Legend of the Knight

The road back to Luoyang from the capital was not easy. The turmoil along the way greatly slowed down everyone's progress. Only now did everyone deeply feel a sense of desolation and national ruin.

After returning to Luoyang after a non-stop journey of thousands of miles, even though there was a psychological expectation of traveling all the way, the dilapidated scene in Luoyang still shocked everyone.

The Heavenly Dragon Cult has retreated on its own initiative, and Li Cangtian never thought of occupying this place for a long time. His purpose is very simple, which is to plunder.

Looting treasures, food, and population, all the resources that are in short supply in the Western Regions are the targets of his looting.

On the contrary, dead things like cities are worthless to Li Cangtian.

The current Luoyang City is like a monster whose sharp teeth tore open its flesh and blood, chewed it up, swallowed it, and pulled it out after digesting it.

Ruined, everything is ruined.

The white-flowered horse took small steps and led Huang Xiaoshi slowly into Luoyang City from the wide-open city gate.

On the straight street, Huang Xiaoshi saw a group of people picking up wood from the collapsed house to make a fire, and there was a big pot on the street, and something was cooking in the pot.

Huang Xiaoshi's eyesight is very good, he recognized at a glance what the wreckage was discarded by the pot, Huang Xiaoshi's heart sank to the bottom.

When returning along the way, Huang Xiaoshi was still harboring fantasies about how to negotiate with Li Cangtian.

No more talk.

Reality is not cartoons, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf can be friends.

Beasts that have eaten humans will never forget the taste of human flesh, and it is no longer possible for humans to get along with them in peace and harmony.

The Central Plains and the Heavenly Dragon Sect have only the life of immortality.

Those who heard the sound of horseshoes subconsciously shrunk their necks and hid in the nearby ruins, then turned around and raised their heads, looking at the comer with numb eyes.

Everyone lowered their heads when they saw the horse-fighting man wearing the clothes of Tianlongjiao.

"Master Shi, Master Shi is back!"

I don't know who yelled, but when everyone raised their heads again and saw that the golden-armored general on the horse turned out to be Huang Xiaoshi, their dull eyes burst into brilliance again.

Everyone dropped their belongings and rushed towards Huang Xiaoshi involuntarily. They surrounded Huang Xiaoshi's horse and kept crying to him.

……

"Father! Mother!!" Ximen Feng finally came back to his senses, he let out a wail, and galloped towards the direction of Tianjian Gate, and everyone else turned their horses and ran towards their own home.

"Amitabha." Wuming said to Huang Xiaoshi, "Master Huang, the poor monk is leaving for Shaolin. If Shaolin Temple is still there, try to find a way to bring some food."

Because it is cheaper to buy a large amount of grain during the autumn harvest, Shaolin Temple will buy a large amount of grain in autumn, and there may be some grain in stock at this time.

But, is Shaolin still there?

unknown.

Fang Yunhua resisted the pungent stench, and said to Huang Xiaoshi: "I'll hurry back to Wudang, although there is not much food in Wudang, but."

Fang Yunhua looked around and said, "But, I'm afraid it's enough."

Luoyang City was originally the core of the Central Plains. Although Luoyang's political status has gradually decreased since the Tang Dynasty, and its population has also continued to decrease, there are still 30 to [-] people in the entire Luoyang City.

After Tianlong Sect broke through Luoyang City, in addition to looting craftsmen, they also robbed a large number of young and middle-aged men regardless of gender.

Men are ready-made pack horses, and women are trophies and reserves.

Finally, the Tianlong Cult withdrew, and Luoyang City was in chaos immediately.

The people in the government were killed.

Those who dared to resist were killed.

The people of Shennong Baicaomen were removed as the first batch of slaves. No one thought that they, who seemed to be the most miserable, were the luckiest people.

The first batch was people from Shennong Baicaomen, and the second batch was all kinds of craftsmen. As long as you can make a living, you will be arrested.

Then came the third batch, the fourth batch, the fifth batch...

The fewer and fewer people were caught, the supplies in the city became less and less. When the Tianlong Cult withdrew from Luoyang City, there was nothing left in Luoyang City.

When the last order also disappeared, the people who escaped the catastrophe began to frantically search and plunder the city's remnants until all the remnants were digested again.

Up to now, those who can walk have escaped from the city, and the rest of the people who can't walk in the city are just living day by day.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Huang Xiaoshi waved the whip in his hand, and there was a "snap", scaring everyone to run away instinctively.

Huang Xiaoshi ignored these people on the street, he rode his horse and galloped towards Shennong Baicaomen, Gu Yuexuan, Jingji and his wife followed closely and rushed out of the crowd.

Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen.

In the past, this place was crowded with people and people came and went, but now there is only an empty shell left.Riding through the doorway of the demolished gate, only the humming of the wind can be heard in the empty courtyard.

After Huang Xiaoshi got off his horse, he walked quickly towards the left and right courtyards.

one two three four.

one two three four.

The eight cellars on the left and right have been opened, and the tens of thousands of stones of grain stored in them have also been cleaned out.

This was the food that Huang Xiaoshi spent several years saving to deal with the crisis, and it was all gone.

The last bit of family property was also poached by someone. Huang Xiaoshi is not a god, so he can't conjure food.

Huang Xiaoshi walked back to the gate of his small courtyard with heavy steps, he heard Cao Ehua crying from the courtyard.

When Gu Yuexuan and Cao Ehua decided to join the Japanese killing team, their child was fostered in this yard. Besides the couple of servants, Huang Xiaoshi also found an experienced nanny for the child.

Standing at the gate of the small courtyard, listening to Cao Ehua's mournful cry, Huang Xiaoshi's anger gradually receded, and his murderous intent suddenly arose.

He suddenly turned around and left, mounted the fast horse in the yard, rushed out from the gate, startled the crowd around, and galloped towards the distance along the empty street.

After rushing out of Luoyang City, he rode a white horse and galloped for another ten miles, Huang Xiaoshi finally caught up with Fang Yunhua who was halfway there.

Huang Xiaoshi reined in the horse in front of Fang Yunhua, and shouted at him: "Fang Yunhua! I'm going to kill people, come or not!"

Fang Yunhua patted the horse's body, turned the horse's head, and also shouted loudly: "Go together!"

When the husband was angry, he lay dead for thousands of miles.

……

Just now when the audience was crying, Huang Xiaoshi had already learned that Tianlong taught people to withdraw from Luoyang City half a month ago.

Long-distance travel is different from short-distance travel. Going on a rampage after recuperating and recharging your energy is completely different from going on the road every day.

According to Huang Xiaoshi's long-term business experience, people with heavy loads can walk up to [-] miles a day. If you consider that not all of them are young men, the speed may be slower.

Huang Xiaoshi already understood the intention of Tianlong Cult. It captured Luoyang not to occupy it, but to plunder resources.

Population is also a resource, and it is an extremely important strategic resource.

This is a very clever strategy.

Save people and lose land, all people and land will survive; save land and lose people, and all people and land will be lost.

This is an experience that was summed up after a thousand years, and Li Cangtian already understood it at this time.

Li Cangtian's strategy is not based on gains and losses in one city and one pool, let alone because of these dead things and the imperial court in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Because of the huge population of the Central Plains, once they fight to the end with it, the final loser will definitely be the Tianlong Cult.

Only in the grasslands of the Northwest can nomadic tribes use mobility to offset the population advantage of the Central Plains people.

In other words, Li Cangtian knew exactly where his life was based.

Therefore, Li Cangtian took advantage of the powerlessness in the melee between the imperial court and King Cheng, and this vacant period was a golden opportunity.

What the Tianlong Cult lacked the most were people who knew various production techniques, but for the Central Plains Dynasty, the most indispensable thing was precisely the population.

Even if the emperor gets angry again about Tianlongjiao's behavior of "buying a basket for a pearl", he will have to pinch his nose and admit it.

After all, for the Central Plains, the fields and cities are the most important. As for the looted population, let them be dead.

Li Cangtian's plan is exhaustive, but there is only one shortcoming, and that is time.

Even if it is only from Luoyang to Lanzhou, it is a full two thousand miles.

Just want to run after grabbing it, how can it be so easy!
……

After Huang Xiaoshi brought Fang Yunhua back to Luoyang City, he found that the gate of Shennong Baicao Gate was crowded with people.

After returning to the devastated home, all the Jianghu martial arts people who lived in Luoyang involuntarily gathered towards Shennong Baicaomen.

Everyone didn't know what to do now, but everyone believed that Huang Xiaoshi must have a way.

Huang Xiaoshi rode on a horse and looked down at these brothers, he put away the whip in his hand, and shouted loudly: "I order one and come out one by one.

Simon pig! "

"Yes!" Ximen Feng agreed loudly.

"Take a few brothers to Xiaoyao Valley to have a look. If the village is still there, you can kneel down and kowtow, or call grandpa and grandma, and borrow some food for me!"

After Ximen Feng responded loudly, he raised his hand and several knight-errants got on their horses and followed him out of the city.

"Guan Wei." Huang Xiaoshi shouted loudly, "Guan Wei!"

