burning nations

Chapter 16 Qi Qi v. Dao

Because of Liang Ji's incident, Zhang Cai is sensible and doesn't say anything about where to travel next.Qi Qi just assumed that Zhang Cai didn’t know anything, and didn’t give any explanations. He got on the boat that day and went to Liyangdu, Weizhou at night, and then went to Jeju, Henan Province the next day. to Qizhou.

Everyone, old and young, had their own worries on the road, except for Zhang Caizhi or Qi Qi who took the initiative to tell stories, they all hurried on the road in silence.Before it snowed in winter, the group finally returned home.

As soon as he came home, Qi Qi locked himself in the room without showing his face on the grounds of "occasionally feeling a cold", and declined Zhang Kuang's welcome banquet.If Qi Qi didn't go, Zhang Cai had no reason to go to Zhang Kuang's table, so naturally he imitated Qi Qi's attitude and tone of "declining politely".Wielding a horizontal knife in the martial arts arena, practicing Qi's boxing and saber techniques, but gradually fell in love with the "gun", a long weapon. When I have spare time, I will play with the gun twice, but it is very futile to use nothing. .

Two days later in the afternoon, Qi Da brought the food into the house. After dinner, Zhang Cai was reading "Military Training Notes" by heart. When he was absorbed in reading, he heard the sound of the door being opened.

When he looked up, it was Qi Qi.

"Father, you are out."

Qi Qi nodded, seeing from the corner of his eye that it was a record of his experience, and asked kindly: "Do you understand it? Just ask me if there is anything you don't know."

"Daddy wrote very straightforwardly. There is nothing my child doesn't understand, but there are some things that I'm afraid I can only remember by doing it myself."

Qi Qi nodded: "Where did you see it?"

"Ninth, the journey to the camp on the way out."

"You read it so fast?!" Qi Qi was surprised, "The old man tested you, what did the comparison of martial arts rewards and punishments say?"

Zhang Cai immediately backtracked: "Whenever you compare martial arts, you must follow the instructions to learn the skills of real enemies. You can fight directly. You are not allowed to still learn flower guns and other methods. They are just empty frames in order to look good in front of others. All spears should be light. A sharp pole should weigh no more than two pieces; the pole should be light at the tip, hard at the waist and thick at the root. All sticks must be one foot or two feet long. Short soldiers must be long, and ordinary people can use long spears. Each person needs to untie one. For every force, the arrows should be iron arrowheads, and there should be [-] arrowheads. Each should have a waist knife and a head. All crossbowmen should be strong and strong. Each crossbow should have a bottle of poison and a hundred iron arrows. A waist knife for each person, and a head. All standing cards must be tall and wide, so as to pass behind the gun-wielding person. Each person has a long waist knife, and there is no discarded gun in the card. Lure him with a gun, and make him look at it, and the card will enter through the gap. If you violate the above provisions, you will be punished according to the previous score, and the military order will sit together. The blood of ordinary people is strong when used, and brittle when lazy. The same is true for the king, how about the soldiers? But it should not be too hard, it is called the strength of training soldiers. The weapons used by soldiers in ordinary times are divided into two types, which are used in heavy confrontation. To be victorious is not to be deceived by weapons. It is called the strength of the hand. Every soldier must learn to run quickly. He can run for a mile without panting. It is like the ancients who used sand in their pockets and gradually added it. It is natural and light. It is the strength of training the feet. When you practice battles in ordinary times, you must have heavy armor and heavy loads, and you can barely add them. When you are in battle, you are light, and you can advance and retreat quickly. It is the strength of training your body. Whoever shouts makes the army strong. If there is any inconsistency, the inspection flag will be brought and ruled by military law. For all objects and equipment, the name of the team is engraved on it, so that it can be checked and missed.”

"Comparing crossbows, take sixty steps as a formula. The handle is five feet high, one foot and five inches wide, and two out of three arrows are good at shooting. Compared with spears, first try the technique, footwork, movement, and the way of advancing and retreating with a single spear. ; test two guns against each other for real confrontation; again use a standing wooden handle within [-] steps, five feet high and eight inches wide, with five holes for the eyes, throat, heart, waist, and feet, each with a one-inch wooden ball inside, Each person holds the gun twenty paces away, listens to the beating of the drum, raises the gun as a posture, and flies forward to poke. , the height is six feet, the width is two feet, and two out of three arrows are cooked."

"That's enough, that's enough, I didn't ask you to recite it." Seeing that Zhang Cai seemed to be eloquent, Qi Qi waved his hand to stop it.

"Ask you again, why can't you use urban slippery recruits?"

