Abbot Zhicheng continued: Master Tanzong and other eleven stick monks, dressed as homeless people, set off overnight, they planned to avoid Wang Renze's garrison in the northwest of Shaolin Temple, cross Taimur Mountain to the east, and then turn south back to Dengfeng County, turn northwest, and go to the Tang army camp in Luoyang.

Along the way, several masters saw thousands of fleeing people, mixed with the remnants of Wang Renze's defeated generals, flocking to Dengfeng City like a tide. Zheng Jiang, who was stationed in Dengfeng, did not let the hungry and cold people take refuge in the city on the grounds of strictly preventing spies from entering the city, and groups of people in pairs had to sleep in the wilderness outside the city. At that time, it was the lunar month, the north wind was biting, the sky was snowing heavily, many people who were not clothed were either starved to death or frozen to death, and there were weeping everywhere outside Dengfeng City.

Facing the purgatory in front of him, Master Tanzong couldn't stand it anymore, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Amitabha! I hope that my Buddha will open his eyes to heaven, show compassion, accept these demons in troubled times as soon as possible, and save all living beings in the world!"

After several masters finished reading the scriptures, they were about to leave Dengfeng and go to Luoyang, when they suddenly saw a young man in his twenties in front of him, holding a sweaty and bloody horse, wearing soapy clothes and black pants, and behaving elegantly like a scholar, but he was wearing a golden ring sword around his waist, and his temperament was like a rainbow and like a chivalrous man. The young man quickly shuttled between the people, as if he had something important to do, but whenever he saw the old, weak, sick and hungry people, he could not help but stop and give them some silver taels and dry food, and the people around him gathered more and more, and finally the boy was surrounded by a dense crowd. The young man simply opened his bag and distributed all the trays and dry food to the people, but it still could not solve the problem of feeding all the people for a while.

At first, the people could still wait quietly for the young man's alms, and the people in front had already received food, but the people in the back saw that the money and food in the young man's hands had been distributed, and they were so hungry that they could no longer care about any courtesy, righteousness, and shame, and began to snatch the dry food in their hands from each other. Many of the people were wounded by this, and even some of the fierce men, red-eyed with hunger, ran to the boy and began to snatch the sword and mount in his hand. The boy couldn't stop drinking, so he had to draw the sword in his hand and use it for self-defense, and finally stopped the advance of these murderers, but his mount was taken away by a group of people.

The young man had no choice but to raise the sword in his hand and shouted: "Folks, listen to the next word! I know that everyone is hungry and cold, and at the moment they are either freezing to death or starving to death; anyway, they are all dead, why don't you eat my horse first, have a full meal, and then follow me to do something earth-shattering, what do you think?"

The people were silent for a long time, and no one dared to speak out, and I don't know which man shouted first: "Folks! That young man is right, anyway, he will die, everyone will follow him and turn it back!", and suddenly there was a chorus of echoes all around: "It's the opposite! It's the opposite! Anyway, this day can't be lived!", "Everyone has a full meal first, seize this small Dengfeng County, and follow this young man to Luoyang and defect to Li Shimin, the king of Qin!"

Tanzong and several masters saw the people around them eating horse meat, and they all said: "Every year to fight, every year to famine, King Zheng also raises taxes every year, this day can't be lived, everyone says that the Tang army is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and the king of Qin loves the people like a son, so the villagers discussed, and went to Luoyang in groups to take refuge in the king of Qin." ”

The young man waited for everyone to finish eating the horse meat, and then stopped the noise of the crowd, and suggested: "Fellow villagers, we are all defenseless people, among which there are many old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, I suggest that everyone go to the Shaolin Mountain to hide for a while, where Wang Renze's garrison is relaxed, coupled with the Shaolin Temple to save the world, maybe everyone can avoid the suffering of hunger and cold, and wait for the next time to finish the business, at least a few days, at most half a month, to pick up everyone to Luoyang to join the army!"

