A Plan Is Set

Pingkang Prefecture had by then been renamed Heavenly Emperor City, serving as the site of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Zhang Jiao, along with a group of high-ranking members of the Great Peace Way), set up their offices in this city.

Accompanied by the sound of the summons horn, Zhang Jiao hurriedly entered the main hall, sat on a high seat, and looked down at the civil and military officials below.

The biggest problem with peasant uprising armies is the lack of both civil and military leaders, which leads to organizational chaos, disastrous strategies, and ultimately, after a period of disarray, they are suppressed by government forces.

That's how the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed.

Zhang Jiao learned a great deal from his past failures and then treated talented people with respect, showing full reverence to every individual.

There are indeed many talented people in the countryside. Yang Ning alone has brought over a million well-known talents from all over the world. However, these talents all have their own ideas and ambitions, and whether one has the ability to subdue them depends on the individual's abilities.

Fortunately, Zhang Jiao had a considerable reputation in history, and some people were still willing to follow him.

For example, civil officials Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong, and military generals Tang He, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun.

Almost all the wise and capable officials, both civil and military, who helped establish the Ming Dynasty joined Zhang Jiao.

As for why he didn't continue to follow Zhu Yuanzhang?

They knew their own fate all too well. Even Li Shanchang, who had two pardons from death in his household, had his entire clan exterminated. Who would dare continue to follow Zhu Yuanzhang?

In fact, Zhang Jiao preferred strategists from the Three Kingdoms period like Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu, since they were from the same era and he felt closer to them.

However, these people are hiding somewhere, and we can't find them at all.

Besides the civil and military officials in official history, there are also characters from martial arts novels, such as the Celestial Master Sun En, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and a beautiful young girl with a bamboo sword lying diagonally beside her, wearing an ordinary long dress, but whose beauty cannot be hidden.

"Please have a seat, everyone!" Zhang Jiao politely invited everyone to sit down, then set up a large screen and projected the images from the mobile phones onto it.

This turned out to be a quest interface, with the quest titled. "Suppressing the Uprising of the Demonic Daoist Demonic Dao of Southern Forest Taiping".

Number of recipients: 16427.

This number continues to rise.

"This is the Taiheng Sect's outer sect mission software. As you can see, what are your thoughts?" Zhang Jiao asked.

"If it were the Taiheng Sect four years ago, no matter how many people came, we wouldn't be afraid!" Li Shanchang stroked his beard and said calmly, "But in recent years, Outer Disciple from various sects have all gone to the Jiang Yun Northern Foothills and experienced life-and-death trials. They are no longer the kind of flowers that grow in a greenhouse. We must be cautious!"

Despite being told to be cautious, Li Shanchang remained calm, leaving onlookers completely bewildered.

Someone asked, "The strategist's posture suggests he already has a plan?"

Li Shanchang nodded and said, "In the eyes of the enemy, we are nothing more than a bunch of rebels. Therefore, they are unlikely to be prepared for a major offensive in the early stages. They will likely choose to capture the leader first. I think they will gather together and directly attack Heavenly Emperor City. We should lift the blockade along the way, gather them in Heavenly Emperor City, and then assemble our army to annihilate their main force in one battle!"

"After this battle, although they won't dare to underestimate us anymore, they won't be able to cause much trouble because their main force has been lost!!"

This isn't considered particularly clever; it's the kind of strategy anyone with an 80 or higher could come up with. But people in this world don't follow military tactics; they believe in overwhelming force with sheer brute force.

Therefore, the probability of falling into the trap is still quite high.

"Furthermore!" Li Shanchang continued, "Do you really think that the Great Peace Way Dao is the only rebel army in the world?"

That makes sense when you think about it!

Li Shanchang wasn't the only rebel who came to Southern Forest this time. Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Huang Fang La, Huang Chao La, Chen Youliang, and Zhu Yuanzhang were all summoned by Yang Ning after their deaths.

