People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 415 The hope of the kingdom of God, the hometown of death

Some people look very thin and flimsy. Only by measuring with your own hands can you know how amazing it is.

In the darkness, the restless wind completely quieted down unknowingly.

"Then do you know what the Kingdom of God is?" Li Xuan put her arms behind her head, looking at the darkness above, wondering what she was thinking.

He Qing'er's soft voice sounded in Li Xuan's right ear: "For good and evil, the goddess of Taiyin. Joy and sorrow, all return to dust. Pity me, the world, and ascend to the kingdom of God forever. Pity me, the world, and ascend to the kingdom of God forever."

She was very close, Li Xuan hugged her into his arms, and then said softly: "The Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of God. In Shangshu, Chunqiu, Zuo Zhuan, Mu Tianzi Biography, Shiji Zhao Family and many other ancient biographies In the book, there was a record of a god named Queen Mother of the West, and her kingdom of gods."

It is built on a tree without branches, standing without shadows. There are ladders to go up and down the sky and the earth. There are Yuyuan where the sunset rests. The kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West surrounded by ferocious guards and surrounded by weak waters that are invincible.

"The queen is imitating the sages, but the times have changed, and she understands it herself, but she is still struggling."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, she closed her eyes lightly, and immediately, a new vision appeared in front of her eyes.

……

The crescent moon was like silk, and on the pitch-black mountain road, a violent fire suddenly broke out.

Outside a small village on the side of the mountain road, shadows and invisible figures were running back and forth, throwing torches towards the already burning cottage from time to time, as if they would never stop until the cottage was burned to ashes.

Behind them, a group of villagers were driven aside.

The older woman was sobbing softly, holding the young child and luggage.

The head of their family looked at them with an ugly face.

Although they had knives in their hands, they didn't dare to hand them to the guy in red and gold armor.

It wasn't until the cottage was completely burned to ashes that Zhou Gan, the leader, walked in front of everyone.

"Who is in charge, come forward and speak."

"Little old Nan Shi, I have met Shangguan." An old man in sackcloth but already gray-haired, Nan Shi, walked forward tremblingly, cupped his hands at Zhou Gan, looked at him carefully, and asked: " Commander, I don't know what I'm waiting for..."

"You have three choices. First, I will return to Meiling Pass with Ben, and then I will be sent to Longyou for resettlement. Don't worry, there will be no shortage of land and real estate. Second, turn over the mountains and go to Tonglu. I will give you enough compensation and trouble; third, go down the mountain to Muzhou, that way, I will not give you anything, and you will think about it yourself."

Nan Shi and the villagers behind him looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhou Gan gave, although it seemed to be three answers, but in fact it was only one.

If you go to Muzhou, you will get nothing, and no one will choose it except for those who want to.

Going to Tonglu, although you can get enough compensation and money, but it is very far away from Tonglu, and the mountains and mountains are too far for women, old and weak.

So there is only one last option left, which is to go to Meiling Pass and be sent to Longyou for resettlement.

Over the years, they have gained a lot of money from business travelers by relying on this mountain road, but there is no school or land behind them.

Everything has to be bought outside, and the price is very expensive.

Although there is not much worry in continuing to live here, their intrinsic wealth has not increased much, and they have no future.

In normal times, if they want to move outside, there is no door.

Even if there is a chance, real estate, land, everything needs to be repurchased.

The key issue is household registration. Without household registration, even if they have money, it is a lot of trouble to buy land and real estate.

Now the government has finally given a way...

"Let's go to Longyou. If there is land, we will go to Longyou." The opinions of many villagers present tend to be unanimous.

Inside, there were three or five people with gloomy faces, and they never spoke.

"There must be some fields." Zhou Gan paused for a while, then looked at the crowd, and said with a gentle smile: "So, is there anyone going to other places?"

When Zhou Gan said a word, everyone present immediately fell silent.

Some people carefully looked at those few people who had not spoken; some people didn't even dare to look.

