There is a saying in various villages in southern Xinjiang, "One hundred thousand witches have poisoned twelve caves, and the twelve caves are hard to find."
Twelve Cave's status in southern Xinjiang is not only a martial arts holy land where masters gather, but also the origin of technology and civilization.
It must be compared, the Twelve Cave is somewhat like the Fire Cloud Cave in the book of Gods and Demons.
Originally, this Twelve Cave ignored the facts, and the matter originated in the early years of the former Tang Dynasty.
In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Twelve Cave in southern Xinjiang successfully created an altar of soldiers, gods and monsters.
At that time, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, the imperial eunuchs of the Qin Dynasty, calculated that a magical weapon had been found in southern Xinjiang. Yuan Tiangang wanted to use Tuyuhun's power to solve the trouble in southern Xinjiang, but both places were harmed.
Li Chunfeng couldn't bear to see the suffering of his children in southern Xinjiang, so he went to Twelve Cave in advance to meet with the masters of Twelve Cave and told them that they had calculated that they had created a magical weapon. If this weapon was introduced into the world, a catastrophe would be imminent in southern Xinjiang.
The owner of the twelve caves used secret methods to find out that what he said was true, and he was filled with fear.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was the only superpower in the world.
The East and West Turks control millions of people and exert pressure on one side.
However, the Eastern Turks were under the satellite command of Li Yaoshi, the Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty. Jieli Khan even went to ancient Chang'an in person to perform dances for Tian Khan, which fully demonstrated the Turkic people's ability to sing and dance.
Thirty years later, General Zuo Xiaowei Su Dingfang, a disciple of Medicine Master Li, destroyed the Western Turks again.
There were also Tuyuhun, Goguryeo, Tiele, and the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, all of which were pressed to the ground and rubbed by the Tang Dynasty. Only Tubo, taking advantage of its geographical advantages, could compete.
The nine heavens (chāng) close (hé) open the palace, and all the nations wear their hats and worship them. Not exaggeration but realism.
Knowing the power of the Tang Dynasty, Twelve Cave naturally did not dare to compete with the Tang Dynasty, so they asked Li Chunfeng for a solution to the disaster. Li Chunfeng said that the only way to stay safe was to escape from the world.
Twelve Cave has disappeared since then.
Even after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, this was still the case. It seemed that maintaining mystery had become their characteristic.
Yang Qingyuan and others entered southern Xinjiang just to find these twelve caves.
I don’t know what benefits King Zhao has promised to Twelve Cave in Southern Xinjiang, so that Twelve Cave, which has always been reclusive, can participate in this game between Zhao Wang’s palace and the imperial court.
Now that Southern Xinjiang is invading, the tribes in Southern Xinjiang have even received help from the magic altar, which makes Yang Qingyuan have to make this trip.
The magic weapon and monster altar must be solved from the root cause. To be honest, this kind of thing that is neither human nor ghost is really scary.
Yang Qingyuan and his party disguised themselves as a caravan coming to Shiwanda Mountain to do business.
In these mountains of 100,000 people, transportation is inconvenient and value transactions are also blocked. Apart from going to the market, the largest circulation is the caravans of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
There are many dangers in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and outsiders will die if they walk in them.
But the benefits are astonishing. Southern Xinjiang is rich in good medicines, mushrooms are also delicious, and horns, ivory and other items are also common here. These can provide high profits
To induce merchants to do business, they hired local southern Xinjiang people as guides and gave them high rewards.
Therefore, Yang Qingyuan and others pretended to be businessmen and did not arouse the suspicion of others. They even became guests of many tribes and villages.
"Brother Yang, these twelve caves are extremely mysterious, where should we look for them!?" A beautiful-looking woman on the side asked.
Once a beautiful face appears in a storybook, it means that this woman is probably a sidekick who does not deserve a name, and may even be offline soon.
Of course, this person is different. She is Liu Wangshu in disguise. Otherwise, with her fairy color, she is too eye-catching. There is no need to talk about investigating Twelve Cave. According to the customs in southern Xinjiang, she is just a person who robbed the bride. , can make people have no time to care about anything else.
Several other people have also more or less disguised themselves, otherwise they wouldn't be looking for Twelve Cave and just start fighting.
Although Southern Xinjiang intends to invade the North at this moment, the trade between the two sides remains the same, and the people of Southern Xinjiang have no ill intentions towards the caravan.
To ordinary people in southern Xinjiang, these Zhou merchants were rare and distinguished guests.
The goods brought by the merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty were also needed by the people of southern Xinjiang, except for daily items such as pots and pans.
It goes without saying that ceramics are the most sought-after goods not only in southern Xinjiang and northern plains, but also overseas.
Originally, it was fine for the people in southern Xinjiang to use ordinary earthen pots and wooden bowls, but after seeing the ceramic vessels of Da Zhou, these seemed a bit crude.
Especially the wealthy families in the village always want to be different from ordinary people, so this ceramic is extremely popular here.
