An axe is longer than attacking and shorter than defending.

The reason for this is that it is still "top-heavy", when chopping, the inertia is blessed, and its force is doubled, but when it comes to flexible operation, it is far inferior to the genus of guns and sticks.

And the long-handled sledgehammer and mace are all in the same category.

Yang Zhi and Suo Chao with a knife and an axe, with a tacit understanding, Wang De covered the left and right, and gradually messed up the rules, at this time Monk Deng strode over, a stick on the back buttocks of the war horse, the horse screamed sadly, collapsed down, Wang De couldn't help himself, rolled off the horse.

Deng Yuanjue waved the iron rod and was about to kill, the stick fell, and when it sounded, it was Yang Zhi who made the golden knife stand up, and persuaded in his mouth: "Senior brother, listening to this guy's words is not a wicked person, but he is just stupid and loyal, his good martial arts are extremely rare, if he can serve the Holy Father one day, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" ”

Wang De said angrily: "Since you are obsessed with Xiaoxiao, it is nothing more than a death to repay the country's kindness, if you want Lao Tzu to surrender, you are afraid that you want to be blind!" ”

Deng Yuanjue was also angry when he heard this, and shouted: "Did you hear it? This guy doesn't take your favor, not to mention that the heroes in my sect have been killed by him, how can you not repay such a blood feud? ”

When Bao Daoyi heard this, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly smiled dryly: "The bald donkey's words don't make much sense, the two armies are at war, each is its master, life and death are the destiny of heaven, but it is not comparable to killing on the rivers and lakes." I think this guy is bold and has high martial arts, and it is a pity to kill him, so it is better to stay and serve the Yongle Dynasty. ”

The magistrate heard that he Mingjiao and the leaders were naturally not monolithic, and if they were dealing with foreign enemies, they would be able to work together, but when the threat was gone, they would inevitably wrestle with each other, and they would not let each other get their own way.

Speaking of the four great Dharma kings alone, there are two groups of big forces, the first group may be called the Yuan subordinate system, both of which were in the past when Fang La first came out of the rivers and lakes, and he was subdued by his courage and recognized as the boss, Deng Yuanjue is one of the representative figures, the five marshals and the five scattered people are among them.

It's just that in this group, there are two factions of civil and military, the one faction of literature, most of them have read some books, and their minds are more ambitious, and the faction of martial arts is mostly real heroes of the rivers and lakes, paying attention to a bright and bright one, when Fang La was crowned an official, most of the former became civil officials, Shangshu, prime ministers, squires and the like, and the latter are mostly military generals, marshals, generals, etc.

The second group of forces is Fang La's famous name in the rivers and lakes, when the earthquake was great, the heroes from all walks of life who came to defect, these people originally had a foundation, such as Lu Shinang, Zhejiang Silong, Tianmu Sanxiao, Gong Wen, Jia Yuqing, etc., among which Bao Daoyi was faintly headed.

Although there has been no open dispute between these two forces for the time being, the secret struggle has not been broken. For example, why did Zheng Biao have the most conflicts with Deng Yuanjue? It was because he followed Fang La earlier, and his theory should belong to the Yuan Cong lineage, but he was tempted by Bao Daoyi somehow, worshiped him as a teacher, and ensured that he became the Dharma King.

You must know that Zheng Biao has always been commensurate with Deng Yuanjue, Shi Bao and other brothers, and now he is an apprentice of Bao Daoyi, but he has invisibly lowered Deng, Shi and others by a generation, and Deng Yuanjue and others naturally look at him unaccustomedly.

Seeing that the officials and brothers are all wise and thoughtful characters, they naturally know that this kind of secret fighting, at first, there are often some reasons, and after a lot of fighting, it becomes a battle between the butts: I will oppose what you must insist on, there is no principle, and it is my principle to go against you!

At the beginning of the great cause of Mingjiao, the secret fighting between factions naturally did not develop to this stage of life and death, and in big things, they could still work together, but in small things, they showed this unprincipled principle without doubt.

