132. The French Maritime Expedition
"Amitabha!"
"I wonder what you can do to break the enemy?"
After Fahai saw that everyone was in harmony, he began to ask for advice.
"Now the 50,000 thief army is ready to move in Fancheng on the other side, and they are obviously preparing to cross the river to attack our Xiangyang City!"
"So we should deploy along this Xiang River to prepare for a surprise attack by the thief army!"
Xu Zheng first suggested.
"yes!"
"Fancheng has been lost, we must pay attention to the defense of this Xiangyang City!"
"Otherwise, give the thief army a chance, even if our Xiangyang City is known as an iron wall, we can't prevent the thief army!"
Zhang Dun also agreed.
"Our Xiangyang City now has 30,000 defenders, although they are not elite soldiers, but it is more than enough to defend against the attack of the thief army!"
"And Xiangyang City has been known as a strong town since ancient times, and it is by no means easy for anyone to attack!"
"So Xia Guan is not very worried about the safety of Xiangyang City!"
Zhou Ding is still the same attitude as before.
"Amitabha!"
"What you said, the national division has already heard it!"
"What the national division wants to hear now is, what can you do to recapture Fancheng!"
What Fahai said surprised everyone at once.
"Retake Fancheng?"
"But we don't have the strength!"
Xu Zheng said first.
"If you don't have strength, won't you find a way to increase your strength?"
"Although the middle lane army was wiped out before, the national division heard that tens of thousands of people still fled back to the land of Jingxiang!"
"Won't you find a way to get all these deserters back and let them help us deal with the thieves?"
Fahai proposed.
"It's... This...... Why didn't this official think of it? ”
"It's still a national teacher!"
"The national teacher is wise!"
"This official will let people catch those deserters and let them come back to continue to deal with the thieves!"
When the prefect heard Fahai's suggestion, it was like a treasure.
"Prefect!"
"No!"
"No!"
"I've heard that many of those deserters fled back to their places of origin because they didn't want to get involved in the infighting!"
"If we get them back again, I'm afraid it will backfire!"
Zhang Dun immediately objected.
"Infighting?"
"Is this infighting?"
"It's obviously a group of thieves who are making trouble, how can it be said to be infighting?"
"And these people, as the people of my Great Song Dynasty, should have the obligation to eradicate the thieves and protect my Great Song Dynasty!"
"So we have to get them all back, or how can we have the strength to deal with the thieves?"
"So you have to go and capture them all, and let all those men of the right age, including those who have reached the age of twelve, join the army to serve the Great Song Dynasty!"
Fahey's expression suddenly became stern.
"Twelve males or older?"
"National teacher, this age is too young, isn't it?"
Xu Zheng then raised questions.
"What's wrong with turning twelve?"
"Can't a man over twelve hold a weapon?"
"In order to defend the Great Song Dynasty, this is what they should do, otherwise do they want to let those women and children also go to the battlefield?"
Fahai questioned Xu Zheng.
Along the Han River, a people's house in Fuzhou.
"Mother!"
"Why do you always want to go to that riverside temple to worship incense!"
A child of about ten years old was accompanying a woman to the edge of the Han River.
"Kid!"
"You don't understand, that's the famous Dragon Maiden Temple!"
"When you were a child, didn't you often hear Wei Niang tell you the story of the dragon girl?"
"You forgot so quickly, huh?"
The woman responds to the child.
"Of course I've heard the story of Guanyin's mother, the story of the fairy who scattered wealth!"
"Isn't that wealth boy the daughter of the Dragon King of Bhara, but a county lord among the Western Heavenly Gods and Buddhas!"
"But I've heard that the dragon lady is like a fairy!"
"It would be nice if I could marry the Dragon Girl as my daughter-in-law when I grow up!"
The child grinned in response to his mother.
"You want to be beautiful!"
"That dragon girl is actually much higher than Guanyin Niangniang, the dragon girl is a Buddha who has achieved positive results, and Guanyin Niangniang is just a bodhisattva?"
The woman explained to the child.
"Is the status of a Buddha higher than that of a bodhisattva?"
The child was curious.
"Of course, haven't you heard that the Buddha is the head of the heavens?"
"And under the Buddha, there is the Buddha, under the Buddha is the Bodhisattva, and under the Bodhisattva, there are those messengers!"
The woman continued to explain to the child.
"That's... In this way, the dragon girl has a higher status than Guanyin Bodhisattva, shouldn't Guanyin Bodhisattva listen to the dragon girl? ”
The child asked again.
"yes!"
