By noon, Ah Shu led his army to the foot of Gushan Mountain.

The altitude of Gushan is 1,000 meters, surrounded by green water, and the scenery is picturesque. There is an ancient temple on the mountain, named Yongquan, which was built in the Tang Dynasty and is also the holy place of Buddhism today.

There are Yuan army scouts climbing the mountain.

Ancient temple on the mountain.

In the past, incense was prosperous, but in the past two days, it is rare for pilgrims to go up the mountain. When the Yuan army arrived, most of them had already taken refuge.

But in the moment, there were many Great Song Dynasty soldiers at this time.

In addition to the 3rd Regiment of the Fuzhou Garrison that retreated here from Yanxiang Village, the 7th Regiment was also here.

In addition, there are many Fuzhou soldiers hidden in the deep mountains outside the brakes.

They are going to resist the Yuan army here.

Because if you don't block it here, when the Yuan army approaches Fuzhou, Fuzhou will be dangerous. In the city of Fuzhou, there are not many cupola cannons to deal with hot air balloons.

Gao Tianzong, the head of the third regiment, and others will preside over a discussion with the old monks of Huizhi in the guest room and in the temple.

As he was talking, a soldier outside the door came to report: "Regiment commander, the Yuan army has arrived at the bottom of the mountain." ”

Gao Tianzong looked at the old monk Huizhi and said, "Master, then we will leave first." ”

In the past two days, they have been making a lot of trouble. At the moment, it is clear that he does not want to implicate Yongquan Temple.

"Amitabha."

The old monk Huizhi clasped his hands together, "What should happen after the general leads the army out of the temple?" ”

Gao Tianzong said: "I led the army to directly rush down the mountain to fight with the Yuan army." ”

"And then?"

The old monk Huizhi asked again.

Gao Tianzong sighed softly, "Do your best to deal with them." In short, you can't let them approach Changle County like this. ”

The generals in their army knew very well that the only way to relieve the siege of Fuzhou was to wait for Wen Tianxiang, who was stationed in Jianning, to lead the army to arrive.

Only at this moment, in the north of Jianning Mansion, there are hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops eyeing them, and they have to wait for Wen Tianxiang to lead the army over, but I really don't know when they will wait.

Fuzhou has little vitality.

But those of them who are generals always need to do their best. As for success or failure, then go to the destiny of heaven.

"Amitabha!"

The old monk Huizhi pronounced the Buddha's horn again, and said to the little novice on the side: "Go and gather all the monks in the temple!" ”

The little novice answered and walked outside the house.

Gao Tianzong and the others were slightly moved, and Gao Tianzong said: "Master, who are you?" ”

The old monk Huizhi said: "The old monk is willing to let all the monks in the temple go out with the general." The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, how can we and other Buddhists always stay out of the matter? ”

Gao Tianzong was a little puzzled and said, "Master forgive me for being rude. Why didn't you see people in Buddhism in the past......"

The old monk Huizhi smiled slightly, "Because the current emperor can let the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment......"

Gao Tian arched his hand and bowed deeply, "Gao admires Master Gao Yi. It is not trivial to only fight with the Yuan army, and it is better not to be stained by blood in the pure land of Buddhism. ”

The old monk Huizhi said: "If the general is defeated, does the general think that our Buddhism can still be a quiet place?" ”

Gao Tianzhong was silent, not knowing how to answer.

The old monk Huizhi said: "Although our Yongquan Temple is not as many masters as the Heart Zen Temple, there are still some masters, please don't refuse it!" ”

As he spoke, his eyes fell on the rest of the generals beside Gao Tianlong.

Gao Tian said movingly: "That...... Thank you, Master. ”

The old monk Huizhi nodded lightly, "The old monk is waiting for the good news of the generals in the temple. ”

Gao Tianzong nodded heavily and led everyone to the outside of the guest room. As soon as he left the room, he asked the scouts to report the regiments hidden in the mountain, preparing to attack and kill them down the mountain.

Before they could leave the compound, many monks from Yongquan Temple hurried over. They are all wearing leggings, and they are all warrior monks in this temple.

The old monk Huizhi walked out of the guest room, and said with the Buddha salute: "Disciples, go down the mountain with the generals!" ”

"Yes."

The warrior monks all returned the salute and agreed.

At this moment, there was no fear on the faces of these monks. Perhaps, people in Buddhism should look down on life and death a lot.

In the past two years or so, they have seen the changes in Fujian. You can see it in the changes in the pilgrims.

Since the new emperor sat in Changsha, the world is indeed different from before. Such an emperor is worthy of the support of their Buddhists.

Gao Tianzong said: "All the guards, take off your armor and give it to the masters!" ”

His guards immediately unbuckled their armor.

