All Heavens: Start by guarding the light at night

Chapter 109
Summer is over, autumn has arrived, and winter is not far away.

In this harvest season, Zuozhang Royal Court completely let itself go.

More and more deserters are heading south.

If they don't hurry up and get enough food before the first snow comes, they will be doomed.

Whether the villages and caravans in the Yan Kingdom that were massacred should bear this tragic experience is not something they should consider.

The whole country was in crisis, and King Yan fell ill.

Prince Chongming took command and personally led three thousand guards to the northern border.

The cavalry in the grassland is very strong, but these three thousand sergeants are not favored.

Accompanied by the ceremony and music, there were many people seeing off, and people watched the car driving to the north with indifferent expressions.

In the Xiling Temple, Xiong Chumo also issued an edict calling on all the countries in the Central Plains to support the Yan Kingdom.

The deserters are heading south, which is a global crisis.

The tragic situation of Yan State was clearly visible to the southern countries, and they all responded to the call and sent troops northward.

Seventy miles away from the capital of the Southern Jin Dynasty, there is a mountain, towering ten thousand feet, like a sharp sword thrust into the blue sky, extremely dangerous.Beside the mountain, there is a big river flowing endlessly, and the mountains along the bank are empty, as if covered with a veil, like a poetic ink painting.

At the foot of this mountain, there is a building with the word "Jiange" written on it. This is an old-style ancient pavilion with black and white colors.

The strongest man in the world, Sword Saint Liu Bai, is the master of the Sword Pavilion.

Ten young disciples lined up in the school field outside the sword pavilion, bowing and saluting the people on the high platform.

Liu Bai stood on the high platform with a proud look on his face.

"Everyone must have heard about the war in the north. The Huangren went south and joined forces with Zuozhang Royal Court to attack cities and plunder lands in the Yan Kingdom, robbed supplies, and killed countless civilians."

"My Jiange is located in the Southern Jin Dynasty, bordering the Yan Kingdom to the north. In order to prevent the barbarians from going south to plunder our Southern Jin people, I decided to respond to Xiling Taoshan's call and send troops north to support the Yan Kingdom."

"You are our talents from the Southern Jin Dynasty. You are responsible for this northward movement and will cooperate with the Xiling Temple to resist the prairie cavalry."

The ten young men knelt on the ground and spoke plausibly, as if they wanted to die together with the prairie cavalry.

"Well, you are worthy of being my son-in-law of Southern Jin Dynasty."

"Remember today's oath."

"People who lose face, don't come back."

Hearing this voice, the expressions on the faces of the young people kneeling on the ground visibly stiffened, and they seemed extremely nervous and excited. After responding loudly, they stood up and walked out.

The Southern Jin Dynasty's team was huge, with dozens of Jiange disciples leading more than 3000 armored troops and setting off.

The Yellow River is turbulent and the waves are rolling. If the Southern Jin Dynasty team wants to go north, they must cross this river.

With the ships built and financed by the Guangming Chamber of Commerce, there would be no difficulty in crossing the river.

Even if the Huangren occupied Yan State, they could only reach the other side of the Yellow River.

This Yellow River will completely block the footsteps of the deserted people.

But north of the Yellow River is still the territory of the Southern Jin Dynasty, and Jiange will never give up easily.

We cannot move the people north of the Yellow River to the south just because the barren people went south.

The far west of Haotian World is the boundary of Yuelun Kingdom, where Buddhism is prevalent and countless temples have been built here.

A few months ago, the first sutra lecture came out of Xuankong Temple.

A living Buddha came to the world and traveled around various temples teaching Buddhism.

Today, the first lecture came to Baita Temple.

The ancient temple has a unique architectural style and magnificent momentum, which makes people feel a solemn atmosphere involuntarily.

The pagoda is tall and straight, as if guarded by giants.

On top of the pagoda, there is a huge pearl, which seems to be inlaid in the blue sky. The carved beams and painted pillars are decorated with many colorful paintings, like lotus flowers blooming in the sky.

After countless years, it stands still, with a broad base and a towering tower.

One morning, the Dharma was being taught on the lotus platform where the sutra was first held. A group of Buddhist disciples sat quietly and listened to the lecture.

