Luo Xiaoyao was stunned and heard Jiang Qiubai say again: "Of course, after he ordered him to kill the court officials and commit suicide, he would reward him for his intention to seek stability in Liangzhou... Currently, he recognized the title of governor of the branch, but did not report to the imperial edict. If he had good governance within three years and made Liangzhou stable, he would be granted the title of governor of Hexi with this merit to establish his power..."

"I heard from Mr. Mu that the monk Nabasan was injured by him and would be in seclusion for at least half a year... I asked Elder Liu and Elder Tang to accompany him, and with the same kindness and power, I would not dare to respond to the broken branch."

Luo Xiaoyao felt at ease now. He was worried that the Zhebu Branch might not bow his head to agree to help because he had a group of masters around him. However, knowing that there were two elders of Tongbao Pavilion Liu and Tang who had the skills of holding the Dan were enough to shock Zhebu Branch.

"Elder Liu and his team have been there for half a month. They will come back within two or three days. Please wait at the Princess's Mansion with peace of mind... I think they will live up to their mission."

As Jiang Qiubai expected, two days later, the two elders Liu and Tang rushed back with dozens of kilograms of green salt. Elder Liu said: "In order to fear that people will suspect, the remaining Qingyan Zhezi Branch will be sent to Kaifeng one after another by the horse gang."

Luo Xiaoyao was overjoyed and looked at Chang Qingqing, "Prince Qingqing, when will you start to refine alchemy?"

"The refining of this 'Puyuan Dan' is extremely particular. Take a part of the medicinal materials and refine them for seven days, and then add them for four times, which is a 28-day count. Both the amount of medicinal materials and the time can be controlled. If it is said that it is difficult to refine... it should be in the place where the heat is controlled."

Chang Qingqing paused and said to Xu Meiju in the guest seat: "Sister Meiju, when will the invitation senior Dandao who will come?"

Chang Qingqing had just learned the alchemy path. Although he had been studying the alchemy techniques contained in the "Hundred Herbs Sutra" for more than ten days, he was afraid that something would go wrong. The Xu family had been operating medicinal materials for several generations and knew many people who had learned alchemy. Chang Qingqing knew that he was inadequate, and Mr. Luo needed at least three "Puyuan Pills" every month, so that Xu Meiju could find someone to help him.

Xu Meiju said, "My father had already been searching for him before the end of the year... Judging from his father, three seniors of alchemy will arrive within one or two days."

Chang Qingqing nodded, "Okay, then I will take medicine and refine pills today. When the seniors of the alchemy will arrive, I will ask for advice..."

But when Luo Xiaoyao heard that there were several alchemy people helping him, he was very happy and hurriedly thanked Xu Meiju.

Three days later, Xu Meijuguo brought three Taoist people who were proficient in alchemy. Chang Qingqing arranged for them to refine the "Puyuan Dan" separately in several alchemy rooms that had been cultivated. After a month, only one of the four people was named Taoist Yan, who refined the alchemy.

Knowing that the 'Puyuan Pill' is difficult to refine. Although Luo Xiaoyao was disappointed, he was also very happy. He looked at Chang Qingqing, who looked ashamed, and said, "I think it's as the princess said. This heat is difficult to grasp. After everyone gets familiar with it, they will definitely be refined. I will send this pill back first... and tell the master and the others the good news."

Chang Qingqing nodded, "Let this pill be taken by Mr. Luo first. I think there should be more than one pill next time. Sister Meiju has something to say... One or two seniors will come to help refine the pill soon."

Luo Xiaoyao was happy again, and took Xiao Muyun and Lin Wanzhen to say goodbye to Chang Qingqing and rushed back to Mowang Island.

On February 21, Luo Xiaoyao and the other two who went north from Mowang Island to Kaifeng met Miao Kexue on a post road in Chenzhou. Yan Qiu and the other two led five soldiers to escort a carriage north.

After everyone greeted him, Yan Qiu jumped down his mount and led Luo Xiaoyao to the back of the carriage, and said as he walked: "Elder Liu, Elder Gu, Elder Song and others were all killed in front of the formation..."

It turned out that after Elder Liu returned from Liangzhou, he was invited by Jiang Qiubai and went to Shouzhou army with several elders from the Tongbao Pavilion, including Gu Hengshan and several other elders from the Shenhu Camp led by Zhao Kuangyin.

