Zhang Duan ordered the siege of the city, and in his opinion, the small Muzhou was not at all unable to stop the army of the imperial court, as long as he walked by, he could take it.

But in fact, Zhang Dian was wrong, there were about two kinds of people who were still in Muzhou at this time, one was the die-hard followers of Manichaeism, they no longer cared about life and death, they didn't care about everything, it didn't work to reason with them, and it didn't work to give them benefits, and when they asked what these people wanted, they said they wanted the court to die!

There's nothing to talk about with these crazy people, and there's no way to talk about it. There is also a group of people who have a deep-seated distrust of the imperial court, even if the imperial court divides the land, they will think that it is fake, deceitful, and only temporarily buy people's hearts, and when they put down their weapons, the imperial court will double down on bullying them.

Either way, all of them are very stubborn, and they are really daring to fight hard.

Zhang Dan first had people attack with firearms, and there were many dead and wounded on the city wall, but gradually he fell silent, and he thought that all the people had run out, so he ordered the siege of the city.

But when the centaurs reached the bottom of the city, suddenly from behind the female wall came out of an infinite number of men and horses, and they threw stones and javelins, bows and arrows, rolling logs, and ash bottles...... Although it was a primitive weapon to defend the city, its lethality was not small, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of soldiers were injured or died.

Frightened, Zhang Dun immediately withdrew his troops.

When the men and horses of the court retreated, there was a thunderous cheer from the city, and everyone clapped their hands and shouted to vent their excitement......

After being beaten with a stick, Zhang Dian finally came to his senses, and it turned out that he had eaten pot pulp all the way to welcome the king's master, which almost made Zhang Dian confused, and he felt that everyone had already been attached, and he could solve Manichaeism without even a single soldier.

Now it seems that there are still a lot of diehards, he groaned, and immediately ordered the soldiers to divide into three ways to attack Muzhou, and also took out grenades, rockets and other weapons of great destruction.

These people of Manichaeism are far less fierce than the people in the north, especially because they have too few bows and arrows, lack the ability to attack from a distance, and can only be beaten passively in the face of the offensive of the Song army.

The rocket flew into the city and exploded in the air, leaving the surrounding people in a pool of blood, either dead or wounded. There were also those that fell on top of the city walls, and the dust flew all over the sky, and the masonry collapsed, revealing the rammed earth city walls.

The losses in the city were heavy, but these people still gritted their teeth and held on, seeing that in the middle of the night, Zhang Dian's wish was disappointed, he was angry, just at this time the rear team sent artillery, he immediately ordered, concentrate 30 artillery, and bombard the east city.

Now Manichaeism could not hold on.

The sound of the mountain shaking the ground, the solid cannonballs smashed on the city wall like a heavy hammer, the earth kept rolling down like rain, and someone on the city wall was blown down in a daze and fell to death.

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and a lead pellet weighing ten pounds fell on the top of the city gate, bricks splashed, and the city wall was blown out...... At this point, the Manichaeans knew that if they continued to defend Muzhou, there would be only one way to die.

Therefore, about 3,000 people, escorting the sect leader Yu Youfang, withdrew from Xicheng and fled all the way in the direction of Qingxi.

Zhang Dian led the men and horses into the city, and it was already dawn at this time!

He stomped his feet in anger!

"Catch, catch me! None of the Manichaeans remained! ”

The soldiers did not hesitate to carry out Zhang's order, and about 5,000 people, men, women, and children, were all arrested, and Zhangton gritted his teeth and hated it.

"The court was kind to you, but you didn't want to repay the favor, but followed the Manichaean rebellion, the heavenly soldiers arrived, and the jade was burned! Come on, execute them all! ”

As soon as Zhang Dun gave the order, suddenly a horse flew up.

"The prince's hand, keep people under the knife!"

Zhang Dian was startled, hurriedly took it, and after looking at it carefully, he nodded at the soldier who delivered the letter.

Then he said bitterly: "The prince is merciful and willing to give you a way to live, and all ordinary members are willing to learn their way back and accept the division of the field, and they can not blame the past...... How many people are willing to voluntarily break away from Manichaeism and enjoy peace, stand up! ”

Zhang Duan asked three times in a row, and finally someone trembled and raised his arm...... In this way, one person took the lead, and there was a second person, and soon among these thousands of people, more than ninety percent chose to live, and there were still a few hundred people left, all of whom were pit stones, smelly and hard.

"Take them all!"

The soldiers escorted the men out of the city, and with a burst of gunfire, they were all executed.

The rest of the people were terrified, not knowing what fate it would be.

didn't wait long, Wang Ningan arrived.

"Make up a serial number of all the captives, scatter them and settle them in other villages and towns, don't let them gather together, and keep a good record in the local yamen, if you engage in Manichaean activities again, you will not be forgiven!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Dian went down to arrange, Wang Ningan didn't stay much, and directly let the horses march towards Qingxi, obviously the speed of the march was much faster than that of Zhang Tun.

Along the way, Wang Ning'an's face was very ugly, Zhang Dian pondered, there should be something, otherwise how could Wang Ningan suddenly come here, the master is not a person who is greedy for merit, not to mention that he can't rob his apprentice!

