Huaiying and abandoning illness are taught by Liu Zhan in the school every day, and Fan Yantang is led by Fan Yantang to practice martial arts in the evening, and in the morning and evening, in his spare time, King Yun will guide him to practice chess and Go tactics. In addition, Liu Zhan invited Wang Wujing to teach calligraphy and Guo Changqian to teach poetry from time to time.

Fan Jiu'er doesn't like to learn literature and play chess, so he fishes and hunts with Yantang during the day and practices martial arts together at night.

Fan Ruyu is usually taken by Liang Sulan alone to practice martial arts, and Liang Hongyu and Fan Yantang are also trained by Dekong.

The big tiger was very cute at first, but it had grown so fast in a decade or two, and suddenly it was a fierce beast that had grown in size and moved vigorously. Although several children find it more and more difficult to fight with this big tiger, it often attacks unexpectedly and acts like the wind, but it is a rare good opponent, and they are all rushing to tease it. The tiger has been with them for a long time, and there are many attachments, one sees that it likes it, and the other is not very active, and it can't help but be a little annoyed by the endless fight.

One day, when Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, came back from going out to inspect the entry of these two people into the country, and commented after playing against Huaiying and Qiji respectively, he said: "Playing chess is the same as drinking, and it has character.

"There are nine grades of drinking, and the increase in alcohol consumption also requires effort, not a casual achievement. Drinking is not the same as eating, drinking has to be practiced. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang people loved poetry and wine. If Tang Shi is squeezed, at least half a catty of wine will flow. The poet loves wine, and his drinking posture is thousands, Li Bai is always drunk, and good sentences are frequent; Wine loves poets, which stimulates their emotions and creations.

"It's taste; Push the cup and change the lamp, which is polite; Put a cup of booze, this is a temperament and friendship. The first realm: drinking, the second realm: slightly drunk, the third: shallow drunkenness, the fourth realm: drunkenness, the fifth realm: drunkenness, the sixth realm: drunkenness, the seventh realm: drunkenness, the eighth realm: madness, vulgarity.

"How many realms are there in playing Go? My uncle told you that Go has a ninefold realm. 1. A product enters the realm of gods, which is the realm of the top. Call to be unpredictable, essence into the spirit. It is said that people can anticipate the enemy's opportunities in the world, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight can no enemy in the world. 2. The realm of the second grade sitting, this is the realm of the upper middle. Call to do not reluctantly, do not think. Dignitaries can be humble and good, solve all problems, and turn evil into good fortune. 3. The specific realm of the three products, this is the realm of the upper and lower grades. When it is called to be in the game, there is no shape. You can observe the specific situation of everything and find the mystery to decipher. 4. The realm of the four products is the realm of the middle and the upper. Call to do or fight, the intention is to pass through. At every critical juncture, you can see the moves, and the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and you can respond. 5. The realm of wisdom with five products, this is the realm of the middle. If you can't get through the seclusion, you will use wisdom in battle. It means that there is no overwhelming power, but if you are good at solving problems with wisdom and good calculation, you can succeed. 6. The realm of six small products, this is the realm of the middle and the bottom. It's not a long journey, but it's a small thing. It means that the kind of person who does not have the ability to have a deep plan, and who always takes advantage of small advantages by virtue of his cleverness, is difficult to seek great achievements. 7. The realm of seven grades of fighting power, this is the realm of the lower and the higher. Corresponding to those moves, they must fight and fight against the enemy. It is the wisdom of the people, and the wisdom of the people is the wisdom. Winning with outwits is high, and winning with strength is low. 8. If the eight products are foolish, this is the realm of the lower middle. It is said that the arrangement is foolish, and the enemy does not dare to refuse. It's suitable for stupid birds to fly first, and if they can't attack, they will do a good job of defense, and the stupidest way is also a way, even if they can't win the enemy, they will ensure that they are not hurt first. 9. The realm of nine clumsy guards, this is the realm of the next. This is the lowest realm, to guard my clumsiness, and there is nothing to be done. In the face of an invincible opponent, such a person knows that he has no choice but to do his best, obey the destiny of heaven, and do his own things well, and let him come when he should come.

"The above is the nine pins of Go. Shi Shuzu taught us that life is like playing on a chessboard, and wisdom is just a chess piece at the mercy of others, and the chess pieces have no wins or losses, only use. If you want to control your own destiny, you can only jump out of the chessboard and become a chess player. Chess is like life, please use the wise man to understand it carefully!

"Every level of chess requires a lot of effort and a lot of effort."

