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

Chapter 440 True: Calling the Wind and the Rain

It's rare to see the Wei's Mansion, the gate guard at Meiling Pass, completely clean.

There is a cup of fragrant tea in front of Li Xuan's table, and he is holding a book of Spring and Autumn in his hand. He seems to be studying it carefully, but if you look directly into his eyes, you can find that in the depths of the eyeballs, another world is spinning. .

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In the Tianyin Sect's camp, Ye Wanwan watched Fang Fengjin laughing and being surrounded by the crowd into the middle tent, bowed her head and met with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Fang Fengjin is not this kind of character.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Fang Fengjin's expression suddenly turned cold.

Sitting on the high seat, Fang Fengjin looked at everyone with a murderous look: "Everyone, tell me how you were defeated in the previous battle. Today, I can't say one, two, three, everyone, it is inevitable that you will be injured on your neck." I'm going to get stabbed."

In a word, the atmosphere in the entire camp was suddenly frighteningly cold.

Fang Fengjin swept across the crowd, and finally looked at Xu Shan with a sneer: "Xu Shan, tell me first!"

Xu Shan stood up a little uneasy, and clasped his hands to defend, "General, it's not that we are incompetent, but the king of Nanchang has the ability to call wind and rain. How can we ordinary people win?"

"Call the wind and call the rain?" Xu Shan felt extremely funny for a moment, and was about to reprimand, but saw that everyone present bowed their heads silently and frowned: "Explain in detail!"

"Here!" Xu Shan hastily explained in detail what happened to him after he arrived.

"So, several times before and after, there was a strong wind, and then the army was defeated." Fang Fengjin's eyes were full of doubts, and finally he directly pointed out Ye Wanwan: "Call the wind and rain, saint, you may do it?"

Ye Wanwan immediately stood up, bowed her hands solemnly to Fang Yunjin, and said, "I would like to report to General Yangwei, that my subordinates are incapable of doing so."

Fang Fengjin was taken aback for a moment, glanced at Ye Wanwan, then waved her hand to signal her to sit down.

What Ye Wanwan learned in Tianyin Sect was not complete, and she didn't even know the names of many secret methods.

"General Mingwei!" Fang Fengjin looked at Zhang Wanyu.

Zhang Wanyu stood up, picked up a secret book from one side, asked the general at the side to pass it to Fang Fengjin, and said in a deep voice: "This is the secret book I just received today. The true preacher once fought against the King of Nanchang in Hongzhou. According to them, before that, Wang Gang of Nanchang came down from Longhu Mountain to pray for rain, and the rain lasted for three days and three nights."

Fang Fengjin's hand that was flipping through the secret book stopped suddenly, he raised his head dumbly, his eyes swept across the faces of everyone present, and he could clearly see the astonishment on everyone's faces.

The king of Nanchang actually possessed the supernatural power to call wind and rain, which is too unbelievable.

However, after carefully thinking about what happened these days, the people of the Tianyin Sect couldn't refute it all at once.

Fang Fengjin looked at Ye Wanwan again, and asked in a deep voice, "Saint, is there a way to stop it?"

"Yes!" Ye Wanwan's decisive words stunned everyone present.

Ye Wanwan looked at Fang Fengjin, and said directly: "According to the method of Taoism, find his altar and cut off the connection between him and the gods of heaven and earth."

Those words were not completely incomprehensible to the people present.

After all, Tianyin Sect is also one of the Taoist inheritances, and they also have many things.

"Then please leave this matter to the saint." Fang Fengjin nodded expressionlessly, and he didn't believe much in these things in his heart.

Ye Wanwan nodded calmly, then sat down again without any objection.

Ye Wanwan actually agreed to stop Li Xuan from calling the wind and calling the rain.

Seeing this scene, everyone present couldn't believe it for a while, even Zhang Wanyu couldn't help but turned to look at Ye Wanwan.

Although Tianyin Sect has many secret methods, Zhang Wanyu has never heard of the supernatural power that can call wind and rain, let alone a way to stop it.

Could it be that there is really something special about the inheritance of the saint?

