Jizhou, Wei County, Wu'an County.

Within the county office, Wang Yan and Gao Shun stood opposite each other, and they were actually playing chess in their spare time.

Although Gao Shun had a solid family background when he was young and had a lot of knowledge in Go, when it came to chess skills, he was far inferior to Wang Yan. Because after the defeat of the Gao family, Gao Shun began to practice martial arts diligently, and there was no research on the matter of Go.

On the contrary, although Wang Yan's family is poor, he is also a descendant of Wang Mang, with a long heritage, and there are many books in his family. As for Wang Yan, he has few great ambitions, can write and martial arts, and has a wide range of knowledge.

Of course, Wang Yanwu in the past was only third-rate, and his writing was only on paper, although all his talents were relatively balanced, none of them were very outstanding.

But even when Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao first debuted, they looked quite immature, not to mention Wang Yan, who did not leave a name in the history of the Three Kingdoms?

After so many years of training, Wang Yan, who is now 34 years old, has long been different.

Over the years, although Wang Yan has not made much contribution, he has always been stationed in Shangdang County, taking charge of the affairs of a county, and governing Shangdang in an orderly manner.

In order to guard against Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Wen Zhao has been stationed tens of thousands of horses in the party. These horses were all under the jurisdiction of Wang Yan, and they were also trained by him like a tiger and wolf army.

It can be said that although Wang Yan has rarely returned to Pusaka, and he is not a member of Wen Zhao's clan, he has also won Wen Zhao's trust and respect.

Looking at the generals in Guanzhong, people who can lead troops to garrison one side abroad like Wang Yan and stay for several years, except for Wang Yan, there is only Chen Hu.

It can be seen how much Wen Zhao values Wang Yan.

Although Wang Yan is not a member of the Chen clan, he is also a fellow villager of Wen Zhao, and he formed a deep friendship with Wen Zhao in the early days of his defection to the Yellow Turban.

Even if the two sides had different positions at the beginning, Wen Zhao defeated the Yellow Turban of Dongjun and killed the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai Buji, forcing Wang Yan to lead the remaining Yellow Turbans north.

However, after Wang Yan heard that Wen Zhao was in prison, he did not hesitate at all, and led the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army to defeat the generals, and led the troops south again, ready to help Wen Zhao.

Chen Xu is the kind of person who repays his kindness and complains.

The grace of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring.

Wang Yan acted like this, Wen Zhao would naturally trust him unreservedly and make him a leading general who could be independent.

What's more, Wang Yan is talented and has great development potential, if he is trained properly, he will definitely become a big help to Wen Zhao in the future.

In addition, Wang Yan inherited Wang Mang's advanced theory, and in many concepts, he is strikingly similar to Wen Zhao.

Therefore, no matter what, Wen Zhao has no reason not to respect Wang Yan.

There are no natural famous generals in the world, even if they are historical celebrities, many of them have also experienced the tempering of troubled times, and finally became famous people in history.

If Wang Yan is given a large enough platform, he may not be able to become the next famous general in the world.

Especially in the Taihang Mountains, Wang Yan, who has experienced the guidance of Yu and Tian Feng, has how much energy he has now, I'm afraid even Wen Zhao doesn't know.

After Wang Yan dropped a white piece again, Gao Shun had no choice but to throw away the chess pieces in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I lost again." ”

Gao Shun, a famous general who single-handedly formed a trapping camp, this unsmiling general, is extremely embarrassed at this time.

Although Gao Shun's military exploits over the years far exceed Wang Yan's, he does not dare to be arrogant in front of Wang Yan.

Gao Shun is like this, not only because he is introverted; is also because he knows that Wang Yannai is Chen Xu's confidant and favorite general, and he is the first person to follow Chen Xu.

For this person who is very old and has a very high prestige in the old Yellow Turban Department, Gao Shun does not dare to slack off at all.

Standing up and stretching, Gao Shun said: "Jun Ge, let's stop playing chess, let's discuss how to resist Yuan Shao's army." ”

Speaking of this, Gao Shun said with a somewhat serious face: "During this time, we will attack everywhere and either harvest or burn the crops in the fields. ”

"I don't know how many people in Wei County have suffered because of this, and they hate us to the core. The Lord has always been known for his kindness and righteousness, and if we act today, will not we damage the reputation of the Lord and the Lord? ”

Wang Yan stood up slowly and said slowly: "The Art of War: The wise general eats the enemy, eats the enemy for one minute, and serves me for twenty minutes; One stone, when I am twenty stones. ”

"Those who make good use of soldiers, because the food is for the enemy, so the military food can be sufficient!"

What Wang Yan said is the content of "The Art of War". The gist is this: the two countries are at war, and wise generals must find a way to obtain food and grass from the enemy.

Consuming one bell of grain for the enemy is equivalent to saving twenty bells of grain for one's own country. Consuming one stone of forage from an enemy country is equivalent to transporting twenty stones of forage from one's own country.

Generals who are good at using troops must be replenished with food from the enemy, so that their own troops can have sufficient logistical support.

Speaking of this, Wang Yan stared closely at Gao Shun's eyes and said: "The benevolence of the lord only belongs to the people under his rule, and the kindness to the people of the enemy country is the cruelty to the people under the lord's rule. ”

"If Yuan Benchu can't be weakened by unscrupulous means this time, when he launches an attack on Bingzhou in the future, how many people will be implicated under the rule of the lord, and how many soldiers will die on the battlefield?"

"Today, we robbed the grain of the people under Yuan Shao's rule, and burned all the grain and grass that could not be taken away, causing many displaced people, and even bringing famine."

"Then if Yuan Benchu wants to settle these people, he will inevitably consume a lot of manpower and material resources. If he doesn't care about this, he will definitely lose the support of the people, and we can also take advantage of the situation to recruit displaced people and enrich the population of the state. ”

An inexplicable smile appeared on Wang Yan's face.

After speaking, he looked at the chessboard and muttered to himself: "The scattered chess pieces, lying on the chessboard in the ravines, are like fate in troubled times, and they don't know where to go." ”

With his right hand lightly swiped across the chessboard, the game, which was already about to be decided, suddenly became messy.

"The people in troubled times are not even as good as these chess pieces. Sometimes what seems to be a great unkindness, but if you think about it from a different angle, you feel that it is a great benevolence and righteousness. ”

When Gao Shun heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking in his heart.

In troubled times, there is only success and defeat, there is no right or wrong.

War has never paid attention to benevolence and righteousness, and it is always unscrupulous to achieve victory.

The soldiers of Guanzhong are now robbing the people of Wei County, the ripe grain and grass in the fields, and burning the crops that are too far away to be harvested.

They did not act in order to target the people of Wei County, but to weaken Yuan Shao's power.

Perhaps from the perspective of the people of Wei County, Guan Zhongbing's actions are tantamount to robbers and bandits; However, for the Guanzhong army, this can expand the results of the battle to the maximum at the minimum cost.

Wang Yan walked slowly to the door, looked at the extremely deserted streets in the city, and couldn't help but sigh: "The war has just begun. ”

Gao Shun looked at the afterglow of autumn and was silent.

(I went to bed, I fell asleep around 12 o'clock for several days, and it didn't drag on until three or four o'clock, and the biological clock has adjusted a lot.) In a few days, you should be able to be like a normal person. ）