July 15 is commonly known as the seventh and a half months, Taoism is called the Zhongyuan Festival, and Buddhism is called the Bon Festival.

Therefore, according to legend, on this day, the underground palace opened the ghost door, and countless souls returned to the world, and those who had the master went home to enjoy the sacrifice, and those who had no owner cried and swayed, looking for food everywhere.

However, on the fifteenth day of July in the first year of Jingkang, at least in the Taiyuan area, those souls who went out of the ghost gate were afraid that they would be surprised:

I'm waiting for the annual one, and it's easy to come back, and I'm about to enjoy some sacrificial cigarettes, how can there be so many wild ghosts competing for food? How is this world going on? How did so many fierce fighting spirits come out? It's a good mid-year festival, how can you roll it like this?

How are you? It turned out that on this day, two places forty or fifty miles apart were in full swing -

One is under the city of Taiyuan.

The Western Xia army has besieged the city for more than 80 days, and there are many soldiers and people who have died on the city wall.

Fortunately, the two veterans of the old species and the small species led the troops into the city successively, and the morale of the people never fell, and they were willing to sacrifice their lives to deal with the enemy.

On this day of Zhongyuan, I don't know if it is the Jurchen and the party members, but this section, the Wu spontaneously attacked from all sides-

The other three sides, all to contain, only the south of the city is the main attack, the earth mountain is almost as high as the city, the famous Poxi army of Western Xia is based on it, the whirlwind cannon hits the rocks like rain, and it is difficult to lift the head of the defenders.

The Poxi army is the trump card in the Western Xia army, which is more valuable than the iron harrier, and there are only hundreds of people in total, all of whom are leading camels to fight, and on the backs of camels, they are all carrying small stone cannons, that is, the so-called whirlwind cannons.

The stone issued by this cannon, the size of the fist, hit quickly and quickly, it is on the foot of the armor, hit by it, but also vomit blood from internal injuries, the Song people described it as "a longitudinal stone such as a fist, the heart and intestines are cracked", it can be seen the power.

And there were many crossbowmen, who aimed their arrows with their crossbows, and who showed the defenders with their strong crossbows.

After a few rounds of this, the "Crashing Linglang" was dispatched to attack the city.

Those who collided with Linglang were the Western Xia army, all of which were captured Han Chinese, and their strong and brave people were organized into the front army, and they should be the first to attack in battle. Most of the Bang Linglang used today are the Song army that surrendered on the Yongxing Military Road.

The city river outside the city wall has already been filled in at this time, those who hit the Linglang pushed the ladder cart to the city, shook the ladder and climbed, until they climbed to the top of the city, the Song army defending the city jumped up, both sides raised their swords and guns, gritted their teeth and killed hard in the city.

Originally from the Western Xia after building the earth mountain, the Taiyuan defenders were completely disadvantaged, unable to take advantage of the condescending as before, and could only fight with the enemy on the wall with flesh and blood.

After a bloody battle, relying on a few brave generals in the city, he knocked Lang Canghuang and dropped three or four hundred corpses and retreated, but the whirlwind cannon hit the stone again, frightening the defenders to dodge in a hurry.

In recent days, this has become the norm.

Li Qianshun was quite satisfied with this, although he still failed to break through the city, but in this way of fighting, the casualties of the defenders increased linearly, and he had the advantage of troops, and he was confident that in a few days, he would have the hope of breaking the city.

It's a pity that time never waits for anyone. Every time I count "a few more days", the time limit has come secretly.

I only pity Li Qianshun, I can't expect tomorrow's events, and I haven't given birth to clairvoyance, I think I am invincible, I only care about attacking the city, and the scouts are too lazy to send out twenty miles, where do I know that at this time, dozens of miles away, on the bank of the newly built embankment of the Fen River, a new Dharma platform has been built according to Gongsun Sheng's requirements!

Rank, this Dharma platform, is not an ordinary building, and it has a system-

It is to find the direction of Tai Sui, make good use of loess, and build three layers, the lower layer is as wide as three zhang two, the middle layer is as wide as two zhang eight, and the upper layer also has two zhang four, and the three layers are each one foot three inches high.

