Chapter 295: A Friend Comes from Far Away
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To the north of the 100,000 mountains, at the junction of Lingnan and Guangxi provinces, there is a place called Wuzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Half a year ago, a mysterious tribe suddenly appeared in the originally barren Wuzhou. Under the leadership of the tribal leader, they overcame obstacles and swept away the rogues; They built cities and walls, farmed and planted mulberry.
The leader of the walled city was a very remarkable figure, enjoying high prestige among the mountain barbarians, and with the construction of the walled city, the nearby mountain barbarians heard the wind and rushed to the walled city to meet the mysterious leader.
Hundreds of mountain barbarian tribes who have lived in the 100,000 mountains for generations have had a new home, and one after another, various tribes began to migrate to the Wuzhou walled city without the slightest hesitation.
With the passage of time, all of the 55 mountain barbarian tribes in the northern area migrated to Wuzhou, and even the largest tribe of 10,000 people was no exception.
Last month, a wave of migration began to spread to the southern region.
With the influx of mountain barbarians, the walled city was expanded again and again, and eventually developed into a giant city, Dingding Wuzhou. On the head of the city, the black banner of the immortal bird spreads its wings and flies in the wind.
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It is about to enter winter, the weeds are withered and yellow, the birds are extinct, and the wilderness presents a scene of slaughter.
The Lianzhou Basin, located in the southern bay of Guangxi, has obvious characteristics of oceanic monsoon climate, but it has no chance of cold winter. In December, the temperature remains in the mid-20s Celsius.
The Lianzhou Basin seems to be calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent.
According to the feedback of the Military Intelligence Department, the civil war has been stopped in the various departments of the steppe, and there are still signs of unity in the shadows.
At Bai Qi's signal, the Second Division frequently haunted the grasslands in the name of training, in order to deter the tribes and try to draw a wedge between the tribes.
The western part of the town of the Tianyan tribe has been rebuilt, and together with the eastern part of the town and the Khan's personal guard, the total strength has reached 12,000 men, which is on par with the second division.
The seven medium-sized tribes, each of which will have no less than three thousand troops, add up to more than 20,000 people.
In the face of war, the steppe ministries can also issue temporary summoning orders, and it is not difficult to double the size of the army in the tradition of nomadic tribes.
If the various departments of the grassland are really allowed to form a joint force, the second division alone will not be able to suppress it.
Broken Blade County in the east is also not worry-free.
Limited to the title of Badao, Broken Blade County cannot be promoted to a third-level county seat. The strength of the mountain and sea collar makes it difficult for the sword to sleep; In order to keep his territory, he can only take risks, even quick success.
While connecting the Yanhuang Alliance, the Badao is frantically building dependent territories. In addition to the three first-level subordinate territories, even the nine second-level subordinate territories have all been completed, steadily moving towards the first-class county seat.
The most direct benefit is that the total population of the territory is increasing day by day, creating conditions for the expansion of the army. Coupled with the soldiers from the Shanban tribe and the funds provided by the gold mines, the military strength of Broken Blade County has grown day by day, and the size of the army has reached a division, which is comparable to the previous Shanhai County.
If the sword is stepping on a tightrope, then Ouyang Shuo is playing with fire.
The development of Broken Blade County to the current situation is not unrelated to Ouyang Shuo's intentional indulgence. After taking Tianfeng County, Ouyang Shuo didn't have a chance to take Broken Blade County, but he didn't want to let his "Gu Cultivation" strategy be stillborn, so he gave up and let Broken Blade County continue.
If it is not restricted, it is possible to raise tigers.
What worries Ouyang Shuo the most is the abnormal changes that occurred in the depths of the 100,000 Great Mountains.
A large number of mountain barbarian tribes migrated to the depths of the mountains. Leng Qian, head of the MI1 group of the Military Intelligence Department in charge of eastern intelligence, has personally led the team into the depths of the mountains to reconnoitre, but there has been no response so far.
Ouyang Shuo had a premonition that in the depths of the mountain, an old enemy was staring at him.
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Just when the Lianzhou Basin was surging, an old man quietly came to Shanhai City.
The old man is more than fifty, with a broad forehead and a round face, eyebrows, and a pair of mustaches; Dressed in extremely plain, coarse linen clothes, with a cyan turban, elegant and awe-inspiring majesty.
After entering the city, the old man walked around the city with great interest, and saw the prosperous scene of the commercial street, where the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, in an orderly manner, and couldn't help nodding secretly.
Subsequently, the old man walked into the hall of Southwest University, met a scholar who came to him, arched his hands, and said: "Dare to ask your feet, the old man heard that there is a hidden place in your place, I don't know where it is?" ”
The young scholar was a student of the Southwest University Hall School of Economics, and when he saw that the old man opposite was doing the ancient ceremony, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly returned the salute and said, "The collection is built on the shore of Mochizuki Lake, I'll take you there!" ”
Ouyang Shuo has long said that he will never treasure the broom and be open to the people of the world. Therefore, people like the old man who ask for directions are not uncommon in the Southwest University Hall.
"Thank you!"
The young man took the old man to Tibet and turned away.
The old man walked into Tibet, looking a little excited and a little apprehensive.
He is none other than Sun Wu, the "soldier saint", who is called Sun Tzu by later generations, and the two sages of Confucius and Lao Tzu, and is known as the three brightest stars in the ideological world in the late Spring and Autumn Period.
