Chapter 205: A Ride to the Southwest
"Enemy attack! ......The soldiers of the judgment army on the city of Gong shouted into the city, and the soldiers with hats and coarse cloth hats rushed out of the barracks next to the city gate, and under the command of the officers, they took up their weapons and ran up to the city. It can be seen that these rebels are elite troops who have been trained for a long time.
Amid the sound of the rain, several fast horses stepped through the wide street and galloped towards the temporary residence of the Tianya Sect leader, Amohedi.
"What? Cavalry is coming?! Do you know how many people there are?" Amoherdi had just finished lunch and couldn't help but get nervous when he heard the news.
The rain-soaked messenger gasped slightly, "The rain is too heavy to see the number." ”
"Can't see clearly? Amoherdi was sternly interrogated.
The messenger's body shook subconsciously, and he said busily; "Probably...... About one or two thousand rides. ”
"Probably?"
"Poor...... Almost thirty or forty thousand ......"
"How much exactly?!" Amoherdi slapped the table and yelled.
The messenger fell to his knees at once; "Three...... Ah no...... 40,000 ......"
The middle-aged man in the black robe and long beard who sat under Amoherdi smiled slightly and said; "Amo Sect Leader Shao'an is not impatient, a few days ago, the main force of the Xia army is on the eastern front, heading to the southwest, if there are thirty or forty thousand soldiers under Gongcheng, it is impossible that there is no news at all, at least they should pass through the rock city first. Besides, in this kind of weather, how can tens of thousands of cavalry attack the city?"
Amoherdi seemed to have a lot of respect for this black-robed middle-aged man, and said; "What Mr. Tan said is reasonable, but the commander of the Xia army this time is Li He, the tiger general who killed the Hu people in northern Xinjiang. But this sect leader can't help but worry. ”
The black-robed middle-aged man known as Mr. Tan is humane; "Sect Master Amo is too worried, the prestige of this Tiger Wei General is probably mostly rumored, no matter how strong a person's ability is, it is impossible to defeat thousands of troops. With our current strength, we have the solidity of Gongcheng and Iwacheng. Why be afraid of him?"
Amoherdi nodded and muttered: "Mr. Tan's words are reasonable. ”
Mr. Tan smiled faintly and said, "The main thing in the Amo Sect is to remember that we are people who want to do great things, and we should not cower. According to the following opinion, these cavalry are at most a thousand cavalry, and they should be the vanguard of the Xia army, and their purpose is only to touch our situation, not to attack the city. The Amo Sect Leader can order a military horse and go out to meet the battle, killing the strength of this Xia army. ”
"If the tiger general Li He is also among them......" Amoherdi hesitated.
Mr. Tan frowned: "Sect Master Amo, why are you cringing again?" Tianya teaches masters like clouds. Are you still afraid that you can't be right for a martial artist Li He? ”
Amohedi Dao; "Mr. Tan, it's not that you don't know...... The masters of our sect were already ...... when they were in the capital."
"It was just an accident, the capital is too far away from the southwest, and we can't control everything completely, but Gongcheng, which is the southwest, is our own territory. Outside of our city, in the army, I don't believe that Li He can really block ten thousand with one person!" Mr. Tan said in a dark voice.
Amohedi was about to say something more when a deafening roar suddenly came from outside, so loud that it almost cracked the cups and bowls on the table, and those soldiers and subordinates with poor martial arts couldn't help but cover their ears with a painful expression.
Amoherdi and Mr. Tan glanced at each other, and both saw the surprise and panic in each other's eyes.
It was as if the roar of the Nine Heavens of Thunder had just passed, and the livestock in the entire city of Gong were screaming in grief, as if they had seen something terrible.
"This ...... What sound is this?" The muscles in Amoherdi's face twitched. Said to Mr. Tan.
Mr. Tan looked solemn and listened attentively, but did not answer.
"Roar!" Another loud roar rang out. This time, the cups and bowls in front of Amoherdi simply clicked and exploded, and as soon as the roar passed, there was a loud and chaotic sound outside the house, some screaming, some screaming, some crying for help, some shouting and scolding, and more screams of fear.
