Chapter Ninety-Four: The Whole Army Is Annihilated
Early the next morning, King Baoxiang led hundreds of civil and military officials to hold a banquet to entertain the three Tibetan masters and apprentices.
The meal was eaten from morning to noon, when the king ordered the remnants to be removed.
Later, he led the ministers to send the master and apprentice out of ten miles, and instructed him to return to the treasure elephant country when he returned from learning the scriptures.
Bidding farewell to everyone, the master and apprentice quickened their pace all the way to the west, and came out for about twenty miles before stopping.
Turning his head to look behind him, Sanzang asked, "Wukong, you said that the king will have two sons, is it true or false?" ”
Xue Tianqing smiled: "There are times in life when you have to have it, and there is no time in life to force it." ”
Sanzang was stunned: "Wukong, if the monks don't speak, how can you deceive the king?" ”
"Master, this can't be called a lie. The king is less than fifty, and there are several wives and concubines in the harem, if he can achieve even rain and dew, how can he have no heirs? ”
Sanzang sighed lightly: "Remember, monks don't speak. ”
Xue Tianqing smiled again: "Master, this sentence seems to have been said by your Buddhism, although I will protect you to go west, but I have not joined Buddhism, so it should be okay to say two lies,"
Seeing Xue Tianqing's hippie smiling face, Sanzang said helplessly: "Wujing just apprenticed to my sand gate, you two have been following as teachers for a long time, and it is time to shave." If you serve the Buddha with the Tao, even if you reach Lingshan, you will not be able to achieve positive results. ”
Xue Tianqing shook her head: "Master, there is a saying that sincerity is spirituality, so this matter cannot be forced." ”
Sanzang nodded and said, "Okay, I won't force you for the teacher, but I believe that one day you will join the Buddhism." Bajie, you see that the people on the road are calling you one by one, shouldn't you ......?"
Without waiting for Sanzang to finish speaking, Bajie had already handed over the white horse to the sand monk and jumped into the air: "Master, I'll go to the front to inquire first to see if there are any monsters." ”
Seeing this, Sanzang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Xue Tianqing said with a smile: "Master, I think it's better to hurry up, when we get to Lingshan, maybe I and Bajie are already disciples of Buddhism." ”
Hearing this, Sanzang nodded yes, and then urged the horses to go to Lingshan with a pious heart.
In the blink of an eye, winter has gone to spring, and everything is new.
Looking at the spring scene, Sanzang couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful scenery, although the terroir here is far from the Tang Dynasty, it has a unique flavor." ”
Xue Tianqing said with a smile: "What Master said is that all the way to the west, the customs and customs along the way have their own strengths, which is really amazing." ”
After speaking, he turned his head and said to Sha Seng: "Two junior brothers, it's almost noon today, you guys are protecting Master, I'll go see if there is a fasting nearby." ”
Wu Jing nodded when he heard this: "Senior brother, don't worry." ”
Xue Tianqing was lucky this time, and when she went more than 50 miles north, she saw a village, and many people were smoking from their chimneys.
After returning to the road after the fasting meal, I saw Sanzang sitting on the side of the road to rest, Sha Seng waiting on the side, and Bajie was nowhere to be seen.
Seeing Xue Tianqing looking around, Sha Seng smiled and said, "Senior brother, don't look for it, the second senior brother has gone to the front to explore the way." ”
Xue Tianqing said with a smile: "When Bajie just apprenticed, I was afraid that it was the original Bajie, but now it seems that I really underestimated him." Along the way, thanks to his care of Master before and after the saddle, you and I were so relaxed. ”
Sha Seng was puzzled: "What do you mean by this, senior brother?" ”
Xue Tianqing hehehe: "It's just a casual statement, you don't have to take it seriously." ”
After half an hour, Bajie was still missing, and Sanzang was a little worried: "Wukong, Bajie has been gone for a long time, nothing will happen, right?" ”
"Master rest assured, Bajie is not a busy person, and nothing can happen. Since you're a little worried, I'll take a look. ”
After speaking, he instructed Sha Seng to protect Sanzang, and he set up a cloud head and chased down.
Less than thirty miles to the west, Xue Tianqing heard the sound of killing below.
Stopping the cloud head to take a closer look, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It turned out that Bajie was really in trouble, but this trouble made him a little helpless.
I saw that on the main road, a group of soldiers and horses surrounded the Bajie regiment, and the leading general was directing his subordinates to take turns to kill him.
In the face of mortal soldiers, Bajie couldn't bear to hurt his life, so he only defended and did not attack, and fought with the other party.
Although the weapons of ordinary people can't hurt Bajie, he can't help the other party for a while.
Seeing this, Xue Tianqing shouted "stop", and then appeared on Bajie's side.
I saw that with a wave of his right hand, a gust of wind rose out of thin air, and the surrounding sand and rocks suddenly flew away, making it impossible to distinguish between east and west, north and south.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xue Tianqing pulled up Bajie and came to the air: "I usually call you a nerd, but you are not happy." Some ordinary people, what are they doing with them? Just drive the clouds and leave. ”
Bajie smiled and said: "Senior brother, you don't know, these soldiers are going to die, so I will dissuade them." ”
Xue Tianqing was puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”
Bajie pulled Xue Tianqing back to the ground, and said to the general who had just commanded the soldiers: "General Jin, what I just said is the truth?" ”
The general turned over and dismounted, walked to Bajie and arched his hand: "Thank you for the reminder, it's just that our duty is to protect the territory and the people." Now the demons are in turmoil, the people are wailing, if we don't pacify this demon, how can we protect the territory, how can we calm the people? ”
It turned out that Fang Bajie was exploring the way forward, and when he came here, he saw a large army moving forward.