Luo Xiaoyao was shocked when he heard this. He quickly walked to the back compartment. He pushed open the back compartment and saw that the bodies of Gu Hengshan, Elder Liu and Elder Song were lying in the carriage.

The clothes on his body were stained with blood, and many arrow wounds could be seen, but a piece of arrow was exposed on his chest, and a fatal point could be seen at a glance, which was the arrow piercing the heart.

Luo Xiaoyao entered the carriage and looked at their wounds for a moment. After getting off the carriage, he looked at Xiao Muyun with a heavy face. Lin Wanzhen said: "Although the three elders have many arrow wounds on their bodies, the real fatal arrow shot into the chest... And the people who led the bow to shoot the three elders have at least the cultivation level of Baodan Xiaocheng. If this were not the case, it would be impossible to lead the arrow through the chest of the three elders."

Xiao and Lin raised their eyes and looked at the corpse in the car for a moment. With their eyesight, they could see that Luo Xiaoyao was correct. Lin Wanzhen said in horror: "But with Elder Liu and his friends' cultivation, it is impossible for them to avoid being penetrated by someone with an arrow... They must have been injured by a hidden arrow."

Luo Xiaoyao looked at Yan Qiu, "Do you know that the three elders died?"

"I, Ke Xue and I, a group of Chinese medicine practitioners, have not participated in the battle in front of the battlefield. We have not known the details of the deaths of the three elders. I heard from Elder Fu that the three of them were shooting and killed when they captured the Southern Tang Grain Road..."

It turned out that Miao Kexue, Yan Qiu and others had been treating wounded soldiers in the army when the Dazhou soldiers besieged Shouzhou. At this time, the Jin Chuang Medicine in the army was used up. When they returned to Kaifeng to get the medicine, they also took the bodies of Gu Hengshan and the other three back to the other courtyard.

"Oh?!" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked for a moment, "If this is the case, it should be a direct confrontation... With the great success of Elder Song's divine consciousness, the cultivation level of the foot of the Mingqiao Mountain in the ancient Elder Ming was possible, but Elder Liu was in the state of small success of the pill, so he could avoid it... Besides, they were fighting together, how could they give people the opportunity to shoot at the same time?"

Lin Wanzhen hesitated for a moment, "If someone as skilled as Shen Liancheng, in the chaos... could be able to injure people with a single bead."

Luo Xiaoyao nodded slowly, pondered for a moment, and said, "There are more than twenty days left before the next day of the elixir... I want to go to Shouzhou to help Elder Fu with his arm and avenge the three elders... What do the two junior sisters think about it?"

Xiao Muyun and Lin Wanzhen looked at each other and nodded to respond. Luo Xiaoyao turned to Miao Kexue, "I have to tell Princess Qingqing that I will go to Kaifeng in twenty days."

After saying that, he led his horse to Xiao and Lin, and said goodbye to Miao Kexue, and turned around and rode his horse to Shouzhou.

The generals of the military commander who besieged Shouzhou were Li Chongjin, but when Luo Xiaoyao came, he was very surprised and hurriedly led the three of them into the camp to take their seats.

Elder Fu, who was guarding Li Chongjin, was happy to see Luo Xiaoyao entering the realm of the great success of the elixir, but when he heard his purpose, he looked worried. "Young Master is here, Mr. Chu, and the Lord Fang know?"

Luo Xiaoyao knew that he was concerned about it, but he did not answer positively, saying, "How did Elder Liu and the others die? What is the military situation here?"

Li Chongjin continued to say: "Shouzhou was trapped by our army for a long time, and the city had run out of food. Li Jingda, the King of Qi of the Southern Tang, led his troops to help. He advanced the navy in Xiacai to build a floating bridge for Commander Zhang (Zhang Yongde). He used iron chains to tie giant trees to cover the Huai River and blocked it. The navy in the Southern Tang was unable to advance, so he led his troops from the north of Zijin Mountain, hoping to take the mountain road to build a structured road, and transport the food and grass troops into the city of Shouzhou."

"When they were young, I led my troops over the mountains, defeated them, and destroyed the food road they built. But then Li Jingda led 50,000 troops from Haozhou and arrived in the north of Zijin Mountain. There were more than ten camps along the mountain..."

