Chapter 118 Novice Village Mission
"Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred!"
Magu dealt with the last ghost soldier, shook the spear in his hand, shortened the body, and turned back into an infinite umbrella, which was inserted lightly behind her.
Listening to Gao Mang counting her, Ma Gu smiled shyly and kicked her feet, kicking her skull that was still clattering on the gums.
Two days ago, Magu and others left Luoyang City with Gao Mang, headed straight to Longmen Grottoes in the south of Luoyang City, and began to clear out the Yin soldiers in the Longmen area.
After these two days of battle, Magu was no longer so nervous and found the skills to kill Yin soldiers. As long as he stabbed the Yin soldiers' neck, he could block the flow of energy in the Yin soldiers' bodies and make the Yin soldiers lose their ability to move.
The Yin soldiers who have lost their ability to move are just a stubborn posture, so what's there to be afraid of?
Not only did Magu no longer catch a cold on the Yin soldiers, but the eight Taoist boys who were in battle for the first time also had a lot of fun killing, and there were hundreds of Yin soldiers killed in two days.
These eight Taoist boys were the Tianxing Taoist boys who went down the mountain with Gao Mang. They were heading forward in the battleships. They had been receiving secret training from the Tianyun Department before. This time, Gao Mang took them out for some experience and at the same time to get some experience points.
This time, Gao Mang was ordered to strangle the Yin soldiers, and almost brought all his subordinates with him, and even the one-armed hero Ma Dadao, who was guarding the door, followed him.
The six recruited Tianxing people, twenty-six Tianxing people who were seconded from Tianyun Department to the Alcohol Bureau, as well as the eight Tianxing Taoist children from Wangwu Mountain, and Gao Mang and Magu, a total of forty-two people, can be said to have come out in full swing.
In addition, Lei Wanchun also led a hundred soldiers to stay in the rear to be responsible for logistics and support.
This army of more than 100 people was in principle under the jurisdiction of the Southern Army, so after considering it, Pei Yaoqing, the commander of the Southern Army, simply sent them to Longmen.
Longmen, also known as Yique, is located in the south of Luoyang City and is the southern end of the north-south central axis of Luoyang City. It is said that it was dug out during Dayu's flood control. The mountains and cliffs on both sides of Longmen are opposite to each other. The Yi River runs through it, and only the divine dragon can cross it, hence the name "Longmen".
Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been a prosperous trend to carve Buddha statues in Longmen Mountain. There are grottoes of large and small everywhere in the mountains, the most famous of which is the Buddha niche of Dalushenara.
In 672 AD, in the third year of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, in order to commemorate the merits of his father Li Shimin, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty ordered people to dig the Lushe Buddha in Longmen, which took four years to complete.
This 17-meter-high Buddha statue was carved with Wu Zetian's image and appearance, "It really depends on my emperor and the beauty of the world." After Wu Zetian came to power, Lushen's Buddha was once considered to be Wu Zetian's "reward statue".
Wu Zetian is now the queen of Yin, and the boss of the Yin soldiers, of course the Yin soldiers will come to worship the Great Buddha of Lushe, so there are quite a few Yin soldiers in the Longmen area.
Gao Mang actually wanted to pay some attention, but he had to clean up all the ghost soldiers at the foot of the mountain first so that they would not run around.
There are not only many caves, but also many temples, with more than a dozen large and small, but most of them are new temples. The monks' practice is generally not high, and the temples lack inherited magic tools, so Gao Mang had to consider these monks.
The team led by Gao Mang was repairing for a moment. When he saw that the eight Taoist boys were still eager to try, he smiled and said, "Then kill another group and go."
The Taoist boys immediately cheered and ran towards all directions, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
After about a bag of cigarettes, the figures of eight Taoist boys appeared in Gao Mang's eyes again. The Taoist boys looked back as they ran, and stopped from time to time, waiting for the ghost soldiers behind them to catch up.
Dong Da, who was standing beside Gao Mang, couldn't help but smile and said, "It's really a slut, and these ghost soldiers were released by them as cattle and sheep."
With the arrival of the Taoist children, hundreds of ghost soldiers gathered in a short moment on a large open space halfway up the mountain.
Then what else can you be polite? Kill it.
With Gao Mang's order, eight Taoist boys and Ma Gu rushed into the Yin soldiers again, and in a blink of an eye, a large number of Yin soldiers were knocked down.
Gao Mang killed the Yin soldiers in the past two days and wanted to vomit. In his eyes, there was no difference between the first generation Yin soldiers and the next generation Yin soldiers. He was about to collapse at one touch, so he was too lazy to go into battle, so he simply held his pipe in his arms and watched the battle, chatting with Dong Da from time to time.
The Tianxing people under his command were divided into three teams, advancing from three directions of Longmen Mountain, and finally meeting in the Lushena Buddha Sharp in the southwest. The leaders of the other two teams were Ma Dadao and Tie Jingang, both of whom had been through the battlefield, so Gao Mang didn't have to worry at all.
Moreover, after being ordered to go to the battle this time, Gao Mang equipped every Tianxing person with powerful Tianshu magic weapons. Each person was wearing two Tianshu battle robes and one Tianshu battle armor. In addition, there were various elixirs and healing medicines, which could be said to have been armed to the teeth.
If such a unit composed of supernatural abilities cannot even defeat the Yin soldiers, it can really be disbanded and sold sweet potatoes home.
The sky gradually dimmed, the battle on the hillside ended, and all six hundred ghost soldiers were wiped out.
Only four Taoist boys suffered some skin trauma, and it was nothing serious, so the task of cleaning up monsters in this novice village is really not difficult.
Everyone continued to move forward to the mountain and came to an abandoned temple for a moment. Dong Da went to investigate himself before everyone entered the temple.
This temple was not destroyed by ghost soldiers, but was washed away by the Yishui River that flooded last year. The main body of the temple hall was still there, but the Buddha statues worshipped inside collapsed all over the ground. The murals on the walls were mottled, and it was obvious that the waterline left behind after the flood faded.
The Taoist boys simply cleaned up the ground. After Gao Mang and Dong Da sat down, they each found the land and sat cross-legged and began to practice.
Dong Da nodded as he listened to the steady and long breathing of the Taoist children. These eight Taoist children were extremely talented and trained by Sima Immortal Master. In time, they would definitely become the right-hand man of the little Immortal Master.
With a glance, Gao Mang beside him sat cross-legged on the ground, with a flowing bead in his hand, but he looked thoughtful.
Sensing Dong Da's gaze, Gao Mang retracted his thoughts and said, "Today is November 21st."
Dong Da nodded: "Yes, there are still five days left before Empress Zetian's death."
November 26th is the 30th anniversary of Wu Zetian's death. The ancients regarded thirty years as a lifetime, which gave this day an even more unusual meaning.
Compared with the battle of strangling Yin soldiers outside Luoyang City, Gao Mang is actually more concerned about the changes in the city.
On November 26th, Prince Li Ying should appear in Luoyang City. Gao Mang would never miss this day.
Whether it is to serve the king, rescue the emperor, or force the palace to force the prince to lay the groundwork for so long, he always has to put an end to this drama.
Of course Gao Mang would not miss this palace drama. In fact, the emperor had already issued a secret order to him on the night he was beaten. The day before Wu Zetian's death day, he would secretly return to Luoyang City with people.
Gao Mang is looking forward to who can win the last laugh.
Chapter completed!