Luo Xiaoyao was stunned when he heard Jiang Qiubai say: "Of course, after giving him the death penalty for killing the court officials, he will be rewarded for his efforts in seeking stability in Liangzhou... The title of governor of Zhe Buzhi is currently recognized.
However, if he does not comply with the imperial edict, if he governs well within three years and brings stability to Liangzhou, he will be named the governor of Hexi Province based on his merits to establish his prestige..."
"I heard from Mr. Mu that the Basang monk was injured by him and will have to stay in seclusion for at least half a year...I asked Elder Liu and Elder Tang to accompany him. With the combination of kindness and power, Zhe Buzhi will not dare to respond."
Luo Xiaoyao felt at ease now. He was worried that the Zhebu branch might not bow its head and agree to help because of the experts around him. However, knowing that Liu and Tang from Tongbao Pavilion, two elders with alchemy skills, were there, it was enough.
Shocked and shocked.
"Elder Liu and the others have been gone for half a month. They should be back within the next two or three days. You can wait at ease at the princess's mansion... I think they will live up to their mission."
Just as Jiang Qiubai expected, two days later, the two elders Liu and Tang rushed back with dozens of kilograms of green salt each. Elder Liu said: "In order to avoid suspicion, the remaining Qingyan Zhebu Branch borrowed the help of the caravan.
Hands on, they will be sent to Kaifeng one after another."
Luo Xiaoyao was overjoyed and looked at Chang Qingqing, "Princess Qingqing, when will you start refining elixirs?"
"The refining of this 'Po Yuan Dan' is very particular. We take a part of the medicinal materials and refine them for seven days before adding more medicinal materials. There are four times in total, which is the number of twenty-eight days. The amount and time of the medicinal materials can be controlled. If
It is said to be difficult to practice...it should be done in a place where the fire is controlled."
Chang Qingqing paused for a moment and said to Xu Meiju who was sitting in the guest seat: "Sister Meiju, when will the senior alchemist you invited arrive?"
Chang Qingqing is new to alchemy. Although she has been studying the alchemy techniques contained in the "Baicao Jing" for more than ten days, she is afraid of making mistakes. The Xu family has been dealing in medicinal materials for several generations, and there are many people who know alchemy.
, Chang Qingqing knew that she was not enough, and Mr. Luo needed at least three 'Po Yuan Pills' every month, so she asked Xu Meiju to find someone to help.
Xu Meiju said: "My father has asked people to search for him before the end of the year... Based on my father's judgment, there will be three alchemy seniors arriving in the next two days."
Chang Qingqing nodded, "Okay, today I will prepare the medicine and refine the elixir first, and then I will ask for advice after the seniors of alchemy arrive..."
But when he heard that several alchemy practitioners were helping him, Luo Xiaoyao was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Xu Meiju.
Three days later, Xu Meiju brought three Taoists who were proficient in alchemy, and Chang Qingqing arranged for them to refine the 'Po Yuan Dan' separately in several alchemy rooms that had been built. After a month, four
Among the people, only a Taoist named Yan was able to refine the elixir.
Knowing that the 'Po Yuan Dan' is difficult to refine, Luo Xiaoyao was disappointed, but he was also overjoyed. He looked at Chang Qingqing who looked ashamed and said: "I think it is just like what the princess said, this heat is difficult to control, just wait for everyone
After getting familiar with it, it will all be refined. I will send this elixir back first... and tell the master and others the good news."
Chang Qingqing nodded, "Let Mr. Luo take this pill first. I think there will be more than one pill next time. And sister Meiju has something to say... there will be one or two seniors coming soon.
Help each other to make elixirs."
Luo Xiaoyao was overjoyed again. He took Xiao Muyun, Lin Wanzhen and Chang Qingqing to say goodbye and hurried back to Moforget Island.
On February 21st, Luo Xiaoyao and three others, who were heading north from Mowang Island to Kaifeng, met Miao Kexue and Yan Qiu on a post road in Chenzhou, leading five soldiers to escort a carriage north.
After everyone saw the ceremony, Yan Qiu jumped off his mount and led Luo Xiaoyao to the back of the carriage. As he walked, he said: "Elder Liu, Elder Gu, and Elder Song were all killed in front of the battle..."
It turned out that after Elder Liu returned from Liangzhou, he was invited by Jiang Qiubai to go to the Shouzhou Army with Gu Hengshan and several other Tongbao Pavilion elders along with the Shenhu Camp soldiers and guards led by Zhao Kuangyin.
Luo Xiaoyao was shocked when he heard this. He walked quickly to the rear compartment, opened the rear door and took a look. He saw the bodies of Gu Hengshan, Elder Liu and Elder Song lying in the carriage.
