That little fly

The origin of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy is earlier than that of Lusong Academy.

At the time when the vassal kingdoms were fighting, how could a small state in Jincheng have any decent military talents? When the battle was in full swing, the so-called reserve service was to gather young people from the nobles who were willing to join the army and make meritorious service. Veterans who have been on the battlefield will popularize their battlefield experience.Many of the mid-level captains who hadn't died at the time of the scuffle were soldiers at the bottom who had climbed up, and Dou Da couldn't read a whole bunch of words.Those who can read and write are all broiler brothers. This kind of course is really helpless, and I won’t talk about it.Then, the young people went to the battlefield. I don’t know if it was luck or it was really useful. For the first time, novices did not get lost on the road, did not eat unclean food, and they were crushed without being rushed when they encountered unplanned enemies... Everyone I thought it was reliable.

This is what the Martial Arts Academy originally looked like.

It was still a matter of Emperor Jing's dynasty that the Martial Arts Academy finally became the present Martial Arts Academy.His father, Emperor Wu, finished all the battles he could fight, and threw them to his son, Emperor Jing, who was forced to recuperate. A large number of generals were about to be "unemployed". Completed the messy pre-war training courses and established the Imperial Martial Arts Academy.A large number of generals who are in their prime not only take turns to guard the border, but during their stay in the imperial capital, they transformed into teachers of the martial arts academy.

In fact, this was a helpless move, but what people didn't expect was that the martial arts academy had been very popular since its establishment, and those rich and powerful officials and families rushed to send their children to enroll.Not everyone is willing to send their children to the battlefield to fight for life and death. The key is to be close to the water. Do you understand?These teachers are all powerful factions with elite soldiers in their hands, and they all have at least third-rank generals. If they have such an opportunity to get close to one or two, they must feel angry.

The generals who came back alive from the dead were already full of misgivings about the new positions in the imperial capital, but when they saw the gang of dandies sent in through the back door, they felt hot emotions rushing from their stomachs to their eyes.As soon as the generals' iron and blood methods were used, a bunch of dandies cried and cried for their fathers and mothers, and had nowhere to sue.

As soon as the enthusiasm of the generals was ignited, after a few years, batches of princes from the imperial capital disappeared, and they turned out to be young talents who were upright and capable in action; It is very meaningful; Emperor Jing's sense of insecurity has also disappeared, and being able to release his military power without fighting with blood has always been a happy ending worthy of everyone's joy.

This is the history of the Imperial Martial Arts Academy.

This place now also accepts the children of civilians. As long as they are born in the army, they are recommended by the superiors, and they can be promoted after returning to the martial arts academy after earning a gold medal.It is easier for the children of the rich and powerful to enroll. They don't need to have military qualifications, they just need to be recommended by the military to sign up, but for the rich and powerful, it is easy to find a military acquaintance to write a recommendation post.

If it is said that Taixue is aimed at the eldest son of the family, then most of the people who enter the Martial Arts Academy are the second sons or concubines of the family, who come to cultivate a skill and settle down.In the future, if you have a background in the army, after the family is separated, you can also be the master of the family, and brothers can help each other and carry forward the family.Of course, there are also those unpromising students who just hang around in the martial arts academy and wait for their brothers to give them money to support them in the future.Today's instructors are not as iron-blooded and serious as the generals at the beginning. If you don't work hard yourself, they won't care.

If you want Shui Qingqian to say it sincerely, this place of Martial Arts Academy is really great!There is no need to get up early, and there are no endless sign-in cards. If you are interested, you can learn, and if you are not interested, you can leave. Almost all the gentlemen here are from the military, and they are the most annoying.The only thing that is the same as Taixue is that there is an exam, but what if you fail the exam, there are still a group of old gentlemen in Taixue who will chatter endlessly, and then force you to study again, copy books, endorse books, and keep you stuck with grade repetition.No one even cares about it here, if you fail the exam, you will fail the exam, whether you are willing to re-learn, whether you want to continue the exam, no one talks about it at all.

Of course, this is only superficial.

Once you leave the gate of the Martial Arts Academy, your previous achievements will become your starting height in the military camp.Whether you are so good that you can directly take off from the sergeant centurion of the cavalry battalion, or be a small infantry cannon fodder, your instructor and your superior officer know this clearly.

