Chapter 37: Questioning

Jiang Guang, the left attendant of the military department, was quite concerned about Chen Di's affairs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He directly sent the dispatch to Shanxi and Shandong in an expedited manner of 600 li. It didn't take long for Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou to enter Beijing.

Now that the helpers have all entered Beijing, Chen Di should naturally get to know these people.

Chen Di took the initiative to set up a banquet in Hongbin Building in Shuntian Mansion to entertain Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Tang Shunzhi.

As soon as the four of them entered the table, Chen Di knew how right what he said. People with great skills naturally have a big temper!

Let's talk about this Tang Shunzhi Tang Chief, who is more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, and has an elegant face. He was a military theorist and did not personally lead troops into battle, but he had a deep study of the art of war.

Although this Tang director is in the military department, he is not a strict party. Moreover, he was very unaccustomed to Yan Song's people holding various important positions in the military department. For Chen Di, Yan Song's godson, Tang Shunzhi only regarded him as a flatterer with no shame.

Besides, Shanxi Datongwei commanded Yu Dayou. Although he and Tang Shunzhi are about the same age, their temperament is completely different. If Tang Shunzhi is elegant, then Yu Dayou is rude! In addition, Yu Dayou has a long scar on his face, and he looks like a live bandit.

Yu Dayou has been in the army since he was a child, and he lived a life of licking blood from the knife. In Fujian, he fought a bloody war with the Japanese for eight years. In Datongwei, he fought with various Mongolian departments for a few years, and he didn't take Chen Di, a fourteen-year-old boy, in his eyes.

However, although Yu Dayou has great achievements, he has not been able to reuse because he does not get along with his boss very well.

Qi Jiguang is the young age of seventeen. He was the commander of Meng Zuyinde, and he had no actual combat experience. He admired Chen Di, a young talent who won the first place in the palace examination at the age of thirteen.

Chen Di raised his glass and said: "I went to Taizhou to take up my post, and the main task was to fight against the Japanese. Please help me. ”

Among the four, Yu Dayou is a third-rank military attaché, Qi Jiguang is a fourth-rank military attaché, and Tang Shunzhi is a sixth-rank civil official. In the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and light military force, and Chen Di, a fourth-grade civil official, was not inferior to Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang in terms of identity, not to mention that he still had the rank of squire in the military department? He called himself "lowly" because of his admiration for the three of them.

Yu Dayou didn't show any mercy to Chen Di, he laughed and said, "Anti-Japanese? Lord Chen, you have such a big breath! Fighting a war is not a child's house! Anti-Japanese? Wokos are not easy to fight! I have also heard that you brought hundreds of righteous people in Henan to quell tens of thousands of anti-people. In my old Yu's opinion, it's just luck! Let's talk about those anti-people, to put it bluntly, they are hungry ordinary people who can't walk. The Japanese are completely different, and all of them know how to use swordsmanship。。。。。。 ”

Yu Dayou is worthy of being a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and just by hearing about it, he guessed the reason why Chen Di was able to relieve the siege of Huaiqing Mansion in the first place.

Although Tang Shunzhi didn't look down on Yu Dayou's recklessness, he didn't deny Yu Dayou's opinion: "What Lord Yu said is true. Soldiers, the country's major affairs! Lord Chen is young, if you are a Taiping magistrate, it is okay, go to that Taizhou and the troubled place, you have no actual combat experience, and you have no insight into the art of war, it is better not to interfere excessively in the military! ”

Qi Jiguang didn't speak.

