Half of the 100,000 troops led by Li Kaifang were veterans of the Heavenly Army, and the other half were newly joined bandits in Funiu Mountain.

However, regardless of the new recruits and veterans, regardless of the original origin, now these have only one name.

Christian!

For the vast majority of those soldiers had been Christians before, and a few who had not, had already decided to become Christians at the celebration assembly.

It's something that can't be helped.

Those people around them, who were bandits just now, are now determined to believe in the Lord, so how can they be embarrassed by the military situation of the gods?

After all, the heavenly army is a heavenly army, so what is heaven if you don't become a Christian?

Under strong pressure, they had no choice but to raise their hands as well.

It doesn't matter if it's true or not, they're all Christians anyway.

We are all brothers, and many things are easy to do.

Calling a brother can at least save a lot of words, and you don't need to introduce your own purpose and methods.

For we all have the same purpose, which is to glorify God.

The common way is to love your neighbor as yourself and lay down your life for your brother.

Mai Ke is with Li Kaifang, running towards the first target, Tongbai Mountain.

Tongbai Mountain is the upper reaches of the Huai River, and Mai Ke's next target is Lianghuai, so it is necessary to start here.

The former Funiu Mountains, as well as the adjacent Nanyang area, are the rear of Tongbai Mountain.

After uniting with Tongbai Mountain, it is more logical and unstoppable to go down the river and attack the strategic objectives downstream.

Mai Ke and Li Kaifang directly took Tongbai Mountain, and the task of recovering the Nanyang Basin was handed over to their former governors, Gu Jiaxuan and Tutana, who were now the leaders of the Holy City of Funiu Mountain.

These are their old genera. Revisiting the old land, with the powerful military power of the Heavenly Army, should be effortless.

Recovering these areas and placing them under the new regime was only a piggybacking task, and their main task was to go straight out of Funiu Mountain, advance eastward, advance in parallel on the line of Pingdingshan and Zhumadian, and launch a feint. Cooperate with Mai Ke's main expeditionary force.

It is said to be a feint. In fact, it is also a real occupation of territory, and the harvest obtained will not be returned to the Manchus.

However, all their actions. It's all for Mai Ke all the way.

Since the beginning of the road is in Nanyang. Mai Ke is also welcome. Continue to take the train, and by the way, extend the three-in-one hub project to the Guò Nanyang Basin. Directly to Tongbai Mountain.

Looking at his four-layer map, Mai Ke knew that Tongbai Mountain was located in the border area of Henan Province and Hubei Province in China, and most of the north side of its main ridge was in Henan Province, and the remaining veins on the south side of the main ridge extended into the territory of Hubei Province.

Tongbai Mountain is northwest to southeast, Tongbai Mountain starts from the east edge of Nanxiang Basin in the northwest, ends at Wushengguan in the southeast and connects with Dabie Mountain, southwest to Zaoyang and Yingshan in Hubei Province, the northern boundary is roughly in the Rongqi Mountain, and the northwest is in the east of Qiligang in Fangcheng County, which is the dividing line between the north and south of China.

The mountain range extends in the northwest-southeast direction, with a length of more than 120 kilometers, and the altitude is mostly about 600 meters, generally not more than 800 meters, constituting the watershed of the two major water systems of the Huai River and the Changjiang River.

With the strategic location occupied by this mountain, Mai Ke must also put it under his control.

Such a strategic location, without a strong ability to maneuver, does not seem to make much sense.

However, Mai Ke is different, his mobility ability is second to none, almost to the point of doing whatever he wants, distance is almost not a problem, and time has become his assistant.

The main peak of Tongbai Mountain, Taibaiding, is the origin of the Huai River for thousands of miles, with an altitude of 1,140 meters, and belongs to the western section of the Huaiyang Mountain Range.

Mai Ke's goal today is this main peak, which is not only the source of the Huai River, but also two forces that Mai Ke wants to take for himself.

The train traveled to the foot of Tongbai Mountain, and Mai Ke separated from Wu Yun and Tutana, who came with the car, and asked them to take people to collect the counties in the Nanyang Basin.

Then Mai Ke waved his hand, and the train drove up Tongbai Mountain.

