Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 105
At the end of July, the ordnance dispatched by Jia Hun via the canal had also been put into storage.

The 1 people who participated in the private work were not fools. When all the chiefs and generals of the various ministries were dismissed and put in prison cars for transport to Luoyang, they almost knew about it and fell into panic.

Fortunately, the embroidered clothes communicated with them in time, and they were only expelled from the barracks, which barely appeased the [-] soldiers who were on the verge of mutiny.

The Jiangnan Camp has also officially completed preparations.

Based on the existing equipment, Jia Hun formed a new firearms battalion with 3000 musketeers, [-] artillery of various types and [-] auxiliary soldiers, a total of [-] people.

The old-fashioned muskets in the Jiangnan Daying camp were almost rusted, and the remaining ones that were still intact to fill the scene are now heard, and they are all eliminated.

In the future counter-insurgency, Huoqiying will become the headquarters of Jia Hun together with the three directly subordinate Qianhu.

According to the Xue family's information, there were abnormal and frequent large-scale grain transactions in the Hangzhou area, which led to a slight increase in the price of rice near Hangzhou, and the whereabouts of this batch of grain could not be traced at all.

Jia Hun felt that the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect was probably near Hangzhou, not just in Hangzhou, but in Shaoxing?Zhuji?or further afield?
However, Jia Hun felt that the probability was higher in the southwest mountains of Hangzhou.
As a result, the number of intelligence personnel in the entire Hangzhou area increased greatly. Now not only the Xue family, but also the spies from Xiuyi and Dongchang were mobilized by Jia Hun in the name of imperial envoys to search mountains and seas.

There is no way, Du Yi, the small banner of Xiuyiwei who broke into the White Lotus Sect, has no news now, and his life and death are unknown.

Jia Hun is a slightly forceful person, he doesn't like to be passive.

So it's better to turn passive into active and force the White Lotus Sect to rebel!
Everything is ready, the only thing that is owed is the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect.

. . . . . .

"Master, we can't wait any longer! If we wait any longer, our main altar will be found by those Eagle Claw grandsons!"

deep in the mountains
A strong man with a beard is petitioning a middle-aged man with a short beard.

"Yes, leader, we can't hide the matter of buying food! The price of rice in Hangzhou has risen, and the imperial court will definitely send people to investigate. Think about it, Xiuyi, Dongchang, Xue's family, and even the army do not accept food at night." Which one is easy to deal with? No matter how you move the food and clean up your whereabouts, there will be some traces, general, give an order!"

"Master, give the order!"

"Master."

"Master!"

The White Lotus Sect is not a fool either, shortly after Shi and Bai's two shopkeepers suddenly disappeared, the White Lotus Sect knew that the court had discovered them.

The senior members of the White Lotus Sect felt that due to the rebellion in the early years of the founding of the country, coupled with the glorious deeds of the predecessor Manichaeism, their White Lotus Sect must be a proper rebel in the eyes of the court, and they should be the key targets to guard against!Once discovered, we must concentrate on exterminating them, just as the imperial court abandoned the Northern Expedition decades ago and directly dispatched the Northern Expedition army to exterminate them with all our strength.

Dedicated to sending the most elite troops to destroy them, well, at least they think so.

Therefore, from the perspective of the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect, it was only a matter of time before the court's spies discovered their whereabouts. As expected, the spies in embroidered clothes were already within fifty miles of the main altar, and the spies would come here within seven days at the latest.

This is still the blessing of dragging the general altar in the mountains, and it is not easy to get in.

However, things are also bad here. Due to the road conditions, seven days are not enough to transfer the materials. Even if the materials are transferred, it is impossible to pull them all out in one trip.And once the transport team left the mountain pass, what was the difference from shouting "We have a problem" in the ears of the spies?
More importantly, their own property is also hidden here!
"Silence!"

The short-bearded man in white frowned, and it could be seen that he was also very conflicted.

There is still a big gap in the material reserves of the White Lotus Sect, especially weapons. There is more than enough manpower to prepare the main altar, but it is not enough.

The plan of the White Lotus Sect is to mobilize the servants from all over the place to attack at the same time. After killing all the masters in the small town, they will quickly capture the city.

Those in the countryside, after killing the master's family, gathered together with the master's supplies to form a large army to attack those big cities such as Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Jinling.

First control the south of the Yangtze River, then rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to defend the imperial army, and then quickly attack the city from west to south to occupy the entire southern country.Then, with the strength of the entire southern country, it formed a situation of confrontation between the north and the south with the Qi Dynasty in the north.Then accumulate strength, relying on the Grand Canal to go northward to directly attack Linzi and Beiping, and occupy the entire North China Plain.

If going north to Beiping fails, then enter Guanzhong from Shu, seize the entire Guanxi land, and then cross the Yellow River from Longmen into Jin.In this case, only Zhongzhili remained in the Qi Dynasty.

