Chapter 578 Chapter 1 Immortal Seven Illusions

Under the banners, Wang Shichong, surrounded by generals of the same clan and his confidant generals who have followed him for many years, boarded the temporary wooden commander's platform located at the southern end of the military parade square between the imperial city and the palace city, outside the Chengtian Gate, and personally dispatched troops. Send the generals and award the commander-in-chief of the soldiers. The tens of thousands of Zheng troops who lined up on the square to participate in the swearing-in ceremony belonged to Wang Shichong's personal soldiers and were the core force supporting Wang Shichong's imperial power.

There are more than 300 civil and military officials on both sides of the general platform. Under the guidance of Wang Xuanshu, Kou Zhong came to the side of Zhang Zhenzhou and Yang Gongqing. The three of them looked at each other and smiled wryly, knowing that under such circumstances, the matter of assassinating Wang Shichong would not be mentioned. After Wang Xuanshu settled Kou Zhong, he went to the other side of the commander's platform to join the ranks mainly composed of Wang's clan. Kou Zhong glanced around, and those who knew him, such as Tian Zan, Yang Qing, Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu, etc. greeted him with smiles, and other people who didn't know him politely nodded to him, showing that Kou Zhong was unmatched among Wang Shichong's generals. Unknown and highly regarded figures.

Zhang Zhenzhou leaned close to his ear and whispered: "After the swearing-in ceremony, Wang Shichong will immediately send troops to Cijian, we have to find another opportunity." Although tens of thousands of people gathered in the square, it was silent and the atmosphere was solemn and solemn. Kou Zhong stared at Wang Shichong sitting on the dragon chair on the platform, behind him stood more than a dozen personal guard masters, the crown prince Wang Xuanying stood on his right side, he asked in surprise, "What is Wang Shichong waiting for?" Zhang Zhenzhou replied: "He is waiting for a good time."

Before the words were finished, a bell rang from the Chengtian Gate Tower, and all the soldiers shouted at the same time, and the shouts went straight to the clear sky above the palace city. Wang Shichong stood up proudly, raised his hands, and waited for the cheers of the soldiers to gradually subside before saying loudly: "Since the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong, Zhengdi Henan, I, Wang Shichong, have never invaded the north. I mean, now Li Yuan ordered his second son Shimin to come here and destroy my homeland, which is really a deceitful act. I accept Zen to ascend the throne..." followed by a series of good words praising his merits.

Kou Zhong shook his head when he heard this, but from Wang Shichong's opening remarks, he knew that he was still only in the mentality of separatism and rule the roost, compared to the Li Clan who took it as his mission to rule the world, it was obviously in comparison. Not interested in listening anymore, he leaned over and asked Yang Gongqing in a low voice: "How is the situation in Cijian?" Yang Gongqing also lowered his voice and said: "The situation is critical. The Li Clan's vanguard troops led by Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie have arrived in Xin'an, joined with Luo Shixin's rebel army, and marched into Cijian at any time. All three were former generals of Li Mi, and they are like ducks in water when they cooperate. Luo Shixin He is also well aware of the reality of our army, so Cijian's tough battle will not be easy."

Kou Zhong feels sad for a while, the first battle will be against his friends Qin Shubao and Cheng Yaojin, it is indeed a trick of luck.With a wry smile, he said, "Why did Luo Shixin betray Zheng and surrender to Tang? At least it's not too late to surrender when Zheng is unfavorable!" Yang Gongqing said helplessly: "It's not because of Wang Shichong's suspicion and repeated troubles. Wang Shichong originally treated Luo Shixin very kindly. Later, seeing that Li Mi's other generals also came to surrender one after another, he no longer paid attention to Luo Tuxin. He even ordered Luo Shixin to return to Luoyang. Ming wanted to use other generals to guard Xin'an on his behalf, so Luo Shixin surrendered to Tang in a fit of anger, putting Cijian in danger."

At this time, Wang Shichong finished speaking. Under the leadership of Wang's clan general, Zheng Jun shouted "Long live my emperor! Da Zheng will win!" to cover up the conversation between the two. The important moment of assigning military power and positions has finally come. Xu Ziling finally understands what "Shi Zhixuan without flaws" is all about, and personally understands the painstaking efforts of Shi Concubine Xuan to do everything possible to prevent Shi Zhixuan from "recovering". In the past, Shi Zhixuan's movement method returned to the body method, and the seal of immortality was in charge of the seal of immortality. The two just cooperated with each other, but in Shi Zhixuan in front of him, the two kinds of exercises after fifteen years of separation finally reunited and formed a perfect whole. The slightest flaw.

