There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

After all, Tao Shangyi possessed righteousness and was the agent of Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou.

In addition, the soldiers and horses of Jinling City are quite famous in the south of the Yangtze River. Looking at the counties in the east of the Yangtze River, there is almost no army that can compare with the Jinling Army of the pottery merchants.

The moment the Jinling Army arrived at Baihu Village, Yan Baihu wanted to open the gate and surrender.

The problem is that the team members under him are too tough, it's not good not to discuss with them.

Therefore, Yan Baihu and his heirs, prime ministers, concubines, kings of chivalry, generals of Zhennan Town and Zhendianbei, and other state-level dignitaries did not appear immediately. Instead, they discussed fiercely in Baihu Village whether to surrender to the pottery merchants. .

After these fierce quarrels among high-level figures who could influence the situation in the world, the final result was that all the cadres of King Dewang of the Eastern Wu's team voted unanimously by raising their hands, and the whole country of Baihuzhai decided to surrender to Tao Shangjun!

After chatting with Yan Baihu for a while, the potter felt that this so-called "King of Eastern Wu" was neither smart nor stupid.

Overall, he is a relatively mediocre person.

No matter what Prince Yan thinks in his heart, a moderate person is relatively easy to control, so don't worry about him getting out of control.

Therefore, after the pottery merchant had considered all aspects thoroughly, he still accepted Baihuzhai's surrender.

Chapter 295 Bathing the Buddha

In Yan Baihu's stockade, apart from the old, young and weak, there are about 4000 able-bodied people who can be reorganized into the Jinling Army.

Coupled with the 5000 rangers led by Li Tong some time ago, roughly calculated, there are [-] more people in Jinling City to expand the military force.

However, before carrying out the task of expansion, the potter still has one last thing to do.

Then defeat the rebellious thief Ruo Rong in Xiapi Kingdom.

Pottery merchants, Xu Chu and others went into the mountains to attack Yan Baihu, while Chen Deng, Zhou Tai, Xu Rong and others stayed in Wu County.

Of course, Chen Deng and the others were not idle. He sent people from Wu County to go north to spread rumors, saying that the potters had led their troops into the mountains and forests to attack Yan Baihu. However, the remaining generals of the Jinling Army were temporarily stationed in Wu County to respond at any time.

In this way, the arrangement of the smoke bombs is considered complete.

The so-called Husband City has no tigers is clear, but the three people talk about it, and that's how the rumors are made.

In the next step, the potters will quickly move their troops northward without the knowledge of Ruo Rong in Xiapi State, and take Xiapi County, the seat of Xiapi State.

But before going to Xiapi County, the pottery merchant got a very interesting message from Yan Baihu.

A message about Ruo Rong.

Ruo Rong believed in Buddhism, extensively repaired Buddhist temples and temples, and asked the people of Xiapi County to recite Buddhist scriptures day and night, causing a large number of monks and nuns from all over the world to collectively move to the jurisdiction of Xiapi County. The potters more or less knew about this .

There is only one thing that the potter doesn't know very well. In fact, these acts of advocating Buddhism that he knows are just a drop in the bucket for Ruo Rong. On the same day, a grand "Buddha Bathing Meeting" will be held in Xiapi County.

The extravagance of this Buddhist bathing party is calculated in units of [-] million just for the cost of the banquet on the roadside.

The so-called Bathing Buddha, also commonly known as Guan Buddha, originated from the legendary story that Prince Insiddhartha was born under the worry-free tree in Lumbini Garden.

Ruo Rong is extremely faithful to Buddhism. Since he came to Xiapi, he has held this "Buddha Bathing Party" grandly every year.

Ruo Rong not only asked all monks and nuns in Xiapi County to take to the streets to publicize Buddhism, but also spent a lot of tax money to arrange alms banquets in the county. Monks and nuns, or ordinary people, can basically eat a ditch full of flats that day, and the cost can be described as extremely huge.

I heard that Ruo Rong built the Futu Temple in Xiapi in recent years, and the Nine Mirror Pagoda cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The temple has a pagoda, a gold plate on the top, and a heavy building on the bottom. It is extremely extravagant and ingenious.

