Chapter 7 Leaving the City Alone in Peril

The inference has even taken on a bit of absurdity at this point. The relationship between the gray-covered man and the rat demon, as well as his relationship with the white horse under his seat, made his origin point to Fly Mountain. However, what the disciples of the Qianjia family don't know is that the alliance formed between Gray Pengke and Qianli Qiji of Fly Mountain, the rat demon fell to the ground like a messenger sent to him by Fly Mountain, and the powerful shadow magic horse, as the heir of Qianli Qiji, was given by his own hands to Gnostic, and it became the gift of the alliance between Qianli Qiji and Gray Pengke, Qianchong's inference was not wrong, but under this kind of coincidence, he embarked on a fork in the road that was completely contrary to the facts, and what was brought about was the hatred of the disciples of the Qianjia family towards the Fly Mountain, which was probably also a complete accident for Qianli Qiji。

Now the disciples of the Qianjia family need to figure out the joint: When did there become such an unknown master in Fly Mountain, and why did he target the Qianjia family and his disciples? And it is very likely that he is not a demon, but he also used a sneak attack to kill the Wind Raging Lion among the five saints, which is undoubtedly an assassination in the interests of the demons. As for the rat demon, when he was incarnated as Xiahou Tongduo, he seemed to be carrying out a plot to subvert the world, as far as I know, he participated in the battle of the Qin Assassin King, bringing a large number of martial arts people into the trap set by the demons; he also participated in the Northern Expedition of the Great Sima, and gradually gained the trust of the Great Sima Huan, if it were not for the coincidental arrival of the disciples of the Qianjia family, he would even have the opportunity to enter the court army in the south, judging from this series of actions, I am afraid that the plan is far away, and then contact the elusive gray man, which makes people feel more and more treacherous and sinister。

Qianchong has never been so eagerly looking forward to the order of the alliance leader Mr. Xu Da, he believes that as long as he breaks through the virtual realm of Fly Mountain and enters the territory of Fly Mountain, the gray man who is like a lackey of Fly Mountain will definitely be forced to appear, and at that time, he will cut off the other party's head with his own hands, pay tribute to his father, and realize the unwritten but engraved door rules of the Qian family.

The rice wine was poured again and again, and drunk again and again, and the faces of each disciple of the Qianjia family gradually glowed with a drunken red light.

Attack Fly Mountain and find out the real culprit!

"Just find an inn in Luoyang to stay, practice diligently these days, and wait for the order of the Seven Star Alliance!" Qian Chong said, the rain outside the door was even greater, the wind blew the doors and windows squeak, and a burst of raindrops splashed into the house with the wind passing through the window, but when it was close to the disciples of the Qianjia family, it was shaken open by an invisible wall of air, turning into a canopy of fine water droplets that were sprinkled outward.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and there was a crackling sound of trampling on the ground pool. Qianchong couldn't help but look at the road in surprise, and saw a black horse galloping past, and immediately a burly man was unobstructed, allowing the rain to hit his iron armor leaves, and it flowed down like a mountain spring waterfall, dripping and dripping, and the fluttering cloak and the placket under the armor were already soaked, and the iron sword with an unusually wide blade behind him was quite eye-catching.

Just as Qianchong and several disciples of the Qianjia family looked at each other in amazement, one person and one rider had already gone far, and Qianchong turned his head suspiciously and asked Xue Yang: "Isn't it the Great Sima Banshi who has returned to the court? Why is this General Shen still here?"

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Huan Da Sima walked very abruptly, so abrupt that Shen Jin didn't come back to his senses for a while, he still remembered the report of the two swordsmen, the ghost owl and the evil bird, Huan Da Sima's expressionless face, as if he was stunned, and as if he hadn't woken up yet.

"Let him escape, for at least he will prove that the evil devils and demons have no way to do anything before me, and that they will be taught a lesson. It took a long time for Huan Da Sima to say in a low and solemn tone, "The top priority is that it is time to return to the dynasty quickly, and we will be delayed here for too long." ”

It's not too long? Didn't he just arrived in Luoyang City yesterday, and only one Mid-Autumn Festival night had passed, could it be that Da Sima was saying that the number of days on the road was too long? Shen Jin didn't understand very well, he only knew that Da Sima's order was like a mountain, and it was only when Da Sima had just changed his clothes, and even when breakfast had not run out, the whole army had set up camp and set up camp, and the orders of all the squad divisions had been delivered.

