“.” Qi Jiguang said: "The content of that painting is spread to the outside, and many people in the surrounding area are talking about it, but they don't understand its meaning, in fact, it is very simple, as long as people who have lived in Huating for a period of time can understand it." ”

Chang Sihaoqi said: "Why, it has something to do with the name of the place." ”

Qi Jiguang shook his head and smiled: "There is a Daming Temple in Huating, and there is an ancient monument in the temple, on which ten deer are engraved, one rushes forward, and the other nine look back behind them while running. ”

Chang Sihao recalled that the deer running in Xu Wei's painting was the same as the one engraved in this tablet, and asked, "So what." ”

Qi Jiguang said: "This monument is called" Jiulu Zhi Hui ", also known as 'Ten Deer Nine Hui Hui', the homonym of the deer is the 'Lu' of Yulu, and nine is the long-term 'long', that is, 'Jiu Lu Zhi Hui', 'Shi Lu Long Look Back' meaning, warning the officialdom to know the interests and disadvantages, know the advance and retreat [ Xian Mo: Positive eye, this part is everywhere to write in and out, write a book, the pen is easy to retreat, the sword is made, the quenching is easy to anneal, so look at the text skills, do not look at the beginning but only look at the end, the so-called water is easy but difficult to receive, there are many unfinished, and even some people can't write the ending, say smallpox, just four words: the skill is not enough, the text is so far, Xu Jie has fallen, the east wind is still, the lines are up, the big net will be closed, the article is dehydrated to see the fish,] , Know when to end, Xu Jie himself is a Huating person, the most familiar with this, but I am also in the south with soldiers, passing by two trips to Daming Temple to know, others have not been to Huating, have not seen this monument, naturally it is not easy to understand. [Xianmo: The literati can't solve it, but the magic is in the martial arts, the painting riddle is made up here, it is the author who gives the answer, the three paintings in the book are three riddles, only this one has an answer, and the right should be thrown bricks and jade,]

Chang Sihao suddenly realized, thinking: "It turns out that there is such an allusion, Lao Xu Lai is such a hand, not only to protect his own name, to protect the future generations, but also to fall a beautiful talk, can be called a full body retreat, the perfect curtain call [Xian Mo: Sixty percent design, is knowing that the ending is like this, but only by letting the other party win, he has a chance to win, and it is also a helpless move,], this old thing's brain turns fast, the thread is not messy, it is really like there are seventeen or eighteen spinning wheels, not only is it not a loss, he also won a big win, really fucking. "But now, there is nothing to do, it seems that we have to deal with him, so I have to talk about it when I have a chance later,

Out of the city, a group of people beat horses and whips to speed up, to the outside of Changping City, only to see a large camp set up in a staggered and orderly manner, soldiers patrolling back and forth interspersed like weaving, Qi Jiguang dialed the horse to a high slope, facing the sun to the camp behind a shining golden mang: "Hou Ye, please see." ”

Chang Sihao stepped on the horse and followed, put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, it can be seen in the distance that there are several large round grain drying fields in the back camp, the soldiers are either pulling the rolling stones, or raising the wooden shovels, and the work is in full swing, and there are more yellow and clear ox carts full of ears of grain on the north road, passing through the camp full of grain hoards, marching towards the grain field, Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "For more than half a year, we have not only trained the troops, but also carried out the tuntian, planting some high-yield and storage-resistant crops, and it is expected that from next spring, we can cut off the supply of the imperial court and achieve self-sufficiency. ”

At the beginning of the year, Longqing ordered to transfer 50,000 soldiers into Beijing for drills to enrich the northern defense, 50,000 young and strong soldiers do not say that war training, is to sit still, the daily food supply is also a big problem, Chang Sihao has been trapped in the border city for a year, knowing the pain of food shortage, hearing this is very gratifying, excited: "Good, good, people are iron, rice is steel, there is food in the stomach and do not panic." "[Xianmo: Speaking of the truth, food is also a major event today,]

