The Bright Cult came from generations of rebels.
It had everything needed for rebellion: advisers, scouts, grain transport officers.
Of course, those roles went by different names within the Bright Cult. Advisers were called White Paper Fans, scouts were called Straw Sandals... but their duties were clearly defined, and they knew their work inside out.
Once Yang Ge took charge, he began performing precise surgical strikes on the Eastern Isles ronin who had already landed, using the intelligence Gu Tong had collected and organized.
There was little worth recounting about the process. The ronin who had landed first along the southeastern coast were nothing but loose sand, in bands of three to five hundred at most, or thirty to fifty at least. They wandered aimlessly between coastal villages and small county towns, plundering as they went, and dared not touch even a slightly more populous county town.
With accurate intelligence, dealing with these rabble could hardly have been easier for Yang Ge.
For fifty Eastern Isles ronin, the Bright Cult sent two hundred men.
For a hundred Eastern Isles ronin, the Bright Cult sent five hundred men.
For two hundred Eastern Isles ronin, Yang Ge or Yang Tiansheng led the attack personally.
In short, they brought utterly overwhelming force to bear, chopping the enemy into mincemeat in a single blow and leaving them not the slightest chance to turn defeat into victory!
During this process, Yang Ge also mobilized the Bright Cult's men to expand and refine their intelligence network. Prince Ning's Ninghai Three Guards, the various guards of Jiangzhe, the Jiangzhe navy, and influential local officials, gentry, and great clans all came under surveillance, leaving no opening for them to coordinate with the invaders...
Once the two Yangs went into action, heads rolled all along the coast!
They killed