Judge of the Lamp

Senior Meng, this matter cannot wait until next year.

If it waits until next year, Da Xuan will probably be tortured to the point of subjugation by Long Xiulian.

Long Xiulian might even become a star official.

If the master still can't wake up, it is estimated that the entire Judge Dao will have to fall into Long Xiulian's hands.

Where will Xu Zhiqiong flee to when the time comes?
But Meng Yuanfeng's words caught Xu Zhiqiong's attention.

It turns out that a third-rank judge cannot kill a person whose crime karma is less than two feet.

Based on this, it can be inferred that Zhong Shen and Chu Xin are able to live to this day because their sin karma is less than two feet.

But why didn't Long Xiulian bring a helper to kill Zhong Shen and Chu Xin?

"Senior Meng, if a third-rank judge wants to kill a person with less than two feet of criminal karma, and he brings a helper to fight, beat the opponent to death, and then let the helper do it, isn't it considered a violation of the Taoist rules?"

Meng Yuanfeng shook his head and said: "This is absolutely unacceptable. The rules of the Taoist school are formed according to the laws of heaven. God can clearly see the cause and effect. If you use some cleverness, you will break the rules of the Taoist school, but you will end up like the old man." .”

Speaking of this, Meng Yuanfeng laughed bitterly.

It turned out that Meng Yuanfeng's skills were banned because he violated this rule.

But is this rule too harsh?

"If one person's crimes are less than two feet, and he insists on killing the third-rank judge, the third-rank judge can't protect himself?"

Meng Yuanfeng said: "There is nothing wrong with self-protection! Besides, the rules of this school are all in the eyes of God. God knows that you are protecting yourself. Even if you kill someone who has no crime, it is not wrong."

Xu Zhiqiong said again: "My crimes are more than two feet, I will find some people whose crimes are less than two feet to protect me, so Long Xiulian can only kill me and not hurt other people's lives."

Meng Yuanfeng shook his head: "When punishing criminals and eradicating evil, if you encounter criminals and accomplices, it's okay to kill them. You still have to see the witness of God."

Xu Zhiqiong frowned: "I don't understand this rule."

Meng Yuanfeng persuaded: "If you don't understand, don't overthink, the old man just thinks too much, and he is in today's situation."

Forget it, I'm not a third rank either, so I'll think about this rule when I'm a third rank.

Xu Zhiqiong thanked him again, and took Tao Huayuan, Chang Decai, Yang Wu, Liang Zhenjie, Chu He, Niu Yuxian and others to Yunzhou.

With Tao Huayuan present, the journey was very fast. In less than a day, everyone arrived at the border of Yunzhou and prayed across the mountain.

The [-] troops dispatched by Chu Xin have already assembled at the foot of the prayer mountain, and He Fang and Li Shabai have also arrived.

After the two rounds met, Xu Zhiqiong was stunned when he climbed up the tower to look at the enemy camp.

The enemy camp is very vast, with so many tents that you can't see the edge!
Xu Zhiqiong asked in astonishment, "How many people are there in Yunzhou?"

He Fang said: "Yunzhou is located on the border, and there were originally [-] defenders, but now we have received news from spies that the prefect Peng Xiunian has recruited [-] troops from the whole prefecture. Together, we have a total of [-] troops."

Xu Zhiqiong was stunned.

There are [-] enemy troops!
Chu Xin only sent [-] soldiers and horses, how can we fight this battle?
Li Shabai shook his head and said: "General Chu uses his troops like a god, we really can't figure out his thoughts,
I received news last night that Gongsun Wen attacked two cities in the northern border, and took away a large number of ordnance. One south and one north echoed. I am afraid that the incident in the northern border has something to do with the chaos in Yunzhou. "...

Li Shabai's conjecture is very reasonable. If there is a war between the south and the north, if Daxuan fails to deal with it in time, the situation will be dangerous.

This further confirmed one thing, the rebellion in Yunzhou must have something to do with the Nufu Sect!
If this battle against the rebellion is lost, Daxuan will be at risk of being overthrown.

