756. Arm our minds.

On this day, it is the third year of Liang Kaiping, that is, the eleventh day of November 909 in the third year of Anqing in Chang'an, the authentic lunar calendar "Singles' Day".

Murong Tianshui stood on the teaching platform, looked at the five thousand dragon and tiger guards below who defended the family and the country, and began his military teaching again: "The army's heart is unstable, one is a traitor, the second is a prostitute, and the third is running out of ammunition and food. Therefore, the morale of the military should be stable, military law should be strict, and men and women should be ruled by dividing the river. Thou shalt not have women or traitors to confuse the hearts of the army; In addition, the morale of the army must be stable, and the soldiers must be well fed, and the upper and lower levels should work together, and there should be no half-heartedness. As for war, I have always been in disapproval. However, the so-called 'raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while' means that the soldiers still need to be raised, and the army still needs to be governed, which is called preparing for war. Once war is necessary, we should use war to raise troops and stop war with war. It is the best policy to surround but not fight, and disturb their hearts with momentum. Siege and killing, this is the next policy. The next strategy is only a military battle, a force battle, even if it is victorious, but some people are not convinced; The best strategy is psychological warfare, which is the wonderful use of psychological and tactical tactics, and its victory is convincing. Therefore, it is better to use the battle of the best strategy than the battle of the next strategy. However, this theory of going to war is not immutable, and sometimes the staggered use of the upper and lower wars can achieve unexpected results. The way of governing the army is important and strict, the military discipline is majestic, and the rewards and punishments are clear. Strictly with authority, the army should not be playful and frivolous. Therefore, I hereby declare that 'strict authority, clear rewards and punishments' is the slogan of my army. ”

As soon as Murong Tianshui's words came out, there was a sudden response in the army. The military law slogan of "strict authority, clear rewards and punishments" seems to be like a thunderbolt and goes straight to the night.

"General Song! We need to not only be physically strong, but also our minds. I saw Murong Tianshui say to Song Kejin beside him: "The way to govern the army should be civil and military." It is necessary not only to temper one's military strength and be proficient in combat techniques, but also to enable officers and men to familiarize themselves with military books and tactics, to be proficient in astronomy and geography, and to train them to be brave and strategic. In this way, we can train an invincible ace teacher. ”

"What General Murong said is true. I believe that if you teach and train the general, you will have a strong army. ”

"If the knife is not sharpened, it will rust, and if the soldiers are not trained, they will inevitably fall behind. Therefore, in addition to martial arts training, we must teach some combat strategies to the soldiers to make up for the shortcomings of our border soldiers. ”

"The general's intention is to let the soldiers learn the war strategy?"

"Not bad! Exactly. Therefore, I ask you to collect the military books and war strategies in the arsenal tomorrow, and start to conduct all-round military education for the whole army tomorrow. ”

"Yes!"

On the second day, November 12, Song Kejin ordered the soldiers to move all the military books to the teaching field and asked General Murong to check them.

At this moment, Murong Tianshui looked at the vast military book on the long case, and couldn't help but think about it for a while. Thinking back then, he took his beloved Ruan Xiaofeng to Lishan Huaqing Garden, and the two of them swam into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and also saw the boundless sea of books. There, it's simply a variety of religions, all kinds of things. At that time, they focused on studying some books on in-room health techniques. And today, here, it is full of blue and blue military books and war strategies. What should he do in the days to come? The Son of Heaven ordered him to guard the gate of the west of the border, so he should take the lead, guard the gate of the border gate with difficulty, and train the soldiers of the west of the country to be brave and wise aces. To this end, it is necessary to enable the whole army to cultivate literature and morality internally, to practice martial arts and manufacturing externally, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the army and resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Mi looked at this mountain of books that seemed to be like a long dragon, but he knew in his heart that the real superior military books in it were "Sun Tzu's Thirteen Chapters", "Sun Bin Art of War", "Wu Zi", "Sima Fa", "Huangshi Gong Sanluo", "Wei Yizi", "Liutao", "Tang Taizong Li Gong Asks Right", "Thirty-six Strategies", "Zhuge Liang Jiangyuan", "Long and Short Classics" and so on. However, if we want to teach them to the officers and men of the whole army one by one, it will take a lot of time and energy, and we must learn from the best, integrate them, make universal contacts, clearly observe the similarities and differences between various types of military books, incorporate the strengths of each family and discard their shortcomings, and strive to be perfect and all-encompassing! The so-called Confucianism is broad and profound, the Legalists judge the situation, the soldiers are improvised, the Taoists are scheming, the vertical and horizontal families are incompatible, the Yin and Yang families are mysterious and unpredictable, the famous masters are vertical and horizontal, the miscellaneous families are changeable, and the Mo family is calm and resolute...... This is nothing more than the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there must be an intrinsic and necessary connection between them. As the so-called ninety-nine return to one, yin and yang change each other, all changes are inseparable from their ancestors, and the mixed elements are infinite.