Mr. Tan's face was extremely ugly, and he got up suddenly, and said, "I'll go out and have a look!"
At this time, a soldier in a clear coat stumbled in in a panic, his eyes were full of fear, and he forgot to salute, so he said to Amohedi: "Teach ...... Master...... Blame...... Monster ......"
Amohdi was so angry that he stood up and kicked the soldier to the ground, scolding; "Let me be clear, what's going on outside!?"
Ah Mo is the leader of the Tianya Sect, and his own martial arts cultivation is extremely high, and he didn't have the strength to kick it for a while, and he actually kicked the soldier to death.
"Forget it! Let's go out and see for ourselves!" Mr. Tan frowned and glanced at the kicked soldier and said to Amo.
The two of them came out of the house with a group of soldiers and men into the street, and immediately looked in the direction of the soldiers who had retreated in terror. I saw that in the heavy rain, there was a huge monster standing on the head of Gongcheng, like a lion and a tiger and a dog, but it was much bigger than a lion and tiger, and it was roaring and rampage through the city at this time, and red flames were spewing out of its mouth from time to time, even in the heavy rain, it could instantly burn a judge soldier into black ashes.
"What kind of monster is this?!" Amoherdi opened his mouth wide in disbelief, not even feeling the rain squirting into his mouth.
"Divine Beast...... Is it really a mythical beast?! Could it be that the rumors are true......" Mr. Tan's surprise and fear were no less than that of the Tianya Sect Master.
The two of them just watched in the rain blankly, only a few soldiers in the Tianya Sect who were loyal to Amo kept shouting orders to retreat to stop, but those frightened soldiers, no matter how strict their training usually was, were already soulless at this time, and there was only one thought in their hearts that they must leave the fire-breathing monster.
Suddenly, a long black stick suddenly grew on the back of the monster on the head of the city, at least eleven or twelve meters, and continued to swing in all directions as the monster jumped and collided, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere it swept, and none of them survived.
Soon, there was not a single soldier alive in the city, and the monster raised its head and let out a long roar, which was like thunder. The rain lines that shook and fell were scattered and slanted. Most of the soldiers in the city were also frightened, and he retreated, and no one dared to go up the city wall anymore, no matter how the Tianya Sect masters behind him shouted and scolded the order and even killed him.
Only then did Amoherdi faintly see through the rain and mist that on the back of the monster was a black man, and the black long stick. In fact, it's a terrifyingly big axe!
There seemed to be bursts of cheers outside Gongcheng, and Mr. Tan listened attentively, and finally heard their shouts - "General Huwei ......"
"General Huwei......" Mr. Tan looked at the monster at the head of the city and muttered subconsciously.
The man on the monster raised the terrifying black giant axe and swung it downward, and with a loud bang, the gate of Gongcheng was cut in half.
Thousands of iron hooves roared in the rain, and the monster had already roared down the city and ran in the direction of Amoherdi. And the Tianya Sect Leader, who reacted from the panic, was even more frightened to find out - within Gongcheng. I couldn't find a horse that could stand up.
The three knights entered the city first, and in their hands they all had a huge ring knife more than one person long, cutting people's heads like chopping vegetables. Originally, the majestic horses were riding under their huge bodies of more than two meters, but they were like three aggrieved puppies, and they could only gallop desperately with their heads down. If you can see the faces of the three people clearly behind the rain curtain, you will be even more surprised to find. The three big guys actually looked exactly the same.
With the big knife waving and the iron hooves trampling, the streets of Gongcheng were soon stained red with blood, and this group of recovering cavalry in black armor reminded the judges in Gongcheng of the horse thieves in the Western Regions who slaughtered the city and plundered the land......
When the black torrent poured into Gongcheng and drove tens of thousands of Tsing Yi Judgment Army like sheep, Li He, who was riding the Fire Qilin, was already resting with Erlang's legs crossed on the small hillside not far outside Gongcheng, and he knew that if the Fire Qilin was in the city, his cavalry would not be able to attack.
