Ever since Jia Hui ordered Feng Tai to go out, none of the civil and military officials in the hall had spoken out to stop him. The leader really knew what was happening!
Xiao Qi, who was kneeling in the hall, suddenly fell into ecstasy. As long as Jia Hui ordered the troops to be sent out, the plan would be half successful!
Jia Hui is arrogant, domineering, lawless, and killing indiscriminately, which proves that this person has reached the level of lawlessness and arrogance. He must regard our White Lotus Sect as a chicken and a dog. In addition, the Qi army has defeated our Holy Sect several times. Not only Jia Hui, I am sure that the civil and military officials in Jinling will not attach much importance to our holy religion.
Although this incident is somewhat shameful, it also gives the Holy Cult an opportunity to defeat the most powerful general in the imperial court today!
Hearing that the main force of our holy sect is at a stalemate with a mere guard of more than 5,000 troops, Jia Hui will definitely despise us even more. As long as he leads his troops out of Jinling to support Zhenjiang, he will also send people to ambush halfway, and then give Jia Hui a chance. It feels like what we are guarding against are the reinforcements coming from Jinling.
Finally, when Jia Hui was about to enter the city, the Holy Cult rushed out to catch him off guard, and might even kill Jia Hui himself.
At that time, the entire Jiangnan Qi army will be leaderless. Who else can stop the Holy Cult?
It doesn't matter if Jia Hui doesn't come in person. They can annihilate as many as they can. At the very least, it can wear down Jia Hui's elite troops and dampen their morale.
Seeing Xiao Qi in the hall so happy, Jia Hui also looked pleased that Pao Ze was so affectionate, and asked someone to take him down to rest and have something to eat.
"Pfft! Hahahahaha!" After he could no longer hear the voice of the little flag talking to the guide, Jia Hui could no longer hold back his smile and watched the civil and military officials in the lobby burst into laughter.
The civil and military officers, who had also reached the limit of their patience, were broken by Jia Hui's laughter and started laughing too. The whole hall of the Ministry of War was filled with a happy atmosphere.
"Look, look, everyone has prepared a trap and is just waiting for me to jump in, haha!" Jia Hui said with a smile. The civil and military officials in the hall had almost had enough laughter and returned to their normal demeanor. Qingyun looked indifferent, but the raised corners of her mouth still revealed the fact that they were still very happy inside.
"Grand Governor, is Zhenjiang really lost?" A voice that ruined the atmosphere came into everyone's ears, and everyone suddenly stopped laughing again.
That's right, since the White Lotus thief dared to lure them to Zhenjiang, doesn't that mean something happened in Zhenjiang?
"Da Sima, is Zhenjiang already there?" A civil servant stood up and asked Jia Hui tremblingly.
Jia Hui holds the title of Minister of War, and almost all generals and nobles call him Grand Governor, Grand General and Duke. The civil servants called him Da Sima and Mr. Jia.
"Hmm, I guess the real main force of the White Lotus Bandits is hiding here. Maybe the entire Zhenjiang Guard has been infiltrated by the White Lotus Bandits, and the military attachés of Zhenjiang Guard have also become the White Lotus Bandits."
After hearing Jia Hui's guess, everyone became more and more uneasy.
"Uncle Shi, you are a serious guard of Jinling. During my absence, you will be in charge of the overall situation."
Jia Hui stood up, stretched his muscles that had become stiff after sitting for a long time, handed the imperial seal to Guo Biao, and walked out the door. The civil and military officials stood up quickly to see each other off.
It has been agreed before that when Jia Hui learns the whereabouts of the main force of the White Lotus Sect, Jia Hui will personally lead the troops to attack.
The first is to test the quality of the main force of the White Lotus Sect. Second, the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength. If he can kill the white lotus thief on the spot, he will kill him on the spot and never give the white lotus thief a chance to grow stronger!
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There are about 50,000 troops patrolling the city. Not only the Jiangnan Camp, but also thousands of people guarding Jinling and a guard of troops stationed at Jinling Palace under the control of the left-behind eunuchs. In total, there are more than 10,000 people.
As a result, there are still about 40,000 troops stationed in the square.
Jia Hui brought more than 2,000 elite cavalry with him, so there was no need to prepare cavalry. Besides, there were not many horsemen in the Jiangnan camp. Eight hundred people were better than nothing.
The quality of the horses is also not good. Compared with the iron cavalry brought by Jia Hui, they are so delicate that even a slave horse would find it difficult to eat.
Then prepare more infantry. You must bring the firearms battalion. This is an elite force personally selected, trained and designed by the governor. Even if you don't have these firearms, the soldiers of the firearms battalion will be very good shooters if they are released alone. , so the firearms camp must be arranged.
The remaining regular infantry soldiers selected the vanguard battalion with a total of 10,000 people formed by the top players in the previous competition. Before reorganizing them into the vanguard battalion, they were told that this unit was dedicated to fighting hard battles and the probability of casualties. However, the chances of obtaining military merit are also much greater, and the military pay is sufficient.
