I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 79 Pre-battle Preparations, Breakthrough

As time went by, when the power of the "Squad Leader" touched Wang Dahu's soul, it instantly extracted a portion of his soul power and merged it into the "Squad Leader."

"buzzing"

After absorbing Wang Dahu's soul power, the [Squad Leader] immediately trembled slightly and began to make spontaneous adjustments, gradually aligning with Wang Dahu's consciousness space and soul fluctuations, and establishing a spiritual connection with his soul.

Furthermore, its pressure is decreasing rapidly.

In the end, although Wang Dahu could still feel some pressure, it no longer posed any obstacle to him.

Just like a general wearing armor, although it has some weight, it is not unbearable.

Moreover, that pressure is not without its benefits; as it presses down on the soul, it naturally tempers it to a certain extent, allowing it to grow faster.

After the fusion was completed, the [Squad Leader]'s celestial status immediately began to resonate with the spiritual energy field that rose around him as the new recruits trained.

The wisps of malevolent energy began to be drawn in and merged with it, quickly transforming into a ball of iron-blooded malevolent energy.

At the same time, a trace of the power of heaven and earth was drawn in and devoured by it, and together with a portion of the iron-blooded evil energy, it merged with a wisp of essence and spirit, transforming into the true energy of military strategists.

Its conversion speed far exceeds that of a warrior in the Heavenly Realm.

This is also an advantage of high-ranking heavenly positions; they can attract more malevolent energy and even draw upon scarce heavenly and earthly power to cleanse the body and replenish vital energy.

When they are in their own team, they can mobilize everyone's fierce and murderous aura to their own advantage with the cooperation of others, and unleash even greater power.

When Wang Dahu regained consciousness, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems they are capable of assuming the rank of [Squad Leader].

Next, the dynasty promoted everyone's soldier rank and granted them the [Squad Leader] rank.

In the end, the dynasty granted Zhou Wen and Chen Ying the status of soldiers.

At this moment, however, what was inscribed on their Heavenly Status was no longer "Soldier," but "Regular Soldier," that is, the regular army of the Salvation Army that had just merged with their Heavenly Status.

After merging with the Heavenly and Earthly Personalities, the two suddenly realized that the People's Salvation Army had such a deep secret.

They had been somewhat puzzled, wondering what the Wang family was talking about, mentioning supernatural powers and divine status.

They initially thought it was some kind of trick to keep the people ignorant.

Unexpectedly, they actually possessed supernatural powers.

This explains why those involved in the rescue of the militia, including Wu Ping, were so confident.

With such supernatural powers, they certainly have reason to be confident.

For a moment, both of their mindsets changed slightly.

Before, they had some other thoughts in their minds, especially Zhou Wen, who had always wanted to escape and take the imperial examination.

But now, his desire to escape vanished instantly.

If Wang Chao and his group could succeed, why would he bother with the declining Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations?

By following the dynasty, he was bound to achieve even greater success, perhaps even becoming a god among immortals.

However, his long-held beliefs made him hesitate.

Even so, he secretly made up his mind.

Regardless of what the future holds, before leaving this place, he will certainly do his job diligently and keep a good record of the soldiers' military achievements.

Finally, Wang Chao looked at Wang Sanshun again.

"Is Shen Changquan willing to surrender?"

"not yet!

However, I think he seems to be wavering somewhat, and there is indeed a possibility of him surrendering.

Wang Sanshun first shook his head, and then said something else.

"Well, let's give it a try then. He's a fifth-rank guerrilla general, the highest-ranking imperial officer we've captured so far. He must have some skills."

What we lack now is all kinds of talent, especially military talent.

What Wang Chao didn't mention was that Shen Changquan seemed to possess special abilities, which was the main reason why Wang Chao hadn't killed him.

As for letting him go, that's impossible.

After giving a few more instructions, everyone finally withdrew.

For a period of time starting from the second day, the dynasty promoted the other meritorious soldiers to the [War Soldier] level and gave them the position of squad leader, each leading the newly joined [Regular Soldiers].

Finally, the dynasty bestowed upon each of the qualified recruits the status of a celestial being, transforming them into "regular soldiers."

After everything was over, the recruit camp, which could hold tens of thousands of people, became sparsely populated, with only the original five hundred qualified officers and soldiers and the more than one thousand new recruits.

Looking at the somewhat empty military camp, Wang Chao immediately issued an order for members of the agricultural cooperatives in each village to cooperate with Chen Ying, the instructor of the new recruit camp, to recruit new soldiers in various places.

At the same time, the dynasty also ordered Li Hei, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, to send intelligence personnel from the Bureau to various places in Lintao and Gongchang prefectures to investigate the situation.

Finally, the dynasty issued an order to the members of the agricultural cooperatives, organizing them to go to various places in the two prefectures to assist the people in organizing and establishing agricultural cooperatives, recruiting members, and so on.

Because the landlords and wealthy people in the two prefectures and counties had all left the countryside and gone to the county towns and the capitals of the two prefectures.

Therefore, the establishment of the agricultural cooperative went very smoothly.

While Wang Dahu and his men were still undergoing reorganization and training after the expansion, the agricultural communes had already sprung up all over the two prefectures, and were even almost as numerous as those in Weiyuan County, Zhang County, and Shouyang Pass.

County towns and prefectural cities were under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, while outside the city walls lay the domain of agricultural communities.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Chao couldn't help but feel a bit amused and exasperated.

