Early in the morning, Li Xiaofei was woken up by Chen Hongyi and rubbed his eyes: "Master, morning"

Chen Hongyi sighed: "It's not early, you go out with me"

It was the end of summer, and after the heavy rain, a cool breeze blew, and from time to time there were cicadas and frogs, and in the distance there was a thick fog with no end in sight.

The horses had already been led out and concentrated on a hillside, where several soldiers were piling up horse manure while others were busy mowing the grass and covering it on top of it.

Chen Hongyi came over and called the three of them to go up to the top of the mountain together.

On the way to the top of the mountain, there are a few apricot and peach trees from time to time, and some fruit is hanging on them. Chen Hongyi waved his knife and slapped the grass in front of him from time to time: "Fight the grass and scare the snake, you also have to be careful of your step"

Li Xiaofei and the three of them were each fighting on the grass and thorns around them, and sure enough, there were snakes and some wild things shuttling in the grass from time to time.

When I came to the top of the mountain, there was a deserted temple, and the stone slab in front of the temple gate was about the same size as the state capital school.

The temple has collapsed nearly halfway, and some miscellaneous trees have grown out of it. Chen Hongyi led the four of them to pick up the rotten wood and thorns blocking the road, and soon came to the main hall of the temple.

The statues of the gods in the main hall stood upright, but they were covered with cobwebs, on which many spiders crawled about, and there were many rats and birds and dead leaves and twigs on the webs.

Chen Hongyi took out a fire fold from his body and lit a dead tree branch and threw it into a spider web.

When the dry wood met the fire, the kung fu cobwebs crackled and burned, and the hall became bright.

It turned out that this idol was a statue of Chiyou, and there was a large tripod and several incense burners under the base, and there was also a fire inside.

Chen Hongyi knelt in front of the statue of Chiyou: "Kneel, don't talk nonsense in front of the god of war!" ”

Li Xiaofei behind him knelt down with the three people, in everyone's minds, Chen Hongyi was a figure who even Confucius didn't bother to bow down, and the king of heaven was not afraid. Unexpectedly, he was so in awe of this statue, Li Xiaofei wanted to ask, but Chen Hongyi had already said not to talk nonsense in front of the god of war, so he swallowed the words back.

Chen Hongyi bowed to Chi You like three kneels and nine bows, and then did not get up, and continued to kneel on the ground. The fire around them grew bigger and bigger, and it began to feel like it was heating up.

Li Xiaofei was a little panicked, but Chen Hongyi didn't move, and he didn't dare to move, so he had to continue to wait. After a while, the fire gradually decreased, Chen Hongyi got up and patted the dust on his body: "This temple of the god of war can't be cut off from the incense in our hands, he has returned to Huaiyang, I must take someone to rebuild the temple and engrave a monument to remember!" ”

Chen Hongyi raised his eyes and glanced at Chi You again: "Today, in front of this Chi You God of War, I, as a master, came to teach Li Xiaofei, an apprentice. Zhou Dapeng and Tian Erzhuang went back to take people to pick the wild fruits on the mountain, and then went into the cave to rest in the afternoon. Zhu Asan stays and listens to me at any time! ”

Zhou Dapeng and Tian Erzhuang took the order and left, and Chen Hongyi asked Li Xiaofei to draw a knife and compete with him.

Li Xiaofei pushed and said that he didn't dare, but Chen Hongyi directly pulled out his knife and slashed at Li Xiaofei, and Li Xiaofei hurriedly fell to the ground and rolled to dodge.

Chen Hongyi put the knife away: "Today's teacher will pass on your knife technique first, if you don't keep it in mind, you will regret it if you suffer in the future."

Li Xiaofei knelt down: "Thank you, Master!" ”

Chen Hongyi asked Li Xiaofei to pull out a knife and chop a piece of rotten wood, Li Xiaofei used all his strength to hold the handle of the knife with both hands and slashed it hard, although he cut it in, but failed to split it.

Li Xiaofei was about to cut a second time, but Chen Hongyi used the scabbard against Li Xiaofei's blade: "You remember, this knife is not only a brute force chop, but also has to have speed and angle, you see!" ”

Chen Hongyi lifted another piece of rotten wood from the ground into the air with his left hand, and slashed it diagonally with the tip of the knife with his right hand, and the wood fell to the ground in two sections.