At the four corners of the platform, there are four new porcelain bowls, each holding a newly folded branch; Under the altar five sides, put five large vats, all filled with clear water, float a willow on the water surface, each willow holds an iron card on one side, the card is the symbol of the thunder division.

On the three-layer platform, set up an incense case in the center, put an incense burner on it, there are two candlesticks on both sides, only to see the mist of cigarette smoke, the candlelight is faint, and the three divisions are supported, and the tablets of the generals of the Ministry of Thunder, before the tablets, there are five tokens.

After arranging, Mr. Gongsun pinched his fingers and counted, it was noon, so he put on a gossip purple silk fairy clothes, a bronze sword with pine patterns, scattered his hair, fluttering and shaking, stepping on the gang, walking is "flying dragon to Yugang", also known as "water summons Lei Gang", from the ground household to the stage.

Come to the stage, turn left nine times, recite the "Summoning the Dragon to Rain Mantra" nine times, burn nine yellow papers, and recite the "Prayer for Rain Mantra", the voice is loud, and the heavenly machine is reached——

"Taiyuan Hao Shi thunder fire essence, gather yin and yang to guard Thunder City. The wind and fire of the uncle ascended to the Zhou Garden, and the wind and electricity raised the ghost. Floating in the Taihua life of the public guests, God has a hurry to go. The rain in the sun is instantaneous, driving the dragon to power out of Xuanhong. I am in a hurry to act with the curse today, and it is not a light crime to dare to refuse the name of the Jade Emperor. Haste as a law. ”

After reciting, the sword struck the token in turn, and its sound was loud, but when it was heard, the black wind swept up from all sides, whistling mountains and forests, grass and trees, whirring and dancing.

Listening to the second sound again, the sky was covered by dark clouds, the cold air suddenly appeared, and Cao Cao waited to stand under the stage, and he had goosebumps.

And listen to the three sounds, the lightning flashes like a dragon and thunder like a drum, the silver snake shuttles in the dark clouds on the top, and the beasts in the mountains and forests are like facing a great enemy, and they have fled far away.

Listen to the four more sounds, it's amazing! At first, only a few raindrops fell, only a few blinks of the eyes, a bang, it seemed to overturn the sky, the heavy rain fell to the ground, a zhang away, the figure is difficult to see.

Cao Cao exclaimed: "Mr. Gongsun's technique, I didn't expect it to be so amazing!" The Qiao Daoqing brothers are the most accustomed to water, and they may not have such means as him, they are really Xuanmen authentic and extraordinary. ”

At the moment, the water of the Fen River, visible to the naked eye, rises, it is like a surging demon dragon, eating the embankment to block, can not vent the anger, after a wave of waves, suddenly turn around, rolling turbidity, poured upstream, and rushed straight into the river channel of Zhibo Canal, a hair to Taiyuan.

Lao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, shouting: "God help me!" It's time to wipe out the Western Xia army! ”

Seeing that a big wave went high first, and when the water slowed down slightly, Lao Cao first pulled up a bamboo row and threw it into the water.

When Zhang Liang, a Guiyi Hu man, saw it, he shouted: "Lord, wait for me to control the boat!" "Jump on the raft first, a penny, hold on to the bamboo raft and don't go, Lao Cao draws a knife in his hand, jumps on the bamboo row, Hu Sanniang, Shi Qian, Jiao Ting jumped on at the same time, Zhang Liang's penny is loose, and the raft goes down the river.

Seeing that Lao Cao is taking the lead, who dares to lag behind? They all went into the water in the rain and rushed away on the bamboo raft.

There are sub-teachings:

Flying water falls from the sky, and the flood is born from the earth. The wood and bamboo are the rafts, the waves are the horses, and the soldiers are on the waves.

The ghost cries and the god cries, and the wind is mad and the sun is dark. Yue shook the mountain and collapsed into turbidity and anger, and Jiao walked away and flew to the black clouds.

