Unofficial History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 70

Xue Rengui subdued the fire dragon Rengui and the woman walked for a while, the woman pointed her finger and said: "The high mountain in front of you is the snake's place, and I just offer sacrifices in this field." Rengui said: "Wait for me to go, See if there is any movement." Then he stepped forward.If the mountains are deep and the trees are dense, only cowardly and strange birds are heard; the land is remote and sparsely populated, so there are no ferocious beasts.

Rengui was staring at him in amazement when he suddenly heard a gust of wind, shaking the mountains and shaking the trees, the vegetation parted, a bright red light appeared, and a large snake appeared, several feet long, with its teeth bared, like a dragon singing and a tiger roaring. to the front.Rengui held the saber in his hand and shouted: "Fairy! Come and see me and kill you." The snake lowered its head and ran back into the mountain.Rengui thought to himself: "In the past when Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was the chief of the pavilion, he killed white snakes in Mount Mangdang, and later became an emperor. Now that I have passed poisonous snakes, and escaped like this, it is unknown whether I am in harmony with the ancients. This is a good omen.

I swear to kill him to show my will. "That is to say, follow the road behind holding the sword.

The snake walked into a hole, Rengui chased after it, seeing it as a rocky cliff, and opened two doors.Rengui rushed in with a sword in his hand, when suddenly someone scolded him, saying: "This is poisonous, don't enter!

Rengui ignored it, and tried his best to push in. Among them, the sun was shining brightly, and there was an abbot in the stone room. On the wall, there were seven characters: "This stone was broken by Rengui." Rengui was overjoyed when he saw it, so he pushed a big stone, split it open, and got a letter of stone, which contained four volumes of ancient banknotes and military books, a pair of iron armor, an iron helmet, and a square halberd. Rengui hid the military book on his sleeve, and took out the armor before he could stretch his feet, and the wall was as before. Returning to Lord Lin, he kept the military book secretly, and only said that he would build the armor and go to the army again. Lin Gong said: "If you have this equipment, you must You have to ride a war horse to be competent. Rengui said, "I'm thinking about this, and I have no money to buy." " Lin Gong said: "A year ago, a guest from Shanxi led a dozen companions, and drove a group of horses here. Suddenly, a mad horse walked into Nanshan.Later, the horse was ferocious, and often came out and trampled on the crops. No one restrained it, and often people wanted to ride it, but it was often injured and bitten, and it seemed to appear like a ghost.If a strong man can take this, it will be enough.

Rengui said: "God bless me, I can obey it." " So he took the halberd and went straight.

Turning around the hillside, I saw a god horse hissing on the side of Nanshan Mountain. Its body was like burning coals, its eyes were like luan bells, it was seven feet high, with a silver tail and a red mane.When Rengui sees a horse, he floats away.Rengui catches up with him, strikes several times with his halberd, suddenly falls to the ground, then flies on his horse and rides back to the city.When Lin Gong received him, Rengui told the truth.Lin Gong was overjoyed. He thought to himself that this man was very special, so he set up wine to treat him.

In the drinking room, people reported that Chief Zhang was training the new army in the training ground, and it was very noisy.Rengui was furious when he heard the words, his brows turned hard, he gritted his teeth: "I can't enter the arena now, why don't I go again, let's see how it goes." Then he went to the teaching field.I saw Zhang Shigui, the general manager, arranging troops, teaching and performing the three armies, the golden drums were beating, and everyone was applauding.Rengui stood among the crowd, looked left and right, smiled and said: "I'm a general in vain, I can't practice well, I can't form an army, can I conquer the Liao Kingdom?

"Before I finished speaking, I saw a person in the field suddenly come out and said: "A man of great rank, dare to boast like this?How can Mr. Zhang be better than a first-class person? Why are you laughing? "He called all the troops, dragged Rengui to the front, and came to see the general manager. Rengui shouted, pushed all the troops to the ground, and came to apologize. When Shigui saw this man, he was one foot long and ten circumferences wide. Can be used as a general, but asked: "Who are you from?What talent do you have, dare to boast about it, so that you can see it? "Rengui said: "A certain surname from this county, surnamed Xue, named Rengui.He has learned martial arts since childhood and is good at the art of war.

Hearing that the general manager is recruiting troops, he is here to apply.It was rumored that there was an order from Jun, and a certain man dared not enter the arena because of his late arrival.

