At this time, Zhang Sheng was still farming.
Twelve villages have expanded to that size. It would be an absolute joke to say that Zhang Sheng knew nothing about what was happening in the world at this time.
But he could still endure it and was not impatient at all.
Even in the village, there were some subordinates who knew a little bit about his thoughts and were already screaming to rush down the mountain. No matter how much they tried to persuade him, Zhang Sheng remained calm and did not show any signs of anxiety.
Although I started late, I couldn't even take a sip of the broth.
However, if it starts too early, it is easy to be targeted and attacked.
After all, the Ming Dynasty had Guo Zuo for more than four hundred years. Although it was already in a dilapidated state, it seemed as if the wind was leaking everywhere.
But one doesn’t know that when the country is in crisis, some capable people will come out of nowhere to try to turn the tide.
Although there was no direct movement, Zhang Sheng secretly sent some smart and capable people to join the various groups.
They are not required to sit in high positions, but at least they can grasp the trends of all parties.
At this time, in the Martial Arts Mountain, Cao Zhe did not restrict the whereabouts of his disciples.
Those who couldn't stand the loneliness and couldn't sit still after hearing that the outside of the mountain was already bustling, let them go down the mountain on their own.
Strong warriors are created by fighting and killing.
Although Cao Zhe did not actively encourage his disciples to participate in the melee outside the mountain, he would never stop them.
Winter, the seventeenth year of Qinghong!
The White Lotus Sect took the lead in conquering half of the north, and then surrounded its leader Sheng Qianlun as the emperor.
If you look carefully at the ranking list of the first competition, it is not difficult to notice that Sheng Qianlun is also a competitor, ranking sixth in the first settlement.
In the same year, the emperor mobilized 150,000 troops and appointed Xue Ping as commander to quell the rebellion.
The White Lotus Sect and Xue Ping's imperial army were facing each other across the river, and they were constantly at odds. The battle was in a stalemate from the beginning.
Xue Ping is not a mediocre person. He knows that most of the White Lotus Sect's armies are just a mob. The longer the battle is delayed, the weaker the opponent's defense will become.
Just wait until people are impetuous before launching an attack, and then you can advance all the way and put down the rebellion.
It's a pity that Xue Ping only has a tactical vision and does not have a macro strategic vision.
At this time, what Ming Dynasty encountered was not just the White Lotus Sect.
On January 17, the 18th year of Qinghong's reign, Wenxiang Sect members burned down seven streets in the southern part of Jinling City, shouting, "There is no peace in the three realms, just like a house on fire. Only the big stone Buddha can relieve disasters."
Then Shifo Wangsen led 70,000 troops to seize the land of Sichuan and Shu. He then continued to recruit troops and brought 200,000 people down the river, seizing many cities and lands along the way.
Although they forced people from various places to join the religion, they did not massacre them, or indulge their followers to rob and kill them wantonly.
This move can be described as greatly reassuring the people, and it also shows that Wang Sen has ambitions in the country. Although he has not proclaimed himself emperor like Sheng Qianlun, he does not just want to be a prince.
If the Wenxiang Sect makes such a move, the entire Ming Dynasty's military will become tense.
The Ming Dynasty has more than 1.5 million permanent military households, but this is only a paper figure. Xue Ping brought 150,000 elite soldiers to fight with the White Lotus Sect in the north. In fact, he had stationed local troops and took away most of them.
Most of the so-called 1.5 million military households are just generals from all sides eating empty pay.
If the imperial court had carefully investigated over the years, it would have been enough to find that some 'veteran soldiers' from one or two hundred years ago are still getting paid.
The Wenxiang Sect responded and launched an attack, so the imperial court was bound to mobilize troops to intercept and counterattack.
However, if they want to mobilize troops again, except for the five military camps guarding the capital, the total number of troops that can be mobilized by the local government is less than 100,000.
In this way, one hundred thousand plus one hundred and fifty thousand, plus the five military camps, the divine machine camp, the warlock camp, and so on, add up to less than four hundred thousand in total.
Even counting the 200,000 frontier troops who my grandma didn't care for and my uncle didn't love, the actual available troops of the entire Ming Dynasty did not exceed 600,000 at most.
It was more than half the distance from the full calculation of 1.5 million.
However, these 600,000 troops cannot be mobilized at will.
The border troops must not move lightly, and it will take a lot of time and food to move troops from the border to Guan Qinwang, and it is too late for the time being.
It will also take time to mobilize the remaining local forces.
Moreover, once the local military power is too empty, many small rebel forces will take the opportunity to seize the county towns, confiscate food and fodder, and coerce local young men to enlist in the army.
The emperor was furious, but he only ordered Xia Qing to be the commander. He would first lead the flag, recruit troops from all directions, collect food and grass, and then go to intercept the Wenxiang Cult army.
They did not dare to use the five military camps in the capital. Instead, they transferred more troops back to the vicinity of the capital and heavily guarded them.
The eighteenth year of Qinghong, summer!
There is a demon dragon in chaos, setting off huge waves, trying to destroy the dams along the river and release the flood into the south of the Yangtze River, drowning the defenders.
Zuo Zixiong entered the river to slay the dragon, and the Five Divine Treasures opened together, forcing the power of the exterior scene to cut off the river with one sword and slay the demonic dragon.
At this time, the Wenxiang Sect had broken through Hanyang, and the two lakes were almost completely occupied.
At this time, Zhang Sheng led many villagers and killed them down the mountain.
Just because as the Wenxiang Sect has grown in power, the rules and regulations within the sect have become increasingly unable to restrain those vicious members.
The land of the two lakes has been turned into a smoky mess by the Wenxiang Sect, and the people are boiling with resentment.
The situation was very different from the situation in Sichuan and Sichuan.
It was the same year, and at about the same time, rebel armies from all sides rose up one after another.
Some belong to local peasant uprisings, where dozens or hundreds of people are gathered to dare to rebel.
There are also cases where local power groups have finally integrated their internal conflicts and begun to continue with their original plans.
Zhang Sheng led many villagers down the mountain. At first, he did not openly rebel, but resisted the oppression of the Wenxiang Sect and the infringement of the people.
Through his righteous actions, he gradually won the hearts and minds of the people in the land of the two lakes.
When the Wenxiang Sect's army was about to turn around and counterattack, Xia Qing finally gathered 100,000 troops and blocked the Wenxiang Sect's army in a section of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, where they fought with it.
At this time, the whole world was like a pot of chaos.
The warriors who came down from the Martial Arts Mountain are active on the battlefields everywhere.
And because of their respective karma, as well as the involvement of family and friends, they joined different teams.
They each have different positions. Sometimes they meet on the battlefield, and they will keep each other's hands in the early stage of the fight. Later, when they have a real fire, they no longer care about the friendship between brothers, and they often meet each other on the battlefield, life and death. .
But because of this, many hidden methods and powers in martial arts are constantly developed through life and death battles.
Not only that, because of the high universality of the new martial arts, the low difficulty of learning, and the upper limit is also unfathomable.
Wenxiang Sect, White Lotus Sect, and other sects with deep backgrounds and great origins have begun to study new martial arts through some disciples who came from the martial arts mountain.
After obtaining relevant information in various ways, they quickly transformed the martial arts system that suits them.
This is exactly what Cao Zhe wants.
If martial arts wants to grow stronger, relying on him alone is far from enough.
Only by bringing in more forces and studying together can it be further strengthened and pushed to a higher peak.
