Chapter 226: Seizing the Divine Wood Fort

To quell the chaos,

A turmoil ends here.

Although Lin Mang intervened in this raid by the White Lotus Sect, the loss in the camp was also quite large.

The White Lotus Sect is obviously prepared this time, and most of the targets are grassroots officers in the army. They have investigated the situation in the army very clearly.

Li Rusong stared at the sand table in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Next, the most important thing is the line of Shenmu Fort."

"As long as you break through this place, the army of Hubai can only retreat to Ningxia City, and the entire Ningxia Guard will have no danger to defend."

Ma Gui sighed and shook his head and said, "Although the war went smoothly, it was also a great challenge for our rear."

"The White Lotus Sect raided and burned some of the food and grass, and the remaining food and grass were only enough for seven days at most."

With such a long front, the transportation of food and grass will be a huge problem.

Li Rusong whispered: "After this battle, it is difficult for the White Lotus Sect to affect the transportation of food and grass for the time being."

"It's not just that." Ma Gui glanced at the two of them and sighed: "There are signs of shortages in the food and grass in the back."

"The grain and grass in the capital have not been transported for a long time."

"In recent times, the food transported from nearby provinces has decreased a lot."

Nearly 200,000 people are fighting on a daily basis. If you can’t even have enough food to eat, how can you say that you can work hard?

But the food consumed by these 200,000 people every day is an astronomical figure.

Of course, these 200,000 soldiers were not all warable soldiers, including many auxiliary soldiers and farmers.

Even so, the war lasted for three months and the food consumed was astronomical.

This is no longer a war, but a burning money.

Lin Mang's face was slightly dark.

In the official history, the three major battles can be said to have consumed all the foundation accumulated by the Ming Dynasty.

Although this battle is much earlier, it consumes a lot.

The man in the palace has begun to mobilize the money in his inner treasury to fill his army.

From this we can see that the treasury is really out of money.

This year is another year of disaster. People's lives are difficult, and forced taxation will inevitably lead to greater chaos.

The dynasty can plunder the people without restraint, but the court cannot do so.

Lin Mang thought for a moment and said, "Borrow grain."

"I borrowed money from the noble families of Shanxi provinces. There are many merchants in Shanxi, so there should be no shortage of food. At least it can solve the urgent problem. I will send a letter to Jiangnan to transfer the grain from Jiangnan through water."

"It took too long to expect the imperial court to transport grain from the capital."

He knew that there would be tricks to transport grain from the capital, and some guys would deliberately delay.

Li Rusong raised his eyes slightly, sighed softly, punched the sand table, and said helplessly: "I'm afraid they won't borrow it."

It is unlikely to rely on borrowing food from those aristocratic families.

It would be nice if they didn't make trouble.

Lin Mang looked cold and sneered: "Don't you lend it?"

"Then I will lend them their heads!"

Li Rusong and Ma Gui seemed to have a connection, and looked up at each other.

The two of them twitched the corners of their mouths at the same time.

This is probably the only one who dares to act so unscrupulously.

The main reason is that they have different identities and they need to have too many concerns in their actions.

If they come forward, they will ensure that the censor's memorial will be filled with a lot of impeachments the next day.

As a general with heavy troops, he is already sensitive to his identity and acts like this, and he will suffer even more fear.

If the Jinyiwei came forward, it might be possible that he could really borrow it.

At this moment, Tang Qi's voice came from outside the tent.

"grown ups."

"Zhang Yunfeng is here."

Lin Mang threw down the flag casually and said, "Please come in."

Neither Li Rusong nor Ma Gui spoke, and showed doubt on his face.

Soon, a man walked into the tent, covered in white clothes, and was holding a sword in his arms.

Seeing Zhang Yunfeng, Li Rusong's expression suddenly condensed, his eyes were shocked and suspicious.

“Master…”

Unlike Lin Mang's introverted aura, Zhang Yunfeng was full of majestic momentum, like a candle in the dark, particularly conspicuous.

He has been through the battlefield for a long time and his acuity is naturally far beyond ordinary people.

What's more, I've faced a great master a long time ago.

Zhang Yunfeng bowed to Lin Mang and sighed: "Mr. Lin, Zhang is incompetent and failed to kill the Tantric monk."

Lin Mang glanced at Zhang Yunfeng and said in surprise: "The Grand Master of Tantric Buddhism?"

He thought this was done by the White Lotus Sect, but he didn't expect that there was even Tantric Buddhism involved.

"Yes." Zhang Yunfeng nodded slightly and explained: "This person is called Master Galafan in Tantric Buddhism and has a good relationship with Zhuang Tulai."

"When I was traveling in Mongolia, I heard of this person."

"I fought with him, but I couldn't beat him."

Lin Mang shook his head and said, "It's great that you can bring them back."

Shortly after he left the camp, he met Zhang Yunfeng who was preparing to go to the camp to quell the chaos.

After the two chatted, Lin Mang learned from Zhang Yunfeng that the people of the White Lotus Sect were preparing to attack the quelling camp.

After learning about the Ningxia rebellion, Zhang Yunfeng rushed to Ningxia.

On the way, I noticed that many experts from the White Lotus Sect were about to go to the camp of quelling the rebellion, and planned to come and report the news.

This is what happened later.

Lin Mang introduced Zhang Yunfeng to Li Rusong and Ma Gui again.

Of course, Zhang Yunfeng's true identity was not mentioned. After all, Zhang Yunfeng's identity was too sensitive.

When Li Rusong and Ma Gui learned that Zhang Yunfeng was a great master, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes at the same time.

Although Zhang Yunfeng is not as young as Lin Mang, his age is definitely a young man in the world.

After seeing Lin Mang take action, they know very well how important a great master is.

For a moment, they all felt the desire to recruit.

After some exchange, Zhang Yunfeng left to rest due to physical injuries.

...

Outside the Shenmu Castle,

A figure slowly emerged, and the white skirt swayed gently in the wind.

Looking at the Shenmu Fort in the distance, a deep hatred flashed in Bai Wanying's eyes.

The Black Lotus Holy Envoy has not returned yet, and the result is self-evident.

"Arrogant guy!"

This time, the White Lotus Sect suffered heavy losses, but instead made the group of guys from Tantric Buddhism a waste of time.

A great master is already a traitor for the White Lotus Sect.

Especially the death of the Black Lotus Holy Envoy directly disrupted many plans of the White Lotus Sect.

The Black Lotus Holy Envoy is the guardian of the leader. She was buried in Ningxia this time, and she didn't know how to explain to the leader.

Suddenly, Bai Wanying frowned slightly and said in surprise: "Has a battle happened here?"

A divine light gradually lit up in her eyes, and her eyes were staring ahead with a burning look.

The mental power spread rapidly around.

"Sword Intention..."

"Isn't that guy?"

Bai Wanying was shocked, and another new master appeared?
To be continued...