Finally, go west along the Yellow River and destroy Qi!
It was a plan to make the entire White Lotus Sect's top executives have an intracranial orgasm, but for Du Yi, who participated in the meeting as the chief instructor of the White Lotus Sect's sword technique, this plan was so embarrassing that he almost dug out three rooms and one living room with his feet.

Let's not talk about whether we can successfully rely on Jiangnan to capture the entire Southern Kingdom, but let's talk about how the Great Sima General Jia Hun, who is now entrenched in Jinling City and destroying two countries in a row, should deal with it?
I'm afraid it's not even possible to capture Jiangnan, and the business collapsed before halfway through, right?
Well, even if the general is successfully defeated and occupied Jiangnan, how can the former Jiangbei battalion in the north, the current Caobing, the Jiangnan Beiwa army stationed in Ningbo and the Donghai navy in Zhoushan be a good match?
Not to mention the inland navy stationed in Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake!

There is no navy, and you still want to rely on the Yangtze River defense line to defend the southern country?

dream!

My inner thoughts are turbulent, but on the surface, I still have to pretend to be the most steadfast support for the uprising, and shout with my colleagues around me, "No birth mother, a vacuum hometown."

But because of this, Du Yi was also relieved.With the level of strategy and force of the White Lotus Sect, it can be called the number one force in the arena.

But once he came to the front and fought against the Great Qi Heavenly Army, wouldn't it be fun for the General to beat them?

Forget it, why worry about it?It's better to climb up with peace of mind, it's best to become the leader's confidant is the most important thing.

"I can't wait any longer. Waiting any longer will only increase the number of variables. This seat has decided that an uprising will be launched in three days. You must notify all believers as quickly as possible, and the meeting will be adjourned!"

"Wait a minute! Master, what about the weapons of the servant brothers of each family?"

"The situation is urgent, I really can't take care of so much, let them find a way to find their own weapons, can't kitchen knives, sticks, and courtyard knives and guns be all right? All right, go and inform them!"

After finishing speaking, the leader left the cave where the meeting was held and walked towards his residence.

The high-level members of the White Lotus Sect are also helpless, so they can only let the servants find a way to make weapons. It is all to create an earthly kingdom where everyone can enjoy bliss. Presumably the servants can understand this, right?

Du Yi also walked out of the cave with the crowd and walked towards his residence.

The spies who mixed in with him before were all strong and strong men, so they were selected into the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect in the main altar to receive training and become the direct line troops of the White Lotus Sect. They have not been out of the valley once for more than a month , not to mention passing information!

Now, it can be regarded as finding the opportunity to come out of the mountain!
Soon, a secret agent who was selected into the horse army because he could ride a horse and drive a cart received an order to inform Shaoxing's sub-helm. Shaoxing ran.

It's just that in addition to the hand letter to the sub-helm order, there is also a secret letter in his arms that Du Yi asked him to take to the Shaoxing Baihu Office of the Embroidery Guard.

. . . . . .

"Great Governor, Great Governor! There's a letter, there's a letter!"

At Zijinwei's station, Tan Ji held up a note and ran into Jia Hun's barracks.

Jia Hun, who was processing the paperwork, raised his head and looked at the excited Tan Ji with a puzzled expression.

"Where? What letter?"

"Governor, it's Du Yi's side. This kid Du Yi has sent back information about the White Lotus Sect!"

"what!"

Just like Tan Ji, Jia Hun stood up excitedly, bypassed the case and came to Tan Ji's side, and took the note.

"The main altar is in the East Tianmu Mountain
Rebellion on the first night of August
Slaves kill masters and occupy small towns
Servants occupy the countryside and attack the big city together”

"Wonderful, wonderful! Go tell Lin Chong in Huai'an to issue a call-up order in the name of the Duke of Dunhuang and the governor of the Zuo Army, a sign that the soldiers and the children of the workers will cross the river to put down the rebellion!
Order the garrison all over the country to put into combat readiness, and allow cross-jurisdictional joint suppression of the rebellion. If it is really impossible to fight, it is allowed to leave the jurisdiction and go to Jinling to gather.

Order the command envoys of the capital of Fujian, the command envoys of the capital of Hunan, and the guards of Anhui to send troops to block the roads and mountain passes between them and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I will trap the White Lotus Sect to death on the Great Plains!

Order the Donghai Navy to block the coastline during the counter-insurgency period to prevent the high-level White Lotus Sect from fleeing across the sea. "

Jia Hun paused and looked at Tan Ji.

"By the way, where is the Jiangnan Beiwa Army now?"

"Back to the Governor, last month the Holy Lord ordered the Jiangnan Beiwa Army to go south to Dayuan Island to suppress the prisoners' rebellion, and he is not in Ningbo."

"Not here? Forget it.

