When Xiao Tang and his brothers, together with Deng Yuanjue and other Manichaean people, turned two long streets under the guidance of Shan Shiqi, they already saw many corpses lying on the ground, among which there were not only some officials who died in a miserable state, but also countless civilians in the city who were killed from the appearance of their clothes, and there were also raging fires around, which seemed to have been ignited by the Manichaeans who rioted in the city.

And when Xiao Tang took the lead in rushing to a neighborhood, before turning into the alley, he could already hear the sound of swords intersecting, shouting and scolding, and then more than a dozen Manichaeans held swords in their hands, while turning back and scolding, while rushing out.

After a while, Xiao Tang actually saw Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others rushing out of the alley with their soldiers, and waving the blades in their hands to chase those Manichaeans and beat them fiercely. "Poof! Two muffled sounds, and the two of them were killed one by one!

Seeing this, Xiao Tang hurriedly shouted: "Stop first!" Why did you fight with this Manichaean!? ”

Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law, Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and others saw that Xiao Tang was coming, and they all immediately stood up, and a Manichaean saw that Xiao Tang and Sun Xin were all the way, and Xiao Tang was now openly acting and did not wear a deputy pig mask as before, and many of the Manichaean people in the city did not know that this man in front of him was Ren Xia Xiao Tang, who was temporarily allied with the leader of the Fang La Sect, and one of the disciples had a distorted face and looked crazy, and he even roared again and picked up his knife and went straight to Xiao Tang Chopping Over!

When Xiao Tang saw this, his sword eyebrows fell up, his body only flashed slightly, and he grabbed his arm and broke it when the man slashed through the air, "Bang!" The palpitating crunch was followed by a broken man's arm. Xiao Tang immediately slashed down with another knife, directly slashing the red-eyed Manichaean unconscious.

"How dare you kill so many of my brethren when the donkey shoots a handful of birds, and so boldly! Shamo is also the remnant of the eagle dog of the government? The brethren went up side by side and cut them all! ”

Suddenly, there was another shouting and scolding not far away, and a large number of Manichaeans poured out from the opposite side of the long street, and they also went straight to Xiao Tang and the others under the command of several sect leaders, only to see that someone dared to make a move against their brother, Lu Zhishen, Shi Xiu, Ruan Xiaoqi and many other brothers also changed color, and they all took out their swords in their hands, and saw that they were going to fight with the Manichaeans who were rioting!

"Bastard! Stop it all!! ”

It seemed that a thunderbolt suddenly hit in mid-air, and Deng Yuanjue, who hurried to the vicinity, saw that many Manichaeans were going to meet Xiao Tang and others, and he immediately shouted angrily to stop it, even if these Manichaean people didn't know where Xiao Tang came from, but all those who took the lead also knew Deng Yuanjue, the protector of the sect, and with Deng Yuanjue's angry shout, he immediately deterred a large number of Manichaeans who were trying to find Xiao Tang and others. And Deng Yuanjue waved the Zen staff in his hand again, pointed at the sect in front of him and scolded: "What are you doing, Xiao Renxia and his heroes are here, and they are united with our sect to resist the imperial court, you dare to fight each other, isn't it lard blinded by heart!?" ”

The Manichaeans on the opposite side rushed out of one person, and also replied angrily to Deng Yuanjue: "Deng Protector, that Xiao Tang, who used to be a dog for the powerful, how can our brothers know about it?" But it was that guy's subordinates who hurt the lives of many brothers in the church, we are willing to cut our bodies, dare to pull the emperor off the horse, and now we have done a big thing, but this foreign bird has hurt the lives of the brothers in the sect, how can we give up? ”

At this moment, Zhang Qing, who also had several wounds on his body, jumped out and pointed at the Manichaean and scolded: "Enter your mother!" I wanted to go to find Brother Xiao Tang to rendezvous, but I bumped into you doing evil here, not only forcibly looting the people's property, but also setting fire to the house, but if there is resistance, they will use knives to kill, and when they see Erniang's appearance, they immediately move their hands and feet, and even come up to rob! ”

Sun Erniang backhanded the lancet with blood stains on the blade, although there was a smile on her face, but her eyes were already full of murderous energy, she immediately turned her eyes, turned her head to look at Xiao Tang, and said: "It is indeed the handful of birds that provoked me to wait first, and the thief was about to die, but the old lady was not interested in talking to him, so she cut a knife under the crotch, and had no choice but to get angry." ”

Xiao Tang knew about the conflict between the two sides, and he also thought of a passage in the official history about the Fang La uprising: The rise of La broke through 52 counties in six states and killed 2 million civilians.

