"Lei Ting!" The woman in the blue dress calmly glanced at Tan Zong, who was sitting next to Lian'er, looked at Lian'er with a smile, spoke her name softly with her red lips.
"Sister Lei." Hearing this, Lian'er called the woman in blue skirt with a smile.
Hearing the word "Lei Ting", Tan Zong couldn't help but recall the scene when he met Lei Ting in the inn last year when he secretly went to Nanjing to meet Zuo Yinglong. If it weren't for his help, Lei Ting, who had killed her enemy, would not have been able to kill her enemy. He was about to be caught by the officials of Nanjing City.
Tan Zong remembered that he had made an appointment with Lei Ting to meet in Nanjing this year, but he didn't know why she joined the Gongde Sect. What was certain was that when he met her last year, she had nothing to do with the Gongde Sect, otherwise she would not have anything to do with it. I will go to Nanjing alone.
If Lei Ting tells deputy gang leader Liu what happened in Nanjing City, then the treacherous deputy gang leader Liu will definitely see the flaw, and then Tan Zong's identity will be exposed, because like the famous family played by Tan Zong His children would never go to Nanjing alone, let alone stay in an inn. Based on this alone, Tan Zong could not give an explanation that would convince Deputy Gang Leader Liu.
Tan Zong can be sure that no matter how he defends or even denies it, Deputy Gang Leader Liu will believe Lei Ting, because Lei Ting has no reason to lie to him.
However, Tan Zong glanced at Liu Kun. From Liu Kun's reaction, Lei Ting should not have leaked what happened in Nanjing City, otherwise Liu Kun's expression would definitely be abnormal.
"What does she want?" Tan Zong felt irritated for no reason. This feeling of being caught by someone's pigtails was really terrible.
While Tan Zong was absent-mindedly talking to Bai Yu, the opening ceremony officially began. Loud drums sounded at the venue. The believers who were about to join the church, dressed in brand-new merit sect costumes, immediately lined up neatly in the yard. Team, the scene was completely silent.
The person who presided over the opening ceremony was another protector of the Gongde Sect, Protector Song. In order to show his respect for these new believers, senior leaders of the Gongde Sect such as Deputy Gang Leader Liu and Protector Lu were also present, sitting at the VIP table. a row.
The so-called opening ceremony, in Tan Zong's view, is the gang's joining ceremony, which includes burning yellow paper, cutting off chicken heads, drinking blood wine, and paying homage to the second brother Guan, swearing allegiance to the Merit Cult.
When all the procedures were completed, Deputy Gang Leader Liu came forward to speak. He first welcomed the new believers, and then introduced the situation in Huguang eloquently.
According to Deputy Gang Leader Liu¡¯s description, the Gongde Sect has firmly gained the upper hand in the Huguang area and has already controlled two-thirds of the area. The government troops can only huddle in some big cities, and the entire Huguang area is just around the corner.
In order to boost the morale of these new believers, Deputy Gang Leader Liu "deliberately" told them the good news. Not long ago, the Gongde Sect won a victory in Wuchang Prefecture and sent the imperial envoy to Jingzhou Prefecture to send three thousand troops composed of city defense troops. The vanguard troops were completely wiped out.
This news immediately caused the believers at the scene to fall into a carnival, shouting long live the Merit Sect, wishing they could go to the front line to kill the officers and soldiers.
Deputy Gang Leader Liu swore that when the imperial court is overthrown, these new believers will be the heroes who founded the country. When the time comes, they will be promoted to high positions one by one, and their ancestors will be honored.
After hearing this, the emotions of the Protestants at the scene suddenly became excited, and their faces were filled with excitement. The vast majority of them were farmers with their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky. No one thought that one day they would be able to Being an official and living such a wealthy life can't help but become more convinced of the teaching of merit and virtue.
Facing the scene in front of him, Tan Zong watched with cold eyes. He found that Deputy Gang Leader Liu was doing everything he could to win over the believers, and even told lies with his eyes open.
Guan Haishan was a civil servant who knew nothing about military affairs. When Tan Zong left Wuchang City, he gave him advice on how to deal with the Gongde Sect, which was to proceed step by step and to fight steadily. Moreover, he was cautious by nature and would never do anything without mobilizing enough troops. Acting rashly.
The mobilization of the army is a very complicated matter, and Guanhaishan is a city defense force drawn from various state capitals. They are not familiar with each other, so a certain running-in period is required. Only by integrating these city defense forces from various state capitals together , in order to form sufficient combat effectiveness, otherwise it will be a mess.
In Tan Zong's view, it would take three months to mobilize all kinds of materials and train the city defense troops. It has been less than two months since he left Wuchang City, and Guan Haishan will not send any troops under any circumstances. When the vanguard went to Jingzhou Mansion, Deputy Gang Leader Liu must have lied.
Tan Zong knew that as Emperor Ping of the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the Huguang area, although Merit Sect still took the initiative in Huguang, its days had passed.?It's getting sad.
Guan Haishan not only mobilized heavy troops to encircle and suppress the Gongde Sect in Wuchang City, but the state capitals around the Huguang area also stepped up their guard, recruited local warriors, implemented joint protection, and gathered heavy troops on several important roads connecting the Huguang area. In order to prevent the merit religion from inciting disaster victims to enter the jurisdiction.
