After announcing the military law, Chen Wen began to take his soldiers to do some simple physical training.

From push-ups to running, the officers and soldiers, who were satisfied, preparing to drill their weapons, couldn't understand why they were doing these tiring and silly exercises. However, seeing that the dignified guerrilla generals appointed by the imperial court still took the lead in training, they endured this incomprehension and curiosity.

At dinner, Chen Wen still went to eat after all his subordinates had finished eating, and he knew that if he couldn't insist as the maker of the system, then he wouldn't want to ask others.

However, in the evening, there was no longer the phenomenon of noon.

One of the men in the army was introduced by Gu Shouli and was his cousin, while the other was from the village under the mountain and lived near Sun's house. Although one of these two people is from Hangzhou and the other is a local, they are aspiring to share a big head and a thick neck, Chen Wen decided without hesitation that the two of them would be responsible for the food in the camp after seeing the appearance of the two people. Of course, the hand-to-hand work such as carrying water, chopping wood, watching the fire, and carrying grain and vegetables was still done by the servants assigned by the old battalion, and they only needed to turn a spoon and cut a pier.

probably saw that Chen Wen was not full at noon, and the two of them did more in the evening. As a cook, if you can't even feed the money owner, wouldn't it be too unethical. Therefore, before the gold lord slams the bowl and scolds the cook, it will not be wrong to do more.

After dinner, the soldiers were confined to the barracks, and under the leadership of the captain and the pacifiers, they began to talk nonsense, nourish fat, and become familiar with military law, except for going to the toilet and beating the drums, they could not leave the barracks, except for the special permission of the officer above the captain level.

At the same time, the commanders and captains of the camp brought their own stools to Chen Wen's "Guerrilla General's Mansion" where Liu Yiming once lived, with a hall, a bedroom and a study, to listen to their general's explanation of the art of war.

It's just that when Chen Wen just said that he was going to talk about this today, he probably remembered that Chen Wen claimed to be good, and Wu Dengke hesitantly raised his hand in accordance with Chen Wen's rules to express his opinion.

"General, this "Art of War" seems to be for civilian officials, we are just junior officers, isn't it a little early to learn this?"

Early?

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, it is indeed early, and it can even be said to be a waste of time, so Wu Dengke, who is the most familiar with Chen Wen among these people, has already said it very tactfully.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, whenever there was a war, the civilian officials of the supervising army were generally responsible for strategic decision-making, the eunuchs of the supervising army were responsible for logistics, and the military generals were only responsible for fighting under the strategy decided by the civilian officials. In this way, because the civilian officials monopolized strategic planning, the book "The Art of War" was gradually forgotten by the generals, and the strategy was not under their control, so why bother the blind to light the lamp in vain.

Regarding this, Chen Wen glanced at the subordinates in front of him. Li Ruixin frowned, with an impatient face, looking at him, if Wu Dengke was his subordinate, he would have reprimanded him a long time ago. He had heard Chen Wen's new version of the temple arithmetic theory, and had already vaguely guessed that Chen Wen was planning to pave the way before talking about temple arithmetic, so he was quite dissatisfied with Wu Dengke's words.

Lou Jiye didn't speak, and his expression seemed to agree with Wu Dengke's statement. Born in the general's family, he has been in the army for many years, and he has served under many civilian and military generals, so he has become accustomed to this statement. It's just that the relationship between him and Chen Wen is not as familiar as that between Wu Dengke and Chen Wen, and his speech is naturally more taboo.

As for Yin Yue, it was completely "For what you said, Brother Ergou, I just came to make soy sauce, and I didn't understand a word." ". And most of the other captains are the same as Yin Yue, and only a limited one or two show Lou Jiye's general expression.

Chen Wen pondered his wording and asked, "Brother Wu, among the generals you know, what kind of military books do they read?" ”

"This ......" Hearing this, Wu Dengke became a little hesitant, and it seemed that he seemed to remember that Chen Wen was now his superior. It's just that Chen Wen has already opened his mouth to hear the news, so he has to bite the bullet and continue. "I heard that they all read the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" and Qi Shaobao's military book."

