Shen Zhoujin's heart softened for a moment. Seeing that they were still giving in, they didn't dare to ask, so he asked and answered himself: "Am I really good at martial arts? Really."
"Did I really defeat Zhuang Bifan? Really."
"Can Xiao Xie also learn martial arts in the future? Yes."
"Can you be as powerful as me? Yes."
The few people exchanged a few glances, laughed silly, and relaxed a little.
Xie Siwei suppressed a smile.
He looked at the helpless little girl and pursed his lips.
He found that the little master's temper was really, really cute... Just as fierce as he was, he was soft, and as violent as he was, he was sweet.
Just like Shen Zhoumian said, if you are kind to her, and she recognizes you as a person, she will be very tolerant of you and treat you very, very well.
Just like now, it was clear that she had made up her mind before and decided on her words, but this time, in order to save face for him and because the person sitting in front of her was the border soldier she liked better, she just said it without fear. I will have to work hard to tell lies in the future.
He suspected that if someone kowtowed to her and begged her to accept him as a disciple, she might accept him!
If Shen Zhoujin knew what he was thinking, she would definitely tell him that it was impossible to accept a disciple, and her bottom line was still very firm.
But Xie Siwei was afraid that the more she talked, the more he talked, so he jumped up and said: "Let's go, brothers, let's have a drink!"
Everyone was too embarrassed to stay any longer, so they just left.
As a result, it was not until night, when Shen Zhoujin was about to go to bed after dinner, that he still hadn't come back.
Xie Siwei's illness required acupuncture and medication every day, and even if he stopped for one day, it would not really mean starting from scratch, but it was still very troublesome, so Shen Zhoujin had no choice but to come out to find him.
It would be easier to find a bigger place. Shen Zhoujin walked along the road for a while and found the tavern. When he went over and took a look, he saw that all ten people had passed out. Xie Siwei had also passed out. There were three people lying under the table. No one is awake, not a single one is awake.
Shen Zhoujin could only throw a silver ingot to the shop owner and ask him to carry all these people into the guest room, and let the waiter guard them. He would take care of anyone who vomited wine, and he returned with Xie Siwei.
As a result, on the way back, I met Xu Liangjin who was dressed in black and went out. He followed the agreement and came to talk to the secret guard.
As soon as they met each other, they were both stunned.
Xu Liangjin looked at the man she was holding in her hand and said dryly: "I, I will go to the enemy camp to kill people."
"Oh," Shen Zhoujin said, "Have a nice trip and come back safely."
Xu Liangjin nodded: "Okay."
He looked at the man again and left with a complicated expression on his face.
Shen Zhoujin brought the person back, put him on the beauty's couch, and asked Qi Lanqiu to make the sobering soup. Then he had to dutifully administer the medicine, because he had drunk wine and had to fine-tune the prescription.
More than an hour had passed after he finished the work. Shen Zhoujin yawned sleepily while cursing: "I want to beat him to death. Don't let any of you pull me away. I will definitely beat him to death tomorrow! I am so worried about accepting a disciple. I won’t accept it anymore!”
Because the beauty's bed was occupied, Jiang Yinchi, who could only sleep on the ground, said quietly: "Don't worry, I won't pull it."
Shen Zhoujin: "..."
Xie Siwei woke up the next day feeling refreshed and not feeling any hangover discomfort at all.
I was very thirsty, so I got up and drank half a pot of herbal tea, while asking the secret guard: "Who sent me back yesterday?"
The secret guard said: "It was the young master who brought you back."
Jiang Yinchi was practicing boxing and kicking beside him, and said: "Little Jin Ye is scolding you while giving the needle, and he also said that he will beat you to death."
Xie Siwei laughed.
Shen Zhoujin came back from sword practice with Qi Lanqiu. As soon as he entered the door, he saw him smiling. He glared at him and said, "You're still smiling! Did I tell you that you can't stop acupuncture?!"
Xie Siwei said: "I'm sorry, Master, I thought I would definitely be back on time."
Jiang Yinchi said from the side: "People who don't have faith don't know what they can do."
"That's right," Qi Lanqiu said in a low voice: "When you talk about being beaten to death, how can you not keep your words?"
Xie Siwei clicked his tongue: "I didn't offend you, did I?"
Qi Lanqiu: "Haha."
As he was talking, he saw Meng Qingrong coming with his servants and carrying food boxes. When he heard that this was his true disciple, Meng Qingrong's eyes were full of envy.
