Chapter 25: The Spark

The eight big characters at the beginning of the shadowless recipe, "Without a trace, without a trace." ”

How does this look like Huo Yuanjia's Lost Trace Fist?

I looked down patiently.

The shadowless formula is divided into two parts, the first part is the shadowless recipe method, and the second part is the shadowless formula.

It is written in the heart method that with the breath as the guide, the whole body is channeled, up to the Baihui Heavenly Court, the middle is connected to the dantian perineum, down to the center of the spring, and the heaven and the earth, which is for the external circulation, and the breath is up and down, which is for the internal circulation, and the internal and external integration are endless......

I browsed through the mental method, and probably guessed that it was the method of luck in the body, but I didn't know anything about it, and then I went to see the shadowless step, the shadowless step, also known as the shadowless step, is divided into four paths, virtual and real, psychedelic four paths, each road is divided into eight steps according to the direction of the eight trigrams, combined with each other, how many combinations should there be?

Alas, it's so complicated, let's let Yuan Jian teach me after reading it.

I put down the shadowless trick and found the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" again.

"The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is divided into two episodes, each with 20 volumes.

This large-scale work includes military theory, analysis of battle gains and losses, and an introduction to various types of weapons. The book is very detailed about cold weapons, and the legendary eighteen kinds of weapons are all available, and these weapons also include siege crossbows, trebuchets and other large ancient weapons, but these contents are not the focus of what I want to know, and the analysis of the battle is not as good as that of later generations, but in this era it can be regarded as a collection of this book.

I focused on the military theories in it, which covered the military system, military organization, selection and use of troops, formations, mountains and rivers geography and other military theories and rules in the early Song Dynasty. The military thinking mentioned in the "General Essentials of the Book of Martial Arts" conforms to the law of soldiers, and the book re-emphasizes and emphasizes the idea of using soldiers in ancient military books such as "Sun Tzu" and "not deciding things with darkness", which is rare and valuable in the military history of the Song Dynasty, but the later rulers of the Song Dynasty did not follow and practice this kind of thinking on the use of soldiers.

The book also attaches great importance to the role of people in warfare, advocating that "soldiers should be used according to their strengths and weaknesses," and that there are no timid soldiers or lazy horses, but that there are no such thing as timid soldiers and lazy horses, but that they are only made so by lax training, and that this kind of people-oriented military thinking has already taken the rudiments of modern military theory.

At an appropriate time, I will establish a military academy, and this "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" will be used as a key textbook for military schools, so that all senior cadets can be fully integrated.

Thinking of this, I said to Xiao Qi: "When Wen Lu and the two came to come to lecture today, they called Wen Zhang together, and let him come over earlier by the way." ”

"Yes, the little one will go and pass the word."

Before the lecture time arrived, the three of them had already arrived.

Lu Xiufu came in with a happy face and a letter in his hand.

I smiled and asked, "Junshi is so happy today, what is the joy?" ”

Lu Xiufu didn't answer, straightened his appearance a little, knelt down and kowtowed three times, then got up and said: "Your Majesty, these three rings are the gratitude of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou City on behalf of your Majesty, and thank Your Majesty for saving the city." Your Majesty will know after reading this reply letter from Lord Li. ”

I took the letter, which was a handwritten letter from Li Tingzhi, the envoy of Yangzhou. The general content is that the strategy in Lu Xiufu's letter is really timely and rainy, and it breaks through a major weakness in the defense of Yangzhou City, otherwise, Yangzhou City may fall into an extremely passive state, and even be attacked by the Mongols and slaughtered. Now Li Tingzhi has ordered the expansion of the city to begin according to Lu Xiufu's letter, and it is expected to be completed before the beginning of spring, so that he will not be afraid of the Mongol attack. He also said that Li Tingzhi would arrive in Lin'an and report to the Privy Council, and he would definitely meet the man of God who offered his advice.

