The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 811 Female Bodhisattva, give the poor monk a knife
In order to prevent the soldiers from being defeated by the Sui army, Langri Zanpu did not return directly to the barracks, but waited for the remnants of the troops who had withdrawn from Jishiguan to join forces. Go south.

Langri Zanpu looked at this mighty army, but he couldn't be happy at all. This time he went to the Sui Dynasty, almost all the main forces and all the warriors who were able to fight in Tubo were gathered. More than 20 elite soldiers sound very majestic. But it was precisely because of this large army that Tubo became the king on the plateau, killing Supi and Dangxiang to destroy the country, surrendering Tuyuhun, and making Xiangxiong, Nuerguo, and Bolu retreat step by step.

But after this battle, nearly 20 warriors were beheaded by Yang Tong in a dignified way, and then 4 warriors were killed in Doma Town by Lun Keer. , I lost more than 16 soldiers, and then Lu Dongzan's [-] elite soldiers were wiped out. In addition to my own soldiers lost at Jishiguan, there are only [-] of the more than [-] elite soldiers in Tubo , and about [-] of his own soldiers, that is to say, Tubo lost as many as [-] warriors.

This is tantamount to disabling the main force of Tubo. Although there are still more than [-] elite soldiers, they can still rule the roost on the plateau, but not only Xiangxiong, Nueruo, and Bolu have lost their suppression, even the internal opposition forces may They are about to get up and make trouble, and with the covetous Sui Dynasty, Tubo will probably be a man with his tail between his legs in the coming time.

The important thing is that only about half of the [-] to [-] coalition soldiers who went to Jishi Pass came back to gather, which means that the other half were either dead or captured by the Sui army. In terms of military strength, they had lost their absolute advantage; As for the morale of the army, following successive defeats, the entire army was in great turmoil.

Looking at the generals with dejected faces, Langri Zanpu believes that not only these people, but all the soldiers in the army have already promoted their ambition to fight again at this moment.

What's worse is that Yang Tong has already sent troops to attack the empty Luoqie. With the full support of the Xiangxiong Kingdom, they may not be able to keep the Wangcheng Luoqie he envisioned. He only hopes that the royal family can escape.

"Everyone go back to the barracks first, and retreat early tomorrow morning." Langri Zanpu glanced at Jishiguan, which had been reoccupied by the Sui army. He didn't know what kind of tone he said this sentence. The power seemed to be drained in an instant.

Now the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the generals have no intention of retiring. Although such a retreat will cause Tubo to completely lose its momentum to compete with the Sui Dynasty for decades, Tubo is beset internally and externally, and the flames of war have raged domestically. If you stay, everyone will definitely explain it here. This battle.

Yang Tong, who has won many battles and won victories, has become a lingering nightmare for the Tubo people. Even Langri Zanpu has the idea of ​​not daring to be an enemy, let alone ordinary soldiers, so he can only retreat and retreat.With this army in hand, Tubo still has some power to protect itself, but if all the soldiers and horses are wiped out, then Tubo is really doomed!

For the current plan, we can only take this remnant army back to Tuyuhunji Yucheng, and after reuniting with the mother, and then in the name of revenge from the Sui Dynasty, Murong Xiaojun, who was already terrified to the extreme, bewitched to go to Tubo, so as to realize the annexation of Tuyuhun The purpose of military power and national power.

As the king of Tubo, Langri Zanpu was deeply worried about the future of Tubo. He had no choice but to abandon Subi, Dangxiang, Bailanqiang and other places, and retreat to his hometown in Shannan, silently licking the wounds after the war.

"Zanpu, I don't know when a large herd of cattle appeared at the Nanshan Pass, blocking our way." A soldier came from the south and reported to Langri Zanpu.

"Cow? Where did the cow come from?"

Somehow, hearing that there was a large herd of cattle, Lang Zanpu subconsciously felt that these soldiers were hungry and dazzled.

If you think about it, everyone can't eat well, sleep well, have fought for so many days in a row, and have been soaked in heavy rain for so long, it's normal for them to be dazzled by hunger.

"Quick, shoot those cows." Chu Suiliang on the side felt bad. The Sui Dynasty would go to the grasslands to plunder every now and then. , As a result, this method of warfare was used badly by the Sui army. Now when the Tang army meets the Sui army, it is the first defense against fine cavalry, the second defense against crossbows, and the third defense against fire horses.

As soon as the herd of cattle appeared, Chu Suiliang guessed that the formation of fire cattle was coming.

