The Record of Righteousness

Back to Wang Hao, he led more than 300 defeated soldiers to the border of Huai'an Prefecture.

For half a month, there was no trouble, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers and generals was gone.

He could only watch the White Lotus Sect annex the various prefectures in Shandong and was anxious, but he could not help at all.

At this time, Fang Daqing came with more than 200 defeated soldiers.

Judging from his dress, he probably disguised himself as a hungry person and got out of the city.

This surprised everyone. Everyone thought Fang Daqing had died in Jinan a long time ago, and they all welcomed Fang Daqing.

In the following ten days, there were also soldiers from other prefectures and counties who fled and were gathered by Wang Hao one by one.

Everyone was temporarily settled in a small village near Huai'an Prefecture, with about 500 to 700 families.

Even if they were defeated soldiers, they could be regarded as first-class officials in the countryside.

The local people were simple and honest, and the people were kind and generous.

When they heard that they were soldiers from the imperial court, they all contributed money and effort to support them.

They were entertained by the local tyrants and gentry, who were busy currying favor with the so-called high officials and came to join in the fun.

Not to mention that Wang Hao, a rich and noble dandy, would not look down on these rural gentry.

But at this time, Wang Hao had no such thoughts?

He just closed the door and refused to see these gentry.

For the past month, everyone was in a panic, waiting for the emperor to issue an order to punish them.

Those soldiers did not say anything. With the support of the villagers, they spent the whole day in a daze, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, and they were happier and freer than before they fled.

The most worried and fearful were Wang Hao and Fang Daqing.

As the chief officers in charge of Shandong's military affairs, they were not immune to the loss of Shandong.

At the end of July, the eunuch who conveyed the imperial edict led more than 20 followers and arrived in Huai'an Prefecture with the imperial edict.

Since Shandong had already fallen, the eunuch who was delivering the imperial edict could only travel through mountains and rivers from the capital.

He passed through Shuntian, Baoding, Zhending, Shunde, Daming, Kaifeng, Fengyang, and finally arrived in Huai'an, making a big circle around the border prefectures of Shandong, passing through seven or eight prefectures and nearly a hundred counties.

The journey that usually takes more than ten days took nearly a month.

When the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, the soldiers and generals kneeling on the ground breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Hao and Fang Daqing were both happy.

They were neither dismissed nor beheaded, but had to make meritorious contributions to make up for their mistakes. It was really pitiful and God had eyes.

In their hearts, the two of them thanked all the famous Daluo Jinxians, and praised and thanked the emperor for his generosity and kindness.

It was a pity that Chen Guang, the governor of Shandong, became the scapegoat. He was dismissed from office and taken to the capital as soon as he escaped from Shandong, and thrown into the Tianlao to wait for his fate.

Later, the two knew that it was not easy for the eunuch to travel through mountains and rivers, so they invited him to a hospitality.

However, this is not a prosperous capital, there is only a small restaurant with narrow doors and shops, so they barely ate and drank.

The next day, the soldiers saw off the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict.

Before leaving, Wang Hao gave him two hundred taels of silver, and the eunuch smiled and walked away.

But how to make meritorious deeds?

The emperor ordered them to wipe out the White Lotus bandit rebellion within a month, how easy is that?

Although the two are still the military supervisor and the general, they have only 500 soldiers under their command, and all the cities have been lost, which is no different from a commander without troops.

Let's look at the evil and rebellious White Lotus. After annexing Shandong, the main force of the White Lotus Sect, which was originally only more than 30,000, has increased to more than 100,000 by reorganizing the hungry people and forcibly pulling the young and strong into the army. At present, the White Lotus Sect is not satisfied and is still recruiting soldiers and horses to expand its army and prepare for war.

What's more, the Taishan Sect, which is rich and powerful, is colluding with them. There are at least 20,000 disciples in the sect, which can be said to be strong and powerful.

Combined with the news of other defeated soldiers, the two inferred that how could 500 remnants defeat more than 100,000 rebels?

The expression that had just been happy became cloudy again, and the brows were not relaxed.

But in general, there was still a 10% or 20% chance of survival, so the two summoned all the soldiers to discuss countermeasures.

"If you have any good ideas, just say it."

Only the remaining ten or so deputy generals and lieutenant generals, for the sake of the military supervisor, casually mentioned a few things.

It is nothing more than:

"Take advantage of the night to harass the bandit army, send troops to attack their weak points every night, and then slowly recover Shandong."

Or:

"Recruit soldiers and horses, and when the soldiers and horses are strong, fight the White Lotus bandit army to the death, and then make a comeback."

The rest of the people were all wooden, and they didn't think they had a chance to make a comeback.

After hearing these so-called strategies, Wang Hao and Fang Daqing said it was not feasible and shook their heads.

First, it was a question whether these 500 remnants could capture a small county town.

Even if they took advantage of the night to capture it, the White Lotus rebels would definitely lead a large army to suppress it after getting the news, and then the whole army would be annihilated.

Second, if they said they would recruit soldiers and horses and fight the White Lotus again, it would be even more a fantasy.

Now they have to rely on the people for food and drink, so how can they recruit soldiers?

Even if they recruit soldiers and horses, I'm afraid the opportunity will be cold.

At this time, a voice was heard, it was Wan Qing.

"My Lords, I have a plan, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

Wang Hao saw that Wan Qing had another idea, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said happily:

"Oh? Wan Baihu, don't keep us in suspense, just tell us!"

"There are many people here, it would be bad if the secret was leaked, so I'd better tell you two Lords in secret."

"Okay! You tell me now."

After a month of recovery, Wan Qing's injuries, which were deep enough to see the bone, have recovered by half, and he can now exert 70% to 80% of his strength.

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