Thinking of this, Murong Tianshui ordered people to first distribute the "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu" to the officers and soldiers of the whole army, and strive to have one copy for each person. It was really not enough, so they made two or three people have one copy, so that this military thinking can flow through the minds of the three armed forces. Subsequently, he ordered people to distribute books such as "Sun Bin Art of War", "Wu Zi", "Sima Law", "Conspiracy", "Guanzi", and "Xunzi" to the soldiers one by one, intending to lead the whole army to study the "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu" first, and then they would go to the bypass and study all kinds of military books with each other.

Seeing that the mountain of books like a long dragon was empty, Murong Tianshui held a copy of "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu", wandered in front of the long case for a while, and said: "According to legend, at the beginning of civilization, there was the 'Yellow Emperor's Art of War', and only later did a few wizards who wrote books to train soldiers. You are like Jiang Taigong, the master of a hundred generations, the martial ancestor soldier saint Sun Wuzi, the genius Guiguzi, and Zhuge Liang, who is known as the perfect man through the ages, although these heroes are not contemporaneous thinkers, but they are all representatives of the military family who use soldiers like gods, and they are all great masters of the wisdom of the soldiers. In order to master the wisdom of soldiers, one must first be familiar with military books. Because the book of war is the crystallization of the wisdom of the soldiers, it is the carrier of the strategy of the soldiers. Military books are not much more expensive, and the same is true for reading military books. Now that all the soldiers and soldiers have one or several military books in their hands, I wonder which art of war you would like to study with this general first? ”

As soon as Murong Tianshui said this, the officers and men of the whole army immediately shouted in response, shouting "The Art of War" and "The Art of War". ”

"Good! That's exactly what General Ben wants. Murong Tianshui smiled and said: "To study the Art of War, you must first understand Sun Tzu himself, I don't know which general can tell you about Sun Tzu's life and deeds?" ”

As soon as Murong Tianshui's voice fell, he saw the partial general Li Mingchao get up and respond: "The last general is willing to speak!" ”

"Hmmm! General Lee, please! ”

"Sun Tzu, the name Wu, the word Changqing, a native of Le'an, Qi State, was about the same time as Confucius (551~479 BC) in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He was born in a noble family, and in order to avoid civil strife, he went into exile in the southern state of Wu, and became acquainted with Wu Zixu, a strategist of the king of Wu. On the recommendation of Wu Zixu, Sun Wu brought his own book "Thirteen Chapters of Sun Tzu" to see King Wu, and was appreciated and respected by King Wu, and was appointed as a general. He defeated the 200,000 army of Chu with 30,000 troops and attacked Ying, the capital of Chu. Since then, the state of Wu has become strong and prosperous, and it has become one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. Naturally, Sun Wu and his art of war were famous and passed down from generation to generation. Sima Qian, a historian during the time of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, also made a biography of Sun Wu. After his death, Sun Wu was buried on the bank of the South River on Yangcheng Lake West Road, Xiangcheng District, north of Suzhou. ”