Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms
Chapter 2826 Commanded by the Momen Rebel Army, the War in the Central Plains escalates
Chapter 2826 Commanded by the Momen Rebel Army, the War in the Central Plains escalates
Chapter 2822: Under the leadership of the Demon Rebel Army, the War in the Central Plains escalates
The Demon Sect is the largest force in the Central Plains other than the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. Its population in the local area alone exceeds one million, and there are hundreds of major religions, sects, and gangs under its jurisdiction. Twenty to thirty thousand disciples.
As for how much food Momen has, I'm afraid that even Styx, Ye Dingzhi, and Zizaitian don't know, because there is no detailed statistics at all.
People in the Demon Sect don't know about this, but Cao Wei knows it all.
Long before planning to launch the Momen, Cao Cao had estimated the amount of money and food for the Momen, and how many new troops could be formed with all the input. Finally, he estimated that there would be at least [-] troops.
In the Central Plains War, Great Qin and Wei, Song and Ming invested nearly 200 million troops, while the Demon Sect had only a mere [-] new troops. Obviously, it was impossible to have much effect, so what is the significance of pulling the Demon Sect into the water?
Naturally, Cao Cao and Fan Li were well aware of this, so their real purpose of pulling the Demon Gate into the water was never for the 10,000+ new army, but for the high-end talents owned by the Demon Gate, as well as the huge amount of money and food.
The battle is all about national strength, military strength, money and food, and talents. Whoever has more talents, more talents, and more money and food will have the upper hand.
Great Qin's talent lineup is much stronger than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but with the addition of talent from the Demon Sect, Wei, Song, Ming, and the Demon Sect's talent lineup may not be able to compete with Great Qin.
As for the money and food, it was because whether it was Cao Wei, or Zhu Ming and Zhao Song, they had all completed their extreme military expansion before the war.
The limit of military expansion does not mean that the army cannot continue to expand, but the military strength of the three countries is already the limit that the money and food of the three countries can bear. Even if they continue to expand the army, they cannot support so many people.
But if there is a magic door to provide money and food, then the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming can continue to expand their army.
It has only been two months since the Great Qin sent troops to the present, and the Wei and Song countries have lost 10,000+ troops, while the casualties of the Qin army are minimal.
The comprehensive combat power of the Qin Army is already stronger than that of the Three Kingdoms, and if it wants to continue to confront the Qin Army, the Three Kingdoms Alliance must have more troops.
The Qin army's offensive on the frontal battlefield was too fierce. Neither Cao Cao nor Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin had much confidence and certainty in defeating the Qin army.
Therefore, there is only one choice before them, and that is to wear down the Qin army through all-out consumption.
Although Daqin's national strength is strong, but millions of troops come from eight directions, and the logistical pressure is much greater than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance fighting in the local area. It can support Qin's army to continue fighting for a year at most.
On the other hand, when the Three Kingdoms Alliance fought on the mainland, the logistical pressure was much less. If there was money and food support from the Demon Sect, the Three Kingdoms Alliance would be able to replenish its forces on the spot, and it would initially be qualified to fight a war of attrition with Daqin.
But although Momen is rich, it is impossible to hand over money and food. Only when Momen is forced to participate in the war for self-protection, will it provide unlimited money and food to the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming.
Therefore, talent + money and food is the real purpose of Cao Cao.
Zi Zaitian, as a person in Jianghu, has average political ability, and he doesn't know how much the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties have in reserve. In his knowledge, the [-] troops already have a lot of equipment.
Therefore, when Shen Gongbao said that at most [-] troops could be donated as gifts, Zi Zaitian didn't ask for more.
In Zi Zaitian's view, the Demon Sect will join the Three Kingdoms Alliance next. If it acts too greedy and does not have a good relationship with Wei Songming, it will really be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
In addition, what the Demon Sect lacks most is money and food, so if there is not enough equipment share, the big deal is to use money and food to trade with Wei Songming.
What Zi Zaitian didn't know was that on the surface, Momen was forced to participate in the war for self-protection, but in fact, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming could not do without Momen, so let alone only 3 people's equipment, even [-] , [-], the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming will also give it.
But under Shen Gongbao's deception, the Demon Sect only took the weapons and equipment of 3 people, and the rest of the equipment had to be traded with money and food. Then the Three Kingdoms Alliance used the Demon Sect's money and food to expand its army. This is just a case of being taken advantage of. .
Zi Zai Tian was not aware of this, but felt that he had made a lot of money, and then called the senior management of the Demon Sect to discuss how to recruit rebels.
On the surface, the Demon Sect looks like a whole, but in fact it is just a loose alliance. There are also constant conflicts among the major factions inside. It is only in the current life-and-death crisis that all parties will abandon their previous suspicions and unite to the outside world.
There are three major sects within the Demon Sect, which are divided according to strength: Asura Sect, White Lotus Sect, and Taiping Sect.
That's right, Zhang Jiao's Taiping Sect, which almost overthrew the big man, originally belonged to one of the three major sects of the Demon Sect, but after Zhang Jiao joined the Yinyang Family, he became independent from the Demon Sect, and conducted it alone without the Demon Sect. uprising.
Today's Taiping Sect has been renamed Mingjiao, and with Ren Hongchang leading the remnants of the Taihang Mountains to surrender to the Great Qin, Mingjiao has also been completely wiped out.
The Shura Sect was founded by Styx, and it is the largest power in the Demon Sect, while the second largest power, the White Lotus Sect, was founded by Kui Gang.
Later, due to the alliance between Kui Gang and Kunpeng, Styx took the initiative to give up his position and gave up the leader to Kui Gang in order to ease the internal conflicts. Kui Gang was the leader of the Shura and White Lotus sects, but later he also delegated his power to A group of disciples.
When Styx fell, Kui Gang and Kunpeng were frightened to death when they received the news, and then tacitly decided to close the mountain for retreat and stop interfering with Jianghu affairs.
The attitudes of Kui Gang and Kunpeng also exacerbated the panic inside the Demon Sect. After all, Styx had already fallen. If the two ancestors did not dare to take care of things, then it would be even more impossible for Daqin to let the Demon Sect go. Most people in Momen have become the main combat faction.
Although Kui Gang is the ostensible leader of the Shura and Bailian sects, he has long since stopped doing things.
With Zi Zai Tian seizing power, the Asura Sect has become a monopoly of Zi Zai Tian.
As for the head of the White Lotus Sect, it is Kui Gang's eldest disciple, the black robe who is the deputy leader of the White Lotus Sect and protects the Dharma.
In terms of teaching disciples, Kui Gang is far inferior to Styx. Among his disciples, only Heipao is a grand master. Unlike Styx, the four major true disciples are all grand masters, and even two of the registered disciples are grand masters.
It is precisely because Styx has more great masters among his disciples that Styx dared to give up the position of leader of the Asura Sect. He uses his disciples to control the Demon Sect, and he is not afraid of Kui Gang making himself empty at all.
