"How can this be, hasn't the White Lotus Sect been exterminated, even their sect leader has been killed in battle, what can be done to resurrect it?"

"Hmph, what is this Tianshui County Order for, it will be occupied by the White Lotus Sect in the county seat, I think he is a straw bag at all."

"Let's put the straw bales aside first, or think about what to do. I heard the news that this group of White Lotus Sect members who broke the county town was composed of elite soldiers from the White Lotus Sect, and most of the followers were fanatical believers, although the number was only tens of thousands, but the combat effectiveness could not be underestimated. ”

"The soldiers and generals of the Jiangnan battalion have all been withdrawn, and the county soldiers of various prefectures are still being trained, what can we do to quell the chaos, and we can't use the new army, right?"

"What is this, can make the Jiangnan battalion back to defense, the new army has just formed an army at present, what can it do to confront the elite soldiers of the White Lotus Sect."

In the camp of the new army, Wang Xu sat on the main seat, and below him were the generals who were constantly arguing.

The order for help in Tianshui County was issued in all directions, and the surrounding prefectures and counties received a distress order, and the new army camp where Wang Xu was located would certainly not be an exception.

Judging from the current situation, the only one who can have troops to support and can support is the new army that Wang Xu is training.

The new army has now been organized and trained for more than three months, and its combat strength has begun to grow, and it is worthy of a war.

But then again, the White Lotus believers who occupied Tianshui County were also tens of thousands of elite divisions that had been scattered on the battlefield before.

It's good to be able to surrender before the battle, but if you can't surrender, you can only exterminate it, and the new army will inevitably kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself.

"Newspaper..."

While they were discussing, a sergeant broke in outside the door, holding a letter in his hand: "My lord, there is a report from the flying eagle of the state capital. ”

"Bring it up."

Wang Xu called someone up, and then took the letter and looked at it.

In the eye, Pastor Xiao, the governor of Jiaozhou, ordered the new army to march out and go to the sky to be chaotic, and there must be no mistakes.

Look further down at all costs.

"Humph!"

Putting away the letter, Wang Xu snorted coldly, and said with unhappiness: "You don't need to discuss it anymore, Lord Governor has personally ordered my new army to start immediately, and assess the rebellion in the shortest possible time." ”

"Governor, didn't you transfer the Jiangnan battalion back to defense?"

"It's not..."

With a cold look on his face, Wang Xu raised the letter in his hand and said, "Our state pastor, I finally sent away the plague god of the Jiangnan camp, how could I let the army come back." Didn't you read what the letter said, at all costs, even if you run out of the new army, you can practice again when you turn back, look at how light it is! ”

The Jiangnan camp has a very high standard, and it stays in Jiaozhou to quell the chaos, and even the state pastor has to be controlled by it.

finally put down the White Lotus Rebellion and sent away a bunch of plague gods, how could they be invited back.

As for the new army that has been formed, the Jiaozhou rebellion has just been decided, and there is not much else, that is, there are many displaced people.

Not to mention that the 500,000 new army is exhausted, even if it is exhausted 5 million, it can also be used to plug the gap with homeless people, anyway, they are just some miscellaneous soldiers, and it would be good to practice again after they are exhausted.

"Governor, do we want to do what we are told?"

Qin Yun, as a lieutenant general, stood up and asked.

Wang Xu squinted his eyes, knocked on the arm of the chair, and said after a while: "In Jiaozhou, the military and civilians are being reorganized, but the only one who can fight a war is the new army, and I am afraid it will not work if I don't go." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xu's tone paused slightly, and he said: "Qin Yun, Qin Wu, you order 200,000 soldiers and horses, and follow me to Tianshui." ”

"Yes, Governor..."

Light vehicles were simply loaded, and 200,000 soldiers and horses soon hit the road.

The White Lotus Sect has been suppressed, and some of the repetition is just a disease of ringworm scabies, except for Tianshui County, which was broken by the resurgent White Lotus Sect, the other prefectures and counties are under the control of the imperial court, and the army has passed, and it is necessary to gather grain and grass directly in the local area, and there is no need to bring too much grain and grass.

With only three days of dry food, Wang Xu waved his army out.

The first 30,000 cavalry rode horned beast horses containing the blood of demon beasts, followed by 20,000 crossbowmen, 50,000 pikemen, and 100,000 lightly armored sword and shield soldiers.

The 200,000 troops lined up in a row, stretching for several miles, and the new character banner and the king character flag fluttered in the wind, looking like an earth dragon from a distance.

Ten days later...

The army galloped thousands of miles, and it only took ten and a half days to rush to the territory of Tianshui County.