The train comes from Funiu Mountain, so the route up the mountain is in the western section of Tongbai Mountain.

The western section is the main body of Tongbai Mountain, which is in the northwest-southeast trend, and the north side is affected by the northwest-southeast fault, the mountain boundary is very neat, the slope is steep, the mountain peaks stand, and the ridge elevation is generally 800 to 1,000 meters.

Along the way, everyone saw many places of interest.

No one cares if they're real or not, it's just a little novel.

There is a Huai temple at the foot of the mountain, which is the place where the emperors of the past dynasties sacrificed Huai.

A place on the northern ridge is called Pangu Mountain, which is said to be the place where Pangu opened the world.

In the Lishan in the southern remnant vein, there is also a hometown of the Chinese ancestor Shennong, which is praised as one of the seventy-two blessed lands by Taoism.

Bohu of the Ming and Tang Dynasties made a map of Tongshan for it, and attached a poem "I heard that Huaishui came out of Tongshan, and the ancient sages were born in the meantime." Jun now claims to be a private lady, and the fishing hook must be borrowed from a bay. ”

The train soared upwards, such a slope was not a problem, and when necessary, it could take a vertical route, but instead of going directly to the main peak, they turned to the eastern foothills.

Because there is a goal for Mai Ke there.

This target is a group of bandits who have gathered here.

Soon the train arrived at the bottom of Tianwang Village, the so-called "No. 1 Village in Central China".

Tongbai Mountain was the ancient struggle between the north and the south, and the heroic gathering of righteousness must be the place of contention, and now the cottage here is the descendant of Yue Fei's subordinate general Jiaozan.

According to the introduction of the Bull Demon King, the owner of this village is called Scorched Earth, and he is famous, because he has a habit of making whoever provokes him become a scorched earth, regardless of whether it is a person or a thing, all are scorched earth.

When I got closer, I saw that there were many ancient castles here, including Shengjia Village, Moyun Mountain Village, Yihe Village, Xiaozhai Village, Tianwang Village and so on.

Among them, Tianwang Village is located in the east of the main peak Taibai Ding, the mountain is precipitous, the strange peak is horizontal, the altitude is 1,008 meters, the wall of the village is built with the mountain trend, there are nine hills around, the garden is like the Great Wall.

There are about five square kilometers in the wall, and there is a Jinluan palace in the wall, and there are five battalions and four outposts.

Yue Fei, a famous general of the Song Dynasty, repeatedly went out of Tongbai to fight Xinyang to prevent the Jin Dynasty army from going south, and Zeng Tun soldiers were at the foot of the south of Taibaiding Mountain.

The minions standing guard saw the behemoth coming. I didn't know if it was a monster from Hefang, so I yelled in fright, on the one hand, I hurriedly closed the mountain gate, and on the other hand, I hurried to inform the king.

After a while, a black-faced man ran out, holding two big axes in his hands, and roared like thunder as he ran: "Who ate the gall of the ambitious leopard and came to find your grandfather's scorched earth?"

When I suddenly saw the train in front of my door, I was shocked! What is this?

Although he heard the description of the minion of the report. But I didn't expect such a behemoth!

I saw the scorched earth bucket's big head swaying. It seemed that he was about to run away from the love that he had just been startled, and then shouted in disbelief: "What are you! Eat grandpa with an axe!"

As he spoke, he raised his axes and pounced forward, aiming at the front of the car and "chirping" was a very good blow.

He said it was an axe, but he actually played a trick. Twin axes!

In my heart, I was still saying, "I'll give you an axe." I'll give you two axes. Look how you stand in my way!"

However, he was doomed to tragedy, and he went down with two axes. The sound was not small, but not even a white mark was left.

After all, the shell of such a compartment can't even penetrate a shell!

Not only did it not split the carriage, but the scorched earth itself was pushed to the ground by the powerful anti-shock force at once.

Seeing this guy do it himself, he fell to the ground, grinning his teeth, and the people in the carriage burst into laughter.

The laughter was so cheerful that it squeezed out of the crack in the door and drifted in all directions.

There are still a lot of bandits who are angry, and they hurriedly came over and helped him up, wanting to return to the cottage.