"Since no one has spoken." Zhou Gan smiled, and then said, "Let the arrow!"

Shoot arrows?

The villagers in front of Zhou Qian stopped immediately, but before they could react, several crossbow arrows were fired directly, and in a blink of an eye they had already penetrated into the chests of those who hadn't spoken just now.

"Bang bang!" Several people fell to the ground at the same time.

There was a sound of "ding ding ding", and the daggers hidden in the sleeves fell to the ground one after another.

"Throw it in and burn it." Zhou Gan's face immediately became indifferent.

With a wave of his hand, the Qianniuwei behind immediately stepped forward and threw the corpses into the fire one by one.

"Zhang Huan!" Zhou Gan yelled, and Zhang Huan, who was a little thin, immediately walked up, cupped his hands and said, "Get ready."

"Take them back to Meiling Pass overnight."

"Follow the order!" Zhang Huan immediately took two Qianniuwei under his command and led the people on the scene towards Limeiling Pass.

Zhou Gan didn't stay where he was, he turned around and took the remaining Qianniuwei with him, heading towards the depths of the avenue.

They're going to clean out every rest area on the avenue.

Strong walls and clear fields.

……

On the northwest side, on the dark peak.

Ye Wanwan and Zhang Wanyu frowned as they looked at the flames burning on the mountain path, their faces were terribly stinky.

"They want me to teach the army to not get any supplies on the entire road. For two days, without any supplies, even if they reach the Meiling Pass, they will not have much strength left... At that time, they will take advantage of it. If the army launches a surprise attack when its foothold is not stable, the army will immediately suffer a disastrous defeat." Zhang Wanyu clenched her fists tightly, and the ambition of King Nanchang was clearly revealed.

"Kill them all, as long as they are all killed, then King Nanchang's plan will no longer be carried out." Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu with a serious expression.

With the strength of the two of them, as long as they find out the location of the ambush, and then make a surprise attack in one fell swoop, they can kill the dozen or so people in Zhou Gan immediately.

"It's not that simple." Zhang Wanyu shook her head slightly, pointing to Zhou Qian and the others who were walking northward with torches, and said coldly: "Look, although the two sides they are walking in are dark, but there are other people in between. People are lurking, and if we act rashly, we are likely to trap ourselves in it."

"Is this a trap?" Ye Wanwan immediately understood, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhang Wanyu raised her head, looked at the crescent moon in the sky above her head, and her eyes fell on the dark mountains farther away.

"Since we were defeated at Meiling Pass, Qianniuwei and Kuaiji government soldiers have been chasing and killing our people. Up to now, there are probably not many people left who have escaped from Meiling Pass." Zhang Wanyu As he spoke, he clenched his teeth involuntarily.

"What is the king of Nanchang doing? For us, is it worth it for him to torment his own people?" Ye Wanwan once stayed in Luoyang, so she naturally knew how arrogant and domineering those Qianniuwei were.

Now let them make such a fuss for a few fugitives, and they are actually willing.

"No, he's trying to surround us, prevent us from joining the Muzhou hall, and prevent their information from being conveyed to the Muzhou side in advance." Zhang Wanyu saw through Li Xuan's real plan at a glance.

"Are you talking about those crossbows and catapults?" Ye Wanwan immediately realized.

The reason why they retreated in defeat at Meiling Pass this time was mainly because they hadn't estimated the crossbow and trebuchet in Li Xuan's hands.

These two things, one in front of the other, hundreds of elite soldiers under them were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

If the coming reinforcements are not prepared for this now, it is hard to say that they will not repeat the same mistakes.

"More than that, there are more things hidden in it. The attacking order of the Wuzhou army under the King of Nanchang, the display of combat power, and his personal tactical layout. These are all things I didn't see when I fought with him before." Zhang Wanyu Frowning, he said uncertainly: "I don't know why, but there is always a feeling that he used the means of studying people's hearts in the confrontation of the army."