Of course, although Kui Gang had few disciples, they were loyal to him, while Styx had many disciples, but they were all inexperienced white-eyed wolves.
For example, the eldest disciple and eldest son-in-law Zi Zaitian, 'Minghe', died. He couldn't wait to imprison Ye Dingzhi and seize power. However, among the disciples such as Brahma and Lulustian, none of them stood up to help Ye Ding. Begging for mercy.
If Styx knew, he would definitely want to slap these evil disciples to death with a single palm, but he who has lost his skills may not be the opponent of his disciples.
"Report to the leader, the black-robed deputy leader of the White Lotus Sect is here."
After hearing this, Zi Zaitian was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please."
Heipao is a master in the middle stage of the Grand Master. He has been responsible for the internal affairs of the White Lotus Sect. He knows more about the affairs in the Demon Sect than Zi Zaitian.
The Demon Sect was originally just a Jianghu force, but after dominating the Central Plains, it usurped too many interests. Before, it was protected by the Styx, so that it could live in peace with the Central Plains princes.
Now that Styx is dead, Master Kui Gang and Patriarch Kunpeng have also closed the mountains for retreat.
Without the blessing of these three ancestors, the Demon Sect is destined to be unable to defend such huge interests by relying solely on its own strength.
Don't look at the three kingdoms of the Central Plains who are now negotiating with Momen in good spirits and agreeing that Momen will use money and food in exchange for weapons and combat equipment, but that is because Momen has agreed to participate in the war.
If Momen refuses, without the support of the three ancestors, the three kingdoms of the Central Plains will be the first to attack Momen.
Because even if the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are united, they still cannot beat the Great Qin. If they are not wiped out by the Great Qin, they can only draw enough blood from the Demon Gate, so that the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains can continue to fight against the Great Qin. Therefore, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains have no other choice at all.
In the same way, the Demon Sect also has no choice.
If they refuse to participate in the war, the Demon Sect will either be destroyed by the Qin Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
But if they agree to participate in the war, Momen will cooperate with the Three Kingdoms Alliance. If they can repel the Qin army, Momen can continue to live freely in the Central Plains.
Among these two options, most people in Demon Gate chose the latter.
Styx fell, Kui Gang and Kunpeng closed the mountain for retreat, and Zizaitian and Heipao were the masters of the Demon Sect.
Now that after internal discussions within the Demon Sect, they have decided to join the Three Kingdoms Alliance and form a rebel army to fight against Qin Dynasty, so the next step is to implement it.
"My White Lotus Sect and its affiliated forces have a total of 580 disciples who can participate in the battle.
In addition, this seat has ordered six people: Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, Peng Yingyu, Guo Zixing, and Sun Deya to recruit soldiers in Jiyin and Shanyang in the Wei State, Runan in the Song State, and Guangling, Donghai, and Pengcheng in the Ming State.
Most of the people in these six counties are believers of my White Lotus Sect. Whether it is from believers or from the common people, it is not difficult to recruit soldiers. It is estimated that [-] new recruits will be recruited within half a month, and they will be trained urgently..."
Black Robe described the White Lotus Sect's arrangements in a leisurely manner, but it made Zi Zaitian and the senior officials of the Shura Sect feel ashamed.
But when the army was formed, Zizai found out that he didn't know how much food the Asura Cult had, and he couldn't even call out the names of some high-level officials. By heart.
Seeing that Zizaitian was silent and silent, Heipao was stunned.
"You Shura Cult haven't prepared anything, right?"
As soon as Heipao said this, the embarrassment on Zi Zaitian's face became even worse.
"Of course not, it's just that my nephew was in charge of internal affairs before the Asura Cult, but he was a bit willful relying on his master's favor, and opposed my Demon Sect's war with Daqin, so I locked him up to reflect.
At the beginning of the next day, I was in charge of the Asura Sect, and I didn't know much about internal affairs. I was still integrating internal resources and information. "
After hearing Zizaitian's words, not only the black robe, but even Shen Gongbao on the side were speechless. After all, this is burning their butts, and Zizaitian doesn't even know what kind of family background he has. Isn't this funny?
Shen Gongbao also understands why Zizaitian seized power from his nephew. The later master of the grand master is only the deputy leader of the Asura Sect in name, but is ridden on the head by a grandmaster. He may not be able to bear it.
"There are more sects and gangs under the Shura Sect than my White Lotus Sect. Once the internal resources of the Shura Sect are integrated, I am afraid that the Wei Kingdom will be destroyed by the Great Qin." Black Robe said angrily.
"Then what do you say?" Zi Zaitian asked helplessly.
"Release Ye Dingzhi, the Demon Sect needs him now." Shen Gongbao advised.
"But……"
Zi Zaitian showed hesitation, the master just died, and he seized power from his nephew, which is totally unreasonable, plus Ye Dingzhi is a peacemaker, if Ye Dingzhi is released now, he is afraid that Ye Dingzhi will Gather a gang against him.
Shen Gongbao is naturally aware of Zizaitian's concerns, but now the Momen is ruled by the main war faction, and the main peace faction can only passively obey, so even if Ye Dingzhi is released, he can only follow the trend and cannot threaten Zizaitian at all. status.
After hearing Shen Gongbao's words, Zi Zaitian also felt that it made sense, and decided to release his nephew Ye Dingzhi himself.
Ye Dingzhi was very angry when he saw the Empress Zizai. He never thought that after the death of his grandfather, the first person to attack him would be his most trusted uncle. The feeling of being stabbed in the back by a relative is really painful .
In front of Ye Dingzhi, Zi Zaitian pretended to explain his own difficulties, and bluntly said that the master of the Demon Sect is a dead end, and only by fighting can he survive, and he also fought to avenge his master.
Zi Zi had already thought of the wording before the coming of the sky, so what he said was reasonable, but Ye Dingzhi was used to the intrigues of the devil, so how could he believe it?
Seeing that Ye Dingzhi was not fooled, Zizaitian came to morally kidnap him because of the imminent danger of the magic gate, and said that as long as Ye Dingzhi changed his position, he would return the power to him.
As a result, as soon as these words were said, Da Brahma, Luxe Tian, and even Shen Gongbao all knelt down, begging Zi Zai Tian to take back his life, and said that Ye Dingzhi was too young to convince the public. Now that the Demon Sect is in danger, only Zi Zai Tian can lead it. The magic door is out of trouble.
"Young Master Ye is a person who understands righteousness, even if you think about it, you will definitely not accept it." Shen Gongbao said in a deep voice.
After hearing the words, everyone also agreed.
Seeing Zi Zaitian and Shen Gongbao singing together, Ye Dingzhi felt that it was hypocritical. He thought that he had a strong control over the Demon Sect. However, it had only been one day since his grandfather died, and the world of the Demon Sect had completely changed. This also made He was a little disheartened.