Xu Zhiqiong said, "How is General Chu's injury?"

He Fang said: "Last night, I received news from Captain Bai Zihe that under Shan Yan's all-out rescue, General Chu's life should have been saved, but he is still in a coma."

Xu Zhiqiong believed in Chu Xin's ability, but he couldn't understand Chu Xin's intentions at all. No matter what, he couldn't figure it out. How could it be possible to win this battle with [-] troops against [-] enemy troops?
He Fang sighed: "In my opinion, our army should stick to the camp and stand still, and wait for General Chu to wake up before making a decision."

Tao Huayuan said from the side: "Princess, it's good to see you. Our army stays put, but the enemy army doesn't move either? If General Chu can't wake up for a month, and the enemy army sends out troops first to form a siege, how can this camp be defended?" ?”

He Fang frowned and said: "Young sister is stupid, I made senior sister laugh at me, senior sister has a good idea?"

Tao Huayuan said: "I don't dare to come up with ideas, but I have fought battles anyway, the enemy and our forces are very different, here to stick to the camp, it is tantamount to sitting and waiting for death, we should divide the troops to guard the main roads, take advantage of the terrain, and prevent the enemy from encircling them. As for how to break it Enemy, I can't think of a way."

Tao'er really knows how to fight. In the battle of the northern border, she led the bandits and took over the enemy's granaries, so that the Tunu army was trapped and the whole army surrendered.

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said: "Let's follow this plan first, divide the troops to garrison the main roads, and defeat the enemy, let me think about it carefully."

Xu Zhiqiong couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy, but someone could.

After returning to the camp, Xu Zhiqiong walked away from others and took out the soul-focusing lamp. Not long after, Liang Zhenjie appeared in front of him.

Seeing his dull eyes and absent-minded expression, Xu Zhiqiong was very worried.

"Brother Liang, are you okay?"

Liang Zhenjie lowered his eyes and said, "Okay, what can be wrong?"

"Did you see the enemy camp at that time?"

"I see, what a big camp."

"How do you say this battle should be fought?"

"Who knows how to fight, five thousand people, against one hundred thousand, how can we win this battle?"

Xu Zhiqiong frowned, Liang Zhenjie's poor state exceeded his expectations.

"Brother Liang, this is to publicize the foundation, so you should put some thought into it."

"Attentive? What about my heart?" Liang Zhenjie touched his chest, "I don't seem to have any heart."

Yeah, you sure don't have a heart, where does a ghost get a heart?
After a long silence, Liang Zhenjie finally said something useful: "The enemy's camp is very loose, and the loose ones don't look like camps.

If I lead the army and lead a team of cavalry to respond, although I can't break the enemy army, I can still burn their granary, and I am somewhat sure.
With an army of more than [-], the food and grass consumption is very heavy. Once the support is not enough, the morale of the army will easily collapse. "

Xu Zhiqiong was full of surprises, Liang Zhenjie was still useful after all, I guess Chu Xin thought so too.

"According to your plan, go to rob the camp tonight."

Liang Zhenjie shook his head and said: "Don't act too hastily, maybe this is a trap for the enemy army, five thousand soldiers and horses are too few to allow any mistakes, before dispatching troops, it is best to find out the enemy's situation first, you are brave, and go to the enemy's camp to see Go."  …

Go to the enemy camp to see?
This is what Xu Zhiqiong is good at.

What Liang Zhenjie said was indeed reasonable. There were only [-] people under his command, and there was no room for mistakes. Xu Zhiqiong told He Fang his thoughts and decided to go to the enemy camp to investigate that night.

Li Shabai wanted to go together, Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "I want to go to the enemy camp, and the enemy army must also want to come to our camp. Painter Li can't leave the camp easily, as long as I have Taoer to accompany me."

Xu Zhiqiong recruited two Yunzhou soldiers from the army, and studied Yunzhou dialect with them seriously.

