Hearing Wang Xu's praise, Yu Huali grinned and smirked:

"Hmmm! Brother Xu is right. As long as I have a strong bow, I can pull it away and shoot him 600 paces. ”

finished, picked up the fat chicken on the plate, and walked towards Mo Zhai while gnawing on it.

"How can you just rely on my brother's mouth to fight? Brother doesn't believe it. Besides, the arrows are light, and unless they are made of bronze, even if you have a strong bow, you will not be able to use them. ”

Mo Zhai is right, with the strength of the current countries, who can achieve the level of making arrows from bronze? If this is the case, it is equivalent to throwing money on the battlefield, and it is estimated that there is nothing to do with the straw boat borrowing arrows. As long as you are not afraid of death, you can wander around the battlefield by the way, and you can make a windfall just by collecting arrows.

At this moment, Mo Zhai was snatching the wooden figure in Wang Xu's hands. Wang Xu crossed his waist with one hand and lifted the wooden figure high with the other. As if teasing a child, he asked playfully:

"Brother Zhai, since it's here, then use bronze arrows."

Mo Zhai was half a head shorter than him. When he heard this, he became angry and stood on tiptoe to reach the wooden figure in Wang Xu's hand.

"Is war a child's play? Brother Xu, return me. ”

Wang Xu put his crossed hand against Mo Zhai's chest and pushed him away.

"I'll reason with you. If Brother Zhai thinks it's wrong. I pay you back. What kind of system is pulling? ”

"Good! You. Brother listened. ”

In fact, Mo Zhai just didn't believe that the war would use bronze as currency to forge arrowheads. Wang Xu is a salesman, and his eloquence is naturally unmatched. Of course, the thickness of the skin is unmatched. So, turn on the flicker mode.

"You think that an adult man is old enough to be a weak crown. Let's count the average annual cost of raising a baby boy to the age of a weak crown, and it will be free of illness and disaster. Twenty years is 4,000 dollars. Such an algorithm is not excessive. Right? ”

Mo Zhai nodded. Wang Xu continued:

"After enlisting in the army, the cost of equipment for an ordinary soldier ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. And count 1,000 yuan, not counting the loss of leather armor, military uniforms, bedding or food. If this soldier unfortunately dies. His family directly lost 4,000 yuan in child support, and since then there has been one less young and strong laborer in the family, and the heavy farm work falls on the old and weak women and children. Perhaps in the near future, the family will sell their children and daughters for their livelihood, and the old and weak will starve to death. This is not uncommon. I won't go into too much detail. The loss of the state is also very large, otherwise it would not have amended the marriage decree to encourage childbearing. And even if a young man from a normal family is in his twenties, he can only live to thirty. If you don't go to war, you pay taxes every year, 150 yuan. Ten years is 1,500 dollars, plus the country's investment in armaments, a total loss of 2,500 dollars. Of course, the loss of the state is in the long run. ”

Wang Xu took a breath, too much afraid that Mo Zhai would not be able to digest it. So, I walked to a few cases and drank a bowl of water. Mo Zhai had never heard such a novel argument, and looked at Wang Xu and nodded repeatedly.

"If a country's strength is measured by money. That one soldier was 6,500 dollars. Killing one enemy can cause a loss of 6,500 gold to his country. The essence of war is to impoverish the losing side. The gap in national strength between the two countries is getting wider and wider. ”

At this point, Wang Xu looked at Mo Zhai and smiled slightly.

"It's only two pennies to add a bronze arrow to a feather arrow. Brother Zhai thinks that two coins or 6,500 coins, which is more important? ”

In the main hall of Nozaifu, there was silence. Mo Zhai's expression was very complicated. He knew that the future war would really develop into Wang Xu's, using simple killing to increase the strength between the strong and the weak. Eventually, they annexed each other. Using these stark figures to describe the essence of war seems intuitive and real, and it is even more bloody and terrifying.

If the princes see this clearly, then the future will be a purgatory on earth with corpses everywhere. Pure killing distorts human nature. The slaughter of cities and prisoners will not be subject to moral constraints. They will only see these as a regular way to suppress the development of their opponents' national power.

Thinking of this, Mo Zhai gasped. He admired Wang Xu's ability to see the situation so clearly. The positioning of the Mo family is to prevent such a tragedy from happening. He finally understood why Wang Xu insisted on letting him help people defend the city.

"Alright! You win first. However, the younger brother must see the power of the wooden bow before he is willing to admit defeat. ”

"Don't worry! It will convince you to lose. ”

After the first round of the competition, the two sides exchanged offense and defense, and then the next round of confrontation began.

In a normal battle, the ratio of casualties between the attacker and the defender is controlled within 3 to 1, which is considered a complete victory. If it's 5 to 1, it's considered a narrow victory. If it's higher, it's a pyrrhic victory. Of course, the outcome of the battle depends on the size of the city breached, the amount of material and the population captured. If you capture the royal city of a country and capture the king of the other country, the meaning is different.

