Chapter 365: Gambling All the Weapons

Who moved the country to the wine table, teaching people to gamble all the weapons.

Look at the chopstick formation of the horizontal army, the flags are not yet fixed; the dangerous cliffs are lined with garrisons, and the cups are connected to the camps.

Throwing away the three passes as virtual ramparts, one order of the peaks is thunder.

Where the fishing line hangs, set double hooks to bait, trying to fish for dragons and whales!

The night wind rises, the mountains and rivers walk; the candle shadows slant, the river gorge is bright.

Ask who is shocked by the full hall with hands in sleeves?

Only then know that Zhou Lang is always, young and youthful; the universe is ten thousand miles, and the fingers are still light.

Success is lazy to talk about Sun and Wu's strategy, half-drunk and partial to pity Zu Ti's name.

In the wild place, laugh at the six armies beating drums, but it is just string sound.

After a moment of silence, everyone whispered.

"Huainanzi says: 'Military strategy is to clarify the number of winning battles and attacking, the momentum of form and machine, and the changes of fraud.' Today I know it."

"This person has the talent of a commander. Even if he doesn't face the battle, he can be a master in the tent. The Langya Wang clan is indeed unfathomable."

"Although Langya has been a family of officials for generations, few have studied military strategy. This person specializes in classics to the point of depth, and can also plan military strategy and win by planning. Among his peers, it is rare to find his match. If he helps Wang Yi, Wang Yi will not be easily defeated."

The Prince of Badong laughed heartily:

"Hahahahaha! Wang Yang! This hand of yours really has the meaning of Han Xin!"

Wang Yang bowed slightly:

"Cups and chopsticks are just games, how dare I compare to Huaiyin?"

"Fine, fine, stop pretending! You have a belly full of strategy, but you have always pretended to be a scholar. Now that you have finally shocked us, what are you pretending for? You must be very proud now!"

(At that time, the word "literature" referred to classical learning, which was the orthodox foundation of scholars, similar to the "inheriting the lost learning for the past sages" in the four sentences of Hengqu, similar to the internal strength of the orthodox sect. As for poetry and prose, it was below learning, and specializing in it was called "scholar of articles" or "scholar of rhetoric," and the concept was closer to today's "literature." Like Kong Zhangyu, he could be called a scholar of articles, but not a scholar of literature. Wang's official title also referred to classics and learning, not rhetoric)

Wang Yang's expression was innocent:

"Uh... do scholars of literature need to pretend?"

The Prince of Badong was stunned, then couldn't laugh or cry:

"That's right, that's right, you are really not pretending, you really understand... hiss, so after a long time, you are a talent in both literature and martial arts!"

"Armchair strategist, the Prince laughs at me."

The Prince of Badong looked like he was scared, solemnly waving his hands repeatedly:

"I don't dare to laugh at you."

Then he looked at the advisors:

"Do you dare to laugh?"

The advisors remembered the black Wang Yang's words before, and felt embarrassed, not knowing how to respond.

"Eh? What did you call me just now?"

The Prince of Badong's thinking jumped, and he didn't wait for the advisors to react, and looked at Wang Yang again.

Wang Yang didn't know why:

"Calling you Prince."

The Prince of Badong raised his eyebrows and smiled:

"Why don't you call me Old Xiao anymore?"

Wang Yang pretended to be embarrassed:

"This... others say that when a person is about to die, his words are good. I am about to die, so my courage is great. Now that it is possible not to die, my courage is naturally not that great."

The Prince of Badong laughed out loud!

The face-changing Prince is a dangerous person, Wang Yang never forgot this.

Getting along with him, the most important thing is the sense of proportion.

If you let him handle you too much, he feels it's boring. So Wang Yang dared to jump, and after several rounds of maneuvering, he finally entered the Prince of Badong's eyes. But if you think you can call the Prince of Badong brothers and be equal, then you are naive.

The Prince of Badong is the person who holds life and death, and Wang Yang is the person who is held life and death. The inequality in power leads to the impossibility of equality in emotion.

The Prince of Badong might have feelings for Wang Yang like a friend, although this is very rare for the Prince of Badong, but this definitely does not mean that he allows Wang Yang to be equal to himself in a real sense.

Before, Wang Yang called him Old Xiao, which was a strategy before life and death. First, it pried the Prince of Badong's emotions, and second, it made a gesture, and also tried his best to put a pure coat on that impure emotion. By talking as equals, he narrowed the distance between the two.

In a specific situation, coming out unexpectedly like this once, the Prince of Badong will feel fresh, but if you are deceived by the illusion and think this fresh feeling is some kind of friendship that can be relied upon, it is no different from pulling a tiger's whiskers.

