The rays of light illuminate the rolling clouds and mists in the mountains, and the bells of Wanfo Temple are still echoing behind you.
Chen Yuan stood in front of the cliff on one side of the stone steps and looked into the distance, slightly lost in thought. Monk Zhenhai had already left the temple and went down the mountain to the northwest. Monk Zhenkong presided over the temple and no longer received guests.
Monk Zhenhai went over to capture the toad demon. It wasn't a big problem. Then should he go back to Zhenjun Temple or go over and have a look?
There was some hesitation for a moment.
"My boss, let's just go back to Zhenjun Temple. The Wei army is going south. I don't know if the war has started at this time. Whether Chen Qingzhi can return to the south, but it is related to the Kunlun Mirror. I still want to be twenty years younger."
The fat Taoist priest sat on the stone pillar in the corridor, throwing stones and playing boredly. The little Taoist boy beside him yawned and muttered that Wanfo Temple was stingy and was reluctant to let them eat even a meal.
"Well, let's go back."
Chen Yuan nodded and ran to the northwest to join in the fun. After thinking about it, he decided to forget it. Feihe, Qingxu, and the old monk Zhenhai were enough. They should be able to subdue the toad demon before other practitioners.
From the purple golden bowl, he saw that the poison of the toad demon was extremely strong. It should be its innate magic. If ordinary practitioners were exposed to it, they would probably lose their lives.
Surrendering first would avoid the death or injury of those practicing, which was what Chen Yuan had always considered, so he asked the old monk Zhenhai to help.
Passing through the dappled sunlight in the forest, Chen Yuan took the fat Taoist and the little Taoist boy down to the market at the foot of the mountain. After dismissing the crowd of villagers who were watching Lao Niu, he paid and drove the car. There was no more leisurely driving along the way.
, Lao Sun cast the speed magic on the green bull, and Saha drove the wheel with all his strength, and quickly rushed to Luoyang under the cover of a blinding magic spell.
In this way, it took nearly two days to reach the north bank of the Yellow River, which was dozens of miles away. The roads were full of ragged people, dragging their families and families towards the crossing bridge.
After looking for one of them and asking, I found out that the Wei soldiers and horses had been fighting with the Liang generals in Zhonglang City for two days. The Liang generals abandoned the city and broke out this morning. The Wei army entered the city, burned, killed and looted. They were fleeing from the city.
of.
"General Liang Guo? Didn't Chen Qingzhi agree to report his illness in Luoyang?"
Chen Yuan looked at Lao Sun suspiciously, and when he was thinking about what was going on, Chen Yuan suddenly felt a ripple in his heart, as if someone was calling his name.
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Dozens of miles away, twenty miles to the south of Zhonglang City, a group of white-robed soldiers were either riding horses or walking on foot, exchanging robes with those behind them from time to time, alternately blocking the pursuing Wei soldiers.
"General, we are almost at the Yellow River ahead. I remember there is a ferry there. Maybe we can leave by boat."
Lieutenant General Ma Fo-nian was half-covered in blood, and he didn't know where he had dropped his iron helmet. He held up his notched long sword, pointed forward and said, "General, I'll cross the river with my cavalry first, and I'll go and stop the pursuing troops first."
Then he shouted loudly, took the soldiers who were following him, and went to the rear to exchange defense lines with the team behind them, blocking the enemy's advance bit by bit.
The sounds of fighting and shouting boiled up.
Chen Qingzhi was riding on a blood-stained white horse. He glanced back dejectedly, turned around and pinched the horse's belly. While urging the horse to move forward, he also asked the messenger to recall the cavalry who had dispersed around him.
If there is a ferry ahead, many soldiers can save their lives.
Thinking of this, Chen Qingzhi sighed, and the Wei army marched south. Surprised by his master's intelligence, he followed his instructions and refused to lead the army despite being ill in bed.
However, Emperor Yuan Hao did not hesitate to show off his face and threatened the Liang soldiers outside the city. In the end, he still did not dare to bet on whether the emperor would actually take a knife and chop down his subordinates outside the city. Chen Qingzhi had no choice but to take the soldiers and horses and cross the river to station.
