Professor Ning Yan looked at the young man in front of him, then pointed to the map on the wall behind him and said: "Mark the march route for the battle to annihilate the Shang Kingdom on the map, starting from crossing the Yellow River. If I marked the wrong one, today I will I won¡¯t say another word to you.¡±
The young man nodded, grabbed a charcoal pencil and walked to the wall with a torch and marked the route carefully.
Ning Yan used to be Luo Yao's staff and played an important role in the war to destroy the Shang Kingdom. It's just that his ancestors committed serious crimes, and the late emperor decreed that he would never be appointed as an official. So although he has great achievements, he doesn't get much of what he deserves. Of course, the biggest gain is to get rid of the slave status and become an ordinary person who can stand tall and hold his head high again.
In the battle to annihilate the Shang Kingdom, Luo Yao's army was always at the forefront. If gods stand in the way, they will kill gods; if they stand in the way of Buddha, they will kill Buddha. The Shang army, which was said to be worth millions, could not stop Luo Yao's left forward. Many strategies came from Ning Yan's suggestions. Luo Yao admired him very much and wrote three times to request his Majesty to knight him, but he was rejected by the emperor. During the Sui Dynasty, filial piety was highly valued, and the emperor could not easily overthrow the legacy of the late emperor.
But the emperor naturally had his own way of rewarding them. The late emperor did not allow their descendants from the Ning family to serve as officials. The emperor transferred Ning Yan back from the left vanguard and sent him to the Yanwu Academy. The professors at the Yanwu Academy do not have any official rank or title, but they are still respected.
Luo Yao was very reluctant to let Ning Yan leave at that time, but it was hard to violate the holy will. When leaving Yongzhou, Luo Yao personally saw him off for thirty miles before saying goodbye.
When we arrived at the Yanwu Academy, Ning Yan had been the lecturer on the art of war. His classes are often attended by high-level military generals. Among them were military dignitaries such as Generals Xu Xiaogong and Yu Manlou, and Yu Manlou even ordered the generals of the Zuowu Guards to come to the Yanwu Academy to attend classes in their free time. Of course, it was limited to Ning Yan's art of war course.
But now, this master has become Fang Jie's personal teacher. Every once in a while, he will quietly leave the martial arts academy and enter the secret cell located in the Ouchi Guards' Office to give lectures to a prisoner.
At the beginning, Ning Yan was very dissatisfied. In his opinion, since he is a prisoner, he should be treated as a prisoner deserves, instead of a professor from the Labor and Martial Arts Academy coming here to give lectures. But when he walked into the stone room and saw that this special student turned out to be Fang Jie, he couldn't help but be surprised. He had previously known that Fang Jie was practicing in the back mountains, but he did not expect that this once-in-a-hundred-year-old genius from the Sui Dynasty would become a prisoner.
After teaching only one class, he no longer felt dissatisfied. This young man who looks very embarrassed does indeed have considerable talent.
"There are many things that he can understand with just a little explanation." You can even deduce many incredible but extremely insightful things based on what he said. Ning Yan likes students who study in an eclectic way very much. He never thought that a student was a good student if he could copy what his teacher taught him.
"gentlemen"
Fang Jie said while marking: "At first, the army was divided into four routes to go to the southwest. One passed through Jiangling, one passed Songzhou, one passed Dongjun, and one passed Lingnan But the student felt that if the troops traveling to Lingnan were divided again, they would go all the way. If we go out to attack Luokoucang, a hole will be opened in the defense line set up by the Shang army, so that General Luo Yao's vanguard army can penetrate through the hole and threaten Yongzhou. "
Ning Yan did not deny it, but said lightly: "Mark your thoughts."
Fang Jie nodded and marked out the route he thought was reasonable. After marking everything, he turned around and said respectfully: "Sir, the painting is finished."
"Do you know why we didn't divide our forces to attack Luokoucang?"
Ning Yan stood up, walked to the map and asked.
Fang Jie looked at the map and thought about it carefully, then asked tentatively: "Is there an ambush?"
