Chapter 21 Liu Bowen
Early the next morning, everyone packed up and set off, this time to go to sea, in order to welcome back the golden lion king Xie Xun, for the name, it is a big event but it is not a big deal, so the candidates for travel, as long as it is enough, in addition to Zhuo Ao and Zhang Wuji, among the four major guardian kings, only the green winged bat king is with him, and the white-eyed eagle king and the purple-shirted dragon king stay at the top of the light.
In a year's time, Mingjiao not only recovered its vitality, under the governance of Zhuo Ao, there are more congregations, and almost all the counties in Sichuan are full of Mingjiao's ears and eyes, although it is still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but Mingjiao has secretly accumulated a lot of strength, just wait for Zhuo Ao's order, the entire Shu will be turned upside down, seize Shuzhong in one fell swoop, and fight against the imperial court.
In addition to the Qingyi Bat King, the rest are Xiao Zhao, Wusanren and Zhu Yuanzhang, in the eyes of others, this kind of big event, still taking Zhu Yuanzhang with him, is undoubtedly a great honor, only Zhuo Ao knows, he is not at ease to leave Zhu Yuanzhang in Guangmingding, this guy has a good brain, but in the same way, the observation of the past year, his ambition has not been relaxed because of Zhuo Ao's appreciation, but there are signs of intensification, secretly often with Xu Da and others to win over feelings, and Zhu Yuanzhang is sleek, very good at being a man, Zhuo Ao's group of generals, I have a good impression of this guy.
Before leaving, Zhuo Ao recruited his four henchmen and the white-eyed Eagle King and other high-level officials to come over: "Eagle King, now that the Yuan Court is more and more aggressive in exploiting the people, and the people's minds have changed, after I leave, pay close attention to the movements in Shuzhong, if there is an accident, immediately send troops, we must ensure that the first time, the cities in Shuzhong are in our hands!" ”
"Don't worry, the old man knows." The White-Eyed Eagle King nodded.
"Xu Da, Guangming Ding 5,000 Five Elements Flag, after a year of training, has become an army, this time, is the time to test the results of this year, I will go out this time, at most three months, if within three months, if you have not returned, you don't have to wait for me, immediately send troops, and take Chengdu!" Zhuo Ao looked at Xu Dadao.
"Rest assured, the sect leader will live up to his subordinates." Xu Da nodded solemnly.
"Chang Yuchun, Zhang Dingbian, Zhao Pusheng, the three of you immediately go down the mountain, go to all parts of Shuzhong, take over the soldiers and horses in the sect, and integrate, after March, Xu Da sent troops, and it is necessary to respond in all directions, messing up the Mongols' positions, so that they can't take care of it, and solidarity with Chengdu."
Take Chengdu first, and then set Jingxiang, this is the conclusion reached by the top level of Mingjiao in the past year.
Although according to the topography and history, it seems that it is more in line with the art of war to occupy the land of Longxing and occupy the land of Longxing, but don't forget that this is the Yuan Dynasty, and the Han people in the north have either been assimilated by the Mongols, or they just can't survive and migrate to the south.
"Subordinates obey!" Chang Yuchun, Zhang Dingbian, and Zhao Pusheng flashed excitement in their eyes when they heard this, the bloody battlefield is the destination of men, they have been dormant for a year, isn't it this day?
"Let's go." After Zhuo Ao finished explaining, he left with everyone, and brought the Blue Winged Bat King and the Wusan people with him, but also to make his henchmen and generals less constrained, and stay in the Ming Sect, the Eagle King is old, and he also has the ability to take charge of himself, the purple shirt Dragon King generally ignores teaching affairs, and the fire foreman Tuo is obsessed with martial arts, in addition to instructing the sect on weekdays, most of the time he stays in the library of the Ming Sect, studying martial arts, and it also makes the four of them have a lot less constraints and can show their strength.
In the crowd, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced back at the direction of Guangming Ding, with a strong reluctance in his heart, he also wanted to stay, this is a great time to make contributions, why did he follow to meet the lion king?
Dissatisfied, but didn't dare to show it, Zhuo Ao treated him well, and this matter, in some ways, also has an important significance to Mingjiao, the dragon slayer knife in Xie Xun's hand, plus the Yitian Sword that Zhuo Ao snatched from the hands of extinction, welcomed back the day of the Lion King, and also swore to the people of the world to slay the dragon in the sky, and entered the hands of Mingjiao.
The sword slays the dragon, the supreme martial arts, commands the world, don't dare to disobey, rely on the sky, who competes. This is a legend that has been circulating in the rivers and lakes for a long time, although in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, he is a little scoffed, even if it is a divine weapon, how can he command the world? But the people of the rivers and lakes believe in this, slaying the dragon and leaning on the sky to belong to the Mingjiao, and also hinting to the Jianghu people in disguise that Zhuo Ao is the supreme martial arts, he is sick, once the Mingjiao gains power, these Jianghu people will all come to vote.
It is precisely because of seeing clearly the great gains and losses in this that Zhu Yuanzhang is even more anxious, Mingjiao is thriving, and he, although he now has a high status in Mingjiao, even on the same level as Xu Da, but in terms of rights, let alone Xu Da, he can't even compare with a local helmsman, but he is helpless, although he has shown his willingness to go out to practice several times, he has been sent away by Zhuo Ao for a reason.
Yuanzhang's strategy is comparable to Zhuge , Mingjiao is now a bunch of big men, a lot of teaching affairs, to others, I don't feel at ease.
