Chapter 2820 Buddha laughs at the suffering in the world, while evil ghosts are greedy for money in the world
Lu Bu commanded the cavalry very quickly, but the logistics could not maintain the same speed as the cavalry.
There were many soldiers and horses going into battle, and a huge amount of food and grass was needed. Most of the Western Regions were relatively desolate, and the number of people farming was small. Instead, livestock was the main focus. War horses could gallop. These cattle that followed the army provided red food and free food.
Sheep, the speed cannot be increased.
Naturally, there were not many cattle and sheep that could keep up with Lu Bu in the future, and the supply was naturally more than enough. Wei Xu mainly supplied most of the quantity to the army directly under Lu Bu, which naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the vassal armies, and everyone was scolding them.
Tao, full of complaints.
Habit is a terrible thing.
When Lu Bu was in Bingzhou and serving under Ding Yuan, although he had the title of bookkeeper, he didn't care much about logistics, money and food. Later, whether he defected to Dong Zhuo, served under Yuan Shao, or
Now under Yu Feiqian's command, he has basically never been in charge of people's livelihood and government affairs or basic logistics, so in fact Lu Bu doesn't have much idea about this aspect.
In order to cover up his previous behavior, Wei Xu always told Lu Bu that there was no problem and that he could handle it. Lu Bu did not explore or pay attention to it. However, in fact, in order to ensure the supply of Lu Bu's headquarters along the way, he also made up for Lu Bu's gaze.
From the visible loopholes in this area, Wei Xu had more than just deducted the vassal soldiers' food and grass rations once.
Baisu, the king of Qiuci, may have thought that more troubles are worse than less troubles, so he sent Lu Bu and others away early, leaving Lu Bu to have a fight with Dawan and give them some food, grass, cattle and sheep, which would be a waste of money and disaster relief.
But Bai Shan didn't think so.
He boasts that his talents are not inferior to those of Bai Su, and he even disdains to see Bai Su chanting Buddha every day. He thinks that as the leader of a country, it is a joke to ask for gods and Buddhas. But the problem is that he is not the leader of the country, but just the brother of the leader, and even
Sometimes he is not even considered a brother, but just an errand boy...
Just like this time, he ran errands for Bai Sulai and laughed with her in a low-key manner.
But he was filled with cruelty in his heart.
Baishan found that Lu Bu's army seemed to be divided into three parts, the main part, the old one, and the new one. Although the three parts were all under Lu Bu's command, they didn't seem to have much harmony.
How to speak.
This is a bit interesting...
Baishan cheered up and observed carefully secretly.
Of course, the faces of the generals of the headquarters show arrogance, but the relationship between Lao Fu and Xinyong is not so harmonious. Although it is not a quarrel, they maintain a distance intentionally or unintentionally in their expressions and behavior.
While Bai Shan was secretly watching, a group of soldiers came over surrounded by a Han general, it was Wei Xu.
Wei Xu had a smile on his face. This smile was quite sincere, at least for the grain, grass, cattle and sheep brought by Baishan. After seeing Baishan, he said loudly: "I have met the wise king of Qiuci! I have heard of Wenxian for a long time."
Wang’s loyalty, righteousness and kindness are indeed well-deserved when I see him today!”
Bai Shan sneered in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He bowed respectfully to Wei Xu. When did you hear my name? I'm afraid it was just now?
Wei Xu stepped forward and invited Bai Shan to go inside.
Baishan walked all the way in, praising the soldiers and horses in Lu Bu's camp like a fool, "Look at the soldiers and horses of Daduhu, they are so powerful and majestic, they are really... like heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals! Those in this small country."
The soldiers and men are really indescribable, which makes Xiao Wang really envious..."
Wei Xu laughed loudly, his face was bright, and he said a few words of humility. He suddenly felt that Bai Shan was a good person. After taking Bai Shan to visit Lu Bu, he delivered some rewards, grain, grass, cattle and sheep, and then gave Bai Shan away.
After leaving the camp, go back and see Lu Bu again.
When Lu Bu saw Wei Xu turning around, he nodded slightly and said, "Since Qiuci understands his interests, there is no need to use force."
Kucha, Shule, Yarkand and other countries have been inseparable from the Han Dynasty for the past three or four hundred years.
Sometimes it's a surrender, sometimes it's a defection.