Zhang Dian really guessed correctly, the problem lies in the grain, the upstream grain cannot be transported, Jiangning, Suzhou, Hangzhou, the price of grain has skyrocketed, and in the cities, the price of grain is at least twice as expensive.

Of course, fortunately, after the division of the fields, the people are stable, especially in Jiangning and other places where the fields were first divided, the people have grown the first crop of vegetables, and they pushed the cart and sent all kinds of green vegetables into the city...... The food is not enough, and the vegetables come to make up, and many families use green vegetables to cook porridge or make pimple soup, barely satisfying.

Everyone is more or less dissatisfied in their hearts, but they also know that the prince is a good official, for the good of the big guys, so he can still endure it.

Wang Ningan didn't dare to be sloppy, he was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to cause trouble. Therefore, he went all out to exterminate Manichaeism as soon as possible.

The forward of the centaurs has approached the county seat of Qingxi.

What is surprising is that Qingxi County is empty, the people inside are gone, and even food, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs have all been taken away.

I inquired and found out that the original Manichaean nest was in Bangyuan Cave, where the mountains are surrounded, the terrain is steep, the valley is 40 miles wide, and tens of thousands of people can be hidden.

According to the common people, Manichaeism used to gather people in Bangyuandong to worship the ancestors, and the "two sects" they worshipped were Zhang Jiao at the end of the Han Dynasty and Huangchao at the end of the Tang Dynasty...... All in all, a messy set of things, Zhang Dian laughed when he heard it.

"For two unlucky bastards, they can't be tolerated! Hahaha! ”

Wang Ning'an's face was grim, "Zihou, in fact, what we should be thinking about is, why can such a clumsy statement deceive so many people?" In the final analysis, the people's wisdom is not open on the one hand, and there is also that education is really not in place, you still remember the time of the Six Arts, we compiled nature and common sense, two textbooks, that is, to explain some common phenomena and problems, to avoid being expected by the warlocks and ambitious people...... Now it seems that it is urgent to popularize education for all and popularize scientific knowledge! ”

Zhang Dian finally became serious, "Please rest assured, Master, the disciple will arrange it as soon as possible, but to do these two things, you have to configure the laboratory, which costs a lot of money!" ”

"Don't be afraid to spend money, haven't you copied so many families! Take out the money, run education, and develop your brain, and you will definitely not lose money! ”

……

Wang Ning'an stopped at Qingxi for a while, and then immediately set off, this time the destination was Bangyuan Cave.

Yu Youfang, the leader of the Manichaean sect, concentrated nearly 10,000 people, including the 3,000 people he brought from Muzhou, and a few thousand people from Qingxi, and the rest were his villagers, who were the most loyal.

Yu Youfang thought about it, if he wanted to withdraw to She County, or flee directly to Raozhou and enter Poyang Lake, the officials and troops would have nothing to do with them...... However, many people in Manichaeism disagreed, they thought that it was not pleasant to give up their nest and go to others and send people under the fence, not to mention that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the imperial court might not be able to treat them well.

At the time of the debate, Wang Ning'an had already sent a team of men and horses to fight along the Xin'an River into Shexian, cutting off the road for the Manichaeans to flee, forming a trend of closing the door and fighting the dogs.

However, Wang Ningan was not in a hurry to make a move, but gathered many people and asked them to surround the Bangyuan Cave, constantly shouting, or singing folk songs...... This trick is too ruthless, the people hiding inside, life and death are uncertain, and the spirit is on the verge of collapse, and suddenly I heard the villagers shouting, saying that the family has divided the field, enough for the family to eat, and also divided the lacquer garden, each family has a lot of lacquer trees, and can sell raw lacquer for money.

The imperial court wants to build a school, and all the children in the family can study and go to school...... In addition to these, there are also people who cook outside every time they have a meal, fragrant white rice, a big pot of roast meat, along the wind, the aroma spreads several miles away, attracting many people to drool!

It's different, it's just different.

The imperial court has really changed, and the villagers have all gotten better and better, are we still staying here and dying with Yu Youfang?

On the first day, more than 20 people escaped from Bangyuan Cave. On the second day, the number of people swelled to 100, and on the third day, 300 people were attached...... In less than ten days, a small number of people ran out of the Gangyuan Cave. And on the night of this day, there was an internal strife in Bangyuandong, and some people wanted to come out and surrender, but they were caught by Yu Youfang's cronies and executed by Ling Chi, wanting to use this to deter people.

But where they thought of it, people's hearts had long been scattered, and they couldn't be gathered at all.

Some people rebelled directly with knives and guns, and the two sides fought happily.

Of course, Wang Ningan seized the opportunity and immediately ordered an attack, the officers and troops poured in from outside, helping the people inside the source cave, they all knelt down and surrendered, Yu Youfang resisted for a while, and was shot to death, and Manichaeism was destroyed!

It's just that in the Bangyuan Cave, there is another person, that is Zheng Xia, who took two followers and worked hard to climb the steep mountains, wanting to escape......