Abbot Zhicheng listened to Xu Zhi's strategy and kept nodding and smiling at him. Zen Master Zhixin said: "Senior Brother Abbot, Senior Brother Zhide, the poor monk thinks that Xu Zhi's method is feasible! Although he is a new lay disciple, he has pointed out a way out for us in one word!"

Master Zhide also praised: "Since Lao Qu took charge of the Shaolin Temple Discipline Institute, he has always punished his disciples, today Lao Qu wants to make an exception, thank Xu Zhi for Shaolin, he is the messenger sent by my Buddha, he came to Shaolin when Shaolin was in danger, it is to pass on the will of the Buddha and save all the sentient beings of Shaolin!"

Xue Atan and An Jingsi also echoed: "The two masters are right, it seems that my brother Xu has a way!"

Xu Zhi didn't dare to take credit in public, and hurriedly said humbly: "The disciple is shallow, smiling and generous, and the plan he offers is just an axe for the class, if the masters think that the plan is feasible, please also discuss how to plan this plan well and succeed in one fell swoop!"

When the monks heard this, they all fell into deep thought. Suddenly, Liao Chen asked: "Xu Zhi's strategy is good, but the disciple thinks: We first have to break through the encirclement of the officials and troops and go down the mountain." Otherwise, how can they borrow grain from the imperial court? Then it is empty talk to go south to invite rescue soldiers!"

He echoed and said, "What Senior Brother said is reasonable! If we can't go down the mountain, everything Xu Zhi said is empty talk!"

Liao Ming also laughed and said: "Yes! The biggest difficulty for our Shaolin is to be besieged and trapped, if we can break through the siege, then everything is not difficult!"

The monks also privately discussed: "Yes, what Lichen said is not unreasonable, how should this be good?"

Xu Zhi didn't answer the questions of Chen and the others, but asked, "Master Zhixin, do you know the deployment of the official army outside the temple?"

Zhixin said: "According to Lao Qu's inquiry: This official army focuses on the east and south of Shaolin, mainly to prevent us from communicating with the rebel army in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are only a few officers and soldiers patrolling the west and north, and there are no camps and fences!"

Xu Zhi saw An Jingsi's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, patted him on the back, and encouraged: "Jingsi, you have thought of any good ideas, you might as well tell everyone!"

An Jingsi was bold and said: "What's so difficult about going down the mountain! Jingsi often heard my grandfather say that when Chu and Han were fighting, Han Xin led the Han army to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chencang! Now that Shaolin Temple is surrounded everywhere, it is very similar to the situation of the Han King, why don't we learn from Han Xin to attack the east and the west!"

Xue Atan first clapped his hands and applauded: "Brother Xu has come forward with a clever plan, and now Brother An has learned Han Xin again, and he is really a good plan!" When the monks heard this, they also applauded.

Abbot Zhicheng pondered for a while, and said: "Since everyone thinks that Xu Zhi and An Jingsi's method is feasible, without further ado, tonight's third watch is the best time, and Senior Brother Lao Zhixin led ten disciples such as emptiness, lookout, smell, fate, non-existence, emptiness, heart, sex, communication, and quietness, and prepared some torches and saltpeter, thatch, dry firewood, and other things that ignited fire, and attacked the main camp of the official army to the east, not to engage in battle, just shouting loudly, bluffing, setting fire to the mountains everywhere, attracting the attention of the officers and troops, and containing the officers and troops. ”

Seeing that Zhide glanced at himself, Zhicheng continued: "Senior Brother Lao Zhide led ten disciples including Cause, Dust, Name, Ran, Anger, Foolishness, Confusion, Xu Zhi, Xue Atan, An Jingsi, etc., to make a little preparation, and when they saw the fire in the east, they took advantage of the chaos of the official army and went all the way to the west, trying to pass through the camp tents of the official army and borrow grain from the Luokou and Longmen granaries of the imperial court!"

