Wuxu endured the anger in his heart, put his palms together and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Li Wenzhong stood up and shouted, "Come here, get the map!"
Then I saw two soldiers taking the military deployment map hanging in the side hall, slowly unfolding it, each holding an end, and presented it in front of Li Wenzhong, Li Shanchang, Wuxu and Lan Yu.
But he saw various symbols marked on it, dotted with stars, crisscrossed and crisscrossed. Li Wenzhong reached out and pointed, "Although Wang Baobao is stationed in Laoshan opposite Xiaguan, it has been found that he has only more than 50,000 sergeants.
To the east of Huang Tiandang, there are more than 100,000 Yuan troops. Opposite Zhang Shicheng's Pingjiang Mansion, there are about 100,000 Yuan troops. It can be seen that the main intention of the Yuan army is to attack Zhang Shicheng and his border with us.
"
Li Shanchang, seeing Wuxu's cold expression, stood up and waved his hand to stop Li Wenzhong's words, "Now it seems that the Yuan army intends to attack Pingjiang Prefecture. After defeating Zhang Shicheng's troops and opening up water transportation, they can then attack us from the northeast."
Water transportation is the main line for material transportation between the north and the south. However, Zhang Shicheng and others separatized the Pingjiang Prefecture area, and gradually became more and more arrogant, and their military strength was relatively weak. If the Yuan army had such a plan, it would be reasonable.
Wuxu looked at the map, then at Li Wenzhong and Li Shanchang, "In this case, it is not a bad idea to shift the focus of military deployment eastward. But why did the elders of the White Lotus Sect needlessly sacrifice themselves in Xiaguan?"
Li Wenzhong and Li Shanchang looked at each other and said slowly, "Wang Baobao was so suspicious that he repeatedly sent monks and elites to cross the river to fight in Xiaguan. And Xiaguan is an important gateway to Yingtian Mansion. Once it is lost, the morale of the army will be unstable.
Therefore, we have decided to pretend not to know, and use our tactics to create a decisive battle in Xiaguan. This is to confuse Wang Baobao, and to stabilize the morale of the army."
Wuxu recited the Buddha's name, "After all, do you want the elders of the White Lotus Sect to fight and die in Xiaguan?" Then he asked, "Junior Brother Rujing, do you know about this arrangement?"
Li Shanchang replied warmly from the side, "The elders fought bloody battles, and the master is worried about the congregation. We feel the same, but there is nothing we can do about it. As for this arrangement, after we discussed it, we reported the details to the commander yesterday.
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Wuxu nodded slightly and turned around with Lan Yu. After leaving the Governor's Mansion, Wuxu stood on the top of the clouds, looking at the Yangtze River under the dusk. He pondered for a moment and asked Lan Yu, "Wait for the elders of the White Lotus Sect.
It is said that he is a monk above the middle stage of the mortal world, so why is it that Li Wenzhong, a warrior and a mortal, gave an order and knew it was inappropriate, but why did he still obey it?"
Lan Yu smiled bitterly, "Most of these elders now have official positions, have a lot of wives and children at home, and have disciples and grandchildren like crucian carp crossing the river. How can they be like real monks and be happy with their grudges?" After a pause.
, "What's more, the Marshal and Madam Ma still have back-ups in Yingtian Mansion."
"Oh——?" Wuxu turned around.
Lan Yu looked at Yingtian Mansion at her feet and lowered her voice, "That day when the Hualien Miaofa Sect in Lushan Mountain was robbed, dozens of the master's fellow disciples escaped and went to the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief placed them one by one in the White Lotus Sect.
As a disciple of the White Lotus Inner Sect, he occupies many important positions and recruits many believers and disciples. Now his voice in the sect cannot be underestimated."
Wuxu understood in his heart and nodded, "Mrs. Ma, do you have any backup plans?"
Lan Yu looked around again and said through her spiritual consciousness, "Mrs. Ma seems to have recruited a lot of Yin body Confucian cultivators, all of whom were celebrities in the Confucian sect during their lifetime. I don't know what kind of skills Mrs. Ma taught her. These
Confucian cultivators in the Yin body can actually come and go freely under the scorching sun during the day. These people work as officials during the day and act in the Yin body at night. Their whereabouts are mysterious, and their techniques are both good and evil, making it difficult for people to guard against them."
Wuxu was startled and couldn't help but think of how he and Pan Ruoxue had cleverly dealt with each other in Daqing Mountain that day, and then entrusted the news of Zhang Shicheng's attack on Anfeng to Li Bai and Xie Tao, who had turned into Yin Confucian cultivators, to convey the past events of Yingtian Mansion.
"Does the commander know about this matter?" Wuxu asked as he took Lan Yu and flew towards Xiaguan.
Lan Yu thought for a while, "This commander seems to have noticed something."
Now that they are aware of it, there is probably a tacit understanding between Zhu Yuanzhang and Madam Ma. Those former classmates who escaped from the Hualien Miaofa Sect must have secretly joined forces with those Yin body Confucian cultivators, one overt and the other covert.
After thinking about it, Wuxu felt that it was necessary to meet those former disciples who had escaped down Lotus Peak. He asked Lan Yu about the situation, then turned back to Yingtian Mansion and headed towards Jiming Temple.
Jiming Temple is in the east. Wuxu and Lan Yu flew from west to east for a while over Yingtian Mansion. Suddenly, two black shadows flew out, wearing scarves on their heads, blocking the way. One of them looked at Wuxu and Lan.
Yu glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Lanyu, the war is urgent. The commander-in-chief has already issued a strict order to implement a curfew in Yingtian Mansion, but why are you still flying over the city late at night with people?"