Seeing that the soldiers can't walk, and the formation is not round, someone accidentally slipped his mouth, can you laugh at the boss?
" Shigui said: "I see that you are not ordinary, and you dare to speak big, you must have all-round talents and surpass others.

Try to set up the formation and watch it with me, and you will get the best of it. Although the number of troops is full, I will use it for you. "

Rengui is about to mobilize the exchange of troops and horses, and set up an formation. Sure enough, he is well organized, and all are in accordance with the method of Sun Tzu's book of war.Before Rengui went out to the battle, he asked, "Does the manager know this battle?"

Shigui said: "If you don't know sincerity, you can say it." Rengui said: "This is the Eight Diagrams array.

There are eight gates: rest, life, injury, death, scene, death, police, and opening are also eight gates.The three gates of life, scenery, and opening are auspicious; Hugh, Du, death, police, and injury are fierce.Only the three gates can be broken, and all gates cannot be entered. Shi Guixi said, "What a genius!"Although Sun and Wu were born again, and Zhuge returned, it was nothing more than that. "So I asked Rengui to serve as a small soldier under his command, and when he made meritorious service, he was guaranteed to be a general. Rengui thanked him. Later generations have poems praising: Rengui's marching soldiers are different in the world, and Zhang Liu is in charge of defeating heroes.

If it weren't for arranging the formations and applying talents, An Youzheng Liao asked for meritorious service.

But it is said that the imperial court sent people from all directions to urge the army and horses to set off, and ordered Zhang Shigui and Liu Jun'ang, the deputy director, to supervise the construction of more than [-] seagoing ships.It is still necessary to order all the soldiers who went out to write an article "Ping Liao Lun", so that they can know the way of Koryo's distance and distinguish the strategy of attacking and opposing the enemy.Shigui was shocked and panicked to discuss with Jun Ang. Shigui said: "The ship is ready, but this alone is difficult to achieve, and neither of you can do it. If the court knows that we are like this, how can we be reinstated?" Jun Ang said: "There is a plan, which can be concealed from everyone." Shigui said: "What plan can I teach?" Jun Ang said: "Now I heard that Xue Rengui, a new army recently, is full of talent and art, and he is good enough for writing. Let him present it, and it will be reused.

" Shigui said: "If a soldier makes a comment and is ridiculed by others, how can he meet people? "Jun Ang said: "I only know that you all know, does the Holy One know that he did it?" "

Shigui followed his words and called Rengui to enter.Shigui said: "Everyone says that you have made great achievements in every step. I am not convinced. Today, the Holy One personally recruited Goryeo to test people with their talents, and each group of generals and schools who recruited each should present a piece of "Ping Liao Lun" to determine the superiority. I order you One work. If you can do it, you will be rewarded; if you can't, you will be punished." Rengui said: "This is not difficult." So he had paper and pen to discuss it, and in a short while, the theory was completed.The scholar Guilan was overjoyed, as expected, he did not add any points to the text, and he had the talent to go through the world, and it was a work that shocked the world and the world.So the reward, Rengui thanked him, and returned to ride.Shigui then presented it to the court, only saying that he had a high talent, and he did this, so he came here to present it.Di Lan was overjoyed and envious.

On that day, the emperor appointed Li Jing as the generalissimo of the governor and dispatched various troops and horses.Feng Zhangliang was the general manager of Pyongyang, with [-] soldiers and [-] warships. He sailed from Laizhou to Pyongyang.

Li Shiji was also granted the title of Chief Supervisor of Liaodong.

Zhang Shigui and Liu Jun'ang were named generals, Yu Chigong and Cheng Zhijie were appointed to join the army, Duan Zhixian was appointed as deputy general, and Yuchi Baolin was appointed as a vanguard.There are dozens of Tang generals outside, less than one of them is listed. There are more than 100 soldiers from all walks of life, which is called [-] million.The emperor ordered the land and water to advance side by side, and the boats and riders to go to Korea.How about the unknown outcome?
General batch: The big snake in the hole seems to appear like a ghost.People call it the Fire Dragon of the South China Sea, and no one can bring it down unless it is benevolent and noble.Gaiqi's ancient banknotes and military books came from the abbot of Shishi, and he believed in the so-called heavenly gift.Try to observe it for a while, and it is very inauspicious; the theory of "Ping Liao" is clear.Although General Manager Zhang teaches and performs the three armies, he has the merit of conquering the East to protect him.

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