Zhang Dun ordered the siege of the city. In his opinion, the small Muzhou was not impossible to stop the imperial army. It could be taken down as long as it walked by.

But in fact, Zhang Dun was wrong. There were about two types of people who were still in Muzhou at this time. One was the loyal believers of Manichaeism. They no longer cared about life and death, they didn’t care about everything, and it didn’t work to reason with them, and they couldn’t give them benefits. Ask these people what they wanted, they said they wanted the court to die!

There is nothing to talk about with these madmen, and there is no way to talk about it. There is also a group of people who have deep-rooted distrust of the court. Even if the court divides the fields, they will think that it is fake and deceptive, but they will temporarily win people's hearts. When they put down their weapons, the court will bully them twice as much.

No matter which one it is, they are all very stubborn and they are really brave enough to fight to the death.

Zhang Dun first asked someone to attack with a musket, and many casualties were killed and injured on the city wall, and gradually disappeared. He thought that everyone had run away, so Dalala ordered the attack.

But when the people arrived at the city, countless people suddenly emerged from behind the female wall. They threw stones, javelins, bows and arrows, rolling woods, and gray bottles... Although they were primitive weapons to defend the city, their lethality was not small. In a blink of an eye, dozens of soldiers were injured or died.

Zhang Dun was so scared that he immediately called out the gold and stopped his troops.

When the court retreated, thunderous cheers came out from the city, and everyone clapped their hands and shouted, venting their excitement...

After being beaten up, Zhang Dun finally woke up. It turned out that he had eaten pots of slurry along the way to welcome the king's army, which almost made Zhang Dun confused. He felt that everyone had already surrendered, and he could even solve the Manichaeism without even one soldier.

Now it seems that there are still many stubborn deadly tough elements. He pondered for a moment and immediately ordered the soldiers to divide into three groups to attack Muzhou, and also took out grenades and rockets.

These Manichaeisms were far less fierce than the northern people, especially because they had too few bows and arrows and lacked the ability to attack long-rangely. Faced with the offensive of the Song army, they could only be passively beaten.

The rocket flew into the city and exploded in the sky. The people around immediately fell into a pool of blood, either dead or injured. They also fell on the city wall, causing dust to fly all over the sky, bricks and stones to collapse, revealing the rammed earth wall.

The city suffered heavy losses, but these people still gritted their teeth and supported themselves. Seeing that it was midnight, Zhang Dun's wish failed. He was furious. At this time, the team of the rear team sent artillery. He immediately ordered to concentrate 30 artillery pieces and bombard the East City.

Now the Manichaeism can't hold on.

The sound of the mountains shaking and the ground was shaking, and the solid shells hit the city wall like heavy hammers. The soil kept rolling down like rain. Some people were blown down on the city wall and fell to death.

boom!

There was another loud bang, and a lead ball weighing ten kilograms fell on the city gate, bricks splashed, and a hole was blown out of the city wall... At this point, the Manichaeists knew that if they guard Muzhou, there would be only a dead end.

Therefore, about 3,000 people guarding the leader Yu Youfang withdrew from the west city and fled all the way to Qingxi.

Zhang Dun entered the city with his men, and it was already dawn!

He stomped his feet in anger!

"Catch it, hurry up and arrest it! No one from Manichaeism will keep!"

The soldiers did not hesitate to carry out Zhang Dun's orders. About 5,000 men, women, young and old were arrested, and Zhang Dun was jealous of his teeth.

"The court is kind to you, but you are not willing to repay your kindness. Instead, they follow the Manichaeism's rebellion. The heavenly soldiers arrived and they were burned! The people came and executed them all for me!"

As soon as Zhang Dun issued an order, a cavalry suddenly flew over.

"The prince's handwriting, keep someone under the knife!"

Zhang Dun was shocked and hurriedly took it. After careful look, he nodded to the soldiers who were delivering the letter.

Then he said with a heartache: "The prince is kind and willing to give you a way out. Any ordinary member who is willing to return to the road and accepts the distribution of land can be spared... How many people are willing to automatically leave Manichi and enjoy peace, stand up!"

Zhang Dun asked three times in a row, and finally someone raised his arms in fear... In this way, one person took the lead, and there was a second person. Soon, more than 90% of the thousands chose to survive, and there were still hundreds of people left, all of which were stones in the pit, smelly and hard.

"Take it all away!"

The soldiers took these people outside the city, and all of them were executed with gunfire.

Others were frightened and didn't know what fate would be.

Before long, Wang Ning'an arrived.

"Class all the prisoners into serial numbers and place them in other villages and towns. Don't let them gather together. You must also keep a record in the local government offices. If you engage in Manichaeism activities, you will be killed immediately!"

"Abide by the order!"

Zhang Dun went down to arrange that Wang Ning'an did not stop much, so he directly asked his horse to advance towards Qingxi. Obviously, the speed of advancement was much faster than Zhang Dun.

Wang Ning'an's face was very bad along the way. Zhang Dun thought that something might be wrong, otherwise why would Wang Ning'an suddenly come? Master is not a person who is greedy for merit, let alone he doesn't need to compete with his disciples!