Then there is silk, which is a luxury item that most people are reluctant to wear. But among the chiefs of southern Xinjiang, this is almost hard currency.
If you use the embroidery techniques of southern Xinjiang to embroider it, the price will go up even higher. This is no businessman, this is simply moving gold.
If a businessman carries silk to sell, he will become a distinguished guest wherever he goes.
This is the case for Yang Qingyuan. The goods he brought were all best-selling items. In order to close the relationship, he even gave some gold and silver jewelry from Dazhou to build good relations with the talkers in various villages in southern Xinjiang. But for this mysterious Even in southern Xinjiang, not many people know about the Twelve Cave.
"Brother Yang, we have visited seven villages in the past few days, but no one really knows where this Twelve Cave is?! We have to continue!"
The clueless search made Liu Wangshu doubtful in his heart.
"I already have some clues!"
Yang Qingyuan's face showed a smile, the legend would not be without reason. He has found clues to the Twelve Cave from these legends.
"Do you know where it is?!" Liu Wangshu had a look of disbelief on his face.
Yang Qingyuan did not answer directly, "Now I still need to find a cave master to verify whether my idea is correct or not!"
A playful smile appeared at the corner of Yang Qingyuan's mouth...
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By the Baigou River.
King Zhao's troops have begun to disperse!
Zhao Tianlin's ambush formation from ten sides was already effective. Ping Baoer, Zhong Yaqi, Qu Neng, and Yu Tongyuan launched attacks on King Zhao's troops from all directions at the same time.
Besieged on all sides and surrounded from all sides, no one can win in this situation!
King Zhao was still defeated by his three confidences.
For the first time, he felt that even if he sent his elite troops across the river to attack Zhao Tianlin's camp, he could still compete with or even defeat Zhao Tianlin with his remaining troops.
Zhu Kai, like Zhao Tianlin, had expected fog, but he did not expect that the fog would be so heavy that it would be difficult for him to grasp the precise timing to allow Zhao Tianlin's more than 70,000 troops to cross the Baigou River.
At this time, King Zhao became confident again.
Although the plan did not achieve the expected results, King Zhao still felt that he would not be defeated. Even with a weak force, he still took the initiative to attack Zhao Tianlin head-on.
When Zhao Tianlin divided his troops to outflank the two wings, King Zhao became confident for the third time. He felt that he could penetrate Zhao Tianlin's central army head-on and defeat his army.
But King Zhao still failed!
Zhu Kai regrets it now. As long as he was careful once in three opportunities, he would not fall into the current situation.
The success of the Houjin strategy made Zhu Kai very inflated. He controlled parts of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou, which made Zhu Kai very inflated.
Such is the bitter fruit of losing caution.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now. Zhu Kai could only lead his troops to break out toward the embankment of the lower reaches of the Baigou River.
How could the generals of Pingjing Army miss such a God-given opportunity? At this time, the defeat of King Zhao's army has been determined. They only need to catch up and kill Zhu Kai. Then the battle of Jingnan will end here!
Even if King Zhao sends troops to sneak attack their camp, it will be of no avail. The overall situation is decided!
At this time, King Zhao Zhu Kai was among the rebellious troops, and the soldiers of the Pingjing Army shouted, "The one wearing red robes and armor is Zhu Kai!"
In desperation, Zhu Kai immediately took off his robe and armor.
He heard another shouting: "The one with the long beard is Zhu Kai!" Kai panicked and cut off his beard with his sword.
Qu Neng then asked someone to tell him that the man with the short beard was Zhu Kai. When Zhu Kai heard this, he pulled the corner of the flag around his neck and fled.
Under the morning light, the commander's flag was flying, the morale of Pingjing's army was like a rainbow, and King Zhao's army had lost the chance to counterattack.
Unless Zhu Kai is a great magician like Emperor Guangwu, a meteorite will turn the tables!
The remaining soldiers and horses in King Zhao's army camp have also abandoned the camp and surrounded them from the outside. They want to cooperate with the surrounded soldiers and horses of King Zhao to fight back, but they have been unable to find a suitable opportunity.
Just when Zhao Wangshan was at the end of his rope and was about to draw his sword and kill himself, suddenly the fog completely cleared!
At first, the troops thought it was just an ordinary breeze, until the wind became stronger and stronger, and the wind became violent!
This sudden burst of wind brought the fierce fighting between the two sides to a halt.
Just when Zhao Tianlin was about to continue commanding the attack, a whirlwind suddenly blew up. Zhao Tianlin's flag suddenly broke, and the Southern Army was moved by it.
You know, Zhao Tianlin's Shuai Qi has been on the front line of the confrontation with King Zhao's army.
And the broken commander's flag means the commander's death on the battlefield! At least he has lost command of the battlefield.
This hurricane was unexpected by everyone. Originally, the Pingjing army only needed to retreat, regroup and continue the attack, but King Zhao, who was in desperate situation, seized this opportunity!
"Zhao Tianlin is dead! The entire army counterattacks!"