"Coincidentally, drawing inferences from one another, killing people also requires a lot of blood. If you haven't eaten blood, where is the amount of blood? In order to lead the troops to fight in the future, it is far from enough to just sit and talk about the war on paper. So saying, he grabbed two large handfuls of loose silver and put them in his coat, put them on his shoulders, and left.

The two of them heard Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, say that their Go realm seems to have a little bit of a look, and it is extremely very likely to climb to a very high realm, which is a great joy.

King Yun said: "As far as chess skills are concerned, according to the current situation of the two of them, what my old man can teach is completely here, and his future achievements will depend on everyone's divine skills and creation." From today onwards, I will teach you the Art of War. This art of war was originally written by Sun Wu, a total of thirteen articles, is the ancestor of the book of war, and the "Thirteen Articles of the Book of Chess" is based on it. If you can learn this book well and use it well, you can do the second 'sitting photo' in the Go category. Having said that, if you really want to use it freely, ordinary people may not be able to practice it all their lives.

Then learn the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" written by Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du in this dynasty. The first half of the book introduces the military system, the selection and training of generals, the arrangement of the three services, the arrangement of troops, the geography of mountains and rivers, the marching camp, the method of attack and defense, the ancient and modern formations, communication reconnaissance, city attack and defense, fire attack and water warfare, weapons and equipment, etc., especially in the battalion formation, weapons, and equipment, each with detailed illustrations. The second half of the collection contains the stories of the use of soldiers in the past dynasties, preserves many ancient battle examples, and evaluates the gains and losses of the use of soldiers. Many of the books have thaumaturgical abilities that are specific and detailed, and they can be used to lead troops into battle. Familiarize yourself with this book and do your best, and you will be able to achieve the third 'concrete' of the Go category.

"As far as the comparison with the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is concerned, "The Art of War" is not only the ancestor of the book of war, but it has always been the guide for soldiers, but it is actually much more profound and higher. The reason why I started to learn from "The Art of War" is because it was written earlier, and there are many reasons for the later books. Re-study the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and its essence will be obvious. These two books need to be discussed repeatedly and confirmed back and forth in order to give full play to the maximum effectiveness of the two. ”

"In short, no matter how good the Art of War, "General Essentials of the Book of Martial Arts" and books like this are good, they are better than able to learn them. And if you want to be able to use it, you must know yourself and your opponent. I'm going to fight with someone, if I don't know how many bowls of dry rice I eat, and I don't know how many people will have, how can I fight this fight? Therefore, no matter how well you read "Knowing Yourself and Knowing Your Enemy", it is not too much. ”

"The Art of War" is divided into thirteen chapters, the first "Initial Strategy", the second "Combat", the third "Attack", the fourth "Military Form", the fifth "Troop Strength", the sixth "Virtuality and Reality", the seventh "Military Struggle", the eighth "Nine Changes", the ninth "March", the tenth "Terrain", the eleventh "Nine Places", the twelfth "Fire Attack", and the thirteenth "Use".

Abandon the disease and read the third chapter of "Seeking Attack": "The law of the husband and the soldier, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; …… The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. Therefore, the army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort. …… Therefore, those who make good use of soldiers, the soldiers of the people instead of the war, the city of the people instead of the attack, the destruction of the country of the people instead of the long, will fight for the whole world, so the soldiers are not stopped, and the benefits can be complete, the method of the attack is also", the heart can not help but be secretly shocked: "The world has such a profound knowledge, there is such an unexpected realm of using troops, it turns out that it is just to think that fighting a war is to attack and defend and kill, it is really too superficial." This book is extremely precious, and it is natural that learning this book well or not is very different. ”

The next is still a wonderful article and every word. Finally, the thirteenth article "Use Room", "The five rooms are all up, I don't know the way, it is called the divine era, and the treasure of the human king." …… It is necessary to ask for the enemy to come between me, so it is beneficial to guide and give it up, so it can be obtained and used. …… The prosperity of the past is also, and Yi Zhi is in the summer; Zhou Zhixing also, Lu Ya is in Yin. Therefore, only the wise and virtuous generals, who can use the wisdom as the intermediary, will achieve great success. The important thing of this army is that the three armies can move with confidence", and he knows the importance of spy warfare in war, and the hostile sides are vying to use it, which is the primary choice of the Ming monarch and virtuous generals. I also want my uncle and grandfather to take their parents, uncles and aunts and their families to go undercover for Wan Yan Liang, Wan Yan Yong and other important figures in the Jin Kingdom, and Wan Yan Liang even killed Yan Liang to become the emperor on his behalf. The family members are undercover beside them, and they are expected to succeed, which is quite gratifying. But knowing that this matter is extremely dangerous, I can't help but worry more about it. There is a way that disciples are responsible for their work, and they just want to grow up as soon as possible and become talented quickly, so as to replace them with their bodies. Considering this, he immediately lifted his spirits and read it carefully, as if his future achievements in military science were completely dependent on whether or not he studied this book well.

