Since it was determined that he would raise an army to rebel, Fang La did not hesitate.

He immediately asked people to fake official announcements and post them everywhere, falsely claiming that the imperial court was going to increase taxes in Jiangnan again, and that Cao Bin, who was loyal to Jingjing, was a special envoy for tax urging and had arrived in Jiangnan.

In addition, people made up nursery rhymes to build momentum for the rebels.

In fact, Jiangnan has long had a nursery rhyme of "ten thousand plus a little, and the end of winter is respected".

Ten thousand is a "10,000" word, plus a little is "square", and the end of winter represents "wax".

This nursery rhyme is that Fang La met Nan and called respect......

After making a lot of preparations, Fang La immediately began to divide his troops and send generals.

Ordered his nephew Fang Jie to lead more than ten generals and 50,000 sect members to attack Shezhou in the west, and then go north to meet Cao Bin's Western Route Army.

Ordered the general to attack Wuzhou and Quzhou in the south.

He himself led the main force to the east to occupy Qingxi County, take Muzhou, and then attack Hangzhou to the northeast to meet Cao Bin's East Route Army.

The reason why he divided his troops to attack was actually to coerce the people.

Although Manichaeism now has 200,000 members, the main force is only 50,000 or 60,000.

He had to be as powerful as possible before the court's follow-up reinforcements arrived.

As long as all the food and materials of the people are snatched away, even if they don't want to rebel, they can't survive, so they can only follow the thief ship......

Therefore, as long as you occupy more cities, your strength will grow rapidly.

The Qingxi County Order had already been "degreed" by Manichaeism, and when he saw Fang La's trouble, he directly opened the city gate and surrendered.

Subsequently, the army did not stop and rushed to the city of Muzhou in the afternoon of the same day.

Seeing that the people rebelled, the governor of Muzhou was busy closing the city gate, but the defenders joined the outside and beheaded him and offered the city.

After capturing Muzhou, Fang La was "followed" by more than 100,000 people, and the surrounding Tonglu and Pujiang counties fell to the wind.

Fang La was overjoyed, and the Manichaean people did not expect it to be so smooth, but thought that the destiny of heaven was in "me", so they persuaded one after another.

Fang La had already had this intention, and quickly made a drama of "three resignations and three concessions" and ascended the throne as the emperor.

It took half a day to build a system of titles, divide civil and military officials, and then immediately send troops north to attack Hangzhou......

For a time, the southeast shook.

There were also many responders in the green forest, planning to rob the government and seize the city, and the officials of the two Zhejiang provinces were all in danger and asked Cao Bin for help.

When the governor of Quzhou learned that Si Xingfang was coming to attack with troops, he was even more frightened and fled directly from the city.

When Cao Bin received the news, he was almost angry.

It's not for Quzhou.

This reaction from local officials was normal and not unexpected.

What surprised him was Fang La's ambition, he had just occupied a few states and counties, and he dared to build an emperor, which was also crazy.

But this is also in line with the emperor's wishes, isn't he trying to divert the attention of the courtiers?

The weight of "being the emperor" is enough.

So Cao Bin immediately sent an eight-hundred-mile expedited to bring the matter to the imperial court......

As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country.

Calling the emperor is not a trivial matter, no matter how big or small the power is, as long as the emperor is called, it is a major event that shakes the imperial court.

However, in Cao Bin's view, although Fang La's ability is not small, his ambitions are high, and he is known as the hero of the southeast, it is impossible for him to succeed in the rebellion.

In addition to harming the people and weakening the imperial court, it is far from the point of changing the dynasty.

In this way, the next mess was left to Cao Bin.

Although he doesn't think he's a good person, he won't ignore the life and death of the people and get away with it.

We must find a way to restore people's livelihood...... Even if he is an official here, he has no way to be at ease, and if the people have difficulty in making a living, they must be in rebellion.

Even if he has three heads and six arms, and his combat power is shocking, it is impossible to fight against the vast sea of people.

Unless he runs away and escapes back to the court......

Let's talk about Manichaean Fang Jie.

After receiving the order of General Fang La, he went straight to Shezhou City to the west of Qingxi.

