Chapter 11 "The Art of War of the Seven Battalions Gathered in the General's Mansion and Wants to Move Forward"

Su Hua went to the medical department to see Su Linglong again, and the promise made yesterday naturally cannot be broken.

On the way home in the evening, I passed by Renxintang again, and saw Shen Qinghan's maid Qiuju busy outside the door, so I got off the horse and went in to chat with her for a while.

At that time, when the two of them returned home with Xuan Jizi, Fu Bo saw Su Hua come back and walked over quickly.

took the armor that Su Hua took off, "Young master, Miss Shen sent 80,000 taels of silver today, all of which are stored in the treasury." This is the ledger, please take a look. ”

Su Hua took the ledger and flipped through it for a while, but found no problems.

The flowing water in the house has passed through the hands of Fu Bo, and there has been no deviation for so many years.

Su Hua handed back the account book in his hand to Fu Bo, and said as he walked: "In the past few days, the expenses in the house may be relatively large. Fuber, your body is not easy to work, you have to find someone you can trust to help you share it. ”

"Most of the people in the house are illiterate, except for the old man and the Xuan Dao chief, who know a little bit of arithmetic, there is no one else."

"Xuan Dao Chief, there are still a lot of things to deal with in the past few days." Xuan Jizi has been busy opening medical soldiers in the military camp recently, but he doesn't have time to be a bookkeeper. An idea moved: "In this way, you will go to Renxin Hall tomorrow and borrow a few people from Miss Shen." The business of the two families, it is only natural for his people to check the accounts. ”

Fauber thought that this was also a good choice, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"They're all here, aren't they?"

"Escort Duan is entertaining in the lobby, the dishes are ready, just wait for the young master to come back."

"Then tell us to eat."

Su Hua and Xuan Jizi walked quickly through the courtyard and into the lobby.

Duan Sandao was chatting with Fang Meng, and the others were all sitting in their respective seats, this was the first time they had come to the General's Mansion.

Guan Shensha and Fang Meng are okay, they are both veterans, and they have also been to the General's Mansion a few times.

And Wang Xiaoqi and the others are all from ordinary people, this time they came in the form of a family banquet, the general's family banquet is not ordinary, it is only the glory of the cronies recognized by the general. Su Hua's move was to treat them as family, and they were naturally moved. This apprehension made them restless.

Xing Dahu looked east and west, but he didn't dare to make too big a move, for fear of breaking something. Seeing Su Hua coming outside the door, everyone stood up.

"Major General!" The crowd saluted.

"Yo, today everyone is dressed like the groom's officer, dressed so energetically." Su Hua quipped.

"When you come to the young general's house for dinner, you have to dress decently." Xing Dahu replied happily.

"I've never seen you wear this, are you going to wear it when you get married in the future?" Wang Xiaoqi interrupted on the side.

"You're finally right, and that's what I really planned."

The crowd laughed.

Su Hua led everyone into the left room for a banquet, and each found a place to sit down, and Su Hua naturally sat in the host's place.

The family banquet in the General's Mansion is still sumptuous, and with such a large amount of silver added to the treasury today, it is natural to have a good meal.

Salted duck, carp in sour soup, braised pork knuckles, shallots with white tofu, and several delicacies, with the crispy suckling pig in the center, crispy but not mushy, tender but not greasy. The aroma is tangy and attractive. Fu Bo brought the last dish and was about to retreat when he was stopped by Su Hua.

"Fauber, sit down and eat together."

"The subordinates don't dare."

"You have worked so hard for the General's Mansion for so many years, and you can't be inferior to anyone. After that, we will eat together and remove all those rules from me. Su Hua respects this housekeeper from the bottom of his heart, and he also hates those feudal systems.

"Old Fu, just sit down." Duan Sandao hurriedly pulled Fu Bo down and sat down, he had been hungry for a day, and he hadn't eaten meat for a long time. Besides, the young master's temper during this period of time is very clear, and he seems to hate some rules, so he is used to it.

Su Hua moved the chopsticks, and everyone began to move the chopsticks, and everyone was quiet at first. Su Hua really couldn't bear them to suppress their hearts, so he said let go of eating, what are the big men doing so much.