The trees are uprooted, and the big rocks are flat on the ground. The banner rolls with the murderous spirit of the waves, and the soldiers rise and fall.

The party opened his mouth in shock, and the Jurchen wept silently. Ren Erqiang is brave in the world, and he has turned into a pot of fish and turtles!

But it was said that the soldiers and horses who were besieging the city had taken shelter from the rain, but who expected the disaster to fall from the sky, and heard the earth-shattering noise, and the cracks in the bones could not help but exude fear, and they came out of the tent with trembling trembling to see, but they saw a great water, rushing from the south to the north, and the waves were set off several feet high, and the silver wall was generally forced over, and they were all frightened, staring at the water without blinking, and their souls did not know where they had gone.

As soon as the big wave rushed, the mountain of earth that had taken many days to pile up before suddenly collapsed, and an uproar came to it, not to mention people, but war horses and camels, which were rolled up by the waves, and they were all turned into dust.

This big wave rushed on the city, spreading on both sides, and the city gate that Xixia had not been able to conquer for a long time was also suddenly opened.

When the people in the city saw the water coming, they were all terrified, and they climbed the walls and houses, climbed the trees and hugged the beams, just to escape.

But pity the old, weak and obese people in the city, so they had to go on the stage and avoid each other, and as soon as the water arrived, in a blink of an eye, the tables and tables also floated, the houses collapsed, and they all made fish and turtles in the water, and there were countless deaths and injuries for a while.

On the Dharma platform in the distance, Gongsun Sheng showed a compassionate expression, and struck his sword on the fifth token, and the clouds and rain stopped in a moment, and the sky was still clear and clear.

The water had no strength, and it was open outside the city, and it was all over the place, and it stopped after a while, and the water on the flat ground was only four or five feet deep, but whoever was higher than Lao Cao was not likely to be drowned again.

Taiyuan has a city wall to protect each other, the water potential crashed in, and many people died from it, and those soldiers outside the city were empty and unobstructed, how could there be a good one?

More than 100,000 horses, at least half were swept up and drowned on the spot, and the rest were struggling in the muddy water over their chests.

At this time, countless bamboo rafts and wooden rafts came roaring, and everyone on the raft shouted in unison, holding the penny to rush around and kill, stabbing and slashing, these soldiers and horses in the water, regardless of whether they were walking or walking harriers, or splashing the Xi army, and crashing into Linglang, where did they have the slightest power to fight back? Even killing chickens is not so easy.

The generals in the Western Xia army, all of them were like ashes, knowing that such a situation was difficult to control, so they all took care of their lives and waded into the water to escape.

This massacre, swept away, drowned, and slashed together, not to mention more than 100,000 people, confessed their lives under Taiyuan City, this day's Zhongyuan Festival, it can be said that it is very lively.

In the city of Taiyuan, a cadre of generals and even the people who escaped gathered on the city wall, and they were stunned to see the soldiers and horses coming from nowhere, and Shura was born to kill.

There are also those who guessed the reason, for example, Lin Chong patted Hu Yanzhuo, the two of them were full of ecstasy, and laughed: "Brother, good means!" How to make such a big flood! This battle was thought to be protracted, but in a few moments, the victory and defeat were already divided. ”

On the other side, the little Xianggong pulled his brother and exclaimed: "In the past, when I read the section on Guan Yunchang's flooding of the Seventh Army, it was always difficult to imagine the scene at that time, but today I know the power of heaven and earth, how terrible it is. ”

After listening to his brother's words, he turned his head to look at the tragic situation in the city, and sighed: "This strategy is too cruel!" Today's floods will not kill fewer people than the dead enemy. ”

Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, squeezed over from the side, a good civil official, but his face was full of excitement, and when he heard this, he hurriedly shook his head: "Ah, the old breed is ridiculous!" This poisonous plan to flood the Seventh Army, although it harmed my city, it also destroyed the country of Western Xia! Moreover, the water came and went quickly, and there were many houses in the city, and although it was inevitable that there would be deaths and injuries, most of the people would surely survive. ”

The little seed minister also nodded and said, "This is exactly what I said!" Brother, Xixia wants to finish his work in a battle, and the soldiers and horses of the country are coming, and now this water, ten stops and he stops nine, we wait for the situation to cover up and kill, why is it difficult to destroy the country and exterminate the worship? ”

The old man didn't say a word, just shook his head again and again, and couldn't stop sighing.

