Chapter 12 Never forget each other

In the late summer and early autumn, Fan Yang's war drums were thundering, and all armies set off in sequence. Shi Siming rushed to Luoyang, and An Qingxu took Huainan. A few days later, Anlu Mountain's army was ready to go out, but Ji Ruochen's troops still stood still.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Ji Ruochen spent all day wandering and meditating in his tent, leaving all the affairs to Ji Tianxia. The only thing he did that had anything to do with running the army was to call fifty sergeants to arrive every day.

After inspecting their tent, they ordered them to return to the camp. After returning, these soldiers behaved like ordinary people. However, among the Daode Sect disciples who were more advanced in cultivation, they could still see the faint aura of death on their faces. However,

These soldiers are indeed still alive, with breath and body temperature, and their minds are as normal as usual. They are not zombies or ghosts made by some evil method. The Tao Te Sect has observed for many days that there are no flaws, so they won't say anything more.

The monks of the Taoism Sect were also very busy these days. Some of them drew talismans day and night, and then burned the talismans and sprinkled the ashes into the rootless water. After drinking, the soldiers were covered with copper ribs and iron bones, which were pliable and thick. The strongmen used freshly sharpened steel.

The knife cuts as hard as it can, leaving only a deep wound without hurting the vital organs. Some people use a formation to cast spells. The soldiers only need to sit quietly in the formation for seven days, and then they will be light and strong, leaping as fast as flying.

Some people with wisdom can even jump up to a high platform of more than ten feet. Some monks teach the soldiers some simple formulas, combined with the power of elixirs and talismans, and chant them during battle.

Taxi soldiers can also wield large iron vertebrae weighing nearly a hundred kilograms.

Those two who are good at refining weapons work day and night and can make seven or forty-nine fire arrows every day. This arrow uses a few Taoist materials and is blessed with talismans. The arrow range can reach four hundred steps, regardless of whether it is shot.

A fire was set up somewhere in the middle. The fire was as blazing as a large jar of fire oil. It could continue to burn for an hour. Ordinary rain and sand could be used to bury it without extinguishing it. This kind of flaming arrow does not consume much, and the power of the flame is in the eyes of the monks.

It is completely useless, but if used in war, it will become a sharp weapon. The two monks originally wanted to make dragon flame arrows that were at least ten times more powerful. They could get one every three days. The arrows contained real fire. Even if the monks were

It would be troublesome if it got involved. However, Ji Tianxia is not interested in this kind of arrow at all. They just want the two of them to just make the kind of flaming rocket that can produce forty-nine a day.

Among the disciples of Tao Te Sect, Yun Fei, who has the highest Taoism, has entered the realm of Shangqing, and his responsibilities are much more important. He found 500 spiritual soldiers in the army, taught them a formation and the corresponding formula, and then divided them into

Dan Yao was ordered to become familiar with this formation. When the two armies confront each other, the role of these soldiers is to form this formation in the center.

This formation is called the Kun Yu Zhuan Yuan Formation. It uses the formation as the base, Xuan Yu as the guide, and medicine as the fire. The vitality of the soldiers in the formation is transformed into Tao power, and transferred to the formation master in the center of the formation. In this way,

As the leader of the formation, he has unlimited mana to squander, and can cast powerful spells endlessly. The price is the loss of life of the people in the formation. Taking Yunfei as an example, he can now control up to 500 mana.

When people form this formation, the number of spells they can cast during battle can be doubled, and the life span of the soldiers in the formation will be reduced by one year.

If the Daoxing of the array master increases, the number of people this array can accommodate and the power it exerts will be more than doubled? If Gu Shouzhen, who is good at array hexagrams in the Taoist Sect, presides over this, then the array can accommodate ten thousand people. Every time it is used,

People in the formation will lose ten years of life, and the number of mantras that Shouzhen Zhenren can cast can be increased by seven times. It can be said that with this formation, as long as there are enough mortals, even those monks who have no hope of ascending can also hope to defy heaven!

So what if the leader of the formation is Ziwei? I'm afraid that if there are 100,000 people in the formation, they will all die in one day and night. This is the power of the Kunyu Zhuanyuan formation.

This formation is too sinister and seriously harms the peace of the world. It is unknown whether it was created by some talented and whimsical person from the previous generation of Taoism. The history books only record that a piece of paper recording this formation suddenly appeared in the Sanqing Hall one day.

When the leader of Tao Te Sect saw it, he was immediately shocked. After thinking hard for several days and discussing with all the real people in the sect for a long time, he finally couldn't bear to destroy the formation and recorded it in the Three Pure Secrets. But only

It is recorded in the books after the realm of Shangqing Xuanzhen. Those who can cultivate to this realm are qualified to be classified as real people. Their mind has been determined and their will is as strong as steel. They will not abuse this formation.

