The exercise began in the morning and continued until the sun went down, and a room of officers spent lunch at the deduction table. As the sky darkened, a staff officer silently lit a candle, and the light of the fire reflected the serious and concerned faces. Everyone in the room knew the importance of deduction, which could help the generals to make battlefield predictions and avoid unnecessary losses.

"The rebels began to attack...... "A staff officer picked up the dice and threw them: "Six! ”

Referring to the rule table, the staff officer read out the results: "The rebels have launched three night attacks in a row...... He raised his head and said to Fu Tianjun: "Mr. Fu Qian, please throw the dice." ”

After Fu Tianjun finished rolling the dice, the other staff officers reported the final result according to the rule table: "Team D was heavily damaged and retreated, the rebels attacked the baggage, two teams were wiped out, and three teams retreated. The rebel Tianming continued to attack, and Fu Qian always asked to throw the dice. ”

Reading the results again, although no one in the room spoke, Zhou Dongtian's face was already full of frustration. The rebels not only inflicted heavy losses on the troops in his rear and cut off the supply line of the Changqing battalion, but also blocked the retreat of the Ming army and surrounded the entire Changqing battalion. This will certainly have serious implications for further action. No matter how it evolves next, I am afraid it will be an unacceptable result for the Ming army. It seems that today's deduction results have vetoed the rapid advance of the Evergreen Battalion in the original plan.

Zhou Dongtian thought about it for a long time and did not take further action, but straightened up his body, as if he was ready to give up. Although the onlookers did not speak, they accepted the result from the expressions of everyone. Evolving to this point is enough to show that the plan of the Evergreen Battalion Commander in the original plan was too hasty.

Fu Tianjun's expression suddenly became relaxed, although he didn't know the military's plan, but he could roughly guess the plan of the Ming army. The rebels played by Fu Tianjun have been cautiously and steadily retreating, until the supply line of the Ming army was stretched to the limit, and he used a large number of ambushed rangers to besiege the Ming army in the rear. The joy of the end of the battle suddenly dispelled the tension that pressed on everyone's hearts, and then everyone felt overwhelming hunger, and it was too hard to deduce on an empty stomach until now, and the officers showed relaxed expressions, and the solemn atmosphere in the tent was swept away, and they began to discuss the meals in the canteen.

"Wait a minute." Xu Ping had been silently pondering, he suddenly broke the silence in the room, and the whole room suddenly moved their eyes to him, Xu Ping ordered loudly: "Restore the state of the previous round, I have objections to the result of this round." ”

After hearing the referee's order, the staff officers restored the chessboard to the state before the rebels attacked, Xu Ping stared at the chessboard as if he was talking to himself: "The rebels attacked three times in a row in one night? Another time in the morning? ”

"Yes, sir, the vote is six." The staff officer just now carefully glanced at the rules table and reported loudly, "It's three night raids, my lord, and the result is fine." ”

"I didn't say you read it wrong," Xu Ping frowned and looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard, many of the rebel chess pieces besieging the Ming army were calibrated ranger sentinels, "I have seen the rebel ranger sentry with my own eyes, they don't have such ability, so they attack once instead." ”

"...... on the rules table," the staff officer objected in a low voice.

"Change it to once." Xu Ping interrupted the man's argument: "I don't care about the rule table, change it to once!" ”

"Yes." The staff officer instructed Fu Tianjun to roll the dice again, and this time the rebels only fought with the Ming army for the road, although it affected the Ming army's use of the road, but did not cut it off.

But Xu Ping was still not satisfied, and he asked loudly: "Why did you throw the dice twice?" ”

The staff officer hurriedly explained: "My lord, the first time was a night attack, and the rebels launched another attack after dawn. ”

"I said change it to one time, cancel this attack after dawn!"

