Chapter 16 The Way of Governing the Army

At the celebration banquet, Shi Hu and the civil and military officials were drunk, and the singers and dancers in the palace took turns to perform. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Shi Zhan has never liked the occasion of singing, dancing, drinking and meat, so he didn't wait for three shows, so he excused himself to be tired and went home first, and Shi Min naturally followed him back to the General's Mansion.

The father and son rode horses and walked unhurriedly through the streets of Yecheng. It was already early hour, and the doors of every house had been closed and the streets were deserted, except for the occasional patrol of the battalion.

If it were an ordinary person, and he appeared on the street at this time, the people of the patrol battalion would definitely come forward to interrogate him. However, there is no one in this Yecheng who does not know Shi Zhan, so when the patrol battalion passing by saw Shi Zhan, they all saluted Shi Zhan respectfully and did not check it.

"Min'er, in the palace today, how did you guess the strategy of your father to deal with Dugu Nanxin?" Shi Zhan asked.

Shi Min turned his head and said with a smile: "Actually, the child is not completely sure, I happened to read a book not long ago that recorded the detailed process of the Battle of Maling, and the child was inspired by it, so if it were for me to deal with this battle, I would use a similar strategy." ”

"Yes, let's talk about your understanding of the Battle of Maling."

First of all, Sun Bin's opponent at that time was Wei Wushu led by Pang Juan, Wei Wushu was the world's strongest army, and it was recorded in the history books that Wei Wushu participated in a total of 72 wars, 64 victories, and eight draws, such an army must be high morale, but it is the same as Dugu Nanxin's Xianbei army, that is, arrogant and light enemy, so Sun Bin said that the people of the Three Jin Dynasty are fierce and light, Sun Bin is the same as his father, the first step is to avoid its edge, did not directly confront the Wei army, but created an illusion, the first confrontation with the Wei army and retreated in a hurry, so his father left a few empty cities to Dugu Nanxin at the beginning, Dugu Nanxin must have decided that the Zhao army did not dare to fight with him, so his confidence increased greatly, and he wanted to fight a decisive battle with his father as soon as possible, and then quickly decisive. “

"It seems that during the time I was not in Yecheng, you did not waste your martial arts, and you did not read less books, but the strategy of the art of war does not lie in what is said on paper, and the march and war need to be adapted to local conditions, and the right time, place and people must be considered. As the saying goes, the impermanence of war and the impermanence of water are impermanent, and you must not copy the strategies in the military book, which will make you make wrong decisions. “

"The child remembers his father's teachings."

"This time I will return to Yecheng for my father, since I have been sealed as a marquis, I will not lead the army to the army in the short term, you will go to the barracks with me tomorrow to learn how to manage the army and train the army."

"Everything is up to my father." Shi Min nodded in agreement, and then said, "There is something that the child thinks he should tell his father first. “

"Oh? What's the matter? Shi Zhan looked at his son suspiciously.

"A few days ago, when I came back from the palace, I saw a Qian tribe on the street who robbed the daughter of the Han people, and almost beat the woman's father to death, so I taught the man a lesson, and then a team of people from the patrol battalion came, regardless of 3721 to kill me, I beat them again, and then brought the father and daughter back to the house to settle, and now they are still living in the house."

"The courage of this patrol battalion is getting bigger and bigger, and you still dare to touch my son, but with your skills, if you die in the hands of a dozen people in the patrol battalion, your father will not feel sorry for you."

Shi Min looked at Shi Zhan embarrassedly and asked in a low voice, "Father won't blame me for causing trouble?" And I heard that the Han people beat the Qian people to death. “

"Hehe, such a trivial matter, even if someone goes to His Majesty to sue you, His Majesty will not kill you, besides, for your father to teach you to be chivalrous and righteous, with the world in mind, in order to save the Han people, how can you blame you?"

"That's good......"

"The father and daughter who were rescued by you, you are so good to settle down, there is nothing in the house, as for the father of the people's daughter, who is taking care of his injuries, it is up to them to decide where to go."

"The child understands." Shi Min nodded silently.

The father and son rode horses, and before they knew it, they arrived at the gate of the general's mansion, Xu San and the other two subordinates were already waiting at the door, and when they saw Shi Zhan and Shi Min coming back, they hurriedly went up to lead the horses.

"General, you're finally back, go back to the house." Xu San handed the reins of the horse to a subordinate, and then led Shi Zhan inside with a lantern.

"Xu San, I haven't been in the house for a long time, and this house is all up to you to take care of, it's hard work." Shi Zhan walked and patted Xu San on the shoulder and said.

"What the general said, if the general hadn't saved me on the street, I would have starved to death on the street. I only hated that I was seriously injured in the battle with the Huns, and I still can't dance and play guns, so I can't follow the general to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Now it is a lot easier to manage some trivial things in the mansion and fight for your life on the battlefield, how can you feel hard, but the general you have been fighting abroad all the year round, and your body must be tired, this time you come back, you must stay at home for a few more days and rest for a while. “

"I've been riding horses for half my life, and I've long been used to it, but a too comfortable life makes me uncomfortable."