When they surrendered, they would pull the Han envoy's horse's head reins, crying and shouting to express that the big man was the father and could not leave the poor baby alone. However, when they rebelled, they were also unceremonious and slaughtered the Han people in rivers of blood.
Kucha has now expressed its surrender and sent food, grass, cattle and sheep. Lu Bu is naturally not easy to take action, and Kucha is not a small country. There are many people, horses and soldiers. If they really fall out, it will be troublesome to fight. Not to mention other things.
The speed of this advance will definitely be slowed down.
Wei Xu had no objections to Lu Bu's arrangement. He was eager to get some supplies here in Qiuci to relieve some of the pressure on his logistics.
But others may not.
Do vassal armies care about the whole grand strategy?
The vassal army thought that by following Lu Bu, they would have a chance to make a lot of money. However, they did not expect that when they arrived at Yanqi, they encountered rain and snow and had to stop. As a result, not to mention money and goods, even grain and grass were lost.
She was in short supply, and the belt on her belly was tightened again and again.
I originally thought that when I arrived at Kucha, if the King of Kucha was a little dissatisfied, he would sweep over and ignore the gold and silver money first, at least I would fill up the withered intestines that had been hungry for many days, but there was no such thing.
When I thought that King Qiuci had voted so simply, I was immediately dumbfounded.
Yanqi didn't fight, and Qiuci didn't fight either.
In this way, if Shule doesn't take action next time, it will go smoothly, but where is the money? Where are the cattle and sheep? The things eaten these days will not fall from the sky for no reason!
What's more, Wei Xu is partial and only cares about the troops in front of Lu Bu. Everyone else is indifferent, and he doesn't even care about the stuttering one!
So among the vassal troops, Hutu Tian, a Shache native who had surrendered earlier, stood up, coughed slightly, and said respectfully to Lu Bu: "I'll protect you, most of you. I heard that King Qiuci believes in the Buddha...
…Do you think this matter is a little too light, subordinate?”
"Huh?" Lu Bu frowned, "What do you mean?"
Hutu Tian glanced at Lu Bu and quickly lowered his head, "Didn't the Great Protector kill many Buddhist monks in Xihai City before..."
Lu Bu frowned, "Those are all fake monks and deserve death!"
Hutu Tian nodded repeatedly and said: "What the Great Protector said is true! Those guys pretending to be monks should certainly die! But this Qiuci... It is said that they even carved stone walls and carved Buddha statues for the Buddha. It shows that these Qiuci people believe it very much."
The Buddha's... if... well, I'm just hypothetical, if some Buddhist monks instigated and ruined the name of the Great Protector, or..."
Lu Bu glared, "What do you want to say?"
"Reporting to the Protector of Dadu, I want to say that I am willing to be the vanguard and go ahead to investigate... If Qiuci is really willing to work hard, that's it. If it is..." Hutu Tian smiled and said, "There is Dadu."
If you stay behind and protect us, we will feel at ease, right?"
Lu Bu pondered for a moment, nodded, and looked at Wei Xu, "What do you think?"
Wei Xu didn't have any serious ideas. He pretended to think about it for a while, then nodded and said, "I'll report it back to the Protector, I think it's good."
"Then let's do it!" Lu Bu threw down the command flag and asked Hutu Tian to lead his own troops and add 3,000 vassal troops as the front army to move forward and explore the road as a vanguard.
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Baishan returned to the royal city, handed in his errands, and left the palace.
The royal city of Qiuci is called Pilang, which means huge and huge.
The entire royal city was built according to the mountain topography. It has three levels inside and outside. Most of them are made of loess as the foundation stone and rammed earth as the walls. The walls are mostly decorated with gold and silver, which sparkle brilliantly under the sunlight.
Because Qiuci has admired the Buddha over the years, there have been many monks coming and going in the city. From time to time, devout believers offer food, water, and flowers to the monks, making it appear peaceful.
Baishan stared at the monks, sighed slightly, then turned and left.
Some people believe in Buddhism, while others naturally do not.
Some people look forward to the next life, while others think about this life.
Baishan does not believe in Buddhism, and even thinks that these Buddhas and monks are all a trick of Anxi and a vicious plot of Kushan.
It's a pity that Bai Su believes in Buddhism.
But Bai Su, a Buddhist, is still the king.