Qi Jiguang laughed, said a request, the two led the horse downhill to the camp gate, there were already soldiers looking at the return of the coach, a team walked neatly to meet the door, Qi Jiguang came to the front to stop the horse and look left and right, frowned and said: "Why just a few of you, what about the others, what about the salute, why don't you let go." ”

The welcome soldiers all looked embarrassed, bowed their heads, and a man flashed out of the back of the group, slowly greeted the horse's head, and said, "I made them withdraw." ”

Chang Sihao sat down with the reins folded, looked at the face of Confucianism in front of the horse, and immediately recognized that it was Tan Lun, thinking that after Xu Jiezhishi, even Zou Yinglong fell to our side, in the Beijing Manchu Dynasty, there were probably only Wang Shizhen, Hai Rui and Tan Lun, the three of whom had never been to my Hou Mansion, it seemed that this guy was really loyal to the Xu Party, and wanted to hold on to the end.

Qi Jiguang got off the horse and was about to speak, Tan Lun waved his hand: "I already know the emperor's will, Yuan Jing doesn't need to say much." One step forward: "It's not easy to refine gunpowder, it should be used more on reserves and training, and a few less salutes, I believe that Hou Ye will not blame me for being rude." As he spoke, he raised his hands, his eyes raised, and he looked at the horse,

Chang Sihao's eyes stared at him, only to feel that there was an inviolable majesty on this flat-eyed, white and handsome face, since the defeat of Xu, the officials of the DPRK and China have become more and more respectful of themselves, and they all nodded and bowed when they met, this kind of expression is very rare, and after looking at it for a while, he smiled and said: "Less empty cannons, more business, Lord Tan has done a good job, how can I blame you for being rude." Qi Jiguang also laughed: "Master Hou, in fact, you don't know ......" Tan Lun's forearm was raised, stopped his words, and led sideways: "Master Hou, please." ”

Although he said a word of invitation, his tone was still very cold and hard, Chang Sihao was vigilant and secretly born, thinking about what conspiracy and tricks you had arranged, and wanted to avenge Xu Jie, he added precautions in his heart, turned over and slowly dismounted, stabilized the "ten miles of time" on his waist, with a smile on his face, he strode into the barracks, Tan and Qi followed each other, and walked to the Chinese army, Qi Jiguang took two steps to invite the handsome tent, Chang Sihao glanced left and right, and said with a smile: "If you enter the tent, you don't have to drink a banquet and drink again, let's go around the camp." Tan Lun said: "I was about to ask Master Hou to take a look at the army, Lord Qi, arrange it." Qi Jiguang glanced at him and responded, "Yes." "Now the whole army is ordered to assemble and point troops on the battlefield,

Chang Sihao accompanied by Tan Lun and several adjutant generals went to the second-floor grandstand of the colonel's military field, stroked the simple wooden frame, and looked down, only to see that the sand field in front of him was far away from Qingdai, obliquely facing the Iron Mountain, with a radius of several miles, the ground was illuminated by the sun, as if sprinkled with white flowers dazzling people's eyes, with the sound of the horn, the dust and smoke began to sound the footsteps [Xianmo: There is no camel here, it is written quickly, with this usage, it is known that the previous text is not a mistake in writing "camel", and the critic is not a mistake,] , all the sergeants gathered from all directions with their swords, the rhythm was neat, and the ten thousand people were like one, and they lined up in an instant, like a knife cutting an axe.

Qi Jiguang held the command flag in his hand, stood on the first floor of the convex command point and looked back, and got Chang Sihao's confirmation that he was allowed, so he turned around and waved the order flag to perform, but he saw that the soldiers were layered and the soldiers were in the sea; the swords were thick, the swords were white, and the steps were in unison, and they were all together; the people who retreated backwards were not chaotic, they were not crowded, and the left was interspersed like a dragon, and the dog's teeth were staggered; the right detour was like a snake roll, and it was difficult to open when tightened.

