: Disappointment

In the autumn of Tianbao's fourteenth year, the situation was turbulent and changed day by day. At that time, the world had been at peace for a long time, and the officers and soldiers in the pass had not recognized the military revolution for a long time. An Lushan's army marched southward invincibly and swept across Heshuo.

By late autumn, Ji Tianxia's newly trained army of 15,000 soldiers had been sent to the front line and was under Ji Ruochen's command. With supplies from Jinzhou, the equipment of this group of soldiers was much better than the previous 8,000 soldiers. They had long swords and long swords.

Big guns, hard bows and iron armor are all available.

Ji Tianxia really has some genius, and we must not give him any room to display it. With more than ten days of free time, Ji Tianxia continued to receive prisoners of war captured by Ji Ruochen, and threw them all into the school grounds. Daode Sect disciples used spells and talismans to strengthen their limbs.

.The able-bodied men in Jinzhou City were also recruited in batches and recruited into the army. He closed the four gates of Jinzhou tightly and did not allow any idlers to enter or exit. Thousands of fierce and capable soldiers were patrolling the city from time to time.

, so even though the people in the city were panic-stricken, they did not dare to resist at all.

Whenever the number of newly formed troops exceeds 3,000, Ji Tianxia will go out of the city as a whole and attack the counties and counties around Jinzhou. Wherever they go, they will attack everything and win the battle. It is called "fighting instead of training".

Therefore, after more than a month, Jinzhou's land area of ​​hundreds of miles and nearly one million people had been taken into Ji Tianxia's pocket. He also sent troops to move back and forth between these cities. The marching routes were different each time, but nothing happened.

Omission, anyone who wanted to take advantage of this land, whether it was the imperial army or the private soldiers of local wealthy families, were all wiped out. Most of Hebei Province was managed by Ji Tianxia like an iron barrel.

As for the Daodezong disciples who were forced to stay in Jinzhou, what they can remember during this period is not only refining alchemy, drawing talismans, and replenishing qi, but also refining alchemy, drawing talismans, and replenishing qi. These people who used to live high in the fairy mountains did not interact with mortals.

Compared with the work done by the monks and the barbarian slaves acting as coolies at this moment, it can only be said that the level of the monks is different, and the hard work is the same.

Yun Fei originally presided over the Kun Yu Yuan Formation to compete with the court monks in Taoism, but now that Ji Bingxian has come to help the world, monks in the world are still short-sighted and do not know the key to the harmony between mortals and Taoism.

Therefore, two heavy firepowers were not needed to deal with them, Ji Bingxian alone was enough. So Yunfei fell from the clouds into the mortal world and was captured by Ji Tianxia as a coolie.

In this way, the five thousand soldiers Ji Ruochen received were all elites who had been in battle, seen blood, used talismans, and taken pills.

After annihilating Geshu Pingjing's 20,000-strong army, Ji Ruochen led his troops to fight a hundred miles east of Tongguan. Within a few days, he defeated Tongguan's defenders four times, killing 30,000 enemies, capturing 20,000, and beheading dozens of enemy generals.

To obtain such a record, Ji Ruochen's army also paid a heavy price. More than half of the 10,000 soldiers assigned to him by An Lushan were dead and wounded, leaving only more than 4,000 people. The arrival of the new army was as timely as the rain of a severe drought.

Tongguan is a dangerous place in the world. After Anlushan's rebellion, the army from Guanzhong continued to march to Tongguan and was put under the jurisdiction of Ge Shuhan. Although they lost troops outside the pass and even the heads of their nephews were sent back, Ge Shuhan

However, the number of soldiers they supported increased from 50,000 to 200,000. In terms of pure military strength, they were able to fight to the death with the main force of the Anlu Mountain Central Army.

Feng Changqing also arrived in the Eastern Capital, opened the treasury, and recruited new recruits. He was very busy. As long as there was money and food, there was no shortage of warriors. In just half a month, Feng Changqing had already recruited 80,000 new soldiers. However,

Feng Changqing couldn't be happy when he looked at the new recruits in the camp who only knew how to cultivate the land with hoes. The people of this dynasty did not know how to fight, and the armaments in various places were extremely lax. The actual number of swords, shields and guns in the treasury was higher than the bookkeeping

It is far different from what was recorded. The arsenal under the Dongdu Palace clearly recorded that there were four thousand large guns with white wax rods. However, Feng Changqing ordered someone to take a look and found that there were only more than 800 guns. The heads of the guns were almost rusted through and the necklaces were faded.