Ning Yan nodded and said: "Don't think you are very smart. How many elites were gathered in the army that went south? The generals who led the army are much more knowledgeable than you! Luokou Cang is the largest granary in the Shang Kingdom, and one warehouse stores grain. , enough for a million-strong army for thirty years. Attacking Luokou Cang would inevitably cause chaos for the Shang army However, several generals at the time agreed that they should not attack Luokou Cang precisely because they saw through Shang's tricks. "
"Luokou Cang was built in Xingluo Mountain, and the floodwater passed under the mountain. This floodwater was originally a river for the Shang Dynasty to transport grain and grass. You have never seen the terrain of Xingluo Mountain, so you naturally think that Luokou Cang is not difficult to conquer Luokou Cang was built On the south side of Xingluo Mountain, and the mountains on the north side are mostly cliffs. In order to attack Luokou Cang, the army must first cross the Zhen River and go around to the south side of the mountain. This will take at least half a month. "
"To attack the enemy's important granary, the most important thing is to win it quickly. Only by taking it with lightning speed can it be accomplished. Fifteen daysnot to mention whether there are ambushes on the way, just that the journey is so long, The Shang army had already prepared defenses for a long time.? As long as five thousand troops are needed to defend the strategic location, even a hundred thousand troops cannot conquer it in a short time. It was the largest granary in the Shang Kingdom, so it wouldn't be afraid of any siege. All the troops surrounding the mountain starved to death, and the merchant army guarding the mountain could eat eight meals a day, enough to last for hundreds of years. "
"The Shang army deliberately exposed its flaws and led the army to attack Luokou Cang in Xingluo Mountain, just to delay the army's journey If the army heading to Lingnan was blocked by Xingluo Mountain, General Luo Yao's vanguard army would become a lone army. Even if the army was No matter how good the general is at fighting, he will still be in doom if he is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Shang troops with only 30,000 to 40,000 troops. It must be said that the Shang army formulated this strategy in the first place to get rid of General Luo's left vanguard. "
"As long as the left avant-garde is slaughtered in one battle, the military morale of the Shang Kingdom will definitely be boosted. If this battle is fought, the Shang Kingdom people may not be unable to restore the decline."
"It's because the students are shallow."
Ning Yan said: "You have to remember that as a general, it is not enough to just look at the map. The map only shows where there is a mountain. Do you know what kind of mountain it is? The land has six forces. How to use troops must not be taken for granted. "
"The students remember it."
Ning Yan hummed, looked at the map and said, "I only said it once, but you were able to draw the route perfectly. Not bad I have a handwritten marching record here. You have nothing to do. Just read it, it might be helpful.¡±
"Thank you sir!"
Fang Jie saluted solemnly and took the march notes written by Ning Yan with both hands. The battle that destroyed the Shang Kingdom was the most recent war in the Sui Dynasty. After that, the Sui Dynasty did not use foreign troops for more than twenty years. It can be said that this war undoubtedly has a lot to learn from for the current Sui people. thing.
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Fang Jie's current life is tiring but fulfilling. In addition to Professor Qiu Yu, the Yanwu Academy will send other professors to guide him in his studies from time to time, such as Professor Ning Yan, who even indirectly killed Liu Shuang and the other three on Banyue Mountain that day. All things are ink. Fang Jie actually didn't have much hatred for this man. He knew that the deaths of Liu Shuang and others were unexpected. Crescent Lake was the largest water source on Banyue Mountain, and the terrain was also dangerous. There were many hiding places, and Chenya and the others were most likely hiding there.
Even though Wisdom and Chenya are not hiding there, Mo Wanwu brings Fang Jie and Zhang Kuang to the advanced mountains, and they are the ones who attract Wisdom and Chenya.
But even so, Mo Wanwan¡¯s responsibility cannot be shied away from.
Fang Jie didn¡¯t scold or argue, he just didn¡¯t say a word. Mo Wanwan sat in the stone room for half an hour and then got up and left. He only said one sentence before going out.
"Human life is a debt, and I can't pay it back for the time being. But help them remember it and don't forget it."
After saying this, he walked out of the iron gate, his back bleak.
