Chapter 210: Battle of the Euphorbia (I)

The frozen river surface was a natural wind duct, and the fast and slow north wind was blowing randomly on the ice surface. The injured Tang Gang, a disciple of the Tang sect, was caught in three arrows. It was already inconvenient to move. He lay on the ice surface and saw three ordinary-looking sword-bearing soldiers pressing towards him. There were also sergeants holding bows and inexplicable Taoist masters on the river bank, and he couldn't help but whistle at the sky: It was really a tiger that fell into the sun and was bullied by a dog. Unexpectedly, Tang Gang died here.

The disciples of the Tang sect are known for their strong character. Although they know they are unfortunate, they did not give up resistance. Tang Gang used his uninjured left hand to hold the "phoenix tail sand". This highly toxic iron sand will be unlucky as long as it pierces the skin. It is most suitable for attacking large groups of enemies. The iron sand is thorny and poisonous. When it is used, he needs to wear special gloves. At this time, Tang Gang knew that he could never escape. He did not wear gloves. When the sergeant was about to approach him, he took out a handful of phoenix tail sand from his special leather bag on his waist, preparing to fight to the death.

Lin Zhonghu had no idea of ​​the danger he was facing. He only learned a lesson from his personal guards last time in Baiyunguan. He said to the two guards: "This guy has experienced the damage of hidden weapons. Everyone should be careful and knock him out first."

Tang Gang turned around suddenly, about to emit the deadly phoenix tail sand. Another elf-shaped arrow flying over the river bank was nailed to Tang Lin's left chest. The arrow pierced Tang Gang's heart fiercely. Tang Gang looked down at the trembling cluster of arrows, with a shocked and desperate expression on his face, murmured: "Am I really going to die here?"

People are born with the instinct to survive, and they will never give up their life easily until the last moment. Although Tang Gang already has the ambition to die, when death really comes, he still can't believe that death is happening to him. Tang Gang only felt a dizzy turn and was spinning away. The little lady with sharp teeth seemed to show her white jade-like arms and was playing with herself in the clear water in the deep mountains.

Tang Gang seemed to have seen twins under three years old chasing a puppy with flower-tails in the yard. He murmured: "If I had known this, why would you be competitive?"

Lin Zhonghu and the two personal guards had already arrived at him. When they saw Tang Gang being shot in his chest, they knew they would die, but out of caution, the three of them surrounded him and did not take action.

Tang Gang's head tilted suddenly and shook it on the ice. The three of them all showed relief on their faces. A guard reached out to grab Tang Gang's hair, trying to drag him back. The guard grabbed Tang Gang's hair without any defense. Tang Gang suddenly opened his eyes and slapped the guard's face with his left hand holding the phoenix tail sand. Tang Gang laughed twice, and his head hit the ground heavily, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

The disciples of the Tang sect were harshly trained and immersed in various poisons for a long time. The vitality was really strong. At the last moment of life, Tang Gang and his personal guards, who were still hit by the phoenix tail sand, were black all over in a blink of an eye, and the blood flowed out also turned black.

Hou Dayong originally wanted to capture this Tang Sect disciple alive to relieve the third princess's mystery of poisoning. However, when he saw Ling Jing slipping over from the ice in a daze, he suddenly changed his mind. If he captured the Tang Sect disciple, it would be difficult to completely cover up his behavior. Unless Ling Jing and Liu Qingye were killed, Ling Jing was very skilled in martial arts, so he might not be able to subdue him. With Liu Qingye's appearance, Hou Dayong could not make any move. Hou Dayong made a quick decision, tapped the bow again, and shot directly at Tang Gang's vital parts.

Hou Dayong, Ling Jing and others looked at the two bodies dragged back to the shore and did not speak for a long time.

Hou Dayong turned around and said to Ling Jing coldly: "Ling Jing, you are also a gentry. Why do you want to fight with others? You have violated the criminal law of the Zhou Dynasty? Do you know that you have a crime?" Ling Jing was very skilled in martial arts. He did not need Hou Dayong to help him. He was about to express his gratitude to Hou Dayong, but Hou Dayong turned against him and became an official voice.

Ling Jing was born in a noble family, but he was a casual crane. He often traveled around the world and was very respected wherever he went. His Majesty Chai Rong believed in Taoism and summoned several Taoist masters such as Chen Tuan, Li Qi and Ling Jing. He was polite when he met. At this time, Hou Dayong's sudden reprimand caught Ling Jing off guard. He was extremely embarrassed and stunned in the local area. The smile on his face gradually disappeared.

Liu Qingye also looked at Hou Dayong in surprise. Her feelings for Hou Dayong were a bit complicated. Hou Dayong was her father-killing enemy. Liu Qingye had followed Hou Dayong for nearly a month and had a brief fight with Hou Dayong in the study of the Hou Mansion. Even his strapless breasts were arrested. After Liu Qingye broke off his assassination, he traveled around with his master Ling Jing and became a formal Taoist with his master in Wudang Mountain.

