There is Zhang Jiao in the East, and Zhang Xiu in Han.

Taoism at the end of the Han Dynasty, the most famous of all the lines is Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao, and Zhang Xiu's Wudou Rice Dao, both of which believe in Lao Tzu's purpose of inaction, and take giving to the people, treating the people, curing people's illnesses and solving the suffering of the world as their own responsibility, opening a sect and recruiting believers. Speaking of which, fundamentally speaking, the morality of these two schools is noble, selfless, and pure.

But the problem is that after the evolution of the world and the change of mentality of the founders of the religion, these good religions that are deeply loved by the people have evolved into a warlord group, and their inner essence has undergone earth-shaking changes.

However, no matter how the mentality of the high-ranking people changes, the mentality of ordinary members of the church has not changed from beginning to end, and they still uphold the purest and most benevolent heart, believe in Lao Zhuang, believe in good deeds, and respect the Confucian faith in their hearts.

The teachings of the Wudoumi Sect may be their master, but they are not gods, the most revered Taoist ancestor of the Wudoumi Sect is their Xinyang root, the religion is the place, the ancestor is the outline, and the righteousness is the purpose, as long as there is the Taoist ancestor, the Wudoumi Sect can be everywhere, the doctrine is everywhere, the doctrine is everywhere, and it doesn't matter who is the leader!

What is really debatable is the attitude of those in power towards their religion.

And Yuan Shang, in the name of General Sima, promised to respect their followers in front of the three armies, and would help them propagate their teachings and expand their branches as an official, and this kind of treatment was absolutely different from the Taiping Dao ending, which was immediately classified as a cult after being strangled by the official army!

The end of the Taiping Dao was tragic and desolate, and the Wudoumi Church would not decline like the Taiping Sect, which was a fundamental factor for the people of Dongchuan not to deviate from Zhang Lu.

But judging from the current situation, Yuan Shang is a Confucian scholar. He is also a foreigner, but he still respects the Taoist ancestor and believes in Lao Zhuang, not only Kenna descends everyone to the people, but also respects the Lao Zhuang sect and gives them faith and support, so it seems that the future of the Wudoumi Sect is absolutely bright!

Now that he has a bright future, can still save his life and continue to have faith, who will accompany Zhang Lu to be buried here? Zhang Lu is the leader of the Five Doumi Sect. But it doesn't mean that the Five Dou Mi Sect is his, on the contrary, he is only the third generation leader of the Five Dou Mi Sect, and he is just a member of this sect, no matter what he has done, he will never be able to represent the Five Dou Mi Sect itself.

Finally, under the persecution and temptation of Yuan Shang and the majesty of the Taoist statue, these Hanzhong military horses with faith and desire to win followed the soldiers of ethnic minorities. Threes and threes walked towards Yuan Jun's camp.

Seeing this general trend, although Zhang Lu, like the other three leaders of ethnic minorities, was also angry, he did not make a murderous move.

After all, he is not a martial artist. It is the sect leader, in terms of cultural level and literacy, he is obviously higher than the quality of Bazhou Yiwang and others.

But seeing Zhang Lu sighing at the sky, he drank sadly and angrily.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable. The general trend is gone! ”

A smile appeared on Yuan Shang's handsome face, and he quietly looked at Zhang Lu and Pu Hu in the opposite array. Yuan Yue, Du Hao and other leaders smiled, and then waved their hands slightly.

"A few big guys, you have all become the commander of the light pole, what are you still doing independently of the golden rooster over there? Yuan's big tent outside the Meridian Valley has already laid down water and wine for a few people to wash the dust, and invited a few people to appreciate their faces, come over together, right? ”

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In the first battle of Meridian Valley, Yuan Shang bribed Yang Song with a lot of money according to Zhong Xuan's design, tricked Zhang Lu and the leaders of the ethnic minorities in Bazhou into sending troops, besieged them in one fell swoop, and used a combination of psychological tactics and Ende tactics to collect the surrender of the Hanba coalition army.

Bazhou surrendered 12,000 soldiers, Hanzhong ghost soldiers surrendered 25,000, plus the Luoyang Tianzi Army 3,000 who surrendered before, there were almost 40,000 people.

In this way, coupled with the 30,000 troops brought by Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang currently has 70,000 troops under his command.

The new force of 70,000 people, although the number is not as many as the soldiers and horses of Yan Xing, Song Jian, and Qiang, but it also has the strength to compete!

However, before fighting Yan Xing and the others, there is one more important thing to do!

It is a question of how to integrate this force and the supply of food and grass.

After Zhong Xuan arrived in Guanzhong with Yuan Shang, he set a meridian plan with his veteran experience and understanding of the surrounding areas of Guanzhong to help Yuan Shang expand his army and horses to this point, and now the Guanzhong army that Yuan Shang wants to establish has begun to take shape, as for how to completely recover this army for his own use, Yuan Shang still has to ask him for advice.

