"Mr. County Magistrate, recently, many villages below are reporting that a group of traveling doctors were talking in the village, and many villagers were bewitched and panic."

"Are these wandering doctors the White Lotus Sect members in the Qinling Mountains?"

Li Shangyin served as the magistrate of Lantian County. He finally cleaned up the mess, but encountered difficult problems.

In various villages in Lantian County, some traveling doctors are inciting people's hearts under the banner of curing diseases and saving lives.

It is not difficult for Li Shangyin to think that these group of You Fang doctors are related to the White Lotus Sect in the Qinling Mountains. Otherwise, there would be no group of You Fang doctors who are good at bewitching people's hearts in Lantian County.

"I ordered villages in various places to lead the township heroes to capture these travel doctors and torture them strictly."

"We will be interrogated strictly for new faces entering each village and each town. If we are considered to be a White Lotus Cult, we will be arrested immediately."

Li Shangyin immediately arranged for the yamen runners and the township heroes to capture the White Lotus Sect in Lantian County to avoid being controlled by the White Lotus Sect.

At the White Lotus Cult camp, a carriage drove in and was guarded by special White Lotus Cult soldiers.

The leader of the White Lotus Sect, Xu Hongru, and the great guardian Yuan Shu, planned privately. When the carriage entered the camp, a strategist came down, and Xu Hongru and Yuan Shu came to greet him in person.

Wherever the Zongheng family goes, war will begin.

"General Cao Zhen is willing to make an appointment with you to send troops to attack Chang'an. Strange, I heard that the leader of the White Lotus Sect is Tang Sai'er, where is she now?"

The strategist glanced at everyone present, but could not see Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect.

Xu Hongru's face was gloomy: "A woman, what do you know? I, Xu Hongru, are the real leader of the White Lotus Sect."

Yuan Shu sighed: "I didn't expect that Cao Mengde's adopted sons were all so powerful, with 100,000 troops in Guanzhong."

"I see."

The strategist had already noticed a disagreement within the White Lotus Sect and frowned slightly. This change might affect his plan to check and balance Guanzhong.

Xu Hongru asked someone to prepare a seat: "You can talk to me about joining forces with Cao Zhen to capture Chang'an, and I will soon be in charge of the White Lotus Sect."

The adviser said calmly: "The internal affairs of the White Lotus Sect have nothing to do with me, but the White Lotus Sect needs to send troops on time, otherwise the White Lotus Sect will be destroyed."

Xu Jie, a civil official behind Yuan Shu, fell into deep thought when he saw this person.

This person who visited the White Lotus Sect was a strategist of Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei. He was actively joining the alliance to lobby the White Lotus Sect to join the alliance between Cao Zhen and Qin Xiaogong.

"What is this person's purpose? Use the White Lotus Sect to help Cao Zhen become the overlord of Guanzhong? But once the White Lotus Sect becomes bigger, can Cao Zhen really defeat the White Lotus Sect?"

Xu Jie was guessing the intention of this person.

It is really difficult to understand the real intentions of these strategists.

"You guys go down."

Xu Hongru colluded with Yuan Shu, repelled his left and right, and conspired with the arrival of Cao's army's advisers alone.

...

"You said there are people who are magnanimous and lobbying the White Lotus Sect and Cao Zhen to send troops at the same time?"

After Xu Jie came out, he found Zhu Ji, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and conspired with him alone.

Xu Jie and Zhu Ji were both officials in the same dynasty. In addition, Yuan Shu failed, Xu Jie was unwilling to serve the White Lotus Sect, so he became Zhu Ji's eyewitness in the White Lotus Sect.

Zhu Ji inferred: "Xu Hongru plotted with Cao Zhen's counselor alone, but Tang Sai'er was not present. I guess there will be major changes within the White Lotus Sect soon, and you and I need to pay attention in time."

Zhu Ji was the commander of the Jinyiwei of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. He was good at catching wind and shadows. He was more sensitive to political struggles and soon realized something was wrong.

The White Lotus Sect of the two dynasties merged, and the White Lotus Sect had two leaders. There would inevitably be internal conflicts, which was just a matter of time.

Xu Jie said: "If the White Lotus Sect is allowed to cooperate with Cao Zhen, Chang'an will be in danger. The White Lotus Sect must be wiped out as soon as possible."

Zhu Ji nodded: "Yes, I will report to the lord and request to send troops as soon as possible to capture Shangzhou."

The Jinyiwei of Shangzhou Town went to Chang'an City as fast as possible to report the changes within the White Lotus Sect to Zhang Hua, who was in charge of Chang'an.

In Chang'an City, Zhang Hua is arranging the deployment of attacking Suoguanzhai.

Suoguan Village has 5,000 Dashun Army, among which the most elite old camp soldiers are 700.

It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are less than a thousand soldiers fighting with the defenders head-on, so they can only adopt the tactic of adding fuel to the oil.

King Li Zicheng took the Suoguan Village and sacrificed nearly 10,000 people.

Zhang Hua had to pay a considerable price to regain Suoguan Village.

"Lord, Lord Zhu Ji, commander of the Jinyiwei, sent a secret report from Shangzhou, and rushed for a thousand miles!"

"oh?"

Zhang Hua divided the severity of official documents into different degrees.

Ordinary Yima requires a trip of about 200 miles per day.

With the strength of war horses in this world, if an emergency occurs, the teleportation speed can reach 400 miles, 600 miles, 800 miles per day, and the fastest can exceed 1,000 miles.