When the monks heard this, they all applauded and were very encouraged. Only Zhiqing was sullen and said angrily: "Senior brother Abbot is very partial, all the senior brothers and disciples have arranged tasks, but I forgot Zhiqing, this is the time when my Shaolin is in danger, although Zhiqing is lowly in martial arts, but he is also willing to contribute to Shaolin, how can he stand by and watch?"

Zhijing also echoed: "Senior Brother Abbot, what Senior Brother Zhiqing said is that Senior Brother is also willing to contribute to my Shaolin to solve difficulties!"

The sincere abbot smiled slightly: "You two don't have to be in a hurry, you have other important arrangements!"

Zhi Jingqi said: "Senior brother abbot, what kind of arrangement is it?", the monks also stopped talking and turned their eyes to the sincere abbot.

The abbot of Zhicheng said slowly: "Trouble Zhijing's junior brother brought Lao Gao's letter, and also took the Dongfang Fire as the number, bypassed Dengfeng County in the south, went all the way south, and got in touch with the Yellow King Righteous Army in the south of the Yangtze River, and tried to make the Yellow King make up his mind, take advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains, take Luoyang and Chang'an, overthrow the tyranny, and relieve the people from hanging upside down!"

Zhiqing saw that Senior Brother Zhijing was also assigned a task, and asked again: "Senior Brother Abbot, then what should I do?"

The abbot of Zhicheng said again: "Please act separately, Senior Brother Zhiqing and Lao Qu lead the other disciples to stay in the temple to prevent the imperial army from sneaking up on my Shaolin at night!"

Everyone was very worried when they saw that the abbot only brought a small number of monks to defend the Shaolin Temple. The abbot recited a sentence of "Amitabha Buddha", and said: "You don't have to worry about the old man, the old man has already made a vow to live and die with Shaolin, in case the old man has three long and two short, please Zhide junior brother to preside over Shaolin secular affairs for the old man, I hope you can help him wholeheartedly, and pass on my Shaolin spirit of learning martial arts to help the world and supporting justice from generation to generation!"

Zhide saw that the abbot was going to take over as the next abbot of Shaolin Temple by himself, and he was just about to speak. The sincere abbot waved his hand at him, signaling him not to shirk when Shaolin was in danger. Zhide understood the abbot's intentions, so he had to stop talking.

Seeing that the abbot was staying in the temple regardless of his own safety, all the monks were infected by his heroic righteousness, and shouted in unison: "The disciples must follow the abbot's teachings!", I don't know who first shouted: "Learn from martial arts to help the world, Kuang Fu Justice! Shaolin spirit, flow for a hundred generations!"

The monks knew that this trip was auspicious and uncertain, so they walked forward in turn, bowed to the Shaolin monks one by one, and then left the Baiyun Hall without hesitation, and each went to prepare.

Xu Zhi, An Jingsi, and Xue Atan followed Chen, Likong and other brothers back to the meditation room, made a little preparation, and waited until it was getting late, everyone couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, put on tight clothes, tied their legs and feet, put on hats, dressed as merchants, and followed Master Zhide out of Shaolin Temple, all the way west over the mountains and mountains, and pressed the sentry post set up by the imperial court at the foot of the mountain.

Zhide saw that the official army only set up a few high lookouts at the foot of the mountain, and a few teams of swimming sentry posts, very relaxed, and there were no fences and other obstacles, which were no different from those described by the Zhixin Zen master, he was secretly happy in his heart, and led his disciples to sneak in the grass not far from the sentry post, only to see the two teams of soldiers constantly patrolling back and forth, the sky was getting darker and darker, and gradually they could not see the appearance of the soldiers, and could only see the torches in their hands swimming back and forth in the dark. Zhide found that every once in a while, the two groups of soldiers would patrol back and forth.

Near the third watch, the east side of Songshan shouted to the sky, and the flames were everywhere, and the monks knew that Zhixin had begun to act. Lichen, Liyin and others couldn't hold it back, and they pricked up their ears one after another, waiting for the order of Master Zhide, but after waiting for a long time, they saw that Zhide was still breathing calmly and did not move, and secretly admired that he was really a monk who had attained the Tao, and he was still not chaotic at this time.

