Chapter 121: Losing Chuzhou and Burning Prosperously
After Xinglong's move, Nangong Tianxin became famous.
The 100,000-strong army was beaten by Li Xuande, who had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and lost face, knowing that the sin was not small, so he had to bear the guilt and ask Ouyang Chengtian to execute him.
Wan Qidun was Ouyang Chengtian's cronies, Ouyang Chengtian was not good at punishing him heavily, and he would not kill him, so he forgave him.
Wan Qidun said unconvincedly, "Nangong Tianxin is a demon Dao, using evil magic to burn my army. ”
Ouyang Chengtian said, "Don't talk too much, even if 100,000 pigs have to be killed for a few days?" ”
Wan Qidun said, "Li Xuande is extremely rampant, his soldiers are strong and strong, and the demon Dao of Nangong Tianxin is a big trouble, and he must find a way to get rid of it." ”
Ouyang Chengtian said, "My fierce rivals are Changsun Quan and Li Xuande, and I have long wanted to get rid of them. Now that the north is unified, I am ready to lead a large army to the south. In addition, I invited a master to deal with Nangong Tianxin......"
Ouyang Chengtian decided to raise 500,000 soldiers and divide them into five group armies, with the flying master as the leader of the group army. Flying masters Ouyang Ren and Ouyang Hong are the leaders of the First Group Army, flying masters Zhang Liao and Zhang He are the leaders of the Second Group Army, flying masters Wan Qianyuan and Wan Qidun are the leaders of the Third Group Army, flying masters Yu Ban and Li Dian are the leaders of the Fourth Group Army, and Ouyang Chengtian personally leads the generals to lead the Fifth Group Army. 100,000 men per army group. Dacheng Zhenren Xu Chu is the general of Zhichong, leading 3,000 men and horses as the vanguard. Selected the sunrise division on the afternoon of July in the autumn of the thirteenth year of Jian'an.
While they were deliberating, Beihai Taishou Yelurong opposed the southern expedition. Ouyang Chengtian was furious and said, "If anyone else objects, immediately push it out and behead it."
Yelurong had no choice but to leave.
After he left, someone said, "Yelurong and Dongguo Heng often speak ill of you outside."
When Ouyang Chengtian heard this, he became even more angry and sent someone to Yelurong's house to raid his house.
Someone got the news and immediately asked Yelurong's two sons to escape. Yelurong's son said, "There will be no eggs under the nest," and he resolutely refused to flee. Soon after, Yelurong's family was killed.
At this time, Li Xuanwei of Chuzhou knew that he was critically ill and was dying, so he sent someone to invite Li Xuande to take care of Gu.
Li Xuanwei said to Li Xuande, "Brother, I am terminally ill and will die soon. My two sons can't do it, I'm afraid I can't inherit my father's business. After I die, you will rule Chuzhou. Li Xuande said sadly, "I will definitely do my best to assist my nephew, I have no other ideas!" ”
While they were discussing, the spies urgently reported that Ouyang Chengtian's army was marching south. After Li Xuande heard this, he hurriedly bid farewell to Li Xuanwei and rushed back to Xinglong in the starry night.
After Li Xuanwei heard the news, he seemed to hear the last straw that crushed the camel, and immediately summoned everyone to make a will, and Li Xuande assisted his eldest son Li Qi as the lord of Chuzhou.
When Mrs. Aoki heard this, she was furious and ordered Aoki Mao and Zhang Yun to guard the outer door and not let anyone enter or leave.
Li Qi heard that his father was critically ill in Jiangxia, so he went back to Chuzhou to visit. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the outer door, Aoki Mao blocked him from entering the door. Li Qi had no choice, and his mana was not as good as Aoki Mao, so he couldn't beat it, so he cried a lot and had to return to Jiangxia. Li Xuanwei's condition is even more serious, and I hope Li Qi will not come again. By the end of August, Li Xuanwei screamed several times and died.
After Li Xuanwei died, Mrs. Aoki ordered Aoki Mao to make a fake will, making Li Cong the lord of Chuzhou, and concealing the news of Li Xuanwei's death, and not informing Li Xuande and Li Qi.
At this time, the news of Ouyang Chengtian's army's southern expedition reached the ears of Lady Aoki. Mrs. Aoki was greedy for life and afraid of death, so she instigated her son Li Cong to surrender to Ouyang Chengtian.