However, Ye Dingzhi finally agreed to Zizaitian. He is still a prisoner after all, and his life and death are all in the hands of Zizaitian. Only by changing his position can he be free.
Ye Dingzhi is worthy of being Minghe's appointed successor. After he was released, the Asura Cult seemed to come alive and resumed its previous efficient operation.
"The Asura Sect, and its affiliated Tianmo Sect, Xinmo Sect, Tianwaitian, Yingui Sect, Huajian Sect, etc., already have a total of [-] four disciples who can participate in the battle.
In addition, the believers of my Asura Sect in the Central Plains are mainly distributed in Mount Tai, Jibei, Dongping, and Rencheng in the Wei State, Langya, Qi Jun, and Xiapi in the Ming State, and Jiujiang, Lujiang, and Chen Jun in the Song State.
If we recruit troops in these ten counties, we can recruit [-] new soldiers within ten days and conduct emergency training. "
After saying this, Ye Dingzhi retreated, and did not appoint generals to recruit and lead the rebel army, because he knew that Zizaitian would definitely appoint them himself, after all, this was a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.
Seeing that Ye Dingzhi is so knowledgeable, Zizaitian nodded in satisfaction, but he did not let go of his vigilance. In short, Ye Dingzhi can only be a civil servant by his side in the future, assisting him in handling government affairs. It is impossible to actually take power .
"Where are An Lushan and Shi Siming?" Zizaitian said in a deep voice.
When An Lushan and Shi Siming heard this, they immediately stood up together, knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists, saying, "Master, my disciple is here."
"The two of you each lead five hundred disciples, and are recruited in Taishan County and Jibei County respectively."
"Yes, Master."
"Where are Zhang Er, Chen Yu, Wei Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong?"
This time, Zizaitian did not point out his own disciples, but chose among the disciples of Brahma, Lust, and Shiva, and divided the spoils unevenly and merged with internal strife, and the first two were his supporters.
Zhang Er and Chen Yu are disciples of Brahma, while Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong are disciples of Lust Heaven.
Han Xin, the disciple of Lusty Heaven, is naturally not Han Xin, the soldier fairy, but Han Wangxin in the late Qin period.
Han Wangxin and Bingxian Han Xin have the same name and surname. They are the concubine grandson of King Han Xiang Ji Cang. The Xiongnu finally died at the hands of the Western Han general Chai Wu.
For Zhang Er, Chen Yu, Wei Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong, Zi Zai Tian also gave them a heavy responsibility, ordering each of them to lead five hundred disciples to choose a county to recruit troops, and once the recruitment was completed, they would naturally be the chief generals.
"Immediately send a letter to Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu, asking them to lead five hundred disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Heart Demon Sect to recruit believers and form a rebel army in Chenjun and Liangjun respectively."
In the end, Zizaitian hadn't forgotten Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu who were not there, and also gave them the full strength to recruit and lead the army.
When Ye Dingzhi saw that the generals chosen by Zizaitian were all members of the main combat faction, and he didn't have a single confidant, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
Although the main combat faction in Momen is powerful, the main peace faction is not small, and Zizaitian only uses people from the main combat faction, which is not conducive to internal unity.
"But that's good too. Those who don't use the main peace faction will naturally gather around me again."
Ye Dingzhi thought to himself, but his plan was doomed to fail, because Shen Gongbao also discovered Zi Zaitian's mistake.
Shen Gongbao didn't raise it in front of everyone, but found an excuse to drag Zizaitian to the back hall, and then told Zizaitian what the problem was, and bluntly said that the unity of the Demon Sect is more important than anything else, even if it is to unite people's hearts, they must Reuse the Lord and the faction.
Although Zi Zaitian's political ability was not good, he knew that Shen Gongbao had great talents, and he also listened to others' advice, so he selected a few people from the Zhuhe faction to be reused, namely: Liu Wuzhou, Li Zitong, Du Fuwei and others.
The people of the Lord Harmony Sect were reused and gained power, and most of their dissatisfaction disappeared. As a result, the conflicts within the Demon Sect were alleviated.
Under the leadership of Zi Zaitian, Heipao, and Shen Gongbao, after the Demon Sect confirmed its proposition of resisting Qin, it quickly armed more than [-] Demon Sect disciples, and at the same time used money and food to trade weapons and equipment with the Wei, Song and Ming kingdoms to form a rebel army. .
According to preliminary calculations, if Momen's army expansion plan is successful, after half a month at most, Momen will have 13 combatable troops and [-] newly recruited rebels, for a total of [-] troops.
While the Demon Sect was recruiting troops with great fanfare, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were not idle.
Because many places in the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were controlled by the Momen, so the Momen recruited soldiers in the territory of the Three Kingdoms this time, and the number is still so large, which naturally gave the Three Kingdoms the opportunity to deploy people.
Styx died, Kui Gang and Kunpeng retired, and Momen lost its protection, which made Cao Cao, Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin more courageous.
The money and food exchanged from Momen for weapons and equipment obviously could not satisfy the appetite of the three kings of the Central Plains, so they drew the attention of the 13 rebels from Momen again.
The Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were going to give the Demon Sect a steal, and the rebels would naturally fight the banner of the Demon Sect, but it was hard to say who would obey their orders in the end.
I have to say that both Zizaitian and Heipao regard the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains as too simple, and they can't compare with any other country in terms of calculation and magic. And they can't say that they have cooperated with the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. It's seeking skin from a tiger, and it's basically a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
In short, the ending of the Demon Sect is already doomed. Either it will be wiped out by the Great Qin, or it will be swallowed up by the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. There will be no third option.
Of course, it will take some time for the Three Kingdoms Alliance's plan to subvert one's strengths and weaknesses to be effective, and before that, troops need to be replenished.
With Wei's three major defense lines at stake, and the relationship between the Triple Alliance getting closer, the tripartite unanimously decided to implement a resource complementarity plan.
Considering that the battle in Qingzhou was not fierce, it was basically in a state of confrontation all the time, and the number of troops lost in the Ming Dynasty was not much. On the other hand, Cao Wei had already lost [-] troops.
Considering that once Cao Wei is destroyed, it will be difficult for the Ming and Song Dynasties to have their own villages, so Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin unanimously decided that [-]% of the first batch of money and grain traded from the Demon Gate will be used to support Cao Wei to replenish troops and build Yanzhou Eastern defense.
Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin no longer expect Cao Cao to be able to block the Qin army in the west of Yanzhou. They now only hope that Cao Cao can hold on longer and use Wei people as much as possible to consume the Qin army's strength, so that they can wait until the Qin army officially attacks the Ming and Song Dynasties. It wasn't that strong when there were two countries.
Cao Cao, Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin not only plotted against the Demon Sect, but also plotted against each other within the Three Kingdoms Alliance. However, the decision of Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin did relieve a lot of pressure on Cao Wei.