The clothes on their bodies were stained with blood, and many arrow wounds could be seen. However, an arrow shaft was exposed on the chests of the three of them. The fatal point could be seen at a glance, which was the arrow that pierced the heart.
Luo Xiaoyao entered the carriage and took a closer look at their wounds for a moment. He got out of the carriage and faced Xiao Muyun with a heavy face. Lin Wanzhen said: "Although the three elders have many arrow wounds on their bodies, the real fatal thing is the arrow that hit the chest."
...and the person who used the bow to kill the three elders must have at least a minor level of cultivation above the level of Bao Dan. If not, it would be extremely difficult for him to use the arrow to pierce the chests of the three elders."
Xiao and Lin looked up at the corpse in the car for a moment. With their eyesight, they could see that Luo Xiaoyao's judgment was correct. Lin Wanzhen said in shock: "But with Elder Liu's level of cultivation, there is no way they can avoid being killed."
If a person is shot through the heart with an arrow... he must be wounded by a hidden arrow."
Luo Xiaoyao looked at Yan Qiu, "Junior Brother Yan, does he know how the three elders died?"
"Ke Xue and I were treating wounded soldiers in the army. We never went to the battle line to participate in the battle. We also don't know the details of the death of the three elders. I heard from Elder Fu that the three of them led the Shenhu camp guards to attack
He was shot and killed during the grain road in the Southern Tang Dynasty..."
It turns out that Miao Kexue, Yan Qiu and others have been treating wounded soldiers in the army since the Zhou Dynasty troops besieged Shouzhou. At this time, the army's golden medicine was about to run out, and when they returned to Kaifeng to get the medicine, they also
Take the bodies of the three people from Gu Hengshan back to the other courtyard.
"Oh?!" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked for a moment, "If this is a head-on confrontation... With Elder Song's spiritual power and Elder Mingqiao's cultivation at the foot of the mountain, it is possible that he could avoid it, but Elder Liu is Baodan Xiaoxiao
The situation of success can be avoided... not to mention that they are fighting together, how can they give people a chance to shoot at the same time?"
Lin Wanzhen hesitated, "If there is someone as skilled as Shen Liancheng, in the chaos of the army... he might be able to hit people with arrows."
Luo Xiaoyao nodded slowly, pondered for a moment, and said: "There are still more than twenty days until the next elixir is completed... I want to go to Shouzhou to help the elders and avenge the three elders... Two
What do you think, junior sister?"
Xiao Muyun and Lin Wanzhen looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Luo Xiaoyao turned to look at Miao Kexue, "Please tell Miss Qingqing that Ms. Kexue will send the three of us to the Shouzhou Army... Just tell me...
I will go to Kaifeng in ten days."
After saying this, he, Xiao and Lin got on their horses, said goodbye to Miao Kexue and the others, turned around and rode towards Shouzhou.
The general who was besieging Shouzhou was Li Chongjin. When he saw Luo Xiaoyao coming, he was greatly surprised and hurriedly led the three of them into the tent and sat down.
Elder Fu, who was escorting Li Chongjin, was happy to see Luo Xiaoyao entering the realm of Bao Dan Dacheng. However, hearing his purpose, his face showed worry, "Young Master is here this time, Mr. Chu, Chief Fang is responsible for them."
But do you know?"
Luo Xiaoyao knew what he was concerned about, but did not answer directly, saying: "How did Elder Liu and the others die? How is the military situation now?"
Li Chongjin continued: "Shouzhou has been trapped by our army for a long time, and the city has run out of food. Li Jingda, the king of Qi in the Southern Tang Dynasty, brought troops to help. He sent an advance navy to build a pontoon bridge for Commander Zhang (Zhang Yongde) at Xiacai.
The navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty was unable to move forward by tying iron chains to huge trees and blocking the Huaihe River, so they led troops from the north of Zijin Mountain, hoping to build a side road through the mountain road to transport food and soldiers into Shouzhou City."
"That day, while their troops were few, I led my troops over the mountains, defeated them, and destroyed the grain roads they had built. But now Li Jingda led 50,000 troops from Haozhou, arrived in the north of Zijin Mountain, and lined up along the mountains.
There are more than ten camps and fortresses..."
Luo Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment, "Why didn't our Zhou soldiers and horses first station themselves on Zijin Mountain to guard the danger and prevent Tang soldiers from entering the mountain and establishing a stronghold?"
"Haha." Li Chongjin said with a smile: "This is exactly the cleverness of the Holy Emperor... The purpose of giving up the Purple Mountain is to encircle the point and mobilize reinforcements."
