Expedition to Europe

The power of faith is undoubtedly very strong. It can transcend countries and races, and can make people sacrifice their lives and abandon themselves.

Therefore, rulers from ancient times to the present have never dared to be careless about religious issues. Although they know that religious power is a hidden danger to the ruling class, they will always be cautious when it comes to religion.

Relatively speaking, Yang Deshan's Brotherhood Alliance does not have this problem.

The Brotherhood Alliance itself is under the guise of "reform religion". It does not oppose the original beliefs of North Africans. It only improves on the basis of the original religion to make it more adaptable to social development and more conducive to improving their own lives. This is undoubtedly a major benefit for North Africans.

Don't think that those who believe in religion are all stupid. People have the most basic ability to distinguish what is good for them and what is not good for them. As long as they can make themselves and their families live a good life, many people are not stubborn, but are willing to change.

If on the one hand, they stick to traditions and their lives are difficult, and on the other hand, they can see hope with a little change, many people will subconsciously make choices that are beneficial to themselves.

Moreover, in Ghadames, the belief in the "Brotherhood Alliance" is now the mainstream consciousness, and sticking to tradition is becoming an outlier. It is in one's own hands to decide where to go, and it is not difficult to make the right choice.

Yang Deshan is not blindly trying to win over people. Since there are carrots, there will certainly be sticks.

About five kilometers north of Ghadames, there is a place called "Dead Man Valley". That place is a bit weird. Whether it is human or animal, as long as they enter it, they will die soon. It has always been regarded as a forbidden place by the locals.

When Yang Deshan arrived in Ghadames with the Brotherhood Alliance, of course there were many people who insisted on tradition and were unwilling to accept Yang Deshan's set.

For those people, Yang Deshan showed absolute decisiveness in killing. There were no brothers, no wine, no hugs, and only cruelty close to tyranny.

Yang Deshan threw all those who were unwilling to join the Brotherhood Alliance into the Valley of the Dead, and announced that the Valley of the Dead was the holy land of the Brotherhood Alliance. All heretics must be baptized in the Valley of the Dead. If they can walk out of the Valley of the Dead safely, it means that "God" has forgiven their sins. If they can't come out, it means that this person is guilty and he deserves to die!

To be honest, the Valley of the Dead is about hundreds of meters high from the cliffs on both sides. If you throw people down from such a high place, they will fall to death. There is no possibility of walking out at all.

And looking at the depth of the Valley of the Dead, perhaps if all the people in Tunisia are brought here, it can be almost filled.

Under such a combination of soft and hard tactics, the Brotherhood Alliance has developed very quickly. Now there are more than 5,000 adult men alone. If women and children are included, the total number has exceeded 30,000.

This population ratio is still based on the fact that more than half of the adult men have not started a family. If all the people in the Brotherhood Alliance start a family, then the total number is estimated to double.

Don't be surprised, North Africans are so fertile.

Moreover, nomadic peoples have a tradition that if they break through a tribe, after killing all the men, the women and children will become the spoils of the victors and automatically join the victors.

Does it sound a bit barbaric?

It is indeed barbaric, but in North Africa, this is a tradition that is generally accepted by everyone, even those women and children who have just lost their husbands, sons, or brothers will recognize and accept this tradition.

So the Brotherhood Alliance developed very quickly.

After accepting the Metini tribe, Yang Deshan decided to attack Gharyan that night.

The Brotherhood Alliance now seems to have a good momentum, but in fact there are still many hidden dangers, especially finance, which has become an important factor restricting the development of the Brotherhood Alliance.

The development of the Brotherhood Alliance has now entered a bottleneck period. If it can break through this bottleneck, the Brotherhood Alliance will become a storm that can sweep across North Africa. If it cannot break through, it is estimated that it will not take long for the Brotherhood Alliance to fall apart.

It is good to have ideals, but people should be able to see hope. If you simply advocate "tomorrow will be better" but there is no change in real life, then no matter how beautiful the slogan is, it will sooner or later become nonsense and people will spit on it.

Yang Deshan does not want to see the day when the Brotherhood Alliance is abandoned, so Yang Deshan wants to expand outward.

In the early morning, in the square in the center of Ghadames, Yang Deshan led the soldiers of the Brotherhood Alliance to pray.

The prayer of the Brotherhood Alliance has been simplified to once a day, and the time has been greatly shortened again, from the initial half an hour to only ten minutes now.

If it is wartime, the daily routine prayer can be carried out at any time, and if the war is fierce and there is no free time, it can even be cancelled.

According to the previous regulations, the Brotherhood Alliance would be a standard "blasphemy" if it did this, but in the Brotherhood Alliance, the concept of "God" has become more and more vague, and the constraints of "God" on the members of the Brotherhood Alliance are getting smaller and smaller. The regulations of the Brotherhood Alliance are gradually replacing the status of "God", so whether it is "blasphemy" is up to Yang Deshan.

