Chapter Forty-Six: Rising to the Sky (1st Update)
In Huzhou City, in an elegant mansion, Gao Cheng, Yin Tianzheng, Yin Yewang, and Wu Jincao, Zhou Dian, as well as Peng Yingyu, were discussing in the hall.
Chang Yuchun worshipped Gao Cheng as his teacher, and suddenly became a high-level member of the Ming Sect, and he was also called to listen to it on the side.
Gao Cheng's eyes swept over everyone, and said: "Yuanzhou has been breached, but the sacrifices of the brothers will not be wasted, if it weren't for them fighting in Yuanzhou, Meng Yuan Tieqi might have gone south to Jiangnan long ago, and it won't give us time to train calmly." ”
"Now that the Mengyuan army has been attracted to the Central Plains, we have also trained 50,000 troops in Huzhou, and there are 10,000 sailors, such a force, plus the help of the forces I taught in Jiangnan, is enough to sweep the southeast!"
Peng Yingyuhe couldn't say anything excited, and hurriedly said: "Sect Master, are you preparing to officially raise troops in the name of my sect? It's really good, now that the veterans of the Tartar Division are tired, as long as we dispatch a large army, we will definitely be able to collect the southeast half of the wall!"
Yin Tianzheng's expression concealed a trace of hesitation, and there was worry in his heart, but thinking of the strength of the sect leader, as well as the strength accumulated in Huzhou for most of the past half a year, even if it was attacked by Meng Yuan's army, he would not necessarily be defeated. So on the side did not speak.
When the others heard Gao Cheng's words, everyone cheered up, in the past, the Ming Sect was limited to insufficient strength, and it was all in the name of Maitreya Sect, White Lotus Sect and the like, and did not let the Ming Sect become the target of the public.
Although everyone in the world knows that these rebels have the support of Mingjiao behind them, as long as Mingjiao does not declare a rebellion for a day, the Mengyuan court will not dispatch an elite army and many masters, but first cut off those places that dare to formally rebel, eliminate the wings, and slowly deal with the extremely powerful force of Mingjiao.
Now, according to what Gao Cheng said, the official announcement of the army in the name of Mingjiao will shake the world in an instant, not only to shake the Mengyuan court, but also to other forces in the rivers and lakes.
Gao Cheng said: "Now is a good opportunity to raise troops! Eagle King, Yin Ye King, you lead the original Heavenly Eagle Sect elite, command the naval army, Brother Peng and Brother Wu help me command the foot soldiers. Chang Yuchun, you come to serve as a pioneer general!"
"Yes, Master!" Chang Yuchun was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down to receive his order.
Peng Yingyu asked, "Sect Master, where will we attack first after we raise our troops?"
Gao Cheng already had a plan for this, and immediately replied: "Now that Huzhou is in my hands, I will leave 5,000 soldiers to defend the city, and the remaining soldiers and 10,000 sailors will go up from Taihu Lake to the north, Chang Yuchun will be the vanguard to capture Changzhou, and the navy will occupy Jiangyin, and then advance by land and water, and enter Zhenjiang!
Peng Yingyu thought about it for a while, and didn't feel anything wrong, judging from the current situation, Meng Yuan's most elite soldiers and horses are all in the Central Plains, and Meng Yuan's troops in Jiqing Mansion and all parts of Jiangnan are not much, and the sect leader's plan is very feasible.
"If we can capture Jinling, we can make Jiangnan shake, and then the heroes of the world will inevitably flock to it! Sect Master, why don't I sneak into Jinling City first, and when the Sect Master leads the army to arrive, we will be able to break the city in one fell swoop!" Peng Yingyu said.
Gao Cheng thought for a moment, looked at the other party's eager look, and did not object to this proposal.
Yin Tianzheng, Yin Yewang, Zhou Dian and others didn't know anything about marching and attacking the city, so they could only listen to Gao Cheng and Peng Yingyu on the sidelines, waiting for the sect leader to give an order.
