Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 212 Worry-free Cave

Hearing Xu Jin's doubts, the man nodded and said, "I was afraid that one person was unreliable, so I asked several people. Although their descriptions were slightly different, they were generally consistent.

Therefore, it shouldn't be a problem for Su Yun to shoot the bandit leader with one arrow, then rush into the crowd of bandits and behead dozens of them."

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "Shunchen, you are an expert archer, so it's not a big problem for you to kill them with one arrow, but can you kill dozens of people in a row and behead them directly?

The young man called Shunchen smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I saw it the other day. The knife he used was a standard knife used by yamen runners. It might be enough to scare the common people, but to chop off a person's head with one knife, one must have extremely high skills and natural supernatural powers to do it.

Moreover, this happened in actual combat. He rushed into the crowd and was able to behead people with his sword. This shows that Su Yun must be skilled in martial arts and very strong!"

Xu Jin scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Isn't the Meishan Su family a family of poetry and literature? How come such a freak was born?

Wen can write books and pass them down to the next generation, and he can even ride on a horse and behead people like killing chickens. Hey, Shunchen, don’t you like to read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms the most? Do you think the military strategies he wrote are useful? "

Shunchen smiled and said, "Aren't you also a veteran in the army? Do you still need to ask me whether you can be used?"

Xu Jin chuckled and said, "I am just a second-generation descendant who inherited the power of my ancestors. What do I know about military strategies? I still have to rely on you for this."

Shunshin nodded and said, "He is a master of paper tactics."

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Why do you have to belittle others?"

Shunchen shook his head and said, "This is not a disparagement. He has never actually led troops or commanded a battle. When I say he is an expert in talking about military affairs on paper, I mean that he has read a lot of military books.

The art of warfare in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is extremely ingenious and very consistent with the theories in military books. For a scholar, this is a high praise.

And what you asked is whether the strategies in Romance of the Three Kingdoms work. What I would say is: they work!
However, it will only be effective if it is used by an experienced veteran. An inexperienced person will probably be defeated.

But this thing can help some newbies who have not read military books to understand the basic principles of war.

If a soldier can read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and then fight in some battles, he can even summarize some skills of commanding battles.

Yu Hou, you don’t read military books, but you can really take a look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, maybe you can learn something from it.”

Xu Jin said: "I can read it. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is interesting, but I am really not good at the Art of War part. I can't understand it. Besides, you are here to help me. If you can do it, I can do it too."

Shunchen couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, and advised: "If you want to go up, you have to have the ability yourself, otherwise even if you go up, the soldiers below will still not be convinced."

Xu Jin chuckled and said, "If you don't agree, just hold it in. I won't suck the blood of my soldiers. If I have any credit, I will share it with everyone. I just need to know who is useful and how to use people, isn't that enough?"

Shunchen felt a little helpless, well, knowing how to use people is also a skill.

Xu Jin thought for a moment and said, "Let's find an opportunity to invite him to dinner and get to know him."

Shunchen hesitated and said, "It's not good. It's not good to make friends with civil officials in the army. This is considered taboo."

Xu Jin laughed and said, "What does this have to do with anything? He is just a low-ranking civil servant, and we are just small fry in the army. The rules are for ministers and generals in the army. Who are we? Why are we breaking any taboos?

and……"

Xu Jin lowered his voice and said, "...In the Song Dynasty, we emphasize the use of culture to control military power. Su Yun is proficient in military tactics. He may have the opportunity to lead troops into battle in the future. Don't you want to go to the battlefield?"

Shunchen nodded and said, "Of course I want to go to the battlefield. As a soldier, I want to make achievements."

Xu Jin nodded and said, "That's it. If Su Yun wants to lead the troops into battle, he must have a few people around him, right?
But he had no foundation in the military, and he couldn't find anyone he wanted to use.

If you happen to be familiar with him and have his trust, do you think he will take you with him?"

Shunchen's eyes brightened a little when he heard this, but he was still a little hesitant and said, "Can you do it?"

Xu Jin chuckled and said, "I don't know if it will work, but it's just a meal and some drinks, I'm not short of money.

Anyway, you also like the art of war, so when the time comes, you can talk to him about Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the art of war, just as if you were chatting with like-minded people. As you chat, he will naturally know your attainments in the art of war.

If he really has the opportunity to lead troops into battle, won't he think of you first?"

When Shunchen heard this, he nodded decisively and said, "Yu Hou, I will listen to you."

Xu Jin chuckled and said, "Okay, then I'll go make an appointment with him."

Shunchen said gratefully: "Thank you, Yu Hou, if it weren't for your support, I wouldn't be here today..."

Xu Jin waved his hand and said: "We are two brothers, why are we talking about this? Without your help, I can't handle those arrogant soldiers under my command.

I also can't let you waste your time under my command. You are a capable person, and it's not a good idea for you to waste your time with a second-generation ancestor like me. If you have a chance, you should go to the northwest. That's where you can make achievements and establish your career!"

