Chapter 39 - The Sacred Ding - NovelsTime

The Sacred Ding

Chapter 39

Author: geng su
updatedAt: 2025-05-01

The prefecture and county are equipped with a small amount of local military equipment, because the weapons are mainly ordinary knives and bows, mainly to maintain local public security.

    According to the laws and regulations prepared by the general''s residence of Dadu, there are always 2000 military soldiers in the local military equipment of Yulong residence. The soldiers and horses in Fuxian county are all selected by military officers and veterans who have retired from the Wuwei army. If Ge Tong, Shen Kun and others find it difficult to make a new breakthrough in their accomplishments, it would be quite good to be able to serve as a military and horse lieutenant in the prefecture and county and rectify the local military readiness.

    Although the county soldiers and horses are served by the retired military officers and soldiers of the Wuwei army, and their accomplishments will not be too weak, the following bow and knife men can only recruit Wu Yong from local places, which is uneven.

    After the large-scale civil unrest in Yulong mansion, the army also transferred people from the middle and small aristocratic families to supplement their weapons. At one time, it was expanded to more than 5000 people to suppress Yulong mountain, but they returned miserably. Ma Wei, a soldier of Yulong mansion, was an expert in the later stage of cultivating the spirit realm, and finally led more than 100 people to flee back to Yulong mansion.

    After this tragic defeat, the few thousand soldiers left in the local military equipment only dared to stay in Yulong mansion and wait for reinforcements.

    Although there are more than a thousand soldiers in the Yulong family army, they are uneven, which can''t be compared with Chen Hai''s sect soldiers.

    Not to mention the accomplishments, the vast majority of the inner disciples who have entered the spirit realm, and the 1000 Taoist soldiers who have been transferred from the three Taoist academies, the vast majority of their accomplishments are also above the tongxuan realm.

    In terms of personal force alone, only the elite Taoist yamen soldiers of Dadu general''s house can compare with this sect Taoist soldier.

    It is also because of this that after Chen Hai followed the crowd into the Yulong mansion, not only the disciples of the Taoist soldiers were proud of themselves, but also the large and small officials in the city had great confidence and expectations for them. In addition to vacating half an alley as a barracks for the Chinese army and the left and right guards, a large number of beef and mutton were also sent to reward the army.

    Ge Tong and Shen Kun went to Dazhang to participate in the military discussion. After they came back, Chen Hai learned that they would go to the foot of the north slope of Yulong mountain together with Yulong Chengfu army, and then enter the mountain to eliminate the disordered people.

    There are more than 1000 soldiers in Yulong mansion, plus more than 2000 strong civilian men and more than 3000 troops and horses, but there are only a few horses.

    The Chinese army, composed of inner disciples, did not want to go with the slow local armed forces of Yulong mansion, so they took the right guard army and set out ahead of schedule the next day; Left the left guard and the Yulong mansion troops and horses mixed together.

    It is two hundred miles from Yulong mansion to the foot of the north slope of Yulong mountain. In the middle is a large area of hills and valleys. There are two counties and scattered villages, but most of them have been destroyed by the mob; Several walled cities near the north slope of Yulong Mountain are still in the hands of the mob.

    Walking with the irregular local armed forces of Yulong mansion, Chen Hai and his men waited until the fifth night before arriving at Chenqiao village at the foot of the north slope of Yulong mountain.

    Chenqiao village was originally built by villagers in Shanyin county. It is located on the North Bank of a river. The village is small. There are only more than 100 houses in it, but shiche''s village wall is five or six meters high.

    It is close to the river and mountains, and the terrain is quite dangerous. It can be seen that the villagers who previously lived here have great power in Yulong mansion.

    Two large gaps of more than ten meters were opened in the north of the stronghold wall. I don''t know if it was caused by the master of Mingqiao territory who personally performed the mysterious method. The scattered residual stones are as small as corn, which is obviously not what ordinary disciples of the spirit realm can do; The remaining stone walls were splashed with several layers of blood. It can be seen that there have been several fierce bloody battles here.

