It's night.

The bright starry sky spreads out in the endless night, and the bright moon cannot hide the light of the stars.

Countless stars shine in the high sky, like the scattered gems sprinkled by the gods, like the gorgeous picture scroll of the sky made by the gods.

The starry sky is always so high that the struggle of the world cannot have any impact on the vast starry sky at all.

Such a clear and cloudless sky is a good weather day for stargazing in the eyes of any astrologer.

Zhang Jiao sat cross-legged, and in his hand was "Taiping Taoism".

"Taiping Taoism" is actually not a collection of spells, but a collection of truths.

There are many paradoxical sentences in it, telling the philosophy of life.

For Zhang Jiao, this was a book that changed his fate, and he got some Taoism from this book.

Because of the appearance of this book, he firmly believes that there is a destiny in this world, and he firmly believes that he is a person who carries some hope.

When Luo Xiao said those words to him, he felt the guidance of fate countless times.

Everyone is in the game, and everyone is a chess player.

"All people in this world have some responsibilities given by fate, and I now understand what I have to do, each in his place, and each in his own right."

Zhang Jiaopan sat in the barracks, looking up at the bright starry sky, countless stars flickered in the night sky, and the bright Milky Way was like a jade belt.

In the Taixue and Luo's Xue Palace of the Han Dynasty, there is a scripture called "The Book of Astrology", which studies the various changes of the stars.

The Astrological Scripture holds that the changes in the starry sky have their own laws, and the calendar is studied according to the laws of the starry sky.

Zhang Jiao agreed, but he was a Taoist priest after all, and the starry sky carried endless mysteries to him.

He believes that the starry sky contains the ultimate mystery of the Tao, and the fate of man lies in the light and dark changes of the starry sky.

"The fate of the Great Han, the fate of the Taiping Army, and the fate of the entire Zhuxia are entangled in this, waiting for one person to set the tone for it."

Zhang Jiao's fingertips wrote and painted on the Taiping Sutra, constantly deducing the future he wanted, and he threw the weights on the scales one by one, and then the scales continued to favor the Han family.

His face did not change in the slightest, and when the last very small weight was put on the scales, everything changed, and the scales swayed and balanced.

"That's true!"

Zhang Jiao's face finally changed completely, and he pondered for a moment, revealing a sense of relief.

He bowed down respectfully and bowed deeply, "O Supreme and Holy Emperor, is this your grace?" ”

Ji Zhao saw this scene, he did not give grace, but his grace was everywhere, and it affected all things.

Because this is a world where everything has a fixed number, no matter whether it is a big or small trend, it is unchangeable, and everyone is destined when they will be born, when they will say something, and when they will die.

No one struggles, no one thinks, that's what you were born with.

This is just a shadow world, and everything that has ever existed has been followed through the experience, with a difference of thousands of years, and it has not changed at all.

But Ji Zhao appeared, and he was like a raging whirlpool that changed everything from the moment he appeared.

Especially as he gets stronger and stronger, the variables get bigger and bigger.

The Han Dynasty emerged, but the personal fortunes of almost everyone who was in it changed.

For these people, isn't Ji Zhao's grace higher than the sky and deeper than the sea?

In the darkness of the camp tent, Luo Xiao watched this scene from afar.

He carried his left hand behind him, and he also held a scroll of the Taiping Sutra in his right hand, from which Zhang Jiao obtained the Taoist technique, but he did not.

For him, it's just a book about the philosophy of life.

"What do you want to do, Giant Deer?"

The Han Dynasty army pressed the border, and Zhang Jiao was not good at preparing for the war but was sacrificing here, which made Luo Xiao a little puzzled, where in this world can he rely on sacrifice to win?

Do you think you are the King of Zhaosheng?

……

In the vast land of Hebei, the Han army and the Taiping army faced each other in this way, and no one dared to attack.

In the various major battles that took place in the Central Plains, especially the battles that were prepared between the two sides, there were very few direct confrontations between large armies that ended in the end.

Even Xiang Yu's battle to destroy Qin was to constantly attack and disturb the Qin army's grain route, and the two sides continued to consume and pull, and finally thought that the strategic goal had been achieved, and then the final decisive battle was carried out.

As the commander of the Han army, Huangfu Song knew that his biggest advantage was that there was a lot of grain and grass, and there was a supply of Xingyang, Luoyang, and Nanyang, and he consumed all the energy to kill the Taiping army.

Moreover, the Taiping Army has just started an incident, and it is the time when the momentum is flourishing, and at this time, the decisive battle with the Taiping Army, even if it can win, the loss will definitely be not small.

There were several confrontations between the Taiping army and the Han army, and the combat power of the Taiping army was obviously inferior to that of the Han army.

Only the Taiping Lux specially trained by Zhang Jiao can be matched with those elites of the Han Dynasty, and there is no difference between the rest of the Taiping Army and the auxiliary army of the Han Army.

On the battlefield where the two sides clashed, it was obvious that the Taiping army left more corpses, which was a blow to the morale of the Taiping army, and the morale of the Han army gradually increased.

