Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 52 Feelings of the Ancient Capital
"Report to Jiedushi! Luo Dujian climbed up to Hulao Pass..."

"Report to Jiedushi! Luo Dujian went to the boundary..."

"Report to Jiedushi! Luo Dujian went to the ancient battlefield in Xingyang..."

A piece of news about Luo Youdu reached Han Lingkun's ears.

The commander-in-chief of the forbidden army frowned, feeling a little angry in his heart.

As soon as the army was dispatched, he ordered it to go down, the whole army went its own way, and was not allowed to have any interaction with Luo Youdu and his party, and he wrote repulsion and conflict on his face, obviously shaking his face.

As a result, the other party didn't care at all.

Along the way, it is like traveling in mountains and rivers.

He left for a while from time to time, but quickly caught up with the big troops and did not delay their journey.

Han Lingkun wanted to know what Luo Youdu was doing, so he sent someone to investigate quietly.

In the end, the news I got was that the other party was discussing military affairs, discussing how to beat themselves, and what they were talking about was in style, and the tactics were not heavy.

Han Lingkun was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he couldn't refute.

When the army goes out to fight, it is important to loosen first and then tighten.

They are located thousands of miles away from the front line, belonging to their own big hinterland, and there is no risk of enemy attack at all.

In this situation, the speed of marching is the most important thing, no defense during the day, no camping at night, sometimes, even the camp is too lazy to set up, and more time is spent on marching.

Otherwise, if you march for half a day every day, you have to stop and set up a camp, and even send out scouts cautiously to stroll around your own courtyard. Isn't that too idle?Wouldn't it take more than half a year to walk from Bianjing Kaifeng to the front line Qinchuan?

In this kind of lax situation, if you really want to meet an enemy, you will be beaten casually, and there is really nothing wrong with what people talk about.

This didn't disgust the other party, but he panicked.

In mid-February, the army entered Guanzhong, and along the almost deserted official road, they passed the dilapidated Chang'an.

Luo Youdu glanced at the dilapidated appearance of the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, with mixed feelings in his heart.

This huge city, which has carried the Chinese culture for thousands of years, is unexpectedly dead silent.

Luo Youdu regarded Xi'an as his dream land ever since he fell in love with history, and vowed to visit Xi'an in his lifetime.Take a look at the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, one of the eight wonders of the world, feel the dominance of the Qin Dynasty, visit the Zhaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty at Jiujun Mountain, remember this eternal emperor, visit Huaqing Pool, and visit Furong Garden.It's a pity that I have been busy with work, and dreams only exist in dreams.

Now that he passed by this dream land, he couldn't bear to take another look.

No matter how prosperous the era was, there was a time when the curtain came to an end. In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor became a plaything in the hands of the vassals.Chang'an was also devastated, Huang Chao's massacre, Zhu Wen's demolition and burning, the first huge city in history with a population of more than one million, 200 million, was almost barren.

As the center of gravity of the Central Plains shifted to Kaifeng, the ancient capitals of the thirteen dynasties had already lost their color.

In recent years, it has barely recovered a little bit of popularity, but compared with its former glory, it is nothing.

"Ugh!"

Luo Youdu's mood was affected by Chang'an, and he rarely lost his interest in talking about wars on paper, and seemed depressed.

Luo Youdu remained silent, Cao Bin who was beside him hesitated for a moment and said, "Mister, why are you suddenly sad?"

Cao Bin is still young, and he has never led a soldier alone, so naturally he has not cultivated arrogance.

He has been playing for Guo Rong before, and he knows what he is capable of today.

Hearing that Guo Rong admired Luo Youdu so much, and asked him to learn from Luo Youdu, he dared not neglect him in the slightest.It's just that he has an indifferent temperament, and his mind is invisible.

Along the way, Luo Youdu kept talking with him on paper.

Because Guo Rong said, let Luo Youdu teach him a thing or two.

Cao Bin thought that Luo Youdu was giving advice on his military affairs, so he took it very seriously.

Luo Youdu has only been in contact with the art of war for a few months, and his real level, not to mention a general like Cao Bin, is probably about the same as Zhang Qiong.

Don't look at Zhang Qiong's straightforwardness, he has really been on the battlefield, leading hundreds of trumpeters to charge into battle, let him say that he can't explain why.But if you really want to give him soldiers, let him lead a team to charge and kill the enemy, how to kill, and where to kill, there is no ambiguity at all.

It's just that Luo Youdu is willing to learn and studies hard, just like studying the criminal law. In the past few months, he has read the military books circulating in the market back and forth, tirelessly reading it no less than a hundred times.

Sun Tzu's military philosophy, Wu Qi's military philosophy, Han Xin's military philosophy, and Li Jing's military philosophy, he said clearly and logically.

Cao Bin himself has no real military experience to prove it, and he has extraordinary military talent.Today I heard from Luo Youdu that Sima Rangju said, "In all battles, hit the quiet and avoid the strong; fight the fatigue and avoid the slender; fight the big fear and avoid the small fear." Tomorrow, I will talk about Zhuge Liang's "good attacker" A good defender does not rely on city walls. Therefore, a high city and deep pools are not enough to be strong; strong armor and sharp soldiers are not enough to be strong." It makes sense.

It's not that Cao Bin has never read the book of war, he has even read the book of war mentioned by Luo Youdu.But like Luo Youdu, it is absolutely impossible to use the famous phrases of the military strategists of the past dynasties at any time and place, and use them in the right place.

Anyway, one dares to speak, and the other dares to believe and learn.

Cao Bin only regards Luo Youdu as Zhuge Liang, and he admires him very much. Although he is of the same age, he regards him as half a master in his heart.

How did he know that Luo Youdu simply wanted to discuss military strategies with him, one of the few famous generals in the Song Dynasty in history, to enrich himself.

Seeing that Luo Youdu was in a bad mood, Cao Bin couldn't help caring.Although he was not good at expressing, his face was still dull and rigid.

Luo Youdu heard the little meaning, exhaled, and said, "It's just that I feel a little sad to see Chang'an like this."

Cao Bin obviously couldn't understand Luo Youdu's mood, and said after a while: "As long as we get through the Western Regions, Chang'an will come back."

Luo Youdu was shocked, took a deep look at Cao Bin, and muttered: "It makes sense, as long as we get through the Western Regions, Chang'an will come back."

Historically, the Song Dynasty did not have a great unification from the beginning to the end, and it was impossible to manage the Western Regions.

In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang rebuilt China and completed the great unification.But at this time, the Western Regions went through the Western Expeditions of Mongolia, the massacre of cities by Timur, the devastation of perennial wars, and the destruction of Byzantium. The entire Western Regions and Central Asia were dilapidated to the point of no profit.

The Ming Dynasty also did not manage the Western Regions like the Han and Tang Dynasties, and Chang'an did not come back.

But if you work harder and help Chai Rong complete the unification, will you be able to reopen the Western Regions and make this thousand-year-old capital regain its glory?
Such a thought flashed through his mind, but Luo Youdu couldn't help frowning. Chai Rong's life in history was too short, and he didn't know whether his own existence would affect his lifespan.What if it is like history?
Continue to add Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe?
Zhao Kuangyin is good, but unfortunately he is also a short-lived ghost!
Not as good!

Luo Youdu immediately stopped thinking, unrealistic delusions and ambitions are no different from courting death.

Still try to climb up!

(End of this chapter)