In front of the warrior monk was a monk about fifty years old, very burly, with bright bald hair, seeing this, he said, "Thank you general, this is not necessary." ”

His eyes swept over the guards of Gao Tianzong and others in the courtyard, and said, "If there is no armor, how can the soldiers fight?" ”

Gao Tian laughed and said, "They all have the Divine Dragon Gun, and it doesn't matter if they don't have this armor." ”

This is, of course, just a polite remark.

On the battlefield, having armor and not having armor are two different things. With armor, the chances of survival are much higher.

But after the guards took off their armor, they still handed it over to the warrior monks.

The leading warrior monk had no choice but to bow and say, "So, thank you general." ”

Gao Tianzong asked the guards to help about 200 warrior monks put on their armor, and then he led people out of the courtyard and went straight to the outside of Yongquan Temple. In total, there are about 2,000 people.

Che Hongyu, the commander of the Seventh Regiment of the Fuzhou Garrison Army, was a lieutenant general of the former Toutuo Army, walking beside Gao Tianzong, and suddenly said: "Commander Gao, let's compare again this time?" ”

Gao Tian said: "Compared to what? ”

Che Hongyu said with a smile: "Compare who withdraws first." ”

"Good!"

Gao Tianzong smiled and nodded, "You just wait to invite me to dinner." ”

Che Hongyu just laughed, "Don't speak too slowly, your third regiment is the elite of the army, but my seventh regiment is not bad." Maybe, you can directly defeat those Yuan troops! ”

Gao Tianzong stretched out his hand and put his hand on Che Hongyu's shoulder, "If you can directly defeat the tens of thousands of troops under the mountain, I will give you all the wine in this life." ”

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

"Good! Ha ha! ”

……

More than 2,000 people walked out of the temple gate and descended the mountain. In front are the soldiers of the Fuzhou garrison, and in the back, there are about 200 warrior monks of Yongquan Temple.

This is the first time since the Song and Yuan dynasties began the war that Buddhism has joined the war.

Not to mention whether the old monk Huizhi really thinks that Zhao Dongting will be a savior emperor, or is he forced by the pressure of the Daomen. The spirit of these monks is undoubtedly worthy of praise.

And in this drum mountain, there are also the fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth regiments of the Changde Fu garrison, which also went down the mountain one after another.

Along the way, there were scouts of the Yuan army who met with the army, and some people were shot down by cold arrows.

But there were still people who hurried down the mountain.

They rushed ahead of the army to the foot of the mountain, and reported the incident to Ashu.

Ah Shu made a surprising move.

He actually let his soldiers lead the soldiers to burn the mountain.

Thousands of soldiers of the Yuan army galloped towards the surroundings of Drum Mountain.

In a short time, a fire broke out at the foot of the mountain. On such a hot summer day, as soon as the fire was lit, it surged at a very fast speed.

Thick smoke rises into the air.

The fire spread to the mountains.

This fire seems to have the potential to turn this drum mountain into a mountain of flames.

Even when Shi Kangsheng and the others fought with the Yuan army in Jiumao Pass before, there were flames burning, but that scene was really small compared to here.

The smoke is endless.

Gao Tianzong and the others, who were rushing down the mountain, soon saw the fire spreading up the mountain, as well as the billowing smoke.

At this moment, their faces also changed suddenly.

No one would have thought that Ah Shu would come up with such a method. Indeed, after the Divine Dragon Gun and other things, the Great Song Dynasty army rarely considered taking advantage of the time and place.

"Withdraw!"

"Retreat!"

In this case, Gao Tianzong, Che Hongyu and other generals were busy leading people to retreat behind the mountain. Such a fire, they simply can't rush through.

Only, when they were shuttling through the mountains. Those Yuan armies were also surrounding the entire Drum Mountain at a very fast speed.

At the foot of Drum Mountain, fires broke out everywhere.

The entire Drum Mountain was besieged by fire.

The Fuzhou garrison army had no way out at all.

Eventually, they could only converge on the mountainside in Yongquan Temple.

The monks in the temple have not had time to leave the temple at this time, and they are all watching the fire outside the temple. There are many people who are anxious.

Gao Tianzong and the others were also okay, and when they saw the old monk Huizhi again, Gao Tianzong's face was full of guilt, "This time, we are involved in Yongquan Temple." ”

Some soldiers have begun to cut down trees outside the temple.

The Zongyuan army set fire to the mountain, and they also had to protect this Yongquan Temple from being spread by the fire.

In this way, even if the Yuan army burns the mountain, it will inevitably fight with them in the end. It's just that the situation is definitely not as good as the Great Song Army's initiative to attack.

Trapped in Yongquan Temple, you can only be passive.

"Amitabha Buddha ......"

The old monk Huizhi clasped his hands together and said: "The general does not need to blame himself, although he is facing this danger, but I Yongquan Temple is up and down, and it is ...... to fight with the army and the Yuan army."

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