"Surround the point to call for reinforcements?" Luo Xiaoyao had no idea about marching and forming formations.
"Since our army campaigned against the Southern Tang Dynasty last year, we have conquered several cities in the Southern Tang Dynasty and have been recaptured by the Southern Tang Dynasty. The reason why our army has been recaptured by the Southern Tang Dynasty is not only due to the sudden increase in floods in the Huaihe River, which makes it difficult for soldiers and horses from all walks of life to respond to each other, but more importantly, the lack of food transportation.
caused."
Guo Rongrende did not commit any crime in the fall of the captured city. He was unwilling to seize the food of the people in the city for military needs, but he also left the Zhou soldiers and horses who captured the city with insufficient food and grass. The soldiers and horses of the Southern Tang Dynasty took advantage of the rainy season and the Zhou soldiers could not rush to help each other.
, and took advantage of the naval force to recapture the lost city.
"Shouzhou City is located at the strategic point of Huainan. If we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, capture it, we only need to build a pontoon bridge from the Huaihe River in the north, and the food, grass, soldiers and horses can enter the city... When our Great Zhou soldiers and horses move south, it can be used as a battlefield.
A place that supplies food and grass at all times.”
"It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Capturing this city is a sharp sword inserted into the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Shouzhou City is very important to the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Holy One guessed that Li Jing would send troops to rescue. And our army
The naval force was not prepared and it was not conducive to a water battle, so the emperor gathered all the soldiers and horses to besiege Shouzhou and asked Zhang to cut off the Huaihe River waterway and induce the navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty to abandon their ships and arrive at the northern foot of Zijin Mountain in order to annihilate them."
"Then why didn't they come for rescue from the south?" Lin Wan said in truth.
"Miss Lin doesn't know something... The southeast side of Purple Mountain is mostly covered with lakes, large and small, stretching for dozens of miles. If Li Jingda wants to solve Shouzhou's difficulties, he can only take the road from the north of Purple Mountain."
"If our army forces five thousand soldiers and horses to resist the northern hills, it will also prevent them from entering the mountains. At that time, Li Jingda will definitely lead the soldiers and horses back to Haozhou. And these soldiers and horses are the elite navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty. If they are allowed to
If we retreat now, it will be difficult to annihilate in the future, and it will definitely become a major resistance to our army of Great Zhou."
Lin Wanzhen said with a smile: "In this case, the envoy is actually besieging Shouzhou City instead of attacking it..."
Li Chongjin, whose official title was to recruit envoys for Huainan Road, laughed when he heard this, nodded and said: "If we don't use the strength of our army's troops, how can we not attack Shouzhou?"
Luo Xiaoyao and the three of them understood what Li Chongjin meant by "encircling the point and calling for reinforcements." Guo Rong's intention in besieging Shouzhou was to take the opportunity to annihilate the elite navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
"But I didn't expect that there were many martial arts masters in their army, which made it difficult for our army to break through the tunnels they constructed... and as a result, Elder Liu and others were killed."
Li Chongjin sighed, unfolded a roll of map and laid it on the table, and motioned to Luo Xiaoyao to move his seat and look closer.
"The Purple Mountain is steep. The soldiers and horses of the Southern Tang Dynasty set fire to the mountains and forests to the south. They piled stones and logs on the cliffs. Together with the archers, our soldiers and horses could not use the cover of the dense forest to climb mountains and sneak to the north to attack it.
Camp."
Li Chongjin paused for a moment, pointed to the place on the map and said, "The east gate is nearly seven miles away from the Purple Mountain, and the flat land in the middle is only more than five miles away, which is not conducive to setting up camp."
"When the Tang army first arrived, they led troops from the north of Zijin Mountain and wanted to go straight to the east gate. However, they were defeated by the charge of our cavalry stationed on the south side. Although they numbered 50,000, they were in the mountains.
They were unable to assemble and were repulsed by our army several times, so they changed their approach and, like their vanguard, wanted to build a double road to send food and grass into the city."
"Starting from a place directly west of Zijin Mountain and the north side, two city walls more than ten feet high were built along the hillside extending to the east gate of Shouzhou. However, because they were built on the slopes of the slopes, their
The difference between the lowest point and the ground is two feet high."
"The two walls are built from high to low, and the distance between them is from wide to narrow. When it reaches the ground, the distance between the two walls is only one foot, and there are horizontal timbers on top to connect the two walls..."
Luo Xiaoyao had a thought in his mind, "When the Tang soldiers thought of the flat ground, they built a straight-line city wall to connect with Shouzhou, and used the corridor between the two walls to transport food and soldiers in?"
