Chapter 178: Chaotian Ridge (Celebration of Addition)
Chaotianling is located at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, called Mingyue Gorge in ancient times, because there is a river next to Chaotianling, named Mawei River, legend has it that when Zhuge Liang went north to Cao Wei, he had set up a military tent here, with two waiters around him, the scholar is called Mingyue, the piano boy is called Qingfeng, the two waiters are very smart and clever, Zhuge Liang loves like a parent. After the failure of the Northern Expedition www.biquge.info these two boys were martyred in the river to show their loyalty to Shu Han, and people renamed the two similar gorges as Mingyue Gorge and Qingfeng Gorge in order to commemorate them.
Although it is only a legend, it can also be seen that the terrain here is dangerous, and it has been a battleground for soldiers in ancient times. Chaotianling was occupied by a group of bandits before the king of Xiangyang came, and the head of the thief was named Wang Jixian, and at first only he and his younger brother Wang Jizu led a few hundred people to rob here. Because the flood and drought here are quite dangerous, Wang Jixian's power is getting bigger and bigger, and nearly 10,000 horses have gathered in a few years, and there are more military advisers gossip real person Ai Lianzi, Shuizhai Zhai Zhensanjiang Shao Yucheng, and dozens of deputy village owners to help. The entire Mawei River is monopolized by it, and there are hundreds of warships under its command, and even the officials and soldiers of the government are helpless.
The king of Xiangyang also took a fancy to the strength of his subordinates, so he attracted this person, and Wang Jixian was also willing to expand his strength with the help of the name of the king of Xiangyang, so the two sides hit it off. Now Wang Jixian and his younger brother Wang Jizu are sitting in Chang'an City, accompanied by beauties and wine, while King Xiangyang is sitting in their righteous hall!
It has been nearly half a year since the king of Xiangyang came to Chaotianling, since he took Chang'an, he has come here, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Zhao Jue is a smart person, although Chang'an is good, but it is also the goal of the Great Song Dynasty. It is not his turn to go into battle in person as a prince in the war, and it is enough to have Wang Jixian guarding there.
At this time, Zhao Jue was drinking, his mood was very annoying, Shen Zhongyuan returned to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was actually negotiating peace with the Great Song Dynasty! The Western Xia army was defeated, the crown prince, the emperor, and the great general died one after another, and now they are fighting with the Uighurs, and the invasion of the Song Dynasty can no longer be counted on them, as for the Great Liao, they have not sent troops at all, and have been watching the battle situation. Now Wang Jixian is stubbornly guarding Chang'an and Di Qing is deadlocked, if Huyan Pixian's people go west and fight Di Qing, I am afraid that there will be more luck on his side!
The graceful dancing of several young women could not arouse Zhao Jue's interest at all, and the wine was poured into his stomach one after another, numbing his thoughts, and only alcohol could make him forget the troubles in front of him.
"Lord Wang, your body is important, let's drink less of this wine. ”
The king of Xiangyang raised his head, and there was a Taoist standing in front of him, dressed in a gossip fairy clothes, tied with a silk silk of water and fire around his waist, about fifty years old, with a big face, and a harmonious appearance, it was the military advisor of Chaotianling, and now the military advisor of the king of Xiangyang, the master of the gossip sect, Ai Lianzi.
"Military advisor, this Chang'an has been fighting for half a year, Wang Jixian can't advance an inch, and Di Qing can't help Wang Jixian. But Zhao Zhen's territory is large and there is a lot of grain and grass. It's been a long time, what are we going to do?"
"The prince doesn't need to worry, although he has a lot of soldiers and a lot of food, he also has many enemies. Our 50,000 people guard Chang'an, and Di Qing's 100,000 horses can't shake us. If he invests 200,000 horses, Nantang will take advantage of the weakness. He transferred troops to resist the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Liao State would also send troops!"
The king of Xiangyang said impatiently: "But what I see now is that the Southern Tang Dynasty will negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty again! How could the Liao State ever send troops? You say, can we still fight this battle? If we can only sit and defend Chang'an, wouldn't it be a dead end?"