Tong Guan's southern expedition, several brave generals under his command made great contributions, Wang De was just Liu Guangshi's general at the beginning, but now he can lead an army alone, these advances are undoubtedly stepping on the steps made by the head of the heroes of Mingjiao - only among the twenty-four flying generals, he killed five, as well as Wu Yingxing, Bai Qin, etc., also died under his axe.

For Bao Daoyi, it is natural for this person to be killed, but Deng Yuanjue mainly killed, and there was a dispute with Liangshan Yang Zhi, so for Bao Da Tianshi, things are very simple - no matter who goes against this bald donkey, I, Bao Tianshi, will definitely help the field!

Seeing Bao Daoyi pulling his hind legs, Deng Yuanjue became more and more annoyed, jumped to his feet and said, "What are you talking about!" Regardless of his killing, the two armies are facing each other, brothers are brothers, blood feuds are blood feuds, do you think Your Majesty will use such enemies? ”

Bao Daoyi rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "What do you know about this bald donkey, which of those talented emperors since ancient times has never reused the generals?" Shu Han Jiang Wei, Li Tang Wei Chi Gong, if you say hatred, hum, there was a Chen Lin under Yuan Shao in the late Han Dynasty, and the ancestral tomb of Cao Cao was blown up, Cao Cao didn't generally cherish his talents and use them? Zhang Xiujia Xu killed Cao Cao's beloved general Dian Wei and his eldest son and nephew, didn't Cao Cao generally not kill them? Do you think that my majesty's mind is not as good as Cao Cao? ”

Yang Zhi and Suo Chao frowned, Wu Zhi was Cao Cao in his previous life, and he said that he was with Chao Gai, Wu Song and others, although they did not spread it later, but the two of them have been in Liangshan for a long time, and similar rumors are naturally known, listening to Bao Daoyi's words with contempt, I can't help but be very unhappy, thinking that even if you don't know the inside story, my brother's nickname "Wu Mengde" is unknown to everyone in the rivers and lakes, and you shouldn't talk like this nickname.

Yang Zhi was still a little older, and he was organizing his words, and Suo Chao had already opened his mouth: "Huh! Niu Nose, if you say Cao Cao, you will say Cao Cao, what does the word 'medie' mean? ”

Yang Zhi also said: "Yes, even if the Holy Father is a hero, how can Wei Wu not be a hero?" Why should you underestimate the ancients? ”

The two of them were angry, Bao Daoyi was suddenly startled, thinking to himself that I was helping the field, why did you come to worry about me, his mind turned, and suddenly thought of Lao Cao's nickname, "Ahh I just want this bald donkey to know that from ancient times to the present, all great heroes are ...... with the ability to contain things."

Before he finished speaking, Wang De laughed: "It's ridiculous, you teach these people, can't you worship the devil and worship the stupid head?" Fang La, who was defeated by us, also cooperated with Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Wei, and Taizong of the Tang Dynasty? You bull-nosed want to be blind, come on, bald donkey, quickly kill this general, otherwise I am afraid that you will be laughed to death. ”

How can Bao Daoyi actually have a mind at all? I was not overcompensated with Yang Zhisuo before, and I was already unhappy in my heart, but at this moment, I was stabbed red by Wang De's words, and I was annoyed and ashamed at first, hmph! He took out the Xuantian Mixed Yuan Sword behind his back and shouted: "Damn the puppet, Dao Master will take your head!" ”

With a sharp sword, a muddy iron rod stabbed obliquely into the sword and picked the sword open.

Bao Daoyi looked at him angrily, but it was Deng Yuanjue, who scolded angrily: "Bald donkey, you want to kill him, Dao Ye will start and stop him again, what kind of ghost are you making trouble?" ”

Deng Yuanjue was originally on fire, but at this moment, when he saw Bao Laodao jumping like thunder, he felt that a spring breeze rolled up from the spring acupoint, and he couldn't say that he was relaxed and happy. smiled and said: "Bao Lao Dao, the Buddha thought about it, what you said is very right!" My Majesty, with a mind like the sea, although this guy is arrogant, when he sees His Majesty, he is naturally happy and convinced, how can he let you kill him without permission? ”

Zheng Biao raised his gun and shouted: "Monk Deng, do you want to embarrass my master and apprentice in front of outsiders?" ”

Deng Yuanjue made a fuss and shouted: "You guy is full of farts, are the heroes of Liangshan an outsider?" They came to the aid of two or two thousand miles, and it is clear that they are my family's beloved relatives and friends, and you are an outsider, won't it make the brothers cold? ”

Yang Zhisuo glanced at each other, thinking that the officers and soldiers had all hit the old nest, and these guys still had idle quarrels, which showed that the ability of the Holy Prince's majesty was greatly insufficient.

