Glancing sideways at Sha Lingshan... she didn't seem to want to go back at all.
Needless to say, the three leaders of the Evil Lotus Sect, Xuanfeng and Huanzhi, were busy reorganizing the Dongting Army in Dongting Lake.
Yueyaotai is in Yuelian Tower, and at this moment, she is probably in a state of panic just like Zhijinhua.
Only Sha Lingshan is idle all day long. The forum master doesn't know whether he should envy or despise her for what she has achieved.
Xu Xiaoyan glanced at Sha Lingshan and hesitated. Sha Lingshan smiled and said, "Xiaoyan, do you have anything to ask me?"
Xu Xiaoyan tilted her face and said, "Sister Lingshan, the three sects of Xielian have fought each other in the past, so they should know each other quite well, right? In addition, now that the three sects have united as one, they should also be able to share intelligence with each other?"
Sha Ling fanned and said, "Well... sort of, right?"
Xu Xiaoyan bit her lip and said, "Do you know what my mother's real name is?"
Sha Lingshan couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiaoyan, is this what you want to ask? The former owner of Yuelian Tower was 'Qingyunxian', just like I am 'Sha Lingshan'. The Xielian Sect has cut off worldly ties, so if you really join the Xielian Sect, you must abandon the name Xu Xiaoyan and take another name.
"You asked me what the real name of 'Qing Yunxian' is. I really have never cared about it. Or rather, in our opinion, the name 'Qing Yunxian' is the real name. How can there be a real name or a fake name?"
Xu Xiaoyan said unhappily, "But it's not always like this, right? Zhijinhua, Longniu, Sheji, Meihua Niangzi, Taohua Niangzi are all 'good names'. But Huantingting, Zhuping...they clearly still have their old names."
Sha Lingshan laughed and said, "Honglian Lieyan and Hei Rui Xuanmei are their 'real names'. Huan Tingting and Zhu Ping were obviously made up just to travel around the martial arts world. You know that, don't you? We are a demon sect, why do you think their names are real?"
"But if you insist on asking about this, I actually do know something, and I may even know more than Yueyaotai. That is, after your mother left Yuelian Tower, she used the alias Xu Xianyun, so you should have your mother's last name."
"But your mother seems to have been abducted by your father, so it is possible that your father's surname is also Xu. Your mother entered Yuelian Tower when she was young, so she should not have a so-called common name. Perhaps after leaving Yuelian Tower, she directly took your father's surname."
Chapter 294: Benevolent, Courageous and Insightful
Xu Xiaoyan said, "Xu Xianyun? Well, Aunt Yue and the others never mentioned this name."
Sha Lingshan said, "At that time, the top leaders of Yuelian Tower were afraid that your mother's defection would affect the entire Yuelian Tower, so they kept a close watch on Yueyaotai and others, fearing that they would know too much. But we and Heilianjing knew about this, so we wanted to take advantage of it. We even thought of finding your mother and asking her to cooperate with us. We secretly conducted a lot of investigations, so we actually knew more."
"But generally speaking, I was still young at that time, and I learned a lot of things from my master. Generally speaking, I only know this name. After your mother left Yuelian Tower, she had to guard against being hunted down by Yuelian Tower, and she seemed to have other concerns, so she always kept it secret and low-key. Neither our Jinghua Shuiyue Pavilion nor the Black Lotus Realm should have been able to find out much."
"As for when she sent you back to Yuelian Tower, she was already the owner of Yueyaotai. Theoretically speaking, Yueyaotai should not have taken you in, but should have killed her. However, you know Yueyaotai, she has a cold face but a hard heart."
"But there is actually another explanation behind this."
Xu Xiaoyan was surprised and asked, "Another explanation?"
Sha Lingshan said, "This was also a guess back then. That is, your mother defected back then, most likely because... she didn't want to implicate Yuelian Tower."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "You don't want to implicate Yuelian Tower? In other words..."
Sha Lingshan said: "Yes, secretly, there is probably another force that Yuelian Tower at that time could not afford to offend. You also know that Yuelian Tower did not even have a fourth-grade master before the three sects merged into one."
Xu Xiaoyan raised her head and looked at the vast sky: "In fact, I don't have much impression of my mother. When she left me, I was only three years old."
"The last memory I have of her is that rainy night when she took me to Yuelian Tower and handed me over to Aunt Yue. She asked me to stay there and told me to wait for them. Soon, she would bring my sister back with her."