Cao Cao was naturally ecstatic when he learned about it. He immediately decided to recruit [-] new soldiers in the rear areas that were not affected by the war. He also had follow-up recruitment plans. However, he did not know how much money could be squeezed out of the Demon Sect, so he did not announce the specific plans. Expand the number of troops.
No matter how much Cao Wei expands his army, it cannot fundamentally solve the problem, because recruits can only be recruited from the counties in the east of Yanzhou, and they can only be used for defense. But the problem Cao Wei is facing now is how to defend the west of Yanzhou.
If all the hundreds of thousands of elite Wei troops in the west were killed in battle, let alone the 20 recruits in the east, even one hundred thousand or [-] troops would still be unable to withstand the Qin army's efforts to destroy Wei.
What Cao Cao is now struggling with is whether to abandon the western front and retreat to the eastern front, or continue to defend the western front. Both the former and the latter have their own advantages and disadvantages, which really makes it difficult for him to make up his mind.
But in the end, under Fan Li's persuasion, Cao Cao decided to stick to the western front. There was no other reason. Even if he could return to the eastern front, the situation would not be better than that of the western front. On the contrary, he would lose nearly half of his territory and population to Daqin.
After Daqin got the west of Yanzhou, even if he couldn't collect grain locally, he could still transport the grain and grass to the west of Yanzhou, and if the supply line was shortened, the logistical pressure would naturally be much smaller.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Cao Cao decided to stick to the west, and this was also expected by Ying Hao.
Just when Cao Cao was struggling with how to resist the offensives of the Qin army in the three counties of Dongjun, Chenliu, and Yingchuan, Ying Hao, who had solved Styx, had already arrived in Chenliu and learned of the determination of the Momen. News of entering the war and forming a rebel army.
"Your Majesty, if things go on like this, in less than half a month, Cao Wei will add 13 new troops, and the Momen Rebel Army will reach [-]."
Zhang Liao said worriedly that in his opinion, the scale of the war was not small, but now that the Three Kingdoms Alliance has the blood transfusion from the Demon Gate, the scale of the Central Plains War may be further escalated.
Ying Hao laughed unconcernedly when he heard the words: "Haha, except for the 18 disciples of the Demon Sect itself, the rest are just recruits, let alone 80, even [-] are not enough for our army." Not a threat.
Momen and Cao Wei let them conscript if they are willing. This is just consuming their own money and food. In the end, it will only force the overwhelmed people to fall to my Daqin. "
Ying Hao really doesn't care much about the Demon Rebel Army. After all, he started his family by suppressing the Yellow Turbans. And the time when the recruits of the Three Kingdoms grow up.
What Ying Hao really paid attention to in Momen was those top talents like Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu, and only these people could make him more vigilant.
As for the current leaders of the Momen on the bright side, Zi Zaitian, Heipao and others, who have no brains but strength, obviously won't be taken seriously by Ying Hao.
These people have their own worship halls and hundreds of families to deal with, and they don't need Ying Hao to waste their minds.
What Ying Hao cares about now is how to completely subdue Styx. After all, Styx's daughter, son-in-law, and grandson Niu Hong who cheated his grandfather are still in the anti-Qin camp.
If these people died at the hands of the Qin army, it would be difficult to guarantee that Styx would not be resentful. The final situation is likely to be that Styx really left after doing ten things, but what Ying Hao wanted was indeed completely tied. Ding Minghe, so naturally he must accept his son-in-law, daughter, and grandson.
Ying Hao was not too worried about Niu Mowang and Ming Tieshan. As long as he told them that Ming He was not dead, he could use filial piety to make them bow their heads. Ye Dingzhi was also a person who was very aware of current affairs.
The biggest headache for Ying Hao is Niu Hong, a naughty child who is just over 280 months old and nearly 1.9 meters tall.
After separating from Jia Fu, Jia Fu specifically reminded Ying Hao that he must handle Niu Hong carefully, and this also made Ying Hao interested in Niu Hong.
After learning what Niu Hong was doing, even Ying Hao couldn't help sighing, this guy is simply a giant baby, and he is so capable of tossing around, he has deceived all his relatives around him.
If Ying Hao had such a son, he would definitely beat him to death as soon as possible to prevent him from harming others and himself in the future.
But the biggest problem now is that if you want to completely regain Styx, you must not avoid Niu Hong.
Niu Hong was too prejudiced against Da Qin. Although many of the things he did were made up in his head, such as the death of Niu Ruyi, which had nothing to do with Da Qin, he still firmly believed that it was Da Qin's fault.
From the fact that Niu Hong didn't even listen to his parents and grandfather, it can be seen that he is the kind of person who has an extreme personality and only immerses himself in his own world.
This kind of person obviously won't listen to others' advice, because what he cares about is not the truth, but the truth he hopes for.
Therefore, regarding Niu Hong, Ying Hao never changed his mind, because it is difficult to change the nature of the country.
For Ying Hao, changing Niu Hong might be even more difficult than him dominating the world.
What Ying Hao can do is not to kill Niu Hong, but to spare his life, but he will find a deep mountain and forest to imprison Niu Hong, so as to prevent him from continuing to fight against Da Qin.
As for whether it is life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment, it depends on Niu Hong's own performance.
Ying Hao believed that Styx would also be satisfied, after all, he was really abused by this grandson, and letting this evil grandson live is already an extrajudicial favor.
Therefore, before Ying Hao left Yin'an, he gave the Black Ice Terrace in Yanzhou an order to capture Ming Tie Fan and Niu Hong's mother and son alive, and the person in charge of this operation was still Li Xiaoyao.
Li Xiaoyao is a half-step grand master, and he brought dozens of iron eagle swordsmen, and captured the iron fan of the master realm alive, and Niu Hong, who was only cleared of the residual poison. Logically speaking, there is no big problem.
But what Li Xiaoyao never expected was that Niu Hong abandoned his mother who had died for him, and resolutely chose to escape alone. This also made this operation fail to do its best. Niu Hong fled back to the camp of the Ming army.
After Li Xiaoyao caught the Dark Iron Fan, he escorted him all the way to Chenliu's camp, and it was precisely because of waiting for the Dark Iron Fan that Ying Hao stayed in Chenliu for two more days.
Although Ming Tie Shan is a married woman, she is still extremely beautiful, with a charming appearance, Cao Cao will definitely like it if she sees it, but in the eyes of Ying Hao, who is used to seeing beautiful women, it is not bad.
Ying Hao didn't have Cao Cao's hobby of being a good wife, and since Ren Hongchang and Liu Mu took turns squeezing him in order to get pregnant, his desire for female sex has been greatly reduced.
Except for the women in his own harem, Ying Hao is not interested in anyone, and he feels the same about everyone, neither how beautiful nor ugly, in short, he is very Buddhist.