Of course, since Zhong Miao dared to help Yuan Shang set up a plan for the Meridian Valley to expand his troops and horses, he naturally had a way to help him solve the follow-up problems.

In the commander's tent, the generals of all departments went to inspect the new army, but only Yuan Shang and Zhong Xuan sat down to discuss the handling of the new army.

"Yuan Gong, 30,000 troops and horses have increased to 70,000, although it seems to be fast, but after all, they are all surrendered troops, and both their combat power and fighting spirit are quite low, I am afraid that they will not be able to confront Yan Xing and Song Jian...... Moreover, 40,000 people have increased out of thin air, and our grain and grass are afraid that it will be difficult to sustain, and these things should be solved immediately, otherwise we will be worried in the future. ”

Yuan Shang smiled and said: "All the generals went to inspect and deploy new soldiers, Yuan only left Zhong Fuji, it is also because of these two things, it is not hidden, how to improve the morale of this new army, and attribute them to his own use, Yuan has already come up with a way, but I have not solved the problem of insufficient supply of grain and grass, and I also asked Zhong Fujiao to help me come up with an idea." ”

Zhong Xuan touched his beard and nodded with a smile: "The old man is the opposite of Yuan Chengcheng, the old man has figured out how to solve the problem of grain and grass, but there is no way to improve the morale of the new army, so it seems that you and I just complement each other!" ”

Hearing this, Yuan Shang showed a happy smile.

"Learn from each other's strengths and learn from each other, I don't know how Zhong Fushu plans to solve the grain and grass?"

Zhong Xuan's eyes suddenly released a ray of fine light, and said: "Now Zhang Lu and several leaders of Bazhou are in our hands, this grain and grass naturally have to come out of the treasury of Hanzhong, in recent years, Yongliang has been repeatedly disturbed, and the people of Guanzhong have left their homeland and moved to Hanzhong in order to avoid the disaster of war. Hanzhong gathered the people of Guanzhong, cultivated and governed the fields, with more than 100,000 households and nearly 670,000 people. ”

Yuan Shang is so good, he can understand it at one point, and when he heard the words, he suddenly said: "What does Zhong Servant mean is to let Zhang Lu and them write books in Hanzhong and Bazhou, and order the Hanzhong guards to send grain and grass?"

Zhong Xuan nodded. Laughing: "Not bad." ”

Yuan Shang rolled his eyes and said, "After Zhang Lu left, who is the guard in Hanzhong now?" ”

Zhong Xuan said with a smile: "As far as the old man knows, if the foreign general stays behind, it is not ruled out that he wants to harm his master and lead Hanzhong himself, but the people who stay in Nanzheng for Zhang Lu are his eldest son Zhang Fu and second son Zhang Guang, both of whom are Zhang Lu's biological sons. How can you watch your father die at the hands of others? It must be uneventful! ”

Yuan Shang nodded suddenly when he heard this, and suddenly said: "What if that Zhang Fu and Zhang Guang intend to let their father die and lead Hanzhong themselves?" ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head and said, "This is impossible. Hanzhong governs the army with religion, and acting like this is similar to killing one's father, can the officials and the people in Hanzhong be compatible? Moreover, the affairs of Nanzheng are controlled by Zhang Lu's seven sons. The church respects its two daughters, but if one person makes a change, the rest of the children will inevitably be guilty? Why worry about asking for food? As for the Bazhou Yi people. It is to follow the trend and follow the water, and if Hanzhong sends food, they will definitely not refuse. ”

Yuan Shang was overjoyed when he heard this, nodded and said: "Okay, according to Zhong Fu's shooting, I ordered Zhang Lu to write a letter back to Hanzhong, urging his children to send grain and grass...... Someone came, and quickly invited Zhang Tianshi and several leaders of Bazhou to come to the Shuai tent. ”

"No!"

In this way, when I was young, I saw Zhang Lu, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, and Du Hao walking into the handsome tent with a frown, and then under the care of the soldiers, they sat on the tables on both sides of the tent, trembling and waiting for the arrangement of fate.

However, Yuan Shang's attitude was obviously much gentler than they thought.

"How many people, have you eaten?"

The four of them were stunned for a moment, and then nodded together.

"Have you eaten enough?"

The four of them nodded together again.

"Okay, eat enough and do what you have to do."

After saying that, I saw Yuan Shang clapping his hands, ordering four copies of pen ink and bamboo slips, and placing them on the table in front of the four people, and the four of them looked at each other, all of them were unknown.

Yuan Shang smiled at the four of them: "Zhang Tianshi, the three leaders, is it lonely to live in my Yuan army camp?" Feeling a little homesick? ”

Zhang Lu and the others were stunned when they heard this, and then nodded like puppets.

