The Jianghu, which had been quiet for a short time, was once again violently shaken by the news that Lu Qingyun had taken over as the leader of the Ming Cult.
Before the shock had subsided, a piece of gossip suddenly came out. Zhao Ling'er, the leader of the Southern Beggar Gang, was actually the daughter of the Mongolian princess Zhao Min. She wanted to regain the rule of the Central Plains from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, who had retreated under the guise of a beggar gang.
The various martial arts factions in the Central Plains who originally stayed on the sidelines were completely shocked.
Before they could recover from the shock, the Five Mountains Sword Sect announced with a high profile its full support for Lu Qingyun to become the leader of the Ming Cult, and gathered all the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect to head towards Huizhou.
At the same time, some of the Northern Mingjiao Army also began to assemble in an orderly manner towards the south, and the war was about to break out!
Huizhou City Marshal's Mansion.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the commander's seat with a frown on his face and glanced at the generals on the left and right sides.
"Everyone, tell me whether we should hand over our military power. What should we do next?"
Since helping his former disciple Zhang Wuji find the whereabouts of the Golden Retriever Lion King, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Huizhou Rebel Army.
Mingjiao taught that after Wuji was killed by the Beggar Gang, the group of dragons had no leader and fought on their own, which happened to follow his wishes.
Without any control, he continued to annex the surrounding rebel armies, and the entire territory of Huizhou and part of Henan became his territory.
Zhu Yuanzhang's strength increased greatly, and the number of Huizhou rebels reached more than 100,000, becoming the strongest force in the entire Mingjiao army.
Lu Qingyun's takeover of Mingjiao originally had no impact on him, but after receiving news from Wei Yixiao, Lu Qingyun would come to Huizhou to preside over the decisive battle against the Beggar Clan in the near future, which gave Zhu Yuanzhang a huge headache.
Not only the hidden strength is exposed, the power may also be taken away.
Once he loses his military power, he will have nothing, which is something he never wants to do.
"They are all disciples of the Ming Cult, so they naturally obey the orders of the leader."
Overthrowing the rule of the Mongols is the lifelong belief and goal of Mingjiao disciples.
The Beggar Clan defected to the Mongols and became Zhao Min's lackeys. Of course, the Mingjiao wanted to eradicate them.
Lu Qingyun became the leader of the Ming Cult, and the Ming Cult disciples naturally had to obey his orders. It made no difference whether he would relinquish military power or not.
Chang Yuchun didn't think much and spoke first.
Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes angrily.
If he thought so, he might as well wait to greet Lu Qingyun, why would he call them together to discuss countermeasures!
"Commander, Lu Qingyun must have come here with bad intentions. He chose to come to Huizhou instead of going anywhere else. He must have taken a fancy to the military power in your hands."
Li Wenzhong, who was sitting in the corner, could see Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. As a nephew, of course he had to share his uncle's worries.
Zhu Yuanzhang's satisfied smile flashed away, and he secretly thought in his heart that his nephew still had a reliable vision and understood his difficulties more clearly than all his old brothers.
"Bold Li Wenzhong, don't rely on me to be your uncle and talk nonsense! Master Lu is the leader of the Ming Cult, and he is also our leader. Even if he wants to take back his military power, it is reasonable."
"Commander, the scale of the Huizhou Rebel Army is all due to the commander-in-chief's wisdom. If someone were to replace the leader of the Huizhou Rebel Army, Wen Zhong would be the first to refuse!"
Li Wenzhong frowned, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"Li Wenzhong, all of you here are our brothers in life and death, and they are also your elders. If you have any dissatisfaction, please tell me. If you say something wrong, be careful of military law!"
Zhu Yuanzhang patted the table hard.
Li Wenzhong stood up, walked to the center of the lobby, and clasped his fists towards Xi Zhou.
"You are all brothers of the Marshal and Wen Zhong's uncle. Logically speaking, I shouldn't interrupt, but there are some things Wen Zhong won't be happy with!"
"We are working desperately at the front to conquer cities and territories for the Ming Cult. Why does he take over the position of leader? And why should he take away military power as soon as he comes? Is he capable of commanding us to fight? This is taking the lives of Huizhou's 100,000 rebels as a child's play!"
"Among the various rebels of our Mingjiao, the one who has made the greatest contribution and is the most powerful is the commander-in-chief. The position of leader of the Mingjiao should be taken over by the commander-in-chief."
The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's lips flashed away, and he decided in his heart that he must promote his nephew properly in the future.
"Li Wenzhong, since you are not a disciple of the Ming Cult, we won't pursue what you said just now. It's better to say less of this kind of thing in the future."
With Li Wenzhong's introduction, the generals in the lobby were communicating with each other with their eyes. They were all old brothers who had followed Zhu Yuanzhang and naturally did not want to lose military power.
"Commander, why don't you do it without stopping? I will lead the troops to kill Lu Qingyun first. Even if he is very powerful, he can't stop the siege of tens of thousands of people!"
An army of one hundred thousand is the capital of their old Zhu family. With such capital, they can stand firm in troubled times.
Li Wenzhong decided to help his uncle clear the obstacles. With murderous intent in his eyes, he drew out the long knife hanging from his waist with his right hand.
"It's just you?!"
A green figure flew past Li Wenzhong at lightning speed, and its extremely sharp nails scratched Li Wenzhong's neck.
Wei Yixiao shook his robe and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang fiercely. "Zhu Yuanzhang, you are so brave, you dare to do the following!"
"Plop."
Li Wenzhong fell to the ground, blood flowing from his neck.
"King Wei Bat, how dare you kill my nephew!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and pressed his right hand tightly on the handle of the long knife at his waist.
"Hey!" Wei Yixiao didn't even look at Li Wenzhong who was lying on the ground, and glanced at everyone with cold eyes.
"There are two ways. One, everyone puts down their weapons and kneels outside the lobby to wait for Master Lu to deal with it."
"Two, you work together to kill me, so that no one is aware of me!"
The eyes of all the generals on the court were directed at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing in front of the commander's seat.
When it comes to commanding an army in battle, a hundred Wei Yixiao combined are no match for the generals present.
But when it comes to martial arts cultivation, these people are all scum, and they may not even be able to touch the hem of Wei Yixiao's clothes.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know, otherwise he would have drawn the long knife from his waist long ago.
Thinking that I had not said anything treacherous and unethical, I felt much calmer.
He released his hand from the handle of the knife, took off the long knife and threw it on the ground.
"King Wei Bat, we have not committed any rebellion. We have summoned the generals to discuss the matter of welcoming the leader."
"Although Li Wenzhong is my nephew, I didn't know that he would have the idea of committing rebellion. Zhu Yuanzhang has an unshirkable responsibility and should apologize to the leader in person."
After saying that, he strode out of the lobby and knelt in the patio.
All the generals in the hall breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not draw out the long sword, otherwise he would have been in big trouble.
Without any hesitation, he took off the long knife from his waist and threw it on the ground, then walked out and knelt behind Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's decisiveness frightened Wei Yixiao, and he secretly regretted not killing Zhu Yuanzhang first to eliminate future troubles for Leader Lu.
But now there is no way, we can only wait for Lu Qingyun to come and then deal with it.
