Chapter 58: Wang Xuanying
Dou Jiande finally felt Wang Shichong's pain, Tang Jun was too difficult. A thousand cavalry went out to chase a guy who claimed to be the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, but only a few dozen people came back. Just these people, they ran back after being picked up by a large group of people. The scene was in a mess, and the captain who led the team was dragged by the war horse and only half of his body was left.
What's even more terrifying is that according to the memories of the soldiers who fled back, plus the analysis of Wang Shichong's subordinates. That guy is very likely to be Li Shimin, the real King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty. This is a bit appalling, I have never heard of such a fierce prince. His son Wang Xuanying can also be regarded as a civil and military all-rounder, but he only dares to let him stay with him. Where would he dare to go to the enemy camp with only a reckless man.
I heard that Li Yuan's crown prince Li Jiancheng is not bad, and it is really not a fluke that the Li family has to be closed.
Thinking of military rations, Dou Jiande had a headache. When he was in Caozhou, he was afraid that his army was not strong enough and the number was not large enough. Along the way, he recruited many people, who were responsible for their daily labor. When on the battlefield, being a dead soldier cannon fodder is the best choice.
But the army has surged from 100,000 to 300,000, and the consumption brought is also amazing. Hebei is tired and wants to feed the army of so many people. It is not possible to rely solely on transporting grain from Hebei to Henan, and more often than not, grain has to be raised from Henan. But Henan is also two years of war, and the people are not much worse than Hebei. said that it was to raise food, but more often than not, it was to grab it horizontally.
Prison Pass, also known as Bishui Pass, Chenggao Pass, Gukun Pass, is the eastern gateway of Luoyang. Since the week, the pass has been set up here. This pass is connected with Songyue in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and the mountains are staggered, which is a natural danger.
Li Erlai came to observe his Guangwu Mountain camp, and Dou Jiande also surveyed the Tiger Prison Pass under the protection of the cavalry. The unanimous conclusion of the generals is that it is difficult to break through the Tiger Prison. It's very difficult! The only way is to fill it with a huge number of human lives. Those people keep it to eat, or use their lives to fill it.
"The order goes down, and the armies are ready. Siege Tomorrow! Dou Jiande gave an order, and hundreds of thousands of horses immediately boiled.
Spring is blooming, and this year's spring in Henan came a little earlier than in previous years. The willow branches began to bud, and the withered yellow edges on the ground also had a touch of green, no longer lifeless in winter. A vibrant appearance descended on the land of Henan.
A band of brutal soldiers and wild boars stormed the village, and soon they scattered into small teams. As soon as they entered a farmhouse, the GIs demanded food. The grain in the spring is as valuable as gold, and the farmers are willing to give it. If you don't give it, if you give it slowly, it's a knife.
Screams and heart-rending howls of women and children came from the village. Dou Jiande's son, Wang Xuan, the crown prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, should deal with this, but he was indifferent. What he cares about is not how many people died, but how much food was robbed. If there is not enough food to feed the more than 300,000 mouths, it will be him and his father Dou Jiande who will die.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, this Henan is poorer than our Hebei. It took four or five villages to slaughter so much food. You should advise Your Majesty that the attack on that tiger prison will not outweigh the losses. It's serious to go back to Hebei early, it's been a few months since I came out, and the big guys are a little homesick. Seeing that the soldiers only got a few ox carts of grain, the general Zhang Qing pouted helplessly.
"Humph! I'm afraid you want to go back to Hebei! When Meng Haigong was exterminated, His Majesty rewarded him heavily. One by one, they are all fattened into pigs, and they are in a hurry to go back to Handan to buy a house and buy land. Wang Xuanying glanced at Zhang Qing.
After defeating Meng Haigong, Dou Jiande rewarded these generals lavishly. The morale of the army is high, but these guys are safe when they are rich. I don't understand what is cold at all, what is the general strategy. One by one, they are waiting to go back to Hebei to ask for land and property, and the most unfortunate ones are also thinking about asking for a few more wives.
Thinking about the Li family's army, which had besieged Luoyang for more than a year and was still at its peak, Wang Xuan couldn't help but feel upset.
"The brothers actually don't want to fight much, Li Tang and Wang Shichong's bearded dog eats dog, what's the matter with our Daxia. Let's go back to Hebei to live a good life, I don't believe that Li Tang dares to come to our Hebei to spread wilderness. ”
is another rammer who only grows muscles but not brains, Hebei's Great Xia, Henan's Zheng Guo, and Guanzhong's Li Tang three forces coexist. Once Wang Shichong is destroyed, it is simply a fool's dream for Hebei to want to be alone.
There is no way to think about this with the rammers, they only think about the land and their wives and children in Handan. For them, militaristic events are fart. Where there are blue brick houses, the land that cannot be seen at a glance is real.
Even Wang Xuanying believed that as long as Li Tang could afford the price. These guys will immediately run to Datang's side, as long as they can keep their current wealth, these guys can knife their father.
