Tong Guan was also a man who was used to playing tricks. He pulled out the sword from his waist and said, "Do you recognize it?"
The eunuch glanced at it and knelt down on the ground in fear, saying, "It's the sword given by the emperor when Master Tong went on the expedition."
Tong Guan nodded and said, "Then you must know the function of this sword, right?"
Seeing Tong Guan staring at his neck, the eunuch couldn't help but trembled with fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Master Tong, wields this sword and cuts first and then strikes."
Tong Guan said in a deep voice: "You go back and report to the Holy One first. I will take charge of our troops at the right time. Do you need me to say it again?"
"Little one, let's go now, let's go now."
The eunuch who announced the decree no longer cared about the emperor's order, got up and ran out.
Tong Guan¡¯s confidant general Wang Xun stepped forward and said, ¡°Do you plan to capture Muzhou and then return to the army?¡±
Tong Guan saw that all the generals behind him were looking at him and said in a deep voice: "The situation is very good now. The army has surrounded Muzhou from both sides. Fangla can be wiped out in ten days. You have also seen that there are many Manichaean believers. Once the troops withdraw, Fang La will be able to regroup and steal Hangzhou and Shezhou again. The soldiers who were killed earlier will be considered unjust dead, so I decided to go all out to pacify Muzhou and kill Fang La and other bandit leaders. "
Wang Chen said worriedly: "What your Excellency said is true. But if Tokyo makes a mistake, I'm afraid that even if we wipe out Fang La by then, we won't be able to escape the imperial court's punishment."
Tong Guan said with a smile: "Tokyo's city defense is designed to withstand the Liao attack. Not to mention the Liangshan bandits, even if the Liao attacked for a month, they would not be able to defeat Tokyo. Just act according to the order. If the emperor blames you, it will all be your fault." I'm carrying it."
As he spoke, he drew the sword in a circle in the air before inserting it into the scabbard.
No one wanted to test whether the sword was sharp or not, they all agreed in unison.
Tong Guandang immediately ordered Liu Yanqing, the commander of the capital, to go south to attack Quzhou and Wuzhou, and completely encircle Muzhou. Most of the Quzhou and Wuzhou rebels that Liu Yanqing had visited had withdrawn to Muzhou to protect Fang La, so he taught his son Liu Guangshi to lead troops to attack the two states so as to achieve military exploits.
Fang La also summoned hundreds of thousands of believers from nearby state capitals to defend Muzhou.
Besides, Li Jun and Mu Hong worked hard all the way. When they arrived at Jiangnan, Tong Guan's army had just begun to encircle Muzhou, and there were still many places that were not blocked.
As soon as the two entered Muzhou, they were stopped by a group of Fang La rebels with red scarves on their heads and bronze mirrors on their chests.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A leader saw that the two of them were strong and well-built and armed with weapons, but they were not dressed as brothers in the sect, so he shouted: "Who are you?"
Li Jun clasped his fists and said, "We are the envoys of Daliang. We have something to pay homage to your Holy Duke."
The leader thought for a moment and said, "A hero from Liangshan?"
Li Jun smiled and said: "Exactly, your Shenggong had an alliance with our King Liang before."
When a group of rebels heard that they were allies, they put down their swords and guns.
One of the rebels couldn't help but ask: "How many cities have you captured?"
Li Jun counted the numbers and said, "We captured eight state capitals when we came."
"Eight places?"
"Let's brag. At most, we only captured five states: Muzhou, Shezhou, Hangzhou, Quzhou, and Wuzhou. Can you capture eight state capitals?"
When the Jiangnan rebels heard what Li Jun said, they couldn't help but become suspicious.
The leader of the rebels couldn't help but doubt Li Jun's identity again, and stared at Li Jun warily and said: "I heard that Daliang started the uprising on January 1st, and now it only takes two months to fully fight. And it has been more than four months since we started the uprising. There are hundreds of thousands of rebels, how can you capture more state capitals than us? "
Seeing this, Li Jun hurriedly explained: "Although we raised the army for a short period of time and did not have as many troops as you, we concentrated our efforts on attacking one city after another. But you divided your troops into many groups and attacked many states at the same time. We went all the way. I heard that you still have soldiers and horses attacking Yuezhou and Taizhou. If you concentrated your forces, you might have captured more than a dozen state capitals. "
A rebel soldier nodded and said: "That's right. If Shenggong leads hundreds of thousands of us to attack the city, we can capture a city in one day, and we won't be defeated in Xiuzhou, Yuezhou, and Taizhou."
