The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 177
When Pingnan was in full swing, there was no movement on Jinghu South Road and Kuizhou Road adjacent to Guangnan South Road to the north, and Guangnan East Road to the east.In the Battle of Guangnan West Road, Ali Haiya's entire army was wiped out, Guangxi and Hunan were emptied of their fortunes, Kong Yuan in Guangdong suffered heavy casualties, and Boyan was also injured.The Kuizhou Road Yuan Army had just captured the Chongqing Mansion, so they were probably too busy resting.

Fighting in this era is not easy to fight, and it often takes longer to prepare.

Therefore, Guangxi has no worries in a short period of time.

In comparison, Leizhou and Qiongzhou are more dangerous.

It has been more than a year since Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng were defeated and retreated to Quzhou Island. The Yuan army is likely to regroup and march by sea.

Of course, this possibility is also relatively low.According to the situation, the Yuan army is most likely to wait until all the armies are ready, and then attack the Song Dynasty at the same time.

But no matter what, you still have to guard against it.The soldiers were tricky, and no one could tell what Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan was going to do.

Now that there is only half a month left before the end of the year, Zhao Dongting finally plans to return to Leizhou.

These days, Concubine Yang Shu in the Leizhou Palace has sent several waves of envoys to urge him to go back. After all, he is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and there are many things that need to be dealt with by him at the end of the year.

In the past, the situation was special, and the imperial court could save many things if they could, but now it was different, the imperial court had a foothold in Leizhou, and those matters were put on the agenda again by the ministers.In the imperial court, almost all ministers paid attention to those red tapes, because they were brought up with that kind of education.

This made Zhao Dongting quite distressed. In his opinion, some ancient methods are really unnecessary, such as offering sacrifices to the sky.However, if you want to change the ancient laws and customs that the subjects have adapted to for hundreds of years, this is by no means something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. It is even more difficult than fighting against the Yuan Dynasty, and it requires more time and effort.

For example, in this era, the order of parents and the words of matchmakers are very important. If Zhao Dongting suddenly issued an order advocating free love, would he really be able to advocate it and continue to advocate it?
Not to mention the people, Zhao Dongting can be drowned by the saliva of those scholar-bureaucrats alone, and there may be a few straight ministers who crashed to death on the main hall to persuade Zhao Dongting to die.People in this era respect the ancient law too much, just like the owner of Baicao Valley sticks to the legacy of the ancestors in the valley.

Speaking of it, the idea of ​​not seeking to change, which led to the seclusion of the country in modern times and caused great disasters, was actually popularized among the subjects at this time.The Mongols did not receive such an education, so they were as fierce as tigers and kept making progress.

In this way, the death of the Southern Song Dynasty was not injustice.Those who do not strive for progress will be surpassed sooner or later.

Zhao Dongting wanted to change, but he had to change slowly, subtly.People's thinking is actually the most difficult thing to control.

Therefore, although Zhao Dongting is the emperor, he has to act according to the original ancient law, which is his helplessness.

Just half a month before the New Year's Eve, Zhao Dongting set off from Pingnan County.

Around him are only the flying dragon soldiers, and those masters of the Wudingtang who have just been established.

But Zhao Dongting stayed in Pingnan with the Forbidden Army and Guards in front of the palace.

There are still many things to deal with in Guangxi, such as persuading the soldiers to surrender, gathering the common people, recruiting volunteers, masters of the rivers and lakes, etc., all the generals headed by Wen Tianxiang can only stay in Pingnan, acting as Zhao Dongting with full authority, and deal with the incidents arising from the issuance of the three orders. practical problems.

When the sky was just turning pale, Zhao Dongting led hundreds of people to the gate of Pingnan County.

On this trip back to Leizhou, he didn't want to make a big fuss, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Wen Tianxiang and others sent the chariot to the gate of the city, and bid farewell to Zhao Dongting.

Zhang Ru, Le Wuhui and Zhao Dongting were sitting in the chariot together.Surrounded by Zhao Da, Zhao Hu and other flying dragon soldiers, as well as those Wu Dingtang masters guarding them.

Up to now, there are 47 masters who have joined Wu Ding Tang.Although there are no top experts among them, there are indeed those with outstanding skills.

Seeing the sky getting brighter, Zhao Da waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go!"

Hundreds of people flattered each other and walked towards Leizhou without haste.

Inside the chariot, Zhao Dongting suddenly smiled and said: "Senior, I don't know how the little girl Le Wu is doing now?"

Not to mention, after leaving Leizhou for such a long time, now thinking of Yuewu and Yinger, he really feels warm in his heart, and he is looking forward to going back.

Le Wuhui also showed a soft smile in his eyes, and said: "That girl is heartless, what else can she do?"

Zhao Dongting laughed and said, "Haha, senior, if Le Wu knows that you say that about her, he will definitely pull your beard."

