Chapter 17: The Resumption of War (1)

"It turns out that this rebel has arrived at the border of Nanzhao Kingdom, no wonder we can't find him......" Xiong Yunfei muttered.

The several disciples standing in the hall listened to Sima Yuntian's words and all glanced at each other. only secretly said in his heart: This Ling Xing man is hiding in the barracks, no wonder he seems to have disappeared for half a year.

They also began to secretly admire Ling Xingnan in their hearts, as the saying goes: The big is hidden in the city, and the small is hidden in the forest. It seems that this Ling Xingnan has really improved his knowledge a lot in the past year.

Since entering this hall, Wei Tuo, the 'Golden Knife Ape Man' who was sitting and did not speak, also spoke.

"Yuntian, you go on......"

It seems that he was also attracted by Sima Yuntian's words. It's just that he has always been calm, and he is the most calm person among the four elders.

"Later...... It was me and the fifth junior brother waiting for the arrival of the third junior brother outside Linjiazhuang. It's just that what we didn't expect was that the third junior brother actually broke into Linjiazhuang at night to save a woman this time...... That Linjiazhuang is also a well-known local martial arts family, and Linjiazhuang has already prepared everything up and down, just waiting for the third junior brother to save people. Unexpectedly, the third junior brother actually rescued someone from serious injuries...... It was a time when we both didn't expect. Sima Yuntian 1510 places, to the hall in detail to the people of the night.

There was silence for a while......

Perhaps, what are they pondering?

Or is it something they're amazed at?

Soon, an extremely soft voice, like a swallow turning a warbler, said, "A woman...... How could he be so desperate to save a woman? Could it be that woman is as beautiful as a fairy......" The person who said this was Xiong Yunmei.

When Sima Yuntian heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. He wanted to say something, but he finally held back.

On the contrary, the fifth old Huang Feiyong said: "That woman is indeed beautiful and moving, but it seems that I heard that it is the wife of a general...... Not only is she beautiful, but her martial arts are not weak. ”

"Hmph, this guy is not like that, I only knew that he was a rebel for killing his teacher and destroying his ancestors and betraying his master, but now he is still a womanizer......" Xiong Yunfei snorted heavily.

"Brother Yunfei, why are you so angry...... Besides, this matter has not been clearly asked, so why draw conclusions so early?" Wei Tuo said.

When Xiong Yunfei heard this, he had to say, "Yuntian, you go on! What happened later?"

Xiong Yunfei wanted to know what happened behind the road, and it was also human nature.

He hated Ling Xingnan to the core, and it was even more reasonable. After all, he had seen Ling Xingnan kill his father with his own eyes......

Sima Yuntian swept everyone at this time, and he sighed faintly. He continued: "Later, I intercepted them in a forest with my fifth junior brother...... It's just that I didn't expect his martial arts to grow a lot, and he is also a lot more alert. He first forced us back with a single sword, and then stopped our pursuit by cutting down giant trees and cutting down trees. Then the two of them ran for their lives in the woods until they escaped from the woods......"

Speaking of this, Sima Yuntian didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and paused.

At this time, he glanced at everyone again, and saw that everyone was staring at him closely. It's as if the tea guests in the teahouse are listening to the storyteller tell a wonderful story.

So, he had to continue: "When we got out of the woods, I didn't expect that the fifth junior brother actually stopped at that time and didn't run anymore, as if he was waiting for us on purpose......

"What?"

"Huh?"

The people in the hall were amazed.

At this time, Sima Yuntian paused again. The people in the main hall also made a noise of surprise, and most of them showed consternation.

Xiong Yunfei still couldn't hold back the doubts and anxieties in his heart, and said, "Yuntian, don't sell Guanzi, keep talking." ”

Sima Yuntian agreed, and then continued: "At that time, the third senior brother let the woman go into a pile of rocks behind them first. We didn't stop us at that time, after all, our main purpose was him! Soon, the third junior brother said something that surprised us......"

Before Sima Yuntian could finish speaking, someone had already interrupted him: "What words?"

The person who interrupted Sima Yuntian's speech was the new owner of Xingyun Villa, Wu Renjie, who was still indifferent just now.

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect him to suddenly interrupt, they all glanced at Wu Renjie.

At this time, Wu Renjie also felt a little out of shape, so he had to smile faintly and said, "Senior brother, you continue to talk ......"

The third junior brother said at that time...... Senior brother, let's leave it at that, you go back and tell Wu Renjie that sooner or later I will go back to Nebula Villa to find him......"

When Sima Yuntian finished saying this, Wu Renjie's face instantly became ugly, and at the same time, a trace of strong coldness was erased from his eyes.

There was so much in that chill......

There is pride, there is chuckle, there is contempt, and there is disdain.

However, Wu Renjie's expression change was only a flash, and others didn't notice it at all.

"What? How dare he speak like that......" Xiong Yunfei was furious when he heard this, and stood up from his seat and shouted.

At this moment, Wu Renjie was extremely calm, he didn't speak, let alone interrupt Sima Yuntian's words.

Seeing this, Sima Yuntian continued: "At that time, after the third junior brother said these words, he turned around and left...... And at this moment, the fifth junior brother and I were not willing to let him leave so easily, so we intervened to stop him. Unexpectedly, the third junior brother seemed to know our intentions for a long time, and when we started to stop him, he preempted us...... After the second move, he temporarily forced us back. But as we retreated, he flew into the rocky hill behind him. When he goes, we also want to rush into the rocky hill, trying to stop him again. But...... But ......"