Feng Shui takes turns, and Mo Zhai repays his body with his own way. He placed the pair of chopsticks as a ladder on both sides of the city tower, and according to Wang Xu's routine, he first launched the first round of attacks with heavy armor soldiers. Mo Zhai understood the current war situation, and instead of being entangled with Wang Xu in the range of bows and arrows, it was better to find another way. Directly take down the opponent's tower, open the city gate, rush in, and solve the battle simply and rudely.

Mo Zhai couldn't help but smile slyly when he saw that Wang Xu did not respond effectively, and still defended with archers. Stretch out your hand, ready to take away the wooden people on the other side's city. Unexpectedly, Wang Xu took the first step and confiscated his rhinoceros soldiers and the ladder. Mo Zhai looked confused, and hurriedly stopped Wang Xu's shameless behavior. Denounced:

"Wait! Wait! What does this mean? Don't you have this strong bow that can pierce the rhino armor? Brother doesn't believe it. ”

"Huh! I still have this bit of common sense. Look here. ”

Mo Zhai looked in the direction of Wang Xu's finger. That's where the dung basin props were placed earlier. He frowned.

Could it be that Brother Xu means that the soldiers were contaminated with feces and immediately contracted the plague? How so? ”

I thought to myself, you're too, aren't you? Besides, doesn't it take time to get sick?

Wang Xu smiled, as if educating juniors, patted Mo Zhai on the shoulder.

"Brother Zhai misunderstood. It's not manure water, it's hot oil, and it's hot oil that can be burned. ”

What the is going to do? Mo Zhai's eyes widened, and he felt that his three views were completely destroyed. Playing a siege game with a RMB player is simply looking for abuse.

After a while, Mo Zhai grabbed Wang Xu's sleeve and persuaded bitterly:

"It's very expensive to return oil, so you can only defend it with dung and water. Why did it change again when I got to Brother Xu? ”

Wang Xu scratched his head.

"Is oil expensive? Isn't your house able to afford to light an oil lamp? I remember lighting three more yesterday. ”

Mo Zhai was speechless for a moment, he adjusted his mood, and said with a half-concealed smile:

"Hehe... This is Yunmeng. Brother Xu is well governed, and the people are rich. There are both waterwheels and oil mills in the wild, so it is naturally not a problem to extract oil from soybeans. But this is not the case outside, the people are not yet full, and there is no waterwheel oil mill. How do you make oil? ”

"Why should Brother Zhai be pedantic. When you help the people defend the city on another day, I will transport this soybean oil. You splash as you please. ”

Hear such an answer. A strange picture seemed to appear in front of Mo Zhai's eyes. In the war scene depicted by Wang Xu, the soldiers of both warring sides put down their swords and poured oil on each other with copper basins, like splashing water, playing and laughing. He even saw some pots full of copper coins. From time to time, grab a handful and throw it at the other party.

Wang Xu can be ignorant of war. He is a complete businessman, and he can only interpret war through his grasp and understanding of the market economy. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the victory or defeat of a war depends on the ability of individual soldiers, iron discipline and fearless spirit. And in his view, the war is just a big gamble on the two belligerents. Whoever puts in more money has a better chance of winning. The quality and ability of a sergeant is an investment in talent. And good equipment is an investment of money and technology.

In later generations, he has seen a lot of American war blockbusters, especially World War II movies. Wang Xu believes that the reason why the United States can win is not that its soldiers' ability to fight alone is better than that of other countries, as it advocates. Rather, in the big gamble of war, the United States invested much more money than other countries. For example, if attacking a one-mile position, the total weight of artillery shells, bombs, and bullets dropped by the US military may reach five tons. The Germans were able to do four tons, the Japanese three tons, and the Russian army one ton.

In terms of individual soldier quality, it is Germany, Japan, the United States, and Russia that are so recalcitrant However, why did the war reverse? That's because when the gap between the two investments is not large, the gap between sergeant quality and armament is made up at the cost of increasing casualties. Use the cruel method of killing 1,000 enemies and self-inflicting 2,000 to drag down the support of the opponent's national strength. As a result, the Central Powers entered the war in much greater numbers than the Entente.

Whether it's a steel cannonball dropped on the battlefield, or a feathered arrow with a bronze arrowhead. In fact, the essence of the truth is the same. Why since the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been repeatedly invaded by foreign countries, and it is difficult to fight back? That's because the disparity in investment in talent and money between the two sides is too great to determine the outcome of a war at the expense of numbers.

The nomads have always made amazing achievements, precisely because of the gap between these two aspects. Their warriors eat meat since childhood, their bodies are strong, they dance with wolves and ride ** Zhan, and the quality of individual soldiers is much higher than that of the warriors of the farming nation. In terms of armament, the input of individual soldiers such as horses, sabers, horse capsules, bows, crossbows, and leather armor is stronger than that of unarmored infantry soldiers armed with red tassel guns. This is not difficult to see from the history of the development of weapons, since the Tang Dynasty, many expensive weapons have been replaced by cheap spears. The ruling class blindly pursues quantity rather than quality, and the gap between it and the nomads will widen.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the kingdoms confronted the Di people in the north, and the two sides could at least have a draw. Although the chariot is not as agile as a single horse, it is not much different in mobility, and it still has the strength to fight. When the chariot is eliminated, the infantry is crushed against the cavalry. In the history of the Warring States, Zhao was the most powerful country to confront Qin in the middle and late periods. It is precisely because of the cavalry shooting of King Wuling of Zhao Wuling that Zhao Biancai suddenly rose up and was tempered in the frequent invasion of the Beidi tribe. In the end, he had the strength to compete with Qin Ruishi, who was almost perverted at that time.

