Unlike the rush attack on Weizhou, Wang Hanxin did not march fast when he rushed to Yingzhou, of course, not because he wanted to do so, but because he had not yet obtained the necessary information.

Although the number of Yijiyuni in Yingzhou was not as large as that of the people in Weizhou, they had a fanaticism that ordinary people did not have, and a tighter organizational structure. Moreover, their mode of action is very strange, for this group of cultists, what interests and strategies do not matter, they are completely dependent on the guidance of God, so it is difficult to grasp their movements. What is even more terrifying is that every time they conquer it will cause a catastrophe, all the people who refuse to join the religion will be slaughtered, and before they were still small in number they only dared to rob pedestrians to expand their power, and slowly began to raid villages, and then towns and county seats. As a result of the sharp increase in numbers, the scale of their operations is also increasing, and the efficiency of their attacks is also increasing. Finally, their strength was strong enough to target Yingzhou City.

40,000 cultists surrounded Yingzhou City, and if it weren't for the strong walls of Yingzhou City, I am afraid that the people in the city would face a huge disaster.

The city of Yingzhou is in danger. The opportunity that Wang Hanxin was waiting for finally came.

The morale of the cultists was high, but the weapons were very rudimentary, the number of weapons collected from the county town was limited, and the rest of the weapons were improvised by blacksmiths, and the use of these weapons to attack the city would inevitably cause huge casualties. In order to cheer up the troops, the leader of the Yijiyuni sect decided to personally rush to the front line to incite the troops, and Wang Hanxin was waiting for this opportunity.

Within two days, Wang Hanxin's cavalry traveled 400 miles and successfully raided the leader of the Yijiyuni sect behind enemy lines.

However, this war with absolute superiority turned into an unimaginable bitter battle, and the leader of the Yijiyuni sect, who only had an entourage of 500 men, fought to the death despite being attacked by Wang Hanxin's cavalry. They shouted the name of the gods, fought to the death, and inflicted great losses on Wang Han's new tribe before they were completely annihilated, although in the end the sect leader and most of the followers were martyred. However, Wang Hanxin's cavalry suffered losses more than twice as many as all the casualties in the Weizhou Pacification Battle.

This is not the most shocking thing, after the war, Wang Hanxinbu captured about twenty prisoners. Among these people is Wang Hanxin's biggest purpose of this trip -- An Zaidao. Originally, this was a great joy, but in fact, Wang Hanxin was not happy at all. Because the eyes of the captives, except for An Zaidao and another high-ranking clergyman, could clearly feel that they were no longer normal people, and in their eyes there was only that kind of religious fanaticism and desire to kill, and there was no part of the human conscience at all.

Faced with this situation, Wang Hanxin organized the withdrawal from the enemy-occupied area and interrogated An Zaidao. An Zaidao, who was already in the year of the Mandate of Heaven, looked a little old, although Wang Hanxin had not seen this Jin King Liu Qian's staff before, but he calmly admitted his identity.

"An Zaidao, what have you done to these disciples!" Wang Hanxin is unceremonious to people like him. Because this vicious battle made him feel a heartfelt nausea.

An Zaidao laughed a few times and said, "What did I do?" I was just helping them to strengthen their faith, and at the same time helping them to turn the otherwise dismal school into a prosperous one. ”

Wang Hanxin took a sip and said, "You made these people not ghosts and ghosts, just for your personal ambitions, to fight against the imperial court?" ”

"Against the Imperial Court? Hahaha" An Zaidao suddenly laughed wildly: "What a joke! Just this person can fight against the imperial court?! I really didn't expect you to think so shallowly of the old man! If the old man still has time, he will never challenge the court now, and the old man will at least let this religion develop across the north and south of the river, and then start on both sides of the Yellow River in the future! Pity. The days are not off, and the old man has little time, so he can only do it like now. Anyway, although this matter is not likely to succeed. At least let the world remember that the old man is in the way! ”

"You madman! The world will only remember the perverse and destroy human nature! Wang Hanxin was furious when he heard this: "Cut off his hands and feet!" Don't let the wound heal, let him feel the pain of others before being escorted back to the capital! ”

Wang Hanxin's actions under anger often attract criticism from future generations. But this time the behavior was quite praised by posterity, because another incident happened immediately afterwards. led to even worse results.

The twenty or so captives were all ill on the second night of the retreat, and their limbs twitched. His mouth was foaming, his eyes were bulging and bloodshot, and the sound in his throat was not at all human, but like the roar of a wild beast. After the diagnosis, the military doctor reported to Wang Hanxin that all of these people had taken some kind of medicine for a long time, so that once they stopped taking it, they would become like this, and only that medicine could keep them healthy, but it might cause their minds to be lost.

At this time, Wang Hanxin finally understood the secret of An Zaidao's control of the disciples, and he immediately pulled An Zaidao out and asked him to give an antidote, but An Zaidao didn't say a word, no matter how Wang Hanxin scolded and beaten, he gritted his teeth and refused to say a word. In the end, Wang Hanxin had to give up and interrogate another high-ranking clergyman, who was the only one who remained normal except for An Zaidao, which shows that the high-ranking clergy of the Yijiyuni religion do not take such drugs.

After Wang Hanxin's staggering confession, the clergyman finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "No one knows how to make the antidote, and there is no need to know, I only know the ingredients of this medicine, and only An Zaidao knows how to make it." ”

At this time, An Zaidao, who was on the side, suddenly spoke: "You will be sent to hell by God, and you will not be reborn forever!" ”

When the man heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he never spoke again until Wang Hanxin beat him to death because he used too much force.

Zhou Siyi looked at Wang Hanxin, who was standing in place panting, he knew that Wang Hanxin was not tired, but mentally depressed. In fact, even he and the Chen brothers felt as depressed as if they had been pressed against a big stone in their chests.

After waving his hand to let the soldiers escort An Zaidao down and continue on the road, Wang Hanxin turned over his horse, came to the side of Zhou Siyi and the others, and said softly: "Three elder brothers, if the soldiers are faced with tens of thousands of such fanatical disciples, what will be the result?" ”

Zhou Siyi was thrilled when he heard this, and he suddenly thought that unlike his own rebel army, which formed a force of young and strong men, these cultists were not informal troops, including the elderly, women, and children, and when the two sides were fighting, it was very doubtful that the soldiers could fight with all their strength in the face of such an opponent, but these fanatical cultists would not leave a trace of affection! The fact that 2,000 cavalry had such a hard time winning in the face of 500 cultists meant that even if Wang Hanxin's infantry brigade arrived, it would face cultists several times larger than himself, and the danger of this battle could be imagined.

Zhou Siyi was thinking about it when he heard Wang Hanxin muttering, "Don't let the soldiers see their enemy." Yes, you can't. (To be continued.) )