In the face of the earth-shaking shouts, the smoke and dust rushing in his face, and looking at these soldiers who are alive and well, Chang Sihao was really indescribably happy in his heart, only to feel that the blood in his body that had been quiet for a long time was boiling again, Tan Lun observed for a long time, moved his body a little closer, and said lightly: "In the early years, when we were fighting in the south, the long knives of the Japanese people were very profitable, General Qi studied the situation, changed the countermeasures, and created the Mandarin Duck Formation, which had an excellent effect on the enemy. The characteristics of the barbarian cavalry more, the newly created butterfly array, these foreign weapons are mostly scimitars, the killing distance is shorter, when the enemy comes, my wolf hand with a long soldier remote stab, long-distance control killing, the knife hand is in the rattan hand under the cover of the horse legs, the middle distance to the spearmen to supplement the spear back protection, if the cavalry advance too fast, then my formation is like a butterfly wings, divided into two, let the impact of the strongest front, rattan players to defend with all their strength to form a mobile barrier, by spearmen, The wolf soldiers attacked in the middle, rolled into the enemy formation like a cactus, and constantly spread their wings to attack, quickly weakened the impact of the enemy horse team and dispersed the diversion, and broke each one, which made it possible for the infantry to achieve effective killing and wounding of the cavalry in the absence of war horses and cavalry combat ability far inferior to the opponent. "[Xianmo: Shi Zaiqi went to the north, and did change the formation, because of the battle against the horses, it was not compared to the Japanese soldiers, but the name of the formation was not passed on, and the name of the butterfly formation was not seen in the annals,]

Chang Sihao used to read the "New Book of Ji Xiao" distributed in the army when he was in the border city, the formations contained in it were summarized from Qi Jiguang's actual combat, and its content was simple, efficient and practical, and it was the use of many of these tactics that Lord Cheng was able to lead the exhausted soldiers and civilians to repel the enemy's attacks again and again.

The dense snare drum beat stopped abruptly, and at the sound of the golden gong, the soldiers of the formation retreated two points like a tide, among which a small detachment stood out, all of them were wearing soapy black crowns and carrying gunpowder bags, they quickly assembled at the edge of the battlefield, squatting forward and standing back, and standing with dogs' teeth staggered, and at the same time, someone quickly ran away with a square straw bale in the center of the battlefield into twenty zigzag nine-ring targets, Qi Jiguang ordered the flag to swing away, only to hear the sound of the gun like a whip, the straw bales sizzled, and the target surface was beaten into a honeycomb in an instant.

Chang Sihao saw that the gun hit the target, and was about to applaud, but saw Tan Lun from his arms and pulled it out in his hand, and when he got smoked, he pointed to the sky with the smoke of the thing, and with a "bang", a letter bullet tail pulled the yellow smoke into the air, and exploded.

Qi Jiguang saw the letter bomb, looked back at the second floor below, his face was full of surprise, there was no soldier in the field to make any moves, Chang Sihao was wondering, only to hear a faint thunder in the distance, the sound of whining breaking the air immediately made a big sound, followed by a loud sound of the mountain collapse in the ear, a zigzag target in the battlefield was blown into the air and scattered in all directions, almost at the same time, the other remaining nineteen targets were also hit one after another, and the flat ground exploded the fire pillar two or three feet high, forming a wall of fireworks, and the grass sticks in the thick smoke flew with fire and fire, and the sand and dust were scattered all over the place.

The stands shook violently under the fire, and from time to time sand sticks flew past the ears, and although the distance here was relatively safe, it was still thrilling.

