In Bangyuan Cave, Tong Guan’s army gradually withdrew, which was convenient——
Not far away was the previously built camp. The leading troops moved in directly and counted the troops: about three to five thousand people had not withdrawn. Some of them followed Generals Wang and Yao to pursue Fang La, and the rest were chasing Fan La's remnants. Died in battle.
Each army reported their battle results one after another. Tong Guan made a rough calculation and found that out of the 40,000 soldiers and horses in Bangyuan Cave, no less than 30,000 were killed. The rest of the ordinary gang members were countless, and the confiscated property was a huge number - Fang La After conquering several states, killing corrupt officials and robbing wealthy households, almost all the gold and silver gained, except for raising troops, was here.
After counting, Tong Guan was very satisfied. While asking people to monitor the situation in the cave, he went to the Chinese army's tent, took out his writing skills, and wrote a report of victory in his own hand.
When the old boy looked back on the whole story of the Southern Expedition, his thoughts suddenly surged and his writing became full of energy. In an instant, the paper was filled with ink, which was nothing more than boasting and praising his virtues and achievements.
"...Since I was appointed, I have been working hard and sleeping day and night. I am sincere and fearful. I am only worried that I am not careful in handling things and will make mistakes in my expedition, which will harm Your Majesty's wisdom."
"Thanks to your majesty's great blessing, and to the courage of all the troops to fight, the king's army has arrived, and the air of thieves has been sold out. My father-in-law sold wine on the left side of the road, and the crowd cheered: The officials are benevolent and love the people. They know that we have been suffering thieves for a long time, so Send the King’s Master to save the common people.”
"After hearing this, the morale of the three armies became more and more high, so they fought fiercely in February, first reviving Runyang, and the southern thieves crossed the Yangtze River to have their ambitions ended. In March, they fought bloody battles, including Kesu and Xiu, and then went to Hangzhou, where the troops pointed. , the southern thief’s soul disappears.”
"In April, when the two prefectures of Huxuan were restored, I bravely pursued the remnants of the bandits. They fought among Mu and She. I rode my horse and looked, but I saw the mountains were mighty, but they were not as powerful as our army. I also saw the rushing rivers. They are not as majestic as our army! The thieves were exhausted and defeated. They were frustrated and courageous. They looked at the banners of the ministers and shouted, 'Heavenly soldiers are coming, we must flee quickly', and they became invincible."
"In the middle of April, when the thieves were driven into the mountains, the thieves chief Fangla saw that he was in dire straits. He gathered all his buddies and fought a decisive battle with his ministers in Bangyuan Cave. There was the veteran general Wang Shunchen. He did not care about his life or death. An arrow flew out from among the troops and killed the thieves Kuifang La. On his forehead, a group of thieves went crazy, and Shun Chen died. Before he died, he sighed and said: I hate that the arrow is accurate, and it saves me from the pain of being cut into pieces. It is my fault that I have finished speaking."
"I felt his heroism and personally charged and killed Fangla's son Fang Tianding. The father and son of the thieves were dead, and the rest of the thieves were horrified. The generals Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi, Wang Zhen, Yang Weizhong, Yang Keshi, Wang Yuan, Ji Jing, Ma Gongzhi, Yao Xing, etc. all marched forward bravely. They are brave people in the bandit army, the so-called "four great Dharma kings", "five great marshals", "eight hussars", "twenty-four flying generals", "twelve gods", etc. , were killed one after another. However, Xin Xingzong, Liu Zhen, Zhao Ming, Huang Di, Zhao Tan and other generals died in royal affairs and their bones were buried on the battlefield."
"After Fang La was destroyed, the remaining thieves fled into the cave. I led the army and drove straight in, burned his palace, took away his treasures, and killed forty thousand thieves before leaving..."
After writing a quick sketch of 20,000 words a day, after drying it, he nodded first: the facts are not important, what is important is that he is passionate enough. If the officials read it happily, a leader will inevitably reward it.
