6. The Demise of Manichaeism 2

But now that the Great Song Dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, the emperor has been passed down for eleven generations, and the Zhao family has also sat firmly in the world with the scriptures. ^^ to see the latest In fact, for the current emperor, there is no Tianji Palace even better than there, Chen Tuan saw this clearly, and only then did he set the rule that the disciples of the Tianji Palace were not allowed to interfere in the government, in fact, it was used to maintain the transcendent status of the Tianji Palace.

It's a pity that there are still many people in the Tianji Palace who have the same thoughts as Xie Qingfeng and Zong Tianxuan, and they are still intoxicated by the previous era, thinking that the Tianji Palace is really a rumor on behalf of the sky, and he can't point it out strongly.

Ye Muxue sighed secretly and said: "As far as Senior Brother Zong's trip to Lin'an is concerned, the imperial court seems to be quite polite to Senior Brother Zong, but in fact, the emperor and the ruling ministers are only on the surface, and the only one who really treats Senior Brother Zong is King Deng, who is idle and powerless." Isn't this kind of treatment difficult enough to explain the status of Tianji Palace in the eyes of the imperial court now? ”

"What, could there be such a thing?" After Xie Qingfeng listened to Ye Muxue's words, he immediately stared at Zong Tianxuan. Because after Zong Tianxuan came back, he just boasted about the courtesy he received, and he only mentioned it in passing, and others didn't ask much. At this time, Zong Tianxuan couldn't help but bow his head, and didn't say a word, obviously acquiescing.

Xie Qingfeng couldn't help but be furious, and said: "Zhao Yan can't help but despise our Tianji Palace too much, if there was no Patriarch Chen in the past, Zhao Kuangyi would have been able to sit firmly in the world, but now he is like this to us, it is really 'tolerable and unbearable'." 78" He turned to Hua Qingtan and said, "Senior sister in charge, we must not go on like this......"

Before he finished speaking, Tan Xue secretly said: "Senior Brother Xie, what are you talking about, our Tianji Palace helped Zhao Kuangyi back then, hoping that he could unify the world, and from then on stop the rebellion of the sword soldiers, so that the world's hundreds of children can live and work in peace and contentment, how can you pursue any vanity, if it is really to seek fame, when Chen Tuan Patriarch would have stayed in Tokyo a long time ago."

Tan Xueqing, the eldest sister in their generation, usually even Hua Qingtan is polite to her, Xie Qingfeng obviously doesn't dare to argue with her, listening to her, although she is still a little resentful, but she doesn't dare to say anything. Zong Tianxuan said: "What Master Tan said is that what the disciple said is not to seek any false fame in the world, but now there is only this half of the country left in the Great Song Dynasty, which is in danger. I also want to emulate Patriarch Chen Tuan's actions back then to help the world and save the people. ”

Tan Xueqing snorted and said, "I naturally know, otherwise I wouldn't have the patience to listen to you." ”

At this time, everyone was silent, and they all looked at Hua Qingtan, obviously waiting for her decision. Hua Qingtan pondered for a while before saying: "What the two of them said makes sense, but Tianxuan's proposal is to change the regulations of Patriarch Chen, which is a big matter and should not be rash, and Mu Xue's suggestion is too cautious, in my opinion, I might as well order them to go down the mountain again, authorize Tianxuan to go out of the imperial court, and act according to their own ideas, for a period of three years, after three years, look at the results of the two of them, and then make a decision, what do you think of the senior brothers and brothers?" ”

The other six people nodded one after another and said, "It's according to the palace master's wishes." ”

There was a "clatter", as if something had hit the bottom of the ship, and the sailor who was handling the ship said loudly: "The ship has run aground, brothers, get on it." ”

Ling Xiang waved his long sword and said, "Brothers, rush." "Be the first to jump off the boat. Huang Mingxia, Huang Taisong, Huang Taibai, Qi Dazhu, Ji Chengjiang, Ji Chenghe and others also jumped off the boat together, wading waist-deep in the water, and rushed towards the Manichaean position.

There were many corpses of the Song army that had attacked the coast before, floating on the sea, and blood flowers surfaced, and they were swallowed by the waves. Countless arrows were scattered everywhere on the coastal beach, and from time to time crossbow arrows flew over their heads, shooting at the positions of the Manichaean army in the distance, and some of the Song troops who had stepped onto the coast in advance fought with the Manichaean army.

After receiving the news that the eastern and western armies had successfully kicked into the south of Shanghai, the Song army in the middle of the road immediately strengthened the offensive the next day, because the Manichaean army did not have a naval army to meet the battle, all the warships of the Song army lined up on the sea, and the arrows were shot at the position of the Manichaean army like raindrops, and the density and intensity were not the same as those of the previous days.

Moreover, in the dense rain of arrows, there were also thunderbolts, thunderbolts, oil bombs, poisonous fireballs and other firearms, so that the entire beach position was full of fire and choking smoke.

The offensive of the Song army began at midnight, and it reached six or seven hours in a row, and it did not weaken until noon, although the Manichaean army also used bows and arrows to desperately shoot back with the Song army, but the range was not as good as that of the Song army, and second, there were no firearms, crossbows, crossbows and arrows and other weapons, so the threat was far less than that of the Song army, and after six or seven hours of fierce fighting, there were countless casualties, and the strong position was finally loosened.

As soon as Li Gongzuo saw that the time was ripe, he immediately ordered a land battle. So small boats sent the Song army to the coast, and the Song army jumped off the boat, stepped onto the land, and engaged the oncoming Manichaean army, and the battle for the land and Hainan was also white-hot.

In addition to the 15,000 men and horses on the left and right roads, the strength of the Song army on the middle route was far more than 30,000, and the Manichaean army in Hainan was about 60,000 or 70,000 troops. The Song army only used to concentrate its forces and storm a few of these points, so locally, it was the Song army's strength that prevailed.

Moreover, the elite men and horses of the Manichaeism have long been exhausted, and those who remain in Hainan are either old and weak soldiers, or recruits who have just been conscripted into the army, and the quality cannot be compared with the Song army, and the Song army has successfully stepped on the land from Wanning and Changhua to Hainan The news has been transmitted here, and the Manichaean army is even more unmotivated, so after the Song army kicked on the land, except for a few people who are desperate to serve the Manichaean sect and are still fighting hard, the others either choose to surrender or flee, even if there are Manichaean masters to suppress the formation, it will not help.