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard this: "You are homesick, Yuan is not such an unreasonable person, I thought about it and thought of a solution to the pain of lovesickness for you." ”

Du Hao, the leader of the ethnic minority, thought for a while, and suddenly showed a look of joy on his face, and said, "General Yuan, doesn't he want to let us go back?" ”

Yuan Shang's smile remained unchanged, still like a spring breeze.

"King Du, do you think you're dreaming?"

Du Hao's smiling face suddenly froze.

Yuan Shang stretched out his hand and pointed to the swords and pen and ink in front of the four of them, and said, "Although I can't meet my family and talk about the pain of lovesickness, I can communicate through it...... Feihong teaser is very fashionable, do you want to try it? ”

When he was young, there were seven surnamed Yi Wang Pu Hu snorted and asked Yuan Shangdao: "General Yuan, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yuan Shang knocked on the table with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's not interesting, Yuan is just a good intention, you will live in my Yuan Jun Dazhai for a long time in the future, so it is reasonable to let you write a letter to inform your relatives, so that they can know that you are safe and sound!" If not, if the family thinks that you have been arrested for traveling with Dongyun, won't there be a misunderstanding? ”

When everyone heard that you looked at me and I looked at you, they sighed together.

Let's write a letter to the family, I can always let the relatives at home leave a thought, know that they are still alive, don't think that they are all dead in the army.

Thinking of this, the three leaders of Bazhou were relieved, they picked up their pens, held the ink, rolled their eyes, and pondered what to write for their families.

Among the four, Yuan Yue, Pu Hu, and Du Hao are all leaders of ethnic minorities in Bazhou, although they lead a clan, they don't have much knowledge, only Zhang Lu is a prince, who has been in Hanzhong for nearly 30 years, and is considered to be well-informed.

What's more, he had already heard about Yuan Shang's methods and methods, and let himself write a letter to his family for no reason? This is by no means Yuan Shang's style! Just looking at the fact that he can move out the statue of Lao Tzu in front of the two armies, he knows that he is not ordinary, how could he suddenly do such a thing?

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! General Sima invited us here, shouldn't it be as simple as asking us to write a letter to our family? If you have anything to say, you can say it directly, this Heavenly Master is not willing to beat around the bush. ”

Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled.

"It has to be Zhang Tianshi's Bingxue smart, a little bit thorough, and he is definitely not an ordinary stupid talent!"

Zhang Lu snorted: "Immeasurable Tianzun, it's not an ordinary stupidity, it's also a stupid...... Yuan Gong don't take advantage of this heavenly master, bright and dark, put things out and take a look, hide and tuck it away! ”

Yuan Shang put on a row of tables and said, "Okay! Readily! Then I'll say it! To tell you the truth, in fact, this is not a big deal, that is, the four of them will live in my Yuan camp forever today, and the sage has a saying: 'There are friends from afar, not enough to eat'......"

Zhang Lu said gloomily: "The words of the saint have never said such rough words. ”

Yuan Shang flicked the dust on his body and said: "The words are not rough, they all mean the same thing, a few people live here permanently, should the cost of accommodation, food, and personnel settlement be calculated, although Yuan has admired your names for a long time, but we don't seem to be familiar enough to let me help you advance money...... Of course, don't get me wrong, Yuan has no intention of being unwelcome, but at present, Yan Xing is in rebellion, the situation in Guanzhong is tense, and although the old Yuan family is the third prince of the fifth generation, there is no surplus food! I hope you can understand. ”

Zhang Lu's face became darker and darker: "So? ”

"So, the rations and alimony for the four of you have to be sent by your families, and you will be self-sufficient!"

Zhang Lu and the other four people heard this, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end they all sighed.

At this time, I am trapped in the enemy's prisoner, what do people say, and how many can I wait?

Zhang Lu took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and said, "Say, how much do you want?" ”

Yuan Shang pinched his fingers and calculated, and said: "The average daily ration for the four of them, plus the cost of accommodation, as well as management fees, alimony, etc., many items, converted into a calculation...... The rations for the first batch will be counted at 3,000 stones! ”

Zhang Lu and his friends were stunned when they heard this.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the four of us eat three thousand stone grains!? Also the first batch ...... You're a pig for us! ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, waved his finger and said, "Zhang Tianshi, didn't you misunderstand, who said that you are pigs, you ...... At best, it can only be regarded as a foodie similar to a pig. ”

Zhang Lu's side, Yuan Yue got up suddenly, and you said angrily: "Is it that the pigs don't matter, the key question is, where can the four people use so much to eat the rations of 3,000 stones?" ”

Yuan Shang smiled and shook his head in denial.

"The four of you misunderstood again, didn't you? Who said that the four of you should be given a ration of 3,000 stones? ”

Hearing this, the faces of Zhang Lu and the others gradually softened.

"I mean, each of you eats 3,000 stones, and the four of you add up to just 12,000 stones, I don't discount or issue a bill, I don't know if the four of you are full or mortgaged?"

"............" (To be continued......)

PS: There will be a change in a while