Chapter Eighteen: Tong Guan's Gamble
Lin Xian'er reached out to take the three holy fire orders, "Master, let's go together!"
Fang La shook her head and smiled and pointed to the men, women, and young people who were eating dry food in the cave. "I am always a father, husband, I am not a god, I am actually a mortal, they can't leave, I can only accompany them until the end!"
Yao Hua couldn't believe his ears. The magical leader of the Ming Cult that was passed down by the official army actually looked like this.
By the way, finding the Ming Cult's General Assembly and catching Fang La is a great contribution.
Yao Hua was thinking about how to pass the news, but Fang La's next words disappointed Yao Hua.
"Xian'er, the location of the Ming Cult's General Assembly is not in our Jiangnan. If we are all defeated in the future, you will take the people all the way west to the mountains where cattle and horses do not sing, birds do not sing, and there are countless grasses on the ground, and there are no temples and no people. I have sent people to search for it for ten years before, by the way, it is Liu Fu. There is no news yet. If we find the General Assembly as soon as possible, why worry about the major event?"
It was the first time Lin Xian'er heard such news. Including her, she always thought that the Ming Cultivate General Hall was in a deep mountain in the south of the Yangtze River. Who would have thought it would be in the northwest?
"Master, you really won't leave? Did you give up like that?"
"The blazing holy fire burns my body. As the leader, I have made many mistakes and failed in great achievements, but I can still do it with my own martyrdom! At least here, I can attract the main force of the official army and buy time for several great Dharma kings. As long as there are all the people who can escape from heaven, we will not have completely failed!"
After Fang La finished speaking, he closed his eyes cross-legged and stopped talking. Lin Xian'er knew that Fang La was not testing them, and there was no need to test this situation now.
After saying goodbye to Fang La, Lin Xian'er and Yao Hua continued to walk south with the Changche Camp. More than ten days later, the official army rang gongs everywhere and told the saying "Fang La's traitor has been captured!"
Lin Xian'er, who heard the news, said to Yao Hua, "Now I can be sure that you are not from the court, otherwise, this achievement will definitely be yours!"
Yao Hua looked with a groan, "Don't you believe me until this time? Although the leader did something wrong and believed in the wrong person, he is still a hero for life! Even if I am a member of the court, I will not betray him for wealth!"
The news of Fang La's capture soon reached Fang Qifo, Yu Daoan, Lin Xianer and other tribes who were still resisting.
As for Wu Yuan, the people he brought had already gone to sea and did not stick to Fuzhou as agreed.
The Ming Cultists could only hide in the mountains of Zhejiang and Fujian, and only a few people dared to take the initiative under the leadership of Yu Daoan.
Yao Hua's long chariot camp was already accused of Yao Hua's credit, but that the entire long chariot camp was bribed by the court.
The most powerful force of the Ming Cult is this newly formed Changche Battalion. After fighting many times, Tong Guan fell in love with this team.
When Tong Guan first said he wanted to buy the Changche Camp, his subordinates thought Tong Guan was joking. Tong Guan told them that there were not many people in this world who could not be bought, it depends on whether your price was enough.
"The Ming Cult is a believer in evil devils and can even not eat meat. I am afraid it will not be easily bribed by money." Wang Anzhong, deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, who came to the commander, felt that the eunuch in front of him was too arrogant. It clearly means that the people of the sect will not be easily bribed. In fact, he also wanted to tell Tong Guan that there is something called backbone in this world.
Tong Guan wiped his shallow beard, "Superminal Envoy, Wang Xianggong, you are good at academic knowledge and official positions. I, a eunuch, admire you very much. But my husband has been a wealthy family since he was a child, and it is normal for the people to think of the people. The Ming Cultists do not eat meat and can face the trampling and charge of our war horses. It is just a waste of life. It doesn't matter if someone is willing to give him a full meal. But if you give him some hope, it makes him feel that his life cannot be sold easily. All the teachings and rules are empty. Most of them have never seen more than ten tan in their lives. Even if you give money, they don't know how to spend it! Apart from the Ming Cult, these people are not bullied before?"
Wang Anzhong disagreed, "General Tong, since they don't even know how to spend money? How to buy it? Moreover, General Tong means that the court did not treat them as human beings before? In this way, wouldn't it be a mistake for us to quell the rebellion?"
"The Emperor is naturally blinded by Zhu Xie and other villains. The flower stone outline is about to be stopped. We need to provide pensions for the family that was destroyed before! As for the battle chariot with hundreds of people, we don't spend money at first, we can give food! Aren't they not eating meat? We will deliver the top-quality wine and food and exquisite snacks to the front, and then walk away without saying a word!"
Several deputy generals looked at each other, "General Tong, our brothers in our own camp have not eaten meat for two days, so we have to give them these high-quality wine and food? If they don't eat it, we will waste our money, and if we don't eat it, we will waste it even more!"
