Although Liu Xiu's worldview has changed a lot, once he deviates from the mysterious thinking of philosophy and considers specific things, he often habitually returns to the original thinking structure. After Xun You reminded him, he realized that witchcraft is not far away for the people of this era, but is right around him.

In fact, Liu Xiu was not unfamiliar with these. Before popularizing science, most Chinese people believed in witchcraft. Witches and gods never disappeared among the people. Even in the 21st century when science was prosperous, some people still believed in witchcraft among the public servants of higher education. Before building government buildings, they would invite a Feng Shui master to take a look to bless themselves to gain additional positions and prosper their careers.

Jingzhou was originally in Chu, and Jiangling was the capital of Chu State Ying. After Chu State was captured by the Qin general Bai Qi, he moved to Chapter 556. The Battle of Xiling (Three) to Shouchun. The people of Chu believed in Wu, Jiangxia, Nanjun, and Wuling all the counties. They had barbarians of the Banyan Man of Ba County. They were of the same origin as the Banyan Man of Ba County. Later, due to the war, they moved to various places, but their customs were very similar. Mrs. Lu's witchcraft was useful to Banyan Man, and was also useful to Jiangxia Man and Nanjun Man.

Among the county soldiers in Jiangxia and Nanjun, many of them were originally barbarians. They went out to settle down, but their customs did not change much. They believed in ghosts and gods, believed in death as the beginning of life, and believed in witchcraft that was even more important than Confucianism. After all, for ordinary people, Confucian classics are still very unfamiliar with them, not to mention that even Confucian scholars do not reject witchcraft. Most of the great scholars in the Bashu area are proclaimed and divine art.

Liu Xiu recorded this matter and after discussing official duties with Xun You, he rushed to Mrs. Lu's tent in person. Mrs. Lu lived in the Zhongjun camp, and was separated from Liu Xiu by the large tent of the Huwei camp. Liu Xiu took Zhang Wei out of the large tent. After walking a few steps, he arrived.

In front of Mrs. Lu's big tent, there were two circles of Taoist priests holding shackles. There were eighteen Qiandao in the outer circle. That is, male Taoist priests, six Kundao near the big tent, that is, female Taoist priests. They were all brought by Mrs. Lu from Yizhou, and there were a total of eighty-one Qiandao and thirty-six Kundao. In addition, there were eight knights in Chapter 556, the Battle of Xiling (Three), led by Zhang Xiu. The number of of course was determined according to the number of techniques.

When Liu Xiu walked outside the tent, he smelled a faint fragrance, which was sandalwood transported from Jiaozhou. Sandalwood was not produced in the Central Plains. This was specially sent by King Liu Yuanqi of Chu to thank Mrs. Lu for his great kindness for treating Liu Xiu. Mrs. Lu liked this fragrance very much and was not short of it.

Liu Xiu nodded to the female Taoist priest standing at the door. The middle-aged female Taoist priest bowed and returned the greeting. He came in and reported. Soon, Lan Lan opened the tent door and walked out, and smiled and said, "The National Master, please come in."

Liu Xiu raised his palms to serve as a tribute, and then he lowered his head and entered the big tent. The big tent was covered with flags and various runes were painted on it. Liu Xiu looked at it and felt a little dizzy.

"This is……"

"Recruiting banners." Mrs. Lu, who was kneeling on the ground to draw talismans, straightened up, rubbed her waist, and put down the cinnabar pen in her hand. She smiled and said, "I have drawn these banners, hoping to add some momentum when the general starts war."

"This... works?" Liu Xiu said in confusion. Can the talisman be used so far?

"Just try it." Mrs. Lu stood up, put on her shoes, and stood a banner with Lan Lan, asking Liu Xiu to stand as far as possible, and then looked at the banner in their hands. Liu Xiu looked at it for a moment, but didn't see anything. He was about to give up, and suddenly his eyes dissipated. The banner seemed to move, and it felt like teams of soldiers walking in the dust, like the heat steam on the ground in the desert was steaming, light and shadow flowing, and the figures seemed to be blurred inside. He must have been conscious, those banners were gone again, and only one banner was painted with various lines that he couldn't understand.

Liu Xiu laughed. He understood the function of this banner. On the battlefield, the two armies were at least a hundred steps apart, which was an arrow. After a hundred steps, there was a battle formation, and the battle formation was about a hundred steps. In this way, even the warrior standing in the front could see two hundred steps behind the opponent's formation. Seeing these flags two hundred steps away, it was difficult to tell whether it was an illusion or a real thing. It was easy to produce psychological hints that the opponent was too large to imagine.

This is what the so-called recruiting banner should mean.

After hearing Liu Xiu's guess, Mrs. Lu was a little surprised. She was silent for a moment: "Maybe it is. I just saw it from Taoist books, but I didn't think about the truth here. But when I think about it carefully, it should be what the general said. People always say that seeing is true, but in fact, the eyes are the easiest to deceive people. The talisman can play a role, which is roughly because of this reason." She chuckled: "The spell is not for deafness, and the talisman is not for blindness, which is the truth."

Liu Xiu laughed silently. He explained his purpose. Since Mrs. Lu was already preparing, he didn't need to say anything more. He just discussed with her what methods to use to boost morale when he was about to fight. Mrs. Lu responded one by one, and told some common methods in Taoism. Liu Xiu picked up the suitable ones and chose a few, and asked about the preparations of the doctors.