Shui Qingqian started to learn the basic classification of arms, and later learned weapons, military regulations, surveying maps, tactics, fortification, and even a special code language, which is infantry.If you want to be a sailor, there are classes about boarding ships, types of warships, semaphores, and cavalry...Of course not all courses are required. Many people only choose three or four courses after deciding on their direction. If you can learn to specialize in one or two, you can have a good future.In addition to culture classes, there are also related drills, military formations, riding and archery, martial arts... People's energy is limited, so looking at it, being able to choose three or four courses is enough to fill up the time.Although no one cares if you don’t study hard, there will come a day when you will understand: the path you choose, you have to walk on your knees.

Clear and shallow water will not be lazy, he likes these things.This little flying sky is going to the other extreme: the first time he learned of such a rich (?) curriculum of the martial arts academy, the little emotion of being so ambitious and daydreaming immediately revived on the spot.It's the same as holding Yuan Mu's thigh when he was a child, crying and shouting that he had to learn eighteen kinds of weapons all over - he has poor foundation, but he thinks beautifully!Others can't learn so much because of their limited qualifications. It's not a problem at all if I read books with a vivid memory and master them. I feel great!During five or six years of martial arts career, Shui Qingqian has selectively forgotten the historical lesson that Xie Ming, who has only one knife, can use all kinds of weapons in the air and flow, but still can't subdue him.

He has been playing war history and mapping recently. He originally memorized the map at first, because after learning the types of troops, he understood the strengths and weaknesses of various types of troops and the difference between formation and formation. After that, he chose terrain maps. These are in the Shui Qingqian seems to be basic knowledge, the so-called confidant who knows himself and the enemy, the right time and the right place, if you want to be a general, you must have solid basic skills.

As a result, within half a month of learning, Shui Qingqian found that the map on the left bank of the Great Lake was different from what he remembered. He had been there before, but he didn’t remember clearly, so he went to look for books in accordance with his habit.I checked other survey maps, as well as county annals, and looked for Kun Yulu... When I was searching for books, Shui Qingqian found that different versions of survey maps, county annals and Kunyu had different records, so I didn’t know Who is right and who is wrong, the only certainty is that the map is definitely not accurate.

The map is so unreliable, according to common sense, this matter should be put aside until the court sends someone to check it, anyway, it is wrong to memorize it.But when he was looking for books, Shui Qingqian was still looking through the war records in the library of the martial arts academy.

Marching and fighting, of course, there will be documents to record some situations in the army like a running account every day. In the end, whether it is a victory or a small victory or a big defeat, in the future, scholars and masters will sort out and form a war history, analyze the reasons, and become Hongwen Museum. Confidential information is stored here for reference in strategic planning for future wars.However, the original data of the journal has become tasteless, cannot be thrown away, and it is not expected to be of much use, so it is just collected in the library of the martial arts academy and kept.Therefore, in the journal of the War Records, it is as big as marching and fighting and setting up camps, as small as weather changes and terrain characteristics, as detailed as even a small mountain stream will accurately describe the surrounding environment.

Because after a thorough study in this way, Shui Qingqian can finally silence the map of the left bank of the Great Lake effortlessly and accurately, which is considered learned.This new version of the map is the famous "Banshan Jukun Yutu" in later generations, and it has been an important military document of the empire for the next 300 years. It is almost hard to believe that it was written by Shui Qingqian when he was 15 years old.

This is accurate enough, but Shui Qingqian spent a lot of energy and time for this place, and the efficiency is too poor.So he changed his strategy, and he didn't necessarily have to follow the master's teaching to memorize the map.While attending class, he learned Kunyu cartography from his husband, and at the same time read the original manuscript of the War Chronicle, volume by volume, found the corresponding location, made sure that the map details were correct, and could draw it.

To say that the war records of these several big houses are really not free. If you don’t read them, you don’t know. These war records cover a really wide range. They record the empire from a humble small state to today’s million-mile territory: the melee of the princes in the past I won’t mention the period, the war on the mother river, the birthplace of the empire, burned from beginning to end.After the great unification, the empire expanded from south to east to the sea, and from north to west to the untouched wilderness and desert. As long as there are people, take one step at a time, and the territory of Nuoda will be created.Will the world be peaceful after conquering the territory?Don't be kidding, think about Grandpa Shui Qingqian's 36 waterway masters, think about how many times the blood of the royal family has been extinct, and how many side branches have been replaced.Dongzhou is so big and has such a long history, it is inevitable that there will be a low period of official chaos, there will be a few gods and men who enclose the land and become kings, and there will be competition for heirs... all kinds of small-scale counter-rebellion and counter-insurgency.Therefore, the war records of these big houses can not only dig out the terrain and territory, but also record various battles and battles. The two places were discovered after the water was clear and shallow. Isn’t this the history of war?

