Chapter 444 All Countries Are Shocked

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 444 All Countries Are Shocked

After three days of screening, more than 8,000 people from Yibin were identified.

Just when these Yibin people were uneasy and waiting for the punishment of the Han army.

A group of ascetics appeared in front of the Han army's camp.

"Who are you...why are you lingering here?"

The Han army patrol found these bald-headed monks and immediately intercepted them.

The leading recluse put his hands together and said: "We are the disciples of the recluse and would like to see the general!"

The commander of the Han army did not dare to make the decision, so he had to send someone to send a message to the camp.

Zhang Yue heard that some ascetics appeared outside the camp and immediately guessed the purpose of these ascetics.

Zhang Yue thought for a while and then said, "Imprison these Samanas and the Jibin people together."

"promise!"

Zhang Xu asked from the side: "Who is this ascetic monk, sir?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "This is a religion of poisonous barbarians... The people of Qiuchi once believed in this religion... The people of this religion are not productive but extremely greedy..."

"These ascetics specialize in practicing speaking skills...ordinary people can easily be deceived by them..."

"Nowadays, many people in Kucha still believe in this religion..."

Zhang Yue thought for a while and then introduced the origin, views and behavior of this religion in detail.

Zhang Xu nodded after listening and said: "This religion is indeed very attractive, and it is very conducive to governance..."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "This religion is indeed suitable for fooling the people... However, if I want to remain strong for a long time, I must not fool the people..."

"Although foolish people can bring temporary benefits to the rulers, they will also make the country and nation weaken day by day..."

Zhang Xu said thoughtfully: "What your Excellency said is true. This religion should be a religion for the weak. It is not advisable for the strong..."

Zhang Yue rubbed Zhang Huan's head with satisfaction.

"It's getting late, go and rest quickly!"

Zhang Xu agreed and left happily.

After Zhang Xu left, Zhao Guanghan said to Zhang Yue: "Do you want to destroy this sect?"

Zhang Yue shook his head with a smile and said: "Religion cannot be truly eradicated, and it is good for a man who is a poisonous person to believe in this religion..."

Zhao Guanghan said: "If it is not suppressed...I am afraid that this religion will poison the big men sooner or later..."

After Zhang Yue thought about it in his mind, he felt that what Zhao Guanghan said was quite reasonable, so he quickly issued an order:

"If the order goes down, no one in the Han army should believe in the Hu religion... If anyone believes in the Hu religion, they will be expelled from the army immediately regardless of their official position... and the whole family will be deprived of their Han citizenship!"

After hearing this, everyone immediately agreed with serious faces.

Everyone understood from Zhang Yue's tone and expression that Zhang Yue attached great importance to this order.

"promise!"

After everyone left, Zhang Yue seriously thought about religious issues for the first time.

The big man also needs a religion that suits him.

The first thing he thought of was Taoism. In fact, Taoism had already taken its basic form during this period.

However, Taoism today is very different from Taoism two thousand years later.

The Taoism of later generations was a polytheistic religion, but the Taoism of today is a standard monotheistic religion.

Before Taoism transformed into polytheism, the god it believed in was God Haotian.

Taoism also has great ambitions. Before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taoism wanted to establish a country where politics and religion were unified.

For this reason, two large-scale religious uprisings (wars) were launched!

One is the Yellow Turban Rebellion that will be familiar to later generations.

Another one is the Sun En-Lu Xun Rebellion during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It was precisely because of these two large-scale religious wars that Taoism was suppressed for most of the next thousand years.

The reason why Hu religion flourished during the Southern and Northern Dynasties was because the rulers needed a religion to counter the ambitious primitive Taoism.

The danger of directly supporting today's Taoism is too great, and it must be reformed and tamed first.

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After Zhang Zhan and Yuchi Lin crossed the Kabul River, they changed their horses but not their men. It only took them three days to defeat the enemy.

At this time, Nandou City was still full of singing and dancing.

No one in the city expected that the Han army, which was hundreds of miles away, would suddenly attack the city.

When Zhang Zhan arrived outside the city, he was surprised to find that the Nandou people were unprepared for the war.

There were basically no soldiers guarding the city, and there were only a dozen soldiers at the city gate.

"Kill!"

How could Zhang Zhan give up such an opportunity? He immediately led his men to the city gate without hesitation.

"Buzz...buzz...buzz..."

When the Han army was close to 200 steps, the defenders on the city discovered the incoming Han army.

They quickly sounded the alarm bell in the city and shouted: "Close the door... close the door quickly..."

Unfortunately, it was too late to close the door at this time, Zhang Zhan and his men had already reached the city gate.

"Ah...ah..."

Screams rang out, and in less than two minutes all the city gate guards were killed, and the Han army successfully seized control of the city gate.

In the royal palace in the city, King Nandou was still drinking wine and enjoying singing and dancing.

When he heard the alarm bell ringing, his first reaction was not that there was an invasion by a foreign enemy, but that someone had mistakenly hit the bell.

"Come here, let's see who is ringing the bell randomly..."

After giving the instructions, King Nandou continued to drink and have fun.

The king was like this and the nobles in the city also didn't take the alarm bells to heart...

At this time, the Han army had already entered the city. Under the leadership of Zhang Yue and Yu Chilin, the Han army divided into two groups.

Yuchilin led the way to the Nandou Palace.

Zhang Zhan led them all the way to the military camp in the city.

What surprised Zhang Zhan even more was that apart from a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled people, there was no standing army in the military camp.

After taking the military camp, Zhang Zhan learned from the surrendered soldiers that because today was a holiday in Nandou State, the soldiers were all on holiday.

As for those people staying in the military camp, it's just because they have nowhere to go.

However, Zhang Zhan did not encounter resisters at all.

Not far from the military camp, a caravan from the Magadha Kingdom clashed with the Han army.

Then some Nandou people who reacted briefly resisted the Han army.

It was only at this time that the nobles in the city realized that there were actually foreign enemies entering the city.

But by this time it was too late, Zhang Zhan had already breached the military camp in the city and sent troops to control the remaining city gates.

The nobles summoned private soldiers to resist, but under the attack of the Han army, they were unable to withstand even one attack.

Because of Zhang Yue's order, after Zhang Zhan captured these nobles again, he did not kill them, but just imprisoned them.

On the other side, Yuchi Lin also successfully arrived outside the palace and launched an attack on the palace.

"Your Highness! Something happened... something happened..."

The captain of the palace guard rushed into the hall in panic.

King Nandu angrily said: "Why are you shouting like this..."

The captain of the guard shouted: "Your Highness, the Han army has reached the palace!"

King Nandou was shocked when he heard this and said: "The Han army is still hundreds of miles away, so how come they are killing Nandou..."

Before the guard captain had time to explain, he heard screams and panicked shouts coming from outside the hall.

"The Han army has entered the palace..."

The captain of the guard became anxious when he heard this, and pulled Nan Kabuto away to take him away.

King Nandou hurriedly dropped the wine glass in his hand and followed the captain of the guard to the secret passage.
To be continued...