Taking a step back and thinking, if Zhao Changyuan is really busy with some urgent official business, and it is a secret kind, Ye Qi can guess a lot by looking at the prince's face and eyes, so he will naturally advise Gong Yue
Yue comes back, don't bother me anymore.
Gong Yueyue nodded, said "thank you" softly, and walked towards the study.
The two people's steps were not light, but Zhao Changyuan didn't come back to his senses until Gong Yueyue knocked on the door. Hearing Gong Yueyue's voice, he immediately got up and went over to open the door for her personally.
"Did I disturb you?" Gong Yueyue glanced at the study, but did not go in immediately.
"No, I'm just thinking about something, it's not official business." Zhao Changyuan hugged Gong Yueyue's shoulders and walked in, asking with concern: "It's so late, why don't you sleep?"
"I just had some snacks and I'm too full to sleep. So I came here to see you." Gong Yueyue was helped by Zhao Changyuan to sit next to the desk, and he saw a map spread on the table.
Gong Yueyue is not very good at geography, but this map is very good. Because it is different from the flat maps that Gong Yueyue has seen before. In addition to carefully marking the place names and the direction of the terrain, Gong Yueyue is not very good at geography.
, or a three-dimensional diagram.
At a glance, where is the mountain, where is the river, how high the mountain is, and how big the city is are all in perfect proportion.
"Did you draw this?" Gong Yueyue couldn't help but look at Zhao Changyuan with admiration.
"Part of it is." Zhao Changyuan picked up the map and did not shy away from Gong Yueyue seeing it. Then he pointed at several places and said: "These places were drawn by me. They must have strict topography and landform markings in order to be more precise.
It is convenient for actual route selection when marching. There are also these places, which I added after visiting them in person and then returning. They are some good places to set up camp."
Zhao Changyuan explained and pointed on the map, as if he was a patient teacher teaching Gong Yueyue.
"Then what are the dots drawn now? And the circles?" Gong Yueyue saw that the map was all drawn with thin ink pens, but there were several places marked with charcoal pens. It looked like
It was just painted not long ago.
The characteristic of charcoal is that it is easy to wipe. It may be a temporary mark that will be erased or modified later.
Zhao Changyuan explained: "This is the distribution of the enemy's forces. They are very scattered and the number of people is not large. They are just a few small teams."
After saying that, Zhao Changyuan frowned again. He studied these drawn points for a long time. Although he felt something was wrong, he couldn't tell what was wrong. So he always felt something strange.
.
Gong Yueyue was staring at the map, and then she saw a charcoal pencil on the table. She took it and compared it on the map, and then asked Zhao Changyuan: "Is it okay?"
"Ah?" Zhao Changyuan didn't react for a moment. It took him a moment to understand what Gong Yueyue wanted to draw on the map. Then he nodded and said, "Okay. I'm thinking about something wrong with it. You can draw it and have a look."
Gong Yueyue said: "Actually, I don't know how to read a map, let alone the distribution of troops. But I think it looks a bit dangerous like this."
As Gong Yueyue spoke, she connected several small dots into a line, and then drew an arrow on this line, pointing to one of the cities.
Then he explained: "The distribution of enemy troops at other points should be suspicious formations, and there does not seem to be any threat. But these points are different, and the number of troops seems to be very small, but these points should be connected.
, the mobilization of troops between each other is also extremely convenient. If the enemy's goal is this city, then within about two days, the enemy can quickly gather and attack. But because the target was disrupted before, the defenders here
The city officers and soldiers may be lax, and these enemy troops will capture the city in one fell swoop."
Zhao Changyuan was shocked. He glanced at Gong Yueyue and then looked at the map. He couldn't help but take a breath of air.
Gong Yueyue added: "This move seems to be called in the art of war: sound in the east and attack in the west. It also means 'if it is empty, it will be real, and if it is real, it will be empty'."
The points that Gong Yueyue outlined together are indeed not critical places, and the number of troops is so small that they can be ignored. On the contrary, the other scattered points seem to be more important.
But when combined like this, it seems that the mysteries and changes are too great. Even if the enemy is not attacking the city, as long as the route is slightly changed and the troops are deployed, the target can be changed.
Attack another city.
There was no clear demonstration or application of this move in the art of war, and Zhao Changyuan did not think of it for a moment. Moreover, not all of these points were useful, most of them were just to deceive others, so Zhao Changyuan ignored them.
Now that Gong Yueyue was reminded like this, the situation can be said to have suddenly become clearer. The enemy's goal is simply ambitious and has a huge appetite. It is not an exaggeration to say that they want to use a breakthrough to advance straight in.
Zhao Changyuan took the charcoal pen from Gong Yueyue's hand, sketched a few more locations on the map, and then looked at the overall direction. First he frowned, and then his eyes deepened. It took a long time before he came back to his senses.
Then he saw Gong Yueyue looking at him with a worried look.
"Ran Ran, what's wrong?" Zhao Changyuan couldn't help but wonder, why did Gong Yueyue look at him like this?
"Yuan, they say serious men are the most attractive. You are simply... so handsome." Gong Yueyue almost swallowed her saliva when she looked at Zhao Changyuan's face. Just now she saw Zhao Changyuan's various expressions changing, either worried or thoughtful,
Or his brows are relaxed, his smile is full of smiles, and he has an extremely evil and calm charm, which is so tempting.
But Zhao Changyuan was amused by Gong Yueyue's appearance at this time, pinched Gong Yueyue's little nose and said: "You have opened up the knot in my heart. You have also helped me see a big layout clearly, which is a meritorious service."
My dearest minister."
"A meritorious minister? In terms of rewards for merit, what reward should you give me?" Gong Yueyue couldn't help but let her imagination run wild, and began to dream about boxes of gold and silver jewelry, or large luminous pearls?
Although Gong Yueyue has never been a money-grubbing person, she thought that if she got a reward based on her wisdom, then she shouldn't take it for nothing. And this is also an opportunity to make money. In the future, she can rely on selling ideas to make money.
Creativity, help the prince sort out national affairs and earn money.
But I heard Zhao Changyuan say with a smile: "I have given you rewards from all the king's people. Isn't this enough? You woman, you are really greedy."
"Ah? Your people?" Gong Yueyue curled her lips. Such a reward is really not small, but now it seems that Zhao Changyuan is not his own at all.
But Gong Yueyue didn't want to say it directly, because that would not be a joke, but poking at his sore spot. She had no choice but to sigh, turn her head and look elsewhere, deliberately stopping the conversation here. (