"You want to participate too?" Zhu Di looked at his beloved eldest grandson with interest.

"It is said that raising soldiers is a thousand rì and using soldiers for a while." Zhu Zhanji smiled shyly: "There are more than 10,000 grandchildren, and they can't eat in vain." ”

"Ha Luha, that's a good point," Zhu Di laughed and said, "Then the emperor sent you an important task to serve as my Chinese army guard, how about it?" ”

"Obey the order" Zhu Zhanji responded excitedly, said goodbye to go down the mountain and returned to the camp, and then summoned the generals to announce the emperor's order.

All the generals won the jackpot today, and they were all on the rise, and when they heard that they were going to participate in the military exercise next, they were all gearing up, only Wang Xian and Mo Wen, who was already a deputy Qianhu, frowned.

After the generals retreated, Wang Xian split his head and said, "Didn't you say that you would only participate in the formation?" Why do you want to participate in military exercises again? ”

"Is this ......" Of course Zhu Zhanji didn't say, he was carried away by the praise, and Zhu Gaoxu's agitation made a temporary change of hexagram: "Who knew that my emperor would decide to come to a big military exercise?" All armies are to participate. If our young army retreats from the battle, won't the previous scenery become a laughing stock? ”

"If you don't say anything, no one will force you," Wang Xian hit the nail on the head: "We have only been in the army for a few months, and with our current performance, we have exceeded expectations, and if we force too much, we are beyond our ability."

"......" Zhu Zhanji was speechless, so he had to wave his hand and said: "It's all in vain, you can't let me go to the emperor to pay the bills again, right?" Saying that, he put on a smiling face and said: "Besides, we are the guards of the Chinese army, and my second uncle only has 30,000 cavalry, which can threaten the heart of the 450,000 army?" You also underestimate my emperor too much."

Wang Xian also knew that everything he said was in vain. It's better to save your strength and think about how to deal with it next: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, this is another exercise, the other side has no worries, and it will definitely be more fierce than a real fight." ”

"That's nature." Zhu Zhanji agreed.

"So don't take it lightly." Wang Xian knew very well that if the young army was wiped out, although there would be no casualties on the exercise ground, it would inevitably deal a heavy blow to Zhu Zhanji's newly raised prestige. Of course, it is also a blow to the young army.

"......" Zhu Zhanji pricked up his ears and waited for his high talk, but he couldn't hear the following, and urged: "Go on?"

"I don't know what the situation is, how can I say it?" Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, but in fact, he didn't know what to say...... Although in the past few months, he has read a lot of military books, but for a while, he can't even talk about troops on paper, let alone judge the battlefield situation and preset the army layout. But he has his own way, there is no all-rounder in this world, but people who do great things can be caught in everything, not by knowing people, but by being able to recognize and use people. The so-called grass must be within ten steps, and the military attache around him has a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and the key is to find the right person to do this.

From this point of view, Wang Xian admires Zhu Di very much, this Yongle Emperor's wisdom and use of people are far stronger than his father Zhu Yuanzhang, I am afraid that this is also his ability to free his hands from heavy state affairs and create a great cause; And his father has been trapped in state affairs since he won the country, and there is no reason for his great achievements.

After coming out of the Chinese military tent, Wang Xian asked people to call Mo Wen into his account.

In the two-month training, Mo Wen's team finally beat Xue Xun's team and took the lead in completing all subjects. Zhu Zhanji also fulfilled his promise and raised all 100 people in the team to small flags, and Mo Wen and the three of them were promoted from the general flag to deputy thousand households, which was the highest rank among all officers.

"Strategist, you're looking for me." Although this Qianhu was not appointed by the imperial court, it was only formulated by the young army with reference to the Ming military system, and it still made Mo Wen's eyebrows go a lot.

"Sit down and talk." Wang Xian smiled and made a pot of tea and said, "Authentic West Lake Longjing, let's talk casually." ”

"The last general will not drink tea." Mo Wen shook his head and said, "Strategist, if you have anything to order, as long as the general can do it, he will naturally try his best to do it." ”

"I'm fine," Wang Xian said with a smile, "It's just that when His Highness Fang Cai spoke, you were frowning, I don't know what you are worried about?" ”

Mo asked Shen Sè a little embarrassed, and said: "The last general is a rude warrior, everything is on his face, which makes the military advisor strange." ”

"I'm not surprised," Wang Xian waved his hand and said, "I'm not sure in my heart, so I'll call you here and ask to see if we can think of a piece." ”

Mo Wen saw that the military advisor was thinking of it with him, and suddenly felt a sense of bosom friend, so he said: "Then the general will be bold and vain." ”

"Just say it," Wang Xian poured him a cup of tea. "I'll listen carefully."

"Sun Tzu said, first is invincible, and the enemy can be defeated. You can't win against yourself, but you can win against the enemy. Mo Wen said slowly: "When we march and fight, we must first be invincible, this is what we can do." If we can't, we should avoid fighting. ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Now we are young soldiers, and we have only learned how to march, but we don't know anything about marching and fighting." Mo Wen said with a worried face: "It can be said that it is the weakest link in the army of hundreds of thousands, if I were the king of Han, I would definitely find a way to annihilate the young army." ”

"We are in the emperor's Chinese army, surrounded by hundreds of thousands, can the King of Han find an opportunity for a sneak attack?" Wang Xian did not believe it.