Or is it just to reassure people?
Fang Yunjin looked at the people in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "Today, I will take a full day's rest. At the time of tomorrow, I will attack the city. I will take down the entire Meiling Pass in the first battle, strangle the king of Nanchang, and use his head to teach me how to go south to Muzhou." , Sacrifice the flag!"

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Li Xuan's eyes opened instantly, and it was another person who wanted to use his head to sacrifice the flag.

For a moment, Li Xuan didn't know whether to feel honored or amused.

But soon, Li Xuan's expression became serious.

When he came to the city wall, seeing Xu Jian and Yan Tao standing there, Li Xuan walked directly in front of them.

"My lord!" Yan Tao and Xu Jian cupped their hands at Li Xuan at the same time.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, then looked at the farthest line of sight, and then said in a deep voice: "You two, pay attention tonight, the other party may steal the city tonight, please be careful, this is not a mess enemy."

"Your official understands!" Xu Jian and Yan Tao shivered at the same time.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, then turned around and went down the city gate.

What he said just now was not false, even Zhang Wanyu dared to do something like a night raid, so why wouldn't Fang Fengjin do it.

Don't look at him saying that in front of Zhang Wanyu and Ye Wanwan, but he has enough strength to arrange these things without these two people himself.

What's more, even Zhang Wanyu began to suspect that something was wrong with one of her subordinates, why didn't Fang Fengjin doubt it.

Walking on the road in the city, Li Xuan greeted everyone gently, but what flashed through his mind was Fang Fengjin's Achilles' heel.

Fang Fengjin is the first hall master of Tianyin Sect. His loyalty and ability are second to none in the entire Tianyin Sect.

If Wen Fuzhi didn't have a special status, he might not be able to match Shang Fengjin in many aspects.

This is also the reason why Zhang Wanyu and Fang Yunxiu got engaged,
The two major forces within Tianyin Sect compromised and negotiated peace, but now, Fang Yunxiu is dead.

This in itself is a very delicate relationship. If Zhang Wanyu had another problem at this time, Fang Fengjin and Wen Fu would have to turn their faces.

If something goes wrong, then what kind of things will happen to a master like Zhang Wanyu at this time.

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The sky darkened unknowingly, and the north gate was completely silent, and it was not yet time to sneak attack and attack the city.

After dinner, Li Xuan went to rest very early.

Even when it was midnight, the shouts of killing outside the north gate failed to disturb him.

In the morning, the morning light shines on the earth.

Li Xuan rode on a tall horse, and walked slowly towards the north gate.

Above the city gate, there are many swords and guns, flags are flying, and blood is filled.

"My lord!" Yan Tao and Xu Jian saluted Li Xuan solemnly, the bloodshot eyes were clearly visible.

"Take your people down to rest. In the afternoon, you will bring them up for duty." Li Xuan waved her hand directly.

He knew very well about the night attack last night. The Tianyin Sect really sent a lot of masters to attack. If it wasn't for Yan Tao and Xu Jian, these two, a former soldier Cao Canjun and a current school inspector Cao Canjun were there, maybe Something really happened last night.

"My lord!" Qiu Zhenmu and Zhou Shen stood on the other side, and they are the two who command the battle today.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, looking under the city wall, there were more than [-] corpses piled up there, all of them were worthy fighters in the Tianyin Sect.

The corpses of these people were scattered, most of them died ten meters away from the city wall, and several of them had touched the city wall with one hand.

Li Xuan looked at the position of the corpse on the ground with a look of solemnity on his face.

Just from the positions of these corpses, it can be seen that the Tianyin Sect has secretly prepared for a siege battle.

Killing heart is hot!

"Tap Tat Tat" a sound of horseshoes came from the end of the mountain road in the distance.

Fang Fengjin was riding on a tall horse, wearing a golden light armor, surrounded by dozens of riders behind him, all of them were young and strong in their 24s, each holding a long knife in their hands, and their faces were solemn.

Behind them, there are hundreds of soldiers with long swords in their left hands and square shields in their right hands. They are stepping forward one by one, and the shields in their hands may be inserted into the ground at any time.