It was broken, and the barrel of the gun was also riddled with holes. Can such a thing be used in battle?

Thinking about the 150,000 elites from the North who were heading towards Luoyang, Feng Changqing knew that his future was bleak. Shi Siming, the former commander of the rebel army, had led the army for many years and was a powerful figure in the North. He was not someone who could be easily repulsed by conspiracies.

However, he was loyal to the country and died. Feng Changqing still tried his best to run the Eastern Capital, hoping to delay it for a little longer so that the court could dispatch troops and generals to quell the rebellion. In addition, he also hoped that his brother Shu Han, who had powerful troops in Tongguan,

You can leave the customs in time and send your troops directly to Fan Yang, An Lushan's old base, to break the siege of Dongdu.

Although Feng Changqing waited day and night, Ge Shuhan always stood still. After several battles, almost all the cavalry in his hands were lost in the hands of Ji Ruochen. Moreover, according to reports from the defeated soldiers who escaped, Ji Ruochen was the best in almost every battle.

He was able to defeat many with a small number, but he was able to attack in reverse and annihilate all the enemies in front of him. Ji Ruochen's demon soldiers were also said to be two feet tall each, holding hundreds of kilograms of swords and axes, and could kill dozens of people with one sweep.

It was divided into two paragraphs and so on. Although what the defeated soldiers said was exaggerated, it was not far from the truth.

Ge Shuhan knew the true strength of his nephew Ge Shu Pingjing and his hundreds of personal guards. After taking the Hundred Battles Golden Pill, their combat power more than doubled? This shows that if the enemy general is not a powerful warrior with monstrous power,

Demons are those who have received the help of immortals with great magical powers. Whether it is Taoism or elixir power, the amount of money and rare materials spent is very staggering. Thousands of soldiers under his command can be refined into such magical weapons and demons.

Wow, this is much bigger than the Geshu clan.

It is a pity that the Golden Pill of Hundred Wars is the unique secret treasure of Ge Shu Pingjing's branch. Ge Shuhan never asked about it in the past. Now the six immortals who refined the Golden Pill of Hundred Wars have all died in front of the battle. Ge Shuping

The clan elders of the Jing clan were far away from Anxi's family, otherwise Ge Shuhan would have been wondering if tens of thousands of these Hundred Battles Golden Pills could be refined to meet the immediate emergency.

Ge Shuhan has been in charge of the Western Regions for many years and has naturally recruited many monks to serve him. However, compared with Ji Ruochen, these monks are really not very impressive. In the past, because of the unknown enemy situation, trusted generals like Ge Shu Pingjing were lost.

After knowing the strength of the enemy general, he would naturally not send his direct subordinates to die. Therefore, although the Tongguan Army suffered a loss of 30,000, the elite of the Geshu Army was still intact.

However, although Ji Ruochen's demon soldiers are fierce, Ge Shuhan is not so afraid. He is worried about three things. The first is that Prime Minister Yang Guozhong hates General Hu. He has been guarding Tongguan for several months. Yang Guozhong has been in several books, asking for his replacement.

.What if the army marches directly to Fan Yang and completely defeats An Lushan? Will the cunning rabbit die and be cooked by the lackeys? Secondly, Feng Changqing is also a talented person, and he takes command in times of crisis.

Today, the 80,000 new troops under his command were just farmers and peddlers yesterday, but if they can survive several bloody battles, they will become elites. Once Feng Changqing is allowed to calm down, his status in the government will be determined in the future.

He will overwhelm himself. Thirdly, if he wants to take Fan Yang, he must have at least 150,000 troops. At that time, people would eat horses and chew them, which would cost countless grains and grass. Ji Ruochen and thousands of ghost troops are lying aside, and there is no such thing as a decisive battle with him.

If you have the ability, it is more than enough to take the back route and grab grain and grass. At that time, there is no need to counterattack at Anlu Mountain, and you only need to strengthen the walls and clear the country all the way, and your 150,000 troops will starve to death in northern Xinjiang.