"Yes, they have already set up camp between the two constructed walls, and I think they have also stored grain and grass. Once the wall reaches the moat at the east gate of Shouzhou, grain and grass can be sent into the city."
"When they started building the wall, I sent troops to attack them several times, but the Tang army took advantage of their advantage on the hillside and shot them with arrows from a high position, but our army was unable to stop them from building the wall."
"When the two walls were built on the ground, General Zhao led the Shenhu Camp to attack the horizontal wall on the west. The cavalry passed through the flat ground and attacked the wall built diagonally from the north to prevent them from connecting one after another.
…”
Elder Fu continued: "But the archers stationed on the connected wall are all top-notch archers, and among them there are at least twenty or thirty people who have returned to the True Realm."
Luo Xiaoyao's heart was shocked, but he knew that the lethality of an arrow fired by a person who has achieved the level of spiritual consciousness within twenty feet is already comparable to the close attack power of a person who has achieved the level of spiritual consciousness, let alone two or three.
Tens.
"Elder Liu and the others must have known how powerful these archers were. At that time, the masters of the Tang army gathered at the joints where the walls were built. Elder Liu and the others must have been able to make some Shenhu camp guards feign an attack and attack from other weak places themselves.
Build a wall..."
"Judging from the injuries, the skill of the person who injured them with the arrow should be no less than Xiaocheng Baodan... When one person is in trouble, the other two must be alert. How can three people act like one at the same time?"
Killed by an arrow?”
Zhao Kuangyin, who had been silent all the time, responded: "The city wall built from the mountainside to the west is about three miles long from the level to the ground. At that time, Elder Liu and the others also saw the power of those archers, so they asked me to move the city wall.
The Huying guards opened up their formation, one held a shield and the other drew an arrow, and the two guards formed a group to cooperate with each other in a feint attack..."
"And the three of them led another fifty camp guards and launched an attack from the wall that was halfway up the mountain. Although there were arrows raining down from there, the three elders Liu, who were holding shields, were forced to close to the wall.
It’s only about ten feet away…”
"They also have shields?" Luo Xiaoyao was frightened for a moment, but he couldn't figure out how Elder Liu's skill could be pierced by an arrow with a shield.
"Yes, Elder Liu and the three of them all have shields." Zhao Kuangyin nodded, "I was commanding troops and horses at the foot of the hillside. I was more than two hundred feet away from the three elders diagonally, but it was difficult to see.
Carefully... I saw the ancient elder at the front suddenly flying away with the shield he held in his left hand, and then I saw him waving his stick to block the arrows, but in less than two breaths, he fell over the slope..."
"Elder Liu, who was about five or six feet away from Elder Gu, rushed towards Elder Gu, thinking to take back his body. At that time, the shield in Elder Song's hand suddenly flew away, and the same thing happened next.
The ancient elder fell down."
"Elder Liu seemed to be aware of the danger. He immediately stopped and retreated with his shield. As he was retreating, the shield in his hand swung left and right twice, but he also dropped it... At that time, Elder Liu was holding it up.
He slashed with the sword and stepped back. When he was ten feet away, he saw that the sword in his hand also came out of his hand, and then he fell under the rain of arrows."
Luo Xiaoyao was shocked and looked at Elder Fu, "With the strength of the Khitan archer I killed in Qingfengyi...does Elder Fu think it is possible to kill Elder Liu?"
Elder Fu said: "In the midst of the random arrows, with the skill of Elder Gu, under unexpected circumstances, it would be possible for a person with a small degree of success in holding pills to guide the arrow and knock the shield away, and then kill him."
"But after the ancient elder fell, the two elders Liu and Song should have been alert at that time, and they had shields in their hands. That is to say, considering elder Song's spiritual cultivation, he should not be a human being in an instant.
Killed. I think the people who shot the arrows at that time...were two people who were in the Dan Bao realm, and at least one of them was a great practitioner."
"It is as Elder Fu expected. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to shoot Elder Liu while he was alert and retreated." Luo Xiaoyao nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Elder Fu, have you ever done that?
Have you seen Gu Yanchun, Shen Liancheng and the others among the Tang army?"
"I've never seen it... Young Master, do you think Elder Liu and the others were shot by Shen Liancheng and the others?"
"I heard that Shen Liancheng was the number one person in the Southern Tang Army, but in the past two or three years, the martial arts training enshrined in his army, I think there are people who will take it to the next level..."