That's it?

Huangfu Song gradually encroached on the space surrounding the Taiping Army's activities.

The commanders in the Taiping army were a little anxious, and hurriedly went to Zhang Jiao and asked: "General, our army is being dragged here by the Han army, and the situation is really not good.

Although the passes occupied by the Han army are dangerous, as long as tens of thousands of our troops are deployed on the front line, they can resist.

The rest of the army could force their way across the river, not as easy as the crossing, but it was better than being beaten passively as it is now.

If you are unwilling to forcibly cross the river, then retreat to the north of Jizhou, or contact Qingzhou in the east or go north to Zhuo County, attack Youzhou, and connect Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou.

Either choice is better than stagnation now, empty and empty. ”

Even if Luo Xiao didn't show up, he knew that the atmosphere in the army was not good now.

Zhang Jiao faced the inquiries of Zhong Qu Shuai, but did not speak, but slowly walked out of the big tent, put his hands behind his back, looked at the starry sky, and turned to face everyone: "I retreated from here today, where can I retreat in the future?"

Yanzhou and Yuzhou can't be captured, can Youzhou and Jizhou be able to?

Now holding on to the river with the Han army, it is not only our business, but also the matter of the three states of Henan, as soon as we retreat to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Xuzhou Taiping troops south of the river, the only end is to be exterminated.

I watched the heavens at night, deduced the stars, and the auspicious time had come, and it was time to lead the army across the river. ”

Crossing!

This is a move that Huangfu Song never expected, in his opinion, this is simply looking for death, why do you need a ferry?

Because the ferry can pass through the army on a large scale.

Moreover, the turmoil at the ferry crossing is the lightest, and the safety of passing through will be greatly increased, and there are no reefs that can sink the ship at any time, which is a bloody lesson.

In Huang Fusong's view, this is clearly the helpless move of the Taiping army that is gradually falling into the upper hand, and is unwilling to abandon the army of the three states of Henan.

Huangfu Song's evaluation of this is: "The thief army does not know the way to choose, is short-sighted, and kills itself." ”

If Zhang Jiao knew Huang Fu Song's evaluation, I am afraid that he would say to Huang Fu Song, "You understand military affairs, but you don't understand fate." ”

The first crossing of the river by the Taiping army ended in failure.

The corpses of the Taiping soldiers floated on the river, with different expressions on their faces, and it was an extremely shocking scene, far better than death on the battlefield.

Zhang Jiao sighed slightly, Luo Xiao frowned slightly, a heavy haze fell on the Taiping army, and the failure to cross the river caused a lot of damage to the Taiping army.

It's night.

Out of nowhere, a melodious song sounded, and the song was like a woman roaring hard, which was a poem based on Yuefu in the early Han Dynasty - "Gongwu Crossing the River".

"There is no public crossing the river, no public crossing the river!"

"Gong actually crossed the river, Gong actually crossed the river!"

The woman's voice seemed to sound everywhere in the barracks, and the voice was full of pathos, and countless Taiping soldiers woke up in their sleep, listening to the song and crying.

"Fall into the river and die, when Nai Gonghe!"

Fall into the river and die!

Fall into the river and die!

What should I do?

Rise up and survive, of course!

Zhang Jiao didn't expect such an accident to happen, he didn't want to continue such a stalemate with the Han army, so he originally wanted to pretend to be discouraged and lead the Han army to attack, but he didn't expect the Han army to give him an assist.

The Han army used such a method, and if it is inferred according to the normal law, the Taiping army should have lost its fighting spirit to the extreme, and it should even begin to flee.

But Huangfu Song didn't understand that the Taiping Army may not be as good as the Han Army in other places, such as in terms of combat effectiveness, it is indeed inferior to the elite of the Han Army, but in terms of tenacity, it is incomparable to the Han Army.

This is an army armed by the Taiping Dao, this is a low-level version of the Dao army, and the last thing to fear is such a means.

Especially when Zhang Jiao personally led it.

Zhang Jiao knew that the Han army would definitely seek a decisive battle with the Taiping army at dawn, and this was also the opportunity he had been seeking, he wanted to make all the spirit, all will, and all sacrifices of the Taiping army clearly displayed in the world.

Show it to the Han Army!

Show it to the emperor and the ministers!

The most important thing is to show Luo Xiao!

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At that time, the king army was 30,000, and the Taiping army was 100,000, and there were also three armies.

Wang Jun marched with the drum and shouted: "Great Han! Years! ”

The Taiping army all struck hard, shook the four fields, destroyed the sky and broke the clouds, and said: "Cross the river!" Survive! ”

The two armies fought each other, and in half a day, Mingjin retreated, the Wang army won a big victory, and the Taiping army was defeated.

Song sighed and said: "The original intention of the song is weak, gathering and destroying the thief army, but the Taiping army has a very heavy desire to survive, but it is a cocoon and self-restraint, and it is only a small victory."

This is said: a wise man thinks a thousand times, and there must be a mistake. - "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of the Taiping Army"

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