Gao Cheng suddenly thought of Yang Xiao, Leng Qian, and Zhang Zhong, these three people have both humanities and martial arts, especially Yang Xiao has been a bright left envoy and acting sect leader for so long, and he is very proficient in teaching affairs and some cumbersome things.
After raising his own army, he not only had to attack the city and plunder the land, but also pacify the people and defend the city, at this time, a large number of civil officials were needed, as well as the teaching affairs of the Ming Sect in various parts of the world, it was very troublesome, even if Gao Cheng's spirit was extremely strong, he couldn't deal with these things without sleep.
"There is one more thing, Zhou Dian, you go and deliver the news to Yang Zuo, Leng Qian, and Zhang Zhong, let them come to Jiangnan first, I have a heavy responsibility!" Gao Cheng said in a deep voice.
Then everyone discussed the date of the army, as well as the name, slogan, and the document announcing the start of the army against the tyrannical yuan.
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Three days later, the Mingjiao officially launched troops in Huzhou, with the slogan of expelling the Tartars and restoring the Central Plains, and issued a document to spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.
Then the news reached Dadu, and the Mengyuan court was also in a panic. Everyone in the world knows the power of Mingjiao, and its official military launch is enough to influence the general trend of the world. Compared with Mingjiao, Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui of the Central Plains suddenly became a disease of scabies.
However, at this time, the Mengyuan army was still in the Central Plains, and it was completely unable to support Jiangnan, Gao Cheng led the land and water armies to the north, claiming to be 200,000 troops, and the two cities of Changzhou and Jiangyin did not have much strength.
In seven days, the Mingjiao army first broke through Changzhou, and then went down to Jiangyin, Zhenjiang was attacked for two hours, and it was also broken. The 50,000-strong army is like a thunderbolt, repeatedly breaking through the city, and the momentum is mighty, and many heroes have come to vote along the way. Among them are Feng Sheng and Feng Guoyong. The 50,000-strong army increased rather than decreased, reaching more than 60,000.
On the way, Gao Cheng took Chang Yuchun as the general and began to sort out the soldiers and horses that came to him, among which Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, and Feng Guoyong were all promoted and served as 100 households.
A day later, outside the city of Jinling.
The banner is unfurled, the army gathers, Gao Cheng looks at the city in front of him, only to see that the city is tall, but many of the bluestone bricks on it have been damaged, since the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, this Xiongcheng has not been repaired for a hundred years, and it is not the Jintang city after Zhu Yuanzhang's overhaul in the future.
Just when Gao Cheng led the army to arrive outside the city, there was a sudden chaos at the Jinling City Gate, and Peng Yingyu, not to mention hundreds of Mingjiao elites who had already lurked in Jinling City, suddenly launched, killed the defenders of the city gate, and prepared to open the city gate.
"Ah! the thieves have entered the city!"
"The city is broken, everyone run away!"
In addition to the elite of the Ming Sect who attacked, there were also many pre-arranged Ming Sect gangs, wearing Yuan soldier uniforms, shouting and attacking the Yuan soldier array that came in a hurry.
"These are thieves, kill me!"
The Yuan soldier guard drew his long knife, roared angrily, and slashed to death a Mingjiao gang who ran in front of him. However, by this time, Yuan Bing had become very confused, and his roar could not calm his subordinates.
Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng, and Feng Guoyong saw the opportunity, and immediately led their corporal to set up a ladder to attack Jinling City.
Half an hour later, the gate of Jinling fell with a bang. Tens of thousands of troops immediately cheered, and their morale soared again.
At the moment when Jinling City was breached, the red dragon qi in Gao Cheng's body also roared out as if he had eaten a big tonic, circled around Jinling City, grew two dragon horns, and poked out two claws from his abdomen, turning into a dragon!
The dragon qi is illusory, and it will not be seen by others except that Gao Cheng can detect it through the power of the gate of fate.
"In this siege, all the fate power obtained was swallowed up by the dragon qi, and there were no fate points in the account!" Gao Cheng secretly said in his heart, when he broke through the previous few cities, each of them brought him tens of thousands of fate points.
Now he has accumulated hundreds of thousands of Destiny Points!