Dreaming of falling into the southern country by mistake, Xiao Lang complained about Li Sheng.

Penglai went three thousand miles here, and he didn't cut his hair into the empty door.

"How can you see through the red dust?"

"It's a long story, don't hide it from the teacher, the little woman is a foreigner, but the husband is not only amorous by nature, but also a merciless person, who can ignore the love of father and son, and use his child's life as a price in exchange for what he wants."

"Is there such a ruthless person in the world? Sin! Mrs. Shi paused and said: "Don't be sad, don't be sad, go back after a few days of recuperation in the poor temple, you still have your parents and brothers and sisters!" ”

"I don't know what happened to my teacher a few years ago, and I don't know where my parents and siblings have moved now. The little woman is really desperate, please be merciful and leave the little girl! Murong Ning burst into tears, and after speaking, he kowtowed to Shitai.

"Hurry up and say, your body is already weak, don't knock it, the poor nun will promise you, Amitabha!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

"If you are truly committed to the Buddha, you will jump out of the Three Realms and break away from the Six Realms. First of all, you have to shave, hair represents the countless troubles and wrong habits in the world, shaving off the hair is equivalent to removing the troubles and wrong habits, getting rid of the pride and slackness in the world, getting rid of all family affection, love, friendship concerns, and practicing wholeheartedly. Are you willing to shave? ”

"I'm willing and willing!"

"Poor nun give you three days to think about it!"

"Don't think about it, my heart has been decided, please ask Mrs. Shi to shave the apprentice now!"

"There are many precepts and rules for monks, being a nun is very bitter, look at your fine skin and tender meat, you should be from a big family, I'm afraid you can't endure hardship."

"The little woman is devoted to the Buddha and is not afraid of any hardship."

Seeing that Murong Ningyan had made up her mind, the master looked pious, so she agreed to her request: "Since you are so resolute, the poor nun will fulfill you, you go to bathe and change your clothes, and tomorrow morning the poor nun will personally hold a shaving ceremony for you." ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Shi!"

Early in the morning of the second day, Master Jingci first sprinkled the nectar water in the pure bottle on the top of Murong Ningyan's head three times in a row, and then took the ring knife and said in his mouth: "The first knife is to cut off all evil; the second sword, willing to cultivate all good; The third sword swears to all sentient beings. ”

Subsequently, the nuns sang in chorus: "The golden knife shaves the mother's hair, except for the dust and labor, the monk in the dome and square robe appears, and the husband under the throne of the law." ”

Murong Ningyan shaved off the three thousand troubles, and as the strands of hair fell, the worries in his heart seemed to be let go one by one, and his heart began to slowly dry up.

Once he entered the Buddhist gate, the green silk was no longer returned.

At that time, due to the mediocrity and corruption of the imperial court officials, the real talents in the autumn period could not be reused, and those with remarkable achievements were even impersonated, which made some Jinshi complain, so there was often a brain drain. There was a person named Fan Ruoshui in Chizhou, who was originally admitted to the Jinshi, but was not hired, and was resentful, and heard that the Great Song Dynasty was going to attack the Tang Dynasty, so he secretly wanted to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty.

So, in the name of fishing on the Quarry Rock River, he secretly calculated the width of the river. When he heard that the Song army had been dispatched, he secretly went to Shubianjing and asked to build a pontoon bridge on the quarry rock to support the army. Zhao Kuangyin heard that he had the same experience as himself, and he was obviously a pillar, but he was not used by the country, and he did not blame others for treason, so he immediately summoned him.

Fan Ruoshui presented a map of the Yangtze River, and Zhao Kuangyin saw that the dangerous places had been marked in detail, and the width of the water surface was indicated in detail for the area around the quarrying rock.

"With such a detailed map, the enemy is in my hands." Zhao Kuangyin laughed heartily and praised Fan Ruoshui, and then appointed Fan Ruoshui as the right counselor and asked him to rush to serve in the army. Then he ordered him to build thousands of dragon boats in Jing and Huzhou, and then use the boats to load bamboo and wood and go down from the Jing River to the east.

When the soldiers stationed there saw the boat approaching, they thought it was a small soldier patrolling along the river, so they took it lightly and did not stop or observe it at all. In this way, the Song army easily went down the river and directly reached Chizhou.

The Chizhou garrison general Ge Chan sent people to investigate, only to know that the Song army had already approached the city, so he was so anxious that he abandoned the city and fled. In this way, the Song army easily occupied the pond, and then continued to march to Tongling, only * soldiers came to resist, but they were not opponents at all, and they lost their armor and fled without a trace.

The Song army advanced to Shipaikou again, and Fan Ruoshui planned to build a pontoon bridge, which was completed in three days. Cao Bin ordered Pan Mei to cross the river with the infantry first, as if walking on the ground.

At this time, a spy came to report, saying that the Song army was building a pontoon bridge on the quarry rock, and Li Yu, the lord of Jiangnan, hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss, and a minister named Zhang Xun said: "The minister has read all the ancient books, and he has not seen anyone who can build a pontoon bridge on the river, it must be a false rumor in the army." ”

Li Yu also smiled and said, "I also don't think this matter is to be believed. ”

So he summoned the "little elder" and asked him what he meant. The "Little Elder" said, "Can their strength be greater than that of the Buddha?" Don't say it's impossible, even if the bridge is built, the Buddha can't let them cross the river, your majesty, don't worry! ”

Li Yu, who has never paid attention to state affairs, let alone sent troops to fight, listening to the "little elder" say this, it seemed to be reassured, so he and Yuwei and the concubines were drunk and golden, singing and dancing.

