In the early morning, the sky was cold, and a darkness and haze shrouded the sky over Taiyuan City.

In the Shabu Fort in the west of the city, there is a fiery and passionate scene - Chu Tianya, training recruits!

Not long ago, in order to quell the rebellion of the displaced people in the city, Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Chu Tianyajian, gathered all the young people in the city and organized them into a new army, which was temporarily placed under the account of the "army patrol shop" and became a branch of the Xiang army. Now, this group is undergoing military exercises.

However, it is not so much that Chu Tianya is training recruits, it is better to say that he is learning from his class and how to train soldiers. In the final analysis, Chu Tianya himself is still a rookie, where does he know how to train soldiers? In his previous life or in this life, he has never joined the army, although he has similar training in the police academy and the police force, but after all, he is still separated by a mountain. What's more, now is the era of cold weapons, and it is even more separated by tens of millions of mountains for him.

Chu Tianya didn't think about relying on his knowledge and ability beyond the times to create some high-tech "big killers" to turn the tide. But these things are really easier said than done. Not to mention anything else, even if he still lives in the 21st century, it is unlikely that he wants to build an airplane, tank, pistol, and bullet in the air, let alone the current level of science and technology of the Great Song Dynasty.

Improving on the existing state of the art may work. But the premise is that you must first understand something - it is a pity that since the first day of "coming" to the Great Song Dynasty, Chu Tianya has not even had time to look for flowers and willows, let alone study science and technology.

So now, Chu Tianya decided to concentrate on learning first, at least to do it first--understand.

In place of Chu Tianya's training, it was the helper he hired who spent two bottles of Jiannan Burning Spring to bribe, the vanguard of the Shengjie Army, Wang Xun.

The ruler is short and long, and there is a specialization in the art industry, Wang Xun has been mixed in the army for more than ten years, and there are always many things worth saying about Chu Tianya. Therefore, these days, Chu Tianya is basically inseparable from Wang Xun, watching how he trains recruits, manages subordinates, arranges camps and tents to organize troops, how to arrange the daily schedule and actions of the army, and even manages logistics and baggage, distributes horses and medicine, and then how to dig the marching stove, how to keep weapons and armor on rainy days, all from scratch!

Chu Tianya, the commander of the military capital, completely regarded himself as one of the ten thousand recruits, and learned from Wang Xun like them, allowing himself to slowly transform from a civilian to a soldier!

Of course, Chu Tianya had to learn a hundred times more than ordinary sergeants, which made him feel that time was always insufficient, especially when there were enemy troops besieging him outside the city, which made him eager to use every second in half.

Wang Yu, the nominal master, finally began to teach Chu Tianya things, but not to teach any marksmanship, but - the art of war!

Wang Yu said that no matter how well a martial artist practices kung fu, he is only one enemy and ten enemies, and at most more than 100 enemies; If you really want to dominate the world, you have to learn the art of war!

However, what Wang Yu taught to Chu Tianya was not the mysterious military book "passed down from the old immortals of Nanhua" as mentioned in a kind of wild history legends, but the military masterpieces officially edited by the Great Song Dynasty, "General Essentials of the Martial Classics" and "Seven Books of the Martial Classics".

In the reign of Song Renzong and Song Shenzong a few decades ago, the imperial court of the Great Song Dynasty presided over and sent capable people to edit these two military books that occupied an extremely important position in Chinese military history. Although this book also has a lot of space on the way of using troops, its focus falls on military technology - metaphors, detailing the military system and military organization of the Great Song Dynasty today, as well as how to select and use soldiers, including the ranks, ministries and promotions of generals, how to make the swords, guns, swords, halberds and armor of Changde in the Great Song army, how to construct the mode of defending the city, and so on. It is not so much an art of war as it is a military "encyclopedia" of the Great Song Dynasty.

The latter, "Seven Books of the Martial Arts", is closer to the art of war in the pure sense. The so-called Seven Books are compiled from the seven military books of "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "Liutao", "Three Strategies", "Sima Law", and "Wei Yizi" plus the previous dynasty's "Li Weigong Asks the Right Question".