A cavalryman suddenly passed Fang Fengjin, and quickly came to the place [-] steps ahead of the city gate, and shouted loudly: "General Fang Fengjin, under the command of Wu Yueyue, please come forward and answer the question."

Li Xuan pressed down the raised crossbow, then raised her head, and said calmly, "Head the leader of the rebels, Fang Fengjin, to come forward and answer."

Qiu Zhenmu was the first to react, took a step forward, and shouted loudly: "Order the traitor Fang Fengjin to come forward and listen to the training!"

Hearing these words, the expressions of all the Tianyin believers below couldn't help but change at the same time.

"Why does the king of Nanchang ask for this kind of advantage of tongue?" Fang Fengjin stepped forward slowly, and the faces of countless Tianyin believers behind him suddenly became gloomy.

Li Xuan pressed one hand on the wall, looked directly at Fang Fengjin, with a solemn expression: "This king calls you that, what's wrong?"

Fang Fengjin looked to the left and right, spread his hands, and raised his head: "We are just a group of miserable people. The helpless actions we do are all struggles between life and death. How can we call it a reverse word? Follow the sky to survive, go against the emperor and take your life."

In a word, the faces of the Tianyin Sect behind Fang Yunjin became extremely angry.

"Follow the heavens to survive, and go against the emperor to take your life." Li Xuan repeated Fang Yunjin's words, raised her head to look at the densely packed Tianyin disciples behind him, and twitched coldly: "It seems that you won't be able to survive this The cause of the matter is attributed to His Majesty, this king really doesn't know, what kind of brainless person would be deceived by such a big lie."

"A brainless person." Li Xuan's words made the noise of the Tianyin Sect below even more uproarious.

"Twenty years ago, Chen Shuozhen started an incident. Because of a catastrophe and the government raised taxes, this caused the people to live in dire straits, and the people had to fight to survive. You don’t even know, you’ve been deceived long ago.”

Li Xuan's voice was very cold, and his indifferent attitude made some sensible Tianyin believers suddenly calm down.

The noisy voice suddenly decreased until it gradually calmed down.

Fang Fengjin looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile, "Did the King of Nanchang come up with any good reason to deceive everyone?"

"Cheat, do you still need to cheat? Muzhou is now in your hands. Just go into the treasury and search for it, and take out the records of the year, and you will immediately fully understand the truth of the year."

Li Xuan leaned forward slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Before you started the incident, the taxes collected by the center from Muzhou were constant every year. There has always been a reduction in the reduction of natural grace, but no tax increase. It really oppresses you. It’s the local state capital, the county government, they secretly collect taxes from you that are not expected to be paid by you, and even impose taxes on you that the local rich and powerful families evade.”

Speaking of this, Li Xuan snorted coldly: "The total amount of taxes collected by the imperial court is constant every year, but the number of people paying taxes in Muzhou is reduced by half, so the remaining half people will naturally have to pay double the original taxes. The truth of the year."

You know, at that time, it was the first year of Gaozong Lizhi's accession to the throne, and there were not so many foreign wars.
Especially when he just succeeded to the throne, Li Zhi paid special attention to reducing the tax burden of farmers and strengthening agricultural policies such as irrigation projects, so how could he wantonly increase taxes.

"Is there any difference between the emperor's tax collection and the government's tax collection? Could it be that those people in the government government were not chosen by the emperor?" Fang Fengjin stared at Li Xuan coldly, his eyes were full of grief and indignation, and his eyes were full of sarcasm .

The Tianyin believers behind also clenched the knife in their hands immediately.

However, at this moment, Li Xuan on the city wall was calm and terrifying.

His eyes fixed on Fang Fengjin, but his words were like swords: "In this case, why did you choose a governor of the state capital who has been treating you harshly to be your leader after 20 years? Isn't he Is it the chief culprit that caused your tragic fate?"

"How cheap are you, that you choose a demon who bullies you, insults you, and even kills you at will to be your leader?"

(End of this chapter)