Scorched Earth shouted: "Let go of me, I will still fight!" Call all the brothers out! Bring all those battering rams over! I don't believe it, I can't control such a dead guy!"

As a result, from the gate of the cottage, a large group of bandits emerged, at least 20,000 people!

Some of these people were bare-handed, probably good martial arts, some were armed with weapons, so they were ordinary minions, and many more were in groups of twenty, carrying a huge pine log with iron sheets wrapped around their heads.

These long logs should be battering rams in the mouth of the scorched earth.

When these men came out, they occupied both sides of the train, put the battering ram off their shoulders, and copied it in their hands, and then someone shouted a trumpet, and everyone worked hard together to crash into the train.

"Boom!" a loud voice sounded, and all the battering rams rammed on both sides of the train carriage at the same time.

The sound of the crash was loud, but it was confined to the outside, and the people inside the train, although they felt the slightest vibration, did not hear much noise.

The resistance of such carriages is obviously also soundproofed.

Seeing that so many people were exerting force at the same time, they still couldn't shake the train for half a minute, and the scorched earth was furious!

"Hit it again!" Scorched Earth commanded categorically.

Mai Ke also issued an order in the car: "Drive!

"Whew!" The train instantly soared at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour and rushed towards the gate of the cottage!

When they arrived at the gate of the wall, a few bandits who were sticking to their posts hurriedly came to stop them, and the others went to close the gate.

A few hands leisurely reached out of the train, captured the men alive, and then pulled them into the carriage.

The bandits who operated the battering rams were still there trying to ram, and with a bang, there was nothing in front of them!

Many people exerted too much force, couldn't hold their feet, and collided with those on the other side who were in the same state.

The scene was suddenly chaotic, and many people fell to the ground, rolling in a ball!

Quite a few people were wounded, even seriously injured, and dozens more died as a result of the powerful impact of the battering rams.

When they finished messing up, they looked at the train again, and they had all entered the cottage, realizing the anti-passenger mainstay.

It turned out that 40,000 soldiers in the train had come out and occupied the entire cottage.

Then he closed the gates of the fortress and replaced them with soldiers of the kingdom of heaven at all the guard towers.

The bandits outside the gate who had just recovered from the chaos were immediately dumbfounded when they saw this situation!

This is too much! You took our home and swept us out of the house and didn't let me wait in?

The scorched earth shook its head again, five times in a row, before it became clear what was going on!

With a big axe, he will attack the walled gate!

Fortunately, two clever minions grabbed him and reminded him that his cottage at that time, not to mention that he couldn't beat the people inside, even if he could win, he would be reimbursed for what he had built up with great difficulty.

Besides, even if you don't want to build a copycat, you still can't beat it!

If you don't enter the cottage, you can fight casually. There is no way to break through their carriages, and now that they have entered the cottage, they have an extra layer of protection, is it the opponent?

Another minion reminded Scorched Earth: "This enemy does not seem to be hostile! they have so far gained the upper hand, but they have not harmed a single person in the cottage." ”

The scorched earth is in a dilemma, and one appears on the wall.

It turned out that this person was a middle-level bandit leader in Jijiaojian, and he was specially wanted by Mai Ke to talk to this bandit.

"I said Lao Jiao! You're still so rude! Okay, good, hahaha!"

"What's the matter with you?What is that big, long iron guy?Is there something strange about your barberry braid?"

"This is the train of the Celestial Army! There are many people who can fit it! Now we have all surrendered to the Celestial Army. Then it became part of the Celestial Army. Take a closer look at what's left in the place where the train just went to guò!"

The crowd was confused just now. Getting up from the ground, and anxious that the cottage was occupied, I didn't pay much attention to my feet, and then I realized that a multi-functional hub project had been leading to the place where they were. From afar. Entered the cottage.

Outside of this venue. Everywhere the route leads to Guò, there are all kinds of fruit trees, scattered all along the way. There is also a clear river flowing slowly on the lowest layer.

Only then did they realize that not only the train itself, but also the route it traveled was wonderful.

I heard Tuhu continue: "See clearly, right? Feel amazing, right? Let me tell you, this is not even a dime a dime of the Heavenly Army! We couldn't even think of their ability before! So we really have more than a million people from Funiu Mountain surrendered to the Heavenly Army! What are you waiting for now? Surrender quickly!"