Huaiying and Qijian have read a lot of books so far, and the breadth and profundity of the Four Books and Five Classics are incomparable, but they are mostly self-cultivation and Qi family's knowledge of governing the country and leveling the world, compared to the "Art of War" that teaches marching and fighting, its vividness and interest are inferior. However, the two are not very old and have not been deeply involved in the world, and their understanding of the subtlety and esoteric nature of "The Art of War" is difficult. King Yun tirelessly gave a detailed explanation, a thin book, from unfamiliar to proficient, from skilled to thorough, three or four months later, finally suddenly enlightened, comprehended.

After teaching "Sun Tzu's Art of War", King Yun went out for something, and then asked Marshal Han Shizhong to teach the two of them "General Essentials of the Martial Arts".

"Wujing General Essentials" is a military work written by Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, in order to meet the needs of border defense, he vigorously advocated civil and military officials to study the politics of the military and the crusade of the past dynasties, and organized the compilation of China's first new military book "Wujing General Essentials". The book includes two parts: military theory and military technology, and has high academic value. Later, he compiled seven military books such as "Sun Tzu" into the Seven Books of Wujing, which became a compulsory course in martial arts.

In the eighth year of Kaibao, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin personally supervised the production of weapons, and he checked the quality of various weapons every ten days. The great attention of the supreme ruler greatly improved the level of ordnance production in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and the annual output of weapons in the southern and northern workshops reached more than 30,000 pieces. It was on the basis of the highly unified leadership of the army and the centralized management of armament production that an encyclopedic military book was born in the early Northern Song Dynasty, which collected the best of the weapons of the time and ancient times, the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts".

The General Essentials of the Martial Arts was compiled by Zhao Zhenchao of Song Renzong and was the first military book in China to be edited under the auspices of the government. At that time, it had been more than 60 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the slackening of military preparedness, Song Renzong ordered the generals to compile a military textbook with a wide range of contents, such as Zeng Gongliang and Ding Du, the governor of the Ministry of Works. Zeng Gongliang and others compiled the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics" in five years, and after Emperor Renzong personally approved it, he wrote a preface for it.

Although Huaiying and Qiji were young, Marshal Han was a famous anti-Jin hero, loyal and brave, and used soldiers like gods. With him teaching this book, the two children were really unexpected. Refer to the humble book "The Legend of Xin Qiji"

Marshal Han began to say: "The "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is different from the boss of "The Art of War". The first half introduces ancient and modern war examples, and introduces military theories and rules such as military system, military organization, selection and use of troops, formations, and geography of mountains and rivers. Among them, the first 20 volumes reflect the military system of the Song Dynasty in detail, including the selection and use of soldiers, education and training, troop formation, marching and camping, ancient and modern formations, communication reconnaissance, city attack and defense, fire attack and water warfare, weapons and equipment, etc., especially in the part of camp formations, weapons, and equipment, each of which is equipped with detailed illustrations, and the second half introduces yin and yang divination. The 20 volumes of the latter collection contain stories about the use of troops in the past dynasties, preserve a lot of information on ancient battle examples, and analyze and evaluate the battle examples and gains and losses of the use of troops in the past dynasties. These exquisite images make all kinds of weapons and equipment at that time appear in front of us concretely and vividly, and are extremely valuable materials for the study of China's military warfare.

"The Wujing General Narrative reflects certain positive changes in the military thinking of the Great Song Dynasty. Originally, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent local separatism, the commander's dictatorship, the commander's right to command troops and the right to formulate battle plans were all under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, but it was overkill, and as a result, the generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know the generals, resulting in the defeat of the war and the retreat. However, in the "General Essentials of the Wujing", the idea of using soldiers in ancient military books such as Sun Tzu re-emphasized and emphasized the idea of "noble knowledge change" and "not to decide things in the dark", which is rare in the military history of the Song Dynasty, but the later rulers of the Great Song Dynasty did not follow and practice this kind of thinking of using soldiers. The book also attaches great importance to the role of people in warfare, advocating that "soldiers should be used according to their strengths and weaknesses", and pay attention to the training of the army, believing that there are no timid soldiers and tired war horses, but they are at a loss because of poor training. ”

"The general purpose of the Wujing is to describe and introduce in detail the various cold weapons, firearms, warships and other equipment used by the army in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a large number of images of weapons and battalions. In particular, volumes 10 to 13, such as the "Siege Law", "Water Attack", "Water Warfare", "Defending the City" and other offensive chapters, not only record the weapons and equipment related to these tactics, but also the situation of fortifications and warships. The 10th volume of the illustrations, concentrated on the various weapons and equipment of the army at that time, each piece has clear illustrations, only the tenth to the thirteenth volume of the four volumes, there are more than 250 illustrations of various kinds, the picture is also annotated in regular script with detailed names of utensils, how to use and other text explanations, is an extremely important material for the study of the history of ancient Chinese weapons.

