Chapter 164

In the past few days, Qin Xi has fallen at the foot of Longshan, either practicing swords or reading military books.

After reading the basic art of war, I looked at the art of war that Ling Xuanzi sent and the art of war that Huang Shi gave him.

With in-depth understanding, Qin Xi has a new understanding of the military of the pre-Qin era, and recognizes the command of the military strategists of this era, and the compromise with the times.

In the wars before the Warring States Period, the art of war also paid attention to a courtesy, and the two sides needed to write a war letter to agree on a time to fight in a no-man's land. The two belligerents can only start a battle if both sides beat their drums at the same time, and after the battle can only be one-on-one, and the wounded retreat on their own.

It wasn't until the appearance of Sun Wu that this etiquette system was broken and the war became extremely cruel.

But if you go back to the past, in fact, before Zhou, the war was barbaric and cruel, and it was Zhou who gave the war a ritual system.

The Bing Yin and Yang family did not make too many comments on the art of war under Zhou Li, but said that the war at that time was too dull, and there were no unscrupulous generals in the world.

But in his art of war, Huangshi criticized this war situation.

Huang Shi believes that this form of warfare is too mild, and it consumes the blood of the soldiers, just like child's play. This has led to a situation in which there are unscrupulous generals in the world, and both the north and the south can bully the Central Plains.

Even for example, when King Zhou You had more than one prince, he used etiquette to control the art of war against the dogs, which led to the ruthless slaughter of the army and the death of King Zhou You.

And the death of King Zhou You once again aroused the blood of the princes of the Central Plains, but as time passed, the art of ritual and war prevailed again, until the appearance of Sun Wu came to an end.

Qin Xi can still understand the content of the front, but when it comes to the content of the art of war, Qin Xi feels that the more he looks at it, the more confused he becomes, and the more he looks at it, the more he doesn't understand.

On this day, Qin Xi was watching the art of war in the courtyard, and the more he looked at it, the more confused he became, and his eyes were almost unable to open.

"Childe, are you looking at Yellowstone's art of war?"

The sudden appearance of the voice startled Qin Xi, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Ling Xuanzi.

"It turned out to be Ling Xuanzi's senior, please take a seat."

After Ling Xuanzi sat down, he asked with a smile, "Childe, how have you studied the art of war in the past few days?" ”

Qin Xi scratched his head and said, "To be honest, the younger generation feels that the more they look at it, the more confused they become, and in the end, they don't even know what the book says. ”

Ling Xuanzi didn't show surprise after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Childe doesn't have to be so focused, just memorize it, Childe still has to focus on entering the mortal realm." ”

Qin Xi shook his head and said, "If I want to get the Sword of War, then this art of war naturally can't just be memorized. Although the younger generation is dull, the younger generation believes that diligence can make up for the clumsiness. ”

"Childe, the things in this book are always dead, if they can't be used according to the time, then it's just a piece of paper, empty of knowledge, but when they are used, they become a joke." Ling Xuanzi said.

"This junior also knows, but now that the four seas are peaceful, there are wars in the north and south, and I have nowhere to practice." Qin Xi sighed.

"Childe, there is a military platform on the mountain, although it is not better than the actual battlefield, but it is better than nothing." Ling Xuanzi said.

"Really!" Qin Xizhen got up, pulled Ling Xuanzi and said, "Senior, take me to have a look." ”

"Childe, don't be impatient, please come with me." Ling Xuanzi smiled and led Qin Xi towards the mountain.

Soon after, the two came to a huge wooden house, and in the center of the wooden house was a topographical map made of sand and stones, and in it were placed discs, on which were carved the generals of the soldiers and horses.

Is this the prototype of chess? Qin Xi felt that he had made a huge discovery.

Ling Xuanzi walked in and said, "Childe can command outside, and you and I will face off here for a while to verify Childe's art of war." Childe, don't worry, no one will come in until you and I go out. ”

Qin Xi nodded, and then asked, "Are there any rules?" ”

Ling Xuanzi said: "The military horse does not go over the mountain, it takes three days to climb a mountain, it takes three days to cross the river, one step is a three-day road, the soldiers travel five hundred miles, the military horses are nine hundred miles, the generals go with the soldiers, and the generals are negative if they die." ”

"Got it, let's get started." Qin Xi said eagerly.

