"The white lotus blooms, the Ming King is born, and Maitreya is born!"

"The saint comes, the white lotus is reborn!"

On Shangluo Mountain, more than 100,000 fanatical White Lotus Sect soldiers shouted loudly, echoing throughout the mountains and forests.

Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of mountain barbarians were surrounded by many bandits, with blurred eyes, as if they were influenced by the leader of the White Lotus Sect, and had no fighting spirit. Moreover, the mountain barbarians turned against each other and defected to the White Lotus Sect.

"This group of bandits can only be a bit of evil and wrong. Don't be confused by the soldiers!"

Yuan Shu asked the White Lotus Sect to fight to the death outside, but his generals and soldiers were influenced by the White Lotus Sect, and many people turned against each other.

The generals were not affected much, and the unsmart Shanyue and the bandits were influenced by the White Lotus Sect and completely refused to obey Yuan Shu's orders.

Yuan Shu originally thought that the other party was as mysterious as the Yellow Turban Army, but after the White Lotus Sect, Zhang Jiao and others came to this world, they would really use magic.

Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect, showed miracles, and lotus flowers bloomed on the battlefield, scattered flowers of the heavenly girl, and masterpieces of Sanskrit. All Yuan Shu soldiers who saw miracles were more or less affected.

That is, generals such as Yuan Shu, Ji Ling, and Qiao Rui can ignore the influence of Tang Saier's talent.

But in this way, Yuan Shu no longer has any available soldiers.

Ji Ling was sweating all over and said to Yuan Shu: "Lord, I'm afraid that only brave men can ignore the influence of the White Lotus Sect. Only five thousand people under our command are not affected. Five thousand people cannot defeat more than 100,000 White Lotus Sect members..."

Yuan Shu has a face like pig's liver. He is not Chen Qingzhi, Xue Rengui and others, so he can defeat the more with less.

Many times, Yuan Shu can only defeat the other party by relying on the large number of people and powerful forces.

"I can confer the surrender of Yuan Shu as a great protector."

Tang Sai'er used magic to consume a lot of true energy. It can be seen that Tang Sai'er was surrounded by white mist and sweating profusely. Her white clothes were tightly attached to her concave and convex body, and sweat was flowing down her three thousand black hairs.

This talent that affects the entire battlefield consumes extremely huge physical strength and true qi, and Tang Sai'er can't hold on for long.

If you take this opportunity to surrender Yuan Shu and annex Yuan Shu's team, then Tang Sai'er's White Lotus Sect has great potential.

Lantian County. After Li Shangyin took office as county magistrate, Li Shangyin erected a monument for the soldiers who died in Lantian Pass, and then continued to organize civilians to build Lantian Pass.

This time, with Qiheli, Cheng Mingzhen's Leopard Cavalry Camp guarding Lantian Pass. Even if Yuan Shu makes a comeback, it will be difficult to break Lantian Pass.

Not long after Li Shangyin took office, a group of mysterious figures from Chang'an Town found Li Shangyin and brought Zhang Hua's letters to call some of the captured mountain barbarians.

"In addition, some hunters in Lantian County who are familiar with the Qinling terrain need to be recruited."

“No problem.”

The leader asked Li Shangyin to call more than a dozen mountain barbarian prisoners and hunters, and Li Shangyin agreed one by one.

The person in front of him was not a simple official, but an intelligence agency secretly in Zhang Hua's power.

The person in front of Li Shangyin was named Zhu Ji, who was the commander of the Jinyiwei during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Ji is also associated with another big figure, that is, the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty minister Yu Qian.

After Zhang Hua eliminated An Lushan, Zhu Ji saw that Zhang Hua's power had a future, so he took the initiative to surrender.

Zhang Hua heard that this person had a good reputation and was related to the Ming Dynasty minister Yu Qian. He himself was a hereditary family of Jinyiqian, and served as the commander of the Jinyiqian Guard, and was in charge of the Jinyiqian Guard who surrendered to Zhang Hua.

This time, Zhu Ji was ordered to go to the Qinling Mountains to investigate the virtuality and reality of Yuan Shu's power, and needed the assistance of mountain barbarians and hunters who were familiar with the local situation.

In addition to Zhu Ji himself, Zhu Ji also brought a few Jinyiwei and plain clothes to do business.