"The General Essentials of the Wujing reflects some positive changes in the military thinking of the Song Dynasty during the reign of Song Renzong. Originally, since the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to prevent local secession, the commanders had the exclusive power, and the commanders' power to command troops and the right to formulate battle plans were all under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. However, in the "General Essentials of the Martial Classics", the idea of using soldiers in ancient military books such as Sun Tzu re-emphasized and emphasized the idea of "knowing how to change" and "not deciding things by the dark", which is rare in the military history of the Song Dynasty, but the later rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty did not follow and practice this kind of thinking of using soldiers. The book also attaches great importance to the role of people in warfare, advocating that "soldiers should be used according to their strengths and weaknesses", and pay attention to the training of the army, believing that there are no timid soldiers and tired war horses, but they are at a loss because of poor training. ”

The "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" also recorded the protective equipment in detail, and Marshal Han also explained clearly to Huaiying and the abandonment of illness one by one.

The protective equipment used by the Great Song army is still the traditional shield and armor. The shields recorded in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" are only used by infantry and cavalry, and they are all wooden fetal bones covered with leather. The infantry shield is long, flat-bottomed and pointed, and can stand on the ground, so that the infantry's entire body is hidden behind the card. The cavalry shield is a perfect circle, with a beast face pattern painted on the front, and the area is not large, and it is put on the left arm of the cavalry during battle to resist the flying enemy arrows.

The armor of the Northern Song Dynasty formed a relatively complete shape on the basis of the armor of the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the northern and southern workshops produced a large number of armor; There are many varieties, including coated gold spine iron armor, plain armor, muddy copper armor, ink patent leather armor, iron body leather armor, gold thread vermilion patent leather horse harness, iron steel vermilion patent leather armor and so on. There are three types of armor: iron, skin, and paper, and iron armor is the most valuable. The infantry of the Northern Song Dynasty used the name "Buren Armor", the armor body is a whole piece, composed of 12 rows of small rectangular armor pieces, the upper part is to protect the chest and back, tied from the shoulders with a belt, and the waist is tied forward with a belt, and the left and right knee skirts are drooped. The body armor is adorned with a shawl, and the left and right pieces of the shawl are connected at the back of the neck, and tied under the neck with a belt. The head is a round bowl-shaped with long cheeks hanging from the back, and three beautiful tasseled balls are inserted in the center of the top.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the vests of the Song army were made of leather and iron, and in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, leather vests were mainly used. The structure of the vest is reasonable and complete, including the curtain, the chicken neck, the chest swing (that is, the chest), the horse body armor and the back of the five parts, wrapped on the body of the war horse, can effectively protect the head, neck and torso of the war horse, only the eyes, mouth, ears, limbs and tail are exposed. The leather waistcoat was also painted, initially black, but gradually changed to vermilion.

In view of the fact that artillery has appeared in the world at that time, but it is not published in the "Martial Arts Essentials", but there is a record of a stone thrower, Marshal Han explained it in detail, hoping to have a useful inspiration for the two children.

Another long-range weapon that the Northern Song Dynasty army was equipped with was more powerful than the bed crossbow, which was various types of primitive guns - engines. Before the invention of artillery, this engine was the heaviest long-range weapon. The engine, the original gun, was made using the principle of levers. A long cannon tip, or a huge lever, was attached to a rotating horizontal axis, which was then mounted on a gun carriage made of thick wood. At one end of the cannon was a leather pit for carrying stone bullets with a rope, and at the other end dozens of long ropes were tied. When fired, one soldier was responsible for placing the stone projectile in the leather pit, and dozens of other soldiers violently pulled the rope, and the sentry pole was reversed at once, and the stone projectile placed in the leather nest was thrown out. Huge stone projectiles can destroy enemy fortifications, destroy enemy siege equipment, and can also kill and injure enemies and disrupt enemy lines.

The two children put themselves in their shoes and rehearsed the whole process of the war back and forth. Then the strategies used in the battle array corresponded to the military book, and Huaiying and Qiji slowly knew that this book was all-encompassing, and it was used to do everything in the war, and they liked it more and more. Marshal Han taught "The General Essentials of the Martial Arts" and archery on the other. See the clumsy work "The Legend of Heroes in the North"