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The deeper you go into Shu, the more poor the Shu people you see along the way, and beggars with thin bones can be seen everywhere. Some village girls actually have only a piece of rag in their lower body. When they see strangers passing by, they squat in the crops in the fields to hide. Even so, they often see Song soldiers robbing the countryside. At this time, all the weapons in Shu were confiscated, and only three or five Song soldiers could roam in the countryside.

The Shu people's resistance to the Song soldiers was everywhere. Under Wang Gui's guidance, from Xingyuan Prefecture to Lizhou, Wei Ti and his party had visited five or six mountain villages, leaving a pair of gold ingots for each village. As the Han master's deposit for the purchase of tea and Shu brocade from them, he also gave each village two war horses and a skeleton sword. Most of these Shu people entered the mountains and became enemies because they could not bear the tyranny of the Song army. Many of them were even a gentry before they became enemies. They were against the Northern Han, which was also invaded by the Song army.

The messengers were all very enthusiastic in the hospitality. Jinding was not very rare in the eyes of Shu people, who were very wealthy not long ago. It was rare to be the strong horses and iron swords from the north, which made these mountain kings who lived under the encirclement and suppression of the Song army all year round and were very grateful. They patted their chests and said that even if they had half their lives, they would escort the brocade and tea from Shu to the Northern Han. Some of the village leaders even waved the snow-shaped iron swords in their hands, as if they were going to lead everyone down the mountain to fight to the death with the Song people.

Seeing Wang Gui and Wei Ti doing the work behind enemy lines very smoothly, Chen De couldn't help but feel suspicious. The historians of the Song Dynasty described the separatist regimes such as the Northern Han and Later Shu very unbearable. However, judging from the expressions of these people who were forced to flee into the mountains gritting their teeth at the Song army, they missed the previous dynasty very much and regarded the Song army as the invaders.

Every time a batch of horses was delivered to the rebel army in Shu, Wei Ti's team had a group of walking soldiers. From Lizhou to Langzhou, there were only more than twenty horses and two large carts left. Most of the finances were responsible for the leaders of various villages along the important passes of Sichuan and Shaanxi. When he arrived in Langzhou, Wei Ti found a secluded farmer's mansion outside the prefecture city. The owner of this house thought it was a hidden stake buried in Shu in the Northern Han Kingdom, and greeted Wei Ti and his group very thoughtfully.

Wang Gui was bored every day, so he pulled the soldiers and men to compete in martial arts in the courtyard of the mansion. Wang Gui was originally a powerful general who was good at using big guns. This time he did not have any weapons to come out, so he fought with everyone with a horizontal knife every day. Chen De practiced the Han army's eight-positions with a high-speed sword every day, and practiced archery techniques for a few days. With the skills of a sniper, he pulled out the two-stone hard bow and shot it without any 150 steps.

The Heavenly King Gui competed with everyone again, and won eight consecutive games. He was so excited that he had a red upper body, revealing his knotted muscles and scars and arrows. It was almost early winter. Seeing his eyes showing fierce light, his expression seemed to be a tiger that wanted to choose someone to eat. No one dared to fight with him. At this time, Wei Ti, who had been staying in the room, passed by, and the soldiers in Tuhun Army cheered loudly, and some even shouted: "Get Master Wei a long sword and teach this kid of Jianxiong Army a lesson."

Wei Ti was originally the most powerful general in the Tuhun Army. Since he was in command of the Tuhun Army, he has been very majestic and respectful and has rarely fought with others. But at this moment, he suddenly became interested and waved his hand to get the sword he used. He glanced at Chen De, who was always watching the battle, and smiled at him and Wang Gui, "Don't hold back, you two go together."

This Baidao has been a powerful weapon in the army since the Tang Dynasty. It is strictly forbidden for the people to own it. Wei Ti and his party dressed up as merchants and entered Shu, hiding the Baidao used by Wei Ti in the big cart. Chen De had long admired the legendary Baidao for a long time, and at this moment, he stared at the long sword in Wei Ti's hand like a fan who saw a big star and looked at it again and again.

