Pawn Crossing the River

Although Jiashen Lingguan held a certain prejudice against the young Taoist priests, he was not sloppy when it came to business matters and introduced in detail the situation of Jiujiu City at this time.

Yizhi County is a gathering place for Taoist warriors, with more than 100,000 people. The Taoist army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but it was also at an absolute advantage in terms of weapons. As a result, the Taoist army surrounded enemies several times their size.

Under the orders of Ise Jingu Shrine, the roguishi of Isshi County retreated towards Ano County with alternate cover. Although Suzuka County was behind Ano County, Suzuka County could not completely block the route from Ano County. As for the retreat to Mie County, the rogue warriors could still retreat from Anon County to Mie County where Ise Jingu Shrine is located through Kawabashi County, which borders Suzuka County, Anon County, and Mie County respectively.

Under this circumstance, Xingying issued an order to divide into two groups and launch attacks from Ishi and Suzuka counties respectively, forming a two-sided attack in order to completely annihilate this group of rogues.

This was the key to Qi Xuansu's surrender of Suzuka Gozen.

Logically speaking, the strategic significance of Suzuka Mountain is so important that the Jiashen Lingguan should not be biased against Qi Xuansu, who had made great achievements. It's just that this matter is top secret and belongs to two different systems. At the combat meeting, Master Qingwei mentioned it. For Qingwei Zhenren, it is enough for the spiritual officials to understand that Suzuka Mountain is one of their own, and they do not need to know the specific process. On the contrary, Taoist priests such as Li Tiangang know this very well, just as the Taoist priests will not meddle in the spiritual affairs at will. The military officer commanded the battle, and the spiritual officers did not need to interfere too much in the affairs of the Taoist priests. Therefore, at this time, the Jiashen spiritual officer did not know that it was the young Taoist priest in front of him who helped the Taoist sect obtain the strategic location of Suzuka Mountain. .

However, Jiashen Lingguan also has the capital to be proud. He was responsible for commanding the war in the Western Regions. In the end, he defeated the Golden Horde and Rakshasa coalition forces and used war to promote peace. The two sides signed an armistice agreement. The shamans promised not to ask for a palace in the Snowy Mountains again. The Taoist sect Achieve actual victory.

And just when Jiashen Lingguan was galloping on the battlefield in high spirits, Qi Xuansu had just arrived in Yujing and became a deacon of Tiangang Hall. When Jiashen Lingguan commanded the army to pursue the defeated Shaman army on the Gobi grassland, Qi Xuansu was following Zhang Yuelu in pursuit of Diswen.

Compared with a seriously injured Diswein and a branch of the ancient witchcraft sect, Shamanism, which one is more serious?

At that time, whether it was Qi Xuansu and Jiashen Lingguan, or Diswen and Shamanism, the gap between the two sides was as big as Qi Xuansu's name - Tianyuan Difference.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Jiashen Lingguan to be biased against young Taoist priests like Qi Xuansu. When he was showing off his talents in the Western Regions, these little kids were not even qualified to go to the battlefield. He had seen more dead people than these little kids. There are many living people in life, but in just a few years, these little babies will be on an equal footing with him? He couldn't accept it.

It would be fine if these juniors had solid military exploits like Champion Hou, and he would not be dissatisfied. For example, Xuansheng was only thirty years old when he took charge of the Taoist sect, but no one in the Taoist sect was dissatisfied, because Xuansheng was so illustrious. Military exploits. On the other hand, these young Taoist priests all rose to the top quickly due to the internal strife within the Taoist sect. Their qualifications are as junior as a bowl of clear water. You can see the bottom line at a glance. They just have strong enough backers and deep enough backgrounds. They are all labeled with the power to operate. It's hard to convince people.

Speaking of the frontal battlefield, the Taoist warriors were not fools. Since they were alternately covering the retreat, there were naturally troops at the rear. At this time, there were about 40,000 people who stayed in the city for a long time to block the pursuit of the Taoist army.

Kuju Castle is located at the junction of Ishi-gun and Anon-gun. If you want to enter Anon-gun, you must pass through this place.

So the two sides started a battle around Jiuju City. The Taoist warriors in Jiuju City were trapped and still fighting. Several supporting troops outside Ise were furious and moved closer to Ise at all costs, trying to rescue the 40,000 troops in Jiuju City.

The camp issued an order, and Officer Jia Shen Lingguan and Officer Ding Weiling fought side by side. Officer Jia Shen Lingguan gathered most of the heavy firearms for the main attack, while Officer Ding Weiling was responsible for blocking reinforcements from all walks of life.

In a sense, these more than 40,000 people are all people who have been completely brainwashed by Tianmen. They have fanatical minds. In addition to the creed of loyalty to the emperor, they also have the concept of the unity of the royal family and the country. In their minds, Loyalty to the king means loyalty to the country, the emperor is the country, and the country is the emperor. This is respecting the king and serving the righteousness. Devoting oneself to the righteousness is an act that can go down in history.

On the contrary, the common people, the most important cornerstone of the country, are insignificant to them. For example, samurai can use civilians to test swords without being punished. The samurai feel at ease, while civilians are naturally afraid of the samurai master when they see them. , but how could ordinary civilians stand sincerely on the side of the samurai master? Once the samurai are alone, let alone getting help from civilians, they will often be attacked by civilians and end up miserable.

