The cavalry team of the official army also reacted very quickly. Since Fang Qifo himself shouted out, it would be too disgrace to kill him if he didn't hide it.

Fang Qifo's confidants set him up to seize the road, and the officials and cavalry came to kill melons and vegetables behind them.

As they were about to catch up with Fang Qifo and the others, the captain led by the official army was shot by the people around him.

"The Ming Cult is mighty! Those who surrender will not be killed! Those who are willing to follow me to correct the situation will not be punished!"

This time it was the turn of the government army to be in chaos. Some of the Ming Cult who had fled before turned around and fought with the government army.

If it were the previous official army, they would have been defeated and fled, but this time they came the Western Army, which had been through a long battle formation. They had seen too many things about being ambushed and assassinated by the main general, and there was no big impact at all. Not long after, the Ming Cult members continued to be defeated.

When Fang Qifo fled to the dense forest where Yao Hua led his troops, Fang Qifo had forgotten to let Yao Hua attack in panic. The official army chased after Fang Qifo. Fang Qifo entered the city, and the official army also broke into the city.

Yao Hua saw it sincerely in the dense forest, but his mood was very complicated. He would definitely relieve Fang Qifo's danger at this time, but in this way, the imperial court's plan to suppress the rebellion would be delayed. However, if he did not attack, when the official army occupied Huzhou and then cooperated with the subsequent army, the Changchebat would be explained here.

At this moment, there was only one bet. Yao Hua waved his sword and let ninety chariots fight out together, but the deputy beside him did not wave the flag.

"General Yao, King Yao did not give an order. If you attack at this time, you will be punished if you violate the military order! Now the court is in great power, I don't think it's better."

Before he finished speaking, this deputy man was stabbed by a soldier in the chariot. "General Yao, hurry up and reinforce the Nanzhu Dharma King, otherwise it will be all over!"

Yao Hua did not hesitate and led the Changchebat to attack and cut the government troops who had entered the city and the outsiders into two sections. The government troops did not expect that the Ming Church would form a bulky chariot to resist the cavalry. Therefore, the offensive was blocked. The government troops who had already broken into the city had to fight the beasts without foreign aid.

The Western Army that broke into the city were all covered with armor. The Ming Cult's bamboo guns, stones and even short swords were difficult to pierce through. After the Ming Cult's corpses were left behind, they were already in a retreat. At this time, Lin Xian'er and others threw dozens of bags of soybeans and mung beans in the streets and alleys. Whether it was the Western Army or the Ming Cult's priest, they couldn't stand firmly when they stepped on them and fell down one after another.

The Ming Cultists could get up immediately after falling down, but the Western Army in armor was difficult to get up. The situation immediately reversed. Lin Xian'er and Fang Qifo immediately took the scholars to greet the Western Army with sledgehammers and ropes, and soon solved the invulnerable Western Army.

Occasional victory in tactics cannot change the course of the entire battle situation. The Battle of Huzhou temporarily repelled the imperial army, but Xiuzhou, which is a horn with Huzhou, was captured by the government army without suffocating for three days.

Huzhou is already an isolated city. After weighing the pros and cons, Fang Qifo led the Ming scholars, including Yao Hua, to retreat southward.

After retreating, they never came back. The Changche Battalion had ox carts and horse carts that could defend the cavalry of the official army, so they were responsible for the mission of the rear of the palace.

Along the way, Yao Hua was a little confused. Whether to abandon these teammates who were like beggars or continue to be undercover, he repeatedly reminded himself that he was from the court and a descendant of the Yao family of the Western Army, but there was something strange about his chest to make things messed up.

They were born like ants, unable to eat, and they used to have a happy home. No one was born decadent, but reality pushed them to the brink of collapse at once.

Those who were originally parents and officials took away their pastoral houses, sold their wives and children, and even deprived them of their lives that were so humble that they could not be more despicable.

Those who survive by chance either become drunks or cheat beggars. In order to survive and to numb themselves, they have to turn themselves into ghosts.

After meeting Fang Qifo, Lin Xianer and several elders of the Ming Cult, they gradually became like human beings. The rules of the Ming Cult are very strict and can even be said to be unkind, but the Ming Cult regards them as human beings. Even the leader of the Dharma King can only eat vegetarian food like them, not seeking the same joys, but they can definitely share the same sorrows.

Yao Hua sometimes thinks that if we divide it according to the standards of loyalty, treason, good and evil, treason are everywhere in the court, but the Ming Cult is full of righteous religions.

It’s not that the people of the Ming Cult are so noble. The main reason is that these people of the Ming Cult who have obvious flaws do some personnel affairs, while the well-dressed husbands in the court either do not do personnel affairs or eat people without spitting out bones.

But Yao Hua could never get rid of his identity. He could not have really followed the Ming Cult to rebel the court. For the sake of his family and himself, he would one day break up with the Ming Cult.

Since the retreat of Huzhou, the morale of the Ming Cult is very low. It turned out that it was thought that with the blessing of the Holy Fire of Light, it would be invincible, and that the imperial army could not help but beat the weaklings.

