At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood.

Yuling Dao Quzhou City had been breached by Tianmen Daoists five days ago, and the entire Quzhou City was full of blood and fire, and Lei Guheng, the chief general of the officers and soldiers, had already led the last men and horses to retreat to Huwei County, which was less than thirty miles away from Qinshui in the south.

Huwei County is the last city in the south of the capital, but the scale of this city is not large, and at dusk yesterday, the county seat was attacked by the ant-like Tianmen Daoists, and the Tianmen Daoists in different clothes cheered and rushed into the city from all directions, Lei Guheng had no way to retreat, and led his last more than 400 people to retreat to the Quanyang Taoist Temple.

Imperial Chongdao, there are many Taoist temples built in each province, in order to welcome the taste of the emperor's majesty, the local officials are also doing their best to cultivate the Taoist temple in their own territory as luxurious as possible, and Huwei County is adjacent to the capital, deeply influenced by Taoism, the Quanyang Taoist Temple in Huwei County, the luxurious atmosphere of the building, even more magnificent than the county yamen, the master of the Quanyang Taoist Temple, from the Xuanzhen Taoist Sect's immortal Dao, the immortal Dao under the influence of the Xuanzhen Taoist Sect, is now the leader of the Heavenly Master's various Dao, these years, There are countless people who have defected to the Immortal Dao Sect, many of them are Daoists of other sects who have converted to the Dao Sect, and the disciples of the Xuanzhen Dao Sect are naturally countless.

Xuanzhen Taoism was favored by the emperor, and the emperor cultivated and alchemy, but he naturally spared no effort for the development of the Tao of Immortality, and at the same time of building Taoist temples in the country, Xuanzhen Taoism also sent his own trusted disciples to various Taoist temples as the master, that is, the Taoist temples in remote places, and there were also disciples of Xuanzhen Taoism to go to the post, not to mention the Taoist temples near Gyeonggi, as long as there was a slight scale of Taoist temples near Gyeonggi, the main viewer must be from the immortal Dao of Xuanzhen Taoism.

The main road number of the Quanyang Taoist Temple is pure Yangzi, there are forty or fifty Taoist priests up and down in the Taoist temple, all the time, the Quanyang Taoist Temple can be said to be transcendent in the Huwei County City, guarding the people's incense, regardless of the officials and people, the Taoist priests here do not dare to have the slightest offense, that is, the officials and gentlemen of Huwei County will often come to offer rich sesame oil money.

Chunyangzi as the master of the temple near Gyeonggi, although not in the capital, but no one dares to underestimate, if the emperor holds a big Taoist event in the capital, Xuanzhen Taoist Sect will recall the Taoist temples near Gyeonggi to participate, at that time, if Chunyangzi said a few words in front of Xuanzhen Taoism, and then Xuanzhen Taoism relayed the emperor, it is very likely to determine the future of local officials, although local officials do not have the luxury of asking the masters to really make themselves add officials to the knighthood, but have a good relationship with the Guanzhu, At least make sure that no bad words will reach the emperor's ears.

Although Chunyangzi knew that the battle ahead was urgent, and he was ready to retreat at any time, but he couldn't give up this Taoist temple, and in hesitation, Tianmen Dao conquered Quzhou City, Lei Guheng retreated to the Tiger Acropolis, and the Tianmen Daoists immediately attacked the Tiger Acropolis, and the Taoist priests of Chunyangzi and Quanyang Taoist Temple couldn't go if they wanted to.

What made Chunyangzi even more annoyed was that Lei Guheng not only led the last few hundred soldiers under his command to retreat to the Taoist temple, but also many of the people who did not retreat from the city in time also poured into the Taoist temple.

Quanyang Taoist Temple since the day of the cultivation and opening of the door, only in the main hall to receive incense, the left and right courtyards and the backyard are forbidden land, not to say that ordinary people, even the county lord does not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, at this moment the Quanyang Taoist Temple is crowded with all kinds of people, there are really people and the Taoist priests in the temple quarrel and conflict, which was almost unimaginable before.

Lei Guheng retreated to the Quanyang Taoist Temple, which naturally makes sense, throughout the entire Tiger Acropolis, what can really be called solid, is only this Quanyang Taoist Temple, the high-walled compound, and the hard stones that build the walls are all transported from afar, that is, the front and rear gates, which are also tall and magnanimous, Lei Guheng entered the Quanyang Taoist Temple, and immediately assigned soldiers to handle the front and rear doors, and moved out all the things that can be used to block the gate in the Taoist Temple.

It was already dusk, and since the morning, the Tianmen Daoists have launched more than ten attacks on the Quanyang Taoist Temple, and the corpses of the front and rear doors of the Taoist Temple are piled up like mountains, and the blood is flowing like a river, but Lei Guheng has less than four hundred soldiers on hand, but they are all members of the Thunder Cavalry who are brave and good at fighting.

The four generals of the empire, Feng Hanxiao has the Thirteen Taibao in the Northwest that makes the people of Xiliang frightened, Chilian Electric has eighteen horses in Liaodong, Yu Buxiu has eight hundred tiger wing riders, and Lei Guheng also has five hundred thunder riders.

