In the tenth year of Daye, in March, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui was upset that he failed the two Eastern Expeditions, so he decided to command the emperor to personally attack Goguryeo three times and vowed to destroy it.

The edict was passed down across the country, and generals from all over the country were ordered to reorganize their troops and send troops. Hundreds of troops were sent to Goryeo. It was stipulated that in July, all the troops must arrive at the Linyu Palace in Shanhaiguan to meet.

Once this order was issued, the world was in chaos.

At this time, few military and political personnel in various places were willing to wait for the central government's orders, but after all, there was a great righteousness. Therefore, officials from all over the country had to conscript soldiers perfunctorily, leaving behind elite soldiers, but sent the recruits temporarily recruited to Shanhaiguan to join.

In two months, not only did the various troops fail to successfully arrive at Linyu Palace, but deserters became popular among the new troops. In this situation, it is probably July, and I don’t know how many troops can actually arrive outside Shanhaiguan and join the army led by Yang Guang…

I was marching and rushing to the road. Let’s say that two things happened during this period, which were very concerned by people all over the world.

First, Emperor Yang Guanghou of the Sui Dynasty ordered the Taoist great master Wang Yuanzhi to personally hold the etiquette of his disciples and ask about the affairs of the immortal way.

Then, people were sent to start construction of a temple and a garden in Luoyang City, which was about to be moved to the capital.

Soon, the Taoist sect presented the "wood-printing technique" to achieve merit in the world. The court used this printing and issued two books "Taoist True Immortal Records" and "Detailed Explanation of the Origin of Taoist Sect" to the whole country.

These two books have allowed the world to understand the system of immortals and gods, from the various immortal classes in the heavenly court to the eighteen hells in the underworld, and also indicate the system of merit and the details of reincarnation.

The world was in an uproar. Since then, people in the world have a clear understanding of the Taoist sect, especially the saying of "reincarnation and reincarnation", which has led to the rapid expansion of believers in the world.

The second major event.

There are suddenly rumors in the world that Buddhism does not engage in production, and Hu Xie secretly seizes the fortune and resources of the Central Plains. Even now, the energy of the Central Plains has been stolen more than half.

There are also rumors that Buddhist disciples in the world have their own luck and have hidden merits that belong to all people. If you eat their meat, it may cause people to suffer from all kinds of diseases and prolong their lives.

The world is even more uproar. Since the rumors emerged, in half a month, countless monks in the world were shared with people. Temples in various places have been in conflict with the people...

Outside the outskirts of Luoyang, inside Jingnian Zen Temple.

In a hall in the backyard, five monks and nuns looked solemn, four of them whispered, and one monk lowered his eyes and meditated, and sometimes he tapped the wooden fish.

Not long after, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and a fairy with a gauze scarf walked quickly into the hall.

"Master, all the uncles." The girl who came in was covered in dust, and her only exposed eyes showed her compassionate expression, and her voice was clear, like the flowing water of the Lingxi River.

"What's the matter with Feixuan?" the nun turned his head and frowned slightly.

"Master, there is a junior sister's pigeon to send a message." Shi Feixuan replied.

"Is there any news?" asked Fan Qinghui, the contemporary head of Cihang Jingzhai, asked.

Shaking his head slightly, Shi Feixuan replied: "The trace of Ning Zhenren has not been found yet."

"This Ning Daoqi!" Fan Qinghui showed annoyance and said resentfully: "Where has he hidden!"

"Maybe the rumors in the world recently are related to him." An old monk said with a frown.

"Not necessarily." Another old monk shook his head: "Everyone in the world, Ning Daoqi and Wang Yuanzhi are in conflict. Now that Wang Yuanzhi is valued by Yang Guang, Ning Daoqi will not participate."

"So, did Ning Daoqi hide?" Fan Qinghui frowned even more, and then said to herself: "Let's see when he can hide!"

"Junior Sister Fan, please do not violate the precept of anger." The oldest old man spoke.

