Chapter Ninety-Nine: First Arrival in Miaojiang
With this sharp retreat, the emperor walked out of the Qianqing Palace with a little eagerness, and the ministers were still immersed in the emperor's wise cheers.
Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming looked at Zhao Yan very dissatisfied, and in exchange for Zhao Yan's sigh, after all, how could Chrysostom change it?
When the ministers saw that the emperor had gone away, they congratulated Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming one after another, and all kinds of praise were endless for a while, but Liang Yu and the others just smiled and dealt with a few words, and then followed Zhao Yan and left quickly.
"Lord Zhao, why did the two of us end up in such a field?" Liang Yu asked angrily after leaving the Forbidden City.
Zhao Yan saw that the crowd around him had dispersed, and Yu Cai said helplessly: "When I was the imperial envoy of the right capital in the capital, I was the same anti-eunuch as Yang Lian, and I had a holiday with Wei Zhongxian... Oh, Yang Lian is the white-haired old minister just now. ”
Liang Yu said: "So we were implicated by Lord Zhao?"
Zhao Yan smiled bitterly: "It's not impossible to say so, and if the emperor didn't hear that you would have magical powers, he would be willing to go to court last time, and he would usually be immersed in the matter of axes, saws, and lacquer." Wei Zhongxian is narrow-minded, the two of you are courting the emperor in the palace today, he will definitely be jealous, so he will vent it on you together!"
"It turned out to be a carpenter emperor who ignored the government!" Qin Ruoming said coldly, "But there is another traitor by his side!"
As soon as Zhao Yan heard this, he looked around in a panic and said: "Don't talk nonsense anymore! How can the emperor's merits and demerits be commented on in vain? Now that the matter has come to this, we can only obey the holy will, otherwise we will not respect the decree, and you two will become sinners again, how can I wait for you to be rehabilitated twice?"
After hearing this, Liang Yu suddenly laughed and said: "There is really a lot of smog in this Beijing Division, which makes me breathless! No matter whether I go to the south or the north, I don't want to stay in this smoky place for a long time! Alas, I don't know how my master's foreign affairs elders have endured it all these years!"
Qin Ruoming asked Liang Yu: "You and I are separated, the matter of Long Jiao..."
Liang Yu immediately stopped laughing, looked at Qin Ruoming and said: "When I leave, I will stay away from the Central Plains, presumably Senior Sister will not be taken to that place of poor mountains and bad waters, but Senior Brother, you have to inquire more and bother a lot..."
Liang Yu said sincerely, his words were full of helplessness, although Qin Ruoming had always had a grudge against Liang Yu's preemptive move, but at this time, since it was all for Long Jiao, he had already let go of everything, and solemnly said to Liang Yu: "Don't worry, I will definitely try my best to find her!"
After the two finished speaking, they pleaded with Zhao Yan again and said: "My brother will fulfill Lord Zhao today, and from now on, I hope Lord Zhao will fulfill his promise, and take a lot of pain!"
Zhao Yan hurriedly said: "So far, how dare Zhao Yan not be dedicated?!"
Early the next morning, Zhao Yan personally saw Liang Yu and Qin Ruoming off, and after the three of them cherished each other, Zhao Yan sent an entourage to guide the two of them, after all, neither Miao Jiang nor Xifengkou had ever been there.
Liang Yu and the two accompanying military officers traveled along the way, and as a master of the late Jindan period, Liang Yu was still calm and relaxed when he came to Tongren, Guizhou, where he agreed to meet, but the two officers were already miserable.
Tongren is located in the northeast of Guizhou, the climate is hot and humid, the general soldier Zhang Yanfang is gathering troops in Tongren at this time, ready to rush to Guiyang, and when Liang Yu saw Zhang Yanfang, he also saw the masters of other sects, it seems that the witch curse has indeed attracted the attention of the imperial court.
For Liang Yu, among these Xuanmen masters, except for Chen Lingsu of the Sanmao Sect, the rest are all unfamiliar faces, and when I asked, I learned that except for him and Chen Lingsu, the rest of them were all survivors of the last battle in Miaojiang, and they had not returned to the sect and had been listening to the tune here.
When he learned that this new young master was a disciple of the Dongxian Sect, a slightly chubby one-eyed old man immediately stepped forward and gave a deep salute, and asked with concern: "Poor Dao is Liu Zhenyao of Qingcheng Mountain, dare to ask Little Brother Liang, your family Doctor Xu Ruofang is now... Okay?"
Liang Yu hurriedly replied: "Senior Brother Xu escaped death and is still recuperating in the sect, although his life is worry-free, his foundation has been destroyed, and I am afraid that he will no longer be able to practice..."
Liu Zhenyao closed his one eye and said with a stunned expression: "If it weren't for the three Daoists of your Dongxian Sect that day, I am afraid that several of us would have died in Huangquan... Now that Song Ruowei and Zhou Ruoli are dead, and Xu Ruofang has ended up in such a field, it really makes a few of us ashamed of the Eastern Immortal Sect!"
A middle-aged man wearing an orange and yellow Taoist robe beside Liu Zhenyao also saluted and said: "Duan Xiuming of the Poor Dao Dragon and Tiger Sect is also blessed by the three Taoist friends, so he has to retreat with his whole body, and this time I will go again, I am willing to take the lead!"
Saying this, another old monk in a robe folded his hands and said, "Amitabha... The poor monk Guanghui, who received the grace of the Eastern Immortal Sect before, is also willing to charge ahead!"
Liang Yu returned the salute to the three people one after another: "The three don't need to be polite, Liang Yu has just arrived, I am going to recruit seedlings, and I hope that the three of them will help me a lot, you and I will do our best, and we will definitely return victorious!"
