Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1314 Kill Shen Zhaochang

In the next few days, all the troops of King Qingyan's division crossed the north of the river. First of all, around Xingguojin, where Shen Mu was located, there were more than [-] troops gathered.On the other hand, it is to continue to reinforce Leling and continue to increase the garrison in Yanci City.

In Leling County, Liu Gao, the prefect of Leling of the Jie Kingdom who did not participate in the First Battle of Fufen and withdrew early, has more than [-] troops, and is already the only remaining force of the Jie Kingdom among the counties in southern Hebei. He returned to Leling Afterwards, he also had several battles with Master Wang, both sides won and lost each other in the trial.

After all, the Jie army in southern Hebei and the Qingyan king's division have confronted each other for several years, and their combat effectiveness is quite impressive.The reason for the big defeat in Henan is that each had its own reasons for having to lose, but it cannot be completely attributed to the disadvantage of the battle.

But today's Wang Shi's situation is quite different from before. The situation has reversed, and it has changed from a slight disadvantage to a comprehensive advantage. Therefore, it will be difficult for Liu Gao, the Jie general, to regain Yanci City in a short time.And without Yanci, a stronghold with a high city and wide pools, it would be difficult for Liu Gao's troops to last for a long time in the southern Hebei, a land with flat mountains and rivers.

The Wang Shi of Xingguojin did not directly continue to go north aggressively, but began to sweep the southern counties of Hebei more deeply, using Linqing City on the northern border of the Qing Dynasty as the boundary point.

Shen Yun's Fenwu Army did not stop here. They went north to Fufen, and then recuperated in Linqing for a few days. After replenishing supplies, the whole army dispatched Qingqi, chasing Shixuan's escape route all the way.

The reason why he pursued so relentlessly was not that Shen Yun had any obsession to capture a stone tiger's son alive. On the one hand, it was to prevent the defeated army from stationing nearby to rest before counterattacking. The Shihu army came south to increase troubles. On the other hand, the Fenwu army had to pass through the surrounding areas of Xiangguo, pass through Yedi, and finally rest in Fangtou. Replenish.

Before crossing the river, Shen Mu looked menacing, as if he wished he could start a full-scale battle with Shi Hu's army immediately.But after they actually arrived in Hebei, they became more cautious in using troops. Although the army attacked in all directions in southern Hebei, they generally would not cross the line of Linqing.It seems that the previous rhetoric has been completely forgotten, but indulged in the pleasure of sweeping the countryside and eradicating those local tyrants and powerful people between counties and counties.

Even after Zhang Tan’s family letter was sent, there was a letter sent back from the Zhang family in Dongwu City, saying that as long as Wang Shi went up the clear water, his family would take the lead in raising righteousness, and they would cooperate with each other to help Wang Shi take Dongwu City. After sweeping away the entire county of Qinghe, Shen Mu didn't feel much about it. He just replied that if Mrs. Zhang really had the sincerity of returning to righteousness, there was no need to say that Tobu City was not Tobu City, and he could just invite his troops to vote, but Mr. Wang If there is a strategy of attacking the city and plundering the land, you can take it yourself, without labor and justice.

Afterwards, there was no news from Tobu City. It can be seen that for that Zhang family, going to the south is a more difficult decision than going to Xiancheng.Shen Mu didn't expect this at all, so he ignored it.As he himself said, it would be ridiculous if Wang Shixing still needs to rely on the cooperation of the local villages until today.

Shen Mu is contented here, but suffers from those wealthy families in southern Hebei.Previously, Wang Shi's raids were mainly aimed at those counties and counties, aiming to clean up Jie's rule in southern Hebei.However, after these cities were uprooted one by one, the eyes naturally fell on the dock walls for self-protection in the countryside.

As a result, those rural tyrants couldn't sit still, and it was obvious that they couldn't fight, not to mention that they had just been conscripted by the Jie Kingdom once before, and there are still many family members trapped in the war. In the prisoner-of-war camp of the Jin army, even when the countryside was intact, how could they, local tyrants living in the countryside, be the opponents of the mighty army of the Jin army!
In fact, long before Shen Mu entered the country, when the news of the defeat and Shi Xuan fled to the north in embarrassment, the villages in these places began to discuss and weigh what attitude they should take to deal with the entry of the Jin army.It's just that there are different opinions, and there is still no conclusion yet, but Master Wang has not given them time, and Wubi, which is located in a critical position, has been knocked open by the Xiongjun one after another, and they are forcibly returned to righteousness.

So very soon, the nobles of the villages in Qinghe, Pingyuan and other places finally assembled a team represented by the elders of the village, and came all the way to Xingguojin with flags and drums.

When these people arrived, Shen Mu happened to be not in the camp, but in a Buddhist temple more than ten miles northeast of Xingguokou.

The Lord of the Capricorns, Shi Hu, Buddha, has a great deal of family affairs to make this talk a national religion, so there has always been no shortage of Buddhist temples in the land of Hebei.As for the Xingguo Temple near Xingguojin, it was built magnificently with extensive construction and building, with high pavilions and flying towers, and there is a Buddha statue in the center of the temple, which is more than three feet high, made of solid iron and wrapped in gold leaf.

Shen Mu was free to think about this matter. When he arrived at the Buddhist temple, the golden body wrapped on the outside of the giant Buddha was smashed and stripped by some ruffians, revealing the black cast iron inside, and there was already a piece missing. arm.The country of Jie probably did not have the skill to forcibly cast such a large statue, because the torso and limbs were cast separately, and then poured with molten iron to piece them together.

