At the moment when the Egret Temple completely disappeared, more than ten great masters from all over the world grabbed the void, but unfortunately they found nothing, only Yelu Xiao, the Khitan great master who had experienced the Egret Temple, put his hands in his sleeves and said indifferently: "The Egret Temple has disappeared into the void before it disappears, and the two of them have already been teleported to an unknown area. ”

Although the three great masters of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in Qingguo Temple have expectations, they are still a little worried, on the other hand, the abbot of Chong'en Temple in Dali is still kind, and his eyes are still good.

But no one could see through his dry well-like appearance to see the heart of fear.

The great grandmasters grabbed the emptiness and affirmed the mystery of the Egret Temple, and the two people who entered it also disappeared completely, and no one knew where they went!

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After the border armies of Qingzhou and Daimyofu besieged Chenzhuang Town, they did not take any further action, and only sent two iron cavalry to find out the truth and truth, by He Shaozhou, the young marshal of Qingzhou's white robe and white horse, and Situ Mo, the black-armored veteran of Daimyo's Mansion, the two leaders communicated with the three saints of the temple and transmitted the news back to the capital.

At that time, the northern border of Qingguo had gathered nearly 200,000 soldiers, Yongxing, Qinfeng, Hedong, and the Nine Armies of the Three Roads and the Nine Armies of the 25th Route of the National Twenty-five Roads were the main force, among which the most courageous was the Zhenrong, Tongyuan, and Wude armies of the Qinfeng Road, and the commander was called Xu Chen, who was not tall, but was a very powerful scholar.

Xu Chen is a strange person.

It is rumored that he used to be a showman who was not on the list, and he moved in the Ten Kingdoms. During the turmoil, he was forced to abandon literature and martial arts, and the scholar's brain was flexible, coupled with Xu Chen's fierce and desperate efforts, he was forced to cut off his scholarly anger with a knife, and practiced a unique martial arts spirit, from gathering people to deal with the weakness of the bandits and robbers, to gathering one side to resist the righteous division of the wild generals, and finally was recruited by Liu Zhiyuan, one of the ten countries, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Later Han Dynasty destroyed him before serving Qingguo, as for the original Qing Emperor's temptation, Xu Chen said very directly and simply, "The world is chaotic, who cares about the people of the world, I will die for whom." ”

When the old emperor heard such an answer, he immediately named him the "Zhenrong General", and assured that he boldly delivered tens of thousands of troops, and then Xu Chen repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and the old emperor directly promoted him to be the commander of the three armies of Qin Fenglu, ranking in the first grade, when Daqing had just established the country, the old emperor boasted about him in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, "Raise the knife to level the world, wave the pen to write the peace, only General Xu." ”

How many people can be evaluated like this?

In addition, although the resumes of the two commanders of Yongxing Road and Hedong Road are not as bright as the twists and turns of General Xu, they also crawled out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain.

On the surface, it seems that the three roads and nine armies gathered 200,000, but in fact, they represent the three forces of the dynasty, Qin Fenglu Xu Chen is a confidant of the old emperor, Sima Weishan of Yongxing Road is supported by the Privy Council, and indirectly belongs to the people on King Cheng's side, and Ge Hongliang of Hedong Road is a Zhongshumen, so you don't have to guess to know that the prince is behind it.

The three commanders are all good at arranging troops, and in recent years, they have destroyed three or five masters of the Grandmaster Realm in small fights with the Khitan border, and one of them is a first-class grandmaster.

In the eyes of outsiders, the "Six Lions of Zhenbei" are invincible and do their best for the country and the people, but in fact, they have long been involved in open and secret battles.

Even if the six lions in Zhenbei are as fierce as tigers and fierce as dragons, they still can't avoid being reined by the old emperor and wearing a mouth, and now they have to be controlled and supervised by a group of civil officials.

