Because Yingzhou Prefecture is remote, it has not been flooded during this flood in the Yangtze River and has become one of the few safe areas. However, because of this, after the flood, a large number of victims from Fengyang Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Lu'an Prefecture and other places have poured into Yingzhou Prefecture.

Of course, Yingzhou Prefecture could not be resettled by so many victims. Moreover, there were floods in other provinces at this time, and it could not help Yingzhou Prefecture. At this time, the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect appeared in the face of monks, Taoist priests and other religious figures. This is also a feature of the White Lotus Sect. The churches often dress as monks and Taoist priests to confuse the public, but no one has dressed as priests. Then, they also used famous discussions such as curing diseases, salvation, serving porridge, and relief to recruit believers among the victims.

These leaders have some medical skills and prepared some food, and they also have the ability to fool the Tao, and have fabricated some myths such as the chaos in the world, the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha, and the Virgin of Lotus Sect. The leaders of the Red Lotus Sect have been familiar with these routines, so they only took more than 10 days to recruit nearly 10,000 believers, and selected 23,000 strong and brainwashed young men, who were strong and brainwashed, gave them more food to keep their bodies well, and organized martial arts training as their backbone.

At this time, the food prepared by the Red Lotus Sect was basically exhausted. Although the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect had some assets, they were not wealthy people. Moreover, the prices of grain in various places are soaring, and even if they have money, they can't buy much food. Of course, the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect are not essentially for disaster relief, but gather the church members to cause trouble by using disaster relief. Therefore, the preparations are almost done now, so the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect direct the church members to attack the big rural households. Of course, they will still create some conflicts between the two sides, or identify the other party as monsters and other excuses.

After stealing several large households in a row, the Red Lotus Sect not only controlled a lot of food, but also gained some reputation in the Yingzhou area, so it could attract more believers from the disaster victims. Soon the number of believers expanded to more than 20,000, and the number of backbone forces exceeded 5,000. At this time, the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect also felt that the time was ripe, so they began to attack Fuyang City, the prefecture of Yingzhou Prefecture.

The local officials of Yingzhou Prefecture heard about the activities of the Red Lotus Sect, but did not pay much attention to it. In the years of famine, monks came out to give porridge, medicine, cure diseases and save lives, and preach the disciples. Moreover, these behaviors also help to appease the victims and stabilize the local area, and naturally there is no reason to stop them. Some large households were robbed. One happened in the village outside the city, and the news could not be spread to the city at the moment. The other was that such things were common in the years of famine. The government had no energy to take care of them, so they could only ask for more blessings and just guard the city.

But at this time, some of the Red Lotus Sect had already mixed into Fuyang. At night, they set fire in the city and cooperated with the outsiders to take down Fuyang City in one fell swoop.

By occupying the city, you can obtain more resources and recruit more believers. Therefore, the Red Lotus Sect's team has expanded to more than 100,000 people, and has also obtained a small amount of guns and ammunition. At the same time, it has captured Taihe, Yingshang, Mengcheng and other places, basically controlling the entire Yingzhou Prefecture.

At this time, East China also entered Anhui for disaster relief. A disaster victim resettlement camp was established in Luzhou and Fengyang, so the victims no longer moved to Yingzhou Prefecture. After the Red Lotus Cult team expanded to more than 100,000, it lost its source and the expansion speed also stagnated.

Of course, the Red Lotus Sect's team was also quite large at this time, but the leaders knew that it was impossible to maintain such a huge team for a long time by looting, so it was necessary to expand further to the surrounding area. However, there were conflicts between the leaders in terms of expansion methods. Some advocated attacking by force. Bijing, the Red Lotus Sect's team has now expanded to more than 100,000 people, and there are enough troops to launch wars. However, some people believe that the Yingzhou Prefecture model should be adopted, and the scholars should be recruited in the famous discussion of preaching and rescuing the scholars.

Then, the uprising was launched. Yingzhou Prefecture could serve as the base of the Red Lotus Sect to provide support for operations in various places. After all, the east of Yingzhou Prefecture is Fengyang Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture is in the southeast, and Lu'an Prefecture is in the south; the west and north are in Henan Province. But the surrounding area is either the territory of East China, or the resettlement camps are set up. At this time, the leaders of the Red Lotus Sect were still clear-headed and knew that East China Prefecture was not easy to mess with, so they finally decided to adopt the Yingzhou Prefecture model and expand to the four sides of Yingzhou Prefecture.

