Yifeng and Shuli both looked at Master Luntai in surprise, Master Luntai stretched out his sleeves to wipe away his tears, looked at the stunned Wang Gang and said:

"Back then, my master and I came to Dajue Temple, and Shizun had no cultivation qualifications, so he became a scribe monk in Dajue Temple, specializing in copying Buddhist scriptures, and usually went to various places to find scriptures and supplement the scriptures in the Tibetan scripture cave in Danhuang. More than ten years ago, he came back from a place, in a mess, clutched on a dry branch, and even missing a leg! I was very panicked and tried to ask him what was going on, but he never wanted to say.

When he returned to the temple, his leg was so festering that he couldn't die, and soon after, the old man passed away. When he was dying, he told me that he knew that his time was running out, and the reason why he had to rush back was that he wanted to die here, and die in this holy place where the Buddhist monks of the Great Wuguo Kingdom were willing to come here to worship and pay homage. ”

Tears flowed from Wang Gang's eyes again, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, opened his chapped lips, and asked tremblingly, "Where is his old man's tomb, I must go and pay respects!" ”

Master Luntai shook his head slightly, turned to look at the other side of the Danhuang Buddha Caves, and said slowly: "The monks are all over the world, and their bodies are gone, and the body is just a skin, after I incinerated the master's body, I swept his ashes in one place and buried them under the largest poplar tree opposite the Danhuang Buddha Caves, so that he could look at me and watch us guard this Buddhist treasure that countless Buddhists have worked hard to protect for generations!" ”

Everyone turned around and looked at the tallest and leafy poplar tree on the other side of the Danhuang Buddha Caves, Wang Gang knelt down again, and those simple people in the northwest also knelt down with him.

Just now they have passed on the word of mouth, the whole story of the whole thing spread to everyone's ears, and they simply looked at the splendid meadow on the other side of the river that bloomed the last flower of the year, and the poplar that represents tenacity, nobility, and strength, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and extended the most simple greetings to the old monks who had passed away, and also to all the northwestern wandering monks who had helped them······

Back to Dajue Temple, the seriously injured Master Luntai insisted, and hurriedly arranged for people to settle the people in the northwest who came over, fortunately, when the Northwest monk corps left, all the supplies were left in the large camp north of the Danhuang Buddha Caves, because they went with the heart of death.

At this time, these tents, clothes, cooking utensils and other materials can become the daily use of the people in the northwest. Then Master Luntai arranged for the monks to go to the nearby villages together with Wang Gang and others to carry the grain back, so many people, they could not be starved in vain.

The next step is to arrange for monks to count those people who are willing to join Buddhism, those who are willing to just come and help in the war, and those who join Buddhism should ask the reason, whether there are people in the family who need to be taken care of, or whether they are willing to decide to join the Shamen and so on, and so on, all of them must be asked clearly, do not be reluctant, and do not misunderstand the meaning of Buddhism to them.

By the time Master Luntai and his brothers and sisters of Dajue Temple were busy, it was already midnight. When he returned to the temple of Dajue Temple, he found that Yifeng and Shuli, Huang Chengyu Hun Jian Zhenwu and others were still waiting for him.

Xuanluan fell asleep in Yifeng's arms, Yifeng was also very helpless, and there was also a trace of sourness, she had developed a habit before, and she had to sleep at this time, but she was sleeping in Ben Qian's arms, and now she had no choice but to take this place by him. But Yifeng was also very moved in his heart, and at the same time there was a little weirdness, this girl who was as delicate as a porcelain doll after falling asleep, who would have thought that she was a fierce eldest sister who was rampant in hell and was not afraid of the sky?

Yifeng wanted to stand up, but she was afraid of disturbing Xuanluan, so she nuzzled, and one of the Mahayana monks in the battle group of the Wind Roar Army, who was also a bhikshuni, took Xuanluan from Yifeng's hand and went out with her in her arms.