Huang Xiaoshi yelled for the third time, Guan Weicai was pushed out from the crowd.

"Your wife is gone?" Huang Xiaoshi asked Guan Wei.

Guan Wei's eyes turned red, and tears almost fell down.

"Don't worry about your wife's affairs."

Huang Xiaoshi can't care about taking care of everyone's emotions now, who the hell has no emotions.

"Guan Wei, didn't you say that your family walks darts all year round, and the road is very wide? I will recognize your words." Huang Xiaoshi took off his golden armor, threw it on the ground with a bang, pointed to it and said: "This thing is for you, wherever you go, buy food for me."

Guan Wei walked over as if in a daze, bent down to pick up the golden armor, but Huang Xiaoshi jumped off his horse and rushed over with a brisk stride, slapping him across the face.

"Snapped."

Guan Wei was dizzy from the slap in the face, and when he regained his composure, he saw Huang Xiaoshi hugging his shoulders, his eyes were almost on his face, and he repeated, "Buy food."

Guan Wei nodded vigorously.

"Wang Fuyi!"

"exist!"

"Go to Shaolin Temple and ask those monks to bring over food as soon as possible!"

"Zhang Dehai!"

"exist!"

"Go to Wudang, just say it's Fang Yunhua's order, bring me anything to eat!"

"Yes."

"Other people." After Huang Xiaoshi looked around for a week, he shouted loudly: "Other people, follow me, go and grab people and food back!!"

"it is good!"

He rushed west all the way, chasing after the sunset.

……

A village outside the capital, this village was originally very prosperous with people coming and going, but it was looted and slaughtered by the Japanese.

This village was used as a prisoner camp where thousands of Japanese were held.

The guards brought a meal of soup every day. Because of the shortage of food and drinking water, some people were trampled to death and beaten to death every time the soup was delivered. Frozen to death by the open-air all-night spring cold.

There are many such villages near the capital.

This time when the Japanese entered the customs, there were only more than [-] real war dead, and no less than [-] were captured by the imperial court alone, and countless escaped.

On this day, hungry Japanese gathered in groups of three or four, waiting for the soup of the day.

At this time, there was only a sound of gongs, and then a chariot of eight people was carried into the village. On the chariot sat a man wearing a luxurious Wu suit holding a folding fan.

The walking chariot was slowly placed on the ground, and a samurai wearing armor and an iron-faced helmet next to him shouted loudly: "Have come to your Excellency General Ashikaga Yoshiaki にお参りしなさい!"

When the samurai drank, all the Japanese who had been sitting on the ground turned around in surprise. At this time, only a few Japanese in the distance were discussing what they were talking about. They didn't know whether they didn't hear the shout or did it on purpose. Pretend not to hear.

"うるさい! (Too noisy!)" After the samurai shouted loudly, a sword light flashed, and three Japanese people twenty steps away were killed by the sword light.

After the samurai cut out the sword, he stood with the long sword in his hand. The Japanese were so frightened that they didn't dare to stand up, so they crawled over on their knees.

……

The Ashikaga shogunate ruled Washima for nearly 250 years, and there were fifteen generations of generals who conquered the barbarians.

Although Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last general, was expelled from the Kyoto Shogun's Mansion by Oda Laomo 20 years ago, and the Ashikaga Shogunate declared its demise, Ashikaga Yoshiaki returned to Kyoto again, resigned from the post of the Great General, and became a monk. to ten years.

Since then, the political situation of the entire Wa country has been under the control of Guan Bai, and the position of General Zheng Yi has always been vacant, which has been jokingly called "planning but not brave".

Ashikaga Yoshiaki has several sons, and the only confirmed blood relationship is Ashikaga Yoshihiro, but Ashikaga Yoshihiro was forced to become a monk and was imprisoned in a temple in disguise.

The Ashikaga family has ruled Wajima for more than 200 years. It is said that the centipede is dead but not stiff. Especially after the fall of Guanbai, everyone is worried that the Ashikaga family will make a comeback.

So, shortly after Guanbai performed the seppuku, Ashikaga Yoshihiro fell into a well and died while fetching water.

Today, a man named Ashikaga Yoshiaki suddenly appeared in front of everyone and claimed to be a general, but no one was surprised.

It is impossible for a family that has been passed down for more than 200 years to have no successors.

After clarifying the identity of Ashikaga Yoshiaki as a general, the kneeling Japanese people quickly crawled across the ground, and quickly rearranged their kneeling positions according to their own status.

Kneeling in the first row are several generals.

The incorporation of the Japanese began.

……

The incorporation of the Japanese army was faster and easier than expected. There were a total of 700 people, and it took only ten days to complete the incorporation.

