Chapter 089: Wang Qi is in the south, and I have a basis
This question is really inexplicable, their newly defeated army is panicked, they have just had a bite to eat, and they are still discussing the way to go, how can they care about the world!
However, after hearing this question, everyone's expressions suddenly became strange, and some of their thoughts that seemed to be absent suddenly became clear, and they all turned their eyes to Zhao Yu, expecting his answer.
Zhao Yu originally thought that Zhang Zhong's question was extremely boring, but when he noticed that the atmosphere had quietly changed, his mood became solemn. He looked at Zhang Zhong, who had a serious face, and was silent for a long time before he replied equally seriously: "Don't let it go!"
"Still?
Zhang Zhong asked again, a question that sounded meaningless, but the second word "benevolence" accentuated the tone. However, without waiting for Zhao Yu to answer, he turned around and walked out, and at the same time said, "Liu Bowen has already told you about the village in Chuanshan, right? ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he had drifted away.
The atmosphere in the room was calm, and everyone seemed to be still smacking the sentence "don't give in" that Zhao Yu just said. At this time, Zhao Yu had time to say hello to Liu Bowen and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, this master, is really powerful." ”
Liu Bowen chuckled and said, "Master Zhang is a little uneasy, and the village in Chuanshan is a little difficult. I don't want to stay there and continue to eat, I want to come to Zhao Gongzi to find food, I don't know if I can get my wish?"
Zhao Yu was overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded: "Everyone shares weal and woe!"
He clapped his hands and said loudly: "Bull's nose is the most bad at bad people's minds." Let's stop thinking about those useless things, and now we have to discuss where to go. To fight for the world or save the common people, you must first save your own life before you can think about it. ”
Hearing Zhao Yu's words, everyone came back to their senses one after another, and only then did they regain their thoughts that had just been disrupted by Zhang Zhong.
Zhao Yu told Liu Bowen about the topic of Fang Cai, and asked: "Mr. Liu has far-reaching knowledge, but what do you have to learn?"
Liu Bowen sat at the bottom of the line, nodded to Zhuang Zheng and the others, and said with a smile: "You are a fan of the authorities, I only ask you, why do you want to serve Zhao Gongzi as the master?"
Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Liu Bowen stood up, drew a circle on the map on the table, and said, "Wang Qi is in the south!"
Zhao Yu looked over and saw that what he was pointing at was Jiqing.
The wheels are rolling and the heads are surging.
There are more than 400 people in each battalion of the Five Elements Banner, and the road is opened with two flags of Ruijin and Agni, and the three flags of the thick soil are in the center. The rest of the sect members formed another battalion, left the small city of Wu'an, and slowly headed south.
Without the map guide of the Li family's manor, this move would be tantamount to suicide. Even if the scouts were widely spread, with the meager strength of the Five Elements Banner and a heavy burden, they would not dare to fight thousands of miles. Now is the opportune moment, the garrisons everywhere are attracted by the swarming rebel army, but the counterinsurgency army of the Yuan court has not yet been assembled. Their trip through the state and the government, except for a few local guards, can be called unimpeded.
The intelligence networks laid out in various parts of the Five Elements Banner are also operating again, and a lot of news is being sent along the road. Monk Peng and Xu Shouhui joined forces and their prestige increased greatly. And Liu Futong also forced back the bald soldiers and began his journey to cross southern Henan. The rest of them all show that the Yuan court is declining day by day, and it is no longer the majesty that swept the world a hundred years ago.
At the same time, the Five Elements Banner also used its unique means of communication to gather the congregants scattered all over the place. These people scattered everywhere are the real elites of the Five Elements Banner, each of them has different exquisite skills, and the shortest time to join the Five Elements Banner is more than five years. They are usually scattered all over the place to deliver and collect information for the Five Elements Banner, not only responsible for liaison matters, but also responsible for collecting money and materials to maintain the operation of the Five Elements Banner.
Since Zhao Yu has fully taken over the Five Elements Banner, these hidden forces have naturally been completely handed over to him by Zhuang Zheng and others. With the deepening of his understanding, he realized that the Five Elements Banner he had mastered turned out to be such a huge force, and at the same time, he became more and more confident in the road ahead.
According to Zhuang Zheng and others, Mingjiao originally did not have the Five Elements Banner, but with the increase in the number of followers and the accumulation of experience in the struggle against the inferior gentry of the government, the cultists with a skill were gradually gathered together to form the Five Elements Banner under the direct control of the sect leader. The Five Elements Banner has its own amazing means, such as the formation of the Ruijin Banner and the Flood Banner and the Water Dragon, if the formation of a formation, a mere hundred people can face a large team of thousands of soldiers. It's just that in the past ten years, the old people of the Five Elements Banner have scattered everywhere, and the original grand occasion is no longer there.
After listening to the introductions of several flag bearers, Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel his heart swaying. If he could reproduce the victorious style of the Five Elements Banner, with this elite army in hand, why worry about the difficult road ahead! It was only after inquiring about the method of training and the degree of use that his enthusiasm cooled down a little. According to Zhuang Zheng, every member of the Jinge Formation had to be equipped with a few or more than a dozen fine iron blades, and the cost alone was terrifying. At the same time, the martial arts and cooperation of the disciples in the formation have extremely high requirements, and they must have at least three years of hard training.
Originally, the soldiers in the Yingzhou Five Elements Banner camp had been trained quite hotly, and most of the hard work of Yingzhou was wasted after the battle of Yingzhou. To say that it doesn't hurt is false. Although the battle of the Li family manor was fruitful, it was still overstretched to support thousands of Five Elements Banner soldiers and gather nearly 10,000 Ming Sect members along the road.
