On the first day of the first month of March, Yuan Hao, the leader of the Guangming Sect, led a high-ranking cadre of the Guangming Sect to worship the Sun Zhenjun on Guangming Mountain in Guide County, Tongzhou, and sounded the horn of the Guangming Sect uprising.

The general rudder of the Guangming Sect (50,000 elite soldiers, 70,000 ordinary soldiers), the five halls (20,000 elite soldiers per hall), and the ten rudders (10,000 elite soldiers per rudder, 40,000 to 60,000 ordinary soldiers), totaling more than 700,000 troops, called the "million army", under the order of Yuan Hao, the leader of the Guangming Sect, shouted "Light is born!" The light shines and dispels the light! The slogan soldiers were divided into dozens of roads, and they blossomed in all directions throughout the Dali Empire.

(Note: Two-thirds of the general soldiers of the Guangming Sect were recruited after the autumn harvest, and half of them were trained for a maximum of three months, and they were stronger than the county soldiers under the armed forces of faith.) ）

In just one day, the Guangming Sect captured eight counties including Huichuan City (Zezhou), Xie Liang City (Zezhou), and Huanqing City (Suzhou), and the county towns that were conquered were as many as eighty-five.

In these cities, the Illuminati confiscated millions of gold and enough food to feed 10 million people for a year (Note 1).

These are all wealth accumulated by large families for many years, and in the final analysis, most of this wealth is obtained by oppressing ordinary people.

The Illuminati took out the money and food obtained from the raid of large households, and while providing relief to the victims, while recruiting soldiers from among the victims, while fighting the war, the Illuminati Sect has not forgotten to maintain the security of the captured cities, because of the Illuminati Sect's generosity, some ordinary people are willing to secretly do business with the Illuminati Sect.

On this day, because of the sudden incident of the Bright Sect, a small number of people who got the news were all frightened, and after the panic, there was a crazy expansion of armaments, but the speed of message transmission was too slow, and there were not many forces that could use carrier pigeons to transmit news, and others had to use fast horses to transmit information, so how could they quickly deliver news.

On this side, the Bright Sect is attacking the city, and on the other side, people don't know that the war has begun, and when they get the news, the army of the Bright Sect has already approached the city, and there is no time to prepare, coupled with the infiltration of the Bright Sect for many years, the Bright Sect of all walks of life is simply invincible.

As the central hub of the Dali Empire, the major forces in Xinping City received the news of the Guangming Sect uprising as soon as possible, and when this news came, they also panicked.

At present, the Dali Empire is governed by Prime Minister Zhou Shu, who convened the Manchu civil and military forces overnight to discuss the suppression of the rebellion.

One after another information was placed in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, the ministers and generals were silent, the strength of the Bright Sect is unimaginable, the Dali Empire has been established for two hundred and twenty-four years, and the large and small rebellions that have occurred during this period are innumerable, and each time they have been suppressed, but this time it is difficult, this rebellion is not the same as the previous rebellion, compared with the rebellion of the Bright Sect, the previous rebellion was more like a children's house, and it was a large-scale rebellion to be able to capture a county town, and now the Bright Sect is rebelling, according to the strength of the Bright Sect, It is no longer known how many cities in the Great Li Empire have fallen into the hands of the Illuminati.

"Damn!" Zhou Shu burned angrily, if it weren't for the battle for the throne, the matter of the Bright Sect should have been discovered a long time ago, how could it be possible to let the Bright Sect lay out smoothly?

In the front hall, everyone discussed and discussed, but did not discuss anything, the key is that the troops in their hands are too small, because Xinping has been at peace for a long time, there are only 50,000 garrisons in Xinping, and these 50,000 garrisons cannot move, and they have to rely on them to guard Xinping, because there are also anti-thieves in remote areas in Linzhou, and even capture several county seats, if you want to send troops to exterminate the anti-thieves, you must first expand the army.

There were no major wars, and the domestic strength of the Dali Empire has been kept at a low level, which can greatly reduce the financial burden of the Dali Empire.

The county seat is at most 500, the county seat is at most 1,000, and the state town is at most 6,000, and it is only about 800,000 when it is fully manned, in fact, most of the time it is in a state of half of the establishment, that is, 400,000, but in case of war, it can be full in one day, and there is more time, and there are a large number of militia to be recruited. (Xinping, Zhangde Pass, and Wuwei Pass each have 50,000 garrisons)

However, the Bright Sect is taking advantage of this time difference, taking advantage of the spread or slow spread of the news, and other cities can't expand their troops in time to stop the Guangming Army after getting the news, but the big households in the city have private soldiers, which add up to more than the garrisons in the city, but it's a pity that most of the big families only care about their immediate interests, and they won't easily send their own private soldiers out to defend the city, and when the city is breached, it's too late.

On the second day of the first month of March, five more county towns and fifty-six county towns were captured by the Guangming Army.

The various Bright Armies wasted most of their time on the road, and if it weren't for this, the Bright Army would have been able to capture more counties and counties.

Similarly, in two days, more people knew about the Bright Sect uprising and the occupation of many cities, in the city adjacent to the city captured by the Bright Sect, the chief official who got the news was extremely frightened, the official in charge of the government, the ability was still there, and quickly ordered the militia to be recruited, to make up for the garrison personnel, and even overstaffed, but when he thought that the Bright Army was about to arrive, the chief official anxiously summoned the big households in the city to discuss, but unfortunately there were not many large households of the corresponding chief officials, or donate some food, or donate some money, At least the face is passable.

It's just that when the Bright Army broke through the city, the big households in the city became fat sheep in the eyes of the Bright Army.

Sharpen the knife Huo Huo to the fat sheep, and eat it for three years with a knife!

However, on this day, the matter of the Guangming Army's raid of the big households in the city was also known by some forces, although the city was blocked by the Guangming Army and could not leave the city, but there was still a carrier pigeon This is a sharp weapon that can quickly transmit information, and this is how Yunyi got the news of the Bright Sect.

If the rebellion of the Bright Sect made the clans panic, after knowing that the Bright Army raided the big families in the city and preached the hateful things about the clans to the people, the clans were furious, and the Bright Sect wanted to lead the mud legs to dig the roots of the clans, and the clans would fight with the Bright Sect endlessly.

Although the clans did not communicate with each other, they all made up their minds that they must completely wipe out the Bright Sect.

The family began to rebel!

On the third day of the third month of March, three more county towns and forty-two county towns were captured by the Guangming Army.

As the news of the Illuminati uprising spread, the surrounding cities were rapidly expanding their forces, and it took more and more time for the Bright Army to capture a city.

However, it can also be seen that in a short period of time, the Dali Empire will not be able to stop the expansion of the Illuminati, and one city after another has been captured by the Bright Army, turning into a world without darkness.

Note 1: It is not an exaggeration to say that the confiscated grain was enough to feed 10 million people for a year, and the population of eight county towns plus 85 was more than 3 million.

Note 2: On the third day of the third month of March, Heng Yi's birthday