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Chapter 16: Battle

Everyone was puzzled and thought Fang Qifo was joking, so they would scold Yao Hua next.

Yao Hua was also stunned. He didn't expect that Fang Qi Buddha would be so generous. Lin Xian'er had told him that Fang Qi Buddha was a calculating person and was the most frugal in the Ming Cult.

"Young man, why are you still standing there? Do you think I'm just talking and playing? Actually, I also thought of forming a chariot team to fight against the cavalry, but I just have no clones. This time you will ask me, I'll send you a cow and someone, and you can support me at any time!"

"Thank you, the Dharma King of Nanzhu. I really can't bear to let the church members die in vain, so I came up with this idea. The roads in Jiangnan are narrow, the water nets are crisscrossing, and occasionally there is a flat ground suitable for cavalry to gallop. Instead of sending limited people and horses out to fight to the death, we might as well form a chariot to block the enemy cavalry. Our church members can use the chariot as a cover and use bamboo guns and stones to hit the enemy horses behind. At least we can fight for the transfer time to the greatest extent!"

Fang Qifo patted Yao Hua on the shoulder, "It turns out that young people are terrifying! Okay, I hope you and me can block the cavalry of the court with your chariot convoy! I'll leave first, Niu and the carpenter and blacksmith will leave you!"

Yao Hua held Fang Qifo's hand and said, "I would like to ask Nanzhu to name the newly built war chariot convoy!"

Fang Qifo looked at everyone's frown and laughed, "A real man, you should drive a long car to defeat the enemy and clear the country of thousands of miles! Just call the long car camp! Everyone, try your best! I'll go to Huzhou first!"

"Changche Camp!Changche Camp!"

"Thank you for the name of the Dharma King Nanzhu. Changche Camp will definitely defend the Ming Cult to the death!"

Lin Xian'er muttered in her heart, and before she even went to war, she said the word "death", which was very unlucky.

However, Lin Xian'er rarely interferes in military affairs, and this aspect is indeed not what she is good at.

With three hundred horses, five hundred cows, and the 30,000 church members gathered under his command, Yao Hua estimated that if he had eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled, he could form a team of thirty carriages and sixty ox carriages.

The carriage is a six-horse pull carriage. Each car is equipped with five people, one driving, two people holding spears and wooden boards, and two people throw bamboo guns or stones.

Bows and arrows are scarce products. The garrisons in the Jiangnan area were not equipped with excellent equipment. Moreover, things like bows and crossbows were banned among the people.

The Ming Cultists had to use bamboo guns, stones, and slingshots as weapons. As for the shield, it could not be made within half a year of forming, so they had to tie cloth strips to a shield with two-inch thick wooden boards.

Fortunately, the Ming Cult is all from the people, and many people have driven cars for others, so there is no need to worry about the candidates for driving.

The biggest problem now is food and grass. Since the massacre of the city in Hangzhou, although the Ming Cult has been in a state of unstoppable succession, it is difficult to find food stored in every place.

Take Chongde County as an example. Knowing that the Ming Cult was coming to attack, the people in the city fled with their food, and the defenders also took the money and grain from the Guan Cang and the Guan Cang warehouse in advance and ran away.

Lin Xian'er's previous worries were being tested one by one. Now it is more difficult to raise food and grass than to let the church die.

Yao Hua picked up cattle and sheep and some church members began to stare at them. According to the Ming sect rules, they could not eat meat, and people would forget the rules when hungry.

However, there are many people with firm will in the church. They proposed to use the remaining horses and cattle to find the people who fled up the mountain to exchange for food.

Yao Hua agreed, but Yao Hua told them that half of the food he received would be distributed to the cattle and horses who pulled the cart, which immediately caused an uproar.

People in Jiangnan always cut grass to feed cattle and sheep, and have never heard of feeding animals with food that people cannot even eat.

Yao Hua insisted repeatedly, but everyone unanimously opposed it. Lin Xian'er took out a token from her body, and several elders immediately knelt down with the believers.

"This is the Holy Fire Order of this sect. Seeing this is like seeing the leader. Today, I use the Holy Fire Order to order you to obey Yao Hua's order and share half of the food you have received for cattle and horses!"

Faced with the Holy Fire Order, everyone naturally did not dare to disobey, so they had to agree reluctantly.

More than 20,000 believers only chose 500 people to join the Changche Camp. The food problem of the remaining more than 10,000 people is indeed a difficult problem. This time, with the Holy Fire Order, what about the next time?

If people have no food to eat, they will work hard for this food at all costs.

Lin Xian'er also realized that some new believers did not abide by the rules of the church, so she decided to send all the rest except Changche Camp and her direct followers.

When dividing people, Lin Xianer specially gathered the newly joined believers together and asked them to go west to guide them. He specifically told them that they could do it cheaply, and that if they had no choice, they could violate the rules and then repent.

Some elders felt that Lin Xian'er was blaspheming the gods, and Lin Xian'er comforted them one by one, telling them that so many newcomers had never received experience, and now it is the time to use people. If they are too strict, they will inevitably force these people to turn to the court.

It took a month for Changche Camp to get the car neatly, and it was already the first month of the third year of Xuanhe, or Fang La's first year of Yongle.