Nangong Tianxin's eyelids suddenly jumped, pinched his fingers, and was extremely sad, "It's fate, it's fate, Chuzhou still fell into the hands of Ouyang Chengtian." Moreover, Nangong Tianxin calculated that there was a hidden master who came to assassinate him, so he made some arrangements.
Nangong Tianxin told Li Xuande the news that Chuzhou had fallen into the hands of Ouyang Chengtian, and Li Xuande was silent and sighed.
That night, five Yang God Realm masters mysteriously appeared in Xinglong Xingyuan. They used great mana and great magical powers to forcibly break through the Bagua Protective Array. Several soldiers were killed instantly.
Just when they were complacent and proud, Nangong Tianxin sacrificed the heart of the fire god and taught the Tao Te Ching on the spot, and the five Yang God Realm masters could only listen to the Fa religiously. Guan Tianzhao bent his bow and shot arrows on the Xinglong city wall, and the poisonous arrows blessed with divine powers pierced through the body of the five Yang God Realm masters who were listening to the law. Under the heart of the fire god, the master of the Yang God Realm could not use his supernatural powers to protect himself, and he died under the long-range attack.
The next day, Li Xuande and Nangong Tianxin had morning tea. At this time, Tanma Fei reported that Ouyang's army had arrived in Xinglong.
Li Xuande hurriedly sent Yi to return to Jiangxia to rectify the defense of the army and horses, and then discussed with Nangong Tianxin the plan to resist the enemy.
Nangong Tianxin said, "Lord, please rest assured. Last time, Xinglong set a fire and burned most of the centaurs. Last night, he killed five of them Yang God Realm masters. This time the Ouyang army is coming again, and I am still ready to burn the Ouyang army. But the Bagua protective array has been broken, and we estimate that we can't hold it in Xinglong, so it's better to go to Fancheng as soon as possible to defend. ”
Li Xuande sent people to put up a list everywhere and told the residents, "Regardless of men, women, young and old, who are willing to follow us, from today onwards, they will go to Fancheng with the army to take refuge for a while, and they must not make mistakes." "Li Xuande sent Dongfang Qian to the river to transfer boats to relieve the people; Mi Zhu was sent to escort the families of the officials to Fancheng.
Nangong Tianxin summoned the generals to listen to the order, and the plan was like this.
First of all, Guan Tianzhao was ordered to lead a thousand troops and horses to ambush the upper reaches of the Baihe River. Use cloth bags to pack sand and gravel to block the water of the White River. In the early morning of the next day, if you hear the neighing of horses from the indecent people, you will immediately pick up the cloth bag, flood it, and then go down the river to kill it.
Ordered Zhang Sanfeng to lead a thousand troops and horses to the Boling ferry to ambush. The water in this place is gentle, and if Ouyang Jun is flooded, he will definitely flee from here, so he can take advantage of the situation to kill and respond.
Nangong Tianxin personally led 3,000 soldiers and horses as leek harvesters, divided into four teams, led one team to lie outside the east gate, and its three teams were divided into three gates, west, south and north, hidden on the houses in the city, and prepared a large amount of sulfur and other ignition materials. When Ouyang's army was ready to rest, Nangong Tianxin recited the Tao Te Ching, offering the heart of the god of fire (claiming to be the light of morality) to burn Ouyang's army.
After Ouyang Jun enters the city, he will definitely rest in the private house. Nangong Tianxin pinched his fingers and calculated, there would be a strong wind after dusk the next day. As long as the wind rises, Nangong Tianxin will sacrifice the heart of the fire god to ignite the sulfur that has been hidden in advance. After the heart of the fire god was sacrificed, the Ouyang army could only pray and bow down sincerely, and in this way, the Ouyang army would become a barbecue army. When it was almost burned, he withdrew the heart of the god of fire and sent a light cavalry to harvest leeks. At dawn, I will go to meet Guan Tianzhao and Zhang Sanfeng and return to Fancheng together.
Nangong Tianxin also ordered Gongsun Fang and Li Jianfei to bring 2,000 military horses, half with red flags and half with green flags, and stationed them at Queweipo, which was thirty miles away from Xinglong City, so they were suspicious.
