Chapter 1: Sharpening the Sword (I)

There was a mountain once upon a time.

There is a temple in the mountains.

The temple is not a monk, but a group of robbers.

Robbers do not steal money or goods, they only cut their heads.

Cut the Khitans' heads.

Cut the heads of the Khitans who were shaving the grass valley.

Then marinate your head with lime and send it to a certain place for money.

Each Khitan warrior has a head worth ten pieces of silk, or 15,000 yuan of Tianfu ingots, and each piece of silk is worth three stones of rice. Only recognize the head but not the person, and there is no deception.

No one believed the heroes of the green forest who started the three mountains and five mountains.

The emperor of the Great Jin State had been arrested by the Khitans; the prime minister and all officials had surrendered long ago; the governors with tens of thousands of troops bowed to the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang one by one. Based on the theory of the Five Virtues and Reincarnation, Confucian scholars had calculated that the Khitans should rule the world; there were also a large number of well-educated people citing scriptures and proof that the Yelu family was the descendant of the Liu family, who had been in the country for more than 700 years, and now they are back to their fortunes. How could anyone not believe in evil and want to fight against the destiny?

You know, although it is a war-torn era, every bucket of rice on the market is only fifty cents. A Khitan man’s head is worth 15,000 coins and 300 coins of rice is far more than the income of a wealthy family in the countryside in a year. How could anyone be so stupid that he would rather throw out the wealth accumulated by his ancestors like a flowing stream?

What exactly is he pictured?

However, picking up the principle of not being careless. Several Green Forest heroes who have been doing right with the Khitans have cut off the heads of the Khitans they killed and went to trade in the legendary way according to the contact information circulating in the world.

As a result, he actually got the cart of silk cloth and copper coins.

As a result, the wind of cutting the Khitan people's heads became uncontrollable in an instant.

The 100,000 elite soldiers of the Great Khitan Kingdom fought from the banks of the Hutuo River to the capital of Jin Bianliang, and lost only more than 3,000 troops. However, after less than three months of stationing in Bianliang, Daming and other places, nearly 5,000 warriors "did not return" when they went out to fight the grass valley.

At the same time, 50,000 silk cloth or equivalent copper coins flowed quietly into the people from a few unknown places. Several spoons of strong oil were added to the spontaneous fire of resistance, making the flames burn higher and higher.

However, in the past half a month, the Green Forest heroes suddenly realized that their business was becoming increasingly difficult to do.

The reason is nothing else. The emperor Yelu Deguang, who had just changed the Khitan to the Great Liao Dynasty and vowed to rule everyone in the world, suddenly realized that the eight Khitan tribes he brought were decreasing at an unprecedented speed. If this continues, let alone being the lord of the entire Jiuzhou, he might even be a little mysterious even when he returns to the outside world! In a hurry, Zhao Yanshou, the king of Yan who "leads the way" was re-activated, and asked him to lead his troops to quell the rebellion as the prime minister and the Privy Councilor. (Note 1)

Zhao Yanshou was not a Khitan general under Yelu Deguang. His eyes turned black as soon as he left the official road. This man had been the governor of Xuzhou by Emperor Mingzong of Tang Li Cunxu, and he knew the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. He also knew how to win people's hearts. He had countless robbers and dogs under his command. In more than half a month, he had sorted out the surrounding areas of Bianliang. Everyone was huddled in the mountains and did not take action. Once he took action, he would inevitably come to him by Zhao Yanshou's hawks and dogs smelling the smell.

"If you want me, everyone should stop when they see it! How can people fight against the thief God?" In the White Horse Temple in Wagang Mountain, Xu Yuanju, the third leader, frowned and suggested.

He had kind eyebrows, but he had a scorpion tattooed on his right face, and his eyebrows were straight from the corner of his mouth. As he spoke, the scorpion's head and tail jumped, as if he would pounce down at any time and injected the venom into the throat of the person opposite.

"Yes, no matter how valuable the Khitans' heads are, we must have a life to make it happen!" The fifth head Li Tieguai pinched out a lice from his open trousers, squeezed it hard with his nails a few times, and then muttered at the bright red blood.