Chen Lingsu still had a cold attitude beside Liang Yu and didn't say a word, and in order to avoid embarrassment, Liang Yu had to take the initiative to ask: "Senior Sister Chen, last time I said goodbye, Senior Brother Chu was seriously injured and left, I don't know if he is okay now?"
Chen Lingsu already had a cold look, and when he heard him ask him like this, his face was so cold that he almost froze, and he said bluntly: "The head of the sect has broken the cultivation for the senior brother to solve the Gu, and now the senior brother is still in retreat and cultivation..."
Liang Yu could see the height of his eyebrows, and knew that he had touched the other party's eyebrows, so he didn't say much, and asked the chief soldier Zhang Yanfang instead: "May I ask the chief soldier, when will the army march?"
Zhang Yanfang said politely: "Now that I have gathered 20,000 soldiers and horses, I think I am ready to come, and I plan to send troops to Guiyang tomorrow, and I will have to rely on a few masters to fight the Miaojiang wizard in the future, it is better to recuperate before this and rest first." ”
After everyone hugged Zhang Yanfang and said goodbye, they went out of Tongren Mansion together and went to the post house together.
According to the names of several people, it can be roughly seen that although Liang Yu is much older than them, they are all equals, and because when he was in Liaodong, Liang Yu had a friendship with the people of Sanmao Sect, Dragon and Tiger Sect and Panruo Temple, so there was no shortage of talking points along the way.
After several "senior brothers" went back to their rooms, Liang Yu was also about to go back to the room, but saw Chen Lingsu following behind him. Liang Yu asked a little nervously, "Senior Sister Chen is still in trouble?"
Chen Lingsu said lightly: "No, my room is in the front... You're in my way!"
Liang Yu was extremely embarrassed for a while, so he hurriedly pushed open the door and hurriedly closed the door, but Chen Lingsu's voice came from outside the door: "Thank you Senior Brother Liang for helping in Liaodong last time... Henceforth... I won't abandon people like I did last time!"
"Well... Good... In the future, everyone will take care of each other and take care of each other..."Liang Yu responded, while feeling that this woman's personality was a little weird, judging from her performance all along, maybe she was an extremely introverted person.
Early the next morning, Zhang Yanfang, the commander-in-chief, commanded the army and sent it to Guiyang! The morale of the 20,000 soldiers and horses was high, all of them were local sturdy men, and the momentum along the way was huge, and the military discipline was strict, and people could not help but feel a stirring in their hearts!
At dusk, the army was only a hundred miles away from Guiyang, and it was getting late, and the army was afraid of being ambushed at night, so Zhang Yanfang ordered to set up camp. As soon as the camp was set up, I saw a ride flying from the west, and the person wearing it was obviously a Ming officer and soldier!
"Who's coming?!" Zhang Yanfang's subordinate general beckoned.
As soon as the man on the horse saw that the banner of the Ming army was hanging high in the camp, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, took out a roll in his hand, and took out a letter from it: "I have broken through the siege of Guiyang City, and I have a military situation to ask to see the commander of the battalion! This is a letter from Li Zong, the governor of Guizhou, asking for help!"
As soon as these words came out, no one dared to slack off, and hurriedly told Zhang Yanfang.
Zhang Yanfang read the handwritten book while listening to the person who sent the book: "Governor Li Zheng and Inspector Shi Yongan, now they are leading the military and civilians of Guiyang to stick to the lonely city, and the city is no longer divided into young and old, they are all resisting, and I hope that the adults will go to the rescue as soon as possible!"
20,000 soldiers and horses hurried for a whole day, and now they are exhausted, but Guiyang is in danger and can't wait any longer, so Zhang Yanfang can only urgently gather his generals and Liang Yu and others in one place.
"This letter asking for help says that the rebels are powerful, and Guiyang is in danger!" Zhang Yanfang waved the letter and said, "When I came, I knew this danger, and the letter mentioned that the main force of the rebels was in the east of Guiyang City, and they could take the road from Longli to the enemy rear!"
A general said: "Longli negative mountain blocking the stream, is the throat of the eight provinces, the east gate of Guiyang, Li Zong is the governor of Guizhou, the situation here is naturally known, the last general thinks that Li Zong's plan, around the enemy's rear, and Guiyang defenders to fight together!"
Zhang Yanfang thought so, so he immediately ordered to pull out the village and set off and go straight to Longli!
At night, the low mountains and hills are undulating, like giant beasts hidden in the night, and the surrounding forests often make people feel that they are full of murderous inside!
It was drizzling in the sky, so that the 20,000 officers and soldiers could not burn torches, so they could only move forward in the dark and rain... The ground was muddy, and the air was filled with steaming moisture, which made the soldiers who had been running for a day soon sweat profusely.
I saw a large number of houses in front of me, and according to the map drawn, they were the local houses in Longli!
Just when everyone's hearts finally breathed a sigh of relief, they suddenly heard a shout from a hill next to them: "Kill!"
At the sound of an order, a dense array of ambush soldiers immediately rushed down from the dense forests and hills! In the night, arrows were like locusts, and 20,000 soldiers and horses were instantly thrown into chaos, and countless people fell to the ground with arrows, trampled to death and were wounded, and the wails were endless!
Just when Zhang Yanfang fell into despair, he saw a huge ball of light as dazzling as the sun suddenly rose in the night sky, and a flag like a shadow could be faintly seen in the ball of light.
"There is a poor monk on this big day, don't panic!" After Guanghui finished speaking, he waved the Zen staff in his hand and rushed into the enemy group, but as soon as he knocked down a few people, a thin man took advantage of his unpreparedness, and raised his hand to spray a large handful of red mist directly in front of the door!
"Wow!" Guang Hui screamed, covered his face with his hands, and rolled to the ground, and countless terrifying blood blisters bulged on his hands and faces in an instant!