With these three concerns, Ge Shuhan refused to leave the customs on the grounds of insufficient food and grass.

Ge Shuhan was unable to guard the pass, and Ji Ruochen's new soldiers were completely useless. After more than ten days of idleness, Ji Ruochen followed the military manual and hid the army in the valley. He only led a thousand soldiers to form an array in front of Tongguan Pass.

, scolding and begging for war.

Ge Shuhan is an old and cunning man. He can tell there is a scam at the first glance and refuses to pay attention to it. If he follows the previous tactics, he will attack with more than ten thousand elite troops and first defeat the thousand luring enemy troops in front of him. But in the past few days,

After every battle, Ge Shuhan knew that the individual combat capabilities of the Tongguan garrison and Ji Ruochen's demon soldiers were too different. If they wanted to eat these baits, they would need to send out several times the number of troops, and these demon soldiers could not run faster.

How can you catch up with the horse? If you chase too far away from the city, it will be like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. The fact that almost all the cavalry in Tongguan was lost is a lesson learned from the past. Ge Shuhan made up his mind not to fight even if the opponent only had a hundred men knocking on the city.

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Ji Ruochen scolded the formation for three days, but Ge Shuhan still refused to leave, so he read the military book again and ordered his soldiers to bare their chests and backs in front of the formation, drink wine and eat meat, and ordered Yutong to write a new scolding, and first greeted Ge Shuhan.

He then made up all kinds of unsavory past events for his ancestors, and then asked the soldiers to memorize them and shout them out one by one at the gate.

Yutong has been in the underworld for a long time, and he also has extraordinary talents in scolding. He scolded Ping Ping Wang almost to commit suicide. Scolding Brother Shu Han now is just a small test of his skills.

Originally, Brother Shuhan was still in the mood to look at Ji Ruochen's military appearance at the top of the city, but after only listening to the curse for a moment, his face turned livid, he flicked his robe sleeves and went back home. From then on, he never went to the top of the city to supervise the formation.

Two days later, Ji Ruochen, who had not been able to scold Brother Shu Han, and Ji Ruochen, who was well aware of the political affairs of the dynasty under the guidance of Ji Tianxia, ​​suddenly changed his mind and scolded the eunuch Wang Jinli.

Wang Jinli was over 50 years old and was older than Gao Lishi, but he worshiped Gao Lishi as his godfather. He was also favored by Emperor Ming in the palace. Otherwise, how would he be able to come to Tongguan to supervise the army and take charge of life on behalf of the emperor?

Killing the powerful? Wang Jinli is usually a master who can't bear to be angry at all. He saw his brother Shuhan being scolded a few days ago, and he was gloating about it. Today it was his turn, and the feeling of being scolded just now was really unbearable.

Before even a stick of incense had passed, Grand Eunuch Wang was furious. Grand Eunuch Wang had ten godsons, known as the Ten Tigers of Xijing. They all came with the army this time, hoping to get some military glory. At this time, his godfather became angry.

, how could a son not take the opportunity to show off? So Xihu was furious, and all dressed up, each led his own soldiers out of the seclusion, and wanted to behead Ji Ruochen in front of the formation as a tribute to his godfather. As for the military order that Ge Shuhan was not allowed to leave the seclusion.

, how could he be taken seriously by the Ten Tigers?

Ten tigers lined up in a row under the pass, all in high spirits and with bright armor. It didn't matter whether they were capable or not, but they were all tall and talented. This formation was called a battle, and it was quite impressive.

Just hearing the sound of horse hooves, a weak young man rushed out from Ji Ruochen's army, carrying an iron spear and riding a thin horse. He was really shabby. When the ten tigers saw it, they all laughed, and they all rode up to meet them, trying to grab the first place.

A credit.

As soon as Sun Guo picked up the reins of the horse, the thin horse neighed loudly and charged forward with all his strength. When he crossed the horse with Ten Tigers, the shadow of his spear flashed and then retreated, and then Sun Guo turned the horse back to the formation, not even looking behind him.

As far as Sun Guo was concerned, killing ten tigers was no different than killing a pig. It was really nothing worth boasting about.