In the imperial court, Chen Qiao and Zhang Xun were in charge of military affairs, and the two advocated fighting to the death, but they were scholars and knew nothing about military affairs, and it was Huangfu Jixun who actually mastered military affairs.

And Huangfu Jixun, as the commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is very different from his father Huang Fuhui, who has made great achievements, and is far from it. He was greedy for life and afraid of death, only wanted to be comfortable for a while, and was unwilling to go to war with the Song army at all, and often talked about "Song is strong and Tang is weak, and if you want peace, you can only surrender to the Song Dynasty". However, Li Yu adopted the defensive strategy of Chen Qiao and Zhang Xun, fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness, and held the city, so as to achieve the goal of dragging down the Song army's long-distance attack.

This made the emperor Jixun, who was in charge of the army, very unhappy, and whenever he heard that he had lost a battle, he was overjoyed and angry, and if one of his men offered advice to destroy the enemy or ask for battle, he was often whipped and imprisoned, so that the soldiers were angry and the people hated him.

When the Song army arrived at the Qinhuai River, Lu Jiang relied on the water village to fight hard, and repelled the Song soldiers' attempts to cross the river many times.

However, Lu Jiang's military exploits not only did not get the reward of Li Yu, who did not understand strategy, but aroused the jealousy of Huangfu Jixun, who persuaded Li Yu to appoint Lu Jiang to lead the army to reinforce under the pretext of the danger of Runzhou. At this time, the Tang defenders on the periphery of Jinling had been basically wiped out by the Song army, the stronghold was captured, and Jinling had become a lonely city.

When the decisive battle with the Song army was fought to the death, Huangfu Jixun had no intention of fighting, resulting in insufficient combat strength, the loss of Quecheng, and the deterioration of the situation in Jinling. In order to cover up his defeat, Huangfu Jixun seized urgent documents from various places, and often refused to be summoned by the emperor under the pretext of being busy with military affairs. As the monarch, Li Yu was in the dark about the war situation.

Anyway, Li Yu had Yuwei that day, wasn't it like a treasure? Why didn't he spoil her like he spoiled Murong Ningyan, and would take care of other concubines?

In fact, after getting along with Yuwei for a long time, Li Yu found that in addition to being younger and more energetic than Murong Ningyan, her spiritual level could not be compared with Murong Ningyan, who had a deep cultural background. and her poetry, she can't come up, talk to her about poetry, calligraphy and painting, her donkey lips are not to the horse's mouth, and discuss the rhythm with her, she is absent-minded. Fortunately, she can also play chess, so she often accompanies her to play chess to kill time, and when she gets tired of chess, there will naturally be other concubines lining up to perform their skills.

On this day, Li Yu was playing chess with Yuwei, and the spy suddenly came to report that the Song army was crossing the river, and Li Yu hurriedly asked the little elder for help.

The little elder said, "Although the northern soldiers are strong, how can they be my Buddha power." So he went up to the castle tower and laid the incense table, burned incense and prayed, took a brass bell and shook it with a tinkling sound, recited words in his mouth, pretended to wave his clothes and dance his sleeves, and finally roared.

The miraculous thing is that after a while, the spies suddenly reported again, and the Song army who crossed the river really stopped, and the emperor believed it to be true, thinking that the little elder's method was effective, and the Buddha's power was strong, so he immediately put his palms together and prayed, and ordered the army and the people to recite the Bodhisattva of Relief, the sound was like Jiang Tao, and the little elder was rewarded for this.

But the little elder secretly laughed to himself, he was just playing a small trick with Emperor Song, and asked Song Jun to cooperate with him to perform a play, and he actually turned Li Yu around.

Not long after, the spies reported that the Song army had crossed the river. Li Yu panicked at this time, so he asked Zheng Yanhua to lead 10,000 sailors, and Du Zhen to lead 10,000 infantry to resist the Song army. Zheng Yanhua led the warship, sounded drums along the river, and approached the floating beam.

When the Song general Pan Mei heard that Zheng Yanhua had arrived, he selected 5,000 crossbowmen and waited side by side on the shore. Pan Mei gave an order, and ten thousand arrows were fired, and the arrows rained down, and the Tang ship was destroyed in an instant, so he had to retreat.

After a while, the infantry led by Du Zhen attacked from the shore again, and Pan Mei immediately killed him, and the Tang soldiers were the opponents of the Song army who had experienced a hundred battles, and they were defeated in a few blows.

When the emperor heard the report of defeat, he recruited the people to serve as soldiers, and asked them to donate food and property. How could it be that most of his people have become monks, and the rest have always been weak, and when they hear that their legs are weak, who is willing to serve? Even if they have food in their homes, they would rather hide it in a cellar than help the country. As a result, notices were posted one after another, but no one answered.

At this time, although the Song army had frequent good news, in fact, the soldiers on the front line had been sleepy after a long journey and continuous battles, and the main reason was that the northerners were very unaccustomed to the humidity and sultry heat in the south, and finally survived until autumn, and the weather did not cool down as desired, but encountered the fierce autumn tiger. Due to the geographical location and climate, many soldiers were not adapted to the soil and water, and contracted the terrible plague.

Seeing that the plague was spreading, Cao Bin hurriedly reported the truth to Zhao Kuangyin, and pleaded: "Your Majesty, since the situation ahead is really unfavorable to us, I hope that Your Majesty will approve the temporary withdrawal of the army for repair."

Zhao Kuangyin, who never took Li Yu in his eyes, scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously at this time, seeing that Li Yu had become a turtle in the urn, but he didn't expect that at this juncture, he was tortured into such a situation by the ghost weather and plague in the south, which tortured my invincible Great Song generals.

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