Zhang Zixing received an urgent summons from Shang Qingjun, did not dare to delay, and immediately entered Qingluan Douque and bid farewell to Princess Longji. 【】

Princess Longji didn't expect him to leave so soon, so she couldn't help but say something to stay. Zhang Zixing sighed: "It's not that I want to leave the princess...... There is an emergency, and I must go immediately, and I ask the princess to forgive me. ”

"Even if this is the case, it is inconvenient for me to keep it, and it is important for fellow Daoists to do the right thing first. Although Princess Longji said this, she couldn't hide her loss and reluctance on her face.

Biyun Tong'er opened his mouth and asked, "When will the teacher come to Phoenix Mountain again?"

Since he didn't know what had happened to Xiqi, and Zhang Zixing didn't know if he would have time to come to Phoenix Mountain again next month, Suo would say exaggeratedly: "This matter is very important, and it will take a lot of effort and feet, or it may be very dangerous." I can't set an exact date for the reunion, and if it's a fluke, I'll come back to Phoenix Mountain. ”

Princess Longji groaned for a while, took out a silver rope from the magic treasure bag, and ordered Biyun Tong'er to serve it to Zhang Zixing: "This bundle of dragon ropes is my talisman magic weapon, and if you can capture people, you will send it to Taoist friends to tide over the difficulties." ”

This bundle of dragon ropes is the magic weapon of Princess Longji to capture Hong Jin in the original book, Zhang Zixing didn't expect that she was willing to give it to herself, and said busily: "Poor Dao is just a princess and Biyun Dao friends, and it took some words, besides, this bundle of dragon ropes is the treasure of the princess's talisman, how can I accept this generous gift?"

Princess Longji shook her head: "I don't have many friends, but it's rare that Taoist friends don't give up, and they come to meet every month." If Daoist friends refrain from resigning, won't they look down on me?"

Zhang Zixing thought for a while and said, "Daoyou's words are serious, since this is the case, I will borrow Daoyou's dragon rope to use it." After the matter is completed, I will come to Phoenix Mountain to visit the princess, one is to return the things to the original owner, and the other is to reunite. ”

When Princess Longji heard the word "reunion", she showed a look of relief, and she was not reluctant, and said: "Daoyou cherish, I should wait for you here in Qingluan Douque." ”

Zhang Zixing was concerned about Xiqi's affairs, and said goodbye to the song at the moment.

Xiqi's urgent news was transmitted by Tianying this morning, and the news was really shocking-Ji had launched an army! But the target was not Ehuan, but Chonghou Hu!

The origin of the incident is this: Ji Fa was originally mobilizing men and horses to prepare to conquer the rebels in the south. But at this time, Ji Fa's two younger brothers, Ji Boliao and Ji Yuzhong, were ordered to send an envoy to Chongcheng and ask the northern Bohou Chonghou Hu for the military map of the south, and they clashed with Chonghou Hu's son Chongying Biao in Chongcheng and were killed on the spot.

It is said that the reason for the conflict between Ji Boliao and Ji Yuzhong and Chongying Biao was that Chonghou Hu implemented tyranny in the north and poisoned the people, and Ji Boliao and Ji Yuzhong happened to break Chongying Biao's evil deeds of killing civilians and robbing people's daughters in Chongcheng.

This news made Xiqi extremely indignant. Ji Boliao and Ji Yu Zhong are the siblings of the new Xibohou Ji Fa, the son of the late Xianbo Ji Chang, who is quite virtuous and famous, and this time he was an envoy on behalf of Xiqi, in order to obtain information about the southern land in order to be ordered to conquer the rebels, but unexpectedly, they were brutally murdered by the son of the Northern Bohou! Such an act is absolutely intolerable.

Under the excitement of the crowd, the furious Ji Fa ordered his troops and horses, played the banner of "revenge for brothers, save the people from fire and water", and held the right to crusade Bai Ming Huangyue, and marched towards Chongcheng in the north. After Chonghou Hu learned about Ji Boliao and Ji Yuzhong, he scolded Chongying Biao, heard that Ji Faxing had invaded the territory, threatened to take revenge, and did not care about repentance, so he hurriedly gathered the army and prepared to meet the enemy, and the war between the two sides was about to break out.

