At dusk, the setting sun is like blood.

Five days ago, the Quzhou City on Yuling Road was already broken by the Tianmen Daoists. The entire Quzhou City was covered with blood and fire. The officers and soldiers Lei Guheng had led the last troops to retreat to Huwei County, which was less than 30 miles away from the Qinshui in the south.

Huwei County is the last city in the south of the capital, but the city is not large in size. At dusk yesterday, the county was broken by the ant-like Tianmen Taoist people. Tianmen Taoist people in different clothes rushed into the city from all directions. Lei Guheng retreated and led the last 400 people to retreat to Quanyang Taoist Temple.

The empire worships the Tao, and there are many Taoist temples built in various paths. In order to welcome the taste of worshipping the Tao with His Majesty, local officials also tried their best to make the Taoist temples in their territory as luxurious as possible. Huwei County is adjacent to the capital and is deeply influenced by Taoism. The Quanyang Taoist temple in Huwei County is built in a luxurious and grand manner, even more spectacular than the county government. The master of the Quanyang Taoist temple comes from the Changsheng Dao of Xuanzhen Taoist Sect. Under the influence of Xuanzhen Taoist Sect, the Changsheng Dao is now the leader of the Tianshidao under the influence of Xuanzhen Taoist Sect. Over the years, countless people have joined the Changsheng Dao Sect, and many of them are Taoist priests from other sects who have changed their Taoist sects, and naturally countless disciples of Xuanzhen Taoist Sect.

Xuanzhen Dao Sect was favored by the emperor and dressed in the emperor to practice Taoism and refine alchemy, but naturally spared no effort in the development of the Tao of Eternal Life. While building Taoist temples across the country, Xuanzhen Dao Sect also sent its confidant disciples to various Taoist temples as the masters. Even the Taoist temples in remote areas, there were disciples of Xuanzhen Dao Sect to take up their posts, not to mention Taoist temples near Jingji. As long as there is a slightly larger Taoist temple near Jingji, the master of the temple must be from the Taoist temples of Xuanzhen Dao Sect.

The main Taoist name of Quanyang Taoist Temple is Chunyangzi. There are also forty or fifty Taoist priests in the Taoist Temple. For a long time, Quanyang Taoist Temple is transcendent in Huwei County, guarding the incense of the people. No matter the officials and people, they dare not offend the Taoist priests here at all. Even the officials, gentry and officials of Huwei County often come to offer generous incense and oil money.

As the master of the temple near the Jingji, Chunyangzi was not in the capital, but no one dared to underestimate it. If the emperor held a great Taoist event in the capital, Xuanzhen Daozong would recall the masters of the temples near the Jingji to participate. At that time, if Chunyangzi said a few words in front of the Xuanzhen Daozong and then reposted the emperor from the Xuanzhen Daozong, it would be very likely to determine the future of local officials. Although local officials did not expect that the masters could really make themselves promoted, they had a good relationship with the masters, and at least they would ensure that they would not have any bad words to the emperor.

Although Chun Yangzi knew that the war ahead was urgent and was ready to retreat at any time, he could not let go of this Taoist temple. In a hesitation, Tianmen Dao conquered Quzhou City, Lei Guheng retreated to the Tiger Abram City, and the Tianmen Dao people immediately attacked the Tiger Abram City. Chun Yangzi and Quanyang Dao Temple Taoist monks could not leave if they wanted to leave.

What made Chun Yangzi even more angry was that Lei Guheng not only led the last hundreds of soldiers under his command to retreat to the Taoist temple, but also many of the people who did not retreat from the city in time also poured into the Taoist temple.

Since the day when the Quanyang Taoist Temple was opened, it has only received incense in the main hall. Both the left and right courtyards and the backyards are forbidden areas. Not to mention ordinary people, even the county magistrates dare not step beyond the line. At this moment, the Quanyang Taoist Temple is filled with all kinds of people. There are really people quarreling and conflicting with the Taoist priests in the temple, which is almost unimaginable before.

It is natural that Lei Guheng retreated to Quanyang Taoist Temple. Looking at the entire Tiger Acropolis, the only one that can be called solid is the Quanyang Taoist Temple, the high-walled courtyard, and the hard stones transported from afar, which are also tall and generous. Lei Guheng entered Quanyang Taoist Temple and immediately dispatched soldiers to handle the front and back doors to bring out all the things in the Taoist temple that could be used to block the door. If it weren't for leaving the last bit of face for the Taoist priests, the Sanqing Golden Body of the Hall would have to be lifted out.

It was already dusk. From the morning, the Tianmen Taoist people launched more than ten attacks on the Quanyang Taoist Temple. The front and back doors of the Taoist temple were piled up like mountains and blood flowed into a river. However, Lei Guheng had less than 400 soldiers on his hands, but they were all brave and warlike members of the Thunder Cavalry.

The four generals of the empire, Feng Hanxiao, possessed the Thirteen Taibao in the Northwest that made the people of Xiliang frightened. Chi Liandian had the Eighteen Horses in Liaodong. Yu Buqu had 800 Tiger Winged Cavalry, and Lei Guheng also had 500 Thunder Cavalry.