After dinner, Meng Qingrong left. Shen Zhoujin looked at the sky and asked the secret guard: "Yesterday Xu Liangjin went to kill people. Did they attack at night?"
"I don't know," the secret guard said honestly, "I can't go in. I just told the person arranged by the prince that Xu Liangjin is gone."
Shen Zhoujin nodded.
Xie Siwei asked: "What Xu Liangjin? What night attack?"
Shen Zhoujin motioned to Qi Lanqiu to tell him, and then asked him, "Does your border army have military regulations on not disturbing the people?"
Xie Siwei nodded: "Yes."
"I'm telling you," Shen Zhoujin said casually while eating some snacks, "I was telling you that when Xu Liangjin and I competed, the border troops were so close to the common people."
Xie Siwei glanced at her: "Master, why do you act like this is a matter of course? Do you know how rare this is?"
Shen Zhoujin's hand stopped.
She had just come back from the modern dimension, and was used to seeing modern soldiers with strict military disciplines. She really didn't think it was strange, but she thought it was quite pertinent, so she paid extra attention. Wasn't her expression not surprising enough?
Xie Siwei said sternly: "Have you ever heard of a saying? 'A bandit's fault is like a comb, a soldier's fault is like a grate, an official's fault is like a shave'?"
Shen Zhoujin couldn't eat anymore, so he slowly put down the bowl: "I've heard of it."
She had heard about it, seen it with her own eyes, and had even killed officers and soldiers who were more cruel than bandits.
The comb has teeth, so after the comb is combed, there will still be some residue; the grate is a close comb, so the grate is combed with nothing; not to mention shaving, the bare bones are exposed for thousands of miles, and the real "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no chickens for thousands of miles." Ming."
Xie Siwei continued: "Have you read Sun Tzu's Art of War? 'Take it and use it for the country, because the food is given to the enemy, so the army can have enough food.'"
Because food is from the enemy, the literal meaning is to obtain food and grass from the enemy.
How to obtain food from the enemy? Isn’t it just killing and looting, and using war to support war?
The ancient military disciplines had seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four punishments, which were extremely strict, but there was no such thing as "the military and civilians are one family."
There is no conflict between brutality and strict military discipline. In fact, ensuring the wildness of the army is something that many generals strongly agree with and practice. Massacre and looting are also normal benefits of the army. Things like killing good people and taking credit for merit are repeatedly prohibited.
why?
As the saying goes, before the troops and horses move, food and grass go first. Food and grass are important materials during a war. However, at this time, transporting food is not only the dispatch of the "food" itself, but also requires a lot of manpower, carriages and horses, and may be destroyed during the process. Enemy attack.
This is an extremely heavy burden for a country.
Therefore, Sun Tzu's Art of War proposed a quick battle and a quick decision. Since the enemy has food, the food and grass can be obtained directly from the enemy's territory, reducing the burden and transportation pressure on the country, and also weakening the enemy's strength.
Some people in later generations further extended the idea and put forward the idea of "dividing people into plundering the land and taking its autumn grain; breaking the land and surrendering it to the city to take its granaries; or the virtue is great and the kindness is deep, and the people are willing to donate; or the power is used to help the world, and the loot is used as capital."
(Note: Quoted from "Thatched Cottage Classics")
This was originally a temporary measure, but later it became the norm. Risking one's life and joining the army in order to make a fortune. This is the public perception.
Therefore, this is why it can be judged that "his ambition is not small" when "Pei Gong has nothing to gain and women have no luck".
Precisely because this is not the norm.
Even Li Shimin, the famous emperor through the ages, wanted to accept surrender at the beginning, but someone persuaded him: "The soldiers are fighting for arrows, regardless of the dead, and they are greedy for the prisoners. The city is so steep, why should we accept its surrender? The heart of a lonely soldier!" (Note)
:Quoted from "Zi Zhi Tong Jian")
The meaning of these words is that the soldiers attacked the city risklessly just for the gold and silver in the city. Now that they accept the surrender of the other side, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers?
So much so that Li Shimin had to use his own small treasury to appease him.
Until later, Yue Fei's Yue family army proposed "if they freeze to death without demolishing their houses, and if they starve to death without looting", they resolutely implemented it. Even Jin Wushu lamented that "it is easy to shake a mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army!"
This is very rare.
However, this also requires sufficient logistical supplies. Otherwise, people will really die of cold and starvation, and no military discipline will be able to restrain them.