The staggering number of innocent deaths may be a bit watery, and even if it may include the numbers that come with the repression and turmoil, the number of people killed in the fighting. However, Xiao Tang also knew very well that Fang La's rebellion was by no means simply to represent the interests of the people, to praise and say that resisting tyranny and contributing to social development and making progress were significant. As later generations learned, the peasant rebels of all dynasties were characterized as anti-oppressive class struggles from some angles, and Xiao Tang was in this era to see with his own eyes, at least for many lower classes, many so-called rebellions against the imperial court not only did not represent their interests, but on the contrary, they were also a catastrophe for those common people.

Human nature is complex, and too often history is not black and white...... Xiao Tang sighed in his heart, he knew that he had to use Manichaeism if he wanted to achieve great things, and the uprising caused by Fang La contained a religious nature, and it was necessary to expand his power as soon as possible to confront the imperial court, maybe it would be better than the eating of Hedong Tianhu and others, but the incident of conniving at the soldiers under his command to take advantage of the situation to kill indiscriminately would still happen, and it was also impossible to say that it was the savior of the poor people in this era. Xiao Tang wants to use Manichaeism, and he knows very well that even if he restricts his soldiers and horses to strictly prohibit the cruelty of good people, but with the increase of wars in the future, it is inevitable that there will be many additional casualties, and Xiao Tang can only try to avoid teaching innocent people to get involved in the war and suffer in vain.

It's just that judging from the current situation, it is more serious than Xiao Tang expected. After a large number of original victims took power, they turned around and became the perpetrators of poison against other Li people, witnessing this situation, Xiao Tang couldn't help but be stirred up in his heart.

Just as the atmosphere at the scene was becoming more and more tense, there were shouts and shouts from the north side, and hundreds of horses and horses gathered galloped towards Xiao Tang's side, but it was Lin Chong who rushed to the side with a snake spear, urging his crotch to ride hard, and rode his horse in front of the Manichaeans who were about to rush on the opposite side. Lin Chong couldn't help frowning, and turned back to report to Xiao Tang: "After entering the city, our brothers strictly restrained their subordinates, but there are naturally people who commit suicide and hurt the people, rape and plunder, and naturally will not tolerate it, but the Manichaean gang ......"

And Sun Xin, who had a single whip in his hand and a knife wound on his shoulder, also stood up and said to Xiao Tang angrily: "When the handful of birds came to provoke me and wait, he first touched the house of the big rich man who lived on East Street, and killed all the good and lowly families, leaving only a few women and children in prison in the house, so naturally he also wanted to do that unsightly pickled deed. ”

Xiao Tang nodded after hearing this, then looked at Deng Yuanjue and said in a deep voice: "Protector Deng, I heard that your religion believes in Mingzun, gathers villagers, and specifically wants to resist the tyranny of the government to oppress the good people, and it should be for the poor people, but now that your religion has entered the city, it is not only necessary to kill all the people in the official gate, but also to take the opportunity to forcibly capture and plunder the people in the city, but also do everything. If the people are greatly discouraged by such practices, what kind of mercy can be regarded as mercy for the people of the world and the elimination of evil? ”

Just when Deng Yuanjue didn't know how to answer for a while, Xiao Tang suddenly heard someone say in a dark voice: "Xiao Renxia, the dispute between the leader of Fang Cai's command and the brothers of our sect is just a misunderstanding, so if you want to fight against the imperial court together, you don't have to worry about it anymore, but now that Hangzhou City has been captured by our sect, how can you tell the people, naturally it is also my Manichaean sect that wants to meddle in the affairs of my sect...... Don't you think it's too lenient? ”