After a while, the monks suddenly heard the voice of a general's order: "All the soldiers listen to the order: leave a team of men and horses to continue patrolling, and the other team of men and horses will go to the east with me to take a look, the group of bald donkeys in Shaolin Temple is lawless, and they are about to rebel!", with a commotion, the monks saw that some of the swimming torches retreated, leaving only a small number of torches to continue patrolling, and the patrol interval was longer. Xu Zhi suddenly understood Master Zhide's intentions, he was waiting for the opportunity, not acting recklessly.

Master Zhide saw the opportunity, took advantage of the fact that the patrolling soldiers had not returned, and quietly exhaled: "Let's go", and after speaking, he first jumped out of the grass, and then Lichen, Liyin, Xu Zhi and others also jumped out of the grass, followed Master Zhide, marched in the opposite direction of the soldiers' patrol, tiptoed, and passed under the lookout. Xu Zhi saw that the soldiers on guard above were holding torches, and they were also yawning, their eyes were unconscious, and they were not vigilant. The monks held their breath, mouthed their mouths, and cautiously broke through the official camp tent behind the sentry post and headed all the way to the west.

Besides, Master Zhide led ten disciples who did not dare to stay for a moment, until they went west until dawn, and came to Yingyangji in the south of Luoyang City, where they saw that there was loess all over the ground, not a single inch of grass grows, ten thousand trees withered, and there were hungry victims everywhere, they were wearing tattered clothes, barefoot, sitting on the ground, chewing grass roots and tree bark in their mouths, and even some people fell to the ground on the ground, eating the carrion of the dead, and there were people on crutches in the market, and they fell to the ground with a bang while walking, and they could never stand up again. The whole bazaar is a human purgatory, full of cries, weepings.

Master Zhide and the monks rarely go down the mountain, and when they see such a tragedy in the world, they can't bear to look at it anymore, so they bow their heads one after another, and silently recite the scriptures of "Saving the Suffering, Saving the Suffering, the Great Compassion, the Great Compassion, the Bodhisattva Guanyin, Opening the Eyes, and Saving All Beings".

The monks were walking, and suddenly heard a group of people gathered together, discussing in private, and a man shouted: "Anyway, if you die, you have to be a full ghost before you die, so it's better to go to Luoyang to grab the Longmen granary." ”

A man beside him continued: "Yes! I heard that in the past few days, the victims of disasters from all over the world have flocked to the two granaries of Luokou and Longmen near Luoyang, and the imperial court has sent troops to suppress them, but they have not been able to stop thousands of hungry people, and many people have taken advantage of the chaos to grab food, enough to feed them for several lifetimes!"

The other sneered: "Those who can grab rice and grain are all those who have big lives, do you know how many human heads are hanging outside Luoyang City? There are dozens of mass graves where people are buried? See if you dare to go?"

A middle-aged hungry man struggled to support his body and scolded: "What don't you dare, anyway, if you die, Lao Tzu will go today, even if you die, it's worth it!", his words obviously aroused the echo of more than a dozen other men: "Otherwise, we all follow this big brother to Luoyang to try our luck? It's better to smell the rice than to eat mud here!"

This sentence was echoed in a thousand ways, and suddenly dozens of disaster victims followed the leading brother and walked out of Yingyang. Zhide and the others didn't know the Longmen granary, so they had to follow the victims all the way to the northwest. The crowd walked and stopped, and walked for another day, and along the way, more and more hungry people gathered after them fleeing the famine.

Everyone held sticks, passed through a dense willow forest, a clear stream, saw that not far in front of a large military camp blocked the way, the camp gate was closed, the camp was unfurled, the war horse Huohuo, there were thousands of soldiers guarding, there were hundreds of heads hanging outside the camp gate, it was very scary, the camp gate was written in a big book "Luoyang Longmen granary" six big characters.

