Lu Shinang shook his head and said: "Although Saint Aunt is a little paranoid, what she said is not unreasonable. If we can capture Huzhou, Jiangnan will no longer be invincible. However, if Tong Guan established a new dynasty in Huzhou, I am afraid the city will also be strengthened. There are few, and we lack siege equipment, so it is really difficult to capture Huzhou."
Shen Gang nodded and said: "What the general said is, in my opinion, it is safer to go south and capture the Fujian Road. There are also many followers on the Fujian Road. With their support, I believe we can capture several state capitals soon and then build our religion." career. Moreover, when the Song Dynasty was newly destroyed, the various states were not under each other's control. If they waited until they were loyal to the new dynasty, it would be very difficult to go south. Even if we captured Huzhou and killed Tong Guan, maybe it would be difficult. If a remnant of the Zhao and Song royal family appears somewhere and takes over the foundation of the new dynasty, we will lose our troops and generals, and we will have to face the persecution of the new dynasty, and I am afraid it will be difficult to survive."
Lu Shinang nodded and said: "You are right. There are many royal families from the Zhao and Song Dynasties who went south. Tong Guan can support one person. After his death, others can support another one. Although the Song Dynasty is corrupt, the state capitals that are willing to be loyal to the Song Dynasty are still Quite a few.”
"Exactly, if we destroy the Huzhou New Dynasty, it will only give birth to another new dynasty, but our military strength will suffer a lot because of this, and it is likely that we will be unable to recover. The gain is not worth the loss."
When Lu Shinang heard this, he couldn't help but think deeply.
Shen Gang rolled his eyes and said again: "The general has one more thing to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."
Lu Shinang smiled and said: "But it doesn't hurt to talk."
Shen Gang looked around and said: "If Huzhou is conquered and re-established, and the Holy Aunt is here, wouldn't it be necessary to build the Yongle Kingdom again? When the Holy Gong established the Yongle Kingdom, he established the prince regardless of his status in the church. He also followed the Song Dynasty and did the same thing. If the Yongle Kingdom is rebuilt, then the throne will still be handed over to the Fang family."
Lu Shinang couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He joined Manichaeism just because he wanted to use the power of Manichaeism to do a great cause. Now that Fang La is dead and the soldiers and horses are in his hands, how can he be willing to work hard on his own? Conquer the world and then hand it over to the Fang family.
Shen Gang saw that Lu Shinang was a little moved, and then said: "The restoration of our religion's foundation depends on the power of the general. If someone else becomes the new emperor, how can we convince everyone? Then my army may fall apart."
Lu Shinang nodded and said, "Then what can you do?"
Shen Gang looked around again, gritted his teeth and said, "If there were no Saint Aunt and Fang Jie, the general would be the person with the highest status in the religion. The general would be the best candidate for the new emperor."
When Lu Shinang heard this, he couldn't help but stare at Shen Gang motionless.
Shen Gang caught Lu Shinang's eyes full of murderous intent and said hurriedly: "The last general is thinking about the general and has no other intentions."
Lu Shinang stared at Shen Gang for a while and then said: "Shenggu and Fang Jie are both in the army. If they disappeared suddenly, wouldn't it be suspicious."
Shen Gang saw that Lu Shinang was completely smitten, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Everyone in the sect knew that the holy aunt had an affair with the little overlord of Liangshan, so they said that she went north to find the little overlord."
When the four kings met for an alliance, Chao Yong tried hard to hold the water gate and was seriously injured and fell into coma. Fang Baihua lost her temper in public. Many Manichaeans witnessed it, and gradually everyone in the Manichaean sect knew about it.
Lu Shinang frowned and said, "In this case, we have to let them leave the city."
Shen Gang smiled and said, "It's easy. The villain set up an ambush outside the city with some of his henchmen. Then he forced the two of them out of the city, shot them dead with strong bows and crossbows, and found a wilderness to bury the bodies. The people in the teaching It will definitely not be discovered.”
Lu Shinang nodded and said: "Forget it, I'll leave this matter to you. You must have gathered many people under your command."
Shen Gang naturally knew what Lu Shinang meant, and said: "General, don't worry, I won't use the person you taught me."
Lu Shinang nodded and said: "Okay, the lives of 100,000 people are entirely entrusted to you."
…
On this day, when Fang Baihua and Fang Jie were practicing martial arts in the courtyard, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from far away, and stopped suddenly at the door.
