In Yanqi City in late September, there were ghosts outside the city, and rumors were rife in the city.First of all, a scout planted by the Xiongnu near the Cheshi came to report that the Han army crossed the Dasha Sea to attack the Cheshi, and it only took two days to break through the Jiaohe!
Then it was the turn of the dangerous beard, after the dangerous beard surrendered, there were many dangerous people who fled to Yanqi, informed the specific situation of the battle of the Cheshi, it is said that the Han army attacking Jiaohe had a mysterious "ghost soldier", as if falling from the sky, the eaves walked on the wall and boarded the island in the middle of the river more than ten zhang high, the power was infinite, and the power was infinite, and the huge force could carry hundreds of catties of boulders to smash the door, no one was one of them, but the Han army did not kill on a large scale, but killed the second prince Wugui, and the king of the Cheshi was captured and sent to Chang'an.These words were taken away by the Huns, as a hostage of the Cheshi prince Junsu moved in his heart, he has always advocated friendship with the Han, do not offend the big country, so the second prince reported to the Huns, the Huns in the Cheshi when the Tuntian pawn evacuated, he was arrested, fortunately Yanqi is the hometown of the military mother, Yanqi King is his uncle, with the Yanqi King, but also can go in and out freely.And when the Han army really arrived outside the city of Yanqi, the king of Yanqi and the army looked at the city, as those people in danger said, there was a "ghost soldier" of more than 300 people in the Han army, all of them were tall, with horns on their heads, and their faces were as black as the bottom of the kettle.The guy who is known as the "Bull Demon King" in the people of the dangerous beard, who can tear the rebels by hand, has a long and terrifying ghost face, and holds an exaggerated big sword.One of his subordinates is infinitely powerful, carrying a large stump on his shoulder as a weapon, and it is not too heavy?
It's really shocking, and everyone in Yanqi is terrified to see it.These "ghost soldiers" are also driving a herd of cattle, and their mouths are making creepy and strange sounds, as if they are communicating with the group of beasts.Seeing the herd, King Yanqi was a little dizzy.The Yanqi people will never forget what happened outside the Iron Gate Pass a few years ago, the Han army did not know how to do it, but they were able to use the herd as the vanguard, and the Yanqi, Weixu, and Yuli coalition forces were rushed to pieces, and the Yuli King died directly under the hooves of the ox, and the Yanqi King was driven by a donkey cart and ran for dozens of miles to survive.Do you have to do it again today?
Can this herd of cattle go up to the wall except for the butt breathing fire?
The Yanqi people are a little unsure.Not to mention the ghost soldiers and herds, there are tens of thousands of cavalry behind them."
I heard that the commander of this Han army was the one who built a city overnight in the Iron Gate, borrowed the Wusun soldiers to destroy the turtles, and drove the cattle herd as the forward, and he is now a marquis in the Han Dynasty, and it only took two days to break the river, and so on, there must be ghosts and gods to help."
Junsu knew that as long as he could surrender to Han, the position of the Cheshi King would definitely be his own, so he kept persuading his uncle."
Jiaohe is as high as a mountain, King Yanqi knows, the bull-headed ghost soldiers in the Han army can easily climb it, and Yanqi City, how high is it?""
The Han army broke the chariot division, but did not kill my father, and the same is true of the dangerous beard, and the Han people passed the word through the dangerous beard people: the first tame will reward gold and silver and give the seal ribbon, and the second will tie the head and provoke the northern que.Which path to choose, King Yanqi still has to think about it. ”King Yanqi fell into thought, he wanted to surrender, in the past few years in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu have been repeatedly defeated and the Han army has won repeatedly, he has seen it in his eyes, Yanqi has paid a great price for this, and the king of Yanqi has been tired of being repeatedly recruited and blackmailed by the Xiongnu.But there are still 3,000 Huns in the city who have withdrawn from the Cheshi, guarding the city wall and the four gates, if you want to surrender to the Han, you will definitely not be able to bypass them, I am afraid that there will be a fire in the city, and even hurt yourself.According to the old tradition of the Western Regions City, when he was undecided, he asked the witch and ghost, and after the king of Yanqi got off the city, he immediately said to his cronies: "Please come to Mu Hu of the Fire God!"
”The language of Yanqi is similar to that of Qiuzi, and the customs are also very similar, commoners cut their hair, nobles grow their hair, and they like white, but the "Fire God Mu Hu" invited by King Yanqi, that is, the Zoroastrian fire worshippers, also cut his hair and eyebrows, a fiery red robe, and a figurine with eagle wings hanging on his chest.This fire god Mu Hu came from the Sogdian city-state, and it was common for Sogdian merchants to walk in the Western Regions, but the Fire Heaven Sect they believed in was often excluded and disgusted by the people of the Western Regions because of the marriage customs and funeral rites, because the marriage customs and funerals were too shocking, and they married their own sisters and even daughters, and fed the corpses of their relatives to dogs and eagles.But there are special cases, the king of Yanqi is very interested in the god of fire, in recent years more and more believe, after the Huns entered the city of Yanqi, expelled the Sogdian merchants in the city, because the Sogdian and the Han people are very close, I am afraid of internal response, but the king of Yanqi has hidden this fire worship monk, at this moment respectfully ask for advice."