Well, the power of faith is indeed great, but it is not irreplaceable. If another belief that keeps pace with the times can replace the religion that has been passed down for thousands of years, this is not unacceptable. North Africans are not that blindly loyal.

While members of the Brotherhood were praying, around the square, family members of the Brotherhood were also praying, including those who were underage.

After today's prayer ceremony, there will be a special ceremony. More than a hundred children with combat capabilities will officially join the Brotherhood. From then on, they will no longer be children, but upright adults. They will also Participate in this attack on Galjan.

It is not easy to attack Galyan. The straight-line distance from Gudamis to Galyan is about 400 kilometers. The terrain during this period is changeable, including Gobi, desert, mountainous areas, etc. The Brotherhood Alliance currently lacks vehicles and wants to attack quickly. It is very difficult to reach Galyan, and there are many tribes and several cities along the way. The Brotherhood may be sniped by those people, and all issues must be considered.

Yang Deshan was prepared for the difficulties. Last night he sent Jackson, the number three figure in the Alliance of Brothers, to lead his people to conduct reconnaissance along the way and assess the resistance capabilities of the tribes and cities along the way.

If possible, Yang Deshan is preparing this trip not only to attack Galyan, but also to clean up all the tribes along the way. Therefore, attacking Galyan is both an external expansion and an important step for the Brotherhood. A show of force.

Soon, the prayer ceremony ended. Yang Deshan packed up his small blanket and handed it to Shalimu, and then faced the already arranged square array and began to lecture.

"...The Brotherhood of Brothers never gives in. The more destiny tries to suppress us, the more we have to fight. It doesn't matter that His Majesty the King doesn't care about us. We can be self-reliant. It doesn't matter that God doesn't care about our pleas. We must use our own hands now. Let's get everything we deserve, so let's fight! Brothers..." Yang Deshan's voice was uncharacteristically passionate, and he even raised his arms and shouted at the end, which immediately won a wave of responses.

"Fight, brothers."

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"We want to fight!"

People's emotions are easily affected by the environment. When you are in a passionate group, even the calmest person may not be able to maintain it. At this time, it is normal to follow others' opinions. As long as you incite a little, you will win widespread resonance. , like sparks falling into a pan of oil that cannot be contained.

"Today, more than a hundred brothers have joined us. Maybe they are your sons or your juniors, but in our brotherly alliance, there are only brothers. We must love them like elder brothers, guide them, and help them become as soon as possible. A qualified warrior, now, let us witness together." Yang Deshan introduced the next project.

While Yang Deshan was speaking, more than a hundred childish children had already lined up in front of the square formation, forming a simple column, waiting for Yang Deshan's review.

Yang Deshan was not stingy, just like a real brother. He walked up to the children, greeted them, talked to them cordially, and personally gave each of them a weapon-a machete.

The scimitar is also a traditional weapon in North Africa. This weapon was once famous for its Damascus steel, and spread to all continents in Asia, Africa and Europe with the expansion of the Arabs. Together with the camel cavalry, they were once a symbol of the Arabs.

North Africans are actually one of the branches of Arabs. North Africans are definitely no strangers to scimitars. Many North African families have this weapon.

Although we have now entered the era of hot weapons, it is obvious that the machete still has great significance in the hearts of North Africans.

It's not that Yang Deshan is stingy, it's just that the Brotherhood Alliance does not have enough rifles now, so it has to equip these children who have just joined the Brotherhood Alliance with machetes.

Although these children have joined the Brotherhood, this time they are just going with the team to feel the atmosphere and will not undertake combat tasks, so equipping them with scimitars is not a very serious problem.

In fact, in the current Brotherhood Alliance, less than half of the warriors have hot weapons. Most of the remaining Brotherhood Alliance members use scimitars, and some warriors use homemade spears and longbows.

This situation will definitely not last long. Yang Deshan attacked Galyan just because he wanted to obtain Galyan's oil resources, and then the brotherhood alliance could make a lot of profits from it, so there would no longer be the risk of weapons.

The situation in North Africa is quite complicated. Take neighboring Tunisia and Libya as an example. Tunisia is a colony of the French, while Libya is a colony of the British. Both countries have They have no good intentions towards each other, and although they remain close to each other on the surface, they are also constantly at odds in private.

If you add in the United Petroleum Group, which is both a business and military company, and local armed forces like the Brotherhood Alliance, or the Tunisian royal family, it will be really lively.

Just when the Brotherhood had just left Djerba, a sales manager from a British arms company approached Jackson and offered to provide weapons to the Brotherhood and support the Brotherhood in unifying North Africa and restoring the Arab Empire's former glory.

And just after the Brotherhood Alliance arrived in Ghudamis, a sales manager of unknown nationality also approached Yang Deshan and said that as long as the Brotherhood Alliance targets Libya instead of Tunisia, he will work for the Brotherhood Alliance free of charge. Sponsor arms.

Well, Yang Deshan knew that this person must be French.