The two stopped and saw that the person coming was Shen Gang, the God of Heaven.
Fang Jie still hated Shen Gang for speaking out against Fang Baihua that day. When he saw it was Shen Gang, he snorted coldly and turned his head away.
There are only two of you left in the Fang family, and you still don't know how to restrain yourself. Today I will make your Fang family extinct.
Shen Gang was thinking fiercely in his heart, but with a worried look on his face, he said: "I was patrolling outside the city just now and saw a man lying on the roadside, so I asked someone to check it out. The man heard us It was the Manichaean religious army, who said that he was the messenger sent by Prince Daliang, saying that he had a message for the holy aunt. When passing through Taizhou, he was interrogated by officers and soldiers, and a fight broke out. He received two arrow wounds, one of which penetrated his chest. He was already dying after struggling to this point, and I didn't dare to move him, so I had to come back and report to the Holy Aunt."
Fang Baihua asked suspiciously: "What message did he bring?"
Shen Gang shook his head and said, "That person didn't tell me. He said he could only tell the saint aunt."
When Fang Baihua heard this, she couldn't help but become more confused.
When Mu Hong and Li Jun went south last time, they brought a letter from Chao Yong. Why did they change it to a verbal message this time? Calculating, the letter she sent after breaking out of the siege should have just arrived in Tokyo. In this way, this person must be known to Chao Yong The situation in Muzhou was not good, and people were sent to look for her. Because they didn't know whether she was alive or dead, there were no letters.
Fang Baihua figured this out in her own mind and immediately said, "Then General Lao Shen will take me there."
Hearing this, Fang Jie hurriedly said: "I will lead the horse to my aunt."
However, Fang Jie brought his own war horse with him, and his intention was self-explanatory.
Fang Baihua was afraid that she would be late, so she immediately got on her horse and followed Shen Gang out of the city.
The three of them walked more than ten miles out of the city. Fang Jie saw that Shen Gang was still running forward and shouted: "How far is it?"
"It's not far, just ahead."
After running for more than a mile, I looked into a small valley and saw two people standing on the roadside in front of me, and another person lying motionless underground.
Shen Gang slowed down his horse, pointed at the three people in front of him and said, "That's the man. I asked the two of them to watch, but I don't know if that man is still alive."
When Fang Baihua heard this, she didn't have time to think too much and rushed over.
Fang Jie also followed closely behind.
When he arrived, Fang Baihua got off his horse and said to the people on the ground: "I am Fang Baihua..."
Fang Jie jumped off his horse and saw that the man had an arrow stuck in his chest, and the clothes near the wound were stained red with blood.
"wrong"
This arrow wound must have been caused just now. Although the blood on the clothes has dried, it is obviously not long ago. The color is wrong.
Fang Jie pulled out his sword, protected Fang Baihua, and said, "Auntie, be careful."
Shen Gang saw the two people passing by and reined in his horse. He didn't expect that Fang Jie would see through it so quickly. In order to be realistic, the two people guarding the body were recruited by him later without knowing it.
"Fire the arrow."
However, both of them had already dismounted, and the archers on both sides started to attack together. It was difficult for them to escape.
At the command, the archers hidden on the hills on both sides stood up and fired arrows downwards.
Fang Jie saw archers on both sides and knew that it would be difficult to block all the arrows with his sword. He picked up a stunned soldier and gave it to Fang Baihua, saying: "Auntie, block in front."
Just as he was about to arrest another person, the man was so frightened that he ran outside.
Fang Jie had no choice but to lean against Fang Baihua and deflect the arrows fired from the front.
"ah"
The soldiers blocked by Fang Baihua were shot into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye.
The two war horses were also shot with dozens of arrows and ran forward a few feet before falling down suddenly.
The war horse shared a lot of arrows between the two of them. This was also Shen Gang's request. The first round of arrows shot down the war horse, preventing Fang Baihua and the two from escaping on horseback. As long as the war horse was gone, it was just a matter of shooting a few more rounds, and the martial arts would no longer be the same. Well, if you fall into an ambush by archers, you will not escape death.
Fang Jie narrowly blocked the first wave of arrows. He was also in danger, and without a horse to share his burden, he probably wouldn't be able to escape in the second round.
"Back this way."
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded from the hills on Fang Jie's side.
