Chapter 14: The Art of War
It was noon, and the streets were full of cars and people. www.biquge.info There is a stall selling steamed cakes at the corner of the blue wall in front of the Guanwang Temple, whenever the steaming heat passes through the bamboo whistle on the side of the pot, it will emit a long sound of Weng.
The two children bandaged each other's wounds caused by the PK battle in the "Hazelnut Alley" not far away. Guo Poyu picked out some Yunnan white medicine from the bag in his left hand and put it in Wang Jianmin's waist, and then slapped it vigorously. "Smack", "Okay, it's a big man, don't grind and chirp, it's not a big deal." β
"Is there such a sneak attack of you, if I hadn't mistakenly thought that I had defeated you and neglected my defense, how could I lose." Wang Jianmin complained to Guo Poyu in pieces, while rubbing the wound on his waist, when he was knocked down by Guo Poyu just now, his waist bone happened to hit the gap in the edge of the well, and he immediately bruised.
"The empty fist I just made was originally the fist of Zhu Cong, the second eldest of the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, and Zhu Cong himself was witty and funny, and he was clever. Using tricks to lure the other party into being fooled is in line with the gist of this boxing method. Guo Poyu said eloquently.
"I'll do it too, see the tricks." Wang Jianmin threw the bracer he had taken off at Guo Poyu's face, and took advantage of the moment his vision was covered, and turned his wrist back. The game's rules for PK battles are that when one of the two sides of the contest has only 1/3 of the HP left, the system will automatically interrupt the competition, and the side with the most HP of the two wins. Wang Jianmin was not convinced by this regulation, and he immediately launched a sneak attack after filling his blood tank with Guo Poyu's Yunnan Baiyao.
When he was attacked by Wang Jianmin, Guo Poyu didn't move lazily: "If you lack a heart, if you are attacked by you without agreeing to the competition, the system will automatically reduce your merit points." Speaking of which, you are despicable enough to use the medicine I gave you to replenish your blood and then come and attack me. Are you just for a boxing book? β
"Who is for a boxing book. I just want to prove that what Yang Xueming said is not right. Wang Jianmin pushed Guo Poyu away and said: "When I sent her a message this morning saying that I wanted to compete with you, she said: You will definitely not be able to beat Jiang Yuzhe." Why? She and I have been in the same class for three years, why should she be biased towards you?
"Ah, I see." Guo Poyu smiled brightly: "After knowing each other for 3 years, I realized that you were so bearable." β
"But you're big, it's not what you think." Just as Wang Jianmin kicked Guo Poyu fiercely. Suddenly two large white birds flew in the narrow sky above the alley. As the sound of wings fluttering in the wind became louder and louder, two white eagles appeared above the heads of Guo Poyu and Wang Jianmin.
"Ah, could this be the double eagle of Guo Jing's family." Just when Guo Poyu was amazed, the slightly larger male eagle had already pecked at Wang Jianmin's head. With a slight peck of the male eagle, Wang Jianmin dropped 11 blocks of blood, and when he raised his hand to protect the top of his head and turned to run away, he shouted: "Jiang Yuzhe, stop this evil eagle quickly." β
"I'm Guo Poyu, Jiang Yuzhen can't order Shuangdiao."
"What are you talking about, drop 1 more block of blood, and I'll be returned to the safe zone."
"Make you unconvinced." Guo Poyu tried to bend his left index finger and put it in his mouth to whistle continuously, but the male eagle didn't understand the command of his whistle, circled, and drove Wang Jianmin, who fled to the mouth of the alley, back.
"If you don't stop Diao'er, I'll block your friend." In desperation, Wang Jianmin threatened in a false voice.
"It's okay, just pull it up. It's enough for me to have Yang Xueming as a good friend. Guo Poyu said with a smile as he stretched out his arm to retract the white eagle. Guo Po's forearm was short, but the white eagle was extremely heavy, standing on his arm, pressing his shoulders down.
As a last resort, after putting the two eagles back on the ground, Wang Jianmin approached and touched the silver feathers of the white eagle without knowing the lesson. When the female eagle saw his hand approaching, she suddenly lowered her head and pecked down, Wang Jianmin hurriedly returned her hand, and her face turned white with fright.
