On the west bank of Chaohu Lake, Laoxingwei!
"Report, leader, there are monks from the south going to Hefei, saying they have something confidential to report!"
At this time, in the tent, an innocent old man in his sixties was sitting cross-legged behind the case.
He didn't seem to hear the call from the visitor. He still folded his hands horizontally and meditated with his knees wrapped in cloth, motionless.
The visitor didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to stand at the tent door and wait.
After drinking some tea, the old man breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Bring this person here!"
Hearing this, the visitor looked at the furnishings in the tent curiously, and then withdrew without even replying.
The man in the tent frowned slightly when he saw this, but soon he returned to the appearance of an enlightened monk and said outside the tent: "Go and ask the King to protect the Dharma!"
It turned out that the old man sitting in the tent at this time was none other than Luo Menghong, the leader of Luo Sect who was causing trouble in the southeast.
Luo Menghong and Na Ji Mo, Shandong Province, when he was fourteen years old, he once joined the army to guard the border and was stationed in Miyun Guard, Beizhili. Later, he withdrew from the guard station and began to join the army and visit Taoism.
In the 6th year of Zhizheng, he [enlightened the Tao and enlightened his mind] and understood the [Inaction Dharma]. Founded the Wuwei Teaching.
Later, to use the fashionable saying of later generations, this guy [bringing art master] joined Wang Sen's Luo Jiao in Huguang.
After Wang Sen's death, he usurped the position of the Wang family's Luo Jiao leader and became the new leader of the Luo Jiao.
After a while, a bearded man opened the curtain and walked in.
"Leader!" As soon as he entered the door, he already stepped in and bowed, his attitude was extremely respectful.
"Wang Xiang is here!" Luo Menghong smiled when he saw the visitor, "The followers captured a monk and said they wanted to see me. He came from the south. It is probably about the Yingzhou Guards closed in Lengshui. It just so happens that you, as the vanguard of the army, are here to hear about it. Bar!"
The bearded man named Wang Xiang lowered his head and said, "Yes!"
After saying that, he stood beside Luo Menghong and stood still.
Seeing this, Luo Menghong smiled and said: "Wang Xiang, you are the son of the first leader, so you don't need to be polite in front of me, just sit down!"
After hearing this, Wang Xiang sat down and said: "Although the leader treats us kindly, after all, there are differences between superiors and inferiors in the sect. Wang Xiang does not dare to show off in front of the leader!"
What Luo Menghong appreciated the most was Wang Xiang. He laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I've always known who you are. Your shortcoming is that you are too serious. Behind closed doors, I still call you uncle." …”
Having said this, Luo Menghong suddenly stopped talking, and his face returned to the appearance of the eminent monk just now, with his bald head shining brightly under the swaying candlelight.
At this time, another bald man outside the tent was pushed into the tent.
As soon as he came in, the bald monk shouted: "I want to find Master Luo! I want to find Master Luo."
"You have to shut the fuck up. Isn't the leader right in front of you? Open your stupid eyes wider!" The person who pushed him in was very rude.
Luo Menghong frowned and said, "Go down, you really have dirty ears and eyes!"
When the disciple heard this, he scratched his head and left the tent.
When Luo Menghong saw him leaving, he smiled and said, "Where does the mage come from? I am Luo Menghong!"
The monk was shocked when he heard this, and he quickly knelt down in the tunnel and said: "I didn't know that the great sage was here, so this young monk is polite!"
Don’t be surprised, two generations of Luo Jiao leaders have proclaimed themselves the “Great Sage”, and the “Great Sage Equaling Heaven”!
The monk is right to call him this way.
Luo Menghong smiled and said: "Tell me, what's going on? Are there soldiers coming from the south?"
The monk was immediately shocked when he heard this and said: "The Great Sage is indeed extraordinary. He is thousands of miles away and already knows that our Jincheng Temple has troops stationed there."
"What..." Luo Menghong exclaimed, but soon he coughed lightly and said, "Tell me more."
So the monk told how Qin Lie and others entered the temple, and how more than a thousand people occupied the temple.
"The abbot was afraid that the great sage would not know about the plot of the army, so even though he was detained, he still took advantage of the changing of the guard and dinner time to let the young monk escape from the tunnel in the temple and come to report it!"
Only then did Luo Menghong realize that this monk turned out to be a monk from Jincheng Temple.
Luo Menghong of Jincheng Temple is very familiar with it.
This temple may not be the most popular temple in Luzhou, but it has a lot of farmland and the temple property is very rich.
The key is that Abbot Liaoyuan was among the first batch of monks to go to Hailing for further study. Over the years, he has been secretly and silently supporting important events in the religion, and he never compromises when asking for money or people.
Luo Menghong cross-examined the monk in detail, and after confirming that he was indeed a monk from Jincheng Temple, he asked: "How many officers and soldiers are there in the temple?"
"More than a thousand people!"
"What's the flag?"
"Look at the flag of the Huaiyang Coastal Defense Road regiment training coastal defense camp!"
Hearing this name, Luo Menghong was startled and turned to look at Wang Xiang.
Sure enough, Wang Xiang's eyes were also looking towards him.
"Are they from Yangzhou?"
"The accent of those soldiers is really strange to me. It's not our local accent. As for whether they are from Yangzhou, I don't know."
Wang Xiang, who had never spoken at this time, said: "Where do these people come from? Do you know?"
The monk said: "The leaders who came first seemed to be coming from the direction of Lengshuiguan!"
Hearing this, Wang Xiang shut his mouth and stopped asking.
Seeing that the monk's knowledge was limited, Luo Menghong said no more and sent him down to rest.
After the monk left, Wang Xiang said: "Master, this matter is a bit troublesome. Although Jinchengzhai is not on both sides of the official road, it is not impossible if we ignore him and attack Lengshuiguan directly, but we are afraid that they will cause trouble behind our backs. !”
"Humph!" Luo Menghong said with a smile, "I think the emperor has no troops left to mobilize, so he actually transferred a regiment from Yangzhou to Luzhou. It seems that he also knows that these guard soldiers are useless."
Wang Xiang said: "Leader, don't be careless. This group just fought with the Japanese pirates we got before the training. I heard they are very difficult to deal with!"
"Furthermore, he said they are the imperial regiment training, but they are actually the private soldiers of the Xu family. Since Xu Song dares to send them here, he must have a complete plan. We must be more careful!"
Luo Menghong nodded: "We now have a total of 40,000 troops. The ones who can really fight are the 3,000 Caoding troops recruited and trained from both sides of the Cao River. The rest are all recruited from Hefei!"
"These people either don't have any weapons, or they are old and weak!"
"So, even if we face Yingzhou's remnants of troops, we can't divide our troops carelessly!"
Wang Xiang said: "The leader is right, why not let me lead three thousand old and weak people to surround Jincheng Village to prevent them from causing trouble behind us! It will affect the leader's plan!"
Hearing this, Luo Menghong stared at Wang Xiang and said: "Wang Protector, now we are both prosperous and devastated. You can't avoid the officers and soldiers without fighting!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiang quickly stood up and knelt down and said: "Master, I, Wang Xiang, am loyal to you, and I can prove it..."
"Hahahaha!" Luo Menghong laughed, "I just said it casually, uncle, you are so worried!"
After saying that, he continued: "Then it's settled. Remember, the Su family who has merged with Tuqiao River will join me. After leveling the Lengshuiguan, we will take down Anqing in one go and drive Zhang Jingxian to the river to feed the fish and shrimps." go!"
"yes!"