It's one thing if they never rebelled, but they did, and some even successfully became emperors!

How could they possibly continue to be obedient subjects?

"That's right, they're observing!" Li Shanchang said calmly. "I guess they've already accumulated considerable strength, but because they're still wary of Taiheng, they haven't shown themselves yet!"

"As long as we win, or even just hold out against Taiheng's disciples, they won't be able to hold back!"

"At that time!"

The civil and military officials' eyes lit up; it seemed to make sense!

I was initially quite scared when I heard that Taiheng was going to attack.

But now, upon this analysis, Taiheng has become like a grasshopper in autumn, dying before it's too late.

After a pre-battle mobilization, specific tasks were quickly assigned.

How to clear the road, where to set up an ambush, how many people to prepare, how to fight an encirclement battle, and how to deal with Flying Boat.

One by one, the issues were quickly discussed and implemented. Everyone looked serious, even though strategically they considered the enemy to be idiots, tactically they still had to respect the enemy.

Although it is possible to be resurrected after death, that only happened after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, resurrection is too incredible. In order not to attract too much attention, in the early days of the nation's founding, everyone only had one life!

Chaotic times are the fastest way to gain fame. By the time the Great Ming Kingdom is established, you'll be long gone. Do you think you'll still have a good position if you're resurrected?

What are you daydreaming about!

While they were on high alert against the enemy, the Outer Disciple Taiheng Sect treated it as nothing more than a leisurely outing.

At most, those whose parents were murdered might have a more ferocious look in their eyes.

Come to think of it, who would take a bunch of rioters seriously? This is the Extraordinary World!

"Plum Leader, what should we do?" A team has already arrived Heavenly Emperor City.

They were already on a mission nearby, and upon receiving the new assignment, they flew over immediately on their cranes.

"Where did this force come from? Even the soldiers on the city wall have cultivation?" The young man surnamed Mei was named You. "Plum Leader" refers to the leader of the group, which is the same as calling him Captain Mei.

He frowned and used his Divine Sense to observe the soldiers on the city wall, then was astonished to find that even the lowest-ranking soldiers had a physical body cultivation level of four or five!

This was unimaginable before; when did mortal soldiers become qualified to cultivate immortality?

"The Great Peace Way is, after all, Demonic Dao, daring to violate a major taboo in the Cultivation World!" the team member behind him said irritably.

Their high status is simply because they can cultivate immortality!

Now, even a peasant guarding a gate can cultivate immortality, so what advantage do they still have?

If everyone becomes immortal in the future, wouldn't the world descend into chaos?

"It seems we must not only exterminate Zhang Jiao, the Demonic Dao, but also kill all these soldiers and their families, leaving no one alive!" Mei You said the most cruel words in the most plain language.

"Yes! How dare these mortals cultivate immortality? Their lineages must be severed!"

Before bombing the Nanlin Lin Clan, Yang Ning spent a considerable amount of time preparing himself mentally, and even felt extremely guilty for mistakenly killing many innocent maids and servants.

But in the mouths of these teenagers, tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of civilians are just numbers, to be killed at will.

They never considered themselves to be the same kind of people as these others; they had long regarded themselves as high and mighty immortals.

Since they are immortals, isn't it natural for them to have the power of life and death over mortals?

"But before that, we have to kill Zhang Jiao!" Mei You's eyes lit up at the mention of Zhang Jiao: "This whole mess started because of him. If we can kill him, we'll instantly become a sensation online, and the rewards and honors we get will be enough for us to reach the Qi Refining Realm!"

The remaining three exchanged glances, realizing the same thing.

Yes, 190,000 people have already taken on this task, but there's only one Zhang Jiao.

Isn't it true that whoever strikes first gains the advantage?

"Disguise ourselves as ordinary citizens, go into the city first, and once we find out where Zhang Jiao is staying, we'll make our move tonight!" Mei You said.

"Yes!"

2000 words is really not much content; it's even hard to come up with a title.

A big chapter is coming soon.