Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 909 The Art of Ghost Valley
Jicheng was busy for several days, until the day before the New Year, Zhao Yun finally came back from Montenegro.

He reported the situation in Montenegro to Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi smiled and said, "If it weren't for Zilong, I really wouldn't trust anyone else to take charge here."

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "Many of the generals under my lord have the ability to act independently, so it is not necessary for Yun to do so."

"But I suspect that Sili's side may not take advantage of your lord's actions next year. It's better for Black Mountain to step up its defenses."

Yuan Xi said aloud: "Now it is false and true, so that Cao Cao can't figure out what we want to do."

"We will take advantage of this opportunity to concentrate our superior forces and solve the problem of annexing the state as quickly as possible. Even if Cao's army invades Heishan, we will have time to send troops back."

"What's more, the internal roads in Montenegro are complicated. Sili, with Ma Teng's Xiliang Army as the main attack force, may not dare to go deep into Montenegro."

"And I have already sent Gongming to change defense. When Zilong leaves, he should be here soon. Gongming is good at defense, so there should be no problem with him."

Zhao Yun heard this and knew that Yuan Xi had thought about these things, so he said: "In that case, I will be a pioneer in the next spring and pacify the Hetao as soon as possible."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said: "Don't worry, it depends on how the snow is this winter. If the snow is heavy, we may not be able to send troops in the spring."

"She didn't seem to have made up her mind until I left."

"After all, his vision and strategy are rare in the world. Just watching him play with the emperor in Xu County, his skill can be seen."

Zhao Yun snorted and said with a bit of annoyance: "The key is that our lord has had a lot of fun fighting in several battles this year, but Yun Du didn't catch up!"

"But this is not an issue we have to consider now. After we capture the Loop, we can set our sights on Liangzhou."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Brother Zilong is different from others. He is very lucky. He will definitely live a long life."

"But speaking of it, Cao Cao was really lucky. He escaped from several dangers. Sometimes it seemed that he was about to collapse, but in the end he sustained him again and again."

"Youzhou Yixue wants to compile a set of military art, which involves marching, formation, and methods of fighting the enemy. It also needs to give detailed examples of operations. Wen Yuanguo has already written down his experience before, and we are just waiting for Brother Zilong to add more bricks and mortar."

"When a general goes into battle, there will be casualties, and if the lord is destroyed, he will also be implicated. If the general commits a crime, his family will be guilty, so marrying a general is not as good as marrying a family member who has no job, right?"

"Being a family member of a general is actually not a stable home for a noble woman."

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "It's a pity that he followed Cao Cao. He took the wrong path. I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn back and the end will not be good."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. By the way, I still need to trouble Brother Zilong if I have something to do."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Then my lord was still playing matchmaker for Yun?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "Yang Feng did mention this matter, but she was quite hesitant at the time and stopped after saying a few words."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Maybe this is also a difficult side to deal with."

Zhao Yunshen felt the same way, "Yes, who would have known a few years ago that the world's situation would become like this, and that so many people would fall into disgrace."

He immediately sighed: "Destiny is really fickle and unpredictable. You may say that the children of the Yuan family are high and powerful, but didn't Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao, Yuan Tan, and Yuan Shang all die unexpectedly?"

Zhao Yun also laughed, "That's true. At least next time I have a chance, I want to have a good fight with Ma Chao."

"Besides, Zilong has been busy for a whole year. At least he can take a few days off. We don't fight every day."

"By the way, speaking of Ma Chao, I suddenly remembered the Yang girl I asked Yang Feng to take away. Did Yang Feng ask my brother to bring a message?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Don't worry, there will be many battles in the future."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Her reaction is normal."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "My lord, it's a good time." He took out a few scrolls of bamboo slips from his bag, "This is Yun's experience since he led the army. My lord, let's see if it can be used."

Yuan Xi glanced at it a few times and said with a smile: "This is what is missing."

"Brother, I will go home to reunite with my sister. I will hold a banquet for the Chinese New Year tomorrow."

After Zhao Yun said goodbye and went out, Yuan Xi held the bamboo slips, went to the study to find Cai Zhaoji, and said, "I got Zilong's military book."

Cai Zhaoji took it, opened it and read it again, and said: "Zhao Shijun's words are very concise, I'm afraid not everyone can understand them."

"I'm afraid I have to make an injection."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "That's why I came to find you." Cai Zhaoji said distressedly: "But I don't know much about the art of war in it."

Yuan Xi said: "It's okay. I'll watch it for you and put in as much as you can. I'll also find a few other people to review it before the book is finally completed."

Cai Zhaoji felt relieved, took out a new bamboo slip, and began to write notes on it. Yuan Xi saw that Cai Zhaoji's handwriting seemed to have improved again, and he was surprised: "The word Madam seems to have improved a lot."

Cai Zhaoji smiled and said: "I see a lot of people's handwriting every day, and I gradually learn a lot from them. Over the past year, I've read bamboo slips, and I'm afraid they all cost more than 10,000."

Yuan Xi was quite embarrassed, "Some people say that I use my concubine as a coolie. You don't blame me, do you?"

Cai Zhaoji smiled and said: "How could it be? My husband has given me the opportunity to display my talents, and it's too late for me to be happy."

"If I still stay in the Wei family, I might spend the rest of my life sighing in front of the empty house."

