The Ming army captured Mishui Pass without any bloodshed, which greatly undermined the prestige of the Qing army. It can be said that it was a victory, a good start, and the upper hand.

After Jiang Yao occupied Mishui Pass, he immediately reorganized the Yin army.

King Ming announced to tens of thousands of Yin soldiers that they would be allocated the resources of the Wu family nobles and receive higher military pay.

Then, those who are willing to join the Ming Army can stay in the army, and those who are unwilling to join the Ming Army can retire.

As a result, except for a few soldiers, most of them joined the Ming army.

The Ming army not only suffered no losses when they captured Meishui Pass, but also gained more than 40,000 troops from Emperor Wuzong who surrendered. Their strength did not decrease but increased!

"Hmph, you are really treacherous in fighting."

In the Guancheng Commandery, Xuan Miao said with disdain to Jiang Yao, who was checking the resource records of the Yin clan.

Jiang Yao said without raising his head: "Soldiers never tire of deceit. The art of war is not only about military formations in the battlefield, but also about strategies."

"You also know that I actually don't want to fight in the Southern Region now. I need to wait a few more years. But the Qing Dynasty doesn't give me time, so I can only end early."

"I have few soldiers, so what should I do if I don't resort to deception? If I have many soldiers and a large general, will the Qing army be depleted when reinforcements are about to arrive?"

"You pretended to be Yu Kuan before and deceived me and everyone in the world. Yu Kuan is still fighting a civil war. Isn't this a fraud?"

Not long after the Ming Dynasty unified the Western Regions, the new soldiers had not yet been trained. The southern expedition was insufficient and the risk was actually very high. But Jiang Yao had to go south, and he could not just watch the southern regions fall into the hands of the Qing.

The little Taoist nun sat down opposite Prince Ming and poured a cup of tea, "Oh, if I hadn't pretended to be Yu Kuan and spent all those months, do you think you would have had a chance to conquer the South?"

Xuan Miao sneered, "You are really heartless. The poor Taoist brought disaster to the Zhou Kingdom, but it helped you a lot. If Yu Kuang does not fight a civil war, he will either conquer the Ming Dynasty or seize the Southern Territory."

While talking, he drank tea.

"Drink the tea as soon as you see it. Aren't you afraid that I will poison you?" Jiang Yao raised his head, "I am Yaozhenren and a great poison master. Do you trust me so much?"

"You will poison me?" Xuan Miao's straight nose wrinkled in contempt, "I don't believe it, you will poison me."

I won't?

For some reason, when Jiang Yao heard this, she felt a little ashamed.

Jiang Yao looked at her bright face and discovered for the first time that there was a small part on her face that looked a bit like her own.

It's a lying silkworm.

The four Jiang brothers and sisters, including Jiang Zhengyi, all have one insignificant feature in common, that is, the shape of lying silkworm is a rare crescent shape.

It’s just that this feature is too inconspicuous.

Although she did not have Jiang Yin's bloodline aura, Jiang Yao became more and more suspicious that she was related to the old thing.

If that's the case, wouldn't she be her own sister?

"It seems that you have something to ask me for." Jiang Yao calmly withdrew his gaze and said, "Just tell me."

The little Taoist nun smiled sweetly, "I want to break through to the Medicine Immortal as soon as possible, and I know you can help me."

Jiang Yao was not surprised and directly took out the "Shen Nong Pharmacopoeia" and said, "Isn't that what you want to read? I'll lend it to you."

Xuanmiao suddenly smiled brightly, and immediately took the "Shen Nong's Pharmacopoeia" and disappeared without even saying a word.

Jiang Yao looked at the little Taoist nun's back with a playful look.

Immediately, he thought of the flight information sent by Li Luo'er, and his face became a little gloomy.

Luo'er said that after Xu Erlang obtained the Zhuxie Defending Sword, he abandoned himself and Dao Anjun and left.

Don't know where to go.

"Xu Erlang..." Jiang Yao said with a deep expression, "He has actually reached the third level of Mahayana. The speed at which the sword heart wakes up is really scary."

"I'm afraid that Jiang Zhengyi, Pankang, and Yu Yan are no longer his opponents."

"Where will he go?"

Jiang Yao felt a little depressed when she thought of this.

I originally thought that Xu Erlang would be loyal to Luo Er and become a capable arm, so that the training he and Luo Er had given him would be in vain.

Unexpectedly, he was very powerful, but he left in a daze.

If this matter is viewed as an investment, then this investment is a huge failure.

If that's all, that's it. The worse case scenario is that he joins a hostile force and goes against himself.

Kenshin has been extremely rare since ancient times. Only the descendants of Xu Jianxian can awaken the great inheritance of Kenshin.

In other words, a person with sword heart may not necessarily be named Xu, but must be of Xu Jianxian's bloodline.

