"Journey to the West"

Author: Scarlet Polyp

Chapter 8 Breaking the Scheme

The Great Han Iron Cavalry ran over the 50,000 troops of the coalition army as if it were devastating, which not only frightened the courage of Bai Ying, the king of Qiuzi, but also made the other small countries around the world really feel the horror of Tianwei. Therefore, when it was heard that the Han army had entered Nanhe City, the capital of Yanqi, without blood, the two kingdoms of Wei Li and Wei Xu surrendered immediately, and their king personally went to Nanhe City to present the golden seal, treasure sword, and land book to Pang De to show his surrender; The monarchs of the three kingdoms of Weitou, Wensu, and Gumo, who were closer to Qiuci, gathered in the Qiuci King City to do it, wanting to discuss a charter with the Qiuci King. After retiring everyone in the palace, there were only four kings left in the huge palace of King Qiuzi. After a few words of greeting, the three of them went straight to the point and asked Bai Ying how he would deal with the situation.

"What else do you ask me? Buddha bless, I will not resist anymore, I would rather become a monk, the Han want to give them everything! After Bai Ying fled back, his spirit fell into a state of great instability, chanting scriptures and worshipping Buddha all day long, and he didn't even pay attention to the arrival of the other three kings. After dropping this sentence, Bai Ying stopped speaking, closed her eyes and read the Buddhist scriptures.

Several kings watched the most powerful king of the Western Regions do this, their hearts were full of contempt, even if the Han Dynasty is a heavenly soldier and a general, it is only 10,000 people, if you don't escape from the battle, the victory or defeat of Beishan is not known. After losing tens of thousands of people and returning to China, he wanted to escape into Shamen to avoid trouble, what else can he say about the demeanor of a king? King Gumo cleared his throat and said, "It seems that King Baiying is not in good health today, and I don't want to bother more, but war is peace, and there must always be a charter." I heard that the Han Dynasty was in Nanhe City, but all the Yanqi royal families who surrendered were reduced to commoners, and even the land people of Weili and Weixu were also cut by more than half. If we surrender like this, will our losses be too great? ”

"But it's not, if you follow the past Han behavior, it's not a big deal to be a vassal country. Even if the Western Regions Protector wants to make some offerings, it is only a drop in the bucket, but now the Han wants to take away our land people like this, it is too ruthless. King Wensu said hatefully, "If we are forced to be anxious, close the city gate and guard it, we each have more than 10,000 men and horses, and the field battle is not good, so it is always possible to defend the city, right?" Coupled with the fact that we help each other, what can the big man do? ”

King Weitou echoed a few words, sighed and said in a low voice: "It's a pity that this King of Guizi has no intention of leading the fight against the Han, otherwise he has a huge and strong city, sufficient food storage, and 100,000 people in the city, afraid that he will have only 10,000 people in the Han Dynasty?" ”

King Wensu glanced at Bai Ying, who was shaking his head in the distance, and suddenly his eyes were violent, and he secretly made a knife cut action on the other two, and King Gumo hurriedly grabbed him and said loudly: "Since the king has no orders, the little kings will retire and come to visit the king another day." ”

After the three of them exited the main hall, a secret door opened from the side wall of the main hall, and a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy and an old monk walked out from inside. The young man looked at Bai Ying on the throne for a long time with a little sadness, a few disappointments and a little love, and then grabbed the old monk and said: "National teacher, my father is no longer in charge, the Han army is pressing, and there is no one available in the country, and those dog kings actually came to fight my Qiuzi's idea." Surrounded by such a strong enemy, what should I do? ”

The old monk's face is not wavering, and his hands are folded; "His Royal Highness the Prince, 'There is no self, no one, no beings, no longevity', everything in the world is just a name. As long as Your Highness recites these 'four verses' often, you will always be able to keep the Lingtai clear, instead of being ridden by external demons like the king. “

"Hechou has been taught, but the situation is 。。。。。。 now"

"Your Highness is worried that there are three, one is the great Han, the second is the king, and the third is the three lords of the country, Weitou, Wensu, and Gumo. This matter is difficult to say, easy to say but very easy, all the methods are still in the 'four verses' just now. The old monk saw the bewildered face of the young man named Bai Hechou, so he continued, "The poor monk once heard that the Great Han Kingdom in the East is a **** country, with gorgeous characters, rules and etiquette, and abundant products, all of which are far from being comparable to the countries of the Western Regions. The prince has been well-read since he was a child, and he is proficient in Chinese, and he naturally knows more about the affairs of the Han Dynasty than the poor monks. If His Royal Highness can give up the foundation of the King of Qiuzi and devote himself to the Han Dynasty, with the benevolence of the Great Han, the 100,000 living beings here will be saved by His Highness. After giving up the throne, the king can also escape into the sand gate according to his words, and light the lamp to worship the Buddha day and night, which is also a fortunate thing. As for the three lords of the country, although they brought 2,000 guards with them, as long as His Highness sacrificed his life, would the Great Han sit idly by and watch such villains? ”