At this moment, Wei Ti stood in the courtyard with one hand holding a three-foot-long knife handle. The six-foot-long blade body, except for the blade about one foot close to the knife handle, which had no blade, and was covered with exquisite cloud patterns, the other five-foot-long blade bodies were cut on both sides, and the blade was shining with cold light.

Chen De looked at Wang Gui, but unexpectedly saw a hint of timidity in the other party's eyes. The two exchanged glances, shouted loudly, raised the horizontal sword in their hands and slashed towards Wei Ti's chest, and stride forward at the same time. One inch shorter and one inch more dangerous. Wang Gui and Chen De thought at the same time that as long as they bet within five feet of Wei Ti's side, the advantage of Bai Dao's growth would not be able to be used.

Unexpectedly, Wei Ti did not avoid or hide. He held the handle of the knife with his left hand and the unbladed blade with his right hand, and swung the sword like a long stick. As the saying goes, "Sweep a large piece of the stick", Wang Gui and Chen De had to take a step back together before barely avoiding the sharp five-foot long blade.

Wei Ti was in power and took a big step. He took his right hand and pulled the end of the hilt from the knife with his right hand. The five-foot blade slashed at Chen De on his head. Chen De could not stop it and had to retreat backwards again. At this moment, Wang Gui had already attacked Wei Ti from the side. However, Wei Ti's sword was tilted and a ball of snow light rolled towards Wang Gui like a whirlwind. Wang Gui's face suddenly changed. Regardless of the horizontal sword in his hand being slashed away by a hundred swords, he rolled out one side and stood up in a mess.

Seeing that Wang Gui had lost the power to fight back, Wei Ti turned around to deal with Chen De who was rushing towards him. At this moment, Bai Dao's long blade was outside. He actually used the three-foot hilt end to use as a copper hammer to push Chen De's horizontal knife away, and the five-foot blade that turned like a windmill was slashing at Chen De's head again.

Chen De only felt a sharp sword aura that could not breathe, and he couldn't help but stimulate his courage and blood. He threw the knife with his right hand and rushed towards Wei Ti, trying to snatch it in and hug Wei Ti and throw him down. However, he was not expecting that Wei Ti would kick him in the chest with a heart-wrenching punch, and fell about a smack away, and was about to get up. Wei Ti held the knife in both hands as if using a gun, and he pushed the three-pointed and two-edged knife tip to Chen De's forehead from a high point.

Thinking that if Wei Ti could not control the castration of the knife, his brain was already covered in the ground. After Wei Ti put away the knife, cold sweat flowed down Chen De's forehead uncontrollably. Seeing his pale face, Wang Gui patted Chen De's shoulder and said, "Master Wei's sword technique is a masterpiece in the army, and defeated by him is nothing." Chen De raised his head to look at him, and the two of them comforted each other with mutual appreciation.

Since being promoted to command history, Wei Ti has not taken action seriously with anyone for a long time. Today, he has not tried the sword before he was old, and he feels happy and smiled and said, "You two are good at kung fu, but you only suffer a little. Get rid of it quickly and go out with me."

So a man guarded Wei Ti, Chen De and Wang Gui took the lead in opening the way, and eight strong horses drove westward.

Since seeing the unstoppable power of Mo Dao, Chen De had a big question mark in his mind, and asked Wang Gui: "If I hadn't seen the true appearance of the divine weapon from Lord Wei, I would hardly know what Bai Dao was. Why did such a magic weapon have become unknown in recent times?"

Wang Gui turned his head and looked at Chen De like a monster, saying, "I thought you knew everything. I never thought you didn't even understand such things. If you asked me to teach you, I'll call you two first."

Chen De was frustrated. In order to integrate into this team, he was familiar with military men such as Wang Gui, so he was free of obstacles when making jokes. He had to bow and say, "Brother Wang, I'll ask for advice."

Wang Gui then grinned and said, "Mr. Wei's treasure sword is a priceless treasure. Do you think anyone can bring one for you to see?" Seeing that Chen De seemed extremely depressed, he continued, "I have seen this treasure sword for the first time, let alone you." The most experienced in the army, although Wei Ti placed Chen De's status equal to Wang Gui, Wang Gui was an old military and a general under Yang Ye, and his words came from a pride.