Compared with Ruo Rong's method, the actions of potters in Jinling City in the past few years to mine and dig salt, smelt refined armor, and build heavy armored cavalry are simply drizzle.

On the day and a few days before the Buddha Bathing Meeting, the soldiers and civilians in the entire Xiapi County basically did not do other things. Everyone's attention was focused on how to participate and how to hold this great annual event. Festival.

On the day of the festival, there is no doubt that all four gates of Xiapi City will be open to attract people from all directions and promote Buddhism.

As it happens, the day of this year's Buddha bathing meeting is obviously approaching.

For potters, this is a godsend.

At that time, Xiapi City will attract monks and nuns from all over the world, and even many ordinary people who want to take advantage of the festival to eat and drink.

In such a chaotic festival, Xiapi City's defense force can be said to be almost zero, but this gave the potters and others a wonderful opportunity to attack Xiapi County.

The pottery merchant really didn't expect that Yan Baihu could give him such a good idea, so he was overjoyed at the moment.

Who says Baihu is mediocre?Brother De Wang also has his advantages.

But on second thought, the potter was very curious about one thing.

How could Yan Baihu, who was living in the deep mountains and old forests of Wu Jun, with sackcloth in his arms all day, have such a thorough understanding of what happened in Ruo Rong, Xia Pi County?And also know so much about the Buddha Bathing Association?

Judging from Yan Baihu's description of the scene of the Xiapi City Bathing Buddha Meeting and the tone of his description, it seems that this old villain seems to be personally on the scene and has experienced it himself.

And when he described the grandness of the Buddha Bathing Meeting, his thin black face was full of envy and longing, and it seemed like little stars were about to flash out of his eyes.

Could it be that this guy is also interested in Buddhism?

Combined with Yan Baihu's expression and demeanor, the pottery merchant pondered for a long time before he suddenly realized.

The Buddha Bathing Festival is a major Buddhist festival, especially in Xiapi City. During the festival, not only local eminent monks should build high platforms to spread Buddhist teachings in important places in the city, but also give alms to monks and common people for As a means of promoting Buddhism.

I heard that at the time of the Buddha Bathing Festival, Ruo Rong set up banquets on all the roads, and the banquets could even reach outside the city, as long as dozens of miles, for the people who worshiped Buddha to eat and drink, food and manpower costs in the county It can be said that there are countless, the luxurious layout, the grand scene, and the majestic momentum are rare in the world.

As for why Yan Baihu is so familiar with the specific situation of the Buddha Bathing Association.

So fucking easy!

During the Buddha bathing meeting in previous years, the King De of the Eastern Wu must have led the people of the whole country in his village, including all the princes and concubines of Xiangde. Eat and drink!

Thinking about Yan Baihu's concubine's roughly 200-jin grid, it is estimated that at least 150 catties of it are the fat raised by Ruo Rong for him!

Before attacking Xiapi, the pottery merchant sent someone to contact Zhao Yu, the prefect of Guangling.

As one of the patriarchs of the four great gentry clans in Xuzhou, Zhao Yu took office at the same time as the Tao merchant took office in Danyang County. Unfortunately, the fate of the same person is different. The pottery business went smoothly in Danyang County, but Zhao Yu suffered in Guangling haha life.

Because before he took office, many counties and counties in Guangling had been actually controlled by Ruo Rong.

Zhao Yu currently does not control much real power in Guangling County, and the short time he has been a county guard is just one of them. The main reason is that since he came to Ren Guangling, Ruo Rong has been trying to limit Zhao Yu's power.

Right now Zhao Yu is in Guangling's eleven counties, and the decrees he issued are actually implemented in less than half of the counties.

Poor Zhao Yu, if you want to evaluate the most unlucky sheriff in Chuping years, he will probably be on the top of the list.

Zhao Yu didn't want to do this either, he also really wanted to show his skills, help Tao Qian lay a foundation in Guangling, and prove his worth.

Don't think that although Ruo Rong advocates Buddhism and fools around with monks and nuns, he is definitely not the type of mortal world. Ruo Rong's essence is an ambitious, murderous person.

In history, Ruo Rong spent almost all his life doing Buddhist studies, betrayal, and trapping and killing partners.

Zhao Yu can live to this day and has not been killed by Ruo Rong, it is already a great fortune from the bottom of his heart.