Pang Wanchun saw that both sides could not get off the stage, sighed, hugged his fists and said: "Several Dharma kings, listen to the words of the younger brother, this Song general is also a figure among the officers and soldiers, since we have been captured, I should be a prisoner to Your Majesty, if he is willing to surrender the best, if he refuses to surrender, Your Majesty will kill him to sacrifice the flag for a decisive battle, and also drum up the morale in the hole." ”

Yang Zhi admired Wang De's good martial arts, and he had the heart to take care of his life, so he hurriedly said: "Pang Shuai's words are a good deal!" ”

Deng Yuanjue and Bao Daoyi also knew that this was not the time for disputes to delay, so they glared at each other angrily and said in unison: "What Xiaopang said is good!" "That's it, let Your Majesty dispose of him at his own disposal."

Immediately tied up Wang De, plugged the hemp core, packed up the soldiers and horses and returned to the cave to report the merits.

On the other hand, Wang Yu led thousands of remnants of the army, panicked and retreated, facing Tong Guan's army, Tong Guan heard that the vanguard was defeated, and he was very unhappy, so he immediately stopped the army and summoned Wang Yu to see.

Wang Yu saw Tong Guan, rolled the saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and explained the process of how to encounter the enemy, how to fight, and how to defeat his demon law, and finally kowtowed: "If it weren't for General Wang De's death battle, where would the young general get out?" Asking for grace to allocate a new force, the young general led the way back, and finally saved Wang De from returning. ”

Tong Guan waved his hand impatiently: "The old man came here to quell the rebellion, it is a major matter of the country, how can you mobilize the army in vain because of your personal friendship?" According to what you said, those guys have both brave generals such as Deng Yuanjue, and demons with good demon laws to help, even if Wang De is brave, is there still life for leading hundreds of people? If you go to save him again, it will become a plan to add fuel, and you will retreat, and the old man will have his own way to deal with it. ”

When Wang Yu heard that he was not allowed to save Wang De, he was so shocked that he was about to kowtow and beg again, but several generals remembered their daily friendships, afraid that he would anger the boss in a hurry, so they grabbed it one after another, dragged it down and dragged it down.

Tong Guan had a calm face, until he couldn't see Wang Yu's figure, then he sighed and said to the people around him: "Hmph, more than 100,000 troops, life and death, blessings and misfortunes, are all on the shoulders of the old man, he wants to take care of his righteousness, but the old man must be worthy of the official family!" Wang De is such a brave general, doesn't the old man love it? It's just that the matter is urgent, and the situation is serious, Wang Yu can ignore it, can the old man also learn from him? ”

All the generals said: "The marshal said this best!" General Wang is also in a hurry, how can he not be considerate of the marshal's intentions. ”

Tong Guan shook his head, sighed again, and said slowly: "Those who have done great things since ancient times will inevitably slander them. It was Zhuge Wuhou who was bent on the Northern Expedition and the women and men were fighting, so everyone in his Shu Kingdom could understand Wuhou's loyalty? ”

A group of cronies under his command hurriedly said: "Grace is not good, Grace is the same as Zhuge Wuhou, presumably, loyalty, or like, but the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is as brilliant as the sun and the moon, in fact, Shu Han is comparable to a region?" In addition, when it comes to the use of soldiers, there are Zhou Yu and Wei Wu in the front, and Sima Zhongda in the back. ”

When Tong Guan heard this, he raised his head and laughed, but swept away the depression of the defeat of the vanguard soldiers and horses, and nodded: "That's a good thing!" Wuhou invaded the north, and it was difficult every step, and the old man went south, but he was sweeping the court and moving forward! Seeing that bulldozing his gang of source caves will be a great success, although he is anxious and desperate, giving me a small setback, but it has become a dead ash, how can it be rekindled? ”