Fang Jie almost had to face Qiu Yu¡¯s devilish training. If it were anyone else with this kind of intensity, he would have turned into a puddle of mud. But Fang Jie's recovery speed is much faster than that of ordinary people, and he can often recover half of his recovery after just one sleep. In Qiu Yu's words, I don't know how to make you grow up the fastest, but I do know a stupid way.
The so-called stupid method is to constantly squeeze the solution¡¯s potential. His muscle strength is far beyond that of ordinary people, so he will continue to develop the strength of his muscles. Only through constant squeezing could Fang Jie make his body stronger. As a pure warrior, he has no way to use the vitality of heaven and earth for his own use. If you want to fight and win against practitioners, the only thing you can rely on is your body.
After he collapsed to the ground again, Qiu Yu picked up Fang Jie and threw him on the stone bed.
"I still can't see through your body."
Qiu Yu sat down on the chair, looked at Fang Jie and said seriously: "Your air pockets have opened six more than before you were imprisoned, but without the sea of ??qi, I don't know what the use of your air pockets is. In the past few days, I have discovered that the more intense the training, the faster your Qi points will open up. The three points you opened in the first two months, and the three points you opened in the past seven days If you persist in this way, you may not be able to use it. How long does it take to open thirty-six air pockets?¡±
"According to common sense, a person can barely practice cultivation if he can open thirty-six air points Let's wait and see, maybe when your thirty-six air points are opened, the sea of ????qi will suddenly emerge."
Fang Jie lay on the stone bed and panted while saying, "Sirdon't you think this is a very irresponsible statement?"
Qiu Yu spread his hands: "I'm just giving you hope. You should know very well that without Qi Hai, what will happen even if all 128 air pockets are fully opened?"
"What if there is a sea of ??qi, and all 128 qi pockets are opened?"
Qiu Yu thought for a while and replied: "Such a person, after practicing for one day, will become acquainted with the world."It¡¯s like practicing with others for ten days. A person who practices for one year may be stronger than someone who practices for ten years. "
"Oh shit!"
Fang Jie couldn¡¯t help but cursed: ¡°Unfair!¡±
¡°Where does this world come from with so much fairness?¡±
Qiu Yu said calmly: "Butsuch people are extremely rare. I have only seen one in my many years in the Martial Arts Academy."
"who?"
Fang Jie asked curiously.
"You ask what is the use of so many things? No matter who it is, it has nothing to do with you. And precisely because there are such people, a waste like you has to work harder. You will be thrown away by a few blocks at the beginning without running away. Can you catch up faster?"
"I see¡¡"
Fang Jie nodded: "Come again!"
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The largest Taoist temple in Chang'an City
The beautiful woman sitting cross-legged on the futon slowly opened her eyes and looked at the twenty candles lit in a row on the table three meters away in front of her. Her eyes were very bright, as if she could speak. It is difficult to describe her appearance in words. If I had to try, perhaps only the four words "flawless" would be the most appropriate.
The Taoist robe she wears is light gray, which shows that her status in the Taoist temple is not very high. But she is the fifth disciple of Master Xiao. Her four senior brothers are now the red-robed high priests of Dao Sect.
Her name is Mo Ningzhi
Originally she was just a puppet, a scapegoat. But fate is always so hard to torture. Fang Jie has not had a smooth life since leaving Fan Gu, but she has been favored by God.
How many people dream of becoming Master Xiao¡¯s disciple?
As she slowly opened her eyes, suddenly, the twenty burning candles were extinguished almost at the same time. Without seeing any movement from her, all the candles were strangely extinguished.
Mo Ningzhi frowned slightly, and her eyes suddenly froze.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became chaotic, as if dozens of small but sharp knives were constantly circling in the room. After a crackling sound, all twenty candles were cut off. Compared to the previous candle that went out, the candle that looked like it had broken was a bit weirder.
Mo Ningzhi looked at the wall, the air was disturbed again, soft sounds were heard one after another on the wall, and dozens of shallow marks appeared on the wall.
A hundred meters away from her room, in the pavilion.
Master Xiao subconsciously looked at Mo Ningzhi's room, and then sighed slightly: "She is the first one among the countless disciples of my Dao Sect to achieve the goal of a small eye blade. One hundred and twenty-eight air pockets are fully opened Sure enough, Extraordinary.¡±