Sun Wu has a great relationship with the Tibetan master Jiang Shang.
First, Jiang Shang is respected as the ancestor of the military family, and Sun Wu is the representative of the military family.
Second, Jiang Shang is the founder of the Qi State, and Sun Wu is a native of the Qi State.
Tracing back to the roots, the two are really close to each other. Therefore, after learning that Jiang Shang was the owner of the Tibet, Sun Wu immediately used the mysterious post station of the system to come to Shanhai City to meet Jiang Shang.
Strictly speaking, the soldier saint Sun Wu can be regarded as half a hermit.
Before the age of thirty, Sun Wu was unknown to the world, and during his seclusion, he wrote "The Art of War". After that, he was a general in Wu for more than 20 years, with outstanding military achievements, and then retreated bravely, lived in seclusion again, and revised the works on the art of war.
Throughout his life, he was legendary.
Jiang Shang, the master of the hundred schools, and Sun Wu, the soldier saint, two sages, crossed time and space and met in Tibet.
"Student Changqing, meet Taigong!" Sun Wu performed the disciple ceremony.
Jiang Shang has experienced it sideways, borrowing a famous quote from the "Analects" to skillfully redefine the relationship between the two: "There are friends from afar, and they don't say it!" ”
When the two military giants met, they unconsciously talked about the art of war, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they hated to see each other late.
Before you know it, it's sunset.
Jiang Shang turned his head to look out of the building, stunned. The sunset in the lake, red through half of the sky, although it is twilight, but also red, said with emotion: "Life has to meet a confidant, it is enough." ”
"Luckily!" Sun Wu was also satisfied and looked happy.
"How about it, Changqing would like to go to the island with the old man?"
"I don't dare to ask for it."
The two laughed, and they reunited like old friends, and everything was silent.
With Jiang Shang ascending to Falling Star Island, Sun Wu admired the beautiful lakes and mountains, and said in admiration: "Such an idyllic style, it is a wonderful place to retreat, and the public is blessed." ”
Jiang Shang shook his head, his expression was a little melancholy, and said, "It's all Lianzhou Hou who has a heart." ”
"Oh?" Sun Wu showed an interested look, and said: "The mountain and sea collar is famous in the circle, and I just entered the city, I will take a tour at will, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation and quite orderly." Taigong lives in seclusion here, what do you think of this Lianzhou Marquis? ”
"What, you want to be here?"
"Nope." Sun Wu shook his head and said, "I have no intention of pursuing a military career for a long time, I am willing to learn from Taigong and be a hermit." If the prince does not dislike it, I would like to move to the island to live, write a book here, and revise the military book. I heard that the collection of books exceeded 10,000 volumes, and I wanted to have a glimpse of the art of war for future generations, so as to inspire and learn from each other's strengths. ”
"Wouldn't it be a waste of such a great talent, living in seclusion on a small island?"
"Isn't it the same for Taigong?"
"The old man is different from you, I have an unresolved knot with the Hou of Lianzhou, so I don't want to go out. Even so, it is difficult to take over the position of the Tibetan master! Jiang Shang said calmly.
Sun Wu was silent and pondered for a long time before he said firmly: "I am still willing to follow my heart, gallop across the field, and scold Fang Xuan, it is no longer my pursuit; It is my lifelong wish to carry forward the art of war. ”
Jiang Shang nodded and said, "Naturally, it's up to you, this matter is reluctant." I estimate that tomorrow the Marquis of Lianzhou will come to visit you and invite you to become a general. ”
"It's okay, I have my own plans."
"This person has a lot of hills in his chest, but he is not a layman, so you don't want to refuse."
Sun Wu's eyes froze, he never thought that Jiang Shang had such a high opinion of this Lianzhou Marquis, and said with a smile: "Listening to Taigong's words, I want to see it." ”
"I won't let you down, and Bai Qi has been appointed as the general of the Hou Mansion, and there is also an interesting training system in the Shanhai City Army, I think you will be interested."
is worthy of being Mrs. Jiang, he doesn't go out, but he knows what is going on in the world.
chatting and chatting, the two talked about the art of war again, and simply talked at length at night.
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The next day, Ouyang Shuo received a secret report from the servants of Falling Star Island, saying that a guest came to the island yesterday, nearly fifty years old, dressed in a long robe, and had a long conversation with the prince all night.
Ouyang Shuo read the secret report and was secretly excited. If what he expected was right, the Hundred Schools of Thought were finally officially launched, and the people who could talk to Jiang Shang all night were not ordinary people.
"Someone!"
"Hey!"
"Go and invite General Bai Qi!"
"No!"
Ouyang Shuo was going to take Bai Qi to visit this mysterious person together, and he also hoped to use Bai Qi as a ready-made example to prove that there was a lot to be done in the mountains and seas and increase his persuasiveness.
"Prince!" Bai Qi hurried over.
"Come with me to Tibet."
"Oh? But what kind of characters are coming? "Bai Qi thinks so keenly, he can guess the reason at once.
Bai Qi is also one of the representative figures of the military family, when Jiang Shang was the owner of the Tibet, he also deliberately took the time to visit once, and the two had an exchange on the art of war, and the conversation was very speculative.
"Not bad."
"Then I'm going to see it." (To be continued.) )