"Amitabha..." Everyone recited and sorted out their emotions.

"Senior Brother Wisdom." Fan Qinghui put down her hand and asked the oldest monk: "You tell me, did that Ning Daoqi get rid of the control..."

Before he finished speaking, Fan Qing Hui felt absent-talking and quickly put away the following words.

The wisdom master of Tiantai Sect shook his head slightly, looked at Shi Feixuan in secret, and then slowly spoke: "Senior Di Ni's merits and fortune will be involved, so there will be no mistakes."

Fan Qinghui nodded and said with a slightly frown again: "So what happened to Ning Daoqi..."

"This matter is secondary." Master Jiaxiang of the Sanlun Sect said: "The most urgent task is to eliminate the influence of messages and not respond to them. I am afraid that the monks in the world will suffer more disasters."

"Amitabha!" Everyone recited the Buddha's name again, but their tones seemed a little depressed and deeply annoyed.

"For the sake of this plan, we can only stop waiting for Ning Daoqi to appear, and we need to rush to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible." The Emperor Xin of Huayan Sect said: "With the power of the four of me, we will expose the essence of the evil king Shi Zhixuan in front of Yang Guang. Therefore, Yang Guang may be grateful and give an order to my Buddhist sect to be justified."

"What my senior brother said is very much." Another monk spoke, but he was the youngest among the four great monks, Master Daoxin of Zen.

"Dongdong!"

The wooden fish sounded lightly, and the young monk looked around everyone.

"No." Master Zhihui of Tiantai Sect shook his head: "Let me stay here, please worry about presiding over Buddhist affairs. When we go to Shanhaiguan, Zhongyuan must leave one person to protect the safety of my Buddhist affairs."

"Boom!" The wooden fish sounded again, and everyone nodded when they heard it, but it was Xiao Kong who agreed to the arrangement.

"No need to delay, let's set off as soon as possible." said Venerable Dixin.

"Amitabha." Fan Qinghui raised his hand and said to the monks: "I rushed back to the sect and ordered Feixuan to enter the world as soon as possible. After that, Master Kong needed more attention."

"Dong!" Lekong knocked on Muyu again, smiled, and nodded to Shi Feixuan.

Shi Feixuan quickly responded with respect...

It was the end of June, and the army led by Yang Guang had already arrived at the place of the meeting. Although the army came every few days, Yang Guang did not see any joy every day, but instead roared in the palace.

Because there were too few troops coming, even the central army led by Yang Guang had many soldiers fled, let alone those troops from all over the country.

Each army that arrived was almost only a few hundred new recruits, and even the fewest army, there were only 63 people in total.

Moreover, the arrival of these soldiers were all too miserable. Only four armies were well preserved and each unit was not short of them. Some of the other teams even disappeared, and the arrival of soldiers looked like beggars.

In the palace tent, tableware was flying in a loud bang, Yang Guang blushed and gasped.

"This is my world? This is my military officers!" Yang Guang was so angry that he trembled all over, and his saliva roared angrily.

"What's wrong with it?" Jing Tian sat on a gorgeous blanket, holding a wine bottle in his hand, gently rotating and playing with it, and said indifferently: "Since the world is so chaotic, then don't deceive yourself anymore. After the troops return to the court, they will reorganize the world."

Without responding immediately, Yang Guang looked at Jing Tian and Ning Daoqi, who was standing behind Jing Tian, ​​then sighed heavily and bowed: "True Taoist Ancestor, I am afraid that after returning to the court, I can only mobilize the surrounding troops."

After sighing again, Yang Guang said unwillingly: "When I issue an order to re-establish 'Jixia', I am afraid that all regions will rebel immediately. Can I really pacify the world again by taking advantage of the situation of a city?"

"Ha... this matter is very easy." Jing Tian shook his head with a smile.

"It's so that the emperor knows." Ning Daoqi smiled and raised his hand to pay homage to Yang Guang. Then he said slowly confidently: "The old Taoist is fortunate to have received the great gift from the Taoist ancestor. Now the Taoist Dharma has been completed. If it weren't for the deep involvement in cause and effect, I'm afraid that the old Taoist can help His Majesty to pacify the world."