Zhang Zixing sneered when he heard the news: Chongying Biao would rashly kill Ji Fa's two younger brothers? I am afraid that this matter is a situation set up by Ji Fa at the expense of his flesh and blood brothers, otherwise how could Ji Fa be "furious" and unable to hold his breath to send troops to fight against Chonghou Hu?

In the original book, there was Ji Chang's crusade against Chonghou Hu, but I didn't expect that although Ji Chang is dead, such a "plot" still happened!

Ying Long said: "The Northern Bohou and the Xibohou are both the four major princes, and now Ji Fa does not abide by his duty and raises troops to invade the north without authorization. The emperor's brother is the Son of Heaven, can he issue an order for Ji Fa to dismiss the army?"

Shang Qingjun saw that Zhang Zixing was pondering, and said, "Third Uncle is wrong. That Ji Fa has the right to conquer Bai Huang Yue, which can be carried out. His brother was killed by Chongying Biao in full view of everyone, and this time he played the slogan of revenge and saving the people, which was justified. That Chonghou Hu is violent to the people, doing evil, lack of virtue, the north has accumulated years of resentment, although the husband is the son of heaven, but he has always attached importance to the people's will, and preached the virtue of benevolence and righteousness, if he forcibly stopped Ji Fa, he was afraid that the people's will be lost. ”

Zhang Zixing listened to Shang Qingjun's explanation, gave her a smile, looked at Fei Lian, who was silent on the side, and said, "Fei Lian, what do you think?"

Fei Lian's natal soul is in the hands of Zhang Zixing, and his son Ji Sheng has been able to live in peace with the Demon God Clan in the East China Sea, although Zhang Zixing has not been able to resurrect the rain master in Jiuding for a while, but he has truly surrendered.

Because Zhang Zixing claimed that the Feilian rebellion had been ambushed, he had transformed into a staff member who had retreated underground. Hearing Zhang Zixing's inquiry, Fei Lian hurriedly said: "At this time, Wen Taishi and Fang Wei should fight hard against the Ghost Fang clan in the north, and they should be used. If you want to help Xiqi, you can let Wen Taishi's army help Ji Fa destroy Chongcheng in the name of benevolence and righteousness; if you want to protect Chongcheng, you can also make Wen Taishi help Chonghou Hu, and Bei Bohou will feel great grace and do his best to help Dashang eliminate the ghost party; perhaps, you can also take advantage of the defeat of both sides to get rid of the two major troubles, but this move is very difficult, and the division is unknown, I am afraid that it will be unfair—it depends on how Your Majesty chooses. ”

Zhang Zixing nodded: Fei Lian is worthy of being Chiyou's right-hand man, his opinions are really different, and he can draw inferences from one another, but he knows in his heart that the matter of the North Land is not as simple as it seems, and there are other strange things.

Zhang Zixing thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind.

Let's say that Ji launched an army of 100,000 people, and went to Chongcheng in a mighty way, and met the princes and counties all the way, and they were not disturbed. Ji Fa ordered to erect a flag gate and set up a camp on the spot.

Chongcheng Tanma reported the news of Ji Fa's army coming, and Chonghou Hu immediately ordered all the generals in Yin'an Hall and said: "Ji Changben and I are guarding the border, and there is no crime in Qiu. Now that Ji Chang is dead, his son Ji Fa is young and vigorous, and the new position of Xibohou does not keep his duty, deliberately seeks a gap, and comes to invade the territory, and now the army has opened outside Chongcheng, how to deal with it?"

Chongying Biao came out and said: "Ji Fa Xiao'er, it is deeply hateful! Now that he is coming to die, how can we be willing to forgive me, and we should kill a piece of armor and leave no armor!"

Chonghou Hu shouted: "You son of a! If you hadn't caused a big disaster, how could Chongcheng have recruited such a strong enemy?"