Beside the fire unicorn, two men knelt on the ground and trembled. It is the leader of the Tianya Sect, Amohedi, and the mysterious Mr. Tan. Not long after, General Huwei led 1,500 cavalry to conquer the two cities of Gong and Yan, and broke the main force of the judgment army. The news of the capture of the leader of the judgment army spread all over the north and south of the Xia Dynasty, and General Huwei once again created an amazing miracle. More than ten times as many as his 1,500 riders!
Gong and Yan Ercheng were defeated, and after the leader of the Tianya Sect fell into the hands of Li He, there was good news that Li Bu and others led the main force of the Liulu Pingju army to also win successive battles, and took several grain storage bases of the judgment army. Since then, the army has been in chaos, and the Xia army has been marching all the way, and there is no one who can stop the edge.
The chaos in the southwest, which made the imperial court anxious, Li He solved it lightly in a month's time, and the time spent was almost only on the march on the road. This legend after legend once again made Li He, who had only made a big noise in Northern Xinjiang not long ago, famous in Daxia, and General Huwei's reputation was even more incomparable for a while.
In the Xia Kingdom, you may not know who the current emperor is, but you will not know the name of General Huwei.
In February, when heavy snow fell in the north, the rebellion in the southwest had been largely quelled. What surprised everyone again was that Li He not only pacified the judgment in the southwest, but also went smoothly when he purged the judgment army and the Tianya Sect forces after the war, and it was a little unbelievable that he didn't need to do these things, but after he led the Ping army to occupy the southwest, he waved his hand and carried out a large-scale attack and search for the deep-rooted Tianya Sect.
When spring descended on the southwest land, the Tianya Sect and the judgment army forces had almost disappeared, most of the rebels surrendered, and the Tianya Sect, which was originally known as hundreds of thousands of civilian sects, had no news, as if it had really been uprooted, which made the southwesterners themselves feel a little incredible.
In fact, since Li He conquered Gongcheng, the imperial court has repeatedly summoned him to escort the leader of the Tianya Sect, Amohedi, into Beijing. However, the commander of our army ignored the edict of the imperial court and refused to send Amo to the capital on the grounds that the road was inconvenient.
When the southwest was basically pacified, the imperial court issued an edict again, allowing Li He and Li Bu and other generals to return to Beijing to receive the reward and award, and they refused to return to Beijing on the grounds that the southwest station incident might be revived and the general would not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarchs.
The imperial court couldn't help it, almost all of the counterinsurgency army this time was the Jiangnan Army, and most of the generals were Li He's henchmen during the Northern Expedition. If someone appointed by the imperial court takes over, it is estimated that no one will be able to control this group of generals.
The Queen Mother and the Emperor couldn't help but sigh, it was really a tiger devouring wolves. But they raise tigers. Now up and down the government and the opposition, the ministers of the Li family have written one after another, and Li He, the commander of the counterinsurgency army, has outstanding military achievements, wisdom and bravery, and has been able to calm the chaos in the southwest. In order to show his martial merits, he should be named the governor of the three southwestern provinces.
The Queen Mother knows. Although Taishi Li Xiao didn't say anything in order to avoid suspicion, only saying that everything was based on the emperor's will, the request of the governor of the three provinces was definitely thought up by the first old fox of the Li family.
The queen mother has no choice, now Li He is entrenched in the southwest with a large army, in fact, he is already the king of the southwest, and other forces in the court except for the Li family do not want to offend them when the Li family is in full swing, they all echo it, even if the court does not want to admit it.
In this way, Li He became the governor of the southwest with the widest domain since the founding of the Great Xia State.
Hongcheng is the political and economic center of southwest China. It was also the birthplace of the Tianya Sect, and now our commander of the Equal Judgment Army and the future governor of the southwest, Li He, lives here.
The current Great General's Mansion was built when the Tianya Sect started. It is far larger than any mansion and is a city within a city. By his own admission, this was the royal palace he had built. After preparing for the independence of the southwest, he proclaimed himself king of the southwest.
Of course, it won't be long before this Great General's Mansion will become the Southwest Governor's Palace.