These seven military books are selected from more than 370 military books that are more common and well-known in China throughout the ages, and then bring together the understanding and annotations of many military masters throughout the ages on these military arts, which can be said to have condensed the painstaking efforts of countless people for thousands of years, and can undoubtedly be called the treasure of soldiers.

Although Chu Tianya is relatively unfamiliar with these ancient "art of war" and other things, like many people, he has always only had some extremely abstract understandings, and most of these understandings come from some godlike TV series. But Chu Tianya believes that these things are the crystallization of wisdom and are worth learning.

Although he prefers to use the method of three-dimensional warfare on land, sea and air, and command a modern mechanical force to level the Jin Kingdom, before making the first bullet, he still starts honestly from the students.

The two books were both tomes, and they were placed in a high pile at the head of Chu Tianya's bed. Not to mention the intrinsic value of these books, these books and paper alone are worth a lot of money. At first, Chu Tianya didn't know it, but Uncle He reminded him that the books of the Great Song Dynasty were not cheap, and they were all sold on "Zhang". Books in circulation in the general market can be sold for 5 to 12 yuan a piece -- in Taiyuan, you can almost eat two fritters and a bowl of porridge.

Like "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts", a large official masterpiece with exquisite paper and exquisite binding, a book can buy a house!

Chu Tianya slept in these two houses every night, thinking in his heart: It cost so much money just to print books, and I saw many records about armaments in the book, which shows that the Great Song Dynasty actually spent a lot of money in the military, but in the end, the military has become the biggest shortcoming!

In the final analysis, it still lies in the military system itself!

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Since then, Chu Tianya has started to operate at full load, and there is no longer a moment of leisure. got up at dawn and followed He Bo to practice martial arts with Xiao Linglong; Then he went to Shabu Fort to train the new army with Wang Xun, and after breakfast, he took people to the treasury and granary to inspect and approve the distribution of materials; After the matter was finished here, he went to the city to inspect the various military patrol shops, listen to the military situation returned from the four gates in the city, and send manpower and labor to solve the problem as appropriate; From time to time, Wang Yu or Zhang Xiaochun called him to discuss various issues; When I went home in the middle of the night, I had to read the military books at night.

He felt like a sponge that had fallen into the ocean.

Of course, before going to bed, he still has to spend some time talking about his ideals and life with Xiao Linglong. After experiencing the all-day hectic busyness and exhaustion, this period of time with Xiao Linglong seemed extraordinarily relaxed and happy, and naturally became the "golden hour" that he looked forward to and distressed the most every day.

Chu Tianya often thinks that if going to bed and talking about ideals and life do not conflict in time, then the daily time may be enough. He also wanted to propose this pure, noble and humane construction to Xiao Linglong several times, but Xiao Linglong was like a spirit fox that stepped on the snow without leaving a trace, whenever the hunter just pointed the arrow at her, she could always float away without touching the dust and the afterfragrance of her back, so that she didn't care about the mood of the hunter who returned empty-handed; Then the next day came as scheduled, and I was happy to play this very inhuman little game repeatedly and in a loop.

Chu Tianya could only sigh, "Xiao Feihu", it really lives up to its name!

At the same time, he believes that this aristocratic woman who has never been out of the cabinet is probably a natural wonder, and she has already understood the true meaning of love between men and women before her debut - what you can't get is the best!

Or perhaps, there is another famous teacher who secretly taught her the "Yufu Heart Sutra" - if this person saves zài, except for Xiao Ai, he will not think about the second person.

Whenever he got up in the morning to practice martial arts, Chu Tianya, who tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well at night, couldn't help but yawn a few times, but for this reason, he was reprimanded by He Bo, and was even beaten a few times by him with crutches. Don't look at the old man who usually considers himself a servant in front of Chu Tianya, always respectful and careful, once he changes his identity and becomes a martial arts master, he is quite strict!

Due to Chu Tianya's initial recovery from serious injuries and the fact that the foundation of martial arts was not very solid, he continued to cultivate the most basic things. Whenever I watched Xiao Linglong jumping lightly on the plum blossom pile, or dancing the Taining pen gun like a pear flower, Chu Tianya, who couldn't move while practicing the end of the pistol, felt jealous from the bottom of my heart!

