Chapter 991: When the New Man Laughs, the Old Man Cries
After listening to Elder Tang's words, Wang Xian pondered for a moment and slowly spoke: "In the humble opinion of the students, what the elder said about internal troubles is actually external troubles. The crux of the elders' delay in unifying the whole religion is probably in Le'an Prefecture. ”
"You mean King Han?" Elder Tang's eyes lit up, and he said thoughtfully: "That's right, that is, Zhu Gaoxu's penetration into Jinan, Dengzhou, and Laizhou is too deep, and Dong Yangao, Bai Baier and others are inextricably linked with him, so they dare to disobey the old man and have different aspirations!" ”
"So with all due respect, if the elder wants to succeed in one fell swoop, make this sect a monolith, and don't get rid of the Han King first, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!" Wang Xian said in a deep voice.
"Hey! Han Wang ......" Elder Tang said bitterly: "It's all because the old man has no eyes, and there is no one around him who understands, I originally thought that he wanted to conspire with us to do great things, but who expected that after the incident, this guy immediately changed his course and drew a line with us!" It turns out that he just wants to use us to achieve his goal of making a comeback! ”
"Elder, don't talk about the past, don't you have a student now? It's never too late for us to start planning! Wang Xian shook the feather fan lightly, and put on that master's style and said: "In the opinion of the students, the elders' chances of success are still very great!" As long as we solve the remnants of the official army and eliminate the Han king, we have no worries, we can march east to seize the whole of Shandong and cut off the Grand Canal! ”
"Oh?" Elder Tang was slightly surprised, his original plan was to wave his army north and attack Beijing after capturing Shandong! But Wang Xian's plan was to advance eastward to seize the eastern section of the canal.
"The elders should know that after the imperial court moved the capital, millions of soldiers and civilians in Beijing relied on Jiangnan for supplies, and all supplies had to go north from the Grand Canal!" Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "As long as we cut off the canal for three months, the capital of the Ming Dynasty will become a dead city, and then we will go north with an elite army, and we will definitely break through and go straight to Beijing!" "Wang Xian has planned an attractive blueprint for Elder Tang.
Elder Tang was not completely carried away, but asked calmly: "Zhu Di is not the Emperor of Straw Bags, if the canal is intercepted, the whole country will definitely be sent to save it!" How can we resist it? ”
"Hey, my lord is too worried." Wang Xian shook his head and smiled: "If Zhu Di could send the whole country's troops, we would have been sent to the city by the officers and soldiers a long time ago!" He said with a contemptuous smile and said: "But now, it has been nearly half a year since the incident, where are the officers and soldiers from other places?" ”
"Anyuan Marquis Liusheng led 10,000 forbidden troops, and he has already arrived in Jinan City." Elder Tang said.
"Hahaha! A huge Ming Dynasty, how many millions of soldiers? But only 10,000 Malaysians were sent to Shandong, doesn't this explain the problem? Wang Xian shook the feather fan, and his strong self-confidence came out, and he said to Elder Tang categorically: "It is no exaggeration to say that the finances of the Ming Dynasty have been extremely depleted, and the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money has overdrawn the people's strength for more than ten years, and now it is irreparable!" There was no money in the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and not only that, but the arrears of military salaries and officials had reached an appalling level! If you want the army to start, you must at least make up for the arrears, and you must also raise military supplies and reward the three armies, right? Where is Zhu Di going to raise money and food? In this case, how dare he mobilize his army? ”
"Really?" Elder Tang was stunned by Wang Xian's words, and after thinking for a while, Fang Fang sighed and said, "If that's the case......" Elder Tang has long known that the situation where the White Lotus Sect is now blooming all over Shandong is indeed due to the weakness of the imperial court! Elder Tang was also puzzled by this, Wang Xian's words really made him stunned!
"Oh, sir, what a talent! Solved the mystery that puzzled the old man for a long time! Elder Tang excitedly took Wang Xian's hand and laughed loudly: "It's ridiculous that I thought the imperial court had some plans, but it turned out that it was just powerless!" Hahahaha! We can wait for the great cause to be accomplished, and the great cause can be accomplished! ”
"The students are willing to assist the elders and create this foundation for eternity! Give the people a peaceful and prosperous world! Wang Xian was also very excited, and tears were about to fall.
But in fact, Wang Xian's words can only be said to be half-truths and half-truths, although the Ming Dynasty is indeed overdrafted, it has reached a very dangerous situation. But the army was almost unaffected, and Zhu Di's control over the army was not weakened, but Wang Xian had already understood Zhu Di's intentions and knew that the emperor was just going to sit and watch the chaos in Shandong escalate, so he would not send more troops into Shandong.
As for the cutting off of the Grand Canal, it would naturally seriously threaten the safety of Beijing, but according to the plan made by Wang Xian for Elder Tang, it would not be possible to go that far, and the White Lotus Sect would wither and fall .......
