Today's Guan Yu, his ability to command and govern the army cannot be compared with 20 years later.

It's not that Guan Yu's basic skills are not solid, but that he has never had the qualifications to command tens of thousands of people to fight - Liu Bei's family background is thin and he started late, and in the original history, Guan Yu had such an opportunity only after the Battle of Chibi.

Now the opportunity given by Zhuge Jin should also be regarded as creating a new record for the scale of Guan Yu's troops.

The exact number is: 12,000 people.

Although the total strength of the previous Huaiyin Battle was slightly more than this, it was commanded by Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and Guan Yu was not the commander of the whole army.

After the reception banquet that night, Guan Yu returned to his accommodation, although he was full of wine, but in the dead of night, he quickly figured this out:

Ziyu certainly needs him to train his troops, but why doesn't he need such an opportunity to improve and challenge himself?

This is a mutually beneficial thing, and we must cherish the opportunity to do it well!

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Even Guan Yu thought of this, and with Zhuge Liang's IQ, of course, he had thought of it a long time ago.

At the same time, within the Chaisang Mansion, the Zhuge brothers were also having a long talk.

Before his younger brother officially "apprenticed and trained" with Guan Yu, Zhuge Jin felt that there were a few words that he had to explain:

"Ah Liang, just before the reception banquet, I said that General Guan is a rare famous military training general in the world, so you should be humble in your words during the banquet, you seem to be a little unbelievable?"

Zhuge Liang knew that his performance could not be hidden from his eldest brother, so he sincerely admitted:

"Indeed, but seeing is believing, and there are people who are truly talented and practical, how can I be unconvinced? I just think it's a bit of an exaggeration for my brother to say that he's 'rare in the world'.

For the time being, I thought Cao Cao's handsomeness was far above it. If you talk about future potential, Sun Ce is only a weak crown, and he has such a majestic strategy, and it is unlimited. After all, General Guan was too unqualified to command a large army.

What's more, the three heroes of the Ping Yellow Turban were all abandoned not long ago. If it has nothing to do with the civil war in Zhongbian, which caused a large number of important ministers in Chang'an to wither, this world's handsome talents may not be the turn of the Kwantung princes. ”

Zhuge Jin listened quietly and did not interrupt his younger brother.

He knew that what Zhuge Liang said was very much in line with the actual situation today, and he couldn't force the other party to predict the future.

But Zhuge Jin also expected that his younger brother would have such doubts, so he specially wanted to emphasize:

"Ah Liang, there is some truth, you are still young, so you don't understand. You're so smart that you think that others are 'getting older, getting more and more sophisticated'.

But in fact, that's not how the world works. Many talents, after choosing a target when they were young, after ten or twenty years of honing, their skills have reached the peak of their lives, and then they may go downhill in the future-

I'm not just talking about martial arts, but also about resourcefulness. When people grow old, only experience continues to grow, but reaction and ingenuity will be dull.

Some older people seem to be becoming more and more successful, but in fact they rely on the coordination of subordinates, discernment, gentlemanliness, and the growth of status and prestige. Just as Emperor Gao is not good at generals, but he is good at generals.

And the prestige, connections, and maneuvering skills of the elderly, which we young people cannot learn. Therefore, when we learn things, we should not blindly seek the most successful elders in this field to learn, but rather learn from those who are in their thirties and forties, but who do have their own expertise.

General Guan is such a genius, in addition to his resume, he has no experience in large corps. But his basic skills in military training are absolutely the top in the world. ”

These words really made Zhuge Liang fall into deep contemplation, he was just seventeen years old, and he didn't think about this problem at all.

Zhuge Liang chewed again and again, and suddenly became enlightened:

"What the big brother said...... Sure enough, I always had a sense of arrogance, and I felt that no matter what I learned, it was best to find the strongest person in the world.

Unexpectedly, there is such a truth in it, big brother, how did you guess that I would be unconvinced? You're not a few years older than me. ”

Zhuge Jin smiled, of course he could guess.

He has more than ten years of experience as a gold medal lecturer, how can he not figure out the pride of his students.

Moreover, Zhuge Jin is very sober in the world, and he knows that his vision on this issue is incomparable to that of any ancient.

This is not a problem of a certain ancient, but the pace of the ancients is too slow, and the update and iteration of technology and skills are too slow.