Luo Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment, "Why didn't my Great Zhou troops first enter Zijin Mountain and guard the danger and prevent the Tang soldiers from entering the mountain to establish a camp?"

"Haha." Li Chongjin smiled and said, "This is exactly the wisest thing of the priest... Give up the Purple Gold Mountain to help the surrounding point."

"Around the site and attack the aid?" Luo Xiaoyao was not able to make any arrangements for the military formation.

"The reason why our army has conquered several cities in the Southern Tang Dynasty last year has been conquered by the Southern Tang Dynasty and has been recovered by the Southern Tang Dynasty is not only because of the surge in Huai Flood, but also because of the lack of food transportation."

Guo Rongrende was completely unfair to the trapped city and was unwilling to seize the food of the people in the city to serve as military supplies. However, it also caused the Great Zhou army that captured the city to be insufficient. The Southern Tang soldiers and horses were unable to help each other during the rainy season and flood season, and the Zhou soldiers were unable to help each other, and they also used their navy advantages to take back the lost city.

"Shouzhou City is located in the key points of Huainan. If our Great Zhou captures it, as long as we build a floating bridge from the Huai River to the north, we can enter the city... When our Great Zhou troops head south, they can serve as a place for food and grass supply in wartime."

"It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a sharp sword inserted into the territory of Southern Tang. Shouzhou City is extremely important to Southern Tang. The emperor guessed that Li Jing would send troops to rescue him. Our navy was not prepared, which was not conducive to the water battle. Therefore, the emperor gathered up all the troops and horses to besiege Shouzhou, and asked Commander Zhang to cut off the water route of the Huai River and lured the Southern Tang navy to abandon the ship and arrive at the northern foot of Zijin Mountain in order to annihilate them."

"Then why didn't they come to rescue from the south side?" Lin Wan said in real words.

"Miss Lin doesn't know... The southeast side of the Zijin Mountain is mostly a lake, with dozens of miles across the country. If Li Jingda wants to solve the difficulties in Shouzhou, he can only take the road from the north side of the Zijin Mountain."

"If our army refuses to reach the mountain in the north, it will make it impossible for us to advance into the mountain. At that time, Li Jingda will definitely lead his troops back to Haozhou. And these troops are the elite navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty. If they retreat here, it will be difficult to annihilate in the future, and it will also become a major resistance to our Great Zhou troops."

Lin Wanzhen smiled and said, "In this way, the recruitment envoy is actually siegeing Shouzhou City but not attacking..."

This official title is Li Chongjin, who was recruiting envoys for Huainan Road. He smiled and nodded and said, "Why would you use the power of our army to attack Shouzhou without any reason?"

Luo Xiaoyao and the other two understood what Li Chongjin said, "surround the point and attack the aid." Guo Rong's intention to besiege Shouzhou was to take the opportunity to annihilate the elite navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"But unexpectedly, there were many martial arts masters in their army, which made it difficult for our army to break through the tunnels they built... and this also caused Elder Liu and the others to die."

Li Chongjin sighed, opened a scroll of maps and spread them on the table, indicating that Luo Xiaoyao moved his seat and watched it.

"The Zijin Mountain is steep. The soldiers and horses of the Southern Tang Dynasty set fire to the forests on the south, and piled up stones and wood on the cliffs, plus archers, made it impossible for our army to use the dense forest to cover them, so they climbed the mountain and dived to the north to attack its camp."

Li Chongjin paused, pointed to the place on the map and said, "This East Gate is nearly seven miles away from Zijin Mountain, and the flat land in it is only more than five miles, which is not conducive to camping."

"When the Tang army arrived, they led their troops out from the north of Zijin Mountain and wanted to go straight to the east gate, but they sprinted for the cavalry stationed on the south side of our army. Although they had 50,000 people, they were in the mountains and could not gather out. After being repelled by our army several times, they changed their methods, and like their vanguard army, they wanted to build a road to send food and grass into the city."

"Starting from a place directly west of Zijin Mountain and the north side, two city walls that are more than meter high are built along the hillside extending towards the east gate of Shouzhou. However, because it is built on the hillside that is downward, the lowest point is also two meters high."

"These two walls are built from high to bottom, with a distance from wide to narrow. When they reach the flat ground, the distance between the two walls is only one zhang, and there are horizontal trees on it to make the two walls connect..."

