Inside Nanyang City.

Mao Jiang sat in the tent of the border military camp and looked at Li Xing in front of him in a daze.

Gong Yunshan next to him had a calm face, even with some suspicion.

"Are you saying that Senior Zhong and Senior Li have both been defeated! And he was captured by Wang Sheng of Xin'an County! ”

Mao Jiang asked in disbelief.

Li Xing's face turned pale, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Master Hou, what you said below is true. ”

In the battle of Pingmanguan, although he left Guancheng in advance, he did not go far, but went around to the other side of the mountain, Zhong Daofu and Li Zhongxian were defeated in the Anning army formation, he saw it with his own eyes.

"Impossible, impossible!"

Mao Jiang flicked his sleeves, unwilling to believe it.

Zhong Daofu and Li Zhongxian are innate martial artists, although they are not the top existences among innate martial artists, they are by no means weak.

Two innate martial artists, it's just a matter of being defeated, and they were captured by life!

Isn't that a joke?

Li Xing had a bitter face, helpless.

If he hadn't seen it in person, he wouldn't have believed it.

But that's just the way it is!

And Zhong Daofu is the hall master of their Wushan Palace.

"Whose hands are they defeated!" Gong Yunshan asked.

"Mo Yan!" Li Xingdao.

Gong Yunshan's eyes narrowed slightly, "Impossible, Mo Yan doesn't have such strength, if it's Li Xun, it's possible, but it's absolutely impossible for Mo Yan." ”

Although Mo Yan has always lived by Li Xun's side, as an enemy, Gong Yunshan is very aware of the strength of Li Xun and Mo Yan.

"See it with your own eyes." Li Xing could only say this.

Mao Jiang and Gong Yunshan glanced at each other.

They were suspicious of Li Xing's words, but they couldn't find a reason for Li Xing to lie to them.

Compared with Gong Yunshan, Mao Jiang thought about more things.

The defeat of Pingmanguan means that the Anning Army of Shuzhou can go south into Yunzhou.

He has not yet solved the Mingyue Army and the Yuezhou Town Defenders, and if there is another Shuzhou Town Defender, then his situation will become even more difficult.

"Someone!"

Mao Jiang shouted.

Several members of the entourage immediately entered the tent.

"Immediately send someone to Pingmanguan and keep an eye on every move of the defenders of Shuzhou Town." Mao Jiang commanded.

"Whoa!"

After a few entourages retreated, Gong Yunshan frowned and said, "Without Zhong Daofu and Li Zhongxian, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to block the encirclement and suppression of the court." ”

Mao Jiang commanded Zhong Daofu and Li Zhongxian, two innate martial artists, originally he just let Li Zhongxian sit in Shuzhou, but after Qin Wei entered Shuzhou, Li Zhongxian couldn't cope with it alone, so he sent Zhong Daofu over.

As a result, I didn't expect this to be a meat bun beating a dog, and Zhong Daofu came directly and never returned.

"I need more innate martial artists." Mao Jiang looked at Gongyun Mountain.

"Runaway Island can still send people, but we may need a strong helper." Gong Yunshan said.

"No way, I will never cooperate with the barbarians." Mao Jiang looked at him with a gloomy face.

He would rather admit defeat and die in battle than cooperate with the barbarians.

This is his bottom line and his pride.

Gong Yunshan stared at him for a long time and said, "I know, I'll find other helpers." ”

With that, he turned and left the tent.

Mao Jiang kept watching him leave, his eyes full of coldness.

……

Shuzhou City, inside the Yamen of the Dusi Division.

Liu Yuanrang sat in the lobby of the Dusi Yamen again, his heart full of anger and shame.

That's right, it's shame.

As the commander of the Shuzhou Metropolitan Division, he was actually driven out of Shuzhou City, and fled like a lost dog.

If it weren't for the shame of the snow, he might have found a crooked-necked tree and hanged himself.