As for Wang De and Yao Pingzhong, Ji Jing had already told them that they would stay in the cave to catch Fang La. Tong Guanda was not happy about this.
Wang Shunchen shot an arrow into his forehead, which was witnessed by one hundred thousand troops. Regardless of whether Fang La was dead or not, he was already dead.
Fang La is already dead, why are you going to catch him? You don't want to compete with me for credit in front of the officials!
Haha, Wang Zhen and Yao Xing personally said that the reinforcements from Wulong Ridge were "extraordinary in combat power." His five thousand reinforcements, plus the remaining troops in the cave that could not be wiped out, amounted to nearly twenty thousand, and Knowing the geography of the cave well, Yao Pingzhong led a mere two thousand people, most of whom lived or died.
As for Wang De, I originally loved him for his bravery, but he couldn't understand the situation clearly. He knew that Yao Pingzhong was quite disrespectful to Marshal Tong, so he stayed away from him without telling him to respect him, but he even went with him. This shows that he doesn't know how to commend Yao Pingzhong!
In this case, don't blame us for not having two characters like you in our passionate masterpiece.
Tong Guan thought about it for a while and weighed the pros and cons: Wang De was originally a general under Liu Guangshi's command. Since he didn't know how to praise him, he simply attributed all his achievements to Liu Guangshi.
Liu Yanqing, an old military leader, hopes that his son will become a great leader. Now that his son has made countless achievements out of thin air, he still doesn't worship Marshal Tong as a god?
All the credit for Yao Pingzhong should be given to Yao Xing. After all, everyone’s surname is Yao. How could he still be stingy and refuse to give Yao Pingzhong, a dignified “little prince”?
It just so happened that Yao Xing could fill Zhao Tan's vacancy. This young man was more sensible than Zhao Tan and had better martial arts skills. He would be of great use when conquering the Liao Kingdom.
The judge heard that when Tong Guan was in the cave before, he originally thought of coming out of the cave, gathering a large army, and fighting with the reinforcements led by Lao Cao. However, when he came out to count the harvest, he found that he had made a huge fortune, and he immediately became angry. Get rid of laziness.
Thinking about it more carefully, Fang La has lost at least 90% of his 100% strength since the battle, leaving only 10%. If we fight, he has fewer people and is more mobile, so it may take a long time. If he doesn't fight them, he may have no external enemies within his own family, and he will have to fight for power and seize the throne of the leader, and then he will have to fight for his own stupidity first.
In this case, why bother with these remnants like him? All his life's achievements were in the matter of Ping Liao. There was a letter from the imperial court earlier, which revealed that the so-called Aguda surrender to Liao was found out to be a forgery and frame-up by Liao. Therefore, he was about to restart the alliance and discuss joining forces to conquer Liao. If I get entangled in the small details at hand, delaying the real big thing, and someone else usurps the throne of the Northern Expedition coach, I'm afraid my intestines will be ruined.
Therefore, he suddenly made a decision: stay outside the cave and watch for a few more days. If something happens to the thieves, or they take the initiative to kill them for a decisive battle, then he will kill them backhand to avoid future troubles.
If he can't hide, Marshal Tong won't have time to hide and seek with these remnants, but he will have to return to the court. However, Wu Song's partial army can stay to recover Shezhou, kill the remaining enemies, and take the opportunity to get more credit——
After all, I mistakenly believed in the peace between Jin and Liao, and speculated that Wu Zhi would be killed by A Gu if he stayed in the Jin Kingdom. Now that he has seen through the Liao people's trick, Wu Zhi is probably not dead yet. In this case, let his brother make more military exploits, and we will meet in the future , doesn’t he also want to receive this favor?
While sealing the memorial, Tong Guan made a lot of noise with his abacus. He didn't know the person he wanted to sell his favor to, so he blocked two generals, Wang De and Yao Pingzhong, in a cave less than ten miles away from him.
