Cao Shi brought Fan Ning to his father Cao Yan, "Daddy, this is Fan Ning, I told you!" ”

Fan Ning hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Junior, please say hello to uncle!" ”

Cao Mo suddenly had a smile on his face, and pulled Fan Ning and said with a smile: "I have long admired Fan Shaolang's name, and I have always hoped that Shaolang can come to the mansion to sit, and today I finally got my wish!" ”

"Uncle is too polite, juniors should have come to visit uncle a long time ago!"

"It's not too late to come, come! I'll show you about it. ”

Cao Mo immediately introduced Fan Ning to the other Cao family disciples, and everyone greeted them one by one, at this time, Cao Fu also came over and smiled: "But Fan Ning is here?" ”

"Exactly!"

Cao Mo introduced Fan Ning: "This is Shi'er's fourth uncle and the queen's brother, and he has always paid attention to you!" ”

Fan Ning had heard that Empress Cao had two younger brothers, one admired Taoism, indifferent to fame and fortune, and was later listed as one of the eight immortals, and the other was a gentleman.

Fan Ning quickly glanced at him, and saw that he was about thirty years old, wearing a high-ranking military uniform of the forbidden army, but his face was pale, his eyelids were swollen, and his body was a little less violent.

Fan Ning still bowed and saluted, "Juniors, see Fourth Uncle Cao!" ”

"Fan Shaolang is too polite!"

Cao Fu hurriedly held him up and whispered in his ear: "I know what you said to the official family clearly. ”

Fan Ning was suspicious, but he couldn't say anything, so he took out the birthday gift and said with a smile: "This is a little heart for the old lady's birthday, the statue of Guanyin in Huangshi, I hope the old lady likes it." ”

Cao Fu praised loudly, "Tian Huangshi, a treasure that has just risen, the most cherished thing of the official family!" ”

When they learned that the boy in front of them was the fourth place in the imperial examination and the first place in the children's department, their faces showed a sudden meaning, it turned out that this young man was the prodigy Fan Ning who got the gold medal of the Son of Heaven.

Waiting for Fan Ning to take out the statue of Tian Huangshi Guanyin, the surrounding guests were attracted again, during this time Tian Huangshi was in the limelight in the capital, but most people have not seen it, they have gathered around to see this delicate Tian Huangshi like solidified honey, in an exclamation, Fan Ning signed his name and entered the Cao Mansion.

Although Cao Mansion occupies a vast area, but the current Cao Mansion is not the largest time, to later Song Yingzong ascended the throne, grateful for the grace of Queen Cao, once again rewarded the Cao family, gave a large area of vacant land in the north to Cao Mansion, so that the area of Cao Mansion reached 500 acres, then Cao Mansion was rebuilt again, becoming one of the famous mansions in the capital.

But at this time, Cao's mansion is also very spectacular, after all, it covers an area of 200 acres, the mansion is a high-rise building, the eaves and beams are magnificent, the atrium alone has nearly 70 acres, there are gardens and ponds everywhere, pavilions and pavilions can be seen everywhere, and it can accommodate nearly 1,000 guests.

The female guests all entered the inner house, and the male guests got together in twos and threes to chat, most of them were soldiers in military uniforms, and it is no wonder that the Cao family has a lofty position in the military and has always been the spokesperson for the interests of the military.

Just now, Fan Ning saw the name of his cousin Fan Zhongyan in the guest registration book, and also saw the names of Pang Ji, Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu, but he walked around and didn't find them.

At this moment, Fanning heard a slightly familiar voice, which seemed to be coming from the other side of the pavilion.

"It is urgent for the Song army to improve its equipment, but the quality of the army is also very important, and I think we must walk on two legs.

The voice came from a pavilion, and there were seven or eight high-ranking generals sitting inside, but Fan Ning, who was talking eloquently, knew none other than Yang Wenguang, the former owner of his new house.

There were six or seven generals sitting around, all of them burly, with straight waists and blazing eyes, and a middle-aged general on the left was particularly outstanding, he was the only person in the pavilion wearing a civilian uniform, but he was obviously also from a military background, his face was well-defined, like a sculpture, and his expression was extremely resolute, and when he looked back at Fan Ning, his sharp gaze was like a knife.

Fanning smiled at him, found a seat to sit down, and listened to them continue to talk about military affairs, the middle-aged civilian official was quite surprised, but did not object to Fanning sitting down.