"Later, Aunt Yue, Aunt Ting and others found my mother's body, but they didn't find my sister."
"I want to find my sister. I have a feeling that she should still be alive. Many nights, I can feel that there is someone in a distant place who is deeply connected to me. In many dreams, she and I are close to each other in the fog, but we can't touch each other."
She sighed softly and said, "I must find her. I always feel like my life is missing something. If I can't find my sister, it will never be complete."
Sha Lingshan said softly: "Perhaps this is a unique connection between twin sisters? But you alone are too weak and can't do anything."
Xu Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment: "I don't really want to implicate others..."
Sha Lingshan smiled and said, "It's not a question of whether you want to do it or not. In this world, there are always some things that others will do regardless of whether you want them to or not. You are such a person yourself, you should understand."
Xu Xiaoyan nodded gently: "Yes! In fact, I also know that my sister's disappearance is most likely related to the Pengjing Mirage. This is also what Aunt Yue and he wanted to hide from me. They were worried that I would run to the Pengjing Mirage by myself."
"If it were before, I would definitely rush to find Pengjing Mirage without hesitation, but now... I have to think about it again."
Sha Lingshan said: "Just relax..."
Before he finished speaking, an earth-shaking shout was heard from outside the city wall, and the ongoing war seemed to have undergone some kind of change.
In the past two days, the Yunlang Army outside the city has been trying to attack the city. The city is well defended and the war is ongoing. It seems that it will not end so soon.
But suddenly, the shouting and screaming became more intense, letting people know that some changes must have occurred.
The two of them looked at each other and did not mention the Pengjing Mirage again, because they knew that now was not the time to mention it.
Rushing to the streets, the shouting spread like a tide, spreading out of the city.
The two of them rushed towards the city wall together, and suddenly saw a young man running.
Sha Lingshan pulled him back and said, "Qian Xiaowu, what happened?"
When Qian Xiaowu saw that they were the two ladies, he said excitedly, "Our army has defeated the Yunlang army outside the city."
Sha Lingshan and Xu Xiaoyan were surprised and asked, "So fast?"
It was obvious that the Yunlang Army was attacking and the Leopard Army was defending.
How come it suddenly happened that the Leopard Army defeated the Yunlang Army
It turned out that Qian Xiaowu was not exaggerating.
The Yunlang Army outside the city was completely defeated. They suffered heavy casualties under the pincer attack from the Leopard Army from Luling City and Anfu County, and were completely routed.
Because the Yunlang Army was defeated so quickly, the people in the city were completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
Some small gangs that were originally hesitant and wondering whether they should secretly contact the Yunlang Army in advance quickly took sides and expressed their loyalty to the Leopard Army.
The Yunlang Army was defeated all the way and retreated to the Ganjiang River. Many soldiers were pushed into the icy river water in the cold weather.
A large number of warriors and soldiers also surrendered to the Leopard Army.
The leader of the Yunlang Army, known as "Duanluan Xiongdao" Liu Hongyan, took a small number of people with him, abandoned a large amount of military supplies, fled across the Ganjiang River, and left in a panic.
The Leopard Army reaped rich rewards and achieved an unprecedented victory.
Shi Hao did not stop the Leopard Army. Instead, he reorganized the army and crossed the Gan River, capturing cities along the way. He only stopped after he had successively captured four county towns that originally belonged to the Yunlang Army.
When Sha Lingshan and Xu Xiaoyan met Shi Hao, he was sitting under a canopy half a meter square on the city wall, waving a feather fan, looking like the reincarnation of Wu Hou.
"Oh, my husband!" Sha Lingshan walked to his side and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that under my husband's command, the Leopard Army would win so easily?"
Shi Hao smiled and waved his fan, "I originally thought the battle would last longer. After the Leopard Army and the Yunlang Army had fought for two days, I understood. These two armies are just weaklings fighting each other. I had high hopes for Liu Hongyan, the 'Broken Mountain Blade'.
"That is to say, I was too cautious before and didn't dare to be too radical. I didn't behead Liu Hongyan directly. If the Xuanfeng Sect Master was here, Liu Hongyan's head would have been hung at the city gate. But basically, the Yunlang Army is also finished. Now the situation has reversed. It has become a matter of whether Liu Hongyan can defend Ganzhou."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "But Ganzhou is not small, can the Leopard Army take it down?"
