The runny nose on his face was wiped away, and his face was washed again, and the little novice returned to the "little adult" who had disliked him just now.

Look up at him, and at the end of the small sandy path between the towering cliffs, and the deep and dense woods a hundred paces away from them lurk like monsters.

"Ahh He screamed. The sound traveled far away, and the cliffs on both sides echoed "ah, ah, ah, ......" and gradually disappeared.

"I'm a little bit unconvinced, but you really walked out of here?" Li Dan stroked his bare chin quite old-fashioned, and turned his face to look at the little guy again.

He couldn't believe that this kid claimed to be only six years younger than him.

"It's my master who said it, anyway, I've been sent to the temple for eight years, but I'm just short and not big." The little novice tilted his head and replied earnestly:

"I have memorized Daoist Zhang's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", do you think children can have this ability?"

"Daoist Zhang? Zhang Zhongjing? Where is he a Taoist priest! Li Dan was angry and funny:

"Zhang Zhongjing is a native of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and he is a Taoist at most, but he is not a Taoist.

Although Taoism was founded by Zhang Daoling during the reign of Emperor Wu of the former (Western) Han Dynasty, and his medical ideas were also influenced by Taoism, he was not a practitioner himself.

He aims to practice medicine to help the world, not to practice yin and yang and cultivate immortals. This is the essential difference. You can't just look at his surname Zhang and say that he is a Taoist priest! ”

"Oh, I see!" The little novice walked back as he turned, folded his hands and said:

"I didn't expect Lord Defense to have an understanding of this, admire, admire! It seems that the little monk has not read enough books! ”

Li Dan smiled: "You, don't look at those Buddha scrolls at a young age, scriptures, histories, children, collections, the books of the world are vast, only by dabbling more can you take root in the soil like plantain and absorb every inch of nutrients." Right? ”

Xiao Shami nodded, and shook his head again: "However, Master said that miscellaneous books are many heresies and crookedness, which are easy to bring bad hearts and waste time, and it is a great sin for us practitioners not to spend their years studying the Dharma!" ”

"Xingwu, I didn't tell you not to read the Buddhist scriptures, do you know why?" Li Dan stopped, looked back at the little novice whose head was shaking like a rattle.

"For there is a great question in the scriptures, and there is the truth of this world!" He said:

"There are about three kinds of books in the world: boring books, books that discuss discussions, and books that explain the truth.

When you read the Bible, you have to read the true scriptures, which are books that explain the truth.

For example, the words of the sages such as Buddha Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Confucius, their exposition of the relationship between all things in the world and the human heart and human nature have great truths in them, and they cannot but be read well.

And the same is true of the words of Jehovah and Muslim. As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at the black fourth man who was guarding next to him, and then said:

As for the book of discussion, discussion, and explanation, you can read it, but be careful, because not everyone can really understand and explain the truth, and everyone has their own thoughts, understandings, or ideas.

You have to decide for yourself which one is right and reasonable, and which one is doubtful or even wrong. Absorb the essence and discard the dross. ”

"Where do I have the skills?" Xiao Shami Xingwu asked suspiciously.

"When you read the Book of Truth, you will have a rod in your heart, and you can put all doctrines and schools on it." Li Dan patted him on the shoulder:

"If you have the truth in your heart, you will do things properly, measured, and know the importance of things, and you will not pick the slopes and shortcuts.

In this way, it is not easy for those fallacies to be revealed in front of you? This is the benefit of reading the scriptures and distinguishing between right and wrong!

As for the boring books, if you have the truth and don't find the world boring, they are useless to you, even if you read them once in a while. ”

"Got it!" Xingwu nodded.

"You don't understand!" Li Dan smiled and rubbed the back of his head:

"Just by listening to what I say, you will understand, then you are a true Buddha. Even if Master Sanzang only cultivates to the Arhat body, you are still far away!

What you have to learn now is to be humble first, to listen first and then to memorize, and then to realize in your daily practice, so that you can reach the state of 'understanding' and live up to the Dharma name of 'Enlightenment' given by your master. Remember? ”

"Remember!" Xingwu nodded again.

"Now, you follow this gentleman and help him draw the path that leads to Shujiazhai that you remember. He will reward you with five cookcakes, remember to go back and eat slowly, don't rush to drink water. ”

After speaking, Li Dan motioned for Zhao Jingzi to come over, led Xingwu to sit on the horse under a carriage, and began to ask him about the terrain and path.

Xiao Wanhe stepped forward: "I didn't expect San Lang's knowledge to be so profound, many of them are unheard of, it's really teachable!" He said and bowed his hand again and again.

Li Dan waved his hand, turned around and pointed, "Brother Xiao, if what this kid said is true, the river channel and the connected lakes and ponds in the south are higher than here.

In previous years, heavy rains often overflowed the embankment and flowed into the valleys in the west, and the surplus flood water would discharge into the official road, or even completely submerge it, so the East Pond and the West Pond were actually remnants of the flood.

When I heard him speak for the first time yesterday, I didn't think much of it. When I saw Feng San in the evening, I moved that ....... ”

Xiao Wanhe laughed: "Flooding the Seventh Army, I heard it in the play, but I didn't expect to experience it myself this time." ”

"It's hard to say whether You Sanjiang can take the bait, I don't know if this strategy can be used, everything will not be known until Zhou Yingzheng and his people come back."

