Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhao Tong's injuries were much better and he could walk without any problems.
Zongze's troops were divided into four groups, led by Liu Qi, Zhe Kecun, Yao Pingzhong and Wang Zhen, to attack Guangzhou, Huangzhou, Shuzhou and Qizhou.
Zhao Tong then ordered Deng Xunwu, who was stationed in Chuzhou, to attack nearby Hezhou.
Deng Xunwu and Wang Xiang's defeated army probably numbered more than 20,000 people. It shouldn't be a big problem to defeat Hezhou with only 4,000 to 5,000 people.
After all, Wang Qing and others have been captured now, and the thieves are leaderless. Even if the city is difficult to attack, Hezhou's military morale is definitely in chaos. As long as some simple strategies are used, it is not difficult to regain the city.
If they were unable to do this, Deng Xunwu and Wang Xiang would have lost the opportunity to make up for their mistakes, and would definitely be charged with serious crimes after returning to Tokyo.
One knows the secret affairs, and the other knows the secret affairs. They are the highest military officers in the Song Dynasty, but they can't even defeat such a small battle. When it comes to it, the court has no face, and the Tao Lord and the emperor have no face.
There was still one Liu'an army left, which was southwest of Shouzhou. Zhao Tao asked Liu Qi's army who went to attack Guangzhou to capture it as well.
Liu Qi already had the appearance of a famous general, and now he had more troops than his opponent. Zhao Tong was very relieved to fight such a superior battle.
However, Liu Qi is a member of Emperor Daojun. No matter how upright his character is and how fierce the war is, Zhao Tao will not easily win over him, and even has to be on guard.
Zhao Tong was stationed in Luzhou and did not plan to go to the battlefield in person. He had commanders and generals under his command. As long as the strategic direction was properly laid out, he could use them freely and not easily get involved in the details of the attack and killing of various armies.
The so-called strategizing and decisive victory over thousands of miles, but how can we really lead the troops and do everything personally? In this way, we will have to work hard even if we don't die from exhaustion.
Wang Qing's palace has now been converted into the Lianghuai Xuanfu Envoy Office, which can be regarded as the place where Zhao Tao temporarily handles official duties.
In the morning, he wrote a memorial and battle report and sent them to Tokyo, and then went to visit Lu Junyi. Lu Junyi was injured more seriously than him, and one shoulder was pierced by Li Zhu's Wuwu sword.
When they arrived at Lu Junyi's residence, the Hebei Yuqilin had a pale golden complexion and was about to get up from the bed to greet him. Zhao Tong hurriedly asked Huang Gu to step forward and hold him down, saying: "There are no outsiders here, why should Senior Brother Lu be so polite?"
Lu Junyi was unable to get up due to Huang Gu. He felt ashamed and said: "Your Majesty, this subordinate is guilty. If I hadn't boldly challenged Li Zhu, I would not have dragged the prince into the scene and got injured. I am really worried." It’s hard to escape the blame for death.”
Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "That's not what the matter is about. If Senior Brother Lu had not come to an end and had only used troops to besiege him, Li Zhu would have left and fled Luzhou City long ago. If this person had not died, he would have become a serious problem in the future."
Lu Junyi was not willing to listen to Zhao Tao's comfort, but he said guiltily: "After all, my subordinate is arrogant and does not know the heights of the world. He thinks that he can compete with the grandmaster with a pair of unicorn wings. Little does he know that there is a world of difference between his own martial arts and the grandmaster." No, but you are greedy for merit and rush forward, which is an unforgivable sin."
Seeing how stubborn he was, Zhao Tong changed the subject and said, "Senior brother, what is that Qilin Arm?"
Lu Junyi was stunned when he heard this and said, "Your Majesty, don't you know about this?"
Zhao Tong wondered: "Brother, why did you say this?"
Lu Junyi said: "This thing is a gift from the teacher. It is a rare arm sleeve. It is made of rare iron and jade powder. It can withstand hard cuts from swords and guns. Even some swords can block it. Eight, I just didn’t expect that not only was Li Zhu’s golden sword sharp, but his swordsmanship was also extraordinary, and he actually used a special technique to shatter the Qilin Wing.”
"It turns out it was a gift from the teacher..." Zhao Tong couldn't help but twitching when he heard this. The teacher is really partial. Lu Junyi has the Qilin Wing, and Yue Fei has the Zhui Feng Dip Silver Spear, but they never gave him anything. .
