Chapter 201: Hu Riding with the Tomb
The capital city of Peshawar was guarded by the Forbidden Army, and troops outside the Forbidden Army were generally not allowed to enter the city.
The city patrol guards belong to the non-main force of the forbidden army, responsible for daily patrols and maintenance of law and order, and once they encounter foreign enemies, they will issue alarms to notify the main force, so at best they are similar to the organization of the police in later generations.
The patrol guards were rarely equipped with long-range weapons, and even spears were scarce, so they were in a hurry, but the soldiers stationed at the city gates were armed with infantry bows and spears, and their combat effectiveness was slightly stronger.
Zhang Bai hid on the highest floor of the temple at this time, the temple was rebuilt with a three-story tour boat, the so-called three-story refers to the part above the side of the ship, and now, the whole ship is placed on land, so it is naturally seen as a four-story height.
The height of the highest floor is almost the same as that of the walls of Peshawar.
Zhang Bai didn't want others to see through that this was actually a boat, so he took Nanhua, Yu Ji, Ma Ge and others overnight to cut and modify the part with the characteristics of a tour boat. For example, the bow of the ship is clearly anchored, the colored light bulbs that are decorated on the perimeter and do not light up, and the stern of the ship with the engine installed.
Zhang Bai decided to stay with this engine, so he personally commanded it, and a group of people worked hard to unscrew the screws that fixed the machine, and then Zhang Bai used the ingestion technique to make the big guy disappear.
Sotel, Daolao and others sent people everywhere to find ways to get stones and timber to block the cut walls.
All the things that don't belong to this era, Zhang Bai, who can hide them, has tried his best to hide them, but there are too many loopholes, if you leave it alone, probably the future generations of this world line, from this temple, there will be many more "miracles" than now.
For example, the two ten-meter-tall statues of the gods, which are far above the city walls, are spectacular when viewed from below. The outsiders from Peshawar saw the idol before they entered the city.
This kind of bronze statue with an alloy coat can never be a thing of this era, Zhang Bai is secretly thinking in his heart, maybe in the future, it will be better to use some excuse to replace the statue of the god and replace it with a stone statue. But now that time is precious, let it go.
At this time, his eyes were staring at the guards patrolling the city, the more than 200 people were in a mess, there was neither a queue nor a bow and arrow, although the number of his mercenaries was small, but there were Mu Jing, Nanhua and other masters in charge, these soldiers and ruffians should not be opponents.
The slightly worried were the guards on the city walls, they had bows and arrows, and if they could defeat them, their own side would definitely lose.
He wanted to get the congregation involved, but there was too little time, and the tribal meeting was going to take place tonight.
Besides, he had one more thing to be wary of. This morning, two flying boats successively issued the same alarm to Zhang Bai, not far south of Peshawar, on the other side of the Indus River, a cavalry was preparing to cross the river. The number and commander of the team are not clear, and they do not know which side they belong to.
Zero sneaked to the south of the city and watched the cavalry silently in the sky.
Judging by the intelligence, they were about a thousand men, all of them on war horses, dressed in light armor, carrying spears and bows and arrows, in orderly formation, marching in an orderly manner, and should have been a well-trained army.
Zero and the Apostle, who landed briefly on the banks of the Indus last night, mainly for a little resupply and personnel change in case of a possible battle.
The command of the Apostle was handed over to Chen Cao, Zheng Xuan and Huang Xian'er, the three Shu generals, and the three of them cooperated tacitly, in addition to controlling the spaceship, they could also command the remaining retinue and mercenaries to fight, and they had a total of more than a dozen people, which was also a combat force. So the Apostle, as the main warship, stayed over Peshawar.
The command of Zero was handed over to Yu Ji, who was highly skilled in cultivation and medical skills. The ship houses a few children, including Lingling, Sangha and Waibao Buji, plus surgeon Titus and a hard-working Jinchi, a rescue ship that combines reconnaissance and medical treatment.
Zhang Bai was thinking about his next plan while observing the surroundings on the top floor. At the same time, he gave full play to the advertising professional habits of his previous life, dedicated to three purposes, and was still using the technique of wind and sand in his hand to polish a wooden board.
This wooden board was taken out of the tattooed nine-story tower by Zhang Bai, and it was a piece of building wood. He originally wanted to get a slate, but Dao Lao found one for him, but Zhang Bai felt that it would not work when he saw it.
Because he was going to polish the coat of arms of Lord Ahura Mazda, which was to be hung at the entrance of the temple, which was built in a hurry, and there was no suitable hanging point at the entrance, and if you put a heavy stone on it, it might fall down at any time, maybe it would hit the devotees.
That's why he endured the pain, took out his family foundation, and carved it with a large piece of wood. In his previous life, he was an art graduate, and this matter is not complicated.
Earlier, he had asked Daddy Sotter for a Zoroastrian emblem and asked him what the emblem meant.
In the center of the coat of arms, there is a figure representing the god Ahura Mazda and his God-given free will.
The human hand holds a ring that symbolizes the cycle of rebirth in this world and other physical spaces, the circle in the middle represents the soul, and the outstretched wings represent the energy that helps the soul evolve and transition.
The wings have five layers of feathers, and these five layers of feathers represent the five Gazal hymns of the prophets, as well as the five segments of the day, the five senses, and the five stages that the soul must go through in the mystic sense of the stage to God.
There are three layers of feathers on the tail, which represent the path of the three virtues: good words, good thoughts, and good deeds.
All patterns are symbolic. In ancient times, there were not too many realistic carvings, Zhang Bai's craftsmanship was excellent, and there was no pressure at all for this kind of ancient carving, almost geometric shapes.
After the engraving, Zhang Bai sent a message to everyone in the Air Force Regiment, and called Father Sotel and a group of beggars to gather in the open space outside the temple. When the believers saw this, they also gathered.
Zhang Bai saw that there were quite a few people gathered, so he came to the top floor of the temple, and prepared to give a speech as usual, and he also prepared a scripture in advance, and read it word for word, and then he carved his badge and let people hang it above the gate.
He used a bit of vocal magic to increase his volume and give a speech:
"Today is the first day after the temple was built, O Fellow Citizens of Heaven! When you see the great consequences of the worship or disregard of the gods in the world, do you understand how great the sin we are planning when we have not yet completely freed ourselves from the destruction caused by our own sins and depravity?
Our kingdom of heaven was established by God's will, and there is no place in God's land that is not related to religion, and there is no place where there is no god who does not exist.
All formal sacrifices, just as they have a designated date, also have a designated place. This is believed to be an omen that this will be the place where the world leader and supreme power will be.
It was here that the ritual of the Peshawar temple cleansed the world with flames, and Lord Ahura Mazda moved for the sake of man. ”