The dialect of Yunzhou is very complicated, and the dialects of the two places may be completely different if separated by a mountain.

Therefore, Yunzhou people from different places all communicate in Daxuan Mandarin, but the position of stress and the method of pronunciation are deeply influenced by Yuxian's dialect.

Xu Zhiqiong could speak Yu Xian dialect fluently, and soon mastered Yunzhou's unique accent.

At nightfall, Xu Zhiqiong and Tao Huayuan came near the enemy camp and put down a sergeant who was chopping firewood. Xu Zhiqiong changed into Yunzhou military uniform and sneaked into the camp. Tao Huayuan hid outside the camp and responded at any time.

The closest to the front line is the Pioneer Battalion.

Xu Zhiqiong entered the camp and looked around with the firewood on his back.

Liang Zhenjie was right, the camp was indeed loose.

Not only was it loose, but it was messy. The tents were arranged randomly, debris was piled up all over the ground, and there was not even a decent road. If a war really started, it would be difficult for the sergeants to even assemble.

Look at the soldiers in the camp again.

Xu Zhiqiong walked around and found that the soldiers were either over [-] years old or under [-] years old. Some of them were holding spears, knives and guns, while others were carrying hoes and sticks. Most of them didn't even have military uniforms.

Looking at their speech and behavior again, one thing can be discerned quickly.

These people have never been soldiers at all, they are ordinary people!
Can such a sergeant be a vanguard?
Perhaps this is a bait, deliberately leading our army to fight, and the elite troops are hiding behind.

Xu Zhiqiong walked to an adjacent camp, and the situation in the camp was also dire.

An old man came forward and said with a smile: "Little brother, give me some firewood. It's cold and wet at night, and I can't bear it with my old bones."

Xu Zhiqiong looked the old man up and down, seeing that he was at least seventy years old.

"You also come to fight at your age?"

"I'm young," the old man said with a smile. "There are more than a dozen over there, and the oldest one is eighty-six."

Eighty-six?
Xu Zhiqiong said, "Why are you here at eighty-six?"

The old man was surprised: "Isn't this the prefect's order? As long as you are a leader, you have to join the army after the age of ten. Why are you pretending to be a foreigner?"

Is this Peng Xiunian's order?

Capture the elderly in their [-]s and [-]s and take them into the army?

You can't ask, because if you ask, you will reveal your stuff.

Xu Zhiqiong quickly took some firewood and gave it to the old man: "I think, at your age, the magistrate should give Wang a break."

The old man smiled and said, "Who do you think I am? Am I the one who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Are we fighting for the prefect Peng? This is fighting for our own survival!"

Xu Zhiqiong's heart shuddered, these people may not have been captured, this old man is obviously willing to fight.

Xu Zhiqiong scratched his scalp, pretending to be honest and said: "I'm a rough person, I haven't studied, I don't understand these big principles you talk about."

The old man shook his head and said: "This is not a big reason, anyone with eyes can understand it, has the court done personnel affairs in the past two years?

They drove away the Yanghuo people (cultivators of life and Taoism), we confiscated it, we couldn't even eat, and the imperial court added more taxes, and every family's rice vats have bottomed out! "

Yunzhou was Xu Zhiqiong's fief, and Xu Zhiqiong remembered some things very clearly.

After Emperor Changle took office, he reduced and exempted a lot of taxes. Due to the famine in Yunzhou, the land tax was completely exempted. The old man said that the rice vat had bottomed out, and it was definitely not an order from the court.

The more the old man talked, the more he hated: "In our village, there are a few Yanghuo people secretly hiding. The imperial court sent people to arrest them last month, and killed those Yanghuo people, as well as the head of our village!"

last month?
This is certainly not something the court does.

The old man went on to say: "Didn't you hear what the magistrate said? The imperial court wants to kill us all and let us change Yunzhou! If we don't work hard now, when are we waiting to do our best? I don't think the imperial court has sent many people. Let's send them away." Kill them all, and they won't dare to bully us!"