They haven't even launched an attack yet, but they've already occupied vast rural areas.

Of course, due to their weak armed forces, they only nominally occupied the countryside when the imperial army was not mobilized.

This was mainly because the officials of the imperial court did not take the agricultural communes and the farmers who joined them seriously. Otherwise, the development of agricultural communes would not have been so simple.

The Ming Dynasty only needed to send one army to sweep them away one by one.

However, regardless of whether agricultural communities will attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

But now, it has indeed done the dynasty a great favor.

Time flew by as both sides prepared.

While handling official duties, Wang Chao constantly refined his own soul. With the support of the spiritual power of six or seven thousand regular soldiers and tens of thousands of new recruits, he felt that he was about to break through again soon.

On October 19th, according to information obtained through intelligence, the government troops of Lintao and Gongchang prefectures were ready and about to launch a simultaneous attack to suppress the militia.

Immediately, the dynasty summoned Wang Dahu and others to discuss the matter.

The final decision was that Wang Dahu would lead a battalion to infiltrate the vicinity of Gongchang Prefecture through Zhang County, and then launch an attack on Gongchang Prefecture directly when the imperial troops left.

He then ordered Li Shu to pass through Zhang County, bypass Gongchang Prefecture, and seize Ningyuan County, Li County, and Fuqiang County when the opportunity arose.

He ordered Li Yu to send troops to Hezhou County in Lintao Prefecture and occupy many passes in Hezhou, such as Anlong Pass and Tumen Pass.

Wang Chao believed that with the strength of the militia's regular army, they could probably easily take over these counties and passes by sending out just one detachment.

Only large cities and passes, if they are well-prepared, will require more militia to save the people.

But now, taking advantage of the officers' carelessness and negligence, they can easily capture it.

After all, the garrison troops of these cities and passes were probably not much different from those of Weiyuan County and Shouyang Pass.

Furthermore, the troop deployment by government officials will inevitably leave the city's defenses vulnerable, allowing them to take it down in one fell swoop.

Of course, the dynasty also knew in its heart that such a good thing would probably only happen once.

After that, other cities and passes that were prepared were not so easy to conquer.

Besides Wang Dahu, Li Shu, and Li Yu, Wang Shi and Wang Erniu each led a battalion to attack Anding and Tongwei counties.

The reason why two battalions were dispatched for the two counties that could have been captured with just two sentries was because these two counties were the closest to the Great Wall border.

The purpose of the dynasty was to defend against attacks from the border armies.

With the two armies working together, even if the border troops were to attack, they should be able to hold out for a long time.

As for the dynasty, it was preparing to attack Lintao Prefecture.

Once they conquer these places, the government troops from the two prefectures who are besieging them will no longer be able to cause any trouble.

The reason why the dynasty dared to implement such a strategy was that outside the cities of the two prefectures, the area was now almost entirely dominated by agricultural communities.

The dynasty was able to easily obtain information about the movements and news of the officials and soldiers of the two prefectures.

However, with the help and cover of the peasant community, the government was unable to know the movements of the militia.

With the enemy in the open and us in the dark, the dynasty dared to adopt this strategy.

Of course, this was also partly because the officers and soldiers ultimately underestimated them.

After all, the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army always seemed to be on the defensive, and even when they expanded their territory, they would only seek out local landlords and wealthy people, and never tried to attack county towns.

Unlike Wang Er of Baishui, who first captured Chengcheng County, killed the magistrate Zhang Douyao, and then retreated to Baishui County, where he occupied it.

In such a short time, they have already occupied two counties.

Although they withdrew after capturing Chengcheng County, they had still occupied it, hadn't they?

And what about the dynasty? They didn't even launch a tentative attack.

Naturally, the officers and soldiers couldn't help but underestimate them.

Perhaps in their minds, they were just a slightly stronger band of bandits, far inferior to rebels like Wang Er.

This was also a deliberate illusion created by the dynasty that it had never attacked the county town.

Now, however, it is time for them to bare their fangs.

After assigning the tasks, Wang Chao immediately sent everyone to prepare.

The dynasty also notified its personal guard to prepare to depart early the next morning.

At night, Wang Chao did not rest, but began his final training before the battle.

He had a premonition that he was about to achieve another breakthrough.

The space of consciousness has once again undergone earth-shattering changes.

The sea of ​​spiritual power above, and the celestial bodies with supernatural abilities, remain unchanged.

What has changed is the divine power and the eerie energy below.

The divine power was condensed by the dynasty into a sacred celestial palace surrounded by rosy clouds and auspicious omens, a blessed land of immortals that inspires longing in all who behold it.

The eerie energy beneath the divine power was condensed and transformed into a ghostly, dark red land, seemingly stained with blood, inspiring fear in those who beheld it.

After such shaping and evolution, the dynasty's consciousness space did indeed become more stable and expanded.

After entering the consciousness space, Wang Chao glanced at the current consciousness space and the cloud soldiers in the distant military camp, then quickly withdrew his gaze and began to devour the spiritual power above.

"Hoo~!"

An endless stream of spiritual power surged forth, almost forming a visible tornado.

Under the influx of this spiritual power, the dynasty's soul began to grow rapidly.

After this period of cultivation, the soul, which had grown from the size of a bean to the size of a soccer ball, began to grow towards the size of a basketball.

Finally, Wang Chao felt a jolt in his soul, instantly breaking through to another level, where his soul began to condense and transform.

(End of this chapter)