At this time, the capital was already unable to hold on under the constant attacks of the Datong Sect. Emperor Gao Xi was also anxious all day long, and the battle had been going on until now. He didn't even see King Qin's troops coming all the way. If this continues Sooner or later the capital will be captured.
Great Heavenly Master Bai Yuntian also feels that even if the other two groups of people do not come, he can still capture the capital with his main force of 200,000. Bai Yuntian feels that the capital will belong to him soon, and he can ascend the throne by then. When he thought of being proclaimed emperor, Bai Yuntian was so excited that he couldn't help himself. Who wouldn't want to be the emperor?
On the other side, General Qin led 20,000 Shanzhou soldiers, and after traveling for more than ten days, they finally arrived near the capital.
At this time, the capital was already in danger.
Seeing the large number of people in Datong, the old general Qin knew that this matter could not be forced. The old general let the soldiers rest for a day, and then sent spies to find out the location of the granary in the rear of the rebels.
On the next day, the spies came back and reported to General Qin the location of the granary at the rear of the Datong Sect. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the food and grass, General Qin was preparing to attack the granary of the Datong Sect at night.
At night, General Qin led 20,000 horses and rode through the night, sneaking near the granary of the Datong Sect. The period from one to three o'clock at night was when people were most sleepy, so General Qin chose this time to attack. .
As soon as the time was up, General Qin ordered the attack to begin. The Datong Army guarding the granary did not expect that the government troops would suddenly attack here. When the government troops came, the Datong Army guarding the granary had to rush to fight. There were not many Datong troops guarding the granary. There were many. Everyone was pulled by the Great Heavenly Master Bai Yuntian to attack the capital.
General Qin led the officers and soldiers to fight the fire all the way. It didn't take long for the granary behind Datongjiao to burst into flames. Then the fire burned bigger and bigger. In an instant, the flames reached the sky and there were constant shouts of killing.
After the Datong Sect's granaries were set alight, General Qin led the army to quickly evacuate the battlefield. By the time Datong Sect's reinforcements arrived, it was already too late, and the granaries were unable to save the people.
Great Heavenly Master Bai Yuntian was so angry when he learned that the granary behind him was burned down. How could he fight this war without food? How could he become emperor if he couldn't defeat the capital? Bai Yuntian became more and more angry as he thought about it.
But when he comes back, he can't produce food again if the food is gone. It will take a lot of time to collect so much food again. During this time, what will happen to the soldiers of Datong Cult if they don't have food to eat? Continue to attack the city.
Seeing that the emperor's throne was so close to him but so gone, Bai Yuntian was very unwilling.
On the second day, Bai Yuntian forced the hungry soldiers to continue the attack for a whole day, which made the soldiers complain.
Ran Zaidao, Bai Yuntian's military advisor, saw this situation and felt that Bai Yuntian's approach was really crazy. As the saying goes, a good emperor still needs hungry soldiers. If you still let the army go to war when there is no food, doesn't this mean you are playing with fire and burning yourself? ?
Ran Zaidao quickly advised Bai Yuntian not to fight anymore. It was better to retreat first. As for attacking the capital, there will be many opportunities in the future. As long as he is well prepared next time, he will definitely win.
After Bai Yuntian calmed down, he was frightened by his crazy behavior. He asked the soldiers to continue attacking the city without food. Wasn't this forcing them to rebel? The main reason was that he wanted to be the emperor too much.
Soon the Datong Cult withdrew its troops. During the retreat, Bai Yuntian secretly swore that if he caught the man who set fire to his granary, he would skin him and cramp him.
Seeing the retreat of the Datong Religion, the defenders in the capital were extremely happy. Emperor Gao Xi soon learned of the good news. At this time, the civil and military officials of the entire court were as happy as the Chinese New Year.
After the Datong Religion retreated, General Qin immediately came to the capital to see the emperor. After seeing the emperor, General Qin quickly paid him the courtesy of a king and a minister.
"Old minister Qin Xian fiercely kowtows to my emperor. Long live my emperor. Long live my emperor."
Gao Xi asked General Qin to invite him to get up quickly, and then ordered someone to give General Qin a seat.
