Chapter 1408 Buddha Is in My Heart

The Song army opened the city to fight, and the Khitan army retreated before they had fought a few rounds.

When the Song army returned to the city for dinner, the Khitan army came back again. The Song army put down their bowls and chopsticks to prepare for the battle, but the Khitan army ran away again. The harassment for several days made the Song army miserable.

At night, Brother Yeluxiu sent people to lurk in Xuangu, either blowing whistles or beating drums, until the Song army came out, but no one was seen.

The Song army was harassed by the Khitan army day and night, so they couldn't eat in peace during the day and couldn't sleep in peace at night.

Helpless, the Song army had no choice but to form a square formation and advance slowly.

Unfortunately, the weather was not beautiful. It was only May at that time, and the weather was as hot and unbearable as midsummer.

The sun was shining in the sky, and the soldiers were sweating profusely and were very thirsty. There were no wells and springs along the way, only the dirty and smelly water in the swamp. Everyone was so thirsty that they couldn't bear it, and they didn't care whether the water was dry or not.

After four or five days, Song Jun finally returned to Zhuozhou.

Just after settling down, spies came to report that Brother Yeluxiu had led an army.

Cao Bin quickly ordered the armies to line up to meet the enemy.

Not long after, another spies came to report: "Khitan Empress Dowager Xiao and young master Yelu Longxu led all the domestic elites to come to meet them.

"As soon as the news came out, all the soldiers of the Song Army panicked.

Cao Bin discussed with Mi Xin and said: "The soldiers of our army have been traveling in the scorching heat these days. They can't eat well and can't sleep well. They are already very tired. Now that the food and grass are almost exhausted, how can they resist this great enemy? It's better to withdraw the troops with acquaintance. Let's go!" Mi Xin said: "The secret of marching and fighting is to retreat in the face of difficulties. Since the difference in strength between the enemy and ourselves is so great, why is the general hesitating?" After Cao Bin heard this, he immediately ordered his troops to withdraw. At the command of the general, the whole battalion of the Song Army rushed south. Cao Bin is known by the world as a good general, but this time he suddenly ordered to advance and then suddenly ordered to retreat. He has no idea at all, which is really puzzling.

Brother Yeluxiu heard that the Song army was retreating, and immediately ordered a pursuit, and caught up with the Song army at Qigou Pass.

However, the Song army had no intention of fighting, and reluctantly lined up to fight the Khitan army for several rounds.

The morale of the two armies is the most important thing. The morale of the Song army is low, hungry, and Yeluxiu's subordinates are already very strong, and they have been recharging their energy for so long. How can the Song army support it this time? live?

In less than a few rounds, the Song army fled in all directions.

Cao Bin and Mi Xin couldn't stop them, so they had to retreat with the fleeing army.

Song Jun managed to escape to Shahe, and felt that the pursuers had been thrown away, so he rested by the river and buried a pot to cook and prepare dinner.

Suddenly they heard the sound of war drums, and the Khitan soldiers chased up from behind again.

Cao Bin and Mi Xin were frightened for a long time and did not dare to resist, so they had to throw away all the pots and pans, and headed south across the river enduring hunger. As soon as the vanguard of the Song Army crossed the river, the enemy had already killed them.

When the Khitan soldiers came up, they hacked wildly, just like peeling melons and vegetables. Unfortunately, half of the large troops behind were hacked to death, and half fell into the river and drowned.

Song Jun's corpses filled the river bed and blocked the river.

The weapons discarded by the Song army along the way were captured by the Khitan army and piled up into mountains...

In this way, there are already a certain number of ghosts that Blue Star died in because of the war.

Most of them were caused by the war, and the death conditions were particularly miserable.

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Journey to the West, Datang.

Faced with the abbot's question, Tang Seng was embarrassed for a while.

Buddhism did not get back, because the last Leiyin Temple made him feel the true face of the Tathagata, which is not what it looks like.

The so-called Buddha is in the heart, as long as he believes in the Buddha in his heart, he is a Buddhist!

But there is no way to say this to the abbot.

The abbot looked at his face, very embarrassed, couldn't help being surprised.

Why?

Just as he was about to ask, he heard a dry, hoarse voice outside, which was sharp and thin.

"The King of Tang has a decree, and Master Xuanzang is invited to have an audience with him!"

Tang Seng stood up quickly, it turned out that Tang Wang had heard the news!

After he bid farewell to the abbot, he came to the palace with several apprentices.

Outside the palace gate, still far away, Tang Seng saw Li Shimin wearing a brand-new dragon robe, surrounded by countless guards and maids, looking forward to it.

King Tang!

Tang Seng stepped forward quickly, and when he came to the king of Tang, he was about to kneel down and salute.

Although Tang Seng at this time has a higher level of cultivation than Li Shimin, he is already at the level of a fairy.

However, Li Shimin is the emperor and the elder brother, so Tang Seng should kneel down and worship him.

As soon as he bent down, he was stopped by Li Shimin.

"Brother Yu, you have suffered for Datang and for me! Why do you need to do such a great gift again, I can't afford it!"

Li Shimin took Tang Seng's arm and walked towards the palace.

The road to the palace is actually very short, but when Tang Seng walked, he felt it was very long.

Because he didn't know how to explain it to King Tang.

Still facing the same embarrassment.

Finally, King Tang came to the main hall with him.

Unexpectedly, the scene in front of the palace was even more shocking!

A large group of well-dressed concubines and concubines stood in front of the main hall, whispering and looking at Li Shimin and Tang Seng who came along the way!

"Here we come! Brother Tang Yu is back from learning the scriptures!"

"Yeah, more than ten years have passed, what do you think, he really learned the lesson!"

"Let's recite scriptures and worship Buddha more in the future, pray for the blessing of Buddha, and give birth to dragon species, then we will honor our ancestors!"

The more the girls talked, the more excited they became, and they couldn't help but squeeze me and I squeeze yours, they all came forward.

Empress Changsun stood at the forefront of the women, her eyebrows frowned when she saw this, and her eyes radiated displeasure.

She glanced lightly, and the women around her immediately fell silent.

Li Shimin and Tang Seng stepped into the hall.

Civil and military officials gathered in the hall.

They all looked at Tang Seng, wondering what kind of scriptures they had retrieved.

"Master Xuanzang!"

Wei Zheng was the first to stand up and ask, "I don't know where the scriptures brought by the mage are?"

Tang Seng: "..."

I am really afraid of what will come. I am most afraid of asking about the scriptures, so I just ask.

He pondered, unable to answer.

When King Tang saw him, he felt strange, this brother Tang Yu was very strange today.

Monkey King behind him was about to speak when Zhu Bajie stopped him.

This is the master's own business, and it is not good for an apprentice to talk too much.

"Brother Yu, what's the matter with learning scriptures?"

Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore, and asked.

Tang Seng had no choice but to speak hesitantly: "Your Majesty, I'm really sorry. Although it took the poor monk more than ten years, he finally arrived at Lingshan and paid homage to the Tathagata Buddha. But—"

Hearing his tone, a bad premonition flashed in Li Shimin's heart.

Sure enough, Tang Seng's next words were: "However, the poor monk did not get the scriptures!"

Li Shimin's eyes widened suddenly, full of doubts: "???"

Not only Li Shimin was surprised, but all the civil and military officials in the palace were also dumbfounded.

What's going on here, I went to the Western Paradise to learn the scriptures, I saw the Tathagata Buddha, but I didn't get the scriptures?