Qi Jiguang's military book is very normal, in the late Ming Dynasty, but any military general will collect one or two copies, as for whether to read it or not, even if they want to read it, they have to consider the key issue of whether they know how to read it. And Chen Wen of "Wujing General Essentials" only vaguely remembers that it was compiled during the Northern Song Dynasty, and it seems that it was to deal with the frequent wars in order to improve the ability of military generals, as for what is written in it, he does not know.

However, he thought about the reason for the refutation with the appearance of this "General Essentials of the Martial Arts".

"Brother Wu, the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is a military book compiled in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a military book was also compiled in the Northern Song Dynasty, called "The Seven Books of the Martial Classics", have you heard of it?"

Hearing this, Lou Jiye immediately realized that he should know this military book when he looked at him, and the others were still the same, but Wu Dengke still had that confused look, and then shook his head.

The "Seven Books of the Book of Martial Arts" was compiled by Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, and this military book includes "The Art of War", "The Art of War of Wu Zi", "Sima Law", "Wei Xuanzi", "Liutao", "Three Strategies" and "Li Weigong Asks the Right", which are seven military books that are generally recognized by soldiers. This military book was a compulsory course in martial arts in the Song Dynasty, and if a military general wanted to take the martial arts examination, he must also pass this item, otherwise he would be directly deposed. ”

"Since the Zhongsu of this dynasty, the civil officials have the right to meddle in the war, and later they are like slaves and maids. Therefore, while monopolizing strategic planning, in order to prevent military generals from stealing the limelight from them in front of the Son of Heaven, the civilian officials spread the theory that military generals do not need to read "The Art of War", in order to prevent our generals from interfering in strategic decision-making. ”

Yu Zhongsu is Yu Qian, after Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne, Yu Qian intervened in the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and was also in charge of the Beijing camp. After the change of seizing the door, Emperor Jingtai abdicated, and Yu Qian was unjustly killed, but the story of civilian officials interfering in military affairs was preserved, and the powerful military generals group in the early and middle Ming Dynasty who could compete with civilian officials was also completely overwhelmed by the civilian group. Since then, Wen regards martial arts as slaves, and martial arts as enemies.

"Whether it is this book of war or the "Art of War" included in it, King Yue of the Song Dynasty has read it, and Qi Shaobao of this dynasty has also read it, so we naturally have to learn it."

"Although we also have civil officials as envoys to supervise the army, and Wang Jingliu can be regarded as a soldier among the civil officials, but as a military general, fighting is our profession, even if it is necessary to learn in order to keep the guy who eats, not to mention ......"

Speaking of which, Chen Wen felt that it was obviously not enough to just threaten and reason, but it was still necessary to properly induce it, and it was natural that more should be done to improve the loyalty of subordinates. "Besides, the princes are the first batch of officers under the command of Ben General, and Ben will have high hopes for you. In the future, I will guard one side, and everyone must be temperate, if you don't know the art of war, how can you be alone? ”

Hearing this, Wu Dengke immediately fell to the ground. "Thank you for the training of the general, and the lowly post must study hard and live up to the high expectations of the general."

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly got up from the stool, bowed to the ground, and copied Wu Dengke's words, and there was a sound of the stool being knocked out.

Chen Wen sighed, the rule of no kneeling in the army seems to be even more difficult to popularize than the rules of eating and sleeping.

After these officers got up again, Chen Wen opened the first chapter of "The Art of War" - the beginning of the plan.

"Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored."

This sentence is the first sentence of the book, and it plays a role in the opening meaning. Sun Wuzi told us that war is an extremely important thing, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, since it is related to the life and death of the country, the people, and us warriors, then we must not seriously think about and study the knowledge in it. ”

Seeing that everyone was sitting upright, and their eyes were also staring at him, Chen Wen knew that they had already listened, so he continued to speak.

Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, and the school is based on calculations to find out their feelings: one is the Tao, the second is the sky, the third is the earth, the fourth is the general, and the fifth is the law. The Taoist makes the people agree with the superiors, so they can die with it, they can live with it, and they are not afraid of danger. The heavens, yin and yang, cold and heat, and the time system. The earth, far and near, dangerous, wide and narrow, dead and alive. Generals, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness. The law, the bend system, the official way, and the main use. All these five will be unheard, those who know will win, and those who do not know will not win. Therefore, the school used a plan to ask for its feelings, saying: Who is the master? Who will be capable? Who has heaven and earth? What is the law? Which of the soldiers is stronger? Soldiers' training? What is the reward and punishment? That's how I know what to do. ”

"This passage is a bit long, and what Sun Wuzi is going to tell is also to be understood in two parts."

"First of all, there are five aspects that have a greater impact on the outcome of the war: the first is the people, to make it clear, the common people are willing to share the weal and woe with the court, they will stay and provide food and food, if they are unwilling, they will go into exile or serve the enemy, which will affect the final victory."

"For example, Ben Jiang said before that one of Chen Qingzhi's defeated generals is called Hou Jing. After the death of Chen Qingzhi, Hou Jing rebelled, and at the beginning of the army, the people of Liang State were willing to welcome him, a rebellious and Hu people, into the city. ”

"Ben will check the history books at that time, at that time, Emperor Wu of Liang trusted his brothers of the same clan, and his brothers were doing nonsense in various places, and the people's grievances were boiling, but this son of heaven has always connived. When Hou Jing raised the army, many people felt that no matter how bad Hou Jing was, he should be stronger than those princes who killed people and set fires at every turn and robbed women of people's property, so the above phenomenon appeared. ”

"Therefore, the people's will is very important, our Dalanshan Wang Division can stand until now because of the people's wishes, and the Yuejia Army and the Qi Family Army also have such military discipline, so the people are willing to be used by Yue Wang and Qi Shaobao. And this is the reason why the military law promulgated today by Ben Jiang, whether it is the regulations in the first half or the second half of the military law, has repeatedly emphasized that it is not allowed to plunder the people. Therefore, you must remember that whoever robs the people will be killed, including the generals! ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Chen Wen breathed a sigh of relief, the effect of saying this is really stronger than scaring people with a decapitation like in the afternoon. "After today's lecture, you should also tell this to your subordinates, and this should be treated as a military task!"

After getting the answer that he had completed the task to a certain extent, Chen Wen continued to speak: "The second and third are what we often call the favorable time and place, the time of day is day and night, rain and shine, cold and heat, and seasonal climate changes; The location is more intuitive, such as the distance of the road, whether the road is flat, whether there is an easy place to ambush and whether the location is conducive to advance and retreat, these are all within the scope of geographical advantage. ”

"Compared with the geographical advantage, the time of the day is sometimes overlooked, and I will give an example, Li Yuxue in the Tang Dynasty attacked Caizhou at night."

Li Yu is the son of Li Sheng, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, during the Yuanhe period of Tang Xianzong, the Changyi Army made Wu Shaoyang's son Wu Yuandu support the army and stand on his own. There is a place in Caizhou under the jurisdiction of the Changyi Army, where the people are fierce, similar to Jinhua in this dynasty. However, Jinhua produced good soldiers, and the Caizhou people of the Tang Dynasty have always been known as Cai thieves, and the chaos caused by the later cannibal king Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru was also initiated by the Caizhou people, and the rebellion of Wuyong Capital when Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue, was also initiated by the Caizhou military group of Wuyongdu. ”

For Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru, Chen Wen's officers were all confused, even Lou Jiye was no exception. But when it comes to Qian Miao, they know it, after all, the Qiantang River seawall was built by this person when he occupied the two Zhejiang, for the benefit of the people of Zhejiang. Only Li Ruixin still looked confused, and he was not to blame.

