The expedition against the Khitan was well-prepared.
Xue Yao heard the Crown Prince analyze, Da Qi's advantage is not only in terms of soldiers' strength and materials, but also in terms of the five things and seven plans, which is also known as the "Taoism, Heaven and Earth, and the Law of the Generals" in the Art of War--
The Tao is to make the people agree with the monarch and the soldiers agree with the generals, which is the same meaning as "the one who wants the same thing from the top and the bottom wins" in the Art of War.
Northwest border defense suffered from the Khitan invasion, the local people heard of the imperial expedition of the wind and grass, all spontaneously donated leather and iron, to welcome the king's division.
In the past year, three times as many young adults have joined the army on their own initiative.
The soldiers of the three border armies held their anger and turned it into a desire to fight, which can be considered the most favorable state of combat.
Secondly, the heavenly one, this battle avoided the cold winter, the weather would become more and more pleasant after the army started, and the Chintian Supervisor also gave the affirmative results of divination.
The ground, the details have to be engaged in battle to know, roughly analyzed - Daqi a few years ago secretly Oracle surrendered the three foreign clans, occupying all the shape of the land, just waiting to surround and kill the Khitan enemy army.
The "general" is the general who leads the army.
The "Lawgiver" is a consideration of the technical aspects of the general, which can be seen as the combined strength of the army's organizational structure, information flow and establishment and command.
The general leading the troops this time was the Emperor, and such a curiosity was of course aided by a top general, so everyone defaulted to his last two strength ratings being perfect.
According to these calculations, this battle will be won two hundred percent of the time.
Therefore, the emperor felt that taking the children out to fight a war with almost zero risk was a very rare opportunity to practice, which would help to awaken the "spirit of the god of war" passed down from his ancestors of the Lu family.
Therefore, even if Xue Yao were to fool the heavens, it would be impossible to dissuade the Emperor from bringing the three cubs to battle.
The only breakthrough I can think of is Aunt Po.
When Aunt Po was first instructed by Xue Yao to predict with the Emperor the detailed time and place of the natural disaster in Shu Road and the number of people who were killed, she gained the Emperor's trust and was transferred away from Princess Shi Shi to become the Imperial Goddess.
Over the years, she had followed Xue Yao's reminder and had always used "Heaven's secrets cannot be divulged" to stall the Emperor's divination requests, but after ten years, Xue Yao had come back to give her a new assignment.
Xue Yao asked her to tell the Emperor: it is best not to fight in the front line when engaged in battle, it is best to sit in the rear, and it is best not to let the Crown Prince and the youngest son accompany the Emperor on his journey.
Can not let Aunt Po say "fighting in the front will die" and other words to scare the emperor, this is considered to shake the military's heart of the speech, not good to be beheaded, so she can only let her gentle advice to the emperor "best" how.
Aunt Po is loyal to Consort Shi, and when she hears Xue Yao say that this expedition may jeopardize the life of Consort Shi's son, she doesn't hesitate to agree to cooperate in fooling the Emperor.
However, a few days before leaving the capital, Xue Yao was slow to wait for the emperor to change his mind.
When she went to Aunt Po to inquire again, she learned that the emperor paid no attention to her advice and told her not to ask about the military.
This emperor is really ten years in the making, not seeing the coffin.
Failing in his last struggle, Xue Yao could only pack his bags and go on the road with the little fat cub.
Marching is not like ordinary traveling, the infantry is very slow, the cavalry naturally has to accommodate, so the men and horses, except the vanguard, walk very slowly.
The imperial sons sat on horseback the whole time, and the little fat cubs were so upset by the horse that they didn't have any appetite, and they didn't even want to drink the milk.
Xue Yao likewise rode to follow the imperial prince, never dreaming that marching would require such a great deal of suffering.
Previously several times out of the capital, either by carriage or boat, do not feel the ancient transportation inconvenience, this time the march but a daytime, upside down Xue Yao stomach flipping, already want to abandon the pro-pup, back to the capital to recuperate.
At night, when they set up camp to rest, the Fifth Prince was excitedly looking at the map in his tent, pulling the Seventh Prince to analyze the terrain and rehearsing all the situations that would occur during an engagement.
Xue Yao didn't understand at all, but was a little nervous about the Fifth Prince's exuberant attitude.
Unable to imagine the appearance of the fifth prince on the battlefield to kill the enemy, he was only afraid that his own three pups would be complacent and be killed back by the Khitans, so he had always reminded the fifth prince not to be gullible, not to be careless, and not to pursue the poor enemy.
The Fifth Prince, however, analyzed the different situations of "poor bandits", meaning that in some cases, we should pursue them and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor.
The eloquence that Xue Yao used to be proud of was completely useless at this time.
Because he hasn't studied the art of war.
Lead soldiers to fight this kind of skill, in addition to talent, the requirements for practical experience, countless times higher than paper, relying on books is almost useless, he felt that he could not go to the battlefield to lead soldiers in this life, and would not have practical experience, so he did not delve into the theory.
The current state of the Fifth Prince was a bit too complacent and arrogant on paper, and Xue Yao felt that he had to suppress his sharpness so that he wouldn't follow the Emperor to his death.
"Your Highness, although our troop strength is twice as large as the enemy's, but since ancient times, there has been a saying that an arrogant soldier will lose." Xue Yao laid out the facts and reasoned, "We have also recited Han Xin's battle to break Zhao before, Han Xin only used 10,000 troops to break Zhao's claimed army of 200,000 soldiers.
Before the engagement, Lord Guangwu offered advice to the commander of the Zhao army, but the commander refused to adopt it, relying on the fact that he had a large number of soldiers and generals, and as a result, he was defeated by Han Xin's strange troops, and such a defeat was due to the commander's conceit and lightness of heart!"
