After talking about the general situation, Xu Xingzhi continued: "Now if we want to develop Longhumen, there are only three directions, the first is to continue to enter Shandong north and swallow Hebei, the second is to directly attack Wagangzhai and capture Luoyang, and the third is to seize Bashu according to the original plan, and then go out to occupy Hanzhong and compete with Li Valve and Liu Wuzhou for Guanzhong!" ”

"In fact, these three directions have their own pros and cons!" Xu Xingzhi said in turn: "Choose to go north to Shandong and swallow Hebei, because Shandong and Hebei are still in chaos, although Dou Jiande occupies Hebei and calls himself the King of Xia, but his foothold is not stable, most of his subordinates are reckless, and they don't know the art of war strategy, it is not difficult to deal with him, the only thing to worry about is that Hebei and Shandong have passed through Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goryeo, built a canal, and have been in turmoil for many years, and have long been tired of people's livelihood, occupying Hebei, I am afraid that we will not be able to provide us with any help within five years. On the contrary, it needs to consume a lot of food and material support. In addition, the terrain of Hebei is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and after occupying it, I am afraid that it will become a drag on us, and we will no longer be able to take the initiative to mobilize troops in a short time.

The second is to directly attack Wagang, take Luoyang, now Wagang Zhai involves most of the energy of the Sui Dynasty, it is not difficult for us to destroy Wagang, but Wagang is now the vanguard of the anti-Sui, many righteous troops in the world regard Wagang as respect, take advantage of the Sui Dynasty and Wagang war, destroy Wagang, and our reputation is not good, and after breaking Wagang, we need to face the elite of the Sui Dynasty, and it is not so easy to attack Luoyang.

The third is to enter Bashu, the danger of Shu Road does not need me to say more, want to attack Bashu, the difficulty is the largest in the three directions, especially even if Bashu is captured, the next need to seize Chang'an, occupy Guanzhong to be considered a full achievement, one of the road is difficult and dangerous, material transfer is difficult, provide a stone of military food, afraid of losing a stone on the road, and Chang'an after Yang Jian's reconstruction, it is also very strong, it is a famous city in the world, and it is not so easy to break through, so the last two directions have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they need to be carefully considered. ”

"So what do you think?" After the void was finished, Shen Chengping asked.

"Door master, find my thoughts, since these three directions have their own pros and cons, but we have already prepared to enter Bashu, and General Kou has also made a lot of preparations in Bashu, and now a lot of our grain has been concentrated over there, instead of changing course, it is better to follow the original plan, it is most practical to seize Bashu, if you change the plan, I am afraid that the consumption of money and grain before will be in vain." Pang Fenghui, who is in charge of money, food and materials, said.

Everyone didn't make up their minds, at this time, listening to Pang Fenghui say this, they also felt that it was very reasonable, Shen Chengping looked around, and didn't see anyone else objecting, he couldn't help nodding slightly, he had discussed with Xuxingzhi, and it was also the best choice for the Italian family to continue to attack Bashu, so he waved his hand and said: "So let's settle down, according to the original plan, in the early spring of next year, send troops to Bashu!" ”

The matter of sending troops has been decided, and Xu Xingzhi continued: "In fact, there is one more thing that needs to be decided by the door master? ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Shen Chengping asked.

"The master of the door, now that there is an incident in the Gate Dragon and Tiger Gate, he is still under the banner of the Qing Jun's side, but he has not yet set up a name, even Dou Jiande has established himself as the King of Xia, and our Dragon and Tiger Gate should also set up a name!"

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he also said: "That's true, the so-called name is not right, although we started as a gang, we can't always call ourselves Longhumen, there must be a name!" ”

Seeing this, the void continued: "Historical Records; There is a cloud in the Five Emperors Benji: 'From the Yellow Emperor to Shun Yu, they all have the same surname and different country names, and they are based on Zhang Mingde. The ancients had a country as their surname, and the name and country name were mostly taken from the title, and the title of the door master also needs to be thought about carefully! ”

At this time, everyone thought of some names, Zhang Cheng first proposed "Qin", and said in vain: "The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Seven Kingdoms together with the Central Plains, and established great martial arts, but it was less than two and died, and then Fu Jian founded the country, the country name was Qin, and the country was destroyed after his own death, which shows that the country name of Qin is inherently unlucky!" ”

Everyone thought about it and felt that it made sense, generally Chinese people encounter this kind of thing, they would rather believe it or not, so everyone no longer mentions Qin's name, and then someone mentions the names of 'Wei' and 'Chu', and they argue with each other, and finally Shen Chengping said: "Let's take 'Ming' as the number!" ”

Seeing Shen Chengping's words, everyone thought about it and thought it was good, so they decided that in the future, Longhumen would take Ming as its name, and the army would also call itself Ming Army, and Shen Chengping would also call himself Ming Gong.

The reason why Shen Chengping chose Ming as the number, there are many reasons, Shen Chengping's first world is Xiaoao Jianghu, the dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, including the previous world, Shen Chengping also has a relationship with the Ming, plus the Ming Dynasty is also the first dynasty in Chinese history to unify the north in the south, Zhu Yuanzhang raised troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and after the unification of the south of the Yangtze River, he went north to unify the Ming Dynasty, and now the Longhumen occupies the south of the Yangtze River.

In order to coerce Yang Guang to return to Luoyang, Xu Ziling led 50,000 troops north into the south of Shandong, fighting grass and startling snakes, which can be regarded as making Yang Guang desperate for the south, and at the same time, he also drew out a large number of mobile troops, making the territory around Yangzhou seem empty.

Now that the goal has been achieved, after Shen Chengping considered it, he also decided to give up the territory in the south of Shandong, retreat to the inherent territory in the Huai River area, put away his fists, and at the same time speed up the training of the new army, the 200,000 troops he now has are still too weak compared to the territory of the entire south of the Yangtze River, and he can only speed up the training, and expand the army to 300,000 according to the plan.

And when Shen Chengping's Ming army was strong, the other forces were not idle at all, less than a month after Longhumen was known as the Ming army, Li Valve actually did not wait for Yang Guang to finish, and began to raise troops and go straight into Guanzhong, nearly a year earlier than the original, and only half a month after that, Yuwen Valve, who controlled Luoyang, rebelled and killed Yang Guang, and established his own country in Luoyang as Wei.

"This is really unexpected, it seems that Li Yuan is really not as bad as described in history, he can survive in the troubled times and create Li Tang Jiangshan, how can an incompetent person do it, indecision is just his appearance!" Shen Chengping, who got the news, had a fluctuation in his heart: "Since Li Valve can't wait, then I can't lag behind, I have to speed up the preparations for attacking Bashu!" ”