Liu Yanqing frowned, and then made a series of generous looks, and stepped forward and said: "Enxiang, the current situation is in me, naturally it is not false, but the demon law that Wang Yu said is indeed powerful, and it is not comparable to the general obscuring method." If you think about it carefully, but it is those thieves who have no plan, otherwise he suddenly used such a spell when the two armies fought a decisive battle, even if our army can win, it will be killed and injured more Now it does let me know his ability, and I should deal with it in advance. ”

Tong Guan laughed and said: "Liu Jiedu's words are difficult for those who know the soldiers to say!" It is indeed terrible to turn the pine tree into a divine soldier, the sword and gun are difficult to hurt, and the power is infinite, which is indeed terrifying, but since he has shown his appearance, with the old man's ability, why is it difficult to break him? Liu Jiedu, at this time, the old man will entrust you, you go and gather a thousand elite archers, and then do this, this and this, and you can do it. ”

Liu Yanqing exclaimed: "Ah, if it weren't for the grace minister's explicitness, the last general would have thought hard for three days and three nights, and I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to think of such a good plan." ”

Tong Guan laughed, so he asked Liu Yanqing to prepare, took Yao Pingzhong, went to be the former army commander, still took Xu Ding as a guide, and transferred Ma Gong to directly lead Qin Fengbing of the headquarters as his deputy, open the road and build a bridge, and go to the village ten miles outside the Gangyuan Cave to wait for the army.

At this time, Deng Yuanjue and Pang Wanchun also retreated to Bangyuan Cave, met Fang La, and described the battle situation, Fang La heard that he repelled the front army of officers and soldiers, and captured the vanguard general of the other party, he was very happy, rewarded Bao Daoyi, and praised Yang Zhi and Suo Chao greatly, so he ordered Sitian eunuch Pu Wenying to say: "You go and say that the official named Wang De surrendered, if he refuses to surrender, he will be put in prison, and when the decisive battle is in the coming day, he will be pushed to the front of the two armies, and killed in public, so that his officers and soldiers are afraid." ”

Then put down the banquet to celebrate, between the banquets, Bao Daoyi won the jackpot, more and more complacent, those civil and military came to toast, the wine to the cup of dry, not long, smoky drunk, staggered to stand up, looked at the heroes, touched his own white hair and smiled: "Poor Dao for Your Majesty, perform earth-shattering magic, lose your life!" However, after all, the officers and soldiers are powerful, and although the front army is defeated, it will inevitably send another army of soldiers and horses to open the way, so it means that tens of thousands of men and horses in our cave will take turns to fight, and they will defeat him a few more times, one will damage its strength, and the other will wear down its morale, so that on the day of the decisive battle, we can be sure of victory. ”

Fang La nodded again and again, but showed a look of embarrassment: "What Master Bao said is indeed reasonable!" However, among the officers and soldiers, there is no shortage of warriors, this can win, relying on the hard work of the heavenly master, but the life of a person is calculated, and it is difficult to return, so you can't be called to fight, so how can you defeat him a few more times? ”

Fang Qifo stood up angrily: "Your Majesty is right! In the next battle, I'm going to go out! ”

Before the words fell, a person jumped out of the stairs: "Your Majesty, He is willing to fight with the left envoy." ”

Fang La's eyes on it, but it is He Conglong, the teacher of his own imperial forest army, this person is skilled in martial arts, and his eighteen weapons are outstanding, and the people in the rivers and lakes are called "amazing hands".

He nodded and said, "Very good!" Since this is the case, the Seven Buddhas will lead the army of 5,000 with Teacher He—someone must lead an army to meet them. ”

He looked down and sighed secretly: Shi Bao, Li Tianyan, Fang Jie, and Si Xingfang are all fierce generals who can't go into battle, and Wen Kerang, Wei Heng and other martial arts are limited, so he thought about it for a while: "Xiao Pang, it's still ...... you who have worked hard."

