Ruzhou City was already a sea of fire at this time, countless houses were burned in the fire, and the corpses in the city were piled up, obviously just experienced the appearance of a great war, showing traces of blood and fire everywhere.

A middle-aged scribe, escorted by a group of poorly dressed soldiers, arrived at a yamen in the city, which was originally the official residence of Deng Yu, the prefect of Ruzhou, but was now the Juyi Hall of the White Lotus Rebels.

The middle-aged scribe was Xue Guan, after transporting the artillery and shotguns back to the White Lotus Rebels, Ruzhou was knocked open in the shell of the artillery, revealing its vulnerable side, that is, after two days of siege, the White Lotus Rebels occupied the entire city, and this time his contribution was not small.

At this time, there are a lot of people in the Juyi Hall, and many of these people are some of the leaders of the branches of the White Lotus Sect, and they are also leading their own people in the army, so they are in power, and they are naturally wandering, hugging the people who have come to have fun wantonly, and the atmosphere in the entire hall is chaotic.

Xue Guan had seen the strict appearance of the Fu Han Army, so now when he looked at the White Lotus Righteous Army, he looked at how it was unpleasant, and before he could speak, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he was relieved.

The middle-aged man sitting above the whole head is Liu Ruhan, the leader of the White Lotus Righteous Army, this person was originally born in the Bagua Sect, and later joined the White Lotus Sect, but he was like a fish in water, and it only took more than 20 years to become the chief helmsman of the White Lotus Sect in various provinces.

Later, in September of the 56th year of Kangxi, there was a "rebellion" of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong, Henan. White Lotus students Li Xuechen and Li Yishan, prison student Cao Xi and others wanted to "gather a crowd to kill officials", and were "secretly surrounded" by people sent by Ran Jie, the magistrate of Lanyang County, Henan, and after interrogation, they were "immediately killed under the rod".

The most terrible thing is that according to Li Xuechen and others, there is one Zhao Xungong, who is from Shanxian County, Shandong, and one Yuan Jin, who is from Caozhou, and is the person headed by the White Lotus Sect seal. Yuan Jin confessed to Liu Zuochen again, and Feng Wen took that Liu Zuochen had already died. The Chai descendants did not practice teaching, and the question is closed. However, his son Liu Ruhan and candidate teacher Liu Ruqing "are the sons of a cult and will be dismissed."

This time it was good, after Liu Ruhan, the chief helmsman of the White Lotus Sect, lost his job, he could only return to his old job, and after the incident of the Han army in Huguang, he also joined the anti-Qing cause.

Xue Guan first saluted according to the rules of the sect, and then said in detail what he had seen and heard in the Fu Han army, "Tell the sect leader, although our army is powerful now, it lives between the Qing court and the Fu Han army, and it will inevitably suffer from the pond fish. I also hope that the sect leader will make plans in advance. ”

Liu Ruhan seems to have a hearty personality, but in fact, he has a deep heart for the city, he glanced at the original White Crane Dao helmsman Chen Daoxian with deep meaning, and then said with a smile: "Now that I teach Chen Helmsman to marry the major general of the Fu Han Army, and I have obtained so many artillery shotguns, I don't need to worry too much about this Fu Han Army." ”

Chen Daoxian was sitting first under his right hand, with a medium stature, and a full beard that made him look like a pig killer, and said in a loud voice: "Sect Master, today's Fu Han army should not be underestimated, their original foundation is very strong, it is said that their cannons are better than Qing dogs, if the anti-Qing Dynasty is successful in the future, this Fu Han army will be the biggest opponent of my sect!" ”

These words made everyone a little puzzled, after all, at this juncture, only he Chen Daoxian's relationship with the Fu Han Army was close, but Chen Daoxian did not say anything good about the Fu Han Army, as if he was just thinking about the White Lotus Sect.

Liu Ruhan nodded slightly, his reaction seemed to be very cold, and he put aside the topic and said, "Brothers, what should my righteous army do next, but what are the countermeasures?" ”

When talking about this topic, the leaders of the rebel army present put down the miserable woman in their arms and listened intently to these things that were closely related to them, and the atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly became solemn.

Xue Guan took a step, first glanced at the leaders of the rebel army present, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, and then said loudly: "Sect Leader, although my rebel army is now numerous, it has not been established, so that the upper and lower are not clear, if you want to change the sky and change your life, the first thing is to be the king." ”

King? This word suddenly made the hearts of everyone in the palace beat faster, and even a little dry-mouthed, most of these people were originally just mud legs, but now they have the courage to occupy Ruzhou, and the ambition in their hearts is ignited, and it seems that the king is not so far away.

At that moment, some people clamored to recommend Liu Ruhan to replace Kangxi Lao'er and try to be an emperor, and many people were flattered by it, and it seemed that they were dazzled by this king.

Liu Ruhan's face was a little different, obviously attracted by this proposal to be called the king, as for the stupid thing like calling the emperor, he would not do it, the king still has room to slow down, and the emperor is forcing the Qing court to stare at him.

"What is Chen Duo's idea about this king?" Liu Ruhan always asks the other party's opinion on this kind of thing.

Chen Daoxian nodded hurriedly and said with a smile: "If you are commensurate with the sect leader again, I am afraid that you will not be able to show your majesty. The others also nodded and applauded, and everyone knew in their hearts that when Liu Ruhan became the king, they would not be allowed to be princes or anything like that, which could be regarded as a good hard work.

Xue Guan said in a loud voice: "If you are the king, the sect leader may wish to order him to be the king of Han, so as to show that the Han Dynasty is full of people, and it is even more secretly in line with the name of the sect leader." ”

Liu Ruhan Liu Ruhan, if you can be like Han, the world will be in hand, this name actually has a magic power at this time, which makes people more homesick.

Liu Ruhan was also very excited at the moment, so after the army was reorganized, he called himself the king in the city of Ruzhou, called himself the king of Han, and named Chen Daoxian as the general of the Han Dynasty, Xue Guan as the prime minister, and the rest of the big and small leaders were rewarded.

This news soon reached the ears of the Qing court and the Fu Han army, but they were silent about it, the Qing court was about to mobilize a large army to conquer the Fu Han army, and the main force had no time to take care of Liu Ruhan for the time being, so it did not say anything, and the Fu Han army was disdainful, but it was just a coercion of hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and if it really wanted to fight, what kind of climate could this gang of rabble become.

However, at this stage, the action of the Fu Han army also began, after the first capture of Xinyang, Ning Zuyi also led the garrison division to capture Jiujiang, a key place, although there are not many defenders in Jiujiang, but because the city is strong and tall, Ning Zuyi's garrison division casualties are also heavy, more than 1,000 people died under the city, thanks to Ning Yu's gunpowder method of breaking the city, otherwise the casualties will be several times heavier, I am afraid it will not be able to gnaw.

However, after this action, the current Fu Han army is very superior in strategic position, with Jiujiang to resist the Qing court's Yangtze River naval division westward, with Xinyang as the fulcrum of Gongwei Huguang, the entire defense system was initially established.