Chapter 402 Five Dou Rice, once again put down the Five Dou Rice Sect
Yang Zong replied angrily: "Don't be so arrogant just relying on the power of the Five Dou Rice Sect. We, the Wei Dynasty, are not afraid of the country of the Five Dou Rice Sect. If we are willing, we can raise an army and pay a small price, and we can't use the Five Dou Rice Sect."
Teach me to slaughter them all!"
The envoy of the Five Dou Rice Sect said calmly: "My sect has tens of thousands of followers, and each person donates five dou rice. It cannot be destroyed by the Wei State. If it is forced, it will definitely make the Wei State strong."
If you are injured, if you unite with Wu and Shu again, Wei may be destroyed."
Returning to the origin, why did Zhang Tianshi charge five pecks of rice when he founded the Taoist sect to attract Taoists?
It is not for the purpose of making money, this is actually related to the worship of stars by the ancients. In Taoism, there is not only the belief in the three senses of heaven, earth and man, but also the belief in the worship of the sun, moon and stars such as Beidou and Qiyao. Especially the "Five Dou", in the hearts of ancient Chinese people
has a special status.
Among the Five Dippers, the most familiar to people are the Big Dipper and the South Dipper. In Taoism, among the seven stars in the Big Dipper are Kuixing, the Wenqu star destined for literary fortune, and Luxing, the star that Chinese people pay most attention to. In addition to the fluctuating light, the seven stars such as Yuheng are very beautiful.
In addition to the name, Taoism has also given domineering nicknames such as Tanlang, Pojun, Lianzhen, etc. This shows that Beidou has an unusual position in the hearts of the ancients. Very early on, people have said: Nandou is responsible for life, and Beidou is responsible for death.
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There is such a story in "Sou Shen Ji". Guan Ren, a famous warlock during the Three Kingdoms period, met a 19-year-old boy Zhao Yan and concluded that he would die within three days. Zhao Yan's father was frightened when he heard about it.
He asked Guan Ren for advice on how to rescue him. Seeing the father and son crying miserably, Guan Ren finally couldn't bear it and taught Zhao Yan how to rescue him.
The next day, Zhao Yan prepared good wine and meat and went to Nanshan. Just as Guan Ren predicted, there were two people playing chess on the rock under a big tree. One person was wearing a white robe and facing south.
One person was sitting there, looking ugly; the other person was wearing a red robe and sitting facing north, looking handsome. The two were fascinated by playing chess and unknowingly ate the food prepared by Zhao Yan. When they woke up, it was already a done deal.
The hands that hold people are short, and the mouth that eats people is short. Under Zhao Yan's begging, the two chess players discussed: Yes, let's change the nineteen on the life and death book to ninety-nine. After the two changed it, it became
The white crane left. In order to avoid leaking the heavenly secrets again and suffering the disaster of five disadvantages and three shortcomings, Guan Ren would no longer tell fortunes for others.
The person wearing the white robe is the Big Dipper, and the person wearing the red robe is the South Dipper. Since there are the Big Dipper and the South Dipper, of course there are also the East Dipper and the West Dipper. None of the five elements can be missing, so it is natural to have the Middle Dipper. Taoism
Worship the Five Dou, saying that "the names of the seven stars are the names of people's fortunes. They should always be remembered and recited in order to seek blessings." The important Taoist scripture "The Book of Saviors" clearly states, "The East Dou is the master of calculation, the West Dou is the name, and the North Dou is the fall."
After death, the South Dou will be reborn, the Middle Dou will be the Great Leader, and it will supervise all spirits." This shows the importance of the Five Dou.
Later, the belief in Wudou gradually became more vivid, and great gods such as Wudouxingjun appeared. Wudouxingjun, like the Sanguan Emperor, is a great god who examines the merits and demerits of the living and the dead, and is in charge of the life and death of the world.
When Zhang Tianshi founded the Five Pecks of Rice Road, he especially worshiped the Three Officials and often used the "Three Officials Handwritten" talisman to treat illnesses and save people.
By analogy, the name of the Five Dou Rice Way probably also comes from the worship of the Five Dou Star Lord. It is not because of accepting five Dou rice from his disciples, but it is also true that he accepts five Dou rice from his disciples.
