Swords and guns have no eyes, water and fire have no mercy.
The evil of swords and guns is the evil of human nature; the evil of water and fire is the evil of heaven.
People in the world often don't know that the saying "a sword and a gun have no eyes" originated from the military camp. On the battlefield, there are thousands of warriors, and when the killing is intense, people often lose their rationality and cannot distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Just imagine, standing among thousands of people, facing thousands of enemies, with arrows coming like rain, and swords and spears held against you. Even if you have all kinds of abilities, it will not last long. Zhanxu and Zhankong were eager to kill the enemy. They relied on their strength to go deep into the enemy's formation alone, not wanting to be trapped. Several of their disciples rushed to rescue him, and the result was predictable.
At this moment, in the simple mourning hall on the right side of the camp, the lamps are swaying and the white silk is fluttering. Six people, Zhanxu, Zhixiao, Zhimu, Zhizhi, Zhiyou and Zhiji, wrapped in white cloth, are lying side by side in the middle. A group of Taoist priests in Zhenwu Temple sat cross-legged on the ground and recited the mantra of rebirth.
"The Supreme Lord's decree, transcend your lonely soul, all ghosts and ghosts, and be blessed by all the four lives. The decree is to save everyone, and urgently save lives." In addition to Zhize, who died in the battle of Xiaoxiankou, as well as Zhankong, Zhichun, and Zhidian who were too injured to get up. , the remaining fourteen Zhenwu Sect members are all here, being saved by six of them. Mei Yuanchen was at the end of the mourning hall, kneeling with his head down. "Senior Brother Zhanxu and the six nephews had nothing to do with this war. If it weren't for me, how could they lie here with their lives lost?" Thinking of this, his heart felt like a thousand knives being cut out.
After reciting the mantra for rebirth a hundred times, the mourning hall suddenly became silent, and only the sound of Mei Yuanchen's sobs could be heard.
Zhan Tong stood up, walked to Mei Yuanchen, and said to him: "Junior brother, get up!"
"Senior brother, I, I can't." Mei Yuanchen continued to cry and said intermittently.
Zhan Tong sighed and said seriously: "Senior Brother Zhanxu and his nephews have passed away. It's okay for you to be sad, but there's no need to blame yourself!"
"Senior brother Zhanxu and Zhize all died because of me. I really can't redeem myself with death! It's really a serious sin! I'm really sorry for them! I'm sorry for the head brother! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! We all blame them. Me!" The more Mei Yuanchen spoke, the more her heart ached, her voice became hoarse, and she kept saying "Bang! Bang! Bang!" while shaking her head. He pressed his hands into fists on the ground, his fingers turning purple from the force of his palms.
Zhan Cheng and Zhan Jue had already noticed something unusual here and had already come over. Zhan Cheng stretched out his hand to gather strength to pull Mei Yuanchen, but found that he couldn't pull him. He knew that his internal strength was much higher than his own.
"They definitely did not die because of you, little junior brother, get up!" Zhan Cheng stopped trying to pull them away and persuaded them in a clear voice. Seeing that Mei Yuanchen didn't answer, he continued: "You are still new to the sect, and your knowledge of the essentials of the Taoist sect is limited. Today, my senior brother asked me to tell you something."
Although Mei Yuanchen still didn't answer, he couldn't help but listen attentively.
"Although Taoism's dogma never advises people to be kind and righteous. However, over the past thousands of years, whenever troubled times come, people in Taoism are often the first to go down the mountain and join the world to help all living beings." Zhan Cheng said loudly, "People of the world It is often thought that the Taoist sect only knows how to build mountains and make money, seek immortality, refine elixirs, escape from the world, seek good fortune and avoid disaster. Who knows that what the Taoist sect really seeks is not the way of heaven, but the way of heaven and man!"
Although Mei Yuanchen has followed Taoist Qingxuan for many years, he has never heard him teach Taoism and his knowledge is very limited. When he heard Zhancheng say it, he was very touched and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what is the Tao of Heaven and Humanity?"
"Follow my heart and my nature, follow my path. Wherever my heart goes, I will go wherever I want, without restraint or care. If I want to live forever, I will study the way to live forever. If I pity the world, I will not hesitate to die to save them." Cross the common people. I die for the common people, not for friendship, but for martyrdom! This time the twenty-four sons of Zhenwu came down the mountain, they were all driven by the compassion in their hearts. I have long thought of martyrdom. Senior Brother Zhanxu and several nephews died because they had fulfilled their karma and were freed from the Tao. Everyone has feelings, and they have already developed a reluctance to let go after decades of being together. So they parted ways Go, it is inevitable for us to be sad. Junior brother, just feel sad and reluctant to leave. If you blame yourself for this and suffer from this, there is no need!" Zhan Cheng replied in a serious voice. His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very hurt, but his words were sonorous and powerful.