Xu Ping's words caused a buzz and whispers, and the staff officer in charge of the rule table was still arguing: "My lord, the speed of the rebel chess pieces is higher than that of the Ming army's chess pieces, so there should be a first attack." ”

"I know the rules, but they don't fit the reality." Xu Ping ordered unmoved: "Cancel this attack." ”

Another referee, Wu Zhongzhong, couldn't stand it anymore, he was the only person in the room who had the right to question Xu Ping's decision: "Keqin, deduction is deduction, we can't modify it as soon as we see that the deduction is unfavorable to our army." ”

Xu Ping retorted: "Brother Ziyu, I didn't revise it because it was unfavorable to our army, but it was so. ”

Xu Ping's tone was a little irritating to Wu Zhong, he was not as calm as Fang Cai: "Keqin, you think that the rebel army is not organized enough, so you canceled the two attacks, and I also approve of it." But now it is necessary to remove the speed advantage of the rebels, and the original four attacks have been reduced to one, which is too much. ”

Xu Ping was silent for a moment, then turned to the staff officer in charge of the rules and said, "The rebels can attack first, but they can't achieve any results. ”

"General Xu!" Wu Zhong's voice unconsciously raised, and he shouted, "Then what's the point of this attack? ”

"I've had my own encounters with rebel rangers, and I've read a lot of reports. The rebel rangers usually acted sporadically in units of a few or a dozen people, and it was impossible for them to organize a large-scale offensive with hundreds of people. Moreover, these thieves were generally light cavalry without armor, carrying only a small number of bows and arrows, gunpowder, and short weapons. I don't care what the attack power indicated on the chess pieces is, in fact they lack neither the commander who can command a large-scale attack in a unified manner, nor the will and ability to do so. Xu Ping said and glanced at Fu Tianjun, who was at a loss next to him, and commented coldly: "The general thinks that the benefits obtained by Mr. Fu Qian by taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules in the war chess deduction are impossible for the rebels to get on the actual battlefield. ”

Xu Ping took a deep breath and said to the whole room: "As for my refusal to admit any results of this attack, it is because on the actual battlefield, they are tantamount to suicide in doing so. You can judge for yelves, if the rebels really use this kind of stragglers to attack our formed troops, armed with armor, spears, guns, and even artillery, at dawn, what will happen to them? Is it possible for them to make a difference? ”

"Our role is to conduct deductions and report the results to the Forces nouvelles General Staff, rather than deciding the results on our own based on personal preference." Wu Zhong was completely enraged by Xu Ping's attitude, and he loudly threatened: "If General Xu insists on doing things on his own like this, I will not sign the results of the deduction!" ”

Xu Ping silently looked at Wu Zhong, who could not see a trace of compromise in his eyes. Wu Zhong, who couldn't bear it anymore, slapped the table heavily, picked up his helmet, and walked away angrily.

Xu Ping slowly turned around, looked at the silent staff officers in the room, and said, "Let's continue." ”

……

Early the next morning, Xu Ping handed over the thick deduction report to Zhang Chengye. The battalion officer of the Changqing Battalion read it carefully, silently reading the key judgments in it, and occasionally asked Xu Ping for the last two sentences. The last few pages of the report are Xu Ping's summary of the deduction, his impressions, inferences and suggestions for improvement of the entire plan, and Zhang Chengye has read this part particularly carefully. After reading it, he gently closed the last page, raised his head to look directly at Xu Ping, and asked, "The conclusion is feasible, right?" ”

"Yes." Xu Ping replied briefly.

Zhang Chengye tapped the report on the table lightly and said to Xu Ping: "General Wu came to me last night, and he declared that he would not sign this report. ”

This was expected by Xu Ping, he nodded solemnly, and said, "Then will the adults sign it?" ”

Zhang Chengye leaned heavily on the back of his chair and said, "Before I decide whether to sign or not, I want to hear what you have to say." ”

"The last general did revise some of the steps in the deduction, but the last general thought that these changes were within the referee's purview."

"The referee does have the right to modify some deduction steps," Zhang Chengye leaned forward sharply, propped his elbows on the table, and clasped his hands together: "But that can only be a major unreasonable order, not the rule itself." ”

The so-called major unreasonable orders, in the new military regulations, refer to the judgment made by obtaining information that should not be known through some off-the-field factors. For example, playing the role of a staff officer of one side, guessing the reality of the opponent based on the change in the opponent's expression, or judging the opponent's hidden chess pieces based on the opponent's attention when looking at the rules table. If the referee believes that a decision was made on the basis of off-field factors such as these, then he has the right to demand a reasonable explanation from the actor or even to declare the order null and void.