After learning that Xiahou Tong had been robbed, the disciples of the Qianjia family and the yellow dog who could only talk didn't know where they went, and at this moment only Shen Jin stood under the corridor of the dormitory like a complete outsider, watching several swordsmen of the Gongfu go in and out.

Team after team of military horses began to move, and when the big Sima was neatly draped and hurriedly waiting to ride off, he found Shen Jin, who had been following closely.

"What's the matter? General Shen, don't you go to the camp to walk with the army?" Da Sima knows Shen Jin very well, but it is a pity that this person is loyal and heroic, but he is not a person who has been all the way with himself, and he does not appreciate his generous acceptance, everyone has their own ambitions, and they are never reluctant, so Da Sima has always been a business-like and unpretentious attitude towards Shen Jin.

"Da Sima, then lead the army back to the court, what about Luoyang City?"

"I have Luoyang, it is enough to inspire the hearts of the people, what else can I do? Leave the army to defend it? In this far place from the foundation, it is difficult to continue whether it is to replenish soldiers or receive food and grass, and people cannot try to deal with real disasters in vain, and I do not want to throw the precious lives of soldiers here for the sake of so-called symbolism and meaning. Therefore, if I abandon Luoyang, whether it is the Donghu people or the Di people, I will take this empty city with them, and I will always have a chance to lose it and regain it. Da Sima didn't fully say what he thought in his heart, in fact, he thought that as long as he returned to the dynasty this time, he could really sweep away the opposition forces that always hindered him, or even be able to replace this corrupt and incompetent son of heaven, and at that time, he believed that if he used a stronger army to go north, it would be easy to return to Luoyang City. And since his own plan is important, then any of his own combat power cannot be wasted needlessly, and he doesn't want to waste a soldier in this doomed Luoyang City.

"My lord!" Shen Jin's face was serious, although he didn't use any force, but he was calm enough to pull the reins of Da Sima's horse, "The young general only knows that Luoyang is now the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, and this is the important town of the old capital that has been taken back with the blood of thousands of soldiers in the past fifty years! The territory of the Great Jin Kingdom will never be and will never be given to those Hu Lu! The young general has asked himself to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to stay in Luoyang!"

For the first time, Huan Da Sima looked at Shen Jin with a very serious gaze, tiger eyes were threatening, his complexion was dark, his full square lips and his short beard was not neat under his chin, but this familiar face was actually in a trance with a hint of strangeness.

"You should know the results. Huan Da Sima's voice was a little heavy.

"Sacrifice yourself for the country and die without regrets. Shen Jin's answer was short but firm.

Everyone knows the result, even if more than 10,000 troops are stationed in this lonely city, the result will be no suspense of destruction and defeat, Shen Jin's choice is no different from suicide, the remnant ghost owl Yi Raccoon behind the big Sima looked at Shen Jin with a complicated mood, and his heart rose spontaneously, in addition to admiration, there was also a touch of sorrow.

"Exactly! but only your own troops. Huan Da Sima nodded expressionlessly.

Shen Jin let go of the reins and bowed to Da Sima: "No!"

"I will tell the whole army that anyone who will remain will be under your control, and that is the only help I can give you, but don't hope too much, not everyone is like you. The deep gaze turned a few times on Shen Jin's face, as if he wanted to remember this face in his heart.

"Xie Da Sima!"

"You can discuss the situation of garrisoning with Luoyang Ling. ...... Maybe in three or four months, Donghu Xianbei will not use troops here, they will have to handle Dazai's funeral, or there will be some struggle for power or something, leaving you more time than expected. Huan Da Sima admonished, I don't know if he was touched, his tone revealed that there was always an indescribable regret, but the horse under his seat finally stepped out of the four hooves and staggered with Shen Jin. And when Yi Raccoon and the other swordsmen of the Gongfu passed in front of Shen Jin, they couldn't help but bow to him, and this was likely to be the last meeting between them.

Shen Jin maintained a posture of clenching his hands into fists, smiling in response to the gaze of the swordsman of the Gongfu until the queue of the Great Sima faded away and the Great Silk Banner disappeared from view.

Traveling with Da Sima, as well as the chariots and horses of the children of the nobles of the family, the fresh clothes and angry horses and the gorgeous car ornaments of the competition formed a unique scenery, and those young nobles laughed one after another, and no one seemed to realize that the Xuanjia general standing not far from them at this moment was standing up the iron backbone of the Great Jin Kingdom.