It's only been a few years ...... you've been rich! Where are the warriors who licked blood with their knives and their blades did not change their faces a few years ago?
"Luoyang is the eastern capital of the Great Sui, and Chang'an is also the capital of the Great Sui. Guanzhong is rich, don't you think about the land, girls and wealth in Guanzhong? His Li family is so rich! Wang Xuan gently whipped the war horse with a horsewhip, and the war horse walked over to meet the ox carts. Military affairs have no effect on these rammed goods, but wealth, land, and women have a fatal attraction to them.
When they first rose up against the Sui, these bastards had the revolutionary ideal of grabbing money, food, and women. It's a simple mess!
"His Royal Highness the Prince, is Guanzhong really so rich?" Sure enough, as soon as I heard about the goods. Zhang Qing immediately transformed into a bipedal walking animal and followed behind Wang Xuanying on a horse.
Ignoring this bastard, Wang Xuan should have made up his mind a long time ago. As long as the battle in Luoyang is over, kill this bastard. This kind of rammed goods, scum with extremely high purity, should be buried in the ground as fertilizer. To let him live in this world is a waste of air and food.
Looking at the stolen grain, Wang Xuanying was a little helpless. It was all coarse grains, a few hungry donkeys and two cows. The latest car to come out was loaded with some chickens and two pigs. Of course, there are also prettier village girls. These are all important military forces, without these, how can they contain Zhang Qing and their gang of killers.
"Your Highness, this village is poorer than the previous ones. Just these truckloads of grain, add up to not even a thousand catties. The lieutenant reluctantly reported that the village was almost slaughtered before he could get the grain. It shows that the villagers really have no food. After seeing the villagers' food, the green patch is disgusting to look at.
"Damn, these poor sours. By the way, Your Highness, not far from here is Songshan Mountain. Shaolin Temple is a large Buddhist temple with a wide range of fields, why don't we go there to fight the autumn wind? Seeing the pitiful harvest, Zhang Qing quickly hit the idea on the head of the rich Buddha.
"Shaolin Temple ......!" Wang Xuanying's eyes suddenly lit up, how much food can these poor ghosts get by knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow. Buddhism is different, the world's largest usury. The Shaolin Temple is the largest landlord near Songshan, and nearly half of the land within a radius of 100 miles is the temple property of the Shaolin Temple. If you don't loot such a place, you can't get along with these poor ghosts. still needs a fool like Zhang Qing to remind Wang Xuanying that he felt that his head was kicked by a donkey.
"Let's go, let's go to Shaolin Temple to have a look."
Before he reached the foot of Song Mountain, the scouts sent out were beaten back. They all had blue noses and swollen faces, and they looked miserable.
"What's wrong with you? Who made you like this? Wang Xuanying was a little surprised, and few dared to resist all the way over. Ordinary dealers couldn't stand up when they saw the soldiers with knives shaking their legs, and they dared to rise up and resist.
"Back to Your Highness, those bald donkeys are arrogant. The villain just inquired about the road, and he was beaten like this. They also said, come one to play one, come to two to play a pair. I didn't take His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and our Daxia in my eyes at all. "The IQ is a little insufficient, and even the words of provocation are full of loopholes. The captain who led the army had half of his teeth knocked out, and now he couldn't even speak.
Wang Xuan should know what is going on with his ass, and it is strange to shout at the monk that the bald donkey people don't beat you.
"Let's go, let's go to Shaolin Temple to see who dares to insult my Great Xia soldiers." But knowing that Wang Xuanying didn't want to blame his vulgar subordinates. It's a perfect excuse for the Shaolin Temple not to pay for it. For example, a hundred and ten cartloads of grain and goods, or more.
The world is not peaceful, and there are always thieves who rob homes and houses. In order to protect the tenants, but also to protect the temple property. The monks organized a joint security team, and there were always warrior monks with sticks parading around the village. As soon as he saw a fierce face, the guy with a sword in his hand beckoned to death.
It is clear that a robber with a knife can no match a monk with a stick. In the era of bandits and bandits, the Shaolin Temple was very calm within a radius of 100 miles, and it became a peach blossom source in troubled times.
Jueyuan and his seventeen apprentices had just beaten away a group of guys who claimed to be soldiers of Great Xia, and the captain led by him actually dared to open his mouth and call himself a bald donkey. There is no need to leave that mouth, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is really overwhelming. Jueyuan really wants to discount his legs!
Now Jueyuan is glad that he didn't discount that guy's leg, because that guy is standing in front of him. Behind him stood thousands of accomplices. In any case, even if the eighteen stick monks transform into eighteen Bodhidharma patriarchs, they can't beat so many people.