In the world before the death of the industrial song, there was no such thing as a "midlife crisis".

The people of the Han Dynasty have always felt that all intellectual jobs are "the older you get, the more enjoyable you are".

Because experience will not be wasted, skills will not be eliminated, and what you have learned can be used for a lifetime, and this has been the case since ancient times.

But the cruel social progress and transformation that modern people have experienced. Even doctors and lawyers don't dare to say that the older they get, the more popular they are, and the code farmer was even more bloody at the age of 35.

Therefore, Zhuge Jin is interested in "which abilities of intellectual workers can grow with age." And what abilities can't grow with age", obviously more than all earthlings before the industrial song.

Han Xin is not as thorough as him on this issue, so Han Xin can only say that "people are not good at generals when they are old, but they are good at generals", and he can't say a general solution.

Now, when he sees his second brother's disbelief and suspicion, of course he wants to drink it as a head.

This is also the first purpose of Zhuge Jin's teaching and educating people: before learning knowledge and skills, first correct your attitude and recognize why you learn and why you don't learn.

However, his inner activities were not enough for the second brother, so he had to find another excuse to prevaricate.

Zhuge Jin searched his stomach and recalled it, and found that a passage he had memorized when he was reading was very suitable for Zhuge Liang's current state of mind, so he diverted the topic and said:

"Sage Master of Impermanence. Confucius is a teacher, a teacher, and an old man. The sage of Tanzi is not as good as Confucius, but Confucius said: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. Therefore, the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, and that's it.

General Guan can't fight in a large army, you can learn other parts from him, as long as he is the first in the world, he is worth learning. ”

"Follow the teachings of the eldest brother!" Zhuge Liang promised sincerely from the bottom of his heart, and decided to write down this passage after he went back.

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In the next two days, because of the New Year, everything in Chaisang City was safe, and nothing major happened.

No matter how anxious Guan Yu is to train his troops, he will not practice on such a day.

However, even if he doesn't train soldiers, his journey with Zhuge Liang's long knowledge has already begun.

He dragged Zhuge Liang to visit everywhere and familiarize himself with the soldiers of each battalion.

Zhuge Liang was a little confused at first, thinking that Guan Yu was going to show favor and sell it well, reward the soldiers, and boost morale as soon as possible.

But Guan Yu didn't take any measures to entrap him, at most he just picked some soldiers to talk to.

He didn't even come forward in person, but asked his henchmen to secretly inquire about the worries and needs of the soldiers in each battalion.

If it is according to Zhuge Liang's original temperament, it has not been effective for two days, and it is estimated that he will have to ask in a hurry - the higher the IQ, the less likely it is for people to delay gratification, they are always used to doing a little bit by themselves, and they will immediately see the efficacy and feedback.

Fortunately, he was just taken care of by his eldest brother this time, and Zhuge Liang repeatedly warned himself that "there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, there is a specialization in the arts, don't be in a hurry when you look closely", and he survived.

After a few more days, finally after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Guan Yu began to recover a certain degree of training intensity, starting with military discipline and queues, supplemented by certain rewards and punishments.

Zhuge Liang humbly wrote down all of Guan Yu's practices first, and then went back and slowly figured it out, whether he understood it or not. If you don't understand it, compare it with the art of war you have read, and strive to confirm your understanding.

After three or five days of formal practice, Zhuge Liang finally felt that he seemed to have summed up a little way.

He took advantage of his leisure time after a military discipline training to ask Guan Yu a few questions:

"General Guan, I watch you rectify military discipline and inspire the morale of the army. Or share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, sympathize with their poor diet, improve their meals, and eat with ordinary schools.

But sometimes you don't want to be kind to you, you just practice strictly, set the standard very high, and few people can complete it, and at the same time reward those who complete it.

I wondered, you have learned Li Guang's 'sharing joys and hardships with the soldiers', and Huo Quai's 'only seeking rewards and punishments, and meritorious service will have a bright future', but the application of the two seems to be very arbitrary, and you can't see the law of when to use what method, which set do you believe in? ”

Zhuge Liang's words can be regarded as leading to a public case of the Han Dynasty on how to unite the soldiers.

As early as the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang felt that sharing weal and woe with soldiers was the most effective.