Shi Hao said: "I guess there is no need to fight. The current situation in southern Jiangxi is that the Leopard Army has won a great victory, and the Yunlang Army has suffered heavy casualties and is basically finished. Those gangs and powerful people who originally chose the Yunlang Army will inevitably change their stance according to the situation."
On that day, Shi Hao summoned Guan Rong, Wei Langyuan and Hu Jingyun together and told them what would happen next and how to deal with it.
"Let me put it this way!" He looked around and looked at the three people. "It will be absolutely no problem to capture Ganzhou and expand the territory. However, the geographical location of southern Jiangxi means that there will not be much prospect in the future chaos. It is impossible to dominate the world. The best prospect for the Leopard Army is to protect the peace of a place, protect the people, and then choose a wise leader in the next chaos and make achievements."
He put his hands behind his back and said, "The various forces in the south will continue to integrate. If you can see the opportunity clearly, you will have the opportunity to be appointed as a general and be granted a title of nobility in the future new dynasty."
The three generals from southern Jiangxi knew their own abilities, and even if they won a big victory, they did not dare to think about dominating the world.
For them, just protecting Luling and capturing Ganzhou was something they had never dared to think about before.
Guan Rong, along with his two sworn brothers, bowed to Shi Hao and said, "Sir! We should not trouble two masters for one thing. Please help us analyze which hero in the world is most worthy of our service."
Shi Hao put his hands behind his back and paced around, pretending to be in deep thought: "The Dragon and Phoenix Society has just shown some signs of prosperity, but power struggles have already begun to emerge within it. How dare Li Chenglong say that he has the destiny after conquering so few cities? The Dragon and Phoenix Society will definitely have problems in the future, it's not worth mentioning."
"Although the Yellow Sky Army is powerful, its development is currently stagnant. It is good at fighting but not good at governance. It has many internal hidden dangers and can only be the pioneers of the king in the end. The other forces are similar to you. They occupy one side and can only choose to wait and see which major force has a better future."
"Don't talk about Sheng Menghui, he can't even survive this winter. Chongxian Sect has great ambitions in secret, but I guess you will never join Chongxian Sect, and they look down on you because they are proud of their noble status. Well, after thinking about it, only one force has the best future prospects."
Guan Rong asked humbly, "What did you say, sir?"
Shi Hao turned around and said, "Dongting Army!"
The three generals of Gannan looked at each other. Guan Rong said, "I have heard of the name of Dongting Army recently, but I don't know much. I heard that the leader of Dongting Army is Hao Xinghua, the 'Crazy Blade Demon Knight'. This person was originally known as the Crazy Blade Demon Knight and has some connection with the Dark Thunder Society, but later it was discovered that he seems to be related to the Demon Sect?"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "What is Taoism? What is evil? Since Chongxian Sect is known as the orthodox sect of Taoism in the world, then even if everyone else is called evil, what's the harm? Just as the Barbarian Court is called 'officials', then all those who rebel against the barbarians in the world can be called 'thieves', and there is nothing wrong with that."
Hu Jingyun nodded repeatedly: "I heard that Hao Xinghua also participated in the battle of the Overlord's Underground Palace in Xuzhou City. If it weren't for his help, the goddess Ying and Fairy Yuncaiyao might not have been able to kill Lie Zunyi."
Shi Hao said: "This is what makes him different. Even those who are in the Demon Sect or the Jianghu still have to give him the word 'knight' and call him the Demon Knight. Besides, not everyone has the courage to put their lives at risk and fight against the Barbarian Emperor Lie Zunyi."
"Among all the forces on both sides of the Changhe River and in the south, it can be said that only this man can be regarded as benevolent and righteous, and has courage and wisdom."
Chapter 295 The Top Ten Masters on the Black List
Among the three generals in southern Jiangxi, only Wei Langyuan was relatively silent and never spoke much, but at this moment he nodded seriously: "If it were us, even if we knew that Lie Zunyi was hateful and abominable, we would never have the courage to appear in front of him."
Shi Hao said: "Of course, if it is just this, it is not a big deal. But I have been to Jingzhou and found that among all the forces, only the Dongting Army is the most similar to your Leopard Army."
"I heard that the Crazy Blade Demon Knight Hao Xinghua issued three major disciplines and eight points of attention on the first day of the establishment of the Dongting Army. Those who violated the rules will be executed."
Hu Jingyun asked: "Sir, what are the three major disciplines and eight points of attention?"
Shi Hao explained. The three generals of Gannan all looked solemn.
With the help of Master Chongyun, they defeated the Yunlang Army and achieved unprecedented results. They were extremely convinced of him.
