The Mingjiao sent away the six major sects and stayed in the valley for another two days.
Several people discussed the Mingjiao's next move.
Because Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao, and Wei Yixiao were going to sea, and the center could not be empty, they decided to keep Li Jiang and Fan Yao to handle the military aircraft.
Fan Yao is the right envoy of the Ming Cult and a natural member of the military aircraft. He and Yang Xiao have a good relationship, and Yang Xiao is also optimistic about the success.
After deciding on the candidate, Li Jiang raised another question: the location of the Mingjiao center.
His reason was that the Mingjiao General Forum was in the West Kunlun Mountains, which was too far away from the Central Plains, and was not conducive to controlling the rebels in various places. And if there was a problem, sending messages back and forth thousands of miles would also delay military aircraft.
Therefore, Li Jiang suggested setting up a central camp to ensure the correct leadership of the teaching headquarters.
In fact, Yang Xiao has been aware of this problem for a long time, but he is not easy to talk about it. He is an old man of Mingjiao. If he proposes to move the main altar, he will be scolded for tampering with the ancestral system, forgetting the ancestors, and selling his father's land.
Only newcomers like Zhang Wuji suggested that the voice of opposition might be smaller. But Zhang Wuji had never thought about this issue, and Yang Xiao was not able to speak up.
It just so happened that Li Jiang, who was also a newcomer and a close brother of the leader, proposed it, and Yang Xiao quickly agreed.
Wei Yixiao was all-powerful and had no objection.
Although Fan Yao had left the association for many years, he had the deepest feelings for the association. After hesitating for a long time, he nodded in agreement under Yang Xiao's eyes.
So the next step is where is the temporary center located?
Yang Xiao first expressed his opinion. He believed that the Mingjiao army was mostly concentrated south of the Huaihe River, and the Eagle King was stationed in the east. He could choose an important place in the south of the Yangtze River to establish a camp.
Wei Yixiao expressed his opposition. He believed that there is no better place to compete in the world than Zhong. There are also Mingjiao troops around Wuhan, so they can set up camp around Wuhan.
As a junior member of the Military Aircraft Department, Fan Yao didn't know much about the Mingjiao rebels, so he didn't open his mouth and looked at Li Jiang who made the suggestion.
Li Jiang had an accusation for a long time, and after seeing a few people looking at him, he began to talk.
He started from the pre-Qin era to the Yuan Dynasty, listed the march and battle routes of each dynasty when they overthrew the previous dynasty, and finally came to the conclusion in the confusion of a few people:
Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, the north has always been used to unify the south, and I have never heard of the south being used to unify the north.
Therefore, Mingjiao should also follow the example of the sages and cultivate deep in the north.
Yang Xiao raised an objection. Now that the main forces are concentrated in the south and there is no uprising in the north, how can the north unify the south?
Li Jiang smiled and said: "Who said there are no troops?"
He pointed to the Guardsmen outside the tent and said, "Aren't they the ones?"
"How many people are they? Not even a thousand!" Wei Yixiao interjected.
Li Jiang smiled and said: "They don't have a thousand people, to be precise, there are only 835 people. This includes the 25 people from Huashan who just joined."
"Yeah, what can a person like this do?" Wei Yixiao said.
Several other people were also very curious, waiting for Li Jiang to say that he was ugly.
Li Jiang said solemnly: "Don't underestimate these 800 people! They are seeds, propaganda teams, and seeders. People in the north are in dire straits now. As long as we raise the recruiting flag, we will have people who can feed us. We will sow these 800 seeds."
If you go down, you can get thousands of troops."
"Can they do it?" Zhang Wuji asked.
Li Jiangdao: "Why not? The Guards are the first batch of troops to be reorganized. While practicing martial arts hard in the past six months, they have also been learning military tactics and political theory. I inspected it a few days ago, and basically everyone
Pass the test. I believe they will surprise us."