Ming Tie Fan looked at Ying Hao with hatred in his eyes. Apparently on the way back to Mount Tai, she had already learned the news of the fall of Ming He through the pigeons, so she believed that Ying Hao was her father-killing enemy.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 2822: Under the leadership of the Demon Rebel Army, the War in the Central Plains escalates
The Demon Sect is the largest force in the Central Plains other than the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. Its population in the local area alone exceeds one million, and there are hundreds of major religions, sects, and gangs under its jurisdiction. Twenty to thirty thousand disciples.
As for how much food Momen has, I'm afraid that even Styx, Ye Dingzhi, and Zizaitian don't know, because there is no detailed statistics at all.
People in the Demon Sect don't know about this, but Cao Wei knows it all.
Long before planning to launch the Momen, Cao Cao had estimated the amount of money and food for the Momen, and how many new troops could be formed with all the input. Finally, he estimated that there would be at least [-] troops.
In the Central Plains War, Great Qin and Wei, Song and Ming invested nearly 200 million troops, while the Demon Sect had only a mere [-] new troops. Obviously, it was impossible to have much effect, so what is the significance of pulling the Demon Sect into the water?
Naturally, Cao Cao and Fan Li were well aware of this, so their real purpose of pulling the Demon Gate into the water was never for the 10,000+ new army, but for the high-end talents owned by the Demon Gate, as well as the huge amount of money and food.
The battle is all about national strength, military strength, money and food, and talents. Whoever has more talents, more talents, and more money and food will have the upper hand.
Great Qin's talent lineup is much stronger than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but with the addition of talent from the Demon Sect, Wei, Song, Ming, and the Demon Sect's talent lineup may not be able to compete with Great Qin.
As for the money and food, it was because whether it was Cao Wei, or Zhu Ming and Zhao Song, they had all completed their extreme military expansion before the war.
The limit of military expansion does not mean that the army cannot continue to expand, but the military strength of the three countries is already the limit that the money and food of the three countries can bear. Even if they continue to expand the army, they cannot support so many people.
But if there is a magic door to provide money and food, then the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming can continue to expand their army.
It has only been two months since the Great Qin sent troops to the present, and the Wei and Song countries have lost 10,000+ troops, while the casualties of the Qin army are minimal.
The comprehensive combat power of the Qin Army is already stronger than that of the Three Kingdoms, and if it wants to continue to confront the Qin Army, the Three Kingdoms Alliance must have more troops.
The Qin army's offensive on the frontal battlefield was too fierce. Neither Cao Cao nor Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin had much confidence and certainty in defeating the Qin army.
Therefore, there is only one choice before them, and that is to wear down the Qin army through all-out consumption.
Although Daqin's national strength is strong, but millions of troops come from eight directions, and the logistical pressure is much greater than that of the Three Kingdoms Alliance fighting in the local area. It can support Qin's army to continue fighting for a year at most.
On the other hand, when the Three Kingdoms Alliance fought on the mainland, the logistical pressure was much less. If there was money and food support from the Demon Sect, the Three Kingdoms Alliance would be able to replenish its forces on the spot, and it would initially be qualified to fight a war of attrition with Daqin.
But although Momen is rich, it is impossible to hand over money and food. Only when Momen is forced to participate in the war for self-protection, will it provide unlimited money and food to the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming.
Therefore, talent + money and food is the real purpose of Cao Cao.
Zi Zaitian, as a person in Jianghu, has average political ability, and he doesn't know how much the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties have in reserve. In his knowledge, the [-] troops already have a lot of equipment.
Therefore, when Shen Gongbao said that at most [-] troops could be donated as gifts, Zi Zaitian didn't ask for more.
In Zi Zaitian's view, the Demon Sect will join the Three Kingdoms Alliance next. If it acts too greedy and does not have a good relationship with Wei Songming, it will really be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
In addition, what the Demon Sect lacks most is money and food, so if there is not enough equipment share, the big deal is to use money and food to trade with Wei Songming.
What Zi Zaitian didn't know was that on the surface, Momen was forced to participate in the war for self-protection, but in fact, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming could not do without Momen, so let alone only 3 people's equipment, even [-] , [-], the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming will also give it.
But under Shen Gongbao's deception, the Demon Sect only took the weapons and equipment of 3 people, and the rest of the equipment had to be traded with money and food. Then the Three Kingdoms Alliance used the Demon Sect's money and food to expand its army. This is just a case of being taken advantage of. .
Zi Zai Tian was not aware of this, but felt that he had made a lot of money, and then called the senior management of the Demon Sect to discuss how to recruit rebels.
On the surface, the Demon Sect looks like a whole, but in fact it is just a loose alliance. There are also constant conflicts among the major factions inside. It is only in the current life-and-death crisis that all parties will abandon their previous suspicions and unite to the outside world.
There are three major sects within the Demon Sect, which are divided according to strength: Asura Sect, White Lotus Sect, and Taiping Sect.
That's right, Zhang Jiao's Taiping Sect, which almost overthrew the big man, originally belonged to one of the three major sects of the Demon Sect, but after Zhang Jiao joined the Yinyang Family, he became independent from the Demon Sect, and conducted it alone without the Demon Sect. uprising.
Today's Taiping Sect has been renamed Mingjiao, and with Ren Hongchang leading the remnants of the Taihang Mountains to surrender to the Great Qin, Mingjiao has also been completely wiped out.
The Shura Sect was founded by Styx, and it is the largest power in the Demon Sect, while the second largest power, the White Lotus Sect, was founded by Kui Gang.
Later, due to the alliance between Kui Gang and Kunpeng, Styx took the initiative to give up his position and gave up the leader to Kui Gang in order to ease the internal conflicts. Kui Gang was the leader of the Shura and White Lotus sects, but later he also delegated his power to A group of disciples.
When Styx fell, Kui Gang and Kunpeng were frightened to death when they received the news, and then tacitly decided to close the mountain for retreat and stop interfering with Jianghu affairs.
The attitudes of Kui Gang and Kunpeng also exacerbated the panic inside the Demon Sect. After all, Styx had already fallen. If the two ancestors did not dare to take care of things, then it would be even more impossible for Daqin to let the Demon Sect go. Most people in Momen have become the main combat faction.
Although Kui Gang is the ostensible leader of the Shura and Bailian sects, he has long since stopped doing things.
With Zi Zai Tian seizing power, the Asura Sect has become a monopoly of Zi Zai Tian.
As for the head of the White Lotus Sect, it is Kui Gang's eldest disciple, the black robe who is the deputy leader of the White Lotus Sect and protects the Dharma.
In terms of teaching disciples, Kui Gang is far inferior to Styx. Among his disciples, only Heipao is a grand master. Unlike Styx, the four major true disciples are all grand masters, and even two of the registered disciples are grand masters.
It is precisely because Styx has more great masters among his disciples that Styx dared to give up the position of leader of the Asura Sect. He uses his disciples to control the Demon Sect, and he is not afraid of Kui Gang making himself empty at all.
Of course, although Kui Gang had few disciples, they were loyal to him, while Styx had many disciples, but they were all inexperienced white-eyed wolves.