Why does King Yanqi believe in the Fire God so much?"
Jun Su has made some speculations in his heart, one is that Yanqi's Hu Wu has repeatedly failed and lost the trust of the king of Yanqi, and this fire worship monk has some skills, it is said that he can magic: Eli iron nails it from the forehead, straight to the armpit, that is, to go out, as light as flying.Or take a sharp blade, stab the abdomen with the blade, and the blade comes out through the back, and the stomach bleeds for a while, but as long as the wine is sprayed, the abdomen is calm as before.These are the ceremonies of the Sogdian fire-worshipping monk named "Seven Holy Swords", not to mention that this fire-worshipping monk can also breathe fire and other wonderful spells, which made the king of Yanqi stunned for a moment.As for the second reason, it was also Jun Su's secret speculation that King Yanqi had an extremely strong interest in some of the teachings of the Fire God, such as the possibility of marrying a sister and daughter.He heard that ten years earlier, the princess of Yanqi, Drohera, had fallen in love with a shepherd, and the king was furious, and he had the shepherd arrested and wanted to put him to death.When Zohra learned of this, he managed to rescue his sweetheart, and when the king found out, he immediately sent men after him, and the lovers were running at night in the valley of Shaliu in the direction of the iron gate, which had not yet been built, when they fell into a deep ravine with men and horses.Later, it was discovered that at some point, the place where the lovers fell off the cliff had grown a few pear trees that were only near the canal plow, and in the spring the white flowers bloomed one by one, and butterflies danced gently beside them.Ten years have passed, and no one has mentioned that incident, but now the remaining daughters of King Yanqi are also old but do not marry, and are locked up in the palace all day long, which has to make people suspicious.Junsu immediately understood why his mother, the sister of King Yanqi, never wanted to return to Yanqi after marrying a chariot master, and always stopped talking to them.He had a burst of disgust and anger in his heart, and he just wanted to quickly persuade King Yanqi to surrender to the Han army, so that he could go back to the Cheshi, but fortunately, the fire-worshipping monks who had been respectful in the army in peacetime were actually trying to persuade King Yanqi to join the Han!"
The king must have heard that the ministers had said that Ahuramazda was the embodiment of light, and Angramanuel Ahriman was the embodiment of darkness.The former created all good, the six good gods, the universe, the world, and living beings, while the latter created all evil and opposites. ”"Evil gods continue to invade the world, corrupt morality, and oppose good gods, and the two sides are fighting on earth.""
And in the final battle between good and evil, every state in the world must join in, and help the former to finally defeat the latter and usher in eternal light!"
The fire-worshipping monk took King Yanqi's hand, looked into his eyes and said, "Now, this decisive battle between light and darkness, good and evil, has arrived!"
”King Yanqi was a little moved: "Mu Hu means" The fire worship monk said: "That's right!
The Xiongnu were brutal and blocked the trade routes, and the kings were unable to restrain their subordinates, and often robbed the caravans of the city.From this point of view, aren't the Xiongnu the servants of the evil gods on the Silk Road?
It never produces, but only destroys, bringing chaos and strife to the Western Regions. ”"And Dahan is the opposite."
He raised his hands and said, "The Han produces silk, and the products are abundant, so that the merchants have an inexhaustible supply of precious goods.Loulan and Shanshan, which were chaotic under the rule of the Xiongnu, became stable and wealthy after surrendering to the Han Dynasty.From this point of view, isn't the Han who brought stability to the Western Regions the embodiment of light on the Silk Road?
”Unbeknownst to King Yanqi and Junsu, this was the deal that Ren Hong had made with the Sogdian Sabao Stubber many years ago.After the Han Dynasty agreed to exchange markets, let the Sogdian merchants have exclusive transshipment qualifications, and obtained a large amount of silk outside the Yumen Pass, the Sogdians sat on the side of the Han Dynasty, not only acting as spies for the capital protectorates in various places, but also preaching his ideas in the five Sogdian city-states: "What hinders the trade routes and delays the Sogdians' trade is evil and darkness." ”"What opened trade routes and helped the Sogdians to make money was goodness and light!"
Not everyone agreed, but this fire-worshipping monk who was welcomed as a guest by Yanqi was a fellow scholar of Shi Bodao, and he tried his best to encourage King Yanqi."
The king knows, why was Ren Hou able to drive the fire ox as a soldier at the Iron Gate Pass?""
Does the king know that the Han army outside the city, why do they have bull-headed soldiers to help?"
These things made King Yanqi puzzled, and he also wanted to know: "Why?
”"Under the command of Ahura Mazda, in addition to the six good gods, there are also some good world gods, one of which is the ox spirit Gursuwan!"
He showed Yanqi the bull head sculpture on his cane, and said excitedly: "Those so-called bull-headed ghost soldiers outside the city are actually the ox spirit Gursuwan sent by the Fire God to help Ren Hou defeat the Xiongnu!""