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but yearn for the Dongting Army even more.
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Of course, I'm just talking. Seeing is believing. You still have to go and see it for yourself to understand. Such an important matter should not be decided rashly."
Wei Langyuan said slowly: "After we take Ganzhou, I will go and take a look."
Guan Rong and Hu Jingyun knew that although he didn't talk much, he was always steady, so they all nodded.
Next, everything happened as Shi Hao had expected. The gangs and powerful people who had originally sided with the Yunlang Army began to secretly contact the Leopard Army.
Guan Rong and others followed Shi Hao's advice and started by accepting everyone who comes.
If they were all pushed away, these people would be forced to assist the Yunlang Army, and it would be troublesome to take Ganzhou by force.
On the other hand, if we occupy Ganzhou first, we can talk about the rest slowly. If necessary, we can use one faction to fight against another and then slowly clean up the mess.
Just like that, when the Leopard Army approached Ganzhou, "Broken Mountain Blade" Liu Hongyan suddenly died. It was said that the injury he suffered during the previous attack on Luling had recurred.
Although Guan Rong and others knew that Liu Hongyan was not seriously injured at that time.
But of course they did not argue and kept acquiescing. After the remaining Yunlang Army opened the city and surrendered, they followed Mr. Shi's advice, gradually took over, issued orders, did not harm anyone, and won the hearts of the people.
The Leopard Army successfully took over the Yunlang Army's troops and territory at almost no cost, and controlled a large area of land in the middle section of the Ganjiang River.
The next step was to follow Mr. Shi's strategy and take a defensive stance, while at the same time summoning the local wealthy business gangs and proposing to use the Ganjiang River for water trade, with the Leopard Army providing protection.
It should be noted that Ganjiang River is a tributary of the Changhe River. It first flows northward into Poyang River, and then into the Changhe River through Poyang Lake.
Once the trade route was opened, several businesses actually came by water to contact them to discuss business and trade.
Unexpectedly, the effect was so good. The three generals from southern Jiangxi were overjoyed. They received the representatives of these business companies with great ceremony and took them to have detailed discussions with the local wealthy businessmen.
But how could they know that these businesses were actually controlled by Yuelian Tower
Shi Hao didn't actually say anything, but the Leopard Army unexpectedly defeated the Yunlang Army and occupied the middle section of the Ganjiang River. It was impossible for other forces not to pay attention.
Long Niu quickly found out that the reason why the Leopard Army was able to defeat the strong with the weak was because they had an extra "Mr. Shi" in their army.
As for who this "Mr. Shi" is, there is no need to say more.
After Shi Hao made plans for the three generals of Gannan, he said goodbye to them.
The three generals from southern Jiangxi tried hard to keep Mr. Shi Chongyun but to no avail. They also knew that with the talent of Mr. Shi Chongyun, the small Ganjiang River was not enough to display his talent. In desperation, they had to present a huge gift and see Mr. Shi and his two wives off.
Mr. Shi and his two wives boarded those merchant ships and headed north to Poyang Lake.
After Mr. Shi left, news came from the north and they joined forces.
"'Hidden Dragon' Shi Chongyun?" Guan Rong slapped the table and said, "No wonder! No wonder! It turns out that this Master once helped the Bashan Jiuzhai in the north to resist the invaders. After the mission was accomplished, he left with a smile, just like today."
Wei Langyuan didn't say much, but he couldn't help but say: "Qianlong, Qianlong... What a Qianlong!"
Hu Jingyun sighed: "Master, at such a young age, he is already so extraordinary. I wonder what kind of hero is it that he really values him?"
The name "Qianlong" Shi Chongyun thus spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.
Shi Hao boarded a merchant ship and headed for Poyang Lake.
Long Niu was also on the merchant ship, reporting to him about the changes in the world.
Also here are "Black-core Mysterious Beauty" Zhu Ping and Lady Taohua.
These days, Zhu Ping and Taohua Niangzi were busy with business, using the Yangtze River to connect Jingzhou, Xiangzhou and Yingzhou occupied by the Dongting Army with the original commerce and maritime trade of Yuelian Tower downstream of the Yangtze River.
Building an army requires money, and instead of imposing heavy taxes and exploiting the local people, it is better to utilize the resources of the long river and take advantage of the current situation to engage in trade.
"Young Master, there are new changes in the top ten of the 'Black List'." Long Niu reported to Shi Hao.