For example, the eldest disciple and eldest son-in-law Zi Zaitian, 'Minghe', died. He couldn't wait to imprison Ye Dingzhi and seize power. However, among the disciples such as Brahma and Lulustian, none of them stood up to help Ye Ding. Begging for mercy.
If Styx knew, he would definitely want to slap these evil disciples to death with a single palm, but he who has lost his skills may not be the opponent of his disciples.
"Report to the leader, the black-robed deputy leader of the White Lotus Sect is here."
After hearing this, Zi Zaitian was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please."
Heipao is a master in the middle stage of the Grand Master. He has been responsible for the internal affairs of the White Lotus Sect. He knows more about the affairs in the Demon Sect than Zi Zaitian.
The Demon Sect was originally just a Jianghu force, but after dominating the Central Plains, it usurped too many interests. Before, it was protected by the Styx, so that it could live in peace with the Central Plains princes.
Now that Styx is dead, Master Kui Gang and Patriarch Kunpeng have also closed the mountains for retreat.
Without the blessing of these three ancestors, the Demon Sect is destined to be unable to defend such huge interests by relying solely on its own strength.
Don't look at the three kingdoms of the Central Plains who are now negotiating with Momen in good spirits and agreeing that Momen will use money and food in exchange for weapons and combat equipment, but that is because Momen has agreed to participate in the war.
If Momen refuses, without the support of the three ancestors, the three kingdoms of the Central Plains will be the first to attack Momen.
Because even if the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are united, they still cannot beat the Great Qin. If they are not wiped out by the Great Qin, they can only draw enough blood from the Demon Gate, so that the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains can continue to fight against the Great Qin. Therefore, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains have no other choice at all.
In the same way, the Demon Sect also has no choice.
If they refuse to participate in the war, the Demon Sect will either be destroyed by the Qin Dynasty or the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
But if they agree to participate in the war, Momen will cooperate with the Three Kingdoms Alliance. If they can repel the Qin army, Momen can continue to live freely in the Central Plains.
Among these two options, most people in Demon Gate chose the latter.
Styx fell, Kui Gang and Kunpeng closed the mountain for retreat, and Zizaitian and Heipao were the masters of the Demon Sect.
Now that after internal discussions within the Demon Sect, they have decided to join the Three Kingdoms Alliance and form a rebel army to fight against Qin Dynasty, so the next step is to implement it.
"My White Lotus Sect and its affiliated forces have a total of 580 disciples who can participate in the battle.
In addition, this seat has ordered six people: Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Xu Shouhui, Peng Yingyu, Guo Zixing, and Sun Deya to recruit soldiers in Jiyin and Shanyang in the Wei State, Runan in the Song State, and Guangling, Donghai, and Pengcheng in the Ming State.
Most of the people in these six counties are believers of my White Lotus Sect. Whether it is from believers or from the common people, it is not difficult to recruit soldiers. It is estimated that [-] new recruits will be recruited within half a month, and they will be trained urgently..."
Black Robe described the White Lotus Sect's arrangements in a leisurely manner, but it made Zi Zaitian and the senior officials of the Shura Sect feel ashamed.
But when the army was formed, Zizai found out that he didn't know how much food the Asura Cult had, and he couldn't even call out the names of some high-level officials. By heart.
Seeing that Zizaitian was silent and silent, Heipao was stunned.
"You Shura Cult haven't prepared anything, right?"
As soon as Heipao said this, the embarrassment on Zi Zaitian's face became even worse.
"Of course not, it's just that my nephew was in charge of internal affairs before the Asura Cult, but he was a bit willful relying on his master's favor, and opposed my Demon Sect's war with Daqin, so I locked him up to reflect.
At the beginning of the next day, I was in charge of the Asura Sect, and I didn't know much about internal affairs. I was still integrating internal resources and information. "
After hearing Zizaitian's words, not only the black robe, but even Shen Gongbao on the side were speechless. After all, this is burning their butts, and Zizaitian doesn't even know what kind of family background he has. Isn't this funny?
Shen Gongbao also understands why Zizaitian seized power from his nephew. The later master of the grand master is only the deputy leader of the Asura Sect in name, but is ridden on the head by a grandmaster. He may not be able to bear it.
"There are more sects and gangs under the Shura Sect than my White Lotus Sect. Once the internal resources of the Shura Sect are integrated, I am afraid that the Wei Kingdom will be destroyed by the Great Qin." Black Robe said angrily.
"Then what do you say?" Zi Zaitian asked helplessly.
"Release Ye Dingzhi, the Demon Sect needs him now." Shen Gongbao advised.
"But……"
Zi Zaitian showed hesitation, the master just died, and he seized power from his nephew, which is totally unreasonable, plus Ye Dingzhi is a peacemaker, if Ye Dingzhi is released now, he is afraid that Ye Dingzhi will Gather a gang against him.
Shen Gongbao is naturally aware of Zizaitian's concerns, but now the Momen is ruled by the main war faction, and the main peace faction can only passively obey, so even if Ye Dingzhi is released, he can only follow the trend and cannot threaten Zizaitian at all. status.
After hearing Shen Gongbao's words, Zi Zaitian also felt that it made sense, and decided to release his nephew Ye Dingzhi himself.
Ye Dingzhi was very angry when he saw the Empress Zizai. He never thought that after the death of his grandfather, the first person to attack him would be his most trusted uncle. The feeling of being stabbed in the back by a relative is really painful .
In front of Ye Dingzhi, Zi Zaitian pretended to explain his own difficulties, and bluntly said that the master of the Demon Sect is a dead end, and only by fighting can he survive, and he also fought to avenge his master.
Zi Zi had already thought of the wording before the coming of the sky, so what he said was reasonable, but Ye Dingzhi was used to the intrigues of the devil, so how could he believe it?
Seeing that Ye Dingzhi was not fooled, Zizaitian came to morally kidnap him because of the imminent danger of the magic gate, and said that as long as Ye Dingzhi changed his position, he would return the power to him.
As a result, as soon as these words were said, Da Brahma, Luxe Tian, and even Shen Gongbao all knelt down, begging Zi Zai Tian to take back his life, and said that Ye Dingzhi was too young to convince the public. Now that the Demon Sect is in danger, only Zi Zai Tian can lead it. The magic door is out of trouble.
"Young Master Ye is a person who understands righteousness, even if you think about it, you will definitely not accept it." Shen Gongbao said in a deep voice.
After hearing the words, everyone also agreed.
Seeing Zi Zaitian and Shen Gongbao singing together, Ye Dingzhi felt that it was hypocritical. He thought that he had a strong control over the Demon Sect. However, it had only been one day since his grandfather died, and the world of the Demon Sect had completely changed. This also made He was a little disheartened.
However, Ye Dingzhi finally agreed to Zizaitian. He is still a prisoner after all, and his life and death are all in the hands of Zizaitian. Only by changing his position can he be free.