So Wang Yang changed his name to Prince now, and not only changed his name, but also looked a bit embarrassed when pointed out by the Prince of Badong. This is because the superior cares most about psychological advantage. And the trick to dealing with a superior with the Prince of Badong's personality is—you must make him feel that he can finally control you, and you must often jump so that he cannot control you. As long as there is the former to bottom out, the latter is harmless. This is the art of offense.

Hearing Wang Yang "confess his heart," the Prince of Badong was indeed in a good mood, and felt Wang Yang was more pleasing to the eye! But still emphasized:

"You are only 'possibly not dead.' If you can't win against Li Jingxuan, you still have to die."

Wang Yang finished "bottoming out" to the Prince of Badong, and continued to jump, boldly saying:

"Fine, when it really comes to that time, call you Old Xiao, you must not ignore me!"

The advisors were all silent, not knowing what reaction the Prince of Badong would have.

Unexpectedly, the Prince of Badong didn't take offense at all, scolding with a smile:

"You just call yours when the time comes, I will use a knife to answer you!"

Then he cheered Li Jingxuan up:

"Gongyu! You are my Zhang Liang! Can you still lose to this boy? Just lost a small battle, it doesn't matter, take out your momentum! Give the boy a lesson, and vent my anger for me!"

After speaking, he greeted the advisors:

"Come, come, come, everyone help Li Jingxuan think about it!"

Li Jingxuan was a bit unhappy in his heart.

He didn't need the Prince of Badong to comfort him with "doesn't matter" or "take out your momentum." First, the small setback on the road was originally irrelevant. Second, his momentum hadn't been lost at all. Wang Yang's move to lure the enemy to counter-attack did catch him off guard, but victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and it wasn't a big defeat, so what is there to make a fuss about? He was just thinking about the overall situation now, and actually let others participate, is it because he thinks he is not Wang Yang's opponent?

Other advisors got the Prince's words, no matter whether they were willing or not, they could only speak, but in front of the two experts Wang Yang and Li Jingxuan, they were very cautious, for fear of being looked down upon.

Tao Rui suggested that Li Jingxuan move the main camp to Mount Maan, build camp ramparts along the line of Mount Maan and Mount Tianzhu, and then advance by water and land, and re-surround Mount Duanjiang.

(If you don't understand Tao Rui's suggestion, you can refer to the picture below)

This picture is taken from the first volume and second chapter of "Military Affairs Essentials." The situation Tao Rui said is different from the picture, but the principle is similar. Li Jingxuan failed to attack Mount Maan and Mount Tianzhu before, so

(Continued explanation of the picture above, stopping the army to build camp ramparts, the principle is similar to ② in the picture, which is a situation conducive to solid defense, to prevent Wang Yang's big surprise attack. Now Tao Rui asked Li Jingxuan to advance the defense line, similar to ①, because he already knew that Wang Yang was using empty bait to fish, bluffing, so he turned defense into attack, preparing for the advance)

Xue Shao and Guo Wenyuan thought that Li Jingxuan should first take Mount Shi Bi as the basis for the advance, and threaten the momentum of Mount Duanjiang, "If Shi Bi is not taken, you cannot attack Duanjiang."

Chen Qiming really didn't want to speak this time, but the Prince had an order and he couldn't disobey, so he chose a rhetoric he thought was the safest. He didn't give a strategy like others, just said that he should be careful of fire attacks to prevent repeating the mistakes of Lu Xun breaking Liu Bei. As a result, he was ridiculed by Xue Shao and Tao Rui again, using very elegant rhetoric to implicitly point out that he neither knew soldiers nor geography, nor did he know the essence of attack and defense at the table.

Chen Qiming swallowed his anger, and in his shame and anger, he almost wanted to find witchcraft to curse Xue and Tao! And the culprit Wang Yang!

But thinking about the cost and risk, and it might not be effective, he could only swallow this evil breath.

Li Jingxuan pondered for a while and said:

"Moving the camp to Mount Maan is correct, but surrounding is unnecessary. First take Shi Bi is also correct, but if my guess is correct, there should be ambush soldiers south of Shi Bi now. This is the soldier of Xialao, who came out when I first attacked Mount Maan, and entered when I attacked Mount Maan for the second time. I said it right, right?"

Li Jingxuan looked at Wang Yang.

Kong Zhangyu also looked at Wang Yang: This Li Jingxuan really guessed it right, this is the arrangement Wang Yang wrote on the strategy!

Xue Shao and Guo Wenyuan's expressions changed. After Li Jingxuan said this, they thought about it carefully and felt it was really possible!

The Prince of Badong looked at the map, and after Xue and Guo, he also figured out the taste, pointed at Wang Yang, looking like he was still afraid:

"You boy is a bit sinister!"

Wang Yang was speechless:

"What is sinister, this is called the way of soldiers..."

Tao Rui finally came back to his senses, looked at Wang Yang with some fear, and suggested:

"Two roads together, one road hits Duanjiang, one road hits Shi Bi!"