All the above orders will take effect on the night of the first day of August, and there is only one and a half days left, go and send the order!Give it to me by the way. Forget it, I will go to Jinling myself. "

. . . . . .

A drizzle made Jinling's already scorching hot weather even more sweltering, and the whole of Jiangnan was now plunged into an inexplicable irritability.

Jia Hun was particularly manic, he was the most impatient of sweltering heat.

His barracks were filled with basins of ice cubes, and Mrs. Tang was also filled with crushed ice slag, which Jia Hun wrapped in a towel and kicked in her arms.

Today is the first day of August.

All the weapons and equipment were prepared and placed in the barracks. The upset Jia Hun stood up, pulled out his waist knife and tapped the blade with his nails. For some reason, he always felt uneasy.

Through the small map, he has already discovered the main altar of the White Lotus Sect hidden in the East Tianmu Mountain. There are indeed crowds gathered, a large area of ​​white flowers, it seems that this is the power of the White Lotus Sect itself.

But isn't it too little?Just these people for decades?incredible.

Putting the waist knife back into the scabbard, Jia Hun resisted the sweltering heat and lifted the curtain hanging on the barracks door.

What caught my eye was the soldiers who were busy.

Those who repair horseshoes, sharpen knives, polish armor, and prepare wound medicine.
The army is preparing to march south to counter the rebellion.

Seeing the orderly appearance of his direct troops, Jia Hun felt at ease for a while.

More than two thousand cavalry with the most elite cavalry in the world, White Lotus Sect?
Chicken tile dog.

"Governor, Du Yi reports urgently!"

Different from yesterday, today's Tan Ji was not excited, and his face turned out to be anxious, and Jia Hun couldn't help but lift up his heart.

"Come in and talk!"

Jia Hun lifted the curtain and re-entered the barracks.

"Governor, something happened. Du Yi sent a letter saying that the leader of Bailian left the main altar with some high-level officials and disappeared!"

While talking, Tan Ji handed the secret letter to Jia Hun.

"Gone? It shouldn't be. What is more important for him at this time than staying with the direct troops?"

Jia Hun twisted his neck and looked at the secret letter in his hand, full of doubts in his heart.

"Great governor, there is a messenger waiting outside the door, tell him to come in and ask?"

"nonsense."

Tan Ji quickly opened the curtain and shouted out, a tanned young man entered the barracks.

As if shocked by the cold air in the room, the messenger stared blankly at the ice cubes in the underground copper basin for a while, without saying a word.

"Ahem, Xiaohu, what are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you meet the governor soon?"

"Ah, that's right! I'm humbled to pay my respects to Commander Zuo!"

The messenger Xiaohu came back to his senses and fell to his knees with a plop.

etc?What did I just yell?
The atmosphere in the barracks suddenly fell silent, and Tan Ji waited for the messenger who was kneeling on the ground with a sullen expression on his face.

Jia Hun nodded expressionlessly and didn't respond. He was originally Zuo Dudu, and everyone called him Dadudu, which was his favor. .

Yes, nothing, nothing.
"Speak up quickly."

Jia Hun said to the messenger with a serious tone.

"Yes yes yes! To the governor! Yesterday afternoon, the leader of the White Lotus Sect disappeared after giving us a routine evening class. At first we didn't think there was a problem. The leader is quite mysterious on weekdays. He has been staying in the dormitory outside of class, and he hasn't gone out even once in the past half month. But he was absent from the morning class this morning.

Many senior officials of the White Lotus Sect also disappeared together!Brother Du ran to ask the rest of the high-level leaders where they had gone, and the remaining high-level leaders said that the leader went to join the main force!Only then did we know that the Bailian believers in Tianmu Mountain are actually only a small part!
The governor, the White Lotus Sect also has an unknown number of soldiers and horses that definitely exceed the Tianmu Mountain's 3000 troops! "

"what?"

Hearing this news, Tan Ji's brain seemed to be hit hard by Tie Guduo, his legs became weak and he fell to the ground, staring at Xiaohu who was still kneeling on the ground in disbelief, and then panicked. Looking at Jia Hun.

Hearing the news, Jia Hun felt relieved.

Now that he knew exactly what was making him upset, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Isn't there an army of unknown number? Given the rebellion time determined by the White Lotus Sect, they must not be able to run far.The vicinity of Jinling is densely populated, and it is impossible for them to hide too many troops, not to mention that even Daqi's Jiangnan soldiers don't have many horses.

It was too cold at the beginning of this year, and the rice was transplanted nearly half a month later than in previous years, and it was more than half a month later to mature. Now the new rice has been harvested, and it is time to dry the fields.It is suitable for cavalry to gallop.

On this great plain, no one can defeat the cavalry he leads.

Jia Hun turned his head to look at the door curtain, as if he could see through the door curtain the missing White Lotus leader.

"Tan Ji, go and inform everyone to break camp and enter Jinling!"

　Second more!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)