Looking at war from the perspective of economics, Wang Xu's theory of war seems to sound quite reasonable. However, the difference between the two is 2,500 years, and the serious mismatch in the amount of information makes it difficult for Mo Zhai to absorb it for a while. He was slightly stunned at first, then frowned and thought about it. This is not the first time this has happened. It seems that Wang Xu's casual words can be thought-provoking. After a while, Mo Zhai arched his hand and said:

"Okay. I admit it... My brother lost again. ”

Wang Xu smiled and also bowed his hand to Mo Zhai. The atmosphere became solemn.

"There's something, I want to ask Brother Zhai for help."

From the other party's sincere eyes, Mo Zhai seemed to be able to sense the importance of the matter.

"After Yingze's affairs settle down, Brother Zhai will go to the Jin Kingdom. I think... Meet Zhao Wuxian. ”

Zhao Wuxian is Zhao Jianzi's son. Zhao Jianzi is the last Xiangguo of the Jin Kingdom, and his status is noble. In a vassal state like Weiguo, it is difficult for Beiwei Hou to see Zhao Wuxian, let alone a wild slaughter of him. Obviously, the meaning of these words was to let Zhao Wuxian come to Weiguo to see him. Mo Zhai was extremely surprised.

"Brother Xu isn't laughing, is he? Even if I see Zhao Wuxian, why should I convince him to come to defend the country? ”

"Stirrups, saddles. You go to him with these two things, and if he is interested, he will come here to meet me. I believe that with Zhao Wuxian's intelligence, he will not fail to see the value of these two things. ”

Mo Zhai didn't know what kind of treasure the so-called stirrups and saddles were in Wang Xu's mouth. But seeing the other party's confident expression, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay. What's the harm if my brother goes to Jinyang? ”

Jinyang was the base camp of the Zhao clan at this time.

"I still want to bother Brother Zhai to go to Qi country, and I also want to see Tianpan."

The mood that had just been relaxed immediately tensed up again. What kind of medicine is sold in Wang Xu's gourd? Mo Zhai was very puzzled.

Why are the people you want to see are all the sons of Xiangguo? Tian Pan is the son of Tian Heng. According to their age, they may be three or four years older. Just ask the son-in-law of the clan, the heir of the future Tian clan, who is so young. How can you go out for no reason? Even if he has to move the field to defend it, I'm afraid his father won't agree, right?

It is obviously not easy to bring an underage child to the country. Mo Zhai's brows were about to wring out water, thinking about countermeasures. Wang Xu seemed to see the other party's worries, and said unhurriedly:

"I know it's a little difficult to serve Tian Xiang. Brother Zhai can send an invitation to Tian Pan in the name of sacrificing wine in the school hall and invite him to study in Wei. I will give Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" as a gift to show my sincerity. If Tian Xiang is still not moved, you can tell him that Sun Wu's art of war is in my hands, and I am willing to accept Tian Pan as an apprentice and teach him everything. ”

The sacrificial sake is the headmaster of the school.

Hearing Sun Wu's art of war, Mo Zhai's eyes were about to fall out. He recalled the incident of the sand table drill with Wang Xu just now. couldn't help but look at each other suspiciously.

Who is Sun Wu? It was a military wizard who made the state of Wu strong enough to destroy the state of Chu. And how can they win with their kitsch and lewd skills? Not to mention throwing money on it. Wang Xu's words, Mo Zhai didn't believe it at all.

"My brother has never heard that Brother Xu has met Sun Wuzi? Brother Xu's doing this is too pragmatic. The Sun family is a big family of the Qi country, aren't you afraid of setting yourself on fire? ”

"Afraid of what? "The Art of War" and "Thirty-six Strategies" I know more than Sun Wu. You can rest assured! If Tian Xiang knew about this, he would never reveal it to outsiders. Even Sun, he wouldn't. ”

Wang Xu smiled evilly at Mo Zhai, as if "you understand".

"The Art of War" is not only a treasure book of military strategy, but also a basic routine that later generations of businessmen must learn. Although plagiarism is not good, but in the era in which the moon is larger than that of later generations, the Mozi in front of him does not have a relationship with the great man of Kesheng in the legend. Maybe the world itself is deranged? Wang Xu did not have the slightest psychological burden for plagiarizing his grandson's writings. Again, he didn't use his own name. If it was like Ji Lan, Sun Wu would be killed by the dead soldiers sent by Gou Jian. Then his act of plagiarism is for the benefit of all mankind.

However, Mo Zhai feared that Wang Xu's approach would bring ruin to the weak defense of the country.