My eunuch godfather

Chapter 124 The Massacre on the Mudflats

midnight.

The Tianjin agents of the Fragrance Sect crossed the river from the north bank and found the members of the Dragon Heaven Sect hiding in a depression.

Approaching Long Lingxian, he knelt on one knee and said, "Buddha Maiden, my followers are less than five li from the river. Please prepare a rope for them to cross!"

Thank you for your trouble.

Long Lingxian nodded to the Tianjin spy of the Wenxiang Sect and instructed Yue Xiangjiang, "Drive stakes into the river on both banks and secure the crossing ropes!"

He then pointed to a high ground not far away and explained to the Tianjin spies, "There are government troops' cavalry nearby. I will lead my troops to garrison that high ground to provide cover for my fellow disciples!"

The Wei River, where the ambush was located, was wide, and in the dry season, the water was less than four feet deep, allowing men and horses to cross directly.

Long Tiandao's followers hammered down thick iron rods with loops on both sides of the river and pulled across several thick ropes to help the Wenxiang Sect's followers.

A few moments later, the followers of the Fragrance Cult arrived at the Wei River and began to cross it.

Zhou Yin was among the first to cross the river, riding his horse to the high ground where the Longtiandao followers were located.

He dismounted and walked to the front of Long Tiandao's formation. He bowed to Long Lingxian with a gesture, turned to look at the Wei River, and sighed, "When the tide is high, I will start an uprising upstream of this river, attack the government's Baodi County, and call myself the Grand Marshal who saves people from suffering."

He once gathered tens of thousands of brothers in his time, but now, crossing the river again, he has only a little over two hundred men with him.

"The receding tide is a good thing."

Long Lingxian said to Zhou Yin meaningfully, "If it weren't for the receding tide, the water would be seven or eight feet deep, and the remaining brothers wouldn't have been able to cross the river."

"After the patriarch ascended to heaven, I had a dream."

Zhou Yin turned his head and stared at Long Lingxian, and continued, "In the dream, the Patriarch said that when the Three Yang Tribulation ends, a guiding Bodhisattva will descend to the sea to save us."

A cold smile appeared on his face. "I just didn't expect that this Bodhisattva, gilded with the official seal, would be guiding us to rebirth in the Pure Land!"

Upon hearing this, Protector Xun and the others realized that Zhou Yin had noticed something was wrong, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Uncle Zhou,"

Long Lingxian remained calm and said gently to Zhou Yin, "This Bodhisattva is not interested in gilding, but in saving people. I will guide you to rebirth in the Pure Land, which will save many more people."

Why not let go of your attachments, seek temporary relief, and wait for the true Maitreya to descend and save all from suffering?

"Well said, well said!"

Zhou Yin shook his head with a wry smile, then suddenly chanted loudly: "The day the raft crosses the sea of ​​suffering is the day the Dharma perishes!"

Having said that, he drew his sword and lunged at Long Lingxian.

Yu Xiang reacted even faster, swinging her short spear to knock Zhou Yin to the ground, and then finished him off with a single thrust.

boom!

Qin Jisheng took out a handheld sparkler from his pocket, lit the fuse, and sent a signal into the sky.

Upon seeing the fireworks signal at the river crossing, the Longtiandao followers immediately drew their swords and slashed at the Wenxiangjiao followers beside them.

"Listen up, everyone! A decree has been issued from the main altar: Wang Haoyi and his wicked followers have murdered the patriarch; their crimes are unforgivable!"

Long Lingxian shouted to the followers of the Dragon Heaven Sect behind her, "Today we will slaughter all the evildoers and cleanse the sect of our ancestor!"

"Slay all evil!"

Xia, the Protector, Xu Xiang, and Cheng Xiang, who were sent from the main altar, were the first to respond, leading more than thirty riders to attack the mudflats.

Meanwhile, Zhang Kun, who had received the signal from the fireworks, also took action.

He led over a hundred cavalrymen from his household guards and the guerrilla battalion, along with over three hundred cavalrymen from Wang Xueshu's battalion, to the battlefield.

On the north bank of the river, Wang Xueshu led more than 500 cavalrymen to attack.

Upon receiving a messenger from Xianshuigu, Bi Ziyan's generals upstream began to weigh anchor and hoist sails on their moored warships.

"Oh, Mother!"

