On June 15, Zhong Xiang gathered all the elders of the White Lotus Sect to discuss the affairs of the Righteous Army.

"How much grain and grass have you gotten these days?" Zhong Xiang looked at the elders below and said.

"During this time, we attacked Kefu in Zhou, but we did lay down some places, but we didn't get much grain and grass! The state capitals around Dongting Lake have already been robbed by us, and we won't be able to get grain and grass when we go over. An elder said.

Zhong Xiang frowned.

"Master, at the beginning, many people took refuge in our Dongting Righteous Army, but now there are not many people who take refuge in us." Yang Mo said.

"Oh? Why is that? Zhong Xiang said.

"We rebelled against the court at the beginning! The people everywhere have been oppressed by the imperial court, and many people can't survive, so they naturally take refuge in us! But in the last six months, let's ...... We robbed houses every day, and everyone outside said that we were bandits, and those people were very afraid of us, so they didn't want to join us. An elder said in a slurching voice.

"Nonsense! We are a rebel army, and many things are also forced to do so! It's all the dog court, they have transported all the grain and grass away, so we have no choice but to rob those untouchables. Zhong Xiang said coldly.

"Big Chief, when we went to rob this time, we got a piece of news." Another elder stood up and said.

"What's the news?" Zhong Xiangdao.

"It is said that the imperial court issued a decree to exempt more than thirty state capitals from taxes around Dongting Lake! The little emperor of the Great Song Dynasty also said that he would send people to the Dongting Lake area for disaster relief and distribute free food to the people! The elder said.

"Oh? And such a thing? This can't be! Zhong Xiang shook his head and said.

"I also think it's unlikely, how can the imperial court be so kind? How could the emperor be so kind? This is obviously to deceive the people around Dongting Lake, but those people are extremely stupid, and some people actually believe the lies of the imperial court! What should I do? The elder said.

"These are the little things! Even if there were some untouchables who believed the lies of the imperial court, so what? The world is about to be in chaos! The Jurchens are extremely powerful, they go south from the north, and the court is not an opponent! At that time, we will unite with the rebel army of Lianghuai and have no problem taking Jiangnan! Leave that alone! I'm thinking about a big thing these days. Zhong Xiang said.

"I don't know what's the big deal?" Yang Mo said a little strangely.

"We have been in Dongting Lake for a long time, and the eight hundred miles of Dongting have been completely occupied by us, and some state capitals on the south side of Dongting Lake have also been occupied by us, I think we should expand our territory." Zhong Xiang said with some excitement.

"Expand your territory? How to expand the territory? An elder said.

"That's what I think, let's go west first, and lay down Wuling and Jiangling! Knock down some of the states and counties in between these two places! After that, let's take Wuling, Jiangling, and Yueyang as the center and officially establish the imperial court! Zhong Xiang said.

"What? Establish a court? Are these three places enough? The elder said in surprise.

"Enough for these three places! With these three big mansions, and dozens of states and counties in the middle of these three big mansions, plus eight hundred miles of Dongting Lake, our territory is big enough! Once our imperial court is established, it will inevitably be vigorous, and at that time, heroes from all over the world will come to vote. At that time, there was no need for the Jurchens, and we were all able to occupy the entire Jiangnan. Zhong Xiang said excitedly.

"The elders below ......, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know what to say."

These elders are all disciples of the White Lotus Sect, they are all strong in martial arts, they are all outstanding figures in the rivers and lakes, but they don't have any experience in letting them fight and strategize! Don't talk about them, even if it's Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo, they also want to be in one place, and the two of them don't have any experience in governing the country! Of course, the White Lotus Sect knows some tricks to deceive the people, this is their forte!

"You all think about it, how to attack Wuling, Gangneung and other places! Let's make a strategy too! And then go to the attack. Zhong Xiang said.

At that moment, these elders began to discuss, but they only discussed for a long time, and they didn't come up with much strategy! In the end, Zhong Xiang could only make a decision, choose a good day and auspicious day to worship the sky, and then lead hundreds of thousands of rebels to the shore together, and then go towards Wuling desperately! After the rebels occupied Wuling, they transformed the people of Wuling into rebels, and then took more people to attack Gangneung.

"You all prepare well, by the way, Wang Boyan has provided us with a lot of grain and grass recently, and he said that there will be a batch of grain to be shipped tomorrow, Yang, you go and pick it up." Zhong Xiangdao.

Yang Mo nodded.

"Wang Boyan seems to really want to take refuge in us, his sincerity is enough! In this way, when you go to see him, let him take the entire Yueyang City to surrender to us now! He should say yes! Zhong Xiang said.

"Good!" Yang Mo agreed.

When Zhong Xiang waved his hand to let everyone leave, he himself spread out a map and "pondered" there, he wanted to see what could be improved in the "strategy" of this chaotic people attacking Wuling and Jiangling! Can you use some tricks?