Excited for a while, Elder Tang said excitedly: "There are still a few days, the autumn harvest will be completed, and then the old man will do his best to take Jinan!" Then wipe out the official army in Shandong and cut off the Grand Canal! ”
"Hey, elder, don't take Jinan first, otherwise you will have to make wedding clothes for King Han!" Wang Xian hurriedly dissuaded: "The student just said that King Han is our biggest threat!" If the elders attack Jinan first, the emperor will inevitably use the king of Han, but we have already lost both the official army, how can we be the opponent of the Han army? Saying that, he sighed and said: "When the time comes, the King of Han will hold the military and political power of Shandong, I am afraid that as soon as the flag is waved, some people will turn against each other, and we will be in chaos without a fight!" ”
"This ......" Elder Tang pinched his chin, his expression became solemn, and he said in his heart, there are at least thirty or forty thousand elite soldiers under the King of Han, plus Dong Yangao and Bai Baier, these two or five boys, if he hits Jinan first, I am afraid that he will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" What about in the opinion of the gentleman? ”
"In the humble opinion of the students, the top priority at the moment is to completely unify the religion, quickly reorganize the army, and when the combat power is raised to the highest point, then suddenly send troops to Le'an Prefecture to eliminate Zhu Gaoxu!" Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "As soon as the King of Han is destroyed and Shandong is shaken, the enemy army in Jinan City will definitely be frightened, and the army can take advantage of the situation, and the big thing will be decided!" ”
"Hmm!" Elder Tang was enthusiastic, and after nodding heavily, he said with a little weakness: "Not to mention that King Han is still at peace with us on the surface, just say that he is a famous general in the world, can we defeat him?" ”
"The elder also said it, but it was okay on the surface! But King Han has long been ready to go! Just waiting for an order from the imperial court! Wang Xian said in a deep voice: "May I ask the elder, are we waiting for him to be ready and justifiably attacking?" Or is it better to surprise and attack it unprepared? ”
"Of course it's the latter......" Elder Tang said as a matter of course.
"That's it, so the elders must not be bound by the so-called covenant, you know, the covenant is used to be torn up!" Wang Xian brainwashed Elder Tang, the effect was quite good, he had already seen the murderous aura in Elder Tang's eyes!
"As for whether you can defeat King Han, it's not a problem! How is the king of Han compared to the overlord of Chu in the past? It's not that Han Xin was forced to kill himself in Wujiang by being ambushed on all sides! Wang Xian said, took out a map from his sleeve, and told Elder Tang about his plan to deal with Zhu Gaoxu. Elder Tang's eyes widened as he listened, and his breathing became heavy.
Unconsciously, the rooster crowed, and the two of them kept talking about dawn, and Elder Tang was not tired at all. After listening to Wang Xian's strategy, he already had a clear understanding of the elimination of the Han Dynasty, the occupation of Shandong, and then the seizure of the world, and his confidence has never been so strong as at this moment!
A few families were happy and a few were sad, Elder Tang and Wang Xian hated to see each other over there, and when they couldn't wait to fall asleep, Bin Hong couldn't sleep all night. How difficult it was to endure this long night, only the Bin Junshi himself knew. He originally thought that if he left the table in a bad mood, Elder Tang would definitely understand his feelings, even if he didn't say it at the time, he would call himself over to talk to him later.
Who knew that after waiting and waiting, he didn't wait for Elder Tang to send someone over, Bin Hongxin said, is the old man drunk? So he asked the attendant to go over to inquire, but the attendant came back and said that Elder Tang was in good spirits, and after the banquet was dismissed, he left the new Mr. Hei alone to continue drinking tea and talking...... At this time, Bin Hong completely knocked over the five-flavor bottle in his heart, and said in his heart, it seems that the elder really likes the surname Hei, so do you have to like the new and hate the old?
But he still had a hint of fantasy, and said in his heart that when the elder and the surnamed Hei were finished, they would call me over. He sat there, staring out the window with bloodshot eyes...... Waiting until the sky was getting brighter, Bin Hong hissed and asked, "Did the man surnamed Hei leave the elder's place?" ”
Bin Hong's attendant stayed up all night with him, and he was already groggy and could fall asleep standing up. Hearing Bin Hong's question, the attendant didn't think about it, so he replied casually: "No." ”
"Nonsense, you didn't even go to see it, how do you know?!" Seeing that the attendant was also perfunctory, Bin Hong couldn't help but be furious: "Don't even you take me seriously?!" ”
"Oh, master, you asked dozens of times in one night, and the villain also ran over to ask dozens of times......" The attendant said with a bitter face: "Every time people say that the elder and Mr. Hei talk very happily, and there is no intention of stopping." The villain doesn't have to worry about running his legs again, but he still has to take care of your face, master......"
"What nonsense are you talking about, is Lao Tzu embarrassed?!" Bin Hong scolded the attendant, but he didn't mean to urge him out again. After sitting silently for a while, Bin Hong's eyes turned red, and he said infinitely lost: "Your master is about to fall out of favor......"
"Master, you're thinking too much." The attendant hurriedly explained: "You are an old brother who has followed the elder for decades, how can he be compared to a newcomer who has just arrived?" According to the villain, the elder is happy to see the hunt for a while, and in a few days, he will let the surnamed Hei stay where it is cool......"
"There is some truth in what you said......" Bin Hong thought about it, no matter how he said it, he was also the actual second-in-command in the sect, how could he be so easily discouraged, the surnamed black dared to grab a chair with Lao Tzu, and see that Lao Tzu didn't chop him up and feed it to the dog!
Thinking about it, Bin Hong finally had the fighting spirit, stopped sitting and grieving, and went to bed to sleep. I have enough spirit to fight with the new guy surnamed Hei!