The reasonable reason also fully shows that Zhuo Ao attaches great importance to him, but this attention is not what he wants, faintly, Zhu Yuanzhang feels that if he continues to stay by Zhuo Ao's side, he is afraid that he will be silent for the rest of his life, and be a staff member by Zhuo Ao's side!
No matter how dissatisfied Zhu Yuanzhang is, but the speed of the group is not slow, all the way east, everyone has martial arts, even Xiao Zhao, although because of the restrictions of the world, the body cannot be elementalized, but it is also the cultivation of the fifth order of the day after tomorrow, plus there are horses to travel, within a month, under the leadership of Zhang Wuji, the group has rushed to the shore of the East China Sea.
For example, today's chaos, the people are not happy, and there are people in various places from time to time, the troops of the Yuan Court are already stretched thin just to suppress the rebellions in various places, Zhuo Ao and his party are speeding day and night, and the road is unimpeded and surprisingly smooth, even if the bandits are rampant along the way, but the mountain bandits and roadlords in this era have eyesight, and those who have no eyesight have already buried their bodies in the wilderness.
On the shore of the East China Sea, the Mingjiao rudder disciples who had already received the transmission of the flying pigeon had already prepared a ship for the trip.
"Fengyang Helmsman Liu Ji, see Sect Master." The Fengyang rudder master was a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest, and he came out with dozens of rudder disciples to greet him.
"You are Liu Ji?" Zhuo Ao looked at Liu Ji, with a smile on his face, talking about Liu Ji, maybe a little strange, but to say the word, I'm afraid no one will be unfamiliar, this person is the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand man, the new disciple who joined the Ming Sect, with excellent ability, soon sat on the position of the helmsman, the reason why he chose this place as a foothold is for this person, Zhuo Ao needs a reason to reuse Liu Ji, now everything in the Ming Sect is on the right track, everything in the teaching, with the canon as the priority, even if it is Zhuo Ao's henchman, If there is no convincing reason, you can't rush to promotion.
"It's a subordinate." Liu Ji bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant.
"I've read your information, in less than a year, from an ordinary sect, step by step to the position of the helmsman of Fengyang, I have the ability and talent, I teach and employ people, I don't ask about my background, I only ask about my talent, you have done a good job, this time, just go with me to welcome back the Lion King, and then follow me back to Guangmingding, just Fengyang Helm, for you, it's a gift." Zhuo Ao laughed.
"Dare to disobey." Liu Ji smiled, without the slightest excitement on his face, as if he took it for granted.
Liu Ji is calm, but Zhu Yuanzhang on the side is not calm, Zhuo Ao in Mingjiao, can have today's momentum, it can almost be said that it is dictatorial, no one in Mingjiao is dissatisfied, in addition to Zhuo Ao's martial arts, more importantly, Zhuo Ao has a pair of discerning eyes, this year, all those who have been promoted by Zhuo Ao have performed well in their respective aspects, Zhuo Ao has the wisdom of knowing people, and has the ability to use people, which is almost the unanimous consensus of Mingjiao.
Zhu Yuanzhang has been by Zhuo Ao's side for a long time, where can he not see that Zhuo Ao is very fond of this Liu Ji's person, but is it so powerful?
I was puzzled, but what frightened Zhu Yuanzhang even more was another thing, since Zhuo Ao has the wisdom to know people, does that mean that he is also ......
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but revisit the events of the year, it seems that Zhuo Ao is indeed very kind to himself, every time there is a big event, he must ask himself, it is impossible not to know his ability, but whenever he expresses his desire to go out, he is rejected by Zhuo Ao for various reasons.
I didn't care about it at the time, but when I thought about it at the moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, the sect leader was clearly restricting himself, that is to say, the sect leader had never trusted himself, it seemed to be a favor, but in fact it was monitoring, what should I do?
"Sect Master, there is one more thing, Wudang sent a message a few days ago, the King of Ruyang will be in the capital after January, the Emei faction and the Huashan faction will be beheaded, the six major factions are in the same breath, Wudang, Shaolin, Kongtong, Kunlun have decided to rush to the capital immediately, rescue the two factions, I hope Zhang Shaoxia can rush to the capital as soon as possible, and meet the masters of the six major factions." Liu Ji respectfully handed over a letter to Zhuo Ao, but Zhuo Ao didn't read it, and handed it directly to Zhang Wuji.
Zhang Wuji hurriedly read the letter, and the Emei faction wanted to ask for a beheading, so Zhiruo ......
Zhang Wuji looked at Zhuo Ao with some confusion.
"We already know the general location of the Ice and Fire Island, if you want to go, go there." Although Zhang Wuji didn't speak, his eyes could already express a lot of things, which made Zhuo Ao speechless, and sure enough, in the choice question of woman and father-in-law, this kid still chose the former.
"Yes, please also ask Master Zhuo to explain the reason to my stepfather." Zhang Wuji thought about it, and also felt that Zhuo Ao and these people could not be unfavorable to Xie Xun, so he nodded immediately.
"Sect Master, going to Dadu is dangerous, and making friends with the six major factions is also helpful to my Ming Sect, and my subordinates are willing to accompany Zhang Gongzi to go together." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, this may be his only chance to get rid of Mingjiao.
Liu Ji on the side glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang unexpectedly, this is a family affair of the six major factions, although the relationship between Mingjiao and the six major factions has eased in the past year, it is not close to this point? And people didn't ask Mingjiao to help with boxing, so what is it to run over like this?
"Exactly." Contrary to Liu Ji's expectations, Zhuo Ao just said something lightly and then ignored it.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who followed Zhang Wuji with a happy face, Liu Ji's heart suddenly flashed with a touch of surprise, and he didn't say anything more.