"When the young master can train the Zhongpingzha gun to such a level, the old man will officially teach you the complete marksmanship." He Bo said, and then he sprinkled a mung bean on the frozen land, and personally stabbed it with a sharp stab, and the mung bean was broken!

Try seven times in a row, and all of them will hit!

Chu Tianya was not convinced, saying that if he didn't practice for decades, how could he do it?

So Uncle He asked Xiao Linglong to try, and Xiao Linglong pierced seven times, and she was also in the middle of the game!

"The foundation must be solid, otherwise it is useless to learn more." He Bo smiled, "The county lord has been in the middle seven times, and the young master has to be twenty times in a row, and he can't fail once." ”

Chu Tianya was unconvinced again, and said why should she do it seven times, but I have to be twenty times? Her martial arts foundation is already better than mine, which is not fair!

"Knowing that others are better than you, of course you have to work harder!" In front of Xiao Linglong, Uncle He said that it was very high-sounding; In private, he said, "If the young master can stab three times in a row, he can also start practicing marksmanship." But if you have an idea for her, you must outperform her in martial arts in order to make her truly submit! It's like domesticating a fierce horse, you can't claim that you read more books than a horse, or that you know how to recite poetry better than a horse, and it has to obey you! - You'll have to climb on top of it or knock it to the ground to have a chance to tame it! ”

"Uncle Ho, your parable is too evil...... However, I agree! ”

The wolf and the embarrassed laughed shamelessly and harmoniously again.

After coming to the Great Song Dynasty for so many days, Chu Tianya was first unsuspectingly involved in the torrent of history in front of him, without any time to buffer and adapt. It is only now that he has begun to formally understand and adapt to the current environment and times.

Although Chu Tianya was superior to everyone in this era in some directions, in the same way, he was far inferior to many people in this era in some aspects. Born in troubled times, if you have a skill, you don't have to worry about the future and the way out, but most of those people belong to the "used" family.

Obviously, this is not the positioning given to him by Wang Yu, He Bo, including Chu Tianya himself. According to the law of wooden barrels, what will affect Chu Tianya's future achievements may not be the longest plank, but the shortest one.

Therefore, he urgently needs to learn and make up for his shortcomings. The first task is to have a comprehensive and clear understanding of the current environment, including the living environment, the military environment, and the political environment. From the big picture to the details, he is so unfamiliar, he has to learn everything from scratch.

Just as He Bo said, since Chu Tianya is already lagging behind, of course he has to spend more effort to make up for these shortcomings!

From this time on, Chu Tianya regarded himself as a poor student who had just returned to class after taking a leave of absence due to illness, and began to make up classes frantically. Almost every day, he felt that he was too "ignorant" and that he had more and more to learn.

It is on such a day that the people around him can clearly feel that he is improving all the time, almost at a speed of thousands of miles a day.

One day on a whim, Chu Tianya wrote a famous quote from Mr. Lu Xun on the wall panel of his room - "Dissatisfaction is the wheel of upward movement" to remind himself not to be complacent, and to study hard every day and make progress every day.

I have just practiced the brush words for a short time, and the first time I know traditional Chinese characters is not long, the negative and negative are not positive, but the weak and weak overlap is simply weak. Therefore, his line of words caused countless laughs, not only Xiao Linglong, but even Xiao Ai laughed for a while, saying that this line of words "It is simply detrimental to Brother Chu's image of being wise and martial in my heart, so let's wipe it with lime water!" ”

"No, I don't wipe it. Two months later, I wrote another line underneath it. Comparing the two, it will be clear at a glance. Chu Tianya, who was practicing calligraphy, said.

Although Chu Tianya never thought of keeping up with the emperor of poetry and painting, Zhao Ji, he also created a set of calligraphy methods like "thin gold body" in a unique way, becoming a generation of calligraphers; However, the word is a signboard, especially in the current era of soft pens without computers and poetry and painting, if you can't even write clearly, you are embarrassed to go out and greet people. Practicing calligraphy is a basic skill just like learning various current etiquette and adapting to various folk customs and living habits.

