Mu Qianmei knew that if she was prevaricated or polite, it would seem contrived, so she gently cleared her throat, sorted out the thoughts in her head, and said slowly:

"The current situation of the beggar gang, as the old man said just now, is indeed in danger, because we are in the midst of a joint investigation between Eastern Qin and Yunyu."

"Speaking of which, it was caused by my father's affairs, but as a daughter, my father's affairs are also my affairs, so I have no choice but to rescue my father."

"From the moment of the rescue, it was already doomed, the beggar gang will be involved in the imminent turmoil of the Yugu Continent from now on, even if we send my father away now, the Eastern Qin Kingdom will definitely not let us go of the beggar gang."

"So we have to be ready for battle as soon as possible."

At this point, she paused slightly, looked at the expressions of the crowd, and saw that no one showed anything unusual.

Then she continued:

"Because this should have belonged to me and my father's family affairs, and it had nothing to do with the beggars, but the old man raised me and couldn't bear to watch us face the danger alone, so he let the beggars get involved."

"Now it's impossible for the Beggar Gang to get out of the way, but all the disciples of our Beggar Gang have the right to choose to stay or leave. In this crisis, none of us can predict what is coming, and those who stay, we will share the blessings and difficulties, and face the difficulties together, and we will not force those who do not want to stay, after all, everyone has their own aspirations. ”

"If you want to leave, I hope to leave before tomorrow night, and then count the remaining people, and we will arrange and deploy according to the actual number of people left."

"Therefore, regarding the specific deployment, we will get together the next morning to make detailed arrangements, old man, what do you say?"

After Mu Qianmei finished speaking, she asked Feng Tianyu.

Feng Tianyu looked at Ouyang Bo, and the old Taoist priest smiled and said:

"What do you see me doing? What the little girl said makes sense, we can only count the number of people who are willing to stay, and then we can consider the next step of deployment. I think it will be arranged by the eight elders, and all the disciples of the beggar gang must make their own choices, and the nearest ones will be counted in time, and the far ones will be notified today, and the results will be reported to the hands of the deputy gang leader of Zhuang before tomorrow night. ”

Seeing that there was finally a gap, Yun Zhonghe quickly stood up and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble because of my business."

"Haha...... You have an amazing daughter, you should be proud, rest assured, coming to the beggar gang, it is like coming home, when the little girl proposed to build a beggar gang, I thought that there would be such a day, so I agreed without hesitation. ”

Feng Tianyu said with a hearty smile.

They have nothing to do with the crane in the clouds, and they can't talk about any friendship, all because Mu Qianmei is his daughter.

After the meeting was dismissed, the Eight Great Elders began to implement this matter.

After the others also left one after another, Mu Qianmei, Feng Tianyu, Ouyang Bo, Zhuang Shujun and Yun Zhonghe got together again.

Feng Tianyu said worriedly:

"Although we have a lot of people, they are still not many compared to the country! I don't think there will be too few people leaving this time. ”

Ouyang Bo smiled and said:

"If you want to leave, it's not good to stay, I think it makes sense for the little girl to do this, and it will be more cohesive to leave people who are really willing to stay. People are not about how much, but about being able to unite, if there is a willpower in it that is not firm, not only will they quit halfway, but they may also shake the will of some people! ”

Feng Tianyu thought about it and felt that it made sense, instead of waiting until the critical time to leave, it was better to let them leave early, so as not to shake the army's heart when they got it.

So he said:

"When you say this, I also think it's right to do this, I really hope not to disappoint me too much, when I was recruited, the beggar gang was full of concern for every disciple, and now when it comes to a critical time, I hope they can give the beggar gang enough support."

Mu Qianmei said calmly:

"Let's not get our hopes up too much, I think I'll be happy to be able to keep half of it, after all, most of the beggar disciples are very ordinary people, they are used to living a plain and comfortable life, and when facing danger, it is normal to choose to escape."

"Only half left?"

Feng Tianyu was a little unacceptable, thought silently for a while, and said:

"Our beggar disciples, there are about 120,000 in the entire Yugu Continent, and after removing about 50,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, there are 70,000 left, and if half of them are gone, there will only be more than 30,000 people with combat effectiveness."

"More than 30,000 people, isn't it too little?"

Mu Qianmei listened, turned to the crane in the clouds and asked:

"Father, how many old departments and how many people are you pulling in for this reason at present?"

Yun Zhonghe silently estimated in his heart, and then said leisurely:

"I have now contacted and are willing to return to my command, there are about fifteen ministers of civil and military affairs, about 20,000 soldiers and horses, but there are not many elite troops, at most 5,000."

Mu Qianmei also thought about it in her heart, and said:

"In this way, our elite troops are about 10,000 people, and there are more than 40,000 ordinary soldiers, and our strength is indeed too weak."

