Chapter 314 Master Lu defeated the enemy in Hangzhou City, and Song Gongming sought survival by the Qiantang River

The abbot of Lingyin Temple fainted again after waking up.

When he woke up in the arms of the monk who had been driven out of the temple, he was shocked to see boxes piled up in front of him.

Inside the box are countless IOUs, land deed documents, various account books, etc.

Then he saw Li Yunze holding a torch, and reached out to place the torch on the most precious treasure in the temple.

The box had obviously been doused with oil, and when the torch was dropped, it soon burst into flames.

Seeing how many generations of hard work and accumulation were turned into ashes before his eyes, the abbot couldn't catch his breath and fainted again.

Fortunately, he fainted again, which prevented him from hearing Li Yunze's next arrangements, otherwise he would be scared to death.

"The monks in the temple all arranged ships to be sent to Luzon to influence the local indigenous people. They wanted to influence the local indigenous people to be honest and obedient, and to work conscientiously for the Song Dynasty from now on. If you can't do this, you will never come back in this life."

"Aren't you shouting all day long to save all sentient beings and that all sentient beings are equal? ​​Then go to the border to influence the indigenous people."

Li Yunze asked Lu Zhishen, "As a great monk, you must handle this matter well and truly spread Buddhism to all parts of the world. You can even influence the ignorant savages and natives. Doesn't this show your ability?"

Lu Zhishen nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood what to do.

"As long as you understand." Li Yunze nodded and said, "The temples all over the south of the Yangtze River will be treated accordingly."

After talking about what was going on here, Li Yunze called Gongsun Sheng over, "As a national teacher, you saw the Buddhist sect doing its best for the country, and the Taoist sect didn't think about how to express it?"

Gongsun Sheng bowed with a wry smile, "Prime Minister, the Taoist sect has been conquered by the royal family of the Song Dynasty for many years, and they are basically considered as subordinates of the royal family. Moreover, the various sects of the Taoist sect are mainly Qing cultivators, and they are busy practicing Taoism all day long.

Refining alchemy. What we can do is actually

not much."

"Then we should do something. It's not a good thing to stay in the mountains all day long and practice mercury sulfuric acid." Li Yunze's sincere education said, "We must find the right direction for development and conduct special research in accordance with science. We have developed something like sulfuric acid."

It’s not about drinking it and then joining the army

It’s too late to solve it. We should focus on science.”

"Let's do this." Li Yunze began to make arrangements, "Establish an Academy of Sciences in Bianliang City, with you as the head. In the name of holding various Taoist dharma meetings, let those Taoist priests who have been hiding in the mountains all day come out and gather together.

Researching science and technology in the academy.”

Gongsun Sheng was puzzled, "May I ask the Prime Minister, what is the Academy of Sciences? We Taoist priests only know how to make elixirs, so what can we do if we gather together?"

"The Academy of Sciences means science, and it is used to deal with Neo-Confucianism." Li Yunze raised his hand and patted Gongsun Sheng on the shoulder. "The Taoist priests gathered together and first considered why the apple fell to the ground, and then studied the steam engine."

"When an apple is ripe, it will naturally fall to the ground. This is the law of heaven and earth." Speaking of these, Gongsun Sheng became interested, "What is a steam engine?"

Li Yunze silently looked at Gongsun Sheng, who was full of curiosity, and after a moment said, "I will give you a civilian telescope, so you can study the laws of heaven and earth. As for the steam engine, there will be drawings and real objects."

What you Taoist priests have to do is to live a good life

Learn and understand, and then specialize in it.”

"This matter is settled." Li Yunze stopped explaining and looked at the helpful Taoist priests for a while, helping the monks put aside their worldly worries, leaving only their pure roots.

He waited until the entire temple had become a truly pure place of Buddhism before he turned his attention to the foot of the mountain.

On the shore of the West Lake, a duel between the two armies has broken out.

The officers and soldiers were well-trained and well-equipped, and used various siege equipment to storm the city walls.

Although Fang La's men fought bravely, they were just a ragtag group, and their equipment was very poor. Most of them didn't even have a set of leather armor, let alone iron armor.

The war is completely one-sided, and the city will be captured soon.

At this moment, Li Yunze saw a cloud of black energy rising from the city wall, covering a group of dead soldiers who were fighting on the city wall.

In just a moment, the black energy dissipated and all the dead soldiers were lying down.

"Hey, cheating."

Li Yunze sneered and turned to Gongsun Sheng, "National Master, it's your turn to appear."

Gongsun Sheng, who looked solemn, nodded and immediately led a large group of Taoist priests who came out of the temple down the mountain and headed straight for the city wall.

The two sides fought fiercely, with black air and red clouds complementing each other.

The wind suddenly rose and the rainstorm came suddenly.

