Chapter 289: Correspondence (II)
On the horizon, a large army of Dacheng appeared on the road.
Most of the Dacheng army is infantry, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry, the army is neat, usually with 500 people as the marching unit, rolling in, the flag is red, like the ocean.
In front of the army, groups of cavalry sentries roared back and forth, especially where the emperor's personal army was, from a distance, it was a solemn place, and there was no noise in the entire military array.
After the emperor Jianyuan Hongwu, the military system gradually became obvious, and the national army was divided into three levels: the guard army, the regular army, and the box soldiers.
The guards are divided into two types: palace guards and Yulin forbidden army.
The palace guards were composed of twelve guards and numbered about 7,000 people.
The Yulin Forbidden Army is stationed in Yanjing, there are currently about 30,000 people, but this is obviously not enough, according to Wang Hongyi's plan, the Yulin Forbidden Army has 100,000 troops, which has become the largest force to maintain the emperor's throne.
In the middle of the army, there is the emperor's imperial chariot, densely packed with elite soldiers in armor.
At this moment, a fast horse came to Wang Hongyi's car, turned over and crouched on the side of the road, and bowed: "Weichen knocks to see the emperor, there is information ahead." ”
This person is thirteen divisions and hundreds of households, so naturally some people pay attention.
"Present it over. Without receiving the information in his hand at a glance, Wang Hongyi already knew it in his heart and said.
His own guards took it and sent it to the royal car, Wang Hongyi took the information and unfolded it, and what was written on it was the two forces that made the Thirteen Divisions pay close attention to it before this time to send troops.
"There is a change in the state, and 30,000 Hu horsemen are gathering and ready to go?"
"Chang'an concentrates 40,000 troops?
With his fingers tapping lightly, Wang Hongyi showed a sneer, sure enough, this battle of Luoyang affected Hu Ren, King Qin, Zheng Guogong, and Dacheng Silu, which was indeed extraordinary.
However, after a while, he restrained his smile, and his army was dispatched, and he didn't think about concealing it, at least Luoyang basically didn't dare to move, guarding the Tiger Prison Pass and Luoyang, and could only sit back and watch Lu Gao lead his troops to attack the three counties of Gunzhou.
Now there are sailors going up the Yellow River to cut off traffic, and it depends on how the King of Qin, Zheng Guogong, and Hu people respond.
Mount Tai in May, it is full of spring.
The main peak is abrupt, the mountain is steep, the peaks and peaks are stacked, this is Mount Tai.
At this time, the pines and cypresses on Mount Tai are lush, the meandering and clear streams, the spirit is beautiful and lingering, along with the clouds and mist in the mountains, more and more add several mysteries to this mountain.
There was a legend that said that this place can reach the sky, but few people can see the traces of immortals, but in the past month, the already mysterious Mount Tai, the fog has gradually thickened.
When the hunters and woodcutters under the mountain saw this strange scene, they lost the idea of going up the mountain, which saved some people a lot of trouble.
On a mountain road in Mount Tai, two young Taoists stopped.
"Senior brother, you see the mark of the same door here, I want to come to the master. ”
The Taoist who spoke looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, his figure was not thin, but his face was slightly immature, revealing his actual age, and he was wearing a Taoist robe on his body, with long sleeves fluttering, quite elegant.
There is another person, his appearance is not unusual, but he is handsome, but a fresh air lingers, and he is very dusty, and in the city under the mountain, he will also attract the attention of the girls, between the ages of twenty and thirty.
"Look at the markers are indeed the same door, but along the way, I found a lot of other markers, I'm afraid that someone from the other faction arrived early. But this person's name is Zhuang Qing, and he said.
Zhuang Qing is the eldest disciple of his Dao lineage, nearly thirty years old, talented, and good cultivation, this time many Daomen gathered in Mount Tai, but there is something to discuss.
"Senior brother, what did you say that this Taishan Covenant gathered so many people for?" Mo Yan thought of the atmosphere in the front door of departure, and now he still felt strange in his heart when he thought about it.
"Maybe it's for the sake of this world. "Don't look at the junior brother beside him, Zhuang said lightly.
As a senior disciple, he is naturally exposed to more things than his junior disciple.
Even so, the elders in the sect, even their own masters, didn't say much.
This made Zhuang Qing think about some things more.
The Shangchen Sect is a hermit sect, and in the past few years, it has not sent people down the mountain to contact the mortal forces, but in the past year, Zhuang Qing has noticed that several elders in the sect have gone to the master more often.
In peacetime, these people are easy to go out of the retreat and only know how to practice, and they haven't noticed their abnormal behavior for more than a year, that is, they are the senior brother in vain.
Could it be that the door moved the idea of mixing with worldly things?
Zhuang Qing frowned, this kind of thing was actually not what he wanted to see.
Zhuang Qing was persecuted as a young man, and was rescued by the master to survive in the mountains, he devoted himself to cultivating the Tao, and did not go out of the mountain for many years, and had an instinctive disgust and disgust for the world, especially the upper echelons of the family.
If he is allowed to make a decision, he will never want his teacher to get involved in worldly things.
Since what the master said occasionally, I have also heard some rumors, and several great veins are secretly implicated with secular princes, in order to carry forward the Taoist system.