Shunchen was quite sad. At this time, Su Yun was very busy. After killing the bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob in the West City, he rushed to other places to suppress them, killing people until he was covered in blood.

When he rushed back to the Southern Court in the evening, he was covered in blood and even Liu Zhi was frightened, not to mention the other assistant officials.

Liu Zhi and others had long heard from the yamen runners about Su Yun's great power, but seeing is believing. It was not until they saw Su Yun covered in blood that they truly realized how fierce this young man was!
Liu Zhi sighed, "I didn't expect that Judge Su was actually a man of both civil and military talents, who could govern the people when he was on horseback and lead the army when he was on horseback! Incredible, incredible!"

Su Yun shook his head and said, "We have no choice but to do this. If we let these bandits continue to cause trouble, we will all be punished.

However, the most dangerous time has passed, the Imperial Guards have been dispatched, and the important roads are also patrolled by the Imperial Guards, we can just check for loopholes and fill in the gaps."

Liu Zhi nodded and said, "President Su, go take a bath first. It's so cold and you're covered in blood. Don't catch a cold."

Su Yun and Liu Zhi bowed to each other and went to the Tongpan Hall to take a hot bath.

Su Yun lay in the wooden barrel with his eyes slightly closed, and the dozen or so people he had beheaded appeared in his mind.

The arrogance on everyone's face at the beginning, to the ferocity when they charged forward, to the fear when their long swords appeared in front of them, to the disbelief when their heads flew off, all kinds of details emerged one by one at this time.

These details were terrifying, but Su Yun was not afraid at all. He even felt an indescribable... excitement!
Under the hot water, his muscles were twitching slightly, causing ripples in the hot water.

Su Yun suddenly remembered a genetic study that was circulating on Zhihu in later generations, which said that there is a "berserker gene" in the genes of Chinese people, that is, there is a gene on the x chromosome called the maoa-3r gene, which belongs to the berserker gene.

This gene makes people sensitive, violent, irritable, bellicosous and fearless.

The proportion of Chinese people who have this gene is high, especially the Han ethnic group, which is as high as 77%, while the proportion of Europeans and Americans is only 30%.

Su Yun was actually a little disdainful of this statement. The Chinese people's fighting power comes from their organizational ability.

When a dynasty is strong, its organizational capabilities are strong enough and the army's combat effectiveness is naturally strong. When the dynasty is in decline, the army can also be very weak. What does this have to do with genes?

But today he believed it a little.

Damn it, before this, although Su Yun practiced martial arts and fighting when he was in Meishan, he had never killed anyone. Today, he killed more than a dozen people, but he didn’t feel any fear at all, but rather felt a little... enjoying it?
Otherwise, I am not a pervert, right?

The imperial guards came out on patrol, and all the evil spirits and monsters disappeared. The situation in Bianliang quickly stabilized.

But the storm in the court began to build.

Su Yun took some time to find Zhang Dun and asked about the reaction in the court.

Zhang Dun sighed and said, "I don't think the emperor will raise troops easily in the future.

First, the emperor's morale has probably been crushed, and second, the court officials will no longer support the emperor in raising troops."

Su Yun was silent for a while and then asked, "What is the official's reaction?"

Zhang Dun looked a little depressed and said: "When the emperor heard the news, he was extremely sad and cried loudly in front of all the officials, with tears and snot running down his face. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

In the past few days, the emperor has not attended the morning court, saying that he is not feeling well and is bedridden. Alas."

Su Yun thought of the 200,000 soldiers who died, and his heart was heavy with grief.

However, such military and national affairs were not something that a small official like him could interfere in.

Zhao Xu was not someone who could listen to too many opinions.

During the Xining Reform, anyone who opposed the reform was banished to a remote place, which ensured the smooth progress of the reform. However, it was also obvious that he was not a person who would listen to too many opinions.

Since he has sent Xu Xi and others to build the city this time, he will not change his decision easily. Not to mention him, he even won't listen to Zhang Dun's opinions, let alone him.

Although he knew he couldn't stop it, it still happened and Su Yun was still very sad.

Su Yun returned to the Southern Yamen. Although there were imperial guards patrolling the streets, he still had to be careful and alert.

However, Su Yun is not a person who only defends. Since these bandits dare to provoke him like this, don't blame him, Su Yun.

Su Yun interrogated the captives and according to their confessions, they were all desperate criminals who came out of Wuyou Cave.

Su Yun didn't know much about Wuyou Cave. After consulting Deng Qi and others, he discovered that Wuyou Cave was a major security risk in Bianjing.

Wuyou Cave was an underground drainage ditch in Bianjing. Because of its complexity and interconnectedness, it became a good place for desperate criminals to hide.

If the government wanted to track down these people, they had to go deeper into the cave, but they did not have enough manpower to search section by section.

(End of this chapter)