As the sun set, everyone stood outside the college, watching Zhao Kuo's carriage slowly leave, with eyes full of reluctance.
Regardless of Zhao Kuo's identity, this class was the most unforgettable one they have ever had.
In the past, their teachers either taught them "The Art of War" or "The Art of Sima" etc. They had never understood it, but they dared not say it because these military books were all famous and were the sacred books that many famous generals pursued throughout their lives but could not obtain.
, Now Zhao Guo has taken it all out and taught them without hiding any secrets.
If they continue to pick and choose, they will be too dissatisfied. Not only will others scold them, but they will also feel guilty.
In the end, I could only memorize what the teacher taught me by rote, and then slowly realize it myself.
However, if you don’t understand what the teacher is teaching you, how much can you understand by yourself?
Only today did they really understand the lesson. Zhao Kuo first used the Battle of Changping as an example to tell them the purpose of each action of Zhao Jun and Qin Jun, what consequences it might have, and how to make up for it if it failed.
Where did both parties go wrong and how could they be avoided?
At the same time, the importance of intelligence, military morale, weather, terrain, etc. are interspersed in it.
It is not a boring sentence: "The terrain is controlled by the help of soldiers. Predicting the enemy's victory and calculating dangers near and far are the way of a general." The rest is up to them to figure out on their own.
If you realize it, you will be at the level of a famous general. If you fail to realize it, then you can only be a scumbag!
After the lecture, Zhao Kuo asked them to divide into two groups and participate in the battlefield exercises. This was the first time for most of them, and it was full of novelty.
In the end, Meng Wu relied on his rich experience to lead the Qin army to defeat the Zhao army led by Feng Wuze. Even though Feng Wuze cheated many times and copied the Zhao army's methods, and even after Meng Wu wiped out the Qi army that attacked the wild king,
It is said that we can detour to Jinyang and go south from Jinyang to attack Qin State Hedong.
Although he caused a lot of damage to the Qin State in the end, he was still captured by the Mengwu and trapped to death in Hedong.
"Your Majesty, why did they not understand it after I taught them for a month, but you only taught them for less than two hours, and they understood it... The general is really teaching attentively."
Le Jian was a little confused. He was obviously teaching very seriously, and the students were also listening very seriously. As a result, no one in the class understood it except Meng Wu and Feng Wuze.
As for whether Meng Wu and Feng Wuze could understand, Le Jian couldn't guarantee whether they were taught by themselves or whether they had understood before.
"Let me ask you, how long did it take you to learn what you are teaching them now?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Le Jian was stunned for a moment and said, "One month."
"Most of them are soldiers. They only have two hours of study time every day, and the rest of the time they have to go back to training. There is no free time except for the journey back and forth every day. Although it is only a month, the time they study is as long as you can
Comparatively?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"No." Le Jian was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"Most of them are from ordinary civilian backgrounds. They couldn't even read before. They have just started to learn to read recently and can barely write their own names. And when you were young, I hope you will hire a teacher for you.
To enlighten you, right? Can their foundation be comparable to yours?" Zhao Kuo asked again.
"No." Le Jian lowered his head.
"Your art of war was taught by Wang Zhujun, but their art of war was taught by you. Which one is better between you and Wang Zhujun?" Zhao Kuo continued to ask.
"I am far inferior to my father." Le Jian whispered.
"You think you have been very attentive, and you are indeed attentive. But can you be more attentive to them than the princes were to you?" Zhao Kuo asked again.
"No." Lejian's voice became smaller and smaller.
His father only had to teach him one person at first, and at most two other tribesmen would study with him.
He has to teach twenty people at a time, how can it be the same?
"Talent aside, their family background is not as good as yours, their teachers are not as good as yours, and they don't have as much time to study as you do. Why do you think they can use the same time to learn the same content as you?" Zhao Kuo asked.
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"The general is wrong." Le Jian lowered his head and said in shame.
He used to think that these students didn't work hard enough and were born stupid. Now he realizes that it's not that they are stupid or that they don't work hard enough, but that their innate conditions are far inferior to his own, and it is far more difficult for them to reach their current level than he imagined.
"You are not wrong, it's just that Sun Tzu's Art of War is not suitable to teach them." Zhao Kuo shook his head.
"Isn't it suitable to teach them?" Le Jian was a little puzzled. This is a military book that has been highly praised by military strategists of all ages. How many generals have asked for it but cannot get it.
"What we want to teach is not geniuses, but ordinary people." Zhao Kuo said.
Although "The Art of War" may teach one or two geniuses, most of them are just a group of mediocre people who know nothing.
Zhao Kuo does not need a group of mediocre people who know nothing. Similarly, he does not expect to cultivate geniuses by relying on "Sun Tzu's Art of War" because "real geniuses cannot be taught."
"Real geniuses can't be taught? Are you talking about Meng Wu?" Le Jian said.
He did feel from Meng Wu that his talent was beyond his own. In time, he would definitely be the leader of the younger generation in the Zhao Kingdom. However, Meng Wu only achieved his current results by studying since he was a child. He could not be called "not taught".
Zhao Kuo smiled, Le Jian didn't know that Meng Wu was nothing at all. There was a guy named Huo Qubing who was ignorant and incompetent. He was a playboy. Even when the emperor taught him the art of war, he didn't even learn it, saying that he didn't understand it at all.
superior.
One day, I suddenly wanted to fight, and then I defeated the enemy, became famous in one battle, and was named the champion. After that, I won many battles, which made those who claimed to be experts in the art of war ashamed.
"You have to remember that your goal is not to teach them to be commanders who can command an army of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, but to teach them to be generals who can command an army of five thousand to ten thousand." Zhao Kuo said, the top level
It cannot be mass-produced, but ordinary and upper levels can still be mass-produced.
A great war and an army are not supported by one person, but by everyone above and below.
"If you find one or two very talented people, you can accept them as disciples and teach them individually. But this method does not apply to everyone."
Students may be very sad if they hear this, but this is the reality. People's talents are high or low, opportunities are good or bad, and achievements are naturally high or low. Many things cannot be changed by hard work.
"I have remembered it." Le Jian nodded.
He had indeed ignored this point before, always thinking that these were his students, so naturally they had to be taught according to the highest standards.