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Li Mao looked at the empty wasteland in the north of the town, took a deep breath, and said: "The Han people are used to farming, farming should be stable and orderly, ordinary children follow their parents to learn crop styles when they are teenagers, and the younger ones are herding cattle and geese, and they generally serve in the military after they reach adulthood.

"But there are gains and losses in everything, and there are losses and gains, the children of the Han family know how to obey and discipline, and the soldiers can put on a rigorous and precise military formation after training, which the grassland and forest tribes can't do.

"There is a saying in the grassland, more than 10,000 people and horses can defeat the sky, but those strong nations with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in history, whether it is the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic or the current Uighurs and Tibetans, are only strong at one time and one place, and they have not fought all over the world invincible, they may be able to succeed in the moment, but in the long river of history, they have all been losers in the end.

"Let's just say that the current Uighurs and Tubo are also going downhill, and the speed of decline is more than that of the Tang Dynasty, the three old enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo and the Uighurs, the old enemies, I think it is my Datang who can laugh to the end, thousands of years of cultural inheritance is not finished, these things that are infiltrated in the bones of the nation are the capital of this ethnic group."

Li Mao said this: "Many of us came to Liaodong to seek a stable life, including myself, I also thought of entering Liaodong because I wanted to take refuge, but there is no order in Liaodong, you don't have the strength, who is willing to give you a peaceful life, some of us think of weakness when they mention the children of the Han family, and when they say that they want to form a third division with the Xi people, they think of separating quickly, so as not to let the family calculate."

"It's like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl mixed in with the men, always afraid of being taken advantage of by others. Isn't that ridiculous, it's just stupid. It is really ridiculous that we do not go back to the source and clarify this kind of thinking in the same way as someone instilled it in us, but instead are keen to follow the crowd and spread false rumors.

"I think that the descendants of Yan and Huang were only in today's Henan and Hedong areas, thousands of years later, our people who can be bullied occupy the most beautiful land as far as the eye can see, what about those tough people, why did they all run to the desert Gobi to herd horses, it was their high profile, and they ran there were obviously no such fools, in the end, they were beaten.

"During the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Han family was weak, they were not also swarming in, killing and killing, who had been polite to you The result of the confrontation with the Han is that our side is getting stronger and stronger, there are more and more people, the economy and culture are becoming more and more developed, our opponents have fallen in the long river of history one by one, history is very ruthless, survival of the fittest, and never be polite to you. Sugar hua

"Of course, what I say doesn't mean that we can sit back and relax, the Tang Dynasty is declining in recent times, and we ourselves have a big reason. In the early Tang Dynasty, the ministers entered the prime minister, although a Confucian scholar could also lead tens of thousands of tigers to expedition thousands of miles away, kill the enemy, and expand the territory.

"After the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere was extravagant, the scholars turned to be weak, and in modern times, the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals repeatedly committed crimes, up and down, the civil and military officials were in a state of barriers, the civil officials looked down on the generals, and the military generals looked down on the civil officials.

Shi Xiong said: "So the newly recruited team officers are required to be literate, and those who are illiterate must also be taught to read." The way of civil and military affairs is relaxed, and both civil and military talents are talents. ”

Li Mao nodded, and said, "Don't be afraid that our bow and sword shooting is inferior to them, this is only temporary." Fighting this thing relies on the power of the group, the individual bow and knife are a little stronger, and the arrow is so accurate, and it can't control the general trend, is the bow and knife of the Xi people worse than the Khitans, but I'm afraid that they themselves are not convinced, is there less of them, not necessarily, it is the deeper sinicization of the Khitan people, and the essence of the way of my Han family's soldiers. ”

Shi Xiong said: "The Khitans are indeed good at learning, but they can really understand the way of using troops in our clan."

Li Mao shook his head and said: "Is the way of using war very mysterious, the book talks about the mystery and mystery, it is just a bluffing trick, the true transmission of three sentences, the false transmission of thousands of books, the real art of war is in life, everywhere, but the Han people are used to stability and don't know how to use it." You don't see that every time the world is in turmoil, there are always heroes, and the stars are shining, shaking the past and the present. On the other hand, there are fierce battles on the grassland all year round, and I haven't seen many heroes come out and dominate the world. I put the Fanhan people together to learn from each other's strengths and give wings to the ferocious tiger. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mao advised: "After the training of the recruits, the grassroots officers are selected by the non-commissioned officers themselves, don't worry about how they will be, you treat people with a precautionary heart, it is difficult for people to have two hearts." ”

Shi Xiong said: "Some people advocate that there are many Xi people in the third division, and they don't like Yu Hou to supervise the army, and they advocate that the guard Yu Hou be removed to take care of Xi people's habits." Li Mao said: "What do you think about this?" Shi Xiong said: "I think it's ridiculous, it's all Anton Army, why do you want to favor one over the other, Xi and Han people are all a family, and they are their own brothers who share hardships and blessings. I pushed it back. ”

Li Mao praised: "The top is good." A series of failures have made some of us lose confidence, and when dealing with others, we are either inferior or arrogant, and we can't put ourselves in the right position. Faith is not something that can be established if you want to establish it, but you have to come up with something real. ”

Shi Xiong said: "For example, completely defeat the Khitans." ”

