Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Guo Jing was originally just a deputy chief of the Gongsheng Army under the jurisdiction of Zhao Huan's cousin Wang Zonglio.

But Guo Jing doesn't know whether he likes to brag or wants to take advantage of others. He would brag to everyone he met that he was a profound Taoist, could throw beans into soldiers, and that the Liujia regular soldiers he created could become invisible. If the Zhao and Song Dynasties used him, he could recruit 7,777 Liujia regular soldiers. , the Yuan army is not something to be afraid of at all.

There is magic in this world, and it is true that we can call the wind and rain, soar into the clouds, and scatter beans into soldiers.

Not to mention that Jiang Hongfei is famous in the world for his powerful magic. In the past, the Kinmen feather guests recruited by Zhao Ji all had profound Taoist skills, especially nine of them, including Lin Lingsu, Wang Yuncheng, Xu Zhichang, Dong Nanyun, Li Derou, Wang Chongdao, Shao Ruoyu, and Wang Wenqing. People have extraordinary abilities, and the best among them are not even inferior to Zhenren Luo, Elder Zhizhen, and Chen Nianyi.

However, Zhao Huan believed in Buddhism but did not believe in Taoism. He also hated Zhao Ji for advocating Taoism and suppressing Buddhism in recent years. He believed that these Taoist priests were one of the reasons why the Zhao and Song dynasties were in such a mess and even declined so much. Therefore, after he came to power, he dismissed all Taoist officials. Then, all the Taoist priests raised by Zhao Ji were driven away.

In addition, Lin Lingsu was demoted back to Wenzhou because of his dispute with Zhao Huan and later died; Wang Yuncheng was poisoned by Lin Lingsu in his early years and died of the poison not long ago.

In the end, the Kinmen feather guests that Zhao Ji recruited were all scattered and scattered. The once prosperous Longde Taiyi Palace was now empty.

The Buddhism that Zhao Huan believed in generally maintained a neutral position towards war, which was reflected in the precepts: not to get involved, and to avoid it if possible, which is the so-called "not to quarrel with the world."

In this way, when the Yuan army came to the city, Zhao Huan had no ready-made strangers to use.

But now, the life and death of the Zhao and Song dynasties has come, and Zhao Huan no longer cares whether he is a Buddha or a Taoist, as long as he can help him defeat the Yuan Empire.

Wang Zongliu felt that Guo Jing was a wizard who could help the Zhao Song Dynasty defeat the Yuan Empire, so he recommended Guo Jing to Zhao Huan and the Zhao Song court. He even swore that as long as Guo Jing was used, the Yuan army would be defeated.

After listening to Wang Zonglio's report, Zhao Huan asked Tang Ke to find out whether Guo Jing was a real stranger or a fake.

After receiving the order, Tang Ke took several ministers to meet with Guo Jing.

Tang Ke successively served as the judge of Changping and Jiangdong transfers in Hedong, the transfer envoy of Hebei capital, and knew Cangzhou. He was also worshiped as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance for his outstanding management of the Yellow River, and was later promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

In other words, Tang Ke rose to the position of prime minister step by step based on his ability, and he was a knowledgeable and capable official.

After Tang Ke saw Guo Jing, he asked to test Guo Jing's spiritual roots.

Tang Ke once heard a Kinmen Yuke say that any Qi-refiner with strong Taoist skills must have very high spiritual roots of transformation attributes. However, if a Qi-refiner with Taoist skills such as Mao Chengjian and Scattered Beans to Create Soldiers, his physical attributes will be very high. The spiritual roots must be high.

Tang Ke believes that as long as he tests Guo Jing's magical attribute spiritual roots and materialized attribute spiritual roots, he can know whether Guo Jing's ability is real or fake.

Seeing that Tang Ke wanted to test his spiritual roots, Guo Jing became furious, as if Tang Ke was insulting him, and was determined not to let Tang Ke test his spiritual roots.

Seeing this, Tang Ke shamelessly humiliated Guo Jing in person and said, "A veteran's child's play, can it be done?"

Guo Jing was asked by Tang Ke and remained silent.

Seeing this, Tang Ke turned around and left.

After Tang Ke left, Guo Jing said to other officials: "Guo did not teach Tang Xianggong to test spiritual roots because he was a common official, cowardly and incompetent, and had no intention of resisting the Yuan Dynasty. Guo said he could use Liujia A true soldier can naturally prove it.”

Tang Ke has already been aware of the danger of the current situation.

Even as early as when Tang Ke first became prime minister, Tang Ke knew that the Yuan army was not something the Song army could withstand.

