Chapter 109: Surveying the World on Paper (Part II)
As soon as Yue Fei finished speaking, he was a little embarrassed, he just didn't seem to understand, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Seeing his expression, Lu Boyan frowned and said, "Yue Fei, you said that Hu Renma is fast, you must have understood?" ”
Only then did Yue Fei reply: "Old man, Fei has never seen the military formation diagram, and I don't know whether it is right or wrong. ”
Lu Boyan said happily: "It's okay, you talk about it, if it's not right, I'll teach you, if it's right, you will be rewarded." ”
He knew that Yue Fei had been in the army for two years and was just a small pawn, and he had never seen the military formation map, so it was not surprising. Although the paper homework is easy to understand, it is not easy for the first viewer to see the truth. Because the military formation map is not just as simple as drawing horizontally and vertically, the degree of de-strength of each stroke is different, and the terrain must be combined with the actual situation, strengthened and weakened, most military attaches can draw it, but it is not easy to draw it accurately.
Yue Fei hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I saw the vertical line on the map, starting from Yancheng, our army has many foot soldiers, and the castration is very slow, so I think that this vertical line should be my Song army, and I see these horizontal lines, the gravity is heavy, and they come and go quickly, so they must be the cavalry of the Hu people." ”
When Lu Boyan heard this, he was secretly surprised in his heart, Yue Fei first looked at the army formation, it was not easy to distinguish between the enemy and me, and it was rare to be able to see the priorities, and said with a slight smile: "What you said is right, the line of troops from Yancheng is indeed our army, and the line of troops that appeared later is indeed the enemy." ”
But then he shook his head again, and said: "But it's not entirely right, the vertical line is offensive, the horizontal line is on the defensive, you can't distinguish the enemy from the enemy by horizontal and vertical, the word military formation emphasizes the ease of attack and defense, and takes the enemy's weak point, but it is on the map, it is difficult to get a glimpse of the whole picture, so you can only see the offensive and defensive situation, as for what kind of troops, the number of soldiers, only the person who draws the picture knows." ”
"I see......"
Hearing these words, Yue Fei suddenly understood what he didn't understand, but he was puzzled: "Then why does the general lead our army to wander around, our army is not as good as the enemy's castration, you chase me, how can you be like the general's drawing, anticipating the enemy's opportunity?" ”
Lu Boyan said: "My army is just a lone army, aimed at dealing with the enemy in front of you, as you said, the enemy army is strong, and if you confront it head-on, you will suffer heavy losses. ”
Yue Fei shook his head and said: "There are countless Hu people who are good at riding, and our army is a foot soldier, on the plain, how can we outrun them, not to mention that if we continue to swim like this, how can we continue to carry on the weight of grain and grass?" ”
Lu Boyan sighed and said: "You are right, it is precisely because there are many Hu cavalry that it is more important to spread the ears and eyes, but this military formation map is just for the general's thoughts, talk about **, it is really on the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, tens of thousands of people, may not be able to defeat tens of thousands of people, if it is-for-tat, it will repeat the disaster of Nanjing again." ”
Hearing him mention the four words "Nanjing City Disaster", Yue Fei felt a pang in his heart, in the second year of Xuanhe, Emperor Liao abandoned the city and fled, known as the Song army of 100,000 people attacked Nanjing for the first time, the Liao army in the city was already a trapped beast, at that time he was also a witness to this battle, but because he was only a township soldier miscellaneous service, he was arranged to escort grain and grass outside, and failed to participate in the siege.
At that time, Yue Fei heard that the Liao general Guo Yaoshi had come to surrender the troops, and it was expected that Yancheng would be overcome soon, but who knew that it didn't take long for his commander Liu Yanqing to set fire to the camp at night, and the Song army retreated, and the soldiers exceeded 10,000, then the mountains were all over the field, and the people on the road to defeat and retreat turned over on their horses, and the Song army trampled on each other, and there were countless dead and wounded, all of which Yue Fei witnessed with his own eyes.
And Yue Fei, a pawn, never understood what happened at that time, why there was no trace of the Liao army, so the commander gave up his baggage in fright and fled south in panic. Later, some people said that it was because of the defeat in the first battle of the Seed Master Dao and the emptiness of the troops, that Guo Yaoshi failed to attack the city, and Liu Yanqing fled south in panic.
But at that time, he clearly saw that the battalion had many soldiers, complete baggage, and abundant grain and grass, and it was burned overnight.
This made Yue Fei puzzled, after the war he lost his father, went home to keep filial piety, and still often remembered this matter.
He couldn't help but ask: "Old man, there is something unclear about Fei, and I implore you to make it public." ”
Lu Boyan smiled slightly and said, "Just ask." ”
Yue Fei said: "In the battle of Yanshan back then, the soldiers came to the city, saying that there were 100,000 people, twice as many as the enemy army, why did they suffer a heavy defeat? ”
Hearing this question, Lu Boyan's eyes changed slightly, and he thought: "The defeat of the Manchu Dynasty was wiped out by the civil and military forces, how could I treat this kid to this kid, if it wasn't for Tong Guan's carelessness to underestimate the enemy, and he preferred to teach the way of benevolence and righteousness of Lao Shizi, how could the Dao of the Planter suffer a fiasco?" ”
I thought again: "Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangbi, the two fathers and sons, are really timid and afraid of things, supervising 100,000 soldiers in Baigou, and retreating without a fight, they really laughed off their big teeth, and they will replace the old general, it is better for me to let Lu Boyan take command, and the two family slaves surnamed Guo Yaoshi are becoming popular in front of the official family, which is even more unspeakable." ”
The people Lu Boyan thought of in his heart are all living people, among them, Tong Guan is a very popular minister, needless to say, Liu Yanqing was the commander of the road, although he was demoted to Yunzhou after the defeat, but now he has been enabled by Tong Guan, and he has been crowned as the envoy of the town and navy, as if he is a head taller than Lu Boyan.
As for the Seed Master, this person is a famous general in the world, and his qualifications are old, and Lu Boyan is quite in awe of him. After the Battle of Yanshan, Tong Guan put the responsibility on the planter Dao, he has now returned to his hometown, and he does not know where to hide in seclusion.
It is impossible to tell the truth, and Lu Boyan is a little reluctant to tell the lies in the court, just because he admires the way of the seed master.
Then he said: "This matter is a long story, it's not too early today, let's talk about it another day." ”
Yue Fei waited for a long time, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, so he just looked at the map on the table and asked, "Old man, can you lend this map to your subordinates for a day or two?" ”
Lu Boyan knew that he probably wanted to learn the military formation, so he didn't think about it and said, "You can take it." ”
Yue Fei happily put away the map and turned to leave, at this time the paper was expensive, not to mention the military map with complete printing and detailed content, ordinary people were afraid that they would never see it once in their lives, but when they walked halfway up, they suddenly remembered the original purpose of finding Lu Boyan, and thought: "Oh no, how did I forget the business." ”
He looked back suddenly, but saw that the light in the study had been extinguished, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Alas, that's it, my Yue Fei can't even read a map, and it's just a joke to switch to others." Thinking of this, he was sure in his heart, and strode towards the room, and when he entered the room, he spread the map on the table, and carefully looked at it.
It's just that I don't know how Su Yang'er would feel when she saw this Yue Fei, who was a toddler and couldn't read the map......