At this time, after Yang Wenguang finished speaking, he looked up and saw Fan Ning, and was immediately surprised and delighted, "Fan Shaolang is here, but he came with Ling Zu?" ”

Fan Ning bowed slightly and smiled: "I came alone, but my grandfather also came, but I don't know where?" ”

When the middle-aged civil official heard that Fan Ning's surname was Fan, his heart moved, so he asked with a smile: "Wen Guang, who is this little official?" ”

Yang Wenguang introduced with a smile: "This Fan Shaolang is Fan Xianggong's cousin, the first place in the children's section of the imperial examination this year, Fan Ning, who is currently serving as the superintendent of the country!" ”

The middle-aged civil official was stunned, and hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "In Xia Diqing, I have received a lot of favors from my ancestors, and I have long admired the fame of the little official!" ”

When Fan Ning heard that the man in front of him was Di Qing, who was famous in history, he couldn't help but be in awe, and once again gave a deep salute, "The younger generation is the one who has long admired General Di's prestige, General Di killed the enemy for the country, and blessed the safety of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, please accept Fan Ning's salute!" ”

Fan Ning's gift immediately impressed everyone, the Great Song Dynasty has always been a civil official who looks down on military generals, either turning a blind eye or being high, Fan Ning, as the fourth place in the Jinshi department, actually showed such respect for Di Qing, which made people feel good.

Di Qing hurriedly held Fan Ning, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Inspector Fan doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat!" ”

This is the official invitation to Fan Ning to sit down, Di Qing said with a smile: "We are talking about the equipment of the Great Song Dynasty, I don't know what Inspector Fan's high opinion is?" ”

Fan Ning bowed slightly and said: "The last school is the last, how can there be any high opinions, the younger generations are willing to listen to the high opinions of the seniors!" ”

Di Qing smiled slightly, "Inspector Fan is knowledgeable, has a splendid mind, and even the Son of Heaven has given him a gold medal for exemption from calling, so why should he be so modest?" ”

Di Qing is not a frontier general now, he is now an official deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and he still knows some secrets of the imperial court, although Fan Ning got the gold medal of exemption from calling only a few people know, but Di Qing is obviously also one of the few.

The people around were all surprised, and they all asked, "Privy Envoy, what is the gold medal for exemption!" ”

"This matter is a long story, so let's listen to Inspector Fan's opinion first."

Although Di Qing was born as a military general, he was not reckless, he knew that some words had to be pointed, and he couldn't pass them on more, at least not from himself, so he no longer mentioned the matter of exempting the gold medal.

"Inspector Fan, say a few words!" Yang Wenguang also encouraged.

Everyone didn't ask much, and asked Fanning to say a few more words.

Fan Ning couldn't refuse, so he smiled and said: "Then I'll get an axe from the class, just say a few words, it's not right, please forgive me!" ”

"Inspector Fan, please say, we will listen!"

Fan Ning sorted out his thoughts and said: "Just now General Yang mentioned that army training and weapons and equipment are the two legs of battle, and one is indispensable, I completely agree with this point of view, in fact, I think the combat effectiveness of the Song army is acceptable now, if there is no cavalry with the Liao army and the Western Xia army, and everyone fights with infantry, then it must be us who wins."

I won't talk about training today, but talk about equipment, I also know very well that many times the Song army often defeats the opponent in a battle, but it cannot be defeated, because the opponent is high-speed and maneuvering, and immediately withdraws as soon as it is defeated, and then reorganizes the army and horses to fight again, maybe when the Song army is tired and fights again, the Song army will win first and then lose.

This is actually a question of the initiative in war, because we can't keep up with the other side in terms of speed, the combat initiative is always in the hands of the other side, when to fight, when to attack is decided by the other side, so the Song army will fight fiercely, the cost is huge, but the gain is not big, everyone is a real combat general, I don't know if I am right? ”

Fanning's words resonated with everyone, and a general said: "I used to be stationed in Fengzhou, and often had skirmishes with the Liao army who crossed the border to threw grass, they were all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and every time they brought great disasters to the border people, our army often ambushed them, but their armor was strong, our bows and arrows could not penetrate from a distance, and we could only fight the enemy at close range, and it often took three Song soldiers to deal with a Liao cavalry."

In fact, every time we win, it is only because the opponent did not rush and retreat, the opponent's casualties are very small, but our casualties are twice as many as the opponent's, so if our crossbow can be improved, we can shoot the enemy from a long distance, even if we are infantry, we can fight with the enemy cavalry. ”

Di Qing sighed and said: "The Song army fought fiercely, the cost was huge, but the harvest was very small, Fan Inspector said that the root is that the Great Song Dynasty has strong national strength, but every war costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, and there are heavy casualties, but the Western Xia has no national strength consumption, which is why the small country of the Western Xia can also fight with the Song army."

They couldn't beat and retreated, and when the Song army caught up, they made a detour to attack the logistics supply of the Song army, and the Song army in front had to be forced to withdraw, and then was ambushed and annihilated by the enemy cavalry. ”

Yang Wenguang asked again: "Then what good suggestions does Inspector Fan have?" ”

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