Li Xiaofei asked: "Master, I often hear people say that these superior martial arts are not all mental methods and a secret book. How did you get to Master here and dictate? ”

Chen Hongyi patted him with a scabbard: "Those are all things that storytellers and people who walk the rivers and lakes are abducted and deceived." When you go into battle to kill the enemy and fight to the death, will the enemy hit you according to the shape they drawn? In this world, there are thousands of martial arts, which are nothing more than strength plus skills, strength accounts for eighty percent, and skills are only two percent. This skill is only useful when the strength is about the same! ”

Li Xiaofei nodded: "It seems that I have been deceived for many years, I thought that I could practice hard day and night according to a martial arts cheats, and it would be useful to practice for ten or eight years."

"Zhu Asan, you come to show Xiaofei your hard work all these years!" Chen Hongyi did not answer Li Xiaofei directly, but called Zhu Asan who was on guard outside.

Zhu Asan came in and revealed the scars on his chest and back: "Master Li, this is my hard training day and night for more than ten years!" ”

Li Xiaofei hugged his fists and saluted Zhu Asan: "Brother Zhu has all his military exploits, and Xiaofei must take Brother Zhu as a model"

Before he finished speaking, Chen Hongyi interrupted him: "Being a teacher is to make you understand that the best practice ground is the battlefield where you fight with your life, and only what you learn on the battlefield is useful." Famous generals throughout the ages, which one is not the first to behead countless people. is also from a pawn all the way to a general, and after countless life and death tribulations, he finally achieves success! ”

Li Xiaofei listened carefully and felt that Chen Hongyi was blaming him for being young and in a high position but not having many real achievements, and then Chen Hongyi confirmed his thoughts.

Chen Hongyi took Li Xiaofei and Zhu Asan out of the main hall and pointed to a big tree about the thickness of a person: "Xiaofei, you try to cut this tree with a knife."

Li Xiaofei held the knife and looked at the tree, and put down the knife after a few strokes: "Master, this tree apprentice will definitely not be able to cut it!" ”

Chen Hongyi looked at Zhu Asan: "Xiaofei can't cut it, you can cut it for him!" ”

Zhu Asan pulled out his knife and walked towards the big tree, swinging his knife and slashing continuously, cutting half of it in less than a quarter of an hour.

Chen Hongyi shouted at Zhu Asan at this time to stop: "Xiaofei, you must have a complaint in your heart, and you feel that the master is teaching you a lesson today." ”

"The apprentice doesn't dare, the apprentice doesn't" Li Xiaofei hurriedly knelt down

Chen Hongyi smiled and helped him up: "Don't pretend, the teacher is going to teach you a lesson today, and the teacher is afraid that your arrogant army will be defeated." If we think it's very simple and easy to practice martial arts and fight, then we are not far from defeat. If you are not good at martial arts, you will kill yourself at most. If you use soldiers lightly, you will mislead the army and the country, and the brothers who will harm the robes will kill the lives of the people in vain! ”

Li Xiaofei lowered his head: "Master's teachings, disciples remember, in the future, they will never underestimate the enemy and be arrogant." ”

"You haven't fully understood, maybe you're still wondering that I, an old man, have fought all my life and killed a lot of people, but I'm here to teach you a lesson, isn't that so?"

Li Xiaofei raised his head: "The apprentice is stupid, there are three things I don't understand, one is why the master can be invincible with thousands of people, but after tens of thousands of people, he will lose the battle." The second is that the master's words are full of cherishing the lives of the soldiers, but the master has led them to fight for a lifetime. The third is that the apprentice's qualifications are dull, but the master has high hopes for me. ”

Chen Hongyi touched his head: "I'll let Zhu Asan tell you the first two questions, and I'll tell you the third question now." Your qualifications are a little dull, but after a few years of ups and downs, in the face of all kinds of temptations, you still do not change your original intention, you still have some conscience and justice in your heart, it is rare to be a person who is left and right, not as sharp as me, just able to protect Chen Jiajun's brothers in the future"

After speaking, Chen Hongyi pulled out his knife and cut down the big tree in a few clicks, and practiced his knife skills in front of Li Xiaofei.

"These are just some of the actual moves I've been working on for so many years, and they look very embarrassing, not as exciting as what you see on stage. You don't have to write it down, you just need to know that what can kill the enemy and save your life is a good knife technique! For the division to go back to the camp first to settle everyone to eat and drink Lazar, this is a major matter of human life! ”

Chen Hongyi took the knife and walked straight down the mountain, leaving Zhu Asan and Li Xiaofei sitting on the big tree that had been cut down. Zhu Asan patted Li Xiaofei on the shoulder: "Lord Li, I heard that you have also been in the army for a few years, and you still lead thousands of troops?" ”

Li Xiaofei laughed at himself: "It's just a trick, and at most I have brought 6,000 people!" ”

Zhu Asan smiled slightly: "Master Li, guess how many troops I led at the most?" ”

Li Xiaofei looked at the scars on Zhu Asan's face and the thick calluses on his hands, and said affirmatively: "With Brother Zhu's military exploits, and my master's cronies, no matter what, he is also a figure at the level of General Huwei, and the more the leading troops, the better."