However, the expansion of the Red Lotus Sect was extremely unsuccessful, because Fengyang Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture had disaster victim resettlement camps, which had already accommodated a large number of victims, including some victims who escaped from Liuhe Prefecture. After all, they could survive. The people were most respectful to monks and Taoists. They were brainwashing myths such as the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha and the Holy Mother of the Lotus Sect, which was to listen to them as a story, but no one was willing to do the mansion if they wanted them to believe in Maitreya Buddha, the Holy Mother of the Lotus Sect, etc., so the Red Lotus Sect could not recruit many believers here. They worked for nearly 20 days and only 23,000 believers were recruited.

The people who preached in Henan were even worse, because under the rule of East China, the farmers in Henan had all been assigned to the fields, their living standards had been greatly improved, and they had basically achieved food and clothing. Naturally, they were not interested in religion. Moreover, East China's management of religion is quite strict, and they are absolutely forbidden to run around to preach. Religious people can only preach in religious places, let alone foreign religions like the Red Lotus Sect. Moreover, East China's control over the grassroots level is far from the Qing court. It is impossible for the Red Lotus Sect to take the route of surrounding the cities in the countryside. The missionaries were soon discovered by the local people, and most of them were arrested, and only a few people who saw the opportunity escaped.

The failure of missionary expansion also forced the Red Lotus Sect to stand up and take risks and adopt the method of force expansion. After all, if you are trapped in Yingzhou Prefecture, you will have a dead end. Only by expanding outward can you have the opportunity to survive and even become a big shot.

However, the Red Lotus Sect's missionary experience in Henan Province also attracted the attention of the East China **, and soon the ins and outs of the Red Lotus Sect was clarified and attached great importance to it. Bi Jing was too close to Luzhou Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture.

There are also two voices in the East China ****************************************************************************** can accept members of the Boxer Rebellion. Some people even believe that the Red Lotus Sect can be included in the East China ********************* can accept members of the Boxer Rebellion, and some people can even use the religious attributes of the Red Lotus Sect to serve the people, such as stabilizing the grassroots, engaging in underground work, etc.

However, this opinion was strongly opposed by another group of people. Although the People's Army did accept many members of the Boxer Rebellion, these Boxer Rebellion members joined the People's Army in scattered ways and did not join. Moreover, after joining the People's Army, these people basically broke away from the Boxer Rebellion and were completely transformed into People's Army soldiers. If the Red Lotus Sect joins the East China **, they will inevitably join collectively and retain their religious attributes. The loose and random religion of the Red Lotus Sect will inevitably cause a large number of unstable factors to the East China ***. Moreover, the goal of the East China ** is to establish a modern country, and a modern country relies on laws and systems, and must not rely on religion. Therefore, the Red Lotus Sect should be resolutely banned. Even if it is to be accepted, it must first use violent means to break up the organizational structure of the Red Lotus Sect, so that the religious people can integrate into the East China ** as an individual, and then undergo transformation.

After discussion by the Executive Yuan, it finally decided to use tough measures to ban the Red Lotus Cult. At this moment, the Red Lotus Cult also launched an action and entered Lu'anzhou, which seemed to be invading Luzhou Prefecture. So Qingdao immediately generated electricity to Shanghai and informed the disaster relief command of the disaster relief headquarters. It also stated that when necessary, it could apply to East China ** to mobilize the garrison in Henan Province to provide support.

At this time, Luo Yue had already sailed with the transport fleet, and only Li Songchen stayed in Shanghai. After receiving the notice from Qingdao, Li Songchen did not dare to neglect it and immediately issued a power notice to Luo Yue who was still on the way, as well as the disaster resettlement camps in Luzhou and Fengyang.

After reading the telegram, Luo Yue realized that the operation of this inspection was probably not simple. However, he was not too worried. Bi Jing led two battalions of guards, and the disaster resettlement camps in Luzhou and Fengyang also had two battalions of troops to defend each. Even if the security teams formed by each resettlement camp were not included, Luo Yue also had 6 battalions, about 5,000 troops. Although the Red Lotus Sect has gathered more than 100,000 people, they are all mobs. Luo Yue does not think that the Red Lotus Sect has many modern weapons. If there are not enough modern weapons, no matter how many people are, no matter how many people are in front of the People's Army, there are only a pile of meat in front of the People's Army. Moreover, there are garrisons in Henan Province that can provide support. In addition, the East China ** also controls the advantages of water, so Luo Yue believes that as long as he does not make a big mistake, the Red Lotus Sect is not worth worrying.

Of course, the most urgent task now is to rush to the disaster victim resettlement camp in Luzhou as soon as possible to understand the specific situation and make arrangements. During the battle just now, the fleet had been delayed by more than two hours. However, before that, the problem of prisoners must be solved first.

So Luo Yue ordered the two warships, Zhecheng and Shipu, to escort the four captured warships and Qing soldiers back to Shanghai and handed them over to the Shanghai Disaster Relief Command for disposal, and then rush back to the Luzhou disaster victim resettlement camp to meet with him.
Chapter completed!