After reading it, I said, "Junshi, didn't I let you say it was your suggestion?" ”

Lu Xiufu replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister did not dare to take such a credit, and when he wrote to him, he only said that it was a plan offered by a friend of the minister according to the minister's description. ”

"Well, this Master Li is also a general, I will see you. By the way, I called the three of you to come today, so I want everyone to take a look at this "General Essentials of the Martial Arts". ”

Lu Xiufu has been in the army for a long time, has heard of this masterpiece, and has also seen the mutilated manuscript from Li Tingzhi, and at this time he is naturally very excited to see the complete original.

"This book is a very comprehensive description of the military situation of our dynasty, and you will have a good look at it later. I estimate that in three years, there will inevitably be a major war between our Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia, so the construction of the army cannot be delayed. It's just that most of the military power is currently in the hands of Jia Yidao, what do you three suggest? ”

Wen Tianxiang took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, most of the generals in this forbidden army are Jia Nidao people, we can start with the box army first, divide and disintegrate, after all, this is the world of the Great Song Dynasty, Your Majesty is the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, the people's will, according to the minister's estimate, there should be many Xiang troops will stand on Your Majesty's side." ”

Lu Xiufu then added: "The minister and Lord Wen have also talked about this matter, in addition to the Xiang army, the border army is also to be fought for, the strongest combat effectiveness in the border army is Lord Li's Yangzhou Army and Hubei's Xiangfan Army, the minister thinks that Lord Li is loyal and patriotic, although he was promoted by Jia Yidao, but he is concerned about our dynasty, and he should also support His Majesty." ”

"Wenzhang, I called you here to let you listen to these things, and slowly you have to get involved."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the grass people know."

I nodded and said to Wen Lu and the others: "This divisive plan is indeed feasible, you two will first sort out the ideas and plans after you go down, and you can implement it after I decide." I think there are other paths. ”

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty."

"This second way is to form a new army."

"The New Army?"

"Yes. Two days ago, I told Wen Zhang that I wanted to establish a young guard, and I had obtained the consent of the Queen Mother, although it was only among the five hundred, but the spark in the early stage would definitely burn the prairie in the future. ”

"A spark will set the prairie on fire? Your Majesty, this sentence is really a classic quotation. Wen Tianxiang praised.

"Your Majesty means to use these five hundred people as the team of the new army, and then slowly expand?" Lu Xiufu asked.

"It's fair to say, but it's not quite, the young guard is nominally recruiting 500 new soldiers in Lin'an in the name of the imperial guard, but I plan to secretly train a team of more than 1,000 people outside of Lin'an, if Yun Bofei can successfully recover and make the musket in my mind, these 2,000 new troops are enough to be used as 20,000 or even 50,000."

"Does Your Majesty think so highly of that musket?" Wen Tianxiang was skeptical.

"Song Rui, this will be known in the future."

"Your Majesty is also a god and a man, what he thinks is very human, and the minister has deeply understood this, Brother Song Rui should believe in Your Majesty." Lu Xiufu seems to have developed a blind trust in me.

I won't break it, I said in my heart, this musket is really not blown. I continued: "Another point, I plan to set up a military academy to train the backbone of our army and train all senior generals in rotation, in addition to the normal military theory courses, such as the study of the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", I will also add a brainwashing course. ”

This time, the three of them didn't understand what brainwashing was, and Wen Zhang asked, "Your Majesty, what does brainwashing mean?" ”

I smiled dumbly and said: "The so-called brainwashing refers to instilling a kind of thought in people, such as the thought of dragon teeth, which is equivalent to the teacher giving a lesson to a child in the haze, the teacher says this is good, and slowly everyone will get used to it." ”

All three were wise men, and I would have understood what I meant with a little hint.

"This brainwashing lesson should also be applied to the dragon's teeth, and the new members of the dragon's teeth must be trained in this regard."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Wen Zhang, Ming said that you will follow Xiao Qi to see Xie Daolin, the commander of the imperial guards, and handle the recruitment matters, remember, I only have one requirement, your eyes should be good, and you can make up your own mind for the rest."

Wen Zhang blinked and asked, "Does Your Majesty want all the young guards to be based on bows and arrows?" ”