Lu Zhishen and others rushed to Yaolu. They were chased and killed before they could get up. They had to fight and leave. After a series of bloody battles, only thirty or forty people were left, half of whom were wounded, and seven or eight palace maidens. Cainv, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, each suffered minor injuries.
They all panicked and walked deeper and deeper, and finally emerged from a narrow gap, which turned out to be a deep valley surrounded by cliffs. The place was not small, but the valley was full of large and small tombs high and low.
Shi Bao, Deng Yuanjue and Li Tianrun saw this and cried out in unison.
Lu Zhishen asked curiously: "Where did these many graves come from? Could they be the graveyards of your Ming sect?"
Shi Bao said with a bitter face: "This is the cemetery of the sect. All those who contributed to the sect but had no family to bury them were buried here. On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the sect has its own incense offering. "
Lu Zhishen laughed after hearing this and said: "So, they are all lonely ghosts? It's wonderful. The Sa family is also a loner. Isn't it destined to be your graveyard? Everyone, get out of the way, and let the Sa family dig a hole first. , when the officers and soldiers came after me, I fought with him at the edge of the pit. When I was exhausted, I just lay back, which was considered a burial place."
Everyone was originally anxious, but when they saw him being so open-minded, they couldn't help but feel sad. Yang Zhi laughed and said, "Brother, if this is the case, please dig a hole side by side and leave it to me."
Lu Zhishen nodded and said: "Dig! You and I will die together and be reincarnated in the next life, preferably in the same mother's womb. Then my brother will cook dog meat for you to eat."
Yang Zhi stared and said: "You are the elder brother? You are the elder brother in this life. Who will be the elder brother in the next life? Let's see who is faster on the road to hell!"
After the two said this, they looked at each other and laughed.
Deng Yuanjue watched from the sidelines and admired and envied the two of them for being so heroic in life and death. He limped over and grabbed Shi Bao and said, "Big Shi, you and I will dig a grave together. How about you treating me as my brother in the next life?" "
Li Tianrun sneered and said: "Fa Wang Deng, please go stay in a cool place. My five marshals will live and die together. Together with Xiao Pang, Xing Fang and Fang Jie, they will become quintuplets."
Si Xingfang and Fang Jie were lying on the stretcher. Hearing this, they said in unison: "That's right, that's right. It's a big thank you to the three of you. The two of us are in such a bad situation now that we have no choice but to sleep in the pit."
Deng Yuanjue became anxious when he saw that he was not with him, and jumped to his feet and said: "At this moment, who is the Dharma King or the Marshal? That guy Bao Laodao turned into ashes, and there is nowhere to pick up Lu Shinang's bones. Am I not the only one left?" Let's just make sextuplets, no need to worry."
Pang Wanchun and the other five all laughed loudly, and Li Tianrun laughed and scolded: "Go away, you are so fat, you will be reincarnated as a fat boy, I'm afraid you will crush your mother's intestines."
"Ghost Monk" Wen Ke asked Ghost to run up and flatter him: "I will dig a hole and bury him together with King Deng. We are both monks. Aren't we destined to be a couple?"
Deng Yuanjue rolled his eyes, with disgust written all over his face: "What good are you thinking! Buried together with you, it would be good to be brothers. If you accidentally reborn as a girl and were buried in the same cave, wouldn't it mean that we became husband and wife?" ? Look at your devilish appearance, if you were a woman, Buddha would inevitably become a monk in his next life."
Shi Bao laughed, patted Deng Yuanjue's belly and said, "Then you are not afraid of being together with me. We are all men, and you are the only one who has become a woman? With five husbands, you have a big belly and a big appetite?"
Li Tianrun looked at Shi Bao's rough body, and then at Deng Yuanjue's face, and couldn't help but shudder: "Forget it, let's dig it separately. Monk Deng is right. It's hard to say whether he will be a boy or a girl in the next life. The one with the surname Li Don’t want to take the risk.”
