At night, Meng Zhong lay on the couch in his house, quietly thinking about the two things that Meng Hu told him today.

What he cares about the most, of course, is the matter of "relocating the clan", but after careful consideration, he thinks that this matter is at least temporarily impossible to implement, after all, the Mengshi clan is a big family in the Shangqiu area of the Song Kingdom, if the clan moves to other countries, it will inevitably cause panic among the local people, and more importantly, Song Wangyan will never sit idly by and watch this happen, if the Mengshi family insists on going against the will of Song Wangyan, then not only will the Mengshi clan lose all the land they previously owned, He was even wanted by Song Wangyan and sent troops to hunt him down.

Therefore, the elders of the clan should adopt a peaceful way, instead of tearing their faces with Song Wangyan, unless the war is unfavorable, but Song Wangyan will continue to force the Mengshi and other families to the end of the extinction, otherwise the forced relocation of the clan is unlikely to happen.

Of course, it seems that for such a big matter, it is not Meng Zhong's turn to weigh the pros and cons, he only needs to keep an eye on the war between Song and Teng.

Speaking of the war between the Song State and the Teng State, this war has been carried out to the point where it is now, this is no longer just a contest between the Song and Teng countries, and there are many forces behind it.

One side of the forces is the two countries of Qi and Lu.

In today's situation, the relationship between Qi and Lu is not close, but there is no dispute for the time being, and in the matter of "Song State Var Teng", I think that the attitude of Qi and Lu is the same, that is, I don't want Song Wangyan's hand to cross the "South Lake (Weishan Lake)", after all, once Song State attacks Teng State, it can threaten Qi and Lu to the north and Xue Yi of Qi State to the east.

Therefore, even if the two countries of Qi and Lu have not openly supported Teng State at the moment, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not assist Teng State in private, otherwise how can Teng State, which has only one Teng City left, withstand the attack of Song State?

And the second force is the children of the Mo family.

Contemporary Mohists are the thorn in the side of the powerful country and the natural ally of the weak country, they advocate the idea of "both love and love" and "non-attack", and often call on disciples to help the weak country defend when a big country raises troops to launch an unjust war.

As for the third party, that is, the Confucian forces headed by Mencius.

Unlike the above two forces, the Confucian forces did not directly help the Teng State, but they would criticize the Song State, thanks to these Confucian scholars, the reputation of Song Wangyan became extremely bad in the past two years, and he was even scolded as a "reincarnation".

It was precisely because of these three forces that directly and indirectly helped the Teng State that the weak Teng State was able to resist the Song State.

But now, Song Wangyan is already very impatient with this, and is ready to recruit troops on a large scale to crusade against Teng, which means that Song may once again break out in conflict with Qi.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong suddenly felt distraught, and after tossing and turning for a while, he simply got up from the couch, lit the soybean oil lamp, and read the military book he brought under the light.

In the past two years, he has read five precious military books, namely "The Art of War of Taigong", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", and "The Art of War".

The methods of using soldiers can be roughly divided into four categories, namely, "military strategy", "military situation", "soldier yin and yang" and "soldier skills".

As the name suggests, "military strategy" is a strategy to defeat the opponent, that is, the so-called "deception" in "soldiers are not tired of deceit", and the purpose of defeating the enemy is finally achieved by deceiving and blinding the enemy.

In fact, the scope of this area encompasses a wide range, from tactical trickery, to strategic trickery, and even diplomatic trickery.

In short, it means defeating and repelling the enemy through all means of wisdom.

The "military situation" advocates observing the "shape" and "potential" of the enemy and our armies, the form is the army, and the situation refers to the state of the army, for example, when the enemy army is strong, temporarily avoid its edge, and if the enemy army is weak, for example, when the grain and grass are exhausted, and when the army's morale is in chaos, it will chase and fight fiercely, etc., these are all the categories of the military situation.

When should we avoid the enemy's edge, and when should we attack decisively, in the "military situation", this is a skill that generals must master, aiming to dominate the battle situation and let the enemy army be led by their own nose.

By extension, it also involves the "shape" and "potential" of a country.

The "Yin and Yang of Soldiers" is under the framework of the "Yin and Yang Theory", and "fake ghosts and gods take help" to achieve the goal of defeating the enemy army.

This faction advocates that generals need to understand yin and yang, know the time and place, etc., such as should grasp when it will rain, whether there will be a flash flood, and where the mountain flood will flow, etc., only by mastering the time and place first, can we use the "water meter" to defeat the enemy.

In addition, pretending to have ghosts and gods to help and make some bluffing auspicious signs to encourage morale, this also belongs to the category of Yin and Yang of soldiers.

As for the final "soldier technique", that is, relying on offensive and defensive equipment to achieve victory, the representative figures in this regard are "Gongyi Ban (Lu Ban)" and "Mo Zhai (Mozi)".