Le Wuhui also laughed out loud, noncommittal.

……

Four days passed so quickly, and the group arrived at Bobai County, Yulin Prefecture, south of Guangnan West Road.

According to this speed of travel, it will take another six days or so to reach Haikang County, Leizhou.

At this time, there were only ten days left before the end of the year.

When the night was dark, under Zhao Dongting's order, hundreds of people stopped marching and set up camp at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone just ate dry food to deal with them. There were flying dragon soldiers fetching water from a stream not far away. After Zhao Dongting washed up, he read the book of war again in the chariot.

He felt that he still had a lot of shortcomings and didn't want to waste any time.

Time passed slowly, and all the flying dragon soldiers and Wudingtang masters gradually fell asleep, leaving only a few bonfires, and more than ten people kept vigil.

The night wind passed by slowly, and it was a bit mysterious.

Today is not peaceful.

In the middle of the night, there was a sound of horseshoes, and it was getting closer and closer, coming straight to the place where Zhao Dongting and the others camped.

The flying dragon soldiers on guard at night stood up from the campfire and shouted: "Be alert! Be alert!"

All the soldiers and Wu Dingtang masters who were sleeping in the camp woke up in an instant, and the original snoring disappeared in an instant.

Zhao Dongting wasn't asleep yet, seeing Le Wuhui turn over and get up, both of them had deep expressions.

Zhao Dongting said: "Senior, who do you think it is?"

Le Wuhui's ears trembled slightly, and after a few seconds, he said, "The sound of horseshoes is messy, it should not be the army."

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting put down the book of war in his hand, "I heard that bandits and bandits are rampant in Yulin Prefecture, maybe we can see it tonight."

"what?"

As he said that, his eyes suddenly shone brightly, "Senior, if it's really a bandit, can you let me try my hand at it?"

Now that his internal energy is small, his swordsmanship has also improved, and he has realized the meaning of the sword, but he also wants to try the taste of fighting with people.

Thinking about leading the flying dragon soldiers to attack the camp that night, I was scared at the time, but now that I think about it, I feel a little excited.

Zhao Dongting knew very well in his heart that masters can't be cultivated just by practicing.Only actual combat can make swordsmanship mastery.

Le Wuhui pondered slightly, and said: "If there is no strong person among the bandits, it's okay for the emperor to try, and the old man will be by your side when the time comes."

While they were talking, the sound of horseshoes had reached the camp, and then suddenly stopped.

The snorting of horses could be heard in the night wind.

All the flying dragon soldiers are on alert.

Zhao Dongting opened the curtain of the car, and saw a lot of torches outside, roughly counting, there must be hundreds of them, obviously the other side has a lot of people.

Zhao Da shouted outside the chariot: "Who are you waiting for?"

One of the knights shouted loudly: "I'm a hero on the windshield mountain next to you. You people pass by my territory and don't even say hello. Are you looking for death?"

"hero?"

Zhao Da laughed wildly, "Just you mobs, how dare you call yourself a hero?"

He is now the commander of the Flying Dragon Army, and he has charged countless times in the army. His vision is high, so naturally he will not take these bandits seriously.

"How brave!"

The bandit leader yelled angrily, and the bandits next to him cursed even more, saying all sorts of harsh words, and pointed their bows and arrows at the soldiers of the Feilong Army and the masters of the martial arts hall who were waiting in full force.

"drink!"

Naturally, the Feilong soldiers raised their shields without fear.

Those masters of Wudingtang had a leisurely demeanor, and they didn't take these mere bandits to heart.

It is true that there are masters among the bandits, but they are very few. Most of them are desperate people.

Seeing how tough they were, the bandits froze a bit.

Beside the bandit leader, a man with the appearance of a dog-headed military division said softly: "Boss, the idea is hard, I'm afraid it will hurt your hands. These people look like soldiers."

The bandit leader was also uncertain, but when he turned his head to look at the hundreds of people behind him, there was an unconcealable greed in his eyes.

He said in a low voice: "There is that expert following the Lao Tzu, and the Lao Tzu may not be able to beat them. The expert said that this chariot carried countless treasures, and he only wants the lives of these people, and the treasure belongs to us. As long as we rob those Treasure, how many people do I want to attract?"

When the dog-headed military master heard the word "master", his eyes narrowed slightly, showing a look of extreme fear.

That person broke into their cottage alone, but killed them all terrified.

That long sword left an indelible mark on the hearts of all the bandits and him.

Thinking of this, he dared not say any more.If you don't fight with this team, even that person will kill him too.

He looked vaguely towards the back of the horse team.

In the slightly dim light of the fire, there was an extremely stern face looming.

If Zhao Dongting and Le Wuhui saw it, they would recognize it, this face was Li Ge again.

He has not given up on assassinating Zhao Dongting.

(End of this chapter)