The power of faith is undoubtedly very powerful. The power of faith can transcend countries and races, and can make people abandon their lives and themselves.
Therefore, rulers throughout the ages have not dared to be careless about religious issues. Although they know that religious power is a hidden danger to the ruling class, they are always cautious when it comes to religion.
Relatively speaking, Yang Deshan's brotherly alliance does not have this problem.
The Brotherhood itself is under the guise of reforming religion. It does not oppose the original beliefs of the North Africans. It only improves the original religion to make it more suitable for social development and more conducive to improving their own lives. This is undoubtedly of great significance to the North Africans.
Said it was a major benefit.
Don’t think that those who believe in religion are stupid. People have the most basic ability to distinguish and know what is good for them and what is not good for them. As long as they can make themselves and their families live a good life, many people can
People are not stubborn, but willing to change.
If on the one hand they insist on tradition and their lives are miserable, but on the other hand they can see hope with a little change, many people will subconsciously make a choice that benefits them.
What's more, in Gudamis, the Alliance of Faith Brothers is now the mainstream consciousness, and adhering to tradition has become an outlier. Where to go is in your own hands, and it is not difficult to make the right choice.
Yang Deshan is not just trying to win over others. Since there are carrots, there are also sticks.
About five kilometers north of Gudamis, there is a place called the Valley of the Dead. That place is a bit evil. Whether it is humans or animals, as long as they enter it, they will die soon. It has always been regarded by the locals as
For forbidden areas.
When Yang Deshan arrived in Gudamis with the people from the Brotherhood Alliance, of course there were many people who insisted on tradition and were unwilling to accept Yang Deshan's tactics.
For those people, Yang Deshan showed absolute decisiveness in killing them. He had no brothers, no wine, and no hugs. All he had was a cruelty that was close to tyranny.
Yang Deshan threw all those who were unwilling to join the Brotherhood into the Valley of the Dead, and at the same time declared that the Valley of the Dead was the holy land of the Brotherhood. All heretics must accept the baptism of the Valley of the Dead. If they could come out of the Valley of the Dead safely, then
It means that God has forgiven their sins. If they cannot come out, it means that the person is guilty and deserves to die.
To be honest, the Valley of the Dead is almost a few hundred meters high from the cliffs on both sides. If someone were thrown from such a high place, they would fall to death, and there would be no possibility of getting out.
And looking at the depth of the Valley of the Dead, maybe if all the people from Tunisia were brought here, it would probably be almost full.
Under such a combination of carrot and stick, the Brotherhood has developed really fast. Now there are more than 5,000 adult men alone. If women and children are included, the total number has exceeded 30,000.
This population ratio is still based on the fact that more than half of the adult men have not started a family. If everyone in the Brotherhood has a family, then this total number is estimated to double.
Don't be surprised, North Africans are just so good at giving birth.
Moreover, the nomads have a tradition that if they conquer a tribe, after killing all the men, the women and children will become the trophies of the victor and automatically join the victor's side.
Doesn't it sound a little barbaric?
It is indeed barbaric, but in North Africa, this is the tradition and is generally accepted by everyone. Even those women and children who have just lost their husbands or sons and brothers will recognize and accept this tradition.
Therefore, the brotherhood alliance develops extremely fast.
After accepting the Maitini clan, Yang Deshan decided to attack Galyan that night.
The Brotherhood Alliance seems to have good momentum now, but in fact there are still many hidden dangers, especially finance, which has become an important factor restricting the development of the Brotherhood Alliance.
The development of the Brotherhood Alliance has now entered a bottleneck period. If this bottleneck can be broken through, the Brotherhood Alliance will become a storm that can sweep across North Africa. If it cannot break through, then it is estimated that it will not take long for the Brotherhood Alliance to fall apart.
It is a good thing to have ideals, but it is necessary for people to see hope. If you simply advocate that tomorrow will be better, but there is no change in real life, then no matter how beautiful the slogan is, sooner or later it will turn into nonsense and be despised.
Yang Deshan did not want to see the day when the Brotherhood of Brothers was abandoned, so Yang Deshan wanted to expand externally.
In the early morning, in the square in the center of Gudamis City, Yang Deshan led the soldiers of the Brotherhood Alliance to pray.
The prayers of the Brotherhood have been reduced to once a day, and the time has been greatly shortened again, from half an hour at the beginning to only ten minutes now.
If there is a war, you can make time for daily routine prayers. If the war is fierce and there is no free time, you can even cancel it.
If the previous regulations were followed, doing this would be standard blasphemy in the Brotherhood. However, in the Brotherhood, the concept of God has become increasingly blurred, and the constraints God has on members of the Brotherhood are becoming smaller and smaller. The rules of the Brotherhood are gradually changing.
Taking the place of God, Yang Deshan has the final say whether it is blasphemous or not.