Bai Hechou listened, and hurriedly bowed down, "The words of the national teacher are really like an initiation, I am a member of the Qiuci royal family, if I can't sacrifice my life for the hundreds of thousands of people in Qiuci, what face will I have to be the king?" And what face does it have to my Buddha? Bai He is willing to give up the foundation of his ancestors as a gift, and ask the Han to relieve this disaster for my people, and also ask the national teacher to help me. ”

The old monk finally smiled: "Good, 'Bodhisattva Mahasap is for the sake of all sentient beings, seeking pleasure and supreme bodhi. ''Contemplating all dharmas is empty.'' Reluctant to give up all affection'. His Royal Highness has this kind thought, and the poor monk should serve himself. The poor monk has a disciple in the south of the river city, so he asked His Royal Highness to repair a book, attach a token, and the poor monk will try to do it. ”

At noon three days later, the kings of Weitou, Wensu, and Gumo asked to enter the palace under the pretext of visiting Bai Ying, the king of Qiuci, but after being rejected by the Qiuzi guards, they brazenly led two thousand guards to forcibly break into the palace. Qiuzi has been peaceful for a long time, and the palace gate guards are mostly like goods, and under the surprise attack, they were even defeated at the touch of a button, allowing the Three Kings Army to easily occupy the palace gate. Fortunately, the crown prince Bai Hechou had already taken precautions, and laid down hundreds of guards in the palace gate, and after the rebel army entered the palace road, he intercepted and killed on all sides. Seeing that the situation was chaotic, the three kings simply shot down their men who rushed in front with the Qiuzi Guards with a flurry of arrows - after stabilizing the situation, they gradually gained the upper hand by taking advantage of their numerical advantage. And most of the turtles in the city were bought by the three kings in advance, and when they saw the palace shouting for killing, no one came to save them.

Bai Hechou made a Fang Tian painting halberd, white clothes and white armor, brave and unmatched. He led several guards to rush out of the secret door, forcibly broke through, and almost killed the three kings, but in the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by the enemy's superior forces, and could not advance. Bai He was worried that the surprise attack could not succeed, so he had to lead the crowd to retreat, smash left and right, break out of the encirclement, and finally retreat to the gate of the inner hall. In the inner hall, the guards used sandbags to build fortifications at the temple gate, Bai Hechou was dressed in a white robe dyed blood-red, his eyes were cracked, and he shouted angrily to the enemy soldiers who surrounded him: "Three kings, I have always waited for you, how can you do such an ungrateful thing today!" ”

King Gumo was in golden armor and was full of spirit, seeing that the overall situation had been decided, he refused to admit defeat: "You rebel son, the king under house arrest, do you want to tie up your father and surrender to the man?" Fortunately, we have seen through it, and we are going to clear the portal for King Bai Ying today. ”

King Wen Su was even more arrogant, ran to the front of the battle, raised his sword and shouted: "What nonsense to talk to him!" Warriors, as long as you enter the palace, kill the prince of Qiuci, the beauties and beauties in the city of Qiuci King, and let you wait for three days to rob! Kill! ”

"Oh! Oh! Kill it! Grab the money! Grab the food! Rob a woman! "Many of the Three Kings' army were outlaws who were bought with a lot of money, and they robbed caravans in the desert on weekdays, killing people and goods, and doing all kinds of evil. Now when he hears the reward, he is like a fly seeing blood and a wolf seeing flesh, knocking on his weapon, grinding his teeth, drooling, and clamoring loudly.

Seeing that his words had aroused the morale of his side, King Wensu was very proud, and smiled at the other two kings: "Two kings, let the younger brother lead people to take the lead。。。。。。 Halfway through his words, he stopped abruptly when a slender feathered arrow plunged into his grinning mouth and peeked out from the back of his head. King Wensu's throat moved a few times, and finally he didn't make any sound, staggered back a few steps, and fell to the ground softly. Everyone looked at this scene and stopped talking, and there was a comical calm for a moment in the square in front of the hall, which was still very noisy just now.

"There are enemies behind you!" King Gumo was the first to react, turned around and looked, only to see a group of cavalry appear more than a dozen zhang behind him, the first horse was drawing arrows to the back of the quiver, and the horsemen behind him had also taken the bow and wound it. "Turn around! Turn around and meet the enemy! Before everyone could put up their shields to defend, the first terrifying salvo had already arrived—the power of the armor-piercing cone almost directly strung the first two rows of soldiers in dense formation. Even more terrifying than the sharp sound of the armor-piercing cone breaking through the sky was the rumbling of horses' hooves coming from behind the archers.

The iron cavalry of the Great Han Dynasty passed through the army of the Three Kings almost without any hindrance - in order to facilitate the street fighting, the Three Kings ordered their men to be armed only with light armor, war knives, bows and arrows, and small shields, which were almost powerless in the face of the heavy cavalry that was fast. King Gumo turned and fled, didn't run a few steps, but felt his body light up all of a sudden, and in the next moment, he saw the flying long knife of the Han general behind him and his headless body.

In the evening, the leading general Gao Shun led the main force of the Changshui battalion into his dry city.