"Teacher, there are two unicorn wings in total. Pass one to me, and the other..." When Lu Junyi said this, his voice gradually weakened when he looked at Zhao Tong's face. He couldn't help but think to himself, looking at his junior brother, how could he look like that? A little depressed?
What a partiality! Zhao Tong was unhappy. There was no teacher like this. His brothers and sisters gave him gifts, but he had nothing at home.
"Well, your lord..." Lu Junyi suddenly felt that he had said something wrong, and thought to himself, the teacher didn't give this junior brother anything, right?
Zhao Tong was helpless. Zhou Tong must have seen that he didn't need anything, so he didn't give it to him. But that's not what happened. This was partiality.
He coughed and said, "Teacher passed me a piece of treasured armor... Junior Brother Yue knows about that."
Lu Junyi's face showed some confusion, Baojia...how come he hadn't heard of it.
Zhao Tong added: "I don't know where the teacher is now. Junior Brother Yue sent a letter a while ago saying that the teacher has left Xiangzhou."
Lu Junyi said: "Junior brother is the teacher's close disciple. The teacher once said that if he no longer accepts disciples, he will return to Shaanxi to retire and build a thatched cottage on Huashan Mountain. I told the teacher that I would come to Hebei to serve his old man. But the teacher just smiled and shook his head."
Zhao Tong said: "I also asked the teacher to stay in Tokyo, but he also refused. Now that he has left Junior Brother Yue's place, he may have returned to his hometown in Shaanxi."
Lu Junyi thought for a while and said, "Maybe he went to the other two junior brothers and sisters."
There are five direct disciples of Zhou Tong, Lu Junyi is the eldest brother, Zhao Tong ranks third, Yue Fei is the youngest and fifth, there is also a second senior brother and a fourth junior sister.
However, Zhao Tong didn't know much about these two people before, and even Lu Junyi didn't know much about them. It wasn't until Yue Fei came to Tokyo that he learned something from Yue Fei, but it was just a rough name and not detailed.
Zhao Tong was noncommittal. Although his teacher was famous all over the world, he was not very reliable in his work. Otherwise, he would not have accepted many named disciples besides them.
When Zhou Tong taught martial arts, he did not look at his character, but only based on his martial arts skills. There were even some named disciples who committed mischief by relying on their martial arts skills.
Fortunately, everyone in the world knows Zhou Tong's temper. There are too many named disciples, and even his own family may not be able to count them all. That's why they didn't record the incident on him, which is not a disgrace to his reputation.
Zhao Tong didn't care much about Zhou Tong's other two disciples. He had never heard of their names, and he didn't know much about their character. They were no better than Yue Fei and Lu Junyi. He knew these two people well and was naturally willing to interact with them. He didn't understand them. He will not take the initiative to seek intimacy.
After leaving Lu Junyi's residence, Zhao Tong went to Tiefo Temple. Today, the Mingjiao Jingyi Conference will be held.
Now, although unlike Wang Qingshi, he had to hide and tuck in, and then he could proceed secretly after dark.
But we can’t just blatantly preach sutras under the blue sky and in broad daylight.
You have to hide it when you should, and be careful when you should be careful.
Zhao Tong and Liya Nazha had said that those ordinary people would be fine, but the more than a thousand people in the army must be managed.
Some of these more than 1,300 people are from the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, including the Palace Front Division and the Guards and Military Division.
These people are easy to arrange, and they will return to the Forbidden Army when the time comes.
There are also some refugees who come from all over the world. Most of them have lost their land and have no livelihood. They have left their homes and traveled around. However, they have the strength and are unwilling to be beggars, so they rebelled with Wang Qing.
This group of people is easy to arrange, because in the Gyeonggi Army and the Xiang Army's rural soldiers, a large part of them are refugees. The court has rules and regulations, which can be regarded as a way out for some people who have lost their family business.
What is left is the original green forest. These green forests are just small soldiers and low-level officers under Wang Qing.
These people have bad character, are aggressive and aggressive, do not want to work, and are lazy and lazy.
These talents are the most difficult to arrange, but being able to join the Green Forest of the Ming Cult is somewhat better than other Green Forests. At least they still feel awe in their hearts.
Therefore, Zhao Tong feels that such people can still convert to Christianity, but the prerequisite is that the scriptures and meanings must be taught to them. Who will teach them? Of course, it's up to him.