Zhu Ji stayed in Lantian County for two days, and then entered the vast Qinling Mountains.

Shangzhou Town, after this place was occupied by the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect expanded its influence and recruited religious followers, from more than 100,000 to hundreds of thousands.

After Yuan Shu was stolen, he was defeated by the White Lotus Sect and had to join the White Lotus Sect and become the great protector of the White Lotus Sect.

Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling and Qiao Rui also joined the White Lotus Sect and became the Heavenly General of the White Lotus Sect.

Shangzhou Town and other nearby villages and towns were all replaced by the confidants of the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect became the most powerful force in the Qinling Mountains.

"Where are you from?!"

The White Lotus Cultist guarding the city gate of Shangzhou Town stopped more than a dozen young hunters dressed in a strong man.

More than a dozen hunters were pushing simple wheelbarrows with just-gained prey.

"We are hunters in Qingshan Village. We are chasing prey here. I heard that there are many people here, so we came to sell them and exchange them for some salt and grain."

Zhu Ji disguised himself as a hunter and had already figured out the situation along the way. He knew that there was a Qingshan village north of Shangzhou Town. After he said it, the White Lotus Sect members who were guarding the city gate were not suspicious.

"Please be more comfortable."

Zhu Ji asked someone to distribute some of the prey to these White Lotus Cultists.

If you are an ordinary hunter, it is strange to take out gold and silver. In most cases, civilians use copper coins or barter directly.

The White Lotus Cultists readily greed for this part of their prey, and then released Zhu Ji and his group into Shangzhou Town.

"Yuan Shu was actually defeated by the White Lotus Sect. The White Lotus Sect is no longer an ordinary bandit. They seem to know magic tricks."

"The witch in the lead is Tang Sai'er in the Yongle period. This man claimed to have obtained a stone box with a sword and a book of military affairs. After studying it, he was familiar with magic and military tactics. He gathered people to rebel in the name of spreading the White Lotus Sect."

"Can this Tang Sai'er really knows magic and military tactics in this world?"

Zhu Ji had already found out along the way that Yuan Shu was defeated by Tang Sai'er's White Lotus Sect.

If Tang Sai'er does not know how to spell and military strategy and is just an ordinary bandit, then even if Tang Sai'er has more troops than Yuan Shu, he may not be a match for Yuan Shu.

But since Tang Sai'er defeated Yuan Shu, Zhu Ji couldn't help but suspect that Tang Sai'er had really understood the magic.

In this way, Tang Saier's White Lotus Sect is not as simple as an ordinary peasant uprising army.

"From the inquiry, Tang Saier did use the White Lotus Sect's spell when fighting with Yuan Shu, which made Yuan Shu's soldiers shake. In the end, Yuan Shu was outnumbered and was captured alive by Tang Saier's White Lotus Sect."

"The White Lotus Sect is divided into ordinary believers and guardians. These guardians seem to be like the witch Tang Sai'er. They know some magic tricks and are the elites in the White Lotus Sect."

"How could the White Lotus Sect be so powerful, so how could it be lingered in the Qinling Mountains? It is also an important information to figure out where these White Lotus Sect members came from."

Zhu Ji went deep into the territory of the White Lotus Sect, as if he had entered a dragon's pond and tiger's den, trying to find out the reality and reality of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect is much more powerful than the down-and-out Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu lost the support of the Yuan family's fame in this world. Only a few loyal generals could he control one side, and Yuan Shu himself did not pose much threat to Zhang Hua.

There are many famous families in this world. The Yuan family in Runan is just a prominent family, as well as the Xie family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Li family in Longxi, and the Cui family in Qinghe. In addition, Yuan Shu had a bad reputation in later generations, so Yuan Shu could not become a climax.

The White Lotus Sect was originally just a peasant uprising army, but some people in the White Lotus Sect learned magic, which was quite terrifying.

The princes who defeated the White Lotus Sect and forced the White Lotus Sect to escape into the Qinling Mountains should not be underestimated.

Zhu Ji tried his best to figure out the causes and consequences, and also obtained the situation in the Nanyang Basin.

The princes of Guandong wanted to attack Guanzhong, and there were three main ways. One was to start from Taiyuan, pass through Hedong, cross the Yellow River, and arrive at Guanzhong.