Ling Jing was born in a noble family. Although he was a Taoist priest, he had many bonds. Facing the prime minister who held high power, Chong Guanyi's anger was full of troubles. He suppressed his anger and pointed at Tang Gang, who was shiny black all over his body and said, "This person is a giant thief in Jiangyang. It was the time of the murder. I discovered it and was about to capture it and send it to the government."

Hou Dayong was waiting for this sentence. He showed a sudden enlightenment and said, "It turns out that this person is a giant thief. Master Ling is really a master of Taoism." Ling Jing said intimately: When he was in Zhengzhou that day, Hou Dayong was still a simple man. Now he has become the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it is really hard to grasp.

Hou Dayong slowly turned over and dismounted, and ordered the tiger in the forest to say, "Looking at the appearance of the giant thief, the poison used must be extremely harmful. You dig a deep pit and bury the giant thief." Hou Dayong glanced at the local guards who died in the death of the local area and said to Luo Qingsong: "Hurry up and bring a coffin back and transport him to Tiemuling for a grand burial." After a personal guard died in Baiyun Temple, Hou Dayong found a Fengshui treasure land called Tiemuling outside Daliang City to bury the soldiers who died in battle.

When the guards were busy, Hou Dayong called Ling Jing to leave the river bank.

"How many Tang Sect disciples are there in Daliang City?" Hou Dayong saw the history of the poison of the Tang Sect and never dared to take this long-standing mysterious sect lightly.

Ling Jing was born in a famous family and had been in the world for a long time. He naturally felt elegant when he heard Xuan Ge. He thought to himself: If the Tang Sect angers the government, no matter how poison you suffer, there will be no good ending.

"The disciples of the Tang Sect live in famous mountains in Western Shu, and rarely go to the Central Plains. This person is named Tang Gang, and is a powerful character of the Tang Sect in Western Shu. Two years ago, I took Ling Bupo and other disciples to Qingcheng Mountain. Because of the dispute between Taoist sect, I had a conflict with the Taoist priest of Qingcheng Mountain. Finally, I fist and kicked each other in the Taoist temple." Taoist silence and inaction, fighting in Taoist sect is naturally not a good thing. Ling Jing was quite embarrassed when he said this, "This is our Taoist sect, and it has nothing to do with the Tang Sect. Both sides are very restrained, and only fist and kicked but no weapons. Unexpectedly, Tang Gang happened to be in Qingcheng Mountain at that time. When he saw someone taking action in Taoist sect, the Taoist priests in Qingcheng City saw that they were defeated, so they sent hidden weapons next to them and helped."

Ling Jing's expression was a little dim. During the fight that day, he was heading to Chengdu Prefecture and was not on Qingcheng Mountain. If he were present, a tragedy might have been avoided.

"The hidden weapon of the Tang Sect is really real. Every time he takes action, he is a must-have skill. Ling Bupo hits a bull hair needle. This bull hair needle is very small. There is no pain after being shot into the human body, but if it is not rescued in time, the bull hair needle will flow through the body along the blood and flow into the vital places. Even the gods cannot save it. Ling Bupo does not know its damage after the needle is attacked, and is still fighting with Taoist Master Qingcheng. Suddenly he falls to the ground. Taoist Master Qingcheng and Ling Bupo are just fighting for intention and have no intention of hurting Ling Bupo. Seeing Ling Bupo fall to the ground, he noticed Tang Gang who is silent. After Tang Gang knew the misunderstanding, it was too late to rescue Ling Bupo after he did not save Ling Bupo."

Ling Jing is a person who pays great attention to feelings. In his mind, his apprentice, like his own children, searched for Tang Gang everywhere after learning about this, but there was no trace. Today, Ling Jing and Liu Qingye returned to Daliang from Beizhou. They unexpectedly met Tang Gang who was rushing on the road.

When the fight happened that day, Liu Qingye met Tang Gang. There was a red hemorrhoid on Tang Gang's left cheek. The characteristics were very obvious, so Liu Qingye knew Tang Gang at a glance.

Liu Qingye just called Tang Gang's name, and Tang Gang sent out the ox-haired needle without a trace. Ling Jing was furious. Since Ling Jing became famous, he rarely fought with others. At this time, he took anger. After a few moves, Tang Gang could not hold on. Under Ling Jing's fast sword force, he did not even have the chance to emit hidden weapons and was forced to move towards the ice.

After listening to the narration, Hou Dayong said, "Since the Tang Sect lives in seclusion in Western Shu, why did he come to Daliang? What purpose must be?"