According to the previous rules for entering the Iron Buddha Temple, he still went through the back door. After checking the password, the bald man came out to meet him, and then led the way to a main hall in the temple.
At this moment, Zhao Tong's true identity was not revealed in front of these believers.
Although he wanted to take these people back to Tokyo and reveal his identity sooner or later, it was not appropriate at this moment. After all, this identity was incompatible with the Mingjiao identity.
In the main hall, more than a thousand people were sitting on the ground. After Zhao Tong walked in, these believers looked at him with confused eyes.
Zhao Tong did not disguise himself and showed his true face. The disguise powder that Yelu Dashi gave him had almost been used up, and he had no choice but to go to Yelu Dashi for more, so he just showed his true face.
Liyanaza sat under the statue of Ming Zun, and there were more than a dozen people sitting on both sides. They were all envoys, arranged according to their positions.
Zhao Tong came to the front and smiled at Liyanaza. Liyanaza wanted to explain to these believers the reason for the change in Zhao Tong's appearance. After all, the former right envoy did not look like this, and it was not like her who always wore a veil to show others.
Zhao Tong waved his hand, turned around, and looked at the believers sitting on the ground.
He narrowed his eyes, a very friendly smile appeared on his face, and then spoke.
"Light comes from the beginning of chaos. When the bright fire appears, the world will be prosperous. The power of Ming Zun is boundless. Three thousand incarnations are walking in the world!"
"Although I don't have the power of Mingzun, I still walk with two faces. Now I have my true face. Family members, don't you recognize me?"
The crowd immediately became noisy after hearing this. Although Zhao Tong's face changed, his voice remained the same. He had lectured for a long time in every session before, so these people were familiar with his voice.
"Is it your right envoy?"
"Of course it's the Right Envoy. It turns out that this is the true face of the Right Envoy."
"You all are so disrespectful to Sir Right Envoy. I don't need to listen to the voice, I can recognize it just by looking at Sir Right Envoy's movements."
"You also need to watch the movements. As soon as the right envoy entered the door, I felt a bright, peaceful and warm atmosphere behind me, and I knew that the right envoy had arrived."
Zhao Tong smiled in front. After sitting down, Xue Wen next to him handed over a scripture. He flipped through it and saw two words "bullshit" written all over the scripture, so he put it down.
Then he began to talk eloquently about things in heaven and earth, and even about the bright world. Lianaza and others behind him were stunned for a moment.
The theogony of Manichaeism is not simple. The highest one is the Great Ming God, that is, Ming Zun. He is the one with the greatest light, power and wisdom, and is the "Eternal Father". Only Ming Zun can educate all living beings, save souls, and escape suffering. Fall into hell.
Below are the five gods, also known as Wumingzi, which refer to the five gods of pointing power, quiet energy, wonderful wind, wonderful water, and wonderful fire.
Each Wumingzi has five kinds of divine power with the same attributes, and each divine power is represented by a god. In short, it is very complicated.
However, Zhao Tong could not let go of this opportunity to bring in private goods, so he made up many other gods below.
But his compilation was brilliant, and all the believers in front of him were attentive and immersed in Zhao Tong's words.
Later, Liyanaza's face gradually became colder. At first, she heard what Zhao Tong said sounded like that, but later it turned out to be nonsense.
As a saint of the Uighur Mingjiao and the actual leader of the Uighur Mingjiao, she has read almost all the scriptures and meanings of the Mingjiao, and is even more familiar with the theogony of the Mingjiao. She has never heard of the gods that Zhao Tu mentioned at this time. .
She also knew a little about Nestorianism and Zoroastrianism, not to mention Buddhism, but none of them had the gods that Zhao Tao mentioned.
Zhao Tong was talking about the Sword God at this time, but what kind of god is the Sword God?
With a word of sword, all the swords between heaven and earth, even thousands of miles away, flew towards him and fell into his grasp.
Is there such a god in Mingjiao? Liyanaza was 100% sure, no!
Also, the sword god smiled, then dueled with the six-winged heretic in the void, chopped off the opponent's six wings with a big sword, roasted them with open fire in the void, and then, then... ate them?
Liyanaza bit her lip, and she suddenly felt in her heart that Zhao Tong was the biggest heretic.