Therefore, after taking office, Tang Ke, together with Geng Nanzhong, Nie Chang and other peace advocates, worked hard to negotiate peace with the Yuan Empire, hoping to prevent Jiang Hongfei from attacking the Song Dynasty through negotiations.

However, the Yuan Empire never responded positively to the Zhao and Song Dynasty's wishful thinking for peace.

Moreover, the Zhao and Song Dynasties repeatedly sent troops to provoke the Yuan Empire.

Seeing this, Tang Ke knew something was wrong and reminded Zhao Huan many times: "The Yuan Dynasty will definitely go south to invade the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty should prepare early."

Tang Ke believed that since the Yuan Empire refused to negotiate and the Song army could not defeat the Yuan army, Zhao Huan's best option was to use the Thirty-six Strategies.

Tang Ke then urged Zhao Huan to leave Tokyo and go to Chang'an as soon as possible to avoid the enemy's edge, and then summon all the troops from all over the world to start an all-out war with the Yuan Empire.

Tang Ke said to Zhao Huan: "Those who have been repeatedly lost and revived since Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty can summon the four directions with the help of the emperor."

Tang Ke even considered that the Imperial Guards and the Emperor's Guards might be nostalgic for their relatives and homeland, and might not necessarily be willing to escort Zhao Huan out of the capital, so he suggested that Zhao Huan quickly summon the generals of the four roads to lead troops to escort Zhao Huan to Shaanxi.

Zhao Huan was convinced by Tang Ke and felt that Tang Ke's words made sense, so he accepted Tang Ke's suggestion.

But before Tang Ke could take action on the matter, Zhao Huan told He Li about Tang Ke's suggestion.

When He Li heard that Tang Ke wanted to trick Zhao Huan into running away, he firmly opposed it.

He Li said to Zhao Huan: "When the Zhou family moved eastward, it was not as harmful as Tang Ke. Tang Ke's move was like selling his land to an unworthy son."

The chamberlains around Zhao Huan were reluctant to leave the prosperous Bianliang City in Tokyo, and were unwilling to go to the bitter cold Loess Plateau, so they did not agree with Tang Ke's suggestion. They all advised Zhao Huan to stay in Tokyo.

Seeing that everyone was against leaving the capital, Zhao Huan changed his mind and never mentioned the trip to Chang'an again.

Later, when Tang Ke came to urge Zhao Huan to leave quickly, Zhao Huan was very angry. He stomped his feet on the ground and said, "I will defend the country to the death!"

Tang Ke was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why Zhao Huan was still so fickle when the Zhao Song Dynasty was in such a critical situation?

In the folk, the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City generally believed that Tang Ke was a vulgar official, cowardly and incompetent, and people even wanted to find an opportunity to beat him.

So, it was normal for Guo Jing to say this about Tang Ke, and many ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty did not suspect that Guo Jing was quibbling.

That night, Tang Ke went out in a sedan chair and was discovered by the people. People threw bricks and tiles at him and broke the lanterns used by his men for lighting.

Under the protection of his loyal servants and guards, Tang Ke decisively abandoned the sedan chair and changed horses, and was able to escape with his life.

After returning home, Tang Ke immediately wrote a letter requesting retirement.

The Imperial Censor Hu Shunzhi also took the opportunity to impeach Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke and Nie Chang. He said that Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke and Nie Chang were short-sighted and could not handle border affairs. He also said that if the Zhao Song court continued to retain Tang Ke and Nie Chang, these treacherous ministers, all political affairs would not be improved, the power and punishment would not be strong, there would be no talents to use, and the soldiers would not be willing to fight...

Zhao Huan also felt that Tang Ke had lost the support of the people and was not suitable to continue to serve as prime minister, so he removed him from his position as junior prime minister and made him the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, the Envoy of Zhongtaiyi Palace and the Attendant Reader.

Zhang Bangchang and Nie Chang were now negotiating peace in the Yuan army, so it was inconvenient to deal with them, so he stopped for the time being.

After Tang Ke was dismissed, Zhao Huan appointed He Li as the Attendant of the Menxia, ​​and he became the new prime minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

After Tang Ke was dismissed by Zhao Huan, Guo Jing and his Liujia regular soldiers were put on the agenda again.

As the military supervisor, Sun Fu saw that the Yuan army was about to arrive at the city, and he was thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy every day.

That day, Sun Fu opened the scroll of poems, trying to find inspiration to defeat the enemy.

