The entire Danyang County is in full swing.

780,000 blacksmiths and more than 100,000 miners and migrant workers dug iron ore and smelted iron and steel in Ma'anshan, creating all kinds of steel equipment for the new army.

Carriages with sealed steel plates, infantry steel armor, war vests, swords, guns, guns...

In some other counties in Danyang County, a large number of women and unemployed displaced people were also organized to build 300,000 pairs of stirrups, high-bridge saddles, and so on.

Chu Tianxiu also built a new large-scale wine-making workshop, recruited thousands of people, and urgently produced a large batch of high-purity alcohol.

The rebellion of the princes caused unrest and brought with them a large number of unemployed and homeless people.

The large-scale requisition of labor to work not only restored the production destroyed after the rebellion of the princes, gave them a bite to eat, greatly stabilized the economy, but also quickly supplied a large number of military supplies.

The powerful production capacity of the Great Chu Dynasty is by no means comparable to that of the Xiongnu. Even if the Xiongnu were given several years, they might not have had time to make so many munitions.

...

Shortly after the beginning of autumn.

Chu Tianxiu took the 1,000 students of the Military Martial Arts Academy as the core, selected elite soldiers from the Great Chu Army, and reorganized a new army of 50,000 people.

20,000 chariots, 20,000 gunpowder lancers, 10,000 heavy cavalry.

Subsequently, together with Li Yu, he led this new army to set off, mobilized a large number of ships, crossed the river, and went to Taiyuan, an important town in northern Xinjiang 2,000 miles away.

The New Army made a long journey.

This trip will take a month and a half just to travel.

At this time, Taiwei Li Rong was in Taiyuan City, organizing the defense of the frontier army, except for Shuofang City was occupied by the Xiongnu, there was no major rout in the frontier.

The New Army was accompanied by many talented people.

This year's imperial examination wizard Sang Hongyang, who is the most good at calculating, was also recruited by Chu Tianxiu to serve as the commander of the new army. Responsible for the general logistics of the Forces nouvelles, as well as the liquidation of all relevant books.

Zhu Maichen also brought it, he had a lot of experience in Tuntian, and Chu Tianxiu was ready to let him go to Tuntian in the northwest to grow grain. In this way, the local food supply is satisfied, and there is no need to transport food from long distances.

In addition, Monk Dahai and his newly recruited seventy-two disciples and monks were also recruited to join the army.

Other people can say that they are useful. But this group of monks didn't do anything, Amitabha Buddha all day long, and the generals didn't know what to take them to do.

Even the Dalai Lama monk was puzzled.

He has been staying well in Jinling City, the great cause of spreading Buddhism has just made a little improvement, and he is preparing to build a temple, why did Xiao Duhou recruit him and his disciples into the army?!

Excessive chanting of mantras for fallen soldiers?

The Great Chu Dynasty is not doing this now, even if you want to read it, it is all Taoist priests who do these jobs.

Dahai thought about it, but he couldn't figure out what Chu Tianxiu wanted to do.

However, Dahai didn't dare to ask, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

Chu Tianxiu rode on a horse and hurried, and by the way, he also exercised his riding skills.

He saw Da Hai walking around beside him from time to time, the Zen staff in his hand jingling, and his heart was heavy, and he saw the doubts in Da Hai's heart.

"Dahai, Benhou will take you to the Western Regions, which is naturally of great use."

"In the frontier land, Beirong, Xidi, Nanban, Dongyi, the people are fierce, like a jungle tiger wolf, lacking words and words, barbarism does not know how to educate! It is the Buddhism of great compassion that is needed to influence them! ”

"All the places conquered by our Great Chu Army, the tribes that surrendered and submitted, all took Buddhism as the state religion. Educate its people, abandon the sword soldiers, and cultivate their temperament! ”

"The thirty-six countries in the northwest and the Western Regions, the Xianbei in the northeast, and the barbarian countries in the southwest all need to be like this.

After the conquest of the marquis, each family must produce at least one male monk to enjoy revered treatment and specialize in Buddhism. ”

"Didn't you train seventy-two disciples, cultivate them well, and then let them all go to these small countries one by one to become national teachers!"

"Dahai, what do you think of Ben Hou's idea?"

Chu Tianxiu said with a smile.

Dahai looked up in amazement and was stunned.

State religion?

The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, even Xianbei and so on, the state religion of all the surrounding barbarian lands? Every family, one person learns Buddhism?!

Xiao Duhou's hand is too big!

It was so big that he couldn't believe it.

"When~, really?"

Dahai was completely stunned.

His dream in this life is nothing more than being in a temple in the east and spreading Tianzhu Buddhism to the east. When his disciples and grandchildren spread and are accepted by the people of Great Chu, it is estimated that it will be at least one or two hundred years later.

"Ben Hou spoke, is it true that it is inappropriate?

And that's not all.

The Great Chu Imperial Court will also issue a holy decree to you, personally canonize you as the national teacher in the Western Regions, and grant you titles that will be inherited from generation to generation to ensure inheritance and legitimacy from generation to generation.

The Buddha Sect of the Western Regions, they will all be your disciples and grandchildren. Of course, you have to discipline your disciples and grandchildren. ”

Chu Tianxiu said lightly.

"Really?"

When Dahai heard this, he trembled with excitement.

He came from Tianzhu and came to Dachu in the East to preach.

I have been busy for a year or two, and I have not achieved anything. It was not easy to keep up with Xiao Duhou, and only then did he recruit a group of poor-born disciples in Dachu and follow him to learn Buddhism.

Unexpectedly, he has only followed Xiao Duhou for a year, and he has been so prosperous. What would take hundreds of years to accomplish can be done in just a few years.

Dahai hurriedly bowed down, kowtowed deeply, his eyes were full of light, and he was grateful: "The Buddha is very good, and he has a great grace for Eastern Buddhism!" The Buddha is sent, and Dahai will definitely go all out. When the imperial court is sent, my Buddhism will be effective and loyal to Dachu for generations. ”

"Hmm!"

Chu Tianxiu nodded slightly.

Why did he choose Buddhism to educate the countries of the Western Regions, but not Taoism and Confucianism?

Taoism is a bit born, and if you want to become an immortal in the end, you have no quarrel with the world, and it is difficult to complete this important task. Even in Dachu itself, after a short period of prosperity, it is gradually declining.

Let Taoism attack from all sides, it is too difficult for strong people.

And Confucianism, although the education is good, is... It's hard to see an immediate result.

In ancient history, only Buddhism has most perfectly completed the mission of "conquering the Western Regions without blood".

The new army did not waste time for a month and a half on the road to the north of Xinjiang, 2,000 miles away.

The 50,000-strong army was on the road while practicing various actual combat exercises such as "rushing, sprinting, scattering, assembling, rushing, outflanking, and camping in the field."

Even a part of the light cavalry was simulated as Hun cavalry, and the Xiongnu attack tactics were used to attack the army.

Run and fight, carry out a simulated battle of thousands of miles of running, familiarize yourself with all kinds of firearms and equipment in your hands, the tactics of musketeers, heavy cavalry, and infantry chariots, and at the same time enter the actual combat state as soon as possible.

On the prairie, it is easy to fly hundreds of miles, or even one or two thousand miles away.

In this way, when they arrive at the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, they will be accustomed to this kind of ultra-long-distance and roundabout rush battle, and reduce their fear of war.