In Yan Baihu's stockade, in addition to removing the old, young and weak brigades, the elite and strong people who can be reorganized into the Jinling army are about 4,000 people.

Coupled with the 1,000 rangers led by Li Tong some time ago, roughly calculated, there are 5,000 more people in Jinling City to expand the military armament.

However, before carrying out the task of expansion, the potter had one last thing to get done.

Then defeat the rebellious thief of the Xia Pi Kingdom, Zhenrong.

The potters and Xu Chu and others entered the mountains to defeat Yan Baihu, while Chen Deng, Zhou Tai, Xu Rong and others stayed in Wu County.

Of course, Chen Deng and the others were not idle, he sent people north in Wu County to spread rumors, saying that the pottery merchants had led troops into the mountains and forests to crusade against Yan Baihu, and the two sides were uncertain, and it was difficult to distinguish the victory or defeat in three or five months, while the rest of the soldiers of the Jinling Army were temporarily stationed in Wu County and were ready to respond at any time.

In this way, the smoke bomb is considered to be arranged.

The so-called husband city has no tigers, but the three of them are tigers, and the rumors are made in this way.

In the next step, the potters had to quickly transfer their soldiers and horses to the north without the knowledge of the Xia Pi State, and directly take down the seat of the Xia Pi State - Xia Pi County.

However, before going to Xiapi County, the potter learned a very interesting information from Yan Baihu.

A message about Rongrong.

Zhenrong believed in Buddhism, Guangxing repaired Buddhist temples, and asked the people of Xiapi County to recite Buddhist scriptures day and night, so that a large number of monks and nuns from all over the world collectively moved to the jurisdiction of Xiapi County, and the potters knew about it.

There is only one thing that the potter knows is not very clear, in fact, he knows that these actions of advocating Buddhism are just a drop in the bucket for Zhenrong, Yan Baihu told the potter, Zhenrong will hold a grand "Buddha bathing meeting" in Xiapi County on the eighth day of April every year, that is, the birthday of the Buddha.

The extravagance of this Buddha bathing party, just the cost of setting up a wine banquet on the roadside, should be calculated in hundreds of millions.

The so-called Bathing Buddha, also commonly known as the Buddha Bath, originated from the legendary story of Prince Siddhartha's birth in the Lumbini Garden.

Zhenrong is very convinced of Buddhism, and since he came to Xiapi, he has to hold this "Buddha bathing meeting" every year.

Zhenrong not only required the monks and nuns of the entire Xiapi County to collectively go to the streets to promote the Buddha's teachings, but also spent a lot of tax money to arrange alms in the county.

I heard that the Futu Temple built by Zhenrong in Xiapi in these years, the Nine Mirror Pagoda are all made at a cost of hundreds of millions, there is a tower in the temple that it has become, there is a gold plate on it, there is a heavy building under it, it is extremely extravagant, and it is ingenious.

Compared with the means of Zhenrong, the potter's actions of mining salt in Jinling City, smelting fine armor, and building heavy armor iron horses in recent years are simply drizzle-like work.

On the day of the bathing Buddha meeting and a few days ago, the military and civilians of the entire Xiapi County basically did not do anything else, and everyone's attention was focused on how to participate in and hold this great annual festival.

On the day of the festival, there is no doubt that Xiapi City will be open to all four gates, welcoming people from all over the world and promoting Buddhism.

Coincidentally, the day of this year's Buddha bathing meeting is obviously approaching.

For potters, this is a godsend.

At that time, Xiapi City will attract monks and nuns from all over the world, and even many ordinary people who want to take advantage of the festival to eat and drink.

In such a chaotic festival, the defense force of Xiapi City can be said to be almost zero, but it is a wonderful opportunity for Taoshang and others to attack Xiapi County.

The potter really didn't expect Yan Baihu to be able to provide him with such a good idea, and he was a little overjoyed at the moment.

Who said that the White Tiger is a mediocre talent? Brother Dewang also has his advantages.

But on second thought, the potter was very curious about one thing.

Yan Baihu was in the deep mountains and old forests of Wu County, a person who lived with thick branches and linen all day long, how could he know so thoroughly about what happened in Xiapi County? And do you know so much about the Buddha bathing society?

Listening to Yan Baihu's description of the scene and the tone of description of the Buddha bathing meeting in Xiapi City, this old thief seems to have been immersed in the scene and experienced it himself.

And when he described the grandeur of the Buddha bathing meeting, his thin black face was full of envy and longing, and his eyes seemed to be flashing with little stars.

Could it be that this guy is also interested in Buddhism?