"Are you hungry, sir?" Langri Zanpu said cheerfully, "The cow that was shot still had a lot of blood. This beef is not good, but the beef that has been drained of blood is delicious."

Chu Suiliang said dumbfoundedly: "No... the Sui army plans to let the fire cow charge..."

"what?"

Langri Zanpu was startled. Based on the time, the Sui army might have killed it.

That being the case, regardless of whether the cattle were arranged by the Sui army or not, they must be killed.

"Boom"

Just when the coalition forces stopped and were about to shoot the cattle, a pile of boulders suddenly rolled down from the nearby cliff, blocking the way forward. It was too far away to see clearly, but I saw a little bit of fire lighting up on the mountain, and a distinctive big bald head stood out among the crowd.

Using this big bald head as a reference, the squinting Langri Zanpu's eyes stopped on the person next to the bald head.Looking at the man in the eye-catching armor, Langri Zanpu seemed to have difficulty breathing.

Sui Emperor Yang Tong?

Langri Zanpu gritted his teeth and looked at the man who single-handedly pulled Tubo from glory to abyss, secretly cursing and swore in his heart that as long as Langri Zanpu survived, one day Yang Tong would have to pay a hundred times the price.

It's just that Langri Zanpu, who was paying attention to Yang Tong, didn't notice that they were in the narrow passage in front of Jishi Pass, where Wang Fubao had ambushed the former Lv Wu of the little Wang of Tuyuhun, The stone rain wiped out the [-] Tuyuhun soldiers headed by Lu Wu. He saw that the terrain here was dangerous and it was the only way for Tuyuhun to go north, so Li Shimo chose a place to build Jishi Pass.

And the person Langri Zanpu saw was indeed Yang Tong.

The big bald man next to him is naturally the great master Xuanzang, who was unsuccessful in smuggling. Inspired by Yang Tong, he not only gave up the road of going to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and seek scriptures, but also went further and further on the road of first becoming a demon and then becoming a Buddha. farther and farther.

They traveled eastward all the way, not only to wipe out the stragglers who were in charge of intercepting, but also to bypass many twists and turns. On the contrary, the journey was slower than Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Du Ruhui and the others, until they saw the beacon smoke everywhere, Yang Tong abandoned his heavy soldiers and went into battle with fine cavalry and light clothes. He used the golden eagle to get in touch with Shui Tianji, and he was relieved when he learned that Tubo had retreated. The elite soldiers went to break the camp of the coalition army, and he personally led more than [-] people to set up an ambush here.

The Tubo people also fled towards the south as planned, which gave Yang Tong a chance to wipe them out in one fell swoop. Seeing the chaos in the coalition army from a distance, Yang Tong waved his hand fiercely.

The soldiers of the Sui Army threw torches into the oil-drenched cattle one after another. Those flames rose into the sky, like stars under the night, and fell into the cattle one after another.

"boom"

After a short period of silence, the fire ignited among the cattle in an instant. Two bulls and many burning fire bulls ran wildly at the mountain pass. After they ran into each other and killed dozens of them with nowhere to go, they rushed towards the coalition forces one after another. Running wildly from here, they rushed into the army formation in an instant. At this time, Langri Zanpu's order had just been issued. Before the troops who stopped marching could react, they were rushed into the crowd by a large group of fire bulls. The bull ran amok among the crowd and turned the people killed by the army on their backs.

"Go down the mountain and kill the enemy!" Seeing that the enemy army was in chaos, Yang Tong gave the order to attack.He also felt quite regretful in his heart, because of the torrential rain today, and the lack of preparation in a hurry, otherwise, a big fire would end the battle, so why would the soldiers go down the mountain to kill the enemy?
"Kill the enemy!"

Almost at the same time, Yin Mingyue and Wang Xiongdan, who were lurking on the mountain ridges on both sides, each led five thousand soldiers to kill them down the mountain. Although the number was not many, but it was so late that the coalition soldiers could not see how many people there were on the other side. A group of bulls with raging fire rammed into the army, and the army formation was smashed to pieces. For a while, they felt that there were enemy troops in all directions.

"The whole army turned around and recaptured Jishiguan"

Langri Zanpu commanded the army to fly northward, this is their only way of life at the moment, although there are Sui troops at Jishi Pass, but there is still a mountain of corpses in front of the pass, they can completely take the pass and go northward like in the daytime, avoiding the unknown number of people Geometric Yang Tong.

But at this moment, how could the soldiers of the coalition forces who had already fallen into a panic hear the order?They only feel that there are enemies everywhere, and anyone they consider a threat has become the target of their swords.