The forces of the three parties supervise each other, and the generals are very aggrieved, but there is only grievance left, the political power is divided, the military is suppressed and the culture is rigorous, and the local festival envoys alone have to tighten their claws and teeth, lower their eyebrows, and smile and grin to deal with the military intellectuals sent by the imperial court; The envoys of the border guards, and the officials of the imperial court, who let the family be close to the old emperor? Promotions and promotions only require these envoys and civil officials to blow the wind in the emperor's ears, who has not killed their fathers and taken their wives?

This also boosted the arrogance of the "envoys" of the imperial court, such as the military envoys, the envoys of the economic strategy, and the assassins, and the "envoys" of the imperial court were not like the local officials who set their posts and positioned, and the "envoys" were transferred once every three or five or six years, and as long as there were no bad deeds and no major events during their tenure, they could generally "pass smoothly", and then return to the temple step by step.

The temple is like a huge web, hundreds of thousands of spider silk are nothing more than three or five or six eight main line knots, and the "envoys" on the borders of various countries are like those spider silk that connects the imperial court and the county of Tongzhou.

The bureaucrats who are "civil servants and envoys" sometimes do not know how to pretend to be blind and command, and they may have a role in local civil affairs, but they appear to be scattered and ineffective in the military problems of border defense fortresses.

Now that they heard that there was a war, the generals seemed to have taken off the reins and taken the reins of the beast that had taken its mouth and chewed, as long as there was a will on it; Zhun Ding vented all the grievances in his heart on the enemy, fought a battle happily, and taught those "envoys" a good and vivid image to teach a lesson, lucky to be alive to make meritorious contributions, but dead but no longer angry, but also left a heroic reputation, to give his family a rich inheritance.

It can be described as killing four birds with one stone.

In this way, the two countries are gearing up, and the morale is getting stronger and stronger.

At the same time, more than ten Changhong at the end of the east of Qingguo broke through the sky, and the soldiers of the two countries looked up in the air, showing worship, and they all knew that it was a great master and strong man who was one step away from the land immortals, and more than ten people had an extraordinary demeanor, and that unparalleled temperament made ordinary people fearful to the bones.

More than ten people hovered in the void, looking down at the more than 400,000 soldiers and horses of the two countries, forming a sharp contrast between the top and bottom, like immortals separated by immortals.

However, this immortal is not the other immortal, this mortal is not the real mortal, if the two fight hard, at most five or five, but more than a dozen people against 400,000 is already a terrifying comparison, this is the power of the monk!

Of course, it is impossible for the two sides to really do it, it is just a hypothesis.

Among the more than ten people hovering in the void, an old man with a goatee with silver beard and crane hair stepped out of the air, his tall body and his unaged appearance were very recognizable, and his deep voice sounded through the void: "Where is the Khitan general Wanyan Stone?" ”

"The subordinates are here!"

A man in armor walked out of the more than 200,000 Khitan troops, kneeling on one knee and clenching his fists.

Wanyan Shi is the widow of the Jurchen tribe of the Khitan vassal state, adopted by the Khitan master when he was a child, this person is exquisite, ingenious, and willing to endure hardships, after 30 years of training, he finally became a great weapon, and he is famous in the Khitan, and the ability to lead the troops is second only to the great master Yelu Xiao, and his own strength is second only to the great commander Yelu Demeng.

There are rumors in the Khitan, after saying that, Yan Shi's strength is far superior to Yelu Demeng, but he just looks at Yelu Demeng is the Khan's younger brother and deliberately serves as a foil on his face, which is also in line with Wan Yan Shi's exquisite heart, and neither of them publicly explained this rumor.

Yelu Xiaolang spoke: "Pass on the law of the national teacher, and the Khitan will retreat fifty miles to wait for the order." Then, with a wave of one hand, a secret letter fell directly down to the armored man: "Deliver this letter to His Majesty the Khan." ”

Wanyan Shi had to order him to pick up the letter and retreat, which was the reason why it was not easy to raise troops for the southern expedition written by Yeluxiao, the great master of the Khitan.