The second road is to capture Luoyang, pass through Wushan, and attack Tongguan.

The third road is to start from Nanyang, take Shangyu Ancient Road, attack Wuguan, Lantianguan, and Chang'an.

In theory, the princes of Nanyang can also threaten Guanzhong.

The princes in the Nanyang Basin were even more terrifying than the White Lotus Sect. They directly defeated Tang Saier's White Lotus Army and forced Tang Saier to fight against the Qinling Mountains.

Once the peasant uprising army encounters major setbacks, they generally choose to switch to the mountainous areas to avoid being completely encircled by the other party, and then wait for the opportunity to make a comeback.

Tang Sai'er's White Lotus Sect was also extremely lucky. After entering the Qinling Mountains, he found that Yuan Shu, who was king in the Qinling Mountains, sent troops to attack Lantian County in Guanzhong. So Tang Sai'er took advantage of the opportunity to easily occupy Yuan Shu's territory, and forced Yuan Shu who returned to his army to surrender.

Otherwise, if Yuan Shu sent a large army to set up defenses on Shangyu Ancient Road, then the White Lotus Sect would have suffered heavy losses.

"This group of people is a bit weird..."

The county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty who served under Yuan Shu followed Yuan Shu to join the White Lotus Sect and became one of the guardians of the White Lotus Sect. At this time, he patrolled Shangzhou Town and discovered the abnormality of Zhu Ji and his group disguised as hunters.

This Ming Dynasty county magistrate once had a marriage with the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, and always felt that Zhu Ji and others' words and deeds were the shadow of the Jinyiwei.

"Is it that dazzled?"

The county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty thought about it, waved his hand to signal his subordinates to follow, and came to interrogate Zhu Ji and his group.

Zhu Ji and others were noticed by the Ming Dynasty county magistrate. Zhu Ji subconsciously placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword and was ready to take action at any time.

The people Zhu Ji brought were all powerful people, and I dare not say that one fights a hundred. In a small-scale battle, it is still no problem to fight one fight ten.

The county magistrate saw Zhu Ji's appearance and his body shook again, showing an incredible expression, so he called him back.

When Zhu Ji saw this man calling him back, he knew that the other party had no intention of conflict with him, so he also signaled his subordinates to lift his guard.

The county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty asked, "Do you still recognize me?"

Zhu Ji looked at this person up and down. He was forty years old, but he had no impression of this person in Zhu Ji's mind.

The county magistrate of the Ming Dynasty thought about it and sighed, "It's not surprising that lords don't know me, but I can know lords. In Xia Xujie, the magistrate of Neixiang County, he was later promoted to the Imperial Censor of Fujian Province. During the Chenghua period, he wrote a memorial to impeach the Jinyiwei and the commander of the Tongzhi Niu Xun. I had a relationship with lords for this matter and was deeply impressed."

"I have an impression."

Zhu Ji recalled that this person was upright and had impeached the senior executives of the Jinyiwei, causing a great sensation within the Jinyiwei.

However, because of the special status of the Jinyiwei, it was impeached by civil servants, which was even more common.

"The adults shouldn't have really been hunters. I wonder if I can tell which force the adults are loyal to?"

Xu Jie, an official from the Ming Dynasty who claimed to be the Censor of Fujian Dao Supervision, guessed Zhu Ji's intentions.

He did not believe that the commander of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei would fall to the point of being a hunter in the Qinling Mountains.

Zhu Ji stared at Xu Jie.

Like him, this person was a Ming official during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. If he could instigate this person, the Jinyiwei would be able to obtain information from the White Lotus Cult forces in a timely manner without any effort.

Zhu Ji figured it out and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Since it's an old friend who meets, why not drink a drink and talk about it?"

Xu Jie sighed, "It is very difficult to see old friends here."

When the Jinyiwei was inquiring about the real and real situation of the White Lotus Sect, Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect, was also trying to investigate the situation in Guanzhong.

"The emperor in Nanyang is strong and powerful, and we are too powerful. Our White Lotus Sect will not be defeated for a while, so we can only try to enter Guanzhong."

"Send our congregations to Guanzhong secretly and recruit believers in various villages. Once we attack Lantian County, let these congregations respond, they will be unstoppable."
Chapter completed!