In the aesthetics of ancient Greece, the most beautiful thing was the young man rather than the young girl. In mythology, the names of beautiful boys are often listed tirelessly, and vases and utensils are usually depicted as 'pretty boys' rather than 'pretty maidens'. So much so that a custom developed throughout Greece that every adult man was to become a mentor, guardian, and friend of a teenager. Some men who are not accompanied by teenagers are often despised and humiliated.

Aristotle IV certainly had teenagers with him, but all the teenagers around him were not as noble or beautiful as King Chuni on the throne, and he strongly wanted to be his life mentor and lead him to enjoy the pleasures of same-sex relationships.

The courtiers who were in the court didn't know what he was thinking, but Wu Ji, who knew his roots, was instantly red-faced. He knew that the teacher was a good woman and a man, but he wanted to get involved with the king of Chu, which was completely self-defeating.

Xiong Jing also noticed Aristotle IV's strange and eager gaze, but his life experience made him appear sluggish, and he did not notice the obscenity in his gaze. Hearing Aristotle IV's suggestion, he smiled and said, "The state of Chu has made an alliance with the Seleucid Empire before, and the covenant includes the sale of the armor produced by the state of Chu, so the state of Chu cannot promise it.

"A man who flaunts himself in the name of Aristotle, although he is proud, should have a certain amount ......of knowledge, otherwise he would not dare to make a name for it among a group of Greeks."

Xiong Jing was thinking about how to reject Aristotle IV, Aristotle IV took a few steps forward and said: "My students told me that Chuni and Chuni's allies are suffering from a war, and the brutal and evil Spartaqin wants to destroy the democratic and free Chuni, and as the most knowledgeable scholar in the so-called known world, I am willing to help Chuni resist the invasion of Spartanqin."

More than 90 years ago, the great Alexander the Great led 40,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry to conquer the huge Persian Empire, conquer Egypt, and conquer half of India in just three battles. Each battle had several times the number of enemies than Alexander the Great's soldiers, but each battle was won by Alexander the Great. I will teach your majesty the tactics and tactics of Alexander the Great, and Decayópolis will teach the Chuni army the most advanced cavalry tactics in the world......"

The courtiers in the court scoffed at Aristotle IV's words of '40,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry'. Such an army is not to say that it is in the world, but it is also at the level of the Yingshi in the Chu State. Aristotle IV's suggestion is like a country man who has never seen Yingdu boasting about how prosperous such and such a county is.

Xiong Jing certainly knew that Aristotle IV was right, and that the 63rd section of Forum B often set aside Alexander against the Chinese nations.

The most important and deadliest of the Macedonian military system was actually the companion cavalry, which numbered only a few thousand men. Later, Macedonia (the period of the Diadochi) fought against the Roman legions, and there were seven major battles. The victory or defeat of the two sides was essentially the victory or defeat of the cavalry confrontation, and the only accident was the battle of Beneventura, when the elephants pursuing the Macedonian army suddenly went crazy, causing confusion in their own ranks and allowing the Romans to counterattack.

The cavalry of the Chu State all used stirrups, which provided two stable support points for the knights, allowing them to shoot stronger bows, lift heavier spears, and make larger fighting movements, and the cavalry's huge iron armor was also not found in the cavalry of the same era; And after many tempering, Fu Jing, Xiang Chao and others are already qualified cavalry generals, Xiong Jing believes that they are no worse than Alexander's partner cavalry, only stronger than the partner cavalry.

In the laughter of the ministers, Xiong Jing said: "The state of Chu does not need Alexander, the state of Chu only needs excellent war horses. ”

"No, Your Majesty, you need it completely." Aristotle IV emphasized: "With these, you will conquer Spartaqin as the Great conquered Egypt and Persia." ”

"Qin is not Egypt or Persia." Xiong Jing disagreed. "Egypt and Persia were empires, and empires were always easy to conquer. Unexpectedly, Babylon welcomed Alexander's army, but he also heard that Persepolis, the capital of Persia, was sacked by Alexander, and was burned without the slightest resistance. It was only at Sogdiana, on the edge of the empire, that Alexander encountered an unyielding revolt, which lasted for several years before it was quelled.

An army that can conquer an empire cannot conquer a kingdom unless the kingdom is also an empire, or the kingdom is too small to have a limited military power. The stones of other mountains can attack jade, but the jade of China is huge and hard, hundreds of thousands of people can be attacked at every turn, and non-Greek stones can be attacked. ”

"The Persians also claim that they have a million infantry, but everything is false." As soon as Aristotle IV understood the meaning of the parable of Xiongjing, the scale of the war in China was huge compared to the area west of the Kunlun Mountains, but he thought it was impossible.

"I am very knowledgeable, why don't you know that the words of the empire are mostly false, and the words of the kingdom are mostly true?" Xiong Jing's smile changed slightly.