"But the Dragon Maiden doesn't care about status, so she is willing to help Guanyin Bodhisattva do things, which is also a great wonder in the Buddha world!"
The woman responds to the child.
At this time, the two mothers and sons seemed to have walked in front of a dilapidated temple.
This temple is now almost only a dilapidated small temple, and even the temple gate has collapsed.
However, the small hall seems to be very clean.
The woman took the child to the front and back of the temple, put a stick of incense on it, and then bowed respectfully.
"I hope the dragon girl will bless our mother and son safely!"
"Bless the child's father to return safely from the battlefield as soon as possible!"
"Bless the child to grow up healthy and healthy, marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and give birth to a fat doll!"
Then prayers began.
"Aunt Li!"
"You're here to worship your mother again!"
At this time, a woman in white with a flower basket suddenly walked by.
"yes!"
"Why did the white girl come here again today to pick herbs?"
It turned out that this woman's name was Aunt Li.
"No way!"
"Recently, there have been a lot of sick people in this area, and in order to treat these people, I can only come here to collect more herbs!"
The White Girl smiled in response.
"It's a pity that such a kind person as Miss Bai lost her husband at such a young age... It's a pity! ”
Aunt Li had already finished praying at this time.
"No way!"
"Who made my life miserable!"
The white girl showed a sad expression.
"White girl, in fact, you don't have to be sad!"
"You are so good-looking, and you are so kind-hearted, you don't have to worry about finding a good family!"
"If Miss Bai doesn't mind, I can help the girl introduce a good family on her behalf, I wonder if the girl is willing?"
Aunt Li couldn't help but say.
"As for this matter of finding a home, I don't have to worry about it!"
"I, Bai Xuan, have accepted my fate, I have already accepted my fate!"
The white girl chewed on Aunt Li's kindness.
"Okay!"
"Alas... What a girl's house! ”
"Just like that...!"
"What a pity...!"
"It's a pity!"
With a sigh of relief, the woman took the child and left.
"Mother!"
"Sister Bai looks like a fairy, why doesn't anyone marry her?"
As he walked along the road, the child asked his mother.
"You know what?"
"That Sister Bai is widowed and unwilling to remarry!"
"Otherwise, I would have introduced a good family affair to Sister Bai a long time ago!"
Aunt Li responded to her son.
"That's it!"
"It's not easy for a husband to die so young and so beautiful, Sister Bai!"
The child was also emotional.
"Isn't it?"
"That Sister Bai is not only beautiful, but also has medical skills!"
"There are many people in the neighborhood who are sick, and they are all saved by that Sister Bai's superb medical skills!"
"So that white sister is simply a living bodhisattva!"
Aunt Li replied to her son.
Suddenly, at this moment, a group of officers and soldiers on horseback rushed over and surrounded the mother and son.
"How old is this kid?"
I only listened to the first general asking.
"Master Jun!"
"Ladies and gentlemen!"
"What do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?"
Aunt Li was suddenly deserted.
"What did the military master ask you about?"
"How old is the kid, didn't you hear?"
I only listened to the general's continued questioning.
"My son... My son just turned 10 last year! ”
"I don't know what the military masters want?"
Aunt Li responded.
"Ten years old last year?"
"Isn't that eleven years old this year?"
"This is not much different from the twelve years old required by the national teacher!"
"Now this strong man is so difficult to catch, let's take it and charge it first!"
"Take it away!"
The general commanded his men.
Then a group of officers and soldiers dismounted, walked towards the mother and son, and made a gesture of grabbing people.
"You... You guys? ”
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't touch my child!"
"My child is still young, so he can't go to the army!"
Aunt Li immediately protected her son behind her.
"Eleven?"
"You've reached the age of joining the army, are you trying to go against the imperial court?"
At this time, a soldier threatened.
"The women don't dare... Can't! ”
"It's just that my husband went out with the army two years ago, and there has been no news back so far!"
"My son is still young, and he can't join the army yet!"
"Please, military masters!"
"Please let my children go!"
"Spare my child!"
"Please, military masters!"
Aunt Li even knelt on the ground and pleaded.
"Humph...!"
"You are blatantly disobeying the order of the imperial court!"
"Don't blame us for being rude!"
At this time, a group of officers and soldiers rushed up and directly snatched the child from Aunt Li.
Aunt Li was naturally unwilling, so she wanted to go over and recover her child.
"I see you're a pretty good-looking woman!"
"It's a pity to be widowed like this... It's a pity! ”
But unexpectedly, an officer and soldier suddenly came over and stopped Aunt Li.