Therefore, the two sides are completely different in terms of routes. Daomen has repeatedly requested that they focus on attacking the nobles and treat the common people well, striving to create a popular Fenglinzhou. On the contrary, the Zunbang faction does not care about the life and death of the people. They only care about the rule of one family and one family name. They only win over various famous officials and officials, but ignore the existence of the common people.

This is exactly what the Taoist sect wants. The most feared situation of the Taoist sect is that Fenglinzhou is united and wars are everywhere, making the Taoist sect fall into a quagmire. However, the Zunxi faction failed to seize the opportunity, and still cherished the determination of the Gongqing family to decide who the world belongs to. Same old thinking.

Learning from the mistakes of the Wei Dynasty, the fundamental reason for the decline of the Wei Dynasty was naturally its internal decay, but the direct cause was not the latecomer Daxuan, nor the Jinzhang, but the rebels from various places whom it called "refugees".

In this case, the Taoist sect's offensive is overwhelming. Don't worry about getting stuck in the quagmire. It is difficult for these rogues to rely on civilians to hide their traces. If it is a head-on decisive battle, with the huge gap in weapons, the fighting daoist rogues are no match.

Just like Jiuju City at this time, even though the 40,000-strong army was brave and unafraid of death, they were beaten so hard that they could not hold their heads up. They were unable to organize an effective counterattack and could only be beaten passively.

Jiashen Lingguan repeatedly used the heavy artillery from the Alchemist Camp and Tianji Hall, almost turning the entire Jiuju City into ruins, and more than half of the defenders in the city were dead or injured. In this case, as long as the black-armored heavy cavalry is dispatched to cooperate with the men in black infantry to advance, Jiuju City can be successfully captured at a very small cost.

However, Ise Jingu left a group of priests in the city, and it was difficult for artillery to cause substantial damage to them, so the group of priests was still well preserved.

Not all of the three thousand Xuanjia heavy cavalry were in the hands of the Kashin Lingguan. Most of them landed on Suzuka Mountain in flying boats, preparing to cut off the retreat of the Fengdao sect from Suzuka County and block them all in Anon County.

If the Jiashen Spirit Officer's troops launch an attack from the front at this time, the small number of Xuanjia heavy cavalry cannot rely on their health to counteract the priests' spells, and they will have to use their lives to consume the divine power of the priests. This is something the Jiashen Spirit Officer does not want to see. situation, so Jia Shen Lingguan decided to send an elite celestial force to solve this group of priests, or just temporarily contain the group of priests so that they could not take care of the frontal battlefield. Certainly.

In other words, he could also take action personally like Ding Weilingguan did, but Qingwei Master happened to send Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu over, so he handed over the task to the two of them, just in time to take a look at their quality. Is it because of his great reputation that he is a worthy scholar? Or is it difficult to live up to the reputation?

Because Jiuju City has been reduced to ruins, there is no road terrain, and there is no obstacle to the formation. The priest group must be located in the shrine deepest in the city.

The priest group is similar to the alchemist camp. The key lies in the leader and dispatcher. As the saying goes, catch the thief first and capture the king. It is not necessary to kill all the priest group. As long as the leader can be eliminated, it is enough to cause chaos.

However, according to Taoist standards, the person who can become the leader of the priest group must at least have reached the immeasurable stage of cultivation. Moreover, he is under heavy protection. It is really difficult to assassinate him.

If Qi Xuansu or Zhang Yuelu were to go alone, there would be almost no chance of success. However, if the two of them join forces and can be compared to a heavenly being in the creation stage, there will be great potential.

After Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu checked the sand table to understand the specific situation of Jiuju City, they agreed.

Jiashen Lingguan didn't do anything to set up a military order. After all, there was no enmity between the two parties. He didn't want to put the two of them on the fire, it was just pure arrogance and prejudice.

Li Zhuyu sent Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu out of the command post and said: "Deputy Hall Master Zhang, Deputy Hall Master Qi, please don't mind. Jiashen Lingguan is a general who leads the army. He is often in the army. He has a martial style. He is used to being upright, but also a little bit. Niu's temper is different from that of us Taoist priests. He is not targeting the two of you. It would be the same if it were Yao and Li."

Qi Xuansu showed an air of humility: "It doesn't matter. I heard that it was this man who commanded the war in the Western Regions. People with ability have bad tempers. I can understand it and won't mind."

Zhang Yuelu didn't say much, and it could even be said that he had expected it. Don't forget, she was born in Tiangang Hall.

Tiangangtang does not directly command operations, so the previous leaders of Tiangangtang are not from the military. The organization that is actually responsible for commanding operations is called the Lingguan Mansion. It is under three levels of leadership, namely the Grand Master, Jin Que, and Tiangang Hall. The main members are twelve first-grade spiritual officers, and there is a rotating chief spiritual officer.

The Lingguan Mansion is not only a consulting agency for the Grand Master, Jinque, and Tiangangtang Masters to handle wars, but also an executive agency for the Grand Master, Jinque, and Tiangangtang Masters to direct operations. Therefore, Lingguan Mansion is not only a subordinate of Tiangang Hall, but also can interact with Tiangang Hall.

For this reason, Zhang Yuelu often has to deal with these spiritual officials. Even if she has not dealt with them personally, she can still learn a thing or two from other people's mouths. She has already known who is the thorny one and who is easy to talk to.

Taoist priests pay attention to the way of controlling people. In the end, it is Taoist priests who command the spiritual officers, and they do not have to have the same experience as these spiritual officers.