Wang Gong Lao Buddha suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, our army has few soldiers, only a round of battles, in order to maintain combat strength, Xiao Pang They have already fought a round, this time, I will personally move by this old thing, leading the troops to meet the Seven Buddhas." ”

Fang La smiled bitterly: "Master, although your old martial arts are excellent, after all, you are over eighty years old, if you want to go out, it is better for your disciple to go into battle in person." ”

Lu Zhishen heard what he said, shook his head secretly, got up and shouted like a bell: "Holy Father, the Sprinkle family is waiting for you to come here, originally to contribute to you, but now I have eaten several meals of wine and meat from you, and I can't fight, how can I have fun?" If the Holy Father can trust the Sprinkle family, he will also give the Sprinkle family 5,000 soldiers and horses, and let the Wei Heng brothers be a deputy general to receive the Seven Buddhas. ”

Qin Ming and Zhu Tong both got up and said with a smile: "Yang Zhi and Suo Chao were happy to survive a while ago, and it should be our turn to fight with Senior Brother Lu." ”

Although Fang La knew that Lao Cao was a little strange, but at this time, seeing the generosity and heroism of these Liangshan men, he couldn't help but be moved, and hugged his fists and said: "If it weren't for you and other brothers, Shi Bao would have been difficult to get out, and now thanks to your efforts, Fang's gratitude is really indescribable!" ”

Immediately allocated 5,000 people to three of him, and there was no need for Wei Heng to be a deputy general, and the three of them were in charge of leading the troops on their own.

Everyone had a full meal, led the troops out, walked not far, and met tens of thousands of officers and soldiers head-on, Fang Qifo secretly said: Come so fast! hurriedly ordered the formation to open up and block the way.

Outside the main cave entrance of Bangyuan Cave, it is a small basin surrounded by mountains, a radius of one or twenty miles, all of which have been reclaimed into fertile land, at this moment the new seedlings have only come out of the short time, the two armies are in formation, countless people and horses trample on them, and all those seedlings are trampled off, Fang Qifo sees it in his eyes, and he can't help but feel distressed.

He Conglong saw his expression on the side, and said in a low voice: "The left envoy doesn't have to be sad, although he ruined a season's harvest, but we have killed all the officers and soldiers here, and he has to be watered with his flesh and blood, and next year will definitely be abundant." ”

Fang Qifo showed a look of yearning and said with a smile: "If you can win a big victory over the officers and soldiers, at this time next year, don't say that here, at least the territory south of the Yangtze River, should be in our hands, and it will not be a pity to grow food here." ”

He Conglong laughed, touched his head and said, "If you don't grow food, won't you waste all this flesh and blood?" ”

Fang Qifo looked around and said: "Plant flowers, such fertile soil, and in the mountains, plant countless strange flowers and plants to defend the holy fire, and then it will inevitably attract countless butterflies, it is called Butterfly Valley." ”

He Conglong nodded again and again, showing a yearning look: "If this is the case, when the world is laid for the Holy Father, He will return to this Butterfly Valley and serve the Holy Fire to settle down for the New Year!" ”

The two of them were happy, and in the middle of the officers and soldiers, a young general was killed, carrying two swords and spears in his hand, galloping in front of the formation, shouting: "The heavenly soldiers are here, and they will not surrender, they will kill all of you!" ”

Fang Qifo said: "This Song general is not young, he is really brave, Deng Yuanjue has suffered from him!" Wait for me to fight him! ”

He Conglong shouted: "Since He is here, how can I tell you to move lightly?" The Seven Buddhas will sweep the battle for me, wait for me to see how powerful he is! ”

With that, he also held a spear, Pegasus killed, and shouted: "Boy, have you ever heard of the name of 'Amazing Hands'? ”

Yao Pingzhong sneered, stepped forward to fight, the two tumbled and rolled and fought for twenty times, Yao Pingzhong raised a shot, stabbed He from the dragon and dismounted, blood flowed out, all of them were lost in the land, but Yao Pingzhong said coldly in his ears: "Who has heard of you, an unknown general." ”

There is a division of teaching: The officers and soldiers have arrived at the Gangyuan Cave, and the cave still smells the smell of wine and meat. The flame is still raging, and the butterflies are busy all day long.

(End of chapter)