Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 72

"Your Majesty, if you want to have a strong army, training and managing the army is the first priority..." Of course, it was impossible for Xu Rong to know Liu Xie's serious face, but he had already started to dream.What he hated the most at this time was hating God, why did he give the Han Dynasty such a young emperor who understood the overall situation until the Han Dynasty was so disintegrated.The more he thought about this, the more urgent Xu Rong felt. He kept talking, wishing he could stuff all the military strategy in his belly into Liu Xie's head.

Even, in order to let Liu Xie truly understand what he said, he even cited the examples in front of him to make Liu Xie understand.

"Your Majesty, this is basically the way to train and manage an army. After this, you can deploy troops, kill on the battlefield, attack and retreat... Well, your Majesty may not be aware of this. I don't know what you will say at the end. Can you guess what's going on?" Xu Rong finally started to ask questions, saying: "The final general heard that the old general Huangfu loves soldiers like sons, and every time he sets up camp, he always waits for the generals to make arrangements before setting up his own central army camp. When eating, he waits until everyone has finished distributing food before he eats by himself. But old general Zhu Jun is different. Every time he bury the pot for cooking, he is always the first to eat and the first to drink, and he still hides Eat and drink in your own camp. However, the two old generals are both veteran generals of the Han Dynasty, and their ability to lead troops and manage the army is no match, and the soldiers are all doing their best. What does your majesty think is the reason for this?"

"This?..." Liu Xie travels through high-level talents, astronomy, geography, five elements and eight works are almost five hundred years old and thousands of years old.But for this very professional question, he has no idea at all.After scratching his head hard, he still couldn't think of a reason for it, except to regain the feeling of embarrassment and panic when he was questioned by the teacher when he was in school.

Fortunately, Xu Rong was not Liu Xie's disdainful teacher when he couldn't answer the questions. Seeing that Liu Xie seemed to listen carefully, but it really didn't look like the material of a general in command, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't have to be like this." No one is perfect, it is good for His Majesty to be the emperor of a heroic family and rule the world. For such things as leading troops to kill the enemy and leveling the world, let these old men do it for His Majesty. The last general swears here that he will die nine times, I will never fail Your Majesty or the Han family!"

With these words, Liu Xie suddenly opened his eyes and looked closely at Xu Rong.And at this moment, Xu Rong suddenly realized that he had said the most hypocritical routine without any scruples, but at this moment he was extremely sensitive and sincere.However, the strange thing is that when he found Liu Xie's shocked eyes, he felt that he didn't have a trace of regret, instead, it was as if he had spit out the lump in his chest, extremely relaxed and carefree.Even, a wonderful force suddenly poured into his whole body, driving his almost stiff body to glow with vitality, longing to jump on the horse again and make contributions.

So, at this moment, after the two understood each other's heart, they burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty wants to be involved in military affairs, and the general is inexplicable. However, this matter cannot be achieved overnight. The general once wrote a commentary on Sun Tzu's Art of War. If your majesty likes to read it, you can read it. If you don't like it, you can throw it away at will." It doesn't matter where."

After finishing speaking, Xu Rong pointed to the pile of bamboo slips on the desk.When Liu Xie walked over to open it, he saw that the first sentence read "In the past, Liang Jun will attack Handan, and send general Pang Juan to Zhuaqiu with [-] armor..." This is actually a commentary on Sun Bin's art of war.

Sun Bin's Art of War is one of China's top ten military books. Compared with his grandfather Sun Wu, Sun Bin's art of war pays more attention to details, describing various battle formations, and responding to various battlefield environments differently. There are detailed descriptions of various tactics such as war and water warfare.

Liu Xie couldn't help but bowed to Xu Rongshen: "Thank you, General Xu." He really only flips through this book occasionally, but he won't throw it away casually.Give it to Xu Huang, it is estimated that Xu Huang will give his heart to himself.

Xu Rong smiled slightly and said nothing more.

At this point in the conversation, Liu Xie knew that it was time for him to retreat.However, he is not the kind of person who can't even fall asleep with doubts, so before he was about to leave, he rubbed his hands hypocritically and asked Xu Rong: "General Xu, what about the generals of Huangfu and Zhu in the army?" ...General Zhu may not be the kind of person who doesn't love soldiers, right? Why does he always get ahead of the generals when he has good things, and why does General Huangfu always think of himself last? There must be some mystery in this, right? "

Xu Rong's face became more joyful when he heard the words, which shows that Liu Xie really didn't just perfunctory himself just now, but really wanted to know about the military family.Therefore, he straightened his face, stroked the tiger's beard under his chin and said: "Your Majesty, what General Huangfu has done is not only an act of love for soldiers, but what General Zhu has done is also more profound."

"Let's talk about General Huangfu first." Liu Xie was a little confused, but more interested.