Ling Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know this. People from the Tang Sect are more gloomy because they have been practicing poison for a long time and are vindictive. Now that Tang Lin is missing in Daliang, it will definitely attract many disciples of the Tang Sect to look for it." He also said, "The Tang Sect is a killer move. Over the past century, there have been fierce conflicts with most sects. With the poison that has no trace, the Tang Sect has passed on for a hundred years and has not been extinguished for a hundred years."

Several soldiers tied Tang Lin's body with ropes and dragged it to the back of a small earthen city in the distance. Three soldiers bought a few hoes from a village in the distance. It was cold in winter and the soil was as hard as iron stone. Several soldiers took turns to work and finally dug a small pit. When the soldiers saw Tang Gang's miserable appearance in black, they did not dare to touch his body with their hands, so they kicked Tang Gang into the earthen pit with their feet. The four carved feather arrows were stained with Tang Gang's blood. It was probably the arrows were also highly poisonous. The soldiers buried the carved feather arrows deep in the earthen pit. It was cold in winter, and the villagers usually had cats at home in the morning, and the river was even quiet and deserted. After the soldiers finished their work, everything returned to their original state.

Although Liu Qingye still looks so much like Xiaolin, Hou Dayong's heart is full of Tang Sect, the third princess, the second stone tablet, and the assassin who assassinated Chai Rong in the hunting grounds in the suburbs. These things are floating in Hou Dayong's head, and Hou Dayong doesn't have much attention to Liu Qingye.

In the following days, Daliang City seemed to be much calmer, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Spring Festival again.

The Spring Festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty refers to the first day of the first lunar month, which is slightly different from the Spring Festival that Hou Dayong celebrated in another world. In another world, after experiencing the Xinhai Revolution, China was divided into the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar. The first day of the Gregorian calendar is called the New Year's Day, and the first day of the lunar calendar is called the Spring Festival. Since it is officially the Gregorian calendar, the Spring Festival is often in February and March.

The Spring Festival in the Great Zhou Dynasty is the real first day of the first lunar month.

Hou Dayong brought Fu Ying, Qiu Ju, Zong Lin, and Xiao Lu, according to the customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, drank Laba porridge, sacrificed to the Kitchen God, wore new clothes, swept the houses, bought New Year's goods, prepared delicious food, respected the door gods, and posted Spring Festival couplets. According to Hou Dayong's identity, there was no need to do it by himself, but Hou Dayong was excited to experience and stayed away from killing and conspiracy, and Hou Dayong became a simple man again.

Fu Ying and Qiu Ju have almost grown belly at the same time. Fu Ying has been practicing martial arts since she was a child and has a strong body. She has little pregnancy reaction when she was pregnant for the first time, and Qiu Ju vomits up a lot every day. When the Spring Festival is approaching, Qiu Ju walks outdoors with everyone, but she doesn't vomit so much.

On January 16, the Lantern Festival just ended, and the ministers were still immersed in joy and alcohol, but Chai Rong unexpectedly announced the establishment plan of the new imperial guards and the appointment of the chief officers and adjutants of each army:

The imperial guards were divided into six, including the left and right cavalry wings, the left and right cavalry wings, the left and right cavalry wings, the left and right cavalry wings, the left and right cavalry wings of Hujie wings, the left and right cavalry of Yulin and the Bianhe Naval Division. Each army had 20,000 people. One commander was set and two deputy commander commander.

Zhao Kuangyin, the commander of the Iron Cavalry, Ji Qingyang, the commander of the Iron Cavalry Left Xiang, and Murong Yanzhao, the commander of the Iron Cavalry Left Xiang;

Han Tong, commander of the Crane Control Metropolis, Shi Shouxin, commander of the Crane Control Metropolis, and Zhang Zangying, commander of the Crane Control Metropolis;

Yuan Yan, commander of Longjiedu, commander of Longjie left wing commander Zhao Chao, and commander of Longjie right wing commander Liu Chongjin;

The commander of Hujiedu Xiang Xun. The commander of Hujie left wing commander Bai Shuangwen, and the commander of Hujie right wing commander Sun Yanjin;

The commander of the Yulin Metropolitan Commander Han Lingkun, the commander of the Yulin Left Xiang Commander Cao Han, and the commander of the Yulin Right Xiang Commander Gao Huaide;

Li Jixun, commander of the Bianhe Navy, and Shi Ying, deputy commander of the Bianhe Navy;

The commanders of the six imperial guards were all generals of the Jianjie Kaiyao, and the deputy commanders were also quite high. Guo Jiong, Ji Qingyang, Sun Yanjin and others were the deputy envoys of the local governors, while Shi Shouxin and Bai Shuang Wendu people were originally the main generals of the imperial guards.