As they talked, the two spread out the bamboo slips and made notes on Zhao Yun's discussion of the art of war. When Cai Zhaoji saw one of the sentences, she exclaimed and said, "So Ambassador Zhao also learned the art of Guigu?"

Yuan Xi leaned over and said after seeing Zhao Yun's words: "It's true."

"Isn't this Guiguzi's flying pincer technique?"

Since the pattern of righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn Period was broken, the Warring States Period has turned to the path of strategy and deception, and the most famous one is Sun Tzu's Art of War.

However, there is another school of thought that also shines brightly, that is the Guigu School.

Compared with Sun Wu who focused on the art of war, Guiguzi's research was more complex and extensive, and he was proficient in hundreds of schools of thought, including the art of war, astronomical phenomena, strategy, prophecy, yin and yang, etc. The four students he taught, Juan, Sun Bin, Su Qin, and Zhang Yi, were all They are celebrities who influence historical trends.

The Guigu School was known for its extensive knowledge and strategizing. During the Three Kingdoms period, those who were suspected of inheriting the Guigu School were Sima Hui, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others. Zhuge Liang, in particular, was not only proficient in the art of war, but also dabbled in miscellaneous economics. He prefers Legalism and is quite different from the general successors of Confucianism and Taoism.

Guiguzi's techniques are more inclined to the techniques of emperors, such as Shang Jun Shu, Zuo Zhuan, Guan Zi, and Salt and Iron Theory, and these things are generally not taught by Confucianists.

The reason for this is that these things inherited the flying pincer technique that was born out of Gui Guzi, and was transformed by Confucianism and used to clamp and control the emperor, which is a kind of dragon slaying technique.

Guiguzi is most famous for his vertical and horizontal skills and the art of pinching and closing, but the flying forceps technique is purely a strategy to mobilize public opinion and suppress the opponent. Moreover, since the birth of Confucianism, Confucianism has been studying how to deal with emperors and finally control them. , the purpose of realizing one's own wishes.

In later generations, after the Han Dynasty, Confucianism gradually evolved and controlled the imperial power more and more closely. Success and imperial power coexisted, and finally parasitized it to obtain maximum benefits. Therefore, Confucianism did not want the emperor to read Zuozhuan and Salt and Iron Theory, and replaced it with Zi Zhitong. Learn from this so-called moral book.

Of course, the emperor is not a fool. The emperor naturally knows these books, so a smart emperor must know more about dragon slaying skills to counter the ministers who want to control him.

Therefore, throughout thousands of years of history, the emperor and ministers have been constantly fighting and exploiting each other.

The reason why Confucian ministers admire the flying pincer technique is because this technique is purely about suppressing the opponent's skills with words.

The so-called flying pincer technique is a persuasive strategy, that is, using language to induce the other party to speak, and then pinning the other party with praise so that it cannot be taken back.

To put it bluntly, it is to use words that are unexpected by others, PUA people with moral bottom lines, let them use them for their own purposes, or suffer a huge blow.

What Zhao Yun talks about in his military book is the method of confronting the enemy in battle and stimulating the enemy generals.

For example, if you want to force the opponent to fight, you can say, "Your father is brave and brave, but he gave birth to a son who is as timid as a mouse. If he knew better, I wonder if he would crawl out of the coffin!"

At this time, the opponent will most likely come up and rush forward with a knife. Even if the remaining 10% or 20% are awakened, they will not be able to stop the filial piety kidnapping, so the final result will be the same.

Yuan Xi finally realized that when Zhao Yun was on the battlefield, he was not honest at all. He especially liked to talk rubbish, such as Cao Cao's camp was deserted, Cao Cao's generals were all rats, Cao Cao's generals were timid and incompetent, etc. After working on it for a long time, it was all fishing!
Yuan Xi guessed that Zhao Yun most likely read Zuo Zhuan, because this book involves a lot of strategies and was called a must-read for generals in the Han Dynasty. Guan Yu was famous for liking to read Zuo Zhuan. It turned out to be this reason ah.

Not only did he secretly sigh, no one who could become a famous general of a generation was weak in brains. Generals who only relied on force and did not calm down to think about the art of war would not be able to reach the top.

Cai Zhaoji said while copying: "The Guigu School is now weak in public, but there are many people studying it privately, because now Confucianism is the only one respected, and Confucian scholars reject it as the way of ghosts, but Confucianism is also privately use."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "That's true. They just don't want others to use it, rather than letting everyone use it. This behavior is no different from a bitch setting up a memorial arch."

"What Youzhou Yixue wants to do is to let everyone know the truth. The existence of this kind of art has its own rationality, but if it is controlled by a small group of people, it will be very dangerous."

"Just like Confucianism can use this to control the emperor. On the one hand, it can elevate him to a pedestal, weaken his right to intervene in government affairs, block his hearing and hearing, and prevent him from understanding the situation. On the other hand, he can also gradually control and distort his thoughts, so that They become arrogant and indulgent, and they listen to others and believe only others."

"No matter how wise a king is, if his ministers work together to block his sight and hearing for many years, confuse right and wrong, and supplement it with praises and flattery, such behavior will continue for many years, and even the wisest man will be coerced to move forward, and finally develop self-awareness. distortion."

"This method is so covert that even if the person concerned is alert, he will inevitably fall into it under the public's support. It is really very harmful."

Hearing this, Cai Zhaoji chuckled and said, "My husband seems to have a lot of resentment towards Confucianism."

(End of this chapter)