Mountains and rivers, wind, rain, thunder and lightning, the gods of all directions, and the disciples of the Immortal Dao League all sacrificed with jade, and prayed scriptures and ceremonies.

This is an ancient ritual that has been passed down for a long time.

The piece of ancient jade that Lu Zhengyi is playing with in his hand is a green gui that wards off evil spirits, and has the effect of washing the dust of the Dao heart.

At this time, Zheng Yin came to the lobby, sat in the front position, and nodded at him.

A twinkle flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hand to stop everyone.

"Fellow Daoists, listen to me, people in the practice think of themselves very highly, disobey the law, disturb sentient beings, fortunately, we have a strong suppression to return the world to the world, and the court has three chapters of the law, no monks are allowed to disturb the people, it is to the country and the people;

Now the devil is rampant, send the demon girl to charm the monarch, instigate and fund the rebels, and harm the common people, I waited for the mountains to go through the calamities, and suffered a lot of hardships before the people of the demon path were kept out of the door;

Now, the trend has come!

It's time for us to clean up the evil ways outside the city!! ”

When the monks of all the sects heard this, they echoed in unison, and agreed on the next strategy, so they went out one after another to gather their disciples and arrange the counterattack.

……

Jiangxia City, the temporary establishment of the governor's yamen.

A group of people gathered here, also discussing the course of the next battle.

The Wenchen who sat at the top was named Fifth Lun, the fifth, which was a compound surname, and it was extremely rare.

The fifth Lun beard is white, old and long, but still in good spirits, he is the governor sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion this time, at this time he is holding a bloodstained letter in his hand, and there is a fold sent by the imperial court on the table in his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Geng Gong's letter for help, the rebels are besieging the city, Geng Gong is going to the court to ask for help," said Wu Lun and touched the fold on the table: "The court wants us to discuss on our own and act at the opportunity, how to deal with this matter, let's talk about it." ”

The faces of the crowd were solemn, and no one was willing to speak first.

Seeing this, Fifth Lun pointed to the first person on the left: "You can talk about it." ”

The man lowered his head and organized his language, and then raised his head and said: "The rebels have besieged the two cities of Jinpu and Liuzhong for a year, and when Geng Gong went to the imperial court, it was half a year ago. ”

Fifth Lun didn't see any expression on his face, didn't reveal the slightest useful information to everyone, nodded, didn't say good, or not, pointed to the other person: "You say." ”

The man was a little flustered, but he quickly adjusted and analyzed: "The two cities of Jinpu and Liuzhong complement each other and form a horn trend, and there are only two schools of soldiers and horses stationed in the city, namely Geng Gong, the captain of Wuji in Jinpucheng, Niu Zhi, the captain of Hengshui, Guan Chong, the captain of Fubo in Liuzhongcheng, and the captain of the broken military academy, there are one hundred and fifty soldiers in one school, and a total of three hundred people in one city......

But as long as any city is lost, the other city will inevitably be in danger, and now the situation is not optimistic. ”

At this time, another person in the hall saw the opportunity to echo and said: "I sent a letter for help to the imperial court half a year ago, and now it has been half a year since we received it, which shows that it ......

Whether to save these people or not, there is no consensus in the court, so they are thrown to us and asked us to act at the opportunity. ”

Seeing that some people were up, others echoed their words.

"That's right, our current situation has just improved, don't dare to mess around!"

"What General Liu said is extremely true, although the front-line war has prevailed, the form on the battlefield is changing rapidly!"

The first person to speak saw that it was rare for everyone to agree on the same opinion, so he wanted to make a conclusion about the coffin, and quickly skipped this agenda, he turned to Wu Lun and said: "Rushing to reinforce and losing the support of the city, it is easy to be wiped out by the rebels in the wild, not to mention that it is winter now, the climate is harsh, the road is far away, and the logistics are difficult, it is not worth it to fight to save these hundreds of people, and it may not be successful." ”

Wu Lun laughed, pointed to the distance and said, "It's not far, I remember walking more than a hundred miles north to reach ......"

Everyone was still about to argue, but Wu Lun waved his hand, and his face became serious.

He silently opened the battle report in his hand, and sighed in his heart, where are there still living people?!

In the winter of the previous year, the rebel generals led 30,000 people to attack Jinpu City, and the garrison generals in the city were: Geng Gong, the captain of Wuji, and Niu Zhi, the captain of Hengshui.

There were two schools of non-commissioned officers in the city, one with 150 non-commissioned officers, and a total of 300 in the same city.

At this time, the garrison of Liuzhong City got the news, and after the discussion of the two captains, although there were only 300 soldiers, in order to show their determination, they still sent troops to rescue.

At the same time, Geng Gong sent a letter to the imperial court asking for help.

The three hundred soldiers in Liuzhong City knew that they would go and not return, but they still set off in the cold wind.

Unexpectedly, the rebels got the news and set up an ambush halfway.

Soon the 300 soldiers of Liuzhong City encountered the rebels, and although they fought bravely to kill the enemy, they were finally outnumbered and all died heroically. After the victory, the rebels killed two captains and turned to attack Jinpu City.

There are few soldiers in the city, and the situation is critical.

Geng Gong asked his subordinates to smear poison on the arrowheads, and shouted as he shot: "Taoist magic arrows, those who hit them will be sore." ”

The rebels who were hit by the arrow, the wound quickly festered, and the army's heart was shaken. coincided with a torrential rain, Geng Gong went out of the city and stormed the enemy's position, and the rebels were defeated.

Geng Gong understood that the rebels would make a comeback, and Jinpucheng was easy to attack and difficult to defend, and it was not suitable for long-term stationing, so he led the army to Sole Mountain, more than 40 miles north of Liuzhong City.

In July last year, when the rebels attacked, Geng Gong led a death squad to break through the enemy's ranks.

Defeated, retreat into the mountains.

The rebels camped at the foot of the mountain, and a brutal siege began.

In order to trap them, the rebels came up with a powerful trick to intercept and divert the river that flowed through the Sole Mountain. The climate in this area of Liuzhong Jinpu is arid and the terrain is high, and the lack of water is a big problem of life and death.

The soldiers dug a well for nearly 40 meters, but there was still no water, and they were so thirsty that they even squeezed out the horse dung juice and drank it. Seeing this, Geng Gong straightened his clothes, worshiped the well, prayed to the heavens, and went down to the well to dig again, and finally dug out the spring. The flying spring gushed out, and the army was jubilant, Geng Gong asked everyone not to drink it first, but to mix mud and make stones, which were used to defend the rebels from attacking the mountain, and sprinkled water for the rebels to see.

Seeing that the water supply could not be achieved, the rebels could only retreat to a distant place, and decided to encircle the point to send reinforcements, trying to exhaust their food.

In November, help did not arrive.

Even in a desperate situation, Geng Gong still persevered.

When the food ran out, when it was most difficult, I had to put the armor made of raw cowhide on my body in a pot and boil it softly, and then cut it into pieces and chew it to satisfy my hunger. When the leather armor was finished, they dismantled the crossbow and boiled the tendons that were stretched on it and the tendons that made the bowstrings. Weapons are a soldier's second life, but in order to fill his stomach a little, these are not taken care of.

Geng Gong and his subordinates worked together and were determined to defend Sole Mountain.

Due to the war and the lack of food and grass, Geng Gong's subordinates constantly died of war, starvation, and disease.