"Fifth Lao, in front of the Buddha, you should not make blood everywhere!" The second leader Ning Caichen is a gentleman with fair face and straight facial features. His expression and behavior when he speaks is not as vulgar as Xu Yuan and Li Tieguai. "We will kill people outside, and at least come back here, don't make blood everywhere..."

"If I don't pinch it to death, will I throw it into your neck?!" Before he could finish his sentence, Li Tieguai suddenly roared and interrupted.

Ning Caichen was so questioned that his neck was itchy, so he hurriedly hurriedly hid back. "Okay, okay, keep pinching, can't I do it? Anyway, the Buddha blamed me, and he wouldn't blame me!"

Li Tieguai was unreasonable, so he raised his eyes and continued to roar in a low voice: "Buddha knows nothing! If the Buddha had really had a sharp light, he would have thundered and slashed Du Chongwei and Zhao Yanshou! As a result, these two bastards enjoyed all their wealth and glory. It was a pity for General Huangfu, alas!"

At the end, his anger suddenly turned into a long sigh. He wrapped around the beams and pillars like a tangible mist, and it never dissipated for a long time.

"Oh--!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh. The faces that had been numb were filled with regret and loneliness.

Du Chongwei was the uncle of Shi Chonggui, the late leader of the Jin Dynasty. He held the army of the country but did not send a single arrow to surrender to the Khitans. This was why the Central Plains were in power and the lives of the people were in trouble. Zhao Yanshou was a slave of the three surnames. For many years, every time the Khitans went south, they would have to fight for the vanguard. These two are now the Grand Tutor and the other was named King of Yan, and they were invincible. However, Huangfu Yu, the commander of the Longwu Army who refused to surrender to the thief, died of hunger strike, was tragically traitorous by the Khitans. Compared with the two endings of loyal and treacherous parties, who dared to say that the Buddha had spirits and the heaven had eyes?

Now that Zhao Yanshou has led his minions to come, everyone should not expect the Buddha to bless you! It is already a special kindness to not help the evildoers and let Zhao Yanshou’s men come to Wagang Mountain. If you want to rely on more, everyone can’t afford to pay for incense and oil!

"Alas! Even people like Liu Zhiyuan, Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing have surrendered! This destiny is probably really going to fall on Zhuhu again." After a while, someone added quietly.

"Oh--!" Everyone sighed in a long voice.

Liu Zhiyuan was the King of Taiyuan, Gao Xingzhou was the commander-in-chief of the Guide Army, and Fu Yanqing was the governor of the Wuning Army. All three had defeated the invading Khitans many times, and each had tens of thousands of troops. As a result, after Du Chongwei led his troops to surrender last year, the three of them expressed their allegiance to the Khitans one after another. Not only did they let down the Emperor Shi Chonggui, who had always valued them, but they also made the heroes of the world who had high hopes for them feel discouraged.

Thinking of the fact that there was no hero in the Central Plains who dared to be enemies head-on with the Khitan soldiers, the heroes of the Green Forest shook their heads and sighed. They felt increasingly slim about the future of continuing to resist.

However, as Xu Yuanju of the Third Head, said, it is not that easy to disband with the money earned by his life. First of all, in addition to the few heads, there are also more than 100 big and small leaders and more than 100 minions. Such a large wave of people cannot disappear quietly like dewdrops in broad daylight.

Secondly, the boss Wu Ruofu brought a batch of pickled Khitan dog heads a few days ago to deliver to his previous house, but he has not returned yet. If he does not come back, a large amount of bounty will not be implemented in place. Moreover, it will be difficult for everyone to make a final decision on whether to stay or not of the entire copycat.

So it is better for everyone to vent rather than discussing it. They vent their panic about the unknown fate and the helplessness in their current situation. However, the more they vent, the more the depression in their stomachs becomes. In the end, they were like a ball of boiling oil and they erupted immediately.

"Boom--!" At this moment, several lights suddenly came from outside the window. Immediately afterwards, a muffled thunder rolled over the top of my head, slashing the roof of the Main Hall to the point of falling.

"My God, if you have sex, you can chop it on me!" The fifth head Li Tieguai held the iron stick and jumped up. The wrinkles on his face stood up, looking particularly ferocious. "I'm standing here. If you can't kill me, be careful that I'll poke a hole in you!"