Although some things are cruel and not worth boasting about, the fact is that during the hundreds of years of war between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chinese world has developed a complete set of overall warfare system. Every person, every grain of corn, every piece of cloth is included in this system.

It was not until the First World War that the West really implemented a strict wartime rationing system, but in the Mozi Miscellaneous Guard, the five wartime food standards for the whole people have been formulated in detail. Most people think that the Qin State is governed by the Legalists, but in fact, there is no Mojia to help the Qin State establish a complete set of large digital management systems, and coordinate the deployment of manpower and material resources across the country.

Xiong Jing knew all this, Aristotle IV had just come into contact with the Chinese world, and with inherent pride, he did not agree with everything that Wu Ji had already said. He said passionately: "Your Majesty, I do not believe in the slightest that there will be a large-scale battle of more than 300,000 people in the world, and I can't imagine how to transport food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and how much wheat can be used for them to consume for a long time.

It is even more difficult for me to imagine why, as unfree people, they should voluntarily report to the government that they have reached the age of seventeen, and why they should go out in obedience as soon as they are called, without anyone hiding or demanding their salaries. ”

Aristotle IV confessed his doubts, except for the Battle of Issus and the Battle of Gaugamela, he had never heard of a battle of more than 200,000 people, but in China, the number of participants in any major battle exceeded 200,000, and the Battle of Changping even exceeded 900,000, close to 1 million, and the scale of such a battle was unimaginable to him.

Aristotle IV had been laughed at only slightly by the courtiers, as a countryman who had never seen the world, but now no one laughed at him with so many doubts. His questions, like those questioning whether the sun does not rise in the east, made the courtiers feel a little pitiful for him: the most knowledgeable and wise scholar in the known world turned out to be a fool.

Xiong Jing also felt a little pitiful for him. It is difficult for people's minds to transcend their own inherent cognition, and even if tens of thousands of people participate in the war, even if the West is in a general battle, although it is ahead of most countries in China in terms of tactics and the use of cavalry (except for Zhao State, Li Mu broke the battle of the Xiongnu, the proportion of cavalry is close to 10%), but in strategy, especially in overall warfare technology, it is far behind the Chinese countries.

"The confusion of the feet, if you can stay in Yingdu for a long time, you will naturally know it in the future." If Aristotle IV had only been ignorant for the time being, he would have revised his perception in the future. But if he is stubborn and thinks that what the West can't do, and the backward East can't do it, then there's no way, you can't wake up a person who hasn't fallen asleep.

Xiong Jing quickly ended the topic and talked about the important things of this meeting: "Chu has good relations with Seleucus and Bactria at the same time, and Seleucus and Bactria have good horses that Chu needs. ”

One war horse for eight sets of armor, this is the price of the Nissa horse, although the sweat horse is not suitable for heavy riding, but can be used as a light horse. However, the price of the horse was extremely high, and he asked for at least thirty sets of armor for a horse, which was of course impossible. After a few days of unsuccessful negotiations, the first batch of more than 500 males and mares from Seleucus had arrived on the island, so the castrated horses were dispensable.

"Your Majesty, the merchant of Sogdiana is not something I can command." Aristotle IV said. "As far as I know, Spartan Qin also wants to buy those horses, and if Your Majesty does not agree to the Sogdiana merchants, they may indeed sell the horses to the Qinites."

The matter of sweat and blood horses is known to the world, and the four kingdoms of Chuqi and Zhao Wei even thought that the Qin State would send troops to snatch these horses. Aristotle IV's speculation made the atmosphere of the Zheng Dynasty suddenly tense, and although Xiong Jing was worried, he calmly told him: "The merchants of Bactria can naturally sell horses to the Qin people, and there is no way to stop them, but they need to know that the four kingdoms of Chu, Qi, Zhao, and Wei must have a report on this."

Indeed, Bactria had to choose between Qin and the Four Kingdoms, and if he sold his war horses to Qin, he should no longer trade with the Four Kingdoms; If you do business with the four countries, you should not sell war horses and Qin. ”

"May I ask Your Majesty, does Chuni also have to choose between Seleucus and Bactria, and if he sells weapons to Seleucus, shouldn't he expect Bactria to remain neutral between Qinni and the Four Kingdoms?" His love for Xiong Jing was fading from Aristotle IV's heart, and after being familiar with the situation in the world, he felt that he could completely use the Qin State to balance the Chu State.

"However, there is no war between Seleucus and Bactria, and the Qin State is attacking the Zhao State, one of the Four Kingdoms, at the moment." Xiong Jing Road. "If you insist on ignoring the previous covenant and will help the abuse, you can only give India and Seleucus 50,000 sets of iron armor each, and urge them to immediately start war against Bactria."