The wishes of the headmaster and the real person at that time were good, so the decision was naturally correct. However, they certainly did not consider that there would be a Gu Qing in the future who could freely read the Three Pure Secrets, so in addition to the Yuqing Sutras, they included the Shangqing and

The following scriptures were all moved to Ji Ruochen's other courtyard to read them. At that time, Ji Ruochen was walking on thin ice, always thinking that he would die if he heard the Tao in the morning. Even though he could not understand, he actually read all these scriptures.

Memorized it.

Afterwards, the world changed, Yin and Yang alternated, Baiyun Canggou, and so many things happened in the six realms. Ji Ruochen returned to the world again, silenced this page of the Kunyu Yuanzhuan Formation, and handed it over to Ji Tianxia, ​​and Ji Tianxia handed it over to Yunfei.

, and thus we have today’s situation.

Although Yun Fei felt that this formation was extremely powerful and the materials used in the formation were too harsh, but upon closer inspection, he found that the formation, mental techniques, and formulas were all authentic from the Taoist sect, and they had the same origin as the Three Pure Secrets he had practiced, so he couldn't stand it.

The lotus flower with tongues in the world recognized it as the Taoist method of eliminating demons, and he studied hard and practiced day and night. As for the origin of this formation, although he had doubts, because his Taoist practice had just entered the realm of the Supreme Pure Spirit, he could not read the prohibition contained in it.

Three Pure Auxiliary Sutras of the Dharma Array.

Ten thousand soldiers have already been trained and formed by Ji Tianxia, ​​and now they are blessed with magical powers by the supreme Taoist method, and their combat power is by no means ordinary. However, the Tao De Sect has limited manpower. According to the current progress, when An Lushan's army advances, it will only be a blessing.

There are only two thousand soldiers. However, Ji Ruochen is about to increase the number of patrolling soldiers several times, and patrol two hundred soldiers every day. All the soldiers who have entered his commander's tent have a vague sense of death, and it is not yet obvious whether they have other powers.

However, his movements are agile and as swift as the wind, and he is not weaker than those soldiers who have taken medicine and entered the formation.

The Daode Sect disciples were originally at odds with Ji Ruochen and would never be willing to sacrifice their lives for him like this.

No matter how you look at this Ji Ruochen, he is definitely not human, and he is sinister and murderous. He is definitely not a kind person. It's just that Shang Qiushui had a destiny before he died, so everyone has to obey. According to their original intention of coming here, they are to assist An Lu.

The Shan uprising helped An Lushan resist the monks who sided with the Ming Emperor, but now he has become an assistant to a small vanguard general. This seemed inconsistent with the original intention. Therefore, in the three days before the formation of the army, everyone in the Taoist Sect only focused on their own affairs.

Alchemy Qingxiu ignored everything in the army. Ji Ruochen didn't care at first, but Ji Tianxia didn't agree.

On the early morning of the third day, Ji Tianxia set up a separate tent and invited all the disciples of the Taoist Sect to the tent. He stood in the middle, pointed at a huge map hanging on the tent, and talked nonstop about this map.

The drawings are extremely detailed. Not only the geographical mountains and rivers, the distribution of military fortresses and fortresses in the court, but also the locations of various monastic sects are listed one by one. Even the locations of the three most dangerous places in the world are also shown in the picture. It can be said that the general trend of the world is all in it.

In the picture.

As soon as Ji Tianxia stood in front of the picture, his spirit and arrogance soared, firmly suppressing the momentum of the Daodezong people. He started from the creation of the world in Pangu, and went down to the three emperors and the five emperors, to the beacon fire to play the princes, to the Lutai burning

King Zhou, after fighting immortals and monsters, became gods, and... Among them, there are countless anecdotes and interesting stories about strange people. The disciples of the Taoist Sect didn't care at first. You must know that they are all elites in the sect, and they have been prepared for it for a long time.

After experiencing the world, studying history is a basic subject. At the beginning of listening to the Taoism, I still disagreed and my mind wandered. Who knew that Ji Tianxia was determined to win this time, and he would never stop teaching until these Taoist elites were convinced.

There are three large tanks of clear water in the tent to provide the world with soothing throats.

In this way, from morning to night, and from night to morning, the three jars of water are exhausted.

The rooster crows again, and at the dawn of the world, the disciples of the Taoist Sect come out of their tents one by one. From that day on, everyone has their own division of labor, and everyone is diligent in their work, without hiding anything, not being lazy, and not toiling.

