Chapter 234: The Battle of Shao Ping (6) - Trick Immortal
The Black Turban Army has a set of extremely effective strategies to deal with foreigners, which has already begun to take shape during the previous westward journey.
The main body of the Black Turban Army comes from the Sun State, so the Sun people have a higher status in the Black Turban Army, followed by slaves, and the number of slaves is also very considerable.
Therefore, slaves can often stay in the rear without having to act as cannon fodder, such as Bai He is a slave and has a natural affection for the Black Turban Army.
For the mutiny of the Sun army, the Black Turban Army's countermeasure was to transfer middle-level officers to other armies in the name of promotion, so that the soldiers did not recognize the generals and did not know the soldiers, and it was difficult to form a relationship of trust in a short period of time, and then transferred to the hinterland of foreign countries to serve as rear security forces, so that there was no possibility of defecting to foreign armies, especially the life and death enmity between Zhiguo and Xianguo, where could Zhiguo people take refuge in Xianguo.
As for the mutinous foreign princes and generals, the Black Turban Army used the method of mixing sand and throwing stones to destroy its organization, incorporated a large number of foreign soldiers into its command, and let the generals of the Sun State serve as deputies, and at the same time ordered the Holy Envoy to further propagate the cult ideology of the Black Turban Army in order to corrupt and control the entire army.
If you want to mutiny against Lu Zhao and Fang Qian, you naturally can't do it in the name of Xianjun, so Sikong Nan simply entered the city in the name of Long Yuan Heavenly King, and Long Yuan came from Xu State in name and catered to the favor of the two of them.
At the same time, he was planning to provoke an incident in the name of delaying the rebellion of the military aircraft by Taishou Wang Quan, so as to create chaos, and with the 2,500 men and horses of the Leopard Tao Battalion and Bai He as the dependent, it was still possible for the Black Turban Army to kill each other.
"Brother Bai He, if this matter can be completed, I will protect General Wei to you."
"The official is good, but how can the two of them believe that Wang Quan is rebelling, and what if they find the holy envoy to ask the will of heaven."
"As long as I can see both of them, I will trust them. As for the Holy Envoy, you have people prepare a pot of oil in the camp, and you have to put it full of oil, and boil it hot, and then see how he gets out of the pot to make money. ”
Sikong Nan wanted to see how the holy envoy would ask God for the will of heaven when he arrived.
The two of them decided, Bai He and Sikong Nan rode to the Lu Zhao Defense Area in the east of the city, the matter has passed, Lu Zhao is waiting for the change of guard, seeing Bai He coming, Lu Zhao lukewarmly politely said:
"General Bai He is doing well today."
"Everything is okay."
As he spoke, Lu Zhao's eyes fell on Sikong Nan and asked:
"I don't know who this general is."
"This is Sikong Nan, the commander of the Thousand Commanders under the command of the Heavenly King of Longyuan, and he is also a native of Shaoping, and he is a friend of the next generation. Today, I passed by the city to urge food, and I went into the city to get together. ”
"Oh, it was originally under the command of the Longyuan Heavenly King, a rare guest."
Lu Zhaoluo gave a lukewarm salute, and Sikong Nan arched his hand and said:
"General Lu is polite, I will pass by Shao Ping and come back to visit one or two."
"Oh, that's the east of the main city of General Sikong's family, and you're passing by the general's defense area?"
"Hehe, where, Sikong was ordered to urge food, but he didn't want Wang Taishou to delay the military plane." Sikong Nan answered the question, faintly revealing that he did not conceal it.
Lu Zhao didn't doubt it, but was thinking, Long Yuan was originally a guest army, and the guest army received grain and grass from the main family, how could it be so easy.
"General Sikong, Shao Ping's grain and grass are tight, and it is not easy for Wang Taishou to borrow grain.
Lu Zhao's reaction was said by Bai He, this person is indeed not easy to fool. After thinking for a moment, Sikong Nan remained silent, first looked up at the sky, and then sighed:
"It seems that what the Heavenly Master said is indeed true."
Lu Zhao also looked up at the sky, but he didn't understand what it meant:
"What does General Sikong mean at this time?"
"The Heavenly Master once did it, and it was expected that everything would not go well in the north, and he originally did not plan to enter Shaoping to raise grain, but the grain and grass ran out, so he had to raise grain in Shaoping."
"Oh, and that matter!" Lu Zhao was convinced, and asked again: "How can the division say about the war that day?" ”
"The Heavenly Master secretly said that our army will be able to win, and then the guest troops from all walks of life will be able to return to their hometowns, kill the enemy and return home." Sikong Nan deliberately catered to Lu Zhao's thoughts, and saw a trace of expectation flashing in his eyes, and said: "This general was originally fighting in Xu State, and after the defeat of Xu State, he followed the King of Longyuan to attack Thunder City to attack the Jin army, if the Jin army is defeated, the endgame of Xianguo can be determined, and then it will be to go east to look at the Qinjiang River, according to the river and defend the troops to the south to swallow Zhiguo, then General Lu can not contribute to the Tianwang southward expedition to Zhiguo." ”
Sikong Nan's words were colorful, and Lu Zhao couldn't help but feel a little moved:
"If this is the case, Lu is willing to be the vanguard, kill back to Zhiguo to overthrow the tyranny, and return the people to a peaceful and prosperous world, why not unify the world."
"What General Lu said is extremely true, the monarch of the world will win." Sikong Nan echoed, and the next moment he changed his words and said, "However, some people are too chilling. ”
"General Sikong, what do you mean by this?"
"Oh, it's nothing, just don't say it."
Sikong Nan wanted to speak and stopped, and Lu Zhao asked:
"Please let the general say clearly, what is the matter?"
