The alliance army of the scholar king and the beast king did not reap any benefits from marching into the river valley at all, especially this time the beast king and the night often flew to the capital of the Cuizhu Kingdom to attract Miao Cheng to return to China, and dispersed most of the troops defending the river valley, and the scholar king took the opportunity to send the generalissimo Tian Long to lead the troops to the river valley again, preparing to send troops to reoccupy the river valley after Miao Wen left the river valley. In order to gain the convincing of King Cuizhu, completely get rid of Prime Minister Miao Wen, King Scholar withdrew the soldiers and horses that had been stationed in the river valley, but in the end he got the result that He Mou was killed, Miao Wen was born in danger, and the official was reinstated. Using the precious map obtained by Ye Changfei, he led his troops to attack the Gangshi Country along the road, but he also ended up with a total annihilation, and Ye Changfei and his sister Yi Fei and their whereabouts are unknown. thought that there was an absolute chance of winning to capture Xia Yu, who invaded the country, but Xia Yu broke through and returned to China, and kidnapped his wife who often flew at night. All of this made the scholar king finally defeated.

We must not be discouraged, we must regain our strength, and realize our ambition of annexing the river valley and strengthening our national strength. If he stopped here, not only would the irascible Beast King turn against him because the scholar king did not fulfill his promise to let him get the queen mother of the Cuizhu Kingdom, but the people of the world would also laugh at him for his incompetence. The scholar king is a man who does not want to admit defeat, and he decides to find a new opportunity to continue to fight against Miao Wen and compete in a duel.

To deal with Miao Wen, it is necessary to have the help of a master, and the scholar king thought of his master when he was in doubt and had no way out. He has been an apprentice for many years, and he understands that the master is not only proficient in the law of war, but also that the master has some strange deeds that ordinary people can't have. But the scholar king also knew that his master had seen through the red dust and had no quarrel with the world, and he especially hated the world's fighting and deceiving. There must be great difficulties in whether or not the master can be invited down the mountain to help, but without the assistance of a master like the master, it is almost difficult to achieve his goal. In order to realize this wish, the scholar king felt that no matter how great the difficulty, he had to fight for it. The scholar king decided to go up the mountain himself to meet his master, whom he had not seen for many years. Before leaving, King Shusheng specially explained that before he returned, he would only do a good job in the defense of the border, and he should keep his troops still and not attack for the time being, so as to avoid repeated defeats.

The master of the scholar king, Hongyang Lao Dao, lives in the Snow Mist Mountain in the territory of Niu Ling Country all the year round, this mountain peak is named Snow Misty Mountain because it is towering like a cloud, covered with snow all the year round, and the fog is shrouded. Without a certain amount of perseverance and physical strength is simply not able to climb this mountain, Hongyang Lao Dao lives on the highest peak of this mountain, and has built a view on the peak, this old road is in it all the year round or cross-legged to sit down, or face the wall to meditate and reverie, or study the book of war, or study the strange door retreat. This old way is indeed a strange person in the world. In order to cultivate and protect his favorite scholar king, the old king worked tirelessly and personally took the scholar king to Xuewu Mountain and asked the old Taoist to accept his son as an apprentice. Because Hongyang Lao Dao had received the favor and funding of the old king, he accepted the scholar king and taught him skills, and later accepted Yang Shi, an uncompetitive guy, as an apprentice, which made Hongyang Lao Dao regret it very much.

The scholar king took a few soldiers of the kingdom, packed his bags, walked out of the capital, came to the foot of the snowy mist mountain, looked at the towering peak, the scholar king felt that now he was fighting his physical strength to climb to the top of this peak, almost exhausted his physical strength. Without the slightest hesitation, the scholar king and the soldiers climbed to the top of the snowy mountain with difficulty.

The more you climb, the more you climb, the more you climb the climate, and as the snow on the mountainside becomes thicker and thicker, it takes the scholar king a whole day to climb to the top. The scholar king came to the Taoist temple where he had lived with the master for many years, and found that the gate was closed, and the scholar king called the master while knocking on the door, and the Taoist temple was unusually calm and did not respond. At this time, the scholar king remembered that the master had to go out to travel and visit the world every spring and summer. At this time, the master was not in the view, he must have gone out. In order to wait for the master's return, the scholar king and his entourage broke into the Taoist temple and came to the side room where he had rested for a while.

The scholar king endured the bitter cold on the top of the mountain, and in this Taoist temple, he and his entourage made their own fire to cook, and waited for almost five days before one evening, waiting for the old road of Hongyang to go out and return. I saw that this old road walked at the foot of the mountain peak and the wind was born, and as soon as the smoke slipped away, it flashed into the Taoist temple. When the scholar king saw the return of the master, he hurriedly saluted the master very sincerely, regardless of his status as a king, and in order to show his piety as an apprentice, the scholar king personally served hot water to the master's mansion. Hongyang Lao Dao still hasn't changed his previous strictness towards the apprentice who is the king of a country, and he still seems to be dissatisfied with the scholar king. The scholar king did not dare to rashly tell his master his intentions, but only said that he missed his master and came to catch up with him. Hongyang Lao Dao did not show more expressions, and after a few simple greetings, he warned the scholar king to rest early, the royal government is busy, and it is better to return to the court as soon as possible, and don't worry about being on the top of this mountain. The scholar king nodded again and again, not daring to offend the master in the slightest.

