Su Mu first saw the emperor and Chi Ranzhi at the door, his eyes lit up when he saw the emperor's expression.

He was angry, angry, angry!

emperor:"……"

The prince also saw the two of them. After saluting, the emperor and Chi Ranzhi sat down, and the dinner was removed from the table, and a new table was served.

The prince sat on the emperor's left, and Su Mu and Chi Ranzhi sat on the emperor's right.Su Mu thought about it, concentrated on eating, and didn't say a word, silently listening to the emperor, prince and Chi Ranzhi talking about the Lingnan Rebellion while eating.

After dinner and seeing off the emperor, Chi Ranzhi and Su Mu left the East Palace.

Chi Ranzhi took Su Mu's hand and walked out of the palace. Along the way, Su Mu obediently let Chi Ranzhi pull him, but did not speak until he got out of the palace gate and got into the carriage. Chi Ranzhi hugged Su Mu To the lap, smiled and said:

"Mumu helped us a lot today."

Su Mu: "Hmph."

Chi Ranzhi rubbed Su Mu's forehead with his cheek, "I don't want to part with Mumu either, but I don't want Mumu to be in danger. Mumu waits for me at home, okay?"

Su Mu lowered his head and played with Chi Ranzhi's hand silently, "Yes."

Chi Ranzhi: "..."

Seeing that Su Mu is so obedient, Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu suspiciously and vigilantly, "What the hell are you planning?"

Su Mu raised his eyes and stared at Chi Ranzhi.

Chi Ranzhi quickly hugged Su Mu tightly in his arms and shook gently: "Our Mu Mu is the most obedient."

Su Mu rolled his eyes: "Hmph."

Chi Ranzhi smiled and stroked Su Mu's hair. After a while, Su Mu fell asleep leaning against Chi Ranzhi's arms.

Chi Ranzhi lowered his eyes, looked at Su Mu whose face was full of tiredness, and gently kissed Su Mu's hair, his eyes were full of soft light.

The next day, Su Mu came to the East Palace and sat next to the prince. He was still studying with the prince while dealing with the matter of the Ministry of War's suppression of the Lingnan chaos.

All the personnel were arranged yesterday, so naturally no one would make a fuss about the matter, and the crown prince handled everything in a comprehensive and appropriate manner.Su Mu was listening by the side, when the prince asked him his opinion, Su Mu shook his head, blinking his clear black dog eyes and looked at the prince, "I listen to the elder brother."

The prince smiled and patted his head, "Remember to ask me if you don't understand or want to know."

Su Mu nodded obediently.

In the next few days, Su Mu would come every day, but he would only listen attentively to matters related to the Ministry of War's March to the South of the Five Ridges.

Afterwards, even when discussing some trivial issues of this march, Su Mu played and listened for a while, often wandering and thinking about making some interesting weapons.

Su Mu was not at all interested in other matters handled by the prince, as well as matters not related to the march, and even fell asleep. Occasionally, he secretly looked at the prince with affectionate eyes, or simply ran out to play.

The daily life of Su Mu and the prince was reported to the emperor in detail.

The emperor held tea and listened with a smile while drinking tea.

Su Mu squatted at the corner of the East Palace, holding a branch in his hand and drawing circles on the ground.

The day after tomorrow is the date for the swearing-in.

The emperor seemed to be angry, but he didn't.

Su Mu frowned. Fortunately, he was prepared.

After finishing the government affairs, the prince came to look for Su Mu after seeing that he hadn't come back for a long time.Seeing Su Mu from afar, who looked like a small dark mushroom in the corner, there was a look of worry in his eyes, and when he walked behind Su Mu and was about to touch Su Mu's head, he saw Su Mu throwing a twig , stood up, clapped his hands, and snorted towards the sky, his body exuded vigorous vitality again.

Su Mu turned around and saw the prince, then looked at the prince's hand in mid-air, and tilted his head in doubt.

The prince looked down at Su Mu and smiled.

Su Mu: "???"