Xu Ping met Zhang Chengye's gaze without hesitation and said, "The last general thinks that it is a major unreasonable order to let more than a dozen teams of ranger sentinels who are not subordinate to each other launch a coordinated attack, so the last general will not recognize the results achieved under this order. ”

"The deduction is not perfect, and every day the New Army Teaching Team conducts countless deductions to improve the rules. If you have any comments on the rules, you should report your comments in a formal way, rather than changing the rules yourself in the deduction. After Zhang Chengye finished speaking, he shook his head for a while and said: "The report required by the General Staff is based on these rules, and what the General Staff wants to see is the result of deductions made in accordance with these rules. If that's your reasoning, I can't sign this report. ”

"My lord, when the last general taught the team to learn the war chess deduction, Instructor Song first stated that the significance of the deduction is to help the commander make a correct judgment, which is also clearly written on the title page of the book of the deduction regulations." Xu Ping calmly looked at Zhang Chengye, who was looking at him solemnly, waiting intently for his next step. Xu Ping said: "In the end, the general thinks that deduction is to help us reach correct conclusions, not to make us turn a blind eye to obviously absurd conclusions; Deduction is to help us refine our plans, not to make ridiculous plans; The result of this deduction is likely to determine the specific orders given by the General Staff of the New Army to the Changqing Battalion, which will not only affect the entire battle situation, but also affect the fate of the battalion on the battlefield. In both public and private affairs, the general thought that he should give the General Staff a report that was closer to reality. I don't know what the last general said, do you approve of it? ”

Zhang Chengye's tightly closed mouth pouted slightly, his hands were crossed with ten fingers, and his gaze turned to the side. Xu Ping also stopped talking, but waited for the chief's decision. The two men remained silent in their respective stances.

Before Zhang Chengye spoke again, he held up the report again, and the weight seemed to be heavy in his hands. He said to Xu Ping: "If this plan is rejected, I don't know what new plans the staff will have." But if you are wrong, the General Staff gives an official order based on this result, then our battalion is in danger of being surrounded, do you understand? ”

"My lord, if my battalion is attacked from the flank by the main rebel forces, then the rear road may indeed be dangerous. But it is impossible to rely on a dozen teams of rangers to cut off our food routes and block our retreat! ”

"General Xu, do you dare to say that there is no case?"

"My lord, there is nothing foolproof in the world." Xu Ping looked at the report in Zhang Chengye's hand. He didn't end this deduction until late last night, and the summary that follows is the brainchild of his brainchild: "But the general thinks that if one situation will happen 9,999 times out of 10,000 times, and the other situation will only happen once, then what we write in the report should be the kind of situation that will happen 9,999 times." ”

"Instructor Song told me that your eloquence is very good. Well, by the way, General He also said that your words can always move people's hearts. Zhang Chengye put the report back on the table, lowered his eyes to look at it, and said, "But you should write another formal report and report your doubts about the existing rules." ”

"Back to my lord, the last general has already been written." After speaking, Xu Ping took out a few more pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Zhang Chengye, and when the others went to eat and sleep after completing the deduction report, Xu Ping still worked overnight and wrote out all his thoughts and suggestions for improvement.

Zhang Chengye reached out and took Xu Ping's other report and laid it aside. He opened the deduction report again and put pen to paper and signed his name: "This report will be approved." ”

"Master Xie." Xu Ping followed with another fist: "The last general will retire." ”

"Well, let's go rest." After putting the results of the deduction into the official bag, Zhang Chengye buried his head in looking at Xu Ping's second report, and said without raising his head: "Being young and vigorous is a good thing, but it should be used on the enemy, not on one's own people." In the future, pay attention to the tone of your voice with your colleagues. ”

"Master Xie's teachings, the end will understand."