Luo Xiaoyao thought, "When Tang Bing thought of the flat ground, he built a city wall in a straight line to connect with Shouzhou, and through the corridor between the two walls... to transport the food and grass soldiers in?"

"Yes, they have already set up camps between the two walls they built. They thought they had also stored food and grass. They just waited for the city wall to be built to the moat of the East Gate of Shouzhou to send the food and grass into the city."

"When they started building walls, I sent troops to attack each other several times, but the Tang army relied on its superiority on the hillside and drew arrows from a high place to shoot, which made our army unable to stop them from building walls."

"When the two walls were built to the flat ground, General Zhao led the Shenhu Camp to attack the horizontal brick walls on the west side, and the cavalry passed through the flat land, attacking them from the north side to build the city walls obliquely, preventing them from connecting..."

Elder Fu continued, "But on the wall where he was connected, the archers he was stationed were all good players from a hundred miles away, and there were at least twenty or thirty people who returned to the realm."

Luo Xiaoyao was shocked, but he knew that the arrows fired by people in the small-achieving realm within twenty feet were already quite powerful in close attack power of people with small-achieving divine consciousness, let alone twenty or thirty.

"Elder Liu and the others should know the power of these archers. At that time, the masters of the Tang soldiers wanted to gather at the place where the walls were built. Elder Liu and the others should be able to make some Shenhu Camp and guards attack and attack from other weak places..."

"According to the injury, the skill of the person who led the arrow to hurt them should be no less than that of Bao Dan Xiaocheng... When one person was unexpected, the other two should be alert. Why would three of them shoot one arrow at the same time?"

Zhao Kuangyin, who had been silent, responded: "The city wall built from the hillside to the west is about three miles long from the flat ground. At that time, Elder Liu and the others also saw the power of the archers, and asked me to pull the formation of the Shenhu Camp and Guards, one holding a shield and the other leading an arrow, and the two soldiers and guards cooperated with each other to attack each other..."

"The three of them brought fifty guards and attacked from the general and the wall building halfway up the mountain. Although there were arrows like rain, Elder Liu and the other three holding shields also forced to a place about ten feet away from the wall building..."

"They still have shields?" Luo Xiaoyao was shocked, but couldn't figure out how Elder Liu's skills would be penetrated by someone with a shield.

"Yes, Elder Liu and the other two have shields." Zhao Kuangyin nodded, "I was commanding the troops under the hillside. I was more than 200 feet away from the three elders, but it was difficult to see carefully... I saw the ancient elder in front suddenly flying away with the shield held by his left hand, and then he saw him waving his stick and dancing to block the arrows. In less than two breaths, he turned over on the slope..."

"Elder Liu, who is about five or six feet away from Elder Gu, rushed towards Elder Gu, hoping to take back his body. At that time, the shield in Elder Song's hand suddenly flew away, and then fell down like Elder Gu."

"Elder Liu seemed to know the danger, so he immediately stopped and retreated with the shield. He saw that the shield in his hand swung twice, but it also fell off his hand... At that time, Elder Liu raised his knife and slashed it, leading him back. When he retreated ten feet away, he saw that the big sword in his hand also left and fell under the rain of arrows."

Luo Xiaoyao was shocked and looked at Elder Fu, "If we use the strength of the Khitan archer who was killed by me in Qingfengyi... Elder Fu thinks it is possible that Elder Liu can be shot and killed?"

Elder Fu said, "Amidst the arrows, like Elder Gu's skills, if the person with the Dan Xiaocheng led the arrow to shake the shield, then it would be possible to shoot and kill him."

"But after Elder Gu fell, both Liu and Song were alert at that time, and they held shields in their hands. That is, based on Elder Song's spiritual cultivation, they should not be killed instantly. I think the archer at that time... were two people in the Dan realm, and at least one of them was Dacheng's cultivation."

"As Elder Fu expected, if it were not the case, it would be impossible for Elder Liu to be alert and cover his shield and retreat to shoot him." Luo Xiaoyao nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Has Elder Fu ever seen Gu Yanchun, Shen Liancheng and the others in the Tang army?"

"I have never seen it... the young master thinks that Elder Liu and the other two were shot and killed by Shen Liancheng and the others?"