With such a change, how could Ji Ruochen not know about the three thousand soul threads spread within a hundred miles? But even he couldn't understand the secret. Although he was powerful in Taoism, he asked himself that he couldn't do such a thing, so he let it go

Everyone in the Tao Te Sect did what they wanted. But at this moment, Ji Ruochen was Ji Ruochen. Since he couldn't figure it out, he directly called Ji Tianxia over to ask, and also let Yutong listen. The meaning is still that I'm not afraid of you knowing.

Seeing Ji Ruochen, he asked Ji Tianxia, ​​"Unify your thoughts."

This time, Ji Tianxia was not verbose, and even cherished words like gold. Ji Ruochen had no way to deal with him, so he took out a piece of Kunyu Zhuanyuan Formation secret written in his own handwriting, handed it to Ji Tianxia, ​​and told him to let Yun Fei

Practice and select your own soldiers to practice the formation.

After being given the formation, Ji Ruochen took out a book and read it, as if to see off his guests.

Ji Tianxia collected the formation, but did not leave. Looking at the scroll in Ji Ruochen's hand, he asked: "Master, after reading "Spring and Autumn", do you already know the way to be a general?"

Ji Ruochen put down "Spring and Autumn" and frowned: "How can there be any way to be a general in this book?... Well, as a general, you should kill the enemy's chief among a million troops."

Ji Tianxia was a little dumbfounded and said: "My lord, that is not the commander-in-chief of the army, that is just a common man with only force! As a commander-in-chief, you should know the military affairs, and the military manual says..."

Just as he was about to speak at length, Ji Ruochen interrupted him and said: "The military books in this world all describe the methods of fighting ordinary soldiers. A generation of brave generals can only defeat a hundred people. But in the eyes of a monk with deep spiritual knowledge, a thousand troops

Tens of thousands of horses can come and go at will. So there must be corresponding restraint measures."

Ji Tianxia stroked his beard and smiled, as if he was confident, and said: "It doesn't matter! Although the monks have many magical powers, they must despise ordinary people, and the so-called Tao is not covered with dust, so they don't care about worldly affairs. However, everything in the world is beyond the power of one's efforts.

, as long as the person who comes here has the intention of underestimating our enemy, I will make him never come back! But the method will be more drastic when the time comes, please forgive me, lord."

Ji Ruochen smiled and said: "No matter what the plan is, as long as it can defeat the enemy, there is no harm in using it."

Ji Tianxia naturally knew that this lord never thought about human life. He bowed and was about to leave the tent. Suddenly he remembered something and asked in a low voice: "I wonder what state the lord's true energy has reached now? Oh, let's use the Three Pure True Secrets of Tao Te Sect.

Calculated for the baseline.”

Ji Ruochen had opened the Spring and Autumn Period again and said without raising his head: "The realm of Taiqing and Taisheng."

Ji Tianxia took out a piece of paper from his arms and stretched out his fingers to count them one by one, "Tai Qing Sage, Tai Qing Sage, Shang Qing Zhen..." After counting, his face became a little ugly, and he thought about it. , said: "The most urgent task at the moment is that my lord should study less in Spring and Autumn Period and practice more in Zhenyuan."

Ji Ruochen smiled, his smile a little unpredictable, and did not answer.

Yutong also laughed along with her, a little struggling, a little confused, and a little uncomfortable in her charm.

Ji Tianxia also laughed, trying his best to smile incomprehensibly.

When the Central Army in Anlu Mountain was raising troops, Ji Ruochen's army also set off for the expedition. The whole army only carried three days of food and grass, and all the baggage was left in Fan Yang, and was escorted by two thousand civilians and women.

The army marched very fast, crossing 600 miles in three days. When they arrived at the gate of Jinzhou City, the prefect of Jinzhou asked for help and his horse had not yet left the city.

Although Jinzhou is close to the outside of the fortress, it has An Lushan's army in Hebei, Pinglu and other places as a barrier. It has been without fighting for many years, so it has gradually prospered. Today, there are more than 80,000 households in Jinzhou. Although Jinzhou is quite Wealthy, but not engaged in military affairs. There is a shortage of more than 800 for the three thousand defenders in the city. Many of their swords, guns and armor are rusty, and their more than ten war horses are neither fat nor thin.

The prefect of Jinzhou, whose surname was Bai Yi, had just received an urgent report that day, saying that Anlushan had rebelled. Bai Yi was quite talented and learned, he knew some astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom, and he knew how to obtain bribes for officials. It was quite promising. He knew that Jinzhou was the only way to Chang'an, and at least one rebel army would come this way. Calculating the time, if An Lushan's forward advanced quickly, it would take about ten days. When we arrived at the gates of Jinzhou City, we still had some time to decide whether to flee or surrender. Jinzhou's troops were weak and they would definitely not be able to fight. Governor Bai's loyalty to Emperor Ming was not to the point of sacrificing his life for his country.

