Chapter 268 Sand Table
"How big of an official did you make?" Hou Jing asked with excitement on his face, he had waited too long for this moment, he believed that Chen Yu was only suitable for quantity, and he would not be treated badly, after all, he and Chen Yu had known each other for a long time. γLatest chapter reading. γ
"I just said so much, Brother Hou, what official position do you think is appropriate?" Chen Yu took a sip of wine and asked rhetorically.
"It's absolutely no problem to be a thorn with my ability!" Hou Jing raised his eyes to observe Chen Yu, and when he saw that the other party was smiling and silent, he said angrily: "Why, do you think I am not qualified enough, or is our relationship not iron enough?" β
"Big Brother Gao and I are friends for eight years, I personally feel that his ability is above you in all aspects, and he has not become a state assassin!" Chen Yu said lightly.
"He Liuhun is a man and can handle government affairs, but he can't go into battle to kill the enemy, and his ability to lead troops may not be better than mine!" Hou Jing said unconvinced.
"Speaking of going into battle to kill the enemy, don't mention a fierce person like Gao Aocao, then Dou Tai and Er Zhu Zhao and Hu Lujin are probably much stronger than your big brother Hou, they don't have a history of assassination!" Chen Yu said with a smile, his tepid, non-yang tone made Hou Jing a little crazy.
"You said that these people are indeed stronger than me in martial arts, but their art of war strategy may not be much higher than mine!" Hou Jing continued to say angrily.
"Murong Shaozong's strategy of the art of war is higher than yours? He didn't have a history of assassination! Chen Yu couldn't help laughing.
Others Hou Jing can still question it, Murong Shaozong is his master, he categorically does not dare to refute, and he can't say that Murong Shaozong is not, and said angrily: "Except for strange people like you, ordinary people have their own strengths and weaknesses, my strength is that I can do everything, and my weakness is that I don't have anything very good to do, and I can take it out to make everyone praise!" β
"Yes, it's rare that you know yourself quite deeply, so do you still think you're suitable for a state's assassination?" Chen Yu continued to ask rhetorically.
"Even if you can't be a thorn history, it's no problem to be the governor of a county!" Hou Jing snorted coldly, and saw that Chen Yu still didn't say anything. still had that smiling expression, and his heart immediately became angry, "Boy of the Chen family, we are a lifelong friendship." Can't you even be the governor of the state and county, my old marquis? β
"Brother Hou's words are good, I saved you in the Dharma field at the beginning, and then I carried you back from the Hongmen Banquet, and I saved you twice before and after, isn't it a fateful friendship!" Chen Yu said while recalling: "But Brother Hou, you don't seem to have helped me with anything. It's that I've been helping you save you, including being the vanguard of the army when you pacified Ge Rong, including letting Murong Shaozong teach you the art of war, I helped you get it all done, I'm right? β
"Haha, what you said, my brother, what is there to mention about these old things!" Hou Jing smiled embarrassedly, and covered up his embarrassment by drinking, but saw that Chen Yu was still smiling and silent. He patted his thigh and said, "Forget it, just say it directly, just rely on you to save my life twice, even if you let me be a county official for you, I will admit it!" β
"Come with me!" Chen Yu got up and took Hou Jing to his study, Chen Yu's study is no different from ordinary people's houses, but it is very large, one side of the study is separated by a cloth curtain, and when the curtain is opened, what you see is a huge geographical model.
"I heard that you invented something called a sand table, which is often used in military classes in the Yanwutang. It's this thing in front of you, why did you put it in the study? Hou Jing looked at this huge model with interest, and he found that it was not only the Great Wei Empire, but also the Liang Kingdom and Tuyuhun. Goguryeo, as well as all over the Western Regions, are also here.
"I have to keep reminding myself that there are still many places that have not been defeated, and there are still many places occupied by uncivilized barbarians, so that I have the motivation to work, right?" Chen Yu walked to the side of the sand table, pointed to Shu Di and said, "This place is rich in flowing oil, if those brocade silks can be transported." Definitely make a fortune! β
"We can only think about Xiao Ji's territory, Shu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even you Chen Yu can't easily take it!" Hou Jing smacked his lips, looked at a serpentine island in the eastern part of the empire, and asked curiously: "Where is this, what are you doing with the little yellow flag?" β
"This is the Wa country, I have sent people to preach there to deceive people, and at the same time I have sent a large number of spies, in a few days, when my people have a foothold there, I will send Zhu Zhao and Li Yuanzhong there to be a stirrger!" Chen Yu was amused by his whimsical words, and the metaphor of the heart is not bad, aren't the people there just like.
"There are still grasslands in the northeastern regions, why are you wearing so many green flags!" Hou Jing asked curiously.
"This flag is a big tribe or force, as for why it is green, because this place has been controlled by us, and now it is unimpeded, of course it is green!" Chen Yu explained with a smile:
"Yellow represents a place that is not suitable for doing things and can only be infiltrated for the time being, and now Goguryeo and Tuyuhun as well as Shu and the Western Regions are not suitable for doing anything, so they can only send people there to do business and collect intelligence, and they are prepared, so they use yellow flags, which represent vigilance, but the Beji people seem to be unable to help it, and it is not worth mentioning that it is a trivial matter!"
"The only red flag that you hold here is Xiao Yan, the old man in the south, this should be the place you should focus on!" Hou Jing said with a smile: "Actually, I think this Xiao Yan is nothing more than that, even if he fights him now, it is not without a chance of winning!" β
"That's right, red represents the most urgent place to capture, and it is also the place that needs my attention the most!" Chen Yu said slowly: "If it is determined today, development is the key, it is possible to mobilize troops, but it is not suitable to send troops on a large scale, and we are still reforming, we need a stable environment, as for Xiao Yan'er, I will not be able to defeat him now, but the price is still a little too big, and it is not worth it!" β
"What's not worth it, the south is also very rich, fight down and grab all the things inside, don't you have everything!" Hou Jing's words are also full of disdain for the southerners.
"The south has not been messed up to the root, and the losses of the strong attack will never be small, in addition, these deep-rooted southern warrior clan gate valves, even if they defeat the south, they will not be able to completely solve them, whether it is reform or various measures, these people will definitely secretly engage in sabotage and prevention, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to prevent, I can't kill them all!" Chen Yu sneered and said:
"That's why I'm reforming in the north first, at this time, there is no reunification and no burden in the south, everything is lighter, and when we get used to everything here, time will prove that our reform is a correct thing, and then we will unify the south and carry out reform, there will not be much resistance!"
"If my guess is correct, you won't do anything to these yellow flags until you capture this red flag place!" Hou Jing asked.
"That's not bad, everything must come first, Qin Fujian sent the general Lu Guang to attack the Western Regions back then, what was the result? The Western Regions were taken, but his 100,000 elites were dragged there, until he was defeated and killed, and Lu Guang didn't bring anyone back, this bloody lesson, I dare not forget! After Chen Yu finished explaining, he pointed to the sand table with the whip and said, "Do you know where this is?" β
Hou Jing craned his neck and looked at it, and immediately replied: "Isn't this Henan, what's wrong?" β
"I'll leave it to you later!" Chen Yu's tone was flat, as if the thing he handed over to Hou Jing was just an ordinary object at home
"What!" Hou Jing was shocked, as if he didn't believe his ears. (To be continued.) )