generation hero

This building should be the resting place of King Huan in Taixue. The screen and bead curtain divide the room into three parts. On the left is a study room with simple furnishings. It was full of papers.

When the cold wind blew, Yuan Tang couldn't help but sneezed.

Feng Cong put his arms around Yuan Tang's shoulders: "Is it cold, I should change clothes first."

Seeing that Feng Cong was taking care of others, Yuan Tang said: "It's not cold, you can't let the king wait for us, I'll drink some ginger tea when I go back later."

Feng Cong rubbed Yuan Tang's arm with his warm palm, and said, "If it's cold, lean against me first."

The young man's body was like a hot fire, and there was no trace of coldness when he leaned against each other.

There is a book on the table, which is the art of war taught by King Huan in class. The first sentence on the page is "Soldiers are a major event for the country; the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated."

Yuan Tang couldn't help flipping the pages of the paper, flipping through them one by one.

Feng Cong said, "You don't need to work so hard."

Yuan Tang squinted at him: "I'm not someone who can memorize everything after reading everything."

Feng Cong smiled smugly.

Yuan Tang propped his chin, glanced across the paper, and said: "I also read the art of war when I was at home, and it was vague, and now I dare not say that I understand it all, but after listening to the king, I feel that it is different from what I knew before. .”

Feng Cong raised his eyebrows and said, "You have enlightened, let me hear it?"

Yuan Tang lowered his head and thought for a while, then said: "I dare not say that I am enlightened, but I just feel that my own understanding is too shallow. In the past, when I read the art of war, I always looked for the chapters on how to attack and defend, and how to march. Today, when the king talked about the art of war, he said it first." The difficulty of employing troops is not only about raising troops, but also about rejuvenating the country."

Feng Cong nodded and said: "The important affairs of the country, the military affairs are the state affairs, the little general understands."

Yuan Tang was a little surprised, pointing to the military book on the table and asked: "Have you learned all these?"

Feng Cong smiled and said, "I've seen some."

Yuan Tang showed a distrustful expression, and looked at it again.

Feng Cong hugged him to his side and said, "My father told me some of them when I was young, and some of them I read later."

Yuan Tang also felt admiration for Prince Wenxi, saying: "Your father... Prince Wenxi taught you how to fight?"

Feng Cong hurriedly shook his head: "My father has never led soldiers, and I actually don't know how to lead soldiers to fight. In Jucheng, there is really no way... I used to sneak into Shangjun's mansion, and sometimes I went with Amu and the others. Daying, my uncle took care of me and didn’t drive me away. I’m a little more familiar with marching troops than others. The people who were conscripted to the top of the city in Jucheng were ordinary civilians who had never fought. If they couldn’t be mobilized, everyone might die. .”

So Feng Cong used some of the marching methods he was familiar with in the barracks to mobilize the civil servants to help the prefect of Jucheng defend the city. Later, he reminded Yuantang to feign surrender, and coordinated with the supporting Zerou army to plan and go into battle to kill the enemy.

Feng Cong said it lightly, and Yuan Tang felt that he was completely self-effacing. His admiration for Feng Cong deepened, and he felt a little distressed when he heard Feng Cong talk about his childhood.

"It's amazing that you are like this, and I would definitely not be able to replace you." Yuan Tang said sincerely.

Seeing his round eyes, Feng Cong's ears turned red again, he scratched unnaturally, and said, "Little General, you are not bad, at that time you still know how to plot against Mr. Sun."

"It's not a calculation," Yuan Tang said, "I'm just discussing the matter." It's easier to talk about it than to kill the enemy in battle, not to mention that he is not the real Yuan Tang, and he is older than Yuan Tang in mental age.

Yuan Tang was a little worried, and said: "Uncle De told me that from now on, as long as I lead the army to sit in town, he will help me go into battle and cut off my head, and then I will also report my military achievements and invite me to be named a general." Yuan Tang talked with him very seriously at home. Yuan De discussed this issue. Even if he practiced fighting and built up his mind, he might not be able to fight against others, let alone command an army.The original Yuan Tang was no good either, General Yuan planned to earn military merit for his son in this way before.

Hiding behind others is too timid, but fighting with swords and halberds is not a joke. Yuan Tang heard from Yuan De that people who are good at martial arts may not necessarily be able to fight. Many people usually use martial arts fiercely and think they want to Fight against each other, but when you are on the battlefield, your hands and feet are so frightened that your hands and feet are weak. What you have learned is not useful at all. Therefore, strict training and strict discipline are required in the army. This is for soldiers.

