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Chapter 841 Fang La's Request for Help

After the Lantern Festival, everything returned to normal, the place was quiet, and there seemed to be no more wars in the world.

"It's snowing again!"

Sun Lei looked at the snowy sky, this was already the third snowfall in the new year.

"Brother, don't we need soldiers?"

Everyone surrounded Sun Lei, looked at the white world, and asked.

"More haste less speed!"

Sun Lei shook his head.

"Brother, shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot!"

Pang Wanchun opened his mouth and said, Liangshanbo is now in full swing, which is a great opportunity for expansion.

"Last year, our Liangshanbo was already very eye-catching. Now we occupy the entire Shandong, our sphere of influence spreads over 15 prefectures, with [-] soldiers, and we have defeated the Great Song Xiangbing, Imperial Army, Western Army, Xixia, Liao, and Jin. country."

"If we seize the time to expand again, do you believe that Zhao Ji and others will unite with Xixia, Liao, and Jin to deal with us?"

Sun Lei shook his head and said, too fast expansion is not a good thing, just like what Wen Huanzhang said, there are not enough officials to manage the localities, and now all 180 states are like this, what should we do if we conquer [-] states now?
"No way? Although the Zhao family is not a thing, it is not possible to cooperate with the enemy, right?"

Tang Bin said, the Zhao family's decay is needless to say, but face is always something, right?Why is Liangshan also "one of his own people", if this unites Liao, Xixia, and Jin to deal with Liangshan, wouldn't it even lose the face of the ancestors?
"Don't underestimate the shamelessness of those people. What can't be done by a person who can do stupid things like seeking skin from tigers by uniting Jin Kingdom against Liao Kingdom?"

Sun Lei shook his head and said.

At this moment, a small boat came quickly from the water.

"Ok?"

Sun Lei frowned and looked at the small boat, which was a bit fast.

"There seems to be a situation!"

Sun Lei spoke silently.

"Brother, someone from Fang La is here!"

Zhu Gui walked up to Sun Lei and spoke.

"Fang La?"

Sun Lei rubbed his chin. Fang La has been on a roller coaster this year, driving high and low, and now he is in a difficult situation.

"Who is coming?"

Sun Lei asked.

"It's the Saintess of Hundred Flowers!"

Zhu Gui said.

"Fang Baihua?"

Sun Lei frowned even more. He thought that Fang La would send Deng Yuanjue over. After all, the entire Ming Cult only had a good relationship with Deng Yuanjue and Liang Shan.

In the Gathering Hall, Sun Lei sat down, Fang Baihua looked at the man in front of him, feeling very complicated.

When they met for the first time, she only thought that Sun Lei was a flamboyant apprentice, but a year later, Sun Lei had conquered eighteen prefectures, defeated powerful enemies in a row, and firmly controlled the entire Shandong.

"Boss Sun!"

Fang Baihua cupped his fists at Sun Lei and said.

"It's the Saintess of Hundred Flowers, sit down!"

Sun Lei pointed to the chair beside him with a smile and said, compared to the last time, Fang Baihua looked a lot darker, and her face was a lot haggard. This year must not have been easy.

"Boss Sun, this is a letter from the Holy Master of Mingjiao!"

Fang Baihua took out a letter and handed it to Zhu Gui who was beside him, and Zhu Gui handed the letter to Sun Lei.

"Master Fang is really polite. The Lantern Festival is over, and the letter of New Year's greetings has just arrived."

Sun Lei smiled and said, he didn't open the letter, but he didn't need to read it to know that it wouldn't be a New Year's letter.

"I hope Chief Sun can send troops to help Mingjiao contain the government soldiers!"

Seeing that Sun Lei had misunderstood, Fang Baihua immediately spoke up.

"I help you?"

Sun Lei stroked his chin and thought about it, but he didn't speak for a long time.

"Leader Sun now controls the entire Shandong Province. He only needs to send troops from the Huaiyang Army to the south, conquer Chuzhou and Sizhou, and go straight to Yangzhou!"

