Twenty miles away from Fanhe County, a camp has already been set up. With the Chinese army's cowhide tent as the center of the circle, the official tent should be surrounded in all directions, and the green flags are displayed on all sides, which is still like the Han military regulations. However, the green flag was covered with various prayers written in the words of Sabbatio, adding a peculiar atmosphere to the camp.

It was not yet dark at this moment, and in the middle of the camp, Zoroastrian priests wearing small hats and white cloth wrapped around their foreheads were walking around with thick parchment books, and from time to time they were shouting: "Remember that this day is the day when Lord Ahuramazda gave the commandments and revelations to the canonized sages!

Some priests, who were not young and still of low rank, had to pull the patrolling Qiang soldiers to their ears and order: "At this most auspicious and noble time, you must not touch any food or wine under the gaze of the sun god Mithra, and you will not be able to break your fast until the moon god Maher, the lord of the womb palace who is ordered to give birth to the breath of life, ascends to the sky!

Unfortunately, it coincided with the holy month of Ramadan in Zoroastrianism, and the entire Qiang army, as the largest Zoroastrian armed force in Liangzhou, was naturally not exempt from vulgarity. On this day, the people of the Sabbath believed that if they were hungry during the day and had a good meal in the evening, they would receive the blessing and joy of the Most High God.

Originally, according to the rules of the Sabbath country, this kind of religious activity of not eating on time and abusing the stomach bag in Ramadan should only be done by the priests who burn the fire all day long and the pious and wealthy lay people - at least when the army is marching and fighting, not allowing the soldiers to eat on time, this is purely an act of seeking death to ruin the situation of the war.

However, Zoroastrianism, as the most important link to maintain the various tribes of the Qiang people in Liangzhou, should be able to show that they are a form of devout Zoroastrians, and these Qiang rebels must be fully achieved. If nothing else, just to show that our various departments are really a red heart towards Ahura Mazda, and there is no traitor who has been the Han people for more than 100 years!

As a result, the hunger for Ramadan was naturally carried out throughout the army, even the generals and commanders of the leading departments.

At this moment, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the leaders of the Qiang tribes of Xianling, Yaodang, and Huangzhong are sitting around. It's just that compared to Amara, who also has the official name of the Han family "Beigong Boyu", these Qiang generals are the resting titles of Yishui'er - below the emir, there are many official titles such as Pasha, Burke, and Hakmu, and the big names have also been changed to Hamid, Nadim, Hussein, and the like.

Everyone faced the symbolic clear water above the small table, and no one touched it.

Because Xian Lingqiang was lost in Zhangye County for a while, and now this group of Qiang generals is Pasha Maihanaid, who burned Dangqiang. Hussein is the first. The new Pasha was not yet forty years old, and he was in the prime of life, and he was particularly energetic with a curly and thick beard.

The tent was covered with a thick wool felt blanket, and it was covered with embroidered mats and brocade mattresses of colorful silk and purple qi, and I don't know which wealthy family this group of rebels got the booty from. Although these Qiang generals rebelled, after living with the Han people for a hundred years, no matter how they used the canons of Zoroastrianism to strengthen their sense of identity and isolation, they always enjoyed their clothes without the influence of Han style. It's like the gas guzzlers in Saudi Arabia who shout "pure faith" so loudly that they can still drink imported alcoholic beverages happily - anyway, the canon only mentions that it is forbidden to drink one type of alcohol, and there is no other alcohol to abstain from.

They sat down according to their status, and Mehannad put his hands on his knees, his eyes looking around like a falcon. Under the reflection of the butter candle, the red light from his eyes could still be seen, and with the increasingly pale skin, it was almost human-like.

"Rank," he began, with a sticky touch in his voice, like an unfestable jackal ****ing the throat of its prey, "the bravest warriors of each of our tribes have received the blessing of Maharaja Bahram. The Maharaja promised us that even if we were killed by the enemy, we would rise again and fight for the great Lord, and let us take the life and blood of the enemy as a sacrifice to the Lord. But why, at this juncture, we can't break the wall of the Han people, but have to wait here? Why hasn't the Maharaja's oracle been delivered until now, and those of us who are used to holding knives should go to the priests and ask them to give us an explanation!"

Listening to Mehanaid's question, the rest of the leaders of the Qiang tribe, whether they were Hakmu or Burke, who were originally unable to lift their spirits, all looked trembling at this time.

The power structure of the Qiang tribe is typical of the co-governance of the head and the shaman. Especially after converting to Zoroastrianism, the original shamanic priest directly became a Zoroastrian priest. Anyway, the god of white plague and plague that the shamans worshipped in the past has also been transformed into the Zoroastrian god of war, the "Lord of the Wind and the Eagle", Bahram, and it is too easy for them to change their courts.

However, this channel of communication with the gods was originally monopolized by the shamans, and the gods of the wilderness were only greedy for blood and food sacrifices, and did not care much about the surrounding issues. However, in a religion with a complete system such as Zoroastrianism, the bridge between man and god is maintained by the entire religious organization, and a single priest can no longer cover the path between man and god.

For this Zoroastrian order in Liangzhou, the priests and acolytes were only part of it, and the other part was the Zoroastrian warriors led by the generals of the Qiang army. The relationship between the two is like that between the Monks and the Holy Knights, each with its own interests and demands. Just as the confrontation between the Vatican and the Knights Templar had to end in a trial of heresy that completely tore the face, there was never any warm camaraderie.

Moreover, at this critical time when war is on the verge of breaking out, whoever can win more favor of the gods will be able to take a better and bigger piece of the post-war cake - and whoever is not doing his best at this time, then why sit here?

The Pasha and Burke who were present at the meeting were about to say something, but a chuckle came from the big tent: "It's just that you want to wait a little longer according to the soldiers, so you can't hold it back?" What you have to deal with next is not only such a small city as Fanhe, but your opponent is not only the arsonist Taoist priest in Fanhe City!"