After Lu Shinang led his troops to the south, with the support of Wenzhou Manichaeans, he quickly captured Wenzhou, and then followed the same old routine, killing all officials and wealthy households, giving some money and food to the people, and using the rest for military purposes.
The Manichaeans had the habit of killing officials. Muzhou was massacred, and many of their family members were massacred, which made their hatred of the officials of the Song Dynasty even deeper. After Wenzhou was conquered, all the officials were tortured and killed, and even their family members were all killed. It's hard to escape the poisonous hand.
Cut off their flesh, cut off their bodies, take their lungs and intestines, or boil them into ointment, pierce their bodies with random arrows, and torture them in various ways to repay their blood debt and relieve the hatred in their hearts.
The cruelty of the scene made Lu Shinang unable to bear witnessing it.
On the second day after the capture of Wenzhou, Saint Aunt Fang Baihua asked Lu Shinang to summon the leaders of the sect to discuss matters. The leaders of Lu Shinang were the Twelve Gods of Jiangnan.
Fang Baihua and Lu Shinang sat at the main seats, one on the left and one on the right. Fang Jie stood behind Fang Baihua, and the twelve gods of Jiangnan sat on both sides.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Fang Baihua said: "We have food and grass after we captured Wenzhou. It's time for everyone to discuss how to avenge Shenggong."
When Lu Shinang heard this, he couldn't help but frown and glanced at Fuzhou Shen Gang, the God of Heaven.
Shen Gang understood and said: "The army has been moving around for several times, and the soldiers are exhausted. The general thought that it would be not too late to let the army rest for a few days before sending out troops again."
Fang Baihua nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, let the army rest for three days, and then go north to attack Fuzhou in three days to avenge the Holy Duke. As long as Tong Guan is killed, no one in the south of the Yangtze River can stop me from Manichaeism." With a large army, we can then revive Manichaeism and save the people of Jiangnan."
Lu Shinang shook his head and said: "If you want to establish Manichaeism and save the people, I think it's better to go south."
Fang Baihua frowned and said, "How to say?"
Lu Shinang said: "Tong Guan has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he has recently established a new dynasty in Huzhou. He is recruiting soldiers and horses. I'm afraid it won't be easy to kill him. And if you go south, there will be many Manichaeans on the Fujian Road." , coupled with the demise of the Song Dynasty, the various places are not under each other. If we attack one place, other places will probably not come to rescue. In this way, we can defeat them one by one and re-establish Manichaeism."
Fang Baihua hadn't spoken yet. Fang Jie said: "If I don't avenge the Holy Duke, why should I try to revive Manichaeism? I'll gain more territory for you."
Fang Baihua frowned and scolded: "General Lu has followed Shenggong for many years and is a close confidant of my Manichaean religion. Don't talk nonsense."
Lu Shinang was also a little unhappy when he saw Fang Baihua, and explained: "It's not that we don't want to avenge the Holy Duke, but if we attack Tongguan now, even if we can capture Huzhou, we will definitely lose our troops. It will be very difficult to attack other state capitals by then. It’s difficult, so why not go south and attack some cities, expand your troops, and then attack Huzhou.”
Fang Baihua was not a stupid person, and immediately said: "We are going south to expand our troops, and Tong Guan is also recruiting troops, and the longer it takes, the more state capitals will be loyal to Tong Guan, and we will face I'm afraid it's a new imperial court. It's better to take advantage of the fact that Tong Guan is still a fledgling man with only 20,000 people, and we go north to annihilate him in one fell swoop. As long as Tong Guan dies, the remnants of the Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River will be leaderless, and even if we only have 30% left Soldiers and horses. That is also the largest force in Jiangnan. If believers from all over the country respond, it may not be impossible to unify Jiangnan."
Lu Shinang shook his head and said: "What the Holy Aunt said is that Tong Guan's 20,000 soldiers are all elites of the Western Army, and they occupy a favorable location. If we want to capture Huzhou, it will not be easy."