Shi Zhixuan couldn't help laughing, as if he couldn't see Xu Ziling's punch in the face, he said: "Ziling knows that the seal of immortality is actually just a clever illusion." Xu Ziling groaned in his heart, thinking to himself that if even I, who has fought against him many times, can't see through his illusion, the others can't even. "Evil King" Shi Zhixuan was still standing leisurely about half a foot away from him, and it seemed that he was about to be punched into a hole the size of a fist in his face, but he couldn't see Shi Zhixuan at all. What is the way to adapt.

Shi Zhixuan is either there or not there, he is going in and out between existence and non-existence, there is stillness in the movement, and vividness in the stillness.Xu Ziling couldn't grasp his next move at all. This is what Shi Zhixuan should look like without any flaws. He didn't dare to use this punch anymore, he retracted his fist and turned it into a palm facing outward, moved his other hand forward and joined together, forming a lotus flower shape, and then his ten fingers trembled like a new lotus in full bloom, quite like being able to hold A mysterious state of mind released by some mysterious mystery.

This living lotus imitated by his hands is also flawless, and it is also regarded as his Xu Ziling's invincibility. Shi Zhixuan looked at Xu Ziling's doubtful lotus handprint with great interest, and said with emotion: "I never thought that this method can be used to deal with Shi's seal of immortality, and it also made me jealous. I am afraid that one day you will be able to It's a climate. Ziling, don't blame me for being ruthless, I have no choice." Stretching forward with his left hand, he drew nearly ten circles in succession on his chest in a swift and merciless manner, with different sizes and different angles, extremely weird and weird, immediately "circling" the air with vigor.