"Tuhu! what you say is true, you are the most honest person!" Scorched Earth was also surprised, and he was quite familiar with Tuhu, and knew that he never lied.

"That's right, that's all true! I'm the chief steward of the kingdom of heaven, Mai Ke! If you surrender, I promise to give you the same treatment as Funiu Mountain. I admire your ancestor, Mr. Jiao Zan, who is really a great hero of the anti-gold resistance, so I have been tolerant to you and forgiven your unreasonable attacks! Otherwise, if we fight back a little, you will be wiped out. ”

As he spoke, his right hand moved, and the wind element was emitted, and a towering tree was uprooted in an instant, and it was stacked into a pile!

Then with a wave of his left hand, he sent out the golden element, a cliff, which was bulldozed in the blink of an eye, becoming a passage!

All the bandits, descending from the scorched earth, were all frightened and changed their faces!

Sure enough, his 20,000 horses and horses, he waved them a few times, and they were all finished!

Only then did the scorched earth know that it didn't matter if it was Tuhu or Mai Ke, what they said was not false at all.

He also knew that there was no other way but to surrender.

But here comes the problem again, he can't be the master!

He was a little embarrassed to tell Sù Mai Ke that it was not for him to decide whether to surrender or not, he had to listen to the orders of the abbot of Yuntai Temple.

This is unheard of!

The bandits actually want to listen to the command of the monk?

The earth tiger next to Mai Ke quietly introduced that the local people have legends that the abbot's common surname is Yue, which is said to be the descendant of Yue Fei, the hero of the anti-gold war, and in order to avoid disaster, he built a temple here to hide;

Therefore, this bandit also began to settle here from that time, and it seems that he is guarding the safety of the monastery.

"Isn't there a strong monk in the monastery?"

Of the two targets he came, the monks of the monastery were the main ones.

According to Mai Ke's intelligence, the monks here are more than one level stronger than the monks of the Shaolin Temple, and one can easily level the ten of the Shaolin Temple.

"That's understandable. "The guide of Tuhu is really good, and he knows a little about the situation here: "The bandits of the scorched earth are only the peripheral force, blocking some small troubles, and the core force is still in the Yuntai Temple." ”

Knowing this, Mai Ke is not in a hurry to subdue the scorched earth, and will go to meet Abbot Yue first!

So, Mai Ke invited the scorched earth to get on the car and go to the top of the mountain.

The scorched earth grinned happily and happily boarded the train, not at all afraid.

made Mai Ke envious.

Mai Ke naturally likes this kind of arrogant personality as a meeting gift. I drank a bottle of 80 degrees with him.

In the bitter cold land, Mr. Jiao Tuzu was born with a love for spirits in his blood.

After drinking this bottle of liquor that he had never drunk before, he directly upgraded Mai Ke to his best friend, ranking only below Abbot Yue.

Then along the way, he took the place of Tuhu and acted as a guide for Mai Ke, and at the same time revealed some information about Abbot Yue to him.

It turned out that all the abbots of the previous dynasties were from Liuyin, that is, Yue Fei's hometown, and they were generally the third son of the head of the Yue family.

In the specific division of labor, the eldest son is the successor to the current head of the family. It is the inevitable next head of the family. This is the most important thing, and the thunder can't move.

The second son inherited the legacy of his ancestors, joined the army, and defended the country.

It depends on who the emperor is. to be able to make a specific decision.

If it is Han orthodoxy. This second son must be from Rong. It doesn't have to be a senior officer.

However, their own skills are absolutely extraordinary, as they have inherited the ancestral art of war. And there are improvements and enhancements over the generations.

Whether it can be used depends on whether the person in power has discernment.

And if it is a foreign race in charge of the country, then the Yue family will not be afraid!

It is impossible for them to serve a non-Han regime.

In this way, the Yue family was tragic, and about half of the time had to die in old age, just like it is now during the reign of the Manchu Dynasty.

During this period, the Yue family would never come out to serve the Manchus.

If there is a surname Yue among those who worked for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is definitely not the real Yue family, and it will definitely not be the descendants of Yue Ye.