Zhen Guogong Mansion

Prince Zhen Guo said with a smile: "The army will be dispatched in the future, that Su Mu tried to meddle in the affairs of the Ministry of War, but didn't take advantage of the limited time in the past few days to make some sophisticated weapons for Chi Ranzhi, the Ministry of Industry is short of manpower, He's not here for the past few days, so I haven't prepared much at all. It's like throwing everything at the bottom, it's really mud that can't support the wall."

Zhen Guogong stroked his beard, "How about the military factory in the western suburbs?"

The grandson: "The western suburbs are guarded by a large number of royal guards and dead soldiers from the inner court. Our people can't get in, but from a distance, they are just building some blast furnaces and factories, and there is no special movement. The inner mansion It seems that the Firearms Bureau has rushed to produce a batch of firearms, and His Majesty has also selected a thousand Shenji Battalion to go out with the army."

Lord Zhen nodded.

The prince sneered: "So what if there are thousands of Shenji Battalions? It is said that Xifan's weapons this time are far superior to ours. I hope these people can capture more and come back to study, so that the Firearms Bureau can improve and improve, so that next time our It is much easier for people to quell the chaos. This time, no matter what, Chi Ranzhi must die."

The next day was the court meeting, and finally decided on tomorrow's swearing-in meeting and the expedition. As the coach this time, Chi Ranzhi naturally attended, and Su Mu also appeared in front of the officials as Prince Leyi for the first time.

All the ministers: "I wish Changle Hou a triumphant return!"

Su Mu: "How do you know you will return in triumph?"

All the ministers: "..."

Su Mu: "I think it's very difficult to win this time."

All the ministers: "???" What's going on?Prince Le Yi and Marquis Chang Le are having a conflict?

Su Mu: "However, it is not impossible to win."

Su Mu looked at the emperor and said, "Father, I beg you to prepare for a period of time before going out. The chances of winning will be greater."

Emperor: "... Mu Mu thinks, how long will it take to prepare?"

Su Mu: "At least one year."

emperor:"……"

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu with a smile.

Prince Zhen Guo: "..."

Unexpectedly, this kid had this idea.

The ministers were stunned, and then discussed:

"One year? What does His Royal Highness mean, Lingnan is openly plotting rebellion, and the court just sits and ignores it for a year? Just watch Lingnan grow up?"

"Lingnan's provocation is extremely urgent. How can it be a year before sending troops?"

"It's not too late, otherwise the whole world will learn from him!"

Su Mu: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe it won't be long before they will have internal strife, disintegrate and destroy themselves from within?"

All the ministers: "..."

"absurd."

"that is……"

Su Mu: "Father, there is one thing that I don't understand. Who suggested that the army go out tomorrow?"

Before the emperor could speak, several generals who looked very brave came out.

A middle-aged general who was in the lead was particularly heroic: "It was jointly proposed by the last general and others. The soldiers are so expensive. I don't know what His Royal Highness thinks, what's wrong with setting off tomorrow?"

Su Mu glanced at the man, "Don't you call yourself a soldier with great speed, you are called a brainless fool!"

The middle-aged general Wu Yinghou's face in Chinese characters instantly turned red, "You!"

Ministers: Good guy!Swear at people if they don't agree with each other.Well, this prince looks young, but he still has the spirit of being a court official.

Su Mu: "Sun Tzu's Art of War must have been familiar to all of you." And ask for its feelings: the first is Dao, the second is Heaven, the third is Earth, the fourth is General, and the fifth is Dharma.

'Tao' is naturally on our side;

'General', my family is naturally a general who is one in a million;

'Land', south of the Five Ridges is mountainous and has complex terrain, while our army is mostly good at fighting in plains, and has little experience in fighting in forest areas.

'Hey', now midsummer is approaching, and the summer climate in Lingnan area is hot.Not to mention that my army may not be able to adapt to the changing climate there, even if it does, there are miasmas in the mountains and dense forests from time to time, and there are countless kinds of poisonous insects. We will be plagued by poisonous insects.And the weather is hot, after a big battle, the plague might spread.

