Troubled Times Survival Raiders

"150 steps." Deng crossed his arms first, this is Wu Junyi's most annoying posture, none of them.

When Wu Muhao drew his bow, he kept in mind Deng Xian's instructions in every move. It was a deep memory left by his repeated squatting, bow drawing times and running.

His hands were steady, his breathing was light, and a feathered arrow was released without a sound, hitting the bull's-eye.

"Good!" Deng Xian shouted.

Wu Muhao didn't move at all, and didn't react at all. Instead, he calmly mounted the second arrow, drew the bow, and released the arrow. The process was exactly the same without any mistakes.

"Okay!" There was another sudden applause.

Then came the third branch, still almost unchanged in demeanor.With a sharp sound piercing the air, three arrows clustered together, all hitting the heart.

Only this time Wu Muhao breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Deng Xian and Wu Junyi.Deng Xian showed a bored expression and shook his head. "Forget you."

Wu Muhao stepped aside and replaced Wu Junyi.

"Take a hundred steps." Deng Xian said to the eunuch.Wu Junyi is younger than Wu Muhao, and his arm strength is also weaker, so he can't shoot a target that far away.

"150 steps!" Wu Junyi stared back, "You look down on me!"

"That also requires your archery to be convincing, Your Highness." Deng Xian said leisurely.

"150 steps!" Wu Junyi refused to give in at all.

Deng licked his lips first, and compromised first: "150 steps. But if you miss, Your Highness..." He smirked, as if he had already thought about how to punish.

Li Qi rushed up to move the target as if he was saved, every time he served His Royal Highness to practice martial arts, he felt that sooner or later he would be dragged out and beheaded because of the differences between the master and the apprentice.

Wu Junyi released the arrows much faster than Wu Muhao, only heard three swish swish, and the three bows and arrows hit the target one after another.Wu Junyi put down his arm in a blink of an eye.The three arrows almost formed a line, hitting the bull's-eye one after another.However, the strength was not good enough, and instead of hitting the target, it fell to the ground.

Wu Muhao bit his lip, feeling a little unwilling.Deng Xian said, "What is your Highness in a hurry for?"

Wu Junyi has long been used to ridiculing Wu Junyi like this, "It was you, sir, who said that opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting, and we must seize them."

He had expected how Deng Xian would tease him back, but Deng Xian smiled and nodded instead, "Your Highness is right, let's forget it."

The only student who passed the archery assessment, Deng Xian seemed to be in a good mood. "Today's homework is the art of war, come in and sit down."

Hot water had been prepared in the Wenhua Hall for the two of them to wipe and change their clothes. The table was full of tea and snacks. Deng pushed away the things and put down the maps and books first.

When the two came back after changing their clothes, he was leaning against the table bored, and raised his eyes, "Your Highnesses have been studying the art of war for some time, and you should have learned something from marching and fighting together, so you can talk freely today, As long as you don’t digress from the topic, the lower officials can also answer questions for the two of you.”

Wu Muhao was a little embarrassed.As a prince, he was too interested in marching and fighting, so he was looking for death.Military affairs are not something he can point out, so he just asked a few questions in the military book.

""Xing Pian" says that victory can be known, but it cannot be done. Those who cannot win must defend;

Deng Xian's eyes were deep when he answered the question, which was quite different from his playful appearance. "That depends on how His Royal Highness explains what it means to be victorious."

"Fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, plundering as fire, immovable as a mountain, difficult to know as cloudy, moving as thunder." Wu Muhao blurted out.

Deng Xian said lightly: "His Royal Highness reads military books very well, but it is useless to only talk about military affairs on paper."

This was a bit harsh, Wu Muhao lowered his head and smiled wryly.He really only needs to talk on paper.

During their conversation, Wu Junyi had countless questions in his mind.He has too many questions, about Deng Xian's experience, the Xianbei people, and the rebel Zhang Jicai.

However, when these questions flashed up, he remembered seeing soldiers riding horses in Xiangyang, and blurted out a question: "I have heard that most of the army are hereditary generals, and they are well-established in the local area, and they are not easy to discipline." .General Deng knows what the situation is like?"

Deng Xian glanced at him suddenly, his eyes were completely different from usual, cold and sharp.Wu Junyi, who was stared at by him, shivered subconsciously.

It was no longer the prince's husband, Mr. Deng, but the eyes of General Deng, who commanded the three armies on the battlefield.

"Where did your Highness hear this?" In the blink of an eye, Deng Xian returned to his usual casual appearance, and his tone was quite lazy.

Wu Junyi was not fooled by him. "I didn't hear it from others, but I saw it with my own eyes." Although the second half of the sentence was indeed heard from Feng Yuandao.

"Seeing it with your own eyes?" Unexpectedly, Deng Xian shook his head, "Your Highness, do you know what it means to see it with your own eyes?"

He just asked a question, and then immediately continued: "What you said is true in some areas. Many hereditary generals are unlearned and incompetent, and there are even young and middle-aged men who can't draw bows and horses. Many of them just write A trash with his own name, needless to say he is familiar with the Art of War."

Wu Junyi was dumbfounded. He thought it was just a case in Xiangzhou, or Feng Yuandao's one-sided words, but he didn't expect that Deng Xian's words were so serious.

