Earth Immortal Righteous Path

Chapter 346 Chaos

County government.

Ding Zhenyuan stood in front of a beautiful picture of mountains and rivers, with his hands behind his back.

After a while, he asked without looking back:

"How's the investigation going?"

An old man in Tsing Yi had already stood at the door at some point, bent down to salute, and said:
"Returning to the Lord, Xue Zhili swept through the three counties and is heading for Beichen County. Our personnel found out that there are 800 bandits, and more than 2 refugees have been kidnapped. After breaking through the three counties, there are already [-] people."

"Xue Zhili proclaimed himself General Jianping, and wants to unify Wenchang Mansion, the next stop is our place."

The three armies have not moved, and the intelligence comes first.

In half a year, Ding Zhenyuan preliminarily built an intelligence network that spanned the neighboring prefectures.

At present, the main focus is on the surrounding areas of Beichen County, monitoring inside and outside, and collecting intelligence.

With carriages and horses and merchants as the main cover, it was slowly laid out.

At present, it is still relatively fragile. Except for Beichen County, it can only inquire about news and rumors from the public.

The advantage is that the information is transmitted quickly and comprehensively, and one can get a general understanding of the overall situation, so as not to be blind or deaf with information lagging behind.

In order for this espionage organization to take shape quickly, 6 to [-] taels have already been poured into it, and this is just enough to put up an airs, and it is still far from truly functioning.

"Xue Zhili, have you checked out the details of this person?"

"My lord, together with Xue Zhili's subordinates, and their backgrounds, have all been compiled into a book."

"Well, you go back first."

The old man in Tsing Yi bowed and stepped back.

Ding Zhenyuan held a thin booklet and flipped through it page by page.

Xue Zhili, who was born in a family of sea merchants, roamed the countryside when he was young, often made friends with heroes, and made friends with knights.

Later, he killed someone and fled overseas by boat. He came back secretly a few years ago and heard that he and his cronies had joined a religious order called Nestorianism.

Nestorianism is based on the dualism of light and darkness, and believes in the creation of the two snakes, and believes that the world was born in the struggle between the two creation snakes.

This is a sect with a mysterious origin. It is said that it originated from outside the territory and is a complete cult.

"Xue Zhili used Nestorian teachings to fool the common people, trained eight hundred elite soldiers, and broke through the land of three counties. His power is not small!"

This is no longer ordinary rioters and bandits.

There are arsenals and granaries in the county town, which are carefully sealed up for emergency needs during wartime.

Now that the city is broken, naturally all of them belong to Xue Zhili.

With the granary, you can recruit soldiers and horses. These days, with food in hand, you can easily pull up a team. After all, there are too many people who can't eat.

With the armored equipment in the arsenal, at least two to three thousand people can be armed in the three counties.

"When breaking Changchun County, Xue Zhili used deceit and scheming to attack those who were not prepared by surprise, and then entered the city. At this time, there were only three or four hundred mobs, and they were nothing more than cutting trees into soldiers."

"It took less than ten days to take down this county, and there were three thousand people, all of whom had weapons."

"Afterwards, the gangsters in Nanyang County were destroyed by fire, and all the big households in the county were massacred. At this time, it became a climate, and it became a climate to invite people's hearts with the name of equalizing the land and exempting grain. The reputation spread, and it became a climate."

"Afterwards, sweep through the three counties, select the brave and brave fighters, and compile [-] elites, all wearing armor, everyone moving forward, and the momentum is almost unstoppable."

"Up to now, with this little force in the city alone, he is no match for him at all."

Ding Zhenyuan's face was as calm as water, just calmly judging the situation between the enemy and us.

"Xue Zhili has the support of Nestorianism, and is good at deceiving people's hearts. When fighting, there are many people who are not afraid of death, and their morale is strong."

"At the moment when he is attacking the three counties, it is the time when his momentum is like a rainbow, and his army strength is several times that of mine. If he goes out of the city to fight in the field, he will undoubtedly lose."

"I can only defend the city..."

"Ugh·········"

Sighing faintly, he paced in the hall, thinking slowly.

Xue Zhili is not someone who is easy to deal with, just from his past deeds, it can be seen that this person is difficult to deal with.

If not, the previous three counties would not have fallen so easily.

"The storm is coming..."

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On the eaves, there are black tiles, and the pattering rainwater merges into a stream and flows down the tiles.

"The storm has come..."

Ruochen was in the inn, watching the rain in the courtyard.

The big inns in the city often have a series of small courtyards behind them, which are used for the living of guests.

This is one of the small courtyards, and the monthly rent is a full two taels.

It has been ten days since he followed his master's orders and came here.

Suddenly, there was a slight fever in his arms.

He hurried back to the inner room and took out a small silver mirror.

With a touch of his hand, Mr. Ming Dao appeared on the mirror with his sleeves facing the wind. From the background, he was roughly on the side of a mountain.

Wisps of cloud and mist permeated the mountain road, making Mr. Ming Dao even more dusty.

It's a pity that he broke the atmosphere as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Good apprentice, have you met the Lord Ming and offered you a gift?"

Ruochen replied respectfully:
"I haven't seen that Ding Xianzun yet."

"Tu'er has been traveling around the streets and alleys, teahouses, theaters, casinos, and brothels in the past ten days. I learned that this Ding County official has an excellent voice and is known among the people as the blue sky."

The figure in the mirror shone slightly.

"It is not surprising that those who can achieve great things have their own advantages."

"It's just the usual invitation to buy people's hearts."

"It's just the usual power tactics, and I haven't seen the way of the king."

There is a sense of disdain between the words.

"Blindly indulging in power and tactics, without knowing the way to rule chaos, is the master of mediocrity, not the master of enlightenment."

"Mixing a hundred schools of thought, supplemented by kings and overlords, moving and yin and yang, and having hills and valleys in their chests, this kind of people, even if they don't have destiny, can accomplish things by relying on the popularity of the people, and they can also transform dragons. .”

"Remember, Ruochen, as a teacher, life and art are the things you least believe in!"

"What fate, what veins, what geomantic omen, are all imaginary, all fake, pursuing these is like fishing for the moon in the water, it is just a fantasy."

"I, Qionghua's legacy, don't believe in the fate, I don't believe in luck, I only practice the four characters of man's determination to overcome the sky, and use this as the foundation of my life... You, you must remember it!"

It is unbelievable that Ming Dao, who is proficient in geomantic omen and fortune-telling, would say such a thing in the eyes of outsiders.

"Teacher, keep it in mind!"

Ruochen wrote down the words "Man will conquer the sky", although he may not really understand it at this time.

"Well, Chen'er, go on, what's the current situation?"

"Yes!"

"Recently, a bandit appeared in this area, known as General Jianping, who has swept through the three counties and is coming here."

"Tu'er has contacted a few big families who have been in love with each other, and learned about this person's details. It seems that heretics have meddled."

"Heretics? But Nestorianism?"

The man in the mirror was silent.

Ruochen just waited quietly.

(End of this chapter)