Chongying Biao distinguished: "This matter is strange, the Xiqi envoy is nosy, I wanted to retreat, but I don't know why, my heart suddenly became confused, and when I woke up, the two people were already dead in front of me......"

On the side, Med stepped forward and said: "The lord is angry, the young master may be strange in this matter, but in any case, the person has been killed, and the army of Ji Fa has arrived, and it is useless to investigate deeply." If we and other generals should fight bravely and defeat the army of Xiqi in order to show the majesty of our northern army! If he has the imperial gift of Bai Xuan and Huang Yue, will the lord not have it? If he can defeat Ji Fa's army and then conquer Xiqi in the name of counterattack, he can kill two birds with one stone. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals praised them for their kindness, and Chonghou Hu showed joy on his face and asked, "Which general is willing to take the first credit?"

General Huang Yuanji responded: "What is the ability of that Ji Fa Xiao'er, the last general is willing to lead the troops to fight!"

Chonghou Hu had the heart to test Xiqi's strength, and immediately ordered Huang Yuanji to go out, and Xiqi sent Nangong Shi, but Huang Yuanji was defeated by Nangong Shi, was beheaded, and threatened to set foot on Chongcheng.

Chonghou Hu was furious, and personally led his army and horses out to confront the Xiqi army outside the city.

Chonghou Hujian pointed at the Xiqi army and shouted, "Where is Ji Fa?"

I saw the opening of the battle flag, and a person came out in armor, and there were four sages and eight handsomes beside him, which was Xibohou Jifa. Chonghou Hu scolded Ji Fa for violating the border, and Ji Fa responded on the grounds that Chonghou Hu's father and son poisoned the people and killed the Xiqi envoy, and proposed that Chonghou Hu hand over the culprit Chong Ying Biao to resist his life, and apologize to the people, and treat the people well in the future, before agreeing to withdraw from the army.

Chonghou Hu has a son and a daughter under his knees, and Chongying Biao is the heir to the title of Marquis of Bei, so how can he hand it over? Moreover, asking him, one of the four princes, to personally bow his head to those untouchables, is even more humiliating than killing him. Chonghou Hu was furious and ordered the generals to go into battle.

Ji Fa hurriedly retreated into the formation under the protection of the generals, and a man dressed in Taoist clothes and wearing a mask waved the flag behind him, and the Xiqi generals also stepped out one after another to meet the enemy generals. As a result, Xiqi's military generals were skilled, Jin Cheng and Chen Jizhen were killed one after another, and only Chongying Biao and Mei De were still struggling to support. Chonghou Hu saw that the momentum was not good, and hurriedly commanded the army to attack, and when there was a melee, Chonghou Hu was finally defeated, retreated to Chongcheng, and could not hold out.

“...... Xiqi Mingjin, the crowd will retreat to the main formation. Strange things, like a big bow, with a feather spear as an arrow, the opportunity to fire, shot more than a thousand steps from a distance, and killed and injured many ......"

When Zhang Zixing, who was in Chaoge, saw the battle report sent by Tianying, he couldn't help but be shocked: Isn't this a bed crossbow?

A bed crossbow is a bow or bows mounted on a bed frame to twist the axle at the back of the bow to load the arrows and wait for firing. The multi-bow bed crossbow can be wrenched by multiple people, and the combined force of several bows is used to shoot arrows, and its ejection power and power are quite amazing. Before the development of firearms, it was one of the most terrible weapons on the battlefield, and it also had the shortcomings of complex construction and poor mobility. According to research, the invention of the bed crossbow was not later than the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there were relevant records in the Later Han Dynasty.

Zhang Zixing had already made the bed crossbow available in advance when he first saw the Dharma Ring, but the bed crossbow was also used once when dealing with the female lu during the great drought, and it was usually stored in the secret warehouse of the Divine Weapon Workshop, and it was never exposed. The secret warehouse of the Divine Soldier Workshop is located in a secret place, and it is heavily guarded, and there is also a special monitoring system, could it be that the clever people who have mixed in Xiqi in the Divine Soldier Workshop have stolen samples?

