“This…this…”
He Zudao, the head of the Kunlun Sect in the Western Regions and a close friend personally invited by Zhong Mingliang to attend the martial arts conference, stood up and asked hesitantly, "Rectifying a martial arts army and attacking Mongolia...I'm afraid this isn't very appropriate, is it?"
"What's inappropriate?"
This time, before Di Fan could speak, Xiaolongnu spoke.
Di Fan also took the initiative to retreat to Huang Rong's side. He had already been in the spotlight enough today and was about to steal the limelight from the real leader and junior sister. When it was time to step down, he had to do so.
"Reaching an army, let's not talk about the issues of manpower and money, just the greater good... The Song Dynasty court has always valued civil officials over military officials, and even considered us traitors. There's even a saying in the court that knights use force to break the law. Once the army is formed, I'm afraid the court will be even more wary of us!"
"Oh, the Great Song?"
Xiao Longnu sneered, "We all rely on Guo Jing to help guard the border. Even if I were to rebel, what could he do?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the undisguised contempt for the Song Dynasty court was enough to make even the dullest person feel that something was wrong.
Everyone present was either a supreme elder or a sect leader; how could anyone be so foolish? Considering the contents of the first two covenants, the heroes were shocked. How could this be considered a martial arts conference? This was clearly a rebellion, no, an uprising!
There was silence in the scene below. Everyone's eyes fell on the face of Shaolin Abbot Tianming, or looked at Ma Yu of Quanzhen Sect. Some people were bolder and looked directly at the stage, especially Master Yideng who represented the Dali royal family.
However, no one seemed surprised. As if... they had known about this for a long time?
No, they definitely knew! Moreover, they all supported the leader's decision! Including Guo Jing, who had been guarding Xiangyang!
When the heroes saw this situation, they knew that these big guys had already reached a consensus, and they were speaking now just to ask the sects to express their opinions.
The signing of the first two covenants means that everyone has fallen into the trap... Whether or not people come out, or not, is the degree of participation, and the intensity of the liquidation by the Song Dynasty in the future, or the size of the reward after success. No one can escape!
Everyone couldn't help but feel bitter in their hearts. The bosses were really too cruel!
He Zudao was the first to speak. Although he had only just learned about the uprising, he was aware of the Ming Cult's strength and, more importantly, its origins. Rebellion had always been the ideal of all Ming Cult leaders!
"The Kunlun Sect has a total of 12 post-natal masters. Two of them will be left to guard the mountain gate, and the rest will join the Wulin Army!"
Someone spoke up, and Shaolin Temple Tianming no longer hesitated: "Shaolin Sect, the outer sect monks can send 108 people to fight, the Dharma Academy, Arhat Hall and other academies can send 72 people to fight, and there are 36 old monks who protect the religion and can join the Wulin Army!"
The heroes were shocked. Are Kunlun and Shaolin going to raise their entire sects to support them?
They had just finished speaking when Zhong Mingliang on the stage dropped another bomb!
"Everyone from the Ming Cult will join the Wulin Army. From now on, there will be no more Ming Cult!"
Before the heroes had time to be shocked, Huang Yaoshi, Guo Jing, Huang Rong and others spoke one after another!
"From now on, there will be no more Peach Blossom Island, only the Peach Blossom Island branch of the Wulin Army!"
"The Beggars' Gang joins the Wulin Army and the Intelligence Department!"
"The Guo Mansion has been renamed the Wulin Army Headquarters. The entire Guo family must fight for the people of the Great Song Dynasty!"
The repeated joining made the heroes dazzled, shocked and confused!
Fortunately, the Quanzhen Sect, Kongtong Sect and others who followed only chose to let their disciples join, which dispelled everyone's fear, and one after another reported the people who joined the Wulin Army.
They were all afraid that if it was any later, the entire sect would cease to exist and would only become a branch of the Wulin Army!
Di Fan watched this scene with a smile...
The ancients were right: pulling some in and beating others is the right path.
[People, only when a worse outcome is placed before them will they accept a less bad option...]
【Those who achieve great things really need to plan! 】
On the stage, Xiaolongnu, Zhong Mingliang, Huang Rong, Di Fan and others smiled at each other. The plan they had secretly made was successful!
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Three covenants were signed and the martial arts conference ended successfully.
Huang Rong, together with her father Huang Yaoshi and the wise men of the Ming Cult, began to allocate resources and set up bases in various places.
To put it simply, he is responsible for logistics...Master Yideng also joined in.
Xiaolongnu, Difan, Zhong Mingliang, Guo Jing and others are determined to form a Wulin Army. In order to eliminate the barriers between the various sects, Difan even took out the military training regulations from his previous life!
There are things like housekeeping, standing at attention, night raids... there are so many things to do!
In just one month, all the masters were trained so hard that they complained bitterly, and they all targeted the instructors. The rest of the people became like a family, and there was no longer any strangeness or estrangement that they had when they first entered the camp.
Before leaving for the battle, Xiaolongnu and Difan pulled Huang Yaoshi aside and asked him why he fully supported the Wulin Alliance, especially why he incorporated Peach Blossom Island into it.
Huang Yaoshi sat on the rooftop, sipping his wine, his eyes filled with nostalgia. "My great-grandfather, Huang Shang, was an official of the Song Dynasty. He accidentally discovered the Nine Yin Manual and became a master. However, my great-grandfather knew that civil officials were valued over military officials in the court, so he issued a family precept that future generations must not practice martial arts, but only learn literature and serve the court. To this end, he even gave away his own martial arts classic, the Nine Yin Manual, to people in the martial arts world..."
When I was young, I was also a learned man. I was a child prodigy at a young age and passed the imperial examination... Unfortunately, after entering the court, I watched Yue Fei die in humiliation. From then on, I no longer had any desire to join the court, and I gave up literature to practice martial arts..."
Di Fan suddenly realized that Huang Yaoshi's experience was similar to that of the Zhong family. Both were heartbroken by the current Song Dynasty... The difference was that Zhong Mingliang chose to rebel, while Huang Yaoshi chose to live in seclusion... No wonder in the end, he died in battle in Xiangyang with his daughter and son-in-law. People with eccentric personalities but who valued loyalty and filial piety very much all have stories!
This also explains why Huang Yaoshi, despite being one of the Five Greatest Masters in Jianghu, is so knowledgeable about astronomy and geography, as well as the Five Elements and Dunjia… This knowledge cannot be simply explained by intelligence or profound learning! Not to mention he married a wife with a photographic memory!
You have to know that in ancient times, without background and family background, it would be impossible for you to even have access to this knowledge!
After a night of deep discussion, Huang Yaoshi officially joined the Wulin Alliance and became the third deputy leader of the Wulin Alliance together with Zhong Mingliang and Di Fan!
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After a month of training, the five thousand Wulin soldiers finally completed their initial training. After they had pulled out all the Bodhi snakes outside Xiangyang City, their average strength reached the middle stage of the acquired realm, and they were able to start fighting and were ready to go to war!
On the city wall of Xiangyang, Xiao Longnu didn't even glance at Lü Wende, the Xiangyang city garrison commander. She quietly watched as the five thousand Wulin soldiers rode their horses and slowly left the city...
As they lined up outside the city, Xiaolongnu saw a strange vision of the ninth moon in the sky behind her head, with her sword pointing at the grassland!
"Wulin Army, march out!"
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