Ye Dingzhi is worthy of being Minghe's appointed successor. After he was released, the Asura Cult seemed to come alive and resumed its previous efficient operation.
"The Asura Sect, and its affiliated Tianmo Sect, Xinmo Sect, Tianwaitian, Yingui Sect, Huajian Sect, etc., already have a total of [-] four disciples who can participate in the battle.
In addition, the believers of my Asura Sect in the Central Plains are mainly distributed in Mount Tai, Jibei, Dongping, and Rencheng in the Wei State, Langya, Qi Jun, and Xiapi in the Ming State, and Jiujiang, Lujiang, and Chen Jun in the Song State.
If we recruit troops in these ten counties, we can recruit [-] new soldiers within ten days and conduct emergency training. "
After saying this, Ye Dingzhi retreated, and did not appoint generals to recruit and lead the rebel army, because he knew that Zizaitian would definitely appoint them himself, after all, this was a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.
Seeing that Ye Dingzhi is so knowledgeable, Zizaitian nodded in satisfaction, but he did not let go of his vigilance. In short, Ye Dingzhi can only be a civil servant by his side in the future, assisting him in handling government affairs. It is impossible to actually take power .
"Where are An Lushan and Shi Siming?" Zizaitian said in a deep voice.
When An Lushan and Shi Siming heard this, they immediately stood up together, knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists, saying, "Master, my disciple is here."
"The two of you each lead five hundred disciples, and are recruited in Taishan County and Jibei County respectively."
"Yes, Master."
"Where are Zhang Er, Chen Yu, Wei Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong?"
This time, Zizaitian did not point out his own disciples, but chose among the disciples of Brahma, Lust, and Shiva, and divided the spoils unevenly and merged with internal strife, and the first two were his supporters.
Zhang Er and Chen Yu are disciples of Brahma, while Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong are disciples of Lust Heaven.
Han Xin, the disciple of Lusty Heaven, is naturally not Han Xin, the soldier fairy, but Han Wangxin in the late Qin period.
Han Wangxin and Bingxian Han Xin have the same name and surname. They are the concubine grandson of King Han Xiang Ji Cang. The Xiongnu finally died at the hands of the Western Han general Chai Wu.
For Zhang Er, Chen Yu, Wei Jiu, Han Xin, and Tian Rong, Zi Zai Tian also gave them a heavy responsibility, ordering each of them to lead five hundred disciples to choose a county to recruit troops, and once the recruitment was completed, they would naturally be the chief generals.
"Immediately send a letter to Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu, asking them to lead five hundred disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Heart Demon Sect to recruit believers and form a rebel army in Chenjun and Liangjun respectively."
In the end, Zizaitian hadn't forgotten Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu who were not there, and also gave them the full strength to recruit and lead the army.
When Ye Dingzhi saw that the generals chosen by Zizaitian were all members of the main combat faction, and he didn't have a single confidant, he couldn't help but sneered in his heart.
Although the main combat faction in Momen is powerful, the main peace faction is not small, and Zizaitian only uses people from the main combat faction, which is not conducive to internal unity.
"But that's good too. Those who don't use the main peace faction will naturally gather around me again."
Ye Dingzhi thought to himself, but his plan was doomed to fail, because Shen Gongbao also discovered Zi Zaitian's mistake.
Shen Gongbao didn't raise it in front of everyone, but found an excuse to drag Zizaitian to the back hall, and then told Zizaitian what the problem was, and bluntly said that the unity of the Demon Sect is more important than anything else, even if it is to unite people's hearts, they must Reuse the Lord and the faction.
Although Zi Zaitian's political ability was not good, he knew that Shen Gongbao had great talents, and he also listened to others' advice, so he selected a few people from the Zhuhe faction to be reused, namely: Liu Wuzhou, Li Zitong, Du Fuwei and others.
The people of the Lord Harmony Sect were reused and gained power, and most of their dissatisfaction disappeared. As a result, the conflicts within the Demon Sect were alleviated.
Under the leadership of Zi Zaitian, Heipao, and Shen Gongbao, after the Demon Sect confirmed its proposition of resisting Qin, it quickly armed more than [-] Demon Sect disciples, and at the same time used money and food to trade weapons and equipment with the Wei, Song and Ming kingdoms to form a rebel army. .
According to preliminary calculations, if Momen's army expansion plan is successful, after half a month at most, Momen will have 13 combatable troops and [-] newly recruited rebels, for a total of [-] troops.
While the Demon Sect was recruiting troops with great fanfare, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were not idle.
Because many places in the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were controlled by the Momen, so the Momen recruited soldiers in the territory of the Three Kingdoms this time, and the number is still so large, which naturally gave the Three Kingdoms the opportunity to deploy people.
Styx died, Kui Gang and Kunpeng retired, and Momen lost its protection, which made Cao Cao, Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin more courageous.
The money and food exchanged from Momen for weapons and equipment obviously could not satisfy the appetite of the three kings of the Central Plains, so they drew the attention of the 13 rebels from Momen again.
The Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming were going to give the Demon Sect a steal, and the rebels would naturally fight the banner of the Demon Sect, but it was hard to say who would obey their orders in the end.
I have to say that both Zizaitian and Heipao regard the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains as too simple, and they can't compare with any other country in terms of calculation and magic. And they can't say that they have cooperated with the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. It's seeking skin from a tiger, and it's basically a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
In short, the ending of the Demon Sect is already doomed. Either it will be wiped out by the Great Qin, or it will be swallowed up by the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. There will be no third option.
Of course, it will take some time for the Three Kingdoms Alliance's plan to subvert one's strengths and weaknesses to be effective, and before that, troops need to be replenished.
With Wei's three major defense lines at stake, and the relationship between the Triple Alliance getting closer, the tripartite unanimously decided to implement a resource complementarity plan.
Considering that the battle in Qingzhou was not fierce, it was basically in a state of confrontation all the time, and the number of troops lost in the Ming Dynasty was not much. On the other hand, Cao Wei had already lost [-] troops.
Considering that once Cao Wei is destroyed, it will be difficult for the Ming and Song Dynasties to have their own villages, so Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin unanimously decided that [-]% of the first batch of money and grain traded from the Demon Gate will be used to support Cao Wei to replenish troops and build Yanzhou Eastern defense.
Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin no longer expect Cao Cao to be able to block the Qin army in the west of Yanzhou. They now only hope that Cao Cao can hold on longer and use Wei people as much as possible to consume the Qin army's strength, so that they can wait until the Qin army officially attacks the Ming and Song Dynasties. It wasn't that strong when there were two countries.
Cao Cao, Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin not only plotted against the Demon Sect, but also plotted against each other within the Three Kingdoms Alliance. However, the decision of Zhu Di and Zhao Kuangyin did relieve a lot of pressure on Cao Wei.
Cao Cao was naturally ecstatic when he learned about it. He immediately decided to recruit [-] new soldiers in the rear areas that were not affected by the war. He also had follow-up recruitment plans. However, he did not know how much money could be squeezed out of the Demon Sect, so he did not announce the specific plans. Expand the number of troops.
