"I wonder if you have any strategies to defeat the enemy?"
After Fahai saw that everyone was harmonious, he began to solicit opinions.
"Now fifty thousand thieves are ready to move in Fancheng on the other side. They are obviously preparing to cross the river to attack our Xiangyang City!"
"So we should deploy along the Xiang River to prepare for a sudden attack by the bandit army!"
Xu Zheng suggested first.
"yes!"
"Fan City has been lost, we must pay attention to the defense of Xiangyang City!"
"Otherwise, we will give the traitor army an opportunity to take advantage of. Even if our Xiangyang City is known as a copper wall and an iron wall, we will not be able to guard against the traitor army!"
Zhang Dun also echoed.
"Our Xiangyang City now has 30,000 defenders. Although they are not elite soldiers and strong generals, they are more than enough to defend against the enemy's attack!"
"Furthermore, Xiangyang City has been known as an important city since ancient times. It cannot be easily conquered by anyone!"
"So I am not very worried about the safety of Xiangyang City!"
Zhou Ding still had the same attitude as before.
"Amitabha!"
"My master has already heard about the situation you mentioned!"
"What our division wants to hear now is how you can recapture Fancheng!"
What Fahai said suddenly surprised everyone.
"Recapture Fancheng?"
"But we don't have the strength!"
Xu Zheng said first.
"If you don't have strength, wouldn't you think of ways to increase it?"
"Although the entire army in the middle route was completely wiped out before, our division heard that tens of thousands of people still fled back to the land of Jingxiang!"
"Won't you find a way to catch all these deserters and let them help us deal with the rebel army?"
Fahai suggested.
"This... this... why didn't I think of this?"
"The national teacher is still wise!"
"The national teacher is wise!"
"I will send people to capture those deserters and let them come back to deal with the rebels!"
When the prefect Zhou Ding heard Fahai's suggestion, he felt as if he had found a treasure.
"Prefect!"
"No!"
"No!"
"I heard that many of those deserters fled back to their places of origin because they did not want to participate in the internal fighting!"
"If we capture them again, it may be counterproductive!"
Zhang Dun immediately objected.
"Infighting?"
"Is this an infighting?"
"It's obviously a group of thieves who are causing trouble, how can it be called an internal fight?"
"And these people, as our people of the Song Dynasty, should have the obligation to eradicate bandits and protect our country of the Song Dynasty!"
"So we must capture them all, otherwise how can we have the strength to deal with the bandit army?"
"So you must go and capture them all, and you must also send all those of the right age, including those over twelve years old, into the army to serve the Song Dynasty!"
Fahai's expression suddenly turned serious.
"Twelve years of age or older?"
"National Master, isn't this too young?"
Xu Zheng also raised questions later.
"What's wrong with turning twelve?"
"Can't a man over twelve years old be unable to bear arms?"
"In order to defend the Song Dynasty, this is what they should do. Otherwise, would they let those women and children go to the battlefield?"
Fahai questioned Xu Zheng.
Along the Han River, there is a common people's home in Fuzhou.
"mother!"
"Why do you always go to the temple by the river to offer incense?"
A child of about ten years old was accompanying a woman on her way to the Han River.
"child!"
"You don't understand, that's the famous Dragon Girl Temple!"
"When you were a child, didn't you often hear my mother telling you stories about the boy who scattered wealth and the dragon girl?"
"You forgot so quickly?"
The woman responded to the child.
"Of course I've heard the story of the virgin who scattered wealth under the throne of Guanyin!"
"That girl who spreads wealth is not the daughter of the Dragon King Vajra, but a princess among the gods and Buddhas of the West!"
"But I heard that the Dragon Girl is as tall as a fairy!"
"It would be great if I could marry the Dragon Girl as my wife when I grow up!"
The child responded to his mother with a smile.
"You think beautifully!"
"The status of the Dragon Girl is actually much higher than that of Guanyin. The Dragon Girl is a Buddha who has achieved enlightenment, but Guanyin is just a Bodhisattva?"
The woman explained to the child.
"Is the status of Buddha higher than that of Bodhisattva?"
Children are a little curious.
"Of course, haven't you heard that Buddha is the head of all heavens?"
"Below the Buddha is the Buddha, below the Buddha is the Bodhisattva, and below the Bodhisattva are the messengers!"
The woman continued to explain to the child.
"Then... in this way, the Dragon Girl has a higher status than Guanyin Bodhisattva. Shouldn't it be Guanyin Bodhisattva who should listen to Dragon Girl?"
The child asked again.
"yes!"