'Fa', with the emperor's brother in charge of the Ministry of War, is naturally extremely complete.It's just that I'm new to the Ministry of Industry, and I'm still not familiar with the work of the Ministry of Industry. I haven't prepared the ordnance, armor, medicine, etc. yet.

'Earth' and 'heaven' are inappropriate, and half of 'law' is inappropriate, so how can you rush to send troops? "

All the ministers: "..." The Ministry of Industry is not ready and you are still so plausible?

Wu Yinghou: "Then what have you been doing these days?"

Su Mu was confident: "What do I need to prepare to study and see at the emperor's brother! Otherwise, can I know so clearly?"

All the ministers: "..." Good guy, is this art of war learned now?

Wu Yinghou: "Then can't you prepare while studying? After so many days, you say that the Ministry of Industry is not ready yet. Aren't you delaying the opportunity of the war?"

Su Mu glared angrily: "Didn't I say it? There are too many things to prepare, and it will take a year to prepare! Can you blame me for not having enough time? Blame the person who thoughtlessly proposed to go out in ten days!"

Marquis Wuying opened his eyes wide: "..."

If this is his son, he will definitely kill him.

Marquis Wu Ying looked at Su Mu for a while, and clenched his big fists. After all, Su Mu is the only prince today. He suppressed his anger: "Then do we have to wait for a year and let the surrounding countries see our jokes?"

Su Mu: "How could it be? Sun Tzu also said, 'Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, if you can show what you can't do, use it to show that you don't need it...be prepared for it when it is real, and avoid it if you are strong...attack the unprepared , by surprise. The victory of this military strategist should not be passed on first. I have made great efforts to increase the army at home, and now I am standing still. The surrounding countries don’t know what’s going on. They are afraid that it’s too late. How can they laugh at us? Even if they think we are weak, isn’t it? Is it a good thing? Just take the opportunity to kill some chickens and monkeys."

Ministers: Your Highness... your thoughts are in danger...

The generals looked at Su Mu and their eyes lit up: it makes sense, right!

Wu Yinghou glanced at them.

Generals: ...Damn!

Su Mu: "If Lingnan thinks we are weak, wouldn't it be better? Now that they are cooperating with Xifan, they must be tense, thinking of fighting with our army. We send troops now, and the other side waits for work.

But let's not go now, how long can they last in this state?

Besides, are there no contradictions among them?

If we don't go, how long will their nerves collapse? Once the nerves relax, won't the internal problems be exposed after a long time?They are fighting each other internally, and they are in a state of disunity. If our army goes again, taking advantage of people's danger and attacking them unprepared, wouldn't it be easier to fight? "

Marquis Wu Ying stared at Su Mu, held back for a long time, and said: "You are talking about wars on paper! Drop your book bag! You don't know actual combat at all!"

Su Mu: "What's wrong with me talking about wars on paper? Since you have so much experience in combat, you must also be familiar with military books, so you can talk about wars on paper first before I talk about it.

What happened to my book bag?The book I lost is the culmination of the wisdom of the predecessors in military use. If you have the ability, you can also write a military book, so that everyone in the world can read your military book, and give up "Sun Tzu's Art of War"!Let me drop it too!snort! "

Wu Yinghou: "You! You are simply delaying time! Delaying the opportunity of the war! Treating war as a trifling matter!"

Su Mu: "Sun Tzu said: 'Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of life and death, must be investigated. One has to count as less. More counts as victory, less counts as invincible, let alone nothing!'

Am I not counting in the temple?The temple counts!

Is it wrong for this king to say that we must prepare well before the battle?Who is playing?

Do you know the gap between the Spanish firearms and ours?Do you want soldiers with sticks to fight men with swords?

The temple counts, only when there is a chance of winning.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Have you learned the art of war in the stomach of a dog?What are you in a hurry for?Do you think the lives of our soldiers are not our lives? "

Wu Yinghou: "You..."

Su Mu: "What are you! Hmph, think about why you can't argue with me? Because you have a mirror in your heart—I'm right!"

