Confucianism in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 23 The Yin and Yang of Soldiers
The purple air is coming from the east, the fog is thinning, the sky has turned white, and the morning light shines through the clouds, reflecting in the valley, and the vegetation in the valley is shining with golden lights.

Fu Nian woke up from the meditation, which is the homework he must do every morning and evening to meditate and practice Qi.

He opened his eyes and looked at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance. In the sea of ​​clouds, there were faint rays of light falling from the sky, which were not dazzling.

The shape of the mountain is on the ground, the stars feel down, the sun shines down, the clouds go down, the wind is not light, and the fog does not disperse.

He looked at the mountain air, thought to himself, and then used the stones on the ground as the number of heaven and earth to deduce.

He set Yinmaochen to the east, and it was not until noon to spread the south. Shenyoucheng set it to the west, and Haizi Chou Mobei took twelve branches to spread the four directions. He took the river map to occupy, determine the time, and divide it into five elements.

After the five elements are deduced, the four phenomena are calculated with the five qi, and this hexagram takes the representation of the five elements to be the number of earthly branches.

"Enter at the hour of Yin, leave at the hour of Chen" Fu Nian murmured, his heart moved, it might be possible to do so.

"Brother Fu, so you are here. I have been looking for you for a long time."

A hearty voice came, and Fu Nian looked back, only to see a tall man approaching quickly.

"Brother Zhang, are you looking for me for something?" Fu Nian asked.

"It's not that I baked some naan, and brought it here thinking you hadn't eaten breakfast." Zhang Tan said, handing the naan in his hand to Fu Nian, and picked up a piece of bread and gnawed on it himself.

Fu Nian took the cake that Zhang Tan handed over, took a bite, recalled the hexagram just now, and said: "Brother Zhang, I want to find Lord Xinling, so I will take my leave first."

"Go." Zhang Tan waved his hand, biting a pancake in the middle and said vaguely.

.........

Inside the tent on the top floor of the mountain city, there was silence, only the gust of wind from outside the tent, and the occasional chirping of birds.

After a long time, the curtain was lifted, and a man came out of the tent. He walked to the edge of the tent and looked at the rolling Qin army camp in the distance outside the tent, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"My lord, you have made a decision." Ji Yanran stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

"It's ready over there." Lord Xinling turned his head to look at Ji Yanran and said, his eyes were somewhat cold, not as gentle as usual.

"I've met Lord Xinling, Sister Ji." A slightly immature voice reached the ears of the two of them.

Ji Yanran searched for the sound, and saw Fu Nian walking towards this side, she said softly: "Brother Nian, are you busy?"

"Exactly, I'm here to find Lord Xinling." Fu Nian glanced at Lord Xinling and said to Ji Yanran.

"Nian, why are you looking for me?" Lord Xinling asked.

"Mr. Xinling, I watched the Qi in Dongshan, and used the river map to make divination. I calculated that there will be a rare heavy fog at Yinshi tomorrow." Fu Nian looked at Lord Xinling and said, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes.

Lord Xinling raised his eyebrows, with a thoughtful look in his eyes: "It is night and there is heavy fog. Although it is an opportunity for a night attack, it is not good for our army."

"Nian has a method, maybe you can try it." Fu Nian said.

"A military strategist has four forces, which are: military strategy, military situation, military skill, and military yin and yang.

The yin and yang, follow the timing, promote the punishment and virtue, follow the fight, because of the five victories, the luck of the stars, the sun, the moon, the number of punishments and virtues, the convenience of carrying the country, and the help of this battle. "

"You are the yin and yang of soldiers." Lord Xinling looked at Fu Nian and said, he has seen all kinds of wonderful methods of this son quite often.

If Fu Nian is a soldier of yin and yang, then Lord Xinling is a soldier of power and strategy. Along the way, every step has his layout, closely connected and murderous at every step.

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Outside Yiyang City, in the camp of the Qin Army, a soldier hurried into the tent and reported to Wang Ji: "General, the Wei Army seems to be making a big move!"

"Don't worry, I'll check it later." Wang Ji glanced at the soldier and said.

Wang Yu led a group of personal guards and walked towards the outside of the camp, Shen Lingxiao and the others from Heibingtai also followed.

I saw that outside the mountain city where the Wei army was based in the north, teams of people were rushing towards the Wei army's camp, and each went to the north mountain, as if they were going to build a new camp.

"What is the Wei army going to do with its troops stationed on both sides?" Wang Yu thought to himself.

In this case, he can send troops to attack all the way and try it out.

"General, Wei Jun's actions must be weird, and I hope to send people to investigate quickly." Shen Lingxiao said.

"Then you will take someone to investigate." Wang Yu ordered.

Shen Lingxiao then pointed out that the Black Ice Terrace Iron Eagle Swordsman led the way.