When Sun Fu opened a scroll of the Book of Poetry written by Qiu Jun during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, namely "Viewing the Time and Feelings", one of the sentences "Guo Jing, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji, all lying in the white clouds in the southeast" caught his attention.

Sun Fu thought: "Guo Jing may be a strange man. Perhaps his Liujia Zhengbing can really save our Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, he was rejected by Tang Ke. Why not ask He Li if this person can be used?"

So Sun Fu recommended Guo Jing to He Li.

He Li knew that Qimen Dunjia was very powerful, and he believed that now that the enemy was at hand, anyone who was willing to take up arms to fight the Yuan army should be actively encouraged and strongly supported by the court. Therefore, after research, He Li, Sun Fu and other ruling ministers decided to allocate tens of thousands of money and silk to Guo Jing, allowing him to recruit soldiers from the society on his own.

Guo Jing was promoted from a deputy head to a military officer and governor of Yanzhou, commanding Liujia Zhengbing.

After Guo Jing received the appointment from the Zhao Song court, he used Tianqing Temple as his central army tent, erected a big banner of "Liujia Zhengbing" here, and recruited soldiers with great fanfare.

There were also knowledgeable people in the Zhao Song court who doubted Guo Jing and his Liujia Zhengbing.

For example, Sun Di did not believe it.

Once, Sun Di met Guo Jing in the capital hall, and he took the initiative to ask Guo Jing: "There are more than a dozen people from the Academy of Scholars, the Secretariat, and the Back Street Division, all of whom have signed up for the Liujia Soldiers. They are all street kids, how can they fight?"

Guo Jing replied: "They don't have to fight, they just need to pick up the heads of the Yuan army."

Sun Di asked again: "Then who will kill the Yuan army, and let them pick up the heads of the Yuan army?"

Guo Jing did not answer, looking angry.

At that time, An Fu, the attendant, Wu Kai, the Hanlin scholar, and Li Zeng and Li Zhuo, the Zhongshu Sheren, were all present. After listening to the conversation between Sun Di and Guo Jing, they all looked at each other and sighed.

Because many ministers thought Guo Jing was a liar, such as Tang Ke, Sun Di and others. But there were also many ministers who thought Guo Jing was a genius, such as Wang Zongchu, Sun Fu, He Li and others.

The ministers had different views on Guo Jing. They attacked each other and accused each other of harming the country, which made Zhao Huan feel very difficult.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan decided to meet Guo Jing in person to see if Guo Jing had the ability and whether he had mastered the art of Qimen Dunjia?

Not long after, Zhao Huan summoned Guo Jing into the palace and asked Guo Jing to show his skills.

Guo Jing took out a cat and a mouse and said to Zhao Huan: "I use cats and mice to represent the enemy and our army. Please watch it, Your Majesty."

Specifically:

Guo Jing drew a circle on the ground and opened two corners as the life and death path.

Guo Jing first put the cat into the life path and the mouse into the death path, and the mouse was immediately killed by the cat.

Then, Guo Jing put the mouse into the living path and the cat into the dead path, and the cat seemed to not see the mouse.

After the drill, Guo Jing said to Zhao Huan: "If we use the troops in this way, our army will enter the living path, and the Yuan thieves will not be able to see us, so we can win."

Zhao Huan and the eunuchs beside him were all stunned.

From then on, Zhao Huan believed in Guo Jing without a doubt, and Guo Jing was officially upgraded to become the secret weapon for the Song army to defeat the Yuan army.

According to the Taoist classic "Daozang": The energy of the six-jia magic weapon is huge, it can summon wind, cloud, thunder and lightning, break the military camp, make wooden oxen and wooden horses, make the people painted on the wall move, make all kinds of grass bloom in winter, can ward off water, fire, swords and weapons, and can break millions of people...

With Zhao Huan's support, plus the six-jia magic weapon is so "magical", it is no different from a god, so the applicants filled the Tianqing Temple.

But Guo Jing insisted on only 7,777 people.

Moreover, Guo Jing's recruitment conditions were also very unusual. He did not ask about the strength of Qi training or age, as long as the birth year met the six Jias.

The six Jias are: Jiazi, Jiayin, Jiachen, Jiawu, Jiashen, and Jiaxu.

There were many children in the market and idle people, so they transformed themselves into the six Jias.

There was a man named Bo Jian who could use a stick. He often set up a place on the street and made a living by performing acrobatics. Guo Jing recruited him and made him the coach.