In the General's Mansion, Li He was looking at the official appointment letter of the Governor of the Southwest sent by the imperial court. And standing behind him, in addition to the beautiful little fox demon Xiangxiang and the fierce Sanniu, there is also the maple fire Xiaolan covered in black veil.
"Congratulations to the General on becoming the Grand Governor of the Southwest." A tall man sitting at the head of Li He and wearing a Peking Opera mask laughed loudly.
The long-haired man sitting on the other side said with a smile: "The appointment of this court is just a formality, and now this king of the southwest." Except for the second son, who else can deserve it?" The voice is extremely soft, and people can't help but feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts when they hear it.
Li He squinted and glanced at the two. He said lightly: "The two sect masters can rest assured, I am in charge of this southwest, and the North Pole Gate and the Honglian Gate are naturally indispensable." As he spoke, he looked at the old man beside the masked man and smiled slightly; "Of course. The merits of the Tianya Sect will not be forgotten by General Ben. ”
The masked man and the long-haired man were the Arctic Gate Master and the Honglian Sect Master among the three gates of the Netherworld Heavenly Palace, and what was even more unbelievable was that the Tianya Sect Leader Amohdi, who was supposed to be a prisoner, was sitting in the hall of General Li He's Mansion at this time, discussing the future development of the Tianya Sect with him in a low voice!
It turned out that after occupying the southwest, Li He ordered the purging of the remnants of the Tianya Sect and carried out a large-scale purge. But in the process of purging, he discovered a secret - there were other people behind the Tianya Sect's uprising, and these other people were the North Pole Gate and the Honglian Gate among the three gates of the Five Palaces of the Netherworld.
The North Pole Gate and the Hong Lian Gate are two of the more powerful factions in the five palaces and three gates of the Netherworld, both of which are masters like clouds, and they have the control of the Queen of the Netherworld, and after decades of law exhibitions, their ambitions are already (a few words missing) outside of wanting to get involved in the world.
So they pushed out the native Tianya Sect, passed on its martial arts secrets, helped it train the army, bewitched the people, and incited the Meteorite people, developed for decades, and finally started in the southwest.
After Li He knew that the culprits were Hong and Bei Ermen, and with their help, the Tianya Sect had taken root in the southwest and had great power, so he remembered the Immortal Token given by Fenghuo Xiaolan and the Empress You, and immediately asked Xiangxiang to return to Tanping Town to bring Fenghuo Xiaolan to the southwest.
Soon, the North Pole Gate and the Honglian Gate fell one after another under the Netherworld Token of the Maple Fire Xiaolan. Although these two Netherworld factions are now very powerful, both have huge hidden forces that can subvert one side, and they have been under the direct rule of the Netherworld for decades, whether it is their sect master or ordinary disciples, their obedience to the Netherworld has never changed. As soon as he saw the Netherworld Token, he immediately bowed his head and listened to the order.
Since the supporters behind him have bowed their heads, needless to say the Tianna Sect that is pinched in the palm of his hand, Amoherdi directly swore allegiance to Li He.
Later, the Tianya Sect used various methods to spread legends everywhere, calling Li He a divine general who rode a unicorn beast on the order of heaven to rescue the southwestern beings from suffering.
Because the name of General Li Hehu is already powerful in the world, his mount Roaring Qilin is indeed a majestic divine beast, and it has repeatedly appeared in the southwest battlefield. Therefore, even the people of the Meteorite Clan, who were originally on the same page as the Xia people, now worship Li He as a god. It is no wonder that the southwest has just finished fighting. Now it is a peaceful scene for the members of the Yiping group.
Of course, all this was unknown to the imperial court. As for the Tianya Sect Leader Amohedi, no one in the court has ever seen him, and it is not easy for Li He to make a substitute for the dead ghost casually.
However, to the imperial court and the world, the commander of our Southwest Pacification Army still said. Amoherdi's crime is so heinous that he will personally escort him to the capital in the near future. In addition to deceiving the imperial court, this also has another purpose......