"If it's a blind defense, King Han naturally can't find a chance." Mo asked: "But don't forget, the emperor is to practice the attack on Warat, and it is impossible to take advantage of the limited exercise space to expel and besiege the Han King, so even if you win, what's the point?" ”

"Yes" Wang Xian couldn't help but be convinced: "If the emperor wants to achieve the effect of military training, he will definitely not be opportunistic, and may even deliberately fail to ring the jǐng bell for the officers and soldiers."

"The military advisor is wise" Mo Wen nodded and said: "The last general also thinks the same, the emperor will definitely make trouble for the army as much as possible, and even deliberately expose flaws for the king of Han to attack." The King of Han is known as the first brave general of my Ming Dynasty, and he will definitely judge the situation, if he does not attack, he will attack the weakest link of our army - that is, our young army" paused and said: "When fighting on the grassland, there is no fixed camp, the distance between the various departments is very large, and no part is absolutely safe. ”

"If King Han is likely to attack us, he will definitely attack us." Wang Xian can also draw this conclusion from a non-military perspective. "No matter what the cost."

"In fact, with the strength of our army, the other side can be annihilated in one fell swoop without having to pay much price." Mo Wen said with a bitter face: "I really let the sheep into the wolf pack, I don't know why His Highness agreed." ”

"The problem is, His Highness has already agreed." Wang Xian's face sank and said: "As a general, I can only do my best."

"What the military advisor said is extremely true," Mo Wen said solemnly: "Your subordinates shouldn't say that Your Highness is not." ”

"Hmm." Wang Xian nodded and asked, "If you were asked to lead the army, how would you do it?" ”

"Be improvised, be on guard." Mo asked only that the military division was testing his own ability, and he talked endlessly at the moment, and he dipped his finger in tea, and said while gesturing on the table, explaining clearly how the army camped, how to defend against cavalry on the march, and how to hold on to and wait for reinforcements.

"You said you could use a military formation to defend against cavalry?" Wang Xian was very interested, and ordered Zhou Yong to take a few strings of copper coins as soldiers and horses, and asked Mo Wen to demonstrate the formation. Mo Wen said while swinging: "It is an invention of Song Taizong to use the military formation to ride on foot, but this method is too stupid, because the cavalry can avoid you, but you can't catch up with others." But we don't have this problem, because we don't want to destroy the enemy, we only want to protect ourselves, and we wish they could run as far as possible. ”

As he spoke, Mo Wen put on a large array with a strong chariot formation, pikemen on the periphery, fire gunners behind them, archers inside, and shield bearers protecting each other, and the layers of defense echoed each other, even Wang Xian, a layman, knew that this was a hard bone that the cavalry could not gnaw. Now his only concern is: "We haven't practiced before, is it too late to learn?" ”

"It should be fine." Mo Wen thought for a while and said, "One, now the soldiers are very obedient to orders, learn simple movements, and they can master them in a short time. Moreover, the most important thing is that this is not a real fight after all, no one will die, and the soldiers will not be unable to hold on because of timidity. ”

"That's right, after all, it's not a real war, there's nothing to be afraid of." Wang Xian said: "Let's work hard tonight, write a strategy, and present it to His Highness."

"Obey" Mo Wen responded in a deep voice, and the two of them made candles in the camp tent, of course, the main thing was that Mo Wen said, Wang Xianji. Mo Wen also saw that this military advisor didn't seem to be very smart about fighting, but what if he was a military advisor who could fight, he could still appreciate himself like this and give himself a chance to be ashamed?

Thinking of the military exercise two years ago, Mo Wen tightened his brows in pain.

"That's right," although Wang Xian was not good at fighting, his understanding of people's hearts was already perfect, and he saw Mo Wen's heart and said: "What happened to the military exercise two years ago, I heard that you careless Jingzhou when the situation is very good?" ”

"It's me who was too careless," Mo Wen said with a painful face, "I just want to win a beautiful big victory, and I use dangerous tactics in a vain attempt to win by surprise." But he forgot that he was leading someone else's army, how could he keep it secret? In that case, taking a risk is tantamount to finding ...... death."

"So you are now focusing on stability," Wang Xian said suddenly, "Put on such an iron bucket array?" ”

"This defeat has made our Wuju people sink for two years, and it has tormented me for two years," Mo Wen said with red eyes: "Don't laugh at the military advisor, I have repeatedly reviewed it in the past two years, and the lesson I have learned is that in all battles, we must first be invincible, I would rather be undefeated in a hundred battles than win ninety-nine games, but in the end, I will be defeated."

"What's so funny about that." Wang Xianzheng said: "Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements, I think this is the reason."

The "military advisor" didn't ask his heart, and there was a surge of excitement of 'the parents of those who gave birth to me, and the military advisors who knew me.

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