Chapter 123: The Iron Rider Urges the Arrow
Zhumadian is located in southern Henan, which was originally occupied by Liu Futong's Red Turban Army. After Liu Futong's army was defeated, he stationed troops in Bozhou, and this place became a borderless land.
As the Demon Lord's summoning order spread, the originally depressed city gradually became noisy. Everywhere you can see strong men with swords, or seven or eight or dozens of people, who are constantly rushing here.
The little demon lord Zhao Wuxian openly shouted to challenge the head of the decent Shaolin, which was the first sensation in the rivers and lakes in decades, whether it was a person in the Ming Sect or a righteous martial arts person, or an ordinary person who had nothing to do with either of them, they all rushed to southern Henan. There are those who simply watch the excitement, there are those who are ready to choose one and help, and there is no shortage of people who are ready to take advantage of the fire to rob.
Among them, the most conspicuous is the rebel army with red scarves on their heads, they may not belong to the Ming Sect, but they are just using the reputation of the Ming Sect to make waves in the local area. The Five Elements Banner of Mingjiao called on the Red Turban Army to attack Bianliang in the north, which was the great plan of the Han people to recover their homeland, either for justice or for personal gain, and they could not deal with it calmly. The battlefield is changing rapidly, who can be sure that he can't be the first to climb the Bianliang city wall?
Although the reputation of the Mingjiao is incomparably foul on the rivers and lakes, it is an indisputable fact that the Red Turban Army of all walks of life is thriving at present! But whoever is willing to raise troops to cause rebellion, who is the one who keeps to himself? If he can take this opportunity to leap up and become the commander-in-chief of the Red Turban Army elected by the Five Elements Banner, he will surely become famous all over the world. Even if there are few soldiers for the time being, after the reputation spreads, there will naturally be a large number of people to take refuge!
With the coaxing of the small fish and shrimp in these rebel armies, the Demon Lord's summoning order, which was originally regarded as a joke by the Red Turban Army from all walks of life, gradually took on a somewhat formal flavor. Although these big leaders of the Red Turban Army refused to obey Zhao Yu's orders, they had been paying close attention to the situation here. Seeing more and more rebels gathered in Zhumadian, some of them couldn't hold back after all, and Wang Quan, the big leader of the Red Turban Army in Beizuo, who was in the Nanyang Branch, personally led his troops north and became the first leader of the Red Turban Army to arrive in Zhumadian.
Forced by the situation, although the other leaders of the Red Turban Army were extremely resistant, they had to face up to this summoning order, either send a powerful general, or personally lead the troops, and responded to Zhao Yu's call and rushed to Zhumadian.
Liu Futong took great pains to finally find an opportunity to enter Haozhou and attack Xuzhou in the east, and gained the upper hand in the land of Lianghuai, but was gently disintegrated by Zhao Yu's summoning order. In particular, the Heavenly Eagle Sect brazenly advanced into Huainan, which greatly weakened his control over Zhu Yuanzhang's department of the Haozhou Red Turban Army.
He has lost the opportunity, and he is bound to not be able to give up the great achievement of capturing Bianliang. Even if this is not the best time to attack Bianliang, but Zhao Yu's move is pinching his pulse, as the most powerful leader in the Red Turban Army, especially in southern Henan for many years, at this time, whether it is public or private, he can't stay out of the matter. In desperation, he had no choice but to echo Zhao Yu's call, and took the first step to call himself the generalissimo of the middle route of the Northern Expedition, recalled the subordinates sent to Haozhou, and prepared for the northern attack on Bianliang.
Compared with the treacherous general trend of the world, the hearts of martial arts people are much simpler. The Shaolin faction has been at the head of the martial arts sect for a hundred years, and no one has ever dared to provoke its authority, even when the demon sect was at its most prosperous, it did not dare to openly confront Shaolin. This is the holy place in the heart of the righteous martial arts, especially the Shaolin disciples all over the world, Zhao Yu's move is like poking a hornet's nest, which has attracted the unanimous condemnation of the righteous martial arts.
The contradiction between good and evil in the martial arts suddenly sharpened, and collided violently in the city of Zhumadian. There are no less than ten fights and disputes every day, and martial arts people are strong in martial arts, while Mingjiao is better than many people. For a time, the city was like a big tripod full of boiling oil on a blazing fire.
After more than 20 days, Zhao Yutong led 5,000 cavalry to Zhumadian. He didn't deliberately take Giotto's high status too late, but sent Guo Tianxu back to Haozhou by the way, and at the same time cut off Zhu Yuanzhang's remaining military horses. It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang saw the opportunity early, and fled from Haozhou as early as the first time the convening order was issued, so that Zhao Yu's idea of killing this person fell through.
Thousands of horses galloped, their iron hooves striking the hard ground, making a roar like the sky collapsing, shaking the adobe city wall and falling gravel and dust.
There are few horses in the south, even if the wealthy families of the Zhong Ding family go out, they can only travel in ox carts, let alone such a large cavalry army! At this time, the city of Zhumadian was already overcrowded, and most of the people camped around the city. When everyone saw the cavalry brigade pouring out of the horizon, and the earth dragon rolling like a fog-like smoke and dust, they were already frightened, and no one dared to make a noise anymore.
Zhao Yu was dressed in military uniform, standing high on the war horse, looking down on everyone. He held the reins a few miles away from the city, waved his whip back, and his soldiers immediately raised their banners, and the brigade of five thousand men went from movement to stillness in a very short time, as solemn as a mountain!
Take the lead!
At this time, inside and outside the city, there were black and oppressive human heads as far as the eye could see, but in front of this solemn cavalry brigade, no one dared to shout loudly, even if the sound of breathing was reduced to the lowest! lest he attract the sight of the killing god and wave the butcher's knife.