However, the Wei army did not make any unusual moves. Until dusk fell, there was still no change in the Wei army camp, except for the establishment of two new branch villages in the northwest and northeast of the camp.

As night fell, the sky gradually dimmed, the sky was dotted with stars, and a bright moon hung high.

In the northwest of the Wei Army camp, on a stone bank, a young boy in Tsing Yi was drawing something with a silk book in his hand.

Thanks to the improvement of the six senses through internal strength training, although this starlight is weak, it is still keenly perceived by the young child.

By analyzing the terrain outside Yiyang City, he selected 1785 landmarks from the Weijun Mountain City to Yiyang City and the Qin Army Camp, which are usually obvious landmarks such as huge rocks or mountain and wood protrusions.

By marking out, a set of real-time positioning system is formed, and each landmark is within the field of vision of adjacent landmarks.When Wei Jun travels, he only needs to refer to the adjacent reference point for positioning, so he doesn't have to worry about getting lost.

The principle is exactly the triangulation method of later generations.

The sun, moon, and stars rise in the east and set in the west, and they move continuously.The rise and fall of celestial bodies is like a natural bitmap, which he uses as an auxiliary frame of reference.

At that time, he only needs to ask the person in charge of leading the way to remember the marking points, supplemented by the map he drew as an explanation, and the route will be determined.

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In the middle of the night, just a moment after Yinshi, a thick fog suddenly filled the air, covering the entire Yiyang City.

In the east of Yiyang City, in the camp of the Qin army, Wang Yu looked at the valley filled with thick fog. It is not known when the thick fog will dissipate.

In this foggy day and night, he didn't think Lord Xinling didn't know the time of day, so he dared to take the risk of getting lost and attack at night, but out of caution, he still ordered the night watchmen to step up their vigilance.

"Old General Wang." A greeting interrupted Wang Ji's contemplation.Wang Jue looked up, but it was Shen Lingxiao leading someone towards him.

"Commander Shen, haven't you rested yet?" Wang Wei asked.

Shen Lingxiao looked serious, "General Wang Yu, tonight, heavy fog is rare. Although it is not conducive to the movement of the army, there are many masters in the Wei army. I am afraid that they will take the opportunity to rob the camp. I have arranged for my troops to patrol."

Wang Yu nodded and said, "It's never wrong to be careful. If you need my help, just speak up."

Shen Lingxiao said: "General Wang, don't worry."

Outside Yiyang City, Wei Junying.

"As little brother Fu Nian expected, there was indeed fog in the middle of the night." Yang Gongxie looked at the white mist floating in the sky, and said with a faint smile, "General Wei Qing, get ready to act."

"The whole army is ready! Light the torches and wrap the red cloth around the left arm." Wei Qing waved the long sword in his hand and shouted loudly.

Teams of soldiers lined up, holding long knives and shields, in uniform, ready to fight.

There are many knight-errants and martial arts heroes among them, but at this moment they can only obey orders and follow behind the army.

Ji Yanran observed the surroundings, only to see a mist in the distance, but for internal skill masters like them, their eyesight was still full and their vision was not blocked.

"Jiashu 21, Ding Chou Zero Seven, Yihai Five..." Ji Yanran looked at the map in her hand, compared the markers, and after confirming that the route was correct, she whispered to the people around her: "Send the order, follow the route .”

This picture of Fu Nian only marks the subdivision of the falling point and the curve of the logo.

Heavenly Stems is essentially an axis, and A, B, C, D, Wu, He, Geng, Xin, Rengui are the scale units on the axis of Heavenly Stems.

The earthly branch is essentially a moving point. Zichou Yinmaochen has not yet Shenyou Shuhai, which is the moving point position on the cycle track of the earthly branch.

He takes the movement trajectory of each army as the moving point in the reference system of the marker, and the earthly branch forms a closed curve around the axis of the heavenly stem, and the trajectory of the moving point is a spatial spiral cycle.

And the goodness of fit of the preset path leading to the Qin Army camp is used as the navigation coefficient. The idea is to fit the curve with scattered points.

When the integration path is a closed curve, the curve integral for the arc length and the curve integral for the coordinate axis can be transformed into each other, that is, for a curve that satisfies the conditions, the positions of its start point and end point are fixed.

The captains of the various ministries took orders one after another, and led the troops of the battalion to rush towards the predetermined destination.

Wei Jun was in the dark in the fog, and he was still orderly without a trace of chaos. All the ministries knew their responsibilities, did not dare to slack off, and acted quickly.

It is very easy for some knights with outstanding lightness skills to fly in the fog, or to gallop with their feet.

"Extinguish the torch and hide." Ji Yanran said suddenly.

In the distance, the camp of the Qin army gradually appeared. In the thick fog, even if someone with outstanding internal skills like her visited the distance, the figures of the patrolling soldiers became blurred, but they could vaguely see the people in the fog. building.

(End of this chapter)