Xu Ziling's mind entered the realm of Jing Zhongyue, staring at Shi Zhixuan's movements without blinking, not daring to miss anything, and said with a smile: "If the evil king confessed like this from the beginning, wouldn't it be wasteful of so much talk?" Shi Zhixuan smiled, and put his left hand behind his back as if he was retreating, and it was his turn to pinch the fingers of his right hand to form a knife, following a certain mysterious route like a spirit snake running through the dozen or so auras just drawn The core of each one is so powerful that it is unbelievable. Such a strange trick, Xu Ziling never imagined in his dreams, more than a thousand destructive auras were all "hanged" on Shi Zhixuan's wrist, and the right palm rushed towards Xu Ziling's lotus handprint, and the point was the stamen. Right in the center. That's the strongest point, and it's also the weakest point. Xu Ziling was fully confident that he could withstand the attack of Shi Zhixuan's palm, but he knew that he could not deal with the attack of more than a dozen destructive energy rings, so the strongest point immediately became the biggest weakness . No one knows Shi Zhixuan's power better than Xu Ziling. He has confronted him many times, and even watched him deal with Shi Feixuan and Zhu Yuyan's joint attack with all his strength, but Shi Zhixuan still has flaws. It can be as harmonious and seamless as it is now. Xu Ziling separated his hands, and quickly closed them again. When the palms were about half a foot apart, the left and right palms spewed out a volume of energy, and they combined to form a spiral balloon, facing Shi Zhixuan's thrusting palm. This counterattack was forced out of desperation. "Peng! Peng!" The sound of qi clashing continuously, Shi Zhixuan's palm force first pushed Xu Ziling back three steps, and then every qi ring pushed Xu Ziling back a step, and Xu Ziling released ten consecutive blows. When multiple spiral balloons blocked the last air ring, they hit the west wall of the hall with a "bang" sound, and a mouthful of blood spewed out with a sweet throat. Surprisingly, Shi Zhixuan did not pursue the victory, looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "Okay! Breaking the circle with the circle, thanks to your ability. After I woke up from the nightmare, I have integrated all my life's knowledge and reduced the complexity into the seven styles. It is called "Seven Illusions of Immortality", which is the first illusory method of "returning the virtual to the real", which takes its meaning and does not pay attention to the reality, it is ever-changing, you can only hurt but not die, it is very rare." Xu Ziling gasped when he heard that, his internal injuries have been greatly relieved after spraying blood to decompress, and thanks to the miraculous treatment of longevity, he can still maintain a strong fighting capacity.Shi Zhixuan's words reached his ears, but he knew that Shi Zhixuan not only returned to the original state before the schizophrenia, but also made a breakthrough and created the miraculous skill of "Seven Illusions of Immortality". It's just that he blocked it so hard in the first illusion, why can he survive the other six illusions?But he also faintly felt that this was Shi Zhixuan's psychological tactic, he wanted to destroy his fighting spirit, if he had the desire to escape, he would fall into his hands. He can't run away from Shi Zhixuan's Immortal Illusion. Shi Zhixuan seemed calm and unrestrained, but in fact his strength locked him tightly, and Xu Ziling knew better that Shi Zhixuan had the ability to "peep at the enemy with the help of energy". , regardless of counterattack or escape, it will only attract targeted fatal attacks. Unfortunately, he can no longer spy on the movement of the opponent from the contact of Qi Jin, because Shi Zhixuan, who has no openings, has no gaps to look for, nothing to peep. If this situation cannot be changed, today will be the anniversary of his death next year. Xu Ziling would rather face Bi Xuan than Shang Shi Zhixuan. All of a sudden, he kept the zhenqi in his body absolutely still, and said with a calm smile: "The evil king, please give me a trick!" Shi Zhixuan showed surprise, frowned and said: "Zi Ling's brilliance is indeed beyond my expectation. Sigh, you know that if I can't push myself hard, I can't be ruthless at all." The energy suddenly disappeared. Xu Ziling only felt emptiness, a sad feeling that he had nowhere to put it down, screamed in his heart, Shi Zhixuan appeared about five feet in front of him as if turning from existence to nothing, and then from nothing to existence, with his right hand sticking out the middle finger, pointing to the center of his eyebrow Click to. Within a short distance, Shi Zhixuan's technique has changed countless times, making subtle and subtle changes every moment, as long as you can't see through any of the changes, it will mean the tragic ending of defeat, and every change will cause a death. Illusions, people can no longer tell what is real and what is false. Kou Zhong set off with Yang Gongqing's team to Cijian.There are more than 5,000 people in Yang Gongqing's headquarters, all of whom have followed him for many years. Even if Wang Shichong is suspicious of people, he dare not move Yang Gongqing's army, such as replacing Yang Gongqing with someone else, because it will only immediately cause trouble. Come mutiny.Yang Gongqing was originally a well-known leader of the uprising army, but later surrendered to Wang Shichong, so he has a special status. This well-trained and battle-hardened team was stationed on the east bank of the Luoshui River in the west of Luoyang City. Kou Zhong and Yang Gongqing rode out of the city on light horses, set off from camp, and became Wang Shichong's vanguard to Cijian. Zhang Zhenzhou had another mission and was sent to Shou'an, south of Cijian.If Cijian falls, Shou'an is another important town most likely to be attacked. Wang Shichong was obviously trying to appease these two most important generals, knowing that the two had a deep friendship, so he arranged Yang Gongqing by his side, Zhang Zhenzhou had to think twice if he wanted to rebel.He was willing to let Kou Zhong and Yang Gongqing go on the road together, which is also very clever, because Kou Zhong is someone who would never surrender to Li Shimin, but he never thought that Yang Gongqing would secretly surrender to Kou Zhong. Regarding the distribution of military positions, Wang Shichong is still based on the generals of the clan, supplemented by generals with foreign surnames.Five generals, Wang Shiwei, King of Chu, Wang Xuanying, Prince, Shiyun, King Qi, Xuanshu, King Han, and Wang Daoyu, King Lu, guarded Luoyang. The most important tiger prison in the east was in charge of Wang Xingben, king of Jing, and the nearby important cities were Yang Qing guarding Guanchuan, Wei