The soldiers of King Zhao's army began to shout this sentence continuously.
For a moment, the voice of "Zhao Tianlin is dead" echoed on the battlefield beside the Baigou River!
This made the soldiers of the Pingjing Army fall into confusion. On the battlefield, the commander's flag is the best commander. Now the commander's flag is broken. Except for the officers and soldiers of the central army, the soldiers on the periphery have no idea what happened. They only know that suddenly Suddenly, the commander's flag broke and he lost his command.
Including Qu Neng, Yu Tongyuan and others also fell into temporary confusion!
This was Zhu Kai's opportunity, and he did seize this opportunity. He personally led his powerful cavalry to bypass the enemy's siege, and joined forces with his eldest son Zhu Geng who came to rescue him.
"Father, are you okay?"
Zhu Geng looked Zhu Kai up and down and felt relieved when he saw that he was fine.
"Gang'er, now is not the time to talk. We must take advantage of this God-given opportunity to fight back. Otherwise, when Zhao Tianlin and others react, we will still be unable to escape defeat!"
"Please let me make my decision, my father. My son and I will follow him to death!"
Zhu Kai patted Zhu Geng's shoulder and said excitedly, "Okay! He is indeed a good son of Gu. Today, father and son, we will work together to have a good fight with Zhao Tianlin!"
"How many soldiers and horses do you have under your command?!"
"I have five thousand elite cavalry under my command. They are all the guards of Prince Zhao's palace! They are powerful in battle and have superb riding skills!"
These are the starting troops of King Zhao Zhu Kai, with a total of only 10,000 elite cavalry. Their combat power is not much weaker than King Ning's Whirlwind Divine Sword Cavalry. They are the most elite cavalry in the world, enough to fight against Beigan's timid Xue army!
"Okay! I still have three thousand elite cavalry under my command. We will use these eight thousand soldiers and horses to fight back!"
Zhu Kai is the soul of King Zhao's army. Even if the current battle situation is unfavorable, the soldiers of King Zhao's army still trust him.
Zhu Kai then led his troops and horses, taking advantage of the chaos of Pingjing's army, to make a large circle and arrived at the flank of Pingjing's army.
The cavalry under his command all carried fire starters and set fire to the wind, and the smoke rose to the sky.
It was already the middle of winter, the vegetation was drying up, and a raging fire suddenly broke out along the Baigou River!
In the desperate situation, King Zhao actually found a chance to make a comeback!
The wind helped the fire, the smoke billowed, and the Pingjing Army's command system was completely messed up.
The soldiers of the Southern Army were without a commander for a while and were in chaos. Some soldiers and horses had even begun to retreat.
Although Zhao Tianlin tried hard to control the soldiers and horses, it was too late. Except for his own central army and the small groups of soldiers and horses nearby, the other armies were already in chaos!
"Immediately call my generals, alternate cover, and retreat backwards!"
The horns, drums, and flags all lost their effect at this moment. Zhao Tianlin could only choose the most primitive method and let the messenger go to deliver the order.
But even if he is a messenger, how many military orders can he deliver among the chaos? !
The Pingjing army began to retreat in the chaos.
Seeing this situation, Qu Neng felt very unwilling. Not long ago, King Zhu Kai of Zhao was forced to cut off his beard, abandon his robe and change his horse, and fled in a panic. How long had it passed? How could it have turned out like this? !
Qu Neng is unwilling!
"Brothers! Although there are evil spirits causing mischief, my army does not need to be evil. The rebel Zhu Kai is right in front. All the troops will follow me to kill this beast, make my wife a shadow, and worship the general and make me a marquis. It is only today!"
In a desperate situation, promising huge profits is also an excellent way to activate fighting spirit.
Although Qu Neng did not have such authority, if he could really kill King Zhao and turn the tide, everyone present would be generously rewarded, so he would naturally not cheat.
Since Yang Qingyuan's reforms, Dazhou has ensured that military merits are fully implemented and attributed to people. Those who pretend to take military merits will not be tolerated and will be investigated to the end!
So when Qu Neng shouted these words, no one thought he was trying to make a fool of himself!
Qu Neng saw that morale had improved, his military morale was ready, and he was convinced that they still had a chance to win!
Then Qu Neng turned his horse to meet the enemy, galloped into the position and killed Zhu Kai. His son Qu Yu followed closely with Jingqi.
The other formations were all thrown into chaos by the wind and sand, and they were confused about their direction. The Zhao Wang Army, which was originally surrounded, also got a chance to breathe and began to counterattack!
If Qu Neng wants to turn defeat into victory, he must defeat Zhao Wang Zhu Kai!
Qu Neng and his son were originally good at archery, and the people of Luoyuejian were by no means wasteful. The father and son kept shooting arrows on their horses. Every time an arrow was shot, a cavalryman from King Zhao's army was hit by an arrow and fell off the horse!
For a time, the cavalry commanded by Qu Neng and his son were unstoppable! (End of chapter)