The people all said yes, raised their heads and praised: Heaven has eyes, this time I finally met a nobleman. A few young men came forward and asked, "Strong man, may I ask the name of Gao, what is there to do, and do you need our help?"

The young man arched his hand to everyone and said, "Sooner or later, everyone will know the name below, so forgive me for the inconvenience of telling you below;

An old man replied: "Strong man, little old man knows the way to Tiger Prison Pass, here is more than 300 miles away from Tiger Prison Pass, strong men do not have mounts, how can they go?"

Everyone said, "What a sin, if we knew that the knight was going to go so far to the Tiger Prison, why couldn't we eat the horse of the strong man!"

The young man was very generous, and just smiled faintly: "It's okay! It's okay! It's difficult to save people, it's better to build a seventh-level floating slaughter, and BMW knows it underground, so it should be at ease!"

Master Na Hui secretly said to Master Tanzong: "This young man has an extraordinary bearing, he is generous, he should be a great hero who saves the world, maybe he has something to do with Tang Jun! Everyone should be right to follow him! We have a long way to Luoyang, and we are not familiar with life, so it is better to follow him for now!"

Master Ming Song also said: "What Senior Brother Nahui said is that it is better if we don't go to Luoyang, now that the two armies in Luoyang are facing each other, the soldiers are in chaos, follow that young man, maybe you can also meet the generals of the Tang Army!", and the other masters also agreed.

At this moment, a group of iron horsemen galloped past the people, knocking down several people. Several strong men couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers! These soldiers are too arrogant and rude, everyone has just eaten other people's horses, and there is no way to repay them, so it is better to take this opportunity to grab a war horse and give it to the strong man!" After speaking, regardless of life and death, he stopped this cavalry with his body.

The general at the head was dressed in golden armor, nine feet tall, holding a spear in his hand, and he was majestic, and when he saw a group of people blocking the way in front of him, he hurriedly reined in his horse and shouted: "Where did the people of Diao come from, they dared to block the way of this king, and they didn't want to live?" , and after speaking, he will whip up. As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him gathered more and more, and they were about to tear him off their horses.

At this time, the gate of Dengfeng City was opened, and dozens of horsemen rushed out from inside, scattering the people who were encircling. The leader was the Dengfeng guard, he saw the people gathering to make trouble, shouted: "Bold people, you dare to stop the current Tang King's honorable driver, don't you all get out of the way, if you are shocked, this general will behead you and exterminate the clan!", at this time some timid people began to retreat, but there are still many upright and brave young people who will not let them die.

The young man squeezed forward and asked, "How dare you pretend to be the King of Tang? Which King of Tang are you? Why haven't I seen you?"

The general at the head laughed and shouted to the adjutant general beside him: "General Zhao! You come and tell him whether this king is true or not? If he offends this king, according to military regulations, his eyes should be gouged out and his tongue cut out!"

Before Vice General Zhao could speak, the guard general of Dengfeng shouted again: "The madman heard clearly, in front of you is the nephew of the current long live, General Wang of the Imperial Tang Dynasty, come and arrest him for me, and gouge out his eyes!"

"Which general Wang? why haven't I seen it?", the young man shook his head and muttered to himself.

Seeing that the young man was still puzzled, Master Tanzong took the opportunity to approach and whispered: "It is Wang Renze, the nephew of King Zheng of Luoyang! This person holds a heavy army and is stationed in Gyeonggi, and he is the last trump card for Wang Shichong to hold Luoyang!"

The young man's face did not change, and he said, "I see! Thank you for the reminder!"

At this time, everyone saw that Dengfeng's guards were about to come over to get people, and they all surrounded him and blocked his way. At this time, Wang Ren could no longer hold back, raised his whip and released his horse, raised the spear in his hand, stabbed to death several people who did not know how to avoid it, broke up the crowd, and crashed into the young man.

