"Sun Tzu, the Art of War?" The young man sitting on the bench had his small eyes widened, he had never heard of such a military book. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, there's another name for this book, the art of war. Meng Fan then went on to say the name of the Western translation of the Art of War, a term that is only used in some countries in the East, while in the West the Art of War is translated as the art of war.

"The Art of War..." The young man's eyes showed a look of surprise, "This... I wonder if Your Excellency has read this book?" Meng Fan looked at the brown-haired man sitting on the bench.

The young man shook his head, "Please be seated." The young man moved his body to the side and invited Meng Fan to sit down.

Meng Fan was also polite and sat down beside the young man. "The art of war, this is really a fascinating name, in the eyes of the people, war is as terrible as the plague, people only see killing, tyranny and death in the war..."

"I don't know which general or scholar is reading this book?"

"Well, the author didn't leave a name. Meng Fan coughed and replied, "A book without a name?" The young man squinted his eyes, he had read almost all the books on military affairs, but he had never heard of such a book as the art of war.

"What kind of general does Your Excellency think is a powerful person?" Meng Fan took the initiative to ask, "Of course, a general like Peggy Loraine, General Peggy has commanded hundreds of battles in the army, and each time he can defeat the enemy and win the war. The man sitting next to Meng Fan patted the "Peggy Loraine Battle Notes" in his hand.

"I don't think so. Meng Fan shook his head, "Winning a hundred battles, not the best generals, the generals who can surrender without a fight are the best commanders on the battlefield." Meng Fan said.

Hearing Meng Fan's words, the young man's hand on the book trembled slightly, it was the first time he had heard such a novel theory, a general who won a hundred battles was not the best general, and a general who could surrender without a fight was the most powerful person.

"A soldier who surrenders without a fight, how can it be easy to do in reality? An army is like a sharp sword, and the sword is unsheathed, how can it not see blood. The young man retorted.

Looking at the brown-haired man sitting in front of him, the other party was also a very smart person, Meng Fan thought in his heart.

"Of course, it is difficult to defeat the enemy without a fight, the vast majority of wars are ultimately won by force, and if you want to win a bloodless war, you need the commander on the battlefield to have a deep sense of the overall situation, and the commander must fully understand the gap between the enemy and our forces, and be able to use other factors besides the army, such as the supply of materials, changes in the natural environment, whether the economic strength of the enemy country is full, whether the political power is stable..." Meng Fan began to talk about some of the modern military theories he had read.

The young man sitting next to Meng Fan was shocked by what Meng Fan said, what Meng Fan said was an advanced military theory on the earth, and of course no one could understand it in the Qinglan Continent.

"War is political power in the final analysis, oh, it should be said here that it is an extension of royal power, the army is nothing but the lord, the weapon in the hands of the king, and it is not the army or the generals who ultimately decide the victory or defeat of the war, but the lord behind them, the king..." Meng Fan said a lot in one breath, and finally ended with Clausewitz, the author of "On War", with the classic statement of war on war.

After Meng Fan finished speaking, he looked at the young man sitting in front of him, and the brown and yellow-haired young man had a feverish look in his eyes. "I'm Tiberius Nar, may I ask who Your Excellency is..." the young man asked after bowing his head to Meng Fan.

"My name is Claude Kuru. Meng Fan replied, "Claude!" Tiberius grabbed Meng Fan's hand, "You're the one who came up with the idea of burning the siege towers of the Bretan army with Ram wine..."

"Well, it's me. Meng Fan whispered, Meng Fan didn't expect the other party to know that he had come up with the idea of burning the siege tower, and the Marquis of Lewin, the lord of Ziyang City, did not publicize this matter in the city.

"Great, I knew that the person who could come up with such a great idea must be a great person, Claude, you really didn't disappoint me, tonight's banquet was not in vain..." Tiberius stood up excitedly.

The young man named Tiberius, who sat next to Meng Fan, was the son of Viscount Bruce Nar, the tax collector of Ziyang City, and although Tiberius was born into an aristocratic family, he was notoriously eccentric.

Tiberius never spoke to people he didn't look down on, and he thought that talking to people was a waste of time and experience, so what kind of people could be looked down upon by Tiberius? Tiberius was not looking down on people of prominent or wealthy status.

Tiberius's father had invited an earl to his home, but Tiberius had only come out at his father's behest to say hello to the earl and then turn away, and in Tiberius's eyes, a man who had become a nobleman by inheriting his father's title was not worth talking to at all.

In the city of the Purple Sun, there was a skilled blacksmith, but Tiberius often went to talk to the blacksmith about the methods and techniques of smelting iron, and it was rare for a noble child like Tiberius to talk to a sweaty blacksmith in a dirty blacksmith shop.

Tiberius sat on the bench with an excited face and talked to Meng Fan about the art of war, that is, the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Meng Fan was very happy that he finally had a conversation with this young man, and of course he did his best to say some of the military theories he remembered in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Soon after, melodious music sounded in the banquet hall, and the band invited by the Marquis of Lewin, the lord of Ziyang City, began to play music, which meant that the dance was about to begin, and there was also a ball at this celebration dinner held in the Lord's Mansion tonight, where the male guests could send invitations to their favorite ladies and ladies in the banquet hall, and if the other party accepted, the two of them could dance together.

Tiberius, who was sitting on the side of the banquet hall, didn't care about the start of the dance at all, and still pulled Meng Fan to talk about military tactics, but Meng Fan's eyes couldn't help but turn to the group of men and women dancing in the center of the banquet hall.

"Tiberius, don't you want to invite a young lady to dance?" Meng Fan asked, "Dancing?" The young man in front of him turned his head to look at the people dancing in the banquet hall.

"What's the point of that, these men just want to take the opportunity to show their hospitality to the woman they like," said Tiberius in a cold tone.

Tiberius's indifference to the ball did not affect Meng Fan's enthusiasm, and through the dancing men and women in the banquet hall, Meng Fan saw the blue-haired girl named Beatis, who was sitting on the sofa waiting for the male guests to invite him to dance.

A handsome aristocratic young man came to Beatis's side and bowed, inviting the beautiful blue-haired girl to dance with her, Beatis smiled shyly, stretched out her white little hand on the man's outstretched palm, Beatis got up and walked with the noble young man onto the dance floor in the banquet hall.

"Claude, do you want to go dancing?" Tiberius, who was sitting next to Meng Fan, spoke, "I..." Meng Fan moved his lips and nodded.

"Then go get a female companion. Tiberius clasped his hands and leaned back on the bench and said, Meng Fan knew that the man in front of him would never dance with a woman.

"I'll wait. Meng Fan looked at the blue-haired girl on the dance floor who was dancing with another man and whispered.

"Oh, your favorite girlfriend is already dancing. Tiberius sensed Meng Fan's thoughts, "Which girl is it?" Tiberius asked with a smile as he looked at the men and women dancing on the dance floor.