Originally, he had no intention of staying, but he overheard a sentence "Even if you throw your life on the mountain, you must completely eradicate the monsters." ”
So he fell from the clouds, stopped the army, and asked what had happened.
General Jin, who commanded the army, told Bajie that not long ago, two monsters came to Pingdingshan.
In the beginning, they were also settled. But as there were more and more demons under his command, they began to intercept pedestrians, and later completely blocked the east-west traffic.
The main road at the foot of Pingdingshan is a major transportation artery, but it is now blocked by youkai, which makes the officials of the nearby city angry, so they send a large army to exterminate the youkai.
It's just that when he heard that there were no less than 5,000 monsters on Pingding Mountain, Bajie was startled, because General Jin's soldiers and horses were no more than 2,000.
Then Bajie kindly dissuaded, how can General Naijin have made up his mind, and he will definitely go to Pingdingshan to meet the monsters.
Bajie couldn't bear to send them to death, so he had no choice but to say to General Jin that if he could hurt himself in the slightest, he would let them go, which was the scene that Xue Tianqing saw just now.
After listening to Bajie's story, Xue Tianqing Chongjin said: "General, your bravery is commendable, but going like this will only increase casualties." Sometimes, recklessness doesn't equal bravery, so leave this to us. ”
General Jin said with a suspicious face: "Just now, this immortal chief cultivator is indeed good, but there are only two of you, and you can compete with the five thousand monsters of Pingding Mountain. ”
Xue Tianqing smiled: "There are not many soldiers in the spirit, no matter how many little monsters and monsters are, they are also a rabble." General, I don't know where you are and where you are stationed on weekdays? ”
General Jin pointed to the northeast with his hand: "We are the defenders of Nujiang City, which is under the jurisdiction of the Wuji State." More than 70 miles to the northeast from here, is where the city is located. ”
Xue Tianqing nodded and said, "In this case, the general can take people back to the garrison first, and then go to Nujiang City to inform the general." ”
General Jin pondered for a moment and shook his head and said, "No, I know that the two immortals have extraordinary mana, but there are five thousand monsters in Pingdingshan, even if you two are covered in iron, how many nails can you hit?" If the immortal chief does not give up, we are willing to go together to help the immortal chief. ”
Seeing Xue Tianqing's hesitation, General Jin continued: "Although we are not old monster opponents, we must be handy in dealing with those ordinary little demons. Immortals may not know the power of the military array, but when you see it, you will understand that we are not at the mercy of monsters. ”
Bajie on the side looked at Xue Tianqing: "Why don't you take General Jin with you?" ”
Xue Tianqing pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "That's fine, the general will camp here today, and the two of us will go back to pick up the master and them first." ”
Knowing that Xue Tianqing still had helpers, General Jin was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the army to camp on the spot, preparing to take down the demons of Pingdingshan in one fell swoop tomorrow.
While the army was busy, Xue Tianqing and Bajie set up a cloud head and went straight to the resting place of Sanzang.
On the way, Bajie was puzzled: "Brother, do you think these soldiers are useful?" How do they compare with demons? ”
Xue Tianqing smiled: "You don't understand this, although there is nothing to do with those two old demons, but to deal with those little demons, they are more effective than us, I just don't know if the master agrees." ”
Bajie was puzzled: "Why didn't Master agree?" ”
"It is inevitable that the two armies will be killed and wounded in battle, and the master is kind-hearted, so it is reasonable not to agree."
While talking, the two of them had gone to the resting place of Sanzang and told everything that had happened.
Sure enough, Sanzang shook his head directly when he heard this: "Leading the mortal army to fight against monsters, you can figure it out." If those soldiers have parents, wives and children, and if they unfortunately die, how will their families survive? ”
Xue Tianqing said with a smile: "Since the master doesn't allow it, then when you get to the camp, persuade them to go back." ”
Sanzang nodded when he heard this, and after hastily eating fast, he turned over and went straight to the west.
Bajie looked at Sanzang's back and smiled bitterly: "I really let you say it." ”
Xue Tianqing said: "Master has compassion, but sometimes he doesn't use the place. What is the purpose of being a soldier and eating food, not to protect the territory and the people? If you know that your family and country are in trouble but ignore it, is it still a seven-foot man? ”
Speaking of this, Xue Tianqing sighed lightly: "The country of Wuji has this army, which is the luck of the people, the king, and the world." ”
Bajie urged on the side: "Senior brother, hurry up, Master is far away." ”
Xue Tianqing nodded when she heard this, and accelerated her pace with Bajie to catch up with Sanzang and Wujing, who had already gone away.
The four of them walked all the way, and when it was getting dark, they finally saw the outline of the camp.
Suddenly, Xue Tianqing, who was at the front, shouted that it was not good, and then his figure appeared in the sky above the camp in a flash.
Looking at the corpses, Xue Tianqing's face turned pale.
When Sanzang arrived, he was even more surprised: "Wukong, what happened?" ”
Xue Tianqing said coldly: "Do you still need to ask?" It must have been the monsters who took advantage of the unpreparedness of the army and took the army by surprise, and finally wiped them out. ”