It's a pity that no one present has read the Mingjiao scriptures as much as she did. Even the messengers on both sides looked intoxicated and their eyes were full of admiration.
Zhao Tong was a little tired talking at this time. After all, his strength had not been fully recovered, so he said: "The treasure land of the vacuum is extremely subtle, with countless wonderful colors shining brightly. The hundreds of thousands of suns and moons are shining brightly, and the holy power is still shining, and the inner and outer brightness is endless." The shadows, whose wonderful bodies are always shining in thousands of ways, parade in the glorious Vajra Land, but they have no weight at all!"
After a verse was spoken, everyone held the Mingjiao ceremony and the sermon was completed.
Everyone filed out of the temple, but there was only one believer who stood up but made no move.
Zhao Tong glanced at him, and he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong frowned and said to the religious envoy behind him: "Let's all disperse. That brother stays. I have something to ask him."
The envoy in charge of religious law hurriedly said hello, and a moment later, only Zhao Tong, Liya Nazha and the believer who refused to leave were left in the hall.
When the man saw that the palace was gone and the door was closed, he couldn't help but run a few steps, and when he came to Zhao Tong, he knelt down on the ground with a "pop".
This man didn't say anything, he just kept kowtowing until his forehead was bleeding, and he refused to stop.
Zhao Tong looked at him coldly for a long time. When he saw that he was about to faint from knocking, he said: "Which army are you from and what is your name?"
After hearing this, the man finally stopped and cried: "Your Majesty, I am Luo Jinshui, the envoy of the third team of the Eleventh Command of the Yunqi Army. I, I, I... deserve death."
Zhao Tong snorted, and the eleventh commander of the Yunqi Army followed Deng Xunwu on the expedition. This military envoy should have surrendered to Wang Qing after the defeat, and then joined the Mingjiao for unknown reasons.
"My lord, please forgive me." Luo Jinshui lay on the ground, trembling all over.
Zhao Tong looked down at him. It was not surprising that the military envoy of the Yunqi Army could recognize him. After all, in addition to training with the Dragon Guard Army in Tokyo, he also trained with the Yunqi Army. Although he did not go down to the army, he was He had been trained before the battle, and some of the officers standing in front must have remembered his appearance.
"You are brave. Surrendering to the enemy before the battle is a capital crime. You actually dare to reveal your identity to the king. Do you think that the king will not kill you?" Zhao Tong said.
"My lord, I deserve to die for my crime, but I always dream of returning to Tokyo. I thought I had no hope in this life, but I didn't expect to see your prince here, so I dared to pay my respects." Luo Jinshui continued to cry.
Zhao Tong could tell that this man had put life and death aside at this moment. Otherwise, if he had some sense, even if he didn't want to surrender to the enemy on the battlefield, just because he became the right envoy of the Ming Cult, he would not be able to jump out directly, right? Since Luo Jinshui can be a military envoy, he is definitely not a fool.
He sneered: "Why do you want to go back to Tokyo so much, but you are not even afraid of death?"
Luo Jinshui cried: "When the villain went to war, his wife was pregnant. The villain surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but he wanted to go back alive to see his wife. That's why... he stayed to pay homage to the prince."
Zhao Tong looked at him for a moment and said in deep thought: "Luo Jinshui, I won't kill you yet. You can go back and think about your mistakes. As for Tokyo, don't mention it yet."
Luo Jinshui kowtowed and said, "I thank the prince for sparing my life. I, I will go back now."
Zhao Tong said again: "Don't reveal anything about today's matter!"
Luo Jinshui hurriedly kowtowed again. Although his mind was confused at the moment, he could still discern some things. He thought that since the prince would not kill him, he would have the opportunity to return to Tokyo. As for whether to kill him or not after returning, he could not care so much.
Seeing Luo Jinshui go out, Zhao Tao thought for a moment, then turned back to look at Lianaza, only to see Lianaza looking at him coldly.
Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter with Holy Aunt?"
Liyanaza looked at him and sneered: "Your envoy's teachings on the scriptures are quite good."
Hearing this, Zhao Tong knew what she was thinking, and couldn't help but smile: "How can I compare with the Holy Aunt? My right envoy has a limited understanding of the meaning of the scriptures, and it is inevitable that the words he speaks will be obscure and difficult, which makes the Holy Aunt laugh."
Liyanaza looked at him again and suddenly said: "Heresy!"
(End of chapter)