Shui Qingqian suddenly found a 'game' for herself.

In the War Records, he can see the terrain, know the time of day, understand the strength of his own troops, and understand his own food and supplies.At the same time, he can also estimate the enemy's power and strength from the eyes of the document.That's all the leading generals at the time knew.Even when the water is clear and shallow, you can better guess the enemy's position and deployment based on the bird's-eye view map.With such a good condition, he can think about: if he is the general of the soldiers, how to arrange this battle ... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What's more, after the tactics are done, he still has a 'standard answer' for reference.

In past wars,

Win, where did they win? Is it the same as I expected?

Losing, why did you lose, using your own plan, will it change the result?

It is unavoidable that there is suspicion of talking on paper—nonsense, he wants to go to the battlefield with real swords and guns, where should he go.

At the beginning of this tactical planning on paper, the second-year middle school boy was so confident in his tactical training that he could go to the sky with his feet. As a result, the first case was taken, and General Mei criticized him for being incomplete.

Warring States Period 49 years, Spoon City

Thirty thousand enemies, the army crossed the border.The 5000 people on our side, including [-] people who are old, weak, sick and disabled, are recuperating in the city.If this hits, the entire army of [-] people will be wiped out.

Shui Qingqian used his brain to arrange tactics, dispatched the only decent [-] defenders, and made various provocations and fraudulent defeats along the way, trying to lure the incoming army to a side road seventy miles away from Shaocheng. The valley, and then in the valley, three thousand old, weak, sick, and sick are stuffed with soy sauce, what kind of kerosene boulder, which can surely wipe out the opponent's entire army, so that the less wins the more, strategizing, the general is shining brightly behind him...

"...Why did the other party follow you to the valley where the terrain is obviously unfavorable?" General Mei asked calmly after reading Shui Qingqian's plan.

On paper, the water is clear and shallow, "I sent 2000 people to lure the enemy by feigning defeat..."

General Mei, "You have only 2000 people, and there are [-] people. Even if you provoked them first and lured them later, why did the opponent insist on deviating from the main road and taking an unfamiliar path? They passed by Shaocheng and had no tactics. A plan? For the opposing generals, what should they do if they change their route and plan the original march? If it’s not about avoiding your deliberate harassment, it’s enough to send out [-] to encircle and suppress.”

Talking about war on paper is clear and shallow,...

"Then...well," Shui Qingqian looked at his own plan unwillingly, "Then my five thousand old, weak, sick and disabled exchanged for five thousand elite soldiers, so it can be considered a victory..."

"You are infantry, and others use cavalry. You don't need to chase to the valley, and your 2000 troops will be wiped out."

Talking about soldiers on paper is clear and shallow, "What if I also use cavalry?"

"They have archers."

"Then I want to use heavy cavalry?"

"Not enough maneuver and speed."

General Mei, "You have learned the characteristics of these arms, why did you forget them here?"

General Mei, "And your assumption is also not valid. You are the defenders of the city, and there are not enough cavalry in the first place."

General Mei, "The leader of the opponent is General Yelang. Go read the biographies about him. He is a veteran. He is cautious. He will almost never take the bait in your plan."

General Mei, "The opponent's march also has another purpose, and they will hardly change their targets temporarily in the middle, chasing a small group of rout troops..."

"Oh..." Shui Qingqian lay down on the mat in frustration, "Then I can't do nothing, can I?" Shui Qingqian wiped a certain area behind the map with her finger, "This army must be held back." Acridine, otherwise..."

Until this time, General Mei did not pay attention to Shui Qingqian.Yes, General Mei didn't even bother to pay attention to Shui Qingqian's childish tactics, but a place on the map that Shui Qingqian seemed to draw at random pointed to the key point of the battle, and he wasn't fooled by it. Qingqian's reaction told him that as a small pawn somewhere in the chess game, he had the overall situation in mind.Shui Qingqian is working hard to make substantive changes in this battle situation. This kind of strategic vision is far more important than saving that small city and five thousand old, weak, sick and disabled.

If Shui Qingqian just proposed to move 5000 people out of the city, and the cat escaped in the mountains—like the short-sightedness of all novice little people—General Mei would not blame him. After all, the defender of a small town, The layout is limited, and it is understandable to only look at the benefits in front of you.But Shui Qingqian did not. He noticed the more important part than defending the city, understood the significance of holding back the opponent's reinforcements, and made various efforts, although his plan was useless.But knowing how to exchange money in the overall strategic situation is more important than any unreliable and naive tactics.