Once you see the arrival of Ouyang's army, the Red Banner Army walks on the left, the Green Flag Army walks on the right, and then waves the flag. Ouyang Dajun must be suspicious and will not act rashly.
At this time, Guan Tianzhao and Zhang Sanfeng went separately to ambush. As long as you see a fire in the city, you can chase down the defeated soldiers, and then come to the upper reaches of the White River to meet them.
Nangong Tianxin told the generals of the plan, and then issued a battle order. The generals acted separately according to Nangong Tianxin's deployment.
Li Xuande climbed the heights and looked out, waiting for Jieyin.
At this time, Ouyang Ren and Ouyang Hong's 100,000 troops were the front team, and Liu Chu's 3,000 ironclad army was used to open the way.
At noon that day, the group army led by Ouyang Ren and Ouyang Hong came to Queweipo and saw that the Qinghong Army flag was everywhere in front of the slope. At this time, the pioneer Liu Chu pulled the horse and said: "There must be an ambush ahead." Let's not rush and camp here. "Liu Chu sent a spy to ride a horse and fly to report to Ouyang Ren, the front team. Ouyang Ren pondered for a moment and said, "This should be a suspicious soldier, there is no ambush." Speed up your march. I arrived with my army. Liu Chu then led the vanguard to kill him. But when I arrived, I didn't find a single person.
By this time the sun had already set. Liu Chu was about to move on, when he suddenly heard a loud bang from the mountain. When Liu Chu looked up, he saw that there was another banner on the top of the mountain, and Li Xuande was drinking comfortably on the top of the mountain. Liu Chu was furious when he saw it, and he was ready to fly into the sky to kill and lead the army to kill on the mountain.
At this time, the wooden artillery stones on the mountain rolled down, killing and wounding a large area, and the vanguard suffered heavy casualties. Liu Chu didn't dare to rush up the mountain, for fear of being killed by the flying master. And it was getting late, so Xu Chu had to rest on the spot.
Ouyang Ren led the army to Xinglong, preparing to capture Xinglong so that he could enter the city to rest. When they reached the bottom of the city, they found that the gates were wide open. Ouyang's army rushed straight in, and there was no obstacle, there was no one in the city, and it turned into an empty city.
Ouyang Hong said happily: "They are weak and have no choice, so they have to flee with the people." We will rest in the city tonight, and we will set out in pursuit at dawn tomorrow. ”
At this time, the people were sleepy and hungry, so they each found a place to make a fire and cook. Ouyang Ren and Ouyang Hong rested in the county office.
After the first shift, the wind was blowing. The sergeant guarding the gate flew to report the fire.
Ouyang Ren said, "This must be a sergeant who cooked carelessly, causing a fire, don't panic." As soon as the words fell, the west, south, and north gates were all on fire. It turned out that Nangong Tianxin sacrificed the heart of the fire god and ignited the sulfur in the city. At this time, the Ouyang army in the city was all listening to Nangong Tianxin's teachings devoutly, and everyone couldn't move, watching the fire spread. The hidden master invited by Ouyang Chengtian also prayed sincerely under the heart of the fire god of Nangong Tianxin.
When it was almost burned, Nangong Tianxin calmly flew away, and the three leek harvesting teams that had been ambushed in advance entered the city like a tide. For a time, the blood flowed like a river. Ouyang's army in flames had long since lost its combat effectiveness. Man is a sword, I am a fish. The rest of the soldiers and horses fled in rout.
At about four o'clock, Ouyang's defeated soldiers were sleepy and exhausted, and ran all the way to the White River. It was found that the river was not deep, and the people and horses all went down to the river to drink water, and the people were noisy, and the horses were neighing.
At this time, Guan Tianzhao ordered the sergeants to open the cloth bags together, and the flood was raging and rushed downstream. Ouyang's soldiers and horses were all drowned, and for a while, many people died. Ouyang Ren led the rest of the army to flee along the gentle water, and when he walked to the Boling Ferry, he only heard a loud shout, and an army blocked the way. Zhang Sanfeng shouted: "Ouyang thief, come and take your life!" Ouyang Dajun was shocked.
Zhang Sanfeng is good at lion roar, and under the roar, many people couldn't bear it and died of bleeding ears.
The First Army broke and fled north.
After the baptism of war, Guan Tianzhao, Zhang Sanfeng, and Zhao Tianxia broke through their cultivation and became flying masters.