    There are many broken arrows deeply inserted into the stone wall, which shows how terrible the strength of the archer is; There are some simple bamboo, wood and arrows scattered inside and outside the stronghold wall, which must be shot by the mob when guarding the stronghold.

    There is a stone bridge in front of the village. Even if you officially enter Yulong mountain, there is a deep stone gorge leading to the hinterland of Yulong mountain. The peaks on both sides of the stone gorge are steep and the cliffs are steep, which is difficult to climb.

    The former army has gone deep into Yulong mountain from this Shixia; After arriving at Chenqiao stronghold, the Chinese army and the right guard army also marched forward to the mountain in three days to pursue and suppress the rioters. The order left was to ask the Yulong mansion troops and horses to guard Chenqiao stronghold and block the entrance of the rioters from the Shixia mountain. The left guard army left the horses in Chenqiao stronghold, then loaded lightly into the mountain and rushed to join the Chinese army and the right guard army to find and annihilate the rioters.

    Entering the Shixia in the hinterland of Yulong mountain, the terrain can only be said to be relatively easy, but there is no ready-made Road, and only the spirit horse of the level of black scale horse can pass quickly. The ordinary mounts led by Chen Hai from the Taoist academy can not enter the mountain to fight, so they can only stay in Chenqiao village.

    Unlike the Taiwei mountain range with dense forests and abundant aura, Yulong Mountain stretches for more than a thousand miles, but most of it is barren mountains and stone ridges, and a few sparse plants and trees wither because of the drought that lasted for several years. Looking from afar, you can see several columns of thick black smoke rising in the mountain, which should be the result of the war left by the former army, the Chinese army and the right guard army after destroying the bandit stronghold.

    The river in front of Chenqiao village also exposes the dry and cracked riverbed.

    There were two or three hundred bodies lying on the ground, ragged and bony. They should be all the mobs who occupied Chen Qiaohan and were annihilated by the former army''s Taoists.

    On the riverbed and along the river, there are some stone axes, bamboo spears, bamboo guns and bamboo bows scattered on the ground, which should be abandoned by the mob. The previous sect soldiers disdained to pick up these simple weapons.

    "Elder martial brother Shen, is it possible that the former army took Chenqiao stronghold so easily as to lure the enemy by the mob?" Chen Hai squatted in front of the river bank, looked at the body on the riverbed and asked Shen Kun in confusion.

    "Hum!" Chen Qing, who was looking at Yulong mountain a hundred steps away, heard a contemptuous cold hum. Obviously, she still listened to the whispered conversation between Chen Hai and Shen Kun.

    Shen Kun and Chen Hai have been together for so long. Knowing what he is worried about, he can only shrug and smile at this time.

    The next morning, the vulture raised by Li Xianghai first spread its wings from Chenqiao stronghold and flew into the blue sky, staring at every plant and tree within a hundred miles.

    With this vulture, the left guard army doesn''t even need to send scouts and sentries. It''s also very convenient to contact the Chinese army, the right guard army and the former army.

    The spirit vulture has been tamed by Li Xianghai for many years. In addition to the elixir for strengthening muscles and bones, it has to eat at least two fat sheep every day.

    Standing on the ground higher than the calf, the spirit vulture has iron feathers like arrows, and its claws are as strong as iron. It emits a cold cold awn. In an instant, it can crush the poplar that has been growing for a hundred years. Few of the deacons and teachers in the Taoist school are the enemies of the fierce spirit vulture.

    Although this fierce spirit vulture can''t compare with the green scale thunder eagle on the cloud splashing cliff, it also envies the eyes of countless Taoist soldiers'' disciples.

    Chen Hai and the other 300 disciples of Taoist soldiers, led by Li Xianghai, Chen Qing, Xie Wenzhuo and Lu Hongqian, entered Shixia and marched into the hinterland of Yulong mountain.

    Along the way, the good news of the former army attacking the camp and pulling out the stronghold came back one after another. Chen Qing, Xie Wenzhuo and Lu Hongqian were worried that the credit would be robbed by others. They fell behind and only got the benefit of ending. All the way, they urged the left guard to speed up their soldiers.