And now that he is back, he doesn't feel ashamed, because from the beginning to the end, he didn't make any effort, but more like sitting back and enjoying it.

The Anning army swept through the east and south of Shuzhou, which was the credit of Qin Wei.

Lushan Weisi won consecutive battles in the western part of Shuzhou, which was the credit of Yuan Shizhe.

And he only brought less than 10,000 remnants of soldiers to the outside of Shuzhou City, and then~

And then the other side surrendered!

Thinking that the other party surrendered without even fighting, Liu Yuan was angry in his heart!

He wanted to get the rebels out of prison and fight.

"Lord Liu, Lord Liu, good news!"

Just when Liu Yuanrang was angry in his heart, Ji Fei strode into the hall and said happily.

"What's the good news?" Liu Yuanrang asked.

"Your Highness has taken the Pingman Pass!" Ji Fei said.

Liu Yuanrang's face darkened.

In fact, he was very conflicted in his heart, that is, he hoped that Qin Wei could win a big victory, and he hoped that Qin Wei would suffer a little setback and give himself a chance to go out.

Now that Qin Wei has taken down the Pingman Pass, this means that the war in Shuzhou will come to an end.

The remaining rebels in the west are estimated to be not enough for Yuan Shizhe to clean up by himself.

"Lord Liu is not happy!" Ji Fei stroked his beard and asked suspiciously.

"Nope." Liu Yuanrang waved his hand and sighed lightly.

"Hey, I just feel that I am incompetent."

"Ugh!"

Seeing him like this, Ji Fei was stunned for a while, and then laughed.

"Lord Liu doesn't need to be like this."

"Your Highness has won the Pingman Pass, and the war in the entire Shuzhou will also end, although we are useless, it is not a mistake."

"The court shouldn't embarrass us."

Shuzhou is in the midst of war, and the civil and military officials in Shuzhou are naturally responsible.

But Liu Yuanrang is only the newly appointed commander of the capital, and even if it is his turn, it will not be his turn to take responsibility.

As for Ji Fei, he didn't care about these at his age, and although he held the official position of commander and Tongzhi, he was actually in a semi-retired state before.

If it weren't for the sudden turmoil, Ji Fei might have begged for bones in the court.

Liu Yuanrang said helplessly: "This official is not afraid of embarrassment in the court, but he just thinks that I haven't done anything." ”

Ji Fei said with a smile: "That can only mean that His Highness is too capable, and he doesn't need us to contribute." ”

If Qin Wei doesn't come to Shuzhou, maybe when they escape from Shuzhou City, they will go to the Lushan Guards or Anning Guards, and then gather a large army to meet the rebels.

Qin Wei did everything they had to do in Shuzhou, so they naturally had nothing to do.

"By the way, His Royal Highness has already set off from Pingman Pass, and it is estimated that he will be able to arrive in Shuzhou City in a few days." Ji Fei said again.

"Your Highness not going south?" Liu Yuanrang asked in surprise.

Ji Fei thought for a while and said, "I don't know, maybe I think the problem in Shuzhou has not been completely solved, so I didn't go south." ”

"After all, we are short of all kinds of supplies such as food and grass."

Liu Yuanrang didn't think much about it, but said: "Your Highness is coming to Shuzhou City, then we have to prepare." ”

"That's right, you can't let Your Highness see a chaotic Shuzhou City." Ji Fei nodded in agreement.

The city of Shuzhou has just experienced a war, and all industries in the city are in ruins, and everything is depressed.

The problem now is that even the Yamen of the Political Department and the Yamen of the Department of Justice in Shuzhou have been abolished, and only half of them are left.

……

At a time when all parties were shocked by Qin Wei's takedown of Pingmanguan City.

In the south of Shuzhou, the city of Danlianfu.

Qin Wei rode into the city at dusk.

After the end of the battle at Pingmanguan, Qin Wei threw it to Liu Qing, and then took Yuwen Chengdu, Wang An and others to Shuzhou City.