There were no literati and scholars in the entire Dongting Lake Righteous Army, and no one came up with advice, so these people from the White Lotus Sect could only ponder there! Historically, when Yue Fei rebelled against Dongting Lake, he spent almost no effort and easily recovered Dongting Lake, mainly because these people in Dongting Lake were so bad! Moreover, these "rebels" in Dongting Lake were supported by the people at the beginning, but in the end, they only knew how to burn, kill and loot, and the surrounding people were only afraid of them, and no one was willing to support them anymore!

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Yang Mo had already strode outside, and kept seeing the soldiers of the righteous army along the way.

"Have you heard, the emperor has decreed that Dongting Lake will be exempted from taxes for three years!"

"Your Majesty also issued a decree to forgive the sins of all of us! As long as someone goes out and surrenders within two months, they will be blamed immediately! Moreover, I heard that the emperor will send people to come to the disaster relief! The emperor decreed that if someone starved to death, the local officials should first be held responsible! More than 1,000 people died of starvation, and the prefect and prefect must be dismissed and investigated! This is the Holy Monarch! ”

"When we rebelled, it was because Emperor Jianyan persecuted too much! Now this Emperor Jianyan has been killed by Emperor Xuanwu, Emperor Xuanwu and Emperor Jianyan are very different! Why don't we go back? ”

"Hey! At the beginning, they rebelled with the White Lotus Sect, and they said that they could establish a prosperous White Lotus world, where everyone had food to eat, everyone enjoyed happiness, and everyone didn't have to work! But now? We can't survive on this island anymore! As soon as the army of the imperial court comes, we will run around like rats! Moreover, many of our former relatives and friends were killed by our own people, and people outside Dongting Lake also scolded us as bandits. What White Lotus is in the prosperous world, it is completely deceitful! The Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals of the White Lotus Sect have not descended from the sky now! It is said that some of the 'divine techniques' performed by the elders of the White Lotus Sect are just tricks, and we have all been deceived by them! ”

A couple of rebels whispered there!

At this time, Yang Mo walked over.

Yang Mo looked at these rebel soldiers, his heart was furious, he kicked at a rebel soldier fiercely, and the rebel soldier fell to the ground at the moment, clutching his chest and screaming continuously!

Several other rebel soldiers were angry in their hearts and rushed towards Yang Mo, Yang Mo sneered, and after a few kicks, these rebel soldiers all fell to the ground!

"You pigs and dogs are inferior to you, you dare to slander the Holy Sect! If you spread the lie, I'm going to kill you right now!" ”

Yang Mo had already pulled out the sword at his waist, and at this moment, he suddenly felt that something was wrong!

I saw that the surrounding rebel soldiers were coming towards this place one after another, and many of them had anger in their eyes!

"What are you going to do? Are they all going to rebel? Yang Mo said fiercely.

The rebel soldiers stopped a little frightened, but they didn't retreat, and someone came towards the few rebel soldiers who fell to the ground, standing beside them, and didn't let Yang Mo harm them.

"Pigs and dogs are not as good as something! Hum! If it weren't for these pariahs, I'd kill them all now!" Let's spare the lives of a few of their dogs today! Yang Mo said secretly.

He strode forward, and the rebel soldiers did not dare to intercept him, but could only watch him leave.

"These elders are so hateful! We live in poverty, but they eat and drink spicy! A few days ago, how many people we starved to death, they didn't care! ”

"They just told us to rush up and storm the city for them! Every time we suffered heavy casualties, they followed behind, never rushing forward! ”

"Why do we have to work for them? Follow them, and now it's not as good as it was at the beginning! Although Emperor Jianyan was ruthless, they were even more ruthless! ”

After Yang Mo left, those rebel soldiers were indignant one by one!

At the beginning, the White Lotus Sect was "happy with the people", and when those elders and disciples bewitched the people to rebel, they were very charitable! But after the rebellion was successful, these White Lotus Sect elders and disciples had already changed into a new class at the first time, oppressing those ordinary rebel soldiers! By now, the soldiers of the Dongting Lake Rebels have changed their respect and obedience to the White Lotus Sect from the beginning to their current disgust!

It's just that the White Lotus Sect has ruled them for so long, and they don't have the courage to rebel now! However, with Zhao Chen's holy decree reaching here, many White Lotus Sect soldiers were already planning to flee from here! This army has no combat effectiveness until now!

However, Zhong Xiang, Yang Mo, and those elders of the White Lotus Sect did not take the so-called "holy decree" to heart.

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"Do you want to meet Senior Sister Song?" After Yang Mo walked for a while, he suddenly said.

Thinking of Song Qingyao, he was about to immediately turn around and go to the bamboo house by the lake, but after thinking about it, he stopped.

"When I return from Yueyang, I'll go see her again! I've been too busy lately, but I can't forget this plan to cook raw rice! Gotta get her! Yang Mo said secretly.

In the afternoon, he sailed north with more than 10,000 soldiers, and came to the shore late at night.

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