Deng Yuanjue said angrily: "You all have too many things to do, hey! Monk Hua, if brother Yang Zhi becomes a woman, will you marry him if he has such a green mark on his face?"
After Lu Zhishen listened, he looked at Yang Zhi carefully and said with a smile: "What's wrong with the green mark? Women are beautiful and ugly only in their hearts. If they are kind and virtuous, it doesn't matter if they have a green mark. If they are vicious and black-hearted, He is so beautiful that even the Sa family doesn’t want him.”
Deng Yuanjue was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "You can see clearly! Brother Yang, please think carefully. If they are buried together, they may not be brothers in the next life, but maybe they will be husband and wife."
Yang Zhi was about to speak after hearing this. Suddenly, a girl named "Caijuan" among the palace maids who escaped with them said loudly: "What's wrong with being married to Master Lu? Master Lu is a man of chivalrous spirit, courage, and a good appearance." He is capable and talks to us in a harmonious manner. If he is not a monk, I, Caijuan, will be the first to marry him."
Deng Yuanjue raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Hey! The heroes are talking and joking, how can you, a girl like you, get in the way? Go away!"
Caijuan's face turned pale with fright, and the other maids also huddled together. To them, the officers and soldiers were certainly scary, but how could these normally aloof Dharma King and Marshal dare to look at each other?
Only Lu Zhishen, a fat monk, refused to leave them alone along the way. When he saw a sister being killed, he fought tooth and nail to kill the officers and soldiers who killed them, so they felt trustworthy from the bottom of their hearts.
If they hadn't talked about Lu Zhishen, they wouldn't have dared to interrupt suddenly if they had the courage.
Lu Zhishen frowned: "Senior brother, why are you so angry when you are a bald donkey? Didn't the Buddha also say that all living beings are equal? Your Mingzun also said that the Dharma is equal and there is no superiority. Why are the heroes better than girls? One level higher?"
Deng Yuanjue didn't expect Lu Zhishen to argue with him over a little girl. He scratched his bald gourd and argued: "She, she is a woman."
Lu Zhishen rolled his eyes: "What about the mother-in-law? My brother, oh no, sister, you have seen my sister Duan Sanniang, isn't she also a mother-in-law? Is she as weak as you and me? Your saint Fang Baihua, too Mother-in-law, right? However, she has a high spirit, and many men are not as good as her! Senior brother, you must not underestimate the mother-in-law. Not only you and me, but also the Buddha sitting in the Mahavira Hall, wasn't he also born to the mother-in-law?"
In this era, the idea that men are superior to women is deeply rooted in the bones. Lu Zhishen said a few words, but Deng Yuanjue was stunned and stared at Lu Zhishen without blinking.
Lu Zhishen saw that he was staring at him with a fierce expression, and frowned and said, "What's wrong? Could it be that the Sa family just said a few words to you, and they were unhappy and wanted to fight with the Sa family?"
Deng Yuanjue shook his head repeatedly, then suddenly turned to look at Li Tianrun and said: "Old Li, why do I suddenly feel that we worship Mingzun in vain and teach me the teachings, but we are not as good as Senior Brother Lu!"
An Daoquan, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "Senior brother of the Lu family, you are wise, don't look at him killing people and setting fires. In fact, you all say that all laws are equal and there is no superiority, but you don't believe it yourself. But senior brother Lu really practices it." , in his eyes, people are neither high nor low, only good, evil, beautiful and ugly. Good is beautiful when it is treated with respect and care, and evil is ugly when it is hit with a water mill and Zen rod."
When Shi Bao, Li Tianrun and others heard this, they nodded their heads in admiration.
Lu Zhishen lowered his head and murmured: "Goodness is beauty, and it must be respected and cared for. Evil is ugliness, and it must be smashed with a Zen stick..."
After reciting it several times, he suddenly raised his head, with a face full of ecstasy, his eyes swept across the crowd, and said loudly: "Goodness is beauty, with respect and care, evil is ugliness, hit it with a water mill and a Zen rod!"