Looking at the majestic buildings, gorgeous sculptures, wide streets, stupas and huge scale of the city, all the soldiers were amazed. Jun Sima Hao Zhao exclaimed: "I have long heard that this city was once the capital of the Western Regions, and it was the largest city in the Western Regions. I can't imagine that there is such a grand occasion, although it is an exotic scenery, but the beauty is almost not inferior to the two capitals (Chang'an, Luoyang)! ”

"Hehe, young people have never seen the world." Gao Shun said with a smile, "In the old days, the scenery of Chang'an and Luoyang was not comparable to this city, but the two have been in war for a long time, so they are not as good as before." After Zhongxing, the emperor cherished the people's power, but only repaired it slightly, and did not build a large number of buildings. ”

Liu Tan pointed at the crowds on both sides of the street with a horsewhip and looked at the lively Qiuzi people, and said disdainfully: "What the adults said is very true. The lower officials think that the most important thing for the foundation of the country is people! No matter how magnificent the city is, if it is not guarded by a warlike army and loyal people, it is like a beautiful woman without a strand of body, and it is just to provoke the wicked to watch for no reason. In today's battle, the three kings are only 2,000 people, and they dare to seize the city of 100,000, and the Qiuzi people are so weak, which is really ridiculous. When the generals heard this, they all laughed. Gao Shun was thoughtful: these young people around him today are all a generation that grew up in the war, and pride, belligerence, and optimism are their common characters. After the revival of this dynasty, the emperor recuperated on the one hand, on the other hand, he also tried his best to be martial, and the government and the opposition were full of heroic spirit, just like the previous emperor Xiaowu! Today's Han is really different from the stormy country when he was young.

In the afternoon, the pioneers of the Changshui Battalion, the second team of flying wings, and the cavalry team of the trapping camp directly under Gao Shun, a total of 2,000 people, had completely controlled the situation in the city at this time. The palace, barracks, warehouses, city gates, and even the main streets were all firmly in the hands of the Han army, and the temporary camp of the Han army was built next to the palace of the king of Qiuci. When the army drove near the palace, they entered the requisitioned houses and camped there, and after the generals had arranged their troops, they followed Gao Shun into the camp.

The Han military camp was illuminated by butter candles, and Bai He was prostrate on the ground, but he couldn't feel any light. The battle in the afternoon allowed him to once again confirm the strength of the Great Han: those "Asuras" in the mouths of the remnants of the Beishan War slaughtered the 2,000 outlaws of the Three Kings with just a few simple back-and-forth charges. The majesty of the Great Han army has penetrated into the bone marrow of the Qiuzi people present, so that when the leading Han general came up to greet him, the warriors under his command were so terrified that they couldn't even hold their weapons. No wonder my father couldn't resist in the face of such an enemy! But now that I've decided to give up the royal riches, there's nothing to fear.

"In Xianai, the prince of Qiuzi Baihe was worried, and his father was seriously ill and could not come to see the angels of Shangbang, and asked the angels to forgive their sins. Today's events, Qiuzi is inscribed with five feelings for the big Han! ”

Gao Shun looked at the young man in front of him, covered in blood and wounded in many places, but his eyes were still clear and clear, he admired it in his heart, and comforted: "The prince doesn't have to be polite, this is the last general's business." Hearing that the prince intends to entrust the whole country of Qiuzi to the Han Dynasty, our army is also very happy. I wonder if the prince has any requirements in this matter? ”

"Hechou has no requirements, my Bai clan has no virtue, I can't protect Qiuzi, and now I am only begging for my life. I only hope that the Han will sympathize with the people of Qiuci, avoid adding swords and soldiers, and avoid plundering, so the people of Qiuci will definitely be convinced by the king and dare not make a mistake. The expenses for the king's conquest will be provided by the treasury of our Qiuzi. Bai He paused for a moment, raised his body and saluted Gao Shun and said: "He Chou is willing to join the Han Dynasty as a hostage, and will not return to Qiuzi for life, only ask the Han to allow my father to become a monk here for the rest of his life, and never ask about the world again." ”

"The prince's determination is already known to the general, and he will report to Pang Shuai later. Since Qiuci has been subdued, the people of Qiuci are also the people of my Han Dynasty. The army has its own iron laws, and there will be no robbery* for the Han people, and the prince can rest assured. As for the military quartermaster, please ask the prince to send a capable person to discuss with He Changshi, the general's mansion of Zhengbei. Gao Shun personally helped Bai Hechou up and asked him to go down to freshen up and rest. Turning around, he looked at the old monk who seemed to have settled down and sat with his eyes closed, and asked, "The master is the national teacher of the Qiuzi country, Master Pushan?" ”

Master Pushan smiled and replied, "The poor monk is Pushan. The national teachers and mages are all famous, and they pity the world, and most of them are trapped by their names. ”

When the people in the tent saw that the old monk was talking strangely, they all turned their heads and ears. Gao Shun was also interested in this old monk who preached as soon as they met, "I don't know if the master came to our army's tent, what to teach?" It's not going to be the law, is it? ”

"The poor monk is not here for the law." As soon as Pushan opened his eyes, his eyes burst out with a stunning light, "The poor monk is here to give the Han a strategy to pacify the Western Regions!" ”