The fierce spell competition attracted everyone's attention, and the battles elsewhere were overshadowed by it.

As for the final result, of course, Gongsun Sheng's side with an absolute numerical advantage won.

The failure of the battle caused the morale of Fang La's army, which was already in adversity, to collapse. As the Song army entered the city, the situation was over.

Halfway up the mountain, Li Yunze, who was sitting on a horse, clapped his hands and stood up, calling Lu Zhishen and others, "Let's go into the city!"

As the Song army entered the city, most of Fang La's army fled and surrendered, leaving only the core group of people, who guarded Fang La and others and tried to break out.

Naturally, they were focused on by the Song army, and they were blocked and killed fiercely along the street.

When Li Yunze came to the city wall, he saw a bald monk waving his Zen staff on a street not far away, looking like an unstoppable mad tiger.

Even a soldier wearing heavy armor will be knocked to the ground if hit by his Zen staff.

"What a great strength." Li Yunze laughed and turned to look at Lu Zhishen, who was eager to try. "Master Lu, how about you conquer this rebellious Buddhist school?"

"Look at me!"

Lu Zhishen, who picked up the sixty-two water-milled iron Zen staff, immediately gave a loud shout, quickly walked down the city wall and ran straight towards the man.

Li Yunze on the city wall could see clearly that the two sides collided. They exchanged a few words, and then each of them waved their Zen sticks and hit each other.

They are all men of infinite strength, the kind who can uproot a weeping willow tree.

The duel between the two was like sparks hitting the earth, with the Zen staffs constantly clashing and sparking countless sparks.

In the end, Lu Zhishen was the better, and his strength was one point higher than yours.

After fighting for more than a hundred times to compete in strength, Lu Zhishen successfully knocked away his opponent's Zen staff, and then knocked it down on the opponent's bald head.

Panting heavily, Lu Zhishen returned and reported to Li Yunze, "Prime Minister, I have already defeated Deng Yuanjue."

"Well done, take credit."

The street fighting was very cruel, and the generals of Fang La's army who were unwilling to surrender were killed one after another in the street fighting.

Although they were brave, facing the torrent of steel composed of soldiers and the rows of divine arms shooting with bows, their individual bravery did not play a big role.

Li Yunze, who was on the city wall, silently watched Fang La's army being wiped out one after another without any emotion on his face.

When they set fire to people's homes, used them as cannon fodder, and plundered their money and children, they should have thought that they would end up like this.

"Where is Fang La?"

"The bandit chief rushed out of Phoenix Mountain and headed straight for the Qiantang River!"

He is as brave as Xiang Yu, and even wants to escape when he loses a battle, let alone Fang La, who is the leader of a dynamic society.

Before the city of Hangzhou was besieged, he had arranged an escape route for himself, which was a boat on the Qiantang River.

The original plan was to wait until the situation turned bad and then run away at night.

Unexpectedly, the fighting power of the army was so terrifying. The city had already been breached before the sky darkened.

In desperation, he had no choice but to betray his confidants to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, while he fled along the Phoenix Mountain to the riverside.

"Holy Duke, leave quickly!!"

Shi Bao, who was wielding a meteor hammer, took Fang La's last core troops to block the pursuing officers and soldiers. Before being trapped in a tight siege, he desperately roared at Fang La who was fleeing in the distance. Unfortunately, the battlefield was too noisy with people shouting and horses neighing.

Fang La, who was running away, didn't hear it at all.

As the soldiers swarmed forward, Shi Bao was quickly submerged in the torrent of steel.

The role that personal bravery can play is really minimal on the battlefield where large armies are fighting.

Even if Lu Bu comes, facing the siege of hundreds of soldiers, he can only escape on the red rabbit horse.

Unless you have Sun Wukong's ability.

After finally escaping to the riverside, the small ferry boat that had been waiting for a long time hurriedly approached.

Fang La took a breath and looked around, but there was no one close to him!

Although he ordered the breakout to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers, Fang La still couldn't help but shed crocodile tears when he was in such a situation.

"Holy Duke." Song Jiang beside him said with a hint of anxiety, "Now is not the time to cry. I'd better get on the boat quickly."

Fang La looked at the black-faced dwarf in front of him, and suddenly his heart arose with anger and hatred.

He raised his leg and kicked Song Jiang to the ground. "It's all your fault! When you go to Tian Hu's place, Tian Hu will die. When you go to Wang Qing's place, Wang Qing will die. When you go to my place, even I will die."

You will kill me!"

Song Jiang no longer has any confidants around him, and all his loyal confidants have already been lost to let him run away.

The only acquaintances on the side were Chao Gai and Wu Yong.

The two of them stood aside and watched with indifference, showing no intention of helping.

Song Jiang's character had long been ruined during his escapes.
To be continued...