Nanming Engineer

Chapter 11 The False Monk

Having said that, Wang Huan paused, giving the officers some time to digest, while everyone looked at each other, with uneasy expressions appearing on everyone's faces, one officer was impatient, and couldn't help but say: "My lord, although the generals of the Qing army who went to Xuzhou with us will not know who is leading the army and how many troops they have until tomorrow, but based on the experience of other surrendered troops in the past, this scale of tens of thousands of family members and five hundred surrendered troops , there are at least 500 bannermen escorting them, everyone knows the combat effectiveness of the bannermen, we have been disarmed, how can we fight them?"

Wang Huan wanted to shake a fan and hold it against his chest to show his masterful demeanor of strategizing, but unfortunately he didn't have his hand, so he had to smile and stroke his right hand on his chest, using it as a fan, and said to Li Yan who was standing behind Li Tingyu: "This, It depends on Li Yan."

Everyone turned their eyes and looked at Li Yan again, Li Yan hurriedly said: "Your Excellency General, the order has been marked down yesterday, sending troops to pretend to be rebels, pretending to plunder the city, and taking all the medicinal materials in the city. I searched the shop all over and found 320 catties of medicinal materials needed for consultation, and collected more than [-] catties of pork, beef, mutton and other meat, which were smuggled out of the city last night and are now stored in our army."

Li Tingyu and Wang Huan looked at each other with a smile, and said happily: "The big plan is done!"

Wang Huan explained to the officers who were ignorant of the situation of being forced: "Regarding this issue, the general has a plan in his chest. When the time comes, he will ensure that the bannermen will not be able to get up. Easy to kill, can you kill the flag soldiers who sleep like dead pigs and sickly become paralyzed sheep?"

A few officers with more flexible minds suddenly realized after thinking about it, and laughed along with Li Tingyu and Wang Huan. Although the others didn't understand what was going on, they understood that the general had already made up his mind no matter how stupid they were. , regardless of Sanqi 21, repeatedly said: "It's easy to kill, easy to kill!" Haha laughed.

After a burst of laughter, Wang Huan went on to explain: "Then we put aside the brigade and marched into Hongze Lake overnight, sailed on the lake to the mouth of the Huaihe River, entered the Huaihe River, landed in Xinyang and headed all the way to Xiangyang, and finally boarded a boat in Yichang and sailed against the Yangtze River. Kuimen, return to Sichuan."

In this paragraph, Wang Huan just gave a rough outline, because the itinerary is too complicated and the situation on the road changes rapidly, it is hard to say what unexpected things will happen, and it is not beautiful to talk too much.

However, these few words also made this group of soldiers look at Wang Huan with admiration. They only thought that this young monk was a relative and acquaintance of Li Tingyu, and he got his background in the army through his connections. As soon as the planned itinerary was exported, these old soldiers realized that this monk was indeed a little bit wise.

Marching and fighting, in addition to the formation and fighting at the combat level, the planning and arrangement at the strategic level are also critical. The officers are all experts in the middle, and you can tell that this plan spans five provinces, passing through the three forces of the Qing army, the bandits and the Ming Dynasty. Among the powers, the danger is extremely dangerous, but if you think about it carefully, only this route seems feasible. Although it is dangerous, it is the only available option.

Then everyone looked at Wang Huan with a slight change in their eyes. There were two types of people that the big-head soldier admired the most. One was the brave general who was more ruthless than himself, the leader who took the lead; the other was the wise general who strategized and was invincible in every battle.Wang Huan's body doesn't look like a brave general, but he seems to be a little bit like a military commander and wise general.

Wang Huan continued: "On the march, it will not be smooth sailing. The Qing army and even the Ming army in various places divided by warlords will give us a fatal blow. The crisis is unpredictable, so we must unite as one and unite as one. I, Wang Huanren, Xiao Although he is light in body, he also has a heart that would rather fight to death than live in vain. As long as we follow General Li, we will get what we want and the whole army will return to Sichuan!"

These impassioned words pushed the atmosphere in the tent to a climax again, even Li Tingyu was excited, flicked his beard, and said in a loud voice: "Okay! The generals understand! This time we bet our lives, I have to go through this experience, if there is a weak-willed person who doesn't respect the general's order, there will be such a case!"

After saying that, he drew the knife in his hand, swung it towards the long case, and chopped off a corner of the case.

Everyone was very emotional, their faces were full of blood, and they cupped their hands and shouted at the same time: "You must follow the general under the bid, and you will die!"

"Okay!" Li Tingyu waved his hand and put the knife back into its sheath: "Ma Quan!"

Ma Quan responded, "The bid is here!"

"Go to the general camp, check and urge the family members to pack up, and set off at sunrise tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!"

"Li Yan!" Li Tingyu said again.

"The mark is here!"

"Take the military order and go to Prince Yu to find out who is leading the flag soldiers tomorrow and how many horses are accompanying them!"

"Yes!" Li Yan bowed and accepted the order.

"The rest of the generals, each go back to their own army and make preparations!"

"Yes!" All the generals and officers agreed in unison, and came out of the big tent with a loud bang.

As soon as everyone left, the Chinese army tent fell silent, only Li Tingyu and Wang Huan were left. Li Tingyu looked at Wang Huan and smiled appreciatively: "You did a good job, you have a bit of courage, facing me so many tigers and wolves The general can still talk freely, and now I really want to know, who is your enlightenment teacher, who can teach you such a temperament at such a young age?"