At the same time as the new imperial guards were built, the original commander of the Guards Li Chongjin had arrived in Fengzhou and established a southwest camp to prepare for the attack on Western Shu. Zhang Yongde, the commander of the Palace Front Department, was in charge of Zezhou and confronted the Northern Han army.

Before the Spring Festival, Zhao Kuangyin, who was far away in Dezhou, submitted three black wood memorials in succession. The black wood memorials were special items for Chai Rong. He was the prime minister and had no right to check after Zhao Kuangyin submitted three black wood memorials. He actually regained his trust and was appointed by Chai Rong as the commander of the Iron Cavalry Commander and became the commander of the Iron Cavalry Army. Hou Dayong originally thought that Zhao Kuangyin, who had removed the military power of the imperial guards, would be left in the biographies as a brave general, but Hu Hansan actually returned to the Iron Guard, which surprised Hou Dayong a bit.

The six commanders of the Imperial Guard were personally decided by Chai Rong, while the twelve deputy generals were the result of mutual compromise between the prime ministers and Privy Councilors. Ji Qingyang and Sun Yanjin were the imperial guards strongly recommended by Hou Dayong. In addition, He Wulang, the brave general of the Black Eagle Army, Wang Tengxiang, Feng Jiye's beloved generals, and Di Guang Zituo, known as the "forward-time two generals" together with He Wulang. They were also transferred to the imperial guards under the recommendation of Hou Dayong, and the three of them had lower positions. They were not included in the 18 generals of the Imperial Guards, He Wulang was appointed as the deputy commander of the left wing of Hujie, Wang Tengxiang was appointed as the deputy commander of the left wing of the iron cavalry, and Guang Zituo was appointed as the deputy commander of the right wing of the right wing of the right wing of the Privy Councilor. Shi Ying, who had served as the imperial envoy, was recommended to enter the imperial guards.

At this time, Hou Dayong truly realized the benefits of being a prime minister. The important responsibility of the prime minister is to participate in the decision-making of national affairs and have a say in important personnel. This time, Hou Dayong, other prime ministers and Privy Councilors all put some private goods in it. Chai Rong was quite tolerant of this matter, and he also balanced the situation in front of several prime ministers. Hou Dayong, Fan Zhi, Wang Bo, Wei Renfu, Wang Pu and others recommended the generals. In this way, it was difficult for the six generals to command the troops to dominate, and it was not easy for the prime minister to take over the power.

The strategy of the New Imperial Guard is like a huge rock falling into a pool. The original ripples no longer exist. The oscillation wave of the New Imperial Guard is echoing in the pool. This oscillation wave quickly swept away the joyful atmosphere people use to anesthetize themselves and return to the real society full of deceit and helplessness. However, this is exactly what life is.

The high attention of the imperial guards has sufficient historical basis and practical significance.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, there was a famous local imperial guard called Shence Army. In the late Tang Dynasty, the Shence Army was originally an ordinary local army and belonged to the Longyou Jiedushi. After the landfall of Fan, it was transferred to the Shanzhou Jiedushi. During the reign of Daizong, the eunuch Yu Chaoen controlled this team and transferred it to the central imperial guard system. Especially after the rebellion of Pugu Huaien was put down, the court felt more urgency to establish its own direct control of the army, so the Shence Army quickly grew and became an important force.

In several dynasties such as Emperor Wenzong of Tang and Emperor Wuzong, eunuchs actually controlled the government because they controlled the imperial guards. From Emperor Muzong of Tang to Emperor Xizong of Tang, six emperors were established by eunuchs, except for Emperor Muzong of Tang, and the prime ministers and royal families had no right to inquire. You can imagine how powerful the eunuchs were. In Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou, whoever controlled the imperial guards controlled the regime, and Taizu Guo Wei also "put on the imperial guards" because of his control.

Guo Jiong, Wang Tengxiang, Guang Zitu and others were far northwest, and the thawing of Yongji Canal meant the beginning of the Northern Expedition. Eight hundred miles rushed from the capital and headed straight for Fengzhou, Lingzhou and other places.

When the soldiers and horses were killed in Daliang City, there was a lot of joy in Youzhou City. After the Yan King Juewai guarded Youzhou, Xiao Siwen, who took advantage of the opportunity of the Daliao Princess going north to Zhongjing, summoned all more than 20 Hangzhou singers into the mansion. These singers were transported from Hangzhou by sea by sea. They were placed in the courtyard east of the city on weekdays and could only have some fun. At this time, the princess arrived in Zhongjing, and Xiao Siwen summoned all these singers into the mansion.

As for the important towns such as Waqiao and Yiguan, they were all guarded by surrendered generals of the Han family. In Xiao Siwen's mind, the Great Liao army was so powerful that the Central Plains army would never dare to scrutinize the power of the Great Liao tiger. As long as the princess was not in Youzhou City, the world would be peaceful.
Chapter completed!