However, Huo Quzhi felt that as long as he could lead everyone to victory and the rewards and punishments were clear, then it would be better for the generals to be extravagant. In this way, the people below have the motivation to struggle, and know that "if I make great contributions, I can enjoy the same enjoyment as General Huo".

In the next three hundred years, the military generals of the Han Dynasty had nothing more than these two categories of morale encouragement, but there were slight differences in details-

Of course, if you can learn either of these two ideas a little bit like that, you can barely be considered a famous general.

For example, Duan Cheng, who made great contributions to the Qiang people during Huan Lingshi, is a typical Huo Qu disease, which can stimulate the greed of soldiers.

And the vast majority of ordinary generals can't even do any of them.

Don't laugh, for example, Zhang Fei's kind of "love and respect for the gentleman but not the villain" is a typical example of not even doing one.

Of course, Zhang Fei can also lead the troops and force the soldiers to fight for him, but mainly by the spur of high pressure. Whether he can change it in the future depends on whether he respects the Zhuge brothers and whether he has changed it with an open mind.

Zhuge Liang has followed Guan Yu for these days, and he feels that he has seen how to operate various styles, but he didn't understand the basis for Guan Yu's choice.

However, he was able to ask this question, which still made Guan Yu quite appreciative.

"Oh? You can actually see that I am learning from others, trying to get the best of Huo Quzhi and Li Guangzhi? Sure enough, he was a well-educated person, and he saw it so quickly. My eldest brother and Yide have been in the army with me for thirteen years, and they have never asked me this question. ”

Guan Yu sighed with emotion, and at the same time was a little proud, and said with his secret experience:

In fact, this truth is not clear, and the use of it is wonderful. But broadly speaking, there are a few vague principles.

According to my thirteen years of experience, Li Guang's practice of sharing the joys and hardships with the soldiers will be more useful when you lead a group of soldiers and horses to protect the peace of the local area and repel the incoming thieves.

Because only when the generals and the soldiers share weal and woe, it is easy to inspire the soldiers to feel that 'this is what we want to protect together, even the generals are suffering with us, what else do we have to worry about the gains and losses', and arouse the heart of the same hatred and hatred of the enemy.

However, if you are leading an army on an expedition to fight against foreign races, or if you are in a 'Spring and Autumn Unrighteous War' and only want to annex other princes, then it is useless to share joys and sorrows. Those who are willing to go on an expedition with you want to make meritorious contributions, and the greed of these soldiers is much stronger than that of the soldiers who defend their homes and land.

At this time, you can learn from Huo to be sick and extravagant, and reward and punish them strictly, so that they can know how much they can get by fighting hard after they become famous.

The same principle has actually been fulfilled in Xiang Yu and Gao Zu. Taishi said that Xiang Yu was 'a woman's kindness, but she didn't know how to reward her', which actually had a lot to do with Xiang Yu's beginnings.

Gaozu raised an army, at first to protect himself, and later to win the world and get rich. Of course, we must reward those who fight side by side, otherwise why would those township parties risk life and death and travel thousands of miles to Xianyang?

Xiang Yu is different, he raised the army because of hatred, and he didn't even think about winning the world, as long as he destroyed Qin. And the battle of protecting the family and revenge is regardless of gains and losses. Even if Xiang Yu didn't pay his salary, the Chu soldiers would spontaneously kill Qin. A woman's kindness and compassion are enough.

When Qin died, he turned from revenge to fighting for the world, but Xiang Yu did not turn around, and gradually rebelled and left. Back then, the tribe of hating Qin was not hating Han. Peng Yue and Yingbu can kill Qin spontaneously without a reward, but they will not kill Han spontaneously without a reward. ”

Guan Yu's words are not logical and meticulous, he is completely a famous general wizard who has led troops for more than ten years, based on his personal experience and experience.

Liu Bei led the troops with him, and he also went through such stages. When the Yellow Turbans were raised in Zhuo County, the treatment conditions were also very poor, but the robes never complained, because they were defending their hometown.

Later, Liu Bei and Guan Yu took Xiangyong to fight elsewhere, but they were soon defeated repeatedly because they couldn't keep up with the rewards and future. It was at that time that Guan Yu began to ponder this question slowly.

He loves to read, but that doesn't mean he won't read, Guan Yu is very fond of summarizing the experience of using soldiers from history books, and then combining it with his own practice, repeatedly comparing and verifying.