Wang Huan secretly smiled: teacher?Nearly 500 years from now, the masters who have been in textbooks are all my mentors.But he said: "My master doesn't like the mundane world and is indifferent to fame and wealth. He once asked me to swear a heavy oath not to disclose any information about him, otherwise the relationship between master and apprentice will be severed and we will never recognize each other. So please forgive Wang Huan for not dare Mingyan. Besides, the teacher is only teaching me how to learn, but the courage is backed by adults, so naturally I will grow up."

Li Tingyu was slapped flatteringly, and laughed loudly: "Forget it, you go down and get ready. I brought you here under the guise of doing something, so you have to come here for real." field, don’t be seen through.”

Wang Huan agreed and withdrew from the Chinese military account.

After he went out, he asked a few sergeants to inquire about it, and he found the place where Chen Ergou and others were staying. When he went to the place, he saw a group of young monks holding a wooden bowl, chattering around an iron pot. Drinking porridge.

Wang Huan was hungry, so he immediately grabbed a bowl and shouted, "Why don't you wait for me if there is something to eat? I'm starving to death!"

Chen Ergou quickly picked up the wooden spoon, served Wang Huan a bowl, and said repeatedly: "Eat quickly, eat quickly, there is plenty."

Xu Goudan squatted on the ground and asked with a smile: "We thought you were eating meat at the general's place, so we ate it first."

Wang Huan glanced at the wooden bowl. The porridge was so clear that the naked eye could count how many rice grains were in it. It was like throwing a few rice grains into a bowl of boiling water.But this is not bad, in the hands of the Qing army, there is no porridge.

After making two bowls of porridge in a row, Wang Huan was about to scoop up the third bowl, but found that the iron pot was empty, not even water.

Chen Ergou was still not satisfied, stretched out his long hand and stuck a few rice grains attached to the inside of the iron pot with his fingers, put them into his mouth one by one, smashed his mouth and said: "I'm not full, it would be nice if I could have some more. "

Wang Huan kicked him: "There isn't much food here, so it's not easy to give us something to eat. Come over here after you finish eating. I have something to say."

A group of young monks listened to him very much, and gathered together upon hearing the sound, Wang Huan counted, including himself, there were a total of 14 other monks, all young monks between the ages of 11 and 16. His face, pale and thin, looked at him with admiration.

Wang Huan talked about what he was going to do, and then asked them to prepare the magic weapon.

The young monks looked at each other and didn't move for a long time. Xu Goudan, relying on his friendship with Wang Huan, said aloud: "Wang Huan, we ran out in a hurry. We didn't have anything on us, no cassock, no wooden fish. Without even a string of Buddhist beads, this ritual is not easy."

"And." He swallowed, and looked at Wang Huan anxiously: "We don't know how to do anything."

Wang Huan was stunned, and asked strangely: "You and I have just entered the temple not long ago, so it makes sense if you don't know Buddhist rituals, what about them?"

Seeing Wang Huan's bewildered eyes drifting towards him, the group of young monks lowered their heads guiltyly, and boldly said: "I also just entered the temple for half a month, and I only took a dharma name, and I haven't even read the scriptures. .”

"Me too."

"Me too."

"Uh, me too."

Seeing that someone took the lead, the rest of the young monks started chattering, Wang Huan was sweating profusely, and the group of young monks were all like himself. He came to the temple to be a monk to save his life.

"Actually, the abbot of the temple also knows that he is merciful and knows that we are all children of poor families. We entered the temple to escape the disaster of the soldiers." Xu Goudan explained in a low voice: "He didn't refuse any of them. He opened the temple. The door accepts us."

It was only then that Wang Huan suddenly realized, no wonder he rushed to the temple recklessly when he was ill, and the abbot accepted him because he had no proof and no certificate from the village. He thought he was lucky, but it turned out that the abbot Couldn't bear to see these children living in troubled times, so they took him in extrajudicially.

After thinking about this matter, Wang Huan was in awe of this great abbot who was as great as the protagonist of "Schindler's List". Unfortunately, this old man has been brutally murdered by the Qing soldiers, and he has no chance to repay his favor in this life.

"We will repay the abbot's kindness and great hatred in the future. Now, we must find a way to complete the ritual affairs of the general. Even if it is perfunctory, we must make a show, otherwise the Qing soldiers will definitely become suspicious when they see it. Yes." Wang Huan squeezed his fists, suppressing the churning emotions in his heart, and said coldly.

Xu Goudan rolled his eyes. He is short, but his mind is very flexible. He touched his bald head and thought for a long time, then clapped his hands and shouted: "Yes!"

Everyone said happily: "Have an idea?"

Xu Goudan said: "We don't do anything, so just run away."

Wang Huan kicked him somersault, and the young monks followed him up and beat him, until Xu Goudan repeatedly admitted his mistake.

Looking at this group of fake monks, Wang Huan sighed helplessly, beckoned everyone to stop, and commanded feebly: "Well, Ergou, you go find wood and take everyone to use knives to cut them into wooden fish and wooden sticks. Goud, I punish you to make up for your mistakes, go and cut the wood into rosary beads, and then thread them one by one, everyone should move, tomorrow morning, I want to see wooden fish and rosary beads!"

(End of this chapter)