If you want to change the environment around you, you must first understand and adapt to this environment, which is the premise. Chu Tianya thought so.

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In the city of Taiyuan, where everyone is in danger in a dangerous situation, tension and fear are the main theme, and many people are worried about whether they can still see the sun tomorrow once the Jurchens come to attack the city; Some people are looking forward to the end of the war and the restoration of the peaceful life of the past; There are also some people who rack their brains and even commit adultery in order to compete for food and winter clothes to protect them from the cold.

In the torrent of history, these people are like a group of crucian carp crossing the river, all going downstream.

Only Chu Tianya is very "non-mainstream", and everyone else is actively looking for a place to live and food to eat in the stomach; However, he is trying his best to swim against the current, tempering his physique and increasing his talents in the collision with the torrent, and fantasizes that one day he will be able to trace back to the source and find the dragon gate that is worth his leap over!

Today, it is the eleventh day of the siege of Taiyuan City by the Jurchen army, and not a single soldier or arrow has been fired, and the two sides have not moved.

Just like the description in Gu Long's novel, the master makes a move, jumping up and down without shouting, and scaring people with his teeth and claws as soon as he comes up. Many masters stand still when facing the enemy - at first glance, the whole body is covered with doors, and they are simply looking for death; But he is really a master of experts, only to know that he can't find a flaw in his whole body, who dares to attack him rashly, that is really to find death!

The situation in front of him is like two top masters facing a life-and-death duel, and both sides are standing motionless like this.

As soon as you make a move, the winner is decided, and life and death have been decided!

This is a torment and test for the first person in the two camps, especially for the commander of the other side.

The commander in Taiyuan City is actually a group, with Wang Yu, Zhang Xiaochun and Chu Tianya as the core. In this team, the division of labor and positioning of the three people are also quite clear and understandable. Wang Yu held the real power of soldiers and horses, and directly commanded the army to command the battle; Zhang Xiaochun is in charge of logistics and housekeeping; Chu Tianya assists from the side, and the main business is to give advice!

If this team is compared to a person, Wang Yu is like a skeleton body, Zhang Xiaochun can be regarded as blood and viscera, and the seemingly inconspicuous Chu Tianya is the soul!

And in the camp of the Jurchens, Wanyan Zonghan is alone, not only the skeleton and body, but also the blood and viscera, and the soul of this army. The people under him, whether they were charging generals or strategists, were all refined into a certain part of this person's body, either fists, or eyes and ears.

Only the mastermind Shi Liai is a special being, and Wanyan Zonghan respects him and trusts him so much that he almost treats him as a part of himself.

After besieging the city for eleven days without attacking, there were already many people in the Jurchen army who couldn't hold it back, and there were even some people who had a lot of complaints in private.

From the beginning of the Jurchen army, which time was not the fierce and swift attack of the iron cavalry, and everywhere they went, they were invincible. Such a "turtle tactic" has never been implemented yet. Everyone didn't dare to point the finger at Wanyan Zonghan, who was as high as a god, so they all aimed at Shi Liai, who made a plan.

The Jurchen soldiers believed that the reason why this army had become so "wretched" was entirely because Wanyan Zonghan was bewitched by Shi Liai, a "pedantic literati". Isn't it because of the punishment of some bloodless eunuchs, or such pedantic literati to lead the troops, that the army will be defeated if it does not become an army? Why did the wolf master, who has always been majestic and domineering, also start to learn this set of the southerners?

Therefore, although the whole army was quite polite to Shi Liai, a subordinate of the Liao State, on the surface, in private, many people were eager to kill him with their own hands and drink his blood.

It is difficult for such a message not to fall into the ears of Wan Yan Zonghan and Shi Liai. They all knew that this meant that the siege lasted for a long time without fighting, not only the people in Taiyuan City were afraid that they could make mistakes at any time, thus revealing fatal flaws; The morale of their own Jurchens has also been affected, and the morale of the army is floating!

Since we are already in the midst of this torrent of history, everyone's fate is to retreat if they do not advance. Humble as the prisoners of war slaves in their army who carry water and chop wood, and as strong as the wolf master Wanyan Zonghan, they are all exceptions!