Xu San carried the lantern, took Shi Zhan and Shi Min into the front hall, carefully held the lamp, and then helped Shi Zhan take off his cloak and said, "The weather is cold today, the general and the prince will wait a minute, I will ask someone to make some hot tea." “

"Don't be busy, how can Min'er and I be so delicate, we have already drunk a lot of wine in the palace, and I don't want to drink tea at the moment, sit down and talk to me."

"Obey the ......" Xu San put his cloak aside and sat next to Shi Zhan silently.

"This is a home, not a barracks, and there are no military orders, so there is no need to obey orders." Shi Zhan looked at Xu San.

"Yes......" Xu San nodded.

"From tomorrow, Min'er will go to the camp outside the city with me, and you will still watch the house."

"Childe is going too?" Xu San looked at Shi Min and asked.

"He is eighteen years old, and when I was at this age, I had already gone to the battlefield, and now it is a troubled time, and men should join the army and make meritorious contributions."

Xu San was silent.

"Your Majesty has given me 10,000 gold during the day today, and you have already sent it over, right?"

"Yes, I sent someone to deliver it after noon, and I have already sent someone to put it in the storehouse, what's the matter? Is the general going to use? ”

"Early tomorrow morning, you will take this ten thousand gold out of the treasury and send someone to bring this ten thousand gold with me to the barracks."

"Will the general reward his majesty reward the brethren again?"

"That's right, these soldiers followed me from birth to death, and I can't help but treat them well. Our house has food and silver from the imperial court every year, and we don't have to worry about food and clothing, so what do you want so much gold and silver for? But those soldiers fought bloodily for the food and clothing of their families, and some of them died on the battlefield, and I can't let their sweat and blood be in vain. ”

"Understood, the general can rest assured, tomorrow 10,000 gold will be sent to the barracks."

Shi Zhan nodded slightly, and then said to Shi Min: "You remember, if a general doesn't care for the soldiers, the soldiers will definitely not support him, and the first step in governing the army is to share weal and woe with the soldiers, understand?" ”

"The child remembers his father's teachings." Shi Min nodded solemnly.

While Shi Zhan and the others were talking, Qin Wan brought some tea and food over, and said, "Childe, it's cold, let's eat something with the general." ”

When Shi Min saw that it was Qin Wan, he immediately stood up and said to Shi Zhan: "Father, this is the woman I rescued on the street that I told you before, a native of Jicheng, surnamed Qin Mingwan. ”

"The little woman has seen the general." Qin Wan saluted Shi Zhan.

"There's no need to be polite at home, since you are a Han Chinese, you are welcome here. I heard that your father was injured, how is his injury now? ”

"Back to the general's words, my father's health has improved a lot, thanks to Gongzi and Brother Xu, you are all great benefactors of our father and daughter."

"It's all a gesture, and the girl doesn't have to take it to heart."

"The general is too modest, Childe, you and the general should come and eat some food I made." Qin Wan said, put the food on the table, and beckoned Shi Zhan and Shi Min to sit down.

Shi Zhan sat down, looked at the food Qin Wan made, looked up at Qin Wan and said, "The little girl's craftsmanship is good, the food in Jicheng looks very authentic." ”

Qin Wan was a little delighted, and also a little surprised and asked, "How can the general know so much about the food in Jicheng?" ”

Shi Min heard Shi Zhan say that the things were made very authentically, so he hurriedly picked up a piece of cake with chopsticks and tasted it, and praised it repeatedly: "Miss Qin's craftsmanship is really good." ”

Shi Zhan also took a bite, chewed it slowly, and said slowly: "I haven't known this taste for many years. ”

Then he slowly put down his chopsticks and said to Shi Min, "You eat more, I'll go back to the room first." ”

With that, he got up and walked out of the antechamber.

Qin Wan and Shi Min looked at each other with blank expressions, and Qin Wan asked with some sorrow, "Childe, what's wrong with the general?" Is what I'm making to his liking? ”

Shi Min scratched his head and replied, "I don't know, I think it's delicious, Xu San, why don't you try it?" Eh, what's wrong with my father? ”

Xu San looked at the food on the table, sighed, and said slowly: "Gongzi and Miss Qin don't know, it's not that this thing is not delicious, but that this food evokes the general's memories." ”

"Memories? What memories? You sit down and say. Shi Min put down the cake and pulled Xu San to sit down.

"Childe doesn't know, Mrs. is from Jicheng, since the general knew Mrs., Mrs. has made Jicheng-style food for the general every day, since Mrs. Da passed away, the general has never eaten such a thing."

"So that's ......" Shi Min looked at the cake on the table and muttered silently.