Li Mao laughed and said, "That's just the first step. ”

The two walked and talked, and unconsciously came to the north of the town, the river is gentle, the tidal flat is a large meadow, shepherd dozens of white sheep, an old sheepherd sitting by the river to catch shrimp, seeing Li Mao surprised to greet him, about to kneel down and worship. Li Mao hurriedly helped him up and said, "Didn't you say it, Anton Army doesn't like this, it's not an important celebration, don't bother with the etiquette." Shi Xiong explained: "He's a Khitan, oh, he was a slave of the Khitans." The Khitan people have a strict hierarchy, and the humble will kowtow when they see the Venerable, and the violators will eat the whip. ”

Li Mao asked the old shepherd: "Are the Khitan people fierce?" The old shepherd smiled and said: "Fierce, kill people without blinking an eye." Li Mao said: "Do you think we can beat them if we fight hard?"

The old shepherd shook his head and said, "Their six-year-old children can shoot the finch a hundred paces away, and our young and strong children can't do it, they can't beat it, they can't beat it." ”

Shi Xiong was about to scold Lao Er, Li Mao shook his head, turned around and said to Shi Xiong: "It's not in the mouth, it's okay to be strong, if you want to take it, show weakness first." Let the Khitans themselves be arrogant first. ”

At this time, a round of red sun jumped out of the horizon, and the illuminated earth shone with golden light, Li Mao said: "The country is very beautiful, but why are everyone busy sleeping." "The people of Donggao don't seem to be very industrious, and they often sleep until three o'clock in the morning, and only get up when they hear the bells in the town.

When the old shepherd heard this, he cracked his mouth without front teeth, and grinned: "When I shepherd sheep for the Khitan king, I am often lazy, and I do a good job, anyway, I am not my own." Whatever. ”

Shi Xiong asked, "Then why do you get up so early now, I see you before dawn for several days." ”

The old shepherd pointed to a flock of sheep on the slope and said, "I shepherd the sheep for the public house and for myself, I don't care about the sheep, can I take care of my own sheep?"

Li Mao laughed when he heard this, and said to the old shepherd: "Uncle, thank you for your advice." ”

Li Mao originally wanted to explore the river, but the water was deep and shallow, and the water was cold in the early morning, so he couldn't go down, so he had to give up.

Walking east along the river, at the end of the river is the East High Mountain, which is not very tall, and the terrain is not steep enough, but it is undoubtedly a huge obstacle to the march of the brigade, and the huge trees on the mountain have long been cut down to make building materials, and at this moment there are only dense miscellaneous trees.

Li Mao climbed up the hill along a path, Shi Xiong drew his saber and cut wood to open the way, his knife was a special long knife, the handle of the knife was one foot two, the blade was three feet three, much longer than the usual horizontal knife, it seemed to be very appropriate to cut down miscellaneous trees.

A quarter of an hour later, the two reached the top of the mountain, at this moment the east was bright red, a round of rising sun was about to erupt, the surrounding vast expanse was full of boundless forests and grasslands, and the Liao River was like a green jade belt winding southward.

Li Mao was cross-legging his waist to observe the terrain, Qin Mo climbed up panting with a wooden staff, and saw Li Mao and Shi Xiong pointing out the country there, and said: "You are the commander, can you inform you when you go out in the future, people don't know where you have been, look around." Li Mao said: "Didn't you know when I left" Qin Mo sat on the ground, panting and said: "You know a fart, haven't I woken up yet?"

Li Mao said: "When you are not old, your body will collapse, how will you take on a big responsibility in the future, get up quickly." ”

Qin Mo reluctantly stood up, squinted his eyes and looked around, pointed to the junction between the East High Mountain and the river, and said, "There is a camp here to prevent the enemy from wading in the water and sneaking attack." He also pointed to the southeast foot of the East High Mountain, and said: "The Spanish Army and the Linhe Market should build stone walls around them to stop the impact of the enemy's cavalry and prevent them from having time to evacuate when attacked." I think we still have to build a beacon here, so that we can always warn of it. ”

Shi Xiong said: "It is already a policy to build a beacon here, the forest is flat, the forest is full of giant trees, the passage of horses is unimpeded, and there is no ravine to obstruct it, if there is a cavalry sneak attack, even if it can be seen here, it will give us an early warning in time, and there is not much time left for us." ”

Li Mao wanted to take the test for him, so he asked: "Then in your opinion, where should you set up a beacon?"

Shi Xiong stroked with his hand and said, "The top of this mountain must be built with a beacon. ”

Qin Mo said: "Ho, the tone is not small, where does the money come from to build so many beacons without money" Shi Xiong said: "People are ready-made, only as military training, things, there are good wood in the forest, and there are many stones." None of this is a big deal. Qin Mo said: "People are too tired, these days to repair the La Liga barracks, repair the riverside market, repair the wharf, build walls everywhere, rebuild the Feng Fort, people are tired, don't you look at the three poles on the sun and refuse to get up, you have to hear the bell, you have to shout and scold to get up." ”

Shi Xiong said: "What is this, when I was a soldier, I worked ten times harder than this, didn't I even survive it, I can't even endure this hardship, how can I open up Liaodong"

Qin Mo rolled his eyes in a choked manner, but he couldn't speak.

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