457 Turns
Almighty Cultivation Supreme
When the Nine Grades of Merit Golden Lotus was stolen, it was the rat spirit that introduced the thief into the Spirit Mountain through the leylines. But the thief was hiding his face at the time, so the rat spirit didn't know his identity.
Later, the twelve meritorious golden lotus reappeared in the hands of Mi Xiaoxia, so it is speculated that the thief was likely to be Mi Xiaoxia!
At this time, Mi Xiaoxia asked for the rat spirit again, which was even more suspicious.
"Senior brother, if he doesn't give it to others, he won't withdraw his troops. ”
Just as the Buddha was pondering, the Buddha Virujana spoke.
"That's fine. ”
The Buddha groaned slightly and waved his hand.
"Give it to him. ”
The rat spirit explores the leylines of the earth, and can invade the prohibition and directly enter the spiritual mountain. But if there is a Buddha and Bodhisattva in Lingshan, what can you do when you come in. If there is no Buddha and Bodhisattva in charge, with Mi Xiaoxia's current cultivation, the ban will not be able to stop him.
In that case, it doesn't matter if you hand over the rat spirit to him.
If the Buddha agreed, the Buddha immediately took the rat essence and the three-headed rhinoceros essence and went to Jilei Mountain again.
The next thing is very simple, leave the four of them behind, and Mi Xiaoxia will summon the mortal world to withdraw the army.
As the leader of the new sect, Mi Xiaoxia will not deny it, but he pushes others, and Virujana Buddha still waited for the news of the withdrawal of the mortal world, and then left Jilei Mountain with a smile.
"Thank you, Sect Master, for saving me. ”
"Thank you, childe. ”
After regaining their freedom, the three rhinoceros spirits and rat spirits were overjoyed and thanked Mi Xiaoxia one after another.
When he first learned the scriptures, Mi Xiaoxia brought the three rhinoceros to the Lion Camel Ridge, but he did not reveal his true body at that time. So until now, the three-headed rhinoceros spirit didn't know it was him.
As for the golden-nosed white-haired rat spirit, although he was imprisoned by Buddhism, he also heard some news. knew that Mi Xiaoxia had merit and golden lotus, so he roughly guessed that the mysterious person who held her hostage at the beginning was Mi Xiaoxia.
"This time, I rescued the four of you from the disaster, mainly to repay some of the previous causes and effects. ”
Mi Xiaoxia glanced at the four of them, and then said.
"Now I give you two choices, continue to be demons in the Nether Realm, or worship under my new sect. ”
"This ......"
Suddenly hearing this, the three rhinoceros spirits couldn't help but hesitate a little.
Since being subjugated by Buddhism, they have been working as coolies on mounts, but some information is also known. Mi Xiaoxia newly established a new religion, but he offended Buddhism to death.
If they join the new religion, they will be on the opposite side of Buddhism.
But if he chooses to continue to be a demon in the lower realm, he will live up to Mi Xiaoxia's kindness and make him unhappy. And they are helpless, and sooner or later Buddhism will take care of them again.
"Disciple see Sect Master!"
The rhinoceros spirit was still hesitating, but the rat spirit was delighted and immediately bowed.
Compared with the rhinoceros essence, the mouse spirit has more contact with Mi Xiaoxia. Just imagine that back then, he dared to sneak into Lingshan and steal the Buddha's golden lotus. Now, it's definitely even more extraordinary.
It is said that it is better to marry well than to do well, although the rat spirit is a demon, after all, it is also a woman, and I always hope to have a backer.
"The three of you don't bow down yet, instead of being frightened, you can follow the master. ”
The rat spirit inexplicably has confidence in Mi Xiaoxia, and she has been imprisoned for a hundred years, and she has a deep grudge against Buddhism. Turning his head to look at the rhinoceros spirit, he couldn't help but persuade him.
"We ...... See the Master!"