"Okay, Lao Wu, you should save money, don't make a promise! Who told you to kill animals endlessly in front of the Buddha just now?" Ning Caichen, the second in command, quickly stood up and ran to close the surrounding windows while joking to adjust the atmosphere.

The head of the family cannot say that it is difficult. If even they can't hold on, the minions under their command will be even more desperate. No need for Zhao Yanshou to send troops to suppress them, everyone will have to get messed up first in their nests.

"I'm not afraid. I'll split the rotten gold-plated wood first and burn it as firewood!" Xu Yuanju, the third leader, did not understand Ning Caichen's good intentions at all. He stood up with a pillar and half of the iron-rocked snake spear pointed at the face of the Buddha statue. "You are just a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong! I'll leave the words here, and you'll split the Zhao Yanshou, who is accomplice for the tiger, and I'll immediately reshape your golden body. From then on, I rely on Buddhism and eat vegetarian food for the rest of my life..."

"Crack!" Before he finished speaking, another flash of lightning shone on the Buddha's smoked face, lingering with golden light. The pouring rain was swept away by the strong wind and pushed open the several future and tightly tied windows on the west side of the Main Hall, washing the golden brick floor several feet below the window to make a glimpse of people. Immediately afterwards, a dark blue mine floated in, slowly rotating around the foreheads of several green forest leaders in the main hall.

"Ahhhh!" Even Xu Yuanju and others were so brave that they were frightened by the strange scene. The black hair on their heads stood up one by one, floating towards the mines like flames.

"Bo!" Just when everyone thought they were really punished by God and closed their eyes and waited for death, the door was suddenly pushed open from outside, and an iron axe came into the air. A land mine was knocked away several feet away like a ball. "Boom!" It hit the belly of the Buddha statue, and it exploded and smoke came out.

"Which a naughty man? Do you want to kill me?" The fifth head Li Tieguai disheveled his hair, and the iron stick in his hand quickly turned to the door. The axe just now almost flew over his scalp, lowering a little and a half inch, and directly killed him.

"Uncle Fifth, it's me, little fat!" A kind voice came from the door, without any fluctuation because of Xu Yuanju's "gratitude will be revenge".

"So it's him! No wonder he's so stupid!" Everyone smiled bitterly and turned their heads one after another. Through the messy lightning, they saw a shadow like an iron tower. They held a shield in one hand and a short axe in the other, and behind them, blocking the wind and rain outside the door.

"I threw the axe I wanted to save you! Don't worry, I have a sure thing on my hand!" The visitor opened his mouth and showed his white teeth. "What the hell was that just now? Why did it float above your head and don't move? Oh! The Buddha is on fire, put out the fire, put out the fire. If it's too late, we will have no place to live today!"

Note 1: Zhao Yanshou, a famous traitor during the Five Dynasties, led Khitan troops to invade many times, just to be the son emperor. However, after the Khitan king Yelu Deguang destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty, he repented and refused to make him the emperor. He only gave him a yellow robe and let him wear a swagger.

Note 2: Shi Chonggui, Shi Jingtang's adopted son. After ascending the throne, he was ashamed of Shi Jingtang's recognition of the thief as his father and refused to continue to be Emperor Sun. As a result, he angered the Khitan king Yelu Deguang and led his troops to invade in large numbers. Shi Chonggui rose up to resist and defeated the Khitan troops many times. However, his uncle Du Chongwei led the army to surrender to the enemy at the last moment, and finally Bianliang fell, and the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed.

Note 3: Huangfu Yu, a powerful general in the later Jin Jin, was kidnapped by the head coach Du Chongwei and surrendered to the Khitan. The Khitan king Yelu Deguang admired him for his bravery and wanted to order him to attack Bianliang for the vanguard. Huangfu Yu felt that he had no shame to be the vanguard and died on a hunger strike.

Note 4: Liu Zhiyuan, Gaozhe, Zhou, Fu Yanqing, and three famous warlords during the Later Jin Dynasty. During the Khitan invasion, they all expressed allegiance to Yelu Deguang.

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