Chapter 861

"You won't really be able to defeat the imperial court's fifty thousand elite troops."

The expressions of the people in the tent went from initial suspicion to gradual clarity, and then to surprise.

Every question Duan Yu asked was like a sharp sword piercing into their hearts.

Yes.

How vast is the world; is there still a place to accommodate these rebels?

And with hundreds of thousands of people migrating, the food consumed every day is an astronomical figure.

Walking from Jizhou to Liangzhou takes two months.

If they really had so much food, they would not be refugees and starving people.

Furthermore, without Duan Yu, they arrived in Liangzhou... I fear they would just be going to deliver their heads.

Although they were seeing Duan Yu for the first time.

But it was not the first time they had heard of Duan Yu's name.

And in terms of the world's brave troops, Liangzhou is the best.

Liangzhou has the world's tiger general Duan Yu, and the Liangzhou horses that roam the world.

Let alone these hundreds of thousands of them.

Even the Qiang tribe was under Duan Yu's conquest, and in three months, one hundred thousand rolling heads were cut off.

The Qiang tribe is not the refugee people of Jizhou.

That is a nation that can fight as soon as they get on a horse, and even children and women can fight on horseback.

It is a border problem that has plagued the Great Han for four hundred years.

As for them... they are just a large group of refugees gathered together, not even having weapons, let alone armor and warhorses.

Hundreds of thousands of such people going to Liangzhou, not to mention how many people will die on the road.

It is really as Duan Yu said, twenty thousand—he only needs twenty thousand people to slaughter these hundreds of thousands of people.

If there was no Duan Yu's permission in advance, these hundreds of thousands of people, even if they arrived in Liangzhou, would just be hundreds of thousands of rolling heads that could be exchanged for military merit.

But...

Why would Duan Yu do this?

Why lead hundreds of thousands of Taiping Dao believers into Liang?

Is he not afraid of the imperial court knowing?

"But..."

Zhang Niujiao looked at Duan Yu with a suspicious gaze, wanting to speak but stopping.

Duan Yu's gaze was heavy, and his expression was serious.

"This general knows what you want to ask," Duan Yu said directly: "You want to ask why this general would do this, why take the risk of being discovered by the imperial court to lead hundreds of thousands of Taiping Dao believers into Liang, right?"

Zhang Niujiao nodded.

Guan Hai, Guan Cheng, and others also looked at Duan Yu seriously.

"You don't need to know this question now, but sooner or later you will know."

Duan Yu said frankly: "What I can tell you now is only because this general cannot bear to see hundreds of thousands of starving people become white bones on the side of the road, and cannot bear to see people eating each other and ghosts crying at night."

"You have never been to Liangzhou, nor have you been to the grasslands outside the Great Han."

"Father-in-law once said that for the world, there are rolling warlords, but for the life of the people, there is not one person in the world."

"This general promotes sericulture in Liangzhou, gives the people cow's milk and sheep, and reclaims wasteland because I cannot bear to see the starving people of the world."

"The Han court is corrupt; although this general has no power to change it, I also want to give the people of the world a place to live without enduring hunger."

"Father-in-law's ambition was to unite the people of the nine provinces and the people of the thirty-six directions to gather sand into a tower, but this sand tower ultimately had no foundation."

"It was also destined to fail."

"Letting you go to Liangzhou is what this general proposed; only in this way can the million Taiping Dao believers have a place to live, and not become white bones on the side of the road."

"Letting you go to Liangzhou is to give you a reasonable and legal identity. In the future, after you go to Liangzhou, the people behind you will still need you to manage them."

"And you will also obtain the official status of the imperial court."

"Of course, the right to choose is always in your hands!"

It is just as Duan Yu said.

Being able to stand in this tent, almost no one is stupid; perhaps there are some, but they will definitely not be stupid to the point of being hopeless.

Take a step forward to Liangzhou, and the future obtained is an official status, glory for the family, and an opportunity for advancement.

Take a step back, and that is truly an abyss of no return.

And after Duan Yu finished speaking, everything naturally fell into place.

"This subordinate Zhang Niujiao is willing to execute the Great Virtuous Teacher's last wish, follow the General into Liang, and solve the suffering of the people!"

As Zhang Niujiao knelt on one knee in front of Duan Yu, Chu Yan, Yu Du, Zhang Baiqi, and other generals behind Zhang Niujiao also knelt down one after another.

"This subordinate and others are willing to follow the General and follow the Great Virtuous Teacher's last wish."

Then Guan Hai, Guan Cheng, and others also knelt on the ground one after another to express their loyalty.

Duan Yu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looked at Zhang Ning behind him, and nodded.

It was done.

From this moment on, as long as the hidden danger of the Youzhou Camp was removed, the biggest problem of the Taiping Dao entering Liang was solved.

Zhang Ning, in a yellow dress, stepped forward, the yellow silk ribbon on her forehead fluttering gently.

"My father's last wish is to make my husband Duan Yu the Dao Master of the Taiping Dao, governing the Taiping Dao believers of the nine provinces and thirty-six directions."

"Anyone who does not respect this will be considered a traitor to the religion."

"As for calling everyone here today, besides wanting to speak frankly about the previous matters, there is one more thing."

Zhang Ning looked to the west.

That was the station of the Youzhou Camp.

"Youzhou Camp commander Cheng Zhiyuan intends to betray the religion, and his crime deserves death. Calling you here is to prepare to deal with him. As for the hundreds of thousands of Taiping Dao believers in the Youzhou Camp, they will be divided into three parts and taken over by the Heishan Camp, the Beihai Camp, and the Dongjun Camp respectively."

Hiss!

Everyone gasped again.

These shocking news really came one after another.

"Saintess, Cheng Zhiyuan... he... what happened to him?" Zhang Niujiao asked tentatively.

Zhang Ning looked back at Duan Yu.

Duan Yu nodded.

Showing his cards today and also exposing Cheng Zhiyuan's matter was one way to soothe these people.

Another was to let them witness that killing Cheng Zhiyuan was not because of anything else, but because Cheng Zhiyuan brought it upon himself.

Only in this way would the impact be minimized.

"This general's way of doing things has always been fair. If it were not for him bringing it upon himself, this general would naturally not make things difficult for him."

"But since he brought it upon himself, then don't blame this general."

"As for how he brought it upon himself, you will all see."