After being baptized by the Dharma of this human Buddha, everyone has a clear understanding.After the lecture was over, the lecturer sat there with his eyes closed and did not get up. He seemed to have gained a new understanding.

All the disciples carefully retreated without disturbing them.

It was almost noon, and a group of Buddhist disciples gathered under the White Pagoda.

Today is not only the day when the Buddha preaches on earth, but also the day when he responds to Xiling’s call and sets out to the north.

A woman with a wrinkled face, wearing a strange dress made of countless pieces of cloth, looked at the juniors in front of her indifferently, and said in a hoarse and weird voice:
"To go to Yanbei, we need to pass through the Tang Dynasty. The imperial court has issued a document. You can just go. I believe the Tang people will not make things difficult for you."

A young ascetic looked at the woman in surprise and asked, "Master Quni, won't you come with us?"

A trace of malice flashed in the woman's eyes, and she said sternly: "Tang is a sinful place where etiquette is corrupted and there is no faith. Even a particle of its dust on the soles of my shoes will make me feel sick."

Qu Nimadi, the great virtue of the Moon Kingdom, the sister of the Lord of the Moon Kingdom has been led to practice Buddhism since she was a child, and her seniority in the Buddhist sect is extremely high.

All the disciples here who responded to Xiling's call were her disciples and grandsons.

The existence of Tang state-owned academies, most of the senior officials have no faith, and they also appeal to Tang people all over the world not to have faith.

Moon Wheel Kingdom is a country created by faith, calling on people all over the world to believe in Buddha.

The two sides have opposite ideas, so every Buddhist disciple hates the Tang state.

Master Quni, as a great virtuous man, was the most dissatisfied with Tang's ideas.

In fact, the people of the Tang Dynasty did not have no faith, but their faith was distributed in various places.

In the area near Chang'an, most people believe in academies and regard academies as their gods.

The Tang Dynasty had a vast territory and had fought conquests with other countries, so there were always shadows of other countries in the Tang Dynasty.

In some counties, some special beliefs are still retained, such as Dao Sect Haotian and Guangming Palace Guangming. In a few areas, there are even idle Buddhist inheritances.

When people in the Tang Dynasty encountered disasters, they would still pray for the blessings of various gods.

In recent years, the expansion of the Guangming Chamber of Commerce has set off a wave of fanatical belief in Guangming throughout the Tang Dynasty.

These scattered beliefs are what Quni doesn't like.

"I'm going from the north and directly crossing the Minshan Mountains. I want to see if anyone in the Tang Kingdom will stop me."

Qu Ni looked indifferent, leaning on a cane, and took the people away first.

A group of Buddhist disciples were left behind, extremely stunned, unable to advance or retreat.

In the White Pagoda, the leader of the lecture hall is always meditating. He has come to the human world and will not return to the Hanging Temple before he has dealt with some things.

The teams from Nanjin Jiange and Yuelun were dispatched.

Xiling will naturally not fall behind.

Hundreds of knights marched solemnly under the warm sunshine. They wore pure black armor with complicated and difficult-to-understand patterns painted on their bodies.

These people are Xiling Protectorate Holy Cavalry, known as the most elite cavalry in the world.

Any one of them is a strong man worthy of worship by believers, but now hundreds of holy cavalry are gathered together.

The people who saw these cavalrymen felt extremely honored and could not restrain their surprise.

Among the holy cavalry were many priests from the Haotian Dao Sect wearing red robes.

For the Taoist sect, the desolate people's move south meant the re-emergence of the Demon Sect.

You know, the academy once had the most powerful master in the world.

After the Taoists learned that Ke Haoran practiced magic skills, they still dared to pursue and kill him.

The resurgence of the Demon Sect is even more serious for the Taoist sect than it was for Ke Haoran back then.

They will never allow the Demon Sect to rise.

Under the sun, the armor of these cavalrymen seemed to be coated with a layer of Haotian's divine brilliance, as perfect and sacred as the sons of gods.

Among the crowd, Lu Yaoguang was surrounded by several priests wearing red robes.

He is the great priest of the Little Guangming Temple. Nowadays, Taoism spreads all over the world through his hands. His status in Taoshan is not low.

　There's something going on at home, so I won't be able to attend today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)