Li Jingxuan held the table, his face deep:

"Fighting for soldiers is not as good as fighting for momentum. The north bank army does not move, the south bank army advances to the north of Shi Bi, and the Xiamabe water army moves to stay together, adjacent to the land camp."

Guo Wenyuan clapped his hands and praised:

"Wonderful! Only now do I know why Li Gongyu's previous order of 'the main army stops and clamps the north and south banks' was issued!"

Wang Yang's brows also added a bit of solemnity, thought for a while and ordered:

"Duanjiang army, Shi Bi south ambush soldiers, all retreat to Xialao!"

Li Jingxuan waved his chopsticks:

"The main camp moves to Mount Maan, vanguard 3,000, re-enter Shi Bi, water army 3,000 returns to Xiamabe, south bank water and land army does not move."

Except for Chen Qiming who didn't know why, everyone was shocked.

The Prince of Badong was excited and his tone was a few points higher:

"Big! Played big! Playing bigger and bigger! Li Gongyu is really damn bold!"

Xue Shao's brows twisted into a Sichuan character, very disagreeing with this step:

"Putting the main camp so forward, this is a bit too dangerous!"

Tao Rui agreed:

"If there is any accident, it will be too late to retreat, and it will fall into a dead end."

Wang Yang pinched his palms, paced back and forth for a few steps, and paced back for two steps, suddenly stood still, and smiled at Li Jingxuan:

"He wants danger, if it's not dangerous, how can he lure me over?"

Li Jingxuan's eyes tightened! Only heard Wang Yang continue:

"He should have ambush soldiers west of Shi Bi, which is after the vanguard enters Shi Bi, not garrisoning but ambushing; another army is east of Mount Duanjiang, for the south bank water army to sneak across, so the water village adjacent to the south bank land camp is empty!"

Everyone was shocked!

Immediately looked at Kong Zhangyu for confirmation.

And Wang Yang had already slanted his chopsticks, like drawing a sword:

"Four roads of Xialao come out, 3,000 south bank water soldiers break the south bank water village! After breaking, join the 3,000 south bank land soldiers, and attack the front camp of the south bank land village! 3,000 north bank water soldiers enter the east of Duanjiang, and join the Duanjiang army (the army that returned to attack Li Jingxuan's mountain garrison in the previous chapter) to attack the ambush army east of Duanjiang!"

(Land army is the term used at that time, not rising in later generations. For example, "Han Jin Chunqiu" says: "The boat division floats on the river, goes down the river, the land army goes south, taking the four counties." In fact, many words that look modern are common words in ancient times, just because they are commonly used in modern times, they cause the illusion of not being ancient. Rumors are baseless and often speculate, and some subjects are also nonsense, just give a source and say it is the earliest)

Before everyone reacted, Kong Zhangyu had already taken back Li Jingxuan's two chopsticks:

"South bank water village pulled! Land village front camp broken—"

Wang Yang's expression changed suddenly, and he suddenly shouted:

"Wait—"

Li Jingxuan laughed loudly, threw his chopsticks:

"Too late! The ambush soldiers on the south road of Xialao come out, attacking the rear of his Duanjiang army! Xiamabe water army attacks the enemy water army at the east of Duanjiang! 3,000 water soldiers enter to attack the enemy south bank water army! The remaining villages on the south bank, defend firmly!"

Kong Zhangyu took back one of Wang Yang's chopsticks and turned a cup upside down:

"Duanjiang army, broken! Xialao, pulled!"

Wang Yang's expression was suddenly stern, his voice urgent:

"South bank water and land armies, both retreat from the gorge!"

The situation suddenly reversed, the Prince of Badong's brain couldn't keep up, only feeling clouds and fog, shouted to stop:

"No, wait! How did the ambush soldiers on the south road of Xialao come out?"

The advisors were all puzzled and looked at Li Jingxuan.

Li Jingxuan was high-spirited, and said to Kong Zhangyu:

"Read my strategy!"

Kong Zhangyu took out the strategy Li Jingxuan wrote before, and read:

"After I set up camp on the south bank, I immediately sent the water army across the river, ambushing soldiers east of Duanjiang. At the same time, I sent the army entering Shi Bi to ambush west of Shi Bi. After the second water army arrived on the south bank (the water army that moved from Xiamabe to stay together), I sneaked east down the river, crossed the north bank, and ambushed on the south road of Xialao, leaving only flags and drums in the water village, and setting up virtual camp fires."

Everyone was suddenly enlightened and admired.

Xue Shao sighed:

"So Wang Yang guessed your first two roads, but didn't guess the third road."

The Prince of Badong drank a large cup of wine and shouted loudly:

"Han Xin meets Zhang Liang! It's enjoyable, enjoyable!"

Li Jingxuan, in a burst of exclamation, probed with two fingers:

"Chase! North and south advance together, water army joins forces, go down the river to break its gorge mouth!"

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