On previous crossings of the river, the Fragrance Sect's troops numbered in the thousands.

Even in the face of a crushing defeat, Zhu Haoxian, as the leader of the sect, was well protected.

Now the Fragrance Sect has only a little over 800 people left, and it was attacked while the enemy was crossing the river.

Wang Haoxian, who had barely managed to cross the Wei River, was almost killed by the defecting Long Tiandao followers, and was so frightened that he covered his head and cried for his mother.

"Kill them! Kill them all!"

Wang Haoyi took command, drew his sword, and roared at the Wenxiang Sect followers, "Those who die fighting for the Holy Sect will be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, and at the end of the world, they will transcend the cycle of reincarnation!"

These followers of the Fragrance Cult were all loyal soldiers of the royal family, some even raised by the royal family from childhood.

Some genuinely believed in the Scent of Incense Singing Cult, while others fought fiercely to repay the Wang family's kindness.

Many members of the Dragon Heaven Path did not agree with the orders of the main altar, and were repeatedly defeated by these assassins.

"Hold on! Reinforcements are coming soon, we must hold on!"

Protector Xun tried his best to stabilize the Longtiandao followers, shouting loudly.

Finally, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, growing louder as Zhang Kun's government cavalry arrived.

Using the horse's strength, they first launched a volley of mounted archery, and the rain of arrows fell on the ranks of the Wenxiang Sect members, turning into a shower of blood.

The members of the Fragrance Cult also had skilled archers, but after several defeats, they had run out of arrows.

There were still quite a few suits of armor, but in order to cross the Wei River as quickly as possible, they only wore light leather armor, which offered very little protection.

If the Longtiandao followers hadn't also been wearing relatively little armor, they wouldn't have been able to hold out this long, no matter how hard they fought.

boom! boom! boom!

Upon discovering that the Wenxiang Sect members lacked the ability to launch a long-range counterattack, Zhang Kun immediately led thirty-odd riders to the highest point nearby.

They shot at the members of the Fragrance Cult from horseback with bird guns, as if hunting them down.

The Wenxiang Sect members, who were attacked from a distance by government troops, began to collapse from their already loose formation.

Meanwhile, the Longtiandao followers, under the command of Protector Xun, Protector Xia, and the various incense generals, recovered from their defeat.

"The government troops are coming!"

On the north bank, Wang Xueshu led his government cavalry to the scene and launched an attack on the Wenxiang Sect members who had not yet crossed the river!

Wang Haoli, who had not yet crossed the river, fell into despair. He simply sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began chanting scriptures.

Those who remained on the north bank were mostly family members of the royal family and their core followers, and they had no fighting ability.

The remaining members of the Fragrance Cult, lacking leadership, were quickly defeated by the government army's cavalry from a distance.

"Send the order to that Buddhist nun, Long Tiandao."

Zhang Kun summoned a messenger, pointed at Wang Haoyi who was brandishing his sword and shouting wildly on the mudflats, and instructed him: "This opportunity to kill a general and gain merit is reserved for her."

In fact, Zhang Kun did not want to engage in close combat with the desperate Wenxiang Sect members, and instead let the Longtiandao Sect members suffer casualties.

Upon hearing the messenger's report, Long Lingxian did not hesitate and immediately ordered, "General Yu, lead my personal guards to attack!"

This personal guard of Long Lingxian is the most elite fighting force of the Longtiandao sect, and all of them are fully armored.

With Long Lingxian's personal guards as the vanguard, the Longtiandao followers were like a heavy hammer, crashing down on the Wenxiangjiao followers on the mudflats.

The members of the Fragrance Cult, who had suffered several defeats, lacked medical care and food, and had been fighting a bitter battle until now, finally began to collapse.

"May you be reborn in the Pure Land!"

Driven to despair, Wang Haoyi went mad, brandishing his waist knife and lunging at Long Lingxian's personal guards.

Several short spears pierced Wang Haoyi's body at the same time, followed by a horse-slaying sword that severed Wang Haoyi's head.

The killing continued, as the government troops had previously ordered to leave no one alive!

Wang Xueshu on the north bank also ordered the government cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, launching a fierce attack on the Wenxiang sect members who had not yet crossed the river.

Several warships sailed in from upstream, and government archers continuously shot and killed the Wenxiang Sect members who had fallen into the water.