Wu Yinghou: "..."

Su Mu glared at Wu Yinghou: "It's impossible for you to not understand such a simple truth after so many years of marching and fighting! Then tell me, why do you pretend to be confused when you understand?!"

Wu Yinghou seemed to have been exposed to a trick, and his arrogance was instantly suppressed, leaving only bluff.

The other generals did not speak.

Su Mu: "Hmph! I know that you are jealous and want him to be cannon fodder! Try the fighting power of the Western Fans. You should take advantage of this time to get ready, and when you are defeated by the opponent, the test is over. The depth of the opponent, you should formulate a corresponding battle plan and improve the firearms, then the chances of winning will be great!"

Wu Yinghou: "..."

Su Mu: "Let me just ask, where do you put the lives of your comrades and soldiers!"

Wu Yinghou's face turned purple: "You spitting blood!"

Su Mu: "Hmph."

Wu Yinghou: "???" What does that mean?What does hum mean!

Su Mu took out a stack of documents from his sleeve: "Look, this is the firearm information of the Xifan people collected by the emperor's brother, and the firearm information of our Ministry of Industry. How much difference is it? Or Brother Huang is amazing, you can get such detailed information."

The prince laughed.

emperor:"……"

Chi Ran felt helpless.

He Xiang distributed the materials.

Su Mu looked at the crowd: "Did you see it? This is the gap, we must face it squarely. If you let the army go now, I can understand that you are sending the soldiers to die!

Let me put it this way, we have to wait for our Ministry of Industry to develop weapons that can crush the Western Fans, as well as various anti-miasma and mosquito-resistant medicines in place, and equip the soldiers before we can set off! "

The ministers were speechless.

Lord Zhen Guo finally came out, looked at Su Mu and said, "Nowadays, we all know that the people in the land touched by the Western Fans are living in dire straits. Take the countries in the Southwest as an example. Although they guard the land suitable for cultivation, they are all forced to I have planted drugs. Once it catches up with the disaster year, I have no ability to deal with it and suffer from famine. The King of Lingnan conspired against him, but the people of Lingnan are still the people of Dagan. Could Your Highness have the heart to watch them suffer?"

Su Mu took it for granted, "No! Although Lingnan King Zhong Jingchen conspired against him, he can be said to love the people like his son. Although he cooperates with the Xifan people, he will never let his people suffer like that."

When Su Mu opened a medical clinic in Lingnan, he listened to patients chatting at the counter when he had nothing to do. The people felt that the current King of Lingnan was very kind to the people.

However, this cannot be said of course, so Su Mu looked at the prince.

The prince glanced at Zhen Guogong, Wu Yinghou and others, and said with a smile: "Mu Mu is right."

All the ministers: ... What's the matter with the prince's posture of protecting the calf?They are becoming more and more incomprehensible about this government.

Now, those who wanted to drag Su Mu to say that Lingnan Wang Aimin is like a son did not dare to speak.

Having said that, wouldn't he offend both Dagan's heirs at once?

Play deaf.

Zhen Guogong: "...Even if Zhong Jingchen loves the people like a son, there is no way out for him to cooperate with Xifan. It won't last long, and some compromises are bound to be made. The people who suffer are the people, and it will definitely not work for a year."

Su Mu thought for a while, "Those two years?"

Duke Zhen: "..."

Lord Zhen took a deep breath: "One month. If there are more people, the people will suffer."

The generals: "That's right. We serve as soldiers to protect ordinary people, and we must save them from fire and water as soon as possible."

Su Mu put his hands together: "I believe that the King of Lingnan can hold on... for one year and nine months."

Zhen Guogong did not believe that the existing craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry could develop any powerful firearms within a year and a half. It seemed that Su Mu had made up his mind to delay the time.

If Su Mu really wanted to procrastinate, with the current emperor's doting on Su Mu, he might have to wait for someone else to quell the chaos.But this time their goal is to take the opportunity to get rid of Chi Ranzhi, and they can't delay until the emperor changes, and they can't force Su Mu to be too tight.