The young man hurriedly dodged sideways, took out the treasure knife in his hand, and fought with Wang Renze, because Wang Ren rode a war horse, holding a spear, and could quickly impact and assassinate left and right, and the young man had to turn around and avoid it again and again on the ground, and from time to time he used the treasure knife to resist, and gradually became powerless, only to see Wang Ren suddenly turn the horse's head, raise the spear, and stab the young man from the side, the young man had to jump backwards, and finally dodged the spearhead, but Wang Renze's spear cut through the young man's robe, and picked off a piece of jade on his waistThe four Zhu Criticism of the "Imperial Gift of the King of Qin" were so excited that they couldn't speak: "General, this person has a great background, this person is ...... , this person is Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and he is the commander of the Tang Army who besieged my Luoyang!"

"Is he Li Shimin?", everyone was stunned, even Wang Renze was also skeptical, the deputy general saw that no one believed his words, so he had to raise the jade pendant in his hand and shook it, and shouted: "Here is Li Shimin's jade pendant, which can be used as a proof!"

Tan Zong and Master Puhui exchanged a look with each other, and the two of them tacitly agreed, and at the same time whispered to the junior disciples behind them: "Whether it's true or not, save King Qin first!"

All the monks shouted at the same time, "Yes, senior brother!" and took out the long sticks hidden in the package, knocked the unsuspecting Zheng generals beside them off their horses, and then jumped on their horses.

Tan Zong saw that Li Shimin had been wounded several times under Wang Renze's hard work, mottled with blood, and was about to be captured, so he rode his horse and whipped and rushed towards Wang Renze from the side.

Wang Renze saw that Tanzong was menacing, and he didn't dare to rush into battle, so he had to turn his horse's head and take a few steps back, not wanting to be frightened by the horse of Deputy General Zhao next to him, he rushed to Wang Renze and knocked him from his horse to the ground.

Seeing that this was an opportunity, Tan Zong suddenly reined in the war horse, stopped in front of Li Shimin, and shouted: "King Qin, this place is dangerous, hurry up and get on the war horse, and after speaking, grab King Qin's hand and pull him onto the war horse."

Wang Ren stood up with a "carp beating up", patted the slush on his body, and saw that Li Shimin was rescued by a group of unknown masters under his nose, so he had to sprinkle his anger on Vice General Zhao and scolded: "Zhao Xiaozai, you bastard, you are blind, you actually collided with this king at this time, are you intentionally helping Li Shimin, wait for this king to capture Li Shimin alive, and then cure you for the crime of collaborating with the enemy!"

Zhao Xiaozai hurriedly said that he had been wronged, but Wang Ren ignored him, and the other generals also gloated and remained silent.

After Wang Ren finished complaining, he ordered his subordinates to surround Li Shimin and capture Li Shimin alive!

Seeing that King Qin was seriously injured and bleeding, Master Tanzong no longer cared about the compassion of the monks, and shouted: "The Buddha had a cloud back then: I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! Today, the demon is eliminated, and all the sins are borne by the disciple alone!", after speaking, he raised the long stick in his hand, stabbed left and right, killed in front and back, and killed dozens of soldiers who blocked, either dead or wounded.

After Master Puhui commanded the brothers to break off, he used the Arhat stick formation to rush east and west, scattering Wang Renze's cavalry and archers, and then led the brothers to follow Master Tanzong and gallop all the way to the east.

Wang Ren shouted: "Don't let go of the thief Li Shimin!", hurriedly turned the horse's head, commanded the army to pursue hard, the monks did not dare to take the avenue, had to go around the mountain path, facing the dense forest thorns all the way forward, and actually went back to the northwest of Songshan Mountain, this Zhouzhou terrain is dangerous, formerly known as Baiguwu, is the temple property given to Shaolin Temple by Emperor Wen of Sui, and was later expropriated by Wang Ren in the name of King Zheng, and became a military fortress for Wang Ren to resist the eastward advance of the Tang army.

Master Lingxian saw that Wang Renze's military camp was not far ahead, and reminded: "Senior brothers, there is the Zheng army camp in front of the road, and Wang Renze's pursuers in the back, how is this good!"