The first voice won this miraculous effect, and Zhao Yu was very satisfied. At present, in the entire south, only the Chuzhou Capture Army has such a powerful cavalry force! This is what Xu Da has taken precautions and strived to create. According to Xu Da, if you want to drive the Mongols back to Mobei, you must have a strong cavalry team in your hands.
Zhao Yu thought so, and as early as a few years ago, when he only occupied one place in Chuzhou, he began cavalry training. It was not until the capture of southern Anhui, the choking of the river, and the great easing of Chuzhou's finances that this cavalry team grew. Of course, among them, Shen Wansan and other Jiangnan businessmen contributed a lot. The speculative heart of the businessmen is the most flexible, when the captivating army took southern Anhui and began to isolate Jiqing, the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan and other places heard the wind and moved to Chuzhou to invest heavily.
In this process, the power displayed by these businessmen who have always been despised made Zhao Yu smack. They are not confined to one country or one place. Although the name of valuing profit over righteousness attracted the contempt of the gentry, the financial resources in his hands far exceeded those of the powerful gentry in the troubled places! This made Zhao Yu faintly see a glimmer of possibility, not only did he not deliberately suppress the merchants in the territory, but even let them participate in some people's livelihood construction. Of course, he still has to hold on to the bottom line, but there are hoarders who will be severely punished!
The 5,000-strong army outside the city was more shocking than any impassioned rhetoric. The first moment the captives appeared outside the city, the entire city fell into a deathly silence. At the beginning, both the people in the rivers and lakes and the rebels were very unoptimistic about Zhao Yu's blatant provocation of Shaolin. Shaolin is in charge of martial arts, if you dare to provoke casually, how can you maintain your prestige for hundreds of years!
Outside the city, the five thousand iron horsemen smashed everyone's thoughts with a powerful and incomparable momentum, no matter how strong Shaolin is, after all, it is only a martial arts sect, even if there are countless protégés, all of them rush to help, they can resist the rush of the five thousand iron horses? No matter how high the martial arts are, they can't resist the sword soldiers!
At this moment, the city gate opened, and an old bald monk walked out of the city and went straight to Zhao Yu and his five thousand iron horsemen. This person has a bitter face in his life, the corners of his mouth droop, his eyebrows droop, and he walks forward slowly without fear. I saw that every step he took, smoke and dust rose from the soles of his feet, and a series of deep footprints were left on the ground that was rammed by earth and rocks!
"This is the Empty Wisdom Monk among the four great Shaolin monks!"
"What a superb internal skill!"
"The Four Great Monks really live up to their reputation!"
"The Empty Wisdom Monk actually arrived in Zhumadian, it can be seen that Shaolin is not afraid of the threat of the Little Demon Lord!"
Zhao Yu heard everyone's exclamations, and his demeanor became solemn. He can also step on a few inches of footprints on hard ground, but he can't do it like a monk of empty wisdom. Seeing this scene, he knew that under the prestige of Shaolin, it really deserved its reputation.
The Kongzhi Divine Monk got closer and closer, stood ten zhang away from Zhao Yu, and said loudly: "Shaolin Kongzhi, I've been waiting for the Demon Lord here for a long time!"
This voice is incomparably clearer, even if it is far away in the city, it can be heard clearly, it is obvious that the lion's roar of the Shaolin True Legend is used, and it shows more and more the incomparable internal strength of the empty wisdom monk.
Zhao Yu also breathed a sigh of relief with internal force, and shouted: "Master Kongzhi, I promised you half a month's time, I don't know if you can do what I asked?
Kong Zhi heard from Zhao Yu's voice that his internal strength was not weaker than his own, and Gujing Wubo's face finally changed, and after a while, he returned to normal, and said: "The Shaolin faction has been established for hundreds of years, and it has never done anything wrong with its own precepts and martial arts practices. The sea of bitterness is boundless, and turning back is the shore, and I hope that the demon lord can put down the butcher's knife and not fight. ”
Everyone saw that the monk of Kongzhi was facing five thousand iron horsemen, and he dealt with it decently, neither humble nor arrogant, and not afraid, and applauded one after another.
Zhao Yu sneered and said, "Then there is no need to talk about it anymore, I can afford this butcher knife but I can't put it down!"
He picked up a horned bow from the saddle, drew the string and arrow, and raised his hand to shoot it forward!
Everyone thought that Zhao Yu was going to continue to argue with Kong Zhi, but they didn't expect him to shoot with a bow without saying a word, and they all exclaimed in surprise, and hurriedly fled to the rear city. There are also brave people who still can't help but look back, but they see that this arrow is ridiculously off-ended after being shot, and it actually falls a few feet to the left of the body of the empty wisdom monk, which shows that this little demon king's archery skills are really commonplace. The arrow, which was originally very intimidating, looked ridiculous because of the deviation of the bearing.
The Empty Wisdom Divine Monk glanced at the arrow shaft that was inserted into the ground a few feet away, and a hint of ridicule appeared on the corner of his mouth.
However, the next moment, everyone's sarcastic expressions froze on their faces!
As Zhao Yu's arrow rose, a series of snapping bows suddenly sounded in the cavalry phalanx behind him, and nearly a hundred arrows roared in the strong wind, all of which were inserted into the landing point of Zhao Yu's arrow! The arrows were stacked on top of each other, strung together into an iron-blooded flower that harvested human lives!
Zhao Yu drew another arrow, pointed at Kongzhi from afar, and said with a smile: "Master Kongzhi, try my arrow!"
Kong Zhi's face changed drastically, and he retreated sharply, his body swept up like a roc, and rushed back to the city behind him.
Syllable!
Zhao Yu pulled an empty string and said coldly: "Go north!"
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