Other things were easy to talk about, and Bai Su listened, but when it came to this belief, Bai Su felt that Bai Shan was hateful and had ulterior motives. He even had a quarrel. If they weren't blood brothers, the two of them would never have drawn swords against each other...
If you practice Buddhism, can you make the soldiers retreat and put down the swords and guns? Baishan sneered and returned to his house.
The royal family of Kucha all live in cave dwellings.
It is similar to a cave dwelling on a high loess slope.
There is less rain in the Western Region, so these cave dwellings built in the mountains are warm in winter and cool in summer, and the terrain is high. When you step out of the door, you can see "all the mountains at a glance".
The setting sun shines on the loess, making it golden.
Those Buddha statues inlaid with gold on the loess rock walls are like 120-watt light bulbs, shining brightly.
Bai Shan felt that it was very dazzling, so he turned back to the cave and sat down. Not long after, a servant from the palace brought in tonight's dinner of preserved meat and laid it out one by one...
Bai Shan frowned, "Why are there only these today?"
Pasta.
Pickles.
A bowl of pimple soup.
The servant replied and said that it was the king who had spoken. These days were the Buddha's Nirvana Day, so all meat and meat dishes were cancelled, and only vegetarian food...
"If there's no meat, go bring some goat milk," Bai Shan said with a frown, "It's just a dry pancake with no flavor at all, how can you swallow it!"
"To the wise king, this goat's milk... is also banned..."
"Goat milk too?" Bai Shan's eyes widened, "Didn't Bai Shi say it wasn't counted some time ago?"
"I report to the wise king that the new monk has made new rules..."
Bai Shan took a deep breath, and after a while he waved his hands helplessly. Halfway through his words, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Then bring some kumiss... Isn't kumiss also banned?"
The servant nodded timidly.
"You can't eat red food, and you can't eat white food now..." Baishan waved his arms, "First it was Buddha's birthday, and then it was Nirvana day! And what kind of monastic day! Enlightenment day! Happy day! This
How much time throughout the year is no longer human, but the Buddha's! You can't eat red or white food, this is forbidden, that is forbidden, just don't eat it, everyone will be hungry! Wouldn't it be easier for everyone?
?!』
Baishan was so angry that he laughed instead.
The servant shrank his head and did not dare to speak.
Bai Shan knew this and couldn't blame the servant, so he just waved his hand to ask the servant to leave.
The servant seems to have been granted amnesty.
Bai Shan stared at the noodles and pickled vegetables, with no desire to eat them...
Before, he would have had to go to Bai Su for discussion, but now, he has another idea.
Perhaps it was also because Bai Su had a lot of theories before, but Bai Su didn't listen at all.
The sun slowly sets over the mountain, and shadows gradually cover the face of Baishan.
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Bai Su also has a headache.
The Han army again sent people to ask for fodder, cattle, sheep and horses.
One thousand and five sheep.
Five hundred cattle.
One thousand horses.
Wei Xu felt that if Qiuci could give him one thousand, he would at least have ten thousand left at home!
The number of cattle, sheep and horses required by the Han army was actually not too large for the entire Qiuci Kingdom.
This is at most the number of livestock of a large tribe, and there is not only one livestock tribe in Kucha. But there is nothing wrong with the fact that Kucha is larger. Not all of Kucha’s manpower and material resources are concentrated together and can be mobilized at any time.
It is true that there is one near the Royal City, but after it is given out, what are you going to eat inside and outside the Royal City?
Kucha became a major country in the Western Regions because of its unique water and soil. There are four rivers in Kucha, one is the Baima River, the second is the Jishu River, or the North River, and the third is the Kucha River, which is the earliest origin of Kucha
The ground and the fourth are Gumo River, also known as Diaohuan River.
In addition to these four large rivers, there are also some small rivers in Kucha. These rivers are connected by crisscross ditches and dense water systems, which makes Kucha both cultivated and grazing.
There are high mountains in the north of each major oases in Qiuci, and the depths of the mountains are rich in wood, gold and other minerals. There are scattered pastures in the middle of the mountains, where cattle, sheep and camels can be grazed. At the foot of the mountains, there are generally large grasslands, which can be used for livestock.
Raise cattle, sheep, donkeys and other large and small livestock, and also cultivate land.