Chang Sihao covered his nose with his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned: the soldiers closest to the fire concentration point were only thirty or forty steps away, and even the sand and gravel particles visible to the naked eye were blown up by the artillery fire, hitting them like raindrops on their bodies and faces, but they stood upright, indifferent, and understood in their hearts: This is not only because they have outstanding discipline and quality, but also because of their operational accuracy of the distant gunners. has an unusual trust and trust for his comrades-in-arms, this is an out-and-out iron army, [Xianmo: Isn't it too exaggerated here, even if it is modern, the accuracy of the use of gunpowder should not be very high, the blasting and demolition of buildings is relatively accurate, and the shooting is still worse, but the Chinese people do not do less things to treat people as inappropriate, and it is normal to practice courage in this way,]

In the sound of artillery fire, Qi Jiguang hugged Lingqi's face panicked, and he ran upstairs on his feet, and when he saw Chang Sihao's head and face covered with dust, he hurriedly turned around and apologized. Tan Lun took the letter cannon into his arms, his face was much kinder, and he waved his hand and said: "Hou Ye is worthy of being a hero killed on the battlefield, and he is really brave." "[Xianmo: It is to try his heart and boldness, and he is very satisfied, so he has revealed,]

Chang Sihao lightly slapped his body twice, looked at him sideways and smiled: "Is this artillery trained by you, Lord Tan, it's a good fight." ”

Although Tan Lun is Qi Jiguang's boss, he is not responsible for specific military training matters, and when he heard Chang Sihao ask, he knew what he meant, and his body was slightly owed: "It's all the handiwork of Lord Qi, how dare you be greedy for heaven." Qi Jiguang looked embarrassed, Chang Sihao smiled and glanced at his feet, and quipped: "Lord Qi, your clothes are not bad anywhere, but the combat boots are a little smaller, and they seem to be a little crowded." ”

Tan Lun changed his dignified color when he heard this, and laughed out loud for the first time,

The two teased each other, when Qi Jiguang guided them down the stands, they saw that the cars and horses were dusty, the artillery had been assembled in the field, the artillery cars were neatly arranged, the barrels were shiny, and they were obviously all new, Chang Sihao knocked on it in the past, and felt that the sound was just over, the hand felt delicate, and it was obviously very strong iron, far better than the equipment on Datong City, Qi Jiguang patted the cannon body happily and said: " In the past six months, we have built more than 500 guns, and if the military funds can supply them, we can expect to build more than 1,000 guns by next year, so that we can not only equip all the important border defense towns, but also equip them with horse-drawn carriages to form a mobile and flexible artillery team. ”

Tan Lun said: "There are Juhao Pavilion and Gutian in the south, sooner or later there will be a battle, when the Hou Ye is ordered to march south, you can bring this batch of artillery that has been trained, and through actual combat, it is better to further run in and improve." ”

As soon as these words entered his ears, Chang Sihao couldn't help but secretly snort, and said: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for immortals to hide from the smoke, and even old swordsmen with strong martial arts like Kong Jingxi and Cao Zhengwu of the Taishan faction will die under them [Xianmo: These two old swordsmen still have people thinking about them, and I don't know if they are black and blushing under Jiuquan,] , not to mention those fishermen and farmers in Gutian, not to mention the power of the Franc cannon in front of me, which is much more powerful than the scattered artillery installed in the Danjian Pavilion, it seems that the emperor asked me to observe the results of the training before leaving, although it is only an understatement, but it has an extraordinary meaning. ”

At this moment, seeing Tan Lun looking at him with a good look, he grinned back: "Aha, then I have to thank Lord Tan for your kindness, but Guangxi is far away from the mountains, I'm afraid that if I don't get to the place, these cannons will be bumpy and broken first, and Gutian is just a rabble, how can you use a knife to kill chickens." ”

Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the army of the Hou Ye is invincible everywhere, and when those traitors see it, they are afraid that they will only be left to kneel and beg for mercy." ”

After the inspection, the three of them cleaned up the dust, came to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army and sat down, and ate two glasses of thirst-quenching water and wine, Chang Sihao got up to say goodbye, Tan Lun did not stay, and said while sending: "Tuman, Duoyan and other departments know that the Ming army is training in the north, and they have not been able to shrink recently. Chang Sihao heard this and knew that he was asking for war again, but with his position, he could go directly to the emperor to ask for orders, why bother blowing the wind in his ears, it seemed that he was either bottomless, or he had been blocked back before, and said with a smile: "Whether you fight or not, the soldiers must also practice often, raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use them for a while." Tan Lun's face hesitated, and he was about to talk to him, Chang Sihao smiled: "If you are handsome, Master Tan will not have to go far." "Pick up the curtain and drill out of the account,