The crowd burst into cheers: "It's here, it's finally here, the food and drink are in that tent, the brothers are rushing! A good day is just around the corner!"

There were soldiers on the lookout of the camp who kept looking around, and suddenly saw hundreds of hungry people pouring out of the willow forest, leaning down and shouting to the soldiers below: "Go and tell the general, there are Diao people coming to grab food, everyone be on guard!" After speaking, he blew the military horn and sounded the war drums.

After a while, the loud voice of a red-robed general came from the lookout: "Diao Min heard clearly, this is the military center of the imperial court, no one is allowed to approach, otherwise it will be killed!", but such a warning obviously could not stop the hungry people from advancing.

The general had no choice but to warn again: "The archers of each battalion are ready, Diao Min quickly retreat, if you go one step further, you will be killed!"

This Longmen granary is an important military stronghold of the imperial court in the eastern capital, with a radius of several miles, and there are several layers of fences inside and outside, each layer of fences is several zhang high, so it is almost impossible to attack the granary and grab grain with hundreds of unarmed people.

Master Zhide saw that in order to grab the rice and grain as soon as possible, the people did not know the depth and wanted to storm the granary, he shouted to stop it, but all the victims rushed to the military camp under the long howl of the leading brother, regardless of the danger in front of them, and were blocked by the fence several feet high.

The general saw that the hungry people were like ants, climbing around along the fence, and hurriedly waved the order flag, and suddenly thousands of arrows were fired in the camp, and dozens of civilians in the front team had been shot and killed by the officers and soldiers. Seeing that the attack was not good, everyone retreated hundreds of steps and stopped, but they still had no intention of leaving.

With the sound of war drums, the camp gate was opened, and a team of officers and soldiers were killed, led by the general in red robes, he was wearing a black robe, holding a mace, riding a red horse, followed by hundreds of soldiers, erecting several "yellow" flags.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were menacing, everyone retreated hundreds of steps, but the few people who lagged behind were all beheaded by the officers and soldiers on the spot.

Master Zhide was very angry when he saw the officials and soldiers wantonly slaughtering the unarmed people, and hurriedly ordered the monks to block the officers and soldiers and save the unarmed people around him. After the monks received the order, they all used their gripping skills, lifted the collars and arms of the people around them, and gently left them behind.

General Huang didn't expect that someone would dare to block the way of the officers and soldiers and rescue the people who were robbing food, he shouted loudly and ordered: "These Diao people have really eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and they are going to rebel, and none of them can let them run, release the arrows quickly!", suddenly the front team of swords and axes became the back team, and the back team of archers became the front team, and those archers bent their bows and arrows, and shot at Zhide and others, and Zhide and the monks hurriedly danced the sticks in their hands, and shot down the long arrows shot around one by one.

General Huang saw that the first wave of arrows against the strong men in front of him could not work, and waved the order flag in his hand, so that the spear team behind him rushed out, and those soldiers held the spears in their hands, hook-shaped guns, and poked at the monks in a burst of chaos. Seeing the ferocity of these soldiers, Zhide hurriedly waved his hand to let the monks retreat.

Because and Lichen were raising their sticks to block the spears stabbed around, where could they take care of the order of the Zhide Zen Master, because of a "stick split Huashan", the right shoulder of a soldier next to him, and he fell to the ground. Over there, the dust was a move of "oolong to the sea", and with a sweep of the stick, a row of soldiers was flipped to the ground.

Xu Zhi was not used to sticks, so he had to use them as a sword, he shook the long stick, one would stab flat, one would strike sideways, one would slash, one would pick up, and in an instant, he would stab the wrists of several soldiers. Xue Atan on the left turned the wooden stick with both hands, like playing Hot Wheels, and the fierceness made the soldiers dare not take a step forward. An Jingsi, on the right, used sticks to protect the portal, and at the same time used stones to sneak attack, and also injured many officers and soldiers who were reckless and ruthless.