Duan Sandao didn't say a word, he went straight to the door and ripped off a suckling pig's trotter.

"You're giving me a bit of a look."

"Didn't you hear what the young master said? Let go and eat, you bull-nosed old man don't care what I do. With that, he stretched out his hand and aimed at the other trotter.

"You leave a little for the poor road."

"Monks can't eat meat."

"Poor Dao still drinks, leave a little for Lao Tzu." Xuan Jizi snatched the meat from Duan Sandao's hand, Duan Sandao still wanted to snatch it back, who knew that Xuan Jizi was directly catchy. There was no choice but to aim for the next one, and he fought with Xing Dahu, who was salivating pig's trotters.

Looking at Duan Sandao's cold eyes, Xing Dahu could only give up stupidly: "Duan Guard, you eat, you eat." ”

Looking at the atmosphere at the dining table, Su Hua said in his heart that this is like a scene of eating.

"Don't worry, there's something else to grab in the kitchen." Su Hua turned his head and waved his hand at a subordinate.

"How many suckling pigs are there in the kitchen?"

A subordinate came up and replied. "Young master, there are nine more."

"Bring six of them, you don't have to wait here, just divide the two and leave one."

"Thank you, young master." This feast is also greedy, and they haven't eaten much meat all year round. Although it was in the General's Mansion, Su Hua didn't have much money before that. Now he can eat two suckling pigs, which makes him very happy.

After thirty years of drinking, Fu Bo knew that Su Hua was going to discuss the military next, so he retreated very clearly.

Su Hua picked up the teacup: "I'm still keeping filial piety and can't drink, so today I will toast everyone with tea instead of wine." ”

Seeing this, everyone also stood up.

"The purpose of inviting you to come tonight must be clear to everyone. The Lingyan Battalion had just started, and the defenders in Jiangnan were negligent in training, and the city defense forces were not enough to deal with the war. I have no people at my disposal, and I would like you to help me. After Su Hua finished speaking, he bowed to everyone again. He now has nothing else to win people's hearts but a sincere heart.

"The young general loves the big tiger, the big tiger is a rough man, but he also knows how to repay the favor, this cup of the big tiger is dry, and it will all be sent by the young general in the future."

"Han Bin was originally a nobody, so he went to the general's account to work under the general in order to make a living, but the general treated me like a brother, and I also did this cup."

"I, Wang Xiaoqi, am a scoundrel, and the young general trusted me and made me the captain. Don't say anything else, in the future, the major general will let me go to the east, Xiaoqi will never go west. ”

"The last general is willing to be a major general, go to the soup and fight the fire, and he will not give up." Fang Meng and Guan Shensha said in unison. As for Duan Sandao and Xuan Jizi, they have long been Su Hua's henchmen, and everyone already knows about them.

Seeing that everyone had already expressed their attitude, Su Hua also told the truth: "Thank you for your love, then I will make it clear, and then I will expand the Lingyan camp and attack the Xixia Longmen." ”

"It's all up to the orders of the major general!" Fang Meng arched his hand, this resentment had been suppressed in his heart for a long time.

He has experienced the glory of the guard battalion, how can he bear to be beaten and not fight back. Today's major general's words clearly set out the attack on Western Xia, which made him come to the spirit.

"Uncle Duan, you go to find the prefect Yue tomorrow and issue a recruitment notice to the prefectures, counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Lingyan Battalion will officially recruit new recruits to expand its establishment. In the future, the training range should be strengthened, so that the nutrition of the soldiers must keep up, and meat must be indispensable for every meal; Take the treasury money and report to Fauber.

Recruits had to be rigorously selected, with at least a thousand men per battalion, and eight hundred if not a thousand. Without this number, we would not be able to compete with the Dragon Gate. There is also the registration information that must be filled in accurately, and it is not necessary to fill in the number indiscriminately. According to the merits of each one, sent to their battalion. ”

Tonight is destined to be the official completion of the Lingyan Battalion and the beginning of its edge to the world.

The Lingyan Battalion was divided into seven battalions.