Fang Baihua pleaded, Huaiyang Army is the southernmost military state on Jingdong East Road, not far from Jiangnan, and Yangzhou is now the base camp of Song Army, as long as Sun Lei threatens, Jiangnan's crisis will be relieved.

"Fang Shengnv, now that Liangshan is surrounded by enemies, I'm afraid I won't be able to go south!"

Sun Lei shook his head and said, as the saying goes, if there is no benefit, he will not do anything that is not beneficial.

"I'm very curious. You Mingjiao has worked hard in the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years, and conquered the land of six states in one go. How could it not be able to beat the army?"

Sun Lei looked at Fang Baihua with a smile and asked.

This question stopped Fang Baihua, who didn't know how to answer.

Sun Lei just smiled because he knew the reason. Jiangnan was in the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, and it was impossible for him to face the ferocious aliens. Therefore, the city walls were low, the defenses were lax, and there were even fewer defenders. In the entire Song Dynasty, almost all soldiers and horses were in Tokyo and The border, and the equipment is not worth mentioning.

Fang La's subordinates were all civilians who had been oppressed for a long time, and they were all filled with anger. When they were bewitched by Fang La, they exploded like powder kegs, sweeping the entire Jiangnan.

But this can't change the problem of Fang La's soldiers after all. Burning, killing and looting, from killing officials and rich people at the beginning, has gradually evolved into killing and robbing everyone, making Jiangnan angry and resentful.

In the beginning, a large number of common people were afraid of Mingjiao, and they would take the initiative to attach themselves to protect themselves, but with the arrival of the imperial army, Mingjiao suffered repeated defeats, and the common people quickly made a choice. Mingjiao lost the most important people's hearts. The game is doomed.

"Boss Sun! Are you really unwilling to send troops?"

Fang Baihua looked at Sun Lei, Mingjiao was in danger now, and now that the new year's festival was over, the Song Dynasty would soon launch a strong attack, and now Mingjiao's vitality was seriously injured, and it might not be able to stop it.

"Let me think about this matter. Fang Shengnv has come from a long way and has worked hard all the way. Go and rest first!"

Sun Lei looked at Fang Baihua, and Pang Qiuxia walked over, leading Fang Baihua out of the Juyi Hall.

"Mingjiao is self-inflicted! Now Mingjiao has long deviated from its previous teachings, and there is no point in saving it under such circumstances."

Xiao Jiasui shook his head and said, Mingjiao's teachings are very good, and the earliest believers were devout enough, but in the later period, Fang La was eager for quick success and quick benefits, and recruited too many messy people. Today's Mingjiao has already escaped Fang La's control.

"But we can't sit idly by! Now the eunuch Tan Zhen is commanding an army of [-], and Wang Ting and Liu Zhen are generals, and they should go south on a large scale in the near future!"

Li Zhu said, although Fang La is not a good person, they can't sit idly by.

"Now, Wang Qing of Huaixi has surrendered to Tong Guan! He Dong Tianhu has surrendered to the Liao Kingdom! Only us and Fang La are the only four forces that rebelled together. If Fang La is destroyed, the imperial court will be able to deal with us with all our strength!"

Li Zhu added.

"But if we rescue Fang La again, we will make enemies on all sides. Jin Guo will do it soon, and the real trouble will be there!"

Xu Guanzhong frowned and said, compared to the Jurchen army, the Song army is really nothing.

"Go to the Huaiyang Army first, even if we don't save Fang La, we have to take advantage of this opportunity!"

Sun Lei thought for a while before he opened his mouth and said, Fang La is really too lazy to save, a magic stick leads a group of villains, what is there to save?But it is still possible to use it.

"Brother, I'll go!"

Lu Zhishen said that he was not interested in rescuing Fang La either, but he wanted to see if he could save the great monk Deng Yuanjue.

(End of this chapter)