He is Fang La's nephew, praised as the first general in the southeast, good at making Fang Tian draw halberds, and has the courage of ten thousand people.

Therefore, he was confident enough to break the city in one battle, and he did not take Cao Bin's reinforcements in his eyes.

However, because the cultists did not undergo strict military training, the march was very slow, and the journey of a hundred miles took three or four days before they arrived in Shezhou.

Seeing that the gate of Shezhou City was closed, he had expected it, kicked the war horse under his crotch, stepped forward and shouted:

"The officers and soldiers in the city listen, Fang Shenggong's divine soldiers are here, rescue all sentient beings, and immediately open the city and surrender."

As soon as he finished shouting, a group of officers and soldiers rushed out of the city and shouted angrily for the leading general:

"The thief is leaving, do you dare to fight me alone?"

Fang Jie's martial arts are outstanding, so he is naturally worthy, so he immediately drove forward and fought with the general.

It's just that if the battle is not three, the general will stagger, and directly retreat into the city.

Seeing this, Fang Jie was not surprised, he was already familiar with the virtues of local officers and soldiers.

Therefore, Fang Tian drew a halberd in one fell swoop and shouted:

"Rush in and occupy Shezhou."

So saying, he took the lead and rushed into the city.

With a loud bang, the jack gate fell to the ground, and thousands of Manichaeans were enclosed in the urn city.

Fang Jie was shocked, and when he saw a long-bearded general standing on the wall at the head of the city, he couldn't help but shout angrily:

"You are by no means a Shezhou guard, who are you? Do you dare to go it alone with me? ”

Guan Sheng held the saber at his waist with his left hand, stroked his long beard lightly with his right hand, glanced down, and sneered disdainfully:

"Rebels and thieves!"

"Hou Ye Cao has already laid a net for you."

As he spoke, he ignored Fang Jie's invitation to fight, and waved his hand directly:

"Shoot the arrows!"

Pity a brave general in the southeast, before he had time to show his style, he was defeated and captured.

He couldn't have imagined that what he met was the main force of the imperial court.

Fang Jie was captured, young and strong, and most of them were annihilated, and the sect members outside the city were either old and weak, or women, where could they stop Guan Sheng's rush.

"Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not be killed, and those who resist will die!"

At the end of the Shezhou war, Guan Sheng immediately reported to Cao Bin and led his troops straight to Fangla's hometown in Qingxi County.

Knowing that Fang La had many brave generals, Cao Bin did not order him to forcibly attack the city and fight head-on, but bluffed and surrounded Wei to save Zhao.

After cleaning up Runzhou, Cao Bin himself began to sweep away the green forest forces that responded to Fang La.

He is like a hunter waiting for a net, just waiting for Fang La to hit a wall everywhere and lose his sharpness, that is, when the net is closed.

When Fang Jie was defeated in Shezhou, Fang La also led countless sectarians to surround Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the seat of the two Zhejiang roads, and the population of Fucheng alone is two or three hundred thousand.

If the Manichaeans can capture Hangzhou, their strength will increase dramatically, so this battle is the key.

Lu Junyi was also a little frightened when he saw the overwhelming Manichaeans outside the city.

He did not dare to lure the enemy into the city like Shezhou, but closed the city gate tightly and put on a posture of stubborn defense.

Now the defenders of Hangzhou and the urgently recruited strong men are only more than 10,000 people, so they can only wait for Gao Shun reinforcements.

Fang La attacked for four or five days in a row, but he didn't take Hangzhou City, so he couldn't help but be impatient in his heart, and said angrily:

"The imperial court has really been prepared, if it was just the defenders of Hangzhou, it would not be so difficult to take!"

In the past few days, not only should the city be captured and killed by Lu Junyi, but even the means of fireboats, digging walls, and poisoning have been cracked one by one.

They tried all kinds of ways, but there was no way to capture Hangzhou.

While the Manichaeans were in trouble, the congregationaries reported:

"Holy Lord, Cao Bin's reinforcements have arrived in Yuhang."

When Fang Xiang heard this, he immediately got up and said:

"But more than 2,000 people, Brother Huang, I'm going to destroy them......"