Just like this in Zhonglang City, Yuan Hao also took a thousand soldiers as hostages.
With six thousand men, they had to resist more than 100,000 soldiers and horses for three days. They had reached their limit. After losing more than a thousand men, Chen Qingzhi found it difficult to fight. So this morning, he planted straw men on the city and took advantage of the enemy to attack the city.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he led his troops to break through from the south gate.
Kill and disperse the Wei soldiers and horses who are pretending to attack the south gate, and move while fighting, using the strength of the cavalry to cover each other's movements with the infantry. Although the march is much slower, at least for now the entire army can retain its intact structure, and its morale has not been so low that it will collapse at the first touch.
situation.
Hua Hua Hua...
The sound of the rushing water of the Yellow River could already be heard. Chen Qingzhi finally showed some expression on his face and urged the soldiers again to speed up.
Soon, the river reflected the spring day with sparkling waves, like a silver ribbon winding before the eyes.
The moment Chen Qingzhi saw the ferry, his eyes suddenly shrank, he halted his horse, gritted his teeth and shouted, "What's going on?!"
Liang Qi, who was following closely, stopped one after another, with despair on their faces. The ferry at the other end of the field of vision and the bridge were completely empty. Not to mention the boat, not even half of the deck was seen.
"General, there is a man here!"
A scout searched the ferry and pulled out a man from the grass. He was an old man. Judging from his clothes and appearance, he should be the ferryman at the ferry.
"Old man, where is the boat here?"
"This general...general..." The old man was stared at by a group of cavalry, and his legs were shaking with fear. He stammered and pointed to the other side, "Two days before you came, a group of Wei troops came over.
All the ships on the river were commandeered, as if they were going to cross the river to attack Luoyang."
Chen Qingzhi realized at this time that he was just being dragged in the city, and the main force of the Wei army bypassed Zhonglang City and crossed the river to fight towards Luoyang.
"Sir, are there any other ferries nearby that haven't been requisitioned?"
The old man shook his head, "I don't dare to deceive the general. Even if he did, he would have already run to the other side of the river when he heard that the Wei army was levying ships. If the old man didn't run away, he still couldn't bear to part with the levied ships. He waited for the generals to return them after they had finished using them.
return."
Chen Qingzhi fell silent and waved to the old man, telling him to leave quickly. After all, the pursuers would come over soon.
"General..."
All the riders looked at Chen Qingzhi, who dismounted silently and walked to the river bank, looking at the vast river, pursed his lips and closed his eyes.
"General, Lieutenant General Ma is back."
Someone shouted in the team, and in the direction they looked, Ma Funian, one arm hanging down, was lying on his horse and running away in panic with two thousand foot soldiers.
Among the fleeing crowd, there were soldiers who ran and threw themselves on the ground without making a sound. There were also soldiers who had lost too much blood and slowed down their steps, walking unsteadily. Then they were carried on the backs of familiar companions and hurriedly followed the front.
team.
However, upon hearing the news that there was no ferry, almost everyone fell silent, and a sense of despair spread among the team.
"You shouldn't have come here."
"But come here, what should we do with Pao Ze in the military camp? The emperor in Luoyang may not kill them!"
"It's better than everyone dying together!"
"We should have fought that dog emperor to the death!"
"stop fighting!"
At this time, Chen Qingzhi, who had been silent all this time, shouted loudly and suppressed the buzzing noise.
"I have another way, which should be able to lead everyone away."
Chen Qingzhi turned around, took a deep breath, slammed the sword in his hand into the ground, made a "wow" sound, knelt down on his knees, put his hands together and raised his fists, and faced the Yellow River.
"Lingxian Zhenjun, Chen Qingzhi has something to ask for, hoping to open a way for our soldiers to escape and return to Jiangnan with their lives saved."