Bai Yi originally wanted to send a horse to report the emergency to Tongguan, and then order his family to pack up their belongings and go to Tongguan to avoid disaster. Tongguan Pass is dangerous and strong, with tens of thousands of elite troops stationed and mountains of food and grass, which should be able to stop the Anlu Mountain rebels.

Unexpectedly, he had just finished writing the urgent memorial and before the ink was dry, a servant stumbled in, saying that An Lushan's army had suddenly arrived and was now arrayed outside the north gate!

Taishou Bai felt dizzy in his head, and the brush in his hand fell on the desk, smearing the book he had just written.

He let out a long sigh and said bleakly: "Let's go up to the top of the city and have a look."

People were already swarming at the north gate of Jinzhou. The generals guarding the city still had some wisdom. Knowing that there were not enough soldiers in the camp, they took more than a thousand sets of military uniforms from the treasury and ordered the common people to wear them and hold knives and guns. Going to the top of the city to gather numbers not only frightened the enemy, but also strengthened one's own courage. For a moment, Jinzhou City seemed to have a large number of soldiers, but everyone looked pale and their bodies were trembling, so the military appearance could not be said to be good. .

One mile outside the north gate, five thousand elites were already in formation, with swords and spears like a forest, and flags like a sea. The military formations were extremely neat, as if they were cut by knives. The soldiers had no expression on their faces, but stared at them with slightly red eyes. Looking at the towering heads on top of the city, deep in his pupils, there was faintly burning a crazy and raging murderous aura.

Taishou Bai only took one look, and then he was so aroused by the strong murderous aura in the opponent's formation that his chest surged, and he almost vomited. He looked to the left and right, and saw that the faces of the soldiers, generals, and generals were all pale, and he was doing pretty well. , couldn't help but sigh secretly, thinking, how can we defend this city? My life is at stake today.

The general beside him tried to calm down and said: "Sir, you see, although the enemy army is large in number, they do not carry any baggage and they are tired from the distance. As long as our army can't hold on, within a few days, the enemy army will definitely be short of food." If we leave, the siege of Jinzhou will be resolved by itself. Your Excellency, you are taking the lead at this moment. The morale of our army will be greatly boosted and our morale will be usable."

A prefect next to him hurriedly said: "This city is full of tigers and wolves, who have been cutting the heads of barbarians in the north of the Great Wall all year round. How can we, the old, weak, sick and disabled, hold on for a few days? Sir, the top priority is to send out your cronies and use them.

Hurry up and send your family to Tongguan! The enemy has not completely surrounded the city yet, and it will be too late if you wait any longer!"

The general immediately became furious and shouted: "Traitor! You want me to escape before the battle! Are you not An Lushan's internal agent in Jinzhou?"

The attendant did not show any weakness and scolded back: "If you hadn't drank the blood of the soldiers, eaten up the quota, and ate all the military expenses of the court into your own stomach, would these old, weak, sick and disabled people be standing on the top of the city now?

There are more than 100,000 people in Jinzhou city, who doesn’t know that the 800 yuan is enough to support the sixth wife of General Qi? If Jinzhou is lost, you, General Qi, will be the first to be beheaded and exterminated!"

"That's enough! With the enemy in front of us, why are we still arguing?" Bai Taishou was afraid and annoyed, so he stopped the two of them. He had read military books, and looked at the three hundred hussars standing on the left and right of Ji Ruochen's formation.

It is true that people are stronger than horses. Even if he ran away from the south gate, he would not be able to run very far before he would be overtaken. No matter how fast his horse was, could it be faster than these Saibei wolf riders?

If you want to blame, you can only blame Ji Ruochen's army for arriving too suddenly, arriving at the city more than ten days earlier than expected. Could it be that these thousands of troops flew here? Moreover, there was no baggage rear group in the army, so along the way,

What do nearly ten thousand people eat, drink, and where do they sleep?

"Could it be... that there are immortals who can help?" Bai Taishou was startled by his own thoughts.

After seeing Ji Ruochen's military appearance, Prefect Bai knew that it was time to make a decision. Should he die for his country or survive?

When the people at the top of the city were either making noise or panicking, Ji Tianxia had dismounted his horse, walked to a dark soft sedan chair of the Chinese army, and said in a low voice: "Lord, the enemy's morale is low and their hearts are shaken. The time has come. Is it right?"

Siege?"
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