The battle has reached this level, and in fact, Shen Mo's side has gained considerable advantages.

Now they knew the background and location of the cult, found the spies inside, and the evidence was conclusive.

But it's not yet time to close the net.

Because on Shen Mo's side, there are two problems that have not been solved yet.

The first is of course the Mongolian spy, who has not yet surfaced yet.

If Shen Mo takes action now, it is very likely that he will hide it when he hears the news.

It is impossible for Shen Mo to let him escape from his sight for a person like this.

Another problem that Shen Mo needs to solve is the large number of believers who are now absorbed by the Hongyang Sect and the people who are bewitched by them.

According to Shen Mo's statistics, there are as many as 20,000 to 30,000 people who officially join the Hongyang Sect.

Now this group of people has been completely deceived by the evil sayings of the Hongyang Sect, and many of them have even become fanatical believers of the Hongyang Sect.

The most representative of these people is the Holy Sect Master Hou Peng, the chief guardian of the Holy Sect. In addition, there are countless fools who have been bewitched.

Now, as long as the leader Huo Yaomin gives orders, they are willing to sacrifice their property and even their lives.

There are countless people among the believers, such as the Little Aries who use their physical body to give charity.

These people are actually victims, so Shen Mo certainly cannot destroy these tens of thousands of people at once.

But if Shen Mo just killed a cult leader like Huo Yaomin and ignored them, these people would have a huge hidden danger among the people.

At that time, those who have ulterior motives in the sect will definitely embellish the leader Huo, who was captured by the government, as a martyrdom hero.

Or if there is another cult leader like Huo Yaomin, he will easily use these ready-made believers to make a comeback at an extremely fast speed.

Therefore, Shen Mo not only wanted to kill the leaders of this group of cults, but also to knock down the doctrine of the cult in one fell swoop in the minds of all Jiangzhou believers and completely shatter their faith! Just thinking about it can tell that this is really easy to do.

The cult itself brainwashed the people very thoroughly, not to mention that science in this era was not prosperous, and the entire society was shrouded in the atmosphere of feudal superstition.

So if Shen Mo wanted to do this by popularizing scientific knowledge and breaking feudal superstition, he really didn't know how much effort it would take.

Therefore, the quickest way he could think of now was to use poison to fight poison, use his superstition to break the superstition of cults in the hearts of the people.

Now, Ling Xiaozi, the national master of the Song Dynasty, was heading towards Jiangzhou under his command.

Shen Mo's intention was to let Ling Xiaozi have an earth-shaking battle with the cult leader, and to catch all the backbone of the crooked and evil cultivators in one go.

As for the people who were deceived by cults, Shen Mo could take this opportunity to destroy their faith.

Then they felt awe of Ling Xiaozi and even the current imperial court.

Only then will we open up people's wisdom and popularize scientific education... It is a long-term and continuous process that will take 30 or 50 years to achieve results.

Of course, Shen Mo had to do these things, but for Jiangzhou in front of him, he had to take the next dose of a powerful medicine that would take effect quickly.

Of course, Shen Mo is far from doing this in Jiangzhou now.

In fact, when he went on tour, he had brought the entire team to deal with government affairs.

In other words, wherever he goes, the entire ruling center of the Song Dynasty will move.

While busy with Jiangzhou affairs, Shen Mo was also handling government affairs across the country.

Of course there are a lot of good news about the new policy here, but negative reports also fly towards him like snowflakes.

The first is the military newspaper from the border. After the Mongolians were silent for a while, they began to get ready again.

...This time the Mongols did not launch a large-scale attack because their current arms industry and manpower preparations did not reach their peak.

But it was obvious that Shen Mo's opponent Temujin was preparing in a hurry while starting to test the Song Dynasty.

On the periphery of the Yanshan defense line, the Thunder Fortress built by Shen Mo in his original Huanzhou location has been constantly being attacked by Mongolian troops in recent days.

The Thunder Fortress is located deep into the enemy territory, on the banks of the Lightning River on the Mongolian grasslands.

Although there is only this lonely fortress, it is built on a place that makes the Mongols very uncomfortable.

The Thunder Fortress cut off the connection between the Mongolians and the South, making it impossible for large grasslands to be used as a ranch for Mongolian herders, and of course it cannot be used as the starting point for the army to set off.

This caused the Mongols to actually lose this large piece of land and invisibly lengthen the supply line of the army in future operations, which Temujin could not tolerate.

Therefore, before the Mongolian army's weapons began to take shape and a large amount of gunpowder equipment was gradually mass-produced, and before entering the Mongolian army's combat sequence, this Thunder Fortress became the place for both sides to tug-of-war.

For Shen Mo, Thunder Fortress is the outpost of the huge Yanshan defense line, and the fortress’s guards Yu Jie and Bu Yucheng are both young and newcomers.

Therefore, it is not easy for the Mongolians to capture this fortress. Instead, the Thunder Fortress is like a sharp knife inserted into the enemy's ribs, constantly bleeding the Mongolian army.

On the other hand, the Mongols regarded the Thunder Fortress as a test site for their own testing of new weapons and equipment.

No matter what gunpowder weapon they made, they would pull it to the vicinity of the Lightning River and try it out with the defenders of the Thunder Fortress.

During this period, the Mongols also gained a lot of experience in the application and improvement of gunpowder weapons on the battlefield.

They have many whimsical ideas and flashy designs that will be beaten to pieces once they arrive on the battlefield, and then they will be quickly improved by Mongolian craftsmen.

However, for the defensive troops of Thunder Fortress, they have the "Big Demon King" artillery, an unparalleled destructive weapon in the defensive battle.

If the Mongols use their best human sea tactics to charge forward, the great devil can even kill two or three hundred of them with one shot, so the defense of the fortress will never be a problem.

What's more, in that fortress, Li Muyuan, who was best at position defense around Shen Mo, went to the fortress several times as the squad leader of the Blade Camp, and made modifications to their defense.

There were also veterans from the Yitian Fortress who came to the fortress to teach their experience and help train soldiers, so the battle of the Thunder Fortress was always very exciting.

Among the generals of the fortress, Yu Jie had a strong overall view and was good at defending the situation, while Bu Yucheng's boy was clever and ingenious. They even led their men and horses to rush out of the fortress and took the initiative to attack the enemy.
Chapter completed!