In an instant, brutal killings permeated this valley, and the soldiers of the coalition army who killed each other abounded, and the strong smell of blood continued to permeate and spread.

Xuanzang clasped his palms together and recited in a low voice: "Namo Amitabha..."

"Pa" Yang Tong slapped his bald head with a crisp sound, interrupting Xuanzang who was about to chant sutras.

"Why did your majesty beat the poor monk?" Xuanzang looked at Yang Tong innocently.

Yang Tong smiled, looked at him and said, "Did I hit you?"

"Who is it if it's not you?" Xuanzang looked at Yang Tong angrily. In such a short few days, his bald head had been knocked many times, as if his head had grown bigger.

Yang Tong didn't give him a chance to speak, and said: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, after practicing the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, he can see that all five aggregates are empty, and he can overcome all hardships. Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, Emptiness is form, and it is also the same when it is perceived and thought. Shariputra, it is the empty appearance of all dharmas, neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor clean, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, there is no color in the air..."

As soon as a piece of "Heart Sutra" came out, Xuanzang was stunned.

He stayed where he was, his heart beat faster, his tongue was so stiff that he couldn't speak, why would he think of chanting scriptures?
"This is??"

Xuanzang lost his composure and asked loudly.

You must know that there is no translation at this time, and what Yang Tong recited was the translation translated by Xuanzang after he returned from Tianzhu.

But Xuanzang couldn't even go to Tianzhu at this time, and the Sui Dynasty didn't even have the "Heart Sutra", let alone such a superb and complete version?

How could this not shock Xuanzang?
"It's called the Heart Sutra." Yang Tong looked at the creator and asked, "Do you know what it means?"

"It means that there are many things in the world, and life is short. You should cherish what you have in front of you. You should not complain about the sky and the earth, fight back and forth, and don't be greedy for too many things that don't belong to you. As long as you have good thoughts in your heart and a Buddha in your heart, everything else will be fine. It's the past...I don't know if what the poor monk said is correct? Please ask the Holy One to clarify."

After Xuanzang finished speaking, he looked at Yang Tong expectantly.

It's like seeing a mentor in life.

Do not know why.

This "Heart Sutra" is very familiar, as if it is deeply engraved in my heart, but I don't even know it.

"That's a good answer, but what you're talking about is just appearance." Yang Tong said, "It actually has a deeper meaning. 'Form is emptiness, emptiness is form' refers to the chaos in the world, everything is nothingness, and nothing exists. .”

"This..." Xuanzang felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put it into words.

Yang Tong reminded: "Close your eyes, and hit your forehead hard."

Without further ado, Xuanzang hit his own head hard with a bang.

For an instant, the world was quiet!
"What did you hear? What did you see?" Yang Tong looked at Xuanzang desperately holding back a smile!
"I heard a buzzing, but I couldn't see anything...it was chaos..." Xuanzang staggered as if drunk:

"It's right to feel the chaos, this is the origin of the world. Now you look down the mountain."

"A cruel battlefield."

"It's fake."

Everyone present was stunned, it was obviously a war, how could it be fake?

But Xuanzang, who knocked himself almost fainted, seemed to understand something.

Then I heard Yang Tong say to Xuanzang: "The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always wipe it diligently, so as not to stir up dust."

"The minds of all living beings are like spotless bright mirrors. They constantly observe themselves and cannot let dirt obscure their bright nature. Amitabha, this is the way of poor monks seeking Buddha." Xuanzang showed a touch of tenderness. laugh.

"This is the lowest state." Yang Tong retorted Xuanzang back, and then said: "Bodhi does not have a tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, where can the dust be aroused?"

Yang Tong finished speaking.

Xuanzang smiled even more gently.

Yes!

The world is in chaos and there is nothing.

How can there be dust, how can it be possible to be infected with dust?

He clasped his hands together in conviction: "Amitabha! Your Majesty, the poor monk understands."

"What did you understand?" Yang Tong became curious.

"There are neither Sui people nor Tubo people in the world, so if you kill, you don't kill, if you don't kill, you kill!"

When Xuanzang looked at the battlefield again, he no longer felt uncomfortable, as if it should be like this.

"Awesome, I realized it so quickly." Yang Tong admired.

"Thank you, the Holy One, for enlightening the poor monk to emptiness."

"That's right, you Wukong."

Yang Tong pointed to the valley where the sounds of killing were loud, "What do you think it looks like?"

"Hell, hell on earth."

"What about Luoyang?"