"Stop!" The captain, who had just been beaten like a pig's head, stepped forward and kicked Jueyuan. With a hateful kick, Jueyuan monk actually didn't move. This made him very faceless, and he pulled out a knife to make a move, but Wang Xuanying drank it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, why did you come to my Shaomu Mountain?" Jueyuan saw a young man sitting on a tall horse behind the captain with a mouth full of blood. The killers all around him gathered around him, and it was obvious that this person was the one who had the final say among them.
"Gu Nai is the prince of Great Xia, and I want to ask why you beat my Great Xia soldiers." Wang Xuanying lay on his horse and looked at this shiny monk with great interest. It is said that the more profound the practice of Buddhist martial arts, the more the brain will sink. No matter how you look at it, this guy doesn't have a pit in his head.
"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Prince, the poor monk lost. Just offended His Royal Highness the Prince's subordinates, the poor monk is willing to be punished by His Royal Highness the Prince. Jueyuan's eyes closed, it seems that there is no way to live today. I just hope that I will take all the responsibility on myself and not let the temple suffer unwarranted disasters.
"Hahaha! Even if you are a high-ranking monk, your life is not worthy of the face of my Great Xia soldier. Lead the way in front of the head, but I want to ask you about the temple of Shaolin Temple. What kind of compensation do you want to take, and it will be worth my face in Great Xia. Wang Xuanying didn't care about the life and death of the monk Jueyuan, and the face of the Great Xia Kingdom was even more of a joke. How many things can be faked in Shaolin Temple is the most important thing.
Jueyuan's face showed a sad expression, of course he knew what Wang Xuan wanted. Although it was the first time for these people to come to Shaomu Mountain, the news of their rampant trip to Henan had already spread. These are human beings who are more ferocious than jackals, the works of the Creator's extreme failures, and the scum of extremely high purity.
It is a crime to commit in Henan, and it is even more difficult to write. When these people came to Shaomuro Mountain, it was definitely a big disaster. Perhaps, this is the calamity that God wants to send to Shaolin Temple!
"Amitabha!" Jueyuan chanted a Buddha horn, and reluctantly led thousands of Great Xia soldiers to Shaomu Mountain.
Shaomuro Mountain, also known as "Jimuro Mountain", has 36 peaks and steep mountains, strange peaks and strange views, and abounds. The peaks are clustered and undulating, such as the banner surrounding, like the sword halberd in a row, quite magnificent, some rise from the ground, some stretch around, some are like a tiger squatting, some are like a lion dancing, some are like a giant dragon sleeping, some are like a turtle crawling, the peaks and peaks are uneven, the canyon is vertical and horizontal, quite spectacular. Legend has it that the second wife of King Xia Yu, the sister of Tu Shan, lives here, and people build a temple of young aunts under the mountain to pay respect, so the name of the mountain is "Shao Room".
It is said that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Tianzhu monk Bodhidharma came to China, was good at Zen Buddhism, and was quite courteous to Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the twentieth year of Taihe, he set up a temple for the Buddha on Shaomu Mountain to provide food and clothing. The temple is located in the Shaolin mountain forest, so the name Shaolin is named "Shaolin Temple", which means "the temple hidden in the dense forest under the Shaolin Mountain".
"That's the Shaolin Temple?" Turning around the foot of the mountain, Wang Xuanying saw a vast monastery. I immediately smiled in my heart, such a large temple must be rich in oil and water. Compared to those poor scumbag farmers, I don't know how much better.
Jueyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "There is the Shaomuro Temple of the Pure Land Sect, and the Shaolin Temple is a small temple, so it is naturally incomparable." ”
"Oh, Shomuroji?" Wang Xuanying was immediately interested, but he didn't expect that there was such a big temple in Shaolin Mountain in addition to Shaolin Temple. Today, it is time for the prince to make a fortune.
PS: Shao Room Temple, located in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, Dajindian Town, Weiyuangou Village Natural Village, ancient name Honghua Temple, meaning "promote Buddhism, educate all beings" of the Buddha Pure Land, belongs to one of the 72 temples of Zhongyue Songshan, because it is located in the south foot of Zhongyue Songshan Shaomu Mountain, and is named Shaomu Temple after the mountain. The temple was built in the early Tang Dynasty and destroyed at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there are broken walls and ancient monuments in the time of the founding of New China, after the destruction of the Cultural Revolution, now the traces do not exist.
According to the legend of the old people of the natural village, the temple was originally a very famous temple, and its reputation was above the Shaolin Temple, but later due to poor management, the monks were full of evil, and because of robbery, rape and other crimes, they were angry by the government and the opposition, and ordered to raze the temple. After the lower officials demolished the temple, they played the emperor, and the emperor said: "Raze it." However, the lower officials misheard the "strike" as "rake", thinking that the emperor did not understand the hatred, so let the rake again. So, he pulled the rake with sharp iron spikes on his horse for three days before leaving.
According to the villagers of Weiyuangou Natural Village, a villager named Li Sihai saw a stone tablet of a temple when he was planting crops, but he disappeared from there.