Chapter 361: Breaking His Arrogant Heart

"No, no! This Prince really can't stand it! This Prince is too angry, too... too angry!"

The Prince of Badong's brows twisted into a knot, his chest heaving, pointing at Wang Yang, the tone of the word "too" drawn out long:

"Wang Yang, you are too rampant! Too arrogant! Even if death is at hand, you can't blow like this! Were you spoiled by your old Wang family? Or were you made stupid by reading those 'Zi said, poetry and books' things? Don't you know who you are? You say your Confucianism is powerful, then surely no one will say anything. You say you understand Laozi and Zhuangzi, then no one in this hall will probably make a sound. Even if you say your gambling is powerful, you can pit people! Then even if others are not convinced, this Prince can help you argue a few words. But you blow so without boundaries, who can listen to this! Look, you are blushing after saying it yourself!"

Wang Yang frowned suspiciously:

"Is it red?"

The Prince of Badong pointed repeatedly, lying with his eyes open:

"Red, red! How obvious it is! Don't you all say so?"

After a wave of angry rebukes and calls for fighting, everyone stopped talking at this time, just glaring at Wang Yang.

This was true anger. If it weren't for Wang Yang being from the Langya Wang clan and the Prince of Badong having spoken first, they might have rushed up to beat him. As for the Prince of Badong arguing about whether he was blushing or not, which was almost like child's play, no one responded. Only Wang Yang responded.

Wang Yang touched his own face, which was thin and red from wine, and said uncertainly:

"Maybe it's because I drank wine..."

The Prince of Badong gave Wang Yang a step down and said:

"This Prince just said your drinking quality is bad! You talk nonsense when you drink too much! It's just because your family background is high, if it were an ordinary person, they would have been beaten by a group—"

Wang Yang said seriously:

"My drinking quality has always been good, and I don't talk nonsense no matter how much I drink."

As soon as this was said, everyone gnashed their teeth.

Kong Zhangyu had originally felt that Wang Yang's words were merely venting anger in a moment of agitation and that he didn't truly think that way in his heart. But now it seemed that was not the case; he appeared to truly regard the hall full of staff as nothing. This was not just arrogance, but also a bit shallow. Did he really think that dodging a single ambush counted as some kind of skill? Moreover, even the matter of dodging the ambush might have been due to Wang Yi's command.

Perhaps he is a noble son of a high family, successful at a young age, usually relying on his talent to be arrogant, used to being arrogant, not taking anyone in his eyes, thinking that just by relying on articles and classics, he can look down on others, but he doesn't know that practical affairs and machine strategy are still outside of art and literature.

Before, I felt this person had the style of a famous scholar, but now it seems so. Perhaps it is really what Xue Shao and the others said, "Brilliance is too dazzling, easily obscuring real ability," "Can decorate governance, cannot save chaos." Looking at it this way, he has a bit of the shadow of his Langya Wang clan kinsman Wang Yan...

The Prince of Badong's face sank when he heard this, staring at Wang Yang and asking:

"Do you really think so?"

Wang Yang was calm:

"Of course."

"Good!" The Prince of Badong leaned back, his expression grim, his gaze pressing down from above, carrying an unquestionable pressure:

"Then this Prince will kill your arrogance! Let you know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is!"

He looked around the hall of advisors who were full of energy with his tiger eyes:

"Whoever can break his arrogant heart today! Break his sharp spirit! Let this arrogant boy have nothing to say and bow his head to admit his mistake! This Prince will reward him with 200,000 coins! And reward him with the new gold-woven cloud beast robe I just made! Whoever wears this robe in the future, the guards will all salute, and entering and leaving the Prince's mansion will not be forbidden!"

Everyone was overjoyed!

Not to mention the 200,000 coins, which was a heavy reward for anyone. As for bestowing the robe, it was an unprecedented thing! This was the new robe he prepared for his own wedding banquet! It was luxuriously dazzling! If you wear this, how majestic it would be! How stylish!

Plus the two rules of guards saluting and entering and leaving the Prince's mansion without prohibition, what a great favor and honor!

Originally, the advisors were unhappy in their hearts, both dissatisfied with the Prince of Badong's disposal of allowing Wang Yang to speak wantonly, and feeling that the Prince of Badong's scolding of Wang Yang just now was thunderous and rainy, and even seemed to have a hint of protection! But intimidated by the Prince of Badong's tiger power, no one dared to stand out and be hard.

No matter how much Li Jingxuan put eye drops on Wang Yang before, he was playing the role of a loyal remonstrator whose words were unpleasant to the ear. All the opportunities he found were to maintain the Prince. Now that Wang Yang's spearhead was pointing at the advisors including Li Jingxuan, Li Jingxuan didn't rush up, otherwise, it would be easy to destroy the image he had carefully built.

