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At this time, Jiankang did not have an "outer city" in the traditional sense, but the core Taicheng city of Jiankang was extremely heavily guarded, far exceeding the inner cities of previous dynasties. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "concentration is the essence".

However, in today's Taicheng, the south gate is wide open, allowing the people of Jiankang to follow the designated route to go to the newly established yamen "Dali Temple" to hear the trial.

According to some officials, it is "unreasonable and unclear".The so-called truth is not the truth of any one person, but the truth of the world.Therefore, no matter if they are children of aristocratic families or ordinary people, they can go to attend in an orderly manner today.

The case being heard today is about the incident that caused civil unrest in Jurong County due to the newly implemented "Zhanshange" decree.

Because of the large number of participants, and because of the limited space of Dali Temple and the large number of spectators, the criminals were brought from the back hall to the Dali Temple lobby one by one for trial.

Although it was crowded with people everywhere, but because of the sufficient preparations and orderly scheduling, it didn't appear to be very chaotic.

"Let's get started, there are so many people waiting."

Liu Yishou yawned and said.

The minister of Dali Temple is Zhou Hongzheng, a great Confucian of the Liang Dynasty, and Wu Mingche's teacher.This middle-aged uncle in his 40s gave Liu Yishou a helpless look, and he didn't know if he should say something that was unpleasant.

Someone is "pull the frame" here, which is very obtrusive.

"Oh, I'm here today to join in the fun. If Duke Zhou wants to interrogate you, please don't care about my opinion. This king will not express any opinions on the case."

Liu Yishou took a few steps back and stood in an inconspicuous corner beside Zhou Hongzheng.

"Well, County Magistrate Cui, you can try the case now."

Zhou Hongzheng gave Cui Shiqian a tired look, as if to say: Please start your performance.

No, please start your show!

He glanced at Liu Yishou who was standing in the corner next to him.

All of this was set up by Liu Yishou, and the outcome of the case has already been determined. The so-called trial is just a formality.

But he was involved and couldn't get out, Zhou Hongzheng scolded Liu Yishou for being despicable and shameless, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, the big family headed by Wang Xie, as well as the spokespersons of local tyrants in the court, are all putting pressure on themselves.Only by relying on Liu Yishou to complete the trial of the case formally can he explain to each other.

Otherwise, it's not going to please both sides, and death is not far away!
"Bring a stone egg to the hall."

Cui Shiqian said to a small official expressionlessly, and the audience outside the hall burst into laughter.The people at the bottom, there are people with any name, stone eggs, dog leftovers and the like are innumerable.

After a while, a prisoner with his beard and hair shaved off was brought in.Liu Yishou nodded slightly calmly, Cui Shiqian has been in politics for many years, and is also the head of the Cui family, so he is really very experienced in handling things.

Shaving his head and beard is a great humiliation, and it also implies that this person will never recover!That is to say, regardless of whether this person is guilty or not, in the eyes of outsiders, he is guilty, and he looks like a bad person!
This kind of tough stance was not only for Zhou Hongzheng, but also for the big and small families in Jiankang City!
Cui Shiqian astutely comprehended Liu Yishou's true intentions.The other party had no intention of reasoning with those decadent powerful families at all.

I am willing to play "fighting skills" with you, just for the sake of looking good. No matter what, Liu Yishou must forcefully promote "Zhanshan Ge".

The purpose is to allow the current Liang State regime to gain support from the grassroots of society, and to allow the people at the bottom to recover from the chaos of the war.

"Zhang Shidan, a few years ago, you committed murder as a thief, and then you concealed your name and acted as a caretaker for others. Is there such a thing?"

Cui Shiqian glared at the prisoners in the hall and asked loudly.

"No... I don't know which time the official asked about the murder?"

Zhang Shidan was trembling, and actually said what was in his heart.

There was a lot of noise outside the lobby, and many people were whispering.

"Murder pays for life. It seems that you have a lot of lives in your hands, and you don't even remember them. Come here, take them down, and ask to beheaded after autumn."

Cui Shiqian said coldly.

The current season is after autumn, so this person will be decapitated at noon tomorrow, but it sounds like he still has a long time to live.Only a few people present understood Cui Shiqian's ruthlessness.

The other party is not trying the case, but just passing the sentence.

"Bring the next one to court, Li Shanxing."

Cui Shiqian read a "strange" name with a strange expression on his face.

"Duke Zhou, this person's name is Shanxing, but he took several lives on him. The witness evidence is solid. It is enough to see that he has failed his parents' expectations, and he is a very unfilial person.