Therefore, the confidential official documents delivered by the station at the fastest speed are also called a Thousand Miles Express.

The official documents transmitted at a speed of one thousand miles must be the most important information, which is related to the life and death of the power.

Zhang Hua took Zhu Ji's secret letter, and the content was related to the White Lotus Sect entrenched in Shangluo Mountain.

"The White Lotus Sect may have internal conflicts..."

Zhang Hua glanced at the content of the secret letter, and it was really urgent news.

Before Zhang Hua could suppress the White Lotus Sect, the White Lotus Sect had already split.

This is the case with the peasant uprising army.

In history, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolt, and before the Qin Dynasty was overthrown, both of them were killed by their subordinates.

Before the Yellow Turban Uprising began, it was reported by traitors.

Li Mi joined Wagang Village and killed Zhai Rang, the former leader of Wagang Village.

According to Zhu Ji's inference, Xu Hongru, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, was dissatisfied with Tang Sai'er and had the idea of ​​replacing it. He suggested that Zhang Hua wait for an opportunity to send troops to attack Shangzhou in surprise.

"Summon Deng Ai to see you."

Zhang Hua burned the secret letter and attracted Deng Ai, the general who was best at surprise attacks.

Deng Ai's forced military talent is most suitable for rugged mountain roads like the Qinling Mountains.

The plan of Xu Hongru of the White Lotus Sect and Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, has already posed a threat to Zhang Hua.

Deng Ai came to the palace in Chang'an City and met Zhang Hua.

At this time, after more than a year of hard work, Deng Ai was no longer in poverty and despair of the cowherd. He also deliberately left stubble to make himself appear more mature and able to convince the public.

Deng Ai was discovered by Zhang Hua when he was in poverty and despair. Therefore, he was loyal to Zhang Hua and was also one of Zhang Hua's confidant favorites.

Every time Zhang Hua takes radical action, he will definitely appoint Deng Ai, who has the talent for forcibly marched.

"This time you led 10,000 troops, Huang Zhong, Xue Rengui, Qi Zhu Heli, and Cheng Mingzhen went deep into the Qinling Mountains to attack and destroy the White Lotus Sect. Lu Lingqi led 5,000 troops, regardless of success or failure, and then responded."

"The last one will definitely live up to expectations!"

Deng Ai immediately ordered his troops and went to Lantian County to meet with Xue Rengui, Qi Bi Heli.

Zhang Hua recruited Lu Lingqi again and asked her to lead five thousand cavalry to respond to Deng Ai's surprise soldier.

News came back from Hedong that Chen Qingzhi successively captured the villages and towns of the Jurchens, captured more than a thousand Jin soldiers, successfully restrained some of the elite Jin soldiers, relieved Xie Xuan's pressure, and moved to the northern part of the Hedong region to escape the pursuit of Wanyan Zonghan's kidnapped horse.

"Let Chen Qingzhi avoid getting close to Taiyuan as much as possible. He doesn't know much about the situation there."

Zhang Hua just wanted to investigate the every move of Cao Zhen, Qin Xiaogong, Li Zicheng, Tang Sai'er, Wanyan Zongwang and other forces, and has used thousands of detailed works.

In Taiyuan, northeast of the river, for Zhang Hua, it was basically a fog.

The princes who ruled over the country were all the best in all dynasties. Even famous generals like Xie Xuan could not even dominate Hedong.

There were enough enemies around him, and Zhang Hua was not willing to provoke the princes in Taiyuan.

"Order Li Ji, Feng Yi, Cheng Yaojin and others to set up defenses along the Wei River and Jing River to prevent Qin Xiaogong and Cao Zhen from taking advantage of this opportunity to invade Chang'an."

When Zhang Hua sent troops to attack Tang Saier, he strengthened his defense against Chang'an.

Qin Xiaogong's 100,000 Qin troops and Cao Zhen's 100,000 Wei troops were all eyeing each other at this time.

Therefore, Zhang Hua had to send a partial army into Hedong and attack Tang Sai'er.

Zhang Hua gave the third order in a row: "Appoint Ma Wu to lead troops to guard the outer city of Chang'an, and Liang Hongyu to lead troops to guard the inner city of Chang'an."

Chang'an City was attacked twice in a row, and Zhang Hua left the Imperial Guards to defend Chang'an City and strengthened the patrol force.

...

"Why did you conspire with Cao Zhen's counselor without authorization but didn't tell me about this?"

In Shangzhou Town, Tang Sai'er, the saint of the White Lotus Sect, is not an incompetent person. She also has a close friend next to another leader of the White Lotus Sect. When she learned that Xu Hongru did not have her own instructions, she secretly formed an alliance with Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei, and was furious.

Xu Hongru gradually felt dissatisfied with Tang Sai'er, and Tang Sai'er also noticed it.

The annoyed Tang Sai'er summoned all the great protectors of the White Lotus Sect and publicly questioned Xu Hongru, hoping to use the White Lotus Conference to abolish the dual-leader system and make herself the only leader of the White Lotus Sect.

Xu Hongru faced more than a dozen White Lotus Great Guardians, without fear, and sneered: "Since ancient times, men have the final say, except for the Empress Wu Zetian. Does Tang Sai'er want to be the second Wu Zetian? How can you convince the public? Only Xu Hongru, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, can achieve great things!"

Tang Sai'er's eyes looked like frost and shouted: "When we were fighting in Nanyang, if it weren't for my magic and military tactics, the White Lotus Sect had been destroyed several times. Can you live to this day? Have you forgotten whose credit it is? Come and take this thief for me!"
To be continued...