Lu guarding Rongyang, Wang Xiong guarding Zhengyang, and Wang Yaohan guarding Bianzhou.Most of these generals came with him from the old Sui Dynasty and had a close relationship with him. For example, Yang Qing's wife was Wang Shichong's niece. Another rather special arrangement was to send King Honglie of Wei to Xiangyang, and join forces with Qian Duguan to guard this important town in the southernmost part of Luoyang, so as to be able to echo with Zhu Can. Other powerful generals such as Duan Da, Shan Xiongxin, Bing Yuanzhen, Chen Zhilue, Guo Shancai, and Ba Yegang were all appointed generals with various titles, and Wang Shichong led the expedition. The more powerful move was that Wang Shichong announced that only Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu and another confidant general Zhang Zhifang in the entire army were qualified to deliver edicts for him. . Yang Gongqing is proficient in the art of war. He divided the 5,000 troops into three armies: the front, the middle, and the rear. Kou Zhong and Yang Gongqing rode side by side in the middle army, they were both a bit depressed and not in the mood to talk or laugh. Kou Zhong sighed, "How much does Yang Gong know about Wang Shichong?" Yang Gongqing frowned and said, "Which thing are you referring to?" Kou Zhong looked forward and couldn't see the endless soldiers and horses at the head of the team, he said in a deep voice: "I mean his origin, since he is a barbarian, why did Emperor Yang still want to use him?" Yang Gongqing said: "I don't know for sure. I only heard people say that his surname is Zhi. I'm afraid no one knows that he belongs to the Hu family in the Western Regions. His father married his mother to the Bacheng Wang family when he was young, so he changed his surname to Wang. As for Yang Why did the emperor reuse him, it should be related to his flattering skills, right? Ha!" Kou Zhong could hear the hatred and contempt for Wang Shichong in his tone, and sighed: "Then why are you willing to work for him, Mr. Yang?" Yang Gongqing's face darkened, and he said with emotion: "He was not like this before, but since he defeated the Dugu Clan, chased you away, and defeated Li Mi, his whole person has changed, and he has become unbelievable .If he was the face he is now, I would rather commit suicide than surrender him." Then he looked at Kou Zhong, his eyes sparkling, and he said in a low voice: "Didn't the young commander tell me to preserve my strength as much as possible?" Kou Zhong was startled secretly, and said in a low voice, "You don't want to turn around and run away now, do you?" Yang Gongqing said: "This is the last chance, the young commander can decide with one word." Kou Zhong's heart was throbbing, and he shook his head dejectedly, saying: "If we slip away like this, Zhang Zhenzhou is guaranteed to be the first to open the city to welcome the Tang army, while Wang Shichong is in chaos and is swept by Li Shimin like a broken bamboo. How long can Peng Liang last?" Yang Gongqing smiled wryly: "It's not that I haven't thought about these issues, it's just that it's not worth it for me and the brothers to work for Wang Shichong, a despicable villain!" Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "We are not fighting for Wang Shichong, but for our own survival. I have another proposal that can take into account Duke Yang's feelings: if we can force Li Shimin back to Xin'an, we will go our own way with Wang Shichong. how?" Yang Gongqing said indifferently: "Have you been to Cijian?" Kou Zhong heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, and said in amazement: "Isn't Cijian the most important military town in the south of Luoyang?" Yang Gongqing sighed: "Wang Shichong has always wanted to join Li Yuan to deal with Dou Jiande, so he married Dong Shuni into Guanzhong as the imperial concubine, and to show his friendship, he did not build defenses against Cijian. Strengthening the military defense between Cijian and Zhucheng is a broken What happened after Li Mi, so Cijian's city defense is not as far away as Hulao and Xiangyang, and it is not as good as your Pengliang city. To defeat Li Shimin, we can only fight him outside the city." Kou Zhong gasped, thinking that the troops Wang Shichong could send to Cijian this time, including Yang Gongqing's troops, were only 30,000. The other Fourth Route Army threatened to invade.It was only at this point that I deeply realized Li Shimin's brilliance in using troops, which made Wang Shichong unable to concentrate on attacking his main force. Yang Gongqing said in a deep voice: "The generals of Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion are valiant and brave. Although there are only more than 3,000 mysterious armored cavalry under his command, they are known as 'Heavenly Soldiers', and they can often display inestimable breakthrough power among the Tang army. Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou both suffered a great loss because of this. Li Shimin has an overwhelming force in this battle of Cijian, and because of Luo Shixin's surrender, he knows the situation of Cijian and our side very well, and has Xin'an as backup. , what chance do you think the young commander still has?" Kou Zhong thought of his piercing tactics, if Li Shimin's brave generals attack the king's army, not only would it be difficult to protect Cijian, but also how many of the 30,000 troops would be able to escape back to Luoyang would be a problem. Yang Gongqing continued: "So it would be wise for us to turn back to Pengliang now and try to capture Jiangdu before Li Shimin's army overwhelms the border." Kou Zhong's breathing became heavy, and it took him a while to say decisively: "We must not give up Luoyang just like this, because it not only involves the future movements of Bashu, but also makes me feel inferior to Li Shimin. In my opinion, the battle of Luoyang is a huge It may be the only chance to defeat Li Shimin. In the critical situation, I am sure to persuade Dou Jiande to come to the south to help, and my young commander can also take this opportunity to play a role. We cannot retreat in the battle of Cijian, otherwise we will take this step , that is, there is no place to die. What we want to fight is a war of attrition. Li Shimin worked hard on an expedition. No matter how perfect the supplies are, people will always be tired. I, Kou Zhong, used the battle of Cijian to prove to Li Shimin that Kou Zhong is not easy to fight with him Didn’t Wang Shichong appoint me to be his mother’s escort military adviser? Although the military power is owed, but when thousands of troops are fighting on the battlefield, he won’t listen to me.” Yang Gongqing looked up to the sky and smiled: "Okay! Everything is as the young commander said. If you think the same as me, you are not the famous young commander Kou who is feared by everyone in the world."