"Alas......" Sikong Nan pretended to be embarrassed: "I was rejected from the south gate of the city last night, and I secretly saw ice and snow in the pond, and I knew that the matter of raising food would not go well." ”
Lu Zhao was shocked when he heard the news:
"It's so hot, how can there be ice and snow in the water?"
"Yes, Ben Jiang also thinks it is strange, but thinking of the words of the Heavenly Master, and then thinking of what Wang Taishou did, it can't help but make people feel chilled."
"Oh, isn't the omen of ice and snow really ominous?"
Lu Zhao guessed, Sikong Nan nodded, leaned forward and whispered:
"The Heavenly Master once asked Heaven's will, saying that if you see ice and snow in this kind of weather, there must be a traitor. Ben saw ice and snow outside the city last night, and if he saw ice and snow in the city again, someone would definitely do something that would chill everyone's hearts.
Sure enough, when he went to General Bai He's camp, he found that there was ice and snow floating in the water, so he was even more convinced of the fact that the heavenly master asked the sky, and there must be traitors in this Shaoping City who went against the sky, and if he was not careful, he might attract the curse of heaven.
General Lu, do you still remember the rumors of the heavy snow on the banks of the Yongxing River last year, the Xian army went against the sky and caused a blizzard, but it is a pity that the Xian army had a demon to retribution, and failed to get what it wanted. And now that Shao Ping has seen the ice and snow again, it must be a bad omen! ”
Sikong Nan was alarmist, but Lu Zhao was a little convinced, and looked at Bai He and asked:
"General Bai He, is this true?"
Where did Bai He know about Sikong Nan's play, he wanted to shake his head and say that he didn't know, but seeing Sikong Nan hinting again and again, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say:
"Yes, there is such a thing, and the general didn't believe it at the time, but there are traces of ice and snow, but at this time, I am afraid that it has melted away."
Bai He said carefully, and Sikong Nan took over the conversation:
"General Lu Zhao, if you don't look for it in your territory, maybe you can also find the omen!"
"It's so hot, can you really be spotted?" Lu Zhao was skeptical.
"The emperor pays off, as long as he looks for it, he may be able to find something."
Sikong Nan affirmed, Lu Zhao touched his chin and thought for a moment and said:
"Well, Ben will immediately make people search around."
"No! This is a matter of top secret, and if it be proclaimed, and known to the wicked, will the heads of those below not be moved. ”
Lu Zhao frowned and said:
"You mean, Taishou Wang Quan!"
Sikong Nan didn't nod either, but said ambiguously:
"Wang Taishou is the hand-picked Taishou of the Shengyan Heavenly King, and I am the general of the Longyuan Heavenly King, how can I say such a rebellious thing nonsense. Since the Heavenly Master has said that it must be the will of Heaven to secretly grant the opportunity, as for how to deal with it, it is the matter of the Heavenly Kings, if our subordinates speculate on the intentions of the heavens, and are listened to by people with ulterior motives, they will be charged with a crime of telling right and wrong, General Lu thinks that this is the case. ”
"Well, that's true. Don't hide it from General Sikong, Wang Quan has indeed gone too far. Even though Zhiguo and Xianguo had enmity, they never put the Xianguo people to death. After Wang Quan became the Taishou, he moved a large number of people from Sun Guo and rushed Shao Pingxian into the army to die, but these wicked people still want me to wait for Zhiguo and Xu Guoren to do it, which is really hateful. ”
"Oh, what a loss of conscience. You and I both serve the monarch's father, and he Wang Quan is different from the inside and outside, and it is really despicable to harm the people under his rule by such despicable means. So I ask the king of tomorrow to ask him for sin. But if there is no evidence, I am afraid that the Holy Yan Heavenly King will not be able to explain it. ”
"What you say is reasonable, then you and I will act separately and see if there is any sign of ice and snow."
"That's good!"
The three of them decided to do their separate things. Bai He beat a drum in his heart, and followed Sikong Nan and asked:
"Brother Sikong, you said before that there is no immortal art in the world, such a hot weather, if it is not immortal art, where will the heavy snow come from."
Sikong Nan said disapprovingly:
"Let's go, go to the stable, foolish brother, I will turn decay into magic for you today, and become a heavenly master again."
"Is this going to work?" Bai He beat a drum in his heart, where can he believe that Sikong Nan has any immortal arts.
But the Black Turban Army was convinced of what the Heavenly Master said, especially the Heavenly Master around the Heavenly King, and no one in the middle and high-level generals dared to refute it. Lu Zhao and the others were already superstitious about the legends of the gods, and when they heard that the Heavenly King of Longyuan followed the army to inquire about the results of the will of heaven, even if they doubted it, they wanted to verify it to comfort the awe of the gods in their hearts.
The two found a stable all the way, and when they saw the trough for feeding the horses, Sikong Nan took out the gourd given by Bailiyan. The note on the gourd had been destroyed by him, and when he opened the lid and smelled it, he was sure that it was white nitrate, so he poured potassium nitrate into the water in front of Bai Hao and stirred it with a wooden stick.
Bai He looked puzzled and asked:
"Brother Sikong, what are you doing?"
"You put your hand in the sink and see if it's cold."
Bai He was half incredulous, and when he hesitated, he saw that a thin layer of transparent things had surfaced on the water, and he carefully poked his hand into the water and touched it, and was immediately taken aback:
"It's cold, it's really frozen!"
"What's the matter, the foolish brother's immortal skills are brilliant!"
"Is it really immortal?"
Bai He believed it, but Sikong Nan scolded:
"Fool, how can there be any immortal art, this is a top-secret thing that my general's general has received, and only this thing can turn ice. Go and call Lu Zhao over, if it turns into a problem, it will be troublesome. ”