Combined with Yan Baihu's expression and demeanor, the potter pondered for a while before he suddenly realized.

The Buddha Bathing Festival is a major festival of the Buddhist family, especially in Xiapi City, in which the local monks should not only build a high platform and preach the Buddha's teachings in various places in the city, but also give alms to the monks and the common people as a means of propaganda to promote the Dharma.

When I heard that the Buddha bathing meeting, there are banquets set up by the side of each road, and the banquet can even go to the outside of the city, as long as dozens of miles, to provide the people who worship the Buddha to eat and drink, the food and labor costs in the county can be said to be countless, the luxury of the arrangement, the grandeur of the scene, the majesty of the momentum is rare in the world.

As for why Yan Baihu was so familiar with the specific situation of the Buddha Bathing Society.

It's so easy!

In previous years, when the Buddha bathing meeting, this King of Dongwu De must have led the people of the whole country in his village, and all the princesses of the country were counted, and everyone dressed up together, and the people of the country ran to the bathing Buddha meeting to eat and drink!

Thinking about Yan Baihu's princess's more than 200 catties, it is estimated that at least 150 catties of them are the fat that Zhen Rong raised for him!

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Before the sneak attack on Xiapi, the potter sent someone to contact Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling.

As one of the heads of the four major clans in Xuzhou, Zhao Yu's time in office is the same as that of the potter's appointment in Danyang County, but unfortunately the same people have different lives, the potter's life in Danyang County is smooth, but Zhao Yu is living a bitter life in Guangling.

Because before he arrived, many counties in Guangling had been actually controlled by Zhenrong.

Zhao Yu currently does not have much real power in Guangling County, and the short time he has been in the county guard is only one of them, mainly since he arrived in Ren Guangling, Zhen Rong has been thinking of ways to limit Zhao Yu's rights.

At present, Zhao Yu is in the eleven counties of Guangling, and less than half of the counties where the decrees issued by him can really be implemented.

Poor Zhao Yu, if you want to evaluate the first unlucky county guard in the early peace years, he is likely to be at the top of the list.

Zhao Yu didn't want to do this, he also wanted to show his skills and help Tao Qian lay a foundation in Guangling and prove his worth.

How can I not look at Zhenrong, although he advocates Buddhism and fools around with monks and nuns, he is definitely not the type of mortal, the essence of Zhenrong is a wolf ambition, fierce and murderous.

Historically, he spent almost all his life doing Buddhism, betrayal, and booby-trapping his partners.

Zhao Yu has not been killed by Zhen Rong until now, and in his heart, he is already a great creation.

In this case, what else did he talk about subduing Guangling County for Tao Qian.

However, the Prince of Peace is here, which is a great opportunity for Zhao Yu.

The potter sent Chen Deng to communicate with Zhao Yu, asking him to summon all the county commanders and important cadres of the subordinate counties of Guangling County to Guangling County, the seat of Guangling County, a few days before the Buddha Bathing Festival, in the name of the Guangling County Guard.

He asked Zhao Yu to also hold a Buddha bathing meeting in Guangling, and key officials in the county must participate.

The high-ranking officials of the county under Guangling County, although most of them are close associates of Zhenrong, do not obey Zhao Yu's transfer on weekdays, but the nature of the Buddha Bathing Festival is different.

Everyone knows that this festival is the National Day designated by their boss Zhenrong personally, and the people of the entire Xiapi County are crazy about it.

The year can be over, but the Buddha Bathing Festival must be passed!

Zhao Yu also held a Buddha bathing festival in Guangling, and those who were the descendants of Zhenrong naturally knew that Zhao Yu's move was to praise Zhenrong's sycophants, and they also knew that they were very happy to know the news.

As descendants, they can't and can't refuse.

On the eve of the festival, the potters ordered Xu Rong, Zhou Tai and others to secretly lead an elite Jinling army into the governance office of Guangling City to assist Zhao Yu as his team killer.

After the Rong cronies in the counties of Guangling County arrived at the office......

These people want to kill or chop, cut and bury, whether they want to make a Hongmen banquet or a glass of wine to release the military power or something, it depends on Zhao Yu's own mood and how he wants to play.

After the arrangements of Guangling County were completed, the potters immediately led the soldiers and horses in the mountains, and the soldiers were divided into two roads, taking advantage of the disturbance before the Buddha bathing festival, and rushed into the territory of Xiapi County with lightning speed.

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On the day of the Buddha Bathing Festival, the entire Xiapi County was full of people, and there were crowds of people.

