Chapter XVII: A Tax

The discussion is going on enthusiastically, and everyone's ideas are gradually beginning to become clear, and many people are listening to what others are saying, while recording something in a small notebook.

Wang Yi said at this time: "Wu Xiao, you are the commander-in-chief of this operation, tell me how you feel!" ”

Wu Xiao got up, his face was still red, with a little twist. However, most of the people in the martial arts class know that this kid is selling cute pretenses.

"Actually, today I think the main problem lies with Mr."

When the other team members heard Wu Xiao say this, they all shrank their necks, and said in their hearts: "This thing really doesn't know how to write dead characters!" ”

Wang Yi didn't think it was upset, and smiled: "Go on!" ”

"First of all, we don't have enough guns. We only have ten Sharps guns, and in the face of the bandits of Guangyuanji, although the opponent only has front-loading guns, it is difficult for us to achieve absolute superiority in the first wave of shooting in close combat. ”

The other team members listened as if it was really like that, and some nodded unconsciously.

"Secondly, although we have a certain training foundation with the captain, we have not experienced actual combat. Today is not a real battle, otherwise the flesh and blood will fly, and I am afraid that the situation encountered will be even more unpredictable. ”

"Finally, I'm going to talk about our company commander."

As soon as Zheng Haitao heard that Wu Xiao was going to talk about himself, his ears immediately pricked up.

"The intelligence work is still not in place!" Wu Xiao saw that the company commander was glaring at him, he was scared, but his eyes pretended not to see, and continued: "Although the topographic map is done very carefully, I have forgotten the most important point, that is, in Guangyuan Temple, the house of the bandit leader Li Erbai!" If we knew in advance, we would have taken precautions. ”

"Zheng Haitao, do you think Wu Xiao is right?" Wang Yi asked at this time.

Zheng Haitao stood up and squeaked a few times before saying, "I think Wu Xiao has a point......

"Does that make sense?" Wang Yi sneered and said, "Wu Xiao, and all of you present, that's right, we only have ten guns, but our guns are breech-loading rifled guns, which are a generation more advanced than the bandits in Guangyuan Temple." Why, if you have few weapons, you can't win a big battle? Then in the future, I will let you deal with foreign invaders, I think you will simply surrender! ”

At this time, everyone was silent, and Wang Yi continued: "I'm not just talking about Wu Xiao here, but also all of you. Look at the battle plan you have formulated, except for Wu Xiao, it is all relying on the strong attack of numerical superiority. I have to ask, in your minds, my comrade's life is so worthless!? In the future, if you really become the leader of a party, when people ask you about your achievements, do you kindly say that your victories are all filled in with your brother's life? Aren't you afraid that your brother's mother will poke you in the backbone in the back? ”

Even Xiang Long and Zheng Haitao, everyone lowered their heads.

"Lift your head up for me!" Wang Yi shouted, "Listen, I want you to remember! War is brutal and does take many lives. But human life alone will not pile up a real victory! The way of war is to know the heavens and the earth, know oneself and know the enemy, use strategy, and attack the enemy's shortcomings with one's own strengths. ”

Many people repeated Wang Yi's words in their hearts, although Wang Yi was small, but in the minds of all the martial arts members, he had the same status as a saint.

Wang Yi stood up at this time and wrote on the blackboard behind him: "All those who fight, with righteousness, with odd victory." Therefore, those who are good and surprising are as infinite as heaven and earth, and inexhaustible as rivers. ”

This sentence comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War, to the effect that every battle is a frontal battle, and a strategy to win. Therefore, generals who are good at scheming have unlimited combat power. In today's case, we have the advantage of 60 men with 10 breech-loading rifled guns, while the enemy has more than 10 men with breech guns. We attack, they defend, they occupy the territory. Therefore, according to the conditions of both the enemy and us, if we attack, it will obviously be very unfavorable to us. ”

Before Wang Yi entered the military hospital, he had been trained at the Army Academy for one year, and he still had a certain military foundation. And now he is teaching the students in front of him how to think about a war, how to plan a war.

"Because of the above comparison, it is not appropriate to attack." Wang Yi paused, everyone nodded understandingly, and then continued: "In a head-to-head battle, we can stalemate, but to win, we have to pay a huge price. So Wu Xiao's plan was the most reasonable choice, and there was one thing I appreciated the most, he didn't choose to attack at night. You must know that we have been training for nearly half a year, but night combat is still completely unfamiliar territory for you. Wu Xiao did not overestimate our own ability, and at the same time, he did not underestimate the difficulty of the night battle, so he chose to launch an attack on Guangyuan Temple after dawn. ”

Only then did everyone know the reason why Wang Yi chose Wu Xiao as the commander-in-chief of this attack, whether it was Xiang Long or Zheng Haitao, they were quite prestigious in the minds of the members of the martial arts team. And Wu Xiao is inconspicuous on weekdays, and suddenly became the commander of the operation, and everyone will inevitably be concerned. Now I understand the reason, but I am convinced.

"Although Wu Xiao's plan of action is the most reasonable of all the plans, it is not flawless."

