18. Soul Broken Sanggan Spring
After crossing Shiling Pass, the carriages and horses continued to gallop among the majestic mountains and rivers.
However, after passing Dingxiang County and Tanglin County, they walked back to the Hutuo River to Yanmen in Daizhou, then headed northwest to Daizhou, and rushed all the way to the foot of Gouzhu Mountain in Mayi, and came to the upper reaches of the Sanggan River.
There was a sound of unlocking, and then the sun suddenly opened the curtain and the door, piercing into Dou Shen's sensitive and pale eyelids, making it impossible for him to open it. Then several strong arms stretched out and pulled him out of the car.
The spring sunshine is very warm. After Dou Shen opened his eyes, his face and body were full of warmth. Where he was kneeling, the slowly slope downwards was a wide and beautiful lake with sparkling waters that kept surging northward. In a valley, it was rushing into a vast river, and the banks of the river were full of fertile land.
"Where is this?" Dou Shen asked in a faint voice.
Several military generals with Dangxiang people looked at him blankly without answering. The group of Han soldiers next to him pointed at a city to the west and told Dou Shen, "That is Mayi City."
"Then it's Sanggan Spring..." Dou Shen's conjecture was recognized by the soldiers.
Then the soldiers asked for it very directly, and they saluted Dou Shen, "I'm here to send it to the middle-aged man."
"I didn't expect that in the end, I was not as dead as Yuan Zai!" Dou Shen shouted.
"Zhonglang died here, but he still has to go northwest to Eyangling." The soldiers said with sarcasm.
"How poisonous is the intention of senior high school!" Dou Shen cried, but he was unable to speak quickly. Because his mouth was blocked, he could only spread his hair and whimpered, and was dragged to the edge of Sangganquan by the soldiers.
At this time, Dou Shen, who was stretching his neck, suddenly saw that the lake and spring were covered with cattails, also known as water candles, which were boundless. Although they were not in the season of flowering, they were already green and tall. When a gust of wind blew, the cattails seemed to make a sound like waves. Dou Shen suddenly heard laughter.
"Fifth, Brother Five!" Dou Shen's forehead was covered with blue veins, and he looked around with all his strength.
The fifth brother finally appeared.
Perhaps only he can hear the voice of the "Fifth Brother" here, and only he can have a secret conversation with the fifth brother.
"In the meantime, when you came to worship my temple in Puqi and made a wish to become prosperous, you should have thought that there would be such a day, so how could there be a god who would not ask for anything? "
"Sima Zunshi is right. Are I going to be backfired by you?"
"Backoff, it's so ugly. I've helped you become the Minister of the Secretariat. It's nothing to ask for your life."
"But in that dream, you obviously drove the white cow away and said I want to hold on to the ox. Brother Wu, you lied to me."
"I didn't lie to you. This white cow has two tails, right?"
"yes......"
"There are two tails of a cow, which means that you will lose your life sooner or later. As a result, you only see the cow's ears but not the ox's tail. You are obsessed with the desire to gain a headless and tailless ending."
"Fifth brother, fifth brother, please, I'm dead. Can I help Pingling Dou keep my bloodline? Dou Shen and Dou Rong, please..."
The fifth brother paused for a while and then made a strange laugh, "Your concubine Shangqing already has your descendants. If it were normal, Emperor Li Tang would not kill Shangqing and this child. What a pity, your most doting clan Dou Shen beat Shangqing before the defeat, kicking him in the abdomen, causing miscarriage. Therefore, the Dou family in Pingling really has no descendants, so you can follow me with peace of mind!"
"..." At this time, tears as big as beans came out of Dou Shen's eyes.
I can't tell whether it is sad or regret.
Behind him, Ming Huaiyi waved his arm, and a Dingwu Army knight holding a sharp iron knife slashed down at Dou Shen's neck.
"Wow!" The wind suddenly rose, and Ming Huaiyi only saw a black shadow brushing through the rolling grass waves, which seemed to be a black shadow, a bird's shadow or a cloud? Ming Huaiyi didn't see clearly, and the shadow surrounded Dou Shen's body and separated from his head, and then dissipated into the waves of the Sangganquan Lake, without finding it.
Then Ming Huaiyi and Mi Yuan carried Dou Shen's head and torso for a long time until he climbed to Eyangling by the Junzijin Ferry of the Yellow River and placed Dou Shen's body at the entrance of the valley.
This place is only one hundred and forty miles away from the Shanyu Protectorate of the Zhenwu Army.
Ten days later, at Funing City Block, Gao Yue officially submitted the memorial to the Daming Palace to the Daming Palace, which said:
"Governor Dou Shen was defeated and took risks. In Fengcheng's army, Dingwu army captured the army and took the lead from Beidu, passed through Mayi, drove away the evil Yangling, and attempted to join the Shanyu Mansion, and colluded with the commander of Zhenwu army Li Jingluo to cause trouble... Unexpectedly, the net of the sky was vast, and the bandits crossed the ridge road were robbed and killed, and died at the foot of the mountain. It was captured by our army and it was proved that the correct person was correct..."
At Zhenwu Army City, Li Jing leaned slightly on the saddle and ran in despair.
Behind him, the cavalry sent by Xu Baohui and Ren Dijian were chasing and shouting, following the order of the Holy Lord, they captured and killed the rebel Li Jingluo.
By the Yellow River, Li Jingluo's horse hooves fell into the mud, and the crossbow arrows shot by the soldiers of Zhenwu rushed over like locusts. Li's mount was killed by arrows. Li's mount was also hit by three arrows in his ribs and abdomen. His intestines flowed out, but he still jumped down and ran in the mud with his intestines. Finally, his intestines were all wrapped around the cattails, and then he fell and died.
Then Li Jingluo's head was cut off and hung at the gate of the military city to show the public.
The news came to Tiande Army, Han Yougui, Han Qinxu and his son who ran fast and went out of the military city, went further north to the desert, and disappeared.
Thus, with the death of Dou Shen and Li Jingluo, and the Han and his son fled for fear of crime, the defense line of the entire Hetao area of the Tang Empire was completely taken into the hands of Gao Yue.
Soon Gao Yue submitted a petition to the court to ask Zhang Guangsheng, the former governor of Zhenwu Army, to return. Xu Baohui, the envoy of the military and horses, was the governor of Tiande.
The three surrender city system formed by Zhenwu-Tiande continues to be retained. Gao Yue requested that according to Dou Shen’s original plan: Zhenwu is 12,000 troops, and Tiande is 7,000 troops, and the two armies must retain 5,000 light cavalry. Once something happens, the Fengcheng Army in Hedong will be the support of Zhenwu and the Lingwu of Shuofang will be the support of Tiande. From then on, I can rest assured that I am in the northern part of Tang.
The emperor replied, yes.
However, with the comforting officials, the emperor came to Funing Village to ask Gao Yue to enter the capital for the second time to become the minister of the disciple.
Chapter completed!