At most half a year, after half a year, I'm afraid the emperor will change.

So he said, "One and a half months."

Su Mu: "One and a half years."

Duke Zhen: "Two months."

Su Mu: "One year and three months."

Duke Zhen: "Three months."

Su Mu: "Deal."

Duke Zhen: "..."

All the ministers: "..."

emperor:"……"

The prince turned his head away.

Chi Ranzhi tried hard to hold back a smile.

Su Mu looked at the emperor: "Father, you see, the most respected and respected Lord Zhen Guo agreed, so I will go to prepare."

After the words fell, he pulled Chi Ranzhi away.

Duke Zhen: "..."

All the ministers: "..." Good guy, who said that this idiot?At the end of the day, there was a separation.terrible!

The ministers secretly glanced at the emperor's face.

He bowed his head silently.

What does Duke Zhen want to say.

Emperor: "Let's retreat."

Hall of Qinzheng

The emperor just came back from the court meeting, He Xiang looked at the emperor's expression, and pushed back all the palace people in the palace.

Then, a burst of hearty laughter broke out in the hall.

After that, Su Mu dispatched thousands of elite craftsmen from all over the country to the Western Suburb Military Factory, and also dispatched a lot of manpower from the Firearms Bureau. At the same time, he made a list for the Ministry of Industry to prepare. fully open.

Two and a half months later, Lingnan King was assassinated and killed because he refused to cooperate with the Xifan people. Lingnan King's younger brother Zhong Jingying, who was living abroad, was pushed to the throne.

Everyone did not expect to be hit by Su Mu.

At the same time, Su Mu delivered a batch of the most advanced weapons, including artillery, rifles, machine guns, grenades, etc., which can be achieved with the current technology of the western suburbs military factory. After the test, the government and the public were shocked.

The emperor ordered the six important ministers at the test site to keep it strictly confidential, and secretly prepared all the troops who went to Lingnan to quell the chaos.

Of course, Su Mu also gave a copy of these blueprints for Chi Ranzhi to pass back to Linyuan City.

All kinds of new armor, anti-mosquito medicine and other materials are also ready.

Chi Ranzhi took advantage of these two and a half months to train troops, and based on the letters sent back from Lingnan, he formulated combat formations and plans, and was familiar with mountain forest operations and so on.

After the new weapons came out, and after half a month of familiar training with the soldiers, it was already autumn, and it was time to go out.

Changle Hou Mansion

After dinner, Chi Ranzhi went to the study. The army will leave tomorrow. After finishing the final preparations, he came to the bedroom from the study. He saw Su Mu sitting on the soft bed, carefully counting the boxes full of A box of small balls.

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu for a long time, then walked to the soft edge and sat down, looked at the box, and then at Su Mu.

Su Mu looked up at Chi Ranzhi, and pushed the box towards Chi Ranzhi: "It's all for you."

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu, spread his arms and smiled at Su Mu: "Mu Mu."

Su Mu knelt on the couch, looked at Chi Ranzhi, raised his right hand, made a gun-shaped index finger and thumb, squinted one eye and aimed at Chi Ranzhi: "Da da da."

Chi Ranzhi reacted for a while, then smiled, said "ah", and then fell down on the couch and pretended to be dead.

Su Mu laughed loudly, and walked forward nán fēng to scratch Chi Ranzhi's itch, Chi Ranzhi suddenly got up and hugged Su Mu, the two played around for a while, Su Mu fell into Chi Ranzhi's arms, pillowed on Chi Ranzhi Looking up at Chi Ranzhi with his shoulders, he whispered:

"I will obediently wait for you to come back."

Chi Ranzhi, who thought that Su Mu would ask him to fight again, breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly held his breath again, looking at Su Mu.

The last time Su Mu was so good, it was...

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu warily.

Su Mu blinked innocently, "You have to get up early tomorrow, let's go to bed early."

Chi Ranzhi patted Su Mu's head, carried Su Mu to take a bath, and the two rested early.

