After everyone finished their division of labor, Li Jiang pulled out the Heavenly Sword from his back and rushed towards the enemy's formation.
Zhang Wuji, who usually doesn't use weapons, grabbed a long knife from a member of the cult and quickly followed.
Today's Yuan soldiers are not useless. They also discovered dozens of unidentified people behind them, so they mobilized a centurion to defend the rear.
Facing the rain of arrows flying like locusts, Li Jiang showed no fear. His long sword danced into a ball of light and crashed into the forest of spears.
At this time, Dugu Nine Swords exerted its power. It had no fancy moves and only attacked the enemy's weak points. Before the Yuan soldiers facing Li Jiang could see the figure clearly, they all felt a chill on their necks and fell off their horses.
Yuan soldiers on both sides hurriedly surrounded him, but Zhang Wuji, who followed behind, didn't give them another chance. He moved a big sword across the board, guarding Li Jiang's back.
Li Jiang was like a chisel, piercing through and killing the Chinese army.
Yuan soldiers felt bad, so they came up with a group of long spearmen, relying on their long weapons to resist the enemy. Even more sinister, they hoped to kill the horses to slow down Li Jiang.
However, their intentions were all in vain. Li Jiang's Heavenly Sword swung around, cutting off all the spears, and without stopping, he stabbed the throats of several soldiers blocking the way.
Accompanied by screams, Li Jiang broke out of the tight siege.
When the commander of the Yuan Army saw the fire on the back road, he called in two more centurions to protect him.
Several white lights flashed, and the two centurions screamed and fell from their horses.
The captain slapped his horse and fled. Li Jiang raised his hand. The captain, with a copper coin on his neck, turned over and fell from his horse with eyes wide open in despair. He was instantly trampled to pieces by the rolling torrent.
The chrysanthemum was stabbed, the leader was killed, and the Yuan soldiers were in chaos.
The Mingjiao army who was suffering on the opposite side took the opportunity to switch from defense to attack. While shouting loudly, a big man in black with a spear in his hand rushed out first. The Yuan soldiers were in charge of the change, but no one dared to attack him.
Under attack from two sides, the soldiers could no longer hold on and were completely defeated, fleeing and scattered.
Li Jiang reined in his horse, shook the blood from the Heavenly Sword, and looked with interest at the black man who was chasing Yuan Bing.
At this time, Zhang Wuji followed Li Jiang and followed Li Jiang's gaze to the opposite side.
After a while, Zhang Wuji exclaimed, "Brother Chang?"
Hearing him call him Big Brother Chang, Li Jiang immediately realized that this was Chang Yuchun, the future Duke of E and the posthumous title of King of Kaiping!
Chang Yuchun killed the Yuan soldiers and just returned on horseback. Before the people arrived, he laughed from afar and shouted: "Which brother came to help? Chang is grateful."
Zhang Wuji immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Brother Chang, you want to harm my little brother."
Chang Yuchun was stunned for a moment. After he saw clearly who was coming, he immediately rolled off his horse, bowed down and said, "I'm here to see the leader!"
Zhang Wuji dismounted, held Chang Yuchun's hand tightly, pulled him up, and said, "Brother Chang, you and I don't need to be polite."
Chang Yuchun stood up and said excitedly: "Leader, since I am your eldest brother and your subordinate, I should worship you."
At this time, the large Mingjiao troops who were behind to cover up the attack also followed, and Zhang Wuji introduced the top management of the Mingjiao to Chang Yuchun one by one.
Chang Yuchun had a low position in the Ming Cult and was a subordinate under the Five Elements Banner. He immediately met with Li Jiang, Yang Xiao, Yin Tianzheng and others one by one.
The heroes regarded him as the sworn brother of the leader, and they did not dare to regard themselves as superiors, holding hands to say hello, and treating each other with courtesy.
Li Jiang was very interested in him and especially talked to him a few more words.
After some exchanges, the impression he left on Li Jiang was that he may have a rough appearance but a delicate heart. No wonder he will be victorious in every battle in the future.
Li Jiang made a small note for him, saying that he was worthy of the important task and could be promoted to a vanguard, and in the future he could be the commander-in-chief.