Hearing that Li Jiang was so sure, several people became interested. The Guards was under the direct control of Li Jiang, and they really didn't know that the Guards had undergone such changes.
After talking about the quality of the Guards for a while, everyone agreed with Li Jiang's statement and discussed the specific location.
The first is Guanzhong, the ancient land of abundance. It is locked by four fortresses. You can advance, attack, retreat, or defend.
The second is Shanxi, with mountains and rivers inside and outside, a place to move around, and the Taihang Mountains to block the central army of the imperial court.
The third is Henan, which can be connected to the Jiangnan Rebels.
Hebei and Shandong are too close to Dadu, so there are no natural dangers to defend and they cannot be taken.
In the end, Zhang Wuji made his decision: Guanzhong was the first choice, and Shanxi was the second choice.
After discussing, the two groups of people came out of the valley one after another.
First, Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao and Wei Yixiao took part of the flood flag gang and headed east into the sea.
Then Li Jiang and Fan Xiao led the Guards all the way west.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River overflowed and there were refugees all along the way. Li Jiang spread his manpower, some recruiting troops and some going to the city to buy grain.
During famine years, there is not much food on the market, and no matter how much money you give, you can't buy much.
When the people who entered the city came back to report, Li Jiang frowned and thought for a while, then asked: "Why is there so little food?"
The subordinate replied: "Production is low in disaster years."
"Then who has food?"
"The government and the gentry and landlords."
"Do they sell it?"
"No, they will just hoard it."
"What is the slogan I taught you when I was in the main forum?"
"All actions must be taken according to the command, and we should not take advantage of the masses..."
"Next"
"Speak kindly..."
"Next one"
"Fight the local tycoons..."
"Yes, that's it, go ahead and do it!" Li Jiang clapped his hands and settled down.
Fan Yao opened his mouth without saying a word, and watched as he happily led the crowd and walked out.
As soon as the congregation went out, Fan Yao said anxiously: "Counsellor Li, robbery seems to be inconsistent with the teachings of our Mingjiao religion!"
Li Jiang waved his hand and explained: "Youshi Fan, how can we say it is robbery? We are just borrowing. These local tyrants and evil gentry have grain in their hands but do not want to sell it. They are not thinking about buying low and taking land at a low price. They are all black
It’s okay. Let’s lend them some food. Firstly, we can save people, and secondly, we can recruit more soldiers.”
"But, but it is also against chivalry." Fan Yao still shook his head.
Li Jiang was amused and teased: "Your Majesty Fan, how dare you become a tutu? Don't you know that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda?"
"Uh, I'm a secret sect..." Fan Yao finally lowered his head.
In this way, Li Jiang traveled all the way, recruiting troops and beating local tyrants along the way, and had great fun.
His actions were not kept secret, which would certainly attract the attention of the government.
However, the policemen sent by the government came to deliver food, which happened to be used for military training.
If there were regular Yuan soldiers, Li Jiang would follow the strategy of fighting when there were fewer people and running away when there were more people. He would often drill into the mountains to make the Yuan soldiers on horseback scream.
By the time they reached Shanxi, the Guards had swelled to more than 20,000 people. This was because they only recruited young people. Otherwise, there would have been more than 100,000 people.
Fan Yao looked at the more than 20,000 strong men, grinning from ear to ear, and no longer pursued Li Jiang's unauthorized order to rob the wealthy family.
He was so full of ambition at this time that he wished he could lead these people back to the capital immediately and pull down the old emperor.
Li Jiang persuaded him, saying that these young men were still recruits and could not go to the battlefield. They still needed to learn martial arts and instill ideas before they could be polished into a good piece of steel.
When the Mingjiao army approached Jinyang City, Li Jiang felt that he could no longer walk.
At this time, the number of troops reached 50,000, covering the mountains and plains. It would be strange to wander around without attracting a large army of Yuan soldiers to encircle and suppress them.
Chapter completed!