The white-robed army looked shocked. They knew that the general had a divine sword given by an expert, and they would definitely be able to invite the expert. When they reacted, they put down their weapons one after another, knelt on the ground, imitated their general's appearance and words, and started shouting.
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"Spiritual Lord, please show your spirit and save us from crossing the river!"
Thousands of people chanted together, and there was a buzzing sound in the distance. Amidst the sound of hurried footsteps and horse hooves, the Wei pursuers coming from north to south stopped on a high slope. The leader of the army stopped.
The generals, Zhu Shilong and Gao Huan, were in a daze when they saw a scene of people kneeling in front of them.
"That general of the Liang Kingdom can be considered a good general, but what are they doing?" Gao Huan rode up to Zhu Shilong and asked in a low voice.
The latter is also puzzled.
"Be careful of fraud. First send a group of soldiers to test them, and then a large army will cover them up and drive them down the Yellow River."
As soon as the word "river" came out of his words, the ripples of the river water in his eyes suddenly became dazzling, and an unpleasant feeling grew in his heart.
The end of the field of vision,
Chen Qingzhi over there felt something inexplicably in his heart, as if the call he shouted was answered. The next moment, a soldier kneeling behind him suddenly said: "General, look, it's a ship!"
At this sound, everyone present raised their faces. Following the direction pointed by the soldiers, white sails appeared on the lower reaches of the Yellow River. What came into view were tall ships, breaking through the waves and coming upstream.
"Where did the boat come from?"
Gao Huan and Zhu Shilong on the high slope in the distance were also shocked by this scene. Have all the ships in this area been requisitioned, regardless of size?
"Send soldiers quickly to catch up and hold Liang Bing down, and don't let them board the ship!"
Zhu Shilong ordered them to go down, and the cavalrymen who delivered the order galloped up and waved the small flag in their hands.
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On the bank of the Yellow River, large ships docked one after another, and the stairs to board the ship were lowered. Chen Qingzhi could not live with so much, and he called all the troops to board the ship quickly. Five ships were loaded, and they were packed from the deck to the cabin.
As soon as the wooden ladder was retracted, the five large boats slowly left the ferry and sailed to the other side of the river against the surging water waves.
"Chase!"
"Don't let Liang Ren run away!"
Two thousand cavalry from the Wei Kingdom came at full speed. They saw the large boats that had gone to the center of the river, and their eyes fell on the other three large boats that had not made it to the ferry.
"Get aboard!"
There were no boatmen on the ship, and most of them thought they were all on the five ships that had left. General Gao Xuan urged his soldiers who knew how to sail to control the sails. After a while, three fully loaded large ships followed Liang Bing in front.
Over there, Chen Qingzhi, who was in the lead, was the first to reach the shore. When he got to the shore, he searched around and finally saw a familiar figure above the river embankment.
"gentlemen!"
He hurried up, grabbing the weeds on the river bank, and knelt down in front of Chen Yuan with his fists clasped.
"Thank you, Mr. Qing, for the rescue."
Chen Yuan nodded, asked him to get up, and pointed to the three large boats following on the river, "If you beat the pursuers, it's not too late to thank you."
Suddenly he raised his hand and his wide sleeves rumbled.
Chen Yuan withdrew his magic power. In an instant, a strong wind blew, and the three large ships sailing to the middle of the river suddenly shook violently. The Wei soldiers above were unsteady, stumbling on the deck, colliding with their companions, and even "
The sound of falling into the water was heard.
"what happened!"
Gao Xuan grabbed the guardrail of the ship and tried to keep his feet steady. He was extremely frightened. As a northerner, he knew how to swim, but facing the rapid Yellow River, the water quality was not enough to support him to swim to the shore.
I haven't made up my mind yet.
The feet he was standing on suddenly became empty, and he fell down dancing with joy, and fell into the rushing water with a group of soldiers.
In the eyes of Liang Bing who landed on the shore, the three large ships flashed out a stream of smoke in the blink of an eye and turned into a branch. The two thousand Wei soldiers on board fell into the water like dumplings and were directly covered by the rapid waves.