The three rhinoceros spirits glanced at each other, and knelt down together to bow to Mi Xiaoxia.
As the so-called situation is stronger than people, in fact, there is no room for them to choose now, no matter what happens in the future, as the rat spirit said, now they have entered the new religion first, trying to have a stable life.
"Good. ”
The three of them joined the sect, and Mi Xiaoxia nodded with a smile.
The rhinoceros essence is all golden immortal cultivation, and there are three more golden immortals in the new sect at once, and the strength of the new sect has increased greatly in an instant! As for the mouse essence, although the cultivation is lower, it is clever and knowledgeable about current affairs, and it has special skills, and it is also a material that can be made.
After the four of them bowed, Mi Xiaoxia took them to the small world of Qingqiu, gave them the talisman of entry and exit, and began to teach the systematic teaching of new exercises.
Although the four of them have cultivation, they are originally grassroots demons, where they have undergone orthodox guidance, and they have gained a lot for a while, and they are overjoyed.
And for Mi Xiaoxia, the sect leader, he can't help but become more and more convinced.
At the same time, the battle in the mortal world of Suiyang City continued.
Jiangnan Province sent 50,000 reinforcements, making Yin Ziqi's army useless in an instant. For several days, instead of capturing the city, the 200,000-strong army suffered many casualties.
Just when he was worried, he suddenly got the news that Jiangnan Province had withdrawn its troops.
"Are you sure you read that right?"
"Definitely not, the 50,000 army is not a lot, and it has already returned to Jiangnan Province by boat!"
"How can this be ......"
Yin Ziqi wondered for a while, why bother to leave as soon as he came? Could it be that the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court did something to annoy Jiangnan Dao?
"Leave him alone! Gather a large army and attack in an all-out way!"
Either way, it's great news. Yin Ziqi was excited for a while, and immediately gave the order to go down.
Soon after, 200,000 troops gathered and launched another onslaught on Suiyang City.
The battle began at noon and lasted until the early morning of the third day, for nearly two days and two nights. Yin Ziqi lost tens of thousands of soldiers, but at such a price, he still failed to break through Suiyang City!
"What's going on! Didn't you say that Gangnam Province had withdrawn its troops!"
"It was indeed withdrawn, and at this time, there were far less than 50,000 horses in Suiyang City. ”
This time, after two days of fighting, Suiyang was still not captured, because there were not three or four thousand remnants of soldiers on the city, but 20,000 elite soldiers!
Twenty times the strength of the previous army could not defeat Suiyang, and at this time, only ten times is of course not easy to use.
But whether it is Yin Ziqi or the deputy general, they can't figure it out. Jiangnan Province has obviously withdrawn 50,000 troops, how can there be nearly 20,000 more elite soldiers in the city out of thin air?
In fact, the doorway is very simple, Mi Xiaoxia played a hand for them to steal beams and change pillars!
The deal with Buddhism was completed, but Suiyang couldn't be broken at the moment, so Mi Xiaoxia played a trick.
He did evacuate 50,000 people, but more than 10,000 of them were disguised as old and weak people in the city. Wearing a military uniform and blending in the army, Rao can't see anyone.
In this way, the extra 10,000 elite soldiers stayed in Suiyang City and gathered 20,000 troops for Zhang Xun!
From the beginning of defending the city, Suiyang soldiers and horses did not exceed 7,000, and at this time, with 20,000 troops in hand, Zhang Xun had a feeling of being poor and rich.
And not only that, although Mi Xiaoxia withdrew his troops, he left a large amount of supplies in Suiyang, including grain, grass and equipment. With the support of these materials, Suiyang City's logistics in the past few months have not been a problem.
Although Yin Ziqi was annoyed that Suiyang had soldiers and horses, there were only 20,000 in the end, and he still had more than 100,000 troops in his hands, so there was no reason to give up. Immediately after that, the army was dispatched to prepare for a new offensive. And in Suiyang City, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan also went all out to defend the city.