The Japanese Army was renamed the Yoshimei Army, and immediately set off to the south to participate in the battle against the rebellion.

Each Japanese carried a bag of grain on their backs, which was their own rations along the way. Except for the nobles above the warrior class who returned their swords, everyone else was empty-handed.

The emperor said, when you arrive in the south, there are weapons all over the ground, so you can get what you want.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't expect that he could still see the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. He knocked his head on the ground excitedly, and dared not get up for a while.

"My energy is beyond your imagination."

I didn't expect Lu Shaolin's words to be so magical.

Who would have imagined that a child from a fisherman's family, whose greatest wish was to make the Heizuka family a great name, would be able to make a fortune today and become a general who conquered barbarians personally conferred by the emperor of China.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki has always wanted to be a member of the Celestial Dynasty, because he felt that even if he was a daimyo of the Japanese country, his life might not be as good as that of a rich man of the Celestial Dynasty.

However, it is completely different to be able to become a general who conquers barbarians.

General Zheng Yi is the actual ruler of Wa Island.

Although there is the King of Japan (Emperor) above the general who conquered Yi, and the emperor of the Central Plains above the King of Wa, isn’t there a saying that “the mountains are high and the emperor is far away”?

Afterwards, the emperor said a lot of encouraging words to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ashikaga Yoshiaki only dared to kowtow but did not dare to get up.

After Ashikaga Yoshiaki resigned, the emperor said to Chen Chongying: "Chen Chongying, you did a good job in this matter, but after Xuanli Gong left, the guard in the palace will depend on you."

Chen Chongying said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the duty of a servant."

After holding back for a long time, the emperor asked Chen Chongying, "How powerful are you super-class fighters?"

Chen Chongying replied: "One is worth a thousand."

The emperor frowned and said, "Based on what you're saying, don't I just need to send Duke Xuanli to the south, and the city of Nanjing can be defeated in one battle? Why bother to make so many detours."

"Your Majesty, the world has its own rules. When a warrior becomes a saint, he must be restricted by the law of heaven." Chen Chongying said: "If a warrior is not bound by the law of heaven, there will be chaos in the world."

"It's really that powerful?" The emperor still didn't quite believe it.

Chen Chongying smiled and said nothing.

The life and death of the entire Forbidden Palace are under my control alone, I will not tell you, just because I am afraid of frightening you.

……

Huang Xiaoshi led a group of people to chase him for two days. On the second day, in the west of Luoyang City, Huang Xiaoshi picked up an acquaintance on the side of the road.

"Brother Fu, why are you here?" Huang Xiaoshi jumped off the horse and helped a dying man from the side of the road.

A gentle internal force penetrated into the heart, and then Huang Xiaoshi took out the extremely precious [Xiangyun Qianjin Pill] from his bosom, stuffed it directly into Fu Jianhan's mouth, took out a gourd and poured him a few mouthfuls of cold water.

After swallowing the big ball that was one or two heavy, Fu Jianhan woke up slowly, looked at Huang Xiaoshi, smiled happily and said: "It's great that you are here.

The last group of people were all old, weak, sick and disabled in poor health. They walked very slowly, less than twenty miles a day.

Now it is only a hundred miles away from here, if you hurry up, you can catch up in a day. "

Fu Jianhan continued to bleed internally, one [Xiangyun Qianjin Pill] was far from enough.

Now Huang Xiaoshi has two choices, either stop to operate on him, but it will delay the time to save others, or leave directly, but Fu Jianhan is very likely to die.

No, this is not the time to make bad choices.

Huang Xiaoshi asked Fu Jianhan: "Tell me about what happened to you in detail, and take this time, I'll fix your bones and stop the bleeding."

……

After Fu Jianhan accompanied his father back to Zhoujia Village near Luoyang, he rarely walked around the rivers and lakes, so he did not join the Japanese killing team organized by the Wulin League.

Drinking and practicing swords, Fu Jianhan also took in a few apprentices, instructing them to practice kung fu every day, and the days passed quickly.

The old father has repeatedly expressed that he can't understand his son's idle look.

Although Fu Jianhan released a lot of wanted notices when he was traveling in the rivers and lakes, and even if he drank all day, he still had a lot of money left, but it is not the way to sit and eat like this.

The old lady felt that with her son's skills, as long as he joined Luoyang Shennong Baicaomen, he would definitely become an official disciple, and he would be able to earn a living in the future.

Fu Jianhan knew Huang Xiaoshi well, with his friendship with Huang Xiaoshi, and with his current skills, he entered Shennong Baicaomen, how could it be so simple to be an official disciple.