    Fortunately, the front army opened the way, and the left guard army was not worried about being disturbed and attacked. Two days later, it caught up with the Chinese army and the right guard army and stationed in a simple stone stronghold.

    More than a thousand Taoist soldiers have gone more than 200 miles into Yulong mountain. Seven or eight bandit strongholds have been conquered and burned together with the bodies of the wiped out mobs to avoid reuse.

    The defense of these seven or eight bandit strongholds is even more rudimentary than that of Chen Qiao stronghold. The former army annihilated some skinny old and weak bandits. Although the other generals were arrogant and felt that they could wipe out tens of thousands of people gathered in Yulong mountain all the way, they were worried that their marching speed was too slow and could not take much credit. Chen Hai was more and more worried.

    If the troublemakers got the news earlier, were afraid of the strength of the sect soldiers, and the main force moved to the depths of Yulong mountain, there would be no need to leave hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled to guard the outer stronghold; Just three or four months ago, more than 5000 troops and horses of the Yulong family army attacked Yulong Mountain and were defeated. A large number of armor should be captured. Even if the mob wanted to defend the outer stronghold, they should not be only simple weapons such as bamboo spear and bamboo bow.

    In addition, although the sect soldiers successively conquered nearly 10 bandit strongholds, they annihilated less than 2000 enemies and were far from hurting the muscles and bones of the mob; More importantly, the mob had defeated five thousand troops and horses of Yulong Chengfu army, almost annihilated, and never looked like a mob.

    Of course, Shen Kun and Ge tong can hear Chen Hai''s worries and doubts, but up to Qi Siyu, Baiwu school captain, they only regard Chen Hai''s doubts as a joke. In the view of the disciples of Daobing, the Yulong city government army is useless and defeated by the mob, which doesn''t explain anything at all.

    On a stone cliff just before the Taoist soldiers settled in the stone stronghold, a man''s head and face were shrouded in black robes. He didn''t feel the heat at all. Only two eyes were exposed and looked at the stronghold more than ten miles away.

    There was no cover of dense shrubs on the stone cliff, but it was strange that the three heads flew over and monitored the spirit birds around. Leng didn''t find the existence of the two black robed people.

    "The wine worship master is really clever. These sect soldiers are so arrogant that they don''t even notice it. They drill into the pocket array arranged by the wine worship master. We should be able to do a big job this time..." a man in black lowered his voice and whispered.

    "Different from the corrupt sects and Hou families in the mainland, the martial arts of the Marquis Dong Liang, the God of Wuwei, can not be despised, and the taiweizong has not completely degenerated over the years. The rise of the divine religion does not allow us to slack off at all. It is already a great achievement to mix the anti spirit powder given by the wine worship Lord into the earth spring drunk by these Taoist soldiers, and the rest will be gathered in Huanglong Yuan''s rebel army solved it... "The black robed man warned his companions not to create new problems. He turned like a spirit bird and slipped silently into the gully behind the stone cliff.

    The mountain ditch behind the stone cliff was originally a stone stream. In the drought season, there was no running water early, exposing the riprap beach on the riverbed.

    In a pile of pebbles, there was a slender iron pipe, which was very inconspicuous. A man in black squatted over and listened to the sound of water coming from the iron pipe. He took out a black pottery bottle from his arms and poured the whole bottle of slightly fishy powder into it.

    Shixi is actually connected with the underground spring of Shizhai. The black robed people had expected that taiweizong''s main force of Taoist soldiers in Yulong mountain would probably choose to rest in this Shizhai after successively conquering several stockaded villages. Now they only need to mix the medicine of anti chaos xuanxiu Linghai Zhenyuan into the drinking water source of Taoist disciples through the hidden channel connected between Shixi and Diquan, Everything is ready

    The two men in black did all this and fled to the distance like ghosts along the Shixi River; The three spirit birds flying high in the sky have never been able to capture their figure.

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