Chapter Seventy-Five: A Chance Encounter
In the first battle of Xiangyang, the Sui army won a great victory, and the results were shocking all over the world. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In this battle, the rebels lost a million lives, a total of one-tenth of the total number of coalition forces.
It doesn't seem to hurt your muscles and bones, but in fact, the consequences are very serious.
The rebel armies of small forces were completely dispersed after this battle. First, they were weak and powerless, and they were placed in the vanguard during the siege, and secondly, they suffered heavy losses after the battle, and even if there were still people left, they all collapsed and fled, or joined other forces.
The big forces are not having a good time either.
Although a big force like Dou Jiande and Li Mi has lost less than tens of thousands of millions of people, the most worrying thing for such a big force is morale.
The greater the power, the more difficult it is to manage, and after the war, morale is low, and the sergeants are war-weary, and this atmosphere is miserable for the leaders of the major forces on all sides......
On the other side, in this battle, the casualties of the Sui army were also counted, and the figures obtained from the investigation could not help but silence the rebels on all sides again.
Because of the wounded, the total number of people who lost the combat effectiveness of the Sui army was only more than 380 people.
More than 100 people were seriously injured, more than 120 people were lightly injured, and the total number of deaths was only more than 150 people.
Minor injuries were caused by falling from a horse during the charge; The number of seriously injured and dead is the number that was broken by the martial arts master when the pursuit entered the belly of the coalition army.
There are many martial arts masters in the rebel coalition army, although there are not many grandmasters, but there are hundreds of innate masters.
In the face of the cavalry charge led by Qin Qiong, many martial arts masters suddenly attacked and counterattacked, knocking more than 200 people off their horses.
But this is the end of it, in the face of the siege of the Sui cavalry, those martial arts masters have no chance to expand the results of the battle, under the siege of many Sui troops, those masters either lose their lives, or can only escape.
And the casualties of the Sui army were caused by this, at the cost of nearly 400 casualties, in exchange for the slaughter of 800 rebel masters.
The rebels paid a huge price. In the past, those martial arts masters, each of them could be qualified for the position of general, but in the face of the Sui army with full plate armor, they could only lose their lives in vain.
Even in the end, the rebels could not even get the body of a Sui soldier, and they could not grab a pair of plate armor.
And the role that those martial arts masters could play was just to make Qin Qiong stop chasing and rushing into battle.
The war ceased, the Sui army returned to the city with a great victory, and the rebels retreated ten miles, occupied the terrain and set up camp, while reorganizing the army formation, and at the same time launched a confrontation with Xiangyang City......
Two days later, the battle report was transmitted back to Luoyang, and Yang Guang laughed wildly in the palace.
However, after Yang Guang calmed down, he couldn't help but pay attention to the enemy's martial arts master, and rushed to the Dao Palace where Jing Tian was located, in order to find a way to crack and prevent it.
Jing Tianjing was extremely thoughtful, so he took Ning Daoqi out of the palace and went south to the Central Plains......
In midsummer July, on an official road in Shuzhong, a dashing white-robed boy appeared. But what seems strange is that Childe did not ride a horse, but sat on the back of a gray donkey.
The copper bell under the neck of the donkey is crisp, the sound is melodious, and it is bumpy from far to near.
"Hey, you brute, why are you slacking off again......" On the back of the donkey, Jing Tian suddenly muttered to himself rather depressed.
But the donkey ignored it, walked down the official road persistently, and lowered his head to eat the grass.
Jing Tian couldn't cry or laugh, raised his hand and slapped the donkey twice, but it had no effect.
Shaking his head, Jing Tian simply raised his legs and landed on the ground, sat down on the stone pier next to him, took the gourd from his waist, and raised his head to drink a sip of light wine.
"Tsk...... This wine is far behind......" After taking a sip, Jing Tian lifted the wine gourd and looked at it with some disappointment.
Unable to satisfy his mouth, Jing Tian had no choice but to cover the wine gourd, get up again, and came to a flat boulder.
His feet slowly lifted off the ground, his figure floated, and then Jing Tian waved his sleeves to sweep the dust off the top of the boulder.
Then the figure floated forward, went up to the top of the boulder more than three meters high, and lay down on his back.
With his hands behind his head, Erlang's legs were erected, Jing Tian closed his eyes and began to nap.
As for the donkey, don't worry, after getting along, Jing Tian already knows his nature, although he often 'doesn't do his job', but the donkey will not leave on its own, but recognizes Jing Tian as the master.
Listening to the various sounds of nature, Jing Tian began to wander outside the object......
I don't know how long, a sound of galloping horses came from far and near, Jing Tian heard it, but did not make any response.