Fang Baihua smiled and said: "The elites of the Western Army are also human beings. We only need to spread the news that the northwest has been occupied by Xixia, and the Xixia people are massacring the resisting soldiers and civilians in the northwest. By then, Tong Guan's pro-army will inevitably be demoralized and rush to return home. Huzhou You can do it with a snap of your fingers, so there is nothing to fear. If Tong Guan recruits more Jiangnan soldiers, it will be difficult to deal with them."
Dunjia God Muzhou Yingming nodded and said: "Sage Aunt's clever plan is to let the Huzhou congregation release this news. Maybe Tong Guan's pro-army will have dispersed when we arrive at the gates of Huzhou City."
However, Fuzhou Shen Gang, the Qingtian God, only wanted to fight back to Fuzhou. He shook his head and said: "I don't think so. If these Western troops want to return to their hometown, they should go back together when most of the Western troops are reorganized. I heard It is said that Tong Guan paid a lot of money to these pro-soldiers. I am afraid that these people have long considered thieves as their fathers and have forgotten their hometown. It will be difficult to alienate them."
Lu Shinang nodded and said, "What Shen Gang said makes sense."
Fang Baihua frowned and said, "Whether we can separate or not, we will find out once we try. I will send a message to the believers in Huzhou and let them spread the news. I also ask General Lu to gather troops and be ready to go north at any time."
Lu Shinang nodded and said: "As long as Shenggu's plan takes effect, we will definitely lead our troops north to attack Huzhou."
"good."
Fang Baihua didn't say anything more, turned around and left with Fang Jie.
Lu Shinang looked at the twelve gods from the south of the Yangtze River in the hall and said with a smile: "Everyone, let's organize the troops and horses. Organize all the common people and believers who have joined. If there are insufficient weapons, they will step up their efforts to build weapons. All armies are familiar with them." Once you're in line, it's noisy even if you're not marching."
"Yes, I will retire at the end."
"Yes, I will retire at the end."
"Yes, I will retire at the end."
After the twelve gods from Jiangnan left, Lu Shinang leaned on his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
"General."
Lu Shinang opened his eyes, but it was Fuzhou Shen Gang, the God of Heaven, who had left and returned.
"What's the matter?"
Shen Gang said: "The last general thought that the holy lady had been blinded by hatred and attacked Huzhou to kill everyone."
Lu Shinang also joined Manichaeism, but he did not believe in Manichaeism. He read military books and tactics when he was young, and had a heart for the world. He just saw Fang La as a hero, and Manichaeism was powerful, so he felt that Fang La Maybe he could win the world, so he sold his property and exchanged it for money and food to offer to Fang La. He also worked hard and became an important leader of Manichaeism.
As for the teachings of Manichaeism, he didn't believe it at all. Seeing Fang La's behavior after he became emperor, he didn't believe it even more.
The teachings of Manichaeism: Man is the product of the dark devil, addicted to struggle, and only the messenger of light can save man from the sea of suffering.
But after the Holy Duke became emperor, he was obsessed with women, let alone any messenger of light. It can be seen that there are no messengers of light in this world, and the teachings are just something used to fool fools. This is similar to the eight sufferings of life and the seven emotions and six desires in Buddhism. They all say that there is so much suffering in the world, and if you believe in them you can get rid of these sufferings. But there are many adulterous monks in the world, which shows that they are human beings and cannot be banned casually.
Lu Shinang felt that it was undesirable for the Manichaeans to kill all the officials after they broke through the city. Without officials, who would govern them after they conquered the state capital? A group of people who had no contact with political affairs became officials. I'm afraid it will be even more ridiculous. Besides, not all officials are bad people.
However, the cruelty and killing of all officials was originally allowed by Saint Gong Fangla, and since his subordinates were mainly Manichaeans, he could not expressly prohibit it.