In front of the eyes, the resurgent followers of the White Lotus Sect had already occupied the county seat of Tianshui, and when they looked at the city wall, they were full of White Lotus Sect warriors, looking like they were going to gather in the city to defend it.

"Governor, I can count on you for hope."

As soon as the army arrived, the Tianshui County Commander, who had abandoned the city and fled before, took his servants to pull the gathered Xiangyong, and came up with a handful of snot and tears.

Wang Xu rode on a horse and looked down at the Tianshui County Order, only to see that his eyes were red, his face was full of sadness, and even the official uniform on his body was torn.

"You are the Tianshui County Commander?" Retracting his gaze, Wang Xu asked in a light tone.

The Tianshui County Commander replied again and again, full of bitterness: "Xiaguan Liu Shizhuang, the twenty-seventh year of Tianping Tongjinshi, is now the Tianshui County Commander, and is in charge of the party. ”

"Twenty-seven years of Tianping, it seems that you have not been in office for long in Tianshui County."

Wang Xu is the champion of the 24th year of Tianping, and Liu Shizhuang is the 27th year of Tianping, that is, his next term.

According to the usual practice, the new branch jinshi needs to be filled by the household department, and it is not that the jinshi will go to work immediately, and it often takes 1 to 3 years before the official is done.

In this way, Liu Shizhuang only became a jinshi four years ago, and I am afraid that in the position of Tianshui County Commander, I am afraid that he has been sitting for a year or two at most, and I am afraid that he has only been in office for a year and a half.

"I've just been in office for half a year..."

The bitterness on Liu Shizhuang's face was even stronger, he was originally a fellow jinshi from the top three, and his resume was worse than the first-class and second-class jinshi.

In addition, there was no one in the court, and he waited in the household department for more than three years, asking for countless people before and after, and was released as the Tianshui County Decree in the spring of this year.

At that time, the White Lotus Rebellion in Jiaozhou had just subsided, and Liu Shizhuang was about to show his ambitions and make a career.

I didn't expect that the heavens would not fulfill people's wishes, and as soon as I became familiar with the things in the county office, the White Lotus Sect had a resurgence again, if he hadn't run fast, I am afraid that his head would have been lost in the county office.

What's even more infuriating is that there was a rebellion in the White Lotus Sect during his tenure, and even the county seat was lost, so he didn't have to think about it to know that his career was over.

In the past few days, Liu Shizhuang has used wine to eliminate his sorrows and sorrows, and out of thin air, he has aged more than ten years.

"This official asks you, how many White Lotus believers are there in Tianshui County, who is their master, and what conditions have you ever mentioned?" Wang Xu didn't care about Liu Shizhuang's inner changes, but felt that these White Lotus believers were not right inside and out to capture the county with such fanfare.

After all, the main force of the White Lotus Sect has been annihilated, and even the White Lotus Sect Master has been killed in battle, these people are just lost dogs, they don't want to steal their lives, escape into the mountains and forests to become bandits, or turn into black households as wild people, how dare they be so presumptuous.

"My lord, there are more than 80,000 members of the White Lotus Sect in Zhancheng, most of them are elite people, and they have not seen the old, weak, sick or disabled.

The one who took the lead, called himself the generalissimo of the army, and in private, people called him the master of the difficult scriptures, and he knew how to use all the grass and trees.

The conditions, but they didn't tell me, they won't come out if they occupy Tianshui County, and they don't know what to do in it.

However, I sent someone to investigate, as if this difficult master is not the mastermind behind the scenes, I can't be sure, there is a big man behind this person. ”

Liu Shizhuang knew everything, and said it again like a bean.

After listening to this, Wang Xu thought for a moment and whispered: "It doesn't disturb the people, nor does it pull the strong men to fill the army, so it is a bit interesting to occupy the county seat and not move!" ”

"My lord, in my opinion, could it be that this master of the Troubled Scriptures wants to be Zhao'an?"

Qin Yun came on a horse and whispered beside Wang Xu: "There are many bandits and road bandits from poor backgrounds who are under the banner of Tianxingdao, and they all like to be Zhao'an after becoming bigger. The White Lotus Sect will definitely not be able to get mixed up, this difficult master has tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and he doesn't want to fall into the grass or become a wild citizen, Zhao'an is probably the best choice.

When the time comes, the imperial court will canonize it, seal a few military attaches of seven or eight grades, and directly transfer these people to join the border army to fight against the demon clan in the north, which is naturally very happy. ”

"Possibly..."

Wang Xu nodded slightly, and said, "Set up camp ten miles away, don't rush to attack first, and see what tricks the White Lotus Sect demons want to do." Now that the new army has just formed, even if it has three times the strength of the elite division of the White Lotus Sect, it may not be able to win easily, and it is best not to fight. ”

"Yes, sir..."