Sima Yuntian said two 'buts' in a row, but he began to choke up his words, and he didn't know how to tell the situation for a while......

Because, when such mysterious things are spoken, I am afraid that everyone may not believe it!

However, he doesn't say. How could others know what happened to Lu Dao at that time?

Everyone in the hall was obviously a little uneasy when they saw Sima Yuntian say this.

After all, in terms of Sima Yuntian's usual bold temperament. He has always had one thing to say, and he is never obscure and tortuous.

But today, it was as if he had changed as a different person!

It seems that this thing must be unusual.

They are waiting silently, waiting......

Until, another person's voice sounded: "Senior brother, let me tell you what happened next! At that time, we saw the third senior brother flying into the chaotic stone hill...... Suddenly, we felt a loud rumbling sound on the ground, and then there was an incredible change in the rocky hills: those rocks, grasses and trees seemed to be alive, the boulders were shifted and blocked, the dense fog around them gradually rose, the yellow sand in the rocky hills was misty, and the wind was gusting...... We couldn't get into the rocky hill at all, and the two of us were so frightened at the time, how could we have ever seen such a strange thing? The strange and strange rocky hill was really beyond our expectations. After the last, it was naturally the third senior brother who disappeared without a trace...... Later, my senior brother and I explored the neighborhood for a long time, and even the General's Mansion went to investigate. Where is there still half a shadow of the third senior brother? We can only come back first after being disappointed......" The person who said this was naturally Huang Feiyong.

Stunned.

Amaze.

Written on everyone's faces!

Silent.

Speechless.

Freeze in the spacious hall!

However, he also said that during the Yizong period at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yunzhang, a scholar of Hanlin, described the urgent situation at that time with "the state has nine breaks" in the "Book of Direct Advice": "Gather troops all year round, and once it is broken." The barbarians are blazing, and the two are broken. The power is extravagant, and the three are broken. The general is not in the court, and the four are broken. Guangjian Buddhist temple, five broken also. Bribery and bribery of public banks, six breaks. The chief officials are brutal, and the seven are broken. The enslavement is not equal, and the eight are broken. There are many people who eat Lu, and there are few people who lose taxes. ”

Regarding the survival attitude of the common people in the world at the end of the Tang Dynasty, he also summarized the "eight hardships" and "five goes". Eight hardships: the officials are harsh, and one is bitter. Private debt expropriation is also bitter. There are many taxes, and there are three hardships. By begging, the four sufferings are also. Poor department for fugitives, five hardships. The grievances are unreasonable, the grievances cannot be redressed, and the six sufferings are also. Frozen without clothes, hungry and without food, seven bitter. There is no medical treatment for illness, no burial for death, and eight sufferings.

Five to do: the power to invade, one go. The traitor deceived and deceived, and the second went away. Break Ding as a soldier, and go three times. Descend to the guest and go around. Avoid serving and become a monk, and go to five also.

Liu Yunzhang also said: "People have five to go and none of them to return, there are eight sufferings but none of them are happy, and the state has nine broken but none of them have been achieved, coupled with the corruption of officials and bending the law, so that the people of the world will wail on the roads and flee to the mountains." Husbands and wives do not live together, and fathers and sons do not save each other. The people have nowhere to complain if they have grievances, and there is nowhere to redress their suffering. What is their way out?

This was the status quo at the end of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Under such circumstances, the government forced the people to rebel, and there were internal troubles and external worries...... It's a matter of common sense.

However, Datang has gone through more than 200 years since its founding. Especially after the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty began to weaken, and internal troubles first arose, and then external troubles increased. The virtuous and virtuous in the court are gone, and the traitors are in charge...... In the later period of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor was even worse than the generation, and the great rivers and mountains were already fragmented, the country was smoky, and the people were struggling to make a living. It is really the general trend that is coming, and the day of changing the dynasty is not far away.

Later, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Qianfu (874~879), there was a fierce famine, especially south of the Yellow River. There were many droughts and disasters, almost every household of the people was in arrears, the government and the central government were harsh and heavy, and the people changed their children and ate the human tragedy, and there were tragedies from time to time.

On both sides of the Yangtze River and on the banks of the Yellow River, there were many bones and mourning all over the field for a while, which was really miserable.

At the beginning of the second year of Qianfu (875 AD), Wang Xianzhi, Shang Rang and others launched an uprising in Changyuan (now northeast of Changyuan, Henan), and the vigorous peasant war broke out in Tang Wei.

The war was a shocking affair.

The government and the opposition hurriedly dispatched troops in an attempt to suppress the peasant uprising. Helplessly, there were no generals in the DPRK and China, and troops were not moved...... The feudal towns and local festival envoys are even more independent, and they can't afford to defend themselves. As a result, the peasant rebel army gradually gained momentum, and won several battles one after another......

In addition, the Nanzhao Kingdom in the southwestern border of the Tang Dynasty had long been eyeing the Tang Dynasty, and when it saw that there were changes within the Tang Dynasty. The main war faction in his country immediately came out to admonish the king of Nanzhao, in an attempt to start the war between the two kingdoms again.

At this time, the princess Pinglan of the Tang Dynasty was visiting Nanzhao. After hearing this, he panicked...... Sure enough, she immediately bribed many ministers and generals from the lord and faction of Nanzhao to advise the king again. At this time, there was a situation in Nanzhao where the main battle and the main and two major lineups competed endlessly.

However, the national strength of the Nanzhao Kingdom has grown in recent decades. In recent times, several generations of kings have been interested in chasing the Central Plains and expanding their territory.