The spring in the southwest has a different taste than the south and the north, there is a blue-purple flower in the Hongcheng area, and when the winter snow melts, it blooms all over the mountains and fields at the beginning of spring, which is extremely beautiful. The fragrance of the flowers is even sweeter, and it is said that the fragrance of flowers is strongest on the night of the full moon, when you just close your eyes and smell deeply, relax your whole body, and you can see in your mind what you want to get the most, the dream you want to achieve the most.
So, this blue-purple flower has two peculiar names. One is called "Moonlight Lover" and the other is called "Purple Dream".
When Amohedi ordered the construction of this future royal palace, he also built a small hill in the harem, which was full of "moonlight lovers" and "purple dreams".
However, Amoher did not get to see the flowers bloom for the first time, because the owner of this beautiful palace was now Li He.
A gray robe was draped over his body, his hands were behind his back, and his long sleeves swayed gently in the wind of the spring night. The clothes on Li He's body are naturally Yue'er's handiwork. It seems that since the first time he wore Yue'er's clothes, Li He no longer liked the clothes made by others. It's like eating Ziyan's food for the first time, he knows that it is the most delicious thing in the world, and he can't eat anything better, even if it is made by Ziyan's imperial chef grandfather.
Li He looked at the dark purple flowers under the light of the moon, slowly closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
I don't know if the time has passed for one or two pillars of incense. Or maybe it was longer, Li He slowly exhaled that breath and opened his eyes.
"The hosts. What do you see? Xiangxiang behind him asked softly.
Hearing this question, Li He's body seemed to tremble slightly, but when he turned around, there was a faint smile on his face, which made Xiangxiang wonder if he had seen it wrong just now.
"What do you see? Fragrant. Li He didn't answer the rhetorical question.
Xiang Xiang hangs his head. Whispered: "Forest ......"
"Huh? Forest?" Li He was a little surprised.
Xiangxiang gently swallowed her lower lip and said, "There is also the master." ”
Li He suddenly realized that the forest should be the place where Xiangxiang grew up when she was a child, and he is the person that the little fox demon misses the most.
"What about you? Xiaolan? What do you see. Li He asked Fenghuo Xiaolan on the side again.
Fenghuo Xiaolan is still stubbornly wearing a veil, but after coming to the southwest with Xiangxiang from Tanping Town this time, there have obviously been some changes. The most obvious thing is that wherever Li He goes, she follows him, although she still doesn't like to talk, but she has to answer Li He's questions, which makes him quite strange.
"Netherworld." Shinolan Road.
Li He laughed out loud: , I knew that it must be there!"
"And ......," said Shinolan; Great mountain ......"
Before she could finish speaking, Li He nodded and said, "Yes, there is also a place where you grew up, yes, a place where you grew up." As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh, and a lonely look flashed inadvertently in his eyes. Before, he thought that he would see all the good things he got in this life, but he didn't expect that when he closed his eyes and inhaled the fragrance of flowers, he did see Xiangxiang, Qianqian Yunlin and other women, but what they were wearing were the clothes of his time, and the places where they lived were also the places of that era. He goes on a date with them in the park, eats in the cafeteria, studies in the classroom, frolicks on campus, and snuggles in the movie theater...... Every place is so familiar and so kind. Before seeing the queen, he thought that he had forgotten the past, but he didn't expect to bury his memory deeper. Just before, he thought that he could no longer care about his previous life, but he didn't expect that it was just self-deception.
Li He turned around and went back to the corridor with his hands behind his back, he didn't and couldn't see that just after saying the word "Tianshan", Sakura Tun under Xiaolan's veil was still about to say something.
Not far away, next to the purple flowers on the hillside, three big guys with nose rings were intoxicated with their eyes closed and inhaling in the moonlight.
"Grandma's, Lao Tzu has seen the legendary top ten dishes, and I didn't expect that the first place was actually a fat chicken leg ......" Niu San roared happily.
"Nonsense! I also saw the top 10 dishes, and the first place should be pig's trotters!" Niu Er closed his eyes and inhaled while arguing.
Niu Da roared: "It's all fucking wrong!" The first delicious dish I've seen in Daxia is roasted whole sheep!!"
"Delicious!!"
"Fragrant !!"
"Delicious ......"
"Three generals, you ...... Don't eat flowers......"