The 10,000 people who can stand out among more than 90,000 people are not stupid, what they want is military merit! As long as the benefits and military pay brought by military service can really reach you or your family, then this life will be sold to you!
It just so happened that the credibility of the Grand Governor Jia Hui was well-known. There was never any incident of him taking the military merit of his subordinates, and he always won the battles! The opportunity to follow such a famous general on an expedition is rare, so you must seize it! Maybe I can kill the enemy leader and get a medal!
So 10,000 vanguard battalions, 10,000 ordinary soldiers and 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, 3,000 firearms battalions and 2,240 Suzaku cavalry formed the first unit to fight against the White Lotus bandits.
Jia Hui, who had already arrived at the square and watched it for a long time, was quite satisfied with the unit he was about to lead. Although it was not as good as the frontier army, he had no problem beating the slaves who had just picked up swords and guns. As for the elites of the White Lotus Sect, , you won’t know until you fight it.
"Grand Governor, is there anything else that needs to be replaced?" Feng Tai had already noticed Jia Hui. After the last unit had been inspected, he trotted to Jia Hui's side and handed the army roster to Jia Hui with both hands.
"You don't have to show it to me, I can rest assured that you can do things!" Jia Hui arrived without even taking the roster from Feng Tai's hand.
In front of more than 30,000 to 5,000 troops who had already lined up.
"I won't go into details about the extra ones. Thinking about the hard work you have endured for more than ten years, aren't you just looking forward to this moment? A real man will gain fame and wealth, it's tomorrow! The target is Yanziji, let's set off!"
Jia Hui had no intention of going overland. Not to mention the long journey of 140 miles, there were six ambushes found by Jia Hui on the mini map alone! On average, it is more than 20 miles per mile. The long journey plus six more battles will be difficult for even the iron-clad army to withstand, let alone the Jiangnan camp, which has not really fought for more than ten years!
According to the small map, the river navy stationed at Xijindu is still holding on to its position and has not been breached by the White Lotus bandits, which is very rare.
As for whether 30,000 troops can be transported there in a short time?
It is definitely not possible to transport them all at once, but the naval station at Xijindu is not large. Even if 30,000 people can be transported there at once, they will not be able to get off the ship in a short time. It’s best to ship it in three to four batches.
As for ships, Yanziji is very busy on weekdays, and it is more than enough to requisition ships that can transport 10,000 people. All that is left for Jia Hui to do now is to go to Caishiji and order the requisition of ships from there.
The men and horses in Jiangnan Camp are used to staying in the south, and there is no problem with the waterway of more than 100 miles. Even the more than 2,000 cavalrymen from Jiubian have not been idle in the past two months. In addition to daily training, they and their horses have to go back and forth by boat. Few of them are okay, and the horses are miserable and even sick when they vomit. Many horses were dumped. However, the training results are still there. The horse will not vomit on the waterway of more than 100 miles, and will basically not lose any combat effectiveness after getting off the boat.
Different from the last grassland battle, he had enough preparation time to prepare everything down to the last detail. Now, just enjoy the war!
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When Jia Hui's troops were marching to Yanziji, a group of bald men were running wildly in Cheng'en Temple to avoid the pursuit of the armored Qi army.
It was Li Changying, the branch leader of the White Lotus Sect, and his fake monk subordinates.
When I was chasing the group of spies who were embroidering clothes, I chased them to an inconspicuous cave entrance in the northeast corner. I originally wanted to go out along the hole and continue chasing, but the hole was already blocked by some debris.
Li Changying immediately gave the order, leaving a few people to clean the entrance of the cave, while the other group went to find ladders and climbed over the wall first to continue chasing, while the others went out from the entrance of the cave. The wall of Chengen Temple is still very high. Whether you dare to stand on a high place is another matter. Not everyone can climb over the wall without falling to the ground and breaking arms and legs. What are the skills of people who can climb over the wall? Flexible and not afraid of heights.
There happens to be a warehouse in the northeast corner of Chengen Temple. The bald men found a long ladder and put it on the wall. By this time, less than half of the debris at the entrance of the cave had been cleared away.
Just as the first person to climb the ladder approached the top of the wall, a loud bang sent them skyward.
After hearing the sound of a ladder being put up on the wall, the men in black who had been waiting outside the wall lit the fuse and ran away to the east like crazy.
Eight barrels of gunpowder exploded at the same time, instantly destroying the courtyard wall in the northeast corner of Chengen Temple, collapsing more than a dozen houses of various sizes, and killing more than twenty bald people standing around the ladder at the entrance of the cave.
Even the helmsman Li Changying, who was standing far away, was so shaken by the explosion that his eardrums were ruptured and his ears were bleeding continuously.