"Okay, then Childe is the Red Army, I am the Black Army, Childe is the attack, and I am the defense. The word is set at 10,000, the soldiers are 300,000, the horses are 80,000, and the army is 20,000, for a total of 400,000. Ling Xuanzi said.

"Wait." At this time, Cao Yu pushed Guo Heng and walked in.

Guo Heng said: "It's only fair that the old man will play against Qin Gongzi, and you will play chess." ”

Guo Heng gestured to Cao Yu, and Cao Yu immediately handed over a piece of land to Qin Xi, but this map was a bit sloppy.

"Qin Gongzi, how about you and I looking at the map in our hands and directing a battle behind the scenes?" Guo Heng said with a smile.

"Yes, but wait a minute, I'll redraw the map, which I don't understand." As he spoke, Qin Xi walked to the table next to him, picked up his pen and looked at the terrain and began to draw.

Guo Heng glanced at it, only to feel that Qin Xi was scribbling, and the map was even more difficult to see clearly, and he immediately shook his head with a smile.

After hearing this, Qin Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can start." ”

"Childe, please."

The two of them entered the ear chamber next to them, and when they pulled the door, they couldn't see the sand table at all, while Cao Yu and Ling Xuanzi were the chess players of the two.

"Childe, please go first. We will report the route of Ming Qi to the opponent, of course, if there is an ambush, we will not report it. Ling Xuanzi stood beside Qin Xi and said.

Qin Xi looked at the many small chess pieces on the plate in front of him, with the words "bow and gun killed" engraved on them, and looked at Ling Xuanzi suspiciously.

"This is used in the division of troops, and one son is two thousand." Ling Xuanzi said.

Qin Xi nodded, looked at the map in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "200,000 soldiers, 20,000 horses, and 2,000 troops, go to the Red Border Middle City and stand by." 50,000 ambush soldiers, 50,000 horses, and 10,000 troops at the foot of the right boundary mountain. ”

Ling Xuanzi immediately picked up the chess pieces and went out to play chess, reporting chess while playing chess.

Soon Guo Heng also responded, with 200,000 soldiers, 30,000 horses, and 3,000 troops, and fought against Qin Xi in the middle city of Heibian.

Qin Xi looked at the map and said: "50,000 soldiers and 10,000 troops are stationed in the right city on the red side, and in addition, 10,000 horses are secretly interspersed from the left city on the red side to the left side of the black left side of Zhongshan to stand by, and the army of 8,000 troops is on standby in the left city on the red side." ”

Hearing Qin Xi's deployment, Ling Xuanzi frowned, this way of separating the generals and horsemen was a little strange.

Although he was puzzled, he still went out to play chess, he was just a chess player and was not qualified to intervene in the battle.

Guo Heng also quickly responded, with 30,000 soldiers strictly guarding Heiyou City, and 50,000 soldiers stationed in Heizuo City. and 20,000 soldiers and 50,000 horses. 17,000 troops are missing.

"At the end of the two rounds, I don't know the grain and grass, please move the grain and grass forward to supply the army!" Ling Xuanzi said loudly.

Qin Xi looked at the map and said: "Arrange the grain and grass at the foot of the right mountain in the middle, with two thousand troops, and mobilize three thousand troops from the left city to ambush the mountain." ”

On the other side, Guo Heng took the lead in attacking, and the army in the middle and the army on the left directly launched an offensive against Qin Xi.

Moreover, Qin Xi has been strictly guarding and still laying out, and the goal is directly aimed at Guo Heng's grain and grass land.

It's a pity that the intention is too obvious, and Guo Heng has long been aware of it, and the tens of thousands of troops that Guo Heng disappeared did not know that they were going to Qin Xi's grain and grass land, but to meet Qin Xi's cavalry and support the army in the middle.

In the end, Qin Xi's middle road was broken, and the cavalry failed to gain control of the local grain and grass land, ending in complete defeat.

It can be said that Qin Xi lost too quickly, and according to the rules, the victory and defeat in this battle were determined in a month.