There must be higher requirements for the commander. Yuan Tang has no confidence in himself, and he has been practicing with Yuan De all the time, worrying and worrying.

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to command the army, or that you won't be able to kill the enemy?" Feng Cong asked.

"I don't think I can do it." Yuan Tang wasn't afraid to reveal his cowardly side, anyway, Feng Cong could definitely see his cowardice, and said, "Since marching and fighting are a matter of life and death, a mediocre person like me, Difficult task."

Feng Cong said: "One general's success is the same as ten thousand bones. This is the reason. Raising troops is for survival and not for death. It is for profit and not just for victory. Even if there is no profit, you will win and lose. The little general knows how to be a general after he lives and dies again."

Yuan Tang opened his eyes wide: "Really, it's true, don't you think I'm too greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Feng Cong seemed to see the light in his eyes, so he smiled unconsciously, and said: "A general is not just about leading people to fight, but also knowing how to lead his army to find the enemy's weaknesses, the way to survive and the way to win." When I was in Shangyun, I heard the soldiers in the battalion talk about how they always hope to join the army of constant victories. You know why, when they win, they have more chances to earn military merit, and when they lose, they have a higher chance of surviving. The little general is at least on this point with the sergeant."

"Besides," his gaze fell on the page of Yuan Tang's opened book, and he said, "'Thus, the victory of a good fighter has no wisdom or bravery...Victorious soldiers win first and then seek war, and defeated soldiers fight first and then fight." Seek victory.' Those who are really good at fighting may not necessarily make great achievements on the battlefield and kill more fiercely than others. Winning or losing is not just a battle. Outside the battlefield, one must first win and then fight. This is a good fighter."

Yuan Tang sighed: "Is it really possible to win first and then fight?" The truth in the book is simple, but it is difficult to implement.

Feng Cong's pupils became dark again: "It's not easy. Everything is changing, but there is always a way. It's good to think ahead. Thinking too much will only increase worries. It's better to do something first. I look at the little general. Much better than a year ago."

Feng Cong seemed to know a lot, and Yuan Tang seemed to have learned a lesson after talking to him for a while. He became taller in Yuan Tang's eyes, and Yuan Tang really felt encouraged and had a little confidence in himself. , he wants to continue to work hard, not to lag behind Feng Cong too much.

Just as he was talking, there was a light coughing sound from behind, and King Huan had already returned to the building at some point.

Yuan Tang was busy saluting. When he bowed his head, King Huan stared at Feng Cong, showing regret, regret and doubt in various complex eyes. Feng Cong's expression also changed, and he raised a not-so-serious smile.

"If there are no outsiders around, just treat me as a teacher of Taixue." King Huan said with a smile.

After everyone took their seats, Feng Cong poured tea for King Huan and asked, "Is my uncle staying in the capital for the time being, or will he never go to Shangyun again?"

King Huan seemed to be very low-key when he returned to Beijing this time. Yuan Tang and the others had never heard of King Huan's return to Beijing in the palace.

King Huan said: "Your Majesty ordered me to come back and explain some military affairs of Shangyun. By the way, I will temporarily take the post of doctor in the Taixue Lecture Hall. Next month, Your Majesty will inspect the navy at Kunyou Lake. The Shangyun Army will also participate. After the exercise, I will I will go back to Shangyun, and I will not go back to the capital. But I will leave Shangyun in the spring of next year if it is early, and in summer if it is late."

Feng Cong opened his handsome eyes slightly, and then frowned. Yuan Tang didn't quite understand at first, but after thinking for a while, he realized that King Huan probably meant that he wanted to leave Shangyun's military mansion and put down his military power from now on.

That is Shangyun Mansion, the military mansion closest to the capital, which once assembled hundreds of thousands of troops for the Northern Expedition, which can defend the capital inside and defend against the enemy outside.

"Your Majesty wants you to leave Shangyun?" Feng Cong asked.

King Huan sighed, and said sadly: "I am old, and I am really powerless... Although I have been guarding Shangyun these years, I have never been able to revitalize the mansion. I need to increase some troops. The troops that Shangyun can control are barely enough. It's just to protect the capital. But even so, His Majesty is still worried."