"Shut up, you are doubting the Holy Duke's decision-making."
The leader glared at the rebels who were speaking, then turned to Li Jun and said: "The Holy Duke is in Muzhou City now. My duty is to guard here. If you go forward, someone will take you to Muzhou."
Li Jun and Mu Hong walked along, and every few miles they could see a group of patrolling rebels. Finally, they found Fang La's general Pang Wanchun, and Pang Wanchun sent a group of soldiers to escort the two to Muzhou City.
The two of them were led directly to see Fang La.
Fang La was seen wearing a bright gold futou with a soaring corner on his head, a nine-dragon embroidered robe with sun, moon and cloud shoulders, a gold-embellished jade belt around his waist, and a pair of gold-stitched cloud-root boots.
Although Fang La was dressed as an emperor, the two of them did not show any courtesy. They just cupped their fists and said, "Da Liang Mu Hong and Li Jun have met Emperor Yongle."
Fang La had already met Mu Hong when the four kings met before.
Fang La smiled and said: "You two don't need to be polite. I heard that you have also started an uprising in Jingdong. I think it's the time to hire people. Why do the two leaders have time to come to Jiangnan?"
The two of them had already thought of their words on the way, and Mu Hong immediately said: "My prince misses Princess Baihua, so he specially asked us to come and invite Princess Baihua to go north."
After rushing out of Tokyo that day, Fang La also knew about the relationship between Fang Baihua and Chao Yong, and said with a smile: "I will ask Princess Baihua to come, and you can talk to her then."
With that said, he ordered a guard beside him to invite Princess Baihua.
While waiting, Fang La asked about the situation of Daliang. Some people in Manichaeism also inquired about the world's news before, but after the war became tense, they didn't care much anymore.
Fang La heard that Daliang had captured eight cities, and he couldn't help but think about their original strategy.
After chatting for a while, Fang Baihua, wearing armor, came in like a gust of wind.
Fang Baihua was seen wearing an eight-treasure gold helmet with phoenix wings and flowers on her head, and silver armor with dense buckles. She was carrying a green satin embroidered flag bag on her back, with four small gold-pinned flags in the bag. She was obviously in charge. Not a small amount of military power.
When Mu Hong saw Fang Baihua come in, he took out Chao Yong's letter and said, "My prince has a letter for the princess."
Fang Baihua took the letter and opened it to read the first part, which was all about Chao Yong's longing for her. She couldn't help but feel happy, but when she saw that Chao Yong later invited her to go north, she couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.
After reading the letter, Fang Baihua said to Mu Hong: "Please, you two, please report back to the little overlord. When I defeat Tong Guan's army, we will go north to see him."
Hearing this, Mu Hong had no choice but to tell the truth: "The situation in the south of the Yangtze River is tense now. The prince is worried about the safety of the princess, so he allows us to go south. Please consider the fact that we have come all the way here, please follow us north."
Fang Baihua frowned and said, "It is precisely because of the tense situation in our country that I want to help my imperial brother repel Tong Guan's army. I will never go north with you at this time, so please go back."
Seeing Fang Baihua's refusal, Mu Hong had no choice but to turn to Fang La and said: "The war is about to begin, and the sword has no eyes. Please ask Emperor Yongle to persuade Princess Baihua."
Fang La smiled confidently and said: "Tong Guan's army of 200,000 has suffered many casualties, and we in Muzhou have gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, I can still protect Baihua. Since she doesn't want to follow you Let¡¯s go, I can¡¯t force her.¡±
Mu Hong and Li Jun didn't expect Fang La to think this way, and they tried to persuade him for a while, but Fang La was furious and said: "Our army has only made a few small formations, but its foundation is still there. Why do you think it is as if it is about to be destroyed?" Okay, you go back. The little bully wants to see Baihua, so he asks him to come to Jiangnan in person. There is no reason for Baihua to go north. "
After saying that, he asked the guards to send the two of them out of the city. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)