Only then did General Mei vaguely understand why so many people talked about Xiang and asked him to teach him.Speaking of which, this General Mei's qualifications are older than General Shao Mingchuan's. He is a famous Confucian general in the empire. A famous person would never lower his status to give lectures at the Martial Arts Academy.

"Then what should we do?" Shui Qingqian picked at the corner of General Mei's clothes.In the 49th year of the Warring States Period, he hadn't seen the back, so he didn't know what happened, but no matter what happened, as the guard of Key City, he couldn't let the opponent's 5 people pass by like no one.

General Mei: "No more ideas?"

Shui Qingqian is dying, "Kaicheng surrendered, pretended to surrender to the enemy, hosted a banquet, poured sweat medicine, threw a cup as a sign, and ambushed five hundred knives and axes..." The more he said, the softer he said, "...it's a bit unreliable Spectrum?"

General Mei: Give you a look, and understand it yourself.

Ahhhh... Shui Qingqian held her head, "Then I really don't know, it's impossible to stick to it. I definitely can't beat it."

"Go back and continue to investigate."

Shui Qingqian continued to watch, but the original owner's idea was no better than his: kidnapped the people in the city, let innocent people stand in the way of the army as cannon fodder, and the opponent's generals were not good at it, so they directly killed them. Thousands of innocent people died, and the other party's schedule was delayed for a day at most. The original owner took the opportunity and ran away with his remnant soldiers. Yes, it was a particularly dishonorable escape.Then, the opponent continued to crush the army.

Perhaps because it was dragged on for a long time, the opponent's final strategic intention was not fully implemented, and one's own side was not completely copied and led to a rout. After a battle was fought, no one benefited. The only tragic thing is probably only Thousands of innocent civilians in Shaocheng lost their lives.Although these are tragic, they are just a few sentences and a few sets of numbers in the paperwork ledger.

After reading it, Shui Qingqian was at a loss.

"He's really shy to do such a thing. Why don't you order everyone to evacuate the city and burn it down with a torch? If I just do this..." Shui Qingqian angrily criticized the guard at the time, "burn A house is better than a dead person. What kind of a guy is he? Defending the city, defending the city, and in the end all the people in the city died, and let the army go to steal his own way. He is ashamed to say that he is defending the city. - so big!!!"

General Mei: Well, the train of thought is a bit interesting this time.

Shui Qingqian followed his own strategy of burning houses, and continued to push down, push back and forth, he felt that his idea was not much better, solid walls and clear fields, houses were burned, people ran away, and there was no drop of food or rice left , and then "... as far as you can run, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are probably the only ones left. Isn't the opposing general mad? They will have to kill, and the wounded soldiers who can't escape will die... After all the calculations, this method can't save many people. If the young and strong in the city can survive, the two thousand defenders with good arms and legs can also survive, and the rest don't know... The biggest victory , probably, can it hold the army for a little longer?" Shui Qingqian counted, calculating the time for burning the house and the efficiency of the other party's actions.

General May, ...

General Mei looked at the map and recalled the confidential military history materials in the Hongwen Museum. After a while, he had to admit that Shui Qingqian's method of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields and setting fire to the city was really a feasible plan with the least cost possible.Don't look at the city being turned into scorched earth, it seems that the loss is huge. During the period of melee among the princes, population is the most important strategic resource, and there are people who have everything.This plan with clear and shallow water is worthwhile to maximize the surviving population.

But after Shui Qingqian broke off his fingers, the result made him a little silly, because he suddenly understood a truth: there is nothing beautiful behind a famous general.

To be a general is to choose between killing people and killing more people.What awe-inspiring ah, what strategizing ah.It sounds domineering, but innocent people are all killed. After so many people died, how can you say that you will succeed?Being a general is much more depressing than being a hero.The boy was a little irritated, and sat there in a daze, not speaking.

The childish, boring, sentimental and boring little emotions of the rich and weak chicken.The general had a cold face, without saying a word, he raised his hand and slapped the brat on the back of the head.

"Ah!"

General Mei said seriously, "War is always a cruel thing."

Shui Qingqian: Uncle, are you consoling me?

But after a while, he finally sighed faintly, "So, if I were a general, I only hope that my soldiers can survive."

This, even if you figure it out, right?

In the end, General Mei watched the little flying bird drooping its feathers and dragging its tail feathers to leave listlessly, raising its eyebrows, as if he had seen some potential.