Five hundred thunder horses in the southeast war, although brave and good at fighting, invincible, but the entire southeast side of the official army is demoralized, in the face of more and more Tianmen Dao people, although under the leadership of Lei Guheng, many soldiers are bloody on the battlefield, but there are still a lot of fighting spirit, scattered everywhere, and even many local officers and soldiers defected to the command of Tianmen Dao.

There are only five hundred thunder riders, from beginning to end with the wind and cold laughing to fight to the end, the five hundred thunder riders who are brave and good at fighting, now there are only more than 300 people left, but they still do not give up on Lei Guheng, after the city of Quzhou was broken, followed by Lei Guheng and retreated to the Tiger Acropolis, Tianmen Dao people took Quzhou City, although the main force is still repairing in Quzhou City, but still sent a team of nearly 10,000 people to pursue Lei Guheng, and take the last city south of Qinshui.

Although Lei Guheng is a contemporary first-class famous general, but when he retreated to the Tiger Acropolis, there were only more than 1,000 people in his hands, and some people fled halfway, when they arrived at the Tiger Acropolis, more than a dozen soldiers of the Thunder Cavalry took the initiative to stay, and took a part of the soldiers to guard the city gate to block the chasing Tianmen Daoists, Lei Guheng led the remaining hundreds of people, together with the people who did not escape in the city, poured into the Quanyang Taoist Temple, and the hundreds of soldiers who stayed at the city gate failed to support a few hours, and the whole army was wiped out, and then the Tianmen Daoists swept into the city, Outside the Quanyang Taoist Temple, there are thousands of Heavenly Daoists around, Lei Guheng and the soldiers and civilians in the Taoist Temple, unless they are in heaven and earth, there is no way back.

At the end of the day, the warriors of the thunder rider guarded the front and rear gates, fighting desperately with the Tianmen Daoists, preventing the repeated attacks of the Tianmen Daoists, and the walls of the Quanyang Daoist Temple were tall, and the ordinary ladders were really out of reach, and the Tianmen Dao seemed to want to see how long Lei Guheng and his subordinates could support it, but they repeatedly attacked the front and rear doors, and at dusk, the remnants of the sun were sprinkled, and the corpses of the front and back doors of the Taoist Temple were already piled up.

The two sides didn't know each other and had nothing to do with each other, but now they are determined to live and die.

The Thunder Riders are disciplined, holding swords and shields, they are the masterpieces of Lei Guheng's personal training, and they are a real elite army, facing ten times their own Tianmen Daoists, without cowardice, their comrades died in front, and someone immediately made up for it behind, and they were not afraid of death.

Lei Guheng looked much older, the battle armor on his body was torn in many places, and he sat in the courtyard, his expression was indescribably quiet and peaceful.

He knew that now that he was the reincarnation of the god of war, there was no possibility of being spared.

He has endured countless battles, thinking that when the world was fighting for hegemony, as one of the four famous generals under Qin Hou Yingyuan, he led his elite soldiers to fight in the south and north, invincible, that was the most glorious time in his life, for the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, made great achievements, he also thought that when the empire was established, as a warrior, I was afraid that there would not be many hard battles to fight, sometimes I sighed in my heart, but it was also comforting, my life's achievements, it was enough to let future generations legend.

It's just that he never thought that in his later years, the Great Qin Empire, for which he had worked hard, would take a sharp turn in just over 20 years, and become what it is now.

When he sits in the southeast, how many people believe that there is Lei will sit in the southeast, and it is only a matter of time before Tianmen Dao is assessed, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who followed him on the expedition believe that they will be able to turn back in the shortest possible time, and everyone is full of respect and even love for Lei Jiang.

Only Lei Guheng knew before he set out on the expedition that the empire had rapidly decayed and the foundation had been loosened, if he quickly pacified the Tianmen Dao in the shortest possible time, the empire might continue to survive, he only hoped that after his victory in the southeast, the emperor could learn from the pain and regain his strength. At the same time, he also knew that once he could not eliminate the Tianmen Dao in a short period of time and fell into the quagmire, then the consequences would be very strict, not to mention that the logistics of the empire could not guarantee a long-term campaign, even the soldiers under his command would be discouraged with time.

All along, it has been evolving in the most unfortunate direction, with insufficient logistics supply, the morale of the soldiers under his command declining, frequent defections of local officials and the army, and the increasing ...... of Tianmen Dao.

Lei Guheng sat in the courtyard, his heart trembling.

So far, he can only do his best to support it, even if he knows that it won't last long, but he thinks in his heart that as long as he supports for one more hour, the prince will be able to have one more minute to prepare, Lei Guheng evacuated from Quzhou City, and could have retreated to the bank of Qinshui to join the prince, but as a famous general who once dominated the world, Lei Guheng knew that the Tiger Acropolis was the last place he could retreat to, and if he took a step back to the north, he would not be Lei Guheng.

He is very good at kung fu, it is difficult to have several opponents in his life, he leads his troops well, and there are countless battles in which he wins more with less.

But he is not a god, he is also a human being, there are some things he can't control, he can kill the Heavenly Sect and Taoism, but he can't eradicate them, he can build a huge empire, but in the end, he can't keep this empire.

Looking up at the sky, the remnant sun is like blood.