The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 806: The Four Forces of Military Strategists Born in Advance [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

For those who know how to be grateful, even the smallest favor will be remembered.

An ungrateful person will not take any favor, no matter how great it is.

"Perhaps you think that the Yan family only raised me, and after I left home, they no longer cared about me. Even when Bingzhou was in the most difficult time, the Yan family did not send scholars to help Bingzhou like other families did."

Yan Yan looked at Yan Lingji and the others and spoke slowly.

Yan Lingji and Dugu Yanzhi nodded subconsciously. When Bingzhou was first established, there was a lack of scholars and officials who could govern an area. The Yan family had many scholars, but did not send disciples like the other hundreds of families.

"But you forgot that if it weren't for the Yan family and Yushan Academy, I might not even be able to leave the State of Chu!"

Yan Yan sighed.

Back then, he and Shao Siming killed Lord Yangling of Chu State, but were captured and imprisoned by Chu State, and then were chased by assassins all the way.

Did the Yan family really do nothing?
Not really. What did the Yan family do after they knew he had killed Yang Lingjun?

The Yan family sent out a group of masters including Yan Shuyu, and also brought in the head of the Tan Tai family to stand up for him, forcing the people of the Chu State not to hunt him down openly.

For this, the price paid by the Yan family will definitely not be low.

After all, the Yan family was just a local noble family within the territory of Chu. In order to make Chu give up hunting him, the Yan family must have secretly reached some kind of agreement with the King of Chu and Chunshen Jun Huang Xie and paid a certain price, otherwise Yan Yan would never have been able to leave Chu alive.

Later, Yan Yan went to Korea, taught at the Jade Villa, and served as the chief priest of the Jade Villa, accumulating his first batch of political capital.

During this process, Ji Wuye, Ye Mu and Bai Yifei must have sent people to Yushan to investigate his identity.

However, the Yan family always acknowledged his status as a direct descendant of the Yan family, otherwise Ji Wuye and Bai Yifei would never have allowed him to serve as the chief priest of the Jade Villa, let alone become the keeper of the Korean Treasury later.

Because the Yan family let Yan Shuyu come out of retirement for him, it showed how much the Yan family valued him, and also enabled him to choose to remain neutral in the competition between Ji Wuye and Zhang Kaidi in Han State.

Because of Yan Shuyu's actions, everyone in the world knew that if anyone dared to kill him, the Yan family would definitely come to seek revenge.

It can be said that when Yan Yan was still weak and naive, the Yan family had already done everything they could to protect him.

The reason why he could thrive in the vassal states was not only because of his personal ability, but also because the vassal states looked at not only his personal ability, but also the face given to the Yan family behind him.

As for his establishment in Bingzhou, the Yan family did not send anyone to him, which is the most commendable thing.

Because the Yan family knew that once they sent their direct descendants to Bingzhou, who would Bingzhou belong to? Could Yan Yan not give the Yan family this face and let some of the Yan family descendants who originally could not reach a certain high position occupy a high position?
The Yan family was well aware of these dirty deeds, so they didn't want to make things difficult for Yan Yan, so they chose not to send anyone and did not ask for any reward.

If Yan Yan can't even see this, then he can only be said to be an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

"Teacher!" Under the guidance of the chief priest, Yan Yan met Lian Po and Li Mu who were living in Yushan.

"Very good!" Lian Po patted Yan Yan's shoulder with satisfaction, and then he realized that Yan Yan's current status no longer supported his behavior, and his outstretched hand froze.

Yan Yan smiled and gave Lian Po a hug, "Teacher has become so cruel!"

Lian Po was somewhat touched, and smiled and shook his head, "Teacher, you are already so old, it's not normal to be old."

"Teacher!" Yan Yan let go of Lian Po and turned to look at Li Mu. Li Mu could be said to be the biggest investor in his life. Without the 3,000 Wuling Cavalry and Yunzhong Governor's Order given to him by Li Mu, there would be no Bingzhou today.

Li Mu looked at Yan Yan and sighed, "I am worthy of Bingzhou, but I am not worthy of Zhao State!"

Yan Yan and Lian Po both knew what Li Mu meant.

The demise of Zhao State was largely due to Bingzhou, even though it was Zhao State that provoked Bingzhou first. However, if Li Mu had not handed Bingzhou over to Yan Yan, there would have been no subsequent events.

"The King of Zhao ruined a good game himself, how can you be blamed? You have already made the best plan for Zhao. You have done nothing wrong, and you have not let anyone down, let alone Zhao!"

"Zhao did it himself!"

Lian Po's temper flared up instantly and he directly refuted Li Mu's words.

Over the years, he has written books with Li Mu and admired Li Mu's talent. He also understands Li Mu's original purpose of letting Yan Yan stay in Yunzhong and guard the north.

It's just that Zhao State was narrow-minded and forced Yan Yan to establish himself as the emperor. Otherwise, Bingzhou would always belong to Zhao State and would be Zhao State's most advantageous helper.

Yan Yan didn't say anything, and Li Mu had to get over his knot on his own.

"It's a rare reunion today, don't say such discouraging words!" Lian Po also knew that Li Mu's knot was difficult to resolve, so he took the initiative to pull the two of them to sit down and asked the waiter to bring them drinks.

Shao Siming and other women were also very tactful and did not disturb the three people's reminiscing.

As they were enjoying the wine, Lian Po and Li Mu proudly took out the military book they had co-authored, and asked Yan Yan to join in and give his comments.

Yan Yan was not modest and started to read the books seriously. Among the famous generals in the world today, he was also one of the top ones, so naturally he could understand the military books written by Lian Po and Li Mu.

What surprised Yan Yan was that the Four Military Forces, which were originally not summarized until a hundred years later, were actually written down by Lian Po and Li Mu in advance.

The four forces of military strategists are military strategy, military situation, military yin and yang, and military skills.

The spirit of soldiers, wind, forest, fire and mountain!
The two men summarized the military books of their predecessors, and made new annotations to "The Art of War" and incorporated them into their own military books.

What's even more frightening is that the two of them also incorporated the classics of hundreds of schools of thought, such as the Mohist city defense chapter and the Gongshujia chapter on siege chapter, and even included the ideas of Lü Buwei's Lüshi Chunqiu.

"It's a pity that I haven't been able to meet Wei Ju and discuss with him the use of navy in the battlefield." Lian Po and Li Mu sighed, feeling that this military book was not perfect.

Between them, one is good at defense, the other is good at attack, and they are both good at offense and defense. It can be said that they have seen all kinds of military forces of the princes in the world, but the only thing they have not seen is naval battles. Therefore, it is a pity that naval battles were not included in the book.

"If Wei Ju knew that his navy and naval warfare were taken so seriously by the two teachers, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams!" Yan Yan really didn't know how to correct this military book.

Both of them were masters of contemporary military strategy, and they put a lot of effort into compiling their works. Even though he was also a famous general, it would be difficult for him to find problems in them and correct them.

What's more, with the full support of Yushan Academy, the two of them could easily find classics from various schools of thought to incorporate into their writings.

In addition, great scholars from Yushan Academy helped to summarize, conclude and polish the theory, allowing the Four Forces of Military Science to be published a hundred years earlier.

(End of this chapter)