Chen Di smiled slightly: "Lord Tang said that I don't know the art of war, I don't agree." ”

Tang Shunzhi: "Oh? Lord Chen is young, in my opinion, he should have been working the Four Books and Five Classics before becoming an official, right? As for the art of war? ”

Chen Di restrained his smile and directly recited the military thoughts of a great man in later generations: "The art of war, in my opinion, the following are the most practical. First, it is necessary to concentrate superior forces to fight a war of annihilation. Second, you fight yours, I fight mine, if you win, you will fight, and if you can't win, you will leave. Third, the most important thing is to destroy the enemy's vital forces, and we must never care about the gains or losses of one city or one place. Fifth, it is necessary to first strike at the enemy who is scattered and isolated, and then at the enemy who is concentrated and powerful. Sixth, avoid wars of attrition as much as possible. Seventh, we should not fight unprepared battles and uncertain battles. Eighth, concentrate superior forces and boldly outflank the enemy。。。。。。 ”

Chen Di's grand remarks made Tang Shunzhi a little surprised. What the young man in front of him said is quite consistent with the essence of the military books of the past dynasties. Tang Shunzhi listened carefully to Chen Di's words, and then bowed slightly: "I didn't expect Lord Chen to have such a refined insight into the art of war. ”

Yu Dayou disagreed: "What art of war is not the art of war?" We Lao Yu only know that there is an idiom called talking on paper! If you slip through the art of war and don't shed a few drops of blood on the battlefield, I think it's in vain! We don't dare to say anything else, there are always more than a dozen scars on his body! To tell you the truth, nine out of ten scars were left to me by the Wako! The Japanese are not easy to fight, and they are much more difficult to fight than the Mongols! ”

Chen Di knew that if he didn't say why, Yu Dayou would never listen to his command in the future. So he said: "There are three main reasons why it is difficult to fight the Japanese invaders. ”

Yu Dayou asked: "Tell me, what is the difficulty?" ”

Chen Di said: "First of all, most of the Japanese are the broken warriors of Dongying. It can't be said that all of them are peerless masters, but their fighting skills, especially in knife skills, are a few cuts higher than our brothers in the Ming Army.

The second is weapons. First of all, the melee weapons and the knives used by the Japanese are all made of stainless steel. Compared to the saber of our Ming army, our saber is not even as good as a kitchen knife! Speaking of long-distance weapons, the Japanese liked to use firearms, and their firearms were all obtained from Western trade, and they were extremely sophisticated. In contrast, most of our brothers in the southwest who fought against the Japanese were long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows, and they suffered losses in this regard.

Thirdly, the Japanese are not all foreigners. Some of them are actually the bandits and gangsters in our Ming Dynasty. They are familiar with the local geography and lead the way for those who are naturally like tigers. ”

Yu Dayou looked at Chen Di strangely: "It's strange, Lord Chen, you should never have been to the front line of the southeast anti-Japanese war, right?" How do you know so much about the Wakos? What you say makes a lot of sense. ”

Tang Shunzhi watched coldly from the sidelines, this Chen Di really didn't seem to be a flattering nepotism. During the conversation, he revealed his unique views on the art of war and his accurate understanding of the woes.

Tang Shunzhi asked Chen Di: "Lord Chen, according to what you see, what is your strategy for going to Taizhou this time?" ”

Chen Di said: "There are three strategies. First, apply to the Ministry of War for a large number of firearms to be assembled for the soldiers. Second, in view of the characteristics of the good use of knives by the Japanese invaders, a set of special formations was formulated. Third, I won't talk about it now, I'll tell you when the three of you go to Taizhou with me. ”

Yu Dayou said: "Apply for a large number of firearms? Easier said than done! Where did the group of officers and masters of the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War care about the lives and deaths of the soldiers? If you apply for a musket and report it layer by layer, I am afraid that the treasurer's master will open the door of the firearms store, and then talk about the musket sent to the front line, and the battle will be over。。。。。。 ”

Chen Di waved his hand: "This General Yu can rest assured, all the matters negotiated with the military department are covered by me." ”

Tang Shunzhi teased: "That is, the official of the headquarters is Yan Cifu, and Yan Cifu is your Godfather Chen." ”

Tang Shunzhi asked again: "You said that you should formulate a special formation, but I have to ask for advice." ”

Chen Di said mysteriously: "As far as I know, Director Tang once wrote a book of "Six Parts". In the "Martial Arts", a secret method of warfare is recorded. ”

Tang Shunzhi was slightly shocked: How could this young man know about my "Martial Arts"?