Chapter 10 Winning Heroes
After the people dispersed, Zhang Shun pulled Chen Changye and said, "Brother, don't blame me. I didn't expect that everyone would object to this. Shun had to say this so that everyone agreed. Zhang Shun admired the two brothers very much, so he had to come up with this worst."
Chen Changye felt quite uncomfortable after hearing Zhang Shun's remarks: We treat you sincerely, but you actually plotted against us for profit. It's so unrighteous. After hearing this again, he felt a little more comfortable.
He thought to himself: If the lord is really willing to plot against us, why should he be willing to be his brother? If he follows the public opinion and becomes his brother, I have no choice but to do anything to him. In this way, he is sincerely a sworn brother.
Afterwards, Chen Changye went to see Xiao Qinhu, pinched his head and tail, and told Xiao Qinhu about the matter, and said, "The subordinates of the lord all opposed this matter, but the lord fought with reason and tried his best to resist the public."
Xiao Qinhu also liked it very much, but he didn't expect that this rich young man was such a loyal hero. He could not let him suffer any losses in the future, and his slaves underestimate him.
After a few days, the scouts sent by Zhao Lizi still did not find out about the officers, soldiers and the "bandits". However, Zhang Shun could not stand the dampness and chaos of the camp, so with the help of his "Second Brother Xiao", he found another camp and stationed again.
This time the camp was stationed on a south-facing hillside. The ground seemed very dry due to the sun's exposure and the natural discharge of groundwater. Not far below the hillside, it happened to be a clean stream, which made it much easier to get water.
Zhang Shun also deliberately asked someone to dig a simple toilet next to the camp, and healed and defecated here in the morning and evening, which made the smell of the camp much better. All these conveniences were not mentioned. However, the problem of Ma Yingniang was difficult to solve. There were already men in the camp, and it was still not safe to open toilets and other facilities for a woman alone.
After all, Zhang Shun came up with an idea. He didn't expect that he had studied "The Art of War" several times, but he did not find much practical help for the time being. On the contrary, the inexplicable "Yu Liaozi" helped him a lot. In fact, this is Zhang Shun's ignorance. "Yu Liaozi" ranks one of the seven martial arts classics and is one of the official designated military textbooks. It was originally a famous martial arts art.
This "Wei Liaozi" says:
Those who are in the classics shall divide them into three parts: the left army's Cangqi, and the soldiers wear Cangyu; the right army's white flag, and the soldiers wear Baiyu; the central army's yellow flag, and the soldiers wear Huangyu.
There are five chapters in the first line: the first line of the blue chapter, the second line of the red chapter, the second line of the yellow chapter, the second line of the four line of the white chapter, and the second line of the five elements of the black chapter.
What does it mean? That is to say, the soldiers are divided into three parts, the left army holds blue flags, and the soldiers wear blue feathers; the right army holds white flags, and the soldiers wear white feathers; the central army holds yellow flags, and the soldiers wear yellow feathers.
Then the soldiers wore five kinds of seal patterns, the first row wore blue seal patterns, the second row wore red seal patterns, the third row wore yellow seal patterns, the fourth batch wore white seal patterns, and the fifth row wore black seal patterns.
Zhang Shun thought this method was very practical, so he imitated it. However, although some cloth in his hand could be used, there was a lack of tailor. So Zhang Shun had the idea of recruiting some female soldiers. In this era, the so-called female soldiers were either camp prostitutes or guards of female generals, and they were not as serious female soldiers as in later generations.
What Zhang Shun thought was to take advantage of the characteristics of women who are good at tailoring and patient and careful in cooking, and recruit some for Zhang Sanbai's sister Ma Yingniang to manage. In addition to practicing some martial arts on a daily basis, he could assist in tailoring, cooking and military doctor work.
Last time the soldiers in Meng County were injured, Zhang Shun could only force the doctors in the city to treat them, but it was not convenient to force the doctors to follow the army. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome if the other party did not make any bad things for him and others. Then, the matter of his injury and Xiao Qinhu offering medicine gradually made Zhang Shun have an idea.
He was planning to recruit some women. On the one hand, he could prepare some bandages and golden sore medicine. Once the soldiers were injured, they could directly use the cooked bandages and sprinkle them with golden sore medicine to treat common swords and gun injuries in the army. This would not only help boost morale, but also retain more trained and experienced soldiers.
On the other hand, you can sew flag patterns in your spare time to make the soldiers more refined and accurate. However, it is not feasible at this time. Wait until you have the opportunity to recruit female soldiers before starting this plan.
When everything was done, it happened to be auspicious day for the zodiac sign. So, under the leadership of Master Ma, the swornship ceremony between Zhang Shun, Chen Changye and Xiao Qinhu finally began.
Master Ma first asked people to find the altar and the portrait of Guan Gong. Fortunately, there were many people worshipping Guan Gong in this era. As for the altar, it was taken from the temple where the old monk raised the tiger.
Hang Guan Gong's portrait against a big tree, put the altar on the bottom, and put three animals: pork, fish and eggs. A rooster, nine fragrant roots, and one serving of Jinlan each person.
Then, Master Ma shouted: "The ceremony begins, please burn incense."
So, Chen, Xiao and Zhang lit three incense sticks, and the three bowed three times and raised the incense to Guan Gong.
Then he killed the rooster and dripped the chicken blood into the wine bowl. Chen Changye did this chicken killing activity. This man was very skilled in martial arts and could kill people without any effort, let alone killing the chicken? With just one knife, he killed the chicken. There was no such thing as a farce about the rooster not dead, and the thundering was full of blood.
The three of them pierced the middle finger of their left hand one after another, dripping the blood into the wine bowl. At this step, Chen Xiao and the other two had no problem. However, Zhang Shun had never suffered a lot and secretly pierced several times before gritting his teeth and pricking his fingers and dripping the blood into the wine.
Then the three of them swore to Guan Gong:
Now there are Chen Changye, Xiao Qinhu and Zhang Shun. They fell in love with each other when they saw each other and became like-minded. Therefore, they formed brothers from different surnames. They did not ask for birth on the same day of the same year, month of the same month, but wanted to die on the same day of the same year!
After the oath was finished, the three of them mixed the blood and wine evenly and sprinkled three drops on the ground to show that they were polite to Guan Gong first, and then drank the blood wine in one sip.
Finally, the three of them worshiped Guan Gong first, then bowed to each other, and shouted: Big brother, second brother and third brother, the three of them handed over the Jinlan brothel with the oath to Master Ma for preservation. This ceremony was completed.
From then on, Zhang Shun was no longer alone. If there was anything else, he would have to invite his elder brother and second brother to help. Before Zhang Shun could be happy, he saw his disciple Wukong running over happily and shouted: "Master, you have your own brothers, don't forget my disciple, and give me that tiger skin and make me another tiger skin skirt. How good is it?"
It turned out that after Zhang Shun got the tiger skin from Brother Xiao, he was thinking about it for a long time. Today, he took advantage of the "master" to be happy and took it out. In fact, Zhang Shun used this tiger skin just as he was so wet a few days ago. Zhang Shun spread the tiger skin on the ground and felt comfortable to sleep. However, as the monarch, he had to always win over his subordinates. Today, Zhang Shun was happy. Since the monkey wanted it, he would just give it to him.
Chapter completed!