So the first priority at the moment is to find a place to live.
Jiqing Road is one of the several important towns laid out by the Yuan court in the south of the Yangtze River, and with the power in Zhao Yu's hands now, if you want to occupy it, it is tantamount to a fool's dream. Liu Bowen's proposal was just an idea, and after discussing with everyone, Zhao Yu finally set the destination as Chuzhou, north of Jiqing and south of Haozhou. This place is close to Huaixi, which can not only take advantage of the profound influence of Mingjiao in Huaixi, but also give full play to the advantages of Zhao Yu's identity to recruit local scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, which is the most suitable place for the current situation of the Five Elements Banner.
The team traveled through Guzhen and arrived at the Haozhou region.
Haozhou is now occupied by Guo Zixing of the Ming Sect, and the news of the entry of the Five Elements Banner soon spread to Haozhou City.
The Haozhou Mansion was temporarily used as the Marshal's Mansion, and Guo Zixing, who was originally the master of the Haozhou branch of the Ming Sect and is now known as the marshal, sat behind the handsome case in armor, and next to him was his son Guo Tianxu and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been promoted to the post of Zhenfu, and a cronie.
Zhu Yuanzhang's hair has grown long, if he doesn't pick up his hair to show the ring scar on the top of his head, he can't see that he has been a monk.
Guo Zixing is about 50 years old, his hair is gray, but his spirit is strong. On the desk in front of him was spread out the information of the crossing of the Five Elements Banner, and a deep Sichuan character was frowned between his eyebrows, and he read this information several times before he raised his head and said in a deep voice: "The Five Elements Banner actually came to Haozhou, I can't think of it, I really can't think of it!" What do you think of this matter?"
Guo Tianxu stepped forward, waved his arms and said excitedly: "This is naturally a good thing! The Five Elements Banner has a great reputation, high status, and strong strength in this sect, and it is not easy for us to make friends with them in Yingzhou in the past, but now that Liu Futong has offended them by committing a foolish crime, it is our opportunity to come! Dad, you have already made great achievements in this sect by capturing Haozhou, and now taking advantage of the difficulty of the Five Elements Banner to make friends and recruit you, with these few items, it is indispensable to reach the top and become a sect leader in one fell swoop! When the time comes, the Mingjiao brothers will listen to our orders all over the world! This can be done!"
Guo Zixing was noncommittal, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing with his hands down.
Although he lowered his head, Zhu Yuanzhang could feel Guo Zixing's gaze wandering over him, and he bowed more and more respectfully and said, "The young marshal's idea makes a lot of sense. It's just the details, which are still up for debate. ”
"Oh, what do you say?" Guo Zixing straightened up and asked with interest, and then remembered something again, and said: "Yes, the new chief flag envoy of the Five Elements Banner, Zhao Wuxian, has a good relationship with you, right? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang said cautiously while groaning: "It is indeed good for subordinates to have a personal relationship with the little demon lord Zhao Wuxian, but Marshal Meng appreciates it and does not dare to abolish the public for personal reasons." I thought that since we have already raised an army against the Yuan, we must change the habits of the rivers and lakes in the past......"
Guo Zixing listened and nodded his head. Some time ago, he still heard rumors among his subordinates that Zhu Yuanzhang had a deep friendship with the little devil, and he recruited this person out of curiosity. Now although he has called himself the marshal, his subordinates still use the title of the altar master, only this Zhu Yuanzhang will be called the marshal, so that Guo Zixing has a deep emotion in my heart. He waved his hand and motioned for Zhu Yuanzhang to continue.
"The status of the Five Elements Banner in this religion is higher than that of the altars, if we have visited in the past, we will definitely sweep the couch to welcome each other and dare not have a word. But now that the army has been raised, the most important thing in the army is to give an order, and the most taboo is to have different opinions. In the eyes of our Haozhou Red Turban Army, there is only a marshal, and it is inevitable that a few flag bearers will be snubbed, if the measures are improper, it will be against the marshal's good intentions, not to mention, I am afraid that the two sides will have a misunderstanding because of this......" After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he arched his hand and retreated.
Guo Zixing frowned, obviously Zhu Yuanzhang's words spoke to his heart. But whoever rises up in troubled times, who has no ambition. Although he is not the kind of person who has no other arms like Liu Futong, but he has raised his body and moved his qi, and now he has a heavy army, how can he regenerate a few emperors on his head. But when the Five Elements Flag crossed, he couldn't deal with it calmly.
The fierceness of the Five Elements Banner had already been thunderous as early as when he was still an ordinary Ming Sect, and this opportunity, he naturally wanted to recruit him under his command. However, several flag-bearers and the newly emerged chief flag-bearers had a higher status in the sect than him. On the one hand, they covet the strength of the Five Elements Banner, and on the other hand, they are afraid of losing their authority. This is where Guo Zixing's current mood is entangled.
This scheming is not easy to proclaim. Guo Zixing waved his hand and ordered the generals to retreat, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang alone, before he said: "I see that you just spoke, it seems that you have an unfinished meaning?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed, and he bowed down and said: "Marshal Mingjian, the Five Elements Banner is the elite of this sect, and this powerful arm is exactly what we need." The little demon lord Zhao Wuxian is a descendant of the emperor of the previous dynasty, and the righteousness is the trend, and we must also fight for it. The combination of the two is a big hassle. But if it can be dismantled, it will naturally be possible to get the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, and the marshal's great cause can be expected!"
Guo Zixing's interest increased sharply, and he came to Zhu Yuanzhang and said in a deep voice: "Will the plan be released?"
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