There was also a man named Liu Wuji, who was a Taoist who sold medicine. He often stood upside down in the mud and begged for money from passers-by. He was a rogue, but he was also recruited by Guo Jing as a six Jias and appointed him as the commander.

Guo Jing had his own set of standards for recruiting soldiers, and the requirements were very strict. In addition to the birth year meeting the six Jias, he also needed to look at the face in person to decide whether to recruit.

A merchant selling silk products came to sign up. He said that he had the sixth spiritual root of strengthening attribute and the fifth spiritual root of changing attribute. He also comprehended two magical powers and was determined to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. He submitted a letter of request on the spot.

Bo Jian wanted to recruit this merchant selling silk products as his deputy general, but Guo Jing did not approve. Because Guo Jing saw that this man had an ominous face, he said to him bluntly: "Although you are talented, you will die next month, and I am afraid that you will implicate everyone."

After Guo Jing recruited 7,777 regular soldiers of Liujia, he made them all wear strange clothes, and he personally led them to show off their troops in the market.

When the residents of Bianliang City saw this, regardless of their status, they were all overjoyed, and they all thought that a god had descended from heaven to help the Zhao Song Dynasty defeat the Yuan Empire.

The people also respected Guo Jing very much. When they mentioned his name, they all put their hands on their foreheads and called him Xianggong.

However, people of insight were disappointed by the court's enthusiasm for playing tricks.

Someone said to Sun Fu: "Since ancient times, no one has ever succeeded in this way. If the court listens to it, it is better to give him fewer soldiers and wait until he has made some achievements before promoting him. If he is too much entrusted now, if he fails, it will bring shame to the court."

Sun Fu was very angry when he heard this and said: "Guo Jing was born for the times. He knows everything about the trivial things of the enemy. Fortunately, you told me this. If you told others, you would be charged with the crime of discouraging the army."

Some people in society who have mastered some skills like Guo Jing began to imitate Guo Jing when they saw him showing off his power.

There was a monk who returned to secular life, named Fu Zhenglin. People called him Mr. Fu. He offered advice to the court, saying that he had a way to defeat the enemy and wanted to recruit victorious soldiers. The Zhao Song court agreed.

There were also some businessmen with skills, such as Liu Zhujie, who sold medicine, who also claimed to understand military affairs and had strategies to repel the enemy, hoping to raise a team. The Zhao Song court agreed and let them recruit soldiers.

As a result, a wave of recruiting soldiers was set off in Bianliang City.

These teams had different names, some were called Liu Ding Lishi, some were called Beidou Shenbing, and some were called Tianguan Dajiang.

On April 19, Zhang Shuye led his troops to the city of Bianliang.

At this time, although Xu Guanzhong had led 30,000 cavalry to the city of Bianliang and sent cavalry to wander under the city, the main force of the Yuan army had not yet arrived.

After Zhang Shuye met Zhao Huan, he suggested: "The enemy's front is very sharp. I hope your majesty will follow the example of Emperor Minghuang of Tang to avoid An Lushan, temporarily go to Dengzhou, and then find ways to go to Chang'an, raise the whole country's troops to resist Yuan, and I am willing to die to protect your majesty and break out of the siege."

It should be said that the ministers who persuaded Zhao Huan to go to Shaanxi were all clear-headed people, such as Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke, Sun Di, etc. Zhang Shuye was also very clear-headed and made this suggestion to Zhao Huan as soon as they met.

However, the pro-war ministers represented by He Li strongly opposed the relocation of the capital.

On the other hand, Zhao Huan also had a fluke and fantasy mentality. He hoped that the Yuan army would not be able to break into Bianliang City, which was guarded by millions of soldiers and civilians; what he imagined was that Zhao Gou, Zhang Bangchang, Wang Yun, Geng Nanzhong, Nie Chang, Li Ruoshui, Feng Xie and others would successfully negotiate with the Yuan army, and the Yuan army would soon stop advancing and return home. Or soon, the army of loyalists would gather from all directions and confront the Yuan army.

On April 21, Jiang Hongfei personally led more than 200,000 troops to the foot of Bianliang City.

Jiang Hongfei set up his palace and the central army tent in Qingcheng, southwest of Bianliang City.

There is the Zhai Palace where the emperors of the Zhao Song Dynasty held suburban sacrifices.

Afterwards, the main force of the Yuan army gradually dispersed, and several military camps were set up on the four walls of Bianliang City, surrounding Bianliang City.

The Song army soldiers stood on the top of Bianliang City and looked down. The city was densely packed with military camps and elite troops of the Yuan army.

The soldiers and civilians defending the city saw this and were terrified...

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