The siege weapons created by the former made the army of Chu more powerful, while the defensive weapons created by the latter left the impression of "conformism" in the world. [PS: The allusion of the so-called "conformism" first refers to the fact that the Mohists are good at defending the city, and have a set of mature theories and methods, and later gradually became the meaning of "stubborn old law and immutable". 】

All in all, as a general who leads troops to fight, he needs to know the power and strategy, understand the situation, know astronomy, know geography, know yin and yang, and know how to build siege equipment to assist the army.

Before I knew it, it was already dark outside the window.

It may be that he is young and vigorous, although he has not slept all night, but Meng Zhong does not feel tired at all, and when he sees that it is already bright outside, he simply goes out of the house, stands in the courtyard and begins to move his muscles and bones, and immediately pushes open the courtyard door, preparing to run a few laps around the countryside as a morning exercise.

Morning jogging is Meng Zhong's habit, which can not only exercise the body, but also think about problems in the morning, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, the only concern is that when he concentrates on thinking about problems, he often does not see the danger ahead, so he once fell into the ravine in the field or into the river when he was jogging outside the Zhuangzi residence.

But the advantage is that it saves a lot of time, so that Meng Zhong can think about the problems of Zhuangzi testing him and his doubts when studying military books during his morning run.

After running for an hour, Meng Zhong returned home.

At this time, Meng Yan was standing in the courtyard, scooping water from the water tank to wash her face and rinse her mouth, when she saw her brother Meng Zhong running in from outside the courtyard.

I saw that after Meng Zhong ran into the hospital, he let out a long breath, although his face was hot and red, and his forehead was sweaty, but his breath was not chaotic at all, thanks to the method taught by Zhuangzi to cultivate his qi.

"Brother, didn't you run around the countryside a few more times? Isn't it tiring to run like this every day? ”

Meng Yan greeted him with a dry cloth and handed the dry cloth in his hand to his brother to wipe his sweat.

"Get used to it."

Meng Zhong took the dry cloth and wiped his sweat, and then helped the family chop firewood, after all, chopping firewood is a hard job, so when he returned home every few days, he would help chop firewood that was enough for the family to use for a while, so as not to work hard Ge or Meng Yan.

Since it was still early, Meng Yan sat on the stone steps in front of the door, holding her cheeks with her hands and watching her brother chop wood in the courtyard.

Catching a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, Meng Zhong felt a faint wave in his heart.

After all, once upon a time, he also sat there and watched his brother Meng Bo help the family chop wood, but now, the elder brother is deceased, and he, who was originally a "younger brother", has become a younger brother, even though two years have passed, Meng Zhong still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Brother, Ah Hu came to you yesterday, there must be something important, right?"

Coldly, Meng Yan asked.

"Smack-"

Meng Zhong simply used an axe to split a piece of wood into two pieces, then turned his head to look at Meng Yan, and asked casually, "Why do you say that?" ”

Meng Yan held her cheeks with both hands and said, "Yesterday, I kicked that Ah Hu and ran to the house, I looked back and saw that Brother You were whispering something to Ah Hu, and your faces were very serious......

Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then said with relief: "It's okay, don't worry." ”

As he spoke, he bent down to pick up a piece of wood from the ground and placed it upright.

"Oh......"

Seeing that the elder brother refused to tell him, Meng Yan didn't ask any more questions, and it happened that Ge Shi stepped out of the house at this time, smiled and said to the brother and sister: "Zhong'er, got up so early?" …… Chopping wood? ”

"Yes, mother, I see that there is not much firewood at home." Meng Zhong put down the axe in his hand and said respectfully to his mother, "Later, I will go to the mountains with Ah Hu and bring some firewood back." ”

"I'm going too." Meng Yan shouted from the side.

Hearing this, Ge Shi smiled and said, "Yan'er, what are you going to do with it?" It's very hard to carry firewood, so you can stay at home and give your mother a hand, and your mother is going to sew a new dress for your brother and sister. ”

"Okay......"

Meng Yan glanced at her brother with some hesitation, and replied with some frustration.

Seeing this, Ge Shi shook his head and said with a smile: "Zhong'er, if you encounter any chicks or rabbits in the mountains, you can find a way to catch a few for this girl." ”

"Okay."

Meng Zhong smiled and nodded.

Seeing this, Meng Yan was satisfied, and followed Ge Shi to the kitchen to get busy.

Feeling the warmth from his family, Meng Zhong couldn't help but show a little heartfelt smile on his face.

It's what he's always wanted to protect......

Mother, brother, and the addition of the righteous sister Meng Yan.

However......

Meng Zhong picked up the axe on the ground, put it in his hand, and immediately stared deeply at the erected log in front of him, looking at it, as if he had seen the enemy who had killed his brother and had never met before, Teng Hu.

"Smack!"

Crisply, Meng Zhong split this piece of wood in two.