Everyone listened carefully to Wang Yi's analysis, and only his voice echoed in the entire staircase classroom.

"For example, he didn't think about the effects of the weather. It's summer now, and the weather is often unpredictable, if it rains, how should we prepare, Wu Xiao didn't touch. For example, according to the intelligence, we found that the bandits generally have a fixed time for breakfast, and the dish is also very fixed, which is thick dough cake with green vegetable soup. None of you have thought about this detail, what if we could put arsenic or something highly toxic in that soup? ”

Everyone thought about it, yes, if this is the case, even if the bandits in the courtyard do not die, they will lose their ability to resist. Then everyone will be able to concentrate on dealing with the bandits in the house.

"And Xiang Long just said that while we suppress the bandits in the courtyard, we should launch an attack on the house. However, Zheng Hailong, the commander of the second company, thought that it would cause unnecessary casualties. In fact, both of them were right, but neither of them could find a real solution to the problem. Let me ask you, what do you think would have happened if we had prepared flammable sacks of chili peppers in advance and thrown them through the windows into the room before attacking the house? ”

"Li Erbai will most likely be tied up......" This is the answer in everyone's hearts.

"Well, that's all I have to say!" Wang Yi stood up at this time, looked at the people under the podium, and said, "Before dinner tomorrow, everyone will go back and write a summary of the battle, do you understand?" ”

At this time, everyone occupied their seats and said in unison: "I understand!" ”

"Excellent! Then the battle summary meeting is over, and it is disbanded. ”

"Goodbye, Captain!"

Yingkou Tai'an Grain and Oil Processing Plant, Zhang Quanfu was reading a book in his room, probably seeing the highlights, only to see him shaking his head and his eyebrows dancing. And the book he was holding in his hand was the "Art of War" recommended to him by Wang Yi before.

"The good defender hides under the nine earths, and the good attacker hides above the nine heavens, so he can protect himself and win...... Good, good, ahaha......"

"What makes the third brother so happy?" Zhang Quanbao and Zhang Quande walked in from outside the house, because Zhang Quanfu's room was not closed, so there was no need to knock on the door.

Zhang Quanfu saw that it was his two elder brothers, so he hurriedly put down the book, bowed down, and said, "I've seen the eldest brother and the second brother." ”

"That's it!"

Zhang Quande curiously picked up the book that Zhang Quanfu put on the table, and said with a smile: "Why are you so fascinated by what kid is looking at?" …… Could it be the golden plum? As a result, when I picked up the book, it turned out to be "The Art of War". He frowned again and said, "Third brother, when did you also like to study the battle strategy of the war book?" ”

"No, no! Second brother is really joking, I'm a businessman to learn what to do with the strategy of marching and arranging! This is what Wang Yi recommended me to read, and he said that there is business in this book, and when I read it, I thought about some examples he told me before leaving, and it was really like this! ”

Zhang Quanbao didn't speak, stroked his beard, and then said with a smile: "It seems that the third brother has benefited a lot!" ”

"Okay, don't be impressed for three days!" Zhang Quande encouraged.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the two brothers praised it falsely! By the way, why did the two brothers come to Yingkou? ”

"Isn't it Wang Yi! Yesterday, this kid brought people back from Guangyuan Temple to catch more than a dozen bandits, and your second brother and I thought about it and felt that it was not appropriate to leave them in the Octagonal Terrace, so I sent them to Yingkou and handed them over to the government! ”

"Wang Yi can still catch thieves? I don't know if the official can give any reward. When Zhang Quanfu heard that it was a bandit caught by Wang Yi, he was also interested.

"Wang Yi didn't ask for this credit, but gave it to our Zhang family."

"Oh!" When Zhang Quanfu heard it, it was really Wang Yi's stuffy personality and rich personality.

Zhang Quanbao took a sip of tea at this time, and then said, "Third brother, how is Tai'an's business recently?" ”

"It's all good...... It's just not very satisfying! ”

"What's wrong?"

"The centitax is too heavy! This is a live and a board, and the aisle is taxed, and the landing is also taxed. We have collected more taxes for transporting grain and oil to the south than we have to trade abroad, and if this is the case, the tax systems of the provinces are still different, and the tax cards are all over the place, which is simply as much as a cow's hair. If you want to go on like this, you have to be a pool of stagnant water as King Cheng said! ”

Zhang Quanbao shook his head and sighed: "There is no way for the imperial court, the treasury is empty, but there are rebellions in various places, the imperial court quells the rebellion, who will give you your life without silver!" Taking our Fengtianfu as an example, the newly arrived General Shengjing is now sending General Zuo Guigui to quell Song Sanhao's rebellion...... Our side is better, and the Liaodong side is said to have been in trouble. ”

Zhang Quanfu didn't care at all, and sneered: "Let's be flat, just drink there to quench your thirst!" The more taxes and miscellaneous taxes are levied, the more difficult the people's lives become, and in the end they can't even eat a bowl of hot rice. I think this rebellion will only get quieter. ”