The cicadas were singing outside the window. Although it was already autumn, the autumn tiger was hotter than the dog days in the past two days. Chi Ranzhi hugged Su Mu, who had a low body temperature, like hugging a large piece of cool jade, and slept exceptionally Comfortable.

But the next morning, Chi Ranzhi felt as if he was holding a small stove in his arms. When he opened his eyes, he saw Su Mu's pale face, and when he touched his forehead, it was hot.

Chi Ranzhi: "..."

Su Mu opened his eyes in a daze, looked at the sky, touched his forehead, and looked at Chi Ranzhi pitifully and sensiblely, "I'm fine, it's just a little cold, I'll be fine in two days. I'm about to leave, I'll see you off."

With that said, I'm about to get up.

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu for a long time, sighed, and lay down on Su Mu's shoulder: "I'm not leaving, I'll leave after Mu Mu recovers."

Su Mu's eyes lit up, but he said weakly, "How can we do that? How can we delay the march?"

Chi Ranzhi took Su Mu into his arms and covered him with a thin quilt: "It's okay, it's fine in the later days."

Su Mu didn't speak, buried his face in Chi Ranzhi's chest, quietly hid the dimples from laughing, rubbed against each other, and fell asleep.

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu, the corners of his lips curved slightly, showing helplessness.

The date of the march was postponed for three days, and Chi Ranzhi accompanied and took care of the "patient" Su Mu for three days at home. On the evening of the third day, while Chi Ranzhi was busy in the study, Su Mu ran to his secret room and watched the medicine bottle pick up. Pick and choose.

Su Mu was hesitating which medicine to pretend to be sick to take next. After thinking about it, other illnesses were too tiring to pretend to be sick, so he took a medicine to pretend to be wind and cold. He went back to the bedroom and lay down on the couch, watching the pattering rain outside the window. Qiu Yu was in a daze.

Pretending to go to the study room, but actually just outside the door, Chi Ranzhi smiled helplessly after seeing Su Mu's movements.

In the evening, the two of them sat on the bed after bathing, and Chi Ranzhi dried Su Mu's hair.

Su Mu sneezed, pulled La Chiranzhi's sleeve, and said pitifully and very sensiblely: "My wind and cold are always intermittent, maybe the weather changes too much. Today, there was an autumn rain, and the autumn tiger passed, and then The temperature has dropped, and it’s always not getting better. But I can’t delay the march any longer, and I’ll see you off tomorrow morning.”

Chi Ranzhi looked at Su Mu, put down the cotton towel, and stroked Su Mu's hair, "Just sweat."

Su Mu: "???"

Chi Ranzhi smiled and picked up Su Mu, walked to the bed, and pulled down the bed curtain.

At noon the next day, when Su Mu woke up, Chi Ranzhi was not by his side.

He ran out in a panic to find someone, but Gong Nai said that Chi Ranzhi had already led the army out this morning.

Su Mu took Fuguang Liaoying and others to the south city gate in a carriage, ran out of breath to the top of the city tower and tiptoed to the southwest, but he didn't even see the shadow of the army.

Su Mu stood at the southwest corner of the tower, with both hands clenched on the wall, staring angrily into the distance.

The corners of his mouth were full of anger.

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Note:

"Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of life and death, must not be ignored. Therefore, five things are used in the scriptures, and they are used to calculate and ask for their feelings: one is the way, the other is the sky, and the third is the earth. , the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law."

"Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, if you are able, you can show that you can't, and if you use it, you can show that you don't need it... Prepare it when you are real, and avoid it if you are strong... Attack the unprepared and catch the unexpected. The victory of this military strategist cannot be passed on first."

"Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival must be considered." "The man who has not fought and the temple is considered victorious must be counted as more; the man who has not fought and the temple is considered invincible must be counted as less." Also. More counts to win, less counts to win, let alone nothing!"

"Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

——Quoted from the Spring and Autumn Period · Sun Wu · "Sun Tzu's Art of War"

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