Zhu Asan laughed: "Tell me my official position, it will surprise you!" ”

Li Xiaofei was a little surprised, and asked, "Could it be that Brother Zhu has reached the level of general of Zhengxi?" ”

Zhu Asan stood up and danced: "I am the captain of the third cavalry team of the Hongyi Battalion!" ”

Li Xiaofei sat on the ground all of a sudden, and immediately got up: "This, how is it possible, Brother Zhu is only a cavalry captain after more than ten years of fighting on the battlefield?" ”

Zhu Asan helped Li Xiaofei: "Lord Li, I am lucky, so many dead brothers didn't even have their names left, so I was a cavalry captain, didn't I?" ”

Li Xiaofei continued to ask: "No, no, it's not that your big brother Zhu is satisfied, but a question of unfair rewards from the imperial court." Your military exploits are more than enough to be a Huwei general, but you only got a cavalry captain with no rank. Didn't Master Chen fight for you? ”

Zhu Asan put away his smiling face: "It seems that Master Li is really real." No wonder Chen Dashuai values you so much, there are really not many people like you anymore. ”

Li Xiaofei sighed: "You just call me stupid, but isn't it what the imperial court should have done to reward meritorious?" How did it become a naïve idea? ”

Zhu Asan waved his hand: "That's all extravagant hope, otherwise why would it be like this." If it weren't for Chen Dashuai's compassionate brothers who died in the war and taking care of our families, we would have stopped working for Daliang a long time ago! ”

Li Xiaofei gritted his teeth and said: "Such a court is not worth working hard, but the master is still loyal to the court, and with his personality, won't he go to the court to fight for you?" I really can't figure this out."

Zhu Asan sighed: "Hey, we didn't understand at first, but later we realized that Chen Dashuai's allegiance may not be to the emperor and minister in Jinling City, his allegiance is to the people of the world!" The high-ranking officials in Jinling City erased our military exploits and took them for themselves, and Chen Dashuai requisitioned their fields everywhere to produce grain and grass. ”

Li Xiaofei smiled: "I know that my master is not a person who takes everyone to suffer!" I began to understand the second question I said earlier, Lord Chen can only get food, grass and money to settle his brothers' families by constantly fighting, is that right? ”

Zhu Asan nodded: "Exactly, and when we only had more than 2,000 people, we received a military salary of 20,000 people, although after several deductions, we finally issued a military salary of more than 5,000 people, but it can also make the brothers well fed and clothed and feed their families." Later, there was really an army of 50,000, and Chen Dashuai was worried about military salaries and grass every day. When there is a shortage of medical treatment, if there is more dysentery, then the camp will be blown up! ”

"No wonder Master said earlier that everyone should eat, drink, and Lazar, when I used to lead the troops, others arranged these things for me, and I didn't expect it to be so important. Looks like I'll be able to win a few games thanks to luck."

Zhu Asan smiled: "Leading the army is a very complicated matter, just take eating, you have to find a water source first, find a water source and store water, and then dig a stove to prepare firewood, what to eat, how much to eat, when to eat must be arranged, if you pull, you must dig a manure pit in advance to prepare grass and wood ash, winter and spring first have to feed the grain to the horses, not just let the horses eat grass, too much attention." There is also a march formation, relying on the sound of flags and drums and gongs to transmit news, which can not be done overnight, and sometimes it is secretly at peace with the enemy's orders, and both sides are in chaos. In this way, I think it is easy to be a cavalry captain and follow the orders of the commander to rush and kill. ”

Li Xiaofei touched his head: "In this way, I am still too far away, the master is really far-sighted, if it weren't for today's deliberate teaching, I wouldn't have been able to understand these things in my life."

Zhu Asan put his shoulder on his shoulder: "Master Li is a young hero, and he is favored by Chen Dashuai, and he can be as good as a stream, he will definitely achieve something in the future, speaking of which." It's time for us to go down the mountain, Chen Dashuai said that when we return to the camp in the afternoon, it must be heavy rain in the afternoon. ”

Li Xiaofei sat up: "Okay, Brother Zhu, go down the mountain first, thank Brother Zhu for preaching and teaching and solving doubts today, and in the future, I will rely on Brother Zhu to take care of me, and in the future, I will recover Jinling, Xiaofei will invite Brother Zhu and his brothers to eat, drink and have fun for three days and three nights!" ”

"Good brother, talk about righteousness, then it's decided!"