……

"Uncle Zhang has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is a talent." Listening to Xu Ping's narration of the story, Miss Huang was first emotional, and after a little contemplation, she stared at Xu Ping and said: "General Xu is actually very cunning, this trick seems to have been used once, and it seems that what he said to Uncle He in Texas is similar. ”

"It's a righteous truth, how can you say it cunningly?" Xu Ping said with a smile: "Only the Grand Duke can be selfless, General He commented on me." ”

"Deceitful liar......" Miss Huang said with a smile: "Uncle He was very touched when he relayed General Xu's generous speech to my father under the city of Dezhou. ”

Xu Ping just smiled and didn't speak.

Miss Huang commented: "But then again, the regulations are the rules of the new army, and there are no rules, and it is rare for people like General Xu to dare to revise them." ”

"The last general also thinks that the regulations are very well formulated." Xu Ping's face was full of admiration, and his tone was also very sincere: "As long as a person can pass the assessment of the teaching team and memorize the regulations, then once he goes to the battlefield, he can make at least five decent judgments in ten times, and the remaining times will not be too bad." The other armies did not have these complicated regulations, and it was remarkable that most officers and men could not make a mistake once out of ten times. If there are no regulations to follow, then you can only grope little by little from actual combat. Even if a few people can accumulate experience and judge correctly five times out of ten, I don't know how much they have paid before that. ”

"But?" Miss Huang stared at Xu Ping and rushed to say the turning point for him.

"But," Xu Ping smiled and said, "Most of the new officers and soldiers only know what it is, but they don't know why, and they have forgotten the original intention of Lord Hou in formulating these regulations. ”

"So if you are as wise and handsome as General Xu, you naturally can't be bound by the regulations?" Miss Huang dragged the long tone, and the tone at the end of the sentence was also raised high.

"Miss praised it falsely, Xu Ping didn't dare to be ashamed." Although he said this, Xu Ping did not have a trace of shame on his face, and obviously accepted Miss Huang's sarcasm as a compliment.

Without waiting for Xu Ping to pretend to be modest again, Miss Huang quickly told him: "In the next three days, please General Xu practice swordsmanship on his own, there is a sister who is going to leave the cabinet, I will go and say a few words to her and help her do some needlework." ”

Xu Pingqi said: "Does Miss also do needlework?" ”

Miss Huang retorted: "It's much stronger than General Xu's swordsmanship." ”

Xu Ping laughed, and after laughing, he asked, "I don't know if the young lady's friend in the boudoir has ever known him?" ”

"Of course General Xu doesn't know!" Miss Huang glared at Xu Ping and said, "I think General Xu probably asked her mansion, and that General Xu may know about ......."

Huangshi has a righteous brother named Zhang Zaidi, who is one of his daughters who is about to get married. Miss Huang sighed with emotion: "Aunt Zhang gave birth to three daughters in a row, but she has no son. Uncle Zhang married a concubine and had children, and now the family is very restless. ”

Xu Ping didn't know if Miss Huang was sympathizing with her sisters, or if she was feeling, so she didn't talk. However, he remembered that Miss Huang's two mothers had passed away for many years, and there should be no such problem in the Zhendong Hou Mansion. When Xu Ping was thinking nonsense, Miss Huang said sadly: "Jia Yan once said that if people want to be restless for a day, they will hit furniture; If you want to be restless for a year, you will build a house; If you want to be restless for the rest of your life, you will marry Erniang. ”

Although Xu Ping didn't know what Miss Huang thought, he was very sure that this was the Hou of Zhendong who was feeling, and Miss Huang seemed to be speechless after speaking, and when she turned around, she saw the expression on Xu Ping's face change, and said angrily: "That being said, my father and mother are naturally different." ”

Xu Ping hurriedly nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: "That's, that's, of course." ”

Miss Huang seemed to remember something, and said to herself, "Why can't women pass on their families?" ”

There are a lot of readers who use to guess the biography, all of which belong to the invalid setting, for example, the setting of "Palace Change" has been invalidated for two years, and many other biography is the same, many of which I even forgot that there was such a setting, and it was found by enthusiastic readers......

As for the biography on my blog, not all the settings have been overturned, but there are still some differences, and all changes are subject to the final setting of this book. Declare in advance, so as not to see the discrepancy and say that I am cheating.

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