"Hallmaster is right." Ye Wanwan nodded solemnly, and said in agreement, "The King of Nanchang has never been a master of military formation. He has always played with people's hearts, just like the battle in Zhoucheng."

"People's hearts, people's hearts." Zhang Wanyu kept chewing these two words.

"Those on the mountain road just now, in addition to being tired, will also make people more impetuous. If they are pushed to the limit, there is no need for Nanchang King to send people. Our people will rush up by themselves, exhausted, but impetuous. shot..."

Thinking of this scene, what Ye Wanwan said, even she couldn't help shivering.

Zhang Wanyu on the opposite side frowned even tighter at this time.

Li Xuan, who saw all this through Ye Wanwan's eyes, couldn't help but feel a little amused.

Although it is true that schemes and conspiracies are calculating people's hearts, the way of killing on the battlefield is completely different from political conspiracies.

Political concealment calculates the power in the officialdom, but the way of killing on the battlefield calculates the right time and place and the harmony of people.

The human heart only accounts for a part of it, the right time and place, plus the use of battlefield equipment.

Once the struggle in the political and official circles fails, there is no small chance of a comeback, but if you don't pay attention to the killing on the battlefield, blood will flow into rivers immediately.

Even for a veteran on the battlefield as strong as Xue Rengui, if he fails, he will immediately be ashamed of being defeated by Dafeichuan.

Killing on the battlefield is more dangerous than political struggle.

Li Xuan deliberately guided Ye Wanwan to speak in terms of people's hearts, leading them into the wrong path intentionally or unintentionally.

After all, killing people on the battlefield is also very important to calculate people's hearts.

Whether it is Guo Jia or Zhuge Liang, they are all masters of calculating people's hearts.

Li Xuan doesn't count, he doesn't even count as touching the edge now.

In the entire Wuzhou, among the people he met now, in Li Xuan's opinion, there are only two people who are really masters in calculating people's hearts.

One is the governor Wang Fanglin, and the other is Qian Zhe from the Qian family.

Although one of these two people was assassinated and the other was crushed and couldn't move, it was actually more of a struggle between them.

Among them, Li Xuan just played the role of a seesaw.

As for the Tianyin Sect, I am afraid that only the Tianyin Sect leader, the empress, is considered one.

For others, Wen Fuzhi might be able to, but Li Xuan has not seen his methods yet.

And in the short term, Wen Fuzhi's opponent is not Li Xuan, but Yuan Jiazuo, governor of Hangzhou.

"We have to find a way to notify Luo Yongjie as soon as possible, otherwise he will bring someone to kill me, and he will be in trouble." Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu with a hint of anxiety on her face.

"It's late, he will lead people out in the morning of the next day, do you think we can remind him in the morning of the next day under the current situation?" Zhang Wanyu's words made her hide behind Ye Wanwan's back Li Xuan's face suddenly darkened.

Instead, Ye Wanwan who was standing opposite Zhang Wanyu was dumbfounded when she heard it.

Reminding people, isn't it enough to remind the other party before they arrive at Meiling Pass? Why should they be reminded before departure?
"Because once we set off, even if Luo Yongjie knows about Nanchang King's plan, at most he won't be taken advantage of by him. I'm afraid it's not as good as taking Meiling Pass back, so it's too late to remind Luo Yongjie now. , we must find Fang Fengjin."

Zhang Wanyu pointed out the person she didn't want to see the most during this time.

Fang Fengjin, Fang Yunxiu's elder brother, Fang Liyong's father, Lin Jie's cousin and brother-in-law.

The head of the Muzhou Church of Tianyin Sect, the real leader of the first church in Tianyin.

The biggest enemy that Li Xuan had to face in this battle of Muzhou.

"Then what should we do to contact Hall Master Fang?" Ye Wanwan looked at Zhang Wanyu with a worried look on her face.

Zhang Wanyu's eyes flashed: "Go to Longyou and use the carrier pigeons there to send messages."

(End of this chapter)