The Yue family also has an unwritten rule, that is, no matter how bad the emperor is, even if it is a foreigner, they will not participate in the rebellion!

This tradition was also passed down by Yue Fei.

The third son was sent to Yuntai Temple to prepare to be the abbot.

If there is no accident, his abbot position will definitely not be able to run.

The scorched earth itself is different.

He is a bandit in his whole family, and he only sends one son to Liuyin in each generation, and continues to follow the Yue family, and in order to ensure that in case of accidents, the Jiao family still has a queen.

After a short time, everyone saw the monastery, and the scorched earth continued to introduce it to everyone, and it seemed that he had not been missing there.

Yuntai Temple is located at the top of the main peak of Tongbai Mountain, more than 1,000 meters above sea level, and is a famous temple in southern Henan.

The temple has five halls and four courtyards, covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, 39 halls of various kinds, and more than 100 large and small Buddha statues.

In fact, this place was first occupied by Taoists, and Taibaiding and Peach Blossom Cave were their main dojos.

But later, when the Yue family arrived, they used Buddhism to move Taoists to abandon the Tao and convert to Buddha.

Later, with the help of Yuanming, the monk and the county magistrate, he founded the Yuntai Temple on the top of the Taibai Peak, until now.

Every year, pilgrims from many cities, counties and cities in Henan and Hubei provinces form a group to enter the incense to the top, and the incense is quite prosperous, which is one of the holy places of Buddhism in the country.

In its heyday, there were more than 600 monks, and it had the reputation of "South Putuo, North Yuntai".

In addition to this Yuntai Temple, there is also a Water Curtain Zen Temple, in a mountain gorge not far from here.

Behind the hall, close to a 100-meter cliff, a mountain spring pours down from the top of the cliff, like a crystal curtain hanging in the air, a natural grotto on the upper part of the cliff is hidden behind the scenes, called the water curtain cave, the temple is named after it.

This is a branch of Yuntai Temple, all under the control of Abbot Yue.

While speaking, he had arrived in front of the gate of Yuntai Temple, the train stopped, Mai Ke walked down the door, and saw a clear old man standing in front of the door.

Look at the age is about fifty.

Scorched earth leads the way ahead.

The old man took the lead in speaking: "Brother Scorched Earth, who are the nobles you have brought, welcome to our temple!"

"Hello big brother! This is the chief steward of the kingdom of heaven, big brother Mai Ke! He has come to collect us, I will bring him to see the eldest brother, and you will decide if you have the eldest brother. Scorched Earth replied.

Huh? So, Brother Scorched Earth has already agreed? This uninvited guest has two hits! It's not easy to convince this kid!

"Okay, please come to our temple and sit down and talk!"

Mai Ke had the opportunity to speak: "Mai Ke has seen the abbot, thank you for the invitation to enter the temple! I have deep respect for the abbot's ancestor Yue Zhongwu!"

"Thank you, Lord Mai!" the abbot clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Mai Ke.

Praise his ancestors, it was her favorite thing to hear.

Entering the hospitality room, the three of them sat down, and Abbot Yue did not ask Mai Ke, but asked the scorched earth: "Tell me why you are willing to return to the Heavenly Army?"

This also surprised the scorched earth, but he was also very happy, so he told what he saw and his feelings in bits and pieces.

It's not organized, but it's real.

Mai Ke didn't add anything, but repeated his request: "I want to ask Scorched Earth to lead his subordinates and abbot to lead the monks and soldiers out of the mountain to help the Heavenly Army complete the great cause of overthrowing the Manchu Qing." ”

The abbot pondered for about five minutes and said, "Okay! Where the righteousness lies, it is incumbent upon you to do so! Scorched earth, you put your subordinates in order, and send 20,000 troops! My monks and soldiers sent 1,000 troops, leaving only 100 as salaries." ”

Then he said to a little novice, "Go, call your senior brother Yue over!"

After a while, a young monk came in and bowed to the abbot: "Third Uncle Abbot, do you have something to do with me?"

"Yes, I want you to lead the monks out of the mountain and follow this Mai Ke into the world!"

The kid was overjoyed and jumped four feet high: "Uncle, you are amazing!

Mai Ke was also very happy, and yelled, "Get on the bus!

(To be continued......)