Whether it is on both sides of the main street or around the temples and pagodas everywhere, there are banquets and high platforms all over the place, as far as the eye can see, there are monks everywhere preaching and preaching the scriptures under the support of the people, giving lectures on the Buddha's teachings, everyone is pious to the Buddha, full of kindness, it is really a scene of Buddha's light shining in bliss.

It's just Konishi.

The streets are full of slogans such as "Buddha Amitayus" and "Good and Good", and if anyone does not have one or two sentences of this in their speech, it will be like a great rebellion.

Except for those who were seated and eating, most of the people gathered around the hundreds of high platforms built in the city to listen to the senior monks above who were knowledgeable and knowledgeable to tell profound Buddhist stories to the commoners and ordinary monks below.

And Zhenrong himself, wearing a soap robe and holding a rosary in his hand, stood on the altar outside the most luxurious Futu Temple in Xiapi City, explaining the origin and inheritance of the Buddha Bathing Festival for the monks and people who surrounded the inner and outer three floors below.

The ancients had a saying: The body is skinned, and the parents are restrained, and they dare not destroy it, and filial piety is the beginning.

People in this era, under normal circumstances, will not easily damage their hair. Of course, it's not that they don't take care of their hair, but in general, they certainly can't cut their hair too much.

But the strange things like Zhen Rong, who worship Buddhism to the extreme, are naturally different from the behavior of ordinary people.

Buddhism is about cutting off all afflictions, and shaving your hair means cutting off all your troubles and vices. The so-called cutting off the three thousand troubles is derived from this.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Buddhist customs and rituals similar to abstaining from alcohol and meat had not yet been formally developed, so if you wanted to become a monk in that era, the most determined behavior was to go against the theory of "body hair and skin, and parents to receive it", and cut off all these filial piety bonds...... Shave your head directly!

As long as you shave your head and put on coarse cloth clothes, then in this era, you can be called a monk, no need to study!

As the first pioneer in promoting Buddhist theories in the entire Han Dynasty, Di Rong had the unshirkable responsibility to shave his own bald head.

And this old guy is very thorough, not only himself, but also the other drivers, practitioners, six Caos, captains, officers, and entourages of the Prime Minister of Pi State, and even the soldiers who are being prepared...... They all have to shave their heads one by one!

Living in Xiapi Kingdom, when you walk on the street, if you see a large group of bald old men riding tall horses with shiny heads walking towards you......

Don't be afraid, it's just a private visit by the top team members of Xia Pi State to inspect the people's situation.

He talked about Buddhism on the stage for a long time, and only after his mouth was dry before he stepped down and left, and replaced him with other Buddhist monks who continued to speak on stage.

As soon as Di Rong got off the stage, a little monk brought Jin Jue and a copper basin for Di Rong.

Zhenrong raised his head and took a big sip of water, and then spit it into the basin.

"Amitayus Buddha, this time the Buddha bathing meeting seems to be a lot more than in previous years." Zhen Rong turned his head to look down, and said to his men with emotion, his tone full of relief.

The little monks hurriedly nodded vigorously, patted their ass, and said: "The master's Buddhism is profound, and it is really immeasurable merit to attract pious people from all over the world to come here to receive the Buddha's teachings. ”

Zhen Rong likes to hear others say this about him, and nodded with satisfaction at the moment.

At this time, I saw a bald captain of the Xia Pi Kingdom, running towards Zhenrong in a panic.

When he ran to him, he saw that the captain's knees were weak, and with a "poof", he knelt directly in front of Zhenrong.

Seeing the performance of this school captain, Zhen Rong couldn't help frowning, and he was very unhappy.

What does it mean to celebrate the holidays? Ask the Buddha for a red envelope!

Zhen Rong recited a Zen saying: "Buddha Amitayus, you idiot, what is this doing?" Even if you are looking forward to worshiping the Buddha, you don't need to kneel down like this, the Dharma Hall is not as good as the county government, don't do this, hurry up, see what you look like! ”

After that, he stretched out his hands and put on a compassionate look, and went to hold the captain's arms, but he wanted to help him up.

The lieutenant didn't have time to comprehend Rongrong's affection, he shouted in a panic: "Master, something is wrong!" The scout reported that ten miles outside the southern city, thousands of men and horses appeared out of nowhere, and they were rushing to attack Xiapi City! The momentum is not small, and it is obviously prepared! Today is a grand festival, all four gates are open, the altars inside and outside the city are all over the city, at this moment and a half, the city gate is closed and he makes up for it! Master, what should I do? ”

Zhen Rong's compassionate expression immediately froze.