"General Huangfu governs the army with the way of 'stop wanting to be a general'." Xu Rong looked at Liu Xie and explained Xun Xun: "There is a saying in Taigong's "Six Secret Teachings" that the army has a set order, and the general will leave it; If everything is cooked, the general will eat it; if the army does not raise fire, the general will not raise it. It is called "stop wanting generals". Haven't you heard of it, Your Majesty?"

Liu Xie became more and more ashamed, and could only let the relief in Xu Rong's eyes begin to change to a hint of disappointment. He could probably guess Xu Rong's psychological activities.After all, because of all his actions today and his ignorance at this moment, after Xu Rongyou suddenly accepted the joy, he couldn't help worrying about the reality.

"The purpose of the so-called stop desire general is not only to establish a good reputation among the soldiers, but also to do it personally. After all, General Huangfu is a veteran in the battlefield, and it is impossible to go to the front like soldiers, so we must find a way to do it personally. , to personally experience the feeling of hunger, thirst and fatigue, so that he can measure how much physical strength the soldier still has."

"Is there such a reason?"

"Your Majesty may not be aware that General Huangfu will always observe the appearance and appetite of the soldiers when eating with the soldiers. In this way, he can infer the situation of the soldiers in the army, and then he knows the situation like the palm of his hand. "

Liu Xie couldn't help being speechless. He even paid so much attention to observing and eating. Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to ask Xu Rong: "Then why did Old General Zhu do the opposite?"

"This is the brilliance of General Zhu." Speaking of Zhu Jun, Xu Rong smiled affectionately: "Huangfu Song is eight feet tall and handsome, and he is a famous general. .However, General Zhu and others must not use it."

"why?"

Xu Rongsu replied: "Your Majesty, General Zhu is less than six feet tall, not as good-looking as a middle-aged man, and is no more than a clerk in the yamen. He has no prestige at all, and if he does it himself, it will only become more mediocre and trivial. Who can respect him then? Who Can you be afraid of him? How can he command the three armies? Therefore, General Zhu must elevate his status by himself. He does not need to do it himself. He only needs his confidants to find out the feelings of the whole army. He knows everything without being there personally. , the soldiers will respect him and fear him, thinking that General Zhu is unfathomable, and dare not disobey him in the slightest."

At the end, Xu Rong couldn't help pointing to his head: "Your Majesty, this is what governs the army and fights. To put it bluntly, it is the art of controlling people. There is a saying in Yang Xiong's "Fa Yan", 'The inferior use force, the middle use wisdom , the superior employs the human!'"

Liu Xie's eyes suddenly brightened.

"Therefore, Sun Tzu said, 'Because of the enemy's change, don't act in advance, just follow him at every turn'. In fact, your majesty does not need to stick to the dogma of military books, let alone follow the book to find out the tactics. As long as your majesty can judge the situation, you can fight as you like. You can take whatever you like! You can adapt to the situation and do whatever you want. And then extend it, governing the country and the world, the same is true!"

"General Xu..." Liu Xie was stunned after hearing this, and really hated why he only saw Xu Rong today.However, fortunately, he came today, so that Liu Xie returned with a rewarding experience.

The only pity is that Xu Rong finally showed some urgency. Unknowingly, he turned his expectation of Liu Xie into deep love and deep responsibility, and extended the scope of commanding the army that he is good at into the political sphere.And that field is Liu Xie's forte.

Liu Xie finally seized the opportunity to leave in a leisurely way, leaving only a cloud behind.He smiled inscrutablely, and posed a difficult problem for Xu Rong: "General Xu, what you said just now, I will remember five things. However, you may not realize that what you just said is the rule of the army. Art has not yet reached the level of Dao. If, one day, you are so good at running an army, and your soldiers and horses encounter the Kansai army outside the city, are you sure that you can still make these soldiers obey your orders? "

"This?..." Xu Rong's expression changed immediately, he was a serious person, and he could hear Liu Xie's implication immediately.And if there is such a day, I am afraid that he really cannot guarantee that the soldiers under him will be as good as their arms.

Because, the official army in this era is still a system where all the people are soldiers.His subordinates and the Guanxi army outside the city are all from Liangzhou.Once the swords meet, his military management skills will become very weak and fragile in the face of the fetters formed based on regions in China for thousands of years, and the danger of soldiers defecting and mutiny will increase exponentially.

Thinking of this, cold sweat dripped down Xu Rong's head, and when he looked at Liu Xie again, he found that Liu Xie had long since disappeared.

After finally sighing, Xu Rong's face became more sad than when Liu Xie came.At this moment, he even hoped that Liu Xie would never come to this camp, because Liu Xie undoubtedly added weight to his balance, but that weight was deeply pressed on Xu Rong's heart, making him feel breathless. It seems untenable.

(End of this chapter)