Looking at the strange style of Danlian Mansion City, Qin Wei had a faint smile on his face.

"Your Highness, the officials of the Danlian Mansion have arranged a banquet." Wang An rode to Qin Wei's side, pointed to the officials next to the city gate, and said.

Qin Wei glanced at it casually, shook his head slightly, and said, "Tell them that this king will not go to the banquet after a tiring journey." ”

"This king will leave early tomorrow morning, so that they don't have to worry about this king."

The officials of Danlian Mansion City are still good, when the rebellion broke out before, there were few officials in Danlian Mansion City who betrayed the imperial court, and they were not occupied by the rebels.

And the last time Qin Wei passed by the city of Danlian Mansion, the prefect Yamen also provided a lot of military rations.

It's just that Qin Wei is really too lazy to deal with these officials, and he doesn't like any banquets and the like.

Because he knew very well that once he went to a banquet, it was inevitable that a group of people would flatter him and praise him.

Later, Qin Wei did not go to the mansion, and directly found an inn in the city to live.

Night.

Xiao Shunzi asked Qin Wei for a table of sumptuous wine and food.

The wine and food of Danlian Mansion are also very special, the wine is made with lotus heart, with a faint bitter taste, but it has a sweet aftertaste, without the slightest spicy feeling, and it is extremely refreshing to drink.

After Qin Wei drank a few glasses, he said to Xiao Shunzi: "Write down this wine, and when we get to Shuzhou City, let people prepare some." ”

He felt that this lotus heart brew was much better than the cold brew in Tianzhou.

"Well, the little one will prepare more for His Highness when the time comes." Xiao Shunzi laughed.

It is rare to have something that Qin Wei likes, so he naturally has to be more concerned.

"Withdraw!" Qin Wei was full of food and drink, waved his hand and said.

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly summoned the shopkeeper to withdraw the wine and food.

Then, Wang An came to the door again, but his face was a little weird.

"Your Highness! There is something that the old slave does not know whether to say or not. Wang Andao.

"What's the matter?" Qin Wei asked casually.

Wang An said: "Recently, a strange sect has appeared in Xin'an Mansion, which looks a little unserious. ”

Qin Wei looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong with the law?" ”

"This sect is called Buddha Juejiao, which appeared in the southern part of Xin'an Province more than two months ago, and there were only a few hundred refugees at first, but now there are tens of thousands of believers in the southern part of Xin'an Province, and they call themselves holy monks and believers." Wang Andao.

"And then?" Qin Wei said suspiciously.

Troubled times tend to breed faith, and it should be normal for ordinary people to pin their hopes on ethereal gods when they cannot survive.

However, such sects can easily evolve into cults, such as the Taiping Dao and the White Lotus Sect.

"Well, Your Highness, in just two months, the number of believers in the Buddha Awakening Sect has grown from a few hundred to tens of thousands, and if it is not contained, it may become a catastrophe in the future."

"Sects like this are generally suppressed by the court to prevent them from inciting the people to rebellion."

"But His Royal Highness the Holy Monk of the Buddha Jue Sect knows."

Wang Andao.

"This king knows?"

"Well, His Highness has seen him before."

"You're not talking about flowers, are you?" The corners of Qin Wei's mouth twitched slightly.

Wang An nodded.

Qin Wei felt that the whole person was not good.

Wuhua has created a Buddha Enlightenment Sect!

That sounds a bit unreliable!

Didn't he go looking for the path to Buddhahood?

Is this guy trying to do something?

It's no wonder that Qin Wei has such suspicions, after all, Wuhua is originally a person who is good at doing things.

Wuhua is talented, but he can do anything if he is ruthless.

Qin Wei thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about him for now, Wuhua will come to this king after a while." ”

He agreed to meet Wuhua once in March, and now it's almost March, and when Wuhua comes to him, he will talk to Wuhua again.

(End of chapter)