"Yes, this chariot camp is not invincible in the world. It will sooner or later be wiped out by us. It will be just a team of hundreds of people!"
Tong Guan shook the white fan of goose feather in front of him, "I'll make a bet with you, they will definitely eat it, and after eating this meal, they will surrender!"
"There is no joke in the army, General Tong, I wonder what you bet?"
"I heard that many of the church members are young women who are hidden in the mountains and weaving. If I lose, these women will be yours. If I win, I will deal with these women!"
Everyone was secretly amused. Tong Guan, a eunuch, bet on a woman, was probably an unprecedented strange thing.
Although he did not agree with Tong Guan's idea of buying the chariot camp, after all, Eunuch Tong is the emperor's favorite minister and still made meritorious demerits in the northwest. Now Eunuch Tong has given me the first prize, and I am afraid there will be no good results if I don't know the truth.
The wine and food delivered to the chariot camp were so fragrant that the Ming Cultists couldn't help swallowing. Although they did not lack food in continuous combat, they were all vegetarian food after all, and people would feel nauseous.
Especially Yao Hua, I used to feel tired of eating these dishes at the banquet, but now I miss them very much.
However, I still dare not eat the fat meat delivered to my door, nor can I eat it. The organic believers said that the wine and dishes are mostly poisonous, so it is better to lead a dog to try the poison.
Some people immediately objected that dogs are innocent, and if they want to test the drugs, they have to test them themselves.
Losing the team of people like Lin Xianer and Fang Qifo supervised them, he soon stopped taking the teachings seriously.
At first, there were only three brave men who carefully pinched some dishes with their fingers. After about half an hour, the three of them looked rosy and there was no sign of poisoning. They were snatching each other.
It was still the chicken, duck, fish and meat. Everyone was satisfied with this meal. After eating, several people in the middle patted their heads and shouted, "No, we are violating the rules of the sect. According to the rules, we have to chop our hands if we eat one of pigs, cow, sheep, chicken, duck and fish. Now we have eaten everything, wouldn't we be executed?"
Someone immediately said sarcastically, "I didn't eat it. If you eat it, the leader and the Dharma Kings will know it, and they will definitely not spare you!"
"We have made so many contributions to the Ming Cult, what's wrong with having a meal?"
"There are only one mistake and countless times! If the canon rules cannot be implemented, what else should the canon rules be done?"
Everyone looked at Yao Hua, but Yao Hua held back and didn't eat at all. Seeing that everyone's eyes were abnormal and knew that something was wrong, Yao Hua waved his hand and shouted, "Are there any leftover wine and food? If there is, please give me some! My brothers have eaten it, and I have to eat it too! We must share the joys and sorrows, live and die together!"
There was no leftover vegetables at this time, so Yao Hua had to pick up a fish bone to prepare to chew it.
"Captain, wait! The captain's sincerity all know. Since that's the case, why not join us anyway! The opponent has been shouting for a few days, not to pursue our sins, but to share the money of the land, houses and houses with us!"
"Yes, we have fought dozens of battles for the Ming Cult, which is considered to be the ultimate righteousness!"
"We just go home anyway, we won't beat our brothers, and we won't be considered surrender!"
When people do things like surrender and stealing, they are the best at finding reasons for themselves, and they all look righteous.
"Okay, but what if the court doesn't keep its word? Then wouldn't we die?"
Yao Hua looked at everyone, "In this way, I will talk to them alone. I want to see their General Tong. If I can't come back, you must not surrender. If I can come back, I will wait for my news."
Yao Hua felt that this was a great opportunity for him to retire, so that he would not be chased by the remnants of the Ming Cult in the future.
But people often rush to do the surrender, and this time it is the same.
"Captain Yao cannot leave our Changche Camp. If you leave, the leaderless people will be in trouble if the court suddenly attacks us! Let's go!"
"Yes, let's go ten of us and wait for our news!"
There were dozens of old church members who had been in the sect for many years in the long chariot camp. At this time, they gathered together to draw their swords at the group of people who were about to surrender, with their eyes wet.
"What should they do?" The others soon discovered the abnormality of these people and began to draw their swords.
"You can't kill each other! Several seniors, the Ming Cult is now in a desperate situation, so we won't force you. Let's go! Brothers, I don't want to wave my sword to you!"
Yao Hua couldn't help but soften when he saw these people's expressions of grief, anger, and despair on his faces.
"I would rather die than surrender!" The more than 30 old believers committed suicide together on the spot. Yao Hua couldn't help but sigh. After burying them with the others, he sent ten people to Tongguan's camp with white flags.
Wang Anzhong and several deputy generals lost this bet, but Tong Guan gave them silver instead. "Thank you all, I've used this money to buy wine and meat for the brothers in the camp! As for the bet?"
Speaking of this, Tong Guan deliberately stopped, and the deputy generals responded together, "I am willing to accept the loss! I am willing to listen to General Tong's handling!"
Chapter completed!