The battle of Suiyang was still stalemate, and at this time in the Hebei region. After Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi joined forces, they transferred troops and horses from various places to further expand their troops.
The most important thing is that Suiyang held on for several months, and the tax payments in the Jianghuai Valley filled the treasury, which made the Tang Dynasty gradually slow down.
In this way, compared with the stagnant progress of the rebels, the Tang army won great victories in Hebei one after another. After several months of fighting, most of Hebei has been recaptured.
"Rush!"
In the afternoon of that day, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's army came to Chang'an City. Li Guangbi raised the sword of Yuan Tu, and the army was like a flood, unstoppably rushing towards the rebel occupied Chang'an City.
Chang'an, as the original capital of the Tang Dynasty, deployed a lot of troops after the rebels occupied it. However, because of the support for Suiyang, the troops were continuously deployed, and the city was already a little empty at this time.
The most important thing is that Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi used their troops well, and the Tang army was in full swing.
After fighting like this for a whole day, the rebels were defeated, and the Tang army successfully entered Chang'an!
From the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Li Longji led the crowd to flee Chang'an, and now for a total of more than a year, Chang'an City finally returned to the hands of the Tang Dynasty.
"Keep attacking!"
After subduing Chang'an, on the one hand, he reported to Li Heng of Lingwu City and asked him to move back to Chang'an. On the other hand, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi continue to mobilize the army and continue to quell the rebellion, and the next target is Luoyang!
Chang'an and Luoyang, these are the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an has been subdued, as long as Luoyang is recovered, the rebels can be completely contained.
"Brother Xu, it doesn't seem to be possible. ”
"It's worth it to be able to work with Brother Zhang, what is there to fear of death!"
A month after Chang'an was subdued, in Suiyang City, Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun stood at the head of the city, their faces calm.
Although there was the help of the Jiangnan Provincial Army before, Yin Ziqi's attacks became more and more fierce, and the rebels continued to increase their troops in Suiyang.
It was another few months of hard fighting, and by now, the original 20,000 troops had been completely lost. At this time, there were less than 100 people in the city who could fight.
"It's worth it!"
At this time, it was October of the second year of Zhide, and this battle to defend Suiyang began in the first month and has been fought for ten months now. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan once relied on thousands of troops to resist the rebel army of more than 100,000 troops.
Up to now, there have been more than 400 battles before and after, and a total of 120,000 enemies have been annihilated!
At this time, Datang has also subdued Chang'an, even if Suiyang City is broken, it doesn't matter. As Zhang Xun said at the end, it's worth it!
"Kill!"
That night, when the city was broken, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan led the few dozen remaining soldiers to roar into the enemy formation.
Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, as well as the soldiers under their command, swore not to surrender, and finally died in the chaos......
The two ended tragically, but the Tang Dynasty was preserved.
Ten days after the fall of Suiyang, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi broke through Luoyang, and An Qingxu had only 1,300 men left, and fled back to Yecheng in a hurry.
At this point, Chang'an and Luoyang completely returned to the hands of the Tang Dynasty, and the rebels were no longer able to go south.
Immediately afterwards, the Tang army continued to wave its divisions and successively captured Hanoi and other places, and the rebel general Yan Zhuang was forced to surrender, and the rebel general Yin Ziqi was killed by Chen Liu's army and civilians. Immediately afterwards, the Tang army successively recovered Henan, Hedong and other counties.
At this time, if you take advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants of An Qingxu, it is possible to pacify the rebels in one fell swoop. But unfortunately, Li Heng was busy welcoming the return of Emperor Li Longji to the dynasty and failed to send troops in time.
An Qingxu fled to Yecheng to regroup, and still had the strength to confront the Tang army.
At this time, the stage of confrontation between the two sides begins. But in the end, the Tang Dynasty has already dominated the situation, and it is only a matter of time before the rebellion is put down.