Ai Lianzi said: "The prince doesn't need to be so pessimistic, Shen Zhongyuan said that the Southern Tang Dynasty negotiated peace is a delaying tactic. Their front was too long, and it was difficult for them to move their grain and grass. After the peace was discussed, they stored up grain and grass and went north from Liangguang, and at that time they ......"
"At that time, the world was his Nantang's! You haven't seen it yet? As long as he succeeds in the peace negotiation now, Huyan Pixian's men and horses will attack us!"
"The prince is clever, seeing their intentions, don't we also give them ideas, let them assassinate the envoys, take the opportunity to raid Huyan Pixian, and defeat them in one fell swoop! Then Shen Zhongyuan also contacted the Emei faction, and the Emei faction has a very high status in the rivers and lakes, which is much higher than Fang Tianhua and the dead Kunlun monk. Pudu is the leader of the martial arts, the chief of the eighty-one gates, when the time comes, we will have these Jianghu people to help, fight inside and outside, and kill out of Guanzhong, the world is still ours!"
"But it's been nearly half a year now, and there hasn't been any movement, and this king is not at ease for this. This Shen Zhongyuan has voted for this king before, I don't trust him very much, although the Emei faction is willing to surrender, and Fang Tianhua and Zhan Feng are also here, but the Southern Tang side has not made any moves at all!"
"Don't worry, I heard that Bao Zheng's black face has entered Sichuan, and they are about to negotiate, and when the time comes, if the Southern Tang Dynasty really dares to negotiate a peace and strike the war, we will pack up our men and horses and enter the Western Xia! Now that the Western Xia is in chaos, our army has entered the Western Xia, and it will inevitably sweep them. ”
"Okay, you don't have to relieve me, you came to me, there should be something, right?"
"That's right, when the minister came to see the prince, there was an important thing to start. ”
"Say it. ”
"I just got the news that Hua Chong and others came back from Western Xia, and saw Yu He and Pudu in Huashan, it seems that the two sides fell out, Pudu left with injuries, and Hua Chong and others also left Huashan. ”
A cold light flashed in the eyes of King Xiangyang, and he clenched the wine glass in his hand, and said hatefully: "This kid is not dead yet!"
"I heard that Pudu had a dispute with Yu He because of the plaque gift from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and asked Chen Tuan, the ancient Buddha of ten thousand years and Xue Zhulian to make peace in Huashan. But Hua Chong and they suddenly appeared in Huashan and injured Pudu, and now Pudu is sending invitations everywhere, to hold a martial arts holy meeting, announcing his resignation from the post of the head of the eighty-one gates, and electing a new head of the head at the meeting!"
King Xiangyang sneered: "This is to give Hua Chong them eye medicine, okay, this thing is well done, you send someone to Emei Mountain to see if you can have a relationship with this Pudu." This time the Martial Arts Holy Meeting, Hua Chong and they must go, this kid has done bad things to me many times, and he also killed Lin'er, I want him to die!"
Ai Lianzi nodded and said: "I will follow the orders of the prince, I will personally go down the mountain to contact Pudu, and this time I must kill this group of people!"
"Well, I'll leave this matter to you, and the people you said last time, have you arrived?"
"Please, I'll bring them to the prince. ”
"Okay, let them come. ”
Ai Lianzi motioned for the dancing girls to stand down, and then went out by herself, and brought in three monks and an old man from a lay family.
King Xiangyang looked at the four people who came in, the three monks, a big red monk's robe, his face was like a cooked crab, a fat round face was about to squeeze out his facial features, and his height was over three hundred pounds. The other two monks, one of whom was no more than seven feet tall, looked thin and small beside him, with a white face and a huge scar on his bald head, like a lotus flower. The third monk is also surprisingly fat, dressed as a monk, not as tall as a red-robed monk, but also nine feet tall.
Compared with the fierce faces of the three monks, the old way is much more pleasing to the eye, with a height of eight feet away, a thin body, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and three strands of silver hair, quite a bit of fairy wind bones. The old man dressed as a layman was mediocre, just like an ordinary old man, and he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary.
King Xiangyang looked at them one by one, and said to Ai Lianzi: "Are these the peerless masters you invited?"