A big man jumped up from behind the archers and charged into the archers like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. In an instant, all the archers were killed and they were all scrambling to escape. No one was able to shoot arrows anymore.
Fang Jie saw that there were no arrows falling from this side, and he hurriedly turned around to help Fang Baihua deflect the arrows shot from the other side, while protecting Fang Baihua and retreating.
When Shen Gang saw someone ruining his good deeds, he couldn't help but became furious. He hit his horse and rushed up the hillside, hoping to kill Cheng Yaojin who suddenly jumped out.
"You thief, you dare to plot against the holy aunt."
The man killed more than a dozen archers and chased the rest of the archers away. When he saw Shen Gang rushing towards him, not only was he not afraid, but he raised his sword to face Shen Gang.
"Shi Bao?"
The two were more than ten feet apart. When Shen Gang saw the person clearly, he screamed in disbelief and ran away.
Seeing that he could not catch up, Shi Bao could only stop and go down the mountain to meet Fang Baihua and the other two.
The three of them retreated beyond the shooting range of the archers on the opposite side. Fang Jie said in surprise: "General Shi is not dead?"
Shi Bao smiled and said, "I can still come to save you even if I'm dead."
"puff"
While the two were talking, Fang Baihua suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.
"aunt"
Fang Jie hurriedly tore open Fang Baihua's body in front of him, and saw an arrow coming out of the soldier's back, piercing into Fang Baihua's heart. When Fang Jie pulled it open, a stream of blood spurted out from Fang Baihua's heart.
Fang Jie hurriedly hugged Fang Baihua and said, "Aunt, hold on, I'll take you to the doctor."
Fang Baihua pressed her wound with one hand, shook her head and said: "The wound is in the heart, I can't survive. You and General Shi go to Chao Yong and tell him that I came to avenge my brother, so I went to find him. Don't go back." …Wen…zhou…”
After saying that, his pink neck tilted and his fragrance disappeared.
"aunt"
When Fang Jie saw the death of his last relative, he couldn't help but burst into tears and was extremely sad.
Shi Bao and Ren Fangjie cried for a while and then said: "People cannot be resurrected after death, let's find a place to bury the holy aunt."
"ah……"
Fang Jie raised his head and shouted, picked up Fang Baihua and said, "Let's go back to Wenzhou. I want the brothers in the church to avenge the holy aunt."
Shi Bao frowned and said, "You have forgotten that Saint Aunt forbids you to return to Wenzhou."
Fang Jie glared at Shi Bao and said, "Why?"
Shi Bao thought for a while and said: "Without Lu Shinang's orders, Shen Gang would not dare to plot against you. Since Lu Shinang dares to take this step, I'm afraid he has other preparations. We are afraid that we will not be able to return to Wenzhou because he will be killed along the way. Kill him. Besides, we didn’t catch Shen Gang, and we can’t tell clearly when we get back. I’m afraid we will give Lu Shinang another chance to kill him.”
Fang Jie hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's do what aunt said and go find my uncle. Sooner or later, we will go south to avenge aunt."
Shi Bao was really worried that he couldn't explain Fang Jie. He and Fang La had been close friends for many years. Now Fang Jie was the only one left in the Fang family, and he didn't want the Fang family to be cut off.
"Come on, let's leave here before burying the holy aunt, so that they don't disturb the holy aunt's spirit."
Fang Jie also felt that Shi Bao's worries were reasonable, so he immediately carried Fang Baihua and walked away.
After walking for several miles, the two found a place with beautiful scenery to bury Fang Baihua.
Fang Jie cried for a while before getting up and heading north with Shi Bao.
After walking for several miles in silence, Fang Jie came back to his senses and said, "General Shi blocked a group of pursuing troops for my aunt and me that day. We didn't see the general coming out, so we thought he was killed. We didn't expect that the general would appear again today."
Save my life."
Shi Bao said: "After you escaped, I was surrounded by pursuers. I could only pick out the weak points and kill them. I found a place to recover from my injuries for a few days. After my injuries healed, I asked for news about our teaching. I heard from Lu Shi Nang
The army rushed over while they were still there. When I arrived here today, I saw this group of archers sneaking around. I was confused and wanted to see what happened. I didn't expect that it was the traitor Shen Gang who plotted against you. If I had known this, I would have
Let’s kill this gang of thieves first.”
Fang Jie shook his head and said, "Who could know Master Lu's ambition?"