Although the five hundred thunder cavalry were brave and invincible in the war in the southeast, the morale of the entire southeast was depressed. Faced with the more and more Tianmen Dao people, although under the leadership of Lei Guheng, many soldiers were in the bloody battlefield, many of them were still undesirable and dispersed everywhere. Many local government troops even turned against each other and defected to the Tianmen Dao.

There were only five hundred thunder cavalry, who followed Feng Hanxiao from beginning to end and fought to the end. The brave and fighting five hundred thunder cavalry now had only the last 300 people left, but they were still unyielding to Lei Guheng. After the city of Quzhou was broken, they followed Lei Guheng to Tiger Celestial City. The Tianmen Dao took the Quzhou City. Although the main force was still repairing in Quzhou City, they still sent a team of nearly 10,000 people to chase Lei Guheng and took the last city south of Qinshui.

Although Lei Guheng is a top-notch general in the contemporary era, when he retreated to the Tiger Cang City, there were only more than a thousand people in his hands, and some people fled halfway. When he arrived at the Tiger Cang City, more than a dozen soldiers from the Thunder Cavalry took the initiative to stay and took some soldiers to guard the city gate to block the Tianmen Taoist people chasing. Lei Guheng led the remaining hundreds of people, together with the people who did not escape from the city, to the Quanyang Taoist Temple. The hundreds of soldiers who stayed at the city gate failed to support it for a few hours and were wiped out. Then the Tianmen Taoist people were swept into the city. Outside the Quanyang Taoist temple, there were thousands of Tianmen Taoist people around, Lei Guheng and the soldiers and civilians in the Taoist temple. Unless they were escaping from heaven to earth, there was no way out to retreat.

One day, the warriors of the Jinglei Knight guarded the front and back gates and fought desperately with the Tianmen Taoist people, preventing the Tianmen Taoist people from attacking continuously. The walls of Quanyang Taoist Temple were tall and the ordinary ladders were really not enough. Moreover, Tianmen Taoist seemed to intend to see how long Lei Guheng and his subordinates could last, but they launched a series of attacks on the front and back gates. At dusk, the setting sun fell, and the corpses at the front and back gates of the Taoist Temple were already piled up like mountains.

The two sides originally had no acquaintance with each other and had no connection, but now they must be separated from each other.

The Jinglei Cavalry is disciplined and holds a sword and shield. They are masterpieces trained by Lei Guheng himself. They are a truly elite force. Facing the Tianmen Taoist people who are ten times more powerful than themselves, they have no cowardice. The comrades died in front of them, and someone immediately made up for them, and they are not afraid of death.

Lei Guheng looked much older, and his armor was broken in many places. He sat in the courtyard with an indescribable expression of tranquility and peace.

He knew that even if he was the God of War, he would not be able to be spared.

He had countless battles. When the heroes in the world were fighting for hegemony, as one of the four famous generals under Qin Hou Yingyuan, he led his elite troops to fight south and north, and was invincible. That was the most glorious time in his life. He made great achievements in his life for the establishment of the Qin Empire. He also thought that when the empire was established, he was afraid that he would not have many tough battles to fight. Sometimes he sighed in his heart, but he also comforted that his lifelong achievements were enough to be legendary to future generations.

But he never expected that in his later years, the Great Qin Empire, which he had worked hard for, had taken a sharp turn for just over twenty years and became what he is now. The Iron Hoof of the Great Qin that once dominated the world has now lost all fighting spirit. Twenty years have passed, Lei Guheng is still Lei Guheng, but the Iron Cavalry of the Great Qin is no longer the Iron Cavalry of the Great Qin.

When he was in the southeast, many people believed that if there was a thunder general in the southeast, it was only a matter of time before the Tianmen Road was assessed. The tens of thousands of soldiers who followed him to fight would be able to turn around in the shortest time. Everyone was full of respect and even love for the thunder general.

Only Lei Guheng knew before going to war that the empire had rapidly declined and its foundation had loosened. If he quickly calmed down the Tianmen Dao in the shortest time, the empire might continue to survive. He only hoped that after he won in the southeast, the emperor could learn from his mistakes and cheer up again. He also knew that once he could not eliminate the Tianmen Dao in a short time and was trapped in the quagmire, the consequences would be very serious. Not to mention that the empire's logistics could not guarantee a long-term battle, even the soldiers under his command would be exhausted over time.

It has always been moving towards the most unfortunate direction, with insufficient logistics supply, the fighting spirit of soldiers under its command disappearing, local officials and the army frequently rebelled, and the Tianmen Dao has become more and more popular...

Lei Guheng sat in the yard, his heart trembling.

At this point, he could only do his best to support it. Even though he knew that it would not last long, he thought in his heart that as long as he could hold on to the side of Qinshui, the prince would be able to prepare for more time. Lei Guheng evacuated from Quzhou City and could have retreated to the side of Qinshui to meet with the prince. However, as a famous general who once dominated the world, Lei Guheng knew that the Tiger Celestial City was the last place he could retreat the most. If he took a step north, he would not be Lei Guheng.

He has great skills and can't have many opponents in his life. He is good at leading troops and has countless battles that can defeat more with less.

But he is not a god, he is also a human being, and he cannot control some things. He can kill the people of the Heavenly Sect, but he can no longer eradicate them. He can build a huge empire, but in the end, he cannot save this empire.

Looking up at the sky, the setting sun was like blood.
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