Chapter 49: Heavenly Question

Yang Ze sat in the lobby of the Lingzhou Prefecture Office, his hands were lowered and his eyes were filled with anxiety. The clerk in the hall was introducing him to what he had received recently.

Since Li Daozong led the four Zhechong Prefectures of Dingyuan Army to leave Lingzhou, Yang Ze was sitting on a volcano that was about to erupt every day. Since six or seven days ago, Lingwu Eighteen Towns began to prepare for war, Yang Ze smelled the tension in the air.

Lingzhou is extremely weak now. Although Lingzhou is not out of nowhere, in fact, Yang cannot guarantee how much combat effectiveness these newly reorganized Dingyuan Army can have. He has seen Chen Ying fight, but although he is not proficient in military affairs, there is a very simple comparison.

When Chen Ying commanded the Dingyuan Army, the soldiers of the Dingyuan Army were a group of fierce beasts. No matter who they looked at, they were like hungry wolves, as if they were watching someone else get the best knife.

However, at this time, the Dingyuan Army had such aura, even the armor was not even complete. Yang Ze was really unconfident to expect these soldiers to defend Lingzhou.

However, there is no good news now. The people of Lingwu Shiba Town have completely abandoned the villages outside the city. The villages under each town have been completely emptied and all moved to the town fort. As for the food, water, livestock or farming tools in the village fort, all of them have been buried.

Even if Yang Ze did not understand military affairs, he knew that this was the people of the Eighteen Towns of Lingwu. He did not believe that the soldiers of the Dingyuan Army could protect them, but adopted the tactics of firm walls and clearing the fields. The tactics of firm walls and clearing the fields sounded very high-end. In fact, this was a tactic of hurting the enemy a thousand times and 800 times himself. Even if he finally defeated the enemy, his own losses would not be easy.

The people who moved into the town fort dug deep and widened the trenches outside the town fort. They all knew that when Lingzhou was in the garrison, many people froze to death in winter due to lack of fuel. These people desperately stored carbonite in the town fort. Carbonite was not only resistant to burning and did not occupy space.

Many people seized the time to log wood, build trench machines, cut wood to make arrows, and smelted iron to make arrowheads...

The more this time, the more careful Yang Ze was. He was born under the Eastern Palace and had a great future. If he couldn't handle the matter in Lingzhou well, it was very likely that the governor of Lingzhou would be the end of his career.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. The weather is getting colder and colder. Although it won't make you feel like you're going to make ice, it's not that easy for Liang's troops to send troops under this situation!"

Yang Ze shook his head. He knew that last winter, Chen Ying used a snow boat to set off from Chang'an, running for more than 2,000 miles to help Lingzhou. Moreover, snow boats are not a high-tech branch. As long as he knows a little bit of carpenter work, he will know how to build a snow boat bridge after reading it.

Yang Ze said: "The colder the weather, the more terrifying it is. If the Liang army sends troops to seize Lingzhou, it will be the best opportunity at this time. The Liang army will not miss such a good opportunity!"

"But……"

"However, in the name of this governor, I ordered the counties of Lingzhou to immediately strengthen the walls and clear the fields, store and burn, and avoid the disaster in the city." Yang Ze murmured: "I hope there is still time!"

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Seeing Li Jiancheng silently but his expression changed constantly, Chen Ying suddenly regretted it.

Based on his understanding of Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng's visit to Yuan Tiangang this time should be more than just helping. Although Yuan Tiangang is proficient in divination and face-to-face techniques and astronomical calendars, although Yuan Tiangang is a person outside the wild, his help to Li Jiancheng is always limited.

Seeing Yuan Tiangang staying in the door and turning Li Jiancheng off his back, Chen Ying was quite dissatisfied. It’s not that Chen Ying looked down on the so-called divination and confrontation techniques, but in fact, these things can be summarized in a discipline in later generations, called psychology.

Consider 365 days of a year as 365 drawers and 400 people as 400 objects. From the principle of drawers 1, we can know that at least 2 people have the same birthday. 400/365=1…35,1+1=2. For example, if we find 13 people from the street, we can determine that at least two of them have the same zodiac sign. Take 6 of them from any 5 pairs of gloves, at least 2 of them are just a pair of gloves.

We can know that from any of the numbers 1, 2,..., 10, at least 2 of which have different parity.