At this time, all the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty greeted General Qin. They joked that General Qin was a veteran of the Jin Dynasty for three dynasties. This time, he defeated the enemy with his troops and Qin Wang. This achievement was unmatched by anyone, even the emperor Gao Gao. After seeing General Qin, Xi said, "I can rest assured that the old general is here!"
Emperor Gao Xi looked at the civil and military officials in the court, and then at the old General Qin who was sitting there as steady as a mountain. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the veteran had to take action at this critical moment! As the saying goes, one veteran can defeat two others.
Tongzhou - The left army of Baiyunshan of the Second Heavenly Master is still fighting fiercely with Wei Baotong here. When he learned that his eldest brother Baiyuntian failed to attack the capital, Baiyunshan also felt that there was no need to attack Tongzhou now, so Baiyunshan Shan left Tongzhou and went to join Baiyuntian.
After Datongjiao retreated, the imperial court temporarily summoned another 100,000 horses. Emperor Gao Xi appointed General Qin as the general. General Qin led the 100,000 horses to recapture Qingzhou, so that the capital of the Jin Dynasty would not be naked. exposed to the rebels.
After the Grand Master Bai Yuntian failed to attack the capital, he first retreated to Qingzhou. When Qingzhou was captured by the imperial troops, the Grand Master led the remaining troops to retreat to Yizhou.
At this time, the other two groups of people from the Datong Sect also came to Yizhou to join the Great Celestial Master Bai Yuntian. After the three groups of people met, everyone discussed the next battle plan. After everyone's discussion, they finally It was decided that the Datong Sect would continue to expand the surrounding forces, and then gather troops to continue attacking the capital.
Next, the Datong Sect began to recruit soldiers and strong men everywhere, and then successively occupied Lingzhou and Jinzhou.
So far, the Datong Sect has occupied eight states, and half of the sixteen states of the Jin Dynasty have been occupied by the Datong Sect.
The Datong Sect now has more than 800,000 troops, and it is claimed to have an army of one million. Wherever the Datong Sect goes now, the officers and soldiers are all frightened by the news.
Great Heavenly Master Bai Yuntian felt that the time was ripe, so he gathered 300,000 troops to prepare to capture Qingzhou first, and then go straight to Huanglong to attack the capital.
After learning the news, the imperial court quickly summoned 200,000 troops to garrison Qingzhou and appointed General Qin as the Marshal of the Army.
As the saying goes, "I am an old man who aims at thousands of miles." Although General Qin is getting older and is a little reluctant to march thousands of miles, he still has no problem guarding one side. In the words of General Qin, "If I were to be twenty years younger, then I would have no problem." Let the Datong religion flourish until now."
Soon after, the Gyeongju offensive and defensive battle officially began. This war was basically indestructible in a short period of time. It was a protracted war. Both parties involved in the war invested a large number of troops, totaling as many as 500,000. .
Ran Zaidao, the military advisor of the Datong Sect, felt that the Datong Sect's current team was a bit chaotic due to its rapid development, so Ran Zaidao suggested like the Great Celestial Master Bai Yuntian that the Datong Sect should stop, rest, reorganize, and then preach to them about the Datong Sect. teachings and doing ideological work.
Bai Yuntian didn't take Ran Zaidao's suggestion seriously. Bai Yuntian was now focusing all his energy on attacking Qingzhou. Bai Yuntian felt that he could only capture Qingzhou first, and then attack Huanglong again to capture the capital. Only in this way could Bai Yuntian Only then can he be the emperor legitimately.
As for other things, they are all trivial to Bai Yuntian now. Bai Yuntian feels that it will not be too late to deal with these trivial matters when he becomes emperor. Military advisor Ran Zaidao is also quite helpless about this.
The Datong Sect has now conquered half of the world and has become the dominant overlord. However, the soldiers of the Datong Sect have begun to rob the people everywhere, and they have become more and more violent until they commit rape and robbery.
After knowing this, military advisor Ran Zaidao felt that it was not okay to continue like this. As the saying goes, "There is no rule without rules." It would be okay if things went on like this. Ran Zaidao informed Bai Yuntian of the situation, but Bai Yuntian was still the same as before and did not interfere much.
Ran Zaidao was very helpless now. He felt that since Bai Yuntian failed to attack the capital last time, he seemed to have received a huge stimulus after coming back, and his whole person became different. Maybe he was obsessed with wanting to be the emperor.