Its sound is like a yellow bell and a big Lu, and its sound shakes the valley.
Yang Zhi was shocked: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Zhishen shook his head repeatedly, his face beaming with joy: "Brother, I'm very well!" He waddled up to An Daozong and bowed deeply: "Brother An, you can not only heal people, but also heal hearts! What a fool you are. I became a monk and became a monk in Mount Wutai, but I smashed the gate of the temple because of my drunkenness and was expelled by my master. I have been confused for many years and always can't understand many things. I need your words, hahahaha, Ruda will know his true face! "
After saying that, he happily danced in a circle, picked up the Zen staff, threw a few tricks, and read loudly: "I have never cultivated good deeds in my life, I only love killing people and setting fires." Suddenly the golden shackles were opened, and the jade locks were broken here. Hey! I saw my true self in Bangyuan Cave, and today I know who I am!"
All the heroes looked at each other. An Daoquan had read many medical books and alchemy scriptures. After all, he had some insights. He vaguely knew that his unintentional words had actually made monk Zhishen enlightened. He couldn't help but be happy for him and couldn't help but twist his beard and smile.
Several palace ladies were shocked, but Caijuan, who was stunned for a moment with her mouth open, suddenly blinked, smiled, and whispered to the sisters: "Ah, he just said that Luda knew his true face. , this Ruda, I’m afraid it’s not his secular name, could it be that the great monk wants to return to secular life?”
Then his face became solemn, he made a fierce look, stared at the girls and said: "I have agreed, if he returns to secular life and dares to fight with me, don't blame me for scratching her face!"
The companions were angry and laughing, and some said: "Little hoof, the officers and soldiers are coming to kill us, everyone is dead, and you still want to do good things."
But Caijuan was very happy: "What do you know? If a woman can marry a man who loves her, it will be a great blessing. Being a husband and wife for a day is a beautiful thing, and being a husband and wife for a moment is also a moment of joy!"
Before he finished speaking, Yao Pingzhong laughed and said, "Sure enough, you are hiding here!"
Immediately, the officers and soldiers rushed into the valley in large numbers, and the palace ladies all trembled and said: "Caijuan, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the husband and wife won't be able to have sex for a moment..."
But Lu Zhishen stretched out his waist and stopped Shi Bao and others who were about to fight: "Slow down, slow down, the Sa family just suddenly realized a set of staff techniques. You are all martial arts masters, please give me some advice."
Yao Pingzhong and Wang De looked at each other and both smiled and said: "I'm afraid this monk is crazy. If you die soon, can you come up with any earth-shattering martial arts?"
Lu Zhishen's face became solemn, showing the madness of King Kong conquering demons, and said with a ferocious smile: "We are all fighting, you kill me, I kill you, it doesn't matter originally, but along the way, who did those little girls harm? Killing her brutally shows that you and others are ugly people. In this case, we have no choice but to grind the Zen staff with water and smash it!"
After saying that, he strode forward and the Zen staff rolled up wildly.
Wang De jumped up to meet him. The two of them fought all the way. They fought several times, but neither of them could do anything to the other. However, as soon as a few moves passed, Wang De felt that the opponent's staff skills changed drastically, like a madman, and every move was like a monster. Desperately, he forced himself to retreat continuously. His expression suddenly changed, and he shouted strangely: "What kind of staff technique do you use?"
Lu Zhishen felt that every time the stick was struck, his heart felt happy and his pride increased. The taste was like drinking fine wine. He was already drunk at this moment. When Wang De asked about it, he couldn't help showing his madness and laughed loudly: "What kind of wand method is this? You can't become a Buddha without being a crazy demon, so let's call it the crazy wand method!"
There are some teachings: How can one become a Buddha without going crazy? Wield the iron staff and use your Zen mind to polish. The three-foot-high nameless fire of karma will burn out the evil spirits in the world!
(End of chapter)