"Don't worry, it's been less than two hours since we left. Brother Zhou is resolute, careful, and an expert in the water, so he can ask if he can use a trick to come back. Xiao Wanhe patted Li Dan on the back comfortingly. This young defender, at the beginning, their battalions were really a little unconvinced, but after the battle in front, everyone's feelings were different.

Looking at it now, although he is young, he is experienced in doing things and thoughtful, and he definitely surpasses most of his peers!

In addition, he generously distributed the armor, weapons and even goods he had obtained to the battalions, and rewarded the outstanding soldiers with great rewards, and did not favor the native people.

Therefore, the three older battalions all secretly gave a thumbs up, after all, they are the sons of the prefect's family, and their bearing is not ordinary!

Li Dan listened to his comfort and nodded. At this time, a siren was heard on the west wall, and someone shouted in panic: "There is an enemy!" ”

Immediately the crowd was in turmoil. Xiao Wanhe was about to step forward when he was blocked by Li Dan.

At this moment, five or six sentry soldiers were seen appearing in the camp with a sentry behind them.

"What's the mess? Haven't you learned how to defend? Pick up the bamboo spear, stand in your own Nashri, and gather your own people and bring them to their positions! ”

There was a turban with a pheasant's tail feather inserted in it, which marked his status as the team's leader.

Immediately, the chief began to shout for his subordinates to gather around him, and then rushed to the predetermined defensive post with all the men gathered.

"It seems that I also have to find a team member to be a calmer!" Xiao Wanhe had a fever on his face, and hurriedly said.

"No, isn't there a Chinese army Sima in each battalion who is responsible for the battalion's service and food? Add another duty of pacification to him, and each team will set up a pacification to report to the Chinese army.

Where the capacity of the Chinese army is insufficient to suppress and pacify, it may be added. After Li Dan finished speaking, he pointed to the front: "The herald is here, see what he says." ”

"My lord, Mr. Ma asked me to report!" The herald climbed up the hill too quickly, gasped twice, and then said: "The bandits are coming along the official road, there are thousands of them!" ”

"Coming? Thousands? Li Dan repeated to himself.

"What, didn't you fall for it?" Xiao Wanhe stumbled: "That snitch seems to be an unreliable one!" ”

Li Dan said to the herald: "You work hard to run again, please Ma Jiuye take a look again, is it a thousand people, or a thousand five hundred?" The herald answered, jumped up, and went down the mountain.

"Why, the defense suspects that they didn't all come?"

"Yes, if there are only 1,000 people here, then why are there 30% left? What are they going to do if you stay in Sanjiang? So I asked the ninth master to take a look again, with his old military eyes, it shouldn't be bad! ”

After a while, the kung fu herald ran back again: "Defense, the ninth master said, he is sure that it is a thousand, and the up and down error does not exceed a hundred!" ”

"Smack!" Li Dan slapped his face: "Go and give the Houying Tan Camp an order, send three Shi to the west, and return in an hour." The whole battalion is on alert! ”

"San Lang is worried that thieves will attack Nishiyama?" Xiao Wanhe asked.

"It's unlikely, and they're new to it, but they have to beware of the adventures of the surname tour. And it is not clear what Feng San's situation is. Li Dan bit his lip.

He originally arranged for Feng San to try to lure You Sanjiang into Xishan, so that it would take them two days to find their way, which was enough time to lay out a lot of preparations by themselves.

However, it seems that they did not act according to their own design, but instead transferred the main force to the front of the door to show off their might.

Oh, I see, it's a slap! Thinking about this matter clearly, Li Dan immediately calmed down.

Originally, he was a little worried that if he traveled to Sanjiang and planned to pull everyone to attack Xishan, only Houying was afraid that he would not be able to withstand it and would be self-defeating.

Now it seems that there are only 500 bandits left behind to prepare to be strange soldiers, so you can rest assured.

As long as Ma Jiu can block it on the other side of the mountain gate, in the deep valley of the winding ravines of the West Mountain, the drag can also drag these five hundred people down, not to mention that he still has that preparation.

At this time, only a few people knew that the right camp sent a team of people to follow Zhou Qin out of the back mountains to explore the situation of rivers and lakes on the order of Li Dan, leaving a team of people to stay vigilant, and the rest were busy weaving mats and big bamboo cages!

This job is handed over to people from Fuzhou and Ji'an, and they are particularly good at it.

At this moment, the bandits in front of the mountain gate had already taken a foothold two hundred paces away, and they all craned their necks to look at the naturally formed "gate".

"Damn, how could a monk choose such a place to build a temple? Net to Lao Tzu out of the question! You Sanjiang couldn't help but scold.

He came, watched, and finally understood what Feng San described as "steep and straight red cliffs" last night.

This hellish place, either through the mountain gate, or have to climb through this cliff.

He looked back at the faces of his subordinates who were embarrassed, and knew that there was probably no hope for "climbing up"!

"General, this ...... It's not easy to fight. A leader leaned in and whispered.

"I didn't really want to fight."

"You mean...... Feint? ”

Feng Laosan said that the official army and the militia group, there are only 300 people with weapons, and they are all piled up on the road from the archway to the mountain gate. As long as we break through here, there will be fish in the basin. ”

You Sanjiang's thin lips moved lightly, and he made a gesture of catching fish in his hand, and said:

"But it's best if Feng Laosan can find that path, so that we can make a feint here, and Captain Zhu will lead someone to poke in from behind, fast and effortless!"

"So, what are we going to do now?"

You Sanjiang looked back at the surroundings and pointed with his hand: "First go to the foot of the opposite mountain and set up camp, settle the brothers before the next step!" ”