"Huh? Phewβ" The galloping sound came near, and suddenly the rider was alarmed, and the horse stopped.
"What's wrong, Ling Shao?" One of the riders took a few steps forward, before he retracted his horse and turned back, puzzled.
"A man of face." Ling Shao said in an elegant voice.
"This guy?" The latter spoke out.
Jing Tian had no choice but to open his eyes, sit up on the boulder, and look at Ling Shao.
"It's really not wrong, this brother is polite." Xu Ziling rode on a strong horse and bowed gently to Jing Tian.
"Courteous." Jing Tian said so, but he only responded with his head rudely, and said, "You have a good memory." β
Xu Ziling didn't care about Jing Tian's attitude, and responded with a smile: "In this way, Brother Tai is also easy to remember, we only met once, but we haven't forgotten it, isn't it fate?" β
"Hey Ling Shao, who is this guy?" Another sturdy young man drove over, looked at Jing Tian inquiringly, and asked Xu Ziling again.
"It's a faux pas." Xu Ziling did not answer his companion, but bowed his hand to Jing Tian with a slight apology: "In Xia Xu Ziling, this is my brother Kou Zhong, unknown friend's name?" β
"Jing Tian." While responding, Jing Tian looked at Kou Zhong, and now the two protagonists are together.
"Hello, hello." Kou Zhong arched his hand to Jing Tian very boldly, and asked with a smile, "Brother Jing, how did you and Ling Shao meet?" Looking at the portrait of Brother Jing, a nerd-like young master, have you ever dragged any literary talents together? β
"Zhong Shao!" Xu Ziling smiled bitterly, scolded softly, and then bowed his hand to Jing Tian: "Brother Jing, don't blame, my brother is such a naughty character, but he has no malice." β
"It's okay." Jing Tian waved his hand.
"Haha, I'm looking at this brother so carefree." Kou Zhong pointed to the boulder where Jing Tian was and said with a smile: "That's why I talk like this, when I look at Brother Tai, he is a broad-minded and carefree person." β
Xu Ziling was helpless, and he had no choice but to take his brother's attitude of 'can't tell whether it was a run or not', so he had to immediately take over the topic and arch his hand to Jing Tian: "I don't know why my brother is here?" See you in the wild, can you have something to help the two brothers? β
"I want to go to Lingnan." Jing Tian responded, not caring about the grinning Kou Zhong.
"Lingnan? What are you doing over there? Kou Zhong opened his mouth quickly and answered again.
"Zhong Shao!" Xu Ziling was helpless, scolded in a low voice again, and then apologized to Jing Tian: "Brother Jing, don't blame." β
"Okay, it's a long time to blame." Jing Tian shook his head.
"But we also want to go to Lingnan, so that's why my brother asked." Xu Ziling continued to explain, and then suggested to Jing Tian: "Since Brother Jing is on the same road with us, why don't you do it?" β
"I'll delay you all the way." Jing Tian said, hesitating whether to go with the two 'troublesome taunts'.
"Oh, you nerd don't have to be verbose, just go together, now it's Sichuan Shu, go to Lingnan Road, and delay for a few days?" Kou Zhong snatched the conversation again, and said with some enthusiasm: "Since you are Ling Shao's friend, you are my friend Kou Zhong, look at your weak little body, if you are robbed by Kou Zhong along the way, it will be bad, our brother has martial arts, escort you all the way, come down quickly." β
"My brother is not rough, if Brother Jing doesn't dislike it, go with us." Xu Ziling smiled and bowed his hand, a gentleman.
"You're enthusiastic." Jing Tian looked at the two of them and chuckled: "Just one side, you believe in me like this." β
"It's true." Xu Ziling smiled slightly confidently: "I have martial arts in my lower body, but I am cultivating the Great Dao, so my perception is quite sensitive." Brother Jing is surrounded by nature, and he must not be an indispensable person. β
"My brother and I are also very eye-to-eye." Kou Zhong smiled and answered: "Although Ben Shao's perception is not as sensitive as Ling Shao, he is very eye-catching when he sees his brother, and you and I should be able to get along, from your words 'call me me', you can see that my brother is not a nerd, and he has a little chivalrous air like me, haha!" β
"Hehe......" Jing Tian chuckled, and then nodded: "Okay, then I'll have a companion with you." β
"It's just that it should have been so refreshing." Kou Zhong said, looking around, and then couldn't help but be stunned, but he saw Jing Tian's donkey.
"Lazy, don't come yet!" Just as Jing Tian spoke, he greeted the donkey who was still grazing not far away.