Zhang Dun was really guessing correctly, but the problem lies in the food. The upstream grain prices were unable to be transported. Jiangning, Suzhou, and Hangzhou all soared, and in cities, the food prices were at least twice as expensive.

Of course, fortunately, after the distribution of the fields, the people were stable, especially in Jiangning, where the first distribution of fields, the people had already planted the first crop of vegetables. They pushed carts and sent all kinds of vegetables into the city... There was not enough food, so the vegetables were collected. Many families used vegetables to cook porridge or make pimple soup to barely fill their stomachs.

Everyone was more or less dissatisfied, but they all knew that the prince was a good official, so he was able to endure it for everyone's goodness.

Wang Ning'an did not dare to be careless, because he was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble again. Therefore, he did his best to eliminate Manichi as soon as possible.

The forward of the troops has approached Qingxi County.

Surprisingly, Qingxi County was empty, the people inside were gone, and even the food, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs were taken away.

After inquiring, I found out that the Manichaeism's nest was in Bangyuan Cave, surrounded by mountains and steep terrain. The valley is 40 miles wide and can hide tens of thousands of people. I don't know when it started, but this place was a thief's nest. Later, it fell into the hands of the Manichaeism and became their nest!

According to the common people, Manichaeism often gathered people in Bangyuan Cave to worship the ancestors. The "two sects" they worshiped were Zhang Jiao in the late Han Dynasty and Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty. They also absorbed Buddhist teachings, paying attention to the "past, present, and future" for three lifetimes, and they asked believers to eat vegetarian food instead of meat... In short, Zhang Dun laughed at the messy set of things.

"Supplying two unlucky guys, they are indefinitely incompetent! Hahaha!"

Wang Ning'an looked grim, "Zihou, what we should think is why such clumsy rhetoric can deceive so many people? After all, the wisdom of the people is not open, and the education is indeed not in place. You still remember that when we were in the Six Arts, we compiled natural and common sense. Two textbooks are to explain some common phenomena and problems to avoid being expected by sorcerers and ambitious people... Now it seems that it is urgent for the whole nation to popularize education and popularize scientific knowledge!"

Zhang Dun finally became serious, "Master, please rest assured, the disciples must make arrangements as soon as possible. Just to do these two things, you have to configure the laboratory, which costs a lot of money!"

"Don't be afraid of spending money. Didn't you copy so many aristocratic families? Take out the money, run education, and develop your brain, and you will never pay for it!"

...

Wang Ning'an stopped in Qingxi for a while and set out immediately. This time his destination was Bangyuan Cave.

The leader of the Maniac, Yu Youfang, gathered nearly 10,000 people, including 3,000 people he brought from Muzhou and thousands of people from Qingxi. The rest were his fellow villagers, the most loyal.

Yu Youfang had planned that if he wanted to retreat to She County, or escape directly to Raozhou and enter Poyang Lake, the government army had no choice but to do anything to them... However, many people from the Manichaeism disagreed. They believed that giving up their nests, going to rely on others, and hiding under others, it would be uncomfortable, not to mention that helping the Yuandong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the court may not be able to do anything to them.

Just as the debate was made, Wang Ning'an had already sent a team of troops to rush into She County along the Xin'an River, cutting off the path of Manichaeism's escape, and forming a trend of closing the door and beating dogs.

However, Wang Ning'an was not in a hurry to take action, but summoned many people to keep shouting around the Bangyuan Cave, or sing local accent songs... This move was too cruel. The people hiding inside were uncertain about their lives and death, and their spirits were on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, he heard a fellow villager shouting that the family had divided the fields, enough for the whole family to have a meal, and a lacquer garden. Each family had a lot of lacquer trees, which could be sold for raw lacquer money.

The court wanted to build a school, and all the children at home could study and go to school... In addition to these, there were people cooking outside every time they arrived at mealtime. The fragrant white rice and a large pot of roasted pork were spreading along the wind, and the fragrance spread several miles away, attracting many people to drool!

Different, it's different.

The court has really changed, and the villagers are getting better and better. Are we still staying here and dying with Yu Youfang?

On the first day, more than 20 people escaped from the Bangyuan Cave. On the second day, the number soared to one hundred. On the third day, three hundred people surrendered. It was like the tree fell and the money was scattered, disintegrating and the ice was disintegrating... In less than ten days, a small half of the people ran out of the Bangyuan Cave. On that night, there was an internal strife in the Bangyuan Cave. Someone wanted to surrender, but was caught by Yu Youfang's confidant and executed by Lingchi, hoping to use this to intimidate people.

But they didn't think so that people's hearts had long dispersed and could not be gathered up at all.

Some people rebel directly with swords and guns, and the two sides were having a lot of fun.

Of course, Wang Ning'an seized the opportunity and immediately ordered an attack. The official army rushed in from outside, and the people in the Kung Cave knelt down and surrendered. Yu Youfang resisted for a while and was shot to death. The Manichaeism was destroyed!

But there was another person in the Bangyuan Cave, that was Zheng Xia. He took two followers to climb the steep mountains and wanted to escape...
Chapter completed!