"Can't you really help me personally?" Yang Guang asked unwillingly.

"No." Ning Daoqi shook his head: "I have told Your Majesty that destroying foreign races is a merit, but killing the Central Plains is a sin and cause and effect. Therefore, after returning to the court, my Taoist sect will only protect the dragon body for Your Majesty, or provide advice and investment for Your Majesty. As for fighting, it is absolutely impossible."

"Oh..." Yang Guang sighed again.

"Report!" A report suddenly sounded outside the door, interrupting Yang Guang's subsequent words.

"Come in!" Yang Guang calmed down his emotions and said majestic.

The curtain was raised, and a guard came in to salute: "Report to Your Majesty, another new army has arrived outside the formation to meet."

"Specific situation." Yang Guang said tiredly when he heard this.

"Go back to Your Majesty, the newly arrived army is neatly arranged, with a total of five hundred cavalry and four thousand steps." The guard replied, his voice full of joy.

"Oh?" Yang Guang's emotions turned from secret to light, and he immediately asked, "Who is this commander of the army??"

"Your Majesty, he is a partial general under General Zhang Xutuo, with his surname Qin and his name Qiong."

"Hmm?" This time it was Jing Tian's turn to speak out.

"Ancestor Dao has any calculations?" Yang Guang immediately left the guards and turned to Jingtian and asked hurriedly.

"This good general, his brother Luo Cheng is also a powerful general." Jing Tian nodded slightly.

"Hahahaha! OK!" Yang Guang laughed loudly, turned to the guards and ordered: "Go and notify the Minister of War, Lord Pei Ju! Let him arrange the new army in person!"

"Here!" the guard responded and bowed and left.

Outside the account, after the guard came out, he immediately raised the back of his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead. Then someone came around and asked in a low voice: "How? Can your majesty's absurdity be relieved?"

The guard shook his head and said with some trepidation: "Not before, your Majesty's disease is getting worse and worse. Just now, Your Majesty was still talking to the ghosts in the sky as before."

"Hiss-" The people around him sucked in a cold air, shook their heads and sighed: "I don't know what this ghost is, it's so powerful that they all came here from the imperial capital."

"Stop the sound!" A commander shouted softly to stop him.

When everyone heard this, they quickly stopped the sound, while the guard shook his head and rushed to inform Shi Zhixuan...

Time flew, and in the next ten days, several troops arrived again. Until mid-July, Yang Guang finally had no patience to continue waiting.

After all, the prescribed time has passed long ago, and the remaining troops that have not arrived are either perfunctory or have already dispersed halfway. There is no need to continue waiting.

On this day, Yang Guang worshipped the sky in the wild and officially reorganized his army. Then he did not even send a vanguard and directly launched a large army to press forward to the border of Goryeo's "Shecheng".

After a few days of march, the army came to the city.

In front of the formation, Yang Guang issued an order above Longluan: "Come and protect your own!"

"I'm here!" A strong man over two meters tall bowed and responded.

"I ordered you to command the army to attack the city!" Yang Guang ordered majestic: "Remember! No matter what happened to the army in the back formation, you should not hesitate! You must take down the 'Shecheng' for me!"

"I obey the order!" Lai Hu'er responded loudly.

"You can dispatch all the generals under my command! Go!" Yang Guang shook his arm hard.

"Here!" Lai Hu'er nodded vigorously, glanced left and right, and shouted loudly: "Yuwen Chengdu! Qin Qiong! Pei Yuanqing! Follow me to go out of the army!"

"Here!" The three lieutenant generals who were named responded and bowed to Yang Guang again, and then followed Lai Hu'er and strode away, rushing to the front.

Not long after, the Sui army suddenly began to advance, and the roar of tens of thousands of troops came from afar, and the momentum between heaven and earth suddenly became cold and depressing.
To be continued...