Yifeng saluted Master Luntai and said, "Master, we're really sorry that we didn't help. ”

Master Luntai replied: "What did the Buddha say, now we have all experienced life and death together, if it were not for you, Dajue Temple and Danhuang Buddha Caves would have been destroyed." However, you are waiting for the old monk, do you have something to discuss? ”

Yifeng nodded and said, "We have received some information, the battle situation is urgent, we need to leave for Gunzhou in the north as soon as possible, which is the main battlefield of Buddhism in the north." ”

Hearing this, Master Luntai said without the slightest hesitation: "Buddha, General Shu, the old monk has already thought about it, and has also discussed it with the brothers and sisters of Dajue Temple, the 30,000 Buddhist monks and monks we withdrew from the Demon Eye will be led by you, and they will go to the Northern Ice Plain with you to fight!" ”

Yifeng and Shuli glanced at each other, and Yifeng said: "Master, we don't mean to divide the troops on purpose, it's just that the current strength of the Wind Roar Army, in front of the Dawu Legion, the combat effectiveness is really not enough." ”

"What do you say?" Master Luntai quickly said: "Not only that, but I will also let all the remaining junior disciples who have reached the Mahayana realm go with you, they are all people who have experienced so many battles, although they have been injured somewhat, but it is not serious, just raise them, and their combat experience has also improved a lot, so let them go with you." ”

The old monks behind Master Luntai all nodded in agreement, smiling at Yifeng and Shuli and others.

A warm current rose in Yifeng's heart, especially warm in the cold night in the northwest, Shuli was silent for a while, but continued: "We can't let the Buddhist path in the northwest be so empty, as long as there are 20,000 monks and soldiers in the northwest to go with us, in addition, the masters don't need to go with us, and it is also a very important task to protect the Danhuang Buddha Grottoes." ”

Master Luntai shook his head and said, "Buddha, the old monk knows that you and General Shu are both brave and strategic, and after this period of learning with you, we have some war experience. On the way here just now, the old monk and the juniors and disciples have discussed and prepared. When we left the Northwest Monk Corps to go to Wei Jian's military camp, we left a group of people stationed in the military camp north of the Danhuang Buddha Caves, with nearly 10,000 people and 20 or 30 Mahayana Buddhist monks. They have all been trained and instructed by Hun Jian, Zhenwu, and Deputy General Huang Chengyu, plus 70,000 or 80,000 people who have defected today, and the old monk believes that they will be able to be trained by us to have a rough appearance in the near future. ”

"But—"

Yifeng just wanted to refute, but Master Luntai hurriedly stopped and said: "The old monk knows what you have to say, materials and food, we have gained a lot from the Demon Eye and Wei Jian's base camp, and there are more than 10,000 war horses combined, which is already a lot." The Northwest Legion lost a lot of soldiers and horses this time, and the 150,000 soldiers and horses of the Thundering Legion only survived with Yang Jiong, and we can also convert them into our combat strength, 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry was basically wiped out, and there were not many 40,000 or 50,000 Shenwu troops left, and they all followed Yang Jiong to the northwest border to defend against the invasion of the Western Regions nomads and wolf clans.

"The Northwest Army has been hit hard by this, and the war on the Northwest Frontier is tight, so we have plenty of time to digest these things and train our troops. You don't need to worry too much. ”

Shuli pondered for a moment and said, "Then, the soldiers of the three northwestern states? ”

Master Luntai smiled and said: "Didn't they say it just now, Wang Gang, the government doesn't care about our war at all, they are still in charge of collecting taxes and governing the people, they are separated from the legion, especially now that the legion has been frustrated, how can they come out." ”

Yifeng nodded, thought for a while, and then said: "In this case, we will discuss the final plan with you, this battle is not the last battle, the real war is not in the states of the Great Wu Kingdom, but in the imperial court." ”

So, Yifeng forced Buddhism to the palace, Emperor Wu's plan to give way to the throne and Master Luntai and others said, although Master Luntai was very surprised in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, what Yifeng said did make sense, the battles in the states were not finished, and if you want to end the war, only if the interests in the court are proper and stable, it is possible to end the war.

Master Luntai and the others immediately promised Yifeng that after training this new batch of combat power as soon as possible, they would rush to the southeast of Suozhou to cause oppression to the northwest of Junzhou, and they would also pay attention to the movements of the Wind Roar Army and obey Yifeng's command.

In this regard, the situation of the battle of Buddhism and Taoism in the northwest has been temporarily stabilized, and Yifeng and Shuli have also decided to leave here the next day, taking advantage of the fact that the situation has not deteriorated to the point that they can not accept it, after all, Junzhou City is still guarded by a million troops, and the combat effectiveness is very terrifying, so it is necessary to rush before Cui Ming convinces Emperor Wei Yu again and sets off a new campaign for the destruction of Buddhism and Taoism, and the war situation is further approaching Junzhou to realize the final plan.

However, just when Yifeng was about to set off the next day, they suddenly received an unexpected piece of information that shocked them: Taiqingmen mutinied, and Yan Guizhen was arrested!