Guan Shensha is in charge of the Shenji Battalion, recruiting clever and agile people. Split in two, Scout and Spy.

Fang Meng is in charge of the Shenyu Battalion, distributing two on the left and right, riding light and fast horses, supporting the vanguard and rear wing at the fastest speed.

Xing Dahu was in charge of the Seven Kills Battalion, training the shield to be reloaded as the vanguard attack.

Wang Xiaoqi was responsible for breaking the barracks, training naval warships, and fighting at sea.

Han Bin is in charge of the greedy wolf battalion, training archers, and fighting from a distance.

Duan Sandao is in charge of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, training land sword and axe soldiers, hand-to-hand combat, and is Duan Sandao's specialty.

Xuan Jizi was in charge of the Divine Doctor Battalion, teaching medical skills to better treat wounded soldiers.

Listening to the rain pavilion, Su Hua handed over to everyone the "Key Points of Training" that had recently been written corresponding to each of the troops they were responsible for. That's why he spent so much time in his study every day, which he wrote according to the training rules of later generations and integrated the tips of war in history.

Fang Meng was shocked when he saw what was written in the book, if it was really like Su Hua's method of training for less than five years, I am afraid that no army would dare to fight, and everyone took the "Key Points of Training" as if they had obtained a treasure.

"The equipment I wrote in the book is true, but it requires too much financial and human resources, and I am currently working on the first step, if the first step can be perfected, give me a year to build it. You only train the troops, and I will take care of the rest. Su Hua said confidently.

"Young master? I can't read! Duan Sandao took the book and turned a few pages like a book from heaven, he really couldn't understand it.

"Didn't I say I'll teach you to read every night?" Su Hua shook his head and sighed, "While everyone is here, then I'll just teach you the first lesson." ”

Su Hua instructed his subordinates to find a smooth wooden plank, and found a few black charcoal in the kitchen. The simple blackboard and chalk were constructed into the first military lesson of the art of war in the Tang Dynasty. Several candles were also lit so that everyone could see more clearly,

Su Hua took the black charcoal and wrote the most classic soldier's tips on the wooden board: soldiers, treacherous.

"Young master, I know the first soldier."

Su Hua pointed to the wooden board and said, "Soldier, treacherous." ”

"What do you mean? Is it a little more deceitful to lead troops to war? Duan Sandao said again.

"That's right," Su Hua praised Duan Sandao once, and said to everyone: "Leading troops to fight is a kaleidoscopic and unexpected ability. The so-called trickery is the use of various methods to deceive the enemy. So sometimes, when we can fight, we can pretend to be weak and incompetent with the enemy. was ready to use troops, but pretended not to be ready for war; To attack an enemy near you, but to give them the illusion of attacking a distant place. It is necessary to hide one's true intentions and create an illusion for the enemy, so that the enemy will misjudge; Removing the false and keeping the true, from the surface to the inside, this is the sophistry! ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, and only the two veterans of Shen Sha and Fang Meng really understood what Su Hua meant. Hit the nail on the head, this is the real point of the art of war.

"If you don't understand, it's nothing, I'll give you an example, it's easy to understand." After Su Hua finished speaking, he turned around and wrote down four words - hiding from the sky and crossing the sea.

"Hide from the world! The closest case is the Western Xia surprise attack on Jiangnan and the crossing of the Hanshan Pass with a small force.

I thought that the enemy would raid Hanshan Pass, but they changed direction and turned to Jiangnan. The enemy succeeded in concealing his true intentions and dealt us a surprise blow. What would have happened if we hadn't found it early? What is the biggest weakness of the enemy army, can anyone tell me? ”

"It is to disperse the military forces and choose to attack at the same time. If we all rush to the east gate, we will win by surprise, and then we will be the ones who will lose. Guan Shensha replied to Su Hua.

"That's right! This is where the enemy's greatest weakness lies, and it can be seen that the leader of the army is arrogant and underestimating the enemy as his fatal weakness. Nothing can be underestimated when leading soldiers to fight, even if you meet hundreds of baby soldiers, you don't have the idea of winning a hundred battles. If we are the besieging side of the city instead of two countries, how should we make a decision? Su Hua threw out another problem.