"I heard that day that Shen Liancheng was the first person in the Southern Tang army, but in the past two or three years, some people will probably go to the next level of martial arts cultivation in his army..."

Luo Xiaoyao paused for a moment and said, "The two armies are in the face of each other. When fighting, they either die or I die. It is hard to argue for their grudges. When my Great Zhou soldiers trampled through the mountain village, I think the murderer will also appear. Even Shen Liancheng, I will fight with him at that time..."

After assassinating the Liao envoy that day, Shen Liancheng secretly helped Luo Xiaoyao escape. Elder Fu has never dared to inquire about the reason, but he guessed that Luo and Shen must have been involved in kindness. This is what he said, which shows that Luo Xiaoyao's grudges are clearly distinguished under the righteousness of his family and country.

Elder Fu sighed in his heart and nodded, "Okay, no matter who it is, the subordinates should follow the young master and fight him..."

Li Chongjin looked at Luo Xiaoyao and smiled, "I am about to go to the front of the formation to check the enemy situation, but Mr. Luo is going with me... and it is also good to offer me a strategy to defeat the enemy."

Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly in his heart. He was not proficient in marching and formation, but he wanted to be familiar with the terrain and mountain landscape no matter how he was. He heard this and said, "I hope I can ask for more advice..."

Li Chongjin laughed, stood up and led Luo Xiaoyao and Elder Fu, Zhao Kuangyin and others out of the camp stationed in the west of Shouzhou City, and rode his horse to the southwest side of Zijin Mountain. However, he saw that the Tang soldiers had already pushed the wall to the flat ground for more than fifty feet.

Although there were soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou took turns to shoot the Tang soldiers who built the city walls, there were passages left in the walls, and some Tang soldiers came out from them to form a formation to block them. When the Zhou soldiers were approaching, the Tang soldiers retreated into the passage. The archers on the walls led arrows to shoot, and for a while, the Great Zhou soldiers and guards were unable to approach.

Li Chongjin looked at Shijian's attack and retreated his troops and said, "The second day after Elder Liu and his friends died, the Tang soldiers began to build walls on the ground to advance towards the east gate of Shouzhou. Although our army guards continued to attack all night in the past five days, they finally advanced forty or fifty feet for them."

"If they are allowed to advance for more than two miles, the soldiers and horses in Shouzhou City will dare to leave the city to support them. It will be a problem at that time..." Li Chongjin paused and looked at Luo Xiaoyao, "I wonder if Mr. Luo has a clever plan to help me break the city and camp of the Tang army in the west?"

Luo Xiaoyao looked at the wall building down the mountain from the hillside and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, Lin Wan said, "The Tang army built the city wall from the north side of the mountain to the north, connecting it with the wall building down the mountainside to the west, and set up camps and garrisons among the two walls. With the advantage of building walls on the hillside, it made it difficult for our army to set up ladders to attack each other, but if it was on the plain, it would have no advantage..."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "But the Tang soldiers and archers guarding the walls on the flat ground are actually elite guards, and their shooting power makes it difficult for our soldiers to get close to."

"The Shenhu Yingwei also rushed into the corridor among the two walls two days ago, but the corridor was not as wide as a foot, but one man could pass by the pass, and ten thousand men could not open. There were extraordinary military envoys guarding him, and the dozens of Shenhu Yingwei rushed in were all killed..."

Elder Fu continued, "Yesterday I wanted to take the elite people from the Shenhu Camp to attack each other again, but the recruitment made the lord probably make mistakes, but he refused..."

"The concern for the recruitment master." Luo Xiaoyao said: "The master of Nan Tang who shot and killed Elder Liu and the other three must be still among them... Even if this person is not there, Elder Fu can break in, but it will be difficult for the rest of the military guards to do it, and they will be trapped in the enemy camp alone."

Lin Wanzhen looked at the wall building for a moment, then looked back at the Zhou soldiers behind her and said, "If our army digs out the tunnel from the underground and leads to its corridor... When it is late at night, the ground and underground will attack each other at the same time. Senior brother and sister, I can lead the elite camp and guards of the Shenhu Camp out of the tunnel and break into the camp to set fire."

"As long as the fire is in progress, the enemy will be in chaos. At that time, the recruitment officers can order the troops to cover up the army and kill them... but if the enemy camp can be broken, the walls can be destroyed."
Chapter completed!