On the west shore of Chaohu Lake, Lao Xingwei!

"Report, sect leader, there is a monk in the south who is going to Hefei, saying that there is a confidential report!"

At this time, in the tent, an old man in his sixties was sitting cross-legged behind the desk.

He didn't seem to hear the comer, he still folded his hands horizontally, wrapped his knees in cloth, and meditated, not moving.

The visitor did not dare to disturb him, so he had to stand at the tent door and wait.

After about a cup of tea, the old man breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Bring people over!" ”

When the visitor heard this, he looked curiously at the furnishings in the tent, and then he withdrew, and when he retreated, he didn't even reply to him.

Seeing this, the people in the tent frowned slightly, but soon, he returned to the appearance of a high-ranking monk, and said to the outside of 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 Luo Menghong, the leader of the Luo Sect, who was stirring up the wind and rain in the southeast.

Luo Menghong and those Shandong Jimo, when he was fourteen years old, he was comfortable in the army and stationed in Miyunwei, Beizhili, and later withdrew from the guard and began to visit the Tao.

In the 6th year of Zhizheng, he [enlightened the mind] and penetrated the [non-action]. Created to teach nothing.

Later, in the fashionable words of later generations, this guy [led an art investment teacher] and entered Wang Sen's Luo Sect in Huguang.

After Wang Sen's death, he snatched the position of the leader of the Luo Sect of the Wang family and became the new leader of the Luo Sect.

A moment later, a bearded man opened the curtain and walked in.

"Master!" As soon as he entered the door, he had already intervened and bowed, and his attitude was extremely respectful.

"Wang Xiang is here!" Luo Menghong smiled when he saw the visitor, "The sect members caught a monk and said that they wanted to see me, and they came from the south, it is estimated that it was the matter of Leng Shui closing the Yingzhou Guard, and it just so happened that you, as the vanguard of the army, also come and listen!" ”

When the bearded man named Wang Xiang heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Yes!" ”

After speaking, he stood beside Luo Menghong and stood still.

Seeing this, Luo Menghong smiled and said: "Wang Xiang, you are the first sect leader's son, you don't need to be polite in front of me, sit down!" ”

When Wang Xiang heard this, he sat down and said: "Although the sect leader treats us kindly, after all, there is a difference between the upper and lower levels of the sect, and Wang Xiang does not dare to let loose in front of the sect leader!" ”

Luo Menghong admired Wang Xiang the most, he laughed and said: "Okay, okay, I have always known your personality, the disadvantage is that you are too serious, behind closed doors, I still want to call you uncle......"

Speaking of this, Luo Menghong suddenly stopped, and his face changed back to the appearance of a monk just now, and his big bald head shone under the swaying of the candle flame.

At this time, another bald head outside the tent was pushed into the tent.

As soon as he entered, the bald monk shouted, "I'm looking for Sect Master Luo!" I'm looking for Sect Master Luo. ”

"You have to fucking shut up, isn't the sect leader right in front of you? You keep your eyes wide open! "The person who pushed him in was rude.

Luo Menghong frowned and said, "Go down, it's really dirty!" ”

When the congregation heard this, he scratched his head and walked out of the tent.

When Luo Menghong saw him leaving, he smiled and said, "Where did the mage come from?" I'm Luo Menghong! ”

The monk was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "I don't know that the great sage is here, the little monk is polite!" ”

Don't be surprised, the two generations of Luo sect leaders have proclaimed themselves "Great Sages", and they are "Monkey King"!

This monk is not wrong to call it that.

Luo Menghong smiled: "Say, what's going on?" Is there an official army coming from the south? ”

When the monk heard this, he was taken aback and said: "The Great Sage is really extraordinary, thousands of miles away, and he already knows that our Jincheng Temple has stationed officials and soldiers. ”

"What...... Luo Menghong exclaimed, but soon he coughed lightly: "Tell me more." ”

So the monk told him how Qin Lie and the others entered the temple, and more than 1,000 people then occupied the temple.

"The abbot was afraid that the great sage would not know about the conspiracy of the officials and soldiers, so although he was detained, he still took advantage of the change of guard and dinner of the officials and soldiers, and let the little monk escape from the tunnel in the temple to report!"

Only then did Luo Menghong know that this monk turned out to be a monk from Jincheng Temple.

Jincheng Temple Luo Menghong is very familiar.

This temple may not be the most prosperous temple in Luzhou, but it is better to have a lot of fields, and the temple is very rich.

The key is that Abbot Liyuan is the first group of monks to go to Hailing for [further study], and he has been secretly and silently supporting major events in the church over the years, and he has never discounted his money and people.

Luo Menghong interrogated the monk a few more words, and after confirming that he was indeed a monk of Jincheng Temple, he asked, "How many officers and soldiers are in the temple?" ”

"More than a thousand!"

"Under what banner?"

"Look at the banner, what is the regimental training coastal defense battalion of Huaiyang Haiphong Road!"

Hearing this name, Luo Menghong was stunned and turned his head to look at Wang Xiang.

Sure enough, Wang Xiang's eyes were also looking at him.

"Are they from Yangzhou?"

"It's really strange for the little monk to listen to the accent of those soldiers, it's not our local accent, and as for whether it's from Yangzhou, the little monk doesn't know."

At this time, Wang Xiangdao, who had not spoken, said: "Where did these people come from? Do you know? ”

The monk said, "The leaders who came first seem to have come from the direction of Lengshuiguan!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiang closed his mouth and stopped asking.

Luo Menghong saw that the monk knew very little, so he didn't say anything more and sent him down to rest.

After the monk left, Wang Xiang said: "Sect Master, this matter is a little troublesome, although the Jincheng Walled City is not on both sides of the official road, but if we don't care about him and attack Lengshui Pass directly, this is not impossible, but I'm afraid that they will make trouble behind our backs!" ”

"Humph!" Luo Menghong said with a smile, "I see that the emperor Lao'er also has no soldiers to adjust, and he actually transferred a regimental training from Yangzhou to Luzhou, it seems that he also knows that these guards are waste." ”

Wang Xiang said: "Sect Master, don't be careless, this regiment just fought with the Japanese Kou we got a few years ago, and I heard that it is very difficult!" ”

"Moreover, he said that it was a regimental training of the imperial court, but in fact, it was the private soldiers of the Xu family, since Xu Song dared to send them, there must be a foolproof strategy, and we must be more careful!"

Luo Menghong nodded: "We now have a total of 40,000 horses in our hands, and the ones that can really fight are the 3,000 Caoding people recruited and trained from both sides of the Cao River, and the rest are all from Hefei!" ”

"These people either don't have the weapons at hand, or they are old and weak!"

"Therefore, even in the face of the remnants of Yingzhou, we can't be careless in dividing our troops!"

Wang Xiang said: "The sect leader is right, it's better to do this, I will take three thousand old and weak people to surround the Jincheng Walled, so that they don't have to make trouble behind us!" Influence the Master's plan! ”

When Luo Menghong heard this, he stared at Wang Xiang and said: "Wang Protector, now that we are both prosperous and loss-oriented, you can't meet the officials and soldiers to avoid fighting without fighting!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiang hurriedly got up and knelt down and said, "Sect Master, I, Wang Xiang, am loyal to you, and I can show ...... every day."

"Hahahaha!" Luo Menghong smiled, "I just said it casually, uncle, you have a lot of heart!" ”

After speaking, he continued: "Then it's decided, remember, after converging the Su family of the Tuqiao River, you will join me, and after clearing the Lengshui Pass, you will take Anqing in one go, and drive Zhang Jingxian to the river to feed the fish and shrimp!" ”

"Yes!"