Chen De said anxiously: "The army in Anxi and Heshuo in the previous dynasty clearly used a large number of Baidao, why is it rare to see it now?"

Wang Gui replied angrily: "You also said that it was the previous dynasty. There were tens of thousands of cavalrymen in the previous dynasty. Is there any now? In today's chaotic times, creating an iron with a 100-sword sword is enough to make four or five sabers and dozens of spearheads. If I had a 100-sword sword, I might as well melt it."

"Although Baidao is extremely powerful, the blade is too narrow and long. The iron used to make Baidao cannot be used to ordinary people. The best iron is produced from the Western Regions and the Khitan. Now the Central Plains are weak, so naturally they cannot ask them to raise tribute iron to make swords. Even if they get erect iron, they are only enough to make waist swords and spearheads." The person who spoke was Wei Ti's Yu Hou An Wende. The two of them spoke in front of him, and his horse also came up.

Song Wende is over thirty years old and is Wei Ti's confidant general. He has a similar style to Wei Ti. He is usually taciturn, but he is very friendly to the soldiers below. Although Wei Ti is very jealous of Chen Deqing, he is still An Wende's subordinate in the Tuhun army. Therefore, although he is quite close to him, he is not as familiar with him as Wang Gui. Seeing that he takes the initiative to solve his doubts, he hurriedly bowed and said, "I have received teaching."

Song Wende bowed his hand and replied with a smile: "Chen Dalang doesn't have to be too polite."

Unexpectedly, Chen De continued to ask: "There are many Khitans in the Western Regions, so why is it that the army is not equipped with Baishao."

Seeing that he was quite a bit broken, Wang Gui asked to the end, and laughed and scolded: "You are stupid. Baidao is a powerful weapon for the infantry to defeat the cavalry. In the Western Regions, the Khitan did not lack good horses. How could he spend a lot of money to fight Baidao for the infantry? When the enemy cavalry attacked, he lit up the horse army to kill him." After saying that, he whipped Chen De's horse's buttocks, and the horse ran out with a long neigh.

Seeing Chen De riding on the horse, he was busy grabbing the reins. Song Wende was very well-educated, so he had to hold back his smile and turned to Wang Gui and said, "Chen Dalang is a person who is attentive. General Wang should not look down on him."

Seeing that he looked solemn, Wang Gui nodded and said yes.

After two hours of the journey, Wei Ti ordered a rest in a woodland. Each of them ate a cake with dried meat and fed some feed to the horse. Taking advantage of the gap in the cultivation of horsepower, Song Wende gathered Wang Gui and Chen De and said to the two: "Do you two know what we are talking about in this trip?"

Wang Gui muttered, "Wouldn't it be that there is another copycat to take over the camp leader?" He was the long-time general in Jianxiong's army. If Yang Ye and Wei Ti had not been in harmony, they would have been unable to assist Wei Ti in this journey south. They temporarily transferred him to the Tuhun army to carry out this mission. He would not even look at the mountain kings who held bamboo poles as spears.

Chen De's mind was also full of confusion, and suddenly he said in a flash: "Isn't it the way to Chengdu Prefecture?"

Song Wende nodded with satisfaction and said, "You two are half right. This is the way to Chengdu Prefecture, but we do not go to the prefecture city to spend a stay, but to Guankou." He turned to Wang Gui and said, "General Wei took us not to go to Huishan King, but to provoke the turbulent forces in Shu."

Seeing the two of them having a more confused expression, Song Wende took a step forward and said in a low voice: "The one we are going to visit is Qi Bo, the chief priest of Guankou Erlang. I heard that this person has hundreds of thousands of believers, and countless Shu people only follow his horse. Even the Shu master Meng also regarded him as the national teacher and did not dare to neglect at all."

Wang Gui was still confused, but Chen De had already understood most of the unstable factors that provoked the enemy country, and most of them were to have to do with religious issues. But does this Qi Bo from Guankou Erlang really have such great energy? Why did he not know at all when he came from later generations?