The Fifth Prince smacked his lips for a moment and asked Xue Yao, "Han Xin's cavalry is so powerful?"
The seventh prince stepped forward, expressionlessly translating for his illiterate little companion to his fifth brother, "He means Qi (ji) soldiers."
"Oh ......" The Fifth Prince reacted to Xue Yao's mispronunciation, one did not hold back and snorted out a laugh.
Old father Xue Yao had never suffered academic ridicule from his cubs when he was growing up.
As soon as he heard this, he immediately retorted to the little fat cub: "The art of war has a saying: those who are good at making a surprise are as infinite as heaven and earth, and as inexhaustible as a river, which is said to be a surprise soldier."
The Fifth Prince hahaed and argued, "That's called the one who is good at making strange (machine sound), not pronouncing strange (qi)."
"How is that possible?" Xue Yao was unconvinced, he could even memorize the story of Han Xin's victory by surprise, how could a surprise soldier read "machine"?
The word "odd" is only pronounced "machine" in odd-even numbers.
"A strange soldier is one who says a surprise victory!" Xue Yao seriously scoped out to the two rebel pups.
The Fifth Prince was also a little uncertain when he heard the word surprise.
The Seventh Prince hooked his lips into a smile and narrowed his eyes at the silly companion, "Yao Yao."
The old father responded majestically and in a low voice, "What for?"
"What is the previous sentence of 'He who is good at surprises'?" The Seventh Prince inquired with a raised eyebrow.
Xue Yao didn't expect the repeater cub to have a day when he forgot his words, and immediately replied proudly, "In all battles, the righteous and the peace are won by surprise."
"What is the meaning of 'odd' as opposed to 'positive'?" The Seventh Prince continued to guide, his own little companion, even if he was stupid, he had to be patient.
This question stumped Xue Yao.
How can positive and odd be relative?
"It's supposed to mean 'normal' and 'strange', right?" Xue Yao asked, not quite sure.
The Seventh Prince looked badass when he squinted his eyes, his natural black aura coming out, "Not true."
Xue Yao was filled with astonishment, "What else does it mean!"
The seventh prince raised his chin and leaned toward the back of the chair, and began to bargain in a particularly grand manner, "Yao Yao coaxed master to sleep."
No coaxing or no telling Silly Yao Yao.
Xue Yao looked disgusted, "This is a war, and Your Highness needs to be coaxed to sleep? The Fifth and Sixth Emperors both sleep on their own."
The Seventh Prince stretched his legs, squinting his eyes to tease his own little companion, "Does Yao Yao see that Master looks like a normal soldier, or like a strange soldier?"
Xue Yao: "......"
It's over, this explanation really doesn't make a lot of sense with such a generation in!
The Seventh Prince's elbows were propped up on the armrests, resting his cheeks in his hands as he waited for the little chaperone to raise the little white flag.
In the spirit of an old father's dignity, Xue Yao hardened his stance, "I'll go back to the capital and ask for a teacher!"
The Seventh Prince reminded wistfully, "Five months later?"
"......" The hardened Xue Yao gave in to the belly pup as curiosity struck her, "Just one coaxing tonight!"
The dark pup gave a winning smile.
In the end, under the explanation of the Seventh Prince, Xue Yao learned that "Zheng Qi" was a concept in the tactics of the Art of War.
A "proper" soldier is the main armament for a frontal engagement.
Qibing's "qi" refers to the "qi" of "yu qi (qi yin)", meaning the excess, in terms of military law belongs to the maneuvering armament, qibing is mainly responsible for identifying the cracks, breaking the back, The main responsibility of the odd soldier is to find a breakthrough, break the back, surprise attack and other offenses.
Tears fell from Xue Yao's eyes as she learned the truth, actually misunderstanding such a basic concept in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
It felt like the dignity of the old father was being rubbed madly on the ground by the little fat cub!
It's just disgraceful!
In order to try to get out of this awkwardly-placed night, Xue Yao irresponsibly patted the little fat cub on the back, and after telling a story about "Jingwei Filling the Sea", he immediately branched out and prepared to run away!
Instead, his wrist was held by a clawed paw.
Xue Yao looked down as the closed-eyed Seventh Prince ordered slyly, "Lie down."
"His Highness has already been coaxed tonight!" Faceless against the cub, Xue Yao decided to play tricks and curled up his legs, ready to get up and run away by surprise.
However, it had underestimated the strength of the Seventh Prince's hand.
The moment he sat up, the wrist that was held suddenly sank downward, and Xue Yao was instantly pulled back to lie down by the seventh prince ......
Xue Yao whipped his head around in aggravation and glared at the rebel pup!
The Seventh Prince's eyes opened and stared indifferently at the little companion who was trying to play tricks on him.
Under the threatening gaze of the rebel pup, "If you dare to move, I'll throw you into the sea", Xue Yao still softly conceded.
The older the pups get, the more misbehaved they become!
Military illiteracy was caught in flagrante delicto, but also escaped the failure of the old father, tearful pat coaxing rebel pup.
Xue Yao sang a very appropriate lullaby to the cubs: "The cold winds are blowing all over my face, my son's rebellion hurts my heart ......".
Dropping his long eyelashes the sleepy and well-behaved Seventh Prince calmly opened his mouth and said, "Change the song."
"......," Xue Yao deflated with a clenched fist.
Think old dad is a jukebox!
Commiserations! Condescending!
The author has something to say:
What's the name of the song "My Child Rebel"? It's the canned sauce commercial. Now we can't say it's a long Wonky's Milk commercial. Canned goods commercials are here too.