"Then go head-to-head, and the enemy will never return!" Duan Sandao stood up, looking like he was about to fight.

"Uncle Duan, you must learn to use stratagems, instead of fighting and killing." Su Hua motioned for him to sit down, and pointed to Han Bin again.

"Han Bin, tell me what the plan is."

"I think I can feint, according to what the major general said, the soldiers are treacherous. We can pretend that we can't fight, and we will lose the battle for three days. At that time, the defenders of the city must be proud and complacent, and think that we and others are weak. When we are defeated in another battle, we will definitely pursue, and when we are in ambush, we will teach the enemy to return with a feather. ”

"Wonderful!" Fang Meng couldn't help but give Han Bin a thumbs up, and everyone felt feasible for Han Bin's plan.

"Han Bin is not wrong at all, the word sophistry is used very well. If you want to sum it up, it is to indulge in it. Su Hua turned around and wrote on the wooden board again.

"Whether we are attacking or defending the city, we can use this strategy against the enemy, and if we add the concealment of the sea, then we will be sure of this battle. For example, if we send 5,000 men and horses to make a feint attack, we can send a small force to storm a gate after drawing out the enemy's army. Instead, he wants to capture the enemy and disappear and then turn back to the siege, making it difficult for him to take care of the end, which is a serial plan.

Therefore, it is necessary to be clever in the use of troops, and even more to conceal one's true intentions. This is all on paper, and I want you to remember that. Skillfully use the tactics you have learned, and that is the real trickery. ”

Su Hua's lesson benefited everyone a lot, and even Duan Sandao, who usually fights and kills, worships these schemes a little.

If it is really used well, then the sacrifice will be small and the victory will be great. The group of them were a little surprised, the young master, who was only seventeen years old, was so scheming, worthy of being a young general, and was different from their group of mortals.

It wasn't until twelve o'clock in the morning that Su Hua's mouth was dry, which made everyone disperse. It is enough to teach two a day and let them digest slowly. If you are greedy and chew more, you can't chew it out, and you can't rush to attack Longmen.

Sending everyone to the door, Su Hua said; "You don't have to go back to the barracks tonight, go home and see the children, are all the things I ordered ready?"

"The young master is ready." Fu Bo came over with a few subordinates, carrying a lunch box and a few packets of medicinal herbs.

"It's so late, bring something for the child as a supper, and some medicinal herbs for the elderly to replenish their bodies." These meal boxes are all food kept by the Su Painting School, and the medicinal materials were also sent by Shen Qinghan at the beginning, and he couldn't eat so much, so he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.

Fang Meng received the information from the eyes of several people, and he also understood it in his heart, and hurriedly excused himself: "Young General, no merit will be punished, this..."

"If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you don't, you will be crowned. Take it, one for each person. It's not too early, so I won't send you off. Before Fang Meng could refuse, Su Hua turned around and went back to the house.

"Commander Fang and the soldiers will take it, a piece of the young master's heart." Fauber persuaded.

I can't excuse myself now, Su Hua went back, and everyone could only accept it.

On the streets of Jiangnan City, Fang Meng rode on his horse and thought for a long time before saying, "Big Tiger, you can send it home for me, I won't go back to see it." ”

Fang Meng and Xing Dahu are also distant relatives, and the two are very close.

"Brother Fang, why is this?" Xing Dahu was puzzled.

"I'm afraid I can't give up the children at home, and besides, if there is no one in the camp, I have to go back and have a look." Fang Meng handed the things in his hand to Xing Dahu. "Please, I'll go back and take a look when I'm free."

"Xiao Qi, your house doesn't seem to be far from my house, please help me send it back, I'll accompany Commander Fang back to the camp to have a look." Han Bin said.

"Brother Bin, you..." Looking at Han Bin's resolute eyes, Wang Xiaoqi could only nod in agreement.

In the end, Fang Meng and Han Bin both chose to go back to the camp, and the rest went home to enjoy this short vacation one night.

"Han Bin, I won't change my name to Camp Commander Han in the future." Fang Meng rode on his horse and said with a smile.

Fang Tong smiled.

"Why don't you go home and see?"