Outside the camp gate, Qi Jiguang made his eyes follow him, and pasted it up and said: "Lord Tan is actually in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and he is not really a member of the Xu Party, so Master Hou should not misunderstand." Chang Sihao said: "This is strange, he fell to Xu Jie when Hu Shaobao was killed, this is what you said." ”

Qi Jiguang sighed: " After the fall of strictness, the crusade against the Yan Party was too high, Xu Ge Lao ruled out dissent in a timely manner, even Hu Shaobao was not spared, not to mention others, Tan Daren was also forced to take refuge in the past, these years he has gained trust on the one hand, on the other hand, he secretly collected information, especially Xu Sangongzi did things sloppily, and many things in his dealings with his eldest brother and second brother were casually mentioned, Tan Daren kept it in his heart, went back to record the codex, looking forward to the time was ripe, and gave the Xu family a fatal blow, I don't want you and Mr. Qingteng to walk in front, Xu Ge Lao Zhishi went home, he took out this codex and showed it to me, I only then knew the real inside story。 ”

Chang Sihao said: "Let's pour Xu, which one can't be seen, he won't take out any codex until it's over, isn't this a good buy from you and me, this set of tricks of turning the grass on both sides of the wall, he played it as early as when Hu Shaobao was copied, why do you still believe it now." ”

Qi Jiguang's face was bitter: "How can I say this, we led the troops to fight together, and we were killed from the sword and blood, I didn't believe it when he took refuge in the past, and now I show my hole cards, I feel that I really don't see the wrong person, then again, I have always been his old subordinate, and only subordinates in the officialdom have always shown loyalty to their superiors, how can there be superiors and subordinates who take the initiative to communicate with each other, he really doesn't have this need." [Xianmo: The officialdom is ambiguous, just to find fault afterwards, you can meet left and right, the entire forty-one articles are dedicated to officialdom battles, and all of them are named with cross talk jokes, it is known that in the eyes of the author, officialdom was originally a joke, so even ironic and thorny, poking through the heart, the last chapter ends with anyway, and I know that this joke is reasonable, and the counter is reasonable, many things in politics can not talk about who is right and who is wrong, Xu Jie and Xiao Chang and his gang are between justice and injustice, there is no difference in the strict sense, the world is unspeakable, it is a anyway, martial arts, often reflects a very clear love and hate, this book reflects a kind of moral relativismFrom "Qin Mansion" to "Dongchang", this transformation infiltrates and slowly transmits out, it is the anti-tradition after returning to tradition, and it is the negative thinking after praising chivalry.

Chang Sihao stared at him for a moment, thinking that if this is the case, all kinds of things today are Tan Lun testing me, this person is not in a hurry to take refuge after seeing me successful, obviously scheming and old-fashioned, not an idle person, maybe deliberately perform in front of Lord Qi, and then let him take the initiative to speak in front of me, I don't know, I wanted to persuade Qi Jiguang to be cautious, but I was afraid that he couldn't listen to him like that, but fortunately, in the current situation, Xu Dang can't afford to make waves, so he said:" If it is, it would be better, I still understand the friendship on the battlefield, so I won't say much, today I received a secret order in the palace, I want to go to the south to do business, anyway, there is nothing to clean up, since I came out, I don't plan to go back to the city, Brother Qi, let's say goodbye. ”

Qi Jiguang was stunned and said, "Why, you go alone." ”

Chang Sihao patted Sanhe Lihua and said with a smile: "There is still it." The whip covered his hand slightly: "Farewell." ”

Qi Jiguang watched his back to Nanchi, until he was gone, then he turned his horse back to the camp, and after a short time, someone under the tent came to report: "Lord Nanzhen Fusi Qin has something to ask Hou Ye to return to his house." ”