and do things first, Father is above, he will definitely bless you!"
"Hmm!"
Hong Xiu also agreed heavily, picked up the scepter from the ground, and ran out with a look of excitement on his face.
Gu Xuan stood in place for a long time, sighed heavily, and then sat back down, secretly dealing with this kind of person, it seems to be very relaxed, even interesting, but he knows all the inside story, but he has a strange sense of tiredness, but he needs this help, not only to break the city, he also has a more daring plan.
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On this side, the Shu State suddenly sent troops at night, with a mental calculation or unintentional, and soon broke through the first line of defense of the Youzhou Army, which had long been without the will to fight, because the internal fighting became like a plate of scattered sand, and successfully entered the territory of Hedong County, and its entire loss when breaking through the border line of Hedong County was even less than five thousand, and then I thought that the opponent was the Youzhou Army, which was once known as the unparalleled in the world, which was enough to be called a rare victory!
Fortunately, the speed of the infantry to conquer the city is not fast, after all, the rapid march also depends on the situation, in Youzhou, the internal terrain is very complicated, it can be said that it is a very different place from Shu, the place of life is not familiar, all rely on a map and a compass to find the way, once the baggage is completely abandoned, and without considering the physical wear and tear of the rapid march, that is looking for death.
The Shu army fought steadily, step by step, completely towards the goal of complete occupation, plus they also seemed to know that not all the strength of the Youzhou army on the border was not all the strength of the Youzhou army, in fact, because of the civil strife, the defenders on the border line were only one-tenth of the original, if it weren't for this, they would not have entered the territory of Hedong County so easily.
On the one hand, you have to guard against a sneak attack that may go around at any time, and you will bite off the meat from you to eat, and the Youzhou army, which is as good at combined attack as a wolf pack, will naturally not be able to go fast, but the Shu army invaded blatantly, and the terrible news that the border pass fell in one day was still quickly passed along the post stations that extended in all directions in Youzhou.
As one of the commanders sent by the General's Mansion to Hedong County, once Hedong County completely fell and was occupied by the Shu army, then he dared to guarantee that his life would be confessed, and even the master's temper would understand that he would inevitably be killed by Xu Jintang if he went back like this, and he would save Lu Dengyun from doing it at that time.
Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that instead of getting along with Lu Dengyun now, it was better to find a way to solve the urgent need first, and at the worst of all, he had to drag down the pace of the Shu army going south, and make up for his mistakes in order to survive, and he expected that a person like Lu Dengyun would never come to him again at this time to trouble, and might even become his help.
His prediction is completely correct, Lu Dengyun is a native of Youzhou, and has been in the army for more than ten years, and has been cultivated by General Zuo, his feelings for Youzhou are deep, it can be said that heaven and earth can be learned, in this case of foreign invasion, he did temporarily put aside the internal contradictions, and instead actively began to prepare a plan to fight against the Shu army, and even began to take the initiative to consider whether to take the initiative to join forces with the people on the side of the General's Mansion, that is, Gao Raccoon Dog.
Don't mention this side, just say that the city gate is on fire, and the pond fish is located, and the location is located in Huangsha County, next to Hedong County, but it is really a big trouble because of this.
No way, judging from the map, Huangsha County is next to Hedong County, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that it later became Gu Xuan's fiefdom, it was originally a part of Hedong County, people don't know what the situation is, what reason is there not to come to you for trouble?
It's just ridiculous that in this war in the south that affected all countries, the coalition forces of Wei and Jin didn't bother to eat this piece of meat hanging on their lips even if they passed by, and Xu Jintang from Youzhou didn't think to crush this little prince who was close at hand, but repeatedly challenged his majesty, for no other reason, because of three words, "not worth it" This place is worthless in every sense of the word, it is simply a wasteland, and it is stupid to waste time on it.
And these forces all understand that Huangsha County is not so easy to provoke, especially after they have absorbed the entire Rakshasa clan, there are many soldiers and generals, although they may not be able to do other things, but relying on the geographical advantage, it is completely enough to protect themselves.
Helplessly, the Shu army doesn't understand, but I just think that this is a small county town, anyway, it's next to it, and it will be eaten if you eat it, and as a trade bazaar over the years, you can't say that there is a lot of oil and water, but because there is no information about them at all, so they only act according to the common sense of the past, and they didn't send too many people, and they gathered a total of 2,000 infantry, pushing a cloud tower with a siege weapon.
After all, the county seat is like a crystal clear stream, where a few pebbles can be counted, and how many demons and monsters can be hidden?
I never thought that these two thousand people had been gone for several days, and there was no news, and even the spies sent behind were gone, and this time it was a hornet's nest, since the war with Youzhou, the commander of the Shu army, who had not suffered defeat, did not expect that this time he would touch a nail in a small county, where can I bear it, and quickly dispatch troops, and it didn't take long for an army of tens of thousands of people to attack this side.
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I can't help but spoil it, those words of the gods and gods are not written in vain.