Seeing the expressions of the two, Song Wende sighed in his heart: "Wang Gui is a handsome man in the Northern Han army. He still didn't understand. Chen De knew it very well. No wonder General Wei wanted to cultivate him." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Suddenly he remembered Wei Ti's advice. Song Wende said again: "General Wei asked me to instruct the two of Shu people to admire gods. When they enter the territory of Erlang Temple in Guankou, no matter what situation they see, everyone must not talk nonsense. Everything is the only order of General Wei. I will follow the general of Wei. I will trouble General Wang to restrain Bai Yanzan, Pan Jiu and Chen Dalang to restrain Yan Silang and Xin Gu." After saying that, he bowed and said: "This matter will be successful, and I will ask the two of you on behalf of General Wei."

Chen De and Wang Gui did not dare to be negligent, so they quickly clasped their fists to agree. Song Wende went to greet the other people and gave them a message. Since the group knew the heavy task of the trip, they no longer laughed like they did when they set off. Everyone carefully checked the weapons they carried with them, washed the war horses, and looked nervous before the battle, and waited for Wei Ti to get on the horse and set off.

People in this era still regard the southwest as a wild and wild place, and the one who was going to meet on this trip was a mysterious local leader. Thinking of the various evil and weird legends that had been heard in the past, I couldn't help but feel at ease. Only Chen De had been thinking about what kind of person Qi Bo was. The Song people used everything they could tolerate the existence of this power in their territory?

When they set out again, the horse team had become Wang Gui leading two cavalry as avant-garde. Song Wende and Wei Ti were in the middle, and Chen De leading two cavalry guards. Unconsciously, everyone was silent, but the horse stepped on a similar rhythm. As they gradually entered the plains, a group of knights inevitably attracted attention. When occasionally meeting the soldiers of the Song State in a small team, Wang Gui showed off the fake Song State imperial guards' waist card, lied that he was ordered by the emperor to escort a certain adult into Shu for business, and these people no longer asked. If the soldier did not open his eyes and insisted on making things difficult, the only answered him was the horse whip and the military stick.

At this time, the north was withered, the climate in Shu was warm, and it was still green everywhere. The fields on both sides of the road had not been harvested. Looking around, the green waves were rolling and mulberry trees were planted on both sides of the fields. Such a comfortable and prosperous scene made the originally tense nerves of the military men relax. Yan Silang and Xin Gu were defeated by Chen De and were rescued and healed. They had long admired him. At this moment, the two were sent to Chen De to dispatch, and they were willing to do so. Yan Silang was a little frivolous in nature. Seeing the fair-skinned village girl picking mulberries in the middle, he couldn't help but look around, and kept winking for Chen De and Xin Gu to share this rare beauty together.

Before we knew it, it was almost dusk. From a distance, we saw a grand temple in front of us, with incense burning in front of the mountain gate. The two white hills were filled with dazzling light in the sun. Everyone was about to ride their horses, but they were blocked by a group of villagers holding various farm tools.

Because Wei Ti's prior instructions, Wang Gui did not dare to make a decision without authorization, so he turned around and asked Wei Ti for instructions. After Wei Ti asked Song Wende to take out a black iron plate to show it to the villagers, he bowed and said with a gentle voice: "We are Zhang Qibo's guests, so we come to visit him specially. I hope all the elders can be compatible and let go."

This group of villagers just came spontaneously to stop the foreigners from approaching Erlang Temple, but had never seen Qi Bo's iron-plate token. On one side, the villagers nearby came to hear the news and refused to let everyone go. On the other side, a few villagers with quick legs ran out to find the people in the Erlang Temple in Guankou to check the token.

The villagers gathered more and more. Some were arguing loudly whether they should let the people go, some were the villagers who had been chatting with their hoes for a long time. Some wives came to find their husbands with their baby in their arms. The children cried so hard that these people were all in the local dialect. The noisy made the military men and women feel that they were in the middle of tens of thousands of ducks, and they were angry. But when they saw Wei Ti was just leisurely looking into the scenery, they forced themselves to suppress their anger.

For a long time, a young man in a commoner ran out of the temple. When he came to the front, the villagers suddenly stopped. Some women who had never seen the world secretly pulled the corner of their husband's clothes and asked quietly: "Is it Xiao Wang Qibo who came?"

It seems that this person is very prestige among the villagers. Chen De said in his heart that when he looked at this person, he had a tall figure, broad eyebrows and bright eyes, and had several large patches on the undyed coarse cloth clothes, but it was very well integrated, giving people a very comfortable taste.