Tong Guan's army had arrived north of Huzhou, and Fang Qifo urgently dispatched Yao Hua to reinforce.

After receiving the order to rush to Huzhou for support, Yao Hua naturally drove the army and set off the camp overnight.

That night, a scout who was exploring the way came to Yao Hua's camp and said there were some secret matters.

Yao Hua did not suspect that this person had other intentions, so he was not prepared. After clinking, the man drew his sword and slashed. Yao Hua rolled over and crawled out of the tent.

The visitor split the tent with a knife and chased him relentlessly. Yao Hua had to draw his sword to fight. The visitor fought for several rounds and then ran away.

Yao Hua did not dare to pursue him. One was to be careful not to hurt his own people by accident, and the other was to suspect that this person was sent by the Ming Cultivate General Office to test him. If he was too ruthless, he would have trouble.

This fight naturally alarmed Lin Xian'er and others in the nearby camp tent. Lin Xian'er came over with people and saw Yao Hua standing there with a long sword in his hand.

"What's the situation? Yao Hua, who was just now?"

"It's nothing. A scout said there was an emergency military situation. As a result, he went into my camp and drew his sword to him! I don't know what's going on!"

Lin Xian'er approached and looked at Yao Hua, "It's good that you're fine. You have to go to Huzhou tomorrow. I think it's probably a detailed work sent by the enemy. You can't stay in the original tent tonight. Why not go to my tent, I will take people outside the tent to protect you by guarding the bonfire!"

It was the first month of the year. Although it was in the south of the Yangtze River, it was not yet time for the spring river to warm. Moreover, the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month of this year were extremely cold, and there were many people who died of freezing.

"I'll be guarding the bonfire with my brothers outside your tent. You are a woman, what's wrong with the cold?" Yao Hua regretted this after saying this. As an undercover agent, the word "love" is the most taboo, and at this moment he said this naturally.

Are you really moved by Lin Xian'er?

The couple had sex overnight, and they had sex with Xiu Niang for many days, but they didn't think about it like this, but they felt very different from Lin Xian'er.

Perhaps because of the lust, Xiuniang is just a half-old Xu girl, and Yao Hua can't get interested, but the 23-year-old Lin Xian'er is in her prime and Yao Hua gradually falls.

"Whether you guard me or I guard you, the leader of the chief priest and the Dharma Kings of the headquarters know, you can do it yourself!" Lin Xian'er's tone was particularly strange, I don't know whether to blame or tell everyone on purpose.

Several churchgoers around Lin Xian'er laughed secretly, and Yao Hua's face suddenly turned red, "It's better to protect the right envoy of Guangming!"

Lin Xian'er looked at the chariot in front and suddenly remembered something, "We can't take it lightly tonight. We should do it carefully and do something, not necessarily killing you. It is possible to tamper with the chariot. There are also stables and cow pens, and we have to send additional staff!"

"We have to hold on until dawn anyway. This year is too cold, otherwise we would have set off overnight!" Yao Hua subconsciously put away his sword and rubbed his hands.

That night, the entire Changche Camp could not sleep well. The firewood burned thousands of pounds, and finally it was safe.

It was already seven days later when we arrived in Huzhou. According to Fang Qifo's deployment, Changche Camp was ambushed in a dense forest outside the city. Just when Fang Qifo's deceiving defeat led the imperial army to come, the chariots rushed out together to cut off the enemy.

All the plans in this world are successful, and those that are well-organized, while those that are not successful are unrealistic on paper. In fact, there is a saying that is very true: details determine success or failure. Well, the details of uncontrollable factors can best determine success or failure.

Everyone on both sides of the enemy cannot be like chess pieces on a chessboard, pointing to east and west, things can be planned and calculated, but people can never calculate.

No matter how good the plan is, it is just a choice made after analyzing the possibilities that can be analyzed, and it is impossible to cover everything.

For example, if someone suddenly goes crazy, someone at a critical position suddenly gets an emergency, or if a meteorite falls from the sky, these are all incalculable.

This was the case with the battle outside Huzhou City. Fang Qifu took his men to fight the three thousand horse army infantry of the court, retreated in a rhythmic manner according to the plan, so that the court army would not be suspicious. In order to resist the Western cavalry, Fang Qifu brought most of the horse-rejecting spears and shields with them.

At the beginning of the battle, a thousand commanders from the Ming Cult shouted the death of Fang Qi Buddha and led their troops to turn around and attack Fang Qi Buddha's central army.

Originally, a person was not afraid of rebellion, but the Ming Cult is covered with red scarves. Apart from ringing gongs, drums, and flags, tens of thousands of people lined up together to find out where the commander was.

The team led by the thousand-man commander was originally some people who had been recruited to join. When they heard that the coach was dead, they shouted and ran back together. In addition, the officials and soldiers who were mixed in the team took the opportunity to shout and kill people, and the Ming Cult team began to lose their positions.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Fang Qifo raised the banner in his hand and shouted several times, "I am Fang Qifo, I am in the central army, don't panic!"

The government army was not willing to miss such a good opportunity, and all the crossbow arrows came over. For a moment, except for a few confidants holding large shields, the rest of the people fell to the ground and wailed, and more of them fled.
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