"Sonβ" The tone rose and there was a short cry of misery, and the gray donkey staggered to the bottom of the boulder.
The forelimbs suddenly rose, and the donkey suddenly stood up, put its two forelimbs on the boulder, and looked at the stone top Jing Tian with a very 'two' look.
The corners of Jing Tian's mouth twitched, and he stepped on the donkey's head and pressed it down.
Shaking his head without hope, Jing Tian jumped off the boulder lightly.
"Eh, I'll just say that Ben Shao's vision is good, Brother Jing, you are really not one of those powerless nerds." Kou Zhong saw Jing Tian jumping off the stone 'boldly', and couldn't help but say happily: "But I said brother, looking at what you are wearing, you don't look like you are shy, why did you ride such a donkey, it's too bad." β
"I guess I'm weird." Jing Tian raised his hand and pushed open the brain door of the two donkeys, looked at Xu Ziling and the others, and said, "If the rebels are everywhere today, you are riding horses with such a swagger, why haven't the horses been snatched away?" β
"Haha! You don't inquire about our Yangzhou Erlong, who dares to rob us of our things! Kou Zhong laughed proudly.
"Less nonsense." Xu Ziling shook his head with a smile, looked at Jing Tian's donkey, and couldn't help but say, "If Brother Jing doesn't give up, you might as well let go of the donkey and ride on the road with me." β
"Nope." Jing Tian shook his head, pushed away the big head of the second donkey that came towards him again, and responded: "That's why I said that I would delay you, because I was not in a hurry to travel, it is enough to have it to travel, and I can avoid a lot of trouble along the way." β
"Oh, it's fine." Kou Zhong waved his hand indifferently: "Anyway, we are not too anxious to talk, since we recognize you as a friend, then my two brothers will accompany you on a tour of the mountains and rivers." β
"Don't delay your business." Jing Tian finally tested, if the other party answered satisfactorily, he would not be afraid of any trouble, and go with these two 'trouble mockery'.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's not verbose, let's get on the donkey." Kou Zhong couldn't help but laugh as he spoke, and looked at the donkey who was still persistent in coquettishness to Jing Tian again, and finally couldn't help laughing.
Jing Tian smiled slightly, turned over and rode on the donkey, urging to come to Xu Ziling's side.
"Puff......" Kou Zhong looked at Jing Tian, who was a lot shorter than them, and couldn't help but want to laugh, but after all, he still knew that it was rude, so he hurriedly held back his laughter.
Xu Ziling glanced at Kou Zhong helplessly, shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, and said to Jing Tian: "Then let's go on the road." β
Jing Tian bowed his head indifferently, continued to urge the donkey, the bell rang, and began to move forward.
"Brother Jing is really chic." Xu Ziling also urged the horse to start, looked at the bell under the donkey's neck, and sighed sincerely: "The bell is melodious in nature, and it looks like a comfortable and leisurely artistic conception." β
"Really, this bell is really nice." Kou Zhong chimed in: "When I get to the next town, I'll also go get a pair of bells for the horses to hang on." β
"Brother Jing, this is called nature." Xu Ziling shook his head and said: "The bell and the donkey are a good match, but after changing our horses, we don't have that free artistic conception, and between running, I'm afraid the bell will become noise." β
"How do you know if you don't try." Kou Zhong insisted.
"Speaking of which, it was rude last time." Xu Ziling said to Jing Tian: "Brother Jing, don't blame, I was a little inconvenient when I was in the restaurant last time, so I couldn't say hello to Brother Jing." It was also in the next time that I was disturbed and failed to realize that Brother Jing was special. β
"It's okay, I didn't say hello to you." Jing Tian said indifferently.
"Hey, where did you two meet?" Kou Zhong interjected.
"Luoyang." After Xu Ziling finished speaking, he didn't know what he thought, sighed softly, and then explained the situation at that time, and did not hide it from Jing Tian about the existence of Li Shimin and the suspected concubine.
"Do you still miss that woman?" Kou Zhong pouted after hearing this: "If you want me to say, their Buddhism is redundant, and they are everywhere." β
Xu Ziling estimated that he had heard too much of this, so he didn't refute it, but just shook his head with a wry smile.
"Hey, old Jing." Kou Zhong gave Jing Tian a nickname very familiarly, and asked without seeing anything: "Tell me what you think of those Buddhist bald heads." β
Jing Tian smiled slightly, glanced at the two of them, and then chuckled: "Buddha...... Do you really want to hear it? β
"Talk about it, talk about it." Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look forward to Jing Tian's tone.
Xu Ziling also heard the disdain in Jing Tian's tone, and couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly again......
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