The followers of Gongde Sect did not know that the reason why the government troops did not attack them immediately was because the government troops were making arrangements in an orderly manner according to the plan. The surrounding state capitals had gradually formed a circle around the Huguang area, forming a closed gate. As the encirclement becomes more and more solid, the situation of merit teaching will become more and more difficult.
According to Tan Zong¡¯s plan, the government and army can mainly rely on the high walls of the city to guard the state capitals in the Huguang area. Counties and towns like the ones below can keep the rules, and if they can¡¯t, they will be left to the merit religions.
The larger the territory that the Gongde Sect takes over, the more dispersed its power will be in managing those territories, and the internal conflicts and conflicts will become more and more obvious, which greatly reduces the pressure on the government and the army.
Although the followers of the Gongde Sect are not clear about the current situation, senior figures such as Deputy Gang Leader Liu, Protector Lu and Protector Song are still very clear about the current situation of the Gongde Sect. They can only continue to boost the morale of the believers, so that Only then can it be possible to win in the battle with the army.
It was already evening after the opening ceremony of the altar. The Gongde Sect held a banquet in the main altar to entertain those who came to attend the opening ceremony. People ate meat in large gulps, drank large amounts of wine, made punches, and drank wine. Lively look.
Tan Zong, Lian'er and others were arranged in a box, and Liu Kun, Lei Ting and others sat with them. Everyone drank and drank, talked and laughed, and the atmosphere in the room was very lively.
Since we are in the main forum of Gongde Sect, the topics that everyone talks about are naturally inseparable from Gongde Sect and the current situation in Huguang. Liu Kun told Huang Weijie that he will go to Jingzhou Prefecture in the near future to participate in the battle to capture Jingzhou City.
Since Guan Haishan mobilized a large army in Wuchang Prefecture, Deputy Gang Leader Liu decided to build Jingzhou City into a forward fortress to fight against the imperial army. Therefore, he formulated a plan to seize Jingzhou City and prepared to take advantage of the high morale of the victims to seize Jingzhou City. Start a decisive battle with the army.
Tan Zong was not surprised by the news. If it had been him, he would have chosen to fight the army in Jingzhou City. With his high morale and numerical advantage, he defeated the army in one fell swoop, because the longer it took, the more likely it would be. The more disadvantageous it is to teach merit.
By the end of the banquet, Huang Weijie, Ye Zhenshan and others were already drunk and were helped into the carriage by people.
After the carriage started, Huang Weijie, who had fallen asleep in the carriage, opened his eyes, slowly sat up, frowned and looked at the wall of the carriage in front of him. Liu Kun said at the wine table that he was going to Jingzhou to participate in the war. The matter was definitely told to him deliberately, with the purpose of asking him to send people to urge Huang Haibo and Ye Hainiu of Dongting Lake to send troops to disrupt the order of the waterway.
Facing the aggressiveness of the Merit Cult, Huang Weijie really has no choice. If he doesn't take any action, Deputy Gang Leader Liu will probably find a way to deal with them, and then there will be big trouble.
After some careful consideration, Huang Weijie wrote down everything that happened here, and asked people to send the letter to Dongting Lake, so that Huang Haibo, You Wuniang and others could make up their minds and find ways to deal with the Merit Cult. .
Tan Zong also seemed a little uneasy along the way. Lei Ting's existence was like a sharp sword hanging above his head, and it might fall down at any time. His top priority now was to take off the sword, otherwise It will make him unable to sleep or eat well and seriously affect his mood.
"We have to find a way to talk to her and see what she thinks!" Tan Zong felt that he could not continue like this. Lei Ting's matter must be resolved as soon as possible before she told others, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Tan Zong spends almost all day and night with Lian'er and Bai Yu, which makes it difficult for him to act alone, but he also has a way, which is to run out to play with the children in the town.
In contact with those children, Tan Zong gradually learned that this small town is located in Ningyuan County, Lingling Prefecture, southern Hunan. It is hundreds of kilometers away from Dongting Lake. The terrain is remote. Once outsiders approach, they will immediately be taught the merits. The people discovered that it can be said that the defense is tight.
In addition to solving Lei Ting's matter, another important thing for Tan Zong is to wait for Shen San, who followed him, to find a way to sneak into the town and convey his orders.
Since the Gongde Sect wanted to fight to the death with the government troops in Jingzhou Prefecture, Tan Zong refused to let the Gongde Sect get their way. He decided to use the "island hopping" tactic used by the US military against the Japanese during World War II, and divided the Guanhaishan troops into two groups, all the way in Jingzhou Prefecture. Confronted with the people of Gongde Sect in Jingzhou City, and bypassed Jingzhou Prefecture all the way, taking advantage of the Gongde Sect's military strength in other areas of Huguang to seize those areas, making the leaders of Gongde Sect unable to care about each other, and changing the situation of Huguang area with lightning speed. The power structure then trapped the main force of Gongde Sect in Jingzhou Prefecture.
{Piaotia Literature www.piaotia.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}Seizing other areas in Guangzhou when their military strength was empty, the leaders of the Gongde Sect could not care about each other, and changed the power structure in the Huguang area with lightning speed, thus trapping the main force of the Gongde Sect in Jingzhou Prefecture.
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