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "Emperor Wu was able to defeat and subdue the millions of Yellow Turbans that even Liu Dai could not defeat, and subdue Zhang Lu. Now his descendants can't pacify the Five Dou Rice Cult again? Even if the Five Dou Rice Cult has hundreds of thousands
So what about the believers, the Wei Dynasty has millions of troops!"
In 192, with the support of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao defeated the Black Mountain Army and the Southern Xiongnu Army in succession, stabilized his rule in Dongjun, and gained his first base area.
Soon, a new and greater opportunity came: to take over Yanzhou!
In April 192, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans invaded Yanzhou, killed Zheng Sui, the Prime Minister of the city, and moved to Dongping.
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, led his army to counterattack, but was defeated and died.
Sensing an opportunity, Chen Gong persuaded Cao Cao to seize Yanzhou while there was no owner in the state, and volunteered to lobby the state.
With the support of old friends such as Bao Xin and Zhang Miao, the major clans in Yanzhou agreed to support Cao Cao as the governor of Yanzhou.
However, if Cao Cao wants to become the true lord of Yanzhou, he must truly defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turban!
Considering the situation at that time, this was an almost impossible task. The Yellow Turbans at that time numbered millions!
It is said to be one million, but how much is the actual number? Later, when Cao Cao surrendered the Yellow Turbans, he wrote a document to the court stating that "the surrendered soldiers numbered more than 300,000, and the number of men and women was over one million."
At that time, the document used to defeat the enemy was to count one for ten. Therefore, the Yellow Turbans that Guang finally surrendered were at least 30,000 capable men and more than 100,000 men and women.
Including the casualties and casualties in the battle, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army should be far more than this number.
With a population of more than 100,000 and 30,000 capable warriors, doesn’t it sound so scary?
Still scary!
Because at that time, the troops directly under Cao Cao only had thousands of people he brought from Dongjun.
Of course, there were many soldiers and horses in Yanzhou Prefecture. However, the troubled times have come, and each county is actually a small warlord of its own.
We can see from the situation when we first launched an army to attack Dong Zhuo. The so-called "Eighteen Route Princes", in Yanzhou alone, include Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang, and Yuan Yi, the governor of Jibei
Believe me!
In other words, the prefects of each county are actually the same as the state governors. They are also independent warlords and are not assigned by the state governors!
Therefore, although Cao Cao was supported as the governor of Yanzhou, at best he could only be regarded as being invited to "co-pastor", and at most the counties could be regarded as friendly forces!
When they first attacked Dong Zhuo together, only Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin fully supported these friendly forces. Now, Bao Xin is still the only friendly force we can count on!
When Bao Xin raised an army to rebel against Dong Zhuo, he raised "20,000 disciples, 800 cavalry, and more than 200 vehicles of baggage."
However, during the Battle of Bianshui, Bao Xin's younger brother was killed, Bao Xin himself was injured, and his father was almost beaten.
Therefore, Cao Cao's military strength was approximately several thousand directly under his command, plus several thousand friendly troops from Bao Xin's department, which was far less than the enemy's troops.
Moreover, although the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had been defeated by Tao Qian and Gongsun Zan, they had rich experience in fighting after all, and they had just won a great victory at this time and were at the peak of their vigor.
What about Cao Cao's troops? The veterans of Cao Cao and Bao Xin's troops suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Bianshui, and most of them were newly recruited troops. As the saying goes, "Taizu had few old troops, but many new troops who were not trained."
Therefore, Cao Cao is weaker than his opponents in terms of both the quantity and quality of his departments.
All Cao Cao can rely on is his own strategy!
When Liu Dai fought against the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, Bao Xin proposed a defensive counterattack strategy.
There are millions of Yellow Turbans, the people are frightened, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit and are invincible. I observed the Yellow Turban troops, and they have been following them for generations. The army has no self-respect and can only use plunder to provide supplies!
We should recharge our batteries and defend first. If the opponent is unable to fight or attack, he or she will be exhausted and dispersed! Then we select the elite, occupy the key points and attack them, and we will definitely defeat them!