Chang Yuchun invited a group of powerful people to the village, killed animals and sheep, and held a great feast.
Everyone rested in the cottage for one night and went north together with Chang Yuchun the next day.
A few days later, when we arrived outside Butterfly Valley, the congregation had already formed a queue to welcome the leader.
The people from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion who arrived first had already built many huts and wooden houses in Butterfly Valley to accommodate the various congregations attending the meeting.
Wei Yixiao, King Yin Ye, Peng Yingyu, who could not wait, had all arrived first. Leng Qian and the guards from the general altar had not yet arrived. According to the messenger they sent, the large force was not far behind and could arrive in five days at most.
Zhang Wuji and other important officials from the Military Aircraft Department had no time to settle down, so they immediately set out to meet with the religious leaders and rebel leaders.
Zhang Wuji stayed for a long time and couldn't bear to chat with others, so he prepared sacrifices and went to worship Hu Qingniu, his wife and Ji Xiaofu alone.
August 15th was getting closer and closer, Zhang Wuji ignored it, but everyone in the military aircraft department was very tired.
During the day, they had to talk to incense advocates and rebel leaders from various places to understand their strengths and demands. At night, several of them had to close the door to evaluate the people they were talking to, so as to make reference for future reorganization.
Three days before August 15th, the Rear Army Governor's Mansion finally completed the construction period, built a high altar in Butterfly Valley, and a raging fire started.
On August 14, Leng Qian led the Guards left behind by the general altar and finally arrived. After everyone greeted them, there was another night of commotion.
In the early morning of August 15th, a fire lit up the sky in front of the altar, and incense spread throughout the fields.
Zhang Wuji solemnly ascended the altar, declaring his intention to clear up all previous grievances with all the sects in the Central Plains and fight against the Yuan Dynasty and the Hu; he promulgated canons and reiterated the teachings of doing good and eliminating evil, and eradicating violence and peace; finally, he ordered the reorganization of Mingjiao to begin.
Thousands of believers who filled the pits and valleys obeyed in unison. Each person lit a bunch of incense in front of them and swore an oath to never violate the orders of the leader.
After the leader finished speaking, Yang Xiao, the chief assistant of the Military Aircraft Department, stepped forward and announced the Mingjiao's reorganization plan.
Of course, this is only a general framework, and most of the candidates in it are still empty, and a large number of people are needed to fill it.
Then came the overall appearance of the Military Aircraft Department.
Li Jiang, Yin Tianzheng, and Wei Yixiao walked onto the high altar waving their hands.
Originally, every member of the military aircraft had to speak, but Li Jiang declined and suggested that the senior Yin Tianzheng should speak on behalf of the group.
Therefore, Yin Tianzheng gave a brief speech. He required that all armies under the banner of Mingjiao must accept the leadership of Mingjiao; each hundred-man team must have a Mingjiao incense leader; the leader only leads the soldiers to fight, not the master of the soldiers, and must be equal.
, shall not be beaten, scolded or executed without authorization.
The audience cheered thunderously.
Leng Qian from the Ministry of Supervision made an appearance. He spoke concisely and to the point, saying: "Send supervisors everywhere to record merit and punish!"
There was silence under the altar.
Next, the responsible persons from the Intelligence Department, the Mission Department, and the Finance Department appeared.
The commanders-in-chief of the five armies in the front, left, right and center and the four commanders of the Guards made their appearance.
On this day, the prosperity of Mingjiao was far greater than that of previous generations. Seeing this prosperous scene, the elderly believers couldn't help crying with joy when they thought of the situation in which the sect had been torn apart and almost destroyed in the past ten years.
Finally, the whole audience recited together: "Burn my broken body with the blazing holy fire. How can life be joyful? How can death be painful? To eliminate evil for good, there is only light. Joy and sorrow will all return to the dust. Have mercy on me, the world, there are so many sorrows!
Have pity on our people, for they are full of sorrows!"
After repeating it three times, Yang Xiao announced the end of the conference and everyone returned to their temporary residence to accept the adaptation.