History has once again shown its magic, and it is a coincidence that no matter which Ming has a legend of a minotaur, or a different path.This truth shocked King Yanqi extremely much, and in this way, all the unbelievable things made sense!"
It turns out that Ren Hou has repeatedly used his troops to have miracles, and he has the help of the fire gods!"
The fire worshipper monk made persistent efforts: "The king continues to accompany the darkness and continue to make the Yanqi people suffer.Or do you want to devote yourself to the light and let Yanqi enjoy stability and prosperity forever?
”After receiving the support of his faith, the last doubt of King Yanqi was dispelled, he stood up and drew his sword, cut off the harness that the sages had given him, and said fiercely: "I have made up my mind, throw myself into the light, and expel the darkness!"
But at this moment, his cronies hurriedly reported: "The king, the commander of the thousand horsemen of the Huns, has sent Hu Wu to the head of the city to defeat him!"
”Under Yanqi City, the one who was carrying a big tree stump to act was the powerful Gan Yanshou, but at this moment he was stunned with his head held high.But seeing the head of the city that is not too high, from the Huns with a bow, came out of a Hun Hu Wu wearing sheepskin, with feathers on his head, he held a cloth banner around the circle, and there were words in his mouth, and then the Huns carried a black horse to the city, and the old Hu Wu held the rope, and performed the "rope art" for the Han army in public. ”Ren Hong was also a little stunned, and the Hu Wu tied the neighing black horse to his front and back feet, tied a beautiful knot, and then made a way around the horse jumping god.The Han people couldn't understand it, but the Huns in the Hutu Department knew very well what it was, and their faces showed fear.Jin Xian immediately hit the horse and came over and told Ren Hong: "Xi'an Hou, this is the Hun Hu Wu who is tired of winning!"
”Yang Yun also remembered something, and told Ren Hong about a past incident recorded in the Luntai edict: "During the first Zhenghe period, there was a border army waiting for a letter, saying that I saw the Huns at the border sending Hu Wu to tie the front and rear feet of the horse, put it in the barrier city, and rode a fast horse over to say that the Qin people, I will give these horses to you and others." ”When this matter reached the court, Emperor Xiaowu showed the book of tying horses to the prime minister, the imperial history, the two thousand stone-level court officials, the doctors and the knowledgeable people of Lang Guanzhong, and everyone thought that it was ominous to tie his horse.Check it again, and the big one is in the ninth five-year, and the Huns are defeated. ”So Emperor Xiaowu was overjoyed, summoned Fang Shi and Taishi to look at the stars, and Taibu used turtles and yarrow to divination, all thinking that it was auspicious, and the opportunity could not be obtained again.He also said that the Northern Expedition will lead the army to advance, and he will definitely be able to win at the mountain.Fortune telling, the result is the most auspicious for the generals of the second division. ”Ren Hong supports his forehead, auspicious fart!
However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was indeed very superstitious, what a wise and wise emperor when he was young, but in his later years, he almost went mad, because Fang Shi repeatedly deceived him, so he began to use Yue Wu and Hu Wu, hoping to find another way to find a way to live forever.When the witch curse occurred, he even agreed that Jiang Chong would take the Shangjun Hu Wu digging puppet to make things more and more chaotic.Needless to say, the results of the war during the Zhenghe period were reckless, Li Guangli ventured forward in order to atone for his crimes, and the whole army was wiped out in Yanran Mountain, and not long after Lao Li surrendered, he was pitted by Hu Wu.That Hu Wu got the benefits of Wei Lu, and Hu Xu said that the former Shan Yu Tuomeng wanted Li Guangli to be martyred Yunyun, and finally Li Guangli was killed to sacrifice to the sky.It is said that Li Guangli cursed the Huns before he died, and after his death, the wind and snow were terrible, and the superstitious Huns were afraid again, so they actually set up a shrine for Li Guangli.There is a follow-up to this matter, Yang Yun said: "After the fiasco of the second division, the overlapping Hou Ma Tong captured a few Hu Wu, and only then did he know the reason for binding the horse.It turned out that when the Xiongnu heard that the Han army was coming, they sent witches to bury cattle and sheep in advance on the roads and water they passed through to curse.As for the practice of tying up horses, it was also used to disgust the Han army. ”Ren Hong understood, polluting the water source is still a bit useful, Huo Qubing may have fallen for this trick, but the god of tying horses and jumping at the head of the city is really a little Yang Yun is a little happy, and his stomach hurts with laughter: "The Huns probably want to use the method of Hu Wu to tie the horse to get tired of winning, and to break our bull-headed ghost army." ”"Only magic can defeat magic?"
Ren Hong shook his head and raised his hand, Han Gandang, Gan Yanshou and other bull-headed warriors retreated, and under Xin Qingji's shouting, they traveled thousands of miles, and the ordnance that they were reluctant to throw away no matter how troublesome they were was was carried up, and they aimed at Hu Wu at the head of the city.Only technology can defeat "magic"!"
Rhubarb, prepare!"
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