Well, the power of faith is indeed great, but it is not irreplaceable. If another faith that advances with the times can replace the religion that has been passed down for thousands of years, it is not unacceptable. North Africans are not that stupid and loyal.
While members of the Brotherhood were praying, around the square, family members of the Brotherhood were also praying, including those who were underage.
After today's prayer ceremony, there will be a special ceremony. More than a hundred children with combat capabilities will officially join the Brotherhood. From then on, they will no longer be children, but upright adults. They will also
Participate in this attack on Galjan.
It is not easy to attack Galyan. The straight-line distance from Gudamis to Galyan is about 400 kilometers. During this period, the terrain is changeable, including Gobi desert mountains, etc. The Brotherhood Alliance currently lacks vehicles and wants to reach Galyan quickly.
Eryan is very difficult. In addition, there are many tribes and several cities along the way. The Brotherhood Alliance may be attacked by those people. All issues must be considered.
Yang Deshan was prepared for the difficulties. Last night he sent Jackson, the number three figure in the Brotherhood Alliance, to lead his people to conduct reconnaissance along the way and assess the resistance capabilities of the tribes and cities along the way.
If possible, Yang Deshan is preparing this trip not only to attack Galyan, but also to clean up all the tribes along the way. Therefore, attacking Galyan is both an external expansion and an important step for the Brotherhood.
A propaganda of force.
Soon, the prayer ceremony ended. Yang Deshan packed up his small blanket and handed it to Shalimu, and then faced the already arranged square array and began to lecture.
The fraternal alliance never gives in. The more destiny tries to suppress us, the more we have to fight. It doesn’t matter that His Majesty the King doesn’t care about us. We can be self-reliant. It doesn’t matter that God doesn’t care about our pleas. We must use our own hands to win our rights now.
Everything is what it should be, so let’s fight. Brothers Yang Deshan’s voice was uncharacteristically passionate, and at the end he even raised his arms and shouted, which immediately won waves of responses.
Fight, brothers.
we want to fight
People's emotions are easily affected by the environment. When you are in a passionate group, even the calmest person may not be able to maintain it. At this time, it is normal to follow others' opinions. As long as you incite a little, you will win widespread resonance.
, just like sparks falling into a pan of oil and cannot be contained.
Today, more than a hundred brothers have joined us. Maybe they are your sons or your juniors, but in our brotherly alliance, there are only brothers. We must love them like elder brothers, guide them, and help them become a brother as soon as possible.
A qualified warrior, now, let us witness together. Yang Deshan introduces the next project.
While Yang Deshan was speaking, more than a hundred childlike children had already lined up in front of the square formation, forming a simple column, waiting for Yang Deshan's review.
Yang Deshan was not stingy, just like a real brother, he walked up to the children, greeted them, talked to them cordially, and personally gave each of them a weapon, a scimitar.
The scimitar is also a traditional weapon in North Africa. This weapon was once famous for its Damascus steel, and spread to all continents of Asia, Africa and Europe with the expansion of the Arabs. Together with the camel cavalry, they were once a symbol of the Arabs.
North Africans are actually one of the branches of Arabs. North Africans are definitely no strangers to scimitars. Many North African families have this weapon.
Although we have now entered the era of hot weapons, it is obvious that the machete still has great significance in the hearts of North Africans.
It's not that Yang Deshan is stingy, it's because the Brotherhood Alliance doesn't have enough rifles now, so it has to equip these children who have just joined the Brotherhood Alliance with machetes.
Although these children have joined the Brotherhood, this time they are only going with the team to feel the atmosphere and will not undertake combat missions, so equipping them with scimitars is not a very serious problem.
In fact, in the current Brotherhood Alliance, less than half of the warriors have hot weapons. Most of the remaining Brotherhood Alliance members use scimitars, and some warriors use homemade spears and longbows.
This situation will definitely not last long. Yang Deshan attacked Galyan just because he wanted to obtain Galyan's oil resources, and then the brotherhood alliance could make a lot of profits from it, so there would no longer be the risk of weapons.
The situation in North Africa is still relatively complicated. Take neighboring Tunisia and Libya as an example. Tunisia is a colony of the French and Libya is a colony of the British. Both countries have ill intentions towards each other, although they remain close to each other on the surface.
, but there were constant disagreements in private.
If you add in the United Petroleum Corporation, which is both a businessman and an army, and local armed forces like the Alliance of Brothers, or the Tunisian royal family, it will be really lively.
Just when the Brotherhood had just left Djerba, a sales manager from a British Fire Company approached Jackson and offered to provide weapons to the Brotherhood and support the Brotherhood in unifying North Africa and restoring the Arab Empire's former glory.
Just after the Alliance of Brothers arrived in Ghudamis, a sales manager of unknown nationality also approached Yang Deshan and said that as long as the Alliance of Brothers focused on Libya instead of Tunisia, he would sponsor arms for free for the Alliance of Brothers.
Well, Yang Deshan knew that this person must be French.
