Chapter 987 The True Identity of the White Lotus Saint
When they arrived in Tianshui County, Wang Xu chose to stand still.
Now that the new army has just been formed, it has just been organized and trained for more than three months. If it is said to be worthy of a battle, it is only worthy of a battle. No matter how much it is, it will be gone.
The elites of the White Lotus Sect are different. They are truly elite divisions. Even if they suffer the failure of the uprising one after another and the leader of the sect is killed in two major blows, and their strength is dampened, they are still not comparable to the new army.
Therefore, although there is a numerical advantage, if a fight breaks out, you may not be able to gain favor.
Wang Xu was afraid or not, he just didn't want the new army that he had worked so hard to train to suffer losses for no apparent reason.
After all, judging from the attitude of the White Lotus Sect, which means that they intend to issue an imperial edict, this battle may not be fought.
At night, the flags in the New Army camp were fluttering, and the campfires were soaring into the sky. There was a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, looking like a crouching tiger in the darkness.
Wang Xu was sitting in the military tent, reading Sun Tzu's Art of War, concentrating on it.
Woo woo woo
A gust of cold wind blew open the tent curtain and blew into the big tent.
When encountering the wind, the candlestick swayed, and the reflection under the light was inevitably blurred.
"What, you want to play with candlelight and shadow?"
Wang Xu put down his book and looked at the tent with a slight smile on his face.
After a few seconds, the wind subsided and no one came out, as if everything was an illusion.
Wang Xu disagreed, and spoke again: "Coming uninvited is a bad visitor. You don't think that I, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army and a new scholar, don't even know if anyone has entered my camp, right?"
Whoosh!!
Out of nowhere, a girl wearing white clothes and a mask appeared in front of Wang Xu.
Seeing this young girl, Wang Xu nodded slightly: "This afternoon, someone told me that there seemed to be a big shot hidden behind Master Nantuo Sutra, and I was wondering who that person was.
You must know that Master Nantuo Sutra is the direct disciple of Master White Lotus, and his status is extraordinary. The Dharma King may not be able to suppress him. Now that Master White Lotus is dead, who else in the White Lotus Sect can make him obey orders.
After thinking about it, I thought of you. Only you, the Holy Lady of the White Lotus Sect and the second-largest person in the sect, can order Master Nantuo Sutra, right?"
The girl didn't speak, just looked at Wang Xu.
Wang Xu looked into her eyes, and the more he looked at her, the more familiar they felt, and he whispered: "Who are you?"
The girl looked at him with complicated eyes, and after a moment, she took off the mask on her face.
Upon seeing it, Wang Xu narrowed his eyes and sighed: "It's unimaginable!"
Under the mask, there is a face that is both angry and happy. It is Zhang Xiaomei, an acquaintance of Wang Xu.
Wang Xu never thought that this person would be Zhang Xiaomei. No, he thought about it, but he quickly denied it.
How can Zhang Xiaomei be the White Lotus Saint? She is a daughter of the Zhang family, and Wang Xu has been with her for many days, but he has not seen that Zhang Xiaomei has any cultivation.
"Surprising?"
Zhang Xiaomei took off her mask, looked at him with a complicated face, bit her lip and said: "Actually, I was also surprised. I never thought that my birth would be predestined. I was born with a mission.
Come."
"You and the White Lotus Cult Leader" Wang Xu hesitated before speaking.
"He is my father. I died three thousand years ago, but my true spirit is immortal and I have been immersed in reincarnation.
It just so happened that Buddhism replaced heaven with humans and took over the six paths of reincarnation, which gave me the opportunity to escape from the sea of suffering.
My true spirit descended to the lower realm and was reincarnated in the Zhang Mansion, so I became Zhang Xiaomei.
Because I was afraid that Buddhism would notice, I sealed my past life, grew up like an ordinary person, waited for the day when I died, and got to know you in the world of mortals.
Speaking of which, I would also like to thank you. If you hadn't put pressure on me, I wouldn't have gone to the temple to pray to God. By chance, the true spirit returned.
By the way, thank you for keeping your hand that day, I like that upright song very much."
The Zhang Xiaomei who took off her mask was quite different from the Zhang Xiaomei in Wang Xu's memory.
In his memory, Zhang Xiaomei was ghostly and cynical, a bit like Huang Rong who had just entered the world of martial arts. She was smart, capable, and daring, but also had the innocence, willfulness, and pettiness of a girl.
But now, the innocent and naughty girl has disappeared. Huang Rong has also changed from the time when she first entered the world to Mrs. Guo when she was guarding Xiangyang. She has lost her previous ghostly temperament, is no longer cynical, and seems to have grown up.