"Wang Jianmin, go on." Guo Poyu threw Yunnan Baiyao and Qing'er's bracers to him. Just now he found a bamboo tube on the male carving's feet, untied it and took out the letter in the tube, and was bowing his head to study. I am no longer in the mood to joke with Wang Jianmin.
"Brother Jing, the affairs of the East have been done. On the fifth day of the first month, return in the afternoon. The words are concise, and the identity of the letter is also clear at a glance.
"Wang Jianmin, I'll go back to Guo's Mansion first. You left the bracers, they were originally given to you. Guo Poyu decided to immediately take Huang Rong's book to Guo Jing to read, and he walked out of the "Hazel Tree Hutong" with the double eagle quickly.
"You won the boxing spectrum." When Guo Polu walked to the mouth of the alley, Wang Jianmin threw a thin booklet on the back of his head.
"Do you still want to beg for a fight?" Guo Poyu turned around and said.
"Come on." Wang Jianmin, who had already replenished his blood, said nonchalantly.
"The soul is faint. Too lazy to pay attention to you. β
When Guo Poyu returned to the gate of Guo's mansion, he received a text message from Wang Jianmin. "Starting tomorrow, players will be able to form their own guilds. How about the two of us teaming up with Yang Xueming to take on the task. β
"Is it okay to be caught between you?"
"Soul light, you're not finished."
"Cunning fellow. You want my twin eagles and Alan to take you to upgrade. β
"Hehe, I'll go find a few players to join in."
"Whatever you want, I'll play for two more days and then I'll go offline for dinner." A day in the game is about equal to an hour in reality, and Jiang Yuzhe decided to take a break after meeting Huang Rong and Guo Xiang.
came to Guo Jing's study and handed Huang Rong's letter to him, but was left to test the art of war. The Song Dynasty used the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" as the standard for examining military attachΓ© generals. The primer on the art of war that Guo Jing chose for Guo Poyu is the "Art of War" and "Li Weigong Asks Right" in it.
Guo Jing asked: "Tang Taizong said: "The soldiers are only strong horses and rushing, this strange soldier?" The Han soldiers are crossbows and horns, and this is a soldier? How did Li Jing answer this sentence.
Guo Poyu replied loudly: "Li Jing said: "According to the cloud of "Sun Tzu": 'Those who make good use of soldiers seek to be powerful, and do not blame others, so they can choose people and let them go. 'The so-called people who choose people, each fights according to the strengths of the Han. Fan is longer than a horse, and Ma Li is a quick fight; The Han is longer than the crossbow, and the crossbow is good for slowing down the war. This nature is left to its own potential, but it is not a strange part. The minister said before that the Han will change the number and change the name, and the law of Qi Zheng is also born. Horses are also positive, crossbows are also strange, how often there are! Later Taizong asked: "Qing is more elaborate." Li Jing replied: "It is also his technique to make the enemy follow it. β
Guo Jing Zhengse said: "The book is well memorized, but the way of reading lies in reading the mind, how do you think Li Jing's words should be interpreted?" β
Guo Poyu did not hinder and continued to talk loudly: "When Tang Taizong asked, the Tartars are good at using cavalry, and this is a strange soldier. Good at surprise attacks. My great man is good at using archers, and although he is an upright army, he lacks the mobility to deploy. Li Jing's answer basically meant this: There is no distinction between superior and inferior arms at all, and the situation of the war does not depend on the arms of the army, but on the commanders of the two armies. A good commander does not stick to the class and mindset, but mobilizes the enemy without being mobilized by the enemy. β
"A good one to mobilize the enemy, and not to be mobilized by the enemy." Guo Jing asked: "Po Yu, let me ask you, now it is not the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, but Song Meng." The Mongol soldiers are naturally better at fighting than our Han Chinese, and have the advantages of both cavalry and archery. My Great Song Dynasty can't fight in the field now. And how can we mobilize the enemy without being mobilized by the enemy? β
Guo Poyu was slightly stunned for a moment, unable to answer for a while. Before that, he was able to answer Guo Jing's questions fluently, and he should be grateful to Qiu Xue'er for supervising him two days ago on the art of war. Qiu Xue'er's topic selection was very accurate, and six of the ten questions he supervised Guo Poyu's back were asked today.