Such scum, why not kill them directly? "

Cui Shiqian asked Zhou Hongzhengdao.

This reason is ridiculous, but it does not affect the judgment of the facts.Why did Cui Shiqian play such a rogue, because he just wanted to make some gestures for some stubborn people in Jiankang City to see!

"County Cui's words are reasonable, please do as you please, I have no objection."

Zhou Hongzheng said with a numb face.

What's the point, it's just going through the motions, do you still want him to applaud?
At this moment, Zhou Hongzheng felt extremely complicated in his heart.

"Bring the next one."

Cui Shiqian tried the case according to the gourd painting, and according to Liu Yishou's previous hints, he could solve a family slave within a stick of incense, and some even took only one minute.

In a few words, the suspect was sentenced. In short, he was asked to be executed after autumn, and he didn't want to debate with the thugs of the slave hunting team whether the other party was innocent or not.

Yang Zhong brought back more than 100 members of the family slave hunting team, without exception, who were sentenced to beheaded because of old cases, and not a single fish slipped through the net!

After finishing the foreplay, Cui Shiqian said to Zhou Hongzheng with emotion: "There are two parties in the civil unrest in Jurong County, and one party is full of criminals, with blood and debts in their hands. Who is who in this matter?" Not already clear at a glance.

People are suffering and life is not easy, Mr. Zhou should also feel the same.

Now that these sinners have been brought to justice, we should uphold the demands of those villagers, isn’t it? "

Cui Shiqian asked with a half-smile.

"Magistrate Cui's words are reasonable, and I feel the same way. This case is a case in Jurong County. It is better for Magistrate Cui to handle it on his own. You don't have to ask me about everything."

Zhou Hongzheng said sternly, his eyes were dull, he just wanted to go home quickly and get some sleep, if he could beat his son to vent his anger, it would be more comfortable.

"Ah, ah, Duke Cui and Zhou uphold justice and return justice to the villagers. It's really gratifying. There is still justice in Liang Guo's bright and bright universe.

After the Son of Heaven succeeds to the throne, the past evils will be wiped out, the country will be revitalized, and all people will worship him. Long live the Son of Heaven! "

Liu Yishou, who had been silent all this time, raised his arms and shouted as if he had just woken up.

There were also people booing together outside the lobby of Dali Temple, and the sound of "Long Live the Son of Heaven" suddenly came and went, Zhou Hongzheng frowned.

Nima, the arrangement is really clear!unacceptable!

"King Wu also lived a leisurely life in Jiankang."

Zhou Hongzheng couldn't help but sarcastically said.

"The tigress at home is too fierce, and her body can't take it anymore, so she came out to avoid the limelight."

Liu Yishou whispered in Zhou Hongzheng's ear.

"Tao Immortal Master said that King Wu is in good health, why is Fu Gang weak?"

Zhou Hongzheng teased with a sneer.

"After all, there are ten tigresses, two fists are no match for four hands, and even a hero will shed tears."

Liu Yishou sighed lightly.

Then you are indeed stronger, ten, I dare not even think about it.

Zhou Hongzheng nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood Liu Yishou's difficulty.

"Let's handle similar cases like this in the future. Of course, Zhanshange needs to be continuously improved, but it must be implemented. I guess Duke Zhou will be busy in the future."

Liu Yishou suddenly said seriously.

Zhou Hongzheng nodded silently, without saying a word, looking very depressed.He knew very well that he never crawled out of this big pit, and had to follow Liu Yishou all the way to the dark.

……

Duan Shao's idea is very simple, but also very complicated.

Simple means that its principle is very simple, but complex means that the amount of engineering is huge, and there is no guarantee that it will work.

It is indeed a bad idea to dig a tunnel and send troops to sneak into the narrow Jade Wall City.But is it wrong to dig tunnels? In fact, on the contrary, digging tunnels for "hole attack" poses the greatest threat to the defenders, and there are not many ways Wei Xiaokuan can use to crack them.

At the entrance of the tunnel, Li Yexing put a sketch of the tunnel on the ground, and discussed with Duan Shao how to break the current stalemate.

"Every time we dig a section, we need to use pillars to support it, and then dig the tunnel into a crypt. In this way, the foundation of the city above the crypt will be empty. At this time, we only need to ignite the corresponding supporting pillars, and then it will collapse there.

If the city wall happens to be above, then the city wall loses its foundation and will naturally collapse.There is no doubt about this.

But it is not easy to start a fire in the tunnel, and it will be extinguished soon after being ignited. "

Duan Shao asked suspiciously.