However, the fact that everyone tacitly didn't echo the Prince of Badong about blushing just now actually revealed some resentment. But hearing the decision the Prince of Badong made now, they all felt joy from the sky, thinking that they could hit the boy Wang Yang's face and get a heavy reward, which was really happy! So they all competed to come out to challenge Wang Yang!

Even Kong Zhangyu wanted to join! It's just that thinking about how he spoke for Wang Yang just now, it would be really ugly to challenge him for a reward now, and plus he felt he shouldn't be able to grab the first place, so he endured and didn't move, feeling regretful in his heart. He also thought that if Li Jingxuan got the prize, other things were secondary, just the rule of entering and leaving the Prince's mansion freely was a matter of interest...

The advisors competed to speak, demanding to fight. Wang Yang raised his hand in the noise:

"Prince, what if I win?"

The Prince of Badong was stunned:

"What do you win?"

Everyone looked at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang said calmly under the gaze of everyone:

"They break my arrogant heart, break my sharp spirit, and can get so many rewards. Then what if I break their arrogant heart and break their sharp spirit?"

The Prince of Badong said indifferently:

"Even if you really break someone, then naturally there will be the next one—"

"My meaning is—"

Wang Yang slowly lowered his raised hand, his face smiling but not smiling:

"What if I break them one by one?"

The hall was silent for a moment.

Then, it erupted into a more surging verbal attack than before!

The Prince of Badong had to suppress the crowd again, looking at Wang Yang, his eyes oppressive and scrutinizing:

"You mean, you want to overwhelm all my confidant advisors by yourself?"

"Yes."

"Hahahahaha!"

The Prince of Badong laughed out loud.

"Wang Yang, you are really a bit cute. I remember you weren't this cute before!"

Wang Yang was indifferent to the Prince of Badong's mockery, still very seriously discussing with the Prince of Badong:

"Then what if the cute me really breaks them all?"

The Prince of Badong's laughter stopped, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Yang for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh, with a bit of unpleasant temper between his brows:

"If you really break them all, then what else is there to say! Then you are Kongming not dead, Zhang Liang reborn! I'll serve you, okay!"

Wang Yang was as steady as a mountain, continuing to implement:

"Then the money and the robe—"

"All for you! All yours!"

"I commit suicide—"

The Prince of Badong stared, directly interrupting, looking like he was going to the end:

"No need! Who the hell dares to let Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liang commit suicide? This Prince is not stupid! Not only do you not need to commit suicide, this Prince has to support you!"

When the advisors heard this, they immediately wanted to persuade him to stop, but then thought, anyway, it's just verbal talk. A young Confucian scholar who studies classics, no matter how talented, can't win against all of them. Besides, if there is really someone who can overwhelm the whole scene, then the Prince of Badong can't kill such a great talent. So they didn't make a sound, just brewed separately, determined to severely break Wang Yang's face in a while, and "send" him the last journey!

Wang Yang said worriedly:

"But supporting me sounds a bit empty! Besides, I have to break all of them to win, but they only need to break me to win, and the rewards are the same. No matter how I look at it, I am a bit at a loss. Why doesn't the Prince add another reward for me, and promise me one more request besides money and the robe—"

"Agreed! Stop talking nonsense! Start directly!"

The Prince of Badong didn't listen to Wang Yang finish. First, he didn't believe Wang Yang could win. Second, he was unhappy that Wang Yang belittled his advisor office so arrogantly. Third, no matter what request, whether to do it or not depends on himself. He is not a gentleman who keeps his word. No matter how he agrees now, whether he recognizes the account in the future depends entirely on his own will?

Of course, the most important point is—

He didn't believe that a boy under twenty who specialized in classics and rhetoric could overwhelm his advisors in military strategy!

"Stop arguing! Just follow the order of belittling this boy before, what shelving, what useless, what hesitating, etc.! 'Shelving' comes first! Hurry up, beat this boy's arrogance down for this Prince!"

Li Jingxuan was overjoyed, his expression flying high!

The others were all gloomy, either regretful and disappointed, or feeling that the Prince favored Li Jingxuan. After all, for the current situation, the first battle was the final outcome.

Li Jingxuan was satisfied, opened his mouth proudly:

"Wang Yang—"

Wang Yang said indifferently:

"Report your name when you come, Wang does not break nameless people."

Everyone's face stiffened, and the Prince of Badong's mouth twitched.

Li Jingxuan had been polished by Wang Yang several times, and his anger threshold had been "forced" to be raised. He just thought this was the boy Wang Yang's last hard mouth before death. Thinking of coming out with a limelight that crushed the Langya Wang clan, his mood was instantly comfortable. He bowed to Wang Yang and smiled:

"Li Jingxuan of Louzhong, dare to ask Young Master Wang, if in troubled times, each town stands separately, and Jingzhou controls a thousand miles, facing enemies on all four sides, you have 50,000 troops, how to defend?"