But now this problem is outside the scope of preparation, and Guo Poyu has no choice but to say nonsense: "Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: "Go to the army to fight and plan, then fight the enemy, and then attack the army." "The child heard that in Mongolia, there was a dispute between Jochi and Chagatai in the past, and now there is a dispute between Ali Buge and Kublai Khan. If you send a master to infiltrate Mongolia, provoke its armies to fight. will be protected from the invasion of our Great Song Dynasty. Moreover, Mongolia now has a vast territory and has invaded countless countries in the Western Regions. If you can send a tongue to argue that Xiliao and Hua Zimo will advance and retreat with our Great Song Dynasty, it will not lose the policy of combining Su and Qin with the six countries in the past. The former Three Kingdoms of Eastern Wu were able to resist the north, and the sailors were also. Today's Mongol soldiers were born in the north and are not good at water warfare. If I had a sailor in Xiangyang and used the Han River as a canal, I would be able to keep the Mongol soldiers from a hundred miles away from Xiangyang, so that the people would not suffer from the siege. β
After hearing this, Guo Jing pondered sideways for a while, and said with a smile: "Rong'er also told me about the top and middle strategies you just said, but if you want to implement it, it will take a long time, and second, there may not be any of the columnists like Su Qin in the Great Song Dynasty now, let alone be able to infiltrate the spy in the center of the Mongolian army." Regarding the strategy of the naval army, the loopholes are not small, and now Kublai Khan's army is hiding on the border, trying to try Dali, if it succeeds, the south of Xiangyang will be completely exposed to its military momentum, and only defend the Han River, what is the use. It's just that you can study the art of war seriously, and you can never forget the people, which is quite gratifying to me. β
Guo Poyu was very happy to see Guo Jing's twisted beard and smile, and was about to say a few more perfunctory words, so when he resigned from the study, a crisp system voice sounded: "Ding Dong, Guo Jing's closeness to you +3, you have triggered the system event - the successor of Beixia Guo Jing." β
"I've long heard that when the closeness of the NPC is increased to a certain level, an event will be triggered, and seeing that Guo Jing is so happy, maybe he will also give me something."
Just as Guo Poyu thought, Guo Jing smiled and took out a six-foot-long steel staff from his arms and said: "Your Master Ke (Ke Zhenxi) entrusted someone a few days ago to give me his weapons for many years, and let me find a successor for him in my apprentices and grandchildren, and pass on the magic wand method." I see that you are very qualified, how about I pass on this staff to you when I have time? β
Guo Poyu was angry in his heart, and thought: "There should be a limit to your NPC's low IQ, this magic wand is more than 50 catties, can my little arms and legs move?" Guo Poyu is now holding the steel rod handed over by Guo Jing, and it is already very difficult to prevent it from falling to the ground. Fortunately, the two white eagles were extremely smart, and they flew into the study from the atrium and helped Guo Poyu hold the steel rod. Then it took a lot of effort for one person and two eagles to finally put the wand into the toolbar in Guo Poyu's arms.
The wand, though heavy, is a pretty good weapon. If getting the immovable wand is only a mixed blessing, the next system news is by no means good news for Guo Poyu.
"Ding-dong." Guo Poyu had just walked back to his room when he received the second system message today. "The system is moved by the huge strategy that you have come up with today. A new system task tree has been launched specifically for you. Please quickly increase your ability in the art of war to C, you will not be able to go out of the Guo Mansion until you complete it, after completion, the system will reward you with performance points and treasures.
"Daddy." Guo Poyu thought: I can't go out again. He punched himself hard in front of the bronze mirror. "Makes your mouth dirty."
There are no absolutes in everything, Guo Poyu studied the art of war in Guo Mansion for a day, and was taken out of Guo Mansion by Guo Jing the next day. This is how the system determines the weighting coefficient for events in the game. The main story takes precedence over system missions. Today, Guo Poyu and Wang Jianmin were able to walk out of Xiangyang City Gate with a group of NPCs, all thanks to the main plot that took place on the fifth day of November in the first year of Baoyou of the Great Song Dynasty - "The Return of Huang Rong".