"But the Dragon Girl doesn't care about status, so she is willing to help Guanyin Bodhisattva to do things. This is also a great news in the Buddhist world!"
The woman responded to the child.
At this time, the two mother and son seemed to have arrived in front of a dilapidated temple.
Today, almost all that remains of this temple is a dilapidated small hall, and even the temple door has collapsed.
However, the small palace seemed to have been kept very clean.
The woman took the child to the front and back of the palace, burned a stick of incense, and then bowed respectfully.
"I hope the Dragon Girl will keep our mother and son safe!"
"Bless the child and his father to return safely from the battlefield soon!"
"I wish my child to grow up healthy, marry a housewife, and have a fat baby in the future!"
Then he started praying again.
"Aunt Li!"
"You've come to worship me again!"
At this moment, a woman in white clothes holding a flower basket suddenly walked next to her.
"yes!"
"Why did Miss Bai come here to pick herbs again today?"
It turns out that this woman's name is Aunt Li.
"no way!"
"People around here have been sick a lot recently. In order to treat these people, I can only come here to collect more herbs!"
Miss Bai responded with a smile.
"It's such a pity that such a kind-hearted person like Miss Bai lost her husband at such a young age... What a pity!"
Aunt Li had finished praying at this time.
"no way!"
"Who made my life miserable!"
Miss Bai showed a sad expression.
"Miss Bai, actually you don't have to feel sad!"
"You are so good-looking and kind-hearted, you don't have to worry about finding a good family!"
"If Miss Bai doesn't mind, I can help introduce you to a good family. I wonder if she is willing?"
Aunt Li couldn't help but say.
"As for finding a new home, I don't need to worry about it!"
"I, Bai Xuan, have accepted my fate. I have accepted my fate long ago!"
Miss Bai took advantage of Aunt Li's kindness.
"All right!"
"Oh...what a girl's family!"
"Being a widow like this...!"
"what a pity…!"
"Pity!"
The woman sighed and took the child and left.
"mother!"
"Sister Bai looks like a fairy, why doesn't anyone marry her?"
While walking on the road, the child asked his mother.
"What do you know?"
"Then Sister Bai is widowed and doesn't want to remarry!"
"Otherwise, I would have introduced a good marriage for that sister Bai!"
Aunt Li responded to her son.
"That's it!"
"It's really hard for Sister Bai to lose her husband at such a young and beautiful age!"
The children also expressed emotion.
"is not that right?"
"That Sister Bai is not only beautiful, but also has medical skills!"
"Many people nearby were sick, and they were all saved by Sister Bai's superb medical skills!"
"So Sister Bai is simply a living Bodhisattva!"
Aunt Li replied to her son.
Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers on horseback rushed over and surrounded the mother and son.
"How old is this kid?"
Just listen to the leading general asking.
"Master Jun!"
"Fellow military lords!"
"What do you want to do?"
"What do you want to do?"
Aunt Li suddenly became desperate.
"What did the military master ask you?"
"How old is the child? Didn't you hear me?"
Just listen to the general continue to question.
"My son... my son just turned ten last year!"
"I wonder what the military masters want?"
Aunt Li responded.
"Ten years old last year?"
"Isn't he already eleven years old this year?"
"This is not much different from the twelve years required by the National Preceptor!"
"It's so hard to catch this strong man now, so let's use him to make up for it first!"
"Take it away!"
The general ordered his men.
Then a group of officers and soldiers dismounted and walked towards the mother and son, trying to rob them.
"You...you guys?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't touch my child!"
"My child is still young and cannot join the army!"
Aunt Li immediately protected her son behind her.
"Eleven years old?"
"You have reached the age of joining the army. Do you want to go against the imperial court?"
At this time, a soldier threatened.
"Women don't dare... don't dare!"
"It's just that my husband went off to war with the army two years ago, and there has been no news back yet!"
"My son is still young and can't join the army yet, he can't join the army!"
"Please, military masters!"
"Please, military men, let my child go!"
"Let my child go!"
"Please, military masters!"
Aunt Li even knelt on the ground and begged.
"snort…!"
"You are blatantly disobeying the imperial court's order to recruit troops!"
"Don't blame us for being rude!"
At this time, a group of officers and soldiers rushed forward and snatched the child away from Aunt Li.
Aunt Li was naturally unwilling to give in, so she wanted to go over and recover her child.
"I think you are a pretty good-looking woman!"
"It's such a pity to be a widow like this... What a pity!"
But unexpectedly, an officer and soldier suddenly came and stopped Aunt Li.