The ten tigers still rode freely and waved their horses, shouting loudly, until they were more than ten feet away, and then fell off their horses one by one. Only then did the thousands of followers they brought out of the city realize that something was wrong, and immediately let out a shout and noisily marched into the pass.

After running away, no one came to snatch the bodies of the ten tigers. Fortunately, Ji Ruochen was not interested in the thousands of followers and did not send out troops to cover up the killing. Only then did the defenders dare to open the door and put the thousands of defeated troops into the city.

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Early the next morning, Ji Ruochen sent his sergeants to scold the city again, and even found dozens of mules, horses, pigs, and dogs, castrated them and threw them at the gate, which only made Supervisor Wang so angry that his heart ached. But this time, there was no one there.

He dared to go out to fight, and he vented his anger on the prince.

In this way, in the eyes of the government and the public, it was Ji Ruochen who only used over a thousand soldiers to secure Ge Shuhan's 200,000 troops within Tongguan.

Outside Qingxu Palace, there is another side hall built. The main hall has the same style as the main hall of Qingxu Palace. It is generally tall and majestic, but the surrounding scenery is very different. There are only a few lonely trees in front and behind the hall whistling in the mountain breeze.

The weeds were growing vigorously, but the surrounding area became more and more desolate. The red paint on the pillars was peeling off and moss grew on the walls, creating a desolate and dilapidated scene. This palace has no name, but the disciples of Qingxu Palace all know that there is such a place.

They all hope that they will not walk into this place. This is where Qingxu Palace is used to confine erring disciples. Few people know that there is a dungeon under the Grand Highness.

Several Taoist priests walked out of the hall while chatting. Inside, a lean Taoist priest with a pockmarked face and a goatee stood at the door, bowed and said: "Send you my respects, uncles. I will definitely watch over you carefully and will not let that person

Get away from the monsters who dare to invade my palace."

After the Taoist priest of the Xu generation walked away, the Taoist priest with the goatee straightened up, laughed a few times, and suddenly ordered fiercely: "Open the warehouse, go and find the Panlong Suo for me!"

The two Taoist priests standing solemnly behind him were stunned, looked at each other, and said: "He is so seriously injured and has taken the Qi-Calming Pill. Does he still need to use the Coiled Dragon Rope?"

Daoyuan's face showed a fierce look, and he pretended to be serious and said: "The demon even injured thirty-seven disciples of my palace, and it was only after the action of his uncle, a famous master in his generation, that he captured him. You can't be too careful! If something goes wrong,

Can you bear it if something goes wrong?!"

When the two Taoists saw him carrying such a big sign, they could only say: "Senior Brother Daoyuan taught you the right lesson! Let's go get a coiled dragon rope right now."

Daoyuan shouted: "One stick is not enough! Go and get four sticks!"

The two Taoists trembled and hurried away. After turning the corner and leaving Tao Yuan's sight, one of them said: "Bah! The coiled dragon rope is used to trap ferocious beasts. Why is this needed? It's not him.

When I see someone else having a good life and a bright future, I just feel jealous."

Another person said: "Senior brother is from a low background and has poor talent. It's not like you don't know that you despise people like this the most. Forget it, just work, so as not to be scolded by senior brother later."

The two Taoist priests followed their instructions. The Taoist priests walked to the left rear of the side hall, where there were stairs leading to the dungeon. A ferocious smile appeared on their lips, and they secretly said: "This time I must let you taste the Panlong Suo."

How it feels, who let you fall into my hands? His grandma, I want to scratch your pretty face..."

Shang Qiushui woke up from the tearing pain. His body felt as light as floating on the clouds. The only other feeling was the bone-piercing pain, as if something was directly passing through his flesh and blood and pulling on the meridians. There was something in his Dantian.

The block of barriers firmly blocked the sea of ​​qi, which was a restriction set by the people of Qingxu Palace to seal his path. However, the remaining true qi in the meridians quickly flowed out of the body along the shoulders, arms and legs.

Shang Qiushui moved slightly, and his shoulders, wrists and ankles suddenly felt a pain that penetrated the flesh and blood, accompanied by the sound of metal hitting. He blinked, and in his blurred vision, Dao Yuan's crazy figure appeared.
To be continued...