Han Cunbao and other generals did not care about a lot, they had been beaten by Western Xia in the city for many days, and they had already been angry, and they had begun to gather people and horses at this moment, and they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to go out and fight.

After another half an hour, the water dropped again, and there was water on the ground, but the calf was high.

Wanyan Wushu and other Jin generals of the Jin State, because they were in the high terrain in the north of the city, although they were affected, the loss was not large, and now they set up soldiers and horses and went around the city to kill-

There were more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Wushu, and Lou Room arrived and brought more than 8,000 people, and the two sides added up to 10,000 people, of which nearly 5,000 were Jurchen male soldiers.

This scene of water broke more than 1,000 people in the Jin Kingdom, and there are still 9,000 people at this moment, all of whom came to save his father-in-law after finishing Yan Wushu.

Lao Cao killed the Western Xia soldiers and the Song army here, but on a mound, he surrounded the Xia lord Li Qianshun.

Li Qianshun's side, there were only one or two thousand people, stubbornly guarding the mound and fighting fiercely, and all the soldiers and generals here in Lao Cao jumped off the raft and besieged and killed them on all sides.

The two sides were fighting lively, Jin Bing came out from the side, Lao Cao saw that he was numerous, and the formation was neat, he was also shocked, and shouted: "Shi Bao, Yao Xing, block him for me!" ”

Shi Bao and Yao Xing were covered in blood, and when they heard the words, they responded in unison, raised their arms, and each brought more than 1,000 people to stop them, and Jiao Ting also rushed forward, waving his double knives and rushing to kill first.

When the two armies met, they met and saw Yan Wushu coming head-on, Jiao Ting recognized him as the prince of Jin, and his heart was overjoyed, and he stepped forward and wanted to cut off his horse's feet.

Jin Wushu roared, the big axe knocked, collapsed Jiao Ting's double knife, the horse jumped forward, Jiao Ting's body method was limited in the muddy ground, the reaction was a little slow, and the horse hit his chest flat, and he didn't say a word, he raised his head and flew out three or four feet, and fell in the muddy water and didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

Lao Cao saw Jiao Ting being knocked away by a horse from a distance, and his heart ached, and he shouted: "Hua Rong, Sanniang, you two will take charge of the army for me, and you must capture Lord Xia alive!" Time moves with me to save Jiao Ting! ”

In front of him, Shi Bao saw Jiao Ting flying out, and he was also shocked, and said to himself: This person is my brother's henchman, if he is broken, my brother will be sad, if he doesn't kill this Jin will take revenge, how can he have the face to see him?

With a loud roar, he jumped up, and the big knife slashed directly at the vulture, and the vultures saw that he was extraordinary, so he didn't dare to underestimate it, and hurriedly swung the axe to parry.

Shi Bao's knife, rare opponents, Wushu since and Cao Cao feuded, but also with the general wind diligent practice, a mouthful, more and more good, the two immediately stepped down, the battle of seven or eight, are helpless to each other.

Unexpectedly, Yao Xing suddenly rushed out of the side, and the two knives danced into a ball of brilliance, rushing straight into front of the Wushu horse, and chopping the horse's feet with a backhand.

Wushu hurriedly separated the axe to block, but Yao Xing's two knives were not comparable to Jiao Ting, but when he saw that the blade was broken, he gently and skillfully let go of the big axe, and unloaded the horse's hooves with one knife.

The poor horse lost his forefoot, fell to the ground with a bang, knocked the vultures off the saddle, rolled down in the muddy water, and cried out in a hurry: "It is a good man, do not take advantage of it...... Yes! ”

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly screamed miserably, but it was Shi Bao's wind splitting knife that fell, cutting off his left leg up to the knee!

(End of chapter)