After getting along for a few days, he still admired Li Yexing's personality.This person is an honest person who likes to do things and doesn't strive for merit. Meeting someone like Gao Huan who likes to listen to good things can be said to be a bad luck for eight lifetimes.

"Mark every other section, punch through the soil and plant flags on the ground, and we can also test the effect of the ground subsidence first. As for the flame extinguishing, it is because there is no air inside. Can."

The ancients didn't know about oxygen, but they still knew about yin and yang qi, and they knew that yang qi could support combustion.Otherwise, it is impossible to popularize and apply the method of covering fire with sand and soil.

They believe that it is easy to extinguish the fire in the cave because the "yang energy" is exhausted, and the external yang energy must come in to continue burning.

Li Yexing is educated and rich, so he naturally doesn't understand these principles.

Soon, Duan Shao ordered people to quickly dig a tunnel in the opposite direction of Yubi City, and supported it with pillars.Finally, ignite the pillars in the tunnel, and blow air into the tunnel to keep the pillars burning.

However, pillars burn at different rates and pits collapse at different rates.In the end, all the pillars were burned out, and the ground did collapse, but not all at once, but gradually.

If this trick is used against the city wall of Yubi City, then Wei Xiaokuan will have enough time to organize people to plug the gap!
"It doesn't seem to work."

Duan Shao frowned and looked at Li Yexing and said, now he regards the other party as a partner who can discuss plans, and has already changed his dismissive view.

Because the distance between the pillar and the hole is different, the burning speed is also different. The farther away from the hole, the slower the burning speed.It doesn't matter how much fire oil you pour in, as long as there is no fresh air, the fire won't start!
Both of them were stuck and couldn't think of a better way.Just when I was at a loss.Gao Huan was urging the digging of the tunnel again, as if he took Duan Shao's last "acupoint attack" plan as a life-saving straw.

In desperation, Duan Shao and Li Yexing had no choice but to use the dead horse as a living horse doctor. They planned to dig a hole first, then support it with wood, and finally set fire to the wood.As for the details of the different burning speeds that caused the ground to only slowly and partially collapse, they were really helpless.

While Duan Shao was leading people to dig tunnels around the northeast of Yubi City, Wei Xiaokuan, who personally supervised the battle in the city, also noticed that something was wrong.

Because Gao Huanjun had given up sending people to sneak into Yubi City through the tunnel, and there was no movement outside the city.Gao Huan's army encircled and did not fight, which was obviously completely different from before when he was in a hurry and went to the doctor in a hurry.

"General Wei, do Gao Huan's people want to attack acupuncture points?"

Lieutenant General Cai You pointed to the lonely city wall not far away and said.The city wall on this slope can be said to be the only gap in the northeastern high platform. The east and north sides can be flanked. If the attacking side attacks from the ground, the resistance they encounter is not ordinary.

"Acupoint attack, it is indeed possible."

Wei Xiaokuan nodded thoughtfully and said.

In the north, it is not a big secret to dig tunnels to attack. There are many generals who know the principle. Although not everyone has practiced it, there are examples of battles in the past dynasties. Who would be wrong to eat this bowl of rice? What's going on?

"General Wei, if Gao Huan's men attack under the city wall, we won't be able to destroy it in advance, and secondly, it will be too difficult to defend."

Cai You said with some worry.But Wei Xiaokuan didn't show any panic on his face, it seemed that he was quite calculating.

"I have already prepared this matter in advance, and now it's time to play around."

Wei Xiaokuan nodded slightly and said.

Hearing these words, Cai You was at a loss.

Seeing that he was puzzled, Wei Xiaokuan pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "This time when I went to Nanyang, I saw Liang's army fighting, and they all used wooden fences as screens, and they were connected and arranged for endless changes.

I have ordered people to make many such wooden fences in advance. Once the city wall collapses, the wooden fences will be used as screens to block the way for Gao Huan's army to advance.After the enemy retreated, a wall was built with wooden fences as bones to repair the gaps in the city wall.

As many times as Gao Huan's men come to attack the acupuncture points, we will plug the gap as many times as possible.See if they are tired or we are tired. "

Wei Xiaokuan said indifferently.He is a person who is very good at summarizing learning.There is a shortage of horses in the south, so when fighting, use wooden fences to stop cavalry.Cooperating with sword and shield soldiers and infantry soldiers to build a temporary front has become the standard equipment of the army and is very commonly used.

This is a valuable experience that has been condensed through countless blood and fire tests. Wei Xiaokuan feels that he can learn and use it.Things are dead and people are alive.

"General Cai, you select a team of the most elite soldiers to block the gap in the city wall."

Wei Xiaokuan gave Cai You a glorious and arduous task.