Chapter 184: The Southern Expedition
The four holy monks are friends for many years, talking about the scriptures and discussing the law, and they are close friends with each other, and now the Emperor Heart Venerable was actually hit by this person on the top door, this top door is where the Baihui acupoint is located, the most vital matter of life and death, how can the emperor's heart be fate?
Seeing that his friend was killed, the Buddha's heart, which had not been shaken by the three of them for many years, could not be self-contained, and they all mourned in their hearts and shook their spirits. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
And that person laughed loudly, flew forward, blasted out three iron palms, and shouted in his mouth: "Mixed Yuan Qiankun Ancestor, Heaven and Earth, Sun, Moon and Star, Three Sect Masters, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth!" ”
I only heard a few successive bangs, and there was a roar in the hall.
The man walked out of the hall door.
He stood with his hands in his hands, his back to the gate, his eyes passed through the cong of brocade guards, looked at the entire Xiji Garden, and sighed: "Such an exquisite garden has become a Shura battlefield!" ”
He let out a long sigh and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" ”
Then he said: "Burn this hall down, thinking that the four masters are dying!" ”
A brocade guard said: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”
"Clean up this garden, and everyone will return to the team!"
The man gave a few words of explanation, and then galloped towards the palace.
Of course, Xia Huang Ye Ke hadn't slept at this time.
He looked at the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was seriously reporting to him, and said, "Chunfeng, you defeated the four holy monks of Buddhism at the age of a weak crown, congratulations!" ”
The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Li Chunfeng, a young man with a Taoist heart, replied after listening to the emperor's words: "Thank you Your Majesty for your guidance in the past, if it weren't for Your Majesty's professor, how could your subordinates advance by leaps and bounds and get a glimpse of the avenue of mixed yuan?" ”
Ye Ke shook his head: "You still have the talent to learn the Tao, otherwise you wouldn't have made such a big progress!" ”
"By the way, how's the situation in Jiangnan?"
At this time, the south is not calm!
Since the north was unified by Ye Ke and ascended the throne as emperor, everyone knew that Ye Ke would sooner or later go south to dominate the world, so all forces were desperately expanding their power and annexing the surrounding territories! It can be said that there are constant big wars and small wars, what a mess of words.
And Yangzhou Shuanglong is worthy of the Tang Dynasty-stirring stick, the young marshal army they formed rose in Yangzhou, in less than a year, left and right, laid a large territory, and became one of the most powerful forces in the south of the Yangtze River.
Because of their existence, whether it is Fu Gongyou, Lin Shihong, or Shen Faxing, they are helpless against the-stirring stick of the young marshal army.
There is no way, the aura of the son of the plane is too strong, and in such a short period of time, Shuanglong has broken through the grandmaster and become one of the strongest characters in the southern martial arts.
Two grandmasters, no strength in the south is willing to offend easily.
As a result, the forces of all parties in the south were deadlocked, and no one could help anyone.
Just when the legend of Yang Gong's treasure permeated the rivers and lakes, and all forces sent capable generals to gather in Chang'an, Yangzhou Shuanglong did the work of destroying Buddha!
There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain.
This sentence was said by Du Mu more than a hundred years later, but it does point out the situation in Jiangnan today!
There are many Buddhist temples, wantonly annexing land, attracting believers, and collecting incense, which can be said to be the peak of Buddhism.
They are the richest organizations.
And Yangzhou Ssangyong is indeed the poorest force!
They used to sell salt, but now they can't, and the large number of cheap salt in the northern salt fields of Great Xia has long suppressed the price of this salt, so buying salt is not a way to expand money.
Now that the young marshal army has been established, the economy is even more stretched!
They are also from poor backgrounds, and they will not exploit the people.
Finally, they recalled their conversation with Ye Ke and began to open their doors to Buddhism!
For a time, the territory of the young marshal's army was hiccups, and countless soldiers rushed into the Buddhist temple, expropriated their wealth, and forced the monks to return to the army.
In just one year, Ssangyong actually leveled more than 100 famous monasteries, and the wealth collected was calculated at sky-high prices!
And Yangzhou Shuanglong had money in his hands and a large number of soldiers, so he purchased weapons and equipment from Xia Guo by sea, and his power rose even more!
How can other forces stand idly by watching Ssangyong get rich and remain indifferent?
I don't know who learned the same first, for a time, the Buddhist temples in the south of the Yangtze River were struck, the heads fell to the ground, the Buddhist temples were burned, countless monks and nuns were forced to return to the vulgar by the princes from all over the country, and all the Buddhist temples were scraped clean!
And when they had money in their hands, they found that the weapons of the Eastern Underworld Sect could not meet their large-scale needs at all, and the only one who could provide them with weapons and equipment was Ye Xia in the north!
Of course, Ye Ke will not sell weapons and equipment to them, this is a capital enemy!
However, he ordered Jinyiwei to settle in Jiangnan, and tried his best to sow discord, spread rumors, and make Jiangnan chaotic!
Finally, two years later, after a chaotic war in the south, the forces of all sides became more and more exhausted!
Ye Ke made a decisive move, ordered Li Jing to send troops to northern Hubei, Liu Heimin to send troops to Liyang, and ordered Su Dingfang to march into Sichuan and Shu!
Qian Duguan, the largest warlord in northern Hubei Province, was suddenly at a loss, and after asking for help from Empress Yin to no avail, he decisively surrendered to Kaicheng, ignoring the joint request of the greatest ally and the biggest enemy of Chu Emperor Lin Shihong.
Since then, almost all the entire area north of the Yangtze River has fallen into the hands of Ye Xia.
It's time to come. No one will doubt that Ye Ke is about to unify the whole country, and it is only a matter of time before it is sooner or later.
When the good news came from northern Hubei and ordered Li Jing to continue the southern expedition, Su Dingfang's army also entered Sichuan and Shu!
Su Dingfang had Ye Ke to guide him in martial arts, and he had entered the realm of the grandmaster, and at this time, he could no longer stop the attack of the Xia army!
Xie Jiabao, the first powerful force in Sichuan and Shu, suddenly sent troops anyway, and the rebels of Sichuan and Shu were directly sent into the abyss.
Ye Ke gave Su Dingfang Shangfang the sword, and ordered him to take a tough attitude to force 30,000 wealthy families in Sichuan and Shu, including the Xie Jiabao branch, to move all to Chang'an, and all violators were slaughtered!
By this time, after two years of governance, the Northland had been completely stabilized, the people lived in peace, the economy was prosperous, the business was developed, and the workshops were numerous, and the trauma of years of war on the Northland had been initially restored.
The gap between the united North and the chaotic South has widened in the space of two years.
And the image of Ye Ke, the ruler of the world, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!
When Liu Heimin commanded 200,000 troops and attacked the south at the same time as Li Jing, the situation in the entire south became more and more chaotic.
The so-called Yangtze River defense line did not stop the advance of the Northland army at all.
The Xia army almost swept away, first wiped out the Chu State established by Lin Shihong, and destroyed the Western Liang State of Xiao Milling to destroy Shen Faxing and Fu Gongyou.
Yangzhou Shuanglong led the remnants of the army to resist stubbornly, causing a lot of losses to the Xia army!
When Ye Ke heard the news, he drove the expedition in person!
Fight against Ssangyong in Yangzhou.
In front of the grand trend, all conspiracies and tricks are floating clouds.
After that, the Xia army continued to move south, easily suppressed the remnants of Xiao Xi's armed forces, exterminated the Xiao clan in the south, and used bloody and ruthless means to deter the local tyrants and small warlords.