Therefore, this different production model according to the mountain topography makes Qiuci naturally more developed commercially. Because the mountain residents are engaged in the nomadic economy, the residents in the foothills are engaged in the semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral economy, and the oasis residents are engaged in the agricultural or handicraft economy. Because of their
The economies they are engaged in are different, and the products they produce are different. They need to exchange with each other, and the commercial atmosphere is naturally strong.
In addition to the merchants who travel between east and west, it can be said that Kucha's trade is also very powerful. This is why Bai Su feels the need to maintain a certain good relationship with the Han people.
Bai Su didn't want to get involved in the conflicts between the Han and Anxi, or the Han and the Kushan. He just wanted to watch the vicissitudes of the world like the Buddha, while remaining immortal himself.
But the problem is that he was a laborer last time and had already given away a lot of cattle, sheep, horses, fodder and other supplies.
If I send it again now and ask for it next time, will it be given or not?
"Come here!" Bai Su said in a deep voice, "Let someone tell the Han envoy that we need to raise some money. Once the money is raised, we will escort him there..."
Follow the orders and retreat.
Bai Su sat in silence for a while, then called another person, "Go and ask the National Master if there are any recent Buddha birthdays and Enlightenment Days... and then report them to me."
The Han army is equivalent to additional expenses. Before the cattle and sheep are mobilized from various places, we should save as much as possible.
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Hutu Tian felt that even if the old grudges of Shache could be let go, he could not say that he had spared King Baisu of Kucha in vain now.
Is it free of charge anyway, or is it free of charge? If you don’t seize the opportunity to make a fortune, wouldn’t you be an idiot?
Hutu Khotan is considered to be the royal family of the Shache Kingdom.
once.
Most of the countries in the Western Regions were losers, and Yarkand was no exception. At first they were pro-Han, but later they were hostile to the Han. However, they were convinced by Feng Fengshi's slap in the face, and they quickly surrendered to the Han with a shameful face. They persisted for a long time.
After a long time, I finally felt that I could do it, so I started to do it secretly, but was punished by Ban Chao, so I felt good again and surrendered again.
In this process, the Hutu clan became enemies with Qiuci.
At that time, the relationship between Kucha and Yarkand was pretty good. When he heard that Ban Chao was going to beat Yarkand, Yarkand was so anxious that he almost urinated and went to Kucha for help.
The Kucha royal family was still Yuliduo at that time...
In the end, I don’t know what Yuliduo was thinking. It was clear that he could send troops to rescue immediately. Perhaps Yuliduo wanted to eat two fish and profit from both ends, or for some other reason. Yuliduo did not send troops immediately, but instead gathered five troops.
Only after thousands of people did we set off.
In this case, it is naturally too late.
Banchao raided the Shache Kingdom and defeated the Hutu clan. After hearing the news that Hutu was defeated, the Kucha people did not dare to come. Of course, Kucha did not get any benefits in the follow-up. When Ban Chao returned to the army
By the way, he went to Kucha and sat down, deposed Yuliduo, and supported Kucha Baiba as king. This is the reason why the current royal family in Kucha has the surname Bai.
Although it is said that Qiuci has changed his surname now, not all the grievances and grudges of the past may have been blown away.
Of course, Hutu Khotan had no way to do anything against King Qiuci, but it was okay to do some small damage and vent his anger to some extent, especially since the vassal army had not received any decent reinforcements in this period of time, and everyone was just an eye.
Turning green and drooling.
Of course, some people think that doing so is risky, but Hutu Tian blew his beard and said, "The Han people have a saying, "Wealth and wealth can be obtained through danger"! This is what the Han sages said! If you don't do anything, you will wait for the sky to rain down your cattle, sheep, and money.
Come down? During this period of time, you will be following the Protector, the sons, no, not only the sons, but also the horses are out of shape! If you don’t find a way, you will starve to death! Otherwise, you can go to the Protector and tell them
Give us all the cattle, sheep, money and food?!』
The opponents immediately fell silent.
"That's it, find a tribe, either big or small!" Hutu Tian smiled widely, revealing a mouth full of yellow and black teeth, "It's too big to eat, and it's too small to eat!" He ordered
Go down and ask the men to be smarter with their hands and feet, and be stricter with their mouths! Don't let the news leak out! They are all saying that they have caught a Kuishang spy! They are trying to kill us, so we are defending ourselves! Do you understand this?! Let's go!"