Hearing this word, Mei Yuanchen's mood changed drastically. "Is this the righteousness of Taoism? If you die for righteousness, you will be so fearless and without regrets!" He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Zhan Tong looked at Zhan Cheng knowingly, and they each stretched out a hand to lift Mei Yuanchen up from the ground.
The lamps are swaying and the white silk is fluttering. This is the last farewell of the six martyrs to the world.
It was already 2:00am when I came out of the mourning hall. The night was dark and windy, and the wind was mixed with the smell of blood and corpses. Mei Yuanchen walked into the Chinese military tent, where Mei Siyuan and Xu Ding'an were both seriously injured and were placed there.
Mei Siyuan's complexion has improved, presumably because of the effects of the few strands of Immortality Qi that Mei Yuanchen poured into his body. Xu Ding'an's wounds were not many, but they were either very deep or very wide. Among them, the stab wound on his waist had already cut one of his waists. He is still not sure whether he can survive it.
"Mr. Mei?" A voice came from behind.
Mei Yuanchen hurriedly looked back and saw an armored general standing under the tent, staring at him. Although Mei Yuanchen didn't know him, he heard from the guards that Zhuge Pingtai of the Prince of Limin's Palace had led troops to help, and he knew it was the man in front of him. He cupped his hands and said in salute: "General Zhuge!"
When Zhuge Pingtai saw that he responded, he strode over, patted his shoulder hard, and said, "The boy from the Mei family is really good!" Before meeting Mei Yuanchen, he had already met Yi Qilin. Based on everything going on here, He already knows it all. He knew that it was his idea to send people to the Prince of Limin's Mansion to ask for help; he knew that the 4,500 cavalrymen who rushed to the rescue of Suzhou before him were borrowed from the Anxian military camp; he knew that he led a thousand light cavalry and ran 2,400 miles deep into the city. The enemy's territory was seven hundred miles away and the rations of the two hundred thousand troops were burned. During today's battle, Shatuo's tens of thousands of troops tried to outflank his armored army, but he blocked the enemy's outflanking offensive by spreading lime. I really admire him in my heart. Not to mention Mei Siyuan, he is a capable official who governs the world with Yun Wen and Yun Wu. Who in Dahua is dissatisfied?
"Mr. Mei, my eldest brother's eldest son, Zhuge Xingchen is also studying at Huazijian in the capital. Do you think you know him?" Zhuge Pingtai said with a smile.
After hearing about Zhuge Xingchen, Mei Yuanchen forced a smile and replied: "Xingchen is my best friend. If he can leave the capital, he will definitely join the army and kill the enemy, and his actions will be ten times better than mine!"
"Haha! What a good man!" Zhuge Pingtai laughed, "With juniors like you in Dahua, the world will definitely turn around and the world will be filled with anger!" After a pause in laughter, he suddenly asked: "Do you think that the one who burned Shatuo's army will Liangcao, what will happen if Chihedan learns the news?"
"Choose one of the two!" Mei Yuanchen replied.
Zhuge Pingtai said solemnly: "Speak!"
"First, withdraw the troops and return to Shatuo. This is what you and I hope for." Mei Yuanchen breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Second, no longer care about others, lead troops to attack Suzhou, and feed the war with war!"
Zhuge Pingtai raised his head and sighed heavily: "Yes. If Chihedan chooses to attack the city, and no reinforcements arrive in a short time, even if you and I both die in the battle, we will definitely not be able to stop it!" , a general with no retreat will often have a sudden increase in combat power. Shatuo's army was not weak in combat power. If they had not come thousands of miles away and encountered continuous heavy rain, which hindered their march, Suzhou would have been captured for a long time.
Mei Yuanchen had already made a plan in his mind. Hearing that Zhuge Pingtai was a little depressed, he said sternly: "General Zhuge, you can rest assured and defend. I will try my best to make the Chihedan army give up the idea of attacking the city as a camp!"
Seeing his firm words and resolute expression, Zhuge Pingtai thought for a moment and said in surprise: "Do you want to break into the Shatuo camp at night and kill Chihedan?"