, mature and intellectual, but it makes people feel regretful.
This is also appropriate. The White Lotus Sect was wiped out, a large number of followers were killed, and even the leader of the White Lotus Sect died in the battle. Zhang Xiaomei must be in a very heavy mood.
Wang Xu's heart was full of complexity. The moment he saw Zhang Xiaomei, he knew that the girl who loved him and wanted to marry him was no longer there.
Perhaps Zhang Xiaomei still likes him now, but there is something more important in her heart, and Wang Xu is no longer the first.
"On this day last year, in this door, the human face and the peach blossoms reflected each other's red color. I don't know where the human face went, but the peach blossoms still smiled in the spring breeze!"
Seeing that Zhang Xiaomei had matured, Wang Xu was half disappointed and half relieved, and smiled: "Very good, very good."
Wang Xu once said that it was impossible for him and Zhang Xiaomei to be together. This was a relationship destined to be fruitless.
He is not a bulldozer, and Zhang Xiaomei is not a meat bottle. Such an ending is a kind of satisfaction.
"What's going on with your strength? When we first met, you were still an ordinary person. The last time we met, you were already at the sixth level of strength. Now you've reached the sixth level. I can't even admit the changes."
Faced with Wang Xu's question, Zhang Xiaomei replied: "My situation is a little different. Before I died, I had a premonition that I would be catastrophic, so I left some backup plans. After the true spirit returned, I took back my own
Regarding magic power and supernatural powers, just think that my skills are special."
Zhang Xiaomei answered vaguely, and with a change of voice, she added: "My Grand Governor, now you are a swordsman and I am a fish, and you haven't said what to do with me yet?"
"this"
Wang Xu was in trouble at first, but then when he saw Zhang Xiaomei with a playful look on his face, he couldn't help but ask: "Did you plan all this?"
The White Lotus Sect, whose main force had been annihilated and its believers dispersed, suddenly gathered tens of thousands of believers. When the Jiangnan camp had just been withdrawn, it occupied Tianshui County next to Ishikawa Prefecture and led his troops to personally suppress it.
No matter how you look at it, it all has a purpose.
In addition, the mastermind behind all this was Zhang Xiaomei, who had nothing to do with him. Wang Xu had reason to suspect that he was the one fishing.
"What do you think?"
Zhang Xiaomei did not admit or object, but put on a serious tone and said: "Back then, I don't blame you for ruining the Holy Cult's plan in Yangzhou, because the matter was exposed, and the sixth prince would have come if you didn't come. Failure is
It’s what should be done. But you, do you think these White Lotus believers really deserve to die?”
"Damn it?"
Wang Xu shook his head slightly, there were some things that he couldn't explain clearly.
The land annexation in various places is serious, and the common people have no land to farm. In addition, the gentry class blocks the upward passage. Even if there is no White Lotus Sect, there is also the Black Lotus Sect. If these people have enough to eat and can afford new clothes, how can they go there?
rebel.
Therefore, Wang Xu does not think that rebellion is wrong. There are only winners and losers.
In the final analysis, it was God's will that Wu should not be exterminated. Even if there were two major disasters in ten years, the foundation of the imperial court was still there, leaving no way for the rebels to survive.
The White Lotus Sect became the victim of the forerunners of the king, just like the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty, which finally took advantage of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. If God wants it to be like this, who can go against it?
Otherwise, letting the White Lotus Sect occupy the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, prepare for the situation, and mobilize the heroes of the world to join forces, it may not be impossible to realize their grand plans.
After all, with the demon tribes in the north and the barbarians in the south restraining them, it is impossible for the most powerful border troops to return to defend the Central Plains.
Otherwise, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Qin II would not have had no troops at his disposal, so he would have hurriedly asked Zhang Han to mobilize the prisoner army that was used to build the tomb of the First Emperor to fight.
If the plan is good, the White Lotus Sect will not be defeated so easily. Likewise, if it shows the power to change the dynasty, the outcome is still unknown.
"These White Lotus sect members are all the elites of my headquarters. If you feel that they do not deserve to die, I would like to entrust these soldiers and horses to you. Among them, Master Nantuo, who guards Tianshui City, is my father's direct disciple.
Listen to my words and obey my orders. The young master can use them like an arm."
After talking for a long time, Zhang Xiaomei finally got to the point and talked about Zhao'an.
It's just different from what Wang Xu thought before. Zhang Xiaomei obviously doesn't trust the Ministry of War, nor the senior generals of the imperial court.
Zhao'an definitely wants Zhao'an, but he just wants to Zhao'an under Wang Xu so that the soldiers and horses can be integrated into the new army camp instead of being used as cannon fodder and sent to the northern frontier army.