"By the way, how many disciples do we have from the Eastern Qin Kingdom and the Yunyu Kingdom? The Eastern Qin Kingdom is basically excluded, and the Yunyu Kingdom will probably lose some of it! ”

Hearing Mu Qianmei's question, Feng Tianyu estimated it again and said:

"The Eastern Qin Kingdom has its own small beggar gang in the country, so there are not too many people who have joined us, and the population of Yunyu Country is sparse, and there are not too many people who have joined the beggar gang, on the basis of just now, it is estimated that about 5,000 people will be reduced."

Mu Qianmei looked at Zhuang Shujun and asked softly:

"Brother Zhuang, how much does our beggar gang earn now? Once the war starts, the fight is money, grain and grass, people, we can continue to recruit, but without money, it will be difficult to move an inch. ”

Zhuang Shujun thought for a while and said:

"Our income can indeed be called 'rich and rival country', and now if it is converted into gold, there are about 20 million taels, and it is no problem to raise an army of 100,000 people for two or three years!"

Mu Qianmei said:

"Then we have to buy a large amount of food and medicinal materials in the recent period, make army clothing, quilts, make weapons and armor, and make full preparations, once the war is launched, it will require a lot of consumption."

"Well, let's prepare this as soon as possible, so the cost will be a lot!"

Zhuang Shujun replied.

The crane in the cloud opened his mouth and said:

"There should be no problem with military salaries, we have a treasure that can be enough for a country's expenses for three or five years!"

When Ouyang Bo heard this, he said:

"We can't fight such a war in the name of the beggars, if we want to be justified, we can only do it in the name of the Cloud Feather Country."

"With the cloud feather country? Aren't we going to war with the Yunyu Kingdom and the Eastern Qin Kingdom? ”

Feng Tianyu was a little confused when he heard it.

Ouyang Bo nodded and said:

"It's the Yunyu Country, and it's the orthodox Yunyu Country, so crusading against Yuntian Xiao is in accordance with the will of heaven!"

"Aren't there two Cloud Feather Kingdoms?"

Feng Tianyu blurted out and asked.

"Yes, in this way, there are two Yunyu Kingdoms, one is orthodox, and the other is the puppet country of Eastern Qin, the first thing we have to avoid the frontal attack of the Eastern Qin Kingdom and defeat the current Yunyu Kingdom as quickly as possible, the father of the little girl is the real lord of the Yunyu Kingdom."

Ouyang Bo continued to explain.

Mu Qianmei suddenly realized that war is just like what the old Taoist priest said, you have to be famous in order to be justifiable.

So she also spoke:

"It should be like this, the so-called righteous and unrighteous are helped, only when we stand on the side of justice, will we get more people's support, our Yunyu country has a jade seal of the country, and there is an orthodox emperor, and we have a greater chance of winning this war."

"And where do we build a state? The headquarters of the beggar gang is currently located here, but it is within the border of the Northern Han Dynasty! ”

Feng Tianyu continued.

"Father, we are in the Cloud Feather Country, are there any other cities that we control in the dark?"

Mu Qianmei asked.

"There is one city lord who has made it clear that he has joined us, and that is Snow City, the far north, and we can settle in at any time."

The crane in the cloud replied.

"Snow White? Okay, then you can contact them as soon as possible, get them ready, and let's use Snow City as our first base! ”

Mu Qianmei said.

"Well, starting from Snow City, I will inform them to prepare first, and then wait for the beggar gang to confirm how many people have joined, and then bring the people from the beggar gang to take over."

The crane in the clouds also chimed in.

"It's better to bring your own people over, and after occupying Snow City, reintegrate all the soldiers."

Ouyang Bo nodded and said.

"By the way, the Wind Gang Master and Ouyang Junshi will go with us, right?"

Yun Zhonghe looked at the two old men with fluttering hair expectantly.

"Haha...... We want to stay behind the beggar gang, so we won't go, let the deputy gang leader Zhuang accompany you over, and when we created the beggar gang, we also announced that we would never join any country, although the main force of the beggar gang will go with you this time, but they still belong to the disciples of the beggar gang and will never be attached to any country. ”

Feng Tianyu said briskly.

"Regardless of whether the war is won or lost, once the war is over, we will immediately allow the beggar disciples to choose freely."

"Whether they choose to stay in the Cloud Feather Country or return to the Beggar Gang to continue to seek development, give them the right to choose freely."

The crane in the cloud also agreed very dryly.

"What if the Eastern Qin Kingdom enters the war? We won't be able to resist for long. ”

Zhuang Shujun also interjected.

"If the Eastern Qin State participates in the war, we can only deal with them, we must not fight a tough battle, and we will be mentally prepared to fight guerrilla warfare at any time."

Mu Qianmei said confidently.

"Guerrilla warfare? …… Hehe, this name is good, very vivid, and very easy to understand, yes, we can only fight guerrilla warfare with them to maintain our strength!

Ouyang Bo said with admiration.