"But before inheriting the title, wouldn't the imperial court conduct an assessment?" Wu Junyi's rationality reminded him that this was not the case.

"Assessment?" Deng Xian smiled contemptuously. "Send some money to manage, who will embarrass these people who are attacking the noble? At worst, find someone to take the exam, and when the officials leave after the assessment, who cares who?"

Wu Junyi gritted his teeth.No wonder, no wonder the ministers in the court softened half before the Xianbei people came, no wonder the rebels led by Zhang Jicai were able to achieve great results.It turns out that the army is full of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, oppressing the common people!

"Do all the military officials in North Korea and Chinese turn a blind eye?" He asked sharply.

Deng Xian looked at him like a child, his sarcastic and tolerant eyes made Wu Junyi very angry.Deng Xian said slowly: "Your Highness, what you said is ridiculous. This time I sent a memorial, not only one or two people were impeached, but tens of thousands of soldiers and generals from the localities and border gates. Do you think our civil servants are like this?" Do you have the guts?"

There was a sneer on the corner of Deng Xian's mouth, and Wu Junyi clenched his fists and forcefully squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "If this goes on, Daqi will be in danger!"

This time, Deng Xian did not respond.

Wu Junyi has insight into the other side of Daqi, which is the truth that cannot be seen in the prosperous capital. Perhaps, there is also the reason why Deng Xian was forced to leave back then.

He suddenly had a flash of inspiration: Those officials were afraid to play, but he was different.

He is the prince of Daqi, what is there to be afraid of?

This thought instantly made Wu Junyi's face light up, and Deng Xian seemed to have noticed it too.But Wu Junyi had already anticipated how Deng Xian would laugh at him, so he made up his mind not to say a word.

The King of Chu once mentioned unintentionally that Yangma songs have been spread among the people, and many farmers are custom-made Yangma, which also greatly increased Wu Junyi's confidence.

Deng Xian didn't ask, but called Wu Muhao who had been silent for a long time. "Does His Royal Highness have any questions?"

After class this day, Wu Junyi was thinking about how to draft a memorial.To hand over the memorial, it must go through the prime minister, read it in the court, and he can predict the reaction of the ministers.

These civil servants could watch this problem getting worse without anyone speaking out, and Wu Junyi didn't expect them to agree with him, then... rashly, his father might think it was too reckless.

Therefore, he had to communicate with his father first.

After the Chinese New Year's family banquet, although Emperor Jianning still loved Wang Meiren, he did not neglect the prince Wu Junyi, and rewards poured into the Wenhua Palace like flowing water.The courtiers also discussed privately that His Majesty's move was to appease the crown prince. No matter how the harem changes, the position of the crown prince is still as stable as a rock.

Wu Junyi ate with his father and acted coquettishly a few times, and the previous unhappiness was over.Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate too much, so he asked Li Qi to go to Qianqing Palace to report.

He was lucky, Emperor Jianning didn't go to other palaces, and was preparing to have a meal, when he heard that the prince was coming, he directly announced him into the palace.

"My son sees my father."

"Didn't you learn from Deng Xian today, and you still have the time to come to Emperor Father?" Emperor Jianning smiled and called him over.Wu Junyi sat down on the right hand side of Emperor Jianning, "I want to have dinner with my father, and I came here just after school."

"You, you are already a prince, and you are still greedy for a bite of food here?" Emperor Jianning nodded his nose affectionately, laughed loudly, and turned his head to order Eunuch Gao to add more food.

Seeing this, Wu Junyi hurriedly stopped him, "I come here on a sudden whim, so don't disturb the arrangement of the imperial dining room, just follow the royal father's rules."

Emperor Jianning kept smiling and asked, "What have you learned today?"

"Mr. Deng took the school test and I shot arrows with Uncle Wang. My son shot 150 steps and hit the bull's-eye." Wu Junyi said, also very proud.At his age, this result is quite good.This is also the result of his own hard work in private. After all, it is not easy to make Deng Xian nod.

Emperor Jianning also nodded, "Not bad. However, your body is still the most important thing, and reading is the most important thing."

This is irrefutable, and Wu Junyi obediently nodded in agreement.

When the food was ready, Emperor Jianning urged his son to eat more. "You are tired today, so you should eat enough so as not to hurt your body."

They talked about some interesting things in the palace, Wu Junyi saw that the atmosphere was warming up, there were only a few maids and eunuchs in the room, and the time was ripe, so he said: "Father, my son wants to write a letter to depose the general Enfeng hereditary, Some hereditary military generals can't read and write and can't shoot bows, the court assessment is quite watery..."

After talking for a long time, he realized that Emperor Jianning was silent, put down his chopsticks, and was looking at him indifferently.The maids and eunuchs who were serving had disappeared at some point. "Is this what you meant, or whose?"

Wu Junyi was a little flustered, he reluctantly said: "What I said is naturally my own idea."

But his father squinted his eyes, opened and closed his lips ruthlessly: "Deng Xian? Or... King Chu?"

The author has something to say:

This chapter quotes Sun Tzu's Art of War.

I forgot to mention that the "Yangma Song" quoted earlier was actually written by Su Shi, and this kind of farm implements also existed in the Song Dynasty.

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