No matter how much Cao Wei expands his army, it cannot fundamentally solve the problem, because recruits can only be recruited from the counties in the east of Yanzhou, and they can only be used for defense. But the problem Cao Wei is facing now is how to defend the west of Yanzhou.
If all the hundreds of thousands of elite Wei troops in the west were killed in battle, let alone the 20 recruits in the east, even one hundred thousand or [-] troops would still be unable to withstand the Qin army's efforts to destroy Wei.
What Cao Cao is now struggling with is whether to abandon the western front and retreat to the eastern front, or continue to defend the western front. Both the former and the latter have their own advantages and disadvantages, which really makes it difficult for him to make up his mind.
But in the end, under Fan Li's persuasion, Cao Cao decided to stick to the western front. There was no other reason. Even if he could return to the eastern front, the situation would not be better than that of the western front. On the contrary, he would lose nearly half of his territory and population to Daqin.
After Daqin got the west of Yanzhou, even if he couldn't collect grain locally, he could still transport the grain and grass to the west of Yanzhou, and if the supply line was shortened, the logistical pressure would naturally be much smaller.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Cao Cao decided to stick to the west, and this was also expected by Ying Hao.
Just when Cao Cao was struggling with how to resist the offensives of the Qin army in the three counties of Dongjun, Chenliu, and Yingchuan, Ying Hao, who had solved Styx, had already arrived in Chenliu and learned of the determination of the Momen. News of entering the war and forming a rebel army.
"Your Majesty, if things go on like this, in less than half a month, Cao Wei will add 13 new troops, and the Momen Rebel Army will reach [-]."
Zhang Liao said worriedly that in his opinion, the scale of the war was not small, but now that the Three Kingdoms Alliance has the blood transfusion from the Demon Gate, the scale of the Central Plains War may be further escalated.
Ying Hao laughed unconcernedly when he heard the words: "Haha, except for the 18 disciples of the Demon Sect itself, the rest are just recruits, let alone 80, even [-] are not enough for our army." Not a threat.
Momen and Cao Wei let them conscript if they are willing. This is just consuming their own money and food. In the end, it will only force the overwhelmed people to fall to my Daqin. "
Ying Hao really doesn't care much about the Demon Rebel Army. After all, he started his family by suppressing the Yellow Turbans. And the time when the recruits of the Three Kingdoms grow up.
What Ying Hao really paid attention to in Momen was those top talents like Yuan Jiuling and Chongjiu, and only these people could make him more vigilant.
As for the current leaders of the Momen on the bright side, Zi Zaitian, Heipao and others, who have no brains but strength, obviously won't be taken seriously by Ying Hao.
These people have their own worship halls and hundreds of families to deal with, and they don't need Ying Hao to waste their minds.
What Ying Hao cares about now is how to completely subdue Styx. After all, Styx's daughter, son-in-law, and grandson Niu Hong who cheated his grandfather are still in the anti-Qin camp.
If these people died at the hands of the Qin army, it would be difficult to guarantee that Styx would not be resentful. The final situation is likely to be that Styx really left after doing ten things, but what Ying Hao wanted was indeed completely tied. Ding Minghe, so naturally he must accept his son-in-law, daughter, and grandson.
Ying Hao was not too worried about Niu Mowang and Ming Tieshan. As long as he told them that Ming He was not dead, he could use filial piety to make them bow their heads. Ye Dingzhi was also a person who was very aware of current affairs.
The biggest headache for Ying Hao is Niu Hong, a naughty child who is just over 280 months old and nearly 1.9 meters tall.
After separating from Jia Fu, Jia Fu specifically reminded Ying Hao that he must handle Niu Hong carefully, and this also made Ying Hao interested in Niu Hong.
After learning what Niu Hong was doing, even Ying Hao couldn't help sighing, this guy is simply a giant baby, and he is so capable of tossing around, he has deceived all his relatives around him.
If Ying Hao had such a son, he would definitely beat him to death as soon as possible to prevent him from harming others and himself in the future.
But the biggest problem now is that if you want to completely regain Styx, you must not avoid Niu Hong.
Niu Hong was too prejudiced against Da Qin. Although many of the things he did were made up in his head, such as the death of Niu Ruyi, which had nothing to do with Da Qin, he still firmly believed that it was Da Qin's fault.
From the fact that Niu Hong didn't even listen to his parents and grandfather, it can be seen that he is the kind of person who has an extreme personality and only immerses himself in his own world.
This kind of person obviously won't listen to others' advice, because what he cares about is not the truth, but the truth he hopes for.
Therefore, regarding Niu Hong, Ying Hao never changed his mind, because it is difficult to change the nature of the country.
For Ying Hao, changing Niu Hong might be even more difficult than him dominating the world.
What Ying Hao can do is not to kill Niu Hong, but to spare his life, but he will find a deep mountain and forest to imprison Niu Hong, so as to prevent him from continuing to fight against Da Qin.
As for whether it is life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment, it depends on Niu Hong's own performance.
Ying Hao believed that Styx would also be satisfied, after all, he was really abused by this grandson, and letting this evil grandson live is already an extrajudicial favor.
Therefore, before Ying Hao left Yin'an, he gave the Black Ice Terrace in Yanzhou an order to capture Ming Tie Fan and Niu Hong's mother and son alive, and the person in charge of this operation was still Li Xiaoyao.
Li Xiaoyao is a half-step grand master, and he brought dozens of iron eagle swordsmen, and captured the iron fan of the master realm alive, and Niu Hong, who was only cleared of the residual poison. Logically speaking, there is no big problem.
But what Li Xiaoyao never expected was that Niu Hong abandoned his mother who had died for him, and resolutely chose to escape alone. This also made this operation fail to do its best. Niu Hong fled back to the camp of the Ming army.
After Li Xiaoyao caught the Dark Iron Fan, he escorted him all the way to Chenliu's camp, and it was precisely because of waiting for the Dark Iron Fan that Ying Hao stayed in Chenliu for two more days.
Although Ming Tie Shan is a married woman, she is still extremely beautiful, with a charming appearance, Cao Cao will definitely like it if she sees it, but in the eyes of Ying Hao, who is used to seeing beautiful women, it is not bad.
Ying Hao didn't have Cao Cao's hobby of being a good wife, and since Ren Hongchang and Liu Mu took turns squeezing him in order to get pregnant, his desire for female sex has been greatly reduced.
Except for the women in his own harem, Ying Hao is not interested in anyone, and he feels the same about everyone, neither how beautiful nor ugly, in short, he is very Buddhist.
Ming Tie Fan looked at Ying Hao with hatred in his eyes. Apparently on the way back to Mount Tai, she had already learned the news of the fall of Ming He through the pigeons, so she believed that Ying Hao was her father-killing enemy.
(End of this chapter)
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