He saw the black iron sign handed over by Song Wende, nodded, and went straight to Wei Ti's horse, clasped his fists and said, "Wang An is ordered by his family master to welcome the distinguished guests." Wei Ti and others also dismounted and returned the gift.

Wang An said again: "The temple rules that if the livestock that were not sacrificial should not be approached, I am afraid that it would hit Erlang Guankou. The horses riding by distinguished guests from afar can be temporarily stored in the village's farmer's house."

In the northern part of the cavalry, Wang Gui and other soldiers were all people who cherished their horses as if they were alive. When they heard this, they would turn their backs on them. Only Wei Ti replied safely: "It's great, thank you for the fellow villagers for taking care of the horses." The soldiers had to hand over the reins of the horses to the village farmers who walked up to lead the horses. Yan Silang kept mutteringly reminding the village farmers that his horse had a delicate appetite and must not put it away and ate the weeds.

The group followed Wang An out of the siege of the rural farmers, but Wang An led everyone around the temple, turned around the fields, and headed towards an ordinary simple farmhouse.

Chen Deqi said: "Could it be that Zhang Qibo does not live in the temple?"

Wang An turned around and smiled, "I admired all the villagers. My family master is just a sacrificial master. He picks tea and farms on weekdays, which is no different from ordinary farmers." While speaking, he bent down and walked into the farmhouse. After a while, he came out to greet everyone in and talk.

Wei Ti and others bent down and entered the farmhouse, and saw a honest middle-aged man standing in the yard and laughing, "Welcome to distinguished guests from afar." At his feet, there was a half-woven tea basket.

Wei Ti bowed and said, "Wei Ti, the commander of the Tuhun Army of Northern Han, was ordered by the emperor to go to Sichuan and met Zhang Qibo." He ordered his subordinates to come up to greet him.

Zhang Qibo waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, Zhang Alang is just a tea-skin at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain and cannot stand the great gifts of the generals." While asking Wang An to go to the inner room, he would sit down one by one.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Alang said, "You are the meaning of coming from afar. Alang understood. The Han lord from the previous Han Dynasty also said that when the Song people attacked the Han, they would like the people in Shu to prosper." He glanced at the apprentice next to him and said, "You also know that after the Song people pacified Shu, they still regarded the Shu people as enemy countries, exploited and gathered everything, seized our cold clothes and food from our mouths, filled the treasury of Kaifeng, seized our children, and satisfy the desires of adults. They really regarded us Shu people as pigs and dogs." He said this and said extremely sad and angry. He heard a "ping-top" sound. Wang An, who seemed gentle and polite just now, punched him on the short table.

Zhang Alang changed his tone and continued: "However, it is difficult to obey me if I want to lead the way."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Ti's face was still as usual, but Wang An could no longer hold back and shouted: "Master!"

Zhang Alang glared at him and said to Wei Ti: "We all admire the fact that a corner of the Han Dynasty has fought against the Central Plains for decades. However, the elders in Shu are not accustomed to military action for many years. If they are allowed to rank and fight with foreign tiger and wolf troops, it is tantamount to taking them to die. Six years ago, all the generals were uprising, and I also led thousands of strong villagers to participate. At the beginning, I did catch the Song army off guard and won several consecutive victories. But once the Song army stabilized its position and regarded us as enemies worthy of serious treatment, it would be a unilateral massacre."

Zhang Alang looked at Wang An, who was blushing beside him and sighed: "Because I am fair in my work, all the offerings to worship Erlang are not greedy, so the villagers trust me and let me be the priest of Erlang Shenjun. They believe that Erlang Shenjun can bless the good weather every year and that everyone lives a peaceful life. I cannot clearly know that there is a dead end ahead, but the villagers who trust me will die." After that, he bowed to Wei Ti and apologized: "Zhang Alang has no talent and no virtue, so let General Wei run for nothing."

Wei Ti clasped his fists and said, "It is their blessing for the villagers here to be protected by the Lord Erlang. We are all people who are brave and timid when fighting in battle formations. Even if we are flirting with the State of Song, we must make the Central Plains officials restrain themselves!"

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