Luo Xiaoyao paused for a moment and said: "Two armies are facing each other, each with his own master. When fighting, you will die or I will die. It is difficult to talk about grievances. When my soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty break through the stronghold, I think the murderer will also
If Shen Liancheng appears, I will fight him with all my strength..."
As for the reason why Shen Liancheng secretly helped Luo Xiaoyao escape after the assassination of the Liao envoy that day, Elder Fu never dared to inquire, but he guessed that Luo and Shen must be involved in a grudge. What he said now shows that Luo Xiaoyao's family and country are righteous.
Next, a clear sense of grudges and grudges.
Elder Fu sighed and nodded: "Okay, no matter who it is, my subordinates will follow the young master to kill him..."
Li Chongjin looked at Luo Xiaoyao and said with a smile: "I am about to go to the front of the formation to check the enemy's situation, but Mr. Luo will go with me... so that he can offer me strategies to defeat the enemy."
Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly in his heart. He was really not proficient in marching formations, but he thought it was necessary to be familiar with the terrain and mountains anyway. Hearing this, he said: "I hope your Majesty will give you some advice..."
Li Chongjin laughed, stood up, led Luo Xiaoyao and the others, Elder Fu, Zhao Kuangyin and others out of the camp stationed in the west of Shouzhou City, rode their horses to the southwest of Zijin Mountain, and saw that Tang soldiers were already building a wall towards the city.
The advance on flat ground was more than fifty feet.
Although the Zhou soldiers and horses took turns to shoot down the Tang soldiers who were building the city wall, there was a passage left in the wall, and Tang soldiers came out of it to block it. When the Zhou soldiers came close, the Tang soldiers retreated into the passage.
, the archers who built the wall started shooting arrows, but for a while the Zhou soldiers and guards could not get close.
Li Chongjin looked at the Shi attack and retreated his troops, and said: "On the second day after Elder Liu and others were killed, the Tang soldiers began to build walls on the plains and advance towards the east gate of Shouzhou. In the past five days, although our army's guards were exhausted,
They took turns attacking all night long, but in the end they advanced forty or fifty feet."
"If they are allowed to advance more than two miles, the soldiers and horses in Shouzhou City will dare to go out of the city to respond, and it will be troublesome..." Li Chongjin paused and looked at Luo Xiaoyao, "I wonder if Mr. Luo has a clever plan to help.
Did I destroy the Tang army’s fortified city and camp in the west?”
Luo Xiaoyao looked at the wall that went down from the mountainside and pondered for a moment. Suddenly he heard Lin Wan's true words: "The Tang army built the city wall diagonally from the north side of the mountain, so that it would be in line with the wall that went down the mountainside in the west.
Connected to each other, we set up camp and stored grain and grass between the two walls. Taking advantage of the advantage of building the wall on the hillside, it was difficult for our troops to build ladders to attack each other, but there should be no advantage if we were on flat ground..."
Zhao Kuangyin said: "But the Tang soldiers' archers guarding the walls on the flat ground are actually elite arrow guards, and their shooting power makes it difficult for our soldiers to approach."
"In the past two days, the Shenhu Camp Guards also rushed into the corridor between its two walls, but the corridor was not as wide as ten feet wide. One man could hold the pass, and no one could open it. There were soldiers with extraordinary skills guarding it, and they rushed through it.
The dozens of Divine Tiger Camp guards who entered were all killed..."
Elder Fu continued: "Yesterday, I wanted to lead the elite men of Shenhu Camp to attack again, but the leader was afraid that his subordinates would make mistakes, but he refused..."
"That's exactly what your lord is worried about." Luo Xiaoyao said: "The master of the Southern Tang Dynasty who shot and killed Elder Liu and the other three must still be among them... Even if this person is not here, he can break in with Elder Fu's skills, but
It will be difficult for the rest of the soldiers and guards to do so, and they will be trapped alone in the enemy's stronghold."
Lin Wanzhen looked at the building of the wall for a moment, then looked back at the Zhou soldiers stationed behind him, and said: "If our army digs a tunnel from underground and leads to its corridor... late at night, the ground and underground will attack each other at the same time.
Senior brother, senior sister, and I can then lead the elite guards of Shenhu Camp out of the tunnel and rush into their camp to set fire to it."
"As long as the fire spreads, the enemy army will be in chaos. When the time comes, the envoy can order soldiers and horses to cover up the army and kill them... But the enemy stronghold can be broken and the wall built can be destroyed."
Li Chongjin's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Lin Wanzhen's face with a look of surprise, and said happily: "It seems that before the Holy Emperor comes in person, I can break down this camp and destroy this grain road, haha... Miss Lin's clever plan
, Li Chongjin will definitely ask for merit for Miss Lin and the Holy One."