The words on the back of the battle report made Zhang Zixing deny this hypothesis, but the horror in his heart did not decrease but increased.

“...... At this time, there is a strange car in the Xiqi array, this car is about two zhang long, about one zhang four wide, the outside of the car is tied with a spear, and the inside is placed with a big shield. The Chonghou Tiger army suffered heavy casualties and returned in a rout. ”

Judging from the information of the super brain, this kind of car should be a Wugang car, which can be attacked and defended, similar to an ancient armored car, and the famous general Wei Qing of the Han Dynasty once made a miraculous achievement by breaking the Huns with a Wugang car. And Zhang Zixing has never made a martial arts car, why did this cross-era thing suddenly appear in Xiqi's army? In this way, the bed crossbow just now should not be from the Great Shang's Divine Weapon Workshop, but the secret weapon hall in Xiqi, because the bed crossbow of the Divine Weapon Workshop has been transformed by him and the magic ring, not only is it far more powerful than the ordinary bed crossbow, but also adds the element of the magic weapon, which can cause some damage to the immortals. Linked to the hundred steel-refining halberds that Tianying obtained from the Secret Soldier Hall last time, Zhang Zixing couldn't help but have a strange thought: Could it be that there are "peers" in Xiqi who have crossed over?

Then he shook his head again: If there really is such a person, it should have been revealed many years ago, how could it have appeared at this time?

Although Zhang Zixing was puzzled, the follow-up plan had to be continued, so he took out a letter incense stick and lit it on the star-picking tower.

The incense emitted light smoke, condensing into a person's image, vaguely the appearance of Shen Gongbao.

As soon as Zhang Zixing saw Shen Gongbao, he said: "How did the national teacher go in such a hurry last time, the widow still wants to have a long talk with you, please ask for advice." ”

"There is something important about the poor road, so I don't say goodbye, please forgive your majesty," Shen Gongbao made a mockery, and asked tentatively: "Is the right national teacher Xiaoyaozi here?"

Of course it's here! And it's right in front of you! Zhang Zixing secretly sneered, and replied: "The last time the Right National Master came back, he left in a hurry, and I don't know what happened. ”

Shen Gongbao asked, "Did Xiaoyaozi Daoyou say anything to Your Majesty?"

Zhang Zixing pretended to be surprised and asked: "Xiaoyaozi also seems to have something important, don't wait to say goodbye to the widow, and leave directly, how can you two national teachers seem to have made an appointment, and they are all so without saying goodbye?"

"People outside the poor road, there are many rudenesses, Your Majesty is not strange," Shen Gongbao heard Xiaoyaozi say nothing, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "I don't know what is the matter with Your Majesty's summoning with letter incense today?"

Zhang Zixing said: "The national teacher is a master in the world, how can a widow blame the national teacher? It's just that there is a problem under the widow's eyes, which cannot be solved, and the national teacher must be turned to for help." ”

Shen Gongbao hurriedly asked him what was the matter, and Zhang Zixing told Ji Fa about his crusade against Chonghou Hu, saying that Ji Fa was extremely ambitious and tried to annex Chonghou Hu in the name of revenge. If he succeeds, he is afraid that he will inevitably rebel in the future. Because Ji Fa has a white and yellow Yue, and he is a famous teacher, and it is inconvenient for the Son of Heaven to interfere, he wants to ask Shen Gongbao to secretly help Chonghou Hu repel Xiqi, so as not to prevent Ji Fa from sitting big and maintaining the mutual balance between the princes.

Shen Gongbao groaned for a while, and agreed: "Poor Dao is planning to retreat and practice the new immortal recipe of the master's sect, so he can't go to help in person, Poor Dao is willing to go to find a few friends with profound Taoist skills first, go to Chongcheng to help, and he will be able to retreat to Xiqi." ”

Zhang Zixing was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Shen Gongbao. At this time, the incense gradually burned out, and looking at the light smoke that had dissipated without a trace, Zhang Zixing showed a knowing smile on his face.

(To be continued)