Xu Chen, Sima Weishan, and Ge Hongliang, commanders of the Three Routes and Nine Armies on the Qingguo side, were also met by the three saints of the temple to discuss the delay of the war.

The reason for the two countries to move troops is to be lucky for the Egret Temple, and now that the Egret Temple has disappeared, the Khitan has not succeeded, and the Qingguo is naturally happy to be happy, but the Khitan Xixia Tubo and other countries have pounced on the empty somewhat stingy, and the great masters of all countries know that one of the Qing countries has entered the Egret Temple, and the other person has not yet been identified, because he has not been able to trigger the luck dragon vein, and the great grandmaster has no way of detecting which country it is.

The two armies faced each other for three days, and finally the thunder was loud and the rain was small, and the temples of the two countries each issued the news of the withdrawal of troops, and the war after the pacification of the Ten Kingdoms ended dramatically, and the Khitan that had been dormant for decades also ended again.

The Khitan didn't want a war to happen in advance, and the army pressed the border just to bring back the great master Yeluxiao and others, they were waiting for a suitable opportunity, and now the opportunity is getting closer and closer.

The old emperor of Qingguo has the intention to fight a big war, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, his dragon body is not safe, and he is getting older and older, since the Khitan did not succeed in the Egret Temple, he will also take advantage of the situation to collect the troops, and now the old emperor is thinking about the way to continue his life, because he is the opportunity that the Khitan has to wait.

Although the 25 roads of the country seem to be harmonious and calm, in fact, the princes of all walks of life have been hollowed out and cut off their power over the years, and they must be full of complaints, and if the old emperor dies, it will cause a series of changes.

Including the Khitan Tubo and Western Xia are also waiting for this moment to come.

Therefore, the old emperor knew very well that in the early years, he would definitely personally go on a northern expedition to compete with the Khitan and recover the sixteen lands of Yanyun.

is old, after all, it is old, even the emperor who pacified the ten kingdoms had to bend his waist in front of the years.

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In March, the willows are full of greenery and the earth is rejuvenated.

Half a month has passed since the withdrawal of troops between the two countries, and rumors are spreading in the streets, and speculation is strange.

The abbot of Chong'en Temple in Dali has stayed in Qingguo so far, the first person in the temple of the neighboring country who has never had trouble, the Honglu Temple of Qingguo gives the highest etiquette, and even the temple is accompanied by a national teacher in person, and the two Buddhist monks are very happy to negotiate.

By now, Qingguo had already guessed the identity of another person who had entered the Egret Temple, there was no doubt about the eighth-story Dali, and the identity was not low, otherwise why would this abbot of Chong'en Temple wait in person, and the abbot of Jueyu did not hide it, let alone refute it.

At the end of March, the abbot of Chong'en Temple in Dali really waited for a long time, and left, with the current situation of friendship between the two countries, the princess appeared in Qingguo, presumably it will not pose a danger, this is the conclusion that the abbot Jueyu stayed for more than half a month.

In the same month, the old emperor urgently summoned the three saints to discuss the method of prolonging life, and the three saints gave different proposals, including the elixir that has been handed down since ancient times, and the legendary spiritual herb and immortal medicine.

The old emperor pondered for a few days and decided to let the three saints go to find the legendary Three Immortal Islands in the East China Sea, and begged for a spiritual herb immortal medicine to come back and continue his life.

As for why the old emperor gave up the pill, first, there were too many emperors who died in the pill, and second, he had another decision to open the three saints.

At the beginning of April, the three saints of the temple secretly traveled to the East China Sea for the old emperor to find the elixir of spiritual herbs to prolong life.

Three days later, the old emperor changed his malaise, his eyes were as cold as a deep pool, and he immediately planned to "hunt down and kill Zhao Zhengli, the son of the rebellious minister"! On the same day, he was removed from all his ranks.

For a time, the temples and rivers and lakes of Qingguo shook the whole country.