In this way, I am afraid that this door will inevitably be stirred into.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Qing's expression hung a layer of frost.
"Things in the world?" Mo Yan listened to the words of the senior brother and seemed to have an understanding.
"Senior brother, junior brother, I heard some rumors, it is about a few Dao veins, I heard that over the years, many people have been sent down the mountain to help Zhenlong become powerful, some of them bet on the wrong treasure and the damage is serious, and some of the sects bet on the right cultivation for a big rise...... Senior brother, if you really came here for this, how should you deal with it?"
For such a thing, Mo Yan didn't like it very much.
Older monks, the bottleneck of ascent has appeared, and trying to luck is for the sake of the sect or their own considerations, but such a young monk with a heart for the Tao still has a lot of room for rise, and the role of luck is not great.
Therefore, few true Taoist priests are willing to enter the earthly world.
Originally, he had more time to increase his cultivation, without the distress of the approaching longevity of the elders, and he didn't know much about the development of his own Dao system, so he wouldn't have much thirst.
"It's not for you and me to think about this, we'll know when we get to the top of the mountain. Zhuang Qing glanced at the sign and walked up.
"That's right...... Hey!" Mo Yan thought about it, and when he looked up again, the figure of the senior brother was already more than ten meters away, and he hurriedly chased after him.
Half said at the foot of Mount Tai.
Seven or eight Daoist people dressed in hidden door robes raised their heads and looked up at this majestic mountain, their expressions looking a little complicated.
"Elder, look, there are people on the mountain road!" a Taoist whispered, pointing to a dozen figures halfway up the mountain.
"Well, it seems that they are like-minded people, and people are not slow to come. Let's go, don't make them wait. The middle-aged Taoist who was faintly surrounded by these people looked up and said lightly.
With that, take the lead towards the mountain road.
"Master, someone is coming up from behind. "There were more than a dozen people walking briskly halfway up the mountain, and there were three women.
The twenty-year-old woman glanced back, walked a few steps quickly, came to the middle-aged Dao Gu's side, and whispered a report.
The middle-aged Dao Gu turned her head and glanced down.
"Ignore it. The middle-aged Dao Gu quickly retracted her gaze, replied coldly, and continued to walk up the mountain road without slowing down.
The girl in red who followed beside her looked back a few more times.
"Xin'er, don't hurry up and keep up!" The Dao Gu in front didn't look back, but drank sternly in front.
"Got it, auntie!" the girl in red hurriedly replied, and followed with a respectful expression.
"Senior Sister Xin'er, if you are tired, tell Senior Sister not to hold on. Because the middle-aged Dao Gu walked very fast, gradually the woman who spoke before walked side by side with her, this woman had bright eyes and bright teeth, and when she spoke, she smiled gently.
I don't know if most people will think that she is very concerned at this time, but the girl in red knows that there is a faint sarcasm in the other party's words of concern.
The girl in red smiled: "Senior sister is too polite, Xin'er can still keep up, senior sister is skilled, Xin'er can't keep up, she will ask senior sister for help." ”
"That's good, Mount Tai has beautiful scenery, sealed with the underworld, it is rare to be able to enjoy the scenery all the way. The woman smiled and said.
The whole team pulled away from each other, most of them were accompanied by threes and twos, but the girl in red was pulled at the back of the line by someone who seemed to be intentional and unintentional.
"Ah!" a soft cry overflowed his mouth, accompanied by a slight frown.
The red-clothed girl's pace slowed down faintly, and when she looked down to check it, she found that one of her feet was faintly painful, as if she had fallen into it.
However, looking at the same door in front of her, who did not notice her strange appearance and continued to walk, she gritted her teeth and followed.
As for her situation, the last two or three people in front of her were not completely unaware, but no one was willing to come forward to help, even if this junior sister was very beautiful.
It's all a bunch of villains!
The girl in red was secretly ruthless in her heart, but she didn't dare to show half of it on her face.
The pain in her feet reminded her all the time that now she is no longer the daughter of King Wu, who was loved by thousands of people in the past.
Although she is still called Wei Xin'er now, and she is still the blood of the Wei family, the person who used to love her was both the clan aunt and the master, and he had already been cold to her.
The new head of the sect was not only very displeased with her because of his dead father, but also took his aunt Ruiguo and was in an embarrassing situation for a while.
If it weren't for Aunt Ruiguo's advanced cultivation, she would still have a great influence in the door, I'm afraid that she would have been expelled a long time ago, or she would have had an accident!
Thinking of the cold gaze of the same door when he looked at him, Wei Xin'er shivered and continued to keep up with the team.
Ruiguo's speed in front of him remained the same, but his brows furrowed slightly.
What happened later, with her cultivation, she can see it really.
But can she blame her disciples or nephews for alienating Xin'er?
can keep Xin'er, she has paid a lot of face and affection.
The demise of King Wu caused her sect to suffer great losses, and even lost the line of the previous sect master.
The disappearance of Pingshan Yin, the coming of heaven's curse, and the reversal of luck caused the new sect master not to appear steadily, but to fight for each other for a long time before it appeared.
Not long ago, the new sect master was finally decided, and after holding the ceremony of the sect master's appointment, he received an invitation to go to Mount Tai, is this the will of heaven?
(To be continued)