Lan Yu waited for this person to finish speaking, thought for a moment, patted his head, and took a step forward, "It turns out that they are two Confucian masters, Brother Li and Brother Xie. They were not at Juxian Pavilion, reciting poems and arguing, and were running around in the middle of the night.
What are you doing in heaven? Are you still afraid that Lan Yu will bring a spy with you?"
The man was displeased when he saw Lan Yu making jokes here, but he remembered that he had received favors from the person behind Lan Yu that day, so that he would not get angry easily. "The enemy is in front of us. It is no different than usual. You can take this monk down with you. What's the matter?"
It’s not too late to do things tomorrow.”
But when he saw that Lan Yu didn't say a word, and the little monk next to him looked at him with a smile, he frowned and raised his sword, dancing a sword flower in the air.
Wuxu had already recognized these two people at this moment. When he saw Li Bai dancing his sword in the air and flowers blooming in the sky, he smiled and said, "Zhao Ke is wearing tassels and Hu Ying, Wu Gou is frosty and snowy. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star..."
When Li Bai saw the young monk reciting his "Xia Ke Xing", his face under the scarf couldn't help but show a hint of pride, and he smiled and said, "That's all, depending on the situation, the direction of your trip is towards Jiming Temple in front. I and I
Brother Xie happens to be going there for a inspection. If you are in a hurry, you can come with us."
Wuxu replied, "That's very good. I also ask layman Qinglian and Prefect Xie to lead the way."
"Haha, I didn't expect that this eminent monk even recognized you." Li Bai put away his sword and smiled at Xie Zao beside him.
Xie Tao slightly cupped his hands towards Wu Xu, "May I ask the name of the eminent monk?"
Wuxu, carrying the blue jade, flew towards Jiming Temple with Li Bai and Xie Zhen, while pointing to the bright moon above his head with a smile, "We are all feeling relaxed, strong and thoughtful, and want to go up to the blue sky to see the bright moon."
This verse is recited slowly using the method of Buddhist chanting. The sound echoes faintly in the sky above Yingtian Mansion and under the cold bright moon. It lasts for a long time and overlaps one another. It is like many people singing softly in harmony, which has a unique flavor.
Li Bai in front almost stumbled and fell off the clouds. He and Xie Zao stopped together and looked at Wuxu with their eyes wide open.
But he saw that Wuxu raised his right hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Li Bai fumbled, took out a pot of wine from his waist, took a deep sip, put his hands on his back, looked up at the moon, "cut off the water with a knife, the water will flow more, raise a cup to relieve sorrow and sorrow."
Xie Zao, who was standing next to him, took Li Bai's wine flask, shook it gently, and drank a few sips before shaking his head and saying, "If you are not happy in life, tomorrow will ruin your boat."
Wuxu clapped his hands and smiled, "That's good!" Then he raised his hand and brought the wine bottle closer to him. Then he took out four jade cups from the Sumeru ring, pointed his fingers slightly, and borrowed a little bit of knowledge he stole from Lu Miaoying and Zhang Ruoyue.
The moonlight cast down several channels and surrounded the wine glass. When the wine in the pot was filled, the wine glass surrounded by the moonlight was delivered to the three people present.
"The moonlight cup of green lotus wine, I want to drink the heroic spirit."
Li Bai and Xie Zao took the moonlight cup from Wuxu, chanted carefully, and sang:
"Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield, but this is just one more life and death."
Later, Wuxu, Li Bai, and Xie Zao smiled at each other and drank the wine in their glasses.
"A good one, but one more life and death! It seems that even though we are separated from each other in Daqingshan, the two of us have understood life and death."
"Whether you are alive or dead, the wine is still there, but the poetry is still there."
"There is no need to have a ghostly body, but there is still great righteousness. Why should we be afraid of the past and the future and the reputation?"
..
The three of them were drinking wine under the moonlight while flying slowly and chatting happily.
Unknowingly, we arrived at Jiming Temple.
Lan Yu couldn't say anything all the way, but drank a lot of wine, fell to the ground first, walked forward, grabbed the pair of rings at the temple door with both hands, and slapped them hard.
After a while, the door slowly opened, and two monks came out. Looking at the drunken Lan Yu, they clasped their hands and said, "It turns out to be General Lan. I don't know why you are visiting our temple late at night."
Lan Yu chewed her tongue, said a few words vaguely, and pointed behind her.
Wuxu stepped forward and looked at the two monks. He looked at them and found that he didn't recognize them, so he clasped his hands and said, "Young monk Wuxu is a disciple of the Hualien Miaofa Sect at Lianfa Peak in Lushan Mountain."
The two monks seemed to have thought of something, so one of them hurriedly ran in, while the remaining one slowly led Wuxu and the other four in.
As soon as he entered the main hall, Wuxu saw several former classmates sitting on futons.
"Senior Brother Chen!"
"Song
Senior brother!"
"Junior Brother Lu!"
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Wuxu hurriedly walked over and shouted loudly one by one.
"Amitabha, are you enlightened?" The brothers who used to spend time together day and night at Lianfa Peak in Lushan Mountain, chanting sutras, chanting Buddha's name, and laughing and joking, all asked together.
Wuxu patted his head, briefly described his situation after coming down from the mountain, explained why he was the way he is now, and then recounted every detail of his time in the sect that day.
Only then did the fellow disciples in the main hall dare to recognize each other.
After a few words, there was a burst of crying. The master was in trouble, and the disciples were reunited after being separated, which inevitably made people feel miserable and lamented.
As the saying goes
After looking at the map and listening to the words, all parties' backup plans are in front of them.
Temporarily letting the moonlight fill the wine, it is inevitable that old friends will meet again.