But when they saw the arrows they had finally accumulated shot onto the enemy troops in full armor, they were completely unscathed. They could only scrape some white marks when they slashed the sword. At this moment, they were extremely desperate.

He had already done his best, thinking that he could hurt them even if he could not kill the opponent, but all the weapons could not penetrate the enemy's armor. Only those who swung the big stick and hammer could occasionally smash a few enemy troops.

Retreat from Huzhou, nearly 100,000 church members gathered in Huzhou, but now there are only more than 30,000 people left to follow Fang Qifu. Someone advised Fang Qifu to kill the escaped church members. Fang Qifu stopped him, "Everyone has ambition, and ants are even more willing to cherish their lives, let alone people? Brothers follow our Ming Cult in order to no longer live the hard days before. If we also kill our brothers, wouldn't it be like the treacherous slander in the court?"

There were many people who were moved, and there were more people who slipped away. There was nothing wrong with the fact that Ci was not in charge of the soldiers, and the fleeing people failed to get what they wanted. The government troops coming from the northwest just cut people and plundered money. The people of the county town who were "recovered" all "voluntarily" donated the rewards for quelling the rebellion to the government troops.

If you can't afford to pay, you can only use your own head to earn military merits for the government army.

According to Fang Qifo's idea, he could withstand the high walls of Hangzhou City for a while. When they retreated to Hangzhou, they saw only an empty city burned by fire, and crows and wild dogs were still fighting for the carrion on the wreckage in the city.

Lin Xian'er advised Fang Qifu to continue to retreat south and preserve his strength, but Fang Qifu refused.

"Now we have lost battles and our morale is low. We will continue to escape. Only more people will scatter and flee. Now we can't even defend Hangzhou, and other cities will not be able to defend in the future. Even if our seven Buddhas die in Hangzhou, we will have to peel off a layer of skin from the official army. Otherwise, when the Ming Cult meets the official army in the future, it will be like a mouse or a cat. You must know that we can lose battle and life, but we cannot lose momentum and dignity! We cannot die without turning our backs to the enemy!"

Fang Qifo said these passionate words, but his eyes were staring at Yao Hua. Yao Hua knew that Fang Qifo was waiting for him to express his opinion, so he also expressed his righteousness that his Changche Camp would also live and die with Hangzhou City.

Lin Xian'er wanted to speak but stopped, just looked at Yao Hua.

Fang Qifo smiled and said, "Forget it, actually, I know that it's only a matter of time before Hangzhou falls, but no one stays to stick to it, and morale cannot be raised. But no one escapes to accumulate strength, and we have no future. I know the record of Changche Camp. This may be the only team that our Ming Cult can compete head-on with the official army! So we can't send it away in Hangzhou for nothing. I want you to be able to create a new world all the way south!"

"Dharma King Nanzhu, we cannot leave you and your brothers behind! Since the city defense in Hangzhou is strong, why don't we stick here for a few months to buy time for other brothers!" Yao Hua was worried that it was Fang Qifo's temptation, and he really didn't want to run away anymore. If this continues, he will really become a member of the Ming Cult.

Lin Xian'er bowed to Fang Qifo, "Dharma King Nanzhu, I hope you and your brothers can retreat from Hangzhou's safe south to the Hangzhou City, to guard, but not to defend! What Wan Yunlong did in Hangzhou before has made us unpopular, and the people outside the city are determined not to join us!"

Fang Qifo hesitated for a moment, "I don't know what you said, but the teachings of the Ming Cult for hundreds of years told the believers to be martyred, but as the Dharma King, we have fled again and again. How can we convince people in the future? I have made up my mind to live and die with Hangzhou City! Let the government army and our believers see that we are not just talking about it!"

After this, it was useless to persuade him. Lin Xian'er had to take Yao Hua and the people from Changche Camp to Qingxi, hoping to persuade Fang La to go to Fuzhou in the southeast.

If Fang La really went out to sea, the court would never have peace in the southeast. As long as the rebellious Western army left, the Ming sects would land under his leadership to make a comeback.

At this time, Fang La was taking her directly affiliated guards to fight in the Bangyuan Cave area. When Lin Xian'er and Yao Hua led the team to arrive, there were only more than 30 people left by Fang La, and more than ten of them were Fang La's family.

Fang La's flat crown and dragon robe were already dirty. A group of people were eating bark and grass roots in the cave. When they saw the dry food Lin Xian'er and Yao Hua, they all widened their eyes and rushed forward.

"Master, we can't stay here anymore!" Lin Xian'er felt very disappointed with tears in her eyes.

Fang La's face was haggard at this moment, completely losing her previous spirit.

"Forget it, I've found someone to calculate. These source caves are blessed lands! As long as we survive here, we can achieve great achievements! The road to light is tortuous! By the way, I only give you one of the six Holy Fire Orders in this sect, five of them, three of them in my hands, and the rest are in the hands of Yu Daoan and Fang Qifu. I will now hand over the three in my hands. If I am summoned by God, you will act as the leader of the Ming Cult, and wait until the four Dharma Kings and the ten elders gather together before selecting a new leader!"
Chapter completed!