Everyone heard this and thought it was tricky, waiting to see Wang Yang make a fool of himself.

Li Jingxuan had considerations for asking this question.

Although he had the certainty of winning, he would never underestimate the enemy. Wang Yang was a scholar of classics, but after all, he was from the Langya Wang clan, and his knowledge must be different. Plus, he had read extensively. If it were an ordinary question, it might not be able to stump him. So he wanted to ask this kind of practical affair that sees real kung fu and has no upper limit for the answer! Understand or not, work or not, see at a glance!

If it were that kind of armchair strategist who concentrates troops, builds high ramparts and deep ditches, and what kind of attack instead of defense, what kind of harassment and cutting off food, it would be known as a person without real learning, and it would be a joke!

In order to prevent Wang Yang from taking shortcuts and saying how to abandon land and collect troops, he specifically stipulated "facing enemies on all four sides," not "enemies coming from all four sides." Once enemies come from all four sides, it is simple, and there are many shortcut answers, but facing enemies means that all four sides are possible to be invaded. This is equivalent to treating a province as a country. Regardless of how neighbors are, you must be able to stand. Defending the country naturally has a fixed method, and you cannot abandon the border.

As for those who look at the map and think of course, thinking that this is a city on the southern border of Jingzhou, so it should be defended here, and that is a city on the northern border, so it should be defended there, it is even more ridiculous! As long as Wang Yang says it, he can be severely ridiculed!

If Wang Yang is so weak that he doesn't even understand the basic geography and counties, and calculates Xiangyang, Xiakou, etc. into Jingzhou territory and talks nonsense, it would be even more interesting!!!

Even if Wang Yang really knows military affairs, he is not afraid. He specifically limited it to 50,000 people and pointed out that he is facing enemies on all four sides, letting Wang Yang deploy troops, which is to make him stretched! It is to let this noble son who has the highest family learning because of his good family background, and therefore has amazing knowledge, bump his head and bleed in front of real military affairs! It is to let—

"Although the border is long, why defend it all?

If the situation is complete, it is enough to be called a hero.

Although Jingzhou's territory is vast, the number of garrisons that hold the lock is only dozens..."

Li Jingxuan was enjoying the addiction, when he suddenly heard a voice, speaking calmly, and was instantly stunned.

I saw Wang Yang holding a chopstick, pushing the plates and bowls on the table, dividing them into east, west, south, and north, scattered like a city, and said calmly:

"First talk about the key point in the west.

There are two key points in the west, one is Jianping.

Jianping is north of Wuxia, backed by rugged mountains, facing the Yangtze River in the south. The Shu town in the upper reaches wants to go down to Jingzhou, it must pass through here, it is a place to hold the spine and choke the throat.

Therefore, the Wu general Wu Yan said to the Shu and Jin soldiers, 'If Jianping is not taken, I will never dare to cross the river,' because it can cut off the Shu army's retreat.

This is like the eye of a chessboard. If you get it, it will be smooth; if you lose it, it will be stagnant.

On the side of the Yangtze River, the number of such chessboard eyes that are important can be counted on ten fingers.

For example, guarding the importance of Xiakou, the edge of the Han River's eastward advance is blocked halfway;

Locking the throat of Guabu, the crowd of Chuzhou's westward descent is trapped in the islands;

Occupying the rock of Caishi, the invading soldiers from Liyang cannot fly across; (When Hou Jing rebelled in the Southern Liang Dynasty, Yang Kan suggested guarding Caishi, but unfortunately the court did not use it. Later, the deployment was changed temporarily, and the defense was changed in a hurry, and the gap was born from this, and Hou Jing crossed.)

Locking the rush of Jianping, the travelers from Shu going east cannot go down the river! (Sichuan is west of Jingzhou, the terrain is in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so Sichuan fighting toward Jingzhou is going down the river, taking advantage of the water army, also called going east. To understand river defense, one must first understand the water situation of the Yangtze River, and the downstream and upstream are the most basic parts of the water situation)

And the terrain is dangerous and the momentum is majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you get a general, repair the solidity of the city walls, and complete the tools for war and defense, then thousands of soldiers can resist tens of thousands!

Therefore, although Wang Jun was a famous general, he raised a large army to attack Wu, but he could not break Jianping even when he reached it. He just surrounded it. Until Wu died, the city was still there. This is the reliance of geographical advantage.

I use four thousand people to guard it—"

At this time, a sneer suddenly came from the seat:

"Your Excellency's heroic argument, although worth seeing, the last sentence finally reveals the view of a scholar.