Feng Cong said calmly, "Your Majesty doesn't trust you, and won't rest assured that Shangyun will expand his army. Besides, Beicheng's army can't maintain the offensive now. If you expand your army, he will suspect that you have evil intentions."

King Huan's eyes were full of sorrow, and he nodded his head and said: "The imperial army is few and weak, and the aristocratic families in the states and counties are powerful. The Gyeonggi area has no soldiers to recruit, and there is no land and no food to raise soldiers. The brave men who recruited in the past are either killed in battle or scattered in the north and south. In the meantime, there are very few soldiers returning to the south. Fortunately, Beicheng is also unable to go south now."

Feng Cong said coldly: "It is precisely because there is no serious trouble outside that he is relieved to replace the town general."

Yuan Tang has learned about the distribution of troops in the Xia Kingdom. Generally speaking, the strong branches are weak. Around the capital, the forbidden army directly controlled by the imperial court is about 3 to [-]. There are infantry and water troops, and a very small number of cavalry. If you can afford to defend Miyagi and around the capital, expeditions are absolutely impossible.

The armies of each state are mostly controlled by families from various places. For example, in the generation of Ji Yang, only some county officials were appointed by the court, and the rest of the military personnel were controlled by Yuan Zhou's family. According to Feng Cong who is good at it, such an operation in the capital is absolutely unworkable.

In order to deal with Bei Sheng, the imperial court recruited Jinyong. Later, the war became more peaceful, and the imperial court did not actually control much troops. For example, General Yuan and the imperial court had a close relationship because of the old friendship between the Yuan family and the Shen family.

Before Hu Feiyuan joined the Xiao family, he was in a state of wandering around the country. He also had the general of Nan Xia Feng on him, but the court gave him not many food and weapons. Most of them were raised by Hu Feiyuan himself. It is another matter for the imperial court to appoint Ze Rou as the town general.

Feng Cong was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you have someone in mind to succeed Shangyun?"

King Huan shook his head.

Feng Cong frowned: "Do you think His Majesty will attach importance to strengthening Shangjun's military force if he sends someone he can trust to take over Shangjun's military mansion?"

King Huan sighed.

Feng Cong said: "The general in the Shangyun Mansion is vacant. I'm afraid not only His Majesty wants to send someone to take over."

The commander-in-chief of the three states is an extremely important position both inside and outside the court.

King Huan said: "If someone from the Wang family can take over, they will also take care of it. The Queen Mother and Wang Shangshu are also old. When the Queen Mother lives forever, the Wang family will have nothing to rely on in the court. Only the Waizhenbao family will survive."

Feng Cong didn't quite agree with King Huan's approach, but he caught a glimpse of King Huan's vertical and horizontal forehead lines, and changed his words: "Uncle is the elder of the clan. These years, he has guarded Shangyun for the Feng family and dealt with the court. He has done his best. After returning to Beijing, uncle plans to How to arrange to continue to teach martial arts at Taixue?"

King Huan said: "If Your Majesty still takes a liking to my old bones, it would be good for the rest of his life." As a general, I was later appointed to the court town of Shangyun. I have done my best these years, but I am still ashamed to make an appointment with Prince Wenxi.

Prince Wenxi is the younger generation of King Huan, but King Huan respects him when he mentions him. No wonder King Huan takes good care of Feng Cong, and he has an old relationship with Prince Wenxi.

King Huan said again: "I'm not in Shangyun's mansion. If you leave Beijing, don't go back to Shangyun. I have already told the queen mother that it is best for you to be crowned king of a county and then go to the fief. I don't want you to leave Beijing."

King Huan should have also noticed that some of the queen mother's arrangements were abnormal, and wanted to say something, but Feng Cong said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about these."

King Huan revealed the love and concern of the elders for the younger generation: "I haven't taken care of you all these years, and I am ashamed of your father's entrustment."

But Feng Cong stood up and bowed to King Huan, and said, "My father did not entrust me to you. Besides, half of the suspicion you have suffered these years is because of me. Feng Cong is grateful."

It was already dark when Yuan Tang and Feng Cong left, and King Huan kept looking at Feng Cong, hesitant to speak, and finally said nothing.Feng Cong should be able to tell, but he didn't ask anything.

Yuan Tang felt that King Huan must have known that Feng Cong didn't want to stay in the capital, Shangyun couldn't go back, and Feng Cong had to go far away to Beicheng.