With such a strong army, coupled with the support of other feudal towns, the Tang army was repeatedly defeated, and Emperor Xianzong changed to Li Yu as the commander and sent troops to quell the rebellion. In October of this year, on a snowy night, Li Yu took advantage of the lax opportunity of the Caizhou rebels to sneak attack Caizhou and successfully quell the rebellion in a war, which was called a classic example by later generations of soldiers. ”

"Oh." The example cited by Chen Wen involves the two elements of day and night and wind and snow, and the officers who listened to the lecture thoroughly understood what the time of day meant while listening to the story, and whether they could use it or not had to say twice.

"Moving on, the fourth point is the ability of the generals. Sun Wuzi listed the five principles of wisdom, integrity, benevolence, bravery, and strictness, which were also called by later generations as wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, and were the five virtues of generals. ”

"General, wisdom, courage and strictness understand that what is the use of faith and benevolence? Especially benevolence, how can you fight when you are all benevolent to women? ”

Hearing Yin Yue's question, most of the people laughed, and even Li Ruixin and Wu Dengke seemed to be quite puzzled, only Lou Jiye felt like he understood a little.

Chen Wen smiled and replied: "Let's talk about the letter first, a military general with integrity, his words must be done and his deeds must be fruitful, and it is easier to gain the trust of the soldiers, so he can become one of the five virtues." And the benevolence here is by no means the benevolence of women, and such a story is recorded in Taishi Gong's "Historical Records", which illustrates this benevolence very vividly. ”

Next, Chen Wen told them the story of Wu Qi's sucking in "Historical Records * The Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qilie", and especially emphasized Wu Qi's spirit of eating, wearing, living and traveling with the soldiers, and being able to share the joys and hardships with the soldiers, in order to prevent these officers from not learning well, and only going to the crooked and evil way, especially Yin Yue, who was full of excitement when he heard it.

"How can such a military general who is benevolent to his soldiers not win the hearts of his soldiers? No wonder the soldier's mother was afraid that her son would die for Wu Qi like her husband. ”

Accepting Yin Yue's thanks and everyone's sudden realization, Chen Wen continued: "The last point is the system, the military system, military law and the management of military quarters are all counted. The army of the dynasty and the green battalion soldiers of the Tartars are now relying on empty salaries and drinking the blood of the soldiers to raise the family and personal soldiers as the key to determining victory or defeat on the battlefield, and now the Tartars occupy China nine times out of ten, no matter how the Wang Shi trains these family members and pro-soldiers, it is certainly impossible to practice much more than the Tartars, and if you want to turn the tables, you must change the military system, and whether the military system that changes the military system can produce results depends on the implementation of military law and the guarantee of military supplies. ”

This is also the reason why Ben General rebuilt the Qi family's army, and promulgated the military law on the first day of the army, and strictly ordered the quartermaster and the others not to embezzle the soldiers' finances. This is what Sun Wuzi said, and it is recognized by the soldiers of all generations, so naturally there will be no mistakes. ”

Hearing this theory, all the officers showed a thoughtful expression, and they finally figured out why Chen Wen was so strict to put an end to the matter of eating empty pay and drinking soldiers' blood that he had become accustomed to in other armies, and the twelve people of the Qi family's army were indispensable and obviously understood by all the officers. It seems unlikely that they will be able to do this in the future, because their manager will not tolerate it. And some of the nimble minds even thought of something else, which surprised them.

The second half is to emphasize comparison, comparing which side of the monarch on both sides is clear, which side is more talented, which side has better time and place, which side has stricter military discipline, which side is more powerful, which side is more well-trained, which side is more clear in rewards and punishments, these are all things that must be calculated as a military general, knowing this, you will almost know the approximate victory or defeat. And the rest, it's a matter of tactics. ”

"In general, Sun Wuzi is telling us that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles." Immediately, Chen Wen ended today's lecture, and he still understands this truth if he eats too much and chews too much.