Chapter 248 Sister Feng's Miss
"General, I surrender!" In the temporary camp of Hailing City, Shang Yin, who had just hosted a banquet for the entire army and was drunk, grabbed Jia Cong, who was reeking of alcohol.
"From now on, you are my big brother. I will hit you wherever you point your finger!" Shang Xin patted Jia Cong's shoulder hard.
Although Jia Cong was the protagonist at the banquet just now and drank the most, he was not very drunk! As his physique continued to grow, the effect of alcohol on him became smaller and smaller, and he didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
After finally calming down Shang Qin, who was hugging his thigh and calling him "big brother", Jia Cong asked someone to carry him back to the tent to rest. Then he thought about the next battle.
According to today's interrogation of Elder Lu Jing, he now has a basic understanding of the White Lotus Sect.
In addition to their troops in Jiangbei, there are about . Those 10,000 troops are led by Le Jianan, a guardian under another elder, Tang Ge.
Originally, Jia Cong wanted to use the old method to trick Taixing City into opening up before the news spread. However, because Lu Jing and Tang Luo had a bad relationship, and Le Jianan's troops were a form of surveillance on him, they would not buy his account at all, so he had to give up this idea.
As for Jiangnan, Changzhou is now the White Lotus Sect's headquarters , commanded by the Great Elder Wen Xing himself, with 50,000 soldiers under his command! The 30,000 soldiers of another elder, Yuan Lian, also attacked Suzhou.
What surprised Jia Cong the most was that as the top elder of the White Lotus Sect, he knew nothing about the identity of the Sect's leader.
According to Lu Jing, although they are elders, they have not seen the leader very often. The only person who may know the identity of the leader is the great elder Wen Xing. Because, although they are all elders, the great elder is superior to the other three elders and can control them.
Even, most of the orders were directly conveyed by the Great Elder, and only in very rare cases would the leader appear. However, even if he appeared, he would have a black ghost mask on his face and his whole body would be covered in a black robe.
Thinking of this , Jia Cong couldn't help but rub his brows. The fact that the leader of the White Lotus Sect was so secretive meant that it was not difficult to defeat the 100,000 members of the White Lotus Sect, but it was not easy to kill the leader of the White Lotus Sect.
After all, although this leader is wearing a ghost face mask, the person wearing the ghost face mask may not really be the leader of the White Lotus Sect.
The only hope is to wait until the great elder Wen Xing is captured and see if there is any gain. However, even if the White Lotus Sect leader cannot be captured, it is not a big deal.
After defeating these 100,000 followers, the foundation of the White Lotus Sect was completely destroyed!
By then, even if the White Lotus leader is still alive, how much trouble can he cause? Let the Royal Guards investigate slowly, there is plenty of time.
The army rested for two days, and then headed directly to Taixing City. As for Hailing City, only a small number of soldiers were left to garrison, waiting for the arrival of officials sent by the court.
From Lu Jing, he learned that Le Jianan was a cautious person, but also very suspicious. Therefore, when they arrived at the city of Taixing, Jia Cong ordered his troops to surround the four city gates directly, and then pulled out the newly made catapults, and took turns to bombard the small city of Taixing.
At the same time, every day they selected soldiers with loud voices in the army to form a team and shout towards the city.
As for the content of the call, it was nothing more than "only the chief culprit will be executed, the followers are innocent", "if you resist stubbornly, your entire clan will be punished", and the previous captives in Hailing City were asked to speak out.
Sure enough, after such a prank, the suspicious Le Jianan couldn't help but think too much even though he knew it was Jia Cong's plan. After all, his head was now offered a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, how many people would be tempted?
If someone looked at him for a second longer, he would suspect that they were trying to assassinate him, and he would kill them. If someone didn't dare to look at him, he would suspect that they were treacherous, and he would kill them...
As a result, during the three days that the soldiers besieged Taixing City, only a few were actually killed by the catapults, but hundreds of people died at the hands of Le Jianan.
Even several of his most trusted personal guards were chopped off. As a result, the entire city, whether it was the White Lotus Sect members or the civilians who were taken away, was in a panic. In this way, Taixing City was besieged for ten days. Some people could no longer bear Le Jianan's indiscriminate killing, and took advantage of the night to gather a group of one or two thousand people and rushed towards the city gate.
The original defenders turned a blind eye and let these people open the city gate. Jia Cong, who was always paying attention to the movements of Taixing City, led his troops directly into the city. Even the original White Lotus Sect members in the city rarely fought to the death. Only some of Le Jianan's diehards fought a battle, but they were directly wiped out by Jia Cong's troops. Le Jianan was also beheaded by his own guards in the chaos...
In this way, with Taixing being captured, the entire Jiangbei region was pacified!
While Jia Cong was preparing to cross the river to Changzhou, he reported the victory to the court and also sent the news to Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou.
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"Grandma, there's a letter from Grandpa coming back."
Wang Xifeng, who had been leaning listlessly on the couch, suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go to Uncle Lin."
When I arrived at the main hall, I saw Lin Ruhai looking at a letter.
"Uncle, is Brother Cong okay?" Wang Xifeng bowed and asked anxiously.
"Hahaha!" Lin Ruhai clapped his hands and laughed, "Don't worry, Congge is a man who has been awarded the title of Champion Marquis. How can a few White Lotus rebels do anything to him? Not only has he taken over the more than 20,000 troops in the Shandong camp, but he has also captured Hailing and Taixing. There is no more war in Jiangbei now."
"So when will he be back?"
Lin Ruhai pondered and said, "The war is urgent now. Congge is about to cross the river. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back in a short time. I guess he will only come back after the White Lotus Sect is completely suppressed."
Wang Xifeng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she heard this!
"By the way, Cong also sent you a letter. I was so busy talking that I forgot about it." As he spoke, Lin Ruhai opened a box on the table, took out a letter and handed it to Wang Xifeng.
Wang Xifeng took it happily and couldn't help chatting with Lin Ruhai for a few words. At this moment, her heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat, so how could she have the heart to talk?
She immediately bowed and wanted to leave. However, before she could speak, Lin Ruhai said again, "You stay in the mansion. I will leave a thousand people to protect your safety. Tomorrow I will go to Taizhou."
"In this time of chaos and war, why is Uncle Lin going to Taizhou? Although the situation has been quelled, there are still many rioters everywhere. If it is not urgent, why not wait until everything is settled?" Wang Xifeng said in surprise.