He casually hacked to death a few brothers who had fallen to the ground and were mangled with blood but were still struggling. Li Changying knew that he could not stay here for long, so he staggered towards the northwest corner of Chengen Temple with a dozen or so people who survived. .
Sure enough, shortly after the explosion, the soldiers from the camp heard a loud noise and came to investigate. They discovered the collapsed wall of Chengen Temple, about twenty corpses with barely humanoid shapes, and countless broken pieces of various sizes. Cuts of meat.
Xiu Yi, who was accompanying the team, soon found Xiu Yi's mark on a tree that was blown apart. After shouting "It's the White Lotus Thief", he drew his knife and rushed into Cheng'en Temple. The soldiers in the camp screamed after reacting. They shouted and rushed into Chengen Temple. They wanted to catch these white lotus thieves in front of Pao Ze who blocked the main entrance and back entrance of Chengen Temple.
"Huhu. Helmsman, I can't run anymore. Helmsman? Helmsman!" The big fat monk running at the end really couldn't keep up with the team. He originally wanted to tell Li Changying in front to stay and stop the rear. He left a good reputation, but he didn't respond no matter how he called the helmsman. The fat monk could only smile bitterly, slumped against the wall, and took out a gourd from his waist. He was about to open the stopper and drink some water. It turned out that there was a big hole in the bottom of the gourd.
Presumably something must have damaged the gourd when it exploded just now. The fat monk, who had no water to drink, smiled bitterly again and hung the gourd on his waist again.
This gourd was the one he chose the most from hundreds of gourds, and he wanted to take this gourd with him on the road to hell!
The fat monk stuck out his tongue and licked his leathery lips, waiting for the pursuers to arrive so that he could kill a few people to support him.
Soon, a sound of footsteps was heard. The fat monk stood up with a crescent shovel, took a few deep breaths, gripped the weapon, and hid between the two monks' rooms.
Just a bit crowded.
A large number of footsteps were getting closer and closer, and when he felt that it was almost done, the fat monk rushed out with a loud shout, swung the crescent shovel and pulled out a big windmill. The smooth feel made his face darken. According to his estimation, he When he rushed out, the first row of pursuing soldiers should have hit his crescent shovel.
The fat monk hurriedly stood upright, holding the poles in both hands on guard.
The armored pursuers were steadily stopping seven feet away from him. Standing in the front row was a row of burly men holding crossbows who looked at him with a playful expression.
The fat monk was so frightened that he felt like he was dead. He raised his crescent shovel and rushed forward. In an instant, dozens of crossbow arrows shot into his body, shattering his internal organs. The huge force made it impossible for him to remain standing any longer. , fell to the ground on his back.
On his deathbed, when he was wondering how they found him, a grinning ugly face of Zheng Huan appeared on the roof where he had just been hiding.
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Fall behind, accept your fate, hide, attack, and get killed.
Left behind, resigned, fearful, begging for mercy, killed.
The Grand Governor has already ordered that in the face of evil cults such as the White Lotus Sect that persuade people to rebel, they will be killed without mercy! Tonight, no White Lotus thief can survive!
Li Changying's team continues to lose members. His legs feel like they are filled with lead. Both lungs feel burning pain. He is breathing like bellows. He is sweating less and less. This is not a good thing. It means that he is dehydrated.
Originally, they had already rushed to the northwest corner before the officers and soldiers chased them, but unfortunately, there was no warehouse here, let alone a ladder.
They had no choice but to continue running away. Relying on their familiarity with the temple, they also ran around the southwest and southeast corners.
There was a warehouse in the southwest corner but no ladder, so I took another route to the southeast corner.
Instead, I found a ladder at the southeast corner. I put it up and was about to run over the wall when a white-feathered arrow hit the skinny bald monkey sitting on the wall.
It was discovered by the officers and soldiers entering from the main gate. After seeing them, the eyes of the officers and soldiers turned red instantly. They drew their swords and screamed, then rushed towards them. Fortunately, they did not climb up the ladder, and Sayazi Run away, there are more and more officers and soldiers in the temple, more and more.
In the end, the only remaining subordinate died under the archer's white feather arrow. Li Changying could no longer run and lay on the ground in a "big" shape like a dead dog.
"伱, you win. Phew. I am, I am the helmsman. Phew. I vote."
Phew!
The sharp tip of the spear pierced the exposed throat. Li Changying looked at the grandson dressed as President Qian with disbelief, as if asking "Why do you want to kill me when I'm going to surrender?"
"The Grand Governor has an order," Mr. Qian understood the man's face, and he kindly explained to him in a good mood, "No matter what kind of helmsman or saintly leader, they can be caught wherever they are. The ground will be beheaded, and the White Lotus thieves will kill without mercy."
How could it happen?
Li Changying could no longer make any sound, looking at the moonless sky, the light in his eyes disappeared.
Second update!
By the way, why are there no comments on the recent chapters?
There hasn’t been much feedback lately, so I don’t even know if the latest thing I wrote is good or bad...
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