I don't know which famous families these are, but I only know that if it weren't for my father's rebellion, I might be talking like you now. I am very glad that I did not become a person like you, and I am even more glad that I have this opportunity to sacrifice my life for the country, and I have the opportunity to wash away the stigma of the Wuxing and Shen families.

Shen Jin turned around, rolled up the blood-red color of the old cloak with mud spots, and resolutely walked towards his military tent.

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Da Sima took almost all the troops, even the vanguard army that had been used to deal with the Xianbei Ghost Army, only the thirty-six strong men who belonged to Wu Xing's tribe remained, Da Sima was right, there were no soldiers who volunteered to stay, if that order was indeed conveyed.

Even if there are still three or four months to prepare, how can I turn these thirty-six people into a force strong enough to defend Luoyang City?" Shen Jin thought about it, but his back was as straight as ever, he was not overwhelmed by this heavy burden.

The torrential rain poured down, so that Shen Jin found something worse, and now he was riding towards the city gate, according to the instructions of the great Sima, he was about to discuss this matter with Luoyang Ling, and he was worried along the way, completely ignoring the sudden raindrops that drenched him all over, but he did not find the disciples of the Qianjia who cast surprised eyes from the roadside restaurant.

When approaching the city gate, Shen Jin saw that the band that was playing music and drums for the departure of the army was shrinking under the eaves of the houses by the city gate to hide from the rain.

Yes, there are about thirty or fifty people in this band, and if you retrain and train the weapon, you can also be half a soldier, Shen Jin thought about it, reined in the galloping horse, jumped off the horse vigorously, and shouted at the band before he could stand firmly, "Where is Lord Luoyang Lingcheng?"

"Cheng Yifan is here. "The voice from the crowd sounded very soft.

Shen Jin recognized this Luoyang Ling almost immediately, this was a young man in a silk robe, with a thin face, and he seemed to be no more than thirty years old, with small eyes, a cocked nose, three wisps of black mustache covering his teeth, but he was well-trimmed, with a cage crown on his head, his body was not tall, and his waist looked extremely thin due to the excessively tight official belt.

Shen Jin still remembered that when the army entered the city yesterday, the official who commanded the people to cheer along the way was him, and when he saw him shouting meticulously, he never thought that it would be Luoyang Ling, who also stayed here.

Luoyang Ling in the previous dynasties, that is naturally quite a glorious official title, but in today's place, this name seems a bit nonsense, at best it is just to mobilize the people, limited power of the official Cao Xiaoguan, even more nonsense, now in the huge Luoyang City, the largest rank of the military chief is his own miscellaneous champion general, and the largest official title of the administrative director is not worthy of the name Luoyang Ling.

So it's completely understandable, why this young man was able to become Luoyang Ling, and was left here by Da Sima without pity--- he didn't matter. Isn't it even more ironic than his pious appearance of commanding the people to shout to Da Sima?

"Who is the general? What is the matter of calling the officials?" This Luoyang order named Cheng Yifan waved at Shen Jin, and his gestures were full of common style in officialdom.

"The champion general Shen Jin, on the order of the Great Sima, took over the defense of Luoyang. Shen Jin didn't want to talk nonsense, and after a brief self-introduction, he immediately turned to the actual question, "Master Cheng, how long has it been raining?

Facing Shen Jin's unkind questioning, Cheng Yifan's expression was respectful but not timid: "Such a rain naturally brings the water level of the Luo River to rise, and the embankments along the river are in disrepair, and the natural water accumulation in the city is difficult to eliminate. ”

"Then let someone fix it! I don't want to be killed by the enemy with a simple water attack!" Shen Jin didn't like Cheng Yifan's vigorous and eloquent official style, and almost immediately shouted out.

Cheng Yifan's face instantly turned red, and his mouth tightened, the general shouldn't want to yell at me like this, although your official is higher than me, but such an attitude is not in line with etiquette, he has a feeling of being offended, but in the end he lowered his head stiffly, and said in a slight voice: "Yes." ”

Shen Jin didn't have time to care about Cheng Yifan's response, and the sonorous sound of armor from the city gate made him and Cheng Yifan turn their heads at the same time, and saw that Yibiao couldn't see the number of soldiers who had just arrived, they were crowded in the wide city gate hole, and the first military attache in the costume of a lieutenant was wiping the rain on his body while cursing the ghost weather, but he laughed after looking up and seeing Shen Jin.

"What a coincidence? I just entered the city to avoid the rain and met General Shen?" The captain smiled, and bowed to Shen Jin with the most formal greeting in the army: "Auxiliary army captain Zhang Xiu, see the champion general!"