Historically, there have been very few people with a sword heart, and they may not have been able to awaken and grow smoothly. Even fewer of them have become talented.

Xu Erlang was born into a poor family and lived in a remote mountainous area. His family was so poor that they did not even have the resources to break through to the Martial Master.

In this case, even if he has the sword's heart, he has no chance to wake up. He will probably die in a few hundred years, or even die unexpectedly when he is weak.

It was he and Luo'er who took him out of the small mountain village and gave him resources and opportunities.

He has never been treated as an outsider.

Jiang Yao couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of this.

Forget it, this is fate, you can't force it.

You can stay or go as you like, and don't care about him.

Just treat it as a friend without asking for anything in return.

Jiang Yao sent a message to Li Luo'er to comfort him: "Isn't it just an ancient magic weapon? If it's gone, it's gone. As for Erlang, there is no reason for such a person to remain a slave."

Then the conversation changed and he said, "Luo'er, I have already captured the Meishui Pass and recruited tens of thousands of Yin troops. After you join forces with the Vietnamese army, there is no need to go north to help me."

"You go south and return to the homeland of the Yue Clan, and take advantage of the great uprising of the Divine Religion to regain the key to the Southern Territory: Long Pass!"

"As a result, it will be difficult for Qing reinforcements to enter the Southern Territory, and it will also be difficult for the Qing Army in the Southern Territory to withdraw to the Qing Dynasty!"

“It is necessary to mend the prison and keep out the wolves, but also to close the door and beat the dog!”

"There are two battlefields in the north and south. This southern battlefield depends on you!"

After Jiang Yao sent a flying message to Li Luoer, he also sent similar content to Yue Anshi and Li Xi.

That is to put them in charge of the southern battlefield, and the core is to recapture the Dragon Pass on the border between the Southern Territory and the Witch Territory.

In this way, the two battlefields in the north and south cooperate with each other.

………

Jiang Yao took Yin Zongxu's commander's residence as the headquarters of the central army and convened a meeting with the generals at the commander's residence.

When the military meeting was about to end, General Qin Que hurried back.

As soon as Qin Que saw Jiang Yao, he said with joy, "Master! I killed thousands of Long Muhuang's level 4 elites in the void at once!"

She looked completely carefree. It was this young girl who acted so casually in front of Jiang Yao among the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Qin Yu immediately scolded: "Don't be rude! Is that your credit? That was the master's plan. What does it have to do with you!"

"It's my lord's plan! I didn't say it wasn't." Qin Que clapped his hands and looked at his brother unconvinced, "But it was me who did it, right? It was always me who lured the Void Sky Rats to attack the Qing army's spaceship fleet, right?

"

Qin Yu suddenly had a big headache. The thing he was most confused about was this girl who was not stingy.

"Haha!" Jiang Yao was happy, "Zi Zhou, Que'er is right, you can't escape a great achievement. Que'er, what reward do you want?"

The generals couldn't help but smile, and they all knew that the lord liked Qin Que and had always doted on this beast general.

Qin Que smiled and said: "I dare not ask for a reward. I only ask the lord to reprimand the dog guard and beat it."

When Qin Yu heard his sister's "request", he coughed awkwardly and couldn't help but touch his forehead.

Qin Que, don't you feel embarrassed? Are you arguing with a dog?

If you open your mouth in front of the lord and everyone, can you speak without thinking?

"Wow—" Xiao Hei, who had been sleeping behind the pillar, suddenly woke up and let out a dissatisfied cry.

But it also knows that Qin Que is the celebrity in front of its owner and does not dare to bark loudly.

When the dog shakes its head, the mountain-shaking bell on its neck makes a "ding-ding" sound.

Since the last time it made great achievements in the Wujian Desert, it was promoted to the third rank of imperial guard, and this time it also went on the expedition. Jiang Yao also rewarded it with the mountain-shaking bell of King Qingrong (Green Ox).

Qin Yu's face sank, "Qin Que! Don't be ridiculous. The dog guard is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty. He was the earliest Yuan Cong. How can you be allowed to speak rudely?"

When Xiao Hei heard the words "an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, the earliest Yuan Cong", he immediately felt much better.

As for whether Qin Yu's words came from the bottom of his heart and were sarcastic, it was automatically filtered out.

"Oh?" Jiang Yao looked serious, "Qie'er, what's going on?"

"Lord." Qin Que pointed at Xiao Hei with a spring-green finger, "The dog guards are the earliest Yuan servants. They have a noble status and should not always go to the beast army camp of the minister."

"The beast troops trained by me only listen to the words of the lord and me. They don't care whether the dog guard is the earliest Yuan follower, or whether the dog guard is the third or fourth grade."

"If they are provoked, they will directly attack the dog guards."
To be continued...