Although the Dharma of Xingtai is not prosperous, it has not explicitly banned the Buddha, but those monks who preached the Dharma were suppressed by the masters of Tianshi Dao, and they were seldom accepted by the living people.

There are Buddha statues in Buddhist temples in Jiankang City in Jiangdong. Shen Mu occasionally went to see them in his early years, but this Buddha statue in front of him is different from what he saw in Jiangdong. Teeth, looking ferocious, obviously casted according to the facial features of Hu people, especially Jiehu.

Seeing this difference, Shen Mu couldn't help being happy, and turned his head with a smile to ask a few shy Buddhist monks who were following behind him: "What name does this ugly Buddha have?"

The monks, half of Han and half of Hu, did not dare to hide anything when they heard the general's question, and tremblingly said: "This, this Buddha's name is Xingguo Anbang Zhenhe Mie, Mie..."

It was only after talking about this that they suddenly came to their senses. They were sweating profusely and hurriedly shut up.

But at this moment, some soldiers picked up the banners scattered on the ground and presented them, on which the name of the Buddha statue was written. It turned out to be Xingguo Anbang Zhenhe Miejin Killing Shen Zhaochangfo.

Even if Shen Mu doesn't understand Buddhism, he still understands that there is absolutely no such kind of monster Buddha in Buddhist scriptures. If Nasifan Buddha created the Dharma, he would have known that Jiangdong would rise a powerful Shen family, maybe Shen Mu really wanted to be more polite.It is conceivable that those Samanas must have chosen their favorites and created a clever name.

"This ugly Buddha is poor in appearance, but has many responsibilities. Shi Jilong is really not a compassionate master. Even if the Buddha Dharma is powerful, he shouldn't use up a Buddha. No wonder he was defeated and lost, and he was not given protection."

Shen Mu threw the banner casually, and then ordered the soldiers: "Tear it down."

Not to mention that the soldiers dismantled the Buddha statues, Shen Mu turned his head to look at those monks again, skipping over a few with thick faces, he pointed at two of them who looked like Jin people, and said with a smile: "You guys Two, it should be my Zhuxia Shengmin, why did Fa say this?"

The faces of those two people were pale at the moment, the sweat on their foreheads seeped into their eye sockets, and they had to blink frequently as if they were crying. Seeing Shen Mu looking at them, they hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Buddha, the Dharma makes people feel at ease..."

When Shen Mu heard this, it was more like hearing some ridiculous remarks, and he laughed twice before he said: "I, the people of Xia, have sages, wise kings, and ancestors who need to be respected carefully, teach people etiquette, and educate people Like so many virtuous voices, Bai Shou, the great wise man, could not be immersed in his life. You abandon your ancestors, destroy ethics, and ignore the rules and regulations. You just speak for peace of mind? How can you feel peace of mind? How strange? How dare you hold on to such a heart?"

The two of them just kowtowed to beg for mercy, and they didn't care to listen to what Shen Mu said, so Shen Mu couldn't help feeling a bit dull.He doesn't have any prejudice against Buddhism, and after seeing several masters of Tianshi Dao being incorporated into Xingtai, he also feels that the mystery of these teachings and methods is gone.

However, it is obvious that the so-called Buddhism that Shi Hu promoted in Hebei is definitely not a theory of goodness. It is nothing more than trying to use it to destroy the many concepts of human relations and norms that Zhuxia Shengmin has established for a long time based on the doctrines of previous sages and righteousness.

Another recluse said that suffering in this life and accumulating blessings in the next life will undoubtedly win the favor of Shi Hu, a tyrannical master who is willing to destroy people to death.In the next life and the next life, there is reincarnation in the six realms, so in this life, you just work as an ox and a horse for me, and bear the burden of hard work. This is to practice blessings, not to oppress and harm.

Shen Mu's understanding of this may not be as deep as that of the general, but he does not have a good impression of the ignorant people who are addicted to it.Especially these monks in front of me are full of brains. Although Buddhism in this world is incomplete and there are few precepts, it can also be seen from this that these people are by no means noble in virtue and profound in Dharma. It's just a means of being fish and meat.

Shen Mu did not wrong these people, after searching the Buddhist temple, not only found a lot of gold and copper treasures, wine, meat and food, but also hundreds of women who looked like female monks.

After interrogation, I found out that before the Jie army was stationed here, these monks were also bold, and they did business in the barracks. Donate the flesh.

Shen Mu has a lot of experience of the corruption of the Jie army's military discipline.However, this Buddhist temple is located not far from the military camp, and it can still be preserved for the Wang Shi to come and inspect. It can be seen that Shi Hu has spared no effort to promote Buddhism in recent years.

On the other hand, these recluses who worshiped the Buddha were very bold. Among the confiscated goods, there was a large amount of gold leaf. It turned out that they, the Buddha's servants, were guarding and stealing the Buddha's golden body.

Naturally, Shen Mu would not show mercy to this kind of villain who hates gods and ghosts, and he was directly detained in front of the Buddha statue that was being dismantled, and was severely punished by cutting him to pieces!

When those monks were tortured, it happened to be the elders from southern Hebei who had visited Xingguojin before but had not seen the governor and went here instead.Before they stepped into the Buddhist temple to attend the salute, they saw those monks lying in a pool of blood, whose bodies had been cut to a bloody mess. Their expressions all changed suddenly, and cold sweat gushed out from their chests and backs. .

　I still have to emphasize that what is written in the book is only the crude and barbaric Buddhism at that time, not the tame and modified Buddhism of later generations.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)