Speaking of the doctor, Liu Xiu was a little moved. The ones he knew most about the miracle doctors of the Three Kingdoms were Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing. Hua Tuo had not found him yet, but Zhang Zhongjing was from Nanyang, but after finding Zhang Zhongjing, he was disappointed. Zhang Zhongjing's famous friend was the prefect of Changsha who was driven away by Sun Jian a few years ago. Now he lives in his hometown in Nanyang and is still immersed in the frustration of losing his official position. When he heard that Liu Xiu was looking for him, he immediately came. Unfortunately, his medical skills were very average and he did not write the classic "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" of the doctor, and his interest in being an official is also

It was obviously greater than his interest in practicing medicine. Liu Xiu was surprised at first, but later he realized that the reason why Zhang Zhongjing worked hard to study medical skills may be because after Cao Cao's Red Cliff, Jingzhou became the main battlefield between Wei and Wu and Shu. The epidemic was prevalent, and many people died in their family. He then injected a lot of energy into medical skills and finally wrote "Treatise on Febrile Diseases". This history has not yet appeared. Although Nanyang has fought for several years, the casualties are far less tragic. It is reasonable that he cannot write "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".

I don’t know if this is a blessing or an unfortunate person, but Liu Xiu did not regret it at all. He hoped that no one in the world would have to seek medical treatment.

Lan Lan followed Mrs. Lu and kept busy, looking like a little Taoist nun, with a peaceful and quiet smile on her face. It can be seen that she has gained a lot during her time with Mrs. Lu.

"Don't you regret staying?" Liu Xiu quipped.

"No regrets." Lan Lan smiled and said, "This is my greatest opportunity after the master's transformation." She looked at Mrs. Lu gratefully: "Thank you for your advice from the national master, I broke through a lot in one go."

"What's the situation now?"

"The lion's roar is at a higher level, and it will soon break through the tiger's roar."

"The lion roar." Liu Xiu shook his head with concern, "It's better to break through as soon as possible. Hedong lion is not a good thing."

Zhang Wei interrupted: "General, the tigress is not very good either."

Liu Xiu laughed. Mrs. Lu and Lan Lan could understand the tigress, but they didn't understand the Hedong Lion. She asked blankly. Zhang Wei changed Liu's head to face the allusion he said. Mrs. Lu and Lan Lan laughed in silence. Lan Lan said: "That's okay. Anyway, I'm homeless, so I plan to practice Taoism for the rest of my life and don't want to get married. Whether it's Hedong Lion or the tigress, it's okay, just don't hurt people."

"That's wrong." Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "The Tao divides yin and yang. If yin and yang are inconsistent, the heaven and earth will change. If you don't get married, what if you cultivate Tao? Unless you live forever, you still need inheritance. There is only the main road, Kun Dao, no little Taoist priests, and no successors."

Lan Lan couldn't help laughing, and Mrs. Lu also smiled sweetly and nodded in agreement.

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Huang Chengyan turned around the newly installed stone thrower twice, nodded with satisfaction, and waved to Cai Mao who had been watching from the side: "Try it."

Cai Mao responded and asked someone to come forward to prepare for a test shot. He looked at Huang Chengyan, who was wearing short-shot and energetic, and suddenly said, "I said brother-in-law, you can change now."

Huang Chengyan didn't raise his head, staring at the gunners loading stones and tilting their strings, and asked nonsense, "Where has changed?"

"You weren't that easy to talk to before." Cai Mao smiled and said, "Liu Biao invited you many times, but you didn't even meet him. You went to Chengdu and not only sold yourself, but even Achu promised him to General Cheqi. I know you are not the kind of person who envys wealth, but how should you explain this?"

"No need for explanation, it's just that the way is different, and they don't make plans." Huang Chengyan walked to the stone thrower, narrowed his eyes and looked at the distance, stretched out his finger to measure the distance, and directed, "Another stone."

The gunners immediately raised another stone and placed it in the hanging basket. Huang Chengyan walked aside and watched the gunners waved the wooden hammer and knocked off the string machine. The hanging basket sank suddenly. The thick rope rotated with the stones in the net pocket, throwing the five-stone stone-weight stones far into the altitude, flying nearly three hundred steps away, and with a bang, it hit the target ship, hitting the water splash of how high it was.

"Do it again." Huang Chengyan ordered without changing his expression.

This time, the stone accurately hit the target ship. After a splash of water, the target ship whose bow had been broken shook a few times and slowly sank. Cai Mao was shocked, and then he was ecstatic: "So powerful?"

"The power is nothing to say, but the accuracy is a little short." Huang Chengyan said lightly: "I will install two more improved crossbows for you. You can send someone to practice carefully and ensure that you will kill whoever you want to kill two hundred steps away."

Cai Mao nodded repeatedly, suddenly a little surprised. He thought for a while, slapped his forehead and shouted to Huang Chengyan who had already walked a few steps away: "Brother-in-law, you have such a strong murderous aura!"

Huang Chengyan did not answer him, and sighed in his heart. Do you think I am willing, I was forced to do it. The Mo family is not an offensive, and the city defense technique is the best in the world. Most of the Mozi mechanisms talk about the equipment that defends the city and how to deal with the opponent's attack. The attack methods are also discussed, but there are not so many. However, Liu Xiu said that having attack and defense is the way to win, and the best defense is the offense. To let the opponent know my strength and dare not attack, this is called victory without fighting. Huang Chengyan had no choice but to lay down his head and study the siege equipment. Fortunately, the principles are the same. With his ability to immerse himself in Mozi mechanisms for many years, it is not difficult to become a master who is both offensive and defensive.

But this seems to be a reflection of Mo Zi's legacy. When Huang Chengyan thinks of this, he feels a little uneasy. (To be continued) Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!!!
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