But Fu Jianhan is very proud, he doesn't want to talk about this matter.

The old father also knew that his son knew Huang Xiaoshi, but as a sword master, the old father was very proud, so he didn't want to talk about it.

The father and son just stood there like this, and the old lady who didn't know what to do was worried by herself.

Finally one day, the old lady used the great method of urging marriage, Fu Jianhan felt that he really couldn't play like this anymore, this time when Huang Xiaoshi came back, he should find him a job.

Unexpectedly, however, the Heavenly Dragon Sect came.

Zhoujia Village was slaughtered by Tianlong Sect in one day.

The reason why the Tianlong Cult killed everyone they saw after rushing into Zhoujia Village was simply because they could not stop besieging Luoyang and needed to create an isolation zone around Luoyang City.

Although Fu Jianhan tried his best to kill each other, but there were too many people in Tianlong Sect.In the end, only Fu Jianhan escaped in Zhoujia Village.

Since then, Fu Jianhan has been active around Luoyang, and as long as the Tianlong Sect members are alone, they will be attacked and killed by him.

For this reason, Tianlongjiao also dispatched elite soldiers to surround him, but Fu Jianhan escaped every time.

After the Tianlong Sect sent slaves to migrate to the Western Regions, Fu Jianhan frequently attacked the slave team, but he was alone and could hardly do anything.

Until a few days ago, Yang Yun found Fu Jianhan.

After Tianshan School announced its disbandment, Yang Yun joined Wudang according to his teacher's orders, and lived a life of poverty.

After having no money for wine in his pocket, Yang Yun, who was shy in his pocket, did not travel around the rivers and lakes again.

This time, after hearing that Luoyang had fallen, Yang Yun resolutely set out from Wudang with the black iron epee and came to Luoyang City.

Yang Yun, who was also planning to attack the slave escort team, naturally discovered Fu Jianhan who was doing the same thing.The two hit it off and were ready to really do something big.

What I didn't expect was that the last slave escort team, even though the escorts were all old, weak, sick and disabled, they were actually all bait, they were released on purpose to lure snakes out of their holes.

The escort team consisted of Mahulaka and Garuda, and a dozen or so Tianlong Cult elites assisted. Yang Yun and Fu Jianhan naturally kicked on the iron board.

After a fierce battle, the two escaped with serious injuries, and then the snake venom on Yang Yun's body broke out and died halfway.Fu Jianhan insisted on chasing all the way west with serious injuries, and finally fell on the road.

……

Fu Jianhan talked intermittently for a long time. During this period, Huang Xiaoshi had already straightened the misplaced bones with his bare hands, cut open his abdominal cavity with a knife, and completed three suturing operations. Didn't feel much pain.

"Did you see Li Cangtian or Dongfang Weiming?" Huang Xiaoshi asked Fu Jianhan.

Fu Jianhan shook his head.

If he had met the legendary Heavenly King or Dragon King Dongfang Weiming, he would not be lying here.

"Brother Fu, there are food and medicine in this bag, you take it yourself." Huang Xiaoshi put the things in Fu Jianhan's hand, picked up his nameless sword, put it beside him, and said: " You try to lie down as much as possible, don't move, at least until tomorrow. Don't use too much force when you get up, or the wound may break.

I'm leaving. "

After Huang Xiaoshi settled Fu Jianhan, everyone and the horses also rested.

The sun is setting, the sky is full of red clouds, and the sky is fine tonight, just in time to go.

Huang Xiaoshi had just taken two steps when Fu Jianhan turned his head and stopped him.

"Huang Xiaoshi."

Huang Xiaoshi stopped and turned his head, Fu Jianhan said to him: "I used to be very jealous of you, thinking that you are better than me in everything, which made me very shocked and feel very inferior.

Every time you show kindness to me, I can't let go of the knot in my heart.

If I had followed you earlier, this would not be the case now. "

After Fu Jianhan paused for a while, he asked Huang Xiaoshi, "When you came here, it was about ten miles away. Have you ever seen Yang Yun's body?"

Huang Xiaoshi shook his head.

Now wild dogs are everywhere, and there are no human corpses left in the wild.

These dogs who have lost their masters can't help being hungry and eating dead human flesh at the beginning, then they get used to eating dead human flesh, and they may develop to actively attack people who are dying.

This is why Huang Xiaoshi gave Fu Jianhan a sword.

Seeing Huang Xiaoshi shaking his head, Fu Jianhan endured the pain and said to him: "Help me kill a few more people."

Huang Xiaoshi nodded firmly.

There is no need for Fu Jianhan to speak, there are several people who must die. (end of this chapter)