The above examples seem to be all about "existence", "always", and "at least", which is right, this is the main function of the drawer principle. (It should be noted that the use of the drawer principle only affirms "existence", "always", and "at least", but cannot accurately point out which drawer exists. This is actually a probability problem in mathematics, but physiognomy is deified by a sorcerer. For example, when a person tells fortune, as long as he opens his mouth, it actually exposes many problems. People who test marriage must have problems with marriage. People with wealth and official fortunes are either poor financial fortunes and official fortunes, or they are wandering around. As long as they know this agreement, using the drawer principle, there is at least 80% chance of being captured. The so-called physiognomy, which is so mysterious, is actually summarized as the drawer principle.

Although the principle of drawer is simple, it is widely used. It can answer many interesting questions, some of which are quite difficult.

According to later records, Yuan Tiangang was quite famous, but this was exactly a mathematician. He just applied the drawer principles of mathematical knowledge to the physiognomy. For example, in the Yuedan Review of the Three Kingdoms era, Xu Zijiang reviewed one month, and at least hundreds of people in more than ten years. However, except for Cao Cao, other people are unknown, which is also a matter of probability. But from Xu Zijiang finally Liu Yao, he was not sure about people. If it was really accurate, why would he be willing to go to Liu Yao?

Now Yuan Tiangang is actually making a fuss in front of Li Jiancheng, and Chen Ying can't stand it. Chen Ying walked to the door of the Taoist temple and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened. A small Taoist boy inside poked his head out and looked at Chen Ying and said, "Master is in seclusion and cannot see a foreign guest...

Otherwise, you guys go back first and I will notify you when there is any news?"

Li Jiancheng was about to speak, but Chen Ying snatched it up and smiled slightly and said, "Little Taoist boy, go in and tell you the master, if he doesn't come out, he will regret it!"

Hearing Chen Ying say this, Li Jiancheng said: "Chen Qing, don't be rude!"

Chen Ying turned around and said, "Don't worry, your prince, your subordinates have their own competencies!"

The little Taoist boy curled his lips disapprovingly and said, "I don't know that Chen Langjun is going to make his master regret it!"

Chen Ying smiled and said, "I heard that Master Yuan is good at Yi for a long time. Yi is the leader of the Six Classics. It talks about the great way of heaven, earth, human relations. I am not talented. I just happened to have a few questions to be puzzled. I would like to ask Master Yuan by the way. I wonder if it is possible?"

When the Taoist boy heard this, his face changed slightly. If Yuan Tiangang asked him to meet him, Yuan Tiangang would come out to see him, this was a way to self-esteem, the only way to do it. However, the current aristocratic children, Wangsun and Guizhou, all of them have taken this trick. However, Chen Yingming asked for help, but in fact, it would be a slap in the face for a challenge. If Yuan Tiangang stayed behind, no matter what the result was, Chen Ying would dare to say that Yuan Tiangang would not fight.

Face and fame, such as the stars in later generations. If a star has no reputation and can never make news, he will be looked down upon. This is the most terrifying thing.

Once the world appears, Yuan Tiangang will not even dare to face the challenge, which will have a great impact on Yuan Tiangang's fame.

The Taoist boy was stunned for a moment and laughed silently. "Chen Langjun has also studied Yi?"

There is more ridicule than surprise in words, and it is obvious that I don’t believe it.

Not only him, but even Li Jiancheng was a little ridiculous. He and Chen Ying have been together for a long time. How much ink is there in Chen Ying’s stomach? It’s a bit too much to say that Chen Ying is ignorant, but it is absolutely impossible to say that he is qualified to discuss the Book of Changes with Yuan Tiangang.

"I can't talk about research, I just know a little bit." Chen Ying smiled and bowed. "If Master Yuan refuses to see us, it doesn't matter. I'm just a question. Please tell Master Yuan and ask for an answer. I'll wait outside the door."

The Taoist boy was stunned. Did Chen Ying really want to ask for advice at this time or wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble? If it was the former, it would be a good opportunity. If it was the latter, it would be a humiliation.

The Taoist boy actually didn't know that Chen Ying wouldn't understand Yi. He hadn't even read the "Book of Changes". It was just that Chen Ying was so angry that Yuan Tiangang was pretending to be so arrogant that he still had a lot of things to do. At this time, Li Jiancheng was simply waiting outside the door with an attitude of not giving up until he achieved his goal. How could Chen Ying waste this leisure time here?

The Taoist boy said: "I don't know what the problem is with Chen Langjun. Although I am not talented, I know a little about the Book of Changes. If Chen Langjun has any problems, I can help you solve the problem for Chen Langjun on your behalf."
Chapter completed!