"A treacherous person has an uncertain expression. Seeing that the government is contemptuous and unscrupulous, he cannot obey the orders of the army." Zhang Cai replied, "There must be a reason for Daddy to list this first."

Qi Qi didn't deny it: "The old man's first battle was to suppress a wave of gangsters, and he recruited market thugs. He didn't want to fight on both sides. More than a hundred gangsters rushed into the battle, and 500 soldiers fled immediately, which made this old man almost die at the hands of the gangsters."

Zhang Cai:.
"What does that look mean?"

"It's nothing, my boy will remember his father's lesson, and he will never use city slippers in the future."

Zhang Cai changed the subject: "Father, do you know any specific moves for spears? My child thinks that you can't practice archery, short arms and fighting alone. You also need to practice long-handled weapons."

Qi Qi hesitated for a while: "Long spear. With your strength, it is better to use a spear, but if you want to practice spears, there is a saying in martial arts that "a month's sword year sticks a lifelong spear", and you can practice sword skills for a month. To become a teacher, you can become a teacher after practicing with sticks for a year, but you need to keep practicing the marksmanship, even if you keep practicing, you can’t become a teacher. That’s what I said, but don’t be discouraged. Although the old man has never edited marksmanship, I can guide you a little .”

"First of all, you need to practice the stick first. In martial arts, there is no difference between the gun and the stick. When the front end of the stick is sharpened, it is a gun. If you are familiar with the stick, your spear skills are not a problem. Secondly, your strength is much worse than that of men. Using a gun Don't use a heavy gun with heavy power, but a light gun with light weight and toughness, focus on speed, and use speed to make up for the lack of strength."

"The sword is the king of a hundred soldiers, and the gun is the thief of a hundred soldiers. The biggest taboo for anyone who uses a gun is to compete with others in brute force. Remember it!"

Zhang Cai nodded: "Kid, keep it in mind!"

After being silent for a minute, Zhang Cai couldn't help but said: "Daddy, my boy shouldn't have kept it secret. I heard the conversation between you and that person in Luozhou that day. I'm sorry Daddy. I shouldn't be arguing about going to Imperial Capital or Luoyang, my boy."

"Okay." Qi Qi put his hands on Zhang Cai's shoulders, "My good boy, this is a matter between adults and has nothing to do with you."

"Looking at your eyes, you are curious about what happened to the old man, right?"

Zhang Cai didn't deny it: "I want to know which traitors framed my father. I guess that person that day is one of them, right?"

Qi Qi wandered for a while, smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Cainahan: "Is that person innocent that day? Was he coerced and ordered to act?"

Qi Qi sighed: "My child, there are right and wrong things in the world, and there is no right or wrong. Some people seem to be treacherous, but they are not treacherous; some things seem to be right, but they are really wrong; It seems to be wrong, and it is right in the eyes of others. Therefore, there are right and wrong, good and evil, black and white in the world, but there is no right and wrong, good and evil, black and white. Everyone can be a loyal minister of the empire and devote himself to the empire; It can be said that they are all traitors and sycophants, they are in a daze and can't be stopped. Why isn't this old man like this?"

"Ah???" Perhaps it was because of insufficient IQ, or lack of experience, but Zhang Cai was taken aback by Qi Qi's nonsense.

"Cough~~ To put it simply, Your Majesty and this old man, as well as all the civil and military officials, and even the person you saw that day, all want to make the empire greater. But how to make the empire greater, the old man's opinion does not agree with His Majesty's, so Your Majesty dismissing this old man from office is considered a kind of love."

Zhang Cai complained: "Is this considered love?"

Qi Qi affirmed: "Naturally, it is love. People are in the rivers and lakes, so of course they will not be involved in things above the temple. At least the old man can come to Qizhou to meet you after making His Majesty angry, which is enough to show His Majesty's generosity."

Zhang Caixiu frowned: "Daddy is a famous general of the empire, the commander-in-chief of the empire, what could possibly implicate Daddy?"

Qi Qi raised his head and looked out of the window, and said flatly: "Empire officials are not allowed to form a party, but some officials in the empire form a political party, called the "Donglin Party". The old man thinks that the Donglin Party is not harmful to the empire, and His Majesty thinks that the Donglin Party It will do great harm to the empire, in the final analysis, it is political differences."

"Donglin Party?" Zhang Cai bit the familiar three words with red lips and white teeth.

"Okay, the old man hasn't checked your homework yet, so I'll give you two days to check how well you've done with your saber skills and boxing skills."

Zhang Cai withdrew her thoughts, and replied with a smile: "I will not let Daddy down!"

Qi Qi snorted softly, and stepped out of the house with his old legs in a steady state.

(End of this chapter)