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The people in the hall,

Seeing the two fighting so fiercely,

Immediately, everyone cheered loudly!

They fought for quite a while.

The two remained evenly matched.

No one can do anything to anyone.

Speaking of sumo,

Jiao Ting was on Liangshan Mountain.

They're practically unrivaled.

Now it's clear that he can't do anything to Yan Qing.

The leaders in this Hall of Righteousness

They immediately understood Yan Qing's abilities.

"Alright, let's call it a draw."

Zhao Yuan raised his hand to stop the sumo wrestling.

Then he smiled at Lu Junyi and said,

"Since last year in Daming Prefecture,"

"After Jiao Ting lost to the Yan Qing brothers in sumo wrestling,"

"He's been like this for over a year,"

"On this mountain,"

"But we often had to practice hard day and night."

"Now it seems,"

"So it wasn't a waste of time to practice."

In the middle of the venue,

The black whirlwind had already grabbed Yan Qing.

"Haha, finally someone who can out-tumble Jiao Ting has arrived!"

"Let's go! Let's go, Brother Yi!"

"Let's go have some drinks!"

The Hall of Gathering Righteousness became lively again.

Having had the competition just now,

The many leaders in the hall,

It is clear that they have accepted Yan Qing.

They all raised their glasses to toast him.

...

A night of heavy drinking,

the next day,

Until the sun is high in the sky,

Zhao Yuan then woke up.

"My lord has awakened,"

Li Shishi walked forward with a smile.

"This servant will help my lord get dressed."

“I think I heard a creaking sound last night,”

Zhao Yuan reached out and put his arm around Li Shishi's waist.

Has it snowed?

"The snow is still falling heavily."

Li Shishi smiled and opened the window.

A chilly wind immediately blew in.

sandwiched between

There were also snowflakes as big as goose feathers.

Li Shishi shivered from the cold.

His expression, however, was one of great interest.

"Very big snow!"

"My lord, let's go for a walk in the courtyard."

"Put your clothes on properly, don't catch a cold,"

Zhao Yuan gave a word of advice.

The two enjoyed the snow scene in the courtyard.

Zhao Yuande thought of the intelligence he had recently received.

After returning from Tokyo,

In just over two months

Wang Qing of Huaixi and Tian Hu of Hebei,

They had already successively proclaimed themselves kings.

They have completely raised the banner of rebellion.

Fang La also kept his promise.

He directly led the Ming Cult followers in an uprising.

The Ming Cult is indeed formidable.

As Fang La rose up in rebellion

In just a few days

Tens of thousands of believers gathered in Jiangnan.

This directly shook the southeastern part of the Song Dynasty!

Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the military supervisors of Liangzhe.

He personally led five thousand imperial guards to besiege and suppress them.

However, they all suffered defeats and died in succession.

Fang La, riding high on the momentum of his great victory,

They also captured Muzhou.

Those Manichaeans in Jiangnan

Furthermore, a cloud of responses arose.

In just over ten days

Fang La's rebel army quickly expanded to over 100,000 men.

Although this Ming Cult has followers

Most of them were untrained civilians.

But the rebellion gained momentum.

But they came from behind and surpassed each other.

It directly surpassed Wang Qing of Huaixi and Tian Hu of Hebei.

Although the court was corrupt at this time

But there was still a troop of elite soldiers.

It was the Western Army that fought against the Western Xia for many years.

Now Fang La has caused quite a stir.

In Kaifeng,

They will inevitably send the Western Army south to quell the rebellion.

Although Manichaeism also produced many heroes.

But after all, the people in the cult did not come from the military.

The Western Army, on the other hand, was comprised of numerous military families and a wealth of talented individuals.

The Western Army, seasoned in battle,

Facing those untrained Ming Cult followers,

It's clearly a sure thing that they'll win.

However, Tong Guan was known for his penchant for killing innocent people and claiming credit for their crimes.

For military merit,

I'm afraid the entire Southeast

In the end, they would all inevitably be slaughtered by this eunuch.

Zhao Yuan was not concerned about the survival of Fang La and the Ming Cult.

If he were to gain control of the world,

Zhao Yuan also suppressed Manichaeism.

After all, Manichaeism is not a secluded religion like Buddhism or Taoism.

More often than not,

They all played the role of inciting the people and raising the flag to rebel.

Although most of the time,

The Ming Cult always took advantage of the darkness within the imperial court to rise up.

However, this also makes them easy targets for exploitation by some ambitious individuals.

No matter who occupies the country

Obviously, neither side would allow the Ming Cult to exist.

If we could now use the Kaifeng court as a front...

The Ming Cult was wiped out.

Zhao Yuan was also optimistic about it.

But the Ming Cult's Princess Baihua,

But she could also be considered Zhao Yuan's woman.

With Fang Baihua's kindness,

Zhao Yuan could not stand idly by and watch the Ming Cult fight the Western Army alone.

Count the time,

The winter solstice is in two days.

Unlike later generations,

The winter solstice fell during the Northern Song Dynasty.