"My daughter is still young and loves to cry. As soon as I cried, the pear blossoms brought rain, and I couldn't bear to be a father. Han Bin said helplessly, but his daughter's cute appearance appeared in his mind, "The young general has entrusted such a heavy responsibility to you and me, how dare you live up to it, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve." ”

"You still have a daughter? How old is it? ”

"Han Caidie is only four years old. As cute as his mother looks, I'll take you to my house to sit when I have time. ”

"Hey, my son is only five years old, and he's growing up. Why don't you make a baby kiss with my brother? Fang Meng answered.

"I didn't expect Commander Fang's sword to be old, I thought your sons were older than the young general."

"This year of war can be regarded as an old man. If he dies on the battlefield one day, he won't even see his son married. ”

"What nonsense. You're not kind, I don't want my daughter's future husband to have no father, isn't it a father-in-law! ”

"Hahahaha"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled on the street, everything was tacit jokes, but they were sincere.

In the wharf lane of the north gate of the Jiangnan, Xing Dahu sent things to Fang Meng's house again.

After knocking on the door for a long time, the sister-in-law of the Wang family got up to open the door for him. informed Fang Meng of his recent situation, saying that this was brought at the dinner in the General's Mansion today, Fang Meng has been in an important position recently, and he really has no time to go home to see, and he will definitely tell Fang Meng to let him go home tomorrow.

The sister-in-law of the Wang family is also a reasonable person, and thanked Xing Dahu for his late night visit. He also asked him to tell Fang Meng that he must be careful when marching and fighting, and not to live up to the general's hopes.

Xing Dahu agreed again and again, and then said goodbye to the sister-in-law of the Wang family and walked to himself.

When I got to the door of the house, I saw candlelight on horseback. It's late, why haven't my parents rested yet. Xing Dahu dismounted and tied the reins, and then tiptoed to the door of the house.

Mother was sitting in the small courtyard by candlelight. He was wearing a thin shirt, white hair and silver threads, his eye sockets had sunken, and his hands were covered with calluses. With a needle in his hand, he was still busy embroidering the girl's work.

Leaning on his sleeping sister beside him, Xing Dahu naturally knew what was going on. When he was still at home, his mother often worked until midnight, and his sister was very sensible and stayed with her until she fell asleep, and refused to go to bed.

Xing's mother also embroidered the patterns in her hands lightly, for fear of waking up her daughter. After embroidering one side again, the silk thread was used up again, and just as he was about to thread the needle, he accidentally glanced at the shadow on the ground, and when he looked up, his eyes were smiling like crescent moons.

Hurriedly put down the work in his hand, shook Xing Xiaohu, who was sleeping next to him, and called softly: "Xiaohu, your brother is back." ”

Xing Xiaohu, who was sleeping soundly, quickly woke up when he heard that his brother was back. I rubbed my eyes, thinking I was dreaming.

"Brother!"

A sweet child's voice rushed into Xing Dahu's arms.

Xing's mother packed up the embroidery, thinking that her son should be a little thirsty when he traveled overnight. got up and went into the back room to get tea, and saw that my wife was also woken up by her daughter's voice.

Leaning on the bed, Xing's father saw his wife enter the house.

asked: "Is the big tiger back?" ”

"It's the big tiger back."

"No injuries, right?"

"No injuries, everything is fine." Xing's mother tidied up the quilt for the old man again, it was very cold at night in autumn, and his wife was incapacitated, so naturally he couldn't catch a cold.

Hearing this, the stone hanging in Father Xing's heart was finally put down.

"You can go and do your job, I'll just lie down for a while."

Xing's mother also wanted to help her wife get up and go to the yard to see her son, although she didn't say anything about finding a husband by herself, she was very worried in her heart. Being a soldier in the General's Mansion is not a safe profession. After so many days, I was afraid of some bad news, but now it's fine, so thank God.

"Brother, this suckling pig is delicious." In the yard, Xing Xiaohu said with a greasy mouth, and he was still holding a chicken leg in his hand.

"Eat slowly, no one will rob you."

Xing Dahu smiled and helped his sister wipe the grease off her face.