Just when the monks didn't know what to do, Wang Renze in the back laughed: "God really helps me Da Zheng, as long as we capture Li Shimin alive, why worry about Tang Bing not retreating!" After laughing, he ordered loudly: "The soldiers guarding the city listen to the order: as long as someone captures Li Shimin alive, a reward of 10,000 gold will be rewarded, and 10,000 households will be sealed!"

As soon as Wang Renze's words fell, there was a commotion in the Zheng army camp to the west, and the sound of horses' hooves and shouts was constantly heard.

Seeing that the situation was very critical, Master Seng Man had an idea: "Now while the eleven of us have not been besieged by the army, Senior Brother Tanzong, you will protect the King of Qin first, all the way to the east, to the Tiger Prison Pass." We'll stop the pursuers first, cut off for you, and then join you."

Everyone applauded, turned the horse's head one after another, and rushed to Wang Renze behind him, Wang Renze never thought that the monks would kill a horse pistol, and he was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked the front team to restrain the war horse, but Zhao Xiaozai and other generals behind him did not know why, and continued to ride forward, and the galloping war horse could not stop for a while, and collided with the front team, and the formation was chaotic.

Zhao Xiaozai only wanted to move forward and capture Li Shimin alive, and showed his heart to Wang Renze, so he rushed to the front and collided head-on with the master of Dao. Taking advantage of the chaos, Dao Master captured Zhao Xiaozai, sealed his hole, and put him on horseback.

At this time, Tanzong and others saw that Daoguang had captured Zhao Xiaozai alive, and Wang Renze's pursuers were in chaos without a fight, and they turned their horses' heads and galloped towards the east, but Wang Renze's scolding came from behind: "This Zhao Xiaozai is really a disaster star, and he has ruined the king's major affairs three times and twice! What are you still doing in a daze, don't chase it quickly!"

However, it was said that Tanzong and others got rid of Wang Renze's pursuers and galloped all the way to the east, they crossed Gongyi and went straight to the Tiger Prison Pass in Xingyang. Li Shimin checked the terrain of the Tiger Prison Pass, and saw that there were few Zheng troops guarding it, all of them were some old, weak, sick and disabled, and the main force had been transferred to the front line in Luoyang, he was overjoyed in his heart, and said to the monks: "Don't hide it from all the heroes, I will go to the Tiger Prison Pass thousands of miles this time, just to reconnoiter the enemy!"

Na Hui praised: "I heard that the army of the King of Qin is a division of benevolence and righteousness, invincible, invincible, invincible, and the King of Qin often goes behind enemy lines and risks with his own life, which is really worthy of its reputation!"

Seng Feng was the youngest of the eleven stick monks, and he asked childishly: "The senior brothers all say that King Qin is heroic, but I didn't expect King Qin to be a young hero, which really makes the poor monk admire!", after speaking, he scratched his turban, and a gust of wind blew his loose turban off.

Li Shimin exclaimed: "It turns out that the eleven masters saved the lonely king, I don't know where the masters came from?

Tanzong had no choice but to discuss how to discuss with the abbot of Shaolin Temple, how to let the eleven people go to the Luoyang Tang military camp to contact and discuss, how to conquer Luoyang City, and return the world to a peaceful matter, and told Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin listened, pondered for a while, and said to Tanzong and others: "If we want to take Luoyang, we must cut off the reinforcements outside the city, and let Wang Shichong in the city become a caged bird, so that he will inevitably surrender the city." ”

Master Lingxian said: "Good strategy, I don't know how to cut off the rescuers outside the city?"

Li Shimin said: "At present, Dou Jiande's army is still waiting north of the Yellow River, this tiger prison is the throat of Luoyang, and it is the only way for Dou Jiande to go south to save Wang Shichong." As long as a partial division of our army takes this tiger prison pass and rushes to the point, even if Dou Jiande has a million people, it will not be a problem! It's just that Wang Renze's army, which is not far from Luoyang City, has 50,000 people, and is stationed in Yuzhou, and the terrain is dangerous, and it is at odds with Wang Shichong in Luoyang City, and it will be difficult to break through for a while.

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