Zhuge Liang realized it repeatedly, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Is it to defend the family and defend the country and fight for revenge, so we should share weal and woe?"

And as long as it is an invasion of other countries or princes, even if it is another country that makes the first move, as long as it hits the territory of another country, at this time, it is necessary to mobilize the soldiers' desire for profit?

It is no wonder that Emperor Huan was broken during the period, and once because of continuous battles, too many military achievements, and surplus wealth among the soldiers, he did not make progress. Duan Cheng designed to disguise the Qiang people to burn the camp and destroy the property, motivate the soldiers to fight for their lives, and finally won a big victory! ”

The allusion mentioned by Zhuge Liang was not a secret in the Jian'an period.

It was more than 30 years ago, and Duan Cheng, who was known as one of the three masters of Liangzhou, once disliked that "after the soldiers won the battle and got a lot of rewards, they were afraid that they would lose their lives to spend it, and they were also afraid that because of the battle outside the fortress, the reward money they saved could not be sent back to their families immediately, and if they died, they would be earned in vain."

Then Duan Cheng figured out a truth: only by giving money can soldiers struggle, but after there is more money, it is not conducive to struggle. Therefore, it is better to fake the enemy attack, burn all the money that the soldiers have worked for, and turn it back into abject poverty.

Zhuge Liang understood what Guan Yu said, as well as Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Li Guanghuo, and the allusions to Duan Cheng, and finally felt that he had caught the experience.

But Guan Yu advised him not to rush to conclusions: "What you said has some truth, but it is not detailed enough to generalize-

Let's just say that in the current battle, we have to drive the soldiers to attack Zhenrong regardless of their lives, how should we boost morale and strictly enforce military discipline?

For the Danyang soldiers in the army, as well as the Jinfan soldiers of Xingba, they are just for wealth and profit.

For the local soldiers of Yuzhang, they may resent Zhenrong for harming their hometown.

For the county soldiers from Guangling County and Danyang County, they may also have a bit of hatred for their hometowns being harmed, but after all, they are fighting in different places, and their mentality is subtly different.

As for the monks and soldiers who found out that they had been deceived and thus repented and surrendered, it was a very different situation.

I want to integrate these four types of soldiers with different combat purposes, but I can't obviously use four sets of different rewards and punishments, which requires the use of skill, with one mind, the same law but different uses, so that people can't see the clues--in short, it's not me who boasts, you still have to learn the method of mastering the military heart. ”

Zhuge Liang was completely convinced, and sighed: "It's me who is too eager to get it done, and I always want to summarize the rules." There are some things, if you really have to talk about it, you can't stick to it, otherwise you won't become Zhao Kuo's generation. ”

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After adjusting his mentality, Zhuge Liang's motivation to learn became stronger and his learning attitude became more and more correct.

Seeing that Guan Yu had any bad practices when he was training, he was no longer in a hurry to ask, but thought about it himself and figured it out more.

Zhuge Liang's intelligence is the best in the world after all, with the learning attitude of the eldest brother, after Guan Yu reminded the learning method, it is naturally twice the result with half the effort and makes rapid progress.

After the Shangyuan Festival, he was ignorant and felt that he had mastered the application of Guan Yu's whole set of morale-boosting methods.

After he put forward his ideas to Guan Yu, Guan Yu was also generous, so he gave him a chance to get hands-on with it.

Zhuge Liang directly deployed the training rewards and punishments for the next ten days, and the optimization of the diet and living conditions of the soldiers.

Zhuge Liang followed the observed Guan Yu practice, and first drew the gourd in the same way. Guan Yu immediately pointed out the subtle deficiencies to him and asked him to refine-tune the deployment.

In this way, for another seven or eight days, there are fewer and fewer places that need to be ordered by Guan Yu.

Guan Yu couldn't help but admire when he saw this speed of progress: "It's really a genius in the world, it took me at least eight years to reach your level of mastery of the military spirit today when my eldest brother went to Xuzhou from the plains."

But don't be proud, the more you get behind, the harder it will be to improve. It took you a month to complete my first eight years, and in the next four years, I guess you will have to study for at least a year. ”

Zhuge Liang is not proud: "Now I can reach the level of General Guan four years ago, and I am already very satisfied." ”