After the master returned, the scholar king could not sleep all night in this temple, he knew that with the master's temperament, if he wanted to get her consent, it was very difficult to go down the mountain to help him deal with Miao Wen, and the scholar king felt that he had to get the master's help no matter what, otherwise he would be in a very difficult situation.

The king of the scholar country still had no intention of going down the mountain to return to the court, and took his entourage to help the master collect firewood on the mountain peak all day long, and turn snow to get water. One night, when the Master was reading in his room with the lamp at night, the Scholar King mustered up the courage and pushed open the door of the Master's room, and after entering the room, the Scholar King threw away his dignity as the king of a country and knelt down in front of the Master. The scholar king told Master about his current situation and his desire for Master to come down the mountain to help him. Hongyang Lao Dao gave a resolute refusal, and sternly told the scholar king that he must go down the mountain to return to the dynasty at dawn tomorrow, he has always stayed away from the world's disputes and will not participate.

The scholar king was very frustrated when he received the master's rejection. On the second day, he didn't follow his master's instructions and stayed here, and at this time, Hongyang Lao Dao showed a very angry look. In order to gain Master's sympathy and help, the scholar king simply knelt in front of Master's door and begged Master to agree, and if Master still refused, he would continue to kneel like this until Master changed his mind.

Seeing this scene, Hongyang Lao Dao didn't pay too much attention to it, simply closed the door and cultivated himself in the room. In this way, the scholar king knelt in front of the master's door from daytime until dawn the next day. When Lao Dao found that the scholar king was so resolute in his will, and his beloved disciple was on the top of this very cold mountain, as the king of a country, he was already shivering with cold, and this old Dao's love and compassion came spontaneously, helped his apprentice to get up, and promised to go down the mountain to help him for a short time. With the master's consent, the scholar king used his last strength to kowtow to the master and thank him.

The master agreed to go down the mountain to help, which gave the scholar king hope of turning the situation around.

Together with his master, the scholar king descended from the top of the mountain with his retinue, and returned to the kingdom's court after a long journey. The scholar king found that the master did not bring anything with him when he went down the mountain this time, only a guqin with him, and he did not bring any weapons, which made the scholar king very puzzled.

The old man of Hongyang instructed the scholar king to settle him in a very simple courtyard, eating only coarse tea and light rice every day, and did not give any advice to the king of the scholar country on how to send troops and use troops. Tell the scholar king that he wants to go to the river valley to fight, and he will arrange everything by himself, and he will go with him when the time comes. The scholar king did not dare to make too many inquiries, so he had to carefully make all the preparations for going to the river valley and fighting in order to achieve a breakthrough.

This time, the scholar king had his master out of the mountain to help, and he was determined to defeat Miao Wen and organize the elite troops of the two countries. He personally went out on horse, together with the king of the beasts, with Marshal Tian Long as the vanguard, and let the master sit in a carriage and go towards the river valley. Hongyang Lao Dao still didn't bring anything, still only his guqin, which was only a little tattered, and only ordered the scholar king to order all the soldiers who went out to fight, each of them must prepare two cotton balls that could plug their ears and block their hearing. The scholar king didn't know what kind of medicine was in the master's gourd, and it was not convenient to ask more, so he had to do as the master instructed.

Because Prime Minister Miao Wen was still in the court of Cuizhu Kingdom at this time, he had just experienced some twists and turns, and he had not received a report of another crisis in the river valley, so he had not returned to the river valley yet, but Miao Wen knew that the war in the river valley could not stop here, and the fierce war in the future could not be avoided, so when there was a gap, it was rare for him to return to the capital, so he tried to seize the time and help the young king arrange some things in the court. Now Miao Wen works harder for the court than before. Because after this twist and turn, he has concluded that the reason why the king did not kill him is that he is the king's biological father, and he will only find an opportunity to ask the queen mother for confirmation later.

The combined forces of the Scholar King and the Beast King came to the valley without encountering any resistance, and found that the valley was very quiet at this time, except for the defenders of the valley city to observe the movement from the city walls from time to time. The old Taoist of Hongyang explained that the garrison of the scholar king was outside Gucheng, and he could not form a siege of Gucheng, and he should leave a good passage for Gucheng to advance and retreat. The scholar king did so according to the law and settled the army, and without getting the next guidance from the master, the scholar king remained unmoved, knowing that the master was waiting for the arrival of Prime Minister Miao Wen's large army. The scholar king didn't bother to study the next strategy to deal with it, he knew that the master who came with him had a medicine in his gourd, and this medicine could heal Miao Wen obediently.