"Compared to here, Luoyang is heaven."

"So!" Yang Tong laughed and said, "I just said that day 'I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell'."

"The Holy One is planning to turn all the war-torn hells into a paradise like Luoyang?"

"'Only when all sentient beings are exhausted can one realize Bodhi. Hell is not empty, and one cannot become a Buddha'"

"Your Majesty is truly great." Xuanzang said in admiration.

"All beings in hell are suffering, I'm going to enlighten them." After Yang Tong finished speaking, he carried the Tiantian lance and led the Xuanjia army down the slope. With a bit of desolate beauty, it went straight towards Langri Zanpu. The golden eagle soared in the sky, and kept making clear and crisp calls, indicating the direction for Yang Tong, and occasionally swooping down, like a steel-like mouth. Citron easily pierced the eyeballs of the Tubo soldiers.

"In order for the Tubo people to lay down their butcher knives and become Buddhas immediately, the holy majesty did not hesitate to kill. It is so merciful, Amitabha Buddha!" ​​On the mountain, Xuanzang said with a smile on his face.

"..." The Asura guards who guarded him only had distorted expressions, feeling that the monk had beaten him stupid.

"Bodhisattvas, can you give the poor monk a knife?"

"Why?" Shura Wei looked at the monk warily.

Xuanzang smiled shyly, and said with some embarrassment: "The poor monk also wants to save the Tibetans, so that they can become Buddhas immediately, so that they can get some merit."

"Can you kill people?"

"I have learned the six arts of a gentleman, and my swordsmanship seems to be pretty good," Xuanzang said.

"Give!"

A Shura guard handed him a horizontal knife, and then went down the mountain together to meet a group of defeated troops.

Xuanzang held a sharp horizontal knife and stabbed at the spear. He grabbed the spear with his left hand and pulled the Tubo soldier's body to his side. Then Xuanzang's right horizontal knife was on the opponent's neck. Swipe lightly.

The eyes of several Asura guards brightened.

The monk's posture of slaughtering people is actually more skilled than them.

"Hell is too bitter, die early and become a Buddha early, Amitabha!" Xuanzang grabbed a spear that had been stabbed, and then used the previous method to swipe it lightly, chopping it off the horse.

Such an understatement.

Killed several people.

. . . . . . .

However, Langri Zanpu was heartbroken when he saw the Sui army coming from the mountain, and frantically urged his horses to rush towards Jishiguan.

However, when he got close, a chill came to his heart, not to mention the city gate was closed, even the mountain of corpses was demolished.

However, when he led his troops to the north, the wounded soldiers had already been dismantled, and he planned to let his comrades go to the ground for peace.

It's just that when he withdrew his troops in a hurry, he had no time to take care of it, and instinctively thought that the path of corpses was still there.

When the defenders closed and saw the enemy returning, they threw stones down one after another. The dense stones splashed coquettish blood flowers among the dense crowd, and the coalition soldiers fell in pieces.

In a short time, Yang Tong, Yin Mingyue, Wang Xiongdan, Cheng Chumo and the others had already led their troops to catch up. Yang Tong grabbed a horse, and with the splitting spear in his palm, he stirred up the situation and sent thousands of troops into battle. The soldiers of the coalition army ran away with their heads in their hands, and everyone shouted while killing: "The surrender will not be killed!"

The Tuyuhun soldiers who could understand Chinese had no intention of fighting. Hearing this, they threw away their weapons and ran to the side. Many Tubo soldiers who could not understand Chinese also saw that the Sui army did not kill these people, and also followed suit by throwing away their weapons. , ran aside.

Yang Tong also ignored these soldiers who had lost their fighting spirit, but led his army across and killed the stubborn enemy soldiers.

Seeing more and more soldiers giving up resistance, Langri Zanpu was mad with hatred, but he didn't dare to stay for long. Instead, he found an empty place and turned south under the protection of a group of personal guards.

Wang Xiongdan was about to pursue him, but he saw that Yang Tong had already caught up from behind, "Don't chase after them, first collect these captives and bring them into Jishi Pass!"

"Your Majesty, Langri Zanpu and Murong Xiaojun are the big bosses of Tubo and Tuyuhun. If we